Hi all,
I have been playing with the RF gain calibration procedure on my K3. I have
used my XG1 as a signal source after fitting a new battery :)
What I found had surprised me. If I turn down the RF gain, I cannot
completely lose a signal. The RF gain will not move the s-meter about about
s7. N
RF gain moves S-meter in my K3 to S5 max. After RF calibration it is S9+60,
but after power up it is S5 again. Seems something not stored. Looks like
the calibration numbers are not stored permanently?
Ignacy
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Ignacy wrote:
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> RF gain moves S-meter in my K3 to S5 max. After RF calibration it is
> S9+60, but after power up it is S5 again. Seems something not stored.
> Looks like the calibration numbers are not stored permanently?
> Ignacy
>
This is a symptom of an old K3 Utility (circa September).
Thanks, I will try the new one.
Seems K3 delivers lots of drama due to many changes. But it is also good
that the K3 users are highly advanced and helpful.
Ignacy
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Bill W4ZV [via Elecraft] <
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> wrote:
> Ignacy wrote:
The real choice is changes as we go, and a penalty of sorts for not keeping
up, or the Yakencom way of no changes until you buy next model. As they
say, pick your poison. I'll take life on the bleeding edge. 73, Guy.
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Ignacy wrote:
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> Thanks, I will try the ne
After using the latest utility the RF gain works as it should.
Ignacy
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Good!
I've been mostly up on the beta changes and done some alpha testing.
But in there I've gotten out of sync or some silly thing four or five
times and needed rescuing. Looking back, overall it was worth it. At
least I get to learn the brand new features one at a time, rather than
being overw
Have you recalibrated the S-meter since you did the RF Gain Cal on the
K3? I found that to be necessary.
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 4/24/2010 8:36 AM, Ian Maude wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have been playing with the RF gain calibration procedure on my K3. I have
> used my XG
Yes I did Ken. In fact I have just been through all the calibration steps,
leaving the S-meter one until last. It just seeks odd that the RF agin
seems very low now.
73 Ian
On 24 April 2010 13:49, Ken K3IU wrote:
> Have you recalibrated the S-meter since you did the RF Gain Cal on the
> K3?
Hi Ian,
Some earlier versions of the K3 Utility for Mac and Linux would
produce the symptoms you describe. If you're using a Mac or Linux box
to do the procedure and don't have the latest version of the K3
Utility, I would recommend updating the K3 Utility and trying the gain
calibration a
Run the calibration step again. I had to do it 3 times before it would behave
itself. My symptoms were somewhat similar to yours. Be very careful to
follow the instructions exactly and especially make sure you have the test
signal centered in the very narrow passband specified. After the 3rd attem
OK, here is the heads up.
Mea Culpa (as usual :) )
What I had done before was to use CWT and spot to zero beat the signal from
my XG1 and then switch off CWT. I now assumed the signal was centred. This
does not appear to be the case. I tested this with all 3 versions of the
Utility and got the
This afternoon I performed an RF gain calibration on the main and sub
receivers using my XG2 and K3 Utility Version 1.3.10.15. All went well.
Then I realised that, contrary to the instructions, I had not turned off
TEXT DEC. So I turned it off and re-did the RF gain calibration. All went
well w
Try it with the latest version of the K3 Utility 1.3.11.5 and see if that helps.
73,
Tom Childers
Radio Amateur N5GE
Licensed since 1976
QCWA Life Member 35102
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 20:18:43 -, "Geoffrey Downs"
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Geoff:
I had this same problem back in mid October 2010 (may still
have it... I just haven't tried to do the RF Cal recently)
and swapped several emails with Dick Dievendorff on the
subject. We came up with nothing and he was going to confer
with Lyle when he got back from vacation. Obviously,
Geoff:
I had also forgotten that I had installed the upgrade to the
K3 Utility. I just ran the test and it worked properly on
both the main Rx and the Sub Rx using v 1.3.11.5.
Sorry to have bothered you, Dick...
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 1/9/2011 3:50 PM, Ken K3IU wrote:
Had the same problem in the Fall.
Solution (for me) was to download the latest firmware into a fresh
directory (no other files), and re-install the latest version of the
Utility.
Calibration proceeded normally after that.
73,
Kent K9ZTV
K3 #21
On 1/9/2011 2:50 PM, Ken K3IU wrote:
> Geoff:
Thank you Kent and also thanks to Tom N5GE and Ken K3IU for their replies.
Downloaded the latest utility but still got the error message on doing the
RF gain calibration on the sub rx.
Restarted PC and K3, redownloaded and installed 4.22 f/w and re- performed
RF gain calibration. This time no e
Just ran the RF gain calibration with the new Mac K3 Utility and an XG2. I
did it
a few times because I would get an ERR DSE error message when
calibrating the SUB rx on occasion. I then went back and re-calibrated the
S meter. I've noticed three things.
1) The rx seems considerably "quieter.
Hi,
Go back and redo the calibration! Make sure to follow the instructions
exactly and pay special attention to ensure you have test signal centered in
the passband. This is critical since the instructions call for a 100Hz
bandwidth. I had similar symptoms as you until I did this the 3rd time. 3
Uh typo: Make it read "my S-meter is *now* dead on"
ab2tc wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Go back and redo the calibration! Make sure to follow the instructions
> exactly and pay special attention to ensure you have test signal centered
> in the passband. This is critical since the instructions call for
I agree. Something is not right here.
I just tried the RF gain calibration (3 times) with the Mac K3
Utility. I followed the instructions presented by the program to the
letter. I then proceeded to do the S-meter calibration as specified
in the manual. Immediately after RF gain and S-met
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