Re: [Elecraft] A few thoughts on the K3 as an AM SWBC receiver
Sorry if I missed it, but, can a manual setting be set by a macro? David G3UNA > > It would be nice if the K3 could remember the ATU mode (auto or > manual) per each tuning segment instead of just having it apply to the > entire swath of band. Then the SWBC segments would remember their > manual settings while the ham portions could remain in auto tune. > > 73, > Drew > AF2Z __ 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] F/S: KDSP2 Assembled Board & Manual
Hi Alan - Yep, I've had several email exchanges with the bidder, YO3AIZ - all is fine with his bidding. He's got what he believes is the only K2 in Romania!!! Tnx about the pix. Good equipment helps offset a bad photographer! 73, Jim -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/F-S-KDSP2-Assembled-Board-Manual-tp5006977p5012441.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] K3 - SWR on Tx Gain Calibration
When in doubt, search the archives! http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg69011.html http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg84916.html Bob NW8L On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Mike wrote: > lstavenhagen wrote: >> For what it's worth, I definitely can't replicate this on my K3. The ATU is >> definitely is bypassed when I select bypass on 10M (in both ANT sockets). >> Do you hear the relay clicking when you switch back and forth between bypass >> and inline? >> >> 73, >> LS >> W5QD >> > I had a question about bypassing the ATU a while back. If I remember > correctly (put the IF in caps), I was told it is not completely out of > the circuit when it's bypassed. > Don? Lyle? Wayne? > > 73, Mike NF4L > > __ > 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] cw 'clicking' ??
On Wed, 5 May 2010 16:27:16 -0700 (PDT), callen1155 wrote: >Is this 'clicking' normal and is there a solution to eliminate it? Chuck, Clicks can be caused by the transmitter, but they can also be produced in your receiver if it is being overloaded. Several suggestions. First, make sure your Noise Blanker isn't turned on. Noise Blankers can CAUSE key clicks. Second, if you still hear clicks, leave your noise blanker off, and work on finding and eliminating the overload condition. Turn off your preamp, and see if the clicks go away. Sometimes a preamp can overload and cause the clicks in your radio (or overload the radio itself). If you still hear clicks, leave the preamp off and turn on the ATTEN in the K3. And if you STILL hear clicks, remove the antenna and stick a short piece of wire in the K3 antenna input. If none of that makes the clicks go away (and his signal is still strong), let him know he's causing bad clicks and making 6M unusable at your QTH. Both the FCC Rules and the spirit of ham radio require that he get rid of HIS clicks, even if that means turning off his transmitter. He is NOT responsible if your rig is creating the clicks because it's overloaded. But again, in the spirit of ham radio, he should do something with his beacon to make life on 6M viable for you. 73, Jim Brown K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] F/S: KDSP2 Assembled Board & Manual
Jim, As the seller, I believe you can directly query the bidder to verify his intentions. In fact, you can probably bar all bidders with less than 10 points, for example, and allow them to bid only if approved by writing to you. You took some nice pictures ... Cheers, Alan Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40) 570-321-1516 http://WilcoxEngineering.com Williamsport, PA 17701 Jim Bennett / W6JHB wrote: > > > That being said, the "Buy It Now" option for the KDSP2 has gone away, as > someone has placed a bid. I'm hoping this person is a valid buyer, as he has > a zero feedback score and is located in Romania. If it is someone from this > list, I'd like to hear from him/her, just to make me feel a little more > comfortable...! > __ 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] cw 'clicking' ??
LOL Well, he looks like a real nice guy, nice QRZ page. You didn't mention his call/name, so I won't either (after the recent foofaraw about "outing" somebody), but finding out who he is doesn't take a rocket scientist. :-) Does he know you're hearing clicks from his beacon transmitter? He seems to be a very active and public ham in your area, so I'm sure he'd like to know. He says on his QRZ page that everything in his shack is Icom, so I assume that includes the beacon radios -- though he doesn't say specifically what those transmitters are. (He has a beacon on 2m also.) I played around with converting an old low-band FM radio into a 6m beacon a few years ago, and I never could get the key clicks out of it no matter how I tried to key it. The ARRL Handbook "suggested" a rather elaborate keying/shaping circuit with multiple semiconductor devices, and I wasn't up for going to that level of complexity, so I just gave up on the project. (I know, shame on me.) Key clicks can be a bear to get rid of -- but I haven't specifically heard of any Icom radios having a bad key click problem like many Yaesu radios are known to. Others may know otherwise; I've never owned any Icom radios besides an IC-22 in the early 1970s. :-) Bill W5WVO -- From: "Steve Ellington" Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 5:51 PM To: "callen1155" ; Subject: Re: [Elecraft] cw 'clicking' ?? > wire cutters > > Steve > N4LQ > - Original Message - > From: "callen1155" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 7:27 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] cw 'clicking' ?? > > >> >> >> Hello folks. >> >> I have a fellow ham a mile down the road that is running a 6 meter cw >> beacon >> at 100 watts. His transmit freq is 50.060 MHz. With my K3 (stock 2,7k >> filter >> only) I hear his 'clicking' at 50.125 MHz while listening for SSB >> activity. >> My antenna is a random length dipole (about 200 feet long). >> >> Is this 'clicking' normal and is there a solution to eliminate it? >> >> thanks. >> chuck >> af4xk >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/cw-clicking-tp5011614p5011614.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 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] cw 'clicking' ??
It's called key clicks, and it's the fault of the beacon transmitter. Being only a block away makes the clicks much louder to you. One setting of NB or another will probably remove it for you. On 40m I use NB with settings DSP t 3-7 or t 2-7 with IF OFF. 73, Guy On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:27 PM, callen1155 wrote: > > > Hello folks. > > I have a fellow ham a mile down the road that is running a 6 meter cw beacon > at 100 watts. His transmit freq is 50.060 MHz. With my K3 (stock 2,7k filter > only) I hear his 'clicking' at 50.125 MHz while listening for SSB activity. > My antenna is a random length dipole (about 200 feet long). > > Is this 'clicking' normal and is there a solution to eliminate it? > > thanks. > chuck > af4xk > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/cw-clicking-tp5011614p5011614.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 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] cw 'clicking' ??
wire cutters Steve N4LQ - Original Message - From: "callen1155" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 7:27 PM Subject: [Elecraft] cw 'clicking' ?? > > > Hello folks. > > I have a fellow ham a mile down the road that is running a 6 meter cw > beacon > at 100 watts. His transmit freq is 50.060 MHz. With my K3 (stock 2,7k > filter > only) I hear his 'clicking' at 50.125 MHz while listening for SSB > activity. > My antenna is a random length dipole (about 200 feet long). > > Is this 'clicking' normal and is there a solution to eliminate it? > > thanks. > chuck > af4xk > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/cw-clicking-tp5011614p5011614.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 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] cw 'clicking' ??
Hello folks. I have a fellow ham a mile down the road that is running a 6 meter cw beacon at 100 watts. His transmit freq is 50.060 MHz. With my K3 (stock 2,7k filter only) I hear his 'clicking' at 50.125 MHz while listening for SSB activity. My antenna is a random length dipole (about 200 feet long). Is this 'clicking' normal and is there a solution to eliminate it? thanks. chuck af4xk -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/cw-clicking-tp5011614p5011614.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 - SWR on Tx Gain Calibration
FWIW, my K3 does not audibly activate any relays when switching between AUTO and BYPASS modes on 6 meters -- but on every other band, it does, you can hear it. And the ATU does engage and match on 6 meters when not bypassed. Curious. Bill W5WVO -- From: "lstavenhagen" Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:39 AM To: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - SWR on Tx Gain Calibration > > For what it's worth, I definitely can't replicate this on my K3. The ATU > is > definitely is bypassed when I select bypass on 10M (in both ANT sockets). > Do you hear the relay clicking when you switch back and forth between > bypass > and inline? > > 73, > LS > W5QD > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-SWR-on-Tx-Gain-Calibration-tp5008783p5009531.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 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 - SWR on Tx Gain Calibration
lstavenhagen wrote: > For what it's worth, I definitely can't replicate this on my K3. The ATU is > definitely is bypassed when I select bypass on 10M (in both ANT sockets). > Do you hear the relay clicking when you switch back and forth between bypass > and inline? > > 73, > LS > W5QD > I had a question about bypassing the ATU a while back. If I remember correctly (put the IF in caps), I was told it is not completely out of the circuit when it's bypassed. Don? Lyle? Wayne? 73, Mike NF4L __ 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] F/S: KDSP2 Assembled Board & Manual
The 1/2" hex spacer and 1/4" 4-440 mounting screw WILL be included in the package. I've ordered the two jacks and expect them to be here Friday or Saturday. While they might not be needed by all K2 owners, I'd hate for someone to buy the KDSP2 board and then find out there are no jacks on the K2's control board to mount it to! Wouldn't make for a happy customer. And besides, it only cost me a couple bucks. That being said, the "Buy It Now" option for the KDSP2 has gone away, as someone has placed a bid. I'm hoping this person is a valid buyer, as he has a zero feedback score and is located in Romania. If it is someone from this list, I'd like to hear from him/her, just to make me feel a little more comfortable...! -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/F-S-KDSP2-Assembled-Board-Manual-tp5006977p5009958.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] K3 - SWR on Tx Gain Calibration
For what it's worth, I definitely can't replicate this on my K3. The ATU is definitely is bypassed when I select bypass on 10M (in both ANT sockets). Do you hear the relay clicking when you switch back and forth between bypass and inline? 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-SWR-on-Tx-Gain-Calibration-tp5008783p5009531.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 - SWR on Tx Gain Calibration
For some time I've been puzzled that, when doing a TX gain calibration either manually or with the utility, the SWR displayed was 1.0:1 on all bands except for 10m where it was 1.5:1. Yesterday my K3 (Ser. No. 266) had a meeting with a K3 (slightly earlier Ser. No.) belonging to David G4DMP (the owners met too!) and we found that his K3 was the same. Now here's the interesting thing. During tx gain calibration a 50 ohm dummy load is used and the ATU is in bypass mode. As an experiment David put his K3's ATU in circuit on 10m and pressed ATU Tune - result (unsurprisingly) 1.0:1. He then put the ATU back into bypass mode and held Tune as one would do in a tx gain calibration. Hey presto - 1.0:1! My K3 behaved in exactly the same way and now always displays 1.0:1 on 10m into the dummy load with the ATU in bypass mode. Presumably this is something to do with the ATU not being out of circuit when in bypass mode. 73 to all Geoff G3UCK __ 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] F/S: KDSP2 Assembled Board & Manual
On Wed May 5 at 0037 EDT Jim Bennett (W6JHB) wrote ... "I may have all three components ... Otherwise I'll get those jacks ordered ASAP and be sure they are included ..." -- Jim, I only mentioned this because a few months ago someone was trying to obtain one of the hex spacers on the Reflector. Thus, I assumed they had purchased a second-hand KDSP2 and the seller did not include the spacer. This is expected for options like the K60XV and the K160RX, since removing those spacers would require significant disassembly for the seller. However, the spacer for the KDSP2 is simple to remove. As far as the two jacks are concerned, most sellers would leave that purchase up to the buyer, especially if you don't have them on hand. I suggest that is the best approach given that (since 2006) many K2s have been built "option ready" from the start. Thus they already include these two jacks. 73, Gary KI4GGX webmaster http://www.unpcbs.com/ K2 #4067 __ 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
