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James Hall-2

K3/P3 combo during ARRL RTTY RU

Hello All:

I wanted to give - or chime in with - my impressions of my K3 performance
with my new P3 panadapter. I run an SO2R setup with the K3 (with rebuilt
TL-922A amp) as the #1 rig and my venerable FT-1000MP MkV (with 87A amp) as
my #2 rig. The K3 is the only rig with a panadapter.

This was my first contest after a station rebuild project which lasted over
a year and a half. It felt great to get back in the saddle again and I
really love RTTY as a contest mode. I use N1MM Logger as my contest
software.

I found the use of the panadapter was quite useful when I switched roles for
the rig and used it for S&P. It was really neat to be able to spot RTTY
signals on a noisy 80M band and work them quickly. I have also found that in
a contest scenario, I have better luck turning off the dual peak filter and
just maintaining a narrow filter skirt around both mark and space. The
reason for this is that I can 'see the signal coming' when I tune for
stations much easier and can quickly 'lock on' and work them.

Now I wish I had a panadapter for the Mark V ! J

73, Jamie

WB4YDL

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Mark n2qt

clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

Is there a way to zero the RIT control when tuning the main tuning knob?

During the rtty contest I would ride the RIT control while running and then
forget to
zero it when changing to S&P.

I've looked through the K3 manual and programmers reference along with
looking
through the N1MM manual (If there was a macro that would execute when
changing
from RUN to SP I could do it that way).

Mark n2qt

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Chester Alderman

Re: clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

Yes. With N1MM you just add the macro {CLEARRIT} and it works fine with the
K3. Other radios, such as Icom, do not process a 'clear rit' command string.

Tom - W4BQF

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: [Elecraft] clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

Is there a way to zero the RIT control when tuning the main tuning knob?

During the rtty contest I would ride the RIT control while running and then
forget to
zero it when changing to S&P.

I've looked through the K3 manual and programmers reference along with
looking
through the N1MM manual (If there was a macro that would execute when
changing
from RUN to SP I could do it that way).

Mark n2qt

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gm3sek

Re: clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

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Mark n2qt wrote:

>Is there a way to zero the RIT control when tuning the main tuning knob?
>
>During the rtty contest I would ride the RIT control while running and then
>forget to
>zero it when changing to S&P.
>
>I've looked through the K3 manual and programmers reference along with
>looking
>through the N1MM manual (If there was a macro that would execute when
>changing
>from RUN to SP I could do it that way).
>

Use {CLEARRIT} at the end of your Run-F3 macro, so the RIT is zeroed
after each QSO is logged. That will also leave you ready to go S&P.

--

73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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wayne burdick

Re: clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

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In reply to this post by Mark n2qt

RIT CLR can be done either from the front panel switch, an "RC;"
command, or an "SWT53;" switch emulation command, even while you're
transmitting.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Jan 10, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Mark n2qt wrote:

> Is there a way to zero the RIT control when tuning the main tuning
> knob?
>
> During the rtty contest I would ride the RIT control while running
> and then
> forget to
> zero it when changing to S&P.
>
> I've looked through the K3 manual and programmers reference along with
> looking
> through the N1MM manual (If there was a macro that would execute when
> changing
> from RUN to SP I could do it that way).
>
> Mark n2qt
>
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Guy, K2AV

Re: clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

The N1MM {CLEARRIT} macro sends the correct K3 command if the rig is
declared as a K3. My run F3 string in N1MM is ...

"TU * {CLEARRIT}"

... without the quotes and those are braces, not paretheses.

73, Guy.

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

> RIT CLR can be done either from the front panel switch, an "RC;"
> command, or an "SWT53;" switch emulation command, even while you're
> transmitting.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Mark n2qt wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to zero the RIT control when tuning the main tuning
>> knob?
>>
>> During the rtty contest I would ride the RIT control while running
>> and then
>> forget to
>> zero it when changing to S&P.
>>
>> I've looked through the K3 manual and programmers reference along with
>> looking
>> through the N1MM manual (If there was a macro that would execute when
>> changing
>> from RUN to SP I could do it that way).
>>
>> Mark n2qt
>>
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Mark n2qt

Re: clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

yes I've got that in my TU macro in N1MM, but it seems I manage to tune RIT
and then wander off
to S&P without logging someone just before.

WIth low power I seem to be giving up on running quite a bit!

Mark n2qt

-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Olinger K2AV
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 4:13 PM
To: Wayne Burdick
Cc: [hidden email] ; Mark n2qt
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

The N1MM {CLEARRIT} macro sends the correct K3 command if the rig is
declared as a K3. My run F3 string in N1MM is ...

"TU * {CLEARRIT}"

... without the quotes and those are braces, not paretheses.

73, Guy.

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k6dgw

Re: clear RIT upon tuning in K3?

Just put the {CLEARRIT} command in as many macros as you need. I have
it in both S&P CQ [which switches N1MM to RUN mode], in my RUN QSL and
CQ, and in a couple of others where it probably doesn't matter. Don't
need RIT in S&P of course, but it is a lifesaver on RTTY in RUN mode.

RTTY RU was a blast with the K3, even though I did the NAQP CW full time
and only got some time Sunday in the RU.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org

On 1/10/2011 1:23 PM, Mark n2qt wrote:
> yes I've got that in my TU macro in N1MM, but it seems I manage to tune RIT
> and then wander off
> to S&P without logging someone just before.
>
> WIth low power I seem to be giving up on running quite a bit!
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