Ditto here. While it wasn't "perfect" before, the new version often over-shoots the frequency. It appears considerably less damped than before and often quits before things settle down. I personally prefer the old version.
Rick AI1V K3 728 Harrison Hooker wrote: > > Hello, > > I also confirm that the auto-spot is broken. My CW pitch is set at 600 Hz > (only note tested) and it now takes several attempts to get it to set near > 600 Hz. The old version worked very well for me. > > 73, Harry W8YMO > ----------------------------------- > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:elecraft- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Cunnings >> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 7:17 PM >> To: Elecraft Reflector >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 FIRMWARE UPDATE: MCU 1.87, DSP 1.69 >> (Finally!) >> >> I agree that auto-spot doesn't seem as reliable as in earlier >> versions. When I inject a continuous tone, it works fine, always >> coming within a few Hz. For actual cw signals it now seems to be more >> easily fooled, often tuning low - noticeably different to me, one who >> uses the feature constantly. In previous versions I rarely needed to >> press spot more than once, and repeated invocation of auto-spot >> resulted in little change of frequency (a few Hz or so if the signal >> was stable). Now, once tuned in, repeated pressing of spot often >> results in the frequency jumping around some tens of Hz, rather than >> the more repeatable performance in earlier versions. >> >> I noticed it right away when operating cw today. >> >> Bob NW8L >> >> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> usa.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > > >> * AUTO-SPOT (SPOT with CWT ON) now works with both very >> > > >> weak and very strong signals. >> > > > >> > > > Auto-spot consistently tunes to a tone 50 Hz low (50 Hz below >> > > > the value set for pitch). >> > > >> > > I can't duplicate this. I tried various sidetone pitches and >> > > found that auto-spot got to within a few Hz every time. What >> > > sidetone pitch are you using? I suppose some kind of band noise >> > > could interfere with the operation of CWT as well. >> > >> > I first noticed it with a CW pitch of 600 Hz. The auto spot will >> > eventually "zero in" after three or four tries but my ear is more >> > accurate than the auto-spot. It may be band noise or simply timing >> > out between CW characters because it is always accurate with a >> > continuous tone (e.g. XG-2). >> > >> > > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-FIRMWARE-UPDATE%3A---MCU-1.87%2C-DSP-1.69---%28Finally%21%29-tp17041394p17053894.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
