wishing I didn't hard reset

[John Wiener]

Ever since I hard reset my K2, it doesn't behave the same way in CW.  
Thanks to Don, Ron and Dave, I have fixed a few things.
I use an iMac so I bought iSpectrum from Dog Park Software in order  
to more accurately set XFIL, etc.  I find documentation of this  
program particularly lacking.  (Maybe I just haven't found it?)

Anyway, if anyone can help me use this program (iSpectrum) to  
calibrate my K2, I'd appreciate it.  I'm beginning to feel that it  
may not be the right program for the job.

John
AB8O
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[Ron D'Eau Claire-2]

Sorry to hear it's such a tedious procedure, John. And (sitting here at my
windoz machine) I can't help with iSpectrum.

However, your plight underscores something you can do to protect yourself in
the future - something few have probably done (or kept current).

That is to write down all your MENU entries including the BFO and bandwidth
settings for all your filters.

That way, after tinkering with a setting in MENU and getting quite lost or,
Heaven forbid, doing a "hard reset" for some reason, the worst that can
happen is that you must re-enter the various settings in the MENU once
again.

Of course, after a hard reset you must also run CAL PLL as well.

Ron AC7AC



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Subject: [Elecraft] wishing I didn't hard reset


Ever since I hard reset my K2, it doesn't behave the same way in CW.  
Thanks to Don, Ron and Dave, I have fixed a few things.
I use an iMac so I bought iSpectrum from Dog Park Software in order  
to more accurately set XFIL, etc.  I find documentation of this  
program particularly lacking.  (Maybe I just haven't found it?)

Anyway, if anyone can help me use this program (iSpectrum) to  
calibrate my K2, I'd appreciate it.  I'm beginning to feel that it  
may not be the right program for the job.

John
AB8O
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[Don Wilhelm-3]

Folks,

For those who do wish to record the menu settings (everyone should), I
recommend that you download the "K2ATOBKT" manual from the Elecraft website
www.elecraft.com and print pages 3 and 4.
Those sheets provide a convenient list of all the menu settings you would
need if some disaster (like having to do a master reset) should happen.

For those who do not already realize - a Master Reset cleans out all the
menu settings in the K2 and sets them to the factory defaults - those
defaults may provide an operational K2, but certainly are not the settings
that you would want for proper operation.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
> However, your plight underscores something you can do to protect
> yourself in
> the future - something few have probably done (or kept current).
>
> That is to write down all your MENU entries including the BFO and
> bandwidth
> settings for all your filters.
>
> That way, after tinkering with a setting in MENU and getting
> quite lost or,
> Heaven forbid, doing a "hard reset" for some reason, the worst that can
> happen is that you must re-enter the various settings in the MENU once
> again.
>
> Of course, after a hard reset you must also run CAL PLL as well.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>

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[Don Wilhelm-3]

John,

Condolances on your misfortune.

I do Windows here, so I can't help much, but I did look at the screenshot
for iSpectrum on the web and it looks like it could do the job for you.  The
waterfall display seems to include a spectrum display, so what you need to
do is determine the frequency that matches your sidetone pitch (on the
horizontal axis), then feed wideband noise into the K2 - adjust the BFO
frequency so the center of the passband displayed occurs at your chosen
sidetone pitch - similar to using Spectrogram.

Of course pushing the right buttons to obtain a display like the screenshot
may be your biggest problem, and in that case, I can offer no help.

If you can obtain a display similar to that shown in the screenshot, you
should be able to make it work.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[hidden email]]On Behalf Of John Wiener
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:04 PM
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> Subject: [Elecraft] wishing I didn't hard reset
>
>
> Ever since I hard reset my K2, it doesn't behave the same way in CW.
> Thanks to Don, Ron and Dave, I have fixed a few things.
> I use an iMac so I bought iSpectrum from Dog Park Software in order
> to more accurately set XFIL, etc.  I find documentation of this
> program particularly lacking.  (Maybe I just haven't found it?)
>
> Anyway, if anyone can help me use this program (iSpectrum) to
> calibrate my K2, I'd appreciate it.  I'm beginning to feel that it
> may not be the right program for the job.
>
> John
> AB8O
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