K3 TECH MD

[DaveL G3TJP]

I've noticed that quite a few enquiries have been resolved by advising the enquirer to turn TECH MD to ON. 

 

I just wonder if there's any argument to support ever having TECH MD turned OFF?  Might it be just as well to set it permanently ON in a future firmware release, thus nipping many queries-yet-to-be-raised, in the bud, and maybe eliminating an unnecessary user option?

 

If I remember correctly, having read the reflector diligently, this was the very first firmware option I changed.

 

73  DaveL  G3TJP

 

K2/100 #5551

K3/100 #1122

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[Iain MacDonnell - N6ML]

David Lankshear wrote:

> I've noticed that quite a few enquiries have been resolved by advising
> the enquirer to turn TECH MD to ON.
>  
> I just wonder if there's any argument to support ever having TECH MD
> turned OFF?  Might it be just as well to set it permanently ON in a
> future firmware release, thus nipping many queries-yet-to-be-raised, in
> the bud, and maybe eliminating an unnecessary user option?
>  
> If I remember correctly, having read the reflector diligently, this was
> the very first firmware option I changed.

IMO; Tech mode should contain things like calibration, that you only
need to do once, after taking making changes to the hardware. The config
menu should contain things that an operator might want to adjust once in
a while. The main menu should contain things that the operator needs to
adjust fairly often. Things that you need to adjust all the time should
be on the front panel.

Having tech mode on all the time clutters the config menu with items
that you'd never use in general operation, and makes it harder to find
the items you do need to use.

But that's just MO...

     ~Iain

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[hf4me]

I'm new at this but occasionally I like to watch the PA temperature for example.  Unless I am wrong, I have to be in Tech Mode to see the PA TEMP display but I usually end up grabbing the wrong knob and screwing up the tamp calibration.  I would prefer that the calibration adjustments were in a separate menu from the display options.  In this example, the PA temp would be in 2 menus, tech mode to adjust calibration and either menu or config for monitoring.

 

73, Jim

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I've noticed that quite a few enquiries have been resolved by advising the enquirer to turn TECH MD to ON. 

 

I just wonder if there's any argument to support ever having TECH MD turned OFF?  Might it be just as well to set it permanently ON in a future firmware release, thus nipping many queries-yet-to-be-raised, in the bud, and maybe eliminating an unnecessary user option?

 

If I remember correctly, having read the reflector diligently, this was the very first firmware option I changed.

 

73  DaveL  G3TJP

 

K2/100 #5551

K3/100 #1122

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[Iain MacDonnell - N6ML]

Jim Miller wrote:
> I'm new at this but occasionally I like to watch the PA temperature for
> example.  Unless I am wrong, I have to be in Tech Mode to see the PA
> TEMP display but I usually end up grabbing the wrong knob and screwing
> up the tamp calibration.  I would prefer that the calibration
> adjustments were in a separate menu from the display options.  In this
> example, the PA temp would be in 2 menus, tech mode to adjust
> calibration and either menu or config for monitoring.

If you don't have a sub-RX, you can get the PA temp in the "VFO B" line
of the display by pressing the "DISPLAY" button until it shows something
other than a frequency, and then turning the VFO B knob until you see
"PA nnnC". No tech-mode required for that, and no de-calibration!

     ~Iain

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>     *From:* David Lankshear <mailto:[hidden email]>
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>     *Sent:* Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:52 PM
>     *Subject:* [Elecraft] K3 TECH MD
>
>     I've noticed that quite a few enquiries have been resolved by
>     advising the enquirer to turn TECH MD to ON.
>      
>     I just wonder if there's any argument to support ever having TECH MD
>     turned OFF?  Might it be just as well to set it permanently ON in a
>     future firmware release, thus nipping many queries-yet-to-be-raised,
>     in the bud, and maybe eliminating an unnecessary user option?
>      
>     If I remember correctly, having read the reflector diligently, this
>     was the very first firmware option I changed.
>      
>     73  DaveL  G3TJP
>      
>     K2/100 #5551
>     K3/100 #1122
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[Bill Steffey NY9H]

When I do the double hit on 'split'  I move the freq & mode to vfo B. ( good)

  It also tell VFOb ( 2nd rcvr)  to go to filter # 4  to which my vfo
A was 'set' , causing the sub rcvr to go dead, since I don't have a
#4 on the sub rcvr.

Is there a way to force Filter # 2 on... in the sub rcvr????

bill

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[Julian, G4ILO]

I agree, tech mode should contain only those options used when setting the radio up for the first time, or configuring the various modules on and off.

Whether that would stop my PA mysteriously setting itself to Bypass I don't know. I haven't identified the circumstances that cause it, but I do often operate at QRP levels and also quite often put the K3 into test mode to prevent accidental transmission. Then sometimes I find that I can't turn the power up past 12W. This caused some panic the first time it happened, until I found the KPA3 option had been set to Bypass. It has happened several times since, and it is certainly not me that is disabling it.