Just like in "Karate Kid"... Lock ON / Lock OFF... it toggles. Tom
At 14:41 06/23/2009, you wrote: >How do you unlock it? The release notes say to tap 1 in CONFIG:PWR_SET to >lock, but I don't see a description of how to unlock it there. I haven't >tried this... > >Dick, K6KR > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Hammond >Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:33 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Beta F/W Release 3.19 for FD Ops... In case you >missed the announcement > >Folks: > >If you're taking your K3 out to Field Day this year, AND especially >if you're going to have unfamiliar (I call 'em 'fiddley-fingered') >ops using the rig on SSB (especially), there is a feature recently >released in BETA firmware release 3.19 which you might be interested in. > >Over the past years, one of the MAJOR(!) problems our Field Day SSB >stations have had to contend with was uninitiated SSB ops messing >with the MIC GAIN, COMPRESSION LEVEL, and POWER OUTPUT LEVEL... >trying to achieve an indicated "100W" on the output meter... Of >course, you and I know that virtually all built-in power meters in >just about any rig ('cept the K3) indicate some form of AVERAGE POWER >OUTPUT, especially on SSB. > >Given the ballistics of the needles in the power meter and the >vagaries of the human voice, when you're actually putting out 100W of >RF, you're lucky if you see an INDICATED 25W-30W on the >meter!!! Some newer rigs offer PEAK OUTPUT indications, but not >many. As a result it's (almost) human nature to want to try to TURN >THE WICK up as far as possible, to get that last milliwatt of RF out >the back of the rig... UNfortunately, we do this not realizing that, >in almost all instances, we have managed to mangle our transmitted >audio so badly that the op on the other end can't make heads or tails >out of the exchange we're trying to convey. Our Bad!!! > >Enter he K3's most recent feature addition: MIC / CMP / PWR LOCK...! > >Now, you (the K3 owner) can preset the MIC GAIN, COMPRESSION, and >OUTPUT POWER LEVEL to levels you know are suitable for your K3 and >your users, and you can LOCK those three settings so that no amount >of button twiddling by (most) users will be able to crank them out of range. > >You can read the docs on the new release and then download firmware >v. 3.19 from Elecraft now. > >Just a thought. > >73, > >Tom Hammond N0SS > >______________________________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
