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Gary Smith-2

K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

I seem to have an issue with the K3 memory
settings for the microphone. I changed the
TX EQ to match settings and now when I
check, the TX EQ is back to flat again.
This has been happening since I set the
values. I've had to restore the values I
know them by heart and can do it quickly.
Still, I don't know when they get lost so
I always have to keep checking to be sure
they are still active.

Just now, when I checked the different
modes I find AM mic settings modified in
the TX EQ but not with the same values as
I used. I set the TX EQ for use with SSB
and the MH4, I only found the AM settings
were other than "0" when listening to some
power line RFI on AM & that AM setting was
still on when I happened to check the TX
EQ settings. All the other mic settings
for SSB were back to default 0.

Having had to reset the mic settings
frequently, last night I made the
settings, turned off the K3, restarted &
the settings were still intact. This next
day, they are now lost again.

To make the settings I enter the main
config. Tap the needed # to get each
individual audio band, I use VFO A to
select the desired value, tap config when
done to exit and that's all I do. What am
I missing to save this to the K3's
non-volatile memory?

Thanks & 73,

Gary
KA1J
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Don Wilhelm

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

Gary,

The EQ settings are per-mode.
If you set them for SSB mode and then go to AM mode, you will find them
set flat.

Is that possibly the problem?

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/2/2018 1:31 PM, Gary Smith wrote:

> I seem to have an issue with the K3 memory
> settings for the microphone. I changed the
> TX EQ to match settings and now when I
> check, the TX EQ is back to flat again.
> This has been happening since I set the
> values. I've had to restore the values I
> know them by heart and can do it quickly.
> Still, I don't know when they get lost so
> I always have to keep checking to be sure
> they are still active.
>

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Gary Smith-2

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

Hi Don,

No, I set them for SSB and at a later time
the TX EQ is flat and I have to change it
back to the settings to fit my mic. I
don't use AM except to listen to broadcast
stations & listen to the nature of RFI.

It was when in AM I was listening to RFI
that I thought to check the TX EQ settings
and found them different than I had made
them. When I thought to see if they were
like that in SSB again, I found the values
there all 0. I then checked different
bands and none of them had my saved TX EQ
on SSB.

73,

Gary
KA1J

> Gary,
>
> The EQ settings are per-mode.
> If you set them for SSB mode and then go to AM mode, you will find
> them set flat.
>
> Is that possibly the problem?
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/2/2018 1:31 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> > I seem to have an issue with the K3 memory
> > settings for the microphone. I changed the
> > TX EQ to match settings and now when I
> > check, the TX EQ is back to flat again.
> > This has been happening since I set the
> > values. I've had to restore the values I
> > know them by heart and can do it quickly.
> > Still, I don't know when they get lost so
> > I always have to keep checking to be sure
> > they are still active.
> >
>

Don Wilhelm

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

Gary,

Are you using any software to control the K3?
I have just been informed that Win4K3 will often change the EQ settings.

Remove the USB or RS-232 connection and try it with only the K3, then
set the SSB TX EQ. Check later to see if it has changed.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/2/2018 3:29 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> Hi Don,
>
> No, I set them for SSB and at a later time
> the TX EQ is flat and I have to change it
> back to the settings to fit my mic. I
> don't use AM except to listen to broadcast
> stations & listen to the nature of RFI.
>
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Dennis Moore

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

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How are you turning off the K3? I seem to recall that some settings
aren't saved if you turn it off by removing power.

Dennis NJ6G

On 11/2/2018 10:31, Gary Smith wrote:
> I seem to have an issue with the K3 memory
> settings for the microphone.

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Gary Smith-2

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

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Don,

I'll give your suggestion a try & see how
that does.

I do use Win4K3, I need it to use WSJT as
WSJT doesn't like to share ports. I used
to use LP-Bridge which let me
simultaneously run all my software
flawlessly, till WSJT... and I fast
discovered it would not play nice unless
WSJT had sole communication with my
K3/K3s.

With Win4K3 I can use all the software
simultaneously including WSJT, logging
program, N1MM & MMTTY without having to
shut all the other software down every
time I want to change modes or software.

If it wasn't for WSJT making this issue,
it would be simple to just keep doing what
I was doing with LP-Bridge. As I do use
MSK144 & some FT8 and want to keep my
logging program running, I need to keep
using Win4K3.

Tom wrote a clever bit of software,
perhaps there is a way to tell it not to
change EQ settings, I'll have to check
that too.

Thanks & 73,

Gary
KA1J

> Gary,
>
> Are you using any software to control the K3?
> I have just been informed that Win4K3 will often change the EQ
> settings.
>
> Remove the USB or RS-232 connection and try it with only the K3, then
> set the SSB TX EQ. Check later to see if it has changed.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/2/2018 3:29 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > No, I set them for SSB and at a later time
> > the TX EQ is flat and I have to change it
> > back to the settings to fit my mic. I
> > don't use AM except to listen to broadcast
> > stations & listen to the nature of RFI.
> >
>

Don Wilhelm

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

Gary,

Email Tom (author of Win4K3) and see if he has some kind of workaround.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/2/2018 3:59 PM, Gary Smith wrote:

> Don,
>
> I'll give your suggestion a try & see how
> that does.
>
> I do use Win4K3, I need it to use WSJT as
> WSJT doesn't like to share ports. I used
> to use LP-Bridge which let me
> simultaneously run all my software
> flawlessly, till WSJT... and I fast
> discovered it would not play nice unless
> WSJT had sole communication with my
> K3/K3s.
>
> With Win4K3 I can use all the software
> simultaneously including WSJT, logging
> program, N1MM & MMTTY without having to
> shut all the other software down every
> time I want to change modes or software.
>
> If it wasn't for WSJT making this issue,
> it would be simple to just keep doing what
> I was doing with LP-Bridge. As I do use
> MSK144 & some FT8 and want to keep my
> logging program running, I need to keep
> using Win4K3.
>
> Tom wrote a clever bit of software,
> perhaps there is a way to tell it not to
> change EQ settings, I'll have to check
> that too.
>
> Thanks & 73,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
>
>
>
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> Are you using any software to control the K3?
>> I have just been informed that Win4K3 will often change the EQ
>> settings.
>>
>> Remove the USB or RS-232 connection and try it with only the K3, then
>> set the SSB TX EQ. Check later to see if it has changed.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 11/2/2018 3:29 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
>>> Hi Don,
>>>
>>> No, I set them for SSB and at a later time
>>> the TX EQ is flat and I have to change it
>>> back to the settings to fit my mic. I
>>> don't use AM except to listen to broadcast
>>> stations & listen to the nature of RFI.
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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Randy Moore

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

It's been a while since I used Win4K3, but I believe the EQ settings can be
set there. That's probably why yours are getting set back.

73,
Randy, KS4L

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018, 3:07 PM Don Wilhelm <[hidden email] wrote:

> Gary,
>
> Email Tom (author of Win4K3) and see if he has some kind of workaround.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/2/2018 3:59 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> > Don,
> >
> > I'll give your suggestion a try & see how
> > that does.
> >
> > I do use Win4K3, I need it to use WSJT as
> > WSJT doesn't like to share ports. I used
> > to use LP-Bridge which let me
> > simultaneously run all my software
> > flawlessly, till WSJT... and I fast
> > discovered it would not play nice unless
> > WSJT had sole communication with my
> > K3/K3s.
> >
> > With Win4K3 I can use all the software
> > simultaneously including WSJT, logging
> > program, N1MM & MMTTY without having to
> > shut all the other software down every
> > time I want to change modes or software.
> >
> > If it wasn't for WSJT making this issue,
> > it would be simple to just keep doing what
> > I was doing with LP-Bridge. As I do use
> > MSK144 & some FT8 and want to keep my
> > logging program running, I need to keep
> > using Win4K3.
> >
> > Tom wrote a clever bit of software,
> > perhaps there is a way to tell it not to
> > change EQ settings, I'll have to check
> > that too.
> >
> > Thanks & 73,
> >
> > Gary
> > KA1J
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Gary,
> >>
> >> Are you using any software to control the K3?
> >> I have just been informed that Win4K3 will often change the EQ
> >> settings.
> >>
> >> Remove the USB or RS-232 connection and try it with only the K3, then
> >> set the SSB TX EQ. Check later to see if it has changed.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Don W3FPR
> >>
> >> On 11/2/2018 3:29 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> >>> Hi Don,
> >>>
> >>> No, I set them for SSB and at a later time
> >>> the TX EQ is flat and I have to change it
> >>> back to the settings to fit my mic. I
> >>> don't use AM except to listen to broadcast
> >>> stations & listen to the nature of RFI.
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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Gary Smith-2

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

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Folks,

As several mentioned, Win4K3 might be the
answer behind this issue. The problem was
unwittingly caused on my end, I never set
the Mic EQ in Win4K3, I really was only
using it for the ability to interface WSJT
along with all my other programs.

I set the TX EQ values in Win4K3 to match
those I set in the K3 and set that as
default. Thus far I have not had the issue
of my Tx settings being changed.

Until things prove different, I will
consider this issue closed.

Thank you all for the help, I would have
not guessed at this as the issue.

73,

Gary
KA1J
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tomb18

Re: K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.

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HiThis is explained in the manual.73 Tom

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-------- Original message --------From: Gary Smith <[hidden email]> Date: 2018-11-03 4:05 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - TX EQ settings not remembered.
Folks,

As several mentioned, Win4K3 might be the
answer behind this issue. The problem was
unwittingly caused on my end, I never set
the Mic EQ in Win4K3, I really was only
using it for the ability to interface WSJT
along with all my other programs.

I set the TX EQ values in Win4K3 to match
those I set in the K3 and set that as
default. Thus far I have not had the issue
of my Tx settings being changed.

Until things prove different, I will
consider this issue closed.

Thank you all for the help, I would have
not guessed at this as the issue.

73,

Gary
KA1J
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