Thanks guys, yes, I had been messing with the data modes and left it in AFSK, back to Data A and it is all well again. And thanks for the explanation of which way the Data modes are. Nice to know.
73, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ferch" <ve3...@storm.ca> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Cc: <jimmil...@stl-online.net> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and HRD > Jim, > > Your description sounds very much like what would be expected to happen > if the software thought the radio was in upper sideband but the radio > was actually in lower sideband. > > You didn't mention which of the K3's four data sub-modes you were using. > Two of them are USB and two are LSB. If you had not chosen the > appropriate data mode for PSK, you could be in LSB without expecting it, > perhaps. > > Hold the DATA MD button (also labelled AFX - just above the VFO B knob). > If it reads AFSK A (or FSK D), you are actually on lower sideband. > Rotate the VFO B knob until the VFO B display reads DATA A - that's the > sub-mode you want for PSK. If my guess at a diagnosis was correct, this > should help set things straight. > > If my diagnosis was incorrect, perhaps there is another related kind of > problem. Some software reads the mode from the radio but not the > sub-mode, and simply assumes that Data mode is always FSK, lower > sideband, with frequency readout = RTTY mark. None of those is true in > DATA A, and that can lead to a mismatch between the software and the > radio. This is what happens to me with MixW. I can set it up correctly > for PSK by manually setting the sideband and inserting a frequency > offset, but then it is all wrong for RTTY. Luckily for me, the software > I use most often knows about the K3's data sub-modes and gets them right. > > 73, > Rich VE3KI > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
