I spoke to Wayne at Visalia about this very problem. He says it is "on the list". He has a scheme where if you venture outside the ham bands a new frequency register is "spawned" and becomes the "general coverage" register so the band up/down buttons behave normally.
73, Doug, W6JD -------------- Original message -------------- From: "n4lq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yea I have the same problem and it drives me nuts. Trying to listen to the > SW bands causes all kinds of confusion with the "Band" button. I loose bands > and screw up others. What I wish is for is that the "band" button always > just select ham bands and not suddenly become some weird "band". I had the > wise idea of just using VFO B for SWLing and VFO A for standard hamming but > somehow the end up interacting and I eventually have to get the whole mess > straightened out. Otherwise I love this rig! > Steve Ellington > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rich (KE0X)" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 6:35 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: VFO B follows band changes on VFO A > > > > > > The frequency selected in VFO B is stored in memory and can be changed to > > whatever you want, and thus can be recalled again. > > > > BUT - and this must be a bug - on my rig as soon as I get to far out of > > the > > VFO A band range (for example if on the 20 meter band when I tune below > > 13000) with the B VFO there is a click then a 3 to 5 S unit drop in signal > > strength. Similar things happen on the other bands. This can't be right. > > It appears that the B VFO is changing band pass filters even though I have > > no second receiver and am listening to the A VFO. > > > > Definitely should not do this. > > > > ALSO, strange things happen to the 30 meter band stored frequency when I > > try > > this. That is after observing that the signal drops as above, I noticed > > that > > the 30 meter band changed so that both VFO A changes to the frequency I > > had > > selected on the 20 meter band and the B VFO changes to the where I left > > the > > B VFO while on the 20 meter band before changing down to 30 meters. > > > > It appears that if you tune the B VFO out of range then not only is the > > present band messed up but also at least the next lower band. > > > > Even worse than above. > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > LY2IJ wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Still learning - didn't find answer in manual or on reflector: > >> > >> VFO B band changes when I change band on VFO A - is it normal? > >> Is it possible to change to "ICOM" behavior? - where VFO A and B are > >> independant - eg. VFO A on 160 and VFO B on 20 SSB and I can jump > >> betwen them with one push. > >> > >> 73 > >> Arunas LY2IJ, K3 s/n 5oo > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > >> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > >> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > >> > >> > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://www.nabble.com/K3%3A-VFO-B-follows-band-changes-on-VFO-A-tp16924349p16929 > > 245.html > > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1400 - Release Date: 4/27/2008 > > 9:39 AM > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
