Re: [Elecraft] Fw: ESSB
I have the TX equalizer set to suppress the lows and emphasize the highs to get a reasonably-flat RF spectrum with my voice. Also I notch out around 800 Hz since those frequencies are not important for voice communications: 1 50 Hz -16 dB 2 100 Hz -16 dB 3 200 Hz -16 dB 4 400 Hz -10 dB 5 800 Hz -16 dB 6 1600 Hz 0 dB 7 2400 Hz +3 dB 8 3200 Hz -6 dB With those settings my voice looks flat on a spectrum analyzer except for the notch at 800 Hz. I should point out that I'm using a computer-type mic/headset which has flat frequency response. With a communications-type microphone you wouldn't need that extreme treble boost. The settings for non-ESSB SSB are the same except that #8 3200 Hz is +6 dB instead of -6 dB. With those settings the ESSB and SSB spectra look very similar. Alan N1AL On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 21:41 -0700, Rick Prather wrote: Alan, You make an interesting point! How do you have your EQ set in the setup you describe? Rick K6LE On 4/25/2011, at 8:38 , Alan Bloom wrote: and the TX equalizer set to limit the transmitted bandwidth to about what it would be using regular SSB. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Fw: ESSB
On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 23:30 -0700, Alan Bloom wrote: I have the TX equalizer set to suppress the lows and emphasize the highs to get a reasonably-flat RF spectrum with my voice. Also I notch out around 800 Hz since those frequencies are not important for voice communications: 1 50 Hz -16 dB 2 100 Hz -16 dB 3 200 Hz -16 dB 4 400 Hz -10 dB 5 800 Hz -16 dB 6 1600 Hz 0 dB 7 2400 Hz +3 dB 8 3200 Hz -6 dB I meant -16 dB for 3200 Hz. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Connector - manual vs picture mismatch
The AUX connector in Figure 1 of the Rev A manual (a drawing) appears to be female. It appears to match the RS232(PC) connector rendering in terms of M/F. The high res picture on the web site looks like the AUX1 connector (new name!?) is male - appears to match the RS232(XCVR) connector in terms of M/F. Is the AUX connector a boy or a girl ?? :-) THANKS! 73, Bill N2BC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Connector - manual vs picture mismatch *update*
I should have waited until I finished my coffee. Update: I see the chart on Rev A page 16 notes that the connector is indeed male. However, the drawings in Figure 3 (page 19), and Figure 4 (page 20), all match Figure 1 appear to be female. Original semi-foggy post: The AUX connector in Figure 1 of the Rev A manual (a drawing) appears to be female. It appears to match the RS232(PC) connector rendering in terms of M/F. The high res picture on the web site looks like the AUX1 connector (new name!?) is male - appears to match the RS232(XCVR) connector in terms of M/F. Is the AUX connector a boy or a girl ?? :-) THANKS! 73, Bill N2BC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] SSB Net Frequency (14.316, etc.)
Phil, No problem in Georgia either. Whatever you think works best. George AI4VZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . I can certainly look for a new frequency for the Sunday net, but I don't see many of the regular net check-in stations in the thread. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)
You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. -Original Message- Fixed-tune mode is excellent for pileups, except that all the information is crowded into the right-hand half of the screen because the DX operator is normally listening UP. A very useful option would be a 'SPLIT UP' mode, like fixed-tune but with VFO A fixed at one division from the left. That would allow us to view the pile-up at the highest available resolution, spread across 9 divisions rather than 5. -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)
You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep? DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV. If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer. Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is. 73 DE Brian/K3KO On 4/26/2011 12:08, Cady, Fred wrote: You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11 __ 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] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)
Brian, Most of the comment so far appears to be focused on the hunter, not the DXpedition. On the next effort we intend to use the P3 on a receiving station monitoring bands we are not using at a particular time. Many Dxpeditions do not have a huge number of operators. If you mean a Dxpedition to a rare and much sought after entity then that is a different situation entirely. Some of these are able to operate many if not all the bands and modes they are set up for, others have to rationalise the number of bands and stations and with this scenario a P3 would be of assistance. SSTV for example is a mode just like digital, cw, phone and rtty and granted it is not as common as the other more popular modes but it is a mode nonetheless operated by many. Advancing the P3 technology to encompass as many operational modes as possible is a plus and should not be seen as a restriction right? I have a request to send SSTV from our next effort and the computers are set up for logging and it would be nice in the future to not have to take a PC/Laptop for this. But we will transmit SSTV images during this operation and we are making arrangements to do this. Will it be popular, well I guess we will wait and see how it goes and have a look at after the event. It will be fun to do it though so I am looking forward to trying it out. All the input so far has been positive and some good ideas have come up already. It's all good eh? 73's to all, Gary On 26 April 2011 22:29, Brian Alsop als...@nc.rr.com wrote: You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep? DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV. If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer. Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is. 73 DE Brian/K3KO On 4/26/2011 12:08, Cady, Fred wrote: You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11 __ 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 -- 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] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)
Fred wrote: You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. Thanks, Fred, that works for me. (Jim's method also works, of course, but yours is closer to my normal habits.) I already have four different SPAN settings pre-programmed into the function keys, and one of those is always close enough. -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)
SSTV for example is a mode just like digital, cw, phone and rtty and granted it is not as common as the other more popular modes but it is a mode nonetheless operated by many. SSTV is not recognized as a separate mode in the DXCC program - or as far as I know in any major DX award program. It counts as phone for DXCC. Why would any significant DXpedition waste time on a slow rate mode? But we will transmit SSTV images during this operation and we are making arrangements to do this. Will it be popular, well I guess we will wait and see how it goes and have a look at after the event. Will it be popular? I would expect it to be *extremely unpopular* - particularly if the location of the DXpedition is to any place on the top 200 needed list. Spending as much as 3 minutes per QSO on SSTV when good operators can make ten times as many QSOs in the same period on SSB/CW/RTTY makes any SSTV operation extremely unwise. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 4/26/2011 8:49 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: Brian, Most of the comment so far appears to be focused on the hunter, not the DXpedition. On the next effort we intend to use the P3 on a receiving station monitoring bands we are not using at a particular time. Many Dxpeditions do not have a huge number of operators. If you mean a Dxpedition to a rare and much sought after entity then that is a different situation entirely. Some of these are able to operate many if not all the bands and modes they are set up for, others have to rationalise the number of bands and stations and with this scenario a P3 would be of assistance. SSTV for example is a mode just like digital, cw, phone and rtty and granted it is not as common as the other more popular modes but it is a mode nonetheless operated by many. Advancing the P3 technology to encompass as many operational modes as possible is a plus and should not be seen as a restriction right? I have a request to send SSTV from our next effort and the computers are set up for logging and it would be nice in the future to not have to take a PC/Laptop for this. But we will transmit SSTV images during this operation and we are making arrangements to do this. Will it be popular, well I guess we will wait and see how it goes and have a look at after the event. It will be fun to do it though so I am looking forward to trying it out. All the input so far has been positive and some good ideas have come up already. It's all good eh? 73's to all, Gary On 26 April 2011 22:29, Brian Alsopals...@nc.rr.com wrote: You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep? DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV. If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer. Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is. 73 DE Brian/K3KO On 4/26/2011 12:08, Cady, Fred wrote: You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)
My motivation in taking a P3 to CY0 was not to overcome difficulty in making QSOs. Based on two previous DXpeditions to CY0, I was more interested in making my life a little easier in the face of unlimited and sustained pile-ups which start to get to be a bit much after three or 4 days. I think the P3 would have done that for me, not to mention provided the other features I mentioned earlier like, say, the ability to watch my own TX frequency. I always wanted to be my own frequency cop. Or to defeat those who think that tail-gating is the only way to make a Q in a pile-up. There is another reason to use a P3 if, like me, one is used to operating at home with a limited station and always being the weak signal. When on a trip I like to pick some of the small signal DX who one can guess are equally deprived, and the P3 allows one to see those kinds of stations quite easily in the pile-up. No matter --- our friends from the opposite side of the planet are going to provide us a report after their experiment. Maybe we will discover that ears are the only answer. 73, Gary, VE1RGB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Alsop Sent: April 26, 2011 9:29 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV) You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep? DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV. If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer. Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is. 73 DE Brian/K3KO On 4/26/2011 12:08, Cady, Fred wrote: You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] ?change net frequency?
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Mike Rodgers mikerodgerske5...@yahoo.com wrote: If there is consensus to change, I propose the possibility of 14.305. It's lightly used as far as I know. There are nets during the week from the beautiful day net at 92 central time And some Saturday's. There's the west coast prestigious group net at 1pm central. Not sure if they are on the weekend. Some of you west coasties may know. Other than that it's fairly quiet. The 24hr maritime net is far enough away at 14.300. Sometimes QRM from 14.307.5. If 14.304 would be far enough from the maritime net, then itwould be better in case of activity on 14.307.5. I know I might be in the minority but I complained about these tones to Phil last week. I have twice to get in on this net and its untenable at 14.316. I guess I am confused. Why is it so hard to get a relatively free'ish frequency at 2PM EST on 20m again (I guess above 14.225)? -aps (KC2ZSX) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)/DXpedition version of P3
I would prefer the room for other things in the travel bag instead of the P3. All of the things you would like to do can be done with the radio alone. In split mode you can monitor your own transmit frequency. There is not much you can do about what goes on there and the UP UP UP ers will probably beat you to the punch. What I see that causes the most problems in pileups is the DX not IDing enough and not announcing their split enough. Even then it does not matter as there a growing number of ops that can't copy cw and just see a spot and send away as they don't understand what up is. On RTTY T31A was sending UP every contact and still people continued to call on his xmit frequency. Trying to work the weak guy is admirable but I don't see how the P3 is going to make that any easier. All you need to do is set a split range and then let the masses who blindly call do that in that range and then pick out stations on the edges or above the split range. You can tune around in your split range for lighter stations if you want. If you can easily see the weak station in a pileup the pileup can't be that big. Don't get me wrong I love my P3 as it has put a bunch of contacts in my log by being able to see the last station worked. Maybe we need a DX-pedition version of the P3. There is no reason the case needs to be as bit as it is. If the case was shrunk down to a third of the size I might consider taking one. On 4/26/2011 7:38 AM, gary bartlett wrote: My motivation in taking a P3 to CY0 was not to overcome difficulty in making QSOs. Based on two previous DXpeditions to CY0, I was more interested in making my life a little easier in the face of unlimited and sustained pile-ups which start to get to be a bit much after three or 4 days. I think the P3 would have done that for me, not to mention provided the other features I mentioned earlier like, say, the ability to watch my own TX frequency. I always wanted to be my own frequency cop. Or to defeat those who think that tail-gating is the only way to make a Q in a pile-up. There is another reason to use a P3 if, like me, one is used to operating at home with a limited station and always being the weak signal. When on a trip I like to pick some of the small signal DX who one can guess are equally deprived, and the P3 allows one to see those kinds of stations quite easily in the pile-up. No matter --- our friends from the opposite side of the planet are going to provide us a report after their experiment. Maybe we will discover that ears are the only answer. 73, Gary, VE1RGB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Alsop Sent: April 26, 2011 9:29 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV) You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep? DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV. If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer. Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is. 73 DE Brian/K3KO On 4/26/2011 12:08, Cady, Fred wrote: You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11 __ 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 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)/DXpedition version of P3
To me it was all about easily providing the operator with alternatives to nothing but the receiver alone that might ease the pressure of the DXpedition workload. That would have lead directly to increased throughput, in which case everyone would win. An experiment based on selfishness but with fringe benefits, in other words. Like I said, I never got a chance to try it, but I do enough contesting and DX work with the P3 that I was confident that I would gain something out of it. The P3 would have been the source of real-time, real-world, quickly obtained, multi-band local propagation conditions to the other operators if nothing else and a P3 on a DXpedition might be worth the weight for that purpose alone, especially during QSB conditions when the waterfall is so useful. Band change decisions should have been easier. That was my answer to the original question about why would one want to take a P3 on a DXpedition. Chacun à son gout. There is no right or wrong answer and I am in no position to provide hard evidence to support my own argument :) Anyone want to organize another CY0? 73, Gary, VE1RGB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Fatchett W0MU Sent: April 26, 2011 11:58 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)/DXpedition version of P3 I would prefer the room for other things in the travel bag instead of the P3. All of the things you would like to do can be done with the radio alone. In split mode you can monitor your own transmit frequency. There is not much you can do about what goes on there and the UP UP UP ers will probably beat you to the punch. What I see that causes the most problems in pileups is the DX not IDing enough and not announcing their split enough. Even then it does not matter as there a growing number of ops that can't copy cw and just see a spot and send away as they don't understand what up is. On RTTY T31A was sending UP every contact and still people continued to call on his xmit frequency. Trying to work the weak guy is admirable but I don't see how the P3 is going to make that any easier. All you need to do is set a split range and then let the masses who blindly call do that in that range and then pick out stations on the edges or above the split range. You can tune around in your split range for lighter stations if you want. If you can easily see the weak station in a pileup the pileup can't be that big. Don't get me wrong I love my P3 as it has put a bunch of contacts in my log by being able to see the last station worked. Maybe we need a DX-pedition version of the P3. There is no reason the case needs to be as bit as it is. If the case was shrunk down to a third of the size I might consider taking one. On 4/26/2011 7:38 AM, gary bartlett wrote: My motivation in taking a P3 to CY0 was not to overcome difficulty in making QSOs. Based on two previous DXpeditions to CY0, I was more interested in making my life a little easier in the face of unlimited and sustained pile-ups which start to get to be a bit much after three or 4 days. I think the P3 would have done that for me, not to mention provided the other features I mentioned earlier like, say, the ability to watch my own TX frequency. I always wanted to be my own frequency cop. Or to defeat those who think that tail-gating is the only way to make a Q in a pile-up. There is another reason to use a P3 if, like me, one is used to operating at home with a limited station and always being the weak signal. When on a trip I like to pick some of the small signal DX who one can guess are equally deprived, and the P3 allows one to see those kinds of stations quite easily in the pile-up. No matter --- our friends from the opposite side of the planet are going to provide us a report after their experiment. Maybe we will discover that ears are the only answer. 73, Gary, VE1RGB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Alsop Sent: April 26, 2011 9:29 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV) You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep? DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV. If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer. Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is. 73 DE Brian/K3KO On 4/26/2011 12:08, Cady, Fred wrote: You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Connector - manual vs picture mismatch *update*
Hi Bill: There are only two ways to represent the connection points when looking straight at the connectors - a solid dot or an open circle. The solid dots indicate pins (males) and the open circle indicates sockets (females). Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I should have waited until I finished my coffee. Update: I see the chart on Rev A page 16 notes that the connector is indeed male. However, the drawings in Figure 3 (page 19), and Figure 4 (page 20), all match Figure 1 appear to be female. Original semi-foggy post: The AUX connector in Figure 1 of the Rev A manual (a drawing) appears to be female. It appears to match the RS232(PC) connector rendering in terms of M/F. The high res picture on the web site looks like the AUX1 connector (new name!?) is male - appears to match the RS232(XCVR) connector in terms of M/F. Is the AUX connector a boy or a girl ?? :-) THANKS! 73, Bill N2BC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] ESSB
Hello Van, i have had measured the K3 with Spectogram with the same results like you discribed. The BW is abt 15% higher than the adjusted level. Reported that behaviour to Elecraft a long time ago. Hope that helps Michael -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ESSB-tp6304005p6306620.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3EXREF UPDATE
Is there any word out there in Elecraft land as to when the K3EXREF will be available? Thanks. K6CG __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Connector - manual vs picture mismatch *update*
Okay Bill, I can't claim to be coffee deprived but I didn't see the problem at first. On the KPA500 rear panel: RS232 (PC) is female. RS232 (XCVR) is male. AUX1 is male. The drawings need to be corrected. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- Hi Bill: There are only two ways to represent the connection points when looking straight at the connectors - a solid dot or an open circle. The solid dots indicate pins (males) and the open circle indicates sockets (females). Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I should have waited until I finished my coffee. Update: I see the chart on Rev A page 16 notes that the connector is indeed male. However, the drawings in Figure 3 (page 19), and Figure 4 (page 20), all match Figure 1 appear to be female. Original semi-foggy post: The AUX connector in Figure 1 of the Rev A manual (a drawing) appears to be female. It appears to match the RS232(PC) connector rendering in terms of M/F. The high res picture on the web site looks like the AUX1 connector (new name!?) is male - appears to match the RS232(XCVR) connector in terms of M/F. Is the AUX connector a boy or a girl ?? :-) THANKS! 73, Bill N2BC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3EXREF UPDATE
Approximately 2-3 weeks. Its in production right now. I'll have it up on the web site for ordering within a week. 73, Eric On 4/26/2011 10:32 AM, Richard Thorpe wrote: Is there any word out there in Elecraft land as to when the K3EXREF will be available? Thanks. K6CG __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)/DXpedition version of P3
Let me be quick to counter any unintended tone of bitterness regarding my good friend Randy N0TG and the CY0 DXpedition that most recently happened. It was clearly my choice not to go on the final trip. 73, Gary, VE1RGB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of gary bartlett Sent: April 26, 2011 12:36 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)/DXpedition version of P3 To me it was all about easily providing the operator with alternatives to nothing but the receiver alone that might ease the pressure of the DXpedition workload. That would have lead directly to increased throughput, in which case everyone would win. An experiment based on selfishness but with fringe benefits, in other words. Like I said, I never got a chance to try it, but I do enough contesting and DX work with the P3 that I was confident that I would gain something out of it. The P3 would have been the source of real-time, real-world, quickly obtained, multi-band local propagation conditions to the other operators if nothing else and a P3 on a DXpedition might be worth the weight for that purpose alone, especially during QSB conditions when the waterfall is so useful. Band change decisions should have been easier. That was my answer to the original question about why would one want to take a P3 on a DXpedition. Chacun à son gout. There is no right or wrong answer and I am in no position to provide hard evidence to support my own argument :) Anyone want to organize another CY0? 73, Gary, VE1RGB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Fatchett W0MU Sent: April 26, 2011 11:58 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)/DXpedition version of P3 I would prefer the room for other things in the travel bag instead of the P3. All of the things you would like to do can be done with the radio alone. In split mode you can monitor your own transmit frequency. There is not much you can do about what goes on there and the UP UP UP ers will probably beat you to the punch. What I see that causes the most problems in pileups is the DX not IDing enough and not announcing their split enough. Even then it does not matter as there a growing number of ops that can't copy cw and just see a spot and send away as they don't understand what up is. On RTTY T31A was sending UP every contact and still people continued to call on his xmit frequency. Trying to work the weak guy is admirable but I don't see how the P3 is going to make that any easier. All you need to do is set a split range and then let the masses who blindly call do that in that range and then pick out stations on the edges or above the split range. You can tune around in your split range for lighter stations if you want. If you can easily see the weak station in a pileup the pileup can't be that big. Don't get me wrong I love my P3 as it has put a bunch of contacts in my log by being able to see the last station worked. Maybe we need a DX-pedition version of the P3. There is no reason the case needs to be as bit as it is. If the case was shrunk down to a third of the size I might consider taking one. On 4/26/2011 7:38 AM, gary bartlett wrote: My motivation in taking a P3 to CY0 was not to overcome difficulty in making QSOs. Based on two previous DXpeditions to CY0, I was more interested in making my life a little easier in the face of unlimited and sustained pile-ups which start to get to be a bit much after three or 4 days. I think the P3 would have done that for me, not to mention provided the other features I mentioned earlier like, say, the ability to watch my own TX frequency. I always wanted to be my own frequency cop. Or to defeat those who think that tail-gating is the only way to make a Q in a pile-up. There is another reason to use a P3 if, like me, one is used to operating at home with a limited station and always being the weak signal. When on a trip I like to pick some of the small signal DX who one can guess are equally deprived, and the P3 allows one to see those kinds of stations quite easily in the pile-up. No matter --- our friends from the opposite side of the planet are going to provide us a report after their experiment. Maybe we will discover that ears are the only answer. 73, Gary, VE1RGB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Alsop Sent: April 26, 2011 9:29 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV) You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep? DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV. If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer. Improving
Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)/DXpedition version of P3
W0MU wrote: Maybe we need a DX-pedition version of the P3. There is no reason the case needs to be as bit as it is. If the case was shrunk down to a third of the size I might consider taking one. Oooh, there's a cool idea. That ought to be pretty easy to do. I think there is a use for it, particularly on a contest expedition. Cheers, Fred KE7X __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] writelog k3 transmit every scond
Hi I wonder if anyone knows why my k3 keeps beeping ( transmitting short bursts continously) I was able to stop it by unchecking the polling box in Writelog ver 10.82 I did not have this trouble with an older version of Writelog Thanks Richard wa6kyr __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)/DXpedition version of P3
Write an app for an iPad or Android device. Nick Marsh WB4SQI On Apr 26, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Cady, Fred fc...@ece.montana.edu wrote: W0MU wrote: Maybe we need a DX-pedition version of the P3. There is no reason the case needs to be as bit as it is. If the case was shrunk down to a third of the size I might consider taking one. Oooh, there's a cool idea. That ought to be pretty easy to do. I think there is a use for it, particularly on a contest expedition. Cheers, Fred KE7X __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] P3 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)
Joe, I am certainly NOT going anywhere on the top 200 list. Where we are going is a unique place in VK and most likely the transmissions will be on NON DX bands to a station in VK to get the pics posted. I don't think too many people will even notice mate. Gary On 26 April 2011 23:35, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: SSTV for example is a mode just like digital, cw, phone and rtty and granted it is not as common as the other more popular modes but it is a mode nonetheless operated by many. SSTV is not recognized as a separate mode in the DXCC program - or as far as I know in any major DX award program. It counts as phone for DXCC. Why would any significant DXpedition waste time on a slow rate mode? But we will transmit SSTV images during this operation and we are making arrangements to do this. Will it be popular, well I guess we will wait and see how it goes and have a look at after the event. Will it be popular? I would expect it to be *extremely unpopular* - particularly if the location of the DXpedition is to any place on the top 200 needed list. Spending as much as 3 minutes per QSO on SSTV when good operators can make ten times as many QSOs in the same period on SSB/CW/RTTY makes any SSTV operation extremely unwise. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 4/26/2011 8:49 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: Brian, Most of the comment so far appears to be focused on the hunter, not the DXpedition. On the next effort we intend to use the P3 on a receiving station monitoring bands we are not using at a particular time. Many Dxpeditions do not have a huge number of operators. If you mean a Dxpedition to a rare and much sought after entity then that is a different situation entirely. Some of these are able to operate many if not all the bands and modes they are set up for, others have to rationalise the number of bands and stations and with this scenario a P3 would be of assistance. SSTV for example is a mode just like digital, cw, phone and rtty and granted it is not as common as the other more popular modes but it is a mode nonetheless operated by many. Advancing the P3 technology to encompass as many operational modes as possible is a plus and should not be seen as a restriction right? I have a request to send SSTV from our next effort and the computers are set up for logging and it would be nice in the future to not have to take a PC/Laptop for this. But we will transmit SSTV images during this operation and we are making arrangements to do this. Will it be popular, well I guess we will wait and see how it goes and have a look at after the event. It will be fun to do it though so I am looking forward to trying it out. All the input so far has been positive and some good ideas have come up already. It's all good eh? 73's to all, Gary On 26 April 2011 22:29, Brian Alsopals...@nc.rr.com wrote: You're going to do this while running a pileup 1000 callers deep? DXpeditions exist to make QSO's, not watch TV. If a DXpedition is having trouble making QSO's, a P3 isn't the answer. Improving their antenna(s) and being aware of propagation most likely is. 73 DE Brian/K3KO On 4/26/2011 12:08, Cady, Fred wrote: You can Hold CENTER and move the DX station's freq to the left edge of the display and set SPAN so the pileup is spread across the whole display. The two controls interact some but it is easy to do while you are listening to figure out the operator's pattern. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11 __ 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 -- 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] [QRO] KPA500 PIN diodes / High SWR
Back in Feb, Guy (K2AV) wondered in another thread: -- I still wonder what happens to the KPA500 pin diodes when you open with a dit into an unterminated coax and a 20:1 SWR. Wayne and Co are working their magic into a problem that has taken most amps down. -- I would also like to know if they have been able to provide sufficient protection, magical though it would be. That would be a terrific selling point. I know I will eventually hit the key while in a confused state with the KPA500. Chuck, W5UXH -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/QRO-KPA500-PIN-diodes-High-SWR-tp6307781p6307781.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] [QRO] KPA500 PIN diodes / High SWR
Hi Chuck, We immediately protect the amp by going into bypass mode. The microprocessor detects the extreme SWR event and immediately routes the drive signal around the amp, initially though the diodes, and then through the bypass relay after it has switched. This happens in a few milliseconds. While I do not recommend this as a normal operation test, we even have pulled the coax out of the dummy load at 500W during tx to test this, with no ill effects. (If you were at our contest university demo in Italy, you may know how I know this.. ;-) We have not been able to kill the t/r diodes during lab destructive testing or in on-air operation. 73, Eric WA6HHQ On 4/26/2011 5:29 PM, W5UXH wrote: Back in Feb, Guy (K2AV) wondered in another thread: -- I still wonder what happens to the KPA500 pin diodes when you open with a dit into an unterminated coax and a 20:1 SWR. Wayne and Co are working their magic into a problem that has taken most amps down. -- I would also like to know if they have been able to provide sufficient protection, magical though it would be. That would be a terrific selling point. I know I will eventually hit the key while in a confused state with the KPA500. Chuck, W5UXH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 on DXpeditions (was P3 and SSTV)
Hi Brian, et al: Perhaps the experience of someone who has actually taken a P3 on a DX operation might be of some interest. I returned early February from a month and a half trip to Southern Africa. While not a dxpedition per se, the trip did include a single- handed, but serious, operation from a moderately rare DXCC entity (7P8, the Kingdom of Lesotho). I would like to comment on two issues that have arisen in this thread: is the P3 a useful aid to the operator running the DX station?; and how difficult is it to take it along, space-wise? In essence, is it worth it? This trip balanced visiting family (parent's 60th wedding anniversary), business (research), vacation (a 4x4 safari through Botswana and Zimbabwe), and ham radio (as ZS1WN, and 7P8JW). The stay in 7P8 (the landlocked mountain kingdom of Lesotho) lasted a week and I was able to make more than 3,500 contacts from 7P8 alone. Travel parameters were such that I only took along what would fit within the normal international baggage allowance. After necessary stuff like clothes (for warm and cold; including a suit, jackets ties), and a computer--I was able to take TWO complete high performance HF stations (K3/P3; K2-100/KAT100) in CARRY-ON luggage (thank you, Elecraft!). My first checked piece was a padded golf bag, which contained: a 5 band Spiderbeam yagi (14 wire elements on a 33' boom); 33' aluminum telescoping mast; and a 40' fiberglass mast for an inverted L for the low bands; together with all the required guying ropes, stakes, etc. The rest of my personal belongings (and some other radio stuff!) went in a second allowed checked bag. My carry-on aluminum-sided case (el cheapo from Home Depot) was originally used for trips with the K2/100 + KAT100, and had space left over for the power supply (Astron SS30), headset, cables etc. However, I found that the K3 and P3 were an exact fit for the case. So, I downsized the PS (to a very small/light Powerwerx 30 amp switcher), put it in the golf bag, and took the K3/P3 in the case. Since I did not want to use the K3 mobile or on safari, I managed to slip the K2/KAT100 and a second PS (Gamma Research HPS-1a, even smaller and lighter), and some of the other stuff into the computer bag along with the Macbook Pro! [Yes, you have to take the ham radio side of things, at least, semi- seriously to be willing to do this! But, no, I had no trouble at all with security at any airport (trip included 8 flights), and paid no excess baggage allowance at all. Yes, I was fortunate that South African Airways allowed an additional 20 pounds for the golf bag, i.e. 70 instead of the normal 50 per bag, but I checked this out ahead of time. The K3/P3 case was right on the carry-on weight limit, and the computer bag was over weight, but nobody checked it. If they did, my backup plan was my dear wife (who was putting up with me lugging all this stuff around rather well!, and had room to spare in her carry-on bag), but as it turned out this was not necessary.] Am I glad that I took all this stuff? Absolutely. I used the K2/100 and KAT100 to very good effect while operating mobile/portable. I was able to consistently work LONG PATH (some 14,500 miles, over the Indian Ocean, Australia, and the Pacific) into the western USA on 40m SSB, from the coast near Cape Town. This is running 100w off the rental car's battery, with a magentic mounted Hustler mobile antenna! [Secret: getting within a quarter wave length of the salt water, and a clear shot over the ocean.] I used the K3/P3 combo while operating from 7P8. I could have used the K2 but I believe the K3 helped me make significantly more contacts. I have the second RX, ATU, DVR [and 2m transverter] in my K3 (which has 6 roofing filters between the 2 receivers). I found the P3 to be useful in the following ways: 1. To instantly get a sense if a band is open by quickly switching to it and getting a look at activity over a 200 khz span. You have to try this to realize how much better it is than spinning the dial. Having the waterfall display on, increased this benefit significantly. 2. Finding the right place to start calling. It is amazing how much more helpful seeing the spectrum as a whole is to simply listening up and down. You have no idea how much you miss when you do not have the time dimension included. 3. Watching what is happening on my transmit frequency, so that I can devote my full attention to getting the callsigns pulled out of the pileup, without the distraction of listening to my TX freq. as well. 4. Helping to discipline the pileup by first seeing/noticing, and then ignoring, bad behavior. [Of course, sometimes you must work the offenders to make them go away]. It is interesting how you can tell who is calling without hearing you; tail-ending; loading up right on the pileup and then calling you. 5. Helps find stations calling you in the pileup window (particularly on CW when the pileup
Re: [Elecraft] [QRO] KPA500 PIN diodes / High SWR
Hi Eric, That is what I hoped to hear. I also had a response off list from a dedicated tester who tested this. It is good to know there is a good chance of surviving an occasional oops. 73, Chuck, W5UXH Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: Hi Chuck, We immediately protect the amp by going into bypass mode. The microprocessor detects the extreme SWR event and immediately routes the drive signal around the amp, initially though the diodes, and then through the bypass relay after it has switched. This happens in a few milliseconds. While I do not recommend this as a normal operation test, we even have pulled the coax out of the dummy load at 500W during tx to test this, with no ill effects. (If you were at our contest university demo in Italy, you may know how I know this.. ;-) We have not been able to kill the t/r diodes during lab destructive testing or in on-air operation. 73, Eric WA6HHQ -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/QRO-KPA500-PIN-diodes-High-SWR-tp6307781p6307820.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware Rev. 4.36: QRQ mode auto-on/off when using SPLIT/RIT/XIT (etc.)
K3 beta-test firmware revision 4.36 (with DSP rev. 2.73) is now available. See release notes below. Please send any questions to k3supp...@elecraft.com. For instructions on how to load beta firmware, see: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm 73, Wayne N6KR * * * MCU 4.36 / DSP 2.73, 4-20-2011 * SUPPORT FOR KPA500 BAND CHANGE, FAULT/STATUS, and POWER CONTROL. * 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. It should not be used with normal-level mics, as gain may be excessive. 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). 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. (Not yet available for direct sub receiver control. Swap VFOs or do AB copy in order to set up sub receiver 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. * UP DN REMOTE COMMANDS NOW UPDATE P3. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Net Report (4/24/11)
Here are the stations that checked into the SSB net last Sunday. Thanks to Ken, KO5Y, for the net control duties with help as noted. Watch for a change of frequency for this week's net. I'll announce that in a few days. 73, Phil, NS7P +++ A special thank you to N6JW, John in CA and W4RKS, Jim in AL for their help with the net relays. Note: the KPA 500 can be seen on YouTube. STATION NAME QTH SER # W8YMOHarry OH 166 N6JWJohnCA 936 WB8RAE Bill NY 2389 K3 AI4VZGeorgeGA 2412 K6DSW Don CA 3138 K3 W8OV DaveTX 3139 K3 W5ETJ GaryTX 3227 K3 K4CCH CharlesGA3509 K3 W4RKS Jim AL 3618 K3 NT5Q Don NM4179 K3 KO5YKen NM 4442 K3 N1IRB ScottCT 4555 KE4WY Jim KY 4864 K1NW BrianRI 4974 N2HMM JohnNJ 5033 WT5Y John TX 7138 K2 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
