Try this.
> On Feb 23, 2018, at 9:16 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcg...@blomand.net> wrote:
>
> No issues of that type here. These are my setup numbers:
>
> Baud Rate = Eight
> 38400
> Stop Bits = one two
>
> Handshake = None
>
> PTT method = CAT RTS
>
> Mode = Data/Pkt
>
> Split = Rig Fake It
>
> Also under the Advanced tab: Miscellaneous
>
> TX Delay = 0.1 sec.
>
> I'm not running any other applications such as JT Alert, N1NM, etc. The
> computer is connected direct to the K3S with no router, or splitter, or hub
> and such in the path.
>
> *** Be sure the VOX mode on the radio is OFF. {Very important}
>
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>
>
> On 2/22/2018 10:08 PM, Richard wrote:
>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> From: Richard <flat...@comcast.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 And WSJT-X FT8 Timing
>>> Date: February 22, 2018 at 11:06:58 PM EST
>>> To: James Bennett <w6...@me.com>
>>>
>>> I’m fighting the same problem and MORE. It usually goes like this:
>>>
>>> First FT8 (or JT65) activity of the day, the K3S seems to start on time but
>>> sometimes shut off quite late. Any band, any power; I don’t use the
>>> amplifier, so 100 watts is the limit.
>>>
>>> As time goes along, the transmission initiation BY THE K3S gets later and
>>> later, and the shut off time does, too. By late I mean 2 to sometimes 5
>>> seconds!
>>>
>>> Eventually, it starts late, then DOESN’T shut off at all.
>>>
>>> Finally, it doesn’t start at all.
>>>
>>> I’ve tried just about every imaginable combination of setting on the Radio
>>> panel and in the Config menu, all with no improvement.
>>>
>>> In the year or more of enjoying JT65 and then FT8 with my Icom IC-7410, I
>>> had NONE of these problems, using the same computer and same software. It
>>> was bang on and trouble free from Day One.
>>>
>>> You kinda hafta suspect the K3S is the culprit in this, but I’m open to
>>> anything. If I can’t solve this soon, there will be a virtually brand new
>>> K3S for sale.
>>>
>>> Richard - W4KBX
>>>
>>>> Guys - sorry for the delay in responding to your posts - places to go,
>>>> things to do, all overriding ham radio for a couple hours.
>>>>
>>>> It was suggested that I see if I’m out of sync on my computer clock(s).
>>>> Well, here is the strange thing: the iMac that the K3 is connected to
>>>> consistently is giving me a DT response of 0.1 to 0.2 on 90% of the
>>>> decoded stations, so I’m thinking that the default time server the iMac /
>>>> OSX is connected to is pretty accurate. But it is this rig that starts
>>>> it’s transmission a bit late.
>>>>
>>>> The RPi 3 that the KX3 is connected to consistently is giving me DT
>>>> figures around -0.8 to -0.9. which makes me think my time sync is a little
>>>> off. But the KX3 connected to this RPi starts right up when it is supposed
>>>> to. Interestingly, that RPi 3 is connected via short Ethernet to another
>>>> RPi 3 that runs it’s own GPS-sync’d NTP server. Go figure.
>>>>
>>>> I’m stumped.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Check the clocks on the computers. Sync them to a time server.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> ...nr4c. bill
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2018, at 6:30 PM, James Bennett <w6...@me.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Dennis - how you doing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry I neglected to provide enough info - was in a hurry to post that
>>>>>> before I had to run out to pickup kids at school (close to your dads
>>>>>> QTH!)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using VOX on both rigs. Each rig has it’s own computer and
>>>>>> separate, but identical external USB sound cards. The K3 is connected to
>>>>>> an iMac and the KX3 is connected to a Raspberry Pi 3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim / W6JHB
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2018, at 2:31 PM, Dennis Moore <den...@mail4life.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How are you keying the K3, VOX or PTT?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's not clear from the email, are the K3 and KX3 on separate
>>>>>>> computers on just different sound cards in the same computer?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73, Dennis NJ6G
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2/22/2018 14:22, James Bennett wrote:
>>>>>>>> Got a question about using my K3 with WSJT-X 1.8.0 with FT8
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I started looking at the “time bar” in WSJT-X and when the K3’s red TX
>>>>>>>> light comes on with the meter showing RF going out. It is between 1.5
>>>>>>>> and 2 seconds after the beginning of the new 15 second sequence! In
>>>>>>>> that short duration, I am hearing other stations’ signals coming
>>>>>>>> through on my headphones, so I know that other folks are getting their
>>>>>>>> rig to transmit right at the start of the 15 second sequence. If mine
>>>>>>>> is coming on 1.5 - 2 seconds late, I’m thinking I may not always get
>>>>>>>> decoded on the other end.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, I switched over to my KX3 running the same version of WSJT-X and
>>>>>>>> observed what happened there. No delay - when the new 15 second
>>>>>>>> sequence starts, the KX3 goes into transmit almost immediately.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Both the KX3 and the K3 are connected to two identical Tascam USB125M
>>>>>>>> external sound cards.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there some setting on the K3 that is causing my transmissions to
>>>>>>>> fire off a tad late?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim / W6JHB
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