Re: [Elecraft] How to record Audio on K3
There's a free program called "Audacity" that will do this. See http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity provides useful editing capability. You can write your result file as an .mp3 file, which is a fairly compact format (and loses some amount of quality, depending on the options you choose). You might also be able to use the Windows Sound Recorder, which is under Start - Accessories - Entertainment - Sound Recorder. The Sound Recorder will record a "wav" file, which is uncompressed and gets very large very quickly. If you need more than a few seconds of sound, you'll be better off starting with something that has more capability than the Sound Recorder. If you're just playing around locally maybe a multi-megabyte file is OK for a few minutes. But if you're going to send it to someone, investing a little time to learn a compact format might be well spent. Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Scott Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:57 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] How to record Audio on K3 I wish to be able to record my K3 audio to explain a problem I am having to Elecraft. I have no idea how to do this. I have my Line Out connected to my sound card. How can I record what I hear and make a file and send it out? Mike Scott - AE6WA Tarzana, CA (DM04 / near LA) NAQCC 3535 K3-100 #508 / KX1 #1311 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
I use an EdgePort with 2 serial ports and can testify to their quality. Bought this years ago when the cheap versions didn't work very well (at least that was my experience). In contrast, the EdgePort worked right from the start, and the EdgePort people provided great support when I wanted to change the configuration. This is the expensive Rolls Royce of serial ports, and these days the cheap ones seem to work fine. But if the EdgePorts can be had cheaply on ebay I wouldn't hesitate to choose the same brand today. 73, Erik K7TV - Original Message - From: "Jim Miller KG0KP" To: Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port >A friend put me onto EDGEPORT USB to serial devices. Run 300-400 new. >Ebay > has them (take-outs I think) and I bought a 4 port one for 25 and an 8 > port > one for 35. Love them. Hardware has comm 1 and 2 and the Edgeport > software > configures to comm 5-8 or 5-12. > > Using the 4 port one with Windows XP Pro to K3, PSKMETER, and TM-D710 > right > now. Works FB. The 8 port is for my second shack PC and will connect the > remaining radios, TNC, rigblaster to my 746, and my other 2 meter rig. > > 73, de Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] How to record Audio on K3
I wish to be able to record my K3 audio to explain a problem I am having to Elecraft. I have no idea how to do this. I have my Line Out connected to my sound card. How can I record what I hear and make a file and send it out? Mike Scott - AE6WA Tarzana, CA (DM04 / near LA) NAQCC 3535 K3-100 #508 / KX1 #1311 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
Thanks to all who replied with suggestions. My computer has plenty of serial ports as I'm using a ByteRunner card to add extras, but of course there is only one serial port on the K3. What sounds like a promising solution is LP-Bridge, which several of you suggested. I will look into it in the next day or two. Again thanks for your help -- this list has a fantastic group of people and is a wonderful resource. Stan - K6VWE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
I can echo Jim's "endorsement" of the Edgeport device. I have the Edgeport/8 on my XP machine, and it has worked flawlessly. Lou, W0FK A friend put me onto EDGEPORT USB to serial devices. Run 300-400 new. Ebay has them (take-outs I think) and I bought a 4 port one for 25 and an 8 port one for 35. Love them. Hardware has comm 1 and 2 and the Edgeport software configures to comm 5-8 or 5-12. Using the 4 port one with Windows XP Pro to K3, PSKMETER, and TM-D710 right now. Works FB. The 8 port is for my second shack PC and will connect the remaining radios, TNC, rigblaster to my 746, and my other 2 meter rig. 73, de Jim KG0KP - St. Louis, MO K3 #2513 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Serial-Port-tp2560029p2560617.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
A friend put me onto EDGEPORT USB to serial devices. Run 300-400 new. Ebay has them (take-outs I think) and I bought a 4 port one for 25 and an 8 port one for 35. Love them. Hardware has comm 1 and 2 and the Edgeport software configures to comm 5-8 or 5-12. Using the 4 port one with Windows XP Pro to K3, PSKMETER, and TM-D710 right now. Works FB. The 8 port is for my second shack PC and will connect the remaining radios, TNC, rigblaster to my 746, and my other 2 meter rig. 73, de Jim KG0KP - Original Message - From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" To: Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port > *If* the need is for a second serial port (that's not clear from the > thread), CommFront (www.commfront.com) makes a nice single USB to two > RS232 > port dongle that works FB for me. It's supposed to work with all the > currently popular OS's out there today including Linux, Windows and Macs. > > I've used it with 32 bit Xp and 64 bit Vista. > > Ron AC7AC > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
*If* the need is for a second serial port (that's not clear from the thread), CommFront (www.commfront.com) makes a nice single USB to two RS232 port dongle that works FB for me. It's supposed to work with all the currently popular OS's out there today including Linux, Windows and Macs. I've used it with 32 bit Xp and 64 bit Vista. Ron AC7AC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: cyrpto RX
Not at all, Steve. See the criteria published regularly by the list moderator: Eric at Elecraft. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- Another TROLL. Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: cyrpto RX
Before this thread gets stopped, as it should, my personal experience was living 1/2 block away from WPEN's transmitter in Philadelphia. I was amazed to hear WPEN coming out of our stove and toaster. True story. Shortly thereafter I became KN3SME. 73, Sid Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Reports like that from a number of people have spanned at least half a > century that I know of and seem quite true. Usually they are about people > bothered by "talking" in their mouth or head caused by a filling rectifying > a nearby AM radio station. > > It seems to me I saw more of such reports in the 50's and 60's than lately. > I wonder if that's because mercury amalgam is not commonly used by many > dentists today, and most old fillings have deteriorated and been replaced? > > It is a reminder that poor contacts just about anywhere near an RF field can > cause bizarre effects producing RFI problems, whether it's in the mercury > amalgam, a loose bolt or a poorly soldered connection in or near an antenna. > > Ron AC7AC > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:32 AM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] OT: cyrpto RX > > http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v206/n6/full/sj.bdj.2009.218.html > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K-1 For Sale
I have a very nice 4 band Elecraft K-1 for sale. It is an early one, SN 0069 and is equipped with the 4 band module for 40, 30, 20 and 15 meters, internal battery pack, tilt base with both short and long arms as well as the original spiral bound assembly manual and a Revision E manual. The firmware is 1.09. I am asking $375 including shipping to US addresses. Overseas shipping at cost. I can accept PayPal though I prefer a USPS money order. If interested please respond off list to n...@verizon.net. 73, Roger, NJ2R __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
Another solution is provided by Eterlogic's "Virtual Serial Port Emulator," a free download from Eterlogic's web site. You can create a serial port "splitter," for using diifferent software programs that talk with the K3. I use it to run DXBase 2007 and DXLab's Commander program simultaneously. 73, Chuck NI0C K2/10 s/n 5853 K3/100 s/n 1061 "Umm, adding a second serial port won't help if both apps need to talk to the K3! Try running LP-Bridge, and connecting the two apps to (different) virtual serial ports that it uses. I don't use DX4WIN nor Digipan, but other combinations of apps seem to work quite well. http://www.telepostinc.com/LPB.html ~Iain / N6ML" __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
Umm, adding a second serial port won't help if both apps need to talk to the K3! Try running LP-Bridge, and connecting the two apps to (different) virtual serial ports that it uses. I don't use DX4WIN nor Digipan, but other combinations of apps seem to work quite well. http://www.telepostinc.com/LPB.html ~Iain / N6ML Lee Buller wrote: > You will need to get another COM port. If you have a desktop computer, that > is easy because you can buy a card to go into an expansion slot. Then you > would have COM1 - COM2 - COM3 etc. Now you can also go with a USB to Serial > adapter (Elecraft sells one) and then you can add addition COM ports with > that do-dad. But, they do work rather nicely in a lot of applications. I > blew up mine because of of some RF in the shack. Stopped working. I went > with the COM port card. You can get a card with two or four COM ports for > around 10 to 30 dollars. > > Lee - K0WA > > > The New Kansas QSO Party - August 29, Sat 9am-9pm and August 30 Sun 9am-3pm > CDT > More Info at: http://www.ksqsoparty.org/ > > 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? > > --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Stan Rowe wrote: > From: Stan Rowe > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 4:27 PM > > I'm missing or forgetting something rather basic I think. I have my > computer connected to my K3 with a serial cable. I normally use the > connection > for DX4WIN but sometimes want to use Digipan for PSK. Of course if I try to > use > Digipan while DX4WIN is running, I get a message about the port (serial cable) > already being in use (by DX4WIN). How can I connect the computer and K3 so > that > I can have both DX4WIN and DIgipan (and perhaps other programs in the future) > active at the same time. I feel like I ought to know the answer, but somehow > it > is escaping me. > > Thanks for your help. > Stan - K6VWE > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 power control
Beta means beta. It is great to hear that as usual you take the user comments seriously. K3 is the best investment I ever made, sure better than my 401K. Dan Power control issues were unexpected, because we had 70+ K3 owners running this exact power control firmware for a few weeks. That's why we did a beta release of 3.04. But I have now confirmed some of the observations from the weekend, using specific settings some of you sent me. So I guess you need a thousand radios running the same code before everything comes to light :) I'm working on it. 73, Wayne N6KR --- http://www.elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html - Dan AB3EN -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-power-control-tp2559153p2559807.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 2855
K3/100 2855 built and tested within 7 days of ordering from the US No problems, the manual was very straightforward, the 3.04 update worked HRD and MacloggerDX all working etc. Thankyou to the Elecraft team on a brilliant radio. 73, Rob G3RCE K2/100 #5219 K3/100 #2855 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
You will need to get another COM port. If you have a desktop computer, that is easy because you can buy a card to go into an expansion slot. Then you would have COM1 - COM2 - COM3 etc. Now you can also go with a USB to Serial adapter (Elecraft sells one) and then you can add addition COM ports with that do-dad. But, they do work rather nicely in a lot of applications. I blew up mine because of of some RF in the shack. Stopped working. I went with the COM port card. You can get a card with two or four COM ports for around 10 to 30 dollars. Lee - K0WA The New Kansas QSO Party - August 29, Sat 9am-9pm and August 30 Sun 9am-3pm CDT More Info at: http://www.ksqsoparty.org/ 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? --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Stan Rowe wrote: From: Stan Rowe Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 4:27 PM I'm missing or forgetting something rather basic I think. I have my computer connected to my K3 with a serial cable. I normally use the connection for DX4WIN but sometimes want to use Digipan for PSK. Of course if I try to use Digipan while DX4WIN is running, I get a message about the port (serial cable) already being in use (by DX4WIN). How can I connect the computer and K3 so that I can have both DX4WIN and DIgipan (and perhaps other programs in the future) active at the same time. I feel like I ought to know the answer, but somehow it is escaping me. Thanks for your help. Stan - K6VWE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Serial Port
I'm missing or forgetting something rather basic I think. I have my computer connected to my K3 with a serial cable. I normally use the connection for DX4WIN but sometimes want to use Digipan for PSK. Of course if I try to use Digipan while DX4WIN is running, I get a message about the port (serial cable) already being in use (by DX4WIN). How can I connect the computer and K3 so that I can have both DX4WIN and DIgipan (and perhaps other programs in the future) active at the same time. I feel like I ought to know the answer, but somehow it is escaping me. Thanks for your help. Stan - K6VWE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3, need help in UK
Hi K3 owners On behalf of Mike M0FCG I'm enquiring if there is a K3 owner living near Barnsley who could check over Mike's K3? Apparently, he has reset it and needs to do a power calibration and update but doesn't have a dummy load or power meter. I'm 125 miles away so a bit far! Thankyou Rob G3RCE K2 #5219 K3 #2855 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 5-pole matched 500 Hz filters for sale
For diversity, a pair of matched 5-pole 500 Hz filters now costs $231 plus shipping from Elecraft ($200 plus $31 to match). For Sale: Matched pair of 500 Hz 5-poles shipped via Priority insured. $200 ($208 if PayPal). Please reply direct only. 73, Bill W4ZV -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-5-pole-matched-500-Hz-filters-for-sale-tp2559459p2559459.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 microphone survey
Hi all, Many thanks to those who responded for my request for information on different microphones for the K3. Here are the results. Please email me if you see any booboos or would like to add a mic not represented there. thanks, KE7X Astatic D-104 with Radio Shack electret (Element): Condenser(Bias): Yes (Gain): H Elecraft MD2 element: Electret (Bias): Yes Elecraft MH2 (Element): Electret (Bias): Yes (Gain): L Electrovoice 27 (Element): Dynamic (Bias): No Heil HC4 Element (Element): Dynamic (Bias): No (Gain): H Heil HC5 element (Element): Dynamic (Bias): No (Gain): H, L Heil HMM (Element): Dynamic (Bias): No (Gain): H Heil iC Element (Element): Electret (Bias): Yes (Gain): H Heil ProSet (not K2) (Uses HC4, HC5 or iC) Heil ProSet K2 (Element): Condenser(Bias): Yes Icom HM-36 (Element): ?(Bias): Yes (Gain): L Icom SM-8 (Element): Electret (Bias): Yes (Gain): L Kenwood MC-43S (Element): Dynamic (Bias): No (Gain): L Radio Shack Optimus Nova 79 (Element): Electret (Bias): Yes (Gain): L Sennheiser PC350ElectretYes (Gain): L Telex Boom Mic (Element): ?(Bias): Yes (Gain): L WGA TR-2000 (Element): Electret (Bias): Yes Yaesu MD-100A8X (Element): Dynamic (Bias): No (Gain): H Fred Cady fcady at ieee dot org This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 power control
Power control issues were unexpected, because we had 70+ K3 owners running this exact power control firmware for a few weeks. That's why we did a beta release of 3.04. But I have now confirmed some of the observations from the weekend, using specific settings some of you sent me. So I guess you need a thousand radios running the same code before everything comes to light :) I'm working on it. 73, Wayne N6KR --- http://www.elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 and WGA TR-2000 headset
Someone asked me if this was a two earpiece headset. Yes it is, and was ordered specifically for the K3. The e-mail was to me and as I clicked on reply my shaky hand ended on delete. Sorry for putting this on the reflector. Ty, W1TF, K3 #696 original text This is a two ear-piece headset, specifically ordered for the K3 I have the WGA TR2000 headset. I ordered it for the K3. It is comfortable, has good mic quality, BUT it is not stereo, therefore AFX does not work. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3 3.04 Power Output After Tune
Hi,
I also have this problem that SSB power is low following the use of "TUNE". I
don't have the built in tuner. I use the tune ("hold") function to generate 10W
CW for my external remote auto-tuner. In the contest I got into the habit of
doing a power cycle after tuning (I now see that there are better ways which
helps. I have also observed the slow creeping up of power over several
transmissions until it eventually recovers fully. I don't have any precision
instrumentation to measure peak power. I just observe the average power on my
analog SWR meter and I estimate I start out at 2/3 of what is should be after
using tune. I join others in hoping for a quick resolution to this.
There are two menu entrys that effect power in addition to the front
panel PWR control. There may be interaction between these in certain
combinations of settings or BAND and MODE.
Wayne has limited internet access this weekend and has asked me to
request information from those who are experiencing this problem.
Please send your settings for the following.
-
AB2TC - Knut
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[Elecraft] Test
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[Elecraft] [K3] K3, indipendent band and X-Verter
Hi all I've just updated firmware on my K3, band indipendence works great on HF. Using X-Verter ( connected trought its BNC ) on main receiver I can't route Main antenna to Sub receiver for HF listening, these same happens switching receivers, I listen HF on main but can't use X-Verter on Sub receiver. Do I miss anything? Thanks in advance Anto IK4PMB -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3%2C-indipendent-band-and-X-Verter-tp2550553p2550553.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Power levels
Hi Dave, No it's not the spike problem. I think that it is close to the "tune then creep up in power" issue. It only seems to be a problem when the KPA3 is selected. The power output on either a whistle or using the 2 tone oscillator is low on SSB, and hitting the key puts the power back up. However, the increased/restored power level is nowhere near as stable or repeatable as I would like. Bands above 40m seem unaffected. 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:53:19 +0100, Dave G4AON wrote: > I am also using the latest beta (3.04) and don't find the power level on > SSB swings much, it was also OK in that regard with the previous beta > (3.03). The firmware between v2.38, which as fine, to the last two > suffered badly from short duration spikes on SSB, these spikes could be > readily produced by scratching a microphone grille or sibilants in speech. > > My drive levels are typically 23~25 Watts to an Acom 1000 linear. > > Is this the same "tune then creep up in power" issue as noted by others, > or a general tendency to create high power spikes? > > 73 Dave, G4AON > === > Spent a few hours in WPX SSB, but gave up as power levels from my K3 > were all over the place. > My linear did not appreciate the wild input power swings. Back to the > bad old days. > Using the latest beta. Hope this problem gets fixed soon. > > 73 > Stewart G3RXQ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Power levels
I am also using the latest beta (3.04) and don't find the power level on SSB swings much, it was also OK in that regard with the previous beta (3.03). The firmware between v2.38, which as fine, to the last two suffered badly from short duration spikes on SSB, these spikes could be readily produced by scratching a microphone grille or sibilants in speech. My drive levels are typically 23~25 Watts to an Acom 1000 linear. Is this the same "tune then creep up in power" issue as noted by others, or a general tendency to create high power spikes? 73 Dave, G4AON === Spent a few hours in WPX SSB, but gave up as power levels from my K3 were all over the place. My linear did not appreciate the wild input power swings. Back to the bad old days. Using the latest beta. Hope this problem gets fixed soon. 73 Stewart G3RXQ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: cyrpto RX
Another TROLL. Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com - Original Message - From: "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:31 AM Subject: [Elecraft] OT: cyrpto RX > http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v206/n6/full/sj.bdj.2009.218.html > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] OT: crypto RX
I am responding since my reply does have something to do with ham radio. In fact, this rectification phenomenon is what got me into ham radio! In the latter 50s I couldn't believe my ears when one evening I was in the bath tub and could hear faintly, but distinctly, the AM station WJR -- Detroit, seeming to be coming from or near the tub water spout. We lived close to their broadcasting antennas. I called my Dad and he heard it as well. Of course, at first, he thought I was nuts. IT only "worked" some of the time and it seems whenever I wanted to demonstrate to a friend what I heard, it didn't work. Naturally, I was deemed to be a nut case by my buddies. It would come and go but no doubt about it, it was WJR. Since neither of us knew what was happening, my Dad suggested talking to our neighbor down the street who was a ham. He explained it was an interaction of the metals used in the water feed pipe and spout and the spout probably "amplified" the sound a bit. He then gave me my first radio -- a crystal/cat whisker kit. I spent hours moving that "whisker" around and "tuning" in stations. I was totally fascinated and enthralled and started to hang around Russ "the ham" and he was my mentor and Elmer. What a great guy and what a great hobby all of these years. I have not thought about those events for years and the post about the rectification via amalgam fillings made me smile and I thought "gee, the same sort of thing actually happened to me and that is why I am typing this today." Greg K2UM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: cyrpto RX
Reports like that from a number of people have spanned at least half a century that I know of and seem quite true. Usually they are about people bothered by "talking" in their mouth or head caused by a filling rectifying a nearby AM radio station. It seems to me I saw more of such reports in the 50's and 60's than lately. I wonder if that's because mercury amalgam is not commonly used by many dentists today, and most old fillings have deteriorated and been replaced? It is a reminder that poor contacts just about anywhere near an RF field can cause bizarre effects producing RFI problems, whether it's in the mercury amalgam, a loose bolt or a poorly soldered connection in or near an antenna. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:32 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] OT: cyrpto RX http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v206/n6/full/sj.bdj.2009.218.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Power levels
Spent a few hours in WPX SSB, but gave up as power levels from my K3 were all over the place. My linear did not appreciate the wild input power swings. Back to the bad old days. Using the latest beta. Hope this problem gets fixed soon. 73 Stewart G3RXQ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware Problem
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:44:20 -0700 (PDT), AB3EN wrote: I believe this explains the behavior I'm seeing when using my XVTR's. I have been noticing low drive from the XV144 and XV432 when first switching to either of those bands. As I transmit the power seems to in crease (I can observe this on the Power Output LED's on their front panels). When working six meters I have also noticed reduced output from the amplifier which increases to normal after transmitting for a while. > >I too have power issues after the latest firmware upgrade. For me the power >out in SSB starts low and after talking for a minute or so rises. On 40M its >not too bad but 20M output is low and stays low. The RX is also affected by >the ATU unit tuning. Very strange behavior. I saw the note that the guys will >look at the issues this week. I think something got "scutched" up, but after >all it is a beta version. > >Dan > > >I am having the same problem as others have stated. >I started with the installation of MCU 02.82 my KXV3 stopped working >to listen to AM radio, yes the RX Antenna was used and the KXV3 was >set to NORM. >The power on Data fell a little but the power on SSB was near zero >strange messages while on 40 meters flowed across the screen it went >so fast that I was unable to even write it down to see what it said, >numbers and letters. >I installed MCU 3.04 today the KXV3 still does not work. The SSB bands >are working 40 meters reaches about 70 watts. >I was able to get the SSB working with MCU 02.82 by reinstalling the >configuration that I had saved. >Any suggestions would be appreciated I am not the sharpest tack at >making K3 work, reading your posts makes me feel very inferior. > >Duane >W6DDR > >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > >- > >Dan AB3EN Tom, N5GE K3 #806, K3 #1055 XV144, XV432 W1 and other small kits. http://www.n5ge.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware Problem
I too have power issues after the latest firmware upgrade. For me the power out in SSB starts low and after talking for a minute or so rises. On 40M its not too bad but 20M output is low and stays low. The RX is also affected by the ATU unit tuning. Very strange behavior. I saw the note that the guys will look at the issues this week. I think something got "scutched" up, but after all it is a beta version. Dan I am having the same problem as others have stated. I started with the installation of MCU 02.82 my KXV3 stopped working to listen to AM radio, yes the RX Antenna was used and the KXV3 was set to NORM. The power on Data fell a little but the power on SSB was near zero strange messages while on 40 meters flowed across the screen it went so fast that I was unable to even write it down to see what it said, numbers and letters. I installed MCU 3.04 today the KXV3 still does not work. The SSB bands are working 40 meters reaches about 70 watts. I was able to get the SSB working with MCU 02.82 by reinstalling the configuration that I had saved. Any suggestions would be appreciated I am not the sharpest tack at making K3 work, reading your posts makes me feel very inferior. Duane W6DDR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html - Dan AB3EN -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-firmware-Problem-tp2555021p2557596.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] OT: cyrpto RX
http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v206/n6/full/sj.bdj.2009.218.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Test ping
Have a problem with posting - please ignore. - Dan AB3EN -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Test-ping-tp2557230p2557230.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3_EZ Update AGC PRESETs
K3_EZ V2.0.0.2 has been uploaded here: http://home.roadrunner.com/~n2bc/ New features include: * Up to 6 user defined AGC setups, loaded to the K3 with a single click - optionally link setups to mode & they are automatically loaded on mode change * User defined band edges (for MARS or non-US frequency allocations) * Filter Bandwidth defaults per mode 73, Bill N2BC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
