Re: [Elecraft] VFO B Not Scrolling Through Config Menu
John, Is it only the menu scrolling that is causing problems? In other words, what does work? Does the VFO B frequency change when you rotate the VFO B knob? If not, then you may have a defective VFO B encoder, or it is not plugged in correctly. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/12/2016 8:55 PM, John Stengrevics wrote: I’ve finished assembly and am now on to the test and calibration stage. When I hold the menu button, I access Config. However, the VFO B control doesn’t scroll through the menu. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] VFO B Not Scrolling Through Config Menu
I’ve finished assembly and am now on to the test and calibration stage. When I hold the menu button, I access Config. However, the VFO B control doesn’t scroll through the menu. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. John Stengrevics WA1EAZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] (fwd) P3 behaviour
Regarding the posting below : Problem solved by turning off Fixed Tracking Thanks to those answered my post. ARS N5GE On Wed, 11 May 2016 09:10:46 -0500, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE wrote: >I've changed monitors on my P3 and everything is going well except >that for some reason when I tune across the bands, the monitor display >moves very fast when turning the main VFO across the bands. > >I know I'm missing something, but Ive spent the last two days trying >to find why this is happening in the Elecraft manual and Fred Cady's >P3 manual. > >Can someone point me to the solution? > >Many thanks. > > >ARS N5GE > >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >Message delivered to n...@n5ge.com ARS N5GE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3S: How to adjust SSB receive bandwidth up to 4.0 kHz
I think my problem is with fldigi. I tried using cocoaModem, and it shows audio up to 4.2 KHz when I follow Joe's technique of setting the knobs to SHIFT/WIDTH, the SHIFT to 2.20 and the WIDTH to 4.00. Sorry for the bandwidth. 73 Bill AE6JV On 5/12/16 at 3:28 PM, li...@subich.com (Joe Subich, W4TV) wrote: I don't know what's going on elsewhere but with FW 5.38 and the KFL3B-FM I regularly get 4 KHz bandwidth (10 - 4000 Hz, or 200 - 4200 Hz) on the waterfall in WSJT-X or an audio spectrum analyzer (e.g., Spectran, Spectrum Lab, etc.) in either SSB (LSB/USB) or DATA (DATA A and AFSK A) modes using Line Out and the sound card in microKEYER II. The only necessary adjustment is to set SHIFT to 2.00, 2.10 or 2.20 if using Shift/Width or use HI/LO to set appropriate HI/LO cutoff frequencies. --- Bill Frantz| "The only thing we have to | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | fear is fear itself." - FDR | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | Inaugural address, 3/4/1933 | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3S: How to adjust SSB receive bandwidth up to 4.0 kHz
I don't know what's going on elsewhere but with FW 5.38 and the KFL3B-FM I regularly get 4 KHz bandwidth (10 - 4000 Hz, or 200 - 4200 Hz) on the waterfall in WSJT-X or an audio spectrum analyzer (e.g., Spectran, Spectrum Lab, etc.) in either SSB (LSB/USB) or DATA (DATA A and AFSK A) modes using Line Out and the sound card in microKEYER II. The only necessary adjustment is to set SHIFT to 2.00, 2.10 or 2.20 if using Shift/Width or use HI/LO to set appropriate HI/LO cutoff frequencies. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 5/12/2016 5:17 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: I was referring to SSB mode, Bill. Not sure if this extends to DATA A mode, yet, but I'll investigate. Wayne N6KR On May 12, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: I guess I'm just not getting it. I am in DATA A mode with the 13KHz FM filter automatically selected. Following Wayne's directions, I put the bandwidth controls into Lo/Hi mode and hold NORM to normalize the passband. I then turn the Hi knob to max (4.00 shows) and the Lo know to minimum (0.00 shows). When I look at the bandwidth displayed in the waterfall on fldigi, the computer is getting audio from about 150Hz to 3000Hz. What am I doing wrong? I am using a Tascam UX-122 mkii as a "sound card". 73 Bill AE6JV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3S: How to adjust SSB receive bandwidth up to 4.0 kHz
I was referring to SSB mode, Bill. Not sure if this extends to DATA A mode, yet, but I'll investigate. Wayne N6KR On May 12, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > I guess I'm just not getting it. I am in DATA A mode with the 13KHz FM filter > automatically selected. Following Wayne's directions, I put the bandwidth > controls into Lo/Hi mode and hold NORM to normalize the passband. I then turn > the Hi knob to max (4.00 shows) and the Lo know to minimum (0.00 shows). When > I look at the bandwidth displayed in the waterfall on fldigi, the computer is > getting audio from about 150Hz to 3000Hz. What am I doing wrong? > > I am using a Tascam UX-122 mkii as a "sound card". > > 73 Bill AE6JV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPad and P3
Why can't you turn on the VFO B cursor in the P3 menu and use the K3 VFO B knob to position the VFO B cursor to the signal of interest. Once there a tap of the A/B button will swap VFOs and you will be tuned to that signal that used to be pointed at by VFO B - but it is now the VFO A frequency. If you have the subRX, you can even listen to the VFO B frequency on the sub to fine tune it if necessary before tapping the A/B button. No extra features needed. If using the KPod, one of its buttons can be programmed to do the A/B button tap, so you don't have to move your hand away from the KPod. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/12/2016 4:15 PM, Randy Farmer wrote: Myself! Having the ability to click to tune to a signal on the P3 without messing with the P3 front panel knob would be an EXCELLENT aid for both DXing (especially if you could do it with VFO B) and S&P contesting. 73... Randy, W8FN On 5/12/2016 2:36 PM, Bob Novas wrote: I'm really interested in the KPad, but specifically for use with the P3. The K3/K3S already has a nice knob! I like to use the P3's knob to tune to a signal and then push the P3 knob in to set the K3S receiver to that frequency. Most of the time I can very accurately hit as SSB signal, if I turn the P3 knob to the correct side of an SSB signal and simply assume that the carrier is at xxx0.0 kHz. But the P3 knob is small and that makes this hard to do. I think it would be great if you could do this with the KPad knob, and one of the KPad buttons. But, I called Elecraft and spoke to tech support and they said the KPad wasn't being programmed to work with the P3, but that this reflector was a great place to post feature requests. Do any others want to chime in and request this feature? Thanks, Bob - W3DK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] P3 behaviour
Could you have inadvertently changed either Span on the P3 or Rate on the K3? Ted, KN1CBR >-- > >Message: 6 >Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 09:10:46 -0500 >From: Amateur Radio Operator N5GE >To: Elecraft Reflector >Subject: [Elecraft] P3 behaviour >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >I've changed monitors on my P3 and everything is going well except >that for some reason when I tune across the bands, the monitor display >moves very fast when turning the main VFO across the bands. > >I know I'm missing something, but Ive spent the last two days trying >to find why this is happening in the Elecraft manual and Fred Cady's >P3 manual. > >Can someone point me to the solution? > >Many thanks. > > >ARS N5GE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPad and P3
I asked Wayne about this a few weeks ago when they announced the K-Pod. He said that it would be a firmware tweak. My guess is that he is being modest with that estimate, but this sounds high on the priority list of features. My guess is it may not be there in the initial release (he may prove me wrong though), but would be out soon thereafter. 73, Dave W8FGU On 5/12/2016 4:15:40 PM, "Randy Farmer" wrote: Myself! Having the ability to click to tune to a signal on the P3 without messing with the P3 front panel knob would be an EXCELLENT aid for both DXing (especially if you could do it with VFO B) and S&P contesting. 73... Randy, W8FN On 5/12/2016 2:36 PM, Bob Novas wrote: I'm really interested in the KPad, but specifically for use with the P3. The K3/K3S already has a nice knob! I like to use the P3's knob to tune to a signal and then push the P3 knob in to set the K3S receiver to that frequency. Most of the time I can very accurately hit as SSB signal, if I turn the P3 knob to the correct side of an SSB signal and simply assume that the carrier is at xxx0.0 kHz. But the P3 knob is small and that makes this hard to do. I think it would be great if you could do this with the KPad knob, and one of the KPad buttons. But, I called Elecraft and spoke to tech support and they said the KPad wasn't being programmed to work with the P3, but that this reflector was a great place to post feature requests. Do any others want to chime in and request this feature? Thanks, Bob - W3DK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w...@tx.rr.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@w8fgu.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPad and P3
Count me in - great idea! Mike - W0AG On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Bob Novas wrote: > I'm really interested in the KPad, but specifically for use with the P3. > The > K3/K3S already has a nice knob! I like to use the P3's knob to tune to a > signal and then push the P3 knob in to set the K3S receiver to that > frequency. Most of the time I can very accurately hit as SSB signal, if I > turn the P3 knob to the correct side of an SSB signal and simply assume > that > the carrier is at xxx0.0 kHz. But the P3 knob is small and that makes this > hard to do. I think it would be great if you could do this with the KPad > knob, and one of the KPad buttons. > > > > But, I called Elecraft and spoke to tech support and they said the KPad > wasn't being programmed to work with the P3, but that this reflector was a > great place to post feature requests. Do any others want to chime in and > request this feature? Thanks, Bob - W3DK > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to w0agm...@gmail.com > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPad and P3
Myself! Having the ability to click to tune to a signal on the P3 without messing with the P3 front panel knob would be an EXCELLENT aid for both DXing (especially if you could do it with VFO B) and S&P contesting. 73... Randy, W8FN On 5/12/2016 2:36 PM, Bob Novas wrote: I'm really interested in the KPad, but specifically for use with the P3. The K3/K3S already has a nice knob! I like to use the P3's knob to tune to a signal and then push the P3 knob in to set the K3S receiver to that frequency. Most of the time I can very accurately hit as SSB signal, if I turn the P3 knob to the correct side of an SSB signal and simply assume that the carrier is at xxx0.0 kHz. But the P3 knob is small and that makes this hard to do. I think it would be great if you could do this with the KPad knob, and one of the KPad buttons. But, I called Elecraft and spoke to tech support and they said the KPad wasn't being programmed to work with the P3, but that this reflector was a great place to post feature requests. Do any others want to chime in and request this feature? Thanks, Bob - W3DK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w...@tx.rr.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3S: How to adjust SSB receive bandwidth up to 4.0 kHz
I guess I'm just not getting it. I am in DATA A mode with the 13KHz FM filter automatically selected. Following Wayne's directions, I put the bandwidth controls into Lo/Hi mode and hold NORM to normalize the passband. I then turn the Hi knob to max (4.00 shows) and the Lo know to minimum (0.00 shows). When I look at the bandwidth displayed in the waterfall on fldigi, the computer is getting audio from about 150Hz to 3000Hz. What am I doing wrong? I am using a Tascam UX-122 mkii as a "sound card". 73 Bill AE6JV On 5/12/16 at 12:43 PM, li...@subich.com (Joe Subich, W4TV) wrote: On 5/12/2016 3:07 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: While working in this part of the firmware, could 4K receive passband be made to work with the 13KHz FM filter as well? 4 KHz receive passband *already works* with the FM filter. Simply set FC (shift) = 2.0 - 2.2 and dial in the desired bandwidth. The *only* reason that one does not get the full bandwidth is that shift is less that 1/2 the width. The actual bandwidth achieved with the K3 in shift - width mode is [FC (Shift) + BW/2] 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to fra...@pwpconsult.com --- Bill Frantz|"Web security is like medicine - trying to do good for 408-356-8506 |an evolved body of kludges" - Mark Miller www.pwpconsult.com | __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3S: How to adjust SSB receive bandwidth up to 4.0 kHz
On 5/12/2016 3:07 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: While working in this part of the firmware, could 4K receive passband be made to work with the 13KHz FM filter as well? 4 KHz receive passband *already works* with the FM filter. Simply set FC (shift) = 2.0 - 2.2 and dial in the desired bandwidth. The *only* reason that one does not get the full bandwidth is that shift is less that 1/2 the width. The actual bandwidth achieved with the K3 in shift - width mode is [FC (Shift) + BW/2] 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KPad and P3
I'm really interested in the KPad, but specifically for use with the P3. The K3/K3S already has a nice knob! I like to use the P3's knob to tune to a signal and then push the P3 knob in to set the K3S receiver to that frequency. Most of the time I can very accurately hit as SSB signal, if I turn the P3 knob to the correct side of an SSB signal and simply assume that the carrier is at xxx0.0 kHz. But the P3 knob is small and that makes this hard to do. I think it would be great if you could do this with the KPad knob, and one of the KPad buttons. But, I called Elecraft and spoke to tech support and they said the KPad wasn't being programmed to work with the P3, but that this reflector was a great place to post feature requests. Do any others want to chime in and request this feature? Thanks, Bob - W3DK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3S: How to adjust SSB receive bandwidth up to 4.0 kHz
While working in this part of the firmware, could 4K receive passband be made to work with the 13KHz FM filter as well? Thanks, Bill AE6JV On 5/12/16 at 10:03 AM, n...@elecraft.com (Wayne Burdick) wrote: The K3's SSB receive passband can be widened to as much as 4.0 kHz if you have a 6.0 kHz crystal filter. This is useful for ESSB in particular. However, there's a minor problem with the present firmware that requires a workaround (for now). The trick is that you have to have LO/HI CUT selected rather than SHIFT/WIDTH. If you select LO/HI CUT, then NORMalize the passband, you can adjust HI CUT to as high as 4.00, and the DSP's bandwidth will be set up accordingly. If you have WIDTH/SHIFT selected, you may only be able to get the DSP's bandwidth up to 3.50 kHz, even though the display says 4.00. Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics refer to 408-356-8506 | reality, they are not certain; and insofar they are www.pwpconsult.com | certain, they do not refer to reality.” -- Einstein __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Bonito RadioCom 6
I can't speak highly enough of Rumlog. It has a very straightforward user interface, fantastic LOTW and Clublog integration and all the database searching tools are there if you need them. Yes, it's free, but it's so good that I made a donation too. 73 Stephen G4SJP On 11 May 2016 at 22:27, Bill Frantz wrote: > To add to Don's list for Mac users, RUMlogNG, by DL2RUM is a logging > program. The main logger is oriented toward DXers, but there is a contest > logging sub-program. It has integration with flgidi, and can bring the K3 > internal PSK/RTTY decode/encode to the computer screen. It is available > free from the app store, although there is a "donate" button which I > suggest using if you like the program. > > 73 Bill AE6JV > > On 5/10/16 at 5:43 PM, donw...@embarqmail.com (Don Wilhelm) wrote: > > Fldigi remains as one of the premiere data mode applications. It is >> multi-platform and works well. It does not have all the 'pizazz" of other >> applications, but it works quite well and is free to use. >> >> Configuration via Hamlib or Rigcat is not difficult - read the >> instructions. >> >> Another application that will give you several other rig control >> functions is Win4K3. It does cost money for extended use, but you can try >> it for 30 days. >> >> Of course Ham Radio Deluxe will offer other capabilities, and I believe >> the free downlaod of version 5 is still available. >> >> There are others - DXLabs has a whole suite of applications and DX >> commander as well as other applications can do a variety of things for >> you. The DXLabs suite is freeware. >> > --- > Bill Frantz| Ham radio contesting is a| Periwinkle > (408)356-8506 | contact sport. | 16345 Englewood Ave > www.pwpconsult.com | - Ken Widelitz K6LA / VY2TT | Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to eastbrantw...@gmail.com > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3/K3S: How to adjust SSB receive bandwidth up to 4.0 kHz
Hi all, The K3's SSB receive passband can be widened to as much as 4.0 kHz if you have a 6.0 kHz crystal filter. This is useful for ESSB in particular. However, there's a minor problem with the present firmware that requires a workaround (for now). The trick is that you have to have LO/HI CUT selected rather than SHIFT/WIDTH. If you select LO/HI CUT, then NORMalize the passband, you can adjust HI CUT to as high as 4.00, and the DSP's bandwidth will be set up accordingly. If you have WIDTH/SHIFT selected, you may only be able to get the DSP's bandwidth up to 3.50 kHz, even though the display says 4.00. (Barry, N1EU, discovered this idiosyncrasy. Thanks!) 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Interesting FW Upload issue with K3 (happy ending)
I had the same issue with the P3. Built a P3 kit, and during the upgrading of the f/w, a failure occurred during FPGA code load. The 'boot loader' didn't work after that, and I could not initiate a forced recovery. Had to send P3 back to factory, under warranty. The factory reported the failure was caused an improperly programmed part. However, it worked for some of the upgrade. Ben W4SC -Original Message- From: Bob Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 5:03 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Interesting FW Upload issue with K3 (happy ending) Hi: I am curious if this is an indication of a programmable part wear out, or perhaps simply a timing issue between my K3 and computer. I was installing the 5.38 firmware update today in anticipation of installing the two new synthesizer hardware upgrades. The K3 utility found the latest software, connected without issue, and proceeded to do the MCU update to 5.38. However when it came time to the Front Panel Firmware, it failed, complaining that a retry count had been exceeded. The remainder of the update went just fine, with both of my existing synthesizers being successfully updated. The good news is that a retry of the update (Send All Firmware to K3) worked the second time around, but it still remarked on one retry being required. I have copied the log data that shows the problem, and again wonder if this was just bad luck, or an indication that the programmable part on my FPF is wearing out: K3 responded with revision 05.38 16:23:43 MCU firmware load is complete 16:23:43 Elecraft K3 Utility Revision 1.13.5.9 16:23:43 OS Version 6.2 Build 9200 16:23:43 K3 MCU revision 05.38. RS-232 speed 38400 bit/s. 16:23:48 Sending firmware file C:\Users\Robert\Desktop\K3\hfpf0125.hex to FPF 16:23:50 Retry 1 successful at address 0x0450 16:23:51 Retry 1 successful at address 0x0660 16:24:01 Retry 1 successful at address 0x1B20 16:24:06 Retry 1 successful at address 0x2460 16:24:09 Send FPF firmware failed at load address 0x29E0 16:24:09 Ready 16:24:09 Total number of retries was 14 16:24:09 Highest number of retries for any block was 10 16:24:09 Error code 0xE244: Retry limit has been exhausted 16:24:09 FPF verification failed. Reload FPF. 16:24:09 Click "Close" to close this window Here is the log for the second (successful) attempt: 16:36:36 Sending firmware file C:\Users\Robert\Desktop\K3\hfpf0125.hex to FPF 16:37:06 Retry 1 successful at address 0x3960 16:38:07 Waiting 6 seconds for reset to complete 16:38:13 Ready 16:38:13 Total number of retries was 1 16:38:13 Highest number of retries for any block was 1 16:38:13 Loaded FPF firmware revision 01.25 K3 responded with revision 01.25 16:38:13 FPF firmware load is complete 73, Bob, WB4SON __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w...@windstream.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K1 - problem with KAT1 (Solved)
Don, Thanks for the tip. I did a quick eyeball check on the board and sure enough pin 1 of K9 has never been soldered! It's not the first time that I have seen the round solder pad on a board missed like that. This KAT1 is at least third-hand, so it's surprising that neither the original builder nor the intermediate owners have experienced problems (or perhaps that's why it's been passed on!). 73, Ray / SM5XLP -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Don Wilhelm [mailto:donw...@embarqmail.com] Skickat: den 12 maj 2016 00:12 Till: Raymund Band; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Ämne: Re: [Elecraft] K1 - problem with KAT1 Ray, I would be highly suspicious of a relay that is not working properly. Whether that is the result of a poorly or unsoldered connection or because the relay is really bad is to be determined. That relay just was not operated on the other bands, but it happened to try to be operated on 15 meters during the tuning process. The relays on the KAT1 are latching types. By using the L0-L4 menu items and the C0-C5 as well as the N1 and N2 settings you can check the relay operation. First check to see if you hear a click when the relay is operated - note that for the L0 and C0 settings there should be no relay operated. The schematic shows the relays in the reset position. The capacitor relay checks are easy - when the relay is set, one lead of the capacitor will show continuity to ground. With C0, none of the capacitors will have continuity to ground. The check of the inductor relays is a little harder because the inductor itself will show a DC path, so lift one lead of all the inductors and then test across the inductor solder pads with your ohmmeter. The L0 setting should show an zero resistance across each of the inductor solder pads, as you select L1 thru L4, you should see the relay for that inductor open. If you don't want to lift a lead on the inductors, you can test by using the SWR indication as given in the KAT1 manual on page 14 near the bottom of the page. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/11/2016 4:38 PM, Raymund Band wrote: > I have just installed a KAT1 in a K1 with 4-bands filter board. The > KAT1 bridge adjustment and power calibration were performed without difficulty. > > > > The K1 (serial number 25xx) has been used without any problems and the > KAT1 has been used previously with a different 2-bands K1. Using Tune > and testing into a good 50 ohm load, everything worked OK on 7, 10 and > 14 MHz but 21 MHz showed a problem. After a long tune (about 1 sec), > the display showed LO P and the combined load/power-meter showed 0.5 > watt. Another known good 50 ohm load gave the same result. > > > > Removing the KAT1 showed that the K1 could easily give 6 watts on all > bands, including 21 MHz. > > > > With the KAT1 re-installed and looking at the results of the tune on > all four bands (7, 10, 14 & 21 MHz) on the ATU menu, the lowest 3 > bands all showed L = 0.0, C = 00, which seems reasonable with a 50 ohm load. > > The highest band (21 MHz) showed L = 4.9 and C = 63. So something > seems wrong in the KAT1. Can it be power measurement (D1 & D2 etc)? > > > > Ray / SM5XLP > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > donw...@embarqmail.com > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Interesting FW Upload issue with K3 (happy ending)
This sounds familiar A while ago updated a k3 using my laptop and usb to serial. The RS232 won't fit properly to the K3 so used a linking CAT-5E cable a couple of meters long. The update failed several times, not sure of exact cause, possible x-talk across the tx/rx pairs or unused wires. Replaced link cable with a very short CAT5E all %100 cheers Paul b ZL1AJY -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Interesting-FW-Upload-issue-with-K3-happy-ending-tp7617371p7617377.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
