Initial strangeness

[raroth7]

It's been many years since even touching an HF radio (last one was
National NCX-3).  Things that used to be familiar are now strange and
new again.

To wit...doing the first calibrations.  The synthesizer cal appeared to
complete correctly, but when I hopped from band to band, there is a
momentary "ERR PL1" message at VFO B.  I don't know if this is normal or
not.

I think I went through filter setup correctly, but when attempting the
Reference Oscillator Calibration my trip took me to an unfamiliar place.
  While I don't have my antenna set up, yet.  I connected a few feet of
wire to the ANT 1 input hoping to hear WWV or CHU, but no dice.  What I
did hear on all bands were spurs or parasitics roaming around.  There
were frequency sweeps that were VFO dependent and others that were
unaffected even when spinning the VFO dial.

Perhaps others have been here before and can give me a clue.

Thanks and good night!
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73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA

K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
Titan-DX (to come)
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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

Dave, the spurious ERR PL1 message is corrected in the latest f/w
release. The error checking code was looking at the PLL too quickly
after a band change. On a small number of rigs this showed up as a
momentary error after a band change. We have now increased the delay
after a band change before checking fhr PLL.

73, Eric   WA6HHQ

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You Wrote:
Elecraft] Initial strangeness

Dick Roth KA1OZ
Sun, 04 May 2008 20:38:58 -0700

To wit...doing the first calibrations. The synthesizer cal appeared to
complete correctly, but when I hopped from band to band, there is a
momentary "ERR PL1" message at VFO B. I don't know if this is normal or not.

--
73,
Dick ka1oz

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