Re: [Elecraft] K3EXREF - What am I doing wrong

Hi Tighe: Tnx for the info. Once we get spring or summer I will move my active antenna up higher so it can get a pretty good shot of the sky. If I had left the antenna where it was it would be under snow by now. I was amazed how fast the unit locked onto Satellites and it worked like a charm.

Re: [Elecraft] K3EXREF - What am I doing wrong

Mike, I'm planning to leave it on continuously although I did tap "1" to save the setting at what my final fully warmed up state should be. I bought an active GPS antenna which I have sitting in a windowsill and it seems to have a good GPS lock. I have to try pretty hard to get it to loose

Re: [Elecraft] K3EXREF - What am I doing wrong

Wow! Great tip -- totally forgot the "tap" "2" step. My EXREF had quit some time ago and checking 10-MHz sources all tested good so I figured my "beta test" unit had given it up. Too busy to investigate further. It stopped after I had a firmware glitch so now guessing that shut off the

Re: [Elecraft] K3EXREF - What am I doing wrong

Tighe: Glad you got it working. Mine also works like a charm. I did the calibration on both my K3's and then since I had the GPS Antenna on a stick shoved into the snowbank, I made it a temp setup. Question, are you leaving the Calibration on all the time or just use it once in a while. I am

Re: [Elecraft] K3EXREF - What am I doing wrong

Thanks to everyone that responded. I looked at that errata several times and for some reason had blinders on to the big obvious section in the middle of the page which deals with enabling the module. That's what I get for working on it in the middle of the night. All good now. 73, Tighe

Re: [Elecraft] K3EXREF - What am I doing wrong

Yes, you could be missing something, Tighe. There is an addendum to Page 4 which reads: After installing the K3EXREF module, you must enable it in the K3 menu before it can be used if your K3 is equipped with MCU firmware 4.57 or later. Enable the K3EXREF module as follows: * Turn the K3 on.

Re: [Elecraft] K3EXREF - What am I doing wrong

Have you gone to Config: Ref Cal and tapped 2 to enable XREF IN ? See page 63 of the manual. 73 from David GM4JJJ > On 28 Feb 2016, at 05:31, Tighe Kuykendall wrote: > > I picked up the Leo Bodnar frequency reference and a K3EXREF board after > reading a couple of threads

[Elecraft] K3EXREF - What am I doing wrong

I picked up the Leo Bodnar frequency reference and a K3EXREF board after reading a couple of threads here. I Installed the board according to instructions, took static precautions, am using a known good cable from the K3 to said reference. I can clearly hear the 10MHz tone on my K3 when I