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This also happens with the 7800 on and the K3 off.<br>
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I found a solution - checked the "disable band lock" box. This is
not a problem since I'm using the MK2R as a glorified
paddle/headphone/audio switch. Just not set up antenna wise to run
SO2R.<br>
<br>
Paul W2LE<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/28/2013 5:33 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAOmNKGLDj3k-5LkTH3c8-TtLXDp0OgmvyiVxedrEgbNiJEbbmw@mail.gmail.com"
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<div>Many people have reported trouble getting the MK2R+ to
reliably stay connected to a K3 while running Win-Test. Part of
the problem may be that Win-Test, unlike Writelog, polls the K3
as fast as it possibly can (that's the default). You can try
changing the polling rate in Win-test from "Auto" to 500 ms, but
it may not cure the problem 100%. You can also try using
OmniRig instead of the K3 support built-in to Win-Test.</div>
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<div>Make sure the second COM port option (two COM ports talking
to same radio) is set to "None" in the microHAM Router dialog,
for the K3 port. There may also be an option to set the radio
type to "Elecraft K3 patched" instead of "Elecraft K3" in the
microHAM router. That may also help. Of course your K3 should
also be running the latest firmware, and you may need to upgrade
or replace your KIO3 board if it is a very old one. You can
isolate the problem to the K3 or MK2R+ by temporarily bypassing
the MK2R+ using a real serial port connection to the radio,
instead of a virtual one (don't use a USB-to-Serial adapter for
this test).</div>
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<div>See <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Serial-Port-on-K3-tp7329189p7329336.html"
target="_blank">this post</a> by IK2BCP which claims that the
KIO3 board can fail to operate properly when the power supply
voltage drops below 13VDC.</div>
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<div>Certainly if your IC-7800 (Radio 1) is powered down, you
should set Radio 1 to "None" in Win-Test.</div>
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<div>FYI, both copies of your email were flagged as Spam for some
unknown reason.</div>
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<div>73,
<div>Bob, N6TV</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:44 AM, W2LE <span
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href="mailto:w2le@yahoo.com" target="_blank">w2le@yahoo.com</a>></span>
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<div>Last weekend I was doing the REF CW contest, and with
radio 1 powered off the MK2R+ Busy led would start
blinking for no apparent reason, resulting in no radio
control. Switching the W-T active radio to #1 would make
it stop. Or powering the MK2R off then on would fix it.
And now while I'm typing this with W-T running in the
background (with the log from last year's ARRL DX CW
loaded) the blinking will start and stop by itself. It
happens at random times.<br>
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It's not RF related - I'm typing email and it's happening.<br>
<br>
Later in the weekend I was doing the CQ 160 using Writelog
and it never happened. Writelog and Win-Test were never
running at the same time.<br>
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Setup - WIndows 8 (that might have been my first mistake),
Router 8.1.4, MK2R+ fw 6.1, Win-test 4.10.0, Writelog
11.90B.<br>
<br>
Radio 1 is an IC-7800, radio 2 is a K3 with P3.
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<br>
Paul W2LE</div>
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