Strange problem last night in my K3

[Ramiro Aceves]

Hi all,

I do not know if this is a problem in my K3 or I made some mistake with
K3 buttons because of I was falling asleep.
Last night I was ready to do some broadcast AM listening and entered
5040 kHz on the keyboard. Frequency did not change. Tried three times
and it did not work. I moved VFO A and VFO B and frequency did no
change. I pressed up and down buttons in the microphone and frecuency
changed. After that, VFO A and B worked again. Was this a K3 failure or
it was my mistake? What dou you think?

Thanks in advance

Ramiro

EA4NZ, ex EA1ABX
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[Matt Zilmer]

Sounds like you might've had LOCK engaged.  Did you check that?

matt W6NIA

On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:35:19 +0200, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I do not know if this is a problem in my K3 or I made some mistake with
>K3 buttons because of I was falling asleep.
>Last night I was ready to do some broadcast AM listening and entered
>5040 kHz on the keyboard. Frequency did not change. Tried three times
>and it did not work. I moved VFO A and VFO B and frequency did no
>change. I pressed up and down buttons in the microphone and frecuency
>changed. After that, VFO A and B worked again. Was this a K3 failure or
>it was my mistake? What dou you think?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Ramiro
>
>EA4NZ, ex EA1ABX
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[Ramiro Aceves]

Matt Zilmer escribió:
> Sounds like you might've had LOCK engaged.  Did you check that?

thanks Matt, I checked that but I think LOCK was not engaged

73 Ramiro, EA4NZ

>
> matt W6NIA
>
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[K2QI]

Did you have some program like HRD running while the K3 was connected? I've
noticed on a few occasions that HRD captures K3 control after some period of
time, and no actuation of front panel buttons causes any action.  I haven't
noticed this in some time on my unit, but it may be worth investigating on
your end.

73 de James K2QI

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Matt Zilmer escribió:
> Sounds like you might've had LOCK engaged.  Did you check that?

thanks Matt, I checked that but I think LOCK was not engaged

73 Ramiro, EA4NZ

>
> matt W6NIA
>
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[Ramiro Aceves]

James Sarte escribió:
> Did you have some program like HRD running while the K3 was connected? I've
> noticed on a few occasions that HRD captures K3 control after some period of
> time, and no actuation of front panel buttons causes any action.  I haven't
> noticed this in some time on my unit, but it may be worth investigating on
> your end.
>
> 73 de James K2QI
>

Thanks James, but my K3 was not connected to the computer.

73, Ramiro, EA4NZ

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[Ramiro Aceves]

Hi K3 fans.
After more than a month playing with my K3 and understandig it better, I
think that the problem was simply that I pressed SCAN instead of FREQ
ENT, and frequency was locked cause was in SCANNING. That is the way I
reproduced it and I think it makes sense.

73, Ramiro

EA4NZ, ex EA1ABZ
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