Save and Restore configuration is intended to preserve those areas of storage that are changed by the EE INIT procedure. It includes many rig settings. But it does not capture the entire state of the K3.
The K3 Utility Help page on Config Save describes what is and is not saved. Things like CW memories, frequency memories, K3 macro contents, CW memories, TCXO calibration data and RF Gain calibration data are not preserved by save config. Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:37 AM To: Gary and Kathleen Pearse Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations Interesting comments. I've had my K3 for less than a month, and I'm not sure I'll ever learn all there is to know about it, especially in light of it being software defined and in a constant state of flux. That's an item of considerable appeal for me. I don't have to wait for a new model to have quirks in the current one fixed, or whole new features added! I wonder if the load/save configuration function of the utility would answer your thought about having an op preference? 73, Mike NF4L Gary and Kathleen Pearse wrote: > I was offered a chair at the recent KL7RA M/M CQWW effort, so I drove > 550 miles > as quickly as possible to get set up with my K3. The other four rigs > were all > IC-781's. I had opped locally with them during the last Solar Cycle. > Since then, > Rich relocated and built a new station on the Kenai Peninsula to the > south. > There's much better propagation from KL7 from that location, and his > scores will > improve. > > We put my K3 on the 80M spot feeding an Alpha 87 into a 4-square > dipole array, > and ran it the full 48 hrs when propagation allowed without > malfunction. Most > of the ops (7) had no major problems interfacing with the rig. Some were > skeptical at first but learned the important controls, and a minority > just > passed it off as a one-owner radio not suitable for M/M Contesting > due to it's > initial complexity. > > The NB, and occasionally the NR, were required on a westerly heading > due noise > re-radiation from the nearby 160M vertical. They both worked very > well. I > adjusted the AGC slope and threshold, and we all set the filter > offset and width > to our own needs to provide best audio. Both of my 2.7 and 2.1 > filters were used > as required. We never used the second receiver with duplicate > filters. The > recently installed optional voice keyer worked perfectly, as did the > VOX, > providing the adjacent station noise was compensated for by setting > the VOX > floor in the CONFIG menu. The Manual was available for everyone to > refer to, as > was I. > > The biggest complaints and temporary problems arose from the Tap vs. > Hold > functions (how much is each, etc.), and inadvertently touching the wrong > button(s). Nobody really got too lost, but there were some anxious > moments as > they figured out what had happened. Most were used to bigger simpler > radios, so > the somewhat cramped controls gave some the fits. I wished to try it > on the more > crowed bands and in the huge pileups (especially JA's on 15), but > that was not > to be. > > What might be helpful for new ops would be a way to selectively > enable certain > functions, and lock/disable the unneeded. Also, an "OP preference" > control list > would be nice so one could quickly return to their favorite settings > after > following others in the chair. > > Rumor has it (second hand) that some Contesters are now shying away > from the K3 > due to it's complexity, but not necessarily it's performance. As a > relatively > experienced owner I had no problem running what I consider to be > excellent > radio. I've owned or operated most of the modern rigs sold in the > last 15 years, > and find the K3 (and my IC-765) to be the best of the group. > > 73, Gary NL7Y > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
