I believe that the boot up detection is only to determine whether the jumper is installed, not whether it has been activated by a strong signal. I really don't see a need to report that the jumper is installed on the display since one would surely remember if the jumper has been installed.
It does work, by the way. I put my K2 on a nearby antenna and keyed it with power at about 1 watt while the K3 was listening on a nearby frequency with the preamp ON. With a couple of dits, the preamp turned OFF and with a continuous carrier, it turned the attenuator ON. No measurements made. 73, Ken K3IU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Brett Howard wrote: > Where I think it should be reported is in the kxxx area of the menu. > So in the area where you turn on the krx3 and knb3 and what not you > could have a non editable entry for kesp3 or some other creative part > number. > > On 8/30/09, Brian Alsop <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I wonder since this is a "software detected" mod at setup if the >> firmware program could report it is there. (alternatively, maybe the K3 >> can report it like it does key err) I'm not keen on zapping the front >> end with a high signal level from an uncalibrated source to find out if >> it is working. >> >> There perhaps may be other mods that could be detected in software and >> reported as well. >> >> 73 de Brian/K3KO >> >> Brian Alsop wrote: >> >> >>> How does one test this without a calibrated signal source? >>> >>> Why was 80M chosen for the test frequency? Most ops have preamp off and >>> many have attenuation in. >>> >>> It appears one needs something like an 80db over S9 sig for it to cut in. >>> >>> 73 de Brian/K3KO >>> >>> >>> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
