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> On Jan 20, 2017, at 11:01, [email protected] wrote: > > Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Elecraft digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: K3: past chirp report (Wayne Burdick) > 2. K3/P3/expert 1.3KA ([email protected]) > 3. Re: K3: past chirp report (Guy Olinger K2AV) > 4. Re: K3: past chirp report (Wayne Burdick) > 5. Re: K3/P3/expert 1.3KA (Jim Brown) > 6. Elecraft KX3 Still For Sale (Bill Wetherill) > 7. Re: K3: past chirp report (Nr4c) > 8. Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (David Orman) > 9. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (Harry Yingst) > 10. Re: K3/P3/expert 1.3KA (W0MU Mike Fatchett) > 11. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (Don Wilhelm) > 12. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (David Orman) > 13. Re: K3: past chirp report (Ron D'Eau Claire) > 14. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (Don Wilhelm) > 15. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (tomb18) > 16. Re: K3/P3/expert 1.3KA (Igor Sokolov) > 17. [KPA500] Pushing an amplifier (Al Lorona) > Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Elecraft digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: K3: past chirp report (Wayne Burdick) > 2. K3/P3/expert 1.3KA ([email protected]) > 3. Re: K3: past chirp report (Guy Olinger K2AV) > 4. Re: K3: past chirp report (Wayne Burdick) > 5. Re: K3/P3/expert 1.3KA (Jim Brown) > 6. Elecraft KX3 Still For Sale (Bill Wetherill) > 7. Re: K3: past chirp report (Nr4c) > 8. Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (David Orman) > 9. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (Harry Yingst) > 10. Re: K3/P3/expert 1.3KA (W0MU Mike Fatchett) > 11. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (Don Wilhelm) > 12. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (David Orman) > 13. Re: K3: past chirp report (Ron D'Eau Claire) > 14. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (Don Wilhelm) > 15. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (tomb18) > 16. Re: K3/P3/expert 1.3KA (Igor Sokolov) > 17. [KPA500] Pushing an amplifier (Al Lorona) > 18. Re: K3: past chirp report (Barry) > 19. Re: K3: past chirp report (Charlie T, K3ICH) > 20. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (David Orman) > 21. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (Joe Subich, W4TV) > 22. KX2 Receive problem!? (Chuck Guenther) > 23. Re: K3: past chirp report ([email protected]) > 24. Re: Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? (Harry Yingst) > 25. Re: K3: past chirp report (Ron D'Eau Claire) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:31:30 -0800 > From: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> > To: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]> > Cc: "'Doug Smith'" <[email protected]>, "'Elecraft Reflector'" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a K3 or K3S for exhibit > "chirp." The synthesizer settles well before the rig switches from TX to RX > or vice-versa. > > The KSYN3A (newer synth, used in the K3S) settles in well under 1 ms thanks > to its entirely digital architecture (UHF DSPLL, divided down). > > The KSYN3 (older synth, used on the K3) uses a more traditional PLL with its > VCO running at the target output frequency. It normally settles in under 5 > ms. It can take a bit longer depending on the actual PLL voltage and VCO > frequency. This is accounted for in firmware. > > If your KSYN3 were not properly calibrated, you might see a longer settling > time on one or two bands, most likely 6 meters. If you suspect this, refer to > the CONFIG:VCO MD menu entry. The K3 includes an automatic VCO calibration > routine that requires no test equipment and takes only a couple of minutes to > run. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > >> On Jan 19, 2017, at 12:57 PM, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In a synthesized VFO rig like the K3S, any tendency to "chirp" is almost >> always related to the synthesizer momentarily losing frequency (or phase) >> lock. >> >> While that could conceivably be linked to change in the power bus voltage, >> it's highly unlikely since the bus is isolated from the actual synthesizer >> by voltage regulators and filters. >> >> OTOH, the OO's report was strictly advisory. I have experienced spurious OO >> reports over my >50 years of pounding brass, and one that turned out to be >> accurate when I blew the filter caps in the transmitter and did not notice, >> nor did the stations I was working report the hum on my signal. When I got a >> "chirp" report one time (on a homebrew rig) and was unable to hear it >> myself, I sent a friendly letter to the OO. He replied that he was "almost >> sure" he could detect a "slight chirp" so he sent the card. >> >> So my advice is that if you can't repeat what the OO observed, don't worry >> about it. >> >> 73, Ron AC7AC >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug >> Smith >> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 11:09 AM >> To: Elecraft Reflector >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report >> >> Yup, that was me. >> >> There were some good suggestions made here and I?ve checked them all and I?m >> unable to get the K3S to chirp. So, at present: unable to replicate.. >> >> Some of the suggested things I?ve checked: >> >> 1) SWR at the K3S while driving the ACOM 1500 (same operating conditions) is >> 1.05 to 1. SWR between the ACOM and the antenna at the noted frequency is >> 1.2 to 1. >> >> 2) Voltage at the K3S is 13.8 key up and 13.2 key down; seems OK. Power >> supply is a switcher which I?ve used for some years. >> >> 3) K3S is drawing 21.96 amps key down. (Not running 100 watts into the amp.) >> >> 4) I?ve intentionally ?mis-tuned? the amp just in case that is what was >> going on when the OO noticed the chirp. I did this by tuning up properly at >> 14.001 and then QSYing to 14.083 and transmitting while monitoring with a >> different receiver. No chirp, clicks or other anomalies. This is a much >> worse operating condition than I normally encounter. It?s so easy to tune >> the ACOM that I keep it properly tweaked. Also, I was operating in CW SS >> and in the middle of a 2 hour run when the OO heard me chirping and I have a >> tough time imagining that I?d sit on a given frequency for two hours without >> making sure I was properly tuned. >> >> 5) I do not use ALC between the K3S and the ACOM. I do run with specific >> power levels on each band (great feature, BTW) such that I?m not able to >> overdrive the amp. >> >> 6) I?ve checked my in-the-shack coax jumper cables and I don?t see any >> issues. The antenna end of the coax is currently under 2 feet of snow so I >> haven?t looked at it. But, I?m getting normal SWR readings here in the >> shack. There isn?t any arcing going on or the amp would shut down. No RF >> in the shack; no TVI or other issues in the house. >> >> 7) I recently made 535 QSO?s in NAQP CW and did quite a bit of listening on >> a second receiver, never heard a chirp. I wasn?t using the ACOM so I ran >> the K3S at 100 watts. And, finally, I have not yet received another OO >> report after the NAQP. ;-) >> >> I dunno what to think. The issue remains unresolved but I am unable to >> replicate the problem. >> >> 73, >> Doug, W7KF >> http://www.w7kf.com <http://www.w7kf.com/> >> >> >> >>> On Jan 19, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Richard Fjeld <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A few weeks ago, someone had received a chirp report. Did that ever >>> get resolved? >>> >>> Dick, n0ce >>> >>> -- >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message >> delivered to [email protected] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:59:39 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K3/P3/expert 1.3KA > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I have a question? > I have a K-3/P-3 with a Expert 1.3 k amp. Due to the low swr cut off point > of the Expert amp (1.7) and the high swr of my antenna (2.3) I am looking > for a Antenna Tuner. I have selected a Palstar HF Auto. My question is what > will the Expert amp do when the tuner is tuning. I was under the > impression that since the connection between the K3/P3 and the amp and the > tuner are > all 50 ohms, and there fore a 1:1 swr the amp would see a match of 1:1 > and there would be no reduction in power due to the antenna mismatch. Is > this > correct. > > Gerald Muller K9GEM > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:11:45 -0500 > From: Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> > To: Doug Smith <[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: > <canckpc06tt-aycmubtn5zcx4ucsfqvmdsduu8ikrd7mtrcg...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Doug Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2) Voltage at the K3S is 13.8 key up and 13.2 key down; seems OK. Power >> supply is a switcher which I?ve used for some years. >> >> 3) K3S is drawing 21.96 amps key down. (Not running 100 watts into the amp.) > > 2) that's too much of a drop. Running 40 watts out to drive my Alpha > 8410, the voltage is 14.1 key up and 13.9 key down reading from the > transceiver display. 3) 40 watt current draw is 10.8 amps. > > You should run your power supply at 14.2 volts out, use a short cord to the > K3S. > > 73, Guy K2AV > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:16:34 -0800 > From: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> > To: Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> > Cc: Doug Smith <[email protected]>, Elecraft Reflector > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > This is not a factor in synthesizer switching. Both the old and new synths > incorporate their own voltage regulators, preserve identical signal integrity > down to a power supply voltage of around 9 VDC. That's about as low as the > radio can go in any case. > > Wayne > N6KR > > >> On Jan 19, 2017, at 2:11 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Doug Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 2) Voltage at the K3S is 13.8 key up and 13.2 key down; seems OK. Power >>> supply is a switcher which I?ve used for some years. >>> >>> 3) K3S is drawing 21.96 amps key down. (Not running 100 watts into the >>> amp.) >> >> 2) that's too much of a drop. Running 40 watts out to drive my Alpha >> 8410, the voltage is 14.1 key up and 13.9 key down reading from the >> transceiver display. 3) 40 watt current draw is 10.8 amps. >> >> You should run your power supply at 14.2 volts out, use a short cord to the >> K3S. >> >> 73, Guy K2AV >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:20:07 -0800 > From: Jim Brown <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/P3/expert 1.3KA > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > >> On Thu,1/19/2017 1:59 PM, Jerry Muller via Elecraft wrote: >> I am looking >> for a Antenna Tuner. I have selected a Palstar HF Auto. > > Why an automatic tuner? The amp has an auto-tuner, and the two are > unlikely to play well together. Instead, I'd look at a good manual tuner > like the Ten Tec 238. I've owned several of them and find them to be > good performers. So did ARRL Labs when they tested them many years ago. > > Ten Tec has been sold a couple of times and new 238s are probably no > longer available, but used 238s are usually available on the used > market. Best bet are the B and C models, which have a vernier readout > for the inductor, as opposed to a dial cord in the older models. Expect > to pay about $400 for the B or C, $300-350 for the older units. The 229 > is electrically and mechanically the same as the older 238s, but in a > cabinet that matches older Ten Tec rigs. > > To use this tuner in your station, set the SPE to bypass mode, tune it > for the bands where you operate and log the settings. Then put the SPE > tuner back in line in auto mode and let the auto tuner do its thing to > cover the band(s) as you QSY. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:37:30 -0500 > From: Bill Wetherill <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Still For Sale > Message-ID: > <CAGrny=dwmywvdxqzaskaqqfowkbvnvkrnu_v79+2nymtf4q...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Still For Sale: Elecraft KX3 (Excellent Condition) > Antenna Tuner > Roofing Filter > KX3 Desk Stand > KX3 End Panels > KX3 Cover > Construction and Operation Manuals > Power Cord > New Price > Shipped to CONUS $1,000.00 > > Pics on request. > PayPal Preferred > > Thanks, Bill - N2WG > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:06:36 -0500 > From: Nr4c <[email protected]> > To: Doug Smith <[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On this subject. I did notice a "chirping" signal during the NAQP last Sat. > No idea of call, should have made a note I guess. Second time in a week I > heard this on the air. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > >> On Jan 19, 2017, at 2:09 PM, Doug Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yup, that was me. >> >> There were some good suggestions made here and I?ve checked them all and I?m >> unable to get the K3S to chirp. So, at present: unable to replicate.. >> >> Some of the suggested things I?ve checked: >> >> 1) SWR at the K3S while driving the ACOM 1500 (same operating conditions) is >> 1.05 to 1. SWR between the ACOM and the antenna at the noted frequency is >> 1.2 to 1. >> >> 2) Voltage at the K3S is 13.8 key up and 13.2 key down; seems OK. Power >> supply is a switcher which I?ve used for some years. >> >> 3) K3S is drawing 21.96 amps key down. (Not running 100 watts into the amp.) >> >> 4) I?ve intentionally ?mis-tuned? the amp just in case that is what was >> going on when the OO noticed the chirp. I did this by tuning up properly at >> 14.001 and then QSYing to 14.083 and transmitting while monitoring with a >> different receiver. No chirp, clicks or other anomalies. This is a much >> worse operating condition than I normally encounter. It?s so easy to tune >> the ACOM that I keep it properly tweaked. Also, I was operating in CW SS >> and in the middle of a 2 hour run when the OO heard me chirping and I have a >> tough time imagining that I?d sit on a given frequency for two hours without >> making sure I was properly tuned. >> >> 5) I do not use ALC between the K3S and the ACOM. I do run with specific >> power levels on each band (great feature, BTW) such that I?m not able to >> overdrive the amp. >> >> 6) I?ve checked my in-the-shack coax jumper cables and I don?t see any >> issues. The antenna end of the coax is currently under 2 feet of snow so I >> haven?t looked at it. But, I?m getting normal SWR readings here in the >> shack. There isn?t any arcing going on or the amp would shut down. No RF >> in the shack; no TVI or other issues in the house. >> >> 7) I recently made 535 QSO?s in NAQP CW and did quite a bit of listening on >> a second receiver, never heard a chirp. I wasn?t using the ACOM so I ran >> the K3S at 100 watts. And, finally, I have not yet received another OO >> report after the NAQP. ;-) >> >> I dunno what to think. The issue remains unresolved but I am unable to >> replicate the problem. >> >> 73, >> Doug, W7KF >> http://www.w7kf.com <http://www.w7kf.com/> >> >> >> >>> On Jan 19, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Richard Fjeld <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A few weeks ago, someone had > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:19:07 -0600 > From: David Orman <[email protected]> > To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial > at the same time? > Message-ID: > <CAGxZ45poZjyMTq=98k-jgna6raqyy7l-xmfcddba3f9rnbr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, > > I'd like to have serial output via db9 and also usb at the same time with > my KX3. Is this something possible? ie: have the cable run from my > KXPA100(I have a KX3/KXPA100/PX3 trio) to some sort of external box with a > DB9connector using the KXSER option, and that box would have a second > DB9port (or cable running from it) so I could connect something else that > needed serial access, in addition to a USB port (or another serial port) I > could use to connect to my PC. > > I need something that ends up like this: > > KX3/KXPA100/PX3 (firmware updates/backups/computer control) -> MAGIC BOX > MAGIC BOX -> another accessory via DB9/serial > MAGIC BOX -> computer via USB ideally, or via serial with an adapter for > USB for the computer > > I'm not having a whole lot of luck searching Google for something of this > nature, so I'm looking for suggestions (open to completely different > solutions). > > Thank you, > David > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 02:19:29 +0000 (UTC) > From: Harry Yingst <[email protected]> > To: David Orman <[email protected]>, Elecraft Reflector > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and > USBserial at the same time? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Do a google search for LP-Bridge > > From: David Orman <[email protected]> > To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 7:19 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the > same time? > > Hi, > > I'd like to have serial output via db9 and also usb at the same time with > my KX3. Is this something possible? ie: have the cable run from my > KXPA100(I have a KX3/KXPA100/PX3 trio) to some sort of external box with a > DB9connector using the KXSER option, and that box would have a second > DB9port (or cable running from it) so I could connect something else that > needed serial access, in addition to a USB port (or another serial port) I > could use to connect to my PC. > > I need something that ends up like this: > > KX3/KXPA100/PX3 (firmware updates/backups/computer control) -> MAGIC BOX > MAGIC BOX -> another accessory via DB9/serial > MAGIC BOX -> computer via USB ideally, or via serial with an adapter for > USB for the computer > > I'm not having a whole lot of luck searching Google for something of this > nature, so I'm looking for suggestions (open to completely different > solutions). > > Thank you, > David > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:24:19 -0700 > From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/P3/expert 1.3KA > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > I have the Palstar manual tuner and it is a beast! AT4K I think it can > tune a bed spring. > > >> On 1/19/2017 3:20 PM, Jim Brown wrote: >>> On Thu,1/19/2017 1:59 PM, Jerry Muller via Elecraft wrote: >>> I am looking >>> for a Antenna Tuner. I have selected a Palstar HF Auto. >> >> Why an automatic tuner? The amp has an auto-tuner, and the two are >> unlikely to play well together. Instead, I'd look at a good manual >> tuner like the Ten Tec 238. I've owned several of them and find them >> to be good performers. So did ARRL Labs when they tested them many >> years ago. >> >> Ten Tec has been sold a couple of times and new 238s are probably no >> longer available, but used 238s are usually available on the used >> market. Best bet are the B and C models, which have a vernier readout >> for the inductor, as opposed to a dial cord in the older models. >> Expect to pay about $400 for the B or C, $300-350 for the older >> units. The 229 is electrically and mechanically the same as the older >> 238s, but in a cabinet that matches older Ten Tec rigs. >> >> To use this tuner in your station, set the SPE to bypass mode, tune it >> for the bands where you operate and log the settings. Then put the SPE >> tuner back in line in auto mode and let the auto tuner do its thing to >> cover the band(s) as you QSY. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 22:47:03 -0500 > From: Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> > To: David Orman <[email protected]>, Elecraft Reflector > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and > USBserial at the same time? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > David, > > The solution for the KX3 and KXPA100 is greatly simplified if you use > the KX3 to KXPA100 adapter cable. > You connect the KXPA100 to the personal computer and the adapter cable > splits out the RS-232 signalling to the KX3. See the connections on > page 14 of the KXPA100 manual. The KX3USB cable connects between the > KXPA100 and the PC. > > No MAGIC BOX needed. > > The PX3 does not have to be continuously connected to the computer. For > firmware updates, Configuration Save and Restore, you can connect a > KX3USB cable and run the PX3 Utility for those operations (those are > done off-line and not real-time). > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > >> On 1/19/2017 7:19 PM, David Orman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to have serial output via db9 and also usb at the same time with >> my KX3. Is this something possible? ie: have the cable run from my >> KXPA100(I have a KX3/KXPA100/PX3 trio) to some sort of external box with a >> DB9connector using the KXSER option, and that box would have a second >> DB9port (or cable running from it) so I could connect something else that >> needed serial access, in addition to a USB port (or another serial port) I >> could use to connect to my PC. >> >> I need something that ends up like this: >> >> KX3/KXPA100/PX3 (firmware updates/backups/computer control) -> MAGIC BOX >> MAGIC BOX -> another accessory via DB9/serial >> MAGIC BOX -> computer via USB ideally, or via serial with an adapter for >> USB for the computer >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:53:20 -0600 > From: David Orman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and > USBserial at the same time? > Message-ID: > <CAGxZ45pgyazCMqOz4BK2m-=k3uwva+oanc-pxamyb6idmru...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Don, > > This is what I'm currently doing. I need an additional RS232 output in > addition to the connection to the PC for an external device that needs to > track the vfo frequency of the KX3. I'd like to have the PC able to track > what frequency/control what frequency my radio is tuned to, and at the same > time have my external device also tracking the frequency the KX3 is tuned > to. I apologize for being less than clear. :) > > David > >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> David, >> >> The solution for the KX3 and KXPA100 is greatly simplified if you use the >> KX3 to KXPA100 adapter cable. >> You connect the KXPA100 to the personal computer and the adapter cable >> splits out the RS-232 signalling to the KX3. See the connections on page >> 14 of the KXPA100 manual. The KX3USB cable connects between the KXPA100 >> and the PC. >> >> No MAGIC BOX needed. >> >> The PX3 does not have to be continuously connected to the computer. For >> firmware updates, Configuration Save and Restore, you can connect a KX3USB >> cable and run the PX3 Utility for those operations (those are done off-line >> and not real-time). >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> >> >> >>> On 1/19/2017 7:19 PM, David Orman wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'd like to have serial output via db9 and also usb at the same time with >>> my KX3. Is this something possible? ie: have the cable run from my >>> KXPA100(I have a KX3/KXPA100/PX3 trio) to some sort of external box with a >>> DB9connector using the KXSER option, and that box would have a second >>> DB9port (or cable running from it) so I could connect something else that >>> needed serial access, in addition to a USB port (or another serial port) I >>> could use to connect to my PC. >>> >>> I need something that ends up like this: >>> >>> KX3/KXPA100/PX3 (firmware updates/backups/computer control) -> MAGIC BOX >>> MAGIC BOX -> another accessory via DB9/serial >>> MAGIC BOX -> computer via USB ideally, or via serial with an adapter for >>> USB for the computer >>> >>> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:56:08 -0800 > From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]> > To: "'Nr4c'" <[email protected]>, "'Doug Smith'" <[email protected]> > Cc: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: <001d01d272d1$21ec20a0$65c461e0$@biz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Any time I work a station that has a less-than-normal signal I say so. Some > are running vintage rigs from the WWII era in which a little drift and chirp > are normal which usually results in a long rag-chew about the rig since I, > too, love vintage gear. Among the others, I don't know if any of them ignored > me but everyone said they greatly appreciated my report. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nr4c > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:07 PM > To: Doug Smith > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > > On this subject. I did notice a "chirping" signal during the NAQP last Sat. > No idea of call, should have made a note I guess. Second time in a week I > heard this on the air. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > >> On Jan 19, 2017, at 2:09 PM, Doug Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yup, that was me. >> >> There were some good suggestions made here and I?ve checked them all and I?m >> unable to get the K3S to chirp. So, at present: unable to replicate.. >> >> Some of the suggested things I?ve checked: >> >> 1) SWR at the K3S while driving the ACOM 1500 (same operating conditions) is >> 1.05 to 1. SWR between the ACOM and the antenna at the noted frequency is >> 1.2 to 1. >> >> 2) Voltage at the K3S is 13.8 key up and 13.2 key down; seems OK. Power >> supply is a switcher which I?ve used for some years. >> >> 3) K3S is drawing 21.96 amps key down. (Not running 100 watts into >> the amp.) >> >> 4) I?ve intentionally ?mis-tuned? the amp just in case that is what was >> going on when the OO noticed the chirp. I did this by tuning up properly at >> 14.001 and then QSYing to 14.083 and transmitting while monitoring with a >> different receiver. No chirp, clicks or other anomalies. This is a much >> worse operating condition than I normally encounter. It?s so easy to tune >> the ACOM that I keep it properly tweaked. Also, I was operating in CW SS >> and in the middle of a 2 hour run when the OO heard me chirping and I have a >> tough time imagining that I?d sit on a given frequency for two hours without >> making sure I was properly tuned. >> >> 5) I do not use ALC between the K3S and the ACOM. I do run with specific >> power levels on each band (great feature, BTW) such that I?m not able to >> overdrive the amp. >> >> 6) I?ve checked my in-the-shack coax jumper cables and I don?t see any >> issues. The antenna end of the coax is currently under 2 feet of snow so I >> haven?t looked at it. But, I?m getting normal SWR readings here in the >> shack. There isn?t any arcing going on or the amp would shut down. No RF >> in the shack; no TVI or other issues in the house. >> >> 7) I recently made 535 QSO?s in NAQP CW and did quite a bit of listening on >> a second receiver, never heard a chirp. I wasn?t using the ACOM so I ran >> the K3S at 100 watts. And, finally, I have not yet received another OO >> report after the NAQP. ;-) >> >> I dunno what to think. The issue remains unresolved but I am unable to >> replicate the problem. >> >> 73, >> Doug, W7KF >> http://www.w7kf.com <http://www.w7kf.com/> >> >> >> >>> On Jan 19, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Richard Fjeld <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A few weeks ago, someone had > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 23:47:42 -0500 > From: Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> > To: David Orman <[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and > USBserial at the same time? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > David, > > The LP-Bridge application has an output that you can set up which will > send some information to another serial port on the computer. See the > LP-Bridge documentation at www.telepostinc.com. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 1/19/2017 10:53 PM, David Orman wrote: >> Hi Don, >> >> This is what I'm currently doing. I need an additional RS232 output in >> addition to the connection to the PC for an external device that needs >> to track the vfo frequency of the KX3. I'd like to have the PC able to >> track what frequency/control what frequency my radio is tuned to, and >> at the same time have my external device also tracking the frequency >> the KX3 is tuned to. I apologize for being less than clear. :) >> >> David >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:37:21 -0500 > From: tomb18 <[email protected]> > To: David Orman <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and > USBserial at the same time? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > HiYou should check out win3k3 suite. It does exactly what you > wish.Tomva2fsq.com? > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > -------- Original message --------From: David Orman <[email protected]> > Date: 2017-01-19 10:53 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Cc: > Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any > ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at the same time? > Hi Don, > > This is what I'm currently doing. I need an additional RS232 output in > addition to the connection to the PC for an external device that needs to > track the vfo frequency of the KX3. I'd like to have the PC able to track > what frequency/control what frequency my radio is tuned to, and at the same > time have my external device also tracking the frequency the KX3 is tuned > to. I apologize for being less than clear. :) > > David > >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> David, >> >> The solution for the KX3 and KXPA100 is greatly simplified if you use the >> KX3 to KXPA100 adapter cable. >> You connect the KXPA100 to the personal computer and the adapter cable >> splits out the RS-232 signalling to the KX3.? See the connections on page >> 14 of the KXPA100 manual.? The KX3USB cable connects between the KXPA100 >> and the PC. >> >> No MAGIC BOX needed. >> >> The PX3 does not have to be continuously connected to the computer.? For >> firmware updates, Configuration Save and Restore, you can connect a KX3USB >> cable and run the PX3 Utility for those operations (those are done off-line >> and not real-time). >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> >> >> >>> On 1/19/2017 7:19 PM, David Orman wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'd like to have serial output via db9 and also usb at the same time with >>> my KX3. Is this something possible? ie: have the cable run from my >>> KXPA100(I have a KX3/KXPA100/PX3 trio) to some sort of external box with a >>> DB9connector using the KXSER option, and that box would have a second >>> DB9port (or cable running from it) so I could connect something else that >>> needed serial access, in addition to a USB port (or another serial port) I >>> could use to connect to my PC. >>> >>> I need something that ends up like this: >>> >>> KX3/KXPA100/PX3 (firmware updates/backups/computer control) -> MAGIC BOX >>> MAGIC BOX -> another accessory via DB9/serial >>> MAGIC BOX -> computer via USB ideally, or via serial with an adapter for >>> USB for the computer >>> >>> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:44:19 +0500 > From: Igor Sokolov <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/P3/expert 1.3KA > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Not all of Expert 1.3 are sold with internal antenna tuner. There are > amps without it. If I were in Jerry's situation I would purchase > internal antenna tuner from Expert for the sake of integration and speed. > > 73, Igor UA9CDC > > > 20.01.2017 3:20, Jim Brown ?????: >>> On Thu,1/19/2017 1:59 PM, Jerry Muller via Elecraft wrote: >>> I am looking >>> for a Antenna Tuner. I have selected a Palstar HF Auto. >> >> Why an automatic tuner? The amp has an auto-tuner, and the two are >> unlikely to play well together. Instead, I'd look at a good manual >> tuner like the Ten Tec 238. I've owned several of them and find them >> to be good performers. So did ARRL Labs when they tested them many >> years ago. >> >> Ten Tec has been sold a couple of times and new 238s are probably no >> longer available, but used 238s are usually available on the used >> market. Best bet are the B and C models, which have a vernier readout >> for the inductor, as opposed to a dial cord in the older models. >> Expect to pay about $400 for the B or C, $300-350 for the older >> units. The 229 is electrically and mechanically the same as the older >> 238s, but in a cabinet that matches older Ten Tec rigs. >> >> To use this tuner in your station, set the SPE to bypass mode, tune it >> for the bands where you operate and log the settings. Then put the SPE >> tuner back in line in auto mode and let the auto tuner do its thing to >> cover the band(s) as you QSY. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> . >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:04:44 +0000 (UTC) > From: Al Lorona <[email protected]> > To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] [KPA500] Pushing an amplifier > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Many of us would feel a psychological edge if we pushed an amplifier such as > the KPA500 from its rated 500 W to, say, 625 W. It sounds like so much more, > doesn't it? It sure makes us feel better to think that we're louder on the > other end. > > But first, on your S-meter take a look at the width of one S-unit, which is > commonly held to be 6 dB. Now imagine that single S-unit divided into six > equal parts, each of them 1 dB. > > If you have an analog S-meter the needle is probably wider than one of these > parts. Do you think you could hear a difference if a signal increased (or > decreased) by one of these skinny little 1 dB increments? > > Well, the increase from 500 to 625 Watts is a little bit *less* than one of > these increments. > > Furthermore, especially if you're on phone, the increase in in-band intermod > that results from pushing any amp may actually subtract a little bit of > intelligibility from your SSB signal. I don't know what the dB equivalent of > this "intelligibility loss" would be... but what if it's like 0.5 dB? It's > simply not worth it. > > If you ever want to calculate for yourself the dB change from an increase or > decrease in power one place you can find the equations (as well as a link to > an on-line calculator) is here: > > http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/formulae/decibels/decibel-formulae-equation.php > . > > Someone will say, "But when your signal's right under the noise floor on 160 > CW, that extra 0.9691 dB might help." I agree in advance-- to save you the > trouble of having to point out that rare situation. For the rest of us, the > conservatively rated output of the KPA500 should be just fine. > > > > Al W6LX > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:10:19 -0700 (MST) > From: Barry <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Does the radio automatically go into chirp mode if it detects operation from > Cuba? > Barry W2UP > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-past-chirp-report-tp7625892p7625920.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 19 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:20:41 -0500 > From: "Charlie T, K3ICH" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > No, only when you're sending Novice call. > > Charlie k3ICH (ex KN3ICH) > > I was so proud of that call, I bought a little call letter pin and wore it > in high school. > A non-techno buddy called me "Kenthrich". HI > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 8:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > > Does the radio automatically go into chirp mode if it detects operation from > Cuba? > Barry W2UP > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-past-chirp-report-tp7625892p7625920. > html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 20 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 07:39:54 -0600 > From: David Orman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and > USBserial at the same time? > Message-ID: > <cagxz45p-9xa_v7j7aaotmkl6tfl3sm+hlaxbmah6bzlsgoa...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Thank you (everyone). I'm a Linux user so was hoping for a HW based > solution but sounds like LP bridge is the answer based on the responses to > this thread. Dual boot, here I come. > > David > >> On Jan 19, 2017 22:47, "Don Wilhelm" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> David, >> >> The LP-Bridge application has an output that you can set up which will >> send some information to another serial port on the computer. See the >> LP-Bridge documentation at www.telepostinc.com. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >>> On 1/19/2017 10:53 PM, David Orman wrote: >>> >>> Hi Don, >>> >>> This is what I'm currently doing. I need an additional RS232 output in >>> addition to the connection to the PC for an external device that needs to >>> track the vfo frequency of the KX3. I'd like to have the PC able to track >>> what frequency/control what frequency my radio is tuned to, and at the same >>> time have my external device also tracking the frequency the KX3 is tuned >>> to. I apologize for being less than clear. :) >>> >>> David >>> >>> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 21 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:11:39 -0500 > From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and > USBserial at the same time? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 1/19/2017 10:53 PM, David Orman wrote: >>>> I need an additional RS232 output in addition to the connection >>>> to the PC for an external device that needs to track the vfo >>>> frequency of the KX3. I'd like to have the PC able to track what >>>> frequency/control what frequency my radio is tuned to, and at the >>>> same time have my external device also tracking the frequency the >>>> KX3 is tuned to. > > David, > > What is the external device? Does it need to poll the KX3 or is it > satisfied by seeing the IF; and/or FA; responses to the logging > software? > > RS-232 is a point to point protocol and does not allow for multiple > active transmitters at the same time. However, in some cases one > can attach a second "receive only" device in parallel. The typical > connection is shown in the SteppIR "Y cable" schematic that I have > sent to you directly (ignore the jumper between pins 7 and 9 as that > is SteppIR specific). > > If both the computer and hardware device must poll independently, > you might be able to get away with a "Modem Data Splitter" like > one of these from B&B Electronics: > http://www.bb-elec.com/Products/Serial-Connectivity/Serial-Data-Tools-Adapters/Port-Splitters.aspx> > but you need to be careful that both the logger and hardware device > do not send data to the KX3 at the same time since the modem data > splitter is passive (diode isolation) and the data will be corrupted > if both devices transmit at the same time. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 22 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:12:47 -0600 > From: Chuck Guenther <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] KX2 Receive problem!? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Wayne, > > Thanks for posting this! Since the KX2 is my first SDR, it never > occurred to me to try the preamp on 80 meters. In fact I was very happy > running with the preamp off, attenuator off, and RF gain set between > about -3dB and -6dB. This morning I was listening to FK8DD, and found I > could copy him much better with preamp on, and RF gain at -10 dB, > attenuator still off.. > > BTW, I really like the AGC on the KX2, and often find myself trying to > adjust my K3 so it sounds as good as the KX2. > > 73, > > Chuck Guenther NI0C > > > > Quote from N6KR: > > "First thing to check is to make sure the preamp is on, and the attenuator > turned off. Both are selected using the PRE switch. The KX2 is an SDR, and > typically such rigs have about -120 dBm MDS with preamp off, and -135 dBm > with preamp on. This can make a huge difference on a quiet band. > > The dynamic range is good enough that you can probably leave the preamp on > all or most of the time. > > Let me know if your received signals are still down after turning on the > preamp. If that doesn't fix it, you could have APF turned on (very narrow > audio peaking filter), or NR turned on (noise reduction), or you could have a > problem with a bandpass filter, etc. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR" > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 23 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:40:46 -0500 > From: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > for all you churp cops,,, tune around during th antique radio contest,, > no rig circuit > made after 1929 is used,,,, i use a hartley osc which can cherp out of > the k3 pasband > if i pushit over 3 watts to the antenna,,, it begains to sound real good > > Bob > K3DJC > > http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-on-the-air.html > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:10:19 -0700 (MST) Barry <[email protected]> writes: >> Does the radio automatically go into chirp mode if it detects >> operation from >> Cuba? >> Barry W2UP >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-past-chirp-report-tp7625892p76259 > 20.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 24 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:54:55 +0000 (UTC) > From: Harry Yingst <[email protected]> > To: David Orman <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and > USBserial at the same time? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > LP-Bridge is the free solution and you could possible even run it in a > windows session under Virtual Box. > > > There are hardware solutions out there to do what you want.?I had looked into > them in the past when I was considering moving back to Linux. > > > > > > From: David Orman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 8:39 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any ideas on how to run serial (DB9) and USBserial at > the same time? > > Thank you (everyone). I'm a Linux user so was hoping for a HW based > solution but sounds like LP bridge is the answer based on the responses to > this thread. Dual boot, here I come. > > David > >> On Jan 19, 2017 22:47, "Don Wilhelm" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> David, >> >> The LP-Bridge application has an output that you can set up which will >> send some information to another serial port on the computer.? See the >> LP-Bridge documentation at www.telepostinc.com. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >>> On 1/19/2017 10:53 PM, David Orman wrote: >>> >>> Hi Don, >>> >>> This is what I'm currently doing. I need an additional RS232 output in >>> addition to the connection to the PC for an external device that needs to >>> track the vfo frequency of the KX3. I'd like to have the PC able to track >>> what frequency/control what frequency my radio is tuned to, and at the same >>> time have my external device also tracking the frequency the KX3 is tuned >>> to. I apologize for being less than clear. :) >>> >>> David >>> >>> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 25 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:01:07 -0800 > From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > Message-ID: <002101d27347$2cca3f90$865ebeb0$@biz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > There was a time, decades ago, when we could identify specific CW stations > without waiting for call signs by the sound of their signal - bit of chirp > (or yoop), touch of hum and, of course, by their fist on the straight key or > bug. > > Today we can fit a few more signals into the same band with absolutely clean > rigs and keyers that make all signals sound the same - especially as more > stations shift to keyboard CW that even removes slight differences in > inter-character and inter-word spacing. > > Even so, it was nice tuning across the band and being able to say with > confidence, "That's Al in San Diego" or "Ernie in Detroit" or "Arnie in > Havana". > > Immediately we knew a lot about band conditions too without beacons and > other "modern" aids. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 5:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report > > Does the radio automatically go into chirp mode if it detects operation from > Cuba? > Barry W2UP > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-past-chirp-report-tp7625892p7625920. > html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > You must be a subscriber to post. > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > ------------------------------ > > End of Elecraft Digest, Vol 153, Issue 26 > ***************************************** ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
