[Elecraft] RE: K3 speech processor (was Microphones (was electronic product standards))
Fri 15 Feb 2008 at 01:17:44 EST Alan Bloom wrote I read years ago that speech processors like pre-emphasized audio (louder highs, quieter lows). And the heavier the processing the more pre-emphasis is optimum. Does anyone know if the K3 speech processor does that automatically? -- Hi Alan, According to the Owner's manual, the K3 has ... 1. An RF speech processor which provides adjustable speech compression in dB (although it doesn't state the maximum compression). 2. 8-Band TX audio graphic EQ +/- 16 dB/octave. ... from the descriptions of these features I would guess that the answer to your question is, no it doesn't do that automatically. However, the good news is that the sort of emphasis and de-emphasis you describe can be accomplished manually via the equalizer. To properly do what you describe automatically would probably require factoring in your specific voice and microphone characteristics (probably by reciting a known phrase) and IMHO is way beyond the scope of what the K3 firmware should do. I think it would be better to perform this kind of processing via a PC sound card. That said, I believe several users have already requested the ability to save multiple user preferences. With such a capability you could tailor a few different equalizer profiles and (manually) provide a similar capability. All you would have to do is to select the matching EQ profile as you change compression. Hopefully this won't be the sort of thing that you will be changing frequently, and you will only have a few EQ profiles to choose from. 73, Gary KI4GGX K3 S/N TBD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3: Serial No 401 arrives!
K3/100 Ordered on 29th May with deposit, shipped 8th Feb and arrived in Lincoln (Lincolnshire, not Nebraska..)on 14th Feb. Very pleased. Happy days! Paul M0CVX (ex-AC5NO) - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3: try out CW decoder this weekend
OK all you slow CW or no cw ops out there. This weekend is the ARRL DX TEST on CW. It's the world working USA/VE and USA/VE working the world (but not each other). http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/intldx.html Outside USA/VE sends RST + power level USA/VE sends RST + state/prov Load your outgoing cw message into one of the K3 memories and turn on your CW Decoder ring and the CWT function. CW is just another digital mode if you can't do it in your head at an average of 30-32 wpm. Load your memories at QRS speeds but send them out at 25-32 wpm (ymmv). Get on, work lots of DX/states/prov and have fun! BTW, got up a few minutes earlier today (0815z) and found VP6DX on 80cw. One call with the K3 barefoot to an inverted V at 50' from NJ put him in the log. The bands are HOPPING! HAVE FUN de Doug KR2Q ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Not All Hams are Technicians (WAS: Microphones)
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Agreed Dave! Hams are not necessarily electronics technicians or engineers. Many simply want to operate with what they feel is the best commercial gear their budget will allow. However, very few hams have their installations professionally installed and monitored, so hams do have to be technicians to at least a small extent, unless they want to be limited in the same way as legally operated CB stations. The very minimum they need is to be able to recognize when a system exceeds their ability to evaluate its interference potential and safety risks, and install it properly, so higher powers need more technical skills. It's also been the case that people have argued, on this list, that type approval should be abandoned for commercial amateur radio equipment on the basis that all hams are trained technicians, not that I agree with that. (Low power users need technical skills in order to get the best of their limited equipment, rather than for safety reasons.) We've always had that disparity among Hams. Decades ago, before radiosporting was popular, those operators were largely traffic-handlers in the days when a telephone call to a city 100 miles away was both expensive and difficult. Hams offered an excellent way for people to pass In the UK, and I suspect most countries, such traffic handling was illegal (recently there are some relaxations) on the basis that it undermined the businesses of the telephone companies and commercial users of radio. The current relaxations are probably more to do with stopping the reduction in the number of amateurs self training than in reduced threat to businesses, although the reduced cost of commercial communication channels would be a factor, too. The reason that the radio regulations have special provisions for disaster relief are to override the ban on third party traffic in a case where public policy considers that commercial considerations should be overridden. On the other hand, spectrum pricing (creating a market for radio spectrum) actually means that governments would prefer that services not be provided for free on the basis of cheap amateur radio licences. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Convergence
hi Simon, On 14 Feb 2008 at 11:30, Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote: Taking things a step further - it would not be at all difficult to allow other programs to send K3 commands to / from the K3 through another program. This program (server) controls the serial comms and supports an unlimited number of clients. The clients speak to the radio using the radio's native protocol through the server. I have read something about a software project that should allow several programs connect to a server and thus remote control different rigs. If I remember right, the project worked in a way that the commands to the server were in a unique language, and the server passed on the transceiver specific code. (something like ADIF in log programs if such a comparison is allowed) I have to look if I can find a more specific reference to this project, but as you are more into this you'll probably know about it. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I'm afraid to be too open minded lets my brain fall out. PGP-Key: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Convergence
Actually I gave some thought to this project this morning, specifically allowing many programs simultaneous and transparent access to a K3 where the programs talk K3 CAT. My conclusion is that it's easy, the hard part having been written already by Phil N8VB, specifically his virtual serial cables. I have all the code I need for this, once running programs such as DXLab, the CW Skimmer program etc. would just connect to a virtual serial port such as COM22. I see no show-stoppers, performance would be / could be excellent. It is very tempting to write this, maybe after the SSTV / HamDRM and WSJT code is sorted out in one of my projects. I see that it would be of great benefit to the K3 community, especially the users who are able to run two or more programs at once. Of course I'm talking about a Windows MFC C++ solution. Simon Brown, HB9DRV -- From: Dr. Werner Furlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have read something about a software project that should allow several programs connect to a server and thus remote control different rigs. If I remember right, the project worked in a way that the commands to the server were in a unique language, and the server passed on the transceiver specific code. (something like ADIF in log programs if such a comparison is allowed) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer
Made my first RTTY QSO ever using the CW-to-RTTY feature to work VP6DX. Neat. Programmed M1 for my send message and programmed M2 with my response. Also got into a QSO with a CE last night. I need to hook up to a PC or something so I can use a keyboard. This should make it easier when chatting. 73, N2TK, Tony #311 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wayne burdick Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:30 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer Several of us have worked Dulcie Island (VP6DX -- seven K3s!) in RTTY mode using the K3's CW-to-RTTY feature. This would be an auspicious occasion to give it a try, if you haven't already. It's quiet easy to do, as explained in one of our Operating Tips. See: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_operating_tips.htm 73, Wayne N6KR --- http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 adjust advice
Pse some K3 adjustment advice to this appliance operator: 1. My K3-100 factory blt # 309 has vy loud brief noise bursts... specifically the effect if a vfo were transmitting and vy rapidly swished past my rcve freq. The resulting blast of tone is much louder than the voice I am listening to and hurts my ears with headphones on. What to do? 2. S-3 to 7 BCI on 160-80-40 and 20 with 2.0 filter setting (wider is worse)... I hear AM voice syllibants (puff sounds) and plosives and occasionally distorted music. This mostly across the bands and definitely is not a single harmonic, altho those come and go from time to time, also. I have the ICE BCI filter in ant. line just behind rig. Using 4 different antennas. OK station gnd. What to do? Gripes: -Info line on the B VFO space disappears too fast for me after pushing a button and getting info in that line. -Auto notch on hetrodyne not effective with BW wider than 2.6... no notching. -Do not know how to adjust the manual notch. -rig needs a balance control (is it there???) to compensate for one ear being less sensitive than the other (got old fast). -Heard a 10 over 9 signal ELEVEN kc below its fundamental splatter or deficient selectivity??? BW 1.9 and 1.60 settings. -Auto SPOT seems not to work every time (may be operator error)... Same is true with CW or RTTY decoding read-out. Brags: -VOX on ssb is really super, best I have ever used and best I can imagine. -AGC is vy nice except for pops in #1 above. -CW speed and RF power read-out on the dial... nice. -Delta f amber light is nice reminder. -The ATU is lightning fast amazing. -Main knob feel is a delight and tuning rates (selectable) are perfect. Too, nice to hv the rapid QSY also on the RIT knob!-AF selectable volume boost is needed and is good. -Rig is physically beautiful and control layout is super... any smaller and trouble, tho. -Really tacky feet keep light weight rig on the table ok. -Band width graphic on the big dial and many others being there is great. Dial color is vy nice and vy adjustable. Needs: -Video output of main dial info and a panadapter (bandscope) big and urgent need for me. -Direct keybrd input to send CW and RTTY (is it there now?) to go with the nice CW/RTTY reader. -Individual band select buttons for direct one-push entry. -Book needs a list of the front and rear controls by name, number on the illustrations and brief function description (separate from the narrative version that is in the book now). -Book needs a good index. Contents page is not enuf. 73, Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer
Hi Dave: The 'baud rate' is always that user for RTTY( 45.45 bauds), BUT the RATE at which the characters are actually SENT depends upon how fast you can send them to the K3 using the internal keyer... If you send CW at 20 WPM to the K3, then each character will be sent at 45.45 baud, but there will be a lot of dead space between each sent character. If you send CW to the K3 at, say 40 WPM, the characters will still go out at 45.45 bauds, but there'll be less dead time between them... RTTY sent from MEMORY is converted into RTTY at a character speed somewhat less that 'full RTTY character speed' because of the conversion process required to generate the RTTY, but it's probably faster than most of us can (accurately) send CW by hand via a keyer. 73, Tom Hammond N0SS At 19:45 02/14/2008, T. David Yarnes wrote: Hopefully you won't think I cheated, but I put a message in one of the memory cells to use for calling. Working a pile-up can get a bit tiresome sending by hand all the time. So I put DE W7AQK W7AQK W7AQK K K K in memory to do my calling. Then when VP6DX came back (after several tries) I retuned using the paddle. I guess you could even put the sig report response in a memory, but I chose not to. But I have a question! At what baud rate does a message come out of memory on RTTY? On CW its at the rate you have your keyer set. So, should I turn the speed up on RTTY? Dave W7AQK - Original Message - From: wayne burdick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:30 PM Subject: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer Several of us have worked Dulcie Island (VP6DX -- seven K3s!) in RTTY mode using the K3's CW-to-RTTY feature. This would be an auspicious occasion to give it a try, if you haven't already. It's quiet easy to do, as explained in one of our Operating Tips. See: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_operating_tips.htm 73, Wayne N6KR --- http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 adjust advice
Hi Charles, You might want to try [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) for numbers one and two. Concerning #1) Do you have NR turned on when you hear the bursts? There was a problem with this several firmware revisions ago. Concerning #2) Here in Europe I have not noticed anything like this, and there are medium and short wave transmitters roughly 4 to 5 miles from our club station, where I usually have my K3. Are you sure that these products are being produced in your K3 and, for example, not by oxidized connectors or the like? Do not know how to adjust the manual notch. It's in the manual, page 24: Hold MAN to adjust the manual notch frequency using VFO B. This also selects manual notch. Auto SPOT seems not to work every time My experience is, if a signal is not strong enough or if there is more than one signal audible then it does have problems auto-tuning. vy 73 de toby ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer
I'm absolutely clueless when it comes to RTTY (call me a RTTY-iot :-). When doing RTTY the old fashioned way (with a teletype machine) how fast are chars sent? I'm assuming they are sent at the operator's typing speed. With a computer, are RTTY messages buffered and sent in a burst when the OP hits send or are they sent 1 char at a time? If a person generates RTTY from the K3's keyer at 20 wpm is the RTTY going to look odd to the receiver because of excessive inter-char gaps or are those gaps rather common since many of us type slower than 60 wpm? - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - - K3 Wave 3 - -Original Message- From: Tom Hammond The 'baud rate' is always that user for RTTY( 45.45 bauds), BUT the RATE at which the characters are actually SENT depends upon how fast you can send them to the K3 using the internal keyer... ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer
Keith, See the post by Tom Hammond about an hour before your post. Tom explains it pretty well I think. Dave W7AQK - Original Message - From: Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:17 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer I'm absolutely clueless when it comes to RTTY (call me a RTTY-iot :-). When doing RTTY the old fashioned way (with a teletype machine) how fast are chars sent? I'm assuming they are sent at the operator's typing speed. With a computer, are RTTY messages buffered and sent in a burst when the OP hits send or are they sent 1 char at a time? If a person generates RTTY from the K3's keyer at 20 wpm is the RTTY going to look odd to the receiver because of excessive inter-char gaps or are those gaps rather common since many of us type slower than 60 wpm? - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - - K3 Wave 3 - -Original Message- From: Tom Hammond The 'baud rate' is always that user for RTTY( 45.45 bauds), BUT the RATE at which the characters are actually SENT depends upon how fast you can send them to the K3 using the internal keyer... ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer
Hi Keith: Back in 'the good/bad old days'... when we used model 43 teleprinters, well before computers, 60 WPM RTTY (45.45 baud) characters were SENT at 45.45 bauds, but they were generated at or below the speed at which the operator could type. If he could type 60 WPM, then there was a steady (60 WPM) stream of characters sent out... if he typed at 20 WPM, then there was a stream of 45.45 baud characters... spaced out more widely between each (sent) character. When we started using paper tapes, the stream of 45.45 baud characters was continuous while the tape was being read and sent. With a computer, if text is 'buffered' for sending, then it will be sent out (still at 45.45 baud character generation speed) but also at 60 WPM character speed. If someone is using the K3's CW-to-RTTY feature, and sending at 20 WPM, it will be much akin to watching someone TYPING RTTY using the hunt 'n peck typing method... maybe the 1-finger typing method. There will NOT be added spaces between characters (as long at the CW-sending operator sends good clean CW at whatever speed he's sending. IF, however the CW op allows excessive spaces between characters within a word (e.g. sends HEL LO instead of HELLO the K3 will interpret the first attempt to be two words and it WILL 'force' a word space between the two chunks of the intended single word, so the RTTY op will receive HEL LO instead of HELLO. So... the name of the game when using the K3's CW-to-RTTY conversion feature is to SEND AT A SPEED AT WHICH YOU CAN SEND COMFORTABLY _AND_ CLEANLY, WHILE GENERATING CLEAN, WELL-FORMED WORDS AND SENTENCES. The K3 can't 'guess' at what you wanted to send, nor can it guess at whether the text you sent was properly spaced... it will send WHAT YOU SEND! So there's not reason to try to impress anyone with sending faster than YOU can send cleanly... because your fist WILL be reflected in what the K3 spits out...! A good way to tell, is to have CW DECODE enabled while you are sending... if you see garbage being decoded on-screen while you're sending, then you're probably the cause of that garbage. BACK OFF and regroup! 73, Tom N0SS I'm absolutely clueless when it comes to RTTY (call me a RTTY-iot :-). When doing RTTY the old fashioned way (with a teletype machine) how fast are chars sent? I'm assuming they are sent at the operator's typing speed. With a computer, are RTTY messages buffered and sent in a burst when the OP hits send or are they sent 1 char at a time? If a person generates RTTY from the K3's keyer at 20 wpm is the RTTY going to look odd to the receiver because of excessive inter-char gaps or are those gaps rather common since many of us type slower than 60 wpm? - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - - K3 Wave 3 - -Original Message- From: Tom Hammond The 'baud rate' is always that user for RTTY( 45.45 bauds), BUT the RATE at which the characters are actually SENT depends upon how fast you can send them to the K3 using the internal keyer... ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer
Hi Keith, When doing RTTY the old fashioned way (with a teletype machine) how fast are chars sent? Depends on how you look at it. The speed of a character is always the same (bit speed) and this defines the baud rate. The number of characters per minute depend on your typing speed, assuming that you can not type so fast that the machine no longer has enough time to get the 5 bits per character out. If a person generates RTTY from the K3's keyer at 20 wpm is the RTTY going to look odd to the receiver because of excessive inter-char gaps or are those gaps rather common since many of us type slower than 60 wpm? If you are not transmitting from a stored text (paper strips with holes were used for this on the old machines), then gaps are normal. Many people feel it is good to use the shift to letter character as a diddle during the gaps. vy 73 de toby ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Ducie Sounds Great!
The k3s on Ducie aresount great here in Kansas. Starting at 5:38 this morningI worked them on 80 SSB, 80 CW, 40 SSB and 40 CW ... all in about 35 minutes. The audio on the rigs were just fantastic. Clear. CW is sharp and nice to copy Tomorrow160 meters They have some fantastic ops with great ears. Lee - K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Convergence
Software that interfaces to rigs over the single RS-232 port need to learn to play with each other. Developers have to stop writing code assuming there isn't a need for other software to also simultaneously interface with the rig. Standards have to be developed and quickly adopted that will facilitate exposing the rig's entire CAT functionality to any number of programs while still preserving CAT responsiveness during fast paced contesting. 73, Barry N1EU When you set up the CAT section of CW Skimmer you are using a program called Omni-Rig. Omni-Rig is Alex’s (VE3NEA) attempt at providing a universal control for several programs to use the same COM (Component Object Module) interface and the same serial port. Each radio is represented by an .INI file that can be created by the user if one doesn’t already exist. It is a fairly simple interface that works well with the K3, CW Skimmer and MixW (the only ones I’ve used). There are several software companies that already support Omni-Rig. http://www.dxatlas.com/OmniRig/ You can download client software to test commands for the K3 and get further information. Tom, AK2B -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3--379-Arrived-tp15444836p15502422.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 Convergence
Speaking of the K3's computer interface - I've noticed that no K3 responses are generated for the following K3 front panel buttons: RIT, XIT, AGC OFF, DUAL PB, NB, NR and NTCH. Also, the response for XFIL is always FW. I am using the most recent firmware. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Re: VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer
I assume that the VP6DX RTTY is being computer generated for the most part... Any idea if the CW-RTTY feature is being used on their end ? Niel WA7SSA KX1 K2 #096 (waiting for my K3, ordered last day of '07...) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] VP6DX K3 to K3 on 160
My 160m QSO is in the log, VP6DX-K3 to G3SJJ-K3. Nice one. Currently listening to them on 40m at s7 long path, s3 on short path. 1454z. Pair phased gp. Chris G3SJJ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 6216 On Air For First Time
Hello Richard! good to hear your K2 is up and running. I'm starting Assembly, Part III today (Friday). Perhaps by the end of the weekend will have the K2/100 going as well. I listened on 40m for the past couple of days and it does do very well in the noise. I find it more pleasant to listen to then my FT-1000D and Orion II. I was hoping for that. Have fun with the K2! Ken, KA0W --- Dianne Richard Gething [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi My K2 is finally on the air for the first time. CW contact with VK7EE in Hobart on 80 mtrs from here in Melbourne. Using the K2 barefoot with 10 watts, into a Z Match antenna coupler, and 600 ohm open wire line to a dipole. A bit rough with my hand key but got through OK. The rig performed great, particularly the Rx filters, as it was a bit noisy. Thanks to all, particularly Don Wilhelm, to get me to this stage. The next stages are to build the KSB2 and K2/100. Looking forward to DX contacts next. Hope to contact some of you in the future. Thanks again 73's Richard VK3AGQ. ___ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 adjust advice
The Auto-Spot function performs best when the filter is narrow. I find no problems when the filter is set at 500 Hz. It also works in PSK but not (yet) for FSK. - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 K3#0009 On Fri Feb 15 5:46 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Hi Charles, You might want to try [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) for numbers one and two. Concerning #1) Do you have NR turned on when you hear the bursts? There was a problem with this several firmware revisions ago. Concerning #2) Here in Europe I have not noticed anything like this, and there are medium and short wave transmitters roughly 4 to 5 miles from our club station, where I usually have my K3. Are you sure that these products are being produced in your K3 and, for example, not by oxidized connectors or the like? Do not know how to adjust the manual notch. It's in the manual, page 24: Hold MAN to adjust the manual notch frequency using VFO B. This also selects manual notch. Auto SPOT seems not to work every time My experience is, if a signal is not strong enough or if there is more than one signal audible then it does have problems auto-tuning. vy 73 de toby ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
I know the sub-receiver is not available yetnor is my money...but that is another issue all together. I digress Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII came in real handy, and I understand the stock K3 cannot do that. From reading the manual, to operate split that B is the Xmit and you can listen on B by using the REV button and holding it to listen. Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that work for you? Is it a clean operation? I've done that before with other rigs, but the DUAL-WATCH is pretty cool. I guess the only way the K3 will do that is with the sub-receiver. One thing I do like is seperate VFO dials on the K3 which the PROII does not have. And then there is the cost of more filters for the sub-receiver. Got to save some more dollars. Comments? Lee - K0WA Captain Obvious In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] wish list for K3/RTTY
Instead of tones being generated for us to hear, can't it emit (from the top speaker) TAPS, CLUNKS, and BELLS. What about the sound of a carriage shifting from LTRS to Numbers and back? And while we're at it, how about emitting the smell of oil? Ya think it could also shake the floor a little? Now THAT would be something de Doug KR2Q ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] wish list for K3/RTTY
How about a little bit of Ozone smell too? Lee - K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
I have done this for all 5 band slots, on both modes, I have worked VP6DX on so far including 20 CW just now. Likewise I am used SO2V on the sub rx in my FT1kMP, (presumably that's what you mean by Dual Watch?) . The main problem is not the K3 but is the stations in the pile-up. It is ever so simple. If he sends your callsign you transmit, if he doesn't send your callsign you don't transmit! What bit of that don't they understand?! Chris G3SJJ Vic K2VCO wrote: Lee Buller wrote: Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII came in real handy, and I understand the stock K3 cannot do that. From reading the manual, to operate split that B is the Xmit and you can listen on B by using the REV button and holding it to listen. Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that work for you? Is it a clean operation? Yes, that's how it works. You can use one hand to hold the REV button and turn the knob, with a little practice. It works as well as any radio with a single receiver can. You can switch back and forth rapidly, but you can't listen to both VFOs at the same time ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Convergence
I doubt that any of the popular contest logging programs (e.g. N1MM Logger, Writelog) are going to work with Omni-Rig. Omni-Rig does not expose a transparent serial port interface that would make all of a rig's CAT commands accessible to multiple (unmodified) programs. Omni-Rig requires using a COM/OLE programming interface to send the rig most CAT commands. We need a solution like N8LP and HB9DRV have been talking about lately. 73, Barry N1EU Tom AK2B wrote: Software that interfaces to rigs over the single RS-232 port need to learn to play with each other. Developers have to stop writing code assuming there isn't a need for other software to also simultaneously interface with the rig. Standards have to be developed and quickly adopted that will facilitate exposing the rig's entire CAT functionality to any number of programs while still preserving CAT responsiveness during fast paced contesting. 73, Barry N1EU When you set up the CAT section of CW Skimmer you are using a program called Omni-Rig. Omni-Rig is Alex’s (VE3NEA) attempt at providing a universal control for several programs to use the same COM (Component Object Module) interface and the same serial port. Each radio is represented by an .INI file that can be created by the user if one doesn’t already exist. It is a fairly simple interface that works well with the K3, CW Skimmer and MixW (the only ones I’ve used). There are several software companies that already support Omni-Rig. http://www.dxatlas.com/OmniRig/ You can download client software to test commands for the K3 and get further information. Tom, AK2B -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3--379-Arrived-tp15444836p15502735.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Convergence
At 04:35 AM 2/15/2008, Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote: Actually I gave some thought to this project this morning, specifically allowing many programs simultaneous and transparent access to a K3 where the programs talk K3 CAT. My conclusion is that it's easy, the hard part having been written already by Phil N8VB, specifically his virtual serial cables. I have all the code I need for this, once running programs such as DXLab, the CW Skimmer program etc. would just connect to a virtual serial port such as COM22. I see no show-stoppers, performance would be / could be excellent. A few weeks ago I needed to have one serial output feed several serial inputs and assumed that N8VB's VCOM could be set up as a virtual Y cable to allow this, but was not able to get it to work - it would allow only one output per input. If there is a way, I would like to know how - I still need this functionality. Jerry W4UK ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
You have it right Lee. It works fine. A bit awkward at first I have to admit, but after a couple times it's easy. Especially if you've done it that way before on other radios. - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 K3#0009 On Fri Feb 15 8:09 , Lee Buller sent: I know the sub-receiver is not available yetnor is my money...but that is another issue all together. I digress Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII came in real handy, and I understand the stock K3 cannot do that. From reading the manual, to operate split that B is the Xmit and you can listen on B by using the REV button and holding it to listen. Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that work for you? Is it a clean operation? I've done that before with other rigs, but the DUAL-WATCH is pretty cool. I guess the only way the K3 will do that is with the sub-receiver. One thing I do like is seperate VFO dials on the K3 which the PROII does not have. And then there is the cost of more filters for the sub-receiver. Got to save some more dollars. Comments? Lee - K0WA Captain Obvious In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
Lee Buller wrote: Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII came in real handy, and I understand the stock K3 cannot do that. From reading the manual, to operate split that B is the Xmit and you can listen on B by using the REV button and holding it to listen. Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that work for you? Is it a clean operation? Yes, that's how it works. You can use one hand to hold the REV button and turn the knob, with a little practice. It works as well as any radio with a single receiver can. You can switch back and forth rapidly, but you can't listen to both VFOs at the same time. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
I know the sub-receiver is not available yetnor is my money...but that is another issue all together. I digress Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII came in real handy, and I understand the stock K3 cannot do that. From reading the manual, to operate split that B is the Xmit and you can listen on B by using the REV button and holding it to listen. Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that work for you? Is it a clean operation? I've done that before with other rigs, but the DUAL-WATCH is pretty cool. I guess the only way the K3 will do that is with the sub-receiver. One thing I do like is seperate VFO dials on the K3 which the PROII does not have. And then there is the cost of more filters for the sub-receiver. Got to save some more dollars. Comments? Lee - K0WA I worled 'em just using XIT. But a sub-receiver would be great. I got used to having a sub-receiver on my MKV, and am looking forward to getting one in my K3. Now, if you want to save some $s on filters, you need to decide if you even need extra filters. I don't have any extra filters so far. Since I am not working in a nearby high power contest environment, and don't have any close neighbors running high power, the lack of additional filters hasn't seemed to cause me any grief. The K3 DSP filtering is superb! Phil - AD5X ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
It's workable. Worked Ducie split on several bands and 12 meters without the amp on. Yes, REV, like older Icoms the new 7700. It works. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Buller Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:09 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation I know the sub-receiver is not available yetnor is my money...but that is another issue all together. I digress Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII came in real handy, and I understand the stock K3 cannot do that. From reading the manual, to operate split that B is the Xmit and you can listen on B by using the REV button and holding it to listen. Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that work for you? Is it a clean operation? I've done that before with other rigs, but the DUAL-WATCH is pretty cool. I guess the only way the K3 will do that is with the sub-receiver. One thing I do like is seperate VFO dials on the K3 which the PROII does not have. And then there is the cost of more filters for the sub-receiver. Got to save some more dollars. Comments? Lee - K0WA Captain Obvious In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] wish list for K3/RTTY
I used to have a Model 15 sitting on a small WW2 U.S. Army wooden typewriter table. When it did a carriage return it would just about go up on two legs. Dave W5DHM On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Lee Buller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about a little bit of Ozone smell too? Lee - K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
Yes, it does work well if you dont have fat fingers! Several times I've managed to cancel SPLIT in the heat of battle producing lots of embarrassment and UPs. 73, Red Faced Doug, W6JD K3 #23 -- Original message -- From: Vic K2VCO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lee Buller wrote: Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII came in real handy, and I understand the stock K3 cannot do that. From reading the manual, to operate split that B is the Xmit and you can listen on B by using the REV button and holding it to listen. Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that work for you? Is it a clean operation? Yes, that's how it works. You can use one hand to hold the REV button and turn the knob, with a little practice. It works as well as any radio with a single receiver can. You can switch back and forth rapidly, but you can't listen to both VFOs at the same time. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Convergence
If I can make good enough progress with my current SSTV / HamDRM work then I'll put this together late March 2008. This is the only approach that will work properly, initially it will be for CAT support only, that is it will not be designed for DTR / RTS toggling etc. which we don't need with the K3 anyway. It will work with W2K / XP / VISTA, the limitation being N8VB's serial cable code which does work on W2K I think (I know it works on XP and VISTA). I'll think about making source code available - I use 3rd-party programming libraries which I cannot ship (www.codejock.com) but were anyone to obtain these they could recompile. Also I'll think about having read-only access - some programs like to watch all data being read from the radio, for example (I think) StepIR and some amplifiers such as that one from Italy - Expert-something-1K. Speaking of amplifiers... Simon Brown, HB9DRV -- From: Barry N1EU [EMAIL PROTECTED] We need a solution like N8LP and HB9DRV have been talking about lately. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, it does work well if you dont have fat fingers! Several times I've managed to cancel SPLIT in the heat of battle producing lots of embarrassment and UPs. 73, Red Faced Doug, W6JD K3 #23 -- Original message -- From: Vic K2VCO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lee Buller wrote: Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII came in real handy, and I understand the stock K3 cannot do that. From reading the manual, to operate split that B is the Xmit and you can listen on B by using the REV button and holding it to listen. Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that work for you? Is it a clean operation? Yes, that's how it works. You can use one hand to hold the REV button and turn the knob, with a little practice. It works as well as any radio with a single receiver can. You can switch back and forth rapidly, but you can't listen to both VFOs at the same time. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco My old TS-940 had the same thing only they called it T-F button. It was a pain to hold the button in for very long. I thought the up/dwn buttons on the mic were rather silly with a big VFO knob just inches away so I brought the T-F button out to the mic jack. Since I use a Heil headset, I made a small box with 3 pushbutton switches. 1 for PTT, 1 for VFO A/B switch and 1 for the T-F function (listen on VFO B). I could just sit back with the box in my hand and not have to reach up to the radio. Worked very well! 73, Roger -- Remember the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) http://ussliberty.org/ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT2 question
Hello Geoff, I have a quick question, as I have been using an MFJ tuner to a balanced feedline on a doublet, and have not built a balun for the K2/KAT2 yet. Is there a bypass mode for the KAT2 such that I can use an external tuner? ATU AUTO, of course, causes the KAT2 to go thru a tune cycle when pressing the TUNE button on the K2. Yes, its possible. If you use the KAT2 as SWR/wattmeter only, the matching network is disabled/bypassed. Switch your KAT2 via the menu to CALS (for SWR display) or CALP (for power meter). -- 72/73 de Ingo, DK3RED - Don't forget: the fun is the power! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.qrp4fun.de DL-QRP-AG #824 - www.dl-qrp-ag.de QRP ARCI #11295 - www.qrparci.org DARC #2360404 - www.darc.de ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] RE: K3 speech processor (was Microphones (was electronic product standards))
What would be nice is for the speech processor to add variable pre-emphasis that depends on the amount of compression AND still allow you to use the equalizer to provide additional tailoring to your individual voice. That way you would only need one equalizer setting that would work for all compression levels. Al N1AL On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 00:11, Gary Hvizdak wrote: Fri 15 Feb 2008 at 01:17:44 EST Alan Bloom wrote I read years ago that speech processors like pre-emphasized audio (louder highs, quieter lows). And the heavier the processing the more pre-emphasis is optimum. Does anyone know if the K3 speech processor does that automatically? -- Hi Alan, According to the Owner's manual, the K3 has ... 1. An RF speech processor which provides adjustable speech compression in dB (although it doesn't state the maximum compression). 2. 8-Band TX audio graphic EQ +/- 16 dB/octave. ... from the descriptions of these features I would guess that the answer to your question is, no it doesn't do that automatically. However, the good news is that the sort of emphasis and de-emphasis you describe can be accomplished manually via the equalizer. To properly do what you describe automatically would probably require factoring in your specific voice and microphone characteristics (probably by reciting a known phrase) and IMHO is way beyond the scope of what the K3 firmware should do. I think it would be better to perform this kind of processing via a PC sound card. That said, I believe several users have already requested the ability to save multiple user preferences. With such a capability you could tailor a few different equalizer profiles and (manually) provide a similar capability. All you would have to do is to select the matching EQ profile as you change compression. Hopefully this won't be the sort of thing that you will be changing frequently, and you will only have a few EQ profiles to choose from. 73, Gary KI4GGX K3 S/N TBD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT2 question
Thanks to all who replied! 10 minutes after emailing, I found the answer in the manual! A bit fuzzy with the flu here - maybe I should get some rest before I toast something in my K2!!! geoff - W1OH Ingo Meyer (DK3RED) wrote: Hello Geoff, I have a quick question, as I have been using an MFJ tuner to a balanced feedline on a doublet, and have not built a balun for the K2/KAT2 yet. Is there a bypass mode for the KAT2 such that I can use an external tuner? ATU AUTO, of course, causes the KAT2 to go thru a tune cycle when pressing the TUNE button on the K2. Yes, its possible. If you use the KAT2 as SWR/wattmeter only, the matching network is disabled/bypassed. Switch your KAT2 via the menu to CALS (for SWR display) or CALP (for power meter). -- * Geoff Allsup, W1OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Research Engineer Upper Ocean Processes Group Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, USA * ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 #426
K3 #426 just found its home here in New Smyrna Beach, FL. Now, what do I do, start building or work the ARRL CW test? Guess. 73, Norm - W1MO ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] wish list for K3/RTTY
What is this used to have a Model 15 stuff? That is still current technology in my shack. Well at least the marriage of past and relatively current technology. I have a Yaesu SP-5 speaker with the Timewave DSP 59Y in it. Also in the case are the power supplies to run it along with the circuitry to drive the Model 15 selector magnets. They had a very early serial port that required HV DC. So my question for the K3 Guru's is about this as I will keep the Model 15 running even if just for nostalgia.. Is the decoded Baudot available anywhere within the K3 or is all the real RTTY activity buried within the software? 73, Bob K2TK K2 owner Potential K3 owner Dave Martin wrote: I used to have a Model 15 sitting on a small WW2 U.S. Army wooden typewriter table. When it did a carriage return it would just about go up on two legs. Dave W5DHM On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Lee Buller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about a little bit of Ozone smell too? Lee - K0WA ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2: K1EL K40 Keyboard Keyer
Hi Matt The K40 output probably looks like a handkey. Go into the menu and select handkey instead of paddles and you should be ok. Good luck and 73 Bob N6WG - Original Message - From: Matt Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:14 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K2: K1EL K40 Keyboard Keyer Hi, I'm was wondering if there was anyone on this reflector who uses the K1EL K40 with their K2? I am having some difficulty getting mine to key the K2 and was looking for some guidance. I know the K40 works as it works fine with my other rigs but they all work with a mono cable and I notice the K2 manual says a stereo cable is required for external keyers. 73 Matt W5LL ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] wish list for K3/RTTY
You forgot the flinging of oil around the room when the cover was off! Used to used a BC-610 and a Model 26. (;) 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] Not All Hams are Technicians (WAS: Microphones)
David wrote: In the UK, and I suspect most countries, such traffic handling was illegal (recently there are some relaxations) on the basis that it undermined the businesses of the telephone companies and commercial users of radio. - Forgive my US-centric view David. It is also my understanding that the USA was a bit out-of-the-ordinary in the fact that traffic handling has been encouraged throughout the history of Amateur Radio here. After all, that was why Maxim and his colleagues formed the American Radio *Relay* League back before WWI when the maximum range of most stations was a few hundred miles at best, so a network of stations was needed to pass traffic across the continent. In the USA, commercial messaging companies complained but WWI put an end to that. The large number of trained, ready-to-go operators that were available when the USA entered the war brought recognition from the President of the USA on down. However, the US rules also strictly forbade any amateur traffic containing business or other important communications that would normally be handled by a commercial carrier. Obviously, that has resulted in a lot of discussion and litigation ever since, but the training of skilled telegraphers and message handlers was a recognized cornerstone in the justification for the hobby here. Much positive publicity occurred around Amateur traffic handling, such as the famous example in 1921 when ARRL member stations on the east coast accepted a message for a recipient on the west coast. It was sent, delivered, and a reply returned to the sending station on the east coast in at total of 6-1/2 minutes for the complete exchange! That was the stuff of headlines in a day when the fastest traffic system most people knew about was an expensive telegram that might take hours to go across the country. Amateurs gained a great deal of favorable publicity and recognition by demonstrating public officials could communicate quickly and efficiently through the Amateur network if needed. Right along with that came the work of Amateurs in emergency communications, providing first-ever inside information about disasters with requests for specific aid and the first health and welfare messages telling those outside the area the status of their friends and relatives. By the time I joined the hobby in the 1950's, there were a large number of experienced Hams who believed that the only real justification for their license was to build and maintain a station that was very reliable and efficient, and to maintain an strict, regular schedule of checking into daily traffic nets. Their dedication to handling traffic was at least as great as any radiosport enthusiast's dedication to scoring in a contest today. My point was that there has always been, in the USA at least, a large number of Hams whose primary interest is in setting up and operating the best station they can afford. As others point out, American Hams must still know how to properly operate and adjust their equipment to ensure they meet FCC regulations. The current license exams focus largely on testing this knowledge. I suspect that's true world-wide. But many Hams care little about what goes on under the hood of their rigs beyond the end results in making contacts, nor do they need to for their purposes. In my view, they are as much Hams as those, like myself, whose primary interest is in designing and building communications equipment. And I heartily agree with you about keeping and protecting that privilege to build our own gear. As more and more Hams are less interested in building, it's important we not lose sight of the fact that much useful and important technical experience is gained by Hams who do tinker with their gear, and we contribute significantly to the communications art. Ron AC7AC ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT2 question
In a recent message, geoff allsup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... Is there a bypass mode for the KAT2 such that I can use an external tuner? ATU AUTO, of course, causes the KAT2 to go thru a tune cycle when pressing the TUNE button on the K2. Yes, Geoff, you will have met that while building your K2. If you want to bypass the ATU, in the menu set ATU Pout. 73 -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK -- ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2: K1EL K40 Keyboard Keyer
Hi, I'm was wondering if there was anyone on this reflector who uses the K1EL K40 with their K2? I am having some difficulty getting mine to key the K2 and was looking for some guidance. I know the K40 works as it works fine with my other rigs but they all work with a mono cable and I notice the K2 manual says a stereo cable is required for external keyers. 73 Matt W5LL ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 #410 arrives
Hello all, The famous brown box was delivered this afternoon. K3/100 #410 has a new home in Stuart, Florida. There is some assembly required but that will be fun. I placed my order on May 30 with no deposit. The K3 will look very good next to older brother, K2 #5000. Doug W4DAS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
N1RJ wrote: My old TS-940 had the same thing only they called it T-F button. It was a pain to hold the button in for very long. I thought the up/dwn buttons on the mic were rather silly with a big VFO knob just inches away so I brought the T-F button out to the mic jack. Since I use a Heil headset, I made a small box with 3 pushbutton switches. 1 for PTT, 1 for VFO A/B switch and 1 for the T-F function (listen on VFO B). I could just sit back with the box in my hand and not have to reach up to the radio. Worked very well! My TS-850S had the T-F switch brought out to the optional RM-1 remote unit (about the size and shape of a computer mouse). This was very convenient. (Hint, hint, Elecraft) My understanding of split operation with the K3 (without the sub-RX) is that it works exactly the same way as the K2. Is this correct? 73, Chuck Guenther NI0C K2/10 s/n 5853 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] wish list for K3/RTTY
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: Instead of tones being generated for us to hear, can't it emit (from the top speaker) TAPS, CLUNKS, and BELLS. What about the sound of a carriage shifting from LTRS to Numbers and back? And while we're at it, how about emitting the smell of oil? Ya think it could also shake the floor a little? And one of the buttons should cause it to send ryryryryryryryryryryryryryry and another sends the well known fox test phrase Thom,EIEIO Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer ryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryry www.baltimorehon.com/Home of the Baltimore Lexicon www.tlchost.net/hosting/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] wish list for K3/RTTY
In a message dated 2/15/08 11:11:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How about a little bit of Ozone smell too? Sure - just go here: http://w5jgv.com/downloads/MVI_0101.AVI 73 de Jim, N2EY ** The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp0030002565) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3, and PSK
Is there a way to mute the speaker while operating PSK ? So far I have not been able to get PSK figured out just yet on the K3. Serial number 400 went together great, and operates very well on CW, es SSB. But the Digital Modes (PSK) is still cloudy . Thanks Al AD9P -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3%2C-and-PSK-tp15512991p15512991.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3, and PSK
Turn the AF or Monitor down? On 16/2/08 00:13, AD9P [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Is there a way to mute the speaker while operating PSK ? So far I have not been able to get PSK figured out just yet on the K3. Serial number 400 went together great, and operates very well on CW, es SSB. But the Digital Modes (PSK) is still cloudy . Thanks Al AD9P -- Unix is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. -- Dennis Ritchie ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] PSK speaker muting?
I must be missing what you're asking ... It's a visual mode, so just turn the volume down ...? Unless you're using the speaker/headphone jack/s and the mic jack for your interface connections ... 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] K3, and PSK
Actually if its during TX, he should turn down MON. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Ferrington, M0XDF Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 5:06 PM To: AD9P; Crafters Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3, and PSK Turn the AF or Monitor down? On 16/2/08 00:13, AD9P [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Is there a way to mute the speaker while operating PSK ? So far I have not been able to get PSK figured out just yet on the K3. Serial number 400 went together great, and operates very well on CW, es SSB. But the Digital Modes (PSK) is still cloudy . Thanks Al AD9P -- Unix is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. -- Dennis Ritchie ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] VSWR
Does the K3 cut back the power under high SWR conditions? Very handy when tuning up GG linear. 73, Roger -- Remember the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) http://ussliberty.org/ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 # 407`
K3 # 407 ordered on May 24th arrives just in time for the CW DX contest. Vy 73, Nick NT1A ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] VSWR
I donna know, but I just loaded up 17 feet of unterminated coax with the K3 ATU and it got a 1.6 to 1 . Mistaken selection of ANT 1 or 2, of course.Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:45:17 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] VSWR Does the K3 cut back the power under high SWR conditions? Very handy when tuning up GG linear. 73, Roger -- Remember the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) http://ussliberty.org/ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2 just quit working.
My K2 #6113 just quit working. I was listening to the 40 meter band and all of a sudden no signal, and no audio. The display works but, the frequency is frozen. The only other control that works is the power level. None of the buttons work and the frequency can't be changed. There are no error messages on power up and it powers up as normal with Elecraft and then goes to the frequency. I'm getting ready to take out the control board and have a look. Any help would be appreciated. I recently had a problem with SSB transmitting just stopping so, I may be related. Thanks, Gary, N7HTS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 just quit working.
Gary, The first order of business would be to look for an unsoldered connection. The likely places are the Control Board and the Front Panel board. Sorry, but I cannot speculate further without additional information. If you do not find that elusive solder connection, then you should begin troubleshooting with the DC voltage measurements - again, the Control Board and the Front Panel Board are the initial prime suspects. 73, Don W3FPR Gary Krause wrote: My K2 #6113 just quit working. I was listening to the 40 meter band and all of a sudden no signal, and no audio. The display works but, the frequency is frozen. The only other control that works is the power level. None of the buttons work and the frequency can't be changed. There are no error messages on power up and it powers up as normal with Elecraft and then goes to the frequency. I'm getting ready to take out the control board and have a look. Any help would be appreciated. I recently had a problem with SSB transmitting just stopping so, I may be related. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 just quit working.
I took out the control board and checked the solder connections. I re flowed some of them that looked suspect. My K2 is now up and running again. Thanks, Gary, N7HTS Gary Krause wrote: My K2 #6113 just quit working. I was listening to the 40 meter band and all of a sudden no signal, and no audio. The display works but, the frequency is frozen. The only other control that works is the power level. None of the buttons work and the frequency can't be changed. There are no error messages on power up and it powers up as normal with Elecraft and then goes to the frequency. I'm getting ready to take out the control board and have a look. Any help would be appreciated. I recently had a problem with SSB transmitting just stopping so, I may be related. Thanks, Gary, N7HTS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Rtty in its many garbs
To Tom HAMMOND. You seem the only one concerned or knowledgeable about rates and speeds. During my ten years ttravelling Africa I saw lots of Tape TTY and lots of manual oeration from the central. WOW. The most interesting part was the insistance thay they (the country in question) were operatinmg at the international (TELEX) standard. 9 times out of ten they were communicating with other countries which assumes tying to a standard. They werent. Almost every convertor I sold needed its own header to appear transparent. If I sold them the wrong thing nothing would work. Never happened! The TELEX system works all over the world becasue of work arounds. EGOs prevent change To try and explain was beyond my skills and really undesired I manually used to lock a 32 the keyboard at distributor speed and I could even do column work therein What is TELEX these days? Morse was ever better to my taste 73 Earl W7TK ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Subject Lines
I get the reflector in digest mode. Thanks to all for putting the Elecraft product ID at the beginning of your subject line. It has helped a lot. I have one request beyond that however. Could you put some words in the subject line [after the Elecraft product ID] to give us a clue as to what this is about. K3 Question followed by multiple Re K3 Question emails is a lot to go through. Thanks, 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2008 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 08 - www.cqp.org ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] OT - Type font question
I've just found and loaded a font with a slashed 0 into Windoze ... Does anyone have experience with non-radio use of a slashed zero (0)? Do postal ZIP code readers read it OK? Banking? PayPal? If anyone wants the font, e-mail me off-reflector and I'll provide forward it to you. The plain text requirement for the reflector deletes the slash, but it -IS- here. (:-) Yes, WAY off topic, but there's LOTS of knowledge here .. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Type font question
We used a slashed zero on DEC (Digital Equipment Corp.) computers. My experience with them was from 1966 to about 1975. At the time others were using a rounded O(letter oh) and a squared 0(zero). I found the slashed zero much easier to use. Mark AD5SS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Production
Thanks to all who took the time to work on the wiki. It gives me some data to plot when my K3 will arrive! (I have nothing to do :)) George NE2I Don Rasmussen wrote: The K3 making machine seems to be in WARP drive, with 125 K3's delivered ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] WTB K1 with Tuner
Looking for a K1 with built in tuner ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2 doesn't work with mic connected
I thought I had a problem with the control board originally. When I turned on the K2 the Elecraft would come up and then go to the frequency. However, everything was frozen. Nothing worked and the frequency couldn't be changed. I re-installed the control board, turned it on and everything worked fine until I plugged in the mic. Then everything froze again. Unplug the mic and everything comes back to life. I checked the jumpers for my mic configuration and they are correct. I'm using a Kenwood MC-60 mic with an internal preamp. However, I don't use the preamp but, I have the jumper installed for it. Any ideas? Thanks, Gary, N7HTS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 Production
The K3 making machine seems to be in WARP drive, with 125 K3's delivered between mid December and Mid January - increased to 175 K3's going from mid January to mid February. What's most amazing about this number is the quality and complexity in each box. The head scratcher though, is that K3 #365 was ordered May 3 (pre-Dayton), and K3 #407 is post Dayton, ordered on May 24. Given that over 300 K3's were sold the first weekend it was offered (April 27), it would seem that Elecraft is well known and trusted within the group of people that are previous owners of their gear, but maybe not so much in the mainstream? One thing is for certain, the wait time is coming down! Doing some CQWW tonight, N1MM fired up at 38,400 with no problems at all, and the minor chore of throwing together a patch cord and testing it was made SOOO easy by the TEST function on the K3. The guys at Elecraft are always a step ahead of me it seems! Have ZM1 and KH6 sor far, so good... ! http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/K3_Serial_Numbers ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] OT - Type font question
In the late 1960's some IBM system programmers decided to use the solidus (slash) through the letter O to differentiate it from the simple circle that was used for zero at Sylvania's Electronic Defense Laboratories where I worked as a writer. It turned up in thousands of pages of output. I don't know if it was an IBM corporate decision or one made by the hordes of programmers in white coats who ministered to the huge room full of spinning tape drives and blinking lights at the Sylvania facility. (Yes, if you've ever seen an old James Bond movie about a computer center with all the tape drives, blinking lights and other gee-gaws, the real thing looked like that in the 60's. We mere mortals had a second-story walkway, safely outside the walls, where we could peer through windows and down at the white-coated servants as they scurried about between rows of tape drives and other mysterious racks of equipment serving the needs of the big machine.) The slashes through every letter O made reading anything in plain English produced by the system very difficult. That practice died a fairly quick and certain death. Perhaps it was because all of us writers, engineers and others who had to actually read the output of the system converged outside of the computer facility with pitchforks, burning torches and the like. As Mark pointed out, Digital and some others followed the communications industry standard and put the solidus through their zeros, just as telegraphers had done for a century by the mid 50's and teletypes and telex machines had done for decades by then. With appropriate prodding, the programmers on the Sylvania IBM system followed suit. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- We used a slashed zero on DEC (Digital Equipment Corp.) computers. My experience with them was from 1966 to about 1975. At the time others were using a rounded O(letter oh) and a squared 0(zero). I found the slashed zero much easier to use. Mark AD5SS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 doesn't work with mic connected
Gary, You seem to be having several problems that cannot logically be related to each other. I suggest that you re-check all your soldering. Look at it with a critical eye. A good solder joint should have a concave fillet that tapers off to an almost invisible edge on both the solder pad and the component lead. If your solder connections have a convex shape to them, they have too much solder applied, and that alone can mask a bad solder joint. Unfortunately, the only cure is to wick away most of the solder and reflow the remaining (perhaps adding a tiny bit of new flux and solder. If your solder connections do have that 'rounded' convex appearance, the most likely cause is that inadequate heat was applied to the solder pad during the soldering process. Use an iron temperature of 700 degrees F or greater (I routinely use 750 degrees). If when re-flowing the solder you see flux still boiling out of the solder joint, that may mean again that not enough heat was used originally. I cannot emphasize strongly enough - use adequate heat when soldering. The solder should flow within 2 to 3 seconds when the solder is applied to a spot where the direct heat of the iron tip is *not* placed. If it takes longer than that, your iron is not hot enough. Few components will be damaged by a hot soldering iron applied for a short time (up to 5 seconds), but they can be damaged by a soldering temperature that is too cold because things have to 'heat soak' for a long period to properly flow the solder. Normally 700 deg F. is enough, but some boards like the KSB2 and the KPA100 have more extensive ground planes and the copper area will wick away the heat more quickly, so a temperature of 750 deg F or even 800 deg F is appropriate for these boards. 73, Don W3FPR Gary Krause wrote: I thought I had a problem with the control board originally. When I turned on the K2 the Elecraft would come up and then go to the frequency. However, everything was frozen. Nothing worked and the frequency couldn't be changed. I re-installed the control board, turned it on and everything worked fine until I plugged in the mic. Then everything froze again. Unplug the mic and everything comes back to life. I checked the jumpers for my mic configuration and they are correct. I'm using a Kenwood MC-60 mic with an internal preamp. However, I don't use the preamp but, I have the jumper installed for it. Any ideas? Thanks, Gary, N7HTS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3
I noticed while scanning the reflector that setting the K3 Line in gain at 5 to 10, and the K3 Line out Gain should be set at the default setting of 30 . After resolving a software issue I do have PSK working to some degree. Being able to set the line in gain, es the line out gain would help. I cannot find these functions in the Menu. What am i missing? what a neat little radio. Thanks Al AD9P -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-tp15515007p15515007.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Type font question
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: In the late 1960's some IBM system programmers decided to use the solidus (slash) through the letter O to differentiate it from the simple circle that was used for zero at Sylvania's Electronic Defense Laboratories where I worked as a writer. Ron, I remember that thankfully short-lived experiment, from probably around 1972. :-) I worked for a tax company that ran returns in a service bureau that was all IBM mainframe gear and IBM-trained ops and programmers. For a while I was rather confused, because I thought EVERYBODY used the slash through the zero, not through the alpha O -- after all, hams did it that way! I knew that much! I was told in no uncertain terms that the slash went through the O, not the zero. But after that one job that year, I never heard of it again. Nice to know that IBM didn't successfully dictate everything in the computer world -- nor does even Microsoft do so today. An idea still has to be a GOOD idea and have some merit, even if the most meritorious idea doesn't necessarily win 100% of the time... Bill W5WVO ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] K3
Al, When in data mode the MIC control varies the LINE-IN gain. There's a CONFIG menu item for LIN OUT gain. 73 Greg AB7R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of AD9P Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:48 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 I noticed while scanning the reflector that setting the K3 Line in gain at 5 to 10, and the K3 Line out Gain should be set at the default setting of 30 . After resolving a software issue I do have PSK working to some degree. Being able to set the line in gain, es the line out gain would help. I cannot find these functions in the Menu. What am i missing? what a neat little radio. Thanks Al AD9P -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-tp15515007p15515007.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Type font question
My recollection was that the slashed letter O was a COBOL thing. I'd just gotten out of the Navy where I'd learned to slash the number 0, and it was a wrench. I just looked at one of my 1401 Autocoder books, and it doesn't show the slashed O (or 0). Neither does the 7040 MAP book or listing. 73, doug From: Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:29:03 -0800 In the late 1960's some IBM system programmers decided to use the solidus (slash) through the letter O to differentiate it from the simple circle that was used for zero at Sylvania's Electronic Defense Laboratories where I worked as a writer. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Type font question
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:06:45 -0700, you wrote: Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: In the late 1960's some IBM system programmers decided to use the solidus (slash) through the letter O to differentiate it from the simple circle that was used for zero at Sylvania's Electronic Defense Laboratories where I worked as a writer. Ron, I remember that thankfully short-lived experiment, from probably around 1972. :-) I worked for a tax company that ran returns in a service bureau that was all IBM mainframe gear and IBM-trained ops and programmers. For a while I was rather confused, because I thought EVERYBODY used the slash through the zero, not through the alpha O -- after all, hams did it that way! I knew that much! I was told in no uncertain terms that the slash went through the O, not the zero. But after that one job that year, I never heard of it again. Nice to know that IBM didn't successfully dictate everything in the computer world -- nor does even Microsoft do so today. An idea still has to be a GOOD idea and have some merit, even if the most meritorious idea doesn't necessarily win 100% of the time... Bill W5WVO [snip] The last time I used TSO with a green screen, the zero was a zero with a dot in the middle. This was at Lockheed Martin in Ft. Worth about two years ago on a contract. I seem to remember that in the early 80's at General Dynamics (same place different name) it was as I described above. As a high speed radio CW operator in the Army I was trained to slash a circle. No one said it was a slashed zero or a slashed letter 'O'. The shape was not important as long as the slash was there. We also slashed the letter 'Z' to distinguish it from the number '2', but as I have seen many times, we did not slash the number '7'. Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1775 Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. http://www.n5ge.com http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
