I worked the ARRL 160 this last weekend, ran QRP. I had a couple technical problems that came up, one relates to the K3s. I'm asking here first if someone has experienced this.
I prefer running the K3s in Diversity in the contests. I find it is more helpful to take the -3 dB loss (or whatever it is) when using diversity than to hear louder when only using the one Rx. Diversity helps in the tough times to allow me to hear almost undecipherable details when the band condition collapses. During the contest the K3s would slip out of diversity and leave the Rx at a previous point and I would also hear the VFO A frequency. It got confusing when this happened and no, I didn't bump the diversity button accidentally. I was using the Marker A & encoder on the P3 to navigate me through the signals, not the VFO A knob. I never saw it happening, it would be a discovery when I would hearing a call I'd worked earlier while onto a new station to listen to and I'd see the diversity light was not flashing but the sub RX was still engaged. I never looked to see if it was the last station I worked or back farther. The one possible time I might have noticed something happening was when I heard the the effect of listening to the VFO B knob turning on the crowded band while listening to a fixed signal on VFO A. I noticed the effect, looked at the K3s and sure enough the diversity had somehow unlocked. (What I have no idea of is if that sound was someone QSYing or my radio QSYing) This happened 5-6 times in the contest. It never has happened before that I remember. Also using Win4K3Suite (good program) & K1EL's USB winkey at the same time with N1MM. Any idea what might be happening and how to prevent it from doing this again? Thanks & 73, Gary KA1J ______________________________________________________________ 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]
