Hi, The data mode is saved per band so when contesting it's a good idea when setting up to run through all the bands making sure the mode is the same on each band. Cheers and 73, Fred
Fred Cady "The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration and Operation Second Edition" www.ke7x.com fcady at ieee dot org > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- > boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Frantz > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 12:34 PM > To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Attenuation on Receive of 20 meter band > onlyproblem. > > In the NAQP RTTY contest I had a similar issue. My computer was > decoding RTTY quite fine on every band but 15 meters. The first > time I tuned a station on 15, the tuning indicator was right and > the station was strong, but no decode. At least I knew that > RTTY, unlike PSK, isn't symmetric. I turned on "Reverse" in the > computer software and got decode. OK, it worked. I didn't try to > find out why until later. > > What I found was that the K3 was in Data A mode on 80, 40, 20, > and 10 and in AFSK A on 15. For some reason the K3 was using > different side bands in the two modes. Reading the manual, AFSK > A is probably a better mode for that contest because of the > duel-tone RTTY filter. > > I never did get the K3's RTTY decode to work for me. However > decoding on the computer is an advantage because I can copy > calls directly to the logging program and my dyslexia doesn't > have a chance to swap the letters. :-) > > Cheers - Bill, AE6JV > > On 3/3/13 at 9:13 AM, k6limae...@gmail.com (Rick Prather) wrote: > > >Lots of interesting options on the radio that are band > >specific. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of but I bet you > >won't miss this one next time. I know it's the first thing I > >check after missing it once! > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Bill Frantz |"We used to quip that "password" is the most common > 408-356-8506 | password. Now it's 'password1.' Who said > users haven't > www.pwpconsult.com | learned anything about security?" -- Bruce > Schneier > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
