Re: [Elecraft] I did it again!
On 3/15/2011 5:47 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: Maybe I'm too old to be trusted with a K3 (hey, my wife won't let me ride a motorcycle anymore either). Andrea won't let me climb my tower either ... like I actually could :-) I must be really missing some features in my K3, I'm not having any of these problems with transmitting on one frequency and listening on another. Other than some AGC settings and TX EQ settings I got from K9YC, I pretty much run it out of the box. I haven't been arrested by the DX Cops -- yet -- I seem to be able to work the DX in split mode [occasionally, I call more than I work], and my KUSB thingy works just fine with N1MM, K3 Utility, and K3_EZ. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm missing something. Maybe I need the second receiver. 73, Fred K6DGW Auburn 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] K3 S meter calibration
It hasn't always been like this and I'm sure there will be a software fix. I hope it's on the Elecraft to do list ? John G4ZTR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roger Dallimore Sent: 14 March 2011 19:30 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 S meter calibration Mines' the same, about S4/5 maximum. Pity, works great otherwise. 73 Roger MW0IDX K3 #191 K2 #2724 KX1 #416 Hi Georges, Like you I cannot fathom why the K144XV is so low in it's received signal strength, I too see no better than S3-S4 on signals that on all other radios are S9-S9+. I (and others) have asked Elecraft about the discrepancy but as yet the low S meter reading issue remains unfixed. It used to read a little high when compared to other rigs and firmware version 3.97 made it read quite accurately. __ 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 __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5952 (20110314) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5953 (20110314) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 S meter calibration
So do I. There have been postings to the reflector about it over a long period. I believe it's a question of making S9 = -93dbm on 2m. 73 to all Geoff G3UCK - Original Message - From: John Lemay j...@carltonhouse.eclipse.co.uk To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:03 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 S meter calibration It hasn't always been like this and I'm sure there will be a software fix. I hope it's on the Elecraft to do list ? John G4ZTR Mines' the same, about S4/5 maximum. Pity, works great otherwise. 73 Roger MW0IDX K3 #191 K2 #2724 KX1 #416 Hi Georges, Like you I cannot fathom why the K144XV is so low in it's received signal strength, I too see no better than S3-S4 on signals that on all other radios are S9-S9+. __ 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 Feature Request
Thanks Ian, You got your brain round the explanation, where mine failed... 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:31:24 +, Ian White GM3SEK wrote: Alan Bloom wrote: I agree that XIT is probably used much less often than VFO B to control the transmit frequency. I think a lot of people use RIT (which does affect the cursor frequency on the P3) but fewer use XIT. The main use for XIT is in CW contests and simplex DX pileups, to apply a small 'tactical' offset of typically a few tens of Hz. Full split operation is not appropriate in this situation - you can already hear everything in the main RX. In either case, it would be nice to have an indication of the actual transmit frequency on the P3. Nice makes it sound like eye candy - but it's more than that. Exactly where you'll be transmitting within the displayed spectrum is one of the most important pieces of information that the P3 has to offer. I'm not sure that another cursor is the right answer though. The display is already crowded with two cursors and up to two markers. I'm thinking along the lines of little arrows at the top and bottom of the screen, where the frequency tic marks are located. They could be colored red to make them stand out. In order of importance I'd put the transmitted spectrum occupancy some way ahead of the markers. It should pop up on the P3 whenever the 'delta-F' LED is active on the K3, and preferably in red. __ 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] I did it again!
Fred, You are just a good operator but I sometimes do forget that I have not changed my TX over to VFO B even though VFO B has been set up 5 kHz. This is why I need the P3 to place a stick of dynamite in a private place and light it when I attempt to transmit on a DX station. Maybe a flashing or more distinct VFO B cursor indication for when it is chosen for TX would help. Flashing beats red for me as I am partially colour blind. This is not a P3 fault but an operator fault and an old man looking for extra help. God, I hate making this mistake. The radio is not at fault the operator is, mea maxima culpa. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of FredJensen Sent: 15 March 2011 08:01 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! On 3/15/2011 5:47 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: Maybe I'm too old to be trusted with a K3 (hey, my wife won't let me ride a motorcycle anymore either). Andrea won't let me climb my tower either ... like I actually could :-) I must be really missing some features in my K3, I'm not having any of these problems with transmitting on one frequency and listening on another. Other than some AGC settings and TX EQ settings I got from K9YC, I pretty much run it out of the box. I haven't been arrested by the DX Cops -- yet -- I seem to be able to work the DX in split mode [occasionally, I call more than I work], and my KUSB thingy works just fine with N1MM, K3 Utility, and K3_EZ. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm missing something. Maybe I need the second receiver. 73, Fred K6DGW Auburn 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 __ 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] I did it again!
*Hey Guys' My wife just confirmed to me...'You are not allowed to walk and chew gum at the same time' Personally, I think it's a plot..she has a call too :-( And you think you have issues? :-) 73's Gary * On 15 March 2011 19:19, Doug Turnbull turnb...@net1.ie wrote: Fred, You are just a good operator but I sometimes do forget that I have not changed my TX over to VFO B even though VFO B has been set up 5 kHz. This is why I need the P3 to place a stick of dynamite in a private place and light it when I attempt to transmit on a DX station. Maybe a flashing or more distinct VFO B cursor indication for when it is chosen for TX would help. Flashing beats red for me as I am partially colour blind. This is not a P3 fault but an operator fault and an old man looking for extra help. God, I hate making this mistake. The radio is not at fault the operator is, mea maxima culpa. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of FredJensen Sent: 15 March 2011 08:01 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! On 3/15/2011 5:47 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: Maybe I'm too old to be trusted with a K3 (hey, my wife won't let me ride a motorcycle anymore either). Andrea won't let me climb my tower either ... like I actually could :-) I must be really missing some features in my K3, I'm not having any of these problems with transmitting on one frequency and listening on another. Other than some AGC settings and TX EQ settings I got from K9YC, I pretty much run it out of the box. I haven't been arrested by the DX Cops -- yet -- I seem to be able to work the DX in split mode [occasionally, I call more than I work], and my KUSB thingy works just fine with N1MM, K3 Utility, and K3_EZ. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm missing something. Maybe I need the second receiver. 73, Fred K6DGW Auburn 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 __ 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 -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* __ 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 re kdvr not playing back
I've had some similar issues with mine. Cycling the power switch on and off gets mine working again. 73 Mike R Sent from my spy ring __ 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] Aid to Japan
Barb and I ask those of you here to help Japan as you can. We chose to do it through the Salvation Army. You may choose otherwise. quote The Salvation Army has been at work in Japan since 1895, operating more than 80 centers there, including two hospitals and four children’s homes. We have nearly 200 officers, 3,000 members and nearly 1,000 employees already at work in the country. We are a part of Japan’s communities and dedicated to their recovery. end quote You can donate online on this web page, using credit card or PayPal: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf Thanks! -- Moe and Barb AB8XA and W8FCJ __ 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 ] RF Out/DC power Issues
All, My K2/100 (s/n 6k) has an issue with RF output control vs DC input power. When operating in the range of 1 - 10 watts (lo power), I draw what seems to be a reasonable amount of DC power, and the tune control works as it should, reducing the output power to approx 2W while the KPA-100 does its thing. Once I set the radio to 11 watts or above (hi-power), all bets are off. I am drawing approximately 15 A for 11 watts out pulling over 24A at 30W, and the tune function no longer reduces the output power while tuning. If set to 20W out, the tune function indicates no reduction in and will tune at 20W. The same for any other power range. My question is, besides D-16 and D-17, where else should I be looking for issues? Note, I do get an occasional Hi Current warning while operation in the 1 - 10 watt range. Thanks in advance for ay help, Gene K1NR - Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] OT - Vertical Bug
I just want to share a recent discovery with other Elecraft listers who appreciate 'bug' keys. The following short video is a demo I made of my new vertical 'bug' compared to the more traditional ones. This vertical key is a fabulous slow speed performer and doesn't need a pipe wrench hanging off the forward end to slow down - it's naturally slower but dropping the weight brings it up to 35 WPM. Until recently I knew very little about vertical keys and pretty much concluded that with so little marketing going on, they must not be very good. GOSH, WAS I WRONG !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EU6wubkaEfeature=related 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] I did it again!
It's several things. One problem is that I watch the P3, so I don't notice the delta TX indicator on the K3. Another is that I do use the second rx, and my brain seems to think that if I am hearing the pileup in my right ear then that's where I'm going to transmit. And the third (which is what made me a lid last night) is that if I forget I'm in QRQ mode then SPLIT does not activate. I've asked for a vertical line on the P3 that would display the TX frequency. That would save me, but wouldn't help those without a P3. I've also suggested that SPLIT should override QRQ, or that there could be an MN command that could be put in a macro to reliably turn off QRQ and allow SPLIT. On 3/15/2011 1:00 AM, FredJensen wrote: On 3/15/2011 5:47 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: Maybe I'm too old to be trusted with a K3 (hey, my wife won't let me ride a motorcycle anymore either). Andrea won't let me climb my tower either ... like I actually could :-) I must be really missing some features in my K3, I'm not having any of these problems with transmitting on one frequency and listening on another. Other than some AGC settings and TX EQ settings I got from K9YC, I pretty much run it out of the box. I haven't been arrested by the DX Cops -- yet -- I seem to be able to work the DX in split mode [occasionally, I call more than I work], and my KUSB thingy works just fine with N1MM, K3 Utility, and K3_EZ. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm missing something. Maybe I need the second receiver. 73, Fred K6DGW Auburn CA -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ 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] I did it again!
We'll work with you on these issues, Vic. Wayne N6KR On Mar 15, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: It's several things. One problem is that I watch the P3, so I don't notice the delta TX indicator on the K3. Another is that I do use the second rx, and my brain seems to think that if I am hearing the pileup in my right ear then that's where I'm going to transmit. And the third (which is what made me a lid last night) is that if I forget I'm in QRQ mode then SPLIT does not activate. I've asked for a vertical line on the P3 that would display the TX frequency. That would save me, but wouldn't help those without a P3. I've also suggested that SPLIT should override QRQ, or that there could be an MN command that could be put in a macro to reliably turn off QRQ and allow SPLIT. __ 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] I did it again!
And the third (which is what made me a lid last night) is that if I forget I'm in QRQ mode then SPLIT does not activate. Don't feel too bad, Vic. I've done that myself. The K3's macros make the entire split operation so easy that I've become complacent and just assume I'm on the right Tx frequency in QRQ mode. I now make it a point to look at the Tx indicator after engaging the macro. I guess I should set up another macro just for QRQ, although I've not yet looked to see if that's a command available in a macro. Paul, W9AC - Original Message - From: Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! It's several things. One problem is that I watch the P3, so I don't notice the delta TX indicator on the K3. Another is that I do use the second rx, and my brain seems to think that if I am hearing the pileup in my right ear then that's where I'm going to transmit. And the third (which is what made me a lid last night) is that if I forget I'm in QRQ mode then SPLIT does not activate. I've asked for a vertical line on the P3 that would display the TX frequency. That would save me, but wouldn't help those without a P3. I've also suggested that SPLIT should override QRQ, or that there could be an MN command that could be put in a macro to reliably turn off QRQ and allow SPLIT. On 3/15/2011 1:00 AM, FredJensen wrote: On 3/15/2011 5:47 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: Maybe I'm too old to be trusted with a K3 (hey, my wife won't let me ride a motorcycle anymore either). Andrea won't let me climb my tower either ... like I actually could :-) I must be really missing some features in my K3, I'm not having any of these problems with transmitting on one frequency and listening on another. Other than some AGC settings and TX EQ settings I got from K9YC, I pretty much run it out of the box. I haven't been arrested by the DX Cops -- yet -- I seem to be able to work the DX in split mode [occasionally, I call more than I work], and my KUSB thingy works just fine with N1MM, K3 Utility, and K3_EZ. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm missing something. Maybe I need the second receiver. 73, Fred K6DGW Auburn CA -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ 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] I did it again!
Paul hit the nail on the head. The K3 makes it easier to operate split, especially with appropriate macros. I don't think the K3 makes it any more likely to transmit on the wrong frequency than does any other radio. I'm a pretty good op but I've made the UP UP UP mistake occasionally for 50 years now, with many, very different rigs. I'm embarrassed when it happens and then I get over it. Yes, Elecraft can improve the P3 to make operation easier, more convenient and maybe even less error-prone for some ops. But there is no way a radio can eliminate all operator mistakes. Vic, you can stop kicking yourself. You quickly realized the mistake and corrected it. Lids don't. /Rick On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Paul Christensen w...@arrl.net wrote: The K3's macros make the entire split operation so easy that I've become complacent and just assume I'm on the right Tx frequency in QRQ mode. I now make it a point to look at the Tx indicator after engaging the macro. I guess I should set up another macro just for QRQ, although I've not yet looked to see if that's a command available in a macro. -- Rick Tavan N6XI Truckee, 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
[Elecraft] Now that the FCC has approved the KPA500...
...Do we get any updates on pricing and general availability? http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96405-new-elecraft-kpa500-amplifier-detailed-pics-info.html http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96435-elecraft-kpa500-high-frequency-amplifier-manual-schematics.html http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96423-elecraft-kpa500-gain-emissions-imd-linearity-tests.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] decisions, decisions
On 3/13/2011 11:57 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: Wes, you mail made me realize I was doing a mistake. The PR6 needs the KXV3, so I have to rule that out on a (not enough) money basis. The PR6 does NOT need the KXV3, but can pass the transverter functions trough. The PR6 can be used with any 6M radio... 73, Ross N4RP -- FCC Section 97.313(a) “At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.” __ 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] I DID IT AGAIN!
Me too! I monitor the DX with the MAIN Rcvr, the pileup with the SUB Rcvr, find the right spot to call, very slick, and forget to push the SPLIT button. I get chastised by the DX Fuzz, and THEN I push the SPLIT button. Never fails! Eric VA7DZ On 15/03/11 9:00 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to elecraft@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net You can reach the person managing the list at elecraft-ow...@mailman.qth.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Elecraft digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: I did it again! (Doug Turnbull) 2. Re: I did it again! (Gary Gregory) 3. K3 re kdvr not playing back (Mike Rodgers) 4. Aid to Japan (AB8XA) 5. [K2 ] RF Out/DC power Issues (Eugene Balinski) 6. OT - Vertical Bug (stan levandowski) 7. Re: I did it again! (Vic K2VCO) 8. Re: I did it again! (Wayne Burdick) 9. Re: I did it again! (Paul Christensen) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:19:55 - From: Doug Turnbullturnb...@net1.ie Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! To: 'FredJensen'k6...@foothill.net, elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID:99513EC7CFC842999351CB0D0F2D07A6@DOUG1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Fred, You are just a good operator but I sometimes do forget that I have not changed my TX over to VFO B even though VFO B has been set up 5 kHz. This is why I need the P3 to place a stick of dynamite in a private place and light it when I attempt to transmit on a DX station. Maybe a flashing or more distinct VFO B cursor indication for when it is chosen for TX would help. Flashing beats red for me as I am partially colour blind. This is not a P3 fault but an operator fault and an old man looking for extra help. God, I hate making this mistake. The radio is not at fault the operator is, mea maxima culpa. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of FredJensen Sent: 15 March 2011 08:01 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! On 3/15/2011 5:47 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: Maybe I'm too old to be trusted with a K3 (hey, my wife won't let me ride a motorcycle anymore either). Andrea won't let me climb my tower either ... like I actually could :-) I must be really missing some features in my K3, I'm not having any of these problems with transmitting on one frequency and listening on another. Other than some AGC settings and TX EQ settings I got from K9YC, I pretty much run it out of the box. I haven't been arrested by the DX Cops -- yet -- I seem to be able to work the DX in split mode [occasionally, I call more than I work], and my KUSB thingy works just fine with N1MM, K3 Utility, and K3_EZ. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm missing something. Maybe I need the second receiver. 73, Fred K6DGW Auburn 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 -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:44:32 +1000 From: Gary Gregorygaryvk...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! To: Doug Turnbullturnb...@net1.ie Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: aanlktinnn3pqnxjp6fkg5uwizctjdghjkgvefplvu...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 *Hey Guys' My wife just confirmed to me...'You are not allowed to walk and chew gum at the same time' Personally, I think it's a plot..she has a call too :-( And you think you have issues? :-) 73's Gary * On 15 March 2011 19:19, Doug Turnbullturnb...@net1.ie wrote: Fred, You are just a good operator but I sometimes do forget that I have not changed my TX over to VFO B even though VFO B has been set up 5 kHz. This is why I need the P3 to place a stick of dynamite in a private place and light it when I attempt to transmit on a DX station. Maybe a flashing or more distinct VFO B cursor indication for when it is chosen for TX would help. Flashing beats red for me as I am partially colour blind. This is not a P3 fault but an operator fault and an old man looking for extra help. God, I hate making this mistake. The radio is not at fault the operator is, mea maxima culpa. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message-
Re: [Elecraft] Qrm on ssb net
After hearing this guy messing with the Net several weeks ago, I followed up by doing a Google search of his call. Seems he is a well-documented rebel. Even the Commission has come down on him. I applaud Phil, NS7P for being so polite and professional during the interruptions. He is known to hang around 14.313. The reports of his abuses go back years, but I only first heard him during the Net operation a few weeks back. Again, everyone in the Elecraft group responds very appropriately and no one feeds this guy. It was VERY MUCH an intentional intrusion. Terry, W0FM -Original Message- From: Fred Jensen [mailto:k6...@foothill.net] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:22 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Qrm on ssb net This has been a fairly common occurrence on the Medical Band for as long as I can remember. A lot less common on other bands, unless you tread onto 14230, 14300, or one of the nets operating above 14300. Best move is to not acknowledge the QRM on the air. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org On 3/14/2011 10:55 AM, riese-k3...@juno.com wrote: someone is showing up on 75 doing the same thing very loud signal,, burps,, whistles etc etc __ 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] Now that the FCC has approved the KPA500...
I think I'll wait till Elecraft puts the info up on their website. On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:45:15 -0700 Tim Tucker ae...@worldwidedx.com wrote: ...Do we get any updates on pricing and general availability? http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96405-new-elecraft-kpa500-amplifier-detailed-pics-info.html http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96435-elecraft-kpa500-high-frequency-amplifier-manual-schematics.html http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96423-elecraft-kpa500-gain-emissions-imd-linearity-tests.html -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H __ 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] decisions, decisions
Wes, you mail made me realize I was doing a mistake. The PR6 needs the KXV3, so I have to rule that out on a (not enough) money basis. The PR6 does NOT need the KXV3, but can pass the transverter functions trough. The PR6 can be used with any 6M radio... Only if those any radios provide a break in the RX path like the K3 does! There are not many. Otherwise you'll need two bypass relays to take it out of line when transmitting if you want to put it up front the radio's antenna input. 73, Olli - DH8BQA __ 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] Now that the FCC has approved the KPA500...
You think you'll wait for ?? Obviously, we can't buy it until Elecraft puts it up on their website, but the FCC already put it up on theirs, so we're free to discuss... On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:09 AM, R. Kevin Stover rksto...@mchsi.comwrote: I think I'll wait till Elecraft puts the info up on their website. On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:45:15 -0700 Tim Tucker ae...@worldwidedx.com wrote: ...Do we get any updates on pricing and general availability? http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96405-new-elecraft-kpa500-amplifier-detailed-pics-info.html http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96435-elecraft-kpa500-high-frequency-amplifier-manual-schematics.html http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/96423-elecraft-kpa500-gain-emissions-imd-linearity-tests.html -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H __ 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] Qrm on ssb net
So, can you record this with the KDVR3 and send it in? -- In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? On 15 Mar 2011, at 18:01, Terry Schieler wrote: After hearing this guy messing with the Net several weeks ago, I followed up by doing a Google search of his call. Seems he is a well-documented rebel. Even the Commission has come down on him. I applaud Phil, NS7P for being so polite and professional during the interruptions. He is known to hang around 14.313. The reports of his abuses go back years, but I only first heard him during the Net operation a few weeks back. Again, everyone in the Elecraft group responds very appropriately and no one feeds this guy. It was VERY MUCH an intentional intrusion. __ 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 Hi current display
I recently repaired my K3 LPA by replacing one of the output MOSFETS and making other modifications per Gary Surrency. I had to re-adjust the bias on the finals using an external ammeter and was able to complete that successfully. The LPA now puts out the full 12W. However, the front panel display shows that the K3 is always drawing aroung 24A when I know it is less than 1A on the external meter. The reading is the same whether or not I have the KPA3 installed. I still haven't had a response from Gary so I thought I'd ask if anyone else has seen this. I have checked the output of the current sense U1 and it is correct. Anyone have any ideas??? Thanks, Russ N3CO __ 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 Feature Request
I usually do not like me too posts, but: I *_really_* like the idea of showing a high contrast line on the P3 with the absolute frequency the K3 will transmit on. No exceptions, it must include split, QSK, XIT, CW, SSB, REV, etc. This line could have menu options to be suppressed if the VOX is off or if the operator really does not want the feature. I believe the existing displays on the K3 or on the P3 are could be improved toward idiot proof for split and me. The feature could go a long way toward reducing inadvertent lid transmissions. Of course you and I never have that problem! Aloha, John KH7T __ 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] decisions, decisions
I suppose that is technically correct, if you use it with a 15-watt radio or external T/R switching. --- On Tue, 3/15/11, Ross Primrose N4RP n...@aiko.com wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:57 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: Wes, you mail made me realize I was doing a mistake. The PR6 needs the KXV3, so I have to rule that out on a (not enough) money basis. The PR6 does NOT need the KXV3, but can pass the transverter functions trough. The PR6 can be used with any 6M radio... 73, Ross N4RP __ 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] FCC
http://www.amateurradio.com/ Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc mailto:p...@lamarcheenterprises.com p...@lamarcheenterprises.com http://www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com 727-944-3226 727-937-8834 Fax 727-510-5038 Cell http://www.w9dvm.com www.w9dvm.com K3 #1605 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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] decisions, decisions
From http://www.elecraft.com/PR6/pr6.htm : The PR6 is a high-performance, low-noise 6-meter preamp that can be used with the Elecraft K3 and most other 6- meter capable transceivers. If it's not accurate, I'm not the guy you need to tell... 73, Ross N4RP On 3/15/2011 4:24 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: I suppose that is technically correct, if you use it with a 15-watt radio or external T/R switching. --- On Tue, 3/15/11, Ross Primrose N4RPn...@aiko.com wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:57 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: Wes, you mail made me realize I was doing a mistake. The PR6 needs the KXV3, so I have to rule that out on a (not enough) money basis. The PR6 does NOT need the KXV3, but can pass the transverter functions trough. The PR6 can be used with any 6M radio... 73, Ross N4RP -- FCC Section 97.313(a) “At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.” __ 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] FCC
One can't get to either the schematics or manual from that link - you have to be logged in. Pete, W1RM -Original Message- From: Phil LaMarche [mailto:plama...@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:31 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] FCC http://www.amateurradio.com/ Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc mailto:p...@lamarcheenterprises.com p...@lamarcheenterprises.com http://www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com 727-944-3226 727-937-8834 Fax 727-510-5038 Cell http://www.w9dvm.com www.w9dvm.com K3 #1605 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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] OT - Vertical Bug
Thank you Stan. I've seen photographs of a vertical bug but I've never used one. I also have a Vibroplex bug - a standard model that came to me in the 1990's through an old friend's widow when he became a silent key. My regular bug is an E.F. Johnson Speed-X. The Speed-X slows easily to 10 to 15 wpm using it's nifty standard weight that has a finger grip clamp - just squeeze and slide, let go and it's securely locked in its new position. I was surprised to find that the Vibroplex would not slow to less than about 25 wpm, even with two weights. My friend had been a commercial CW op both at sea and at KPH in California so I knew he had to slow it down to under 15 wpm to match the speed wanted by the other operator. Les accomplished that with a common cable clamp secured to the pendulum. (See it at http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=kphhistorypanel=pab1_1#pab1 _1 Scroll down to Les Burger and click on the image to enlarge it). You can see the threaded shafts of the cable clamp sticking up through the crossbar. It works great, but it's a very heavy feel. Talking with a number of OT Vibroplex owners whose bugs slowed down in into the 15 WPM easily without special weights and comparing keys closely, we discovered that Vibroplex made two different leaf springs for their key pendulums back in the 1960's. One was much thicker with a higher vibration frequency than the other. I've never been able to find out why they did that. The sound and feel of a nice bug is, for me, just as basic to Ham radio as stringing up antennas and melting solder on a new project ;-) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I just want to share a recent discovery with other Elecraft listers who appreciate 'bug' keys. The following short video is a demo I made of my new vertical 'bug' compared to the more traditional ones. This vertical key is a fabulous slow speed performer and doesn't need a pipe wrench hanging off the forward end to slow down - it's naturally slower but dropping the weight brings it up to 35 WPM. Until recently I knew very little about vertical keys and pretty much concluded that with so little marketing going on, they must not be very good. GOSH, WAS I WRONG !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EU6wubkaEfeature=related 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] [KPA500]And the question is ...
Who is going to calculated alternate replacement values of the resistors in the two attenuators so that the KPA500 may be driven to a full 500 watts by a K3 / 10? Mark, NØOKS __ 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] KPA-500 FCC docs
Copy and paste onto one line in your browser: https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=ExhibitsR equestTimeout=500calledFromFrame=Napplication_id=290417fcc_id='UTR-KPA500 ' Or, Go here: https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm Enter Elecraft for Applicant Name and click Start Search at the bottom of the page. On the next page, click on Detail under Display exhibits. Enjoy, Bruce, N1RX __ 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] [KPA500]And the question is ...
Mark wrote: Who is going to calculated alternate replacement values of the resistors in the two attenuators so that the KPA500 may be driven to a full 500 watts by a K3 / 10? Mark, NØOKS You are, if you intend to try this on your new KPA-500. -Bruce, N1RX __ 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 FCC docs
Yep, that works!! Thanks Pete, W1RM -Original Message- From: Bruce Beford [mailto:bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:13 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KPA-500 FCC docs Copy and paste onto one line in your browser: https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=ExhibitsR equestTimeout=500calledFromFrame=Napplication_id=290417fcc_id='UTR-KPA500 ' Or, Go here: https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm Enter Elecraft for Applicant Name and click Start Search at the bottom of the page. On the next page, click on Detail under Display exhibits. Enjoy, Bruce, N1RX __ 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] OT - Vertical Bug
Hi Ron, et al: I have an old bug used by a friend who was an HF op for the MO Hwy Patrol. His Vibroplex runs nicely from about 18 WPM on up... BUT he (or someone else) modified the leaf spring by thinning it (vertically) as shown below: -\___/- _/---\_ This thinning reduced the 'springiness' to a level which allows for nice slow CW with the weights fully out, but nice response up to 40+ WPM with the weights fully in. 73, Tom N0SS At 04:01 PM 3/15/2011, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Thank you Stan. I've seen photographs of a vertical bug but I've never used one. I also have a Vibroplex bug - a standard model that came to me in the 1990's through an old friend's widow when he became a silent key. My regular bug is an E.F. Johnson Speed-X. The Speed-X slows easily to 10 to 15 wpm using it's nifty standard weight that has a finger grip clamp - just squeeze and slide, let go and it's securely locked in its new position. I was surprised to find that the Vibroplex would not slow to less than about 25 wpm, even with two weights. My friend had been a commercial CW op both at sea and at KPH in California so I knew he had to slow it down to under 15 wpm to match the speed wanted by the other operator. Les accomplished that with a common cable clamp secured to the pendulum. (See it at http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=kphhistorypanel=pab1_1#pab1 _1 Scroll down to Les Burger and click on the image to enlarge it). You can see the threaded shafts of the cable clamp sticking up through the crossbar. It works great, but it's a very heavy feel. Talking with a number of OT Vibroplex owners whose bugs slowed down in into the 15 WPM easily without special weights and comparing keys closely, we discovered that Vibroplex made two different leaf springs for their key pendulums back in the 1960's. One was much thicker with a higher vibration frequency than the other. I've never been able to find out why they did that. The sound and feel of a nice bug is, for me, just as basic to Ham radio as stringing up antennas and melting solder on a new project ;-) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I just want to share a recent discovery with other Elecraft listers who appreciate 'bug' keys. The following short video is a demo I made of my new vertical 'bug' compared to the more traditional ones. This vertical key is a fabulous slow speed performer and doesn't need a pipe wrench hanging off the forward end to slow down - it's naturally slower but dropping the weight brings it up to 35 WPM. Until recently I knew very little about vertical keys and pretty much concluded that with so little marketing going on, they must not be very good. GOSH, WAS I WRONG !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EU6wubkaEfeature=related 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] [KPA500]And the question is ...
I'll do it! Just send me a KPA500 and I am good to go! Phil Santa Fe On Mar 15, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Bruce Beford wrote: Mark wrote: Who is going to calculated alternate replacement values of the resistors in the two attenuators so that the KPA500 may be driven to a full 500 watts by a K3 / 10? Mark, NØOKS You are, if you intend to try this on your new KPA-500. -Bruce, N1RX __ 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] decisions, decisions
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/PR6%20Owners%20Manual%20Rev%20A.pdf Page 3, second bullet. --- On Tue, 3/15/11, Ross Primrose N4RP n...@aiko.com wrote: From http://www.elecraft.com/PR6/pr6.htm : The PR6 is a high-performance, low-noise 6-meter preamp that can be used with the Elecraft K3 and most other 6- meter capable transceivers. If it's not accurate, I'm not the guy you need to tell... 73, Ross N4RP __ 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] FCC
Wow! I don't know who leaked an early draft of the Owner's manual for that site, but it's an early draft filled with incorrect and incomplete information! I'm presently working on the real Owner's manual - Perhaps someone with the authority (Wayne or Eric) will make it available soon. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil LaMarche Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:31 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] FCC http://www.amateurradio.com/ Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc mailto:p...@lamarcheenterprises.com p...@lamarcheenterprises.com http://www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com 727-944-3226 727-937-8834 Fax 727-510-5038 Cell http://www.w9dvm.com www.w9dvm.com K3 #1605 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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] FCC
*Wikileaks does it again...Damn! :-) Gary * On 16 March 2011 07:39, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote: Wow! I don't know who leaked an early draft of the Owner's manual for that site, but it's an early draft filled with incorrect and incomplete information! I'm presently working on the real Owner's manual - Perhaps someone with the authority (Wayne or Eric) will make it available soon. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil LaMarche Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:31 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] FCC http://www.amateurradio.com/ Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc mailto:p...@lamarcheenterprises.com p...@lamarcheenterprises.com http://www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com 727-944-3226 727-937-8834 Fax 727-510-5038 Cell http://www.w9dvm.com www.w9dvm.com K3 #1605 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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 -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* __ 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] FCC
Wow! I don't know who leaked an early draft of the Owner's manual for that site, but it's an early draft filled with incorrect and incomplete information! I'm presently working on the real Owner's manual - Perhaps someone with the authority (Wayne or Eric) will make it available soon. Ron AC7AC It looks like this was the draft manual submitted by Eric to the FCC with the other docs. Submitted on 3/12, approved on 3/14. Not bad. So Ron- get back to work and get us an up-to-date (close, anyway) manual to argue over. 8-) Bruce, N1RX __ 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] decisions, decisions
The advantage of using the PR6 with a K3 equipped with the KXV3 is that you can run the full 100 watts on 6 meters. The KXV3 allows putting the PR6 into the receive-only antenna circuit where transmit RF is never present. As the manual says, if you want to use it in the transmit antenna path, the RF power is limited to 15 watts. So, in the case of the original questioner who was considering a K3/10 configuration, it could be put in the TX antenna path. Of course, one may use external relays to bypass it for use in the transmit antenna path with other rigs running higher power. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From http://www.elecraft.com/PR6/pr6.htm : The PR6 is a high-performance, low-noise 6-meter preamp that can be used with the Elecraft K3 and most other 6- meter capable transceivers. If it's not accurate, I'm not the guy you need to tell... 73, Ross N4RP On 3/15/2011 4:24 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: I suppose that is technically correct, if you use it with a 15-watt radio or external T/R switching. --- On Tue, 3/15/11, Ross Primrose N4RPn...@aiko.com wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:57 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: Wes, you mail made me realize I was doing a mistake. The PR6 needs the KXV3, so I have to rule that out on a (not enough) money basis. The PR6 does NOT need the KXV3, but can pass the transverter functions trough. The PR6 can be used with any 6M radio... 73, Ross N4RP -- FCC Section 97.313(a) At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications. __ 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] OT - Vertical Bug
I bought a Vibroplex original model from another ham who did not like it. It was 1953 and I was a novice. I did not like it either. So I ground down the width of the spring. Then used 4 inches of copper tubing over the end and pinched to fit tight. Then I used a big fannestock clip with some big solder wrapped around it to vary the speed. It would send slow but also worked good at 35-40WPM. Wish I had a picture. I sold it 5Yrs ago. Yep we enjoyed the video clip of the three bugs. I have heard some bad sounding bugs lately. Either poorly adjusted or perhaps with heavy spring. ( OK it could be the operator) 73 George/W2BPI __ 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] FCC
*Well at least it has more info than what I have with the real KPA-500 :-) Gary * On 16 March 2011 07:46, Bruce Beford bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.net wrote: Wow! I don't know who leaked an early draft of the Owner's manual for that site, but it's an early draft filled with incorrect and incomplete information! I'm presently working on the real Owner's manual - Perhaps someone with the authority (Wayne or Eric) will make it available soon. Ron AC7AC It looks like this was the draft manual submitted by Eric to the FCC with the other docs. Submitted on 3/12, approved on 3/14. Not bad. So Ron- get back to work and get us an up-to-date (close, anyway) manual to argue over. 8-) Bruce, N1RX __ 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 -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* __ 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 FCC docs
I'm not loving this part too much Duty Cycle at 500 Watts 10 minutes key down / 5 minutes off' __ 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] FCC
Well at least it has more info than what I have with the real KPA-500 :-) Gary Show-off. That's just mean... 8-) Bruce, N1RX __ 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 FCC docs
*Why? I cannot think of a way I operate that would exceed a 10 minute transmission. Other than a 'Fault' ? Gary * On 16 March 2011 07:50, S Sacco nn4x.st...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not loving this part too much Duty Cycle at 500 Watts 10 minutes key down / 5 minutes off' __ 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 -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* __ 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] [KPA500]And the question is ...
OK, so far I get the first pad to have a characteristic impedance of 70 ohms and an attenuation of 2.5 dB. I need help on the second one as it is an impedance converter also. Mark, NØOKS __ 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 FCC docs
I'm a licensed Navy MARS operator. It is not uncommon to have very long digital messages that need to be sent using digital modes that will take longer than 10 minutes to send. This limitation pretty much eliminates this amplifier from being able to be used in my shack for MARS purposes. Now with that said, we don't often need to use an amplifier to send digitally, but in the event I did, I couldn't do it with this amp if there is a 10 minute duty cycle. Tim AE6LX On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Gary Gregory garyvk...@gmail.com wrote: *Why? I cannot think of a way I operate that would exceed a 10 minute transmission. Other than a 'Fault' ? Gary * On 16 March 2011 07:50, S Sacco nn4x.st...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not loving this part too much Duty Cycle at 500 Watts 10 minutes key down / 5 minutes off' __ 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 -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* __ 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] FCC docs
Or more easily, http://tinyurl.com/4l8h4xm John Harper AE5X https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm Enter Elecraft for Applicant Name and click Start Search at the bottom of the page. On the next page, click on Detail under Display exhibits. Enjoy, Bruce, N1RX __ 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] FCC
It's probably schematic and manual from the FCC web site. Any of the material submitted with the approval application is generally available on-line. Draft manual and schematics are generally required with any amateur equipment application (radio, amplifier) along with the test data. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/15/2011 5:39 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Wow! I don't know who leaked an early draft of the Owner's manual for that site, but it's an early draft filled with incorrect and incomplete information! I'm presently working on the real Owner's manual - Perhaps someone with the authority (Wayne or Eric) will make it available soon. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil LaMarche Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:31 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] FCC http://www.amateurradio.com/ Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc mailto:p...@lamarcheenterprises.com p...@lamarcheenterprises.com http://www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com 727-944-3226 727-937-8834 Fax 727-510-5038 Cell http://www.w9dvm.com www.w9dvm.com K3 #1605 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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] KPA-500 FCC docs
I'm a licensed Navy MARS operator. It is not uncommon to have very long digital messages that need to be sent using digital modes that will take longer than 10 minutes to send. This limitation pretty much eliminates this amplifier from being able to be used in my shack for MARS purposes. Now with that said, we don't often need to use an amplifier to send digitally, but in the event I did, I couldn't do it with this amp if there is a 10 minute duty cycle. Tim AE6LX Turn.the.drive.down. You don't need to drive the amp to the full 500W output for your 10+ minute message. Perhaps 200-250W will do? -Bruce, N1RX __ 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] autotuner for new amp
Okay, so since the Elecraft amp comes without a built-in tuner, what auto tuner might be the best choice to use with the new amp until the Elecraft tuner is developed? ..mike AI6II __ 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 FCC docs
10 min key down out of a total of 15 min is a duty cycle of 0.6667 which seems pretty good to me. I don't think I want to pay for a CCS rating when I'm really very ICAS. RTTY is my most demanding mode. I was a bit concerned about my K3 on RTTY so I wrote a little Perl script to go through a couple of RTTY logs and estimate the key down time. In the RTTY RU, my duty cycle was 0.19 ... yes, my contest rates aren't exactly stellar. In a RTTY ragchew, and assuming your contact is a wordy as you are, and you both know what you want to say so there's no diddle time, it would come to roughly 0.5 ... doesn't seem like a problem to me. I'm no longer worried about my K3 in RTTY, I'm running it at around 40W, driving the amplifier to 500W, to be practiced and ready for the KPA500. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org On 3/15/2011 2:56 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: *Why? I cannot think of a way I operate that would exceed a 10 minute transmission. Other than a 'Fault' ? On 16 March 2011 07:50, S Sacconn4x.st...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not loving this part too much Duty Cycle at 500 Watts 10 minutes key down / 5 minutes off' __ 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] 500w dummy load kit?
A logical next kit... John Harper http://www.ae5x.com/blog __ 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 FCC docs
The amount of power required is a function of propagation and intended recipient. I can't say in advance of an *event*, how much power will be required. If 100 watts isn't cutting it on the first delivery attempt (it usually does), I'm not fooling around with 250 watts...I'm going straight to 500 if that's how much power I have available. There is no use the minimum amount of power requred... rules here. Rather, we use the tools we have available and methods within our SOP to get the message handled efficiently and accurately. MARS isn't a trial and error service. The real question is whether or not the 10 minute duty cycle is a function of heat or is it a timer / firmware controlled function? The first circumstance can be managed, however if duty cycle is controlled by the latter then it doesn't seem viable to the MARS service to me. Any insight into this question? Tim On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Bruce Beford bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.netwrote: I'm a licensed Navy MARS operator. It is not uncommon to have very long digital messages that need to be sent using digital modes that will take longer than 10 minutes to send. This limitation pretty much eliminates this amplifier from being able to be used in my shack for MARS purposes. Now with that said, we don't often need to use an amplifier to send digitally, but in the event I did, I couldn't do it with this amp if there is a 10 minute duty cycle. Tim AE6LX Turn.the.drive.down. You don't need to drive the amp to the full 500W output for your 10+ minute message. Perhaps 200-250W will do? -Bruce, N1RX __ 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] KPA-500 FCC docs
Heat. 73, Lyle KK7P The real question is whether or not the 10 minute duty cycle is a function of heat or is it a timer / firmware controlled function? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Vertical Bug
Hey, Tom lives!! Haven't heard you on the air in a month of Sundays. At the coastal marine station, most of the OT's had Vibroplexes of various flavors, all very shiny and in velvet-lined wood carrying cases. They looked really cool to this 16 yr old. They all were very fast and all my crew mates used more or less ugly weight schemes to slow them down to the Company speed limit of 18WPM when in paid traffic. The extra weight gave them a really heavy feel and the more desirable rolling wrist motion ended up being more of a slamming back and forth motion. They tended to clatter a lot, and since we wore the cans forward for ear protection [inferior AGC?], I could hear the op next to me sending away. One guy, Walt, who beat up the 16-yr old less than the other guys, had something else ... McElroy? I can't remember but it was very smooth and nearly silent. He let me use it some and I really liked it. My J-36 was built by Lionel [there were many manufacturers of the J-36, it was sort of a generic nomenclature for semi-automatic speed key], it looked like it went ashore at Iwo Jima with the Marines, it easily ran at 9-10 WPM, it was more or less silent, and it cost me $5 at Surplus Sam's in downtown Los Angeles. While I did like shiny, cheap also attracted me since all my earnings were going into my college account. I think a lot of the problems we hear on the air with folks using bugs is contact maintenance. In the video, he clearly had taken very good care of his keys and contact problems were not a problem. Keying my K2 or K3 with my Lionel J-36 works just fine. Given that all mechanical keys bounce, and I know I'm keying a CPU, they must have some good conditioning there. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org On 3/15/2011 2:22 PM, Tom Hammond wrote: I have an old bug used by a friend who was an HF op for the MO Hwy Patrol. His Vibroplex runs nicely from about 18 WPM on up... BUT he (or someone else) modified the leaf spring by thinning it (vertically) as shown below: -\___/- _/---\_ This thinning reduced the 'springiness' to a level which allows for nice slow CW with the weights fully out, but nice response up to 40+ WPM with the weights fully in. 73, Tom N0SS At 04:01 PM 3/15/2011, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Thank you Stan. I've seen photographs of a vertical bug but I've never used one. I also have a Vibroplex bug - a standard model that came to me in the 1990's through an old friend's widow when he became a silent key. My regular bug is an E.F. Johnson Speed-X. The Speed-X slows easily to 10 to 15 wpm using it's nifty standard weight that has a finger grip clamp - just squeeze and slide, let go and it's securely locked in its new position. I was surprised to find that the Vibroplex would not slow to less than about 25 wpm, even with two weights. My friend had been a commercial CW op both at sea and at KPH in California so I knew he had to slow it down to under 15 wpm to match the speed wanted by the other operator. Les accomplished that with a common cable clamp secured to the pendulum. (See it at http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=kphhistorypanel=pab1_1#pab1 _1 Scroll down to Les Burger and click on the image to enlarge it). You can see the threaded shafts of the cable clamp sticking up through the crossbar. It works great, but it's a very heavy feel. Talking with a number of OT Vibroplex owners whose bugs slowed down in into the 15 WPM easily without special weights and comparing keys closely, we discovered that Vibroplex made two different leaf springs for their key pendulums back in the 1960's. One was much thicker with a higher vibration frequency than the other. I've never been able to find out why they did that. The sound and feel of a nice bug is, for me, just as basic to Ham radio as stringing up antennas and melting solder on a new project ;-) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I just want to share a recent discovery with other Elecraft listers who appreciate 'bug' keys. The following short video is a demo I made of my new vertical 'bug' compared to the more traditional ones. This vertical key is a fabulous slow speed performer and doesn't need a pipe wrench hanging off the forward end to slow down - it's naturally slower but dropping the weight brings it up to 35 WPM. Until recently I knew very little about vertical keys and pretty much concluded that with so little marketing going on, they must not be very good. GOSH, WAS I WRONG !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EU6wubkaEfeature=related 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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:
Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 FCC docs
Lyle is correct (as usual). It is not a firmware function until things get too hot for the fan to handle. Jack B, W6FB On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Lyle Johnson wrote: Heat. 73, Lyle KK7P The real question is whether or not the 10 minute duty cycle is a function of heat or is it a timer / firmware controlled function? __ 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] autotuner for new amp
On 3/15/2011 4:48 PM, Mike AI6II wrote: Okay, so since the Elecraft amp comes without a built-in tuner, what auto tuner might be the best choice to use with the new amp until the Elecraft tuner is developed? I'll probably be using an SGC 235 that is rated at 500 watts. I recently sold the SG500 Smart Power Cube that it was designed to work with. Gus Hansen KB0YH __ 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] FCC
Yep. That's why I had expected to clean it up and correct the most obvious errors before it was submitted. I like to see Elecraft look as good as their products work :-) Seeing that rough draft go public was, for me, like arriving at a black tie party wearing dirty, torn jeans and a t-shirt; more embarrassing for me than for the host. But now the real manual will look all that much better, Hi! Ron AC7AC -Original Message- It's probably schematic and manual from the FCC web site. Any of the material submitted with the approval application is generally available on-line. Draft manual and schematics are generally required with any amateur equipment application (radio, amplifier) along with the test data. 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ 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] FCC
Sorry, but why the racket about a plain vanilla amp. I see nothing state of the art here. It uses a brute force power supply, but it does have a pretty front panel. You know everything Elecraft may build might not be up to the technical excellence of the K1-3 family. I have 18 transceivers in my insane station. Each one has a linear. Some linears are solid state some are tube type. I see no reason to pitch any of them. And yes, I am the proud owner of two K3s which I think are the greatest and each one drives an 8877 amp and will continue to do so. George, W6GF __ 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] Aid to Japan
My apologies in advance for an off-topic reply to an off-topic post. Having been through a relatively minor disaster myself, I can report that neither the Salvation Army nor the Red Cross provided a particularly useful, if any, contribution to the emergency response effort, although both began touting for donations within days of the event. Granted they do provide valuable welfare assistance in non-emergency times. Here's my list of proven useful people organizations for disaster response: 1. Fire Dept, Medical personnel, Police Military (including Urban Search Rescue teams from VK, Japan, China, Taiwan, UK, USA and maybe elsewhere) 2. The utility workers who got the power water supplies working (the most undervalued group in my opinion) 3. Ad-hoc community groups who distributed hot food and drinkable water, and helped by making a start with the damage cleanup. 4. Amateur Radio Emergency Communicators, and the hams who worked to keep the local VHF/UHF repeaters operational. The best way for hams to help is to increase your own preparedness for providing emergency communications, and to contribute time, expertise and/or donations to amateur radio emergency communications organizations. 73 Paul ZL3IN On 16/03/11 01:23, AB8XA wrote: Barb and I ask those of you here to help Japan as you can. We chose to do it through the Salvation Army. You may choose otherwise. quote The Salvation Army has been at work in Japan since 1895, operating more than 80 centers there, including two hospitals and four children’s homes. We have nearly 200 officers, 3,000 members and nearly 1,000 employees already at work in the country. We are a part of Japan’s communities and dedicated to their recovery. end quote You can donate online on this web page, using credit card or PayPal: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf Thanks! -- Moe and Barb AB8XA and W8FCJ __ 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] What's Most Dependable Freq 2Hear T1s' CW ReadOut?
This lifetime blind, longtime ham, is preparing to use his T1 Tuner with his Yaesu FT817ND, and wonders, Is there a best HF or 6M frequency where CW Info Output is Always heard , _regardless of the transmit frequency being matched? If So, a home channel could be set for the best HF, and 6M frequencies, Which would make pedestrien mobiling simpler. Please reply either on or off list, to, And Many Thanks From, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu, ddy...@gmail.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] k-1
Hi is this email list the place to be if wanting to learn about the k-1 / thanks.. __ 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] Possible T1 FirmWare Addition???
This lifetime blind, longtime ham, is preparing to use his T1 Tuner, with his Yaesu FT817ND. ***Since the T1 already provides necessary info via Transmitted CW read out, And CW Freq read out is already included in the KX1 and other Elecraft Products, Could the Freq read out, of the frequency being matched by the T1, be added to the available Info being thus supplied? What A Boon to those of us in the field! Please Reply on or off list to, And Many Thanks From, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu, ddy...@gmail.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] Possible T1 FirmWare Addition???
This lifetime blind, longtime ham, is preparing to use his T1 Tuner, with his Yaesu FT817ND. ***Since the T1 already provides necessary info via Transmitted CW read out, And CW Freq read out is already included in the KX1 and other Elecraft Products, Could the Freq read out, of the frequency being matched by the T1, be added to the available Info being thus supplied? What A Boon to those of us in the field! Please Reply on or off list to, And Many Thanks From, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu, ddy...@gmail.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 FCC docs
I can make you a very long list of amps and their finals which are destroyed by key down at full ham power for 10 minutes. I can make a long list of transceivers that will not run their rated power CCS. A K3 will do that by common experience, but Wayne ain't guaranteeing it. Typically we don't really expect ham transceivers to run CCS. Why would we expect ham amps to run CCS. If you need CCS duty cycles at a particular power level, you can buy CCS military equipment rated for that power. OR, you can buy a ham amp that specifies a brick on key rating (usually a derating). Alpha's have them, and some others. The manufacturer needs to specify if there is a derating to CCS. A derating is not always possible (or admitted to) because the lower powers operate quite less efficiently, particularly in broadband transistor amps without variable tuning. Then there is this issue of running amps into awful antennas with marginal matching. Only the amp designer knows for sure if there is a CCS figure, and the mfr has to decide to take the risk and publish the figure. Many different manufacturers' ham amp models have been destroyed just by operating in contests at the manufacturer's published power level. You hear all about smoking amps at meetings of PVRC, YCCC, NCCC and the like. Contests are a continuing 40% duty cycle overall, digital contests maybe 50%, 55%. It appears that the KPA500 is designed for a 67% duty cycle, with a maximum key down of 10 minutes at full power. That's pretty darn good for an amp in a K3 box complete with power supply. Can wait and see if Wayne wants to stick his head out there and list a CCS power rating for it. You want to send 25 minute digital transmissions? Pay the money and get an Alpha. 1500 watts out CCS for their newer models. My old Alpha 76PA will do 700 watts out brick on key, 1500 watts ICAS. The trick in the 76PA, is that you reduce the plate voltage for that (the old CW setting) and the 700 watts out is still in the sweet spot of the PI network design, so the tubes are efficient. 73, Guy. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Tim Tucker ae...@worldwidedx.com wrote: I'm a licensed Navy MARS operator. It is not uncommon to have very long digital messages that need to be sent using digital modes that will take longer than 10 minutes to send. This limitation pretty much eliminates this amplifier from being able to be used in my shack for MARS purposes. Now with that said, we don't often need to use an amplifier to send digitally, but in the event I did, I couldn't do it with this amp if there is a 10 minute duty cycle. Tim AE6LX On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Gary Gregory garyvk...@gmail.com wrote: *Why? I cannot think of a way I operate that would exceed a 10 minute transmission. Other than a 'Fault' ? Gary * On 16 March 2011 07:50, S Sacco nn4x.st...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not loving this part too much Duty Cycle at 500 Watts 10 minutes key down / 5 minutes off' __ 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 -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* __ 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] OT - Vertical Bug
Some of you are old enough to remember that back in the mid 50s my nemesis in the old ARRL CD Parties was my fellow Western New Yorker, Keith, W2FEB. But Keith also gave me what is probably a collector's item for my old garden-variety Vibroplex bug -- a special weight. I, too, had a Vibroplex that didn't like to go down low enough in speed to suit me. I, too, tried using _two_ of the standard Vibroplex weights, with unexciting results. I, too, tried wrapping turns of solder around the standard weight. Keith worked at a machine shop in Lockport, north of Buffalo. He designed and fabricated a special weight that was narrower than the the stock Vibroplex weight, but had a much larger diameter (and perhaps higher density, as well). His primary purpose in designing it was not the lower speed but, rather, the desire to be able to change speed without messing around with the knurled set screw on the normal weight. So he built into it a spring-loaded ball bearing that kept it in position on the shaft, yet allowed it to be slid farther in or out on the shaft with two fingers and a thumb (generally on the same hand). Really cool. (Kewl?) This is not totally off-topic, since I occasionally hook up my old Vibroplex with W2FEB's weight and try sending with a bug using the sidetone on my K3 with the VOX disabled. (I decline to comment on whether I'm keying my amplifier when I do that) Bud, W2RU (ex-K2KIR) __ 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] autotuner for new amp
The MFJ-994B is $300 at RL Electronics - might be a good choice if this is an interim tuner while you wait for the KAT500. Phil - AD5X __ 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] k-1
It sure is, Steve. Just post your questions. 73, Wayne N6KR On Mar 15, 2011, at 5:05 PM, steve johnson wrote: Hi is this email list the place to be if wanting to learn about the k-1 / thanks.. __ 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] autotuner for new amp
The MFJ-994B works OK. The LDG AT-600Pro is much better. I have them both and use them with the Ameritron ALS-600. The K-3's tuner will tune many antennas/freqs that neither of these will handle. The LDG is a little more expensive. I got mine at CheapHam.com. Doug -- K0DXV On 3/15/2011 6:28 PM, Phil Debbie Salas wrote: The MFJ-994B is $300 at RL Electronics - might be a good choice if this is an interim tuner while you wait for the KAT500. Phil - AD5X __ 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] k-1
Steve, This is the Elecraft reflector. Questions about ANY Elecraft product are invited. Yes, the K3 has the bulk of the posts, but I for one do not filter based on the particular Elecraft product, so ask away and I will help wherever I can. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/15/2011 8:05 PM, steve johnson wrote: Hi is this email list the place to be if wanting to learn about the k-1 / thanks.. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Vertical Bug
Ron, I enjoyed seeing the pictures of KPH and realized that Point Reyes is less than an hours drive away from us. Do you know if there is a museum there still ? If so I'll go check it out. Bob K6UJ On Mar 15, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Thank you Stan. I've seen photographs of a vertical bug but I've never used one. I also have a Vibroplex bug - a standard model that came to me in the 1990's through an old friend's widow when he became a silent key. My regular bug is an E.F. Johnson Speed-X. The Speed-X slows easily to 10 to 15 wpm using it's nifty standard weight that has a finger grip clamp - just squeeze and slide, let go and it's securely locked in its new position. I was surprised to find that the Vibroplex would not slow to less than about 25 wpm, even with two weights. My friend had been a commercial CW op both at sea and at KPH in California so I knew he had to slow it down to under 15 wpm to match the speed wanted by the other operator. Les accomplished that with a common cable clamp secured to the pendulum. (See it at http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=kphhistorypanel=pab1_1#pab1 _1 Scroll down to Les Burger and click on the image to enlarge it). You can see the threaded shafts of the cable clamp sticking up through the crossbar. It works great, but it's a very heavy feel. Talking with a number of OT Vibroplex owners whose bugs slowed down in into the 15 WPM easily without special weights and comparing keys closely, we discovered that Vibroplex made two different leaf springs for their key pendulums back in the 1960's. One was much thicker with a higher vibration frequency than the other. I've never been able to find out why they did that. The sound and feel of a nice bug is, for me, just as basic to Ham radio as stringing up antennas and melting solder on a new project ;-) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I just want to share a recent discovery with other Elecraft listers who appreciate 'bug' keys. The following short video is a demo I made of my new vertical 'bug' compared to the more traditional ones. This vertical key is a fabulous slow speed performer and doesn't need a pipe wrench hanging off the forward end to slow down - it's naturally slower but dropping the weight brings it up to 35 WPM. Until recently I knew very little about vertical keys and pretty much concluded that with so little marketing going on, they must not be very good. GOSH, WAS I WRONG !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EU6wubkaEfeature=related 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] autotuner for new amp
Hello Doug, I think KPA500 gives 500W in 6 m which is beyond the limit of AT-600Pro. 6m could be very challenging and QRO is better. Anyway, I am awaiting further details of KAT500 before proceeding further. cheers, Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人﹕ Doug Person d...@northroutt.net 收件人﹕ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期﹕ 2011/3/16 (三) 8:52:53 AM 主題： Re: [Elecraft] autotuner for new amp The MFJ-994B works OK. The LDG AT-600Pro is much better. I have them both and use them with the Ameritron ALS-600. The K-3's tuner will tune many antennas/freqs that neither of these will handle. The LDG is a little more expensive. I got mine at CheapHam.com. Doug -- K0DXV On 3/15/2011 6:28 PM, Phil Debbie Salas wrote: The MFJ-994B is $300 at RL Electronics - might be a good choice if this is an interim tuner while you wait for the KAT500. Phil - AD5X __ 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] I did it again!
I'll admit that I turned the radio off in disgust and went to read a book after I forgot that I'd left QRQ on and inadvertently defeated SPLIT. I called for quite a while, carefully tuning the subreceiver to the correct frequency, but getting no results. This behavior has bitten me too. A couple of weeks ago I made a fool of myself on 30 meters by calling several times on the DX station's transmit frequency before noticing Split wasn't on. Reason? I had QRQ CW enabled and in the heat of battle I missed the brief warning message and unfortunately didn't notice the yellow split light right away. I would submit that the priority is reversed for the QRQ function. If Split is engaged while QRQ CW is enabled, the radio should promptly switch to Split and display a QRQ OFF message, not inhibit Split because QRQ is on. Not having QRQ on is a minor inconvenience; calling on a DX station's transmit frequency is a major liddism that should be stamped out. The radio should do everything it can to discourage this behavior, and it would seem to me that a simple (? -- I know, a SMOP) change in the QRQ logic would be helpful here. 73... Randy, W8FN __ 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] I did it again!
I'm working on this. QRQ mode will automatically be turned off when required, and restored afterward (if you had it enabled in the menu). 73, Wayne N6KR On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Randy Farmer wrote: If Split is engaged while QRQ CW is enabled, the radio should promptly switch to Split and display a QRQ OFF message, not inhibit Split because QRQ is on. __ 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: email query
Hi All, I realize this is OT, and a shot in the dark as well. Does anyone out there have email addresses for either JA1NUT, or JM7OLW? These are two guys I talk to fairly frequently, but cannot find either of their email addresses. I had both of them, but that was 2 or 3 computer crashes ago! Obviously my purpose is concern over their health and welfare. Everytime I watch the news of late, it's more bad news about how things are going in Japan. It may be an exercise in frustration even trying to contact them by email, but I'd like to try. Dave W7AQK __ 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] Audio Output Power ??
If I remember correctly, there are two different audio amplifier circuits in the K3. One for the speaker and one for the headphones (or, it may be more complex then that). Does anyone know the power output level of the speaker audio amplifier? 73, phil, K7PEH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: email query
If you go to QRZ.COM and type in JM7OLW you will find his post-earthquake comments. JA1NUT has sent multiple multiple e-mails to individuals, and they have been circulated on the CW Operators' reflector. He himself is OK and just recently heard that his brother and sister-in-law (and mother) in Sendai are OK. Bud, W2RU On Mar 15, 2011, at 9:30 PM, David Yarnes wrote: Hi All, I realize this is OT, and a shot in the dark as well. Does anyone out there have email addresses for either JA1NUT, or JM7OLW? These are two guys I talk to fairly frequently, but cannot find either of their email addresses. I had both of them, but that was 2 or 3 computer crashes ago! Obviously my purpose is concern over their health and welfare. Everytime I watch the news of late, it's more bad news about how things are going in Japan. It may be an exercise in frustration even trying to contact them by email, but I'd like to try. Dave W7AQK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: email query
On 3/15/2011 6:30 PM, David Yarnes wrote: Hi All, I realize this is OT, and a shot in the dark as well. Does anyone out there have email addresses for either JA1NUT, or JM7OLW? Shin-san is a member of CWOps and has been heard from and is OK. I think he may have some extended family still in possible distress. I don't have an email address at hand, but there is a lot of overlap in these email lists, I'm sure someone will come up with it for you. Don't know about OLW. 73, Fred K6DGW - 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
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Audio Output Power ??
The LM4950 is rated at 3.1W per channel to a 4 Ohm load with 1% THD+N. The spec sheet shows THD increasing significantly once output goes above about 2.3W into 4 Ohms, above about 1.8 Watts into 8 Ohms and above about 900 mW into 16 Ohms at 12V. THD is below 0.03% until the knee is reached. Increasing Vdd from 12 to 13.5V increases the available output by about 25% based on the charts included in the data sheet. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/15/2011 9:31 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: If I remember correctly, there are two different audio amplifier circuits in the K3. One for the speaker and one for the headphones (or, it may be more complex then that). Does anyone know the power output level of the speaker audio amplifier? 73, phil, K7PEH __ 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] OT - Vertical Bug
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: I think a lot of the problems we hear on the air with folks using bugs is contact maintenance. In the video, he clearly had taken very good care of his keys and contact problems were not a problem. Keying my K2 or K3 with my Lionel J-36 works just fine. Given that all mechanical keys bounce, and I know I'm keying a CPU, they must have some good conditioning there. Fred, just for the record, if you look at my Youtube video you will see a little green box above my K2. That holds my bug descratcher from Jackson Harbor Press. It eliminates 'contact bounce' by chopping off the first 10 ms of each character keyed, and then adding 10 ms back on the end of each character. It only cost $9 and it works with bugs, straight keys, and 'swipers. Plus, it's got a solid state relay so I can safely key my tube rigs with it also. Of course, I still treat my contacts lcarefully and recently installed brand new ones in my Vibroplex. Not inexpensive but clearly worth the cost. More info at: http://wb9kzy.com/bugde.htm __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Vertical Bug
Sat afternoons [NA times] on the published frequencies. You can find them at www.radiomarine.org for KSM, and occasionally KPH ... same sites and transmitters. K6KPH guards 14050 Kc and 7050 Kc most of those times, depending on operator availability. It's fun to copy them on 426 Kc. They accept visitors, check the website. 73, Fred K6DGW JN Auburn CA On 3/15/2011 5:59 PM, Robert Harmon wrote: Ron, I enjoyed seeing the pictures of KPH and realized that Point Reyes is less than an hours drive away from us. Do you know if there is a museum there still ? If so I'll go check it out. Bob K6UJ On Mar 15, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Thank you Stan. I've seen photographs of a vertical bug but I've never used one. I also have a Vibroplex bug - a standard model that came to me in the 1990's through an old friend's widow when he became a silent key. My regular bug is an E.F. Johnson Speed-X. The Speed-X slows easily to 10 to 15 wpm using it's nifty standard weight that has a finger grip clamp - just squeeze and slide, let go and it's securely locked in its new position. I was surprised to find that the Vibroplex would not slow to less than about 25 wpm, even with two weights. My friend had been a commercial CW op both at sea and at KPH in California so I knew he had to slow it down to under 15 wpm to match the speed wanted by the other operator. Les accomplished that with a common cable clamp secured to the pendulum. (See it at http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=kphhistorypanel=pab1_1#pab1 _1 Scroll down to Les Burger and click on the image to enlarge it). You can see the threaded shafts of the cable clamp sticking up through the crossbar. It works great, but it's a very heavy feel. Talking with a number of OT Vibroplex owners whose bugs slowed down in into the 15 WPM easily without special weights and comparing keys closely, we discovered that Vibroplex made two different leaf springs for their key pendulums back in the 1960's. One was much thicker with a higher vibration frequency than the other. I've never been able to find out why they did that. The sound and feel of a nice bug is, for me, just as basic to Ham radio as stringing up antennas and melting solder on a new project ;-) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I just want to share a recent discovery with other Elecraft listers who appreciate 'bug' keys. The following short video is a demo I made of my new vertical 'bug' compared to the more traditional ones. This vertical key is a fabulous slow speed performer and doesn't need a pipe wrench hanging off the forward end to slow down - it's naturally slower but dropping the weight brings it up to 35 WPM. Until recently I knew very little about vertical keys and pretty much concluded that with so little marketing going on, they must not be very good. GOSH, WAS I WRONG !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EU6wubkaEfeature=related 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3508 - Release Date: 03/15/11 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Vertical Bug
Yes, the Speed-X uses a larger diameter but narrower weight. On the Vibroplex it offers superior speed control. Unfortunately the pendulum arm on the Vibroplex is just slightly larger than the Speed-X so, while the weight will slip on, it's a tight fit and difficult to move, losing the easy and quick adjustment available on the Speed-X. There's an image here: http://morsetelegraphkey.com/rare-e-f-johnson-114-520-speed-x-bug To change speeds, just put your finger behind the weight and thumb on the spring and squeeze to let the weight slide freely, then let go and the spring moves away from the weight so the hole in it grips the pendulum and hold the weight in place. Tuning the bands, some are looking for the rare DX or latest DX-pedition, others are looking for extreme QRQ ops, and some just for a buddy they spend time regularly. I'm looking for the signal that might have a bit of chirp or one that's around one of the QRP watering holes and most interesting are those signals with a little personality in their keying indicating they're on a straight key or bug. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- Some of you are old enough to remember that back in the mid 50s my nemesis in the old ARRL CD Parties was my fellow Western New Yorker, Keith, W2FEB. But Keith also gave me what is probably a collector's item for my old garden-variety Vibroplex bug -- a special weight. I, too, had a Vibroplex that didn't like to go down low enough in speed to suit me. I, too, tried using _two_ of the standard Vibroplex weights, with unexciting results. I, too, tried wrapping turns of solder around the standard weight. Keith worked at a machine shop in Lockport, north of Buffalo. He designed and fabricated a special weight that was narrower than the the stock Vibroplex weight, but had a much larger diameter (and perhaps higher density, as well). His primary purpose in designing it was not the lower speed but, rather, the desire to be able to change speed without messing around with the knurled set screw on the normal weight. So he built into it a spring-loaded ball bearing that kept it in position on the shaft, yet allowed it to be slid farther in or out on the shaft with two fingers and a thumb (generally on the same hand). Really cool. (Kewl?) This is not totally off-topic, since I occasionally hook up my old Vibroplex with W2FEB's weight and try sending with a bug using the sidetone on my K3 with the VOX disabled. (I decline to comment on whether I'm keying my amplifier when I do that) Bud, W2RU (ex-K2KIR) __ 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] I did it again!
Yes! The right way to fix it. Thanks, Wayne! I know this isn't simple. On 3/15/2011 6:13 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: I'm working on this. QRQ mode will automatically be turned off when required, and restored afterward (if you had it enabled in the menu). 73, Wayne N6KR On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Randy Farmer wrote: If Split is engaged while QRQ CW is enabled, the radio should promptly switch to Split and display a QRQ OFF message, not inhibit Split because QRQ is on. -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ 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] autotuner for new amp
Hello Johnny, The need for an extra 3 dB on 6m is why I opted for an M2 6M-1000 compact solid state amp to take on DXpeditions. I was very sorry that Elecraft did not come out with a kw amp, because it would have been very nice to have a matching amp that worked on HF, too. But you are absolutely correct - 6m can be very challenging and - especially on EME - the increased power of a few dB makes all the difference in the world! In fact, many times even just one dB stands between success and failure. GL and VY 73, Lance On 3/16/2011 1:01 AM, Johnny Siu wrote: Hello Doug, I think KPA500 gives 500W in 6 m which is beyond the limit of AT-600Pro. 6m could be very challenging and QRO is better. Anyway, I am awaiting further details of KAT500 before proceeding further.  cheers, Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人﹕ Doug Persond...@northroutt.net 收件人﹕ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳�日期﹕ 2011/3/16 (三) 8:52:53 AM 主題： Re: [Elecraft] autotuner for new amp The MFJ-994B works OK. The LDG AT-600Pro is much better. I have them both and use them with the Ameritron ALS-600. The K-3's tuner will tune many antennas/freqs that neither of these will handle. The LDG is a little more expensive. I got mine at CheapHam.com. Doug -- K0DXV On 3/15/2011 6:28 PM, Phil Debbie Salas wrote: The MFJ-994B is $300 at RL Electronics - might be a good choice if this is an interim tuner while you wait for the KAT500. Phil - AD5X __ 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 -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834 USA QTH: DN27UB TEL: (406) 626-5728 URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj LIVE MESSENGER CHAT: w...@hotmail.com SKYPE: lancew7gj 2m DXCC #11, 6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME email Google Group! (or click on the link at the bottom of my web page above) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Vertical Bug
thanks Fred ! Bob K6UJ On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: Sat afternoons [NA times] on the published frequencies. You can find them at www.radiomarine.org for KSM, and occasionally KPH ... same sites and transmitters. K6KPH guards 14050 Kc and 7050 Kc most of those times, depending on operator availability. It's fun to copy them on 426 Kc. They accept visitors, check the website. 73, Fred K6DGW JN Auburn CA On 3/15/2011 5:59 PM, Robert Harmon wrote: Ron, I enjoyed seeing the pictures of KPH and realized that Point Reyes is less than an hours drive away from us. Do you know if there is a museum there still ? If so I'll go check it out. Bob K6UJ On Mar 15, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Thank you Stan. I've seen photographs of a vertical bug but I've never used one. I also have a Vibroplex bug - a standard model that came to me in the 1990's through an old friend's widow when he became a silent key. My regular bug is an E.F. Johnson Speed-X. The Speed-X slows easily to 10 to 15 wpm using it's nifty standard weight that has a finger grip clamp - just squeeze and slide, let go and it's securely locked in its new position. I was surprised to find that the Vibroplex would not slow to less than about 25 wpm, even with two weights. My friend had been a commercial CW op both at sea and at KPH in California so I knew he had to slow it down to under 15 wpm to match the speed wanted by the other operator. Les accomplished that with a common cable clamp secured to the pendulum. (See it at http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=kphhistorypanel=pab1_1#pab1 _1 Scroll down to Les Burger and click on the image to enlarge it). You can see the threaded shafts of the cable clamp sticking up through the crossbar. It works great, but it's a very heavy feel. Talking with a number of OT Vibroplex owners whose bugs slowed down in into the 15 WPM easily without special weights and comparing keys closely, we discovered that Vibroplex made two different leaf springs for their key pendulums back in the 1960's. One was much thicker with a higher vibration frequency than the other. I've never been able to find out why they did that. The sound and feel of a nice bug is, for me, just as basic to Ham radio as stringing up antennas and melting solder on a new project ;-) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I just want to share a recent discovery with other Elecraft listers who appreciate 'bug' keys. The following short video is a demo I made of my new vertical 'bug' compared to the more traditional ones. This vertical key is a fabulous slow speed performer and doesn't need a pipe wrench hanging off the forward end to slow down - it's naturally slower but dropping the weight brings it up to 35 WPM. Until recently I knew very little about vertical keys and pretty much concluded that with so little marketing going on, they must not be very good. GOSH, WAS I WRONG !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EU6wubkaEfeature=related 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3508 - Release Date: 03/15/11 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 T4 winding ratio
Hi and sorry about the bandwidth. I recall receiving a query about the T4 alternate winding ratio within the past week, but cannot locate the email to respond properly. The normal winding ratio for T4 is to be used. It must NOT be used if the KSB2 option is installed. In other words, it can only be used with a CW only, QRP only (at 5 watts or less) type K2. While the alternate QRP winding of T4 may produce greater efficiency at the 5 watt level, if used at levels above 5 watts, the efficiency is actually reduced. In other words, I do not recommend that the alternate ratio for T4 be installed on any K2. I have seen several that have this modification that have been sold, and the buyer adds the KSB2, then wonders why the K2 acts funny in transmit when used for SSB. If the original person asking this question has any more questions, please contact me off-list. 73, Don W3FPR __ 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 T4 winding ratio
Sorry again. Reading my own email, I discovered a problem. The standard winding ratio is the ONLY one to be used with the KSB2 option installed. The increased efficency at 5 watts ratio is only for CW and at power levels of 5 watts or less. The efficiency at greater power levels is less than using the standard ratio. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/15/2011 11:02 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Hi and sorry about the bandwidth. I recall receiving a query about the T4 alternate winding ratio within the past week, but cannot locate the email to respond properly. The normal winding ratio for T4 is to be used. It must NOT be used if the KSB2 option is installed. In other words, it can only be used with a CW only, QRP only (at 5 watts or less) type K2. While the alternate QRP winding of T4 may produce greater efficiency at the 5 watt level, if used at levels above 5 watts, the efficiency is actually reduced. In other words, I do not recommend that the alternate ratio for T4 be installed on any K2. I have seen several that have this modification that have been sold, and the buyer adds the KSB2, then wonders why the K2 acts funny in transmit when used for SSB. If the original person asking this question has any more questions, please contact me off-list. 73, Don W3FPR __ 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] Elecraft SSB report (3/13/11)
Here is the report from last Sunday's SSB net. Thanks to Ken, KO5Y, for being the net control station. This week, if we have more interference, can those of you with rotatable antennas please try to get a bearing on the interfering signal. Thank you. 73, Phil, NS7P Station Name QTHSer # W4RKS Jim AL 3618 AE6IC Fred CA 2241 N6JW John CA 936 Helped with the Net--Thank you AC0NMGlenn AZ 2843 N2HMM John NJ 5033 K3VR Brian FL ??? W5ETJGary TX 3227 KE4WY Jim KY 4864 K6GG Dick CA 3697 W5YAR Bill TX 4603 W1VI Mike MA 427 K6UO Norm CA 755 W5CJ Jim TX457 W8RTJ Jim OH 4553 W6RDG Robin CA 2102 N6DB Rebar CA 3680 ??? CA 1997 mobile W1VSL Phillip CA 4693 K8DHA JohnMI 3012 K8EAG Gil MI99 W5OMU JeffNM 1871 NJ9H Bill IL 2244 AI4VZ George GA 2412 K7VED Gary WA 4628 N1IRBScott CO 4555 W8YMO Harry OH 166 NS6OIRonCA Submarine: San Diego Maritime Museum AB6CE RoyMT 40 KO5Y Ken NM 7095 __ 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 FCC docs
Guy, K2AV wrote: OR, you can buy a ham amp that specifies a brick on key rating (usually a derating). Alpha's have them, and some others. Did anyone else notice the Alpha ad in QST over Christmas showed a fruitcake on the key instead of a brick? Leigh/WA5ZNU -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA-500-FCC-docs-tp6174338p6175308.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] KPA-500 FCC docs
*We have lots of fruitcakes in VK - some have an amateur license !!! Grin Gary * On 16 March 2011 14:47, Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU le...@wa5znu.org wrote: Guy, K2AV wrote: OR, you can buy a ham amp that specifies a brick on key rating (usually a derating). Alpha's have them, and some others. Did anyone else notice the Alpha ad in QST over Christmas showed a fruitcake on the key instead of a brick? Leigh/WA5ZNU -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA-500-FCC-docs-tp6174338p6175308.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 -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* __ 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] Need early adopters for K3 updates (QRQ cancel on SPLIT, FM REV sticky, higher mic preamp gain, APF tap...)
Hi all, I just gave new K3 code to our field testers (see release notes below). If you have a keen interest in one or more of the changes, please email me and I'll get you a copy, too. 73, Wayne N6KR * * * MCU 4.29 / DSP 2.72, 3-15-2011 * QRQ CW AUTO-OFF ON SPLIT/RIT/XIT: QRQ CW is now automatically turned off whenever you turn on SPLIT, RIT, or XIT. You’ll see QRQ OFF flashed on VFO B. QRQ mode is restored if you turn these off. (For QRQ CW details, see Rev. 4.03 notes.) * REVERSE (REV) FOR FM/REPEAT IS PERMANENT: Pressing REV when in FM mode with a repeater offset (+/-) selected now permanently swaps RX/TX frequencies and reverses the repeater offset direction. You do not have to continue to hold the REV switch. * 2-METER MODULE “S9” METER LEVEL ADJUSTED: The “S9” level on the K3’s S-meter now occurs with an input signal level of -93 dBm when the K144XV is selected. (This is a recognized standard on bands from 2 meters up. On other bands, “S9” still occurs at -73 dBm.) Notes: (1) The K3’s S-meter may not go all the way to S0 on this band because of the high preamp gain on the K144XV module. (2) If you have SMTR MD set to NOR, the S-meter reading will vary with the settings of the PRE and ATTN controls. * FRONT PANEL MIC PREAMP GAIN CONTROL: The front panel mic preamp has a high-gain setting that is now accessible. (This is independent the present “mic boost” DSP function.) If you use a low-output mic element, you may benefit from the high-gain setting. In MIC SEL (MAIN menu), use VFO A to select the front-panel mic (FP), then tap ‘7’ on the keypad to select high preamp gain. A “high bar” symbol will appear to the right of the mic boost character (L or H). As a reminder, DSP mic boost (H, or Hi) can be turned on/off by tapping ‘1’ on the keypad. Bias is controlled by ‘2’. * EXTERNAL 10-MHZ REFERENCE SUPPORT (K3EXREF): When the K3EXREF option is installed, the K3 will use it to automatically calibrate the internal 49.380 MHz reference oscillator. The user must provide a suitable 10-MHz input signal to the module. Typical accuracy at the operating frequency, when locked, is +/- 1 Hz, (The K3EXREF uses frequency locking, not phase locking. See K3EXREF installation manual for further details.) Remote-Control/Switch Macro Command Changes: * AP COMMAND TURNS APF ON/OFF: You can turn the CW audio peaking filter on/off by sending “AP1;” or “AP0;”, respectively. Applies only in CW mode with CONFIG:DUAL PB set to APF. You can use this command to create a TAP function to turn APF on/off; use the Help function in K3 Utility for details on macros. * BG COMMAND USEABLE IN TX MODE: Reads PWR or ALC depending on METER setting. Note: In RX mode, BG returns up to 21 with CWT off, but only up to 09 with CWT on. Also, at present there is no way to read CWT, SWR, or CMP. * CHANNEL HOPPING CANCELLED ON FA/FB BAND CHANGE. __ 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
