Dave, This is a bug that was just recently found. We're in the process of testing updated firmware to fix this.
------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 K3#0009 and 0319 On Fri Mar 14 6:51 , "T. David Yarnes" sent: >Hi All, > >I suspect when some read this they will think I am daft. >But I will mention it anyway. Here's the problem. And it >only seems to happen on 40 meter SSB. Sometimes, but not >always, when I try to transmit on the SSB portion of 40, I >will not see any consistent power output on my meter. It is >erratic, and for the most part seems to be nil, but with >short high peaks. On other bands, when I modulate I see a >nice consistent meter reading that matches my voice >modulating the radio. Just what you would expect. On 40, >my antenna is actually set for the lower part of the band, >but my ATU seems to have no problem showing me a 1:1 match >in the SSB part of the band. Now for the strange part, >which I just discovered. If I switch to CW, but at that >higher band location, and key the transmitter briefly (which >then shows normal power output), I can then return to SSB >mode and my modulation per the meter looks normal! I've >changed no other settings in the meantime. I have not >retuned either. It's as if giving a short CW burst first >unlocks the transmitter for SSB. > >Anybody have any idea what is happening? > >Dave W7AQK > > >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [email protected] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
