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Edward R Cole

Changing DATA-A modes with Memory Editor

"I have a problem Houston"!

I've tried to program my memory channels for DATA-A mode to reflect a
change in DATA MD, and its not taking it.

I re-programmed the memory in question to CW mode to clear the memory
mode and uploaded it to the K3 successfully,. Next I selected the
memory on the radio using M>V button and rotating VFO-A. Then I
changed mode from CW to DATA-A and DATA MD to the sub mode I want to
program. Then I change the mode in Editor from CW to DATA-A and
select that memory ID and Send Selected. DATA-A is saved but not the
DATA-MD that I wanted. Every time I send from the Editor is puts
AFSK A on LSB with 45bps bw. The only DATA mode I want to use is DATA-A USB.

The editor is writing to the K3 because I see the activity deleting
and writing. It is connected with the same COM$ that I use for the
K3 Utility program which runs properly.

I even upgraded Editor to vers. 1.0.203.0 which is the current
version available on the Elecraft website.

So what is the secret "handshake"? Right now I am suspecting the K3
cpu is in league with Bill Gates and "resistance is futile"!

73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: Changing DATA-A modes with Memory Editor

Ed,

Can I suggest a work-around while you are waiting for the K3 memory
editor to be changed.
Note that what I see in the K3 Frequency Memory Editor is just a
selection of DATA mode - I do not see the selection of the data
sub-modes nor the selection of which sideband is to be used in DATA mode.

Store all your memories with the K3 Memory Editor, then back at the K3,
retrieve the DATA mode memories one by one, change the DATA MD and store
them back using the K3 buttons.

I have entered memories in my K3 manually and they do stay in the
correct DATA-A submode.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/18/2011 5:03 AM, Edward R. Cole wrote:

> "I have a problem Houston"!
>
> I've tried to program my memory channels for DATA-A mode to reflect a
> change in DATA MD, and its not taking it.
>
> I re-programmed the memory in question to CW mode to clear the memory
> mode and uploaded it to the K3 successfully,. Next I selected the
> memory on the radio using M>V button and rotating VFO-A. Then I
> changed mode from CW to DATA-A and DATA MD to the sub mode I want to
> program. Then I change the mode in Editor from CW to DATA-A and
> select that memory ID and Send Selected. DATA-A is saved but not the
> DATA-MD that I wanted. Every time I send from the Editor is puts
> AFSK A on LSB with 45bps bw. The only DATA mode I want to use is DATA-A USB.
>
> The editor is writing to the K3 because I see the activity deleting
> and writing. It is connected with the same COM$ that I use for the
> K3 Utility program which runs properly.
>
> I even upgraded Editor to vers. 1.0.203.0 which is the current
> version available on the Elecraft website.
>
> So what is the secret "handshake"? Right now I am suspecting the K3
> cpu is in league with Bill Gates and "resistance is futile"!
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
>

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Edward R Cole

Re: Changing DATA-A modes with Memory Editor

Don,

Mystery solved! One thing that I could not do is read the memory
from the K3 and that bothered me. No wonder no changes were taking
place. It finally dawned on me why Editor could not read. I was
asking it to read the info directly from the radio dial. I looked up
how to program memories without using Editor. I had never done that,
as Editor came out soon after I purchased my K3.

Making changes was easy once I placed them into memory using the V>M
key on the K3. I dialed in the frequency, checked DATA MD and
adjusted it to the proper sub-mode, then adjusted width to
2.8. Hitting V>M again saved the changes, then I read it to Editor
and they were saved.

From the beginning I had not programmed memories with the radio.. I
always used Editor. I had to look it up in the manual to figure out
how to manually program it. From there things were easy.

Pretty good lesson for us all.
Thanks for helping,

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 10:34 AM 8/18/2011, you wrote:

>Ed,
>
>The K3 probably stayed in whatever data sub-mode you had for that
>band when you first tried it.
>If you manually change a few of them to DATA A, ;then reload from
>the memory editor, you can verify whether that is true or not.
>After you determine that the data submode remains unchanged from
>memory load to memory load, you will be free to modify the
>frequency, etc with the memory editor and be OK as long as you do
>not add another memory to the DATA mode list - if you do, it is a
>simple matter to do the manual change on only that one memory.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>
>On 8/18/2011 1:33 PM, Edward R. Cole wrote:
>>Don,
>>
>>Ah, that was one thing I didn't think of. Change the radio and
>>store the results with Editor. One of those think out of the box deals!
>>
>>Well, interestingly some frequencies come up in DATA MD as I want.
>>But I will have to scroll thru the rest reading the radio one
>>memory at a time for the others. I have several favorite
>>freq.stored for each band in memories 00-99. On almost every band
>>I have the standard WSPR and PSK freq., both of which run with wide
>>band DATA USB. The only band I might run AFSK would be for packet
>>on 2m, and I use another radio for that.
>>
>>So far I have only run WSPR with the K3, but this will change as I
>>have sold my FT-847 and will ship it in about a week. Then there
>>will be some wiring changes in the shack to eliminate those for the
>>FT-847 (clean up) and some shifting of location of some items (to
>>make room for new stuff).
>>
>>Without a 100w HF radio I will have some motivation to building
>>that 300w linear.
>>
>>73, Ed - KL7UW
>>
>>At 05:14 AM 8/18/2011, you wrote:
>>>Ed,
>>>
>>>Can I suggest a work-around while you are waiting for the K3
>>>memory editor to be changed.
>>>Note that what I see in the K3 Frequency Memory Editor is just a
>>>selection of DATA mode - I do not see the selection of the data
>>>sub-modes nor the selection of which sideband is to be used in DATA mode.
>>>
>>>Store all your memories with the K3 Memory Editor, then back at
>>>the K3, retrieve the DATA mode memories one by one, change the
>>>DATA MD and store them back using the K3 buttons.
>>>
>>>I have entered memories in my K3 manually and they do stay in the
>>>correct DATA-A submode.
>>>
>>>73,
>>>Don W3FPR
>>>
>>>On 8/18/2011 5:03 AM, Edward R. Cole wrote:
>>>>"I have a problem Houston"!
>>>>
>>>>I've tried to program my memory channels for DATA-A mode to reflect a
>>>>change in DATA MD, and its not taking it.
>>>>
>>>>I re-programmed the memory in question to CW mode to clear the memory
>>>>mode and uploaded it to the K3 successfully,. Next I selected the
>>>>memory on the radio using M>V button and rotating VFO-A. Then I
>>>>changed mode from CW to DATA-A and DATA MD to the sub mode I want to
>>>>program. Then I change the mode in Editor from CW to DATA-A and
>>>>select that memory ID and Send Selected. DATA-A is saved but not the
>>>>DATA-MD that I wanted. Every time I send from the Editor is puts
>>>>AFSK A on LSB with 45bps bw. The only DATA mode I want to use is
>>>>DATA-A USB.
>>>>
>>>>The editor is writing to the K3 because I see the activity deleting
>>>>and writing. It is connected with the same COM$ that I use for the
>>>>K3 Utility program which runs properly.
>>>>
>>>>I even upgraded Editor to vers. 1.0.203.0 which is the current
>>>>version available on the Elecraft website.
>>>>
>>>>So what is the secret "handshake"? Right now I am suspecting the K3
>>>>cpu is in league with Bill Gates and "resistance is futile"!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
>>>
>>>
>>>73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
>>>======================================
>>>BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com
>>>EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-?
>>>DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [hidden email]
>>>======================================
>>
>
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
>======================================
>BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com
>EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-?
>DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [hidden email]
>======================================