Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-17 Thread ok1rp
Wayne, I will be happy to know when the new fw will be available for those who are using the 8-/5- poles filters combinations in the K3. I am using Main RX: 2.7k/400/250Hz and Sub RX: 2.7k/500/200Hz...:( Many thanks for Your attention to that in order to improve the diversity performance etc.

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Joe A 2.8 KHz filter is not appropriate for for AM So true If you want to operate diversity in AM you will need one of the wider filters. I don't and don't recall mentioning I did want to. I do recall stating I found this behavior accidentally. I really wasn't expecting such a debate

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Waiting for Wayne to comment sounds like a stellar idea! So say we all? Cheers Rick AG6AY -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Odd-freq-shift-in-diversity-mode-after-VFO-upgrade-tp7604845p7604892.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
I don't know where others might come from, but for me running sound stage diversity implies two IDENTICAL receivers each being fed to one ear. Assigning a requirement that that all should behave normally when the receivers are NOT identical seems unfair among other things. Do we really want the

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Rick, I am going to go 'out on a limb' and make a wild guess that it did *not* behave that way with the old synth boards. Wayne will likely correct me if I am wrong. With the old synths in diversity mode, there was one synth driving the main RX and the other driving the subRX. With filters

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Phil Wheeler
:-) On 7/12/15 1:35 PM, rick.ag...@gmail.com wrote: I really wasn't expecting such a debate about what others think I must not understand. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Guy Please note my response before your posting. It is not that I want diversity beyond 2.8 kHz, I just accidentally did and the current side effect of shifting the RX B passband caught be by surprise as I don't recall this experience prior to updating the Synth boards. I get that diversity

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Rick, A 2.8 KHz filter is not appropriate for for AM as it will limit the maximum audio frequency to 1400 Hz (carrier +/- filter bandwidth). If you want to operate diversity in AM you will need one of the wider filters. If you're not in AM, keep the bandwidth below 2.8 KHz and there will be

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Wayne Burdick
If the filter offsets aren't matched, in diversity mode, the firmware has to set up the main/sub synths differently rather than drive both receivers from the main synth. This is supposed to be working, but there could be edge cases not covered yet. I'm looking into that. Wayne N6KR On Jul

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Wayne Something tells me I may be your signature edge case for this particular situation. I would be happy to be an early tester. Cheers Rick AG6AY -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Here is what I posted on the Yahoo group just now. I hope a little time helped clarify my description post starts now ... I can better explain and reproduce the issue now. Thanks to Dale WA8SRA, Don W3FPR , and Wayne N6KR for hints along the way I have the following 8-pole filters Main:

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Rick, Something on that order is to be expected when you are using different filters in the main and in the sub. The filter centers do not match, and that leads to calculations of the filter centers which are different - the result is that the K3 is 'confused' and the offset is the result.

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Phil Wheeler
Agree, Joe -- Not a bug. My recollection is that somewhere in the (vast) info on the K3 is an indication that it is wise to use the same filters in Main and Sub RX. 73, Phil W7OX On 7/12/15 9:51 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Wayne, is this effect something you consider a bug? Not a bug

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Phil Wheeler
Re I can work around this.: Buy two more filters, Rick? :-) Phil W7OX On 7/12/15 7:13 AM, rick.ag...@gmail.com wrote: Here is what I posted on the Yahoo group just now. I hope a little time helped clarify my description post starts now ... I can better explain and reproduce the issue

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Wayne, is this effect something you consider a bug? Not a bug ... the nature of diversity since both receivers use the main Rx synthesizer (including filter offset). If you want to use AM and an audio bandwidth greater than 1.4 KHz (filter/2), you will need to add at least one more filter -

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
I sure hope not! Actually that raises a good question. Wayne, is this effect something you consider a bug? I can tell you having the sub rx shift seemingly on it's own just because I was changing the passband was interesting to experience. Rick AG6AY -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-12 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Joe It's not that I want to use diversity beyond the filters I had in the sub rx, I just accidentally discovered this effect I am looking over Wayne's early comment about how their might be an issue handling 8-pole vs 5-pole shifts. Could not the technique used for that situation be applied

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-11 Thread Don Wilhelm
Rick, When you say WWV zero beats at exactly 10.000 in USB mode, what exactly are you zero beating? The carrier or one of the transmitted tones? What happens if you are not in either Split or Diversity - reception on the main receiver only (turn the SUB off)? What the P3 should show is the

[Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-11 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Hi all I have a very odd thing happening in diversity mode after installing the new VFO's. I have a K3 with dual receivers and new VFOs using a dipole and loop antenna when in diversity. I also have a P3. I am on current 5.29 firmware and have successfully gone through all required calibration

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-11 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Everyone - much thanks for the input. I will try for a compiled response since I had so many responses! what exactly are you zero beating? The WWV carrier ... well ok I'm not exactly zero beating in the proper sense. By tuning the K3 through the 10.000 MHz WWV AM station using SSB mode with Lo

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-11 Thread d...@lightstream.net
Rick, I'll bet that when the frequency shift occurred, you had your bandwidth dialed to something 2.8KHz because in that situation, your Main RX filter would have been using your 6KHz filter in slot #2, and your SUB filter for slot #2 would have been -- EMPTY. Have fun in the contest! 73, Dale

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-11 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Dale Hmm. I very well could have set Hi = 3.0 and that would set up the scenario you mentioned. Cool. That should not take long to try. However, I don't recall an absolute requirement for filter parity between main and sub rx as the firmware should select the largest available even when desired

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-11 Thread rick.ag...@gmail.com
Dale I think you may be on to something! I just used diversity on 20M in IARU and it is obvious that - RX A is on freq - RX B is 1.5 kHz low When I use BSET I see - RX A XFIL = FL2 (6 kHz) I hit BSET - RX B XFIL = FL3 (2.8 kHz) I then adjusted Hi from 3.0 kHz to 2.8 kHz. Lo! The instant

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-11 Thread d...@lightstream.net
Hi Rick, Pay close attention to the filter bandwidth you have dialed in, and make sure that BOTH the main receiver and sub-receiver are using filters of the SAME bandwidth (with offset adjusted if they are not 8-pole filters). For example, if your main RX has a 2.8 KHz filter installed and you

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Odd freq shift in diversity mode after VFO upgrade

2015-07-11 Thread Wayne Burdick
Rick, If you have a combination of 5- and 8-pole filters in the main and/or sub receivers, it's the new firmware isn't adjusting for the difference between the two when in diversity mode with the new synths. I'll look into that, and if it's a firmware issue, I'll get it fixed ASAP. What