Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-28 Thread Bob KD7YZ
On 3/27/2019 19:01, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > With the radio in Data A mode, tap MENU, scroll to MIC SEL YES!!! the definitive answer !! Apparently, I had mistakenly changed that setting. thank you very much for a succinct answer! -- 73 Bob KD7YZ AMSAT LM #901 __

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-27 Thread Rick WA6NHC
Hi Don, Not lately, but I've rented (Camaro); not with ALL the foo foo items, but it went WAY fast in a big hurry! That was kinda the point of that choice, apply more foot; go more fast.  While waiting for the passenger, I ran through the dash menu, made the readout settings the way I wanted

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-27 Thread Don Wilhelm
Rick, Have you bought a new vehicle lately? My 2017 model (moving from a 2008 model) had more bells and whistles than I could imagine. The salesman made an attempt at familiarizing me with the various functions, but the mind became saturated during his demo, and I concentrated only on what

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-27 Thread Rick WA6NHC
Heh, I'm the exact opposite.  It's one of my evaluation test points that if the device/software is truly user intuitive, friendly etc, the manual become superfluous, rarely needed.  But for picking out the nits and finer subtle details these days, one must read because ultimately, they matter.

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-27 Thread Jim Brown
It's amazing the things you can learn simply by reading the manual.  It's the first thing I do with an new product. 73, Jim K9YC On 3/27/2019 4:01 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: With the radio in Data A mode, tap MENU, scroll to MIC SEL shown in the VFO B area, and then using the VFO knob scroll

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-27 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
With the radio in Data A mode, tap MENU, scroll to MIC SEL shown in the VFO B area, and then using the VFO knob scroll to Line In. Tap MENU to exit. The SPEED/MIC knob should have the LED illuminated showing MIC. When you turn the knob the VFO B area should show LINE xx where xx is the value o

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-27 Thread Bob KD7YZ
On 3/27/2019 08:02, Richard Ferch wrote: > There is no ALC knob. Within the K3, My bad to paraphrase it that way "Line" It was the way I dickered with the apparent ALC "BARS" Now I can't get a TAP push or shove to say Line" FT8 Data-A as usual I am not concerned about the ancillary issue of

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-27 Thread Richard Ferch
You didn't say so, but the "4 to 5 bars" phrase makes it sound as if you are trying to use a digital mode. If so, what mode is the rig in? It should be in DATA A. If you don't like the default filter setting in DATA A, use the SHIFT/WIDTH (or HI/LO CUT) filter controls to set the filter bandwidth w

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-27 Thread Bob KD7YZ
On 3/26/2019 23:02, Nr4c wrote: > Tap the knob to switch between Speed and Mic Gain. I think VOX is a hold > function. tnx Bill. Tapp or push, all I see are Mic/ -- 73 Bob KD7YZ AMSAT LM #901 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mail

Re: [Elecraft] ALC knob control missing on my K3

2019-03-26 Thread Nr4c
Tap the knob to switch between Speed and Mic Gain. I think VOX is a hold function. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Mar 26, 2019, at 7:32 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > > So I was following some really great help from Don re ALC on my SSPA > .and I didn't get back to using the K3 .. was Sa