[K3] FSK RTTY Problems

[Jim AB3CV]

Similar to others I had major problems with FSK-D RTTY with the latest beta
firmware this weekend on my K3 #1210.

I often found that my K3 didn't appear to recognize on the first attempt on
a band that the KPA500 was even present at all and instead put out the full
100W that I normally run when not using the KPA500. I hadn't seen this
reported by others. Needless to say the KPA faulted immediately on that!

I never really found a repeatable sequence that would set the power. I had
seen the note that power changes in TX or RX could be different so I
frantically tried either after reducing power into the teens after the KPA
faulted to huge overdrives.

I eventually found settings on each of 10 thru 80m that were somewhere
between 400 and 500w but never felt comfortable that something wasn't going
to go nuts.

FWIW, I normally run 500w or a bit more on RTTY with no problems at all
prior to this beta.

Eagerly awaiting a fix!!!

73

jim ab3cv
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[Wes (N7WS)]

It is "Beta".  If it doesn't work, roll back to a version that does.

On 2/10/2014 7:51 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Eagerly awaiting a fix!!!
>
> 73
>
> jim ab3cv
> ______________________________________________________________
>

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[Jim AB3CV]

Of course...

Was just adding to the info. Including the bit about the K3 not honoring
the internal tables for KPA500 being attached.

jim ab3cv


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Wes (N7WS) <[hidden email]> wrote:

> It is "Beta".  If it doesn't work, roll back to a version that does.
>
> On 2/10/2014 7:51 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
>
>> [snip]
>>
>>
>> Eagerly awaiting a fix!!!
>>
>> 73
>>
>> jim ab3cv
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>>
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[wayne burdick]

Jim,

I have a newer field-test release, 4.83, that fixes the primary problem of power-setting in RTTY mode (FSK-D). While I still have little more work to do to get power to settle quickly, 9 out of 10 ops testing 4.83 said it was working well enough for their needs. (Definitely fixes the problem from 4.81, which was *also* tested by a lot of ops, but they all missed this problem somehow. That's why we do beta before production….)

I'll send you a copy.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Feb 10, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Jim Miller <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Similar to others I had major problems with FSK-D RTTY with the latest beta
> firmware this weekend on my K3 #1210.




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