Re: [Elecraft] Update on my LACK of progress - Now General RF Issue
Don wrote: Well the suspect coax has been replaced and the problem lives on. Now I have no idea on what to do to get rid of the problem. I think its common mode on the coax but now I am not sure. I have to walk away for awhile and think about what to do next. Clamp-on RF Current Meter! At least its only a hobby not something that is real important in life. Not in this neighborhood :-) -- 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] K3 and Fldigi on a Mac
Thanks a lot to all for support. Dave you helped me very much you clarified doubts I had. Sorry I forgot telling you I'm using VMFusion to virtualize XP. Dave in case of further need may I ask you via e-mail (by using the address at qrz.com) off this reflector? For logging I think I'll go to MacLoggerDx as I like it very much (I installed evaluation version), I wasn't sure it was usable in conjunction with Fldigi...but now also this doubt was gone . I'll subscribe also the Fldigi Yahoo group. Best 73 Giorgio -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-and-Fldigi-on-a-Mac-tp6926535p6927887.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec Orion
Lu, Perhaps an easier method of accomplishing what you want to do: You stated that you do not have an audio analyzer, so that is why you are considering using the P3 to set up the Orions. Why not oad free Spectrogram or Spectrum Lab audio spectrum analyzer software on a laptop, and use that to observe the output of the monitor circuits? 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] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec Orion 1?
Lu, if you have access to an SDR receiver that can record it's output on a PC, it might be easier that using a noise source. When comparing several microphones and headsets on my K3, I used a Perseus SDR to play back the results for A/B/C/D comparison in order to pick the best equaliser/mic combination. The saved files from the Perseus were labelled to match the microphone and can be played back very easily, in addition, recording a wide chunk of frequency means the bandwidth can easily be checked if that might be an issue. 73 Dave __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec Orion 1?
Pardon me, but I have read a lot of the traffic on this topic, and some very good ideas have been considered. Recorded audio into the mic jack or a sound source as in a 'pink' noise, or ''white' noise allows the radio to be adjusted. I have a K3, so I can use it with the P3 to analyze the audio of my other radio(s) while transmitting into a 'dummy' load. But, none of these account for the difference in mics. A station with a dozen radios and a dozen mic is still going to show differences in transmitted audio due to different mics and mic usage/voices. I'm glad I don't have to do this! ...bill nr4c On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:09:47 +, Dave Johnson wrote: Lu, if you have access to an SDR receiver that can record it's output on a PC, it might be easier that using a noise source. When comparing several microphones and headsets on my K3, I used a Perseus SDR to play back the results for A/B/C/D comparison in order to pick the best equaliser/mic combination. The saved files from the Perseus were labelled to match the microphone and can be played back very easily, in addition, recording a wide chunk of frequency means the bandwidth can easily be checked if that might be an issue. 73 Dave __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KPA100 Initial Test Problem
Hello all: I am building a remote KPA100 in an EC-2 enclosure. The KAT100-2 has already been built and tested correctly. My K2 is S/N 5717 with firmware 2.04P. Problem: All the test point voltages are nominal (+/-10%) except U1 pin 27. The voltage listed is 5.8 … I got 3.99 volts. Everything else in the section of initial tests is flawless. U1 pin 20 = 5.04 U1 pin 28 = 5.56 U2 pin 10 = 13.65 U4 pin 1 = 13.65 U4 pin 11 = 5.04 All of the other values are 0 as noted in the checklist. On initial power up, the K2 power supply voltage was 13.8 and current 0.36. Any hints on where to look for the problem? Thanks. gene WG7GW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Safari Problem
Since I upgraded to Lion on my iMac I cannot download manuals etc. from the Elecraft website. When I try to download a PDF doc. it says I need a plugin. I follow the links and download the latest Adobe product but still no joy. I cannot find the plugin it asks for. Is it me or are others having this issue? Thank you. R Thorpe 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] Safari Problem
It seems to work here like it always has. Safari downloads the file and it opens in Preview. There is no plugin required to open a PDF. And you don't need Acrobat. What's you default application for .PDF files? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 25, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Richard Thorpe kis...@me.com wrote: Since I upgraded to Lion on my iMac I cannot download manuals etc. from the Elecraft website. When I try to download a PDF doc. it says I need a plugin. I follow the links and download the latest Adobe product but still no joy. I cannot find the plugin it asks for. Is it me or are others having this issue? Thank you. R Thorpe 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] Safari Problem
Perhaps you have a problem with your installation of Lion. I have Lion installed on my MBP, and Preview opens the Elecraft pdf stuff just fine when I use Firefox. However, Safari seems to work OK, too — I just opened some of the pdfs from the Elecraft Manuals Downloads page with no trouble — they come up right inside Safari. Bud, W2RU On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Richard Thorpe wrote: Since I upgraded to Lion on my iMac I cannot download manuals etc. from the Elecraft website. When I try to download a PDF doc. it says I need a plugin. I follow the links and download the latest Adobe product but still no joy. I cannot find the plugin it asks for. Is it me or are others having this issue? Thank you. R Thorpe 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] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec
Yes, that would work, but then I would also have to take the K3 with me as well. Trying to travel light. Several have made the suggestion to place back to back protection diodes on the P3 input, set the P3 to a convenient below 22mhz frequency, tune the rig being tested to that frequency and the P3, being a self contained receiver, will show the waveform. I think this is the direction I will go. -lu-w4lt- --- Message: 21 Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:52:43 -0700 From: Alan Bloom n...@sonic.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec Orion 1? To: lrom...@ij.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 1319503963.1589.3.camel@ulinux-desktop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Lu, Why not just tune the K3 to the RF output frequency of the Orion? The K3's IF output signal is picked off before the crystal filters, so the P3 shows the actual unfiltered signal received at the K3 antenna connector. Alan N1AL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec
Bruce: I now have that software, so this is also a way to skin this cat. But then I dont get to show off my P3 :) -lu-w4lt- -- Message: 29 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:20:48 -0400 From: Bruce Beford bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec Orion To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: B668FA4C334C4E0485F351D6DAFAC791@HPE250f Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii Lu, Perhaps an easier method of accomplishing what you want to do: You stated that you do not have an audio analyzer, so that is why you are considering using the P3 to set up the Orions. Why not oad free Spectrogram or Spectrum Lab audio spectrum analyzer software on a laptop, and use that to observe the output of the monitor circuits? 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] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec
Dave: Unfortunately, no access to an SDR. If I did, I would have a spectrum analyser already hi. It would be even easier if the darn Orions interpreted the numbers on their software consistently or would even sound consistently similar. Some are bassy, some are tinny, some are mushy, and this with the exact same mic and voice and exactly the same numbers input into the firmware! Ah well. If it was that easy, they wouldnt need me to tweak the rigs then, right? :) -lu- Message: 30 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:09:47 + From: Dave Johnson dave.g4...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec Orion1? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: cabikjg4ob8lnumjd8vh1gu5gao6eqrjxd504kvpqbhojct9...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Lu, if you have access to an SDR receiver that can record it's output on a PC, it might be easier that using a noise source. When comparing several microphones and headsets on my K3, I used a Perseus SDR to play back the results for A/B/C/D comparison in order to pick the best equaliser/mic combination. The saved files from the Perseus were labelled to match the microphone and can be played back very easily, in addition, recording a wide chunk of frequency means the bandwidth can easily be checked if that might be an issue. 73 Dave __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Safari Problem
Apparently there is a problem with Adobe Reader and Lion. I use Chrome as my main browser, but I've been using the SchubertIt PDF plug-in with Safari. It works great! Much better than Adobe. It should solve your problem. http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/ You could also remove the Adobe plug-in so that the PDF's will open in Safari's embedded PDF viewer. Navigate to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins. You should see the AdobePDFViewerPlugin there. If you don't have one already, create a directory called Disabled Plugins. Move the AdobePDFViewPlugin there and restart Safari. Safari should then use its embedded PDF viewer instead of Adobe. You can check Safari's Help-Installed Plug-ins menu to see that Adobe is no longer included in the list of loaded plugins.. But I would opt for the SchubertIt plugin. David, W4SMT On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Richard Thorpe wrote: Since I upgraded to Lion on my iMac I cannot download manuals etc. from the Elecraft website. When I try to download a PDF doc. it says I need a plugin. I follow the links and download the latest Adobe product but still no joy. I cannot find the plugin it asks for. Is it me or are others having this issue? Thank you. R Thorpe 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] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec
True, Bill. I have also found out that different vintage Heil ProSet DX4's have different output levels and frequency response. The older ones have hotter output than the newer ones. Also needed to be taken into account are male vs female voices (we have female ops as well). And different mic technique. Lots of variables! Im trying to minimize them as much as possible. I realize that different voices will give different results, but if you find a good normal from a compression and mic standpoint and stick with it across all the rigs, and keep people's fingers out of the settings when they are trying to help, you dont end up with mush and splatter. And the key in any contest is for them to UNDERSTAND the exchange, so the more articulate and clear we make the transmission, the easier it is for the other guy to copy us correctly and log us. We aint talkin' about broadcast quality hi-fi here, we're talking about being heard and, most importantly, being understood above the cacophony in a phone contest with lots of QRM and mis-tuned amp IMD flying about. Actually, last year we decided to assign headsets to particular radios due to the idiosyncracies of the rigs and the mics. That rule lasted most of last year's contest, lets see how long it lasts this year :) You can have a big signal, but if they cant understand it, you may as well run QRP. Just cuz the meters are swingin' WAAAY to the right dont mean they can understand what youre sayin' -lu- - Message: 31 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:47:26 -0400 From: nr4c n...@widomaker.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3: Can the Panadapter be used with a Ten Tec Orion 1? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 0e633ca11483632db9e14866cf317...@widomaker.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Pardon me, but I have read a lot of the traffic on this topic, and some very good ideas have been considered. Recorded audio into the mic jack or a sound source as in a 'pink' noise, or ''white' noise allows the radio to be adjusted. I have a K3, so I can use it with the P3 to analyze the audio of my other radio(s) while transmitting into a 'dummy' load. But, none of these account for the difference in mics. A station with a dozen radios and a dozen mic is still going to show differences in transmitted audio due to different mics and mic usage/voices. I'm glad I don't have to do this! ..bill nr4c __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KPA100 Initial Test Problem
Gene, Check RP1 pin 7. If you do not find close to 8 volts there, you will need to track down the source of the problem in the 8R input to the KPA100. If you find the voltage at RP1 pin 7 is not anywhere near 8 volts, check the source - what is the voltage on the K2 Control Board Q2 collector - that is the source for 8R. If the two points have significantly different voltages, you will have to find the discontinuity in the wires, connectors and PC traces between those two points. If RP1 pin 7 is OK, but U1 pin 27 is lower than normal, that may be OK - pin 27 of U1 is simply drawing a bit more power than usual - as long as the 5R and 5T outputs from U1 at pins 13 and 14 work OK, you will not have a problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/25/2011 11:26 AM, Eugene Worth wrote: Hello all: I am building a remote KPA100 in an EC-2 enclosure. The KAT100-2 has already been built and tested correctly. My K2 is S/N 5717 with firmware 2.04P. Problem: All the test point voltages are nominal (+/-10%) except U1 pin 27. The voltage listed is 5.8 … I got 3.99 volts. Everything else in the section of initial tests is flawless. U1 pin 20 = 5.04 U1 pin 28 = 5.56 U2 pin 10 = 13.65 U4 pin 1 = 13.65 U4 pin 11 = 5.04 All of the other values are 0 as noted in the checklist. On initial power up, the K2 power supply voltage was 13.8 and current 0.36. Any hints on where to look for the problem? Thanks. gene WG7GW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Safari Problem
Speaking of PDF viewers in OSX I think I can bring this thread back to Elecraft! :-) Since I bought Fred Cady's K3 manual I have not been able to search it like I can with any other PDF including the Elecraft manual. I have tried it with Preview and even reinstalled Adobe Acrobat and neither will give me search results. Does it have to do with how the book was converted to PDF? Rick K6LE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Safari Problem
Does it have to do with how the book was converted to PDF? Rick K6LE Rick, I don't think so. I can certainly search within it on my iPad and on my Mac Mini running Snow Leopard. 73 Stephen G4SJP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Safari Problem
Thank you all for your responses, I have the problem on two machines running 10.7.2 and so does a local friend. Its a little off topic for this net so I will go elsewhere to find the problem. Thanks to all. R Thorpe 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] K3 - odd display problem
Hi folks; my K3 has developed an odd problem with its display... In the VFO B portion of the display, it occasionally flickers from displaying the VFO B frequency, to showing WWW. Has anyone seen this before, or have any idea of what's up, or how to fix it? Thanks 73 de Dave, W5SV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KE7X K3 Book
Lulu has a 20% discount available this week for the K3 book. The discount code is BURIED305 (must be a Holloween theme!). See www.ke7x.com for more info. 73, Fred KE7X Fred fcady at ieee dot org The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration, and Operation www.ke7x.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: No beep; FIXED
A few days ago, I reported a problem with my new K3. The confirmation/warning tone did not beep regardless of the menu setting. Yesterday it mysteriously reappeared and all is normal and proper. Dale called from Elecraft today and I was told that if the MONitor level is not absolutely at ZERO, the beep won't be heard. So with me messing with the SignaLink and adjusting the audio levels, I must have set MONitor back to full zero. It's always the little things, no? 73, Rick WA6NHC K3, P3, KPA500 and anxiously waiting the KAT500 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - odd display problem
Sounds like you have text decode turned on. 73 Greg AB7R On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM, David F. Reed w5sv.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks; my K3 has developed an odd problem with its display... In the VFO B portion of the display, it occasionally flickers from displaying the VFO B frequency, to showing WWW. Has anyone seen this before, or have any idea of what's up, or how to fix it? Thanks 73 de Dave, W5SV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Safari Problem
Stephen, you gave me the idea to check it on my iPad and I find it doesn't search within the book on there either even though other PDF's search fine. Also, as I was looking at Fred's web site I saw he had a bunch of updated pages listed. So, I downloaded them and then using Preview I inserted them in the proper place in the manual. (Preview is slick for this). Now, when I search for something it finds any occurrences on the new pages but still not in the original. Strange indeed! Rick K6LE On 10/25/2011, at 11:02 , Stephen Prior wrote: Does it have to do with how the book was converted to PDF? Rick K6LE Rick, I don't think so. I can certainly search within it on my iPad and on my Mac Mini running Snow Leopard. 73 Stephen G4SJP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Accessories for sale
My K3 has been sold. I have the following accessories that need a new home: W2 Wattmeter. Like new condition. Comes with DCHF-2000 1.8-54 MHz, 1- 2000W Directional Coupler, Cable and manual. $135 Shipped in CONUS Heil Proset K2 Boom Headset For the K3/ K2 (Heil iC element). Original box and documentation. Excellent condition. $95 Shipped in CONUS Please contact me off list at n9qr at arrl dot net Thanks, Mike N9QR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - odd display problem
Greg, thanks for the idea, but text decode is off (I am in USB as well), and it seems to do it less when fully warmed up, so I suspect that is not it. Any other ideas out there? --Dave, W5SV On 10/25/11 3:28 PM, Greg wrote: Sounds like you have text decode turned on. 73 Greg AB7R On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM, David F. Reed w5sv.d...@gmail.com mailto:w5sv.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks; my K3 has developed an odd problem with its display... In the VFO B portion of the display, it occasionally flickers from displaying the VFO B frequency, to showing WWW. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Safari Problem
Strange indeed. OSX 10.6.8 Preview Version 5.0.3 (504.1) searches Elecraft_k3_ver2o.pdf just fine. But yes, there are ways to restrict various functions when you create a pdf. Later versions of the book might have been created differently than the one I have. David K0LUM At 2:05 PM -0700 10/25/11, Rick Prather wrote: Stephen, you gave me the idea to check it on my iPad and I find it doesn't search within the book on there either even though other PDF's search fine. Also, as I was looking at Fred's web site I saw he had a bunch of updated pages listed. So, I downloaded them and then using Preview I inserted them in the proper place in the manual. (Preview is slick for this). Now, when I search for something it finds any occurrences on the new pages but still not in the original. Strange indeed! Rick K6LE On 10/25/2011, at 11:02 , Stephen Prior wrote: Does it have to do with how the book was converted to PDF? Rick K6LE Rick, I don't think so. I can certainly search within it on my iPad and on my Mac Mini running Snow Leopard. 73 Stephen G4SJP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 and Fldigi on a Mac
Giorgio, Yes, feel free to drop me a line if you need more help. I am current on qrz.com. One quick point of clarification to make here is that fldigi and MacLoggerDx cannot access the serial port at the same time. There is software available in windows that makes this possible, but I am not aware of any for the Mac. (If anyone knows of serial port sharing software for MacOS, PLEASE chime in!). Aside from this one caveat, fldigi and MacLoggerDX work FB side by side on the Mac. 73 Aloha, Dave On Oct 24, 2011, at 9:47 PM, ik1bxn wrote: Thanks a lot to all for support. Dave you helped me very much you clarified doubts I had. Sorry I forgot telling you I'm using VMFusion to virtualize XP. Dave in case of further need may I ask you via e-mail (by using the address at qrz.com) off this reflector? For logging I think I'll go to MacLoggerDx as I like it very much (I installed evaluation version), I wasn't sure it was usable in conjunction with Fldigi...but now also this doubt was gone . I'll subscribe also the Fldigi Yahoo group. Best 73 Giorgio -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-and-Fldigi-on-a-Mac-tp6926535p6927887.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - odd display problem
What happens if you tap DISP? Do you see the alternate VFO B display things, like PLL, AFV, etc? Fred KE7X The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration, and Operation www.ke7x.com fcady at ieee dot org -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David F. Reed Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 3:58 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - odd display problem Greg, thanks for the idea, but text decode is off (I am in USB as well), and it seems to do it less when fully warmed up, so I suspect that is not it. Any other ideas out there? --Dave, W5SV On 10/25/11 3:28 PM, Greg wrote: Sounds like you have text decode turned on. 73 Greg AB7R On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM, David F. Reed w5sv.d...@gmail.com mailto:w5sv.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks; my K3 has developed an odd problem with its display... In the VFO B portion of the display, it occasionally flickers from displaying the VFO B frequency, to showing WWW. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 tune button
I recently acquired a tube amplifier and find tuning with a fast string of dits works best. Of course I can use the built in keyer but I like the idea of the tune button putting out dits instead of steady carrier. Is this something anyone else would use? I use the tune button constantly for adjusting my 3 balanced tuners as well. Normally I have tune mode set to 5 watts. DIT MODE would be also have adjustable power levels. Yes I know there are external pulsers available. Just fishing to see if theres enough interest with solid state no tune amps becoming more routine. Steve WA3A -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-tune-button-tp6930851p6930851.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] Who had the W2 for Sale?
Whoever had the W2 for sale, please contact me. Thunderbird ate your email and I am interested in buying it from you. -- Buck k4ia __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tune button
External pulser here is a paddle for my keyer - gives dots and dashes in any pattern on demand. TUNE's plain carrier is handy though. 73 Gary -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Walter WA3A Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2011 11:59 a.m. To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 tune button I recently acquired a tube amplifier and find tuning with a fast string of dits works best. Of course I can use the built in keyer but I like the idea of the tune button putting out dits instead of steady carrier. Is this something anyone else would use? I use the tune button constantly for adjusting my 3 balanced tuners as well. Normally I have tune mode set to 5 watts. DIT MODE would be also have adjustable power levels. Yes I know there are external pulsers available. Just fishing to see if theres enough interest with solid state no tune amps becoming more routine. Steve WA3A -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3- tune-button-tp6930851p6930851.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KPA500 alternating TX/RX display
Hi. Is there any way to make the KPA500's LCD display one thing on receive but automatically show something else when transmitting? For example, I'd like to see the power out when transmitting but the band when receiving. 73 Gary ZL2iFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tune button
Steve, You are correct that the FINAL tuning of an amplifier with adjustable L and C controls should be done at full power, but I see no need for those pulsers - do a preliminary adjustment with a low TUNE power, and then do a quick touch-up at the full power level - that only takes a couple seconds for the final tuning. We hams have been tuning amplifiers at full power for ages and ages, long before pulsers became available, and that is how we did it - get close with low drive to the amp and touch it up at full power it works every time, and no harm to the tubes (unless you dally at the full power touch-up). 73, Don W3FPR On 10/25/2011 6:59 PM, Steve Walter WA3A wrote: I recently acquired a tube amplifier and find tuning with a fast string of dits works best. Of course I can use the built in keyer but I like the idea of the tune button putting out dits instead of steady carrier. Is this something anyone else would use? I use the tune button constantly for adjusting my 3 balanced tuners as well. Normally I have tune mode set to 5 watts. DIT MODE would be also have adjustable power levels. Yes I know there are external pulsers available. Just fishing to see if theres enough interest with solid state no tune amps becoming more routine. Steve WA3A -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-tune-button-tp6930851p6930851.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 alternating TX/RX display
Gary, That seems like icing on the cake to me - the K3 frequency display clearly indicates the band in use. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/25/2011 7:37 PM, Gary Hinson wrote: Hi. Is there any way to make the KPA500's LCD display one thing on receive but automatically show something else when transmitting? For example, I'd like to see the power out when transmitting but the band when receiving. 73 Gary ZL2iFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 alternating TX/RX display
Actually, I can see some merit in the OP's request. What if you are (heaven forbid) using the KPA500 with another brand radio? Or, what if you want to monitor power out on transmit but monitor the amplifiers temp on receive. (Or any other combination of available data from the amp.) Like I said, I think that the idea has merit, 73 de Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF East Innisfail QLD, Australia K3 #4257, P3#1629, KPA-500 #161 - Original Message - From: Don Wilhelm To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 alternating TX/RX display Gary, That seems like icing on the cake to me - the K3 frequency display clearly indicates the band in use. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/25/2011 7:37 PM, Gary Hinson wrote: Hi. Is there any way to make the KPA500's LCD display one thing on receive but automatically show something else when transmitting? For example, I'd like to see the power out when transmitting but the band when receiving. 73 Gary ZL2iFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 alternating TX/RX display
...I'd like to see the power out when transmitting but the band when receiving. Sorry, I don't get it. My LEDs indicate power out. Aren't they bright enough? On the other hand, the STBY light is much too bright - I've had to put a piece of black tape over it so I'm not dazzled. I would have made the STBY light green, and the OPER light yellow (but dimmer). Ralph, VE7XF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] New product suggestion
About this time of night the cluster fills up with spots from 6's and 7's working into rare spots in Asia. Sometimes I can hear a few dits from the Vietnam or Cambodia station, but usually not. To remedy this situation, I propose a sure-fire winner to add to the Elecraft product line: what they did for the 500 watt amp, they need to do for the 5 band, 5-element Yagi. Squeeze it down so that I can mount it on my chimney and tuck it away where the neighbors can't see it, but make it perform as if were full-size and about 50 feet higher. The perfect completion to the K-line, the KYAG-5x5. 73, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3/P3 IMac firmware problem
Used Windows to download new firmware with no problems. Now have an IMac with OSX Lion and can't seem to download firmware. The new firmware downloads successfully to a folder and the K3 indicates that it is ready, but then it says K3 not responding. I am using the same 232 to USB silver cable that I bought from Elecraft over a year ago. I have tried downloading from the old download s __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [KX3] KXFL3 Roofing Filter Module
Has anyone heard a ballpark price for this KX3 option? I got to hold the KX3 over the weekend at the HamJam2011 in ATL...a very dangerous thing to do! ;-) 73 de Lee -- Lee Hiers, AA4GA www.aa4ga.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] OT Hypothetical KAT500 antenna connection question
Fred: Your option 'b' is not an option. As you acknowledge the twin lead is a tuning device. Remove the twin lead and you need a lot more antenna tuner. The twin lead is not a perfect tuner so it is advisable to cascade an adjustable antenna tuner as well. If you want tuned antennas the dimensions for dipoles are readily found. Be advised your 80 meter dipole will be longer than a G5RV. 73 Fred, AE6QL -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Atchley Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:45 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] OT Hypothetical KAT500 antenna connection question I have a question about connecting the KAT500 (outside version) to an 80 thru 10 meters wire antenna. As an example, I have a Mystery antenna which, like the G5RV uses a tuned length of twin-lead as part of the antenna design. Therefore I will have two possible places to couple the KAT500 to the old antenna: a. At the present input end of the twin-lead. b. At the antenna center point (do away with the twin-lead.) Another alternative would be to replace the old antenna with a new wire. I believe this alternative would require selecting a longest length of wire which avoids a quarter-wave length multiple on any band. Any ideas on what length that would be? Since getting the KPA500, I have added tuned antennas on 10, 15 and 40. On those three bands, I can use the amp w/o a tuner. I'm leaning toward a new wire to replace the Mystery antenna for 80 and 20 meters. Last week at 0500Z, I worked Cape Town, South Africa on 20 meters with 200 watts (KPA500 sometimes blinking red.) So, now is the time to prepare. I welcome your thoughts and I assure you that I have great respect for your input. 73, Fred, AE6IC, K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Corrected KP3/P3 IMac firmware problem
Sorry about that. Accidentally hit the Send button before I was ready. Please disregard that incomplete email. Tomorrow morning I'll send a completed one. Bill Wade Ai4PF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
