[Elecraft] K3-P3-TR Logging Program
Just received the P3. Connected up the K3-P3 and logging computer with TR working. I read and understand the difference in rate between the baud rates between the K3 and P3 (38,400) and the P3 and whatever the computer program needs. ( in this case 4800 as that is the fastest rate TR will take). When I query the P3 with the K3 utility it reports the speed for the P3 at 4800 after I set it for that speed on the P3. The TR program doesn't communicate with the P3 even though the rate is correct. When I turn off the P3 and reset the K3 rate to 4800 it works perfectly. A few questions: 1) Does the P3 emulate the K3 as in using the Kenwood protocol for communication or is it a new animal that maybe TR doesn't recognize? 2) Anybody have the K3-P3-TR logging program functioning all together? 3) What am I not seeing wrong here? 4) Yes I know I should get a non-DOS logging program but my current configuration really works well and I hate to fix it because it isn't broken! Tnx- 73 and I remain, Lew W7EW __ 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: display quirk..
Hello All, My base K2 is completed and KSB2, KNB2 and KDSP2 modules are installed and working well. I'm relieved. Thanks to Don for his reassurance along the way. I've noticed a quirk with the display of my K2 and can't find it mentioned in the archives. While tuning with the VFO, the display will jump for an instant between either the power display or the keyer speed display. It is a very transient switch between the two displays. It occurs infrequently and I can't predict it. Changing the position of the keyer speed and power pots, in case they are close to some critical voltage position, hasn't changed the glitch. This makes no difference to the function of the K2, so I'm just ignoring it, but I'm wondering if its particular to my K2, or if others have noticed this. Seems to me like it might be a processor issue. Now on with the KPA100... Thanks and 73 John VK7JB -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-display-quirk-tp5657972p5657972.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] For Sale
Hi I'm very interested in your kx1. please contact me on luca.amend...@uniroma1.it thanks luca -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/For-Sale-tp5651155p5657992.html Sent from the [KX1] 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 AGC dead spot
Thanks, Vic. Per Dale's suggestion I did a calibration using factory defaults, and the dead spot is gone, and the S-meter is back to rising with a decrease of RF gain. Dagnab it. 73, Mike NF4L On 10/20/2010 11:50 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote: My guess is that you need to do the RF Gain Calibration procedure with the K3 utility. If you have an XG1 or XG2 you can use it as a calibrated source, or if not you can tell the utility to use the factory default settings. On 10/20/2010 8:13 PM, Mike wrote: Tonight I noticed that from about 2:00 to 2:30 on the RF gain encoder, the receiver goes dead. It's not dependent on the THR or SLP settings which I adjusted to match some advice given here short time past. I also realized my S-meter doesn't rise as the RF gain is reduced. I like that, but I don't know how it got that way. :-P I have the latest firmware. It's not really a big deal, but is is puzzling. 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] K2 S/N 7012 lives!
It certainly was a challenge. I got the kit around Sept. 1st and thought I would have it done by my mid-september vacation. (Ha!) I'll admit I was a bit overwhelmed when I opented the box. I had not built a kit of any size for nearly 30 years when I built a Heathkit stereo. One of my first thoughts upon opening the box was what have I got myself into!? What I forgot to mention in my original post was that when the clip lead slipped and shorted out the PA transistors The radio would not power up at that point due to the shorted transistors. Studying the schematic I saw that if I removed T3 I would remove power to that section of the circuit. I did so and (whew) the K2 powered up again. That allowed me to continue de-bugging the recieve issues while waiting for hte replacement transistors. (I ordered TWO sets by the way hihi) I bought the radio for QRP backpacking. I have been using an FT-817. The thing is, the K2 is so nice I don't know if I can bring myself to take it outside on a hike! 73 de Al, W2GZN From: Byron Servies by...@servies.us To: Alan Davenport w2...@yahoo.com Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 10:56:31 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 S/N 7012 lives! On Wednesday, October 20, 2010, Alan Davenport w2...@yahoo.com wrote: K2 S/N 7012 lives! I just finished assembly and testing of my K2 and it is working 100%. Congratulations! I'm very jealous; I very much enjoy K1 2799 that I built over Christmas last year but am ready to move up to a K2. Hopefully I can complete one before Field Day next year. Just have to save up the $$ first! Enjoy your radio! 73 de Byron KI6NUL -- - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] RF Gain Factory Defaults
After seeing various posts on this subject, thought I'd give it a try. Unfortunately when I opt for factory defaults and click on Calibrate I get the following error message : E0400E3 ERR DSE on the K3 display and on the K3 utility I see DSP command response did not arrive. The radio is performing normally, should I panic?? 73 Mal G4KFT -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/RF-Gain-Factory-Defaults-tp5658229p5658229.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] RF Gain Factory Defaults
Don't panic! check you've installed the latest F/W and you have installed all files (all checkboxes in K3 Util for files checked). If it's not installing correctly, double check the baud speed on both K3 and Util. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108 -- Hofstadter's Law: The time and effort required to complete a project are always more than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. On 21 Oct 2010, at 12:08, Malcolm Rothwell wrote: After seeing various posts on this subject, thought I'd give it a try. Unfortunately when I opt for factory defaults and click on Calibrate I get the following error message : E0400E3 ERR DSE on the K3 display and on the K3 utility I see DSP command response did not arrive. The radio is performing normally, should I panic?? 73 Mal G4KFT -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/RF-Gain-Factory-Defaults-tp5658229p5658229.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] RF Gain Factory Defaults
Mal: I've had a similar problem when using the XG1 to run the RF Calibration on the SUB Rx (Main works fine). Dick Dievendorff (author of K3 Utility) is aware of the problem and will hand it off to Lyle when he gets back from vacation shortly. 73, Ken K3IU On 10/21/2010 7:08 AM, Malcolm Rothwell wrote: After seeing various posts on this subject, thought I'd give it a try. Unfortunately when I opt for factory defaults and click on Calibrate I get the following error message : E0400E3 ERR DSE on the K3 display and on the K3 utility I see DSP command response did not arrive. The radio is performing normally, should I panic?? 73 Mal G4KFT __ 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] RF Gain Factory Defaults
Malcolm This issue has been resolved with the latest version of the K3 Utility (1.3.10.11). Your firmware is probably OK, but it will do no harm to re-load it before you run the Calibration procedure. 73 Norman - GM4KGK Malcolm Rothwell wrote: Unfortunately when I opt for factory defaults and click on Calibrate I get the following error message : E0400E3 ERR DSE on the K3 display and on the K3 utility I see DSP command response did not arrive. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/RF-Gain-Factory-Defaults-tp5658229p5658320.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 AGC dead spot
The thing to note here, this ain't your daddy's analog radio, the only actual stage gain adjustments you have are ATT and PRE. The rest is all in the numbers, as the front panel knobs are just numerical advice to the firmware. They don't directly control anything. What needs to happen is a calibration of what voltage sent to the variable 8 MHz stage produces a specific number out of the 15 kHz analog-to-digital converter, etc, and exactly what stage gain change occurs when PRE enabled, ATT enabled. Also note here that the PRE and ATT button is also just advice to the firmware. The button does not directly control a circuit, as opposed to a DPDT switch carrying RF on its terminals that literally removes a PRE from the circuit. The in and out is done by a one or zero bit state from the MCU, converted to a switching voltage which biases various diodes which change the signal path in the RX. All of this stuff gets tabled up in the firmware, which constantly consults it to set levels in the output and optimize IF gain into the 15 kHz ADC. If the numbers in the table are goofy, so will the behavior be goofy. Better to calibrate the K3 on a signal source (over the years, the XG-2 will pay for itself, over and over) and have it right. If you bought the radio assembled, this was done for you when you got it. If you assembled it, needs doing. Personally, sometimes I think the tables get hosed by ??? and needs redoing. Done it a couple of times to restore normal function and have no clue what happened to make it that way. 73, Guy. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Mike n...@nf4l.com wrote: Thanks, Vic. Per Dale's suggestion I did a calibration using factory defaults, and the dead spot is gone, and the S-meter is back to rising with a decrease of RF gain. Dagnab it. 73, Mike NF4L On 10/20/2010 11:50 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote: My guess is that you need to do the RF Gain Calibration procedure with the K3 utility. If you have an XG1 or XG2 you can use it as a calibrated source, or if not you can tell the utility to use the factory default settings. On 10/20/2010 8:13 PM, Mike wrote: Tonight I noticed that from about 2:00 to 2:30 on the RF gain encoder, the receiver goes dead. It's not dependent on the THR or SLP settings which I adjusted to match some advice given here short time past. I also realized my S-meter doesn't rise as the RF gain is reduced. I like that, but I don't know how it got that way. :-P I have the latest firmware. It's not really a big deal, but is is puzzling. 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] K2: display quirk..
Hello John, The display of my K2/100 #3255 behaves in similar fashion sometimes, albeit not often. I was at first concerned that this quirk might be a symptom of some serious problem, but the results of two tone IMD transmitter tests and receiver noise floor measurements I made showed no change when the display jumped. Thus I no longer worry about it. Did you find the cause of the problem you had when using your remote antenna tuner? 73, Geoff GM4ESD VK7JB wrote on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 10:25 +0100: Hello All, My base K2 is completed and KSB2, KNB2 and KDSP2 modules are installed and working well. I'm relieved. Thanks to Don for his reassurance along the way. I've noticed a quirk with the display of my K2 and can't find it mentioned in the archives. While tuning with the VFO, the display will jump for an instant between either the power display or the keyer speed display. It is a very transient switch between the two displays. It occurs infrequently and I can't predict it. Changing the position of the keyer speed and power pots, in case they are close to some critical voltage position, hasn't changed the glitch. This makes no difference to the function of the K2, so I'm just ignoring it, but I'm wondering if its particular to my K2, or if others have noticed this. Seems to me like it might be a processor issue. Now on with the KPA100... Thanks and 73 John VK7JB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC dead spot
I understand that the knob labeled RF doesn't really control RF gain, but since Elecraft labeled it that way, I think it's better to reference it that way. I have an XG2, and had done the RF gain calibration using it. Dale recommended doing it using the factory defaults. I'm waiting to hear back from him why. It's a kit, just a tad over a year old, with all available mods. The mechanism by which the tables may get hosed is the same principle which makes them work. HPFM. (HocusPocusFreakyMagic) :-D . 73, Mike NF4L On 10/21/2010 7:42 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: The thing to note here, this ain't your daddy's analog radio, the only actual stage gain adjustments you have are ATT and PRE. The rest is all in the numbers, as the front panel knobs are just numerical advice to the firmware. They don't directly control anything. What needs to happen is a calibration of what voltage sent to the variable 8 MHz stage produces a specific number out of the 15 kHz analog-to-digital converter, etc, and exactly what stage gain change occurs when PRE enabled, ATT enabled. Also note here that the PRE and ATT button is also just advice to the firmware. The button does not directly control a circuit, as opposed to a DPDT switch carrying RF on its terminals that literally removes a PRE from the circuit. The in and out is done by a one or zero bit state from the MCU, converted to a switching voltage which biases various diodes which change the signal path in the RX. All of this stuff gets tabled up in the firmware, which constantly consults it to set levels in the output and optimize IF gain into the 15 kHz ADC. If the numbers in the table are goofy, so will the behavior be goofy. Better to calibrate the K3 on a signal source (over the years, the XG-2 will pay for itself, over and over) and have it right. If you bought the radio assembled, this was done for you when you got it. If you assembled it, needs doing. Personally, sometimes I think the tables get hosed by ??? and needs redoing. Done it a couple of times to restore normal function and have no clue what happened to make it that way. 73, Guy. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Miken...@nf4l.com wrote: Thanks, Vic. Per Dale's suggestion I did a calibration using factory defaults, and the dead spot is gone, and the S-meter is back to rising with a decrease of RF gain. Dagnab it. 73, Mike NF4L On 10/20/2010 11:50 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote: My guess is that you need to do the RF Gain Calibration procedure with the K3 utility. If you have an XG1 or XG2 you can use it as a calibrated source, or if not you can tell the utility to use the factory default settings. On 10/20/2010 8:13 PM, Mike wrote: Tonight I noticed that from about 2:00 to 2:30 on the RF gain encoder, the receiver goes dead. It's not dependent on the THR or SLP settings which I adjusted to match some advice given here short time past. I also realized my S-meter doesn't rise as the RF gain is reduced. I like that, but I don't know how it got that way. :-P I have the latest firmware. It's not really a big deal, but is is puzzling. 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] K2: display quirk..
John, Most K2s will do that on occasion. It normally happens when the firmware is doing many tasks. If it is frequent, then you may have a problem, but just occasionally, no problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/21/2010 5:25 AM, VK7JB wrote: Hello All, My base K2 is completed and KSB2, KNB2 and KDSP2 modules are installed and working well. I'm relieved. Thanks to Don for his reassurance along the way. I've noticed a quirk with the display of my K2 and can't find it mentioned in the archives. While tuning with the VFO, the display will jump for an instant between either the power display or the keyer speed display. It is a very transient switch between the two displays. It occurs infrequently and I can't predict it. Changing the position of the keyer speed and power pots, in case they are close to some critical voltage position, hasn't changed the glitch. This makes no difference to the function of the K2, so I'm just ignoring it, but I'm wondering if its particular to my K2, or if others have noticed this. Seems to me like it might be a processor issue. Now on with the KPA100... Thanks and 73 John VK7JB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3-P3-TR Logging Program
W7EW wrote: Just received the P3. Connected up the K3-P3 and logging computer with TR working. I read and understand the difference in rate between the baud rates between the K3 and P3 (38,400) and the P3 and whatever the computer program needs. ( in this case 4800 as that is the fastest rate TR will take). When I query the P3 with the K3 utility it reports the speed for the P3 at 4800 after I set it for that speed on the P3. The TR program doesn't communicate with the P3 even though the rate is correct. When I turn off the P3 and reset the K3 rate to 4800 it works perfectly. A few questions: 1) Does the P3 emulate the K3 as in using the Kenwood protocol for communication or is it a new animal that maybe TR doesn't recognize? 2) Anybody have the K3-P3-TR logging program functioning all together? 3) What am I not seeing wrong here? 4) Yes I know I should get a non-DOS logging program but my current configuration really works well and I hate to fix it because it isn't broken! I use TR-Log 6.95 with my K3s/P3s and there have been some versions of the P3 firmware that did not work properly at 4800 Baud. 4800 did work in version 0.35 or so, then broke in 0.38 and is now working again (I think) in 0.39 which is still in Beta. So, QRX for a new version of the P3 firmware that will work at 4800 Baud. You'll have to leave the P3 turned off and reset the K3 RS232 speed back to 4800 in the interim. Alternatively, lobby Tree to add 38400 to TR-Log. He claims it works with an additional configuration command (USE IRQS = TRUE), but that didn't work for me and I haven't heard back from Tree. Ed - W0YK __ 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 AGC dead spot
Mike, Recently a bug was found with the RF Gain Calibration routine in K3 Utility did not properly save the new data. If you were not using the very latest K3 Utility, that would explain many anomalies. Moral - download the latest K3 Utility and try again. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/21/2010 8:53 AM, Mike wrote: I understand that the knob labeled RF doesn't really control RF gain, but since Elecraft labeled it that way, I think it's better to reference it that way. I have an XG2, and had done the RF gain calibration using it. Dale recommended doing it using the factory defaults. I'm waiting to hear back from him why. It's a kit, just a tad over a year old, with all available mods. The mechanism by which the tables may get hosed is the same principle which makes them work. HPFM. (HocusPocusFreakyMagic) :-D . __ 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] PSK-31 Decoding
Been trying to decode PSK 31 the past 2 nights with no success. I received my K3 2 days ago and I've set the mode to Data plus pushed the decode button on the right and selected PSK 31. But for some reason when I go to the 14,070 on 20 meters it will not decode the PSK. Perhaps there is a fine tune that needs to be activated so that I can do this. I have no problem on CW, but PSK 31 is a challenge. Any suggestions? Thanks!! Mark KB3Z __ 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] DXLab Commander K3 user-defined controls sliders
I uploaded my DXLab Commander user-defined controls and sliders (just AF and RF gain so far) for the K3 to the DXLab Yahoo Files folder: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlab/files/Command%20Sequences%20%26%20Slider s/Elecraft/ . Though the K3 has the capability of using front panel keys for macros, the DXLab Commander rig control program sequences (macros) can be longer and don't use the radio's buttons. I am using those I uploaded though they can serve as examples that can be adapted to other applications. One simply switches VOX on and off instead of using the press and hold key on the radio. Another mutes the AF gain. I have two more complicated ones that switch between a front-panel mic and a rear-panel mic, changing the TX EQ, mic gain, compression, and VOX gain. In my files, the rear-panel mic is a Heil HC-4, and the two front panel mics are my old Shure 444D and a Heil PR-781 set up for non-pileup use (ragchewing but not ESSB). The settings I'm using are for my voice, so you'd need to adjust them for your preferences. I used the help documentation at http://www.dxlabsuite.com/commander/Help/CommandSequences.htm , the K3 Programmer's Reference Manual, and the K3 Utility Program help file to understand how to set them up. Since I'm posting this to two reflectors, the DXLab Suite site is http://www.dxlabsuite.com/. You can simply download the files into the Commander\Sequences or Commander\Sliders folder and load them, editing them to customize them for your use. You have to check the box in the Commander Configuration General panel to Show user-defined controls panel. Jim N7US __ 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] length of control cables between K2 and KAT100/KPA100
I'm almost done with the construction of my K2 twins (K2, KAT100/KPA100) and am about to construct the control cable for the K2 -- KAT100/KPA100 -- PC. The instructions from the KIO2 state that the length of the cable can be up to 15' (the total length included in the kit), but the KAT100 manual states that it should be 2' (between the K2 and the KAT100). The KAT100 instructions also state that A longer cable can also be used, but it will have to be tested to ensure that is is not subject to RF interference. Other conflicting information comes from the KIO2 manual (first page) which states that RS-232 interfaces are often significant sources of RFI but that the KIO2's serial interface provides an HF crystal oscillator (operating well outside of any ham band) to generate the negative driver voltage. So, which is it? ;-) I understand that the cable can pick up stray RF (I'm guessing that's why the KAT100 instructions state to make the cable as short as needed). Are the cables sufficiently shielded, or not? Should I consider purchasing other 4 conductor cables to replace the ones in these kits? As I sidenote, if anyone has information about using USB to serial converters for K2 rig control, please reply with that as well. I'm about to go searching through the archives now on that subject... Thanks -john W4PAH __ 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] WANTED: side panels for K2 or EC2
If you have an extra pair laying around, I'd be interested in taking them off of your hands. I'm pretty sure that Elecraft doesn't sell these individually... Please reply directly. Thanks! -john W4PAH __ 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] PSK-31 Decoding
Two things to check Mark. 1. Is CWT on? It needs to be on and the threshold set so that you see the marker centered in the tuning area. 2. If you have Decode and CWT on maybe you have the alternate DISP on (current, voltage, temp...etc). Try tapping DISP to go back to the normal VFO B display. - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Thu Oct 21 6:29 , pastor...@verizon.net sent: Been trying to decode PSK 31 the past 2 nights with no success. I received my K3 2 days ago and I've set the mode to Data plus pushed the decode button on the right and selected PSK 31. But for some reason when I go to the 14,070 on 20 meters it will not decode the PSK. Perhaps there is a fine tune that needs to be activated so that I can do this. I have no problem on CW, but PSK 31 is a challenge. Any suggestions? Thanks!! Mark KB3Z __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net','','','')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] DXLab Commander K3 user-defined controls sliders
Hi Jim. I've been using DXLabs as my main logging program with the K3 for some time now. For me, it is the best and most flexible availablemainly for the rig control capabilities that you mention. But also for the Elecraft type support that Dave provides. He is very fast to respond to questions and is always a huge help if needed. I do use N1MM for contesting and then I just import those QSOs into DXLabs. I also take advantage of the Launcher that allows you to start programs along with user definable delays before any of the suites modules load. I use this for LPBridge, SO2RBox program, SkimmerServer...etc. The only thing I have not been able to get it to start correctly is Wintelnet. It will Start the program OK but in the short cut I have it launch the ini file using -start. But I cannot get the launcher to start that. Everything else runs fine. - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Thu Oct 21 6:34 , Jim McDonald sent: I uploaded my DXLab Commander user-defined controls and sliders (just AF and RF gain so far) for the K3 to the DXLab Yahoo Files folder: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlab/files/Command%20Sequences%20%26%20Slider s/Elecraft/ . Though the K3 has the capability of using front panel keys for macros, the DXLab Commander rig control program sequences (macros) can be longer and don't use the radio's buttons. I am using those I uploaded though they can serve as examples that can be adapted to other applications. One simply switches VOX on and off instead of using the press and hold key on the radio. Another mutes the AF gain. I have two more complicated ones that switch between a front-panel mic and a rear-panel mic, changing the TX EQ, mic gain, compression, and VOX gain. In my files, the rear-panel mic is a Heil HC-4, and the two front panel mics are my old Shure 444D and a Heil PR-781 set up for non-pileup use (ragchewing but not ESSB). The settings I'm using are for my voice, so you'd need to adjust them for your preferences. I used the help documentation at http://www.dxlabsuite.com/commander/Help/CommandSequences.htm , the K3 Programmer's Reference Manual, and the K3 Utility Program help file to understand how to set them up. Since I'm posting this to two reflectors, the DXLab Suite site is http://www.dxlabsuite.com/. You can simply download the files into the Commander\Sequences or Commander\Sliders folder and load them, editing them to customize them for your use. You have to check the box in the Commander Configuration General panel to Show user-defined controls panel. Jim N7US __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net','','','')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 AGC dead spot
Don, I have 1.3.10.15, and in fact had done a calibration using the XG2 with it. Still waiting to hear why Dale recommended factory defaults. He should be getting to the office soon. I assume (yeah I know) when using the XG2, it doesn't matter which of the 3 freqs I use. 73, Mike NF4L On 10/21/2010 9:18 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Mike, Recently a bug was found with the RF Gain Calibration routine in K3 Utility did not properly save the new data. If you were not using the very latest K3 Utility, that would explain many anomalies. Moral - download the latest K3 Utility and try again. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/21/2010 8:53 AM, Mike wrote: I understand that the knob labeled RF doesn't really control RF gain, but since Elecraft labeled it that way, I think it's better to reference it that way. I have an XG2, and had done the RF gain calibration using it. Dale recommended doing it using the factory defaults. I'm waiting to hear back from him why. It's a kit, just a tad over a year old, with all available mods. The mechanism by which the tables may get hosed is the same principle which makes them work. HPFM. (HocusPocusFreakyMagic) :-D . __ 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] PSK-31 Decoding
Two things to check Mark. 1. Is CWT on? It needs to be on and the threshold set so that you see the marker centered in the tuning area. 2. If you have Decode and CWT on maybe you have the alternate DISP on (current, voltage, temp...etc). Try tapping DISP to go back to the normal VFO B display. You also need to sharpen the WIDTH so that you are only hearing *one* PSK signal, and it needs to be centered on the CWT -- a couple of taps of SPOT will usually do this once you have it in the CWT range. On a busy band, I often use WIDTH of 50 Hz. 73, Lyle KK7P __ 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] length of control cables between K2 and KAT100/KPA100
On 10/21/2010 6:36 AM, John Shadle wrote: Other conflicting information comes from the KIO2 manual (first page) which states that RS-232 interfaces are often significant sources of RFI but that the KIO2's serial interface provides an HF crystal oscillator (operating well outside of any ham band) to generate the negative driver voltage. I don't know what kind of cable is currently shipped with the K2, but most shipped with a very poor choice -- parallel wires inside a foil/drain shield. I experienced severe RFI that I traced to that cable, and experimented with several types of twisted pair cables and noted their effects. Parallel wires are WELL known to pick up RF and noise, and twisted pair is very well known to reject it. I evaluated twisted pair cables that were shielded and unshielded. Shielding is important ONLY if the rig will be very close to a TX antenna running high power above 20 MHz. By high power I mean an amp in the 500 watt range or higher. By close, I mean within 5-10 ft. The cable that is likely to pick up RF is the one that runs between the K2 and the computer. The details of the serial cable I recommend is in http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf and in http://audiosystemsgroup.com/HamInterfacing.pdf 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] PSK-31 Decoding
If you have it set to PSK D Text Decode ON with a threshold of 3 or 4 or so and then get near a signal I find Auto Spot does a good job of tuning it in. Rick K6LE On 10/21/2010, at 6:29 , pastor...@verizon.net wrote: Been trying to decode PSK 31 the past 2 nights with no success. I received my K3 2 days ago and I've set the mode to Data plus pushed the decode button on the right and selected PSK 31. But for some reason when I go to the 14,070 on 20 meters it will not decode the PSK. Perhaps there is a fine tune that needs to be activated so that I can do this. I have no problem on CW, but PSK 31 is a challenge. Any suggestions? Thanks!! Mark KB3Z __ 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] RF Gain Factory Defaults
This issue has been resolved with the latest version of the K3 Utility (1.3.10.11). Norm, The latest version of the K3 utility is 1.3.10.15 73 de Raymond, F4FNT K2/100 # 5,636, K3/100 # 0615 __ 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 Sub RF gain
I have noticed a difference in behavior of K3 main and sub receiver RF gain behavior. Listening to a strong signal over S9 on the main Rx as I turn down the RF gain the signal disappears around the 11:30 position. On the sub receiver the signal is still fully copyable with the RF gain full counter clockwise. 12 O'clock on the main is like full CCW on the sub Rx. Both appear full gain at the full CW position. I am operating in diversity at the moment on 40M with ATT in and preamp off, I checked both Receivers show the same. I am listening to both Rx using 2.7 KHz filters. I have performed the K3 gain calibration procedure using an XG2. I am using what I think is the latest utility version 1.3.10.15. Is it possible that others see this behavior and do you find it normal? AE6WA Mike Scott Tarzana CA __ 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] WANTED: side panels for K2 or EC2
John, Yes, you can get them from Elecraft. Look up the part number in your K2 manual. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/21/2010 9:48 AM, John Shadle wrote: If you have an extra pair laying around, I'd be interested in taking them off of your hands. I'm pretty sure that Elecraft doesn't sell these individually... Please reply directly. Thanks! -john W4PAH __ 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] [K2] length of control cables between K2 and KAT100/KPA100
John, The cable between the K2 and the computer uses different pins than the cable between the K2 and the externally mounted twins - so the conditions are different for each. The 2 RS-232 signals between the K2 and the computer *should* have good noise immunity if the receivers are properly designed. But I know many PC based designs take liberty with the switching levels of the RS-232 standard. They can get away with that because most PC based serial port operations are over relatively short cables. Industrial RS-232 applications can drive several hundred feet of cable with no problems (using good quality cable) and you will find closer adherence to the standard. If you can possibly use a standard serial port, I would highly recommend that, but if you are stuck with a laptop, you will not have any option other than to use a USB to serial converter. Since you may have other devices in your ham station that need serial connections, consider an Edgeport 4 port (look on auction sites), but if you want an inexpensive single port converter, the ones with an FTDI chipset are being recommended at the moment. Between the K2 and KPA100/KAT100, the critical signal is the AUXBUS which may have timing issues with longer lengths as well as possible RF pickup problems if your antenna is close to the operating position, or you have RF-in-the-shack problems. The 8R, VRFDET and 12CTRL signals are not likely to have problems since they are essentially DC signals. Jim Brown's suggestions regarding the cable to the computer are good, and I have not experienced any problems with the other cable, so I cannot say just how far you can go with it and still have reliable operation. I do not recall anyone having problems with a 2 foot cable between the K2 and the twins. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/21/2010 9:36 AM, John Shadle wrote: I'm almost done with the construction of my K2 twins (K2, KAT100/KPA100) and am about to construct the control cable for the K2 -- KAT100/KPA100 -- PC. The instructions from the KIO2 state that the length of the cable can be up to 15' (the total length included in the kit), but the KAT100 manual states that it should be 2' (between the K2 and the KAT100). The KAT100 instructions also state that A longer cable can also be used, but it will have to be tested to ensure that is is not subject to RF interference. Other conflicting information comes from the KIO2 manual (first page) which states that RS-232 interfaces are often significant sources of RFI but that the KIO2's serial interface provides an HF crystal oscillator (operating well outside of any ham band) to generate the negative driver voltage. So, which is it? ;-) I understand that the cable can pick up stray RF (I'm guessing that's why the KAT100 instructions state to make the cable as short as needed). Are the cables sufficiently shielded, or not? Should I consider purchasing other 4 conductor cables to replace the ones in these kits? As I sidenote, if anyone has information about using USB to serial converters for K2 rig control, please reply with that as well. I'm about to go searching through the archives now on that subject... __ 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 S/N 7012 lives!
Congratulations Al! I've always wanted to build a K2 but I don't think I'll ever have the time to complete it. Anyway, I do agree with you. Elecraft support is the best in the industry. I haven't come across another amateur radio company that supports their customers the way Elecraft does. 73 de James K2QI On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Alan Davenport w2...@yahoo.com wrote: K2 S/N 7012 lives! I just finished assembly and testing of my K2 and it is working 100%. snip 73 de Al, W2GZN. -- 73 de James K2QI President UNARC/4U1UN __ 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 AGC dead spot
Guy, Actually, the RF gain control does have an affect on the analog, as does the AGC. There are 2 types of AGC in the K3, the first is the more obvious that is controlled by the AGC Slow/Fast/Off and the second is a hardware AGC that protects the A/D converters. The normal AGC is summed with the hardware AGC to control the gain of the IF amplifier that immediately precedes the 2nd mixer stage. The normal AGC is also more than likely used in some of the DSP calculations but that is a little less obvious to the outside observer. The Pre and Att controls, on the other hand, have real effects on the electronics. The Pre is used to switch the PIN diodes that control the signal path through our around the 11 dB RF Pre-amplifer stage. The Att switches relay K10 which physically switches in and out a 10 dB attenuator circuit. Granted, all these controls result from switch presses (the Att/Pre) or the A/D results of the RF gain pot that are decoded by the MCU and transmitted to the appropriate control circuits, but they do really have an affect on the radio's operation, not just in the software. However, you are right when you say this isn't a traditional analog radio, at least beyond the 2nd IF stage! 73, Chuck, AA3CS K3 #s 4072 4407 Guy, K2AV wrote: The thing to note here, this ain't your daddy's analog radio, the only actual stage gain adjustments you have are ATT and PRE. The rest is all in the numbers, as the front panel knobs are just numerical advice to the firmware. They don't directly control anything. ... - 73 - Chuck, AA3CS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-AGC-dead-spot-tp5657353p5660211.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] P3 RS232 cable
Hi Elecrafters, To connect my K3 with my laptop I always use the specific cable shipped with my KAT100 and which has to be used to connect the K2/100 to the KAT100 and to the PC. This cable is not a real RS232 cable and a real RS232 cable cannot be used to connect the KAT100. Does something prevent using this specific KAT100 cable to connect the P3 to the PC ? Thanks for this clarification. 73 de Raymond, F4FNT K2/100 #5,636 - K3/100 #0615 __ 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 S/N 7012 lives!
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Alan Davenport w2...@yahoo.com wrote: The thing is, the K2 is so nice I don't know if I can bring myself to take it outside on a hike! For some reason, I sense a KX-1 in your future. Mark AD5SS Or a K1. Thing is though 95% of my QRP portable ops are CW, I still like to come up on the HF pack freqs on occasion or on 10M SSB when the band is open. Come on sun spots! 73 de Al, W2GZN __ 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# utility 1.3.9.2 for Linux doesn't send macro commands correctly
Hi all. Being primarily a Linux hand I'm glad to see Elecraft giving us support. On a tip from another K3 owner I decided to try my hand at setting a couple of macros on my K3. I used the Linux K3 Utility 1.3.9.2 and all seemed to be in order except that the macros did not work although the labels showed correctly. Reading the macros back from the K3 revealed that all but the last two characters of each command had been truncated (in this case PC005; was truncated to 5; and PC100; was truncated to 0;). Issuing the commands manually from the command entry box provided the results expected as did clicking the modified macro buttons in the Utility. So, I fired up the spare Win2k machine and used utility 1.3.10.15 to read the K3 and it showed the truncated strings as expected. Editing the commands and sending them to the K3 and reprogramming the buttons resulted in expected behavior from the buttons. As I presume this is a bug in the Linux utility, is an update planned in the near future? Is there a need for another Linux field tester? :-D 73, de Nate -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true. Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.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] K2 S/N 7012 lives!
I had not built a kit of any size for nearly 30 years when I built a Heathkit stereo. One of my first thoughts upon opening the box was what have I got myself into!? Boy, do I hear that! It had been 20 years for me, so I started out with a DL1 just to remember how to use my nice soldering station. On the K1 you build the 4 band filter board first, and I thought that took forever until I started on the RF board. At one point, after installing 60 components, I realized the board was still basically empty! Certainly true. When I was sorting the capacitors I filled up and entire egg carrier (of the kind used for camping trips) and still had caps left over! When I reached the page where you have to install a large amount of caps I felt I would never be done. I just took it slow and steady but it felt like I had a bottomless supply of caps that kept replenishing themselves! I would take breaks occasionally to build a mini-module so that I could actually finish something. They have come in extremely handy in the year since. This contest season a club member has loaned me a full coverage radio, which I will need. So it's time for some K1 modifications! I want to put in the K6XX CW tuning indicator and am considering trying to interface a Z1 buffer to interface with a softrock for panadapter use. I don't think I will be putting any mods in for a time. Someday I am sure but once it is done (I have ATU and SSB boards to finish) I think I will just USE it for a while before risking another calamity! I bought the radio for QRP backpacking. I have been using an FT-817. The thing is, the K2 is so nice I don't know if I can bring myself to take it outside on a hike! Definitely take it on a hike! You will like it even better, I'm certain. Oh I will. I will just have to come up with a good way of protecting it when it is in my pack. 73 de Al, W2GZN __ 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: aluminum oxide
Thanks to everyone who responded to my inquiry about freeing seized antenna parts. I received many good ideas and in response to someone who asked that I post a summary, here it is: Put stainless steel hose clamps on both pieces as a place to fasten your pipe wrenches--they grip better than plain aluminum. Use ammonia to dissolve the AlOx--it's what bicycle repair use to free stuck seat shafts. Use heat on the outside piece and cold on the inner--one mentioned using dry ice which seems to be a very good idea; that's about as cold as you can get practically. Use ratchet straps (or some other means) on both ends to put tension on the joint, then use a combination of heat/cold, twisting, tapping to loosen the parts. It may require cutting slots along the swaged area to relieve some tension and allow better chemical penetration. Some mentioned using penetrating oils like XP Blaster or Kroil but others felt they were of limited or no use when dealing with alox, especially on large joints. Soaking the joint isn't practical in my case, since the joint is in the middle of a 3 diameter 32' long boom. So far, I'm just trying to get ammonia into the joint, but it's pretty tight. Next step is to put lengthwise tension on the boom and try the heat/cold, twist combination. I just hope my next question isn't how you splice a boom after cutting it in two with a hacksaw! Thanks again, Chuck Teague NN7U __ 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 RF Power Calibration
After replacing my K3 DSP board with the upgraded version, I found that my watt meter calibrations were way out of spec. I redid the low power cal and the K3 now tracks my Bird 43/HP RF VM / oscilloscope combo almost perfectly as it did before. However, no matter what I try, I can't get the HP watt meter in spec. When I do the calibration at 50W, the K3 puts out 100 W when 70W is selected. I finally ended up calibrating at 100 W, but of course everything is way out of spec below 90W and WMTR HP is maxed out at 180. Before the board switch , the K3's power meter tracked my other instruments within a few watts. I've done multiple re-sets and gone back to earlier SW versions but no luck. K3 S/N 489; 4.12, 1.13, 2.60. Any suggestions? By the way, the upgrade improved the audio. It seems smoother or less harsh than before especially on CW. Purely subjective! 73 Gord VE7YU __ 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] Fwd: cw skimmer with LP PAN and the K3 - making it work right
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Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:08:37 -0700, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com wrote: I've been in the Davis Mountains of TX for a couple of days. How in the world did this topic evolve into a rant about stainless screws? Tom Childers, N5GE Licensed since 1976 QCWA Life Member 35102 n...@n5ge.com http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net On 10/19/2010 6:35 AM, James Sarte wrote: But, to charge 20 dollars for a bag of screws is a bit beyond me. Have you ever worked in a business? Did you work for free? Most people I know want to get paid for working, and you've got to pay benefits and taxes. There also must be a place for them to work, that you must buy or rent. Someone must count and pack those screws. Someone must inventory them. Someone must order them. It takes space to store them. The package they ship in costs something. Yes, the screws aren't big, but the package must be large enough to hold a label and not get lost in shipping. You've got to buy that package and inventory it. Someone must take your order and type up a mailing label and a packing list. Someone must ship them. Yes, it's only a bag of screws. Companies who ignore all of the above go out of business pretty quickly. I want a company that I buy something from to be there when I need them. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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] mod kits and parts
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:03:26 -0700, David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com wrote: My experience was that during the year I owned my Orion II there were no firmware updates. WB1HGA, Ask the Orion II guys how long they've have to wait between needed firmware updates. Dave AB7E __ 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] Mod kits and parts
I AGREE THESE GUYS ARE GREAT!!! AND I LOVE WHERE THEY LIVE... -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Mod-kits-and-parts-tp5651698p5661172.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] KPA 500
I think Eric was on vacation. Rick Dettinger K7MW I've been in the Davis Mountains of TX for a couple of days. How in the world did this topic evolve into a rant about stainless screws? Tom Childers, N5GE Licensed since 1976 QCWA Life Member 35102 __ 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
