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w4ish

K3 -S

I am invoking the wisdom of all great Elecraft gurus for a quandary I
have:
On the right front display of the K3, there is a small symbol ("-S")
which is there to designate when the rig is in synchronous AM. I know
that we do not yet have that mode available, and thus, when I am in AM
mode and press ALT, nothing happens. But when I go to SSB (either LSB
or USB), the "-S" is lighted (or is that darkened?). It only shows up
in sideband mode and I do not know what it means. Do I have some
obscure configuration engaged? I have re-installed the firmware (3.44)
but the symbol persist. I can not find anything about it in the users
manual. Can any of you, of great Elecraft wisdom, provide me with an
answer?

Also, I can no longer press and hold the shift button to return to NOR
when in SSB mode. It works in data, CW and AM modes, but in SSB I
receive N/A instead. Is this a change with some of the recent
software? Or is there a new configuration which I have overlooked?

Bill
W4ISH
#1171
uC: 03.44
d1: 2.38
d2: 2.38
FL: 1.04
Dr: 1/03
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wayne burdick

Re: K3 -S

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You're in SYNC DATA mode (minimal-turnaround for Pactor, etc.). The
only way to get into this mode is have assigned the CONFIG:SYNC DT
menu entry to a programmable function switch, then pressed it while in
SSB or DATA mode.

To get back out of it, assign a switch (PFx/Mx) to this menu entry and
press it again.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:00 AM, William Evans wrote:

> I am invoking the wisdom of all great Elecraft gurus for a quandary I
> have:
> On the right front display of the K3, there is a small symbol ("-S")
> which is there to designate when the rig is in synchronous AM. I know
> that we do not yet have that mode available, and thus, when I am in AM
> mode and press ALT, nothing happens. But when I go to SSB (either LSB
> or USB), the "-S" is lighted (or is that darkened?). It only shows up
> in sideband mode and I do not know what it means. Do I have some
> obscure configuration engaged? I have re-installed the firmware (3.44)
> but the symbol persist. I can not find anything about it in the users
> manual. Can any of you, of great Elecraft wisdom, provide me with an
> answer?
>
> Also, I can no longer press and hold the shift button to return to NOR
> when in SSB mode. It works in data, CW and AM modes, but in SSB I
> receive N/A instead. Is this a change with some of the recent
> software? Or is there a new configuration which I have overlooked?
>
> Bill
> W4ISH
> #1171
> uC: 03.44
> d1: 2.38
> d2: 2.38
> FL: 1.04
> Dr: 1/03
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Matt Zilmer

Re: K3 -S

In reply to this post by w4ish

For the -S, read up on it on p32 (lower right) of the Owner's Manual,
D4 Rev. Looks like you have SYNC DATA mode enabled.

The -S is also cited in the top entry of the table on p60. There, it
indicates you should not normally use SYNC DT for normal data or SSB
communications. There is a reference there and on p32 for how to
disable/enable.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:00:29 -0400, you wrote:

>I am invoking the wisdom of all great Elecraft gurus for a quandary I
>have:
>On the right front display of the K3, there is a small symbol ("-S")
>which is there to designate when the rig is in synchronous AM. I know
>that we do not yet have that mode available, and thus, when I am in AM
>mode and press ALT, nothing happens. But when I go to SSB (either LSB
>or USB), the "-S" is lighted (or is that darkened?). It only shows up
>in sideband mode and I do not know what it means. Do I have some
>obscure configuration engaged? I have re-installed the firmware (3.44)
>but the symbol persist. I can not find anything about it in the users
>manual. Can any of you, of great Elecraft wisdom, provide me with an
>answer?
>
>Also, I can no longer press and hold the shift button to return to NOR
>when in SSB mode. It works in data, CW and AM modes, but in SSB I
>receive N/A instead. Is this a change with some of the recent
>software? Or is there a new configuration which I have overlooked?
>
>Bill
>W4ISH
>#1171
>uC: 03.44
>d1: 2.38
>d2: 2.38
>FL: 1.04
>Dr: 1/03
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