Re: [Elecraft] internal vs. external ATU
Duane I would be interested to know more about your balun rated to handle high swr stress, please tell. I run ladder-line to the feed-point, and use a 1:1 balun rated to handle high swr stress. When you are doing your experiments, what does the SG tell you? I mean, is there a way of determining the matching condition L and C ? Or is it a go, no-go test? The other cool utility of an external auto-ATU like the SG-230 is that you can use it for experiments. It takes about 2 seconds to find best match. I love it for my experimental antennas! Hope this helps, N1BBR David G3UNA __ 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] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar: Feb 26 - Mar 2010
~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR Feb 26 - March 2010 ~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Each Tuesday to Mar 24 9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Each Thursday to March 26 9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~ CQ WW 160-Meter DX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 26, 2200z to Feb 28, 2200z Rules: http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm ~ REF (French) SSB Contest Feb 27, 0600z to Feb 28, 1800z Rules: http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhfdx.pdf ~ EPC WW DX Contest (BPSK125) ... 10W LP Feb 27, 1200z to Feb 28, 1200z Rules: http://www.epcwwdx.srars.org/index.php/contest-rules.html ~ UBA DX Contest - Belgium (CW) ... QRP Category Feb 27, 1300z to Feb 28, 1300z Rules: http://www.uba.be/sites/default/files/uploads/hf_contests/ubatest_dx.pdf ~ Mississippi QSO Party (Ph/CW) Feb 27, 1500z to Feb 28,0300 Rules: http://www.arrlmiss.org ~ North American QSO Party (RTTY) Feb 27, 1800z to Feb 28, 0600z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php ~ Colorado QRP Club Winter QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Contest! Feb 28, 0100z to Mar 1, 0259z Rules: http://www.cqc.org/contests/winter10.htm ~ High Speed CW Club Contest ... QRP Category Feb 28, 0900z to 1100z and 1500z to 1700z Rules: http://www.fmcnet.de/hsc/en/contests.html ~ North Carolina QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 28, 1700z to Mar 1, 0300z Rules: http://www.w4nc.com/2010ncqsoparty.html ~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Event! EST: Mar 1, 9 PM to 11 PM (First Monday each month) UTC: Mar 2, 0200z to 0400z Info: http://adventure-radio.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ~ ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 6, z to Mar 7, 2400z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2010/intldx.html ~ Wake-Up! QRP Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 6, 0600z to 0800z Rules: http://qrp.ru/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticleartid=7page=1 ~ UBA (Belgian) Spring Contest (CW-80m) ... QRP Category Mar 7, 0700z to 1100z Rules: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules ~ CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW) ... QRP Category Mar 10, 1100z to 1200z and Mar 10, 1900z to 2000z and Mar 11, 0300z to 0400z Rules: http://www.cwops.org/onair.html ~ AGCW QRP Contest (CW) ... QRP/QRPp Category Mar 13, 1400z to 2000z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-Contest ~ QRP ARCI HF Grid Square Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 13, 1500z to 1800z Rules: http://www.qrparci.org ~ Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell) ... QRP Category Mar 13, 1600z to 1800z Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home ~ EA PSK31 Contest Mar 13, 1600z to Mar 14, 1600z Rules: http://www.ure.es/contest/428-ea-psk31-contest-english-version.html ~ Elecraft QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category Mar 13, 1800z to Mar 14, 1800z Rules: http://www.elecraft.com/ ~ Second Class Operator's Club Marathon Sprint (CW) .. QRP Contest! Mar 13, 1800z to 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/soc/contests.htm ~ Idaho QSO Party (Ph/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category Mar 13, 1900z to Mar 14, 1900z Rules: http://www.nx7tt.com/main_page_link/rules.htm ~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Mar 14, z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/ ~ North American Sprint (RTTY) ... QRP Category Mar 14, z to 0400z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~
Re: [Elecraft] New K3 -- speech reception is all distorted (SSB)
Ahh, the fun begins. Just wait until you try to auto-tune air if you don't have 2 antennas. - You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/New-K3-speech-reception-is-all-distorted-SSB-tp4633791p4639546.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
[Elecraft] KBPF3 Query
Guys, I was wondering just how this works. Suppose one wants 9 MHz. Does one set the band to 30M and just tune down to it? Does any of this confuse the band selection via buttons? Alternatively if one sets the frequency with the key pad, what band does it appear in. I seem to recall some unintended consequences reported here a long time ago. 73 de Brian/K3KO __ 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] FT-5000
K9BF wrote: I am guessing the price tag on the new 5000 will be somewhere near $5000. I might be able to get my wife to go along at that price. Has anyone have a better idea of the cost? Only 1.5 times the cost of a better performing K3/KRX3. The 5000's Sub RX front end will be very inferior to that in the K3, and true diversity will not be possible without a beat offset. JMHO...time (maybe lots of it) will tell. 73, Bill -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4639807.html Sent from the [HAM] 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] FT-5000
Well I dunno. From looking at the specs on the website, I can't see that the FT-5000 is going to offer anything over and above what you can get with the K3, really. At least nothing off the top of my head that would justify the extra cost. The only feature I see appearing on more rigs that I'd say Elecraft might want to look into is the 200W final amp. This is nice because, IMO, - it reduces the need to go kilowatt with an outboard amp. True it's only a doubling of the typical 100W output, but you can go for quite a while longer without having to invest in a KW. - more headroom for high-duty cycle modes like the digital modes. I.e. you can go 100% duty-cycle at higher power levels than with a 100W final. - very very cushy duty on the final when you are driving an amplifier, particularly one of the older dual 3-500Z amps which can require quite a bit of drive to get to full power. You can run that higher drive level into it all day long without having to be flat out or close to it like you sometimes are with a 100W final into one of the boat anchors. It's probably a relatively low investment in RD and parts, etc., for Elecraft to implement too (tho maybe the size might be a problem in the K3?). That'd be my suggestion as far as a good bang/buck investment Elecraft could make. The claimed IP3 performance of the 5000 is pretty good indeed, but I'll believe it when I see it. Like I said a lot of these boxes are still trying to match the K2 as far as performance hi hi. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4639973.html Sent from the [HAM] 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] KBPF3 Query
In this case, I just key it in. The band will change to 30-meters and if you cycle through the bands, the next time you hit 30-meters you will be set to 9 MHz. BTW, I have my M1-M4 memories set to default frequencies for each band so that M1=CW, M2=SSB, M3=Data A (PSK) and M4=AFSK-A (RTTY). So when I get some oddball frequency/mode set on a particular band, I can quickly recover to a known state. Wes N7WS --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Brian Alsop als...@nc.rr.com wrote: Guys, I was wondering just how this works. Suppose one wants 9 MHz. Does one set the band to 30M and just tune down to it? Does any of this confuse the band selection via buttons? Alternatively if one sets the frequency with the key pad, what band does it appear in. I seem to recall some unintended consequences reported here a long time ago. 73 de Brian/K3KO __ __ 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] FT-5000
Oh and BTW, I wouldn't make too much of the vaporware thing. Producing a rig of the performance and quality level of the K3 isn't an easy or cheap undertaking for anybody. If it were, everyone would be doing it and they'd all be being delivered the next day after the announcement of their release and be selling for 10 bucks hi hi. Like in the SW world, it's a really hard thing to do to deliver something high quality for an acceptable price. So I'm neither surprised nor dismayed by delays and such in new products from really anyone including Yeasu and Elecraft. Just the nature of the beast hi. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4640024.html Sent from the [HAM] 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] FT-5000
Price is on Texastowers.com. István Bill W4ZV wrote: K9BF wrote: I am guessing the price tag on the new 5000 will be somewhere near $5000. I might be able to get my wife to go along at that price. Has anyone have a better idea of the cost? Only 1.5 times the cost of a better performing K3/KRX3. The 5000's Sub RX front end will be very inferior to that in the K3, and true diversity will not be possible without a beat offset. JMHO...time (maybe lots of it) will tell. 73, Bill __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4891 (20100223) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.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] FT-5000
I would certainly send my K3 to Elecraft for the 200 watt upgrade. I'm using a IC-775DSP from a friend while my K3 is back to the factory for the 2 meter mod and what a difference in signal reports. I have a 70 ft tower next to a lake and if I had 200 watts, I wouldn't need a linear. I'm breaking pile ups with first or second call. 100 watts takes a little longer. Honestly, I was shocked. Using the K3 to drive my AL80B, I only use 500 watts max and that is a waste of money. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc 727-944-3226 727-937-8834 Fax 727-510-5038 Cell www.w9dvm.com K3 #1605 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of lstavenhagen Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 11:00 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FT-5000 Well I dunno. From looking at the specs on the website, I can't see that the FT-5000 is going to offer anything over and above what you can get with the K3, really. At least nothing off the top of my head that would justify the extra cost. The only feature I see appearing on more rigs that I'd say Elecraft might want to look into is the 200W final amp. This is nice because, IMO, - it reduces the need to go kilowatt with an outboard amp. True it's only a doubling of the typical 100W output, but you can go for quite a while longer without having to invest in a KW. - more headroom for high-duty cycle modes like the digital modes. I.e. you can go 100% duty-cycle at higher power levels than with a 100W final. - very very cushy duty on the final when you are driving an amplifier, particularly one of the older dual 3-500Z amps which can require quite a bit of drive to get to full power. You can run that higher drive level into it all day long without having to be flat out or close to it like you sometimes are with a 100W final into one of the boat anchors. It's probably a relatively low investment in RD and parts, etc., for Elecraft to implement too (tho maybe the size might be a problem in the K3?). That'd be my suggestion as far as a good bang/buck investment Elecraft could make. The claimed IP3 performance of the 5000 is pretty good indeed, but I'll believe it when I see it. Like I said a lot of these boxes are still trying to match the K2 as far as performance hi hi. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4639973.html Sent from the [HAM] 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 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] K2/100 for sale
Well my indulgence at the Orlando hamfest arrived yesterday - a new K3. This means I need to find a new home for one of my K2s - or my wife may decide to find a new home for me. I have a K2/100 plus the external KAT100 for sale. The K2 serial number is 6405. The KPA100 is older but all the upgrades have been installed. The KSB2, KNB2 and K60XV are all installed in the K2. The other places for accessories have the Rework eliminators installed for easy upgrading. Total cost for all this, including shipping was around $1,600.00. I am asking $1,100 for the complete set and will pay the shipping in the continental US. I have pictures of both the inside and outside of all units and will be glad to email them to anyone who is interested. Please contact me off list via the email address above. Larry Ingram AG4NN __ 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] K2 for sale - addendum
I forgot to say that all the cables and manuals are included as well as the K2 QRP top. Larry Ingram AG4NN __ 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] FT-5000
These are two quite different animals with different design objectives. The FT-5000 weighs 46 pounds and runs on household AC. The K3 weighs 8 pounds and runs off 12 VDC. And here we bump into reality when it comes to 200W. Getting 200 W out of 12 V finals would be a real trick if you want a clean signal. Each rig fits its own segment of the market, and part of the market would be happy with either. I doubt that Elecraft needs to loose much sleep over the FT-5000. David K0LUM At 7:59 AM -0800 2/26/10, lstavenhagen wrote: Well I dunno. From looking at the specs on the website, I can't see that the FT-5000 is going to offer anything over and above what you can get with the K3, really. At least nothing off the top of my head that would justify the extra cost. The only feature I see appearing on more rigs that I'd say Elecraft might want to look into is the 200W final amp. This is nice because, IMO, - it reduces the need to go kilowatt with an outboard amp. True it's only a doubling of the typical 100W output, but you can go for quite a while longer without having to invest in a KW. - more headroom for high-duty cycle modes like the digital modes. I.e. you can go 100% duty-cycle at higher power levels than with a 100W final. - very very cushy duty on the final when you are driving an amplifier, particularly one of the older dual 3-500Z amps which can require quite a bit of drive to get to full power. You can run that higher drive level into it all day long without having to be flat out or close to it like you sometimes are with a 100W final into one of the boat anchors. It's probably a relatively low investment in RD and parts, etc., for Elecraft to implement too (tho maybe the size might be a problem in the K3?). That'd be my suggestion as far as a good bang/buck investment Elecraft could make. The claimed IP3 performance of the 5000 is pretty good indeed, but I'll believe it when I see it. Like I said a lot of these boxes are still trying to match the K2 as far as performance hi hi. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4639973.html Sent from the [HAM] 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 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] FT-5000
Probably not to your ham neighbors who have fewer IMD products to suffer. If Elecraft, or anyone else, offers 200W without going to 28-50V FET finals, I'm not interested. --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Phil LaMarche plama...@verizon.net wrote: Using the K3 to drive my AL80B, I only use 500 watts max and that is a waste of money. Phil __ 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] FT-5000
It looks like the price will be between $5500 and $6300. http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/0355.html In that it has a 9mHz first IF with a 300Hz roofing filter available, it looks like it will be a very good radio. That said, I don't see why we would compare it to the K3. It's a big heavy radio, with a lot of knobs. Some people like big radios with lots of knobs. I still like my Mark-V for SSB and even CW when the bands aren't crowded. But the K3 blocking is so superior to the Mark-V, that for pile-ups it is king. Like the Mark-V, the FT5000 will have a lot of convenience features. As I figure out the K3 programmers reference, I will be adding things I want, like IF/Shift/NR presets through macros for the K3. I think that is fun, others just want buttons on the radio, and don't want to mess with macros. Performance wise, the K3 is on top, but it is also a very technical radio. Some items like AGC and NR have a lot of configuration available. I think that's a good thing, but others just want to push a button, and will settle for a good compromise. I don't have any pressing desire for an FT-5000, but I could buy a used one a few years from now to replace the Mark-V, once the bugs are worked out, and it doesn't cost a lot of extra money. That said, the K3 will be in my shack for a long time. It does everything I need very well. The Mark-V is just a toy I still like to operate, but it doesn't do anything better then the K3, other then 200w, but that isn't a big factor. It just has lots of buttons, and some convenience. :) I personaly think a comparison is apples and oranges. Small portable radio with low current draw vs big, heavy radio that requires an AC power supply. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4640416.html Sent from the [HAM] 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] KBPF3 Query
Hi Brian, This came up and was discussed on Nov. 15, 2009 with a thread titled K3 Firmware Req for SWL band and Using Memories Search for that thread in the archives to read all the gory details. The key information that's missing from the documentation is the band edges. I determined them experimentally to be: 160m 0.5 - 2.99 MHz 80m 3.0 - 4.79 MHz 60m 4.8 - 5.99 MHz 40m 6.0 - 8.99 MHz 30m 9.0 - 12.99 MHz 20m 13.0 - 16.99 MHz 17m 17.0 - 18.99 MHz 15m 19.0 - 22.99 MHz 12m 23.0 - 25.99 MHz 10m 26.0 - 30.00 MHz 6m 44.0 - 54.00 MHz To answer your specific questions: Suppose one wants 9 MHz. Does one set the band to 30M and just tune down to it? You can, but I usually punch in the frequency I want, or one close to it and tune from there. E.g. if I wanted 9 MHz, I punch that in: FREQ ENT 9 AFX (the AFX key is also the ENTER key). Does any of this confuse the band selection via buttons? No. Not as long as you keep in mind the table above. If you're at 9 MHz, you're on the 30m band. If you then go to 15 MHz, you've switched to the 20m band. Alternatively if one sets the frequency with the key pad, what band does it appear in. See the table above. 73 -- Joe KB8AP On Feb 26, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Brian Alsop wrote: Guys, I was wondering just how this works. Suppose one wants 9 MHz. Does one set the band to 30M and just tune down to it? Does any of this confuse the band selection via buttons? Alternatively if one sets the frequency with the key pad, what band does it appear in. I seem to recall some unintended consequences reported here a long time ago. 73 de Brian/K3KO __ 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] FT-5000
The FTDX-5000 will never be a better radio that our K3's but indeed is a very promising receiver because of the adittion of new real roofing filters for 15, 6 and 3Khz as standard installation at the first IF instead of the poor performance MCF (monolitic ceramic filter) that they have been using at the FT950 and FT-2000,it look like finally Yaesu has given a step forward in receivers design to improve performance. AD4C For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3 --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Bob - W0GI b...@gotoloveland.com wrote: From: Bob - W0GI b...@gotoloveland.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FT-5000 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 5:03 PM It looks like the price will be between $5500 and $6300. http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/0355.html In that it has a 9mHz first IF with a 300Hz roofing filter available, it looks like it will be a very good radio. That said, I don't see why we would compare it to the K3. It's a big heavy radio, with a lot of knobs. Some people like big radios with lots of knobs. I still like my Mark-V for SSB and even CW when the bands aren't crowded. But the K3 blocking is so superior to the Mark-V, that for pile-ups it is king. Like the Mark-V, the FT5000 will have a lot of convenience features. As I figure out the K3 programmers reference, I will be adding things I want, like IF/Shift/NR presets through macros for the K3. I think that is fun, others just want buttons on the radio, and don't want to mess with macros. Performance wise, the K3 is on top, but it is also a very technical radio. Some items like AGC and NR have a lot of configuration available. I think that's a good thing, but others just want to push a button, and will settle for a good compromise. I don't have any pressing desire for an FT-5000, but I could buy a used one a few years from now to replace the Mark-V, once the bugs are worked out, and it doesn't cost a lot of extra money. That said, the K3 will be in my shack for a long time. It does everything I need very well. The Mark-V is just a toy I still like to operate, but it doesn't do anything better then the K3, other then 200w, but that isn't a big factor. It just has lots of buttons, and some convenience. :) I personaly think a comparison is apples and oranges. Small portable radio with low current draw vs big, heavy radio that requires an AC power supply. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4640416.html Sent from the [HAM] 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 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] FT-5000
It is nice for Yaesu to finally do something that Ten-Tec and Elecraft have been doing for years. Though they want twice the amount of money for that big nice radio. I don't know nothing about how the RD investment works and how they come up with the pricing, but in my opinion, at this stage this still makes them technology followers - not the leaders. Even their QST add clearly indicates that: The answer When K3 got announced it was a quantum leap ahead of my existing MKV which was a good radio (filled with Inrad filters) for its time. Investing a 'few' extra grand in addition to what I got for my MKV was worth for me given the additional value K3 brought home. Now looking at FTDX5000, some specs look great and I would love to have a nice looking radio such as this one, but for me the cost does not justify it. I still think Yaesu will sell lots of those. Perhaps it would have been a different story if this was a direct sampling radio.. 73, Nick ve3ey On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:44 AM, David Christ radio...@mchsi.com wrote: These are two quite different animals with different design objectives. The FT-5000 weighs 46 pounds and runs on household AC. The K3 weighs 8 pounds and runs off 12 VDC. And here we bump into reality when it comes to 200W. Getting 200 W out of 12 V finals would be a real trick if you want a clean signal. Each rig fits its own segment of the market, and part of the market would be happy with either. I doubt that Elecraft needs to loose much sleep over the FT-5000. David K0LUM At 7:59 AM -0800 2/26/10, lstavenhagen wrote: Well I dunno. From looking at the specs on the website, I can't see that the FT-5000 is going to offer anything over and above what you can get with the K3, really. At least nothing off the top of my head that would justify the extra cost. The only feature I see appearing on more rigs that I'd say Elecraft might want to look into is the 200W final amp. This is nice because, IMO, - it reduces the need to go kilowatt with an outboard amp. True it's only a doubling of the typical 100W output, but you can go for quite a while longer without having to invest in a KW. - more headroom for high-duty cycle modes like the digital modes. I.e. you can go 100% duty-cycle at higher power levels than with a 100W final. - very very cushy duty on the final when you are driving an amplifier, particularly one of the older dual 3-500Z amps which can require quite a bit of drive to get to full power. You can run that higher drive level into it all day long without having to be flat out or close to it like you sometimes are with a 100W final into one of the boat anchors. It's probably a relatively low investment in RD and parts, etc., for Elecraft to implement too (tho maybe the size might be a problem in the K3?). That'd be my suggestion as far as a good bang/buck investment Elecraft could make. The claimed IP3 performance of the 5000 is pretty good indeed, but I'll believe it when I see it. Like I said a lot of these boxes are still trying to match the K2 as far as performance hi hi. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4639973.html Sent from the [HAM] 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 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] [K2] Rework Eliminator(TM) K2 Option Bypass Headers Kit Production Cancelled
to: The K2 Community de: Gary Hvizdak, KI4GGX [K2] Rework Eliminator(TM) K2 Option Bypass Headers Kit Production Cancelled There was very limited response to my recent posts about the future of our Rework Eliminator(TM) K2 Option Bypass Headers kit. So limited in fact that Ken and I no longer believe there is sufficient demand for one final PCB production run. At least not of sufficient quantity for us to continue to offer the kit for a reasonable price. Therefore our Headers kit and associated duplicate K2 PCB parts kits will be discontinued as soon as our present inventory has been depleted. We expect this will occur in roughly three to six months time, but that's just a guess. To prevent a final-hour buying frenzy, we are limiting sales of our remaining Option Bypass Headers kits to one per customer. In contrast, we will to continue to offer our K2 Internal Mic Adaptor kit for several more years, and there is no quantity limit on it. To learn more, visit http://www.unpcbs.com/ 73 __ 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] hi sig : fixed up !
Thanks to Gary Surrency, the Hi Sig displays at last disappeared and the rig works normally. Gary said the KPIO3 could be the cause of the trouble. So, I uninstalled it, as well as the 100w module, downloaded the DSP firmware, and restarted the K3 in the 10 w config'. All went well, so I decided to check, if, reinstalling the KPIO3 and 100w amp, I would still get the hi sig again. Believe it or not , it didn't, and my K3 works beautifully again ! Thanks again to those who replied to my bouteille à la mer last wednesday. Just in case you are interested, there will the French Contest next week-end (to morrow in fact, from 00:00 Saturday to 18:00 Sunday (I think...!) Best 73 Jacques de F90J __ 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] FT-5000
I've always been a no-frills type when it comes to rigs, so it's hard for me to see the appeal of the fancier features of the rigs from the Big Three. So it's hard for me to come up with things they offer that Elecraft doesn't that would appeal to me to make me choose theirs rather than Elecraft. But it strikes me as mostly creature-comforts that make the big rigs appealing rather than just good basic performance. I don't think there's a rig out there that exceeds the performance of the K3's RX period at the current time? Much less for only about 2 grand. It's probably things like computer interfaces - SDR capabilities - and support for all the various digital modes etc., that maybe Wayne and Eric might have the most concern about with the competition. As for me, even my K2 is a stunning upgrade in RX performance over everything I've tried from other manufacturers and I even built the little guy myself as my very first electronic anything kit. Wound the toroids myself too. And it still works better for me than anything else I've tried to date So the K3 I can only imagine what it'd be like to have a rig of that caliber. So as far as making any useful suggestions I'm unfortunately out of ideas at the moment... LS -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4640828.html Sent from the [HAM] 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] ARRL CW K3 mini split...
John and Rick et. al, Rick sez, When I finally had the epiphany that the run station was listening on the last worked stations freq even if off a few hundred Hz my rate went way up. Probably the run stations that were most affected by this were K3 operators since if they had it cranked down to minimum they never heard me when I was on their freq. Darn K3! I operated as CW7T in ARRL CW contest and frequently did the 'mini-split'VFO B became xmit and VFO A was my rit. It was easy to pick off the 'big guns' and guys with kw/beams. The rub is when the pileup gets down to the 100w/dipole/vertical of which the majority of contesters depend on these guys to have a good score. One problem is the packet spoteveryone that clicks on the spot goes to the same frequency and it becomes almost impossible to get the call signs when the pitch are nearly identical. I found that by varying my 'rit' from -130 to +200hz around my xmit freq, it was easy to pick off the call signs.amazing how many guys got it vs didnt...the clue is how long is it taking the run station to answer a call...is he snapping off one callers or getting partial calls/calling QRZ more than once? The key is 'be different' in the pileup...As Rick and John say, open up the BW and see where the guy is that I just worked, then zero beat himAs for me, I ran the BW down to 200 or 250hz while doing my mini splitI worked many guys who were S3 abv and below the run freq while the zero beat guys to my xmit freq were S9 plus. And yes, a number of the K3 guys got in my log using this technique (I recognize a number of the calls from this forum, HI) Look for all u guys in CW WPX in May... 73 Tom __ 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] For Sale (or Trade): XV50 6 Metre Transverter
Elecraft XV50 6m transverter for sale = Built last spring, in new condition and works very well. 20 Watts output. Works seamlessly with an Elecraft K2 and can be internally configured with jumpers to accept 1 mW, 251 mW or 5 Watts input from other (28 MHz) IF transceivers. $325.00 U.S. Dollars. I will pay for shipping anywhere in Canada or the continental U.S. I'll consider a trade for a KX1. Shipping to be negotiated. Please contact me off list. Thank you, Ken Alexander VE3HLS __ 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] french contest
Just in case you want to do it, it starts at 06:00 UTC, and not at 00:00 UTC as I wrote in a previous mail ! Thanks to Christian for reminding me 73 Jacques de F9OJ __ 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] Mega K3
http://www.zerobeat.net/wb8yqj/k3plus.jpg http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/MEGA_K3_VIRTUAL_TRANSCEIVER Many program upgrades - new look - keyboard templates - see it here... ! __ 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] internal vs. external (230 with no DC applied)
Hi Randy, It took me a minute, but I see what your refering too. I should have been a bit more careful in my wording. I should have said I don't believe the unit uses latching relays, and so ~100mA on the DC line is required in order to re-activate them. The Processor internal EPROM, does retain all relay settings. But to my knowledge, the relays will not return to their active state without DC. In normal operation, to get the unit to un-remember a setting, I switch the K2 to another band, find a clear spot, tap the key once, then switch back. This seems to work for me to temporarily confuse the processor and force a full retune. But perhaps there is more to this concerning the setting you mentioned? Perhaps the unit does have latching relays and doesn't require DC? Thanks N1BBR -- Say what? Both of mine do. After a power cycle, all the tuning relays do come up in the open state, but a few dozen milliseconds of low power RF at the desired operating frequency will restore the proper matching condition almost instantly. As a matter of fact, one of the annoying little quirks of the 230 is how very difficult it is to make it unremember the setting for a particular frequency. Do you have the Tune From Memory jumper in your tuner set to NO by any chance? 73... Randy, W8FN The SG-230 does require a continuous stand-by power of about 100mA while in use. It does not retain it settings when power is removed. This may or may not be a concern in emergency (battery) operation. -- bw...@fastmail.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Internal vs. External (230 and experiments)
Hi David, To my knowledge, the only way I could check the L/C on it would be to tune with the unit cover off and then disconnect input/ouput and measure both L C. Otherwise it is just a go/no-go test. I did build an L-network station that I use for manual testing. For the inductor, I used a 6 long ferret core, wrapped unshielded wire around it with spacing sufficient for a micro-jumper-clip. Then I pre-measured the inductance for each clip-point and marked it on the side. I also have a big-ol L network with a 14uH roller inductor in a metal box which I haven't used for years. I'd love to get rid of it(shameless advertisement) N1BBR - When you are doing your experiments, what does the SG tell you? I mean, is there a way of determining the matching condition L and C ? Or is it a go, no-go test? David G3UNA -- bw...@fastmail.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 crystal filter question
Hi all, Just remembered something from my K2 build that I'm still wondering about and never asked on the reflector about. On P54, the 5th step of the build manual: you're instructed to read the number written on the package containing the 7 crystals for the crystal filter. I remember there being such a number on there and writing it down in this step. However, I don't ever recall being asked to use this figure in any of the steps having to do with the crystal filter. Or indeed use that number at all. Unless I goofed up and skipped it somewhere? So my question is, what is this measurement/number ever used for? Just wondering as my K2 seems to work fine and the filters seem to work fine too... Thanks es 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K2-crystal-filter-question-tp4642184p4642184.html Sent from the [K2] 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] K2 crystal filter question
LS, That number is ignored in the base K2 manual, but if you add the KSB2 board, the number that is printed on the crystal set for that option is important to initially set the SSB filter passband right. If you just used the default values for your filter, they will be close, but you will find an improvement if you refine the filter alignment. It is not difficult, and there are several methods, but bite the bullet and use Spectrogram. Go to my website www.w3fpr.com and read the article on K2 Dial Calibration. Part 3 of that article deals with the filter setup, and has links and references. You can download version 5 of Spectrogram (it is freeware) from www.n0ss.net. Note that it is no longer available at Visualization Sofrware's website. 73, Don W3FPR lstavenhagen wrote: Hi all, Just remembered something from my K2 build that I'm still wondering about and never asked on the reflector about. On P54, the 5th step of the build manual: you're instructed to read the number written on the package containing the 7 crystals for the crystal filter. I remember there being such a number on there and writing it down in this step. However, I don't ever recall being asked to use this figure in any of the steps having to do with the crystal filter. Or indeed use that number at all. Unless I goofed up and skipped it somewhere? So my question is, what is this measurement/number ever used for? Just wondering as my K2 seems to work fine and the filters seem to work fine too... __ 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] FT-5000
But it strikes me as mostly creature-comforts that make the big rigs appealing rather than just good basic performance. The other night I was talking to a ham in Nevada who is an accomplished DXer and contester, who was really trying to like the K3 but just couldn't get over the plain looks of it. He'd seen one in person but wasn't impressed by the boxy box. His head told him that the K3 was a better rig, but his heart is still with the FT-1e6 type of radio. I told him straight out he wouldn't be happy with a K3. Because a lot of guys are seduced by the cute, sculptured body of the Japanese rigs that looks like they just poured plastic and metal into a Jello mold of nooks and crannies. They can't resist eye candy like lots of blue lights, gobs of silk-screening makeup and asymmetrical pink buttons. Any 50-something will tell a younger man contemplating marriage that looks aren't everything. What really counts is inside that box, and whether she can withstand the rigors of raising a family over the long haul. But, alas, some men are suckers for a pretty face and a bubbly personality, even with all of its intractable flaws underneath. __ 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] For Sale (or Trade): XV50 6 Metre Transverter
I've always been a no-frills type when it comes to rigs, so it's hard for me to see the appeal of the fancier features of the rigs from the Big Three. So it's hard for me to come up with things they offer that Elecraft doesn't that would appeal to me to make me choose theirs rather than Elecraft. But it strikes me as mostly creature-comforts that make the big rigs appealing rather than just good basic performance. LS . I agree, it is creature comforts, and the toy factor. I have had the Mark-V since around 2003. For CW, I always preferred the Ten-Tec Corsair and Omni-V. The K3 is an amazing radio, but some don't like the small buttons and knobs. For SSB, all the top end radios are pretty darn good. For CW ops, Elecraft and Ten-Tec are tops. I really think that a lot of Elecraft folks like us are very technical hams, that look at performance first, and bells and whistles second. The IC-7800 and FT-9000 are cool, but for CW they aren't even up to a K2. Hard to swallow for owners of $10K+ rigs, but it is the truth. The real impact of the FT-5000, is it will be a bells and whistles radio from Japan that may well be a great CW rig. That said, I am so pleased with the K3's CW performance, that I just don't even care about the FT-5000 more then it could be a toy to replace the Mark-V, if I fine a cheap one 4 years from now with all the upgrades. :) -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4642541.html Sent from the [HAM] 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] FT-5000
I realize this is already OT and making any critical comments about K3s is dangerous in this forum, but how can you say this? Are there some published data on the FT5000 somewhere that prove this? I don't know anything about Yaesus, the last one I owned was labeled Henry Tempo One (FT200) and I'm not here to defend them but until data are available, who knows? But if one wants to guess, it's practically guaranteed that the transmit IMD performance will be far superior in the FT. If that's the case and we want to use that as a criteria (I think we should) then it can be argued that the FT2000 is better than the K3. If you can insert a mono plug into the audio output jack on the FT without blowing the amplifier chip, does that make *it* better? How about if it has fewer internal birdies? What if it's not deaf on 10 and 6 meters? Personally, I'm reasonably happy with my K3 and I'm not interested in the FT5000 (although the new Kenwood tease might be a different story) but the K3 still has warts. And it appears that it's *done* at least for now, as I suspect the P3 has all of the focus these days. Wes N7WS --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Hector Padron ad4c2...@yahoo.com wrote: The FTDX-5000 will never be a better radio that our K3's...[snip] __ 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] FT-5000
I've been a CW proponent for 52 years, now, and have done my share of DXing, contesting, and rag chewing. I just sold two FT-1000s (one D; one non-D) that I've been using for about 10 years in an SO2R station. I replaced them with a pair of K3s. If I did a time-motion study of my actions during a contest, my hand would more than likely be either on the keyboard or the VFO A knob. What matters, though, is what I'm hearing. In the recent ARRL DX contest, the signals just sounded more crisp and discernible with the K3 compared with my FT-1000s. Only when I had four or more JAs piling up on me was it sometimes hard to pull out a call. I probably operate 99 percent CW, 0.8 percent RTTY, and 0.2 percent SSB. I don't need AM, FM, full coverage, etc. And, I didn't have to pay for them, either. Try that with an IC or FT radio. In the end, though, we're all individuals. One of my buddies who owns a K3 and IC-7800 told me he likes the Icom better. I hope so. It cost him $7,000 more. I've never used a panadaptor, but I'm looking forward to playing with a P3. After clearing the space taken up by the two FT-1000s, I certainly have the room for one (or two) of them. 73, Rob K6RB __ 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] FT-5000
Wes, Yes, the K3 does have a few warts that have to be worked out. It will never be finished as far as things like the audio amp/mono plug problem and similar hardware related problems. As a parallel, when there is a particular problem identified on the K2, K1, KX1, or any other Elecraft product, that problem is addressed even though that product may be finished. What I believe finished means to Elecraft is that no further options or upgrades will be offered other than those that are already on the books. Problems will always be addressed, and usually as quickly as possible. Finished is not the same as 'obsolete' or no longer supported. After 10 years, Elecraft customers have not heard anything about 'obsolete' or 'no longer supported'. I don't worry about my Elecraft K2 SN 00020, but I do have concerns about my Yaesu FT-900 or Yaesu 847 should something go wrong with either of them - I guess I just scrap them out or parts. I am not certain how long that situation will last, but from all indications I have it will be a long time into the future. I have no inside information on this subject, but that comment is based on my opinion formed after a long and close relationship working with Wayne and Eric and all the rest of the Elecraft crew. If there is any planned product obsolescence, I have not heard anything about it. Yes, the Elecraft resource focus is on the P3 at the moment causing a momentary lull in the K3 activity, but the K3 list is still present and is being worked at bit by bit. 73, Don W3FPR Wes Stewart wrote: Personally, I'm reasonably happy with my K3 and I'm not interested in the FT5000 (although the new Kenwood tease might be a different story) but the K3 still has warts. And it appears that it's *done* at least for now, as I suspect the P3 has all of the focus these days. __ 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] FT-5000
I realize this is already OT and making any critical comments about K3s is dangerous in this forum, but how can you say this? I don't agree at all with that. Critical comments are made all the time, and the issues are usually fixed. Some of the comments like the K3 is noisy are operator error in my opinion, and that subject brings up replies that may not sit well with some. Look at this page. K3 Alerts, Enhancements and Application Notes. I never saw a page like that for the Mark-V or the Kenwood TS-950SD that I had before it. Kenwood did at least have the mods available on paper, while Yaesu never admits that anything is ever wrong with their rigs. Like every rig I have owned for the last 35 years of being a ham, the K3 has issues. The good part, is Elecraft actualy admits to, and fixes problems. My original Yaesu FT-817 blew the drivers and finals like many others. Yaesu's response was, There is no problem, don't beleive what you read on the internet. Rather then deal with them, I replaced the drivers and finals with heavier Mitsubishi mosfets. Now I can run that FT-817 into a dummy load at 5 watts for a hour, and while too hot to touch, it doesn't blow-up. Let we know if you find anything on Yaesu's site, that admits to any problems on any of their products. Obviously, they are just perfect. :) So while this is all a bit OT, the fact remains that beyond comparing specs, there are differences that go beyond specs. The K3 has specs and support. A good combination, even if it needs some fixes. At least you will get the fixes, and not a run around. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4642884.html Sent from the [HAM] 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] FT-5000 [END of Thread]
Let's end this thread before we beat it to death. :-) 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft Moderator __ 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] FT-5000 [END of Thread]
Eric, Why not beat it to death? :) Just kiddingMaybe... This is just to you, but Yaesu management sucks.. :) 73, Bob W0GI -Original Message- From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft [via Elecraft] [mailto:ml-node+4642926-1099807645-407...@n2.nabble.com] Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 5:50 PM To: Bob - W0GI Subject: Re: FT-5000 [END of Thread] Let's end this thread before we beat it to death. :-) 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft Moderator __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=4642926i=0 This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _ View message @ http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4642926.html To unsubscribe from Re: FT-5000, click (link removed) lbGFuZC5jb218NDY0Mjg4NHwtMTYwOTQ3MzQxNA== here. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FT-5000-tp4052723p4643096.html Sent from the [HAM] 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] KX1 Keying problem
Hi Don, Thanks for the tips. It turned out to be a bad 1/8 in plug. The insulation between tip and first ring is too small, so it doesn't fit correctly. I probably tugged just a wee bit on the cord while testing (apparently repeatedly... go figure). If I don't insert the plug in all the way it works fine. If I use the KXPD1, it works fine. I'll just change the plug and hit the air with my KX1 and my straight key. Thanks and 73, Sean - VA5LF On 25/02/2010 3:12 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Sean, You say the KXPD1 has been working fine, so try a test. Put the KXPD1 back on, but leave the KX1 set for INP HND. Use the dot side of the paddle only and 'key' it as you would with a hand key. Does the KX1 do the same thing? If it behaves OK, then look carefully at your hand key(s) and their cabling. I would expect the resistance when the key is open to be very high, but if you find it is down in the thousands of ohms, that may cause the behavior you are seeing - clean the dust off the key (top and bottom) and see if that helps If it mis-behaves with the KXPD1 during the test above, then the problem is in the KX1 - look at the soldering for the key jack, C32 and C33, R16 and R17, U1 pins 24 and 25 and RP1 pins 5 and 6 - reflow the soldering for these components with a hot (750 deg F) iron and see if that helps. Also be certain the U1 microprocessor chip is fully seated in its socket - the leads should be in the socket almost up to the shoulders. It takes some amount of pressure to seat it - place both thumbs on the chip with the fingers beneath the board and apply pressure. Many 'strange happenings' are cured by fully seating the microprocessor chip. If all that fails to resolve the problem, about the only thing left is some strange behavior in the microprocessor itself, but this is the first time I have heard a report like yours, so that is very far down on the suspect list. 73, Don W3FPR Sean Cavanaugh wrote: Hi all, I have a KX1 that has worked just fine for me for the last 2 years or so. I've been using the KXPD1 paddles without problem. I wanted to try working on some QRP contacts for the SKCC, so I plugged in my straight key and set the input to hnd. When I start sending, the rig keys normally for about 20-30 seconds, then stays keyed for a random amount of time, whether the key is closed or not. It will usually stay keyed for between 10 and15 seconds, then unkey. If I close the key again it will do the same. I can get it to stop by unplugging the key or waiting, but it will continue to have this unkeying issue until I turn off the rig. It will then work for 20-30 seconds and start all over again. I've tried a different key with the same result. Any ideas? I'd love to not have to use the big rig for SKCC contacts. Thanks and 73, Sean - VA5LF __ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2709 - Release Date: 02/25/10 02:34:00 __ 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] KX1 Keying problem
Sean, Good sleuthing. That is one reason I order only good name brand plugs and jacks (Switchcraft is usually good). I have bought junk from Radio shack that has given nothing but headaches - other distributors that offer bargain prices have similar problems. 73, Don W3FPR Sean Cavanaugh wrote: Hi Don, Thanks for the tips. It turned out to be a bad 1/8 in plug. The insulation between tip and first ring is too small, so it doesn't fit correctly. I probably tugged just a wee bit on the cord while testing (apparently repeatedly... go figure). If I don't insert the plug in all the way it works fine. If I use the KXPD1, it works fine. I'll just change the plug and hit the air with my KX1 and my straight key. Thanks and 73, __ 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] Pressing Reply and changing the Subject may cause your message to get overlooked
If you press Reply in your mail reader and then change the subject, for example, from Great Propagation on 6 Meters to For Sale XV50, your message still has a secret In-reply-to field in it referring to the original message you replied to. Some mail mail readers use this In-reply-to header to place your message back in its place in the original topic list, as a reply, even though you changed the subject. Readers who might otherwise be interested in your new For Sale topic won't see it, because it will show up in the middle of the list of Great Propagation messages, were it is likely to get overlooked This threaded display feature is present both in mail reading programs such as GMail and Thunderbird, and in web site archives such as Nabble. So, in order to maximize the number of people who will see your messages on *new* subjects, please start out with Compose or New Message instead of Reply. This is a personal request from me, and isn't endorsed by Elecraft. Thank you, Leigh/WA5ZNU __ 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] Elecraft SSB Net
Last call: who wants to pick up the Sunday SSB net this week (2/28). We may have coverage next week (3/7), but we still need someone this week. Good luck and enjoy. 73, Phil, NS7P -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phillip Shepard Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:36 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Hi gang, The weekly Elecraft SSB net meets on Sundays at 1800Z on or about 14.314MHz. I will not be able to be net control station starting this week and running through at least the end of March. Therefore, we need one or more of you to step up and take the net. It isn't difficult. The pace is casual and the group is friendly. It would help if you have an amplifier and a gain antenna, but that may not be critical if you generally put out a good signal. So, how about it - who will seize this opportunity to serve your fellow Elecrafters? 73, Phil, NS7P __ 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
