P3 - Can't get out of tracking mode

[k6dgw]

P3 was just fine.  Then, rig still on during dinner, it is now in
tracking mode and won't go back to fixed tune [where the band stays
stable and I tune across it].  In the FixTune menu, the only thing there
is "Tracking mode."  Turning the knob moves to the next or previous main
menu selection.  Tapping it does nothing.  Config reset with the LABELS
key worked but didn't fix it.  I reloaded the latest production firmware
and have done config reset.  Pretty much everything else seems to work OK.

Hoping this is a technical difficulty in my mind, I remain

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org

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[Mike K2MK]

Hi Fred,

The menu you want is called FixTrack and when you press the SELECT knob it toggles between TRACKING mode and FIXED-TUNE mode. If the P3 won't go into TRACKING mode it is probably because the RS232 link between the P3 and the K3 is not working. The quickest way to determine if you have good communication between the two is to look at the top center of the P3 screen. The current K3 frequency should be displayed regardless of which mode you are in. If you see a zero on the screen you have lost communication.

73,
Mike K2MK

k6dgw wrote

P3 was just fine.  Then, rig still on during dinner, it is now in
tracking mode and won't go back to fixed tune [where the band stays
stable and I tune across it].  In the FixTune menu, the only thing there
is "Tracking mode."  Turning the knob moves to the next or previous main
menu selection.  Tapping it does nothing.  Config reset with the LABELS
key worked but didn't fix it.  I reloaded the latest production firmware
and have done config reset.  Pretty much everything else seems to work OK.

Hoping this is a technical difficulty in my mind, I remain

Fred K6DGW

[k6dgw]

On 11/9/2012 4:38 AM, Mike K2MK wrote:

> If the P3 won't go into
> TRACKING mode it is probably because the RS232 link between the P3 and the
> K3 is not working.

And, that would be the problem.  In the mass of wires and cables behind
my "wireless," I find the DB9 laying there.  I guess I forgot to screw
it down when I put the rig back together after making the IF gain mod.

Thanks a bunch,

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org


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