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Gary K9GS

{K3} Split when changing bands?

On the K3....say you're on 160M with split activated and the sub
receiver turned on. Then you change bands to, say 80M. A few minutes
later you go back to 160M.

The K3 goes back to the original VFO A and VFO B frequencies as before
but the SPLIT deactivates. I thought that by turning SPLT SV to "ON" in
the config menu would stop this from happening but it didn't.

Is there some other command I'm missing?

--

73,

Gary K9GS

Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org
Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com
CW Ops #1032 http://www.cwops.org

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Gary K9GS

Re: {K3} Split when changing bands?

OK...I got this figured out.

I have SPLT SV set to "on" in the CONFIG/TECH MD menu.

As long as I change bands with the K3 and NOT by clicking on a spot in
the logging software, the K3 operates like it's supposed to....NOT
turning off split and remembering the split setting by band.

However, if I change bands by clicking on a spot in the logging software
the logging software turns off the split when it changes bands. Thanks
to Joe W4TV for suggesting I check this.

I confirmed this with both Logger32 and N1MM.

I do not believe there is a way to defeat this with either logging
program, unfortunately. At least for day-to-day operating with Logger32
that would be nice to be able to select the split behavior.

Thanks for all the responses on and off the reflector.

On 11/13/2012 11:05 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:

> On the K3....say you're on 160M with split activated and the sub
> receiver turned on. Then you change bands to, say 80M. A few minutes
> later you go back to 160M.
>
> The K3 goes back to the original VFO A and VFO B frequencies as before
> but the SPLIT deactivates. I thought that by turning SPLT SV to "ON" in
> the config menu would stop this from happening but it didn't.
>
> Is there some other command I'm missing?
>
>
>

Peter Chamalian

Re: {K3} Split when changing bands?

This is funny because I just posted the same thing. However, all I do is
change bands (using N1MM) and without doing anything else, go back to the
original band and the K3 is no longer in split mode.

I thought I understood the manual to say the K3 remembers the split mode and
frequency per band so I don't quite understand why clicking on a spot on say
20 then going back to the original band the split setup should change.

Pete, W1RM

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary K9GS [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 11:47 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] {K3} Split when changing bands?

OK...I got this figured out.

I have SPLT SV set to "on" in the CONFIG/TECH MD menu.

As long as I change bands with the K3 and NOT by clicking on a spot in the
logging software, the K3 operates like it's supposed to....NOT turning off
split and remembering the split setting by band.

However, if I change bands by clicking on a spot in the logging software the
logging software turns off the split when it changes bands. Thanks to Joe
W4TV for suggesting I check this.

I confirmed this with both Logger32 and N1MM.

I do not believe there is a way to defeat this with either logging program,
unfortunately. At least for day-to-day operating with Logger32 that would
be nice to be able to select the split behavior.

Thanks for all the responses on and off the reflector.

On 11/13/2012 11:05 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:

> On the K3....say you're on 160M with split activated and the sub
> receiver turned on. Then you change bands to, say 80M. A few minutes
> later you go back to 160M.
>
> The K3 goes back to the original VFO A and VFO B frequencies as before
> but the SPLIT deactivates. I thought that by turning SPLT SV to "ON"
> in the config menu would stop this from happening but it didn't.
>
> Is there some other command I'm missing?
>
>
>

--

73,

Gary K9GS

Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org Society of Midwest
Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com
CW Ops #1032 http://www.cwops.org

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Gary K9GS

Re: {K3} Split when changing bands?

Hello Pete!

Yep...the culprit is the logging program but not just N1MM....Logger32
does the same thing. I posted to the Logger32 reflector and the program
author told me that when changing bands, Logger32 send a macro string
similar to this: FR0;FAfrequency;MDmode

The FR0 command is what resets the split to off. I'm not really
familiar with macros but I think the fix is going to involve sending an
FA command instead of FR.

Anyone care to comment?

On 11/17/2012 1:38 PM, Peter Chamalian wrote:

> This is funny because I just posted the same thing. However, all I do is
> change bands (using N1MM) and without doing anything else, go back to the
> original band and the K3 is no longer in split mode.
>
> I thought I understood the manual to say the K3 remembers the split mode and
> frequency per band so I don't quite understand why clicking on a spot on say
> 20 then going back to the original band the split setup should change.
>
> Pete, W1RM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary K9GS [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 11:47 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] {K3} Split when changing bands?
>
> OK...I got this figured out.
>
> I have SPLT SV set to "on" in the CONFIG/TECH MD menu.
>
> As long as I change bands with the K3 and NOT by clicking on a spot in the
> logging software, the K3 operates like it's supposed to....NOT turning off
> split and remembering the split setting by band.
>
> However, if I change bands by clicking on a spot in the logging software the
> logging software turns off the split when it changes bands. Thanks to Joe
> W4TV for suggesting I check this.
>
> I confirmed this with both Logger32 and N1MM.
>
> I do not believe there is a way to defeat this with either logging program,
> unfortunately. At least for day-to-day operating with Logger32 that would
> be nice to be able to select the split behavior.
>
> Thanks for all the responses on and off the reflector.
>
>
> On 11/13/2012 11:05 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:
>> On the K3....say you're on 160M with split activated and the sub
>> receiver turned on. Then you change bands to, say 80M. A few minutes
>> later you go back to 160M.
>>
>> The K3 goes back to the original VFO A and VFO B frequencies as before
>> but the SPLIT deactivates. I thought that by turning SPLT SV to "ON"
>> in the config menu would stop this from happening but it didn't.
>>
>> Is there some other command I'm missing?
>>
>>
>>