Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA
Joe, I don't want to be confrontational and I greatly value your engineering mind, but I'm quite certain that the wide K3 NB DOES affect the P3 display. I work a lot of JT65 on 6M, and there are several strong signals (not of overload magnitude) near me. The NB DOES create artifacts that result in multiple decodes, and corresponding stuff that is quite visible in the P3 display, and that is not visible when the K3 NB is off. 73, Jim K9YC On Fri,8/15/2014 2:35 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: I often study the screen of my P3, which DOES show reduction of noise when the wider NB is active. 2-4 dB is typical for the types of noise for which it is effective. 2 - 4 dB may be due to upsetting the impedance at the IF feed but given the circuit topology it is not possible for the NB to provide effective blanking to the P3 with the noise gate *after* the IF pick-off point. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-08-15 5:13 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 8/15/2014 11:29 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Jim, that information is incorrect. The K3 NB can not possibly have any impact on the P3 or P3SVGA as the IF pick-off is at the output of the first mixer - *before* any noise blanker gate. Joe, I've never studied the schematic or signal flow in the regard, but I often study the screen of my P3, which DOES show reduction of noise when the wider NB is active. 2-4 dB is typical for the types of noise for which it is effective. I appreciate the alert to the existence of the P3 NB. I last updated firmware about six months ago, and it was not in that version. It does, indeed, work pretty well. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to li...@subich.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to j...@audiosystemsgroup.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
When I ordered a replacement I was charged $6, but probably didn't mention anything about my original one cracking. Mike KI0HA On 8/17/2014 10:55 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: This should never happen, but if it does, we'll replace it immediately, no charge. Just send an email to pa...@elecraft.com. 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:17 AM, ab2tc wrote: Hi all, Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
We're considering per-mode as well, but at the moment we're experimenting with per-band. Input welcome. Wayne On Aug 17, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Matt VK2RQ wrote: > Would it make more sense for it to be per-mode rather than per-band? For > example, I can imagine on CW you might want to zoom in more than on SSB. > Maybe some P3 owners can comment? > > 73, Matt VK2RQ > >> On 18 Aug 2014, at 3:01 pm, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> >> We just added per-band SPAN settings to the PX3 (and will later add it to >> the P3). We're also adding a menu setting to quantize the SPAN selections to >> 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 kHz. This behavior would be user-selectable; >> the default would be continuously variable, as it is at present. >> >> For a lot of P3/PX3 users, the combination of these two changes will result >> in less manipulation of the SPAN control, and will save some Fn switches for >> other uses. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >>> On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Jim Brown wrote: >>> On Sun,8/17/2014 7:18 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: I'm still working at what the "ideal" span on my P3 would be, in the NAQP SSB yesterday, I had it at 100 KHz and it seemed pretty good. >>> >>> I have five of the function keys programmed for different span settings. >>> The other three are Peak Toggle, Fixed Mode Toggle, and Noise Blanker >>> Toggle. >>> >>> I use 2 kHz for looking at the quality of CW signals, 10 kHz for most CW >>> pileups, 50 kHz, 100 kHz, and 200 kHz for contesting and general operating. >>> I did have 20 kHz programmed, but gave that up for the NB toggle. >>> >>> Before each contest, I'll run through all the bands and set up the span and >>> centering. 50/60 kHz is pretty good for Sprints and state QSO parties, 100 >>> kHz is good for most CW contests, 200 kHz is not wide enough for some SSB >>> contests. >>> >>> For 6M, I set a 200 kHz span from 50.080 to 50.280. This lets me see CW, >>> SSB, and JT65. >>> >>> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to matt.vk...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Would it make more sense for it to be per-mode rather than per-band? For example, I can imagine on CW you might want to zoom in more than on SSB. Maybe some P3 owners can comment? 73, Matt VK2RQ > On 18 Aug 2014, at 3:01 pm, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > We just added per-band SPAN settings to the PX3 (and will later add it to the > P3). We're also adding a menu setting to quantize the SPAN selections to 2, > 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 kHz. This behavior would be user-selectable; the > default would be continuously variable, as it is at present. > > For a lot of P3/PX3 users, the combination of these two changes will result > in less manipulation of the SPAN control, and will save some Fn switches for > other uses. > > Wayne > N6KR > > >> On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Jim Brown wrote: >> >>> On Sun,8/17/2014 7:18 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >>> I'm still working at what the "ideal" span on my P3 would be, in the NAQP >>> SSB yesterday, I had it at 100 KHz and it seemed pretty good. >> >> I have five of the function keys programmed for different span settings. The >> other three are Peak Toggle, Fixed Mode Toggle, and Noise Blanker Toggle. >> >> I use 2 kHz for looking at the quality of CW signals, 10 kHz for most CW >> pileups, 50 kHz, 100 kHz, and 200 kHz for contesting and general operating. >> I did have 20 kHz programmed, but gave that up for the NB toggle. >> >> Before each contest, I'll run through all the bands and set up the span and >> centering. 50/60 kHz is pretty good for Sprints and state QSO parties, 100 >> kHz is good for most CW contests, 200 kHz is not wide enough for some SSB >> contests. >> >> For 6M, I set a 200 kHz span from 50.080 to 50.280. This lets me see CW, >> SSB, and JT65. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to matt.vk...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
We just added per-band SPAN settings to the PX3 (and will later add it to the P3). We're also adding a menu setting to quantize the SPAN selections to 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 kHz. This behavior would be user-selectable; the default would be continuously variable, as it is at present. For a lot of P3/PX3 users, the combination of these two changes will result in less manipulation of the SPAN control, and will save some Fn switches for other uses. Wayne N6KR On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > On Sun,8/17/2014 7:18 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >> I'm still working at what the "ideal" span on my P3 would be, in the NAQP >> SSB yesterday, I had it at 100 KHz and it seemed pretty good. > > I have five of the function keys programmed for different span settings. The > other three are Peak Toggle, Fixed Mode Toggle, and Noise Blanker Toggle. > > I use 2 kHz for looking at the quality of CW signals, 10 kHz for most CW > pileups, 50 kHz, 100 kHz, and 200 kHz for contesting and general operating. I > did have 20 kHz programmed, but gave that up for the NB toggle. > > Before each contest, I'll run through all the bands and set up the span and > centering. 50/60 kHz is pretty good for Sprints and state QSO parties, 100 > kHz is good for most CW contests, 200 kHz is not wide enough for some SSB > contests. > > For 6M, I set a 200 kHz span from 50.080 to 50.280. This lets me see CW, SSB, > and JT65. > > 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
On Sun,8/17/2014 7:18 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: I'm still working at what the "ideal" span on my P3 would be, in the NAQP SSB yesterday, I had it at 100 KHz and it seemed pretty good. I have five of the function keys programmed for different span settings. The other three are Peak Toggle, Fixed Mode Toggle, and Noise Blanker Toggle. I use 2 kHz for looking at the quality of CW signals, 10 kHz for most CW pileups, 50 kHz, 100 kHz, and 200 kHz for contesting and general operating. I did have 20 kHz programmed, but gave that up for the NB toggle. Before each contest, I'll run through all the bands and set up the span and centering. 50/60 kHz is pretty good for Sprints and state QSO parties, 100 kHz is good for most CW contests, 200 kHz is not wide enough for some SSB contests. For 6M, I set a 200 kHz span from 50.080 to 50.280. This lets me see CW, SSB, and JT65. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] NiHg batteries How do I test?
I did check the voltage on each cell when depleted.. There is a sleeper or 2 in the bunch. -- Jim K9TF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] NiHg batteries How do I test?
Fred, I think you mean 1.2 or 1.25v nominal each cell. Jim NiMh don't take heat well. Sounds like you may have over charged. Did they get hot? 73 Another Fred, AE6QL -Original Message- >From: Fred Jensen >Sent: Aug 17, 2014 7:34 PM >To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] NiMh batteries How do I test? > >I figured that's what you meant. > >Not quite enough info to understand what is happening for you and what >your charging situation is. NiMh cells are nominally at 2V. My >experience has been that when they've reached the "End of Old," [a term >coined by our kids to distinguish between Grandma and Grandpa, who were >much older than Mom and Dad ... but not yet dead, and those who were], >NiMh die rather quickly at the End of Old. They'll be working pretty >well, and then not take a charge. If your's are new, you might have a >charger problem. > >73, > >Fred K6DGW >- Northern California Contest Club >- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 >- www.cqp.org > >On 8/17/2014 7:19 PM, Jim GM wrote: >> NiMh I ment to post. Oh well >> > > >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >Message delivered to fptowns...@earthlink.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Fred Jensen wrote: > I seem to remember some traffic some time ago that they got a bad batch from > a vendor. We did. It's impossible trace individual plastic knobs by batch, so we just replace them as they come up. Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] NiHg batteries How do I test?
I figured that's what you meant. Not quite enough info to understand what is happening for you and what your charging situation is. NiMh cells are nominally at 2V. My experience has been that when they've reached the "End of Old," [a term coined by our kids to distinguish between Grandma and Grandpa, who were much older than Mom and Dad ... but not yet dead, and those who were], NiMh die rather quickly at the End of Old. They'll be working pretty well, and then not take a charge. If your's are new, you might have a charger problem. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/17/2014 7:19 PM, Jim GM wrote: NiMh I ment to post. Oh well __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
My K3 is S/N 642. I just looked as closely as I can at my age under good light, and detect no VFO B knob cracks. I did lose the AF/RF gain knobs and the ones below it, Elecraft replaced them immediately. I think tomorrow, when there's daylight, I'll check all the other knobs, but I really don't stress about them, if they break the E-folks will replace them. I seem to remember some traffic some time ago that they got a bad batch from a vendor. After the military, I supported my family as an engineer, and I do know how difficult QC is when you have multiple vendors. Initially, Henry Ford not only made all the automobiles, he also made all the parts. That didn't last long in a capitalist economy. :-) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/17/2014 7:07 PM, Dave Jones wrote: And mine too. :-( Dave Jones VK4FD zen...@netspace.net.au wrote on 08/18/2014 07:21 AM: My VFO B knob cracked within 6 months of assembly. It was replaced immediately under warranty and no problems since. Cheers, John VK7JB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] NiHg batteries How do I test?
NiMh I ment to post. Oh well -- Jim K9TF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
I agree with you David, I think there are a lot of other things that would be much more useful to a much larger audience than receive-only SSTV. I'm still working at what the "ideal" span on my P3 would be, in the NAQP SSB yesterday, I had it at 100 KHz and it seemed pretty good. For CW, I have been running at 50 KHz because the signals are so much closer together ... I'll give CW a try at 100 KHz and see how that works. My K3 is S/N 642, and I'm still playing around with how to use it and what to set things at. Yet another new dimension to ham radio. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/17/2014 3:37 PM, david Moes wrote: I agree with those that would like to see TX monitoring and how about wider range it'd be handy for quick looks at say 10m for activity to see 400 or 500 KHZ. I do some SSTV and enjoy itI think there are more of us than you think and not just the fools on 14.230 sending soft porn. however if I want to play SSTV I am running MMSSTV anyway that has good templates sending and lots of function, ability to store images etc.I am not sure just to add the ability to monitor incoming pictures would be a good use of resources. unless you are planning to implement something with MMSSTV's level of capability. adding more comprehensive RTTY/psk function or perhaps JT65/9 or even a simple logger so I don't need to drag the the PC when outside the shack would be nice.just pie in the sky thing there. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
And mine too. :-( Dave Jones VK4FD zen...@netspace.net.au wrote on 08/18/2014 07:21 AM: My VFO B knob cracked within 6 months of assembly. It was replaced immediately under warranty and no problems since. Cheers, John VK7JB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to dave.vk...@yahoo.com.au __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] FS: XG2 Signal Generator
Sold ... thanks for your interest! On 8/17/14, 7:55 PM, Alan D. Wilcox wrote: Hello, Selling my XG2 signal generator. Puts out 1 and 50 uV signal on 80, 40, 20 meters. Photo at http://wilcoxengineering.com/?p=238 (click image for huge view) See http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740084%20XG2%20Manual%20Rev%20E.pdf First $45 gets it; I'll mail free CONUS. Cheers, Alan -- Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40) 570-478-0736 http://WilcoxEngineering.com http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6768 ... Elecraft Client Comments http://WilcoxPublishing.com https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/28062?ref=awilcox __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
I just took a look at the vfo B knob on my K3 and it's cracked also. John. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Hi Knut, The sudden response to your post prompted me to take out the flashlight. Mine has a hairline crack from the setscrew back towards the front panel. The crack is not present from the setscrew to the face of the knob. My unit is S/N 22xx from 2008. 73, Mike K2MK ab2tc wrote > Hi all, > > Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob > extending from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Rig has > been indoors with controlled temperature for years and never gets moved. I > have a more modest radio for that purpose (IC7200). > > http://ab2tc.com/knob_crack.jpg > > AB2TC - Knut. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246p7592273.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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] FS: XG2 Signal Generator
Hello, Selling my XG2 signal generator. Puts out 1 and 50 uV signal on 80, 40, 20 meters. Photo at http://wilcoxengineering.com/?p=238 (click image for huge view) See http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740084%20XG2%20Manual%20Rev%20E.pdf First $45 gets it; I'll mail free CONUS. Cheers, Alan -- Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40) 570-478-0736 http://WilcoxEngineering.com http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6768 ... Elecraft Client Comments http://WilcoxPublishing.com https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/28062?ref=awilcox __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] NiHg batteries How do I test?
I have 8 NiHg batteries and charged them for 16 hours. Charge lasts 5 minutes before KX3 goes dead. Minimum voltage is set for 8.4V. with a 13.6 volts 50 amp DX Astron supply max charge voltage get up to 10.6 VDC says my KX3. When checking the voltage independantly on each cell they all give me the same reading on my battery tester saying they are good so the tester is full of it. How do I test these cells for find my bad one or 2? -- Jim K9TF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] FS: W2 Wattmeter with DCHF-2000 coupler
I'm selling my W2 Wattmeter. Built from a kit but never actually used. 1.8-54MHz 2000 watt (DCHF-2000) Coupler. Serial cable, sensor cable, power cable, manual. $179 + shipping -- PayPal Only. Thanks Doug -- K0DXV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
I agree with those that would like to see TX monitoring and how about wider range it'd be handy for quick looks at say 10m for activity to see 400 or 500 KHZ. I do some SSTV and enjoy itI think there are more of us than you think and not just the fools on 14.230 sending soft porn. however if I want to play SSTV I am running MMSSTV anyway that has good templates sending and lots of function, ability to store images etc.I am not sure just to add the ability to monitor incoming pictures would be a good use of resources. unless you are planning to implement something with MMSSTV's level of capability. adding more comprehensive RTTY/psk function or perhaps JT65/9 or even a simple logger so I don't need to drag the the PC when outside the shack would be nice.just pie in the sky thing there. -- David Moes VE3DVY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
I discovered a crack in my VFO B knob several months ago. I mended it with a bit of "super glue" (cyaonacrylate). My serial range is 33xx, I've had it for a few years. Doug, VE3VS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246p7592268.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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
My VFO B knob cracked within 6 months of assembly. It was replaced immediately under warranty and no problems since. Cheers, John VK7JB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Fan Replacement
Hello Harry, I'm about to follow your lead and install the Noctua fans in my K3. Did you have to use alternate mounting hardware for the fans? I see that the Noctua fan is 25mm thick, vs 15mm for the stock Utech fan and so the mounting bolts will be too short to hold the Noctua fan? Thanks, John VK7JB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500: 270v error and R17 - fixed
Hi Keith, Thanks for your comments and also to several others who replied privately. I have now resolved the fault that was causing the +270v T/R bias line to be shorted and the "270v ERR" hard fault to show. As several others have discovered with the same fault, the problem was C2, a faulty 0.01uF, 500v, 1206 SMD capacitor; part of the T/R circuitry on the PA board, which was going short circuit when the 270v was applied. The capacitor tested OK without volts applied, but on inspection with a magnifier had a hairline crack at one end and fell apart when I removed it. C2 is easy to get at once the PA assembly is removed for inspection and repair, but of course much of the KPA-500 has to be disassembled to do so. Anyway, I have now replaced the faulty capacitor with a good one and all is working correctly. I assume that R17 has been reduced in value from 10K to 1K on later versions of the KPA-500 and that value is correct. Apparently, from comments received from several other folks, this is not an unusual fault and Elecraft are well aware of the problem. Luckily, I was able to fix the fault here in my workshop. Others have not been so lucky and have had to return the PA assembly to Elecraft for repair. Now to test the newly built KPA-500 with my K3 and do the final adjustments. I'm keeping fingers crossed there are no more nasty surprises. Thanks everyone for their comments and help with this particular KPA-500 fault. Best wishes Steve Wilson, G3VMW On 17/08/2014 18:00, kb9...@wi.rr.com wrote: > If you are positive this is not an interlock issue, then this is a TR > Switch problem. > > The resistor is probably correct, and may just be a revision to increase > the current, but I do not know. Check Diode D13 (S1M) to make sure it > is not shorted, and inserted correctly. Also, C2 (.01 uF) if it is shorted. > > Next use an Ohm meter at TP2 & TP4 to ground. Neither should > show shorted. TP2 points towards Q5, C16, C17, D7 and D10. TP4 points > at Q4, C18, D8 and D9. > > Let me know what you find. > > Keith > KB9WMJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-2M CW Drift
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 09:36:46 -0700 From: Wayne Burdick To: Brian Hemmis Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3-2M CW Drift Message-ID: <375fe400-0225-4061-8838-3653311da...@elecraft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I strongly recommend doing the temperature compensation. On 6 meters this will leave you something like just +/- 3 Hz of "hunting." 73, Wayne N6KR -- I have run tests on 6m at 5w simulating JT65 operation: Before doing the Temp Comp drift was up to 54-Hz After it was a couple Hz as Wayne stated. My test shows a big "bump" in the drift curves which I suspect is a bad temp point in the compensation process. I will repeat Temp Comp to see it this artifact disappears. http://www.kl7uw.com/KX3_FREQ_DRIFT_TABLE.pdf I have not tested at 2m. 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubus...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Yes. And if one of my pet peeves, lousy memory management, was addressed some of these features could simply be memorized and recalled. Wes N7WS On 8/17/2014 10:30 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: [snip] There are a lot more UI and control improvements (separate VOX for SSB and digital, separate default bandwidth for DATA A and AFSK A/FSK D, ability to set a default "Norm" bandwidth for each mode other than the roofing filter bandwidth, etc.) as well as improvements to the notch (place manual notch outside the AGC loop) and noise blanker. 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Oh, you gotta try DXCC on 1.2GHz. It the cat's meow and the bee's knees all rolled into one. 73, Chas - Original Message - From: "Fred Jensen" To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3? Just offering observations in answer to Wayne's questions. SSTV is not one of the modes I use. Neither is EME, PSK31, and DXCC on 1.2 GHz. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/17/2014 7:44 AM, george fritkin wrote: I will say it one more time.there are more hams trying for DXCC on 1.2GHZ than operate SSTV George, W6GF On Sunday, August 17, 2014 6:01 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: On 8/15/2014 2:56 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi all, > > Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term > wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter > SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to > eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced > idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one > who's interested. You might try MMSSTV or MixW and just monitor 14230 for awhile before putting any engineering effort into it. I let MixW run on 14230 all one weekend and then went back and looked at some of the images [MixW saves all received images]. A surprising number [like half] were unanswered CQ's with pictures of scantily clad women. I haven't checked it in a number of years. There are some digital SSTV signals starting around 14233 or so ... I don't know anything about them. > > If we did consider adding SSTV, we'd need to decide which SSTV > format(s) to support. If there's just one that's reasonably > universal, great. I'm pretty sure we'd start with just one, given > limited engineering time. There's a half dozen or more analog modes, most of what I decoded was one of the Scottie's [there are several]. I suspect that, to be attractive, your software would need to decode the digital burst at the beginning and auto-select the mode like MixW does. We all get to use whatever modes we want ... personally, I was bored by SSTV and haven't looked at it in years. YMMV however. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to pin...@erols.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
I doubt it unless the K3 is modified to accept computer graphics files and generate the SSTV audio. There is a big difference between CW, RTTY and PSK31 decode when one can transmit paddle CW/RTTY/PSK and SSTV decode when there is no matching SSTV generation capability. There are a lot more UI and control improvements (separate VOX for SSB and digital, separate default bandwidth for DATA A and AFSK A/FSK D, ability to set a default "Norm" bandwidth for each mode other than the roofing filter bandwidth, etc.) as well as improvements to the notch (place manual notch outside the AGC loop) and noise blanker. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-08-17 12:56 PM, David Cole wrote: I also would like this... :) I bet it will sell radios! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 B knob
My K3 is over 3 yr.s old. I read the posts & got the flashlight out. I can see & feel a crack across the front of the knob. About 1/4'' left of the set screw. Still seems OK. Anyone else see cracks or feel them on knob B. The 1st yr. I had two of the inner knobs on the AF & RF controls break. Elecraft replaced them very quickly. K9IL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Hi, E-mail to parts submitted. Service like this is certainly unprecedented in the industry. Knut - AB2TC (ser# 82) wayne burdick wrote > This should never happen, but if it does, we'll replace it immediately, no > charge. Just send an email to > parts@ > . > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:17 AM, ab2tc < > ab2tc@ > > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob >> extending >> from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Rig has been >> indoors with controlled temperature for years and never gets moved. I >> have a >> more modest radio for that purpose (IC7200). >> >> http://ab2tc.com/knob_crack.jpg >> >> AB2TC - Knut. > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246p7592259.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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Rf sensor
On Sat,8/16/2014 9:42 PM, Vic, K2VCO wrote: And if you already have a W2 can you connect the sensor to both or do you need two sensors? Or could I retire the W2? What are the specs for the sensor? I have a bunch of high quality inline sampling couplers. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
While I'd rather have an XV900 and XV1200, SSTV that was easy to use would be nice too. I've already been lamb blasted by the list for suggesting that Wayne and company broaden the XV series. For some folks if it's not about cw/ssb on HF, Wayne should not waste his time. For others of us trying new freq's and modes is part of the fun. Wayne, if it interests you, go for it! If you offer it at least some of us will buy it! de David Who only owns: K2 (full house), KX3, XV50, 144,220,432, K1 (unbuilt), and all the mini's and test equipment Elecraft makes On 8/17/2014 11:45 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: -- David Heinsohn Chief Engineer Flint Hills RR Happily Playing with Trains Representing ATSF Eastern Lines Western District Middle Division 1st district Emporia to Newton in the 1930s. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
I also would like this... :) I bet it will sell radios! -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Sat, 2014-08-16 at 15:31 -0700, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: > I would love to see this > > as a Long time SSTV Fan this is a very nice feature > > > > > > > > From: David G4DMP > To: Wayne Burdick > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 2:39 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3? > > > That is really good news :-) > > 73 de David G4DMP > > In a recent message, Wayne Burdick writes > >In the works as we speak. > > > >Wayne > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3-2M post install issue (solved)
Thanks to Warren, AB4GE and Don, W3FPR for suggestions relating to my issue with a newly-installed KX3-2M module, coming up with 22.0 and 44.0 MHz (VFOA, B, respectively) after installation. Should you encounter this, just holding the "kHz" button a moment reverted VFOB to 144.xxx MHz, and VFO A remained the wrong frequency. Using the B>A switch properly loaded 144 MHz into VFO A, and operation was now corrected. Those of you who have the menu item PA ON for use with the KXPA100 when testing the new setup without the KXPA100 connected will not have use of your KX3AT tuner if installed until you turn it off. Now to find out why nobody seems to use the repeaters around here any more; Cell phones appear to be winning out! 73, Gene N9SW Sent previously: I just completed the straightforward install of my new KX3-2M 2-meter module in my KX3 s/n 335 with ATU, encountering no issues. (firmware level at 2.12). The simple configuration setup procedure also went smoothly. After powering off and on as instructed, however, instead of a new 144 MHz band, I have now added a band which VFOA says is 22.0 MHz, and VFOB is showing 44.0 MHz instead of 144.0. Restored the various settings as they were before the install, powered off and on again, then redid the 2 meter settings, with the same results. Has anybody else experienced this, or have suggestions? 73, Gene N9SW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Just offering observations in answer to Wayne's questions. SSTV is not one of the modes I use. Neither is EME, PSK31, and DXCC on 1.2 GHz. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/17/2014 7:44 AM, george fritkin wrote: I will say it one more time.there are more hams trying for DXCC on 1.2GHZ than operate SSTV George, W6GF On Sunday, August 17, 2014 6:01 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: On 8/15/2014 2:56 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi all, > > Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term > wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter > SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to > eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced > idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one > who's interested. You might try MMSSTV or MixW and just monitor 14230 for awhile before putting any engineering effort into it. I let MixW run on 14230 all one weekend and then went back and looked at some of the images [MixW saves all received images]. A surprising number [like half] were unanswered CQ's with pictures of scantily clad women. I haven't checked it in a number of years. There are some digital SSTV signals starting around 14233 or so ... I don't know anything about them. > > If we did consider adding SSTV, we'd need to decide which SSTV > format(s) to support. If there's just one that's reasonably > universal, great. I'm pretty sure we'd start with just one, given > limited engineering time. There's a half dozen or more analog modes, most of what I decoded was one of the Scottie's [there are several]. I suspect that, to be attractive, your software would need to decode the digital burst at the beginning and auto-select the mode like MixW does. We all get to use whatever modes we want ... personally, I was bored by SSTV and haven't looked at it in years. YMMV however. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-2M CW Drift
I strongly recommend doing the temperature compensation. On 6 meters this will leave you something like just +/- 3 Hz of "hunting." 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Brian Hemmis wrote: > Mine drifts like crazy on 6 meters but I haven’t done the temp. comp. Will > that help ? It’s not my main 6 meters radio (my K3 is) so it hasn’t been a > big concern. > >> On Aug 17, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> >> This is within spec, though we're still looking at ways to further reduce >> it. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> On Aug 17, 2014, at 4:20 AM, Chris Johnson wrote: >> >>> I have two KX3's each with a 2M module. Both units have had the temp >>> calibration done to them. When using CW, there is a noticeable drift in >>> the received CW side tone. It has an unsable warble back and forth slowly >>> +/- ~10 HZ or so. Is this the natural drift of the 2M unit I'm seeing >>> here? If so I'm assuming that's as good as it gets. >>> >>> Chris >>> K6OZY >> >> >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to bhem...@mac.com > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-2M CW Drift
Mine drifts like crazy on 6 meters but I haven’t done the temp. comp. Will that help ? It’s not my main 6 meters radio (my K3 is) so it hasn’t been a big concern. > On Aug 17, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > This is within spec, though we're still looking at ways to further reduce it. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > On Aug 17, 2014, at 4:20 AM, Chris Johnson wrote: > >> I have two KX3's each with a 2M module. Both units have had the temp >> calibration done to them. When using CW, there is a noticeable drift in >> the received CW side tone. It has an unsable warble back and forth slowly >> +/- ~10 HZ or so. Is this the natural drift of the 2M unit I'm seeing here? >> If so I'm assuming that's as good as it gets. >> >> Chris >> K6OZY > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bhem...@mac.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-2M CW Drift
This is within spec, though we're still looking at ways to further reduce it. 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 17, 2014, at 4:20 AM, Chris Johnson wrote: > I have two KX3's each with a 2M module. Both units have had the temp > calibration done to them. When using CW, there is a noticeable drift in > the received CW side tone. It has an unsable warble back and forth slowly > +/- ~10 HZ or so. Is this the natural drift of the 2M unit I'm seeing here? > If so I'm assuming that's as good as it gets. > > Chris > K6OZY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
This should never happen, but if it does, we'll replace it immediately, no charge. Just send an email to pa...@elecraft.com. 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:17 AM, ab2tc wrote: > Hi all, > > Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending > from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Rig has been > indoors with controlled temperature for years and never gets moved. I have a > more modest radio for that purpose (IC7200). > > http://ab2tc.com/knob_crack.jpg > > AB2TC - Knut. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
And my VFO B knob was discovered to have one at Field Day this year. -rick, k7log __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
You should contact Elecraft customer support to request a replacement. 73, matt W6NIA On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 10:25:47 -0500, you wrote: >>Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending > >>from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? > > > >Yes - here's mine: > >http://www.ae5x.com/photos/vfo_b.jpg > > > >John AE5X > >http://www.ae5x.com/blog > > > >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >Message delivered to mzil...@roadrunner.com Matt Zilmer, W6NIA -- "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." -A. Lincoln __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
>Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending >from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Yes - here's mine: http://www.ae5x.com/photos/vfo_b.jpg John AE5X http://www.ae5x.com/blog __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Hi all, Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Rig has been indoors with controlled temperature for years and never gets moved. I have a more modest radio for that purpose (IC7200). http://ab2tc.com/knob_crack.jpg AB2TC - Knut. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246.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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] PX3?
Wayne posted this two days ago, in reply to a message at the KX3 Yahoo group re "PX3 Ship Status": We've delivered a number of field-test units, and the FTs are apparently having lots of fun while helping us clean up some final firmware issues. We'll update status again next week. 73, Wayne N6KR Phil W7OX On 8/16/14, 8:45 PM, John_N1JM wrote: Anyone received PX3 yet? - 73, John N1JM K3 #5986 P3 #1752 KPA500 #596 KX3 #926 XG3 XG1 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
I will say it one more time.there are more hams trying for DXCC on 1.2GHZ than operate SSTV George, W6GF On Sunday, August 17, 2014 6:01 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: On 8/15/2014 2:56 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi all, > > Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term > wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter > SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to > eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced > idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one > who's interested. You might try MMSSTV or MixW and just monitor 14230 for awhile before putting any engineering effort into it. I let MixW run on 14230 all one weekend and then went back and looked at some of the images [MixW saves all received images]. A surprising number [like half] were unanswered CQ's with pictures of scantily clad women. I haven't checked it in a number of years. There are some digital SSTV signals starting around 14233 or so ... I don't know anything about them. > > If we did consider adding SSTV, we'd need to decide which SSTV > format(s) to support. If there's just one that's reasonably > universal, great. I'm pretty sure we'd start with just one, given > limited engineering time. There's a half dozen or more analog modes, most of what I decoded was one of the Scottie's [there are several]. I suspect that, to be attractive, your software would need to decode the digital burst at the beginning and auto-select the mode like MixW does. We all get to use whatever modes we want ... personally, I was bored by SSTV and haven't looked at it in years. YMMV however. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net/ Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to georgefrit...@yahoo.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT Smoke Detector Recall
Ha ha that means it a machine won't tell me when I let the magic smoke out Sent from my iPhone this time > On Aug 16, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Fred Townsend wrote: > > ESL, Interlogix Hard-Wired Smoke Alarms Recalled Due to Failure to Alert > Consumers of a Fire > > Recall Summary > Name of product: > ESL and Interlogix brand 400/500 series smoke detectors manufactured in China. > > > Hazard: > > Radio frequency interference can cause the smoke detectors to fail to alert > consumers of a fire. > > Folks these are smoke detectors hard-wired into security systems likely > installed within the last two years by the builder of your house or > apartment. They are deactivated by RF meaning your ham radio could deactivate > your smoke detector. Kind of important considering how many smoke tests some > of us run. Don't forget to tell your neighbors too, especially if your houses > are built by the same contractor. > > 73, Fred, AE6QL > > See > http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/ESL-Interlogix-Hard-Wired-Smoke-Alarms-Recalled/ > for more details. > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to gerrylear...@icloud.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3-2M CW Drift
I have two KX3's each with a 2M module. Both units have had the temp calibration done to them. When using CW, there is a noticeable drift in the received CW side tone. It has an unsable warble back and forth slowly +/- ~10 HZ or so. Is this the natural drift of the 2M unit I'm seeing here? If so I'm assuming that's as good as it gets. Chris K6OZY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
