Steve:
The same sort of thing happened to me, with a K3, coincidentally I think.
Sure is disconcerting, to say the least. KH6NZ came back to my call on 20
and when I hit my SEND EXCHANGE key my K3 and little MFJ auto tuner both
went berserk. After frantic looking around that seemed to take forever I
realized that the K3 said the frequency was 21.110, or something like that.
I have no idea how that happened and no idea how I managed to get the K3
right back to the original frequency on 20. I have a feeling that somehow
the K3 switched VFOs (or whatever they are called these days) and tried to
transmit on VFO B, which must have been on 21.110.
I use NA software and it'll change the radio's frequency if you type a
frequency in the call sign box and hit ENTER, but I'm "sure" I didn't do
that. Although, by noon Sunday of a contest, I'm not sure of a lot, to be
honest. I'll have to check, but I think in NA you have to type an entire
frequency (e.g. 21110) in to make this work. I could be wrong.
Last summer I switched to NA software (from CT) and a few weeks ago after 20
years of using contest software I finally -- for the first time -- hooked a
radio to a computer for something other than just sending CW. So I expect
that some sort of operator error was to blame here. While I like that the
radio and computer now track bands, I mostly made this change so my log
would show exact frequencies. I get a kick out of looking back at frequency
changes in the process of making more than 500 Qs all in S&P mode. I don't
see how anybody who looks at my log now could suspect me of being
"assisted."
BTW, when I got the radio back on 20 Meters I sent my exchange again and
KH6NZ came right back and acknowledged it! Wow, thanks whomever you are, for
that.
This could not have happened with my old Collins S-Line. And, I don't think
I'm ready for SO2R. Time marches on ...
Jim Cain
At The K1TN Superstation
Atlantic City
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Last weekend I was using a K3 and TR version 6.79 software. One thing about
this setup is that you can go to a frequency by entering it in the "call"
window in the software. During a run on 20 meters I was called by 4O3A. I
inadvertantly typed "4-ZERO-3A" into the call window and hit enter.
The whole world suddenly became very quiet.
It took me a moment to realize that the rig was now sitting on 14403.1
instead of 14061.3 ! By the time I figured it out Ranko was long gone. If I
could type I'd be a lot better at this. Sorry my friend, I'll be extra
careful next time we meet.
73 Steve K0SR
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