Reported the issue to HRD and they responded saying this has been fixed in HRD 6.2. No more details of how this was fixed.
-- VaibhaV On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe you have identified an HRD problem. When the KXPA100 is > enabled, the KX3 ATU is disabled. The solution is to set the PA to OFF, > but apparently HRD is doing that whether the KXPA100 is pesent or not. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/8/2014 9:36 PM, VaibhaV Sharma wrote: > >> More info on this - >> >> Howard @ Elecraft Support promptly sent me the factory default config >> file for the radio that fixed the issue. But later, I was able to reproduce >> the issue and also fix without the factory configuration. >> >> I have the KX3 hooked up to Ham Radio Deluxe (latest version) with serial >> interface for CAT control. HRD works with the radio for the most part >> except I noticed this in the Radio CAT commands configuration - >> >> | Advanced: KX3 | RF power (High) | Cmd = PC-04, Min = 0.00, Max >> = 120.00, Prefix =, Suffix = >> | >> | Advanced: KX3 | RF power (Low) | Cmd = PC-04, Min = 0.00, Max >> = 120.00, Prefix =, Suffix = >> | >> >> Notice the "Max = 120" part? Those values show up on HRD UI as - >> >> RF Power Low = 12 >> RF Power High = 120 >> >> There are two RF power adjustment bard in HRD UI. The "RF Power Low" >> slider works OK (has other issues) with the KX3 12 watt limit. But even >> touching the "RF Power High" slider causes the KX3 to switch RF power value >> to 110+ Watts (Yes, without a KXPA100, I wish). >> >> Once that happens, the ATU disengages and the radio refuses to transmit. >> >> The easy way to fix this is to touch the "RF Power Low" slider and the >> radio switches back to under 12W and everything goes back to normal. >> Shouldn't the KX3 itself handle this gracefully without tripping over the >> ATU with bunch of errors? >> >> I am a brand new HRD user and still getting used to the UI. I reported a >> major security issue to them a few days ago and will report this issue to >> HRD team as well. >> >> Comments / other ideas welcome. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> VaibhaV Sharma >> W7VAI >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
