I had an interesting issue using a USB keyboard on a P3 to send CW via a K3. The CW characters were not reliable, depending on how long (time wise) the CW character was. E always worked perfectly, but H was a problem. You could press H multiple times, and sometimes you would get dit dit dit dit and other times just dit dit, or dit dit dit.
The problem is a parameter in the P3. This had been working perfectly, but I just upgraded all the firmware in the K3 and P3 recently. Somewhere in this upgrade process, the parameter got wiped out. To fix it: a.. Plug in a SVGA monitor and USB keyboard into the P3. b.. On the SVGA screen, you should have Ctrl-H Help K on the lower right corner. c.. Press Ctrl-Alt-S to enter settings menu. d.. Press down arrow to put caret at >Transmit Timeout. e.. Press the right arrow to increase this value to 1000. f.. Press Esc to exit. You should see Saving Settings... The problem should be fixed. I spoke to the engineer at Elecraft, who said there is a firmware version coming out to fix this. Keith K9GL ______________________________________________________________ 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]
