KX1 not tuning above a threshold

[Ignacy]

When I tune up, say from 14005, Kx1 reaches a limit, say at 14027, and refuses to tune higher. After powering down and up everything is fine, at least for some time. Any idea why?

After power up, should KX1 be at the same freq it was powered down? Can't remember whether it did it, but now it seems to "forget".

Ignacy, NO9E

[Don Wilhelm-4]

  Ignacy,

I don't have enough information to say much about your tuning problem,  
but I can answer the second.
The KX1 does remember the frequency, but there is a 30 second delay
while on one frequency before it is remembered.
One way to force it to remember immediately is to do a band change.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/18/2010 11:36 AM, Ignacy wrote:
> When I tune up, say from 14005, Kx1 reaches a limit, say at 14027, and
> refuses to tune higher. After powering down and up everything is fine, at
> least for some time. Any idea why?
>
> After power up, should KX1 be at the same freq it was powered down? Can't
> remember whether it did it, but now it seems to "forget".
>
> Ignacy, NO9E
>
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[GeorgeP1111]

Ignacy wrote

When I tune up, say from 14005, Kx1 reaches a limit, say at 14027, and refuses to tune higher. After powering down and up everything is fine, at least for some time. Any idea why?
Ignacy, NO9E

Mine (and I'm sure all of them) will do the same thing.  I'm still having a problem getting the "Two Button Press" timing correct and so when I push buttons 1 & 2 (Band/RIT) to change the Display to check my battery voltage sometimes it won't work..... what it will do is turn on the RIT.  In my case at least, that was the "Tuning Limit" I was seeing.

I asked about this issue a while back and the comment from Wayne I got was: "This is the first time I've ever heard of anyone having an issue with 2-button combinations on the KX1. They can be pressed simultaneously ± about 200 ms in order to be considered as a combination."

Hope this helps.

de George
WD0AKZ

[KW4H]

I've experienced the two-button press issue before on multiple KX1s, but in
every instance I just wasn't paying attention.  You've got to press both
buttons simultaneously, or as close to simultaneous as you can get.  Never
seen the tuning problem, I'll have to leave that one for greater minds.

73,

Steve, KW4H

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 8:14 AM, GeorgeP1111 <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>
> Ignacy wrote:
> >
> > When I tune up, say from 14005, Kx1 reaches a limit, say at 14027, and
> > refuses to tune higher. After powering down and up everything is fine, at
> > least for some time. Any idea why?
> > Ignacy, NO9E
> >
>
> Mine (and I'm sure all of them) will do the same thing.  I'm still having a
> problem getting the "Two Button Press" timing correct and so when I push
> buttons 1 & 2 (Band/RIT) to change the Display to check my battery voltage
> sometimes it won't work..... what it will do is turn on the RIT.  In my
> case
> at least, that was the "Tuning Limit" I was seeing.
>
> I asked about this issue a while back and the comment from Wayne I got was:
> "This is the first time I've ever heard of anyone having an issue with
> 2-button combinations on the KX1. They can be pressed simultaneously ±
> about
> 200 ms in order to be considered as a combination."
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> de George
> WD0AKZ
>
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