Al W6LX asked what is VFO TRK - used in AM for ECSS

[Clifford Hynds]

Hi,

Don't know if you got your answer Al but VFO TRK is a ECSS (Exalted Carrier
Selectable Sideband) mainly used for SWL on AM but can of course be used on
Amateur AM reception to minimise fading and with selectable sidebands
minimise QRM from one side. The K3 has a clever system that tracks the
carrier automatically. Works very well,

73
Cliff VK2CCJ
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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

I think you mean the K3's Synch-AM receive capability, not VFO-TRK.

VFO-TRK is used to lock VFO A and B tracking together at the freq offset
they have at the time it is enabled.

73,

Eric
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On 11/27/2012 11:10 AM, Clifford Hynds wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Don't know if you got your answer Al but VFO TRK is a ECSS (Exalted Carrier
> Selectable Sideband) mainly used for SWL on AM but can of course be used on
> Amateur AM reception to minimise fading and with selectable sidebands
> minimise QRM from one side. The K3 has a clever system that tracks the
> carrier automatically. Works very well,
>
> 73
> Cliff VK2CCJ
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[alorona]

Thank you, Eric.

The reason I cryptically added the part about 'Macro 0' was that VFO TRK is
apparently stored in my Macro 0 and I have no idea how it got there or how to
get it out.

I'll just live with it there. Thanks again!

Al W6LX




> VFO-TRK is used to lock VFO A and B tracking together at the freq offset
> they have at the time it is enabled.

> 73,

> Eric
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