[Elecraft] K3 - Another push-to-talk question
I have been enjoying operating my K3 for several months. One of my interests includes RTTY. I use the latest MMTTY software (AFSK), have the two audio lines connected, and use VOX to operate this mode. At the same time, the serial cable from the computer to the radio remains connected. Question - Is there a set-up that will allow the computer to signal PTT through the serial cable in order to transmit the RTTY tones, rather than enabling the VOX switch? Doug, VE3VS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Another-push-to-talk-question-tp5918290p5918290.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 - Another push-to-talk question
Doug, The K3 is capable of detecting and using DTR and RTS to operate either the KEY or PTT. See the CONFIG: PTT -- KEY menu item. There is one downside to using these inputs (it also applies the the simple keying circuit in many digital help files). If the computer is booted while the K3 is turned on, those lines will become momentarily active. Just remember to put the K3 in TX TEST before booting the computer. Once the computer has finished its com port tests, there is no problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/13/2011 9:10 AM, Doug VE3VS wrote: I have been enjoying operating my K3 for several months. One of my interests includes RTTY. I use the latest MMTTY software (AFSK), have the two audio lines connected, and use VOX to operate this mode. At the same time, the serial cable from the computer to the radio remains connected. Question - Is there a set-up that will allow the computer to signal PTT through the serial cable in order to transmit the RTTY tones, rather than enabling the VOX switch? __ 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 - Another push-to-talk question
See the K3 manual documentation on CONFIG:PTT-KEY for using RTS and DTR on the serial cable for PTT and Key lines. Use the PDF search in the PDF reader function to look up PTT in the manual PDF for a quick find. 73, Guy. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Doug VE3VS drhol...@xplornet.com wrote: I have been enjoying operating my K3 for several months. One of my interests includes RTTY. I use the latest MMTTY software (AFSK), have the two audio lines connected, and use VOX to operate this mode. At the same time, the serial cable from the computer to the radio remains connected. Question - Is there a set-up that will allow the computer to signal PTT through the serial cable in order to transmit the RTTY tones, rather than enabling the VOX switch? Doug, VE3VS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Another-push-to-talk-question-tp5918290p5918290.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] K3 - Another push-to-talk question
Is there a down side to booting the computer fully before turning on the K3? Rich NU6T On 1/13/2011 6:23 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Doug, The K3 is capable of detecting and using DTR and RTS to operate either the KEY or PTT. See the CONFIG: PTT -- KEY menu item. There is one downside to using these inputs (it also applies the the simple keying circuit in many digital help files). If the computer is booted while the K3 is turned on, those lines will become momentarily active. Just remember to put the K3 in TX TEST before booting the computer. Once the computer has finished its com port tests, there is no problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/13/2011 9:10 AM, Doug VE3VS wrote: I have been enjoying operating my K3 for several months. One of my interests includes RTTY. I use the latest MMTTY software (AFSK), have the two audio lines connected, and use VOX to operate this mode. At the same time, the serial cable from the computer to the radio remains connected. Question - Is there a set-up that will allow the computer to signal PTT through the serial cable in order to transmit the RTTY tones, rather than enabling the VOX switch? __ 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] Want to buy 100-watt K3
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[Elecraft] KAT3 freq range
I have looked at the manual and on line and I haven't found the tuning range of the KAT3 tuner. Anyone have this info? Gary W0GHZ __ 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 - Another push-to-talk question
Doug, the answer is yes, but the details depend on whether you are using MMTTY stand-alone or from inside another application (like N1MM Logger or Logger32). If you are using MMTTY from inside another application, the easiest way is to let the parent application handle rig control and PTT. The parent application and MMTTY cannot both use the same serial port, and in all likelihood you will want the parent to have access to frequency and other information from the radio. If you are using MMTTY stand-alone, then: Open the MMTTY Setup window and select the TX tab. At the top right is the PTT FSK area. For your situation (AFSK with no serial port other than the rig control port), this should be set to NONE. Below it is a button labelled Radio command. Click on this button to open MMTTY's Radio command window. Here you can select the serial port you are using for radio control with the K3. Do not do this if you are using MMTTY from inside another program that uses the same serial port! You can use this port not only for PTT control, but also for getting frequency information from the radio into the MMTTY log. To do this, you set the port speed, etc. (38400, 8, N, 1), do not check any of the flow control or DTR/RTS boxes, select Kenwood, Elecraft as the Group at the bottom of the window, set Model to Kenwood, Elecraft, and set the Frequency offset to OFF. You will see commands in the Rx and Tx boxes; these are the software commands MMTTY will use to control the radio's PTT switching. MMTTY can also use RTS on this serial port for hardware PTT switching (with the help of the K3's CONFIG:PTT-KEY set to RTS-OFF), but there is a potential problem with this: If the DTR/RTS box is checked and the Rx and Tx Command boxes are not empty, MMTTY will use both software and hardware PTT methods in parallel, which is not a good idea. Several users who have done this have experienced having their K3 stuck in transmit (i.e. failing to switch back to receive when the software commands it to do so). This appears to be due to a race condition in the firmware when software and hardware commands are issued to the radio simultaneously. The work-around is to eliminate one or the other of the two parallel methods, i.e. to use either software (TX; RX;) commands or hardware (RTS or other PTT input), but never both methods at once. 73, Rich VE3KI VE3VS asked: I use the latest MMTTY software (AFSK), have the two audio lines connected, and use VOX to operate this mode. At the same time, the serial cable from the computer to the radio remains connected. Question - Is there a set-up that will allow the computer to signal PTT through the serial cable in order to transmit the RTTY tones, rather than enabling the VOX switch? __ 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] KAT3 freq range
The schematic shows the values of the inductors and capacitors. From those values, you could easily determine whether or not it could match a specific impedance at a specific frequency. However, specifying SWR tuning range is difficult, because a given SWR can present a whole range of impedances at the tuner. If you really wanted to, you could plot the impedance range on a Smith Chart for each band. From that, you could get an idea SWR range. Perhaps one of the Smith Chart applications could automate that. It could also be done with a spreadsheet. 73, Scott K9MA On Jan 13, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Gary Mohrlant wrote: I have looked at the manual and on line and I haven't found the tuning range of the KAT3 tuner. Anyone have this info? Gary W0GHZ Scott Ellington Madison, Wisconsin USA __ 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] KAT3 freq range
The answer to the question is a fairly large dataset, or a series of multiple trace graphs, or a math utility that if you give it a On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Scott Ellington sdell...@facstaff.wisc.edu wrote: The schematic shows the values of the inductors and capacitors. From those values, you could easily determine whether or not it could match a specific impedance at a specific frequency. However, specifying SWR tuning range is difficult, because a given SWR can present a whole range of impedances at the tuner. If you really wanted to, you could plot the impedance range on a Smith Chart for each band. From that, you could get an idea SWR range. Perhaps one of the Smith Chart applications could automate that. It could also be done with a spreadsheet. 73, Scott K9MA On Jan 13, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Gary Mohrlant wrote: I have looked at the manual and on line and I haven't found the tuning range of the KAT3 tuner. Anyone have this info? Gary W0GHZ Scott Ellington Madison, Wisconsin USA __ 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] KAT3 freq range
Exactly. Scott K9MA On Jan 13, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: The answer to the question is a fairly large dataset, Scott Ellington Madison, Wisconsin USA __ 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 - Another push-to-talk question
Rich, No downside that I am aware of. Now, if you have applications that control the K3 and you have them configured to start automatically, I would think that would be a problem because the K3 is not be powered on when the application starts. Moral, start the applications that talk to the K3 manually after both teh computer and K3 are up and running. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/13/2011 9:40 AM, Rich NU6T wrote: Is there a down side to booting the computer fully before turning on the K3? Rich NU6T __ 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 - Observations during NAQP CW
I use the 200/250 Hz bandwidth only when I really have to. In SP mode on a really crowded band, the narrow bandwidth sometimes makes it possible to find the weak signals between the strong ones. It is useful only for rejecting QRM, not noise. I have used it when running, mainly when I just couldn't find a spot wide enough for the 400 Hz filter. There are two problems with that: Your neighbors almost certainly aren't using filters that narrow, and may take exception to you parking 200 Hz away. And many callers will be so far off your frequency that they will be outside your passband, and right on top of one of the neighbors. Still, sometimes one can make more contacts that way than any other. For years, I've used the FT-1000D with all 4 250/500 Hz filters. The K3 filtering is somewhat better, and more flexible, but the difference isn't great. I know the K3 dynamic range is much better, though I haven't yet run into a situation where it made a difference. 73, Scott K9MA On Jan 12, 2011, at 6:10 PM, Gary Hinson wrote: Yes, my experience is that 200 Hz is MUCH too narrow when running. I normally use 350 or 400 Hz DSP with the 400 Hz roofer. So long as the band is not totally chockablock with wall-to-wall sigs, I quite often listen across 2.7kHz width on CW and occasionally I hear people calling me towards the outer edges. Mostly, though, the wide bandwidth allows me to keep an ear on the QRM on either side of me and perhaps to shift my TX frequency to take advantage of the gaps. It takes practice to be comfortable listening in such wide bandwidths, picking individual sigs out by concentrating on their tone, speed, timing and keying characteristics, but it saves a lot of fiddling around with the RIT or split knobs. That said, when things get real tough or I get tired, I'm very glad of the ability to shift the upper or lower limits independently, the very nice narrow roofing filters and amazing non-ringing DSP good down to less than 50Hz bandwidth. 73 Gary ZL2iFB Scott Ellington Madison, Wisconsin USA __ 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] CM500
SOMEWHERE in my pile of papers I have a CM500 headset owners paper! Can someone please tell me what the tip and ring connection are for the microphone? I assume the base is the ground connection. Thanks. Tom - W4BQF __ 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] KAT3 freq range
Approximately up to 10:1 on most bands. Less on 160M and 6M. 73, Eric _..._ On 1/13/2011 7:15 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: The answer to the question is a fairly large dataset, or a series of multiple trace graphs, or a math utility that if you give it a On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Scott Ellington sdell...@facstaff.wisc.edu wrote: The schematic shows the values of the inductors and capacitors. From those values, you could easily determine whether or not it could match a specific impedance at a specific frequency. However, specifying SWR tuning range is difficult, because a given SWR can present a whole range of impedances at the tuner. If you really wanted to, you could plot the impedance range on a Smith Chart for each band. From that, you could get an idea SWR range. Perhaps one of the Smith Chart applications could automate that. It could also be done with a spreadsheet. 73, Scott K9MA On Jan 13, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Gary Mohrlant wrote: I have looked at the manual and on line and I haven't found the tuning range of the KAT3 tuner. Anyone have this info? Gary W0GHZ Scott Ellington Madison, Wisconsin USA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] XV144 fault (offset problem?)
He all I have the same problem with my XV144, with an offset of -12.5kHz at the connected transceiver and hence outside of the RIT. The original crystal was marked 116.010 MHz. The replacement I got quickly is marked also 116.010 MHz. The same offset compare against several bacons! I checked my transceiver also against several bacons at 28 MHz, a 1 MHz marker generator and my K3. So I am pretty certain, that the LO is at about 116.0125 MHz, close to its marking of the crystal. I do not see the reason why Elecraft is using a 116.010 MHz crystal? I now ordered a 116.000 crystal from a German supplier, I will see. 73 HB9WI Willy -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-XV144-fault-offset-problem-tp5874870p5918887.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] XV144 fault (offset problem?)
Hi Willy - We are aware of this and are checking it out in engineering right now. We are waiting for a part to arrive to verify the change and we will post on the Elecraft list and the web site as soon as it is available. 73, Eric WA6HHQ On 1/13/2011 8:45 AM, hb9wi wrote: He all I have the same problem with my XV144, with an offset of -12.5kHz at the connected transceiver and hence outside of the RIT. The original crystal was marked 116.010 MHz. The replacement I got quickly is marked also 116.010 MHz. The same offset compare against several bacons! I checked my transceiver also against several bacons at 28 MHz, a 1 MHz marker generator and my K3. So I am pretty certain, that the LO is at about 116.0125 MHz, close to its marking of the crystal. I do not see the reason why Elecraft is using a 116.010 MHz crystal? I now ordered a 116.000 crystal from a German supplier, I will see. 73 HB9WI Willy __ 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] KAT3 freq range
No doubt Eric or Wayne has done that calculation. 73, Scott K9MA On Jan 13, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote: Approximately up to 10:1 on most bands. Less on 160M and 6M. 73, Eric Scott Ellington Madison, Wisconsin USA __ 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] P3 question
You will need the KXV3 or -3A to bring out the IF to the P3. The KXV3A is necesary only if you are running the K144XV internal 2m transverter. There is also a mod listed that increases the IF output to a level that's best for the P3. You can find the mod under K3 Mods and App Notes on the www.elecraft.com web page. If your K3 dates from before about 9/2009, the mod is suggested if the P3 is used. This is all spelled out in the mod document. 73, matt W6NIA On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:03 -0500, you wrote: I am considering buying a P3. Is it necessary to also purchase the KXV3 or the KXV3a? Bill. Ai4PF __ 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] CM500
On 1/13/2011 8:24 AM, Tommy Alderman wrote: SOMEWHERE in my pile of papers I have a CM500 headset owners paper! Can someone please tell me what the tip and ring connection are for the microphone? I assume the base is the ground connection. Audio appears between tip and shell. As nearly as I have been able to determine, the ring contact is not used at all. Tip also needs a resistor (about 5K ohms) to V+. Turning on bias in the K3 does this internally, so no resistor is needed. I had to add the resistor in an adapter that I built to use with an FT1000MP at PJ4. The bias resistor is also built into the mic input of most modern computer sound cards. The CM500 works just fine in my Thinkpads. 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] K3 P3 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for the P3
K3 firmware revision 4.25 and P3 revision 00.50 are now available. The P3 firmware provides a major new feature: fixed-tune mode. In this mode, frequencies on the P3 display remain fixed, while the VFO A cursor moves across the screen as you tune. Fixed-tune frequency ranges are stored per-band. You can set up the P3 to automatically re- set its center frequency whenever the VFO is tuned off-screen according to one of four auto-adjust modes. K3 firmware revision 4.25 or later is required. Other new P3 features include: * an option to display signal level in S-units instead of dBm * optional solid vs. dotted amplitude graticule lines * additional transverter support * an option to enable or disable the CENTER key in tracking mode * better preamplifier relay control See detailed release notes below. Please send any questions to k3supp...@elecraft.com. For instructions on how to load beta firmware, see: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm 73, Wayne N6KR * * * P3 REV. 00.50 RELEASE NOTES * FIXED TUNING MODE: A new fixed-tuning mode keeps the P3 frequency display constant. Instead of the display tracking the K3 VFO A, the display frequencies stay fixed and the VFO A cursor moves across the screen as the VFO is tuned. Requires K3 firmware version 4.25 or later. * DISABLE CENTER FUNCTION: Added MENU:CenterEn option to disable the CENTER function in tracking mode. Disabled is the default. The CENTER key still works to re-center the display on the VFO A frequency. * DOTTED OR SOLID GRATICULE LINES: Either dotted or solid graticule lines for the amplitude level may be selected via MENU:Lvl Lines. * SCALE EITHER dBm OR S-units +dB over S9: The spectrum vertical scale can now be either dBm or S-units plus dB over S9, as selected in MENU:Lvl Mode. * MENU DEFAULTS TO FW REV: At power-on, the MENU selection defaults to FW Rev. * MENU FUNCTION XV Invert: Added a MENU function XV Invert to indicate whether the spectrum should be inverted or not on each transverter band. * FIXED PER-BAND REF LEVEL STORAGE: Fixed incorrect per-band reference level storage when using MENU:Span Set. * PREAMP STAYS OFF UNDER STRONG SIGNALS: The preamplifier now stays off when strong signals that could overload the ADC are present in the passband. The wrong trip level was used previously. * RELAY CLICKS LESS OFTEN: Modified the preamplifier algorithm to make the relay click less often. K3 REV. 4.25 RELEASE NOTES * P3 FIXED-TUNE MODE SUPPORT: The P3 now has a “fixed-tune” mode, where the displayed range remains constant as the VFO is turned. Requires P3 firmware rev 0.50 or later. * FIXED A/B SWITCH PROBLEM DURING BAND CHANGE: CW or SSB filter setups were sometimes getting changed when a quick memory was recalled, followed by a quick tap of A/B. * For software developers: FW$ GET and BN$ GET commands added. __ 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] CM500
nice write up on sound card microphones (like in the CM500) at http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/computer_microphone.php My CM500 just came today, haven't confirmed anything yet. Mark n2qt -Original Message- From: Jim Brown Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:37 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 On 1/13/2011 8:24 AM, Tommy Alderman wrote: SOMEWHERE in my pile of papers I have a CM500 headset owners paper! Can someone please tell me what the tip and ring connection are for the microphone? I assume the base is the ground connection. Audio appears between tip and shell. As nearly as I have been able to determine, the ring contact is not used at all. Tip also needs a resistor (about 5K ohms) to V+. Turning on bias in the K3 does this internally, so no resistor is needed. I had to add the resistor in an adapter that I built to use with an FT1000MP at PJ4. The bias resistor is also built into the mic input of most modern computer sound cards. The CM500 works just fine in my Thinkpads. 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] CM500
Tom, I recently bought a CM500 new and it did not include any papers at all however the headset's wiring reflects a standard used in computer sound cards. The mic jack/plug is usually wired as follows; tip- mic signal ring- bias voltage (optional) sleeve- ground Hope this helps. Gary N6LRV Tommy Alderman alderm...@windstream.net wrote: SOMEWHERE in my pile of papers I have a CM500 headset owners paper! Can someone please tell me what the tip and ring connection are for the microphone? I assume the base is the ground connection. Thanks. Tom - W4BQF __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for the P3
I downloaded the K3 beta, and unzipped it, then pointed the K3 utility (V 1.3.10.15) at that folder. The utility showed the same version of the FPF as was already loaded, and the checkbox was blank for that item. I clicked on Send checked items to K3, and it loaded the MCU, FPF, and DSP1. No harm, no foul, but should it have loaded FPF 1.14 over FPF 1.14? 73, Mike NF4L On 1/13/2011 2:19 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: K3 firmware revision 4.25 and P3 revision 00.50 are now available. The P3 firmware provides a major new feature: fixed-tune mode. In this mode, frequencies on the P3 display remain fixed, while the VFO A cursor moves across the screen as you tune. Fixed-tune frequency ranges are stored per-band. You can set up the P3 to automatically re- set its center frequency whenever the VFO is tuned off-screen according to one of four auto-adjust modes. K3 firmware revision 4.25 or later is required. Other new P3 features include: * an option to display signal level in S-units instead of dBm * optional solid vs. dotted amplitude graticule lines * additional transverter support * an option to enable or disable the CENTER key in tracking mode * better preamplifier relay control See detailed release notes below. Please send any questions to k3supp...@elecraft.com. For instructions on how to load beta firmware, see: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm 73, Wayne N6KR * * * P3 REV. 00.50 RELEASE NOTES * FIXED TUNING MODE: A new fixed-tuning mode keeps the P3 frequency display constant. Instead of the display tracking the K3 VFO A, the display frequencies stay fixed and the VFO A cursor moves across the screen as the VFO is tuned. Requires K3 firmware version 4.25 or later. * DISABLE CENTER FUNCTION: Added MENU:CenterEn option to disable the CENTER function in tracking mode. Disabled is the default. The CENTER key still works to re-center the display on the VFO A frequency. * DOTTED OR SOLID GRATICULE LINES: Either dotted or solid graticule lines for the amplitude level may be selected via MENU:Lvl Lines. * SCALE EITHER dBm OR S-units +dB over S9: The spectrum vertical scale can now be either dBm or S-units plus dB over S9, as selected in MENU:Lvl Mode. * MENU DEFAULTS TO FW REV: At power-on, the MENU selection defaults to FW Rev. * MENU FUNCTION XV Invert: Added a MENU function XV Invert to indicate whether the spectrum should be inverted or not on each transverter band. * FIXED PER-BAND REF LEVEL STORAGE: Fixed incorrect per-band reference level storage when using MENU:Span Set. * PREAMP STAYS OFF UNDER STRONG SIGNALS: The preamplifier now stays off when strong signals that could overload the ADC are present in the passband. The wrong trip level was used previously. * RELAY CLICKS LESS OFTEN: Modified the preamplifier algorithm to make the relay click less often. K3 REV. 4.25 RELEASE NOTES * P3 FIXED-TUNE MODE SUPPORT: The P3 now has a “fixed-tune” mode, where the displayed range remains constant as the VFO is turned. Requires P3 firmware rev 0.50 or later. * FIXED A/B SWITCH PROBLEM DURING BAND CHANGE: CW or SSB filter setups were sometimes getting changed when a quick memory was recalled, followed by a quick tap of A/B. * For software developers: FW$ GET and BN$ GET commands added. __ 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] CM500 Speaker / Headphone
Or you could just simply assign CONFIG: SPKR+PH to a PF key, it toggles. Works for me. Mike VP8NO - Original Message - From: Roger Gagos k...@arrl.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:30 PM Subject: [Elecraft] CM500 Speaker / Headphone I found I can leave the CM500 phones plugged in rear jack by writing a simple macro to turn speakers on or off and assigning it to the PF1 key. Email me direct if more info would be useful. - Using the headphones from the FP allows for easier access to the headphone jack when switching between speakers and headset. __ 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: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3376 - Release Date: 01/12/11 16:34:00 __ 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
[Elecraft] K3 filters, changed ideas
To all whom responded to my appeal for selling the K3 filters, thanks for the replys, and I appreciate the interest. I made a change of plans after some consideration, and will take them to my other QTH, well inland, for another project. Thanks to all, 73's Gil WA5YKK __ 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] CM500
Thanks for the several responses. They were all helpful. 73, Tom - W4BQF -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tommy Alderman Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:25 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] CM500 SOMEWHERE in my pile of papers I have a CM500 headset owners paper! Can someone please tell me what the tip and ring connection are for the microphone? I assume the base is the ground connection. Thanks. Tom - W4BQF __ 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] 2nd try- Elecraft 1/9/2011 SSB Net results
I HOPE THIS ONE WORKS!! Here is the Elecraft SSB net report for Jan. 9, 2011. Band conditions were not great and we experienced some QRM. We want to thank Jim W4RKS, Ron KN6U and others for their relay help. We are sorry if we missed any ham trying to call in. Question marks indicate missing information for the respective station. 73, Ken KO5Y K3, 4442 Paul AD5SX K3 4645 STATIONNAMEQTHRIGSERIAL# WB6CLZMIKECAK34522 WK3NSCOTTYPAK32510 KA0NCRARNIENEK3185 K2ASPPHILORK25402 KT6XDICKCAK34916 N1OXAIVANMEK34538 K6DSWDONCAK33138 W4RKSJIMALK33618 NT5QDONNMK34179 W7NMDPALMERARK33779 K4GCJGERRYNCK31597 W8OVDAVETXK33139 K8EAGGILMIK399 N1EUBARRYNYK3300 AE6ICFREDCAK32241 KF4OJARICHFLIC746 AC0NMGLENNAZK32843 KD8KBXSTANOHK34304 W5EEIRALPHNM?? W5ETJGARYTXK33227 AD5SXPAULNMK34645 KN6URONCAFT990 N2HMMJOHNNJK35033 KD1THPAULNHK34882 N0SFFFRANKIAK34348 N0EDSDAVECAK3? KO5YKENNMK34442 __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for the P3
I just tried the same thing and couldn't get your results. I checked MCU and DSP1, didn't check the FPF, and it loaded just the MCU and DSP1. This is K3 Utility 1.4.1.8. The intent with Send Checked items is to send exactly what you've checked, no more, and specifically no check for new firmware. Some have gotten into trouble by loading just a new MCU and not seeing that it came with a new FPF (which contains tables referenced by the MCU file). For that reason, I'd recommend generally avoiding use of the View Menu Advanced Mode check item and click either Send New Firmware or Send All Firmware (when you want to install an older revision). Advanced Mode and the checkboxes are there primarily as diagnostic aids and for our firmware developers. There have been a fair number of anxious e-mails and support issues caused by someone loading just the MCU when there was a corresponding FPF upgrade that was required for the MCU to work correctly. This isn't the issue you mentioned, but I would like to generally discourage use of Advanced Mode except in extraordinary diagnostic circumstances. Thanks! Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:52 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 P3 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for the P3 I downloaded the K3 beta, and unzipped it, then pointed the K3 utility (V 1.3.10.15) at that folder. The utility showed the same version of the FPF as was already loaded, and the checkbox was blank for that item. I clicked on Send checked items to K3, and it loaded the MCU, FPF, and DSP1. No harm, no foul, but should it have loaded FPF 1.14 over FPF 1.14? 73, Mike NF4L On 1/13/2011 2:19 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: K3 firmware revision 4.25 and P3 revision 00.50 are now available. The P3 firmware provides a major new feature: fixed-tune mode. In this mode, frequencies on the P3 display remain fixed, while the VFO A cursor moves across the screen as you tune. Fixed-tune frequency ranges are stored per-band. You can set up the P3 to automatically re- set its center frequency whenever the VFO is tuned off-screen according to one of four auto-adjust modes. K3 firmware revision 4.25 or later is required. Other new P3 features include: * an option to display signal level in S-units instead of dBm * optional solid vs. dotted amplitude graticule lines * additional transverter support * an option to enable or disable the CENTER key in tracking mode * better preamplifier relay control See detailed release notes below. Please send any questions to k3supp...@elecraft.com. For instructions on how to load beta firmware, see: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm 73, Wayne N6KR * * * P3 REV. 00.50 RELEASE NOTES * FIXED TUNING MODE: A new fixed-tuning mode keeps the P3 frequency display constant. Instead of the display tracking the K3 VFO A, the display frequencies stay fixed and the VFO A cursor moves across the screen as the VFO is tuned. Requires K3 firmware version 4.25 or later. * DISABLE CENTER FUNCTION: Added MENU:CenterEn option to disable the CENTER function in tracking mode. Disabled is the default. The CENTER key still works to re-center the display on the VFO A frequency. * DOTTED OR SOLID GRATICULE LINES: Either dotted or solid graticule lines for the amplitude level may be selected via MENU:Lvl Lines. * SCALE EITHER dBm OR S-units +dB over S9: The spectrum vertical scale can now be either dBm or S-units plus dB over S9, as selected in MENU:Lvl Mode. * MENU DEFAULTS TO FW REV: At power-on, the MENU selection defaults to FW Rev. * MENU FUNCTION XV Invert: Added a MENU function XV Invert to indicate whether the spectrum should be inverted or not on each transverter band. * FIXED PER-BAND REF LEVEL STORAGE: Fixed incorrect per-band reference level storage when using MENU:Span Set. * PREAMP STAYS OFF UNDER STRONG SIGNALS: The preamplifier now stays off when strong signals that could overload the ADC are present in the passband. The wrong trip level was used previously. * RELAY CLICKS LESS OFTEN: Modified the preamplifier algorithm to make the relay click less often. K3 REV. 4.25 RELEASE NOTES * P3 FIXED-TUNE MODE SUPPORT: The P3 now has a fixed-tune mode, where the displayed range remains constant as the VFO is turned. Requires P3 firmware rev 0.50 or later. * FIXED A/B SWITCH PROBLEM DURING BAND CHANGE: CW or SSB filter setups were sometimes getting changed when a quick memory was recalled, followed by a quick tap of A/B. * For software developers: FW$ GET and BN$ GET commands added. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:
Re: [Elecraft] K3 P3 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for the P3
Thanks to all at Elecraft I was curious as to how you would implement the various requests! The operation is intuitive and welcome. Curious George AI4VZ __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for theP3
Hello Dick, I just updated both the K3 and P3 to the latest Beta firmware. All updates downloaded and installed without any problems. However, I do see an issue with the P3 center freq display when the P3 is in the Fixed-Tune mode: 1. Tune K3 to 999 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 999.00 KHz. 2. Now tune the VFO to 1000 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 1.000.00 KHz. 3. Now return the VFO to 999 KHz and note the incorrect Center Freq Display now reads 1999.000 rather then 999.00. Can anyone else confirm this? 73... Frank - W6NEK __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode fortheP3
Yes , I confirm this issue with latest beta fw Franco I6QFZ - Original Message - From: W6NEK w6...@socal.rr.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 P3 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode fortheP3 Hello Dick, I just updated both the K3 and P3 to the latest Beta firmware. All updates downloaded and installed without any problems. However, I do see an issue with the P3 center freq display when the P3 is in the Fixed-Tune mode: 1. Tune K3 to 999 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 999.00 KHz. 2. Now tune the VFO to 1000 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 1.000.00 KHz. 3. Now return the VFO to 999 KHz and note the incorrect Center Freq Display now reads 1999.000 rather then 999.00. Can anyone else confirm this? 73... Frank - W6NEK __ 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 P3 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode fortheP3
Seems the SPAN settings are not working correctly as well. Someone else please take a look and confirm.. de W4CCS __ 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] Finally
I received my K3 about 3 weeks prior to the Christmas holiday. With the family commitments, terrible weather in the southeast(aircraft mechanic for Delta) keeping me awfully busy, then another ice/ snow storm. I finally had a chance to connect this fine looking rig and turn it on. Awesome! I found the manual easy to follow, along with the great info I read about on this reflector. Getting ready for NAQP this weekend. Can't wait. Very nice piece of American made equipment . You should all be very proud. Scott Weiss N2WF __ 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] Getting a buzz, the wrong way
On 1/12/2011 12:10 PM, George Jan wrote: For those of us who have a living in professional audio, video and RF, the proper term for what you call the Pin #1 problem is a Ground Loop - or at least that is the term we have used for the 50 years I was in radio TV broadcasting video production. Sorry to disagree George. Yes, we have used the words ground loop to somehow describe the coupling of hum and buzz into audio systems, but the words don't make sense if you try to draw an electrical circuit that demonstrates what you are talking about. As a teenager, and subsequently as an EE, I struggled to find any logic in anything I had seen on the topic. Indeed, the problem with the term ground loop is that it causes VERY muddy thinking and outright stupid conclusions about what are good and bad methods of bonding equipment together, to the power system, and to a ground system. The first rational drawing I've ever seen was prepared by Bill Whitlock, the excellent engineer who owns Jensen Transformers. Before joining Jensen more than 25 years ago, Bill designed consoles for Quad Eight and studios for Capitol Records. Bill uses that drawing to clearly show how hum, buzz, and noise is coupled into both balanced and unbalanced audio systems. There are excellent tutorials on his website. google to find it. Bill is also the guy who showed conclusively that when interrupting the shield of balanced cable between line ins and outs to prevent shield current, that the interruption must be on the receiving end, not the sending end. He did this by showing that a noise rejection in a balanced interconnect is the result of a balanced Wheatstone bridge, where the impedances of source and receiver are elements of the bridge. He was recently made a Fellow of the AES for his many contributions to our understanding of these issues. I have adapted and expanded upon Bill's drawings for my own tutorials and lectures. You can see them in http://audiosystemsgroup.com/HamInterfacing.pdf which addresses how these issues should be handled for the UN-balanced connections in a ham station. There's a lot more about these issues on my website. http://audiosystemsgroup.com/publish.htm 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] K3 P3 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for theP3
Yes, confirmed. Gary On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:37 AM, W6NEK w6...@socal.rr.com wrote: Hello Dick, I just updated both the K3 and P3 to the latest Beta firmware. All updates downloaded and installed without any problems. However, I do see an issue with the P3 center freq display when the P3 is in the Fixed-Tune mode: 1. Tune K3 to 999 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 999.00 KHz. 2. Now tune the VFO to 1000 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 1.000.00 KHz. 3. Now return the VFO to 999 KHz and note the incorrect Center Freq Display now reads 1999.000 rather then 999.00. Can anyone else confirm this? 73... Frank - W6NEK __ 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 -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for theP3
Hi Frank.. Yep, same thing here.. de W4CCS On 1/13/2011 4:37 PM, W6NEK wrote: Hello Dick, I just updated both the K3 and P3 to the latest Beta firmware. All updates downloaded and installed without any problems. However, I do see an issue with the P3 center freq display when the P3 is in the Fixed-Tune mode: 1. Tune K3 to 999 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 999.00 KHz. 2. Now tune the VFO to 1000 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 1.000.00 KHz. 3. Now return the VFO to 999 KHz and note the incorrect Center Freq Display now reads 1999.000 rather then 999.00. Can anyone else confirm this? 73... Frank - W6NEK __ 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] Yamaha CM500 - Purchase from outside North America
The icing on the cake from the yamahamusicsoft site is that they quote prices in euros and sterling and they ship with European vat prepaid. Rapid, painless and no paperwork. Pete F5VNB On 12/01/2011 23:51, Deane Walkington wrote: Hi All Back in November I sought advice on purchasing the Yamaha CM500 headset from outside North America and the List responded as one would expect with lots of assistance. In late November I advised the List Andy's Music had accepted an order. I was too quick - they reneged after two days when they realised the delivery was not within North America. Just before Christmas I had success from YamahaMusicSofthttp://www.yamahamusicsoft.com/ . The price was more than the discount stores but the international shipping by USPS was much less and the total cost was quite competitive with the other stores. To those Users in Europe who were also having difficulty purchasing the CM500 I can recommend you try Yamaha Music Soft. Even in the busy period before Christmas their service was quick and efficient. Once again my thanks to all those responded to my request - I am pleased with the headset which is now in constant use. A belated Happy New Year to all Elecraft devotees. Deane Walkington VK1DW __ 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] Yamaha CM500 - Purchase from outside North America
Speaking of icing, it is not a cakewalk here getting in and out of our private road. It is still iced over, and I had to tow the mailman out of our subdivision road with the 4 wheel drive pickup - 2 wheel drive vehicles could not make it with the watery surface on top of the slowly melting ice. Sorry, but this is OT, but the phrase tickled my funny-bone. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/13/2011 6:24 PM, Pete F5VNB wrote: The icing on the cake from the yamahamusicsoft __ 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] Yamaha CM500 - Purchase from outside North America
Don, Speaking of 4WD/2WD (OT) we could use a few more boats out here...:-) 73's Gary On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Speaking of icing, it is not a cakewalk here getting in and out of our private road. It is still iced over, and I had to tow the mailman out of our subdivision road with the 4 wheel drive pickup - 2 wheel drive vehicles could not make it with the watery surface on top of the slowly melting ice. Sorry, but this is OT, but the phrase tickled my funny-bone. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/13/2011 6:24 PM, Pete F5VNB wrote: The icing on the cake from the yamahamusicsoft __ 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 -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune modefortheP3
Span works here. N2TK, Tony -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W4CCS Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:26 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 P3 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune modefortheP3 Seems the SPAN settings are not working correctly as well. Someone else please take a look and confirm.. de W4CCS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] k3 utility problem
I have been away for about a year operating my k3 using Ubuntu and Fldigi and I am just getting back into radio mode. Of course, with a new pc, new version of Ubuntu etc...there are some problems brought on my my forgetfulness. Now am running the current version of Ubuntu and I just downloaded the K3 utility version v1.3.9.2 and when I click on 'Check Versions now I get.. Unable to connect to Elecraft server. Error: 127 This is my activity log 16:55:07 Elecraft K3 Utility for Linux Version 1.3.9.2 16:55:10 K3 MCU version 03.04. RS232 speed 4800 bps. 16:55:14 Connecting to ftp.elecraft.com. Please be patient, this takes a few seconds. 16:55:14 Unable to connect to Elecraft server. Error: 127 Other problem is that I am using Fldigi and so far I am able to get a receive display, but not able to transmit, looks like a PTT problem as the K3 doesn't go into xmit. I am using Hamlib, but my bad notes from last year had me using RigCat. First I want to get the K3 updated and then I will look into the transmit problem. Jerry N2UZ __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune modefortheP3
SPAN appears to be normal here so far. Did duplicate the 1999 display issue though 73's Gary On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:00 AM, N2TK, Tony tony@verizon.net wrote: Span works here. N2TK, Tony -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W4CCS Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:26 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 P3 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune modefortheP3 Seems the SPAN settings are not working correctly as well. Someone else please take a look and confirm.. de W4CCS __ 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 -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for the P3
Thanks for the problem reports. Please continue using the new P3 features while we work on the next revision. Alan put in a lot of time on fixed-tune mode, and we hope it meets everyone's expectations. I know I'm having fun with it :) 73, Wayne N6KR __ 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] Yamaha CM500 - Purchase from outside North America
Gary, I am glad to hear you are safe. Be as comfortable as you can given the circumstances. Tsunamis and floods are 'scary' things - I would rather be snowbound - that is usually only an inconvenience, but floods can be deadly. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/13/2011 7:00 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: Don, Speaking of 4WD/2WD (OT) we could use a few more boats out here...:-) 73's Gary __ 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 how to question
Just got new P3 up and running, and I want to download the K3 425 and P3 00.50, but I'm not sure how to accomplish this with the 232 connection already occupied. How do I get the PC in the loop? 73 Bill Wade, Ai4PF __ 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: Jan 14 - Feb 14, 2011
~ N2CQ QRP CALENDAR JANUARY 14 - February 14, 2011 ~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Jan 13, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Jan 14, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~ LZ OPEN CONTEST (CW 80M/40M) ...QRP Category Jan 15, z to 0400z Rules: http://www.lzopen.com/lz-open-contest/rules/rulesF.htm ~ Hungarian DX Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Jan 15, 1200z to Jan 16, 1159z Rules: http://www.ha-dx.com/HADX/html/rules_en.html ~ UK DX RTTY Contest ... 100W Low Power Category Jan 15, 1200z to Jan 16, 1200z Rules: http://www.ukdx.srars.org/ ~ Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell) ... QRP Category Jan 15, 1600z to 1800z Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home ~ North American QSO Party (SSB) (100w max. QRP Entries Noted) Jan 15, 1800z to Jan 16, 0600z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php ~ Run For The Bacon (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Jan 16, 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM UTC: Jan 17, 0200z to 0400z Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/ ~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Jan 17, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Jan 18, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Jan 19, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint *** QRP CONTEST! *** EST: Jan 19, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Jan 20, 0130z to 0330z Rules: http://home.windstream.net/yoel/contests.html ~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Jan 20, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Jan 21, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~ BARTG RTTY Sprint Contest Jan 22, 1200z to Jan 23, 1200z Rules: http://www.bartg.org.uk/sprintcontest.asp ~ ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes ... Low Power Category Jan 22, 1900z to Jan 24, 0359z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf-sweepstakes ~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Jan 24, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Jan 25, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Jan 26, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Jan 26, z to 0200z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/ ~ NAQCC's 160m QRP Sprint *** QRP Contest *** Jan 27, 0130z to 0330z Rules: http://home.windstream.net/yoel/contests.html ~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Jan 27, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Jan 28, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~ CQ WW 160-Meter DX Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Jan 28, 2200z to Jan 30, 2200z Rules: http://www.cq160.com ~ REF (French) CW Contest Jan 29, 0600z to Jan 30, 1800z Rules: http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhfdx.pdf ~ UBA DX Contest (Belgian) (SSB) ... QRP Category Jan 29, 1300z to Jan 30, 1300z Rules: http://www.uba.be/sites/default/files/uploads/hf_contests/ubatest_dx.pdf ~ SPAR Winter Field Day (Any Mode) ... Portable Battery Points Jan 29, 1700z to Jan 30, 1700z Rules: http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/winterfd/index.php?pg=2 ~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Jan 31, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Feb 1, z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/ ~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 1, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 2, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) ***
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Another push-to-talk question
In N1MM when you set the serial port for the K3 on the Configurer click the button to the right of the serial port you're using that says Set. Check off the box that says Radio PTT via command. 73, Alan N5NA Doug VE3VS wrote: I have been enjoying operating my K3 for several months. One of my interests includes RTTY. I use the latest MMTTY software (AFSK), have the two audio lines connected, and use VOX to operate this mode. At the same time, the serial cable from the computer to the radio remains connected. Question - Is there a set-up that will allow the computer to signal PTT through the serial cable in order to transmit the RTTY tones, rather than enabling the VOX switch? Doug, VE3VS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Another-push-to-talk-question-tp5918290p5920383.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] P3 how to question
You plug the PC into the upper 9-pin D-shell connector on the back of the P3. The P3 takes over the K3's serial port and relays data to the K3. In my P3 Owner's manual, page 13, the discussion of the P3's back panel, discusses the connection. 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of bill wade, sr. Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:58 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] P3 how to question Just got new P3 up and running, and I want to download the K3 425 and P3 00.50, but I'm not sure how to accomplish this with the 232 connection already occupied. How do I get the PC in the loop? 73 Bill Wade, Ai4PF __ 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] P3 how to question
You should download the P3 Utility, available at ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/, guest access. The P3 owner manual shows how the RS232 cabling should be laid out. matt W6NIA On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:57:58 -0500, you wrote: Just got new P3 up and running, and I want to download the K3 425 and P3 00.50, but I'm not sure how to accomplish this with the 232 connection already occupied. How do I get the PC in the loop? 73 Bill Wade, Ai4PF __ 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] CM500
I just checked my CM500. It appears that tip and ring are shorted together. 73, Igor, N1YX -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of n6...@cox.net Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:20 PM To: Tommy Alderman; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 Tom, I recently bought a CM500 new and it did not include any papers at all however the headset's wiring reflects a standard used in computer sound cards. The mic jack/plug is usually wired as follows; tip- mic signal ring- bias voltage (optional) sleeve- ground Hope this helps. Gary N6LRV Tommy Alderman alderm...@windstream.net wrote: SOMEWHERE in my pile of papers I have a CM500 headset owners paper! Can someone please tell me what the tip and ring connection are for the microphone? I assume the base is the ground connection. Thanks. Tom - W4BQF __ 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] Fixed Tune
Alan, Dick, Wayne THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the FIXED TUNE option!! Now I will start using my P3 which previously had become a boat anchor!! Fixed tune rules! Jim W6YA __ 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 Beta Firmware Release: Fixed-Tune mode for theP3
Thanks, Frank. I'll add it to the bug list. Alan N1AL On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 13:37 -0800, W6NEK wrote: Hello Dick, I just updated both the K3 and P3 to the latest Beta firmware. All updates downloaded and installed without any problems. However, I do see an issue with the P3 center freq display when the P3 is in the Fixed-Tune mode: 1. Tune K3 to 999 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 999.00 KHz. 2. Now tune the VFO to 1000 KHz and note the Center Freq Display reads 1.000.00 KHz. 3. Now return the VFO to 999 KHz and note the incorrect Center Freq Display now reads 1999.000 rather then 999.00. Can anyone else confirm this? 73... Frank - W6NEK __ 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 Beta Firmware Rev. 3.57: Synchronous AM Detection (AM-S); misc. improvements
Just did the upgrade. Outstanding. P3 is a joy. Don...w2xb -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Beta-Firmware-Rev-3-57-Synchronous-AM-Detection-AM-S-misc-improvements-tp3983997p5920508.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 utility problem
* On 2011 13 Jan 20:54 -0600, jd.n2uz wrote: Other problem is that I am using Fldigi and so far I am able to get a receive display, but not able to transmit, looks like a PTT problem as the K3 doesn't go into xmit. I am using Hamlib, but my bad notes from last year had me using RigCat. RigCAT is probably your better option until the next release of Hamlib as I've reworked the K3 code and it works rather well here. The only thing is that it's in the source repository. If you're not afraid of compiling from source, drop me a line off-kist and I can help you with it. 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] k3 utility problem
Did you install cURL on the new Ubuntu installation? David, W4SMT --- On Thu, 1/13/11, jd.n2uz jd.n...@verizon.net wrote: I have been away for about a year operating my k3 using Ubuntu and Fldigi and I am just getting back into radio mode. Of course, with a new pc, new version of Ubuntu etc...there are some problems brought on my my forgetfulness. Now am running the current version of Ubuntu and I just downloaded the K3 utility version v1.3.9.2 and when I click on 'Check Versions now I get.. Unable to connect to Elecraft server. Error: 127 This is my activity log 16:55:07 Elecraft K3 Utility for Linux Version 1.3.9.2 16:55:10 K3 MCU version 03.04. RS232 speed 4800 bps. 16:55:14 Connecting to ftp.elecraft.com. Please be patient, this takes a few seconds. 16:55:14 Unable to connect to Elecraft server. Error: 127 Other problem is that I am using Fldigi and so far I am able to get a receive display, but not able to transmit, looks like a PTT problem as the K3 doesn't go into xmit. I am using Hamlib, but my bad notes from last year had me using RigCat. First I want to get the K3 updated and then I will look into the transmit problem. Jerry N2UZ __ 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] CM500
Al the more reason to use only the tip and the sleeve. The K3 jacks are 'stereo', which indicates that a stereo cable will work just fine and cause no additional problems. Since the K3 does not use the ring contact, it makes no difference whether the tip and ring are connected or not - the K3 ignores the ring contact. I am not certain about your situation, but as I understand,in the case of the CM500, the tip is the active AF signal, and the shell is the return (ground). The mono input of the K3 rear panel mic jack will work just fine as long as bias is turned on. If the front panel mic input is the choice, an adapter to a Foster plug is required and bias will have to be turned on. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/13/2011 8:57 PM, Igor Kosvin wrote: I just checked my CM500. It appears that tip and ring are shorted together. 73, Igor, N1YX -Original Message- From:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf ofn6...@cox.net Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:20 PM To: Tommy Alderman;elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 Tom, I recently bought a CM500 new and it did not include any papers at all however the headset's wiring reflects a standard used in computer sound cards. The mic jack/plug is usually wired as follows; tip- mic signal ring- bias voltage (optional) sleeve- ground Hope this helps. Gary N6LRV Tommy Aldermanalderm...@windstream.net wrote: SOMEWHERE in my pile of papers I have a CM500 headset owners paper! Can someone please tell me what the tip and ring connection are for the microphone? I assume the base is the ground connection. Thanks. Tom - W4BQF __ 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] CM500
Al the more reason to use only the tip and the sleeve. The K3 jacks are 'stereo', which indicates that a stereo cable will work just fine and cause no additional problems. I am not certain about your situation, I as I understand,m ln/ On 1/13/2011 8:57 PM, Igor Kosvin wrote: I just checked my CM500. It appears that tip and ring are shorted together. 73, Igor, N1YX -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of n6...@cox.net Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:20 PM To: Tommy Alderman; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 Tom, I recently bought a CM500 new and it did not include any papers at all however the headset's wiring reflects a standard used in computer sound cards. The mic jack/plug is usually wired as follows; tip- mic signal ring- bias voltage (optional) sleeve- ground Hope this helps. Gary N6LRV Tommy Aldermanalderm...@windstream.net wrote: SOMEWHERE in my pile of papers I have a CM500 headset owners paper! Can someone please tell me what the tip and ring connection are for the microphone? I assume the base is the ground connection. Thanks. Tom - W4BQF __ 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] CM500
Igor, That is normal for an electret mic like the one used in the CM500 headset. Gary N6LRV -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Igor Kosvin Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:57 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 I just checked my CM500. It appears that tip and ring are shorted together. 73, Igor, N1YX __ 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 0.50 firmware
I like the fixed interval with the VFO cursor moving. Also calibration in S units instead of db. Very neat and changeable if one needs something else. Two questions. The CENTER button works but only after second press. Is this intentional? The panadapter is affected by pulse noise even if NB in K3 seems to eliminate the noise completely. Then weak stations are not visible even though they are good copy with NB. I wonder whether NB can be added to P3. NB is very effective in SDR-IQ under Spectravue. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-0-50-firmware-tp5920640p5920640.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 0.050 Glitch?
I just downloaded the new software for the P3 the K3 and everything went well.. I set the P3 to display S meter readings (not DBM) and I noticed something when I went to the 6 meter band. I put a dummy load on the K3 and went through all the bands and set the REF LVL on the P3 so the base line is at S1 all went well till I got to the 6 meter band . the Ref Lvl on the P3 is set to 125 on all bands untill I get to 6 meters. now I have to set the Ref Lvl to 144 to get S1 to show at the bottom of the P3 and now the base line is at S5 and it should be down at S1 like all the other bands. this is with a dummy load attached right at the antenna connector of the K3..just switching between 10 6 meters its like there is too much output to the P3 when going to 6... am I missing something? Ed K7WIA -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-0-050-Glitch-tp5920743p5920743.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] P3 0.50 firmware
On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 20:09 -0800, Ignacy wrote: I like the fixed interval with the VFO cursor moving. Also calibration in S units instead of db. Very neat and changeable if one needs something else. Two questions. The CENTER button works but only after second press. Is this intentional? On the first press you're adjusting the center frequency. On the second press it sets the CF to the VFO A frequency. The panadapter is affected by pulse noise even if NB in K3 seems to eliminate the noise completely. Then weak stations are not visible even though they are good copy with NB. I wonder whether NB can be added to P3. NB is very effective in SDR-IQ under Spectravue. I want to try adding a noise blanker to the P3. It should be possible. It's only software. =) Alan N1AL Ignacy, NO9E __ 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] P3 0.050 Glitch?
According to IARU Region 1 recommendation R.1, the standard for S9 on frequencies below 30 MHz is -73 dBm but it is -93 dBm for frequencies above 144 MHz. Unfortunately it doesn't say what to do about the 50 MHz band, but Googling around on the Internet it appears that since 6 meters is considered a VHF band, most people assume it should use the -93 dBm figure. So that's what I went with in the P3. Alan N1AL On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 21:38 -0800, K7WIA wrote: I just downloaded the new software for the P3 the K3 and everything went well.. I set the P3 to display S meter readings (not DBM) and I noticed something when I went to the 6 meter band. I put a dummy load on the K3 and went through all the bands and set the REF LVL on the P3 so the base line is at S1 all went well till I got to the 6 meter band . the Ref Lvl on the P3 is set to 125 on all bands untill I get to 6 meters. now I have to set the Ref Lvl to 144 to get S1 to show at the bottom of the P3 and now the base line is at S5 and it should be down at S1 like all the other bands. this is with a dummy load attached right at the antenna connector of the K3..just switching between 10 6 meters its like there is too much output to the P3 when going to 6... am I missing something? Ed K7WIA __ 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] P3 0.050 Glitch?
Thanks Alan, that explains the error, BUT without a antenna connected It should not show S5 when the K3's S meter just blinks once in a while. I would sure like it to be set like it is on the HF bands. now when the antenna is connected, living in the city the base line will jump up 2 S units and be S7. and the S meter on the K3 will blink between S2 S3 Could the 6 meter gain be incorprated thto the menu XV Gain (transverter Gain) then we would have the choice between the 2 standard to use, as now most of us are still using 50 mv=S9 Ed -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-0-050-Glitch-tp5920743p5920807.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
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our guard unit may be sent to isreal next summer. if i have my ticket by then how do i get permission to use a hand held there or will it even work there?? s/tony rowland __ 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
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This is from the ARRL web site: *Licensing information for Israel - 4X* * * Date: December 2008 from 4X6KJ (see addition) Intro: Israel implements CEPT T/R 61-01 and 02; reciprocal licenses are given to visitors by IARC. see CEPT instructions of Israelhttp://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/4x_cept.pdf All visitors' licenses handled by IARC if not according to CEPT T/R 61-01 and 02. Address: Israel Amateur Radio Club http://w3.iarc.org/ P.O.Box 17600 Tel Aviv 61176 Israel Remarks: The Israel Amateur Radio Club can help in obtaining a reciprocal license. Application form 006 http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/4xa.pdfis here attached and information as to what other documents are required. See also IARC homepagehttp://w3.iarc.org/ . The best way to get a license: Amateurs coming from countries that have CEPT implemented the CEPT T/R 61-01 agreement, do not have to apply for any reciprocal license. They can bring their equipment, and operate in Israel for a period of up to 3 months, providing that they have a valid home country license with them. Their call sign is as follows, 4 X / and home call. (see CEPThttp://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/cept.htm and special CEPT instructions of Israel http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/4x_cept.pdf) NON-EUROPEAN countries that have CEPT implemented the CEPT T/R 61-01 agreement, do not have to apply for any reciprocal license. Participating countries are: Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, South Africa, and USA. Amateurs coming from countries that have CEPT implemented the CEPT T/R 61-02 agreement, have to apply for a reciprocal license if staying for a period of more than 3 months. Being that the above mentioned countries are now participating in the CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 as one of the non-European Countries, implementing this licensing agreement, just like Israel has done some years ago. It is not necessary anymore to apply and file any paperwork concerning, a temporary amateur radio reciprocal license. Under the CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 you are allowed to operate your amateur radio equipment for a period of up to 3 months, according to your own (home country) licensing conditions and the prevailing rules of the country being visited. (Bring your present valid license with you) Israel is in IARU Region 1, which has a slightly different band plan and power limits. Any other country, that does not participate in the CEPT agreements, will have to notify the Israel Amateur Radio Club ( see form 006) Looks like you just have to bring original license. But I would email the Israel Amateur Radio Club just to make sure. Of course you have to operate within their rules while there, so study up. They will be different than US. On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:33 AM, tony rowland biggsbigb...@yahoo.comwrote: our guard unit may be sent to isreal next summer. if i have my ticket by then how do i get permission to use a hand held there or will it even work there?? s/tony rowland __ 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 -- Jim K0XU __ 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
