K3 VFO B problems

[Ron Kenwood]

I tried this yesterday, but I failed to give sufficient information to
describe my VFO B problems.

K3 1248

Firmware version 2.46

Software N1MM

P4 1.6 GB PC

microHam microkeyer

Working CQWWSSB mostly split on 40.

One problem and two areas of confusion.

1. When I attempt to us BSet, and leave the K3 in that mode for a period
of time while pushing buttons to adjust VFO B, I get a connection to
radio lost message. Not every time but often. I hit retry and it
reconnects immediately. Not sure if a certain button sequence triggers
this, but it is always involving BSet.

2. The manual says I should be able to directly adjust VFO B with BSet.
Does that include direct frequency entry? If so how. I can't make it work.

3. Is it possible to have VFO A tuning at one rate (slow) and VFO B
tuning at another (Fast). This would simplify split tuning on 40m.

Ron W3ZV
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[Joe Subich, W4TV-3]

> 1. When I attempt to us BSet, and leave the K3 in that mode
> for a period of time while pushing buttons to adjust VFO B,
> I get a connection to radio lost message. Not every time but
> often. I hit retry and it reconnects immediately. Not sure
> if a certain button sequence triggers this, but it is always
> involving BSet.

When in B Set, the K3 stops responding to the IF; (current
operating frequency and mode), FA; (VFO A/Main RX frequency)
and FB; (VFO B/KRX3 frequency) polls.  If the software has
a timeout value (something like 10 seconds in N1MM Logger -
six seconds in microHAM Router), software will report a time-
out.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ron Kenwood
> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 6:29 PM
> To: Elecraft
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 VFO B problems
>
>
> I tried this yesterday, but I failed to give sufficient
> information to
> describe my VFO B problems.
>
> K3 1248
>
> Firmware version 2.46
>
> Software N1MM
>
> P4 1.6 GB PC
>
> microHam microkeyer
>
> Working CQWWSSB mostly split on 40.
>
> One problem and two areas of confusion.
>
> 1. When I attempt to us BSet, and leave the K3 in that mode
> for a period
> of time while pushing buttons to adjust VFO B, I get a connection to
> radio lost message. Not every time but often. I hit retry and it
> reconnects immediately. Not sure if a certain button sequence
> triggers
> this, but it is always involving BSet.
>
> 2. The manual says I should be able to directly adjust VFO B
> with BSet.
> Does that include direct frequency entry? If so how. I can't
> make it work.
>
> 3. Is it possible to have VFO A tuning at one rate (slow) and VFO B
> tuning at another (Fast). This would simplify split tuning on 40m.
>
> Ron W3ZV

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