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K1LI

K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

Since installing v3.56 and continuing with v3.57, the front panel BAND
control always takes me to 5.975 MHz in AM-S when I try to QSY to 40m. I can
get to 7.xxx MHz frequencies via keypad and logging programs, but not via
BAND control.

Any ideas on what's going on?

--
73 -- Brian -- K1LI
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Peter Chamalian

Re: K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

I just tried cycling through bands with the band control and did not
encounter that problem. I wonder if you are set on split which I found
would not let me cycle through modes but again no problem changing bands.

Pete, W1RM

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Machesney [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:39 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

Since installing v3.56 and continuing with v3.57, the front panel BAND
control always takes me to 5.975 MHz in AM-S when I try to QSY to 40m. I can
get to 7.xxx MHz frequencies via keypad and logging programs, but not via
BAND control.

Any ideas on what's going on?

--
73 -- Brian -- K1LI
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

In reply to this post by K1LI

Brian,

What is the chance that you did some SWLing and tuned downward fro 40
meters to 5.975 - and subsequently either powered off or changed bands?
The K3 dutifully remembers your last used frequency on "40 meters".
Try doing a Direct Frequency Entry to get things back within the real 40
meter band spectrum.

73,
Don W3FPR

Brian Machesney wrote:
> Since installing v3.56 and continuing with v3.57, the front panel BAND
> control always takes me to 5.975 MHz in AM-S when I try to QSY to 40m. I can
> get to 7.xxx MHz frequencies via keypad and logging programs, but not via
> BAND control.
>
> Any ideas on what's going on?
>
>
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Steve Ellington

Re: K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

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Go to config/BND MAP. Scroll through the bands and make sure 7.0 is IN.
Maybe somehow it got changed to OUT. Once you get this fixed, save your
config via the K3 utility so you can restore. Yes it's a pain. Band buttons
would be nice!
Steve
N4LQ
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Machesney" <[hidden email]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:39 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

> Since installing v3.56 and continuing with v3.57, the front panel BAND
> control always takes me to 5.975 MHz in AM-S when I try to QSY to 40m. I
> can
> get to 7.xxx MHz frequencies via keypad and logging programs, but not via
> BAND control.
>
> Any ideas on what's going on?
>
> --
> 73 -- Brian -- K1LI
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n7ws

Re: K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

That may be it. I had the same thing happen with 17 meters yesterday. I seldom use that band so I don't know when it might have gotten changed, but I know I didn't do it on purpose.

Wes N7WS

--- On Sun, 11/15/09, Steve Ellington <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Steve Ellington <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later
To: "Brian Machesney" <[hidden email]>, "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]>
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 6:33 AM

Go to config/BND MAP. Scroll through the bands and make sure 7.0 is IN.
Maybe somehow it got changed to OUT. Once you get this fixed, save your
config via the K3 utility so you can restore. Yes it's a pain. Band buttons
would be nice!
Steve
N4LQ
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K1LI

Re: K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

In reply to this post by Steve Ellington

Steve,

Thanks for your suggestion - BND MAP was, indeed, the culprit. I had
disabled 60m, but it somehow got re-enabled.

73 -- Brian -- K1LI

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Steve Ellington <[hidden email]>wrote:

> Go to config/BND MAP. Scroll through the bands and make sure 7.0 is IN.
> Maybe somehow it got changed to OUT.
>

> Steve
> N4LQ
>
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drewko

Re: K3: BAND up/down problem with FW 3.56 and later

In reply to this post by K1LI

You probably have 40m mapped out. See "Config: Bnd Map"

A similar thing can happen when you wander out of the ham bands. The
problem is that the K3 considers 40m (for example) to exend all the
way down into the 49m SWBC band as far as the BAND switch is
concerned. The K3 boundary between 40m and 60m is 6.000 MHz:
frequencies above 6.0 are "assigned" to 40m, and those below to 60m.

For general coverage users a quick way to recover from this "glitch"
is to program your Mx buttons with frequencies in each ham band. Then
when you wander out of a ham band you can quickly restore BAND to a
proper ham frequency by pushing M->V M1

73,
Drew
AF2Z

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:39:07 -0500, Brian K1LI wrote:

>Since installing v3.56 and continuing with v3.57, the front panel BAND
>control always takes me to 5.975 MHz in AM-S when I try to QSY to 40m. I can
>get to 7.xxx MHz frequencies via keypad and logging programs, but not via
>BAND control.
>
>Any ideas on what's going on?

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