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K3: 5W TX Gain Cal Failure ...

Ken Dailey-2
I'm just building a new K3, and have come to the point of performing the TX Gain Calibration.  I have the K3 hooked up to the iMac via a KUSB, and the two are talking to each other fine.  However when I run the 5W gain cal, I get this failure message :

Elecraft K3 Utility for OS X Version 1.12.3.28B
OS X Version 10.7.4 (Lion)
K3 MCU version 04.51. RS-232 speed 9600 bps.
Starting 5 watt calibration.
Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
IsSamplingComplete: Unexpected response 'DS@@@@1∞>IÄÄ;' to 'DS;'. State 220
Calibration power settled at 'ERR TXF;'
5 watt calibration failed.
Elapsed time: 6.6 secs

Anyone have any ideas what the problem is?

Thanks,

Ken, G0RVH

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Re: K3: 5W TX Gain Cal Failure ...

Don Wilhelm-4
Ken,

ERR TXF is Transmit Filter.  Make certain you have selected the 2.7 or
2.8 kHz filter for transmit in both CW and SSB.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/9/2012 5:53 AM, Ken Dailey wrote:

> I'm just building a new K3, and have come to the point of performing the TX Gain Calibration.  I have the K3 hooked up to the iMac via a KUSB, and the two are talking to each other fine.  However when I run the 5W gain cal, I get this failure message :
>
> Elecraft K3 Utility for OS X Version 1.12.3.28B
> OS X Version 10.7.4 (Lion)
> K3 MCU version 04.51. RS-232 speed 9600 bps.
> Starting 5 watt calibration.
> Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
> IsSamplingComplete: Unexpected response 'DS@@@@1∞>IÄÄ;' to 'DS;'. State 220
> Calibration power settled at 'ERR TXF;'
> 5 watt calibration failed.
> Elapsed time: 6.6 secs
>
> Anyone have any ideas what the problem is?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken, G0RVH
>

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Re: K3: 5W TX Gain Cal Failure ...

Ken Dailey-2
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Thanks Bob and Don (Don that's two I owe, you helped me in the past on my K2 build :-) - I had FL5 selected instead of FL1 (2.8), which would explain things (FL5=250Hz).  5W Cal now completed successfully.

Thanks!

Ken, G0RVH

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On 9 Sep 2012, at 13:34, Bob Wolbert, K6XX wrote:

> Your transmit filter is not configured correctly. Look at the 2.7 ( or 2.8) filter. Is it enabled for CW transmit?
>
> 73 de Bob, K6XX
>
> On Sep 9, 2012, at 2:53 AM, Ken Dailey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> I'm just building a new K3, and have come to the point of performing the TX Gain Calibration.  I have the K3 hooked up to the iMac via a KUSB, and the two are talking to each other fine.  However when I run the 5W gain cal, I get this failure message :
>>
>> Elecraft K3 Utility for OS X Version 1.12.3.28B
>> OS X Version 10.7.4 (Lion)
>> K3 MCU version 04.51. RS-232 speed 9600 bps.
>> Starting 5 watt calibration.
>> Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
>> IsSamplingComplete: Unexpected response 'DS@@@@1∞>IÄÄ;' to 'DS;'. State 220
>> Calibration power settled at 'ERR TXF;'
>> 5 watt calibration failed.
>> Elapsed time: 6.6 secs
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas what the problem is?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ken, G0RVH
>>
>> --
>> Ken Dailey
>>
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