[Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread HA3AUI
I wonder if anyone else has noticed, most of the front panel controls are disabled during TX? It's quite annoying during a contest for example, where you could use that little time to make an adjustment eg. change bandwidth, turn on/off preamp etc. before the rig returns to RX. I've never ever

Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
I agree, the K3 certainly does have more RX things locked while transmitting than my MP, but the MP had some as well. I seem to recall that this is also true of other software defined radios like Flex, but others can comment on that. All of the K3 controls are effectively encoders, including

[Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread Lu Romero
10:07:48 + From: HA3AUI ha3...@ax.hu Subject: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 4bb47074.2060...@ax.hu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I wonder if anyone else has noticed, most of the front panel controls are disabled

Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread Vic K2VCO
On 4/1/2010 3:07 AM, HA3AUI wrote: I wonder if anyone else has noticed, most of the front panel controls are disabled during TX? It's quite annoying during a contest for example, where you could use that little time to make an adjustment eg. change bandwidth, turn on/off preamp etc. before

Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread jeff herr
K2VCO Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:45 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX On 4/1/2010 3:07 AM, HA3AUI wrote: I wonder if anyone else has noticed, most of the front panel controls are disabled during TX? It's quite annoying during a contest

Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread k6rb
Even the FT-1000D would not let you change RX filters during XMT. Rob K6RB I agree, the K3 certainly does have more RX things locked while transmitting than my MP, but the MP had some as well. I seem to recall that this is also true of other software defined radios like Flex, but others

Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread Andrew Faber
: k...@baymoon.com To: Guy Olinger K2AV olin...@bellsouth.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; HA3AUI ha3...@ax.hu Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX Even the FT-1000D would not let you change RX filters during XMT. Rob K6RB I agree, the K3

Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread HA3AUI
Thanks for all the answers, it's reassuring to know that at least, the problem is already known. For those, who write that the K3 cannot check the front panel due to TX overhead issues, I don't think there is more processing power needed during TX, instead, I think it's RX that is more process

Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread Brett Howard
There are changes starting to take place in this area. At the moment with the most recently released firmware you can turn the RX antenna on and off while transmitting. I'm sure that was a test case to prove that things work as they should. You'll start to get more and more opened up to you