Re: [Elecraft] Question on K1 build - internal or external tuner?
You will enjoy your K1, Stan; I built one many years ago and it went together like a treat. The only decision to make is which bands to install and which tuning range capacitor to use. But you can always change the tuning range later as both capacitors are provided in the kit. BTW, this not the KX1 forum. It is the reflector for all Elecraft products. Unfortunately, for those of us without one, the KX3 seems to dominate the reflector at present together with many off-topic issues. 73 de David G4DMP In a recent message, Stanton A. Bailey writes >My apologies for putting this in the KX1 forum. >It was late last night when I posted. >It should be in the K1 forum. > >Got it ordered today can't wait to smell the solder cooking. >I think I'm going to build it as is with the back-light. I'll mod >it when it seems necessary. -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | David M Pratt, Kippax, Leeds. | | Website: http://www.g4dmp.co.uk | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] JT65 requirements, and a possible external reference-locking option for the KX3
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:17:15 -0700 From: Wayne Burdick Subject: Re: [Elecraft] JT65 requirements, and a possible external reference-locking option for the KX3 To: Oliver Dr?se Cc: Elecraft Message-ID: <2963e404-8340-4793-adbb-305cd57eb...@elecraft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes "If we took this route, we'd have three categories of KX3 users: (a) wants the ultimate in stability but doesn't need 2 meters; (b) wants 2 meter coverage and is OK with nominal stability; (c) curses me for making the KX3 too small :)" Wayne - No you made the KX3 just the right size. It is almost the same dimension as the FT-817 (I used to own). My portable 10-GHz mw station, which fits in a Pelican 1520 case, was designed for the little Yaesu radio and it turns out that the KX3 will fit in the same space (with a bit different mount). There is no room for an external 2m transverter but probably could fit a small EXREF unit if in a box like the XG3 (or such). I see some other options: 1) internal EXREF and external enclosure for the KX3-2M 2) internal KX3-2M and external enclosure for the EXREF 3) internal EXREF and optional 144 & 432 transverters in a single enclosure. no curses! Just a bunch of idea storming! But I overwhelmingly like the idea of a KX3EXREF. That brings performance equal to the K3 w/EXREF. That will answer a lot of critics in the mw crowd. 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 == BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@gmail.com "Kits made by KL7UW" http://www.kl7uw.com/kits.htm == __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] JT65 requirements, and a possible external reference-locking option for the KX3
Just see the KX3 what it is for Mobile, small, lightweight and a lot of nice things build in For any other application buy a K3 with options... 73 Klaus OE6KYG KX1 #244 K2 #1331 KX3 #462 K3 #115 P3 #469 KPA500 #94 -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] Im Auftrag von Edward R. Cole Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. Juli 2012 09:35 An: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Betreff: Re: [Elecraft] JT65 requirements, and a possible external reference-locking option for the KX3 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:17:15 -0700 From: Wayne Burdick Subject: Re: [Elecraft] JT65 requirements, and a possible external reference-locking option for the KX3 To: Oliver Dr?se Cc: Elecraft Message-ID: <2963e404-8340-4793-adbb-305cd57eb...@elecraft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes "If we took this route, we'd have three categories of KX3 users: (a) wants the ultimate in stability but doesn't need 2 meters; (b) wants 2 meter coverage and is OK with nominal stability; (c) curses me for making the KX3 too small :)" Wayne - No you made the KX3 just the right size. It is almost the same dimension as the FT-817 (I used to own). My portable 10-GHz mw station, which fits in a Pelican 1520 case, was designed for the little Yaesu radio and it turns out that the KX3 will fit in the same space (with a bit different mount). There is no room for an external 2m transverter but probably could fit a small EXREF unit if in a box like the XG3 (or such). I see some other options: 1) internal EXREF and external enclosure for the KX3-2M 2) internal KX3-2M and external enclosure for the EXREF 3) internal EXREF and optional 144 & 432 transverters in a single enclosure. no curses! Just a bunch of idea storming! But I overwhelmingly like the idea of a KX3EXREF. That brings performance equal to the K3 w/EXREF. That will answer a lot of critics in the mw crowd. 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 == BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@gmail.com "Kits made by KL7UW" http://www.kl7uw.com/kits.htm == __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K144XV + K144RFLK issue
Hi Simon, I also have no such issue, not on 2m not on 6m and also not on 10m. In the meantime I made about 3 times a firmware upgrade since I have the K3. But I also don't see this issue in the older ones. I see that elecraft works on the issue. But I wonder because some K3's don't have this issue...maybe not only firmware, but firmware/hardware issue. vy73 Reto -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K144XV-K144RFLK-issue-tp7347913p7559360.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] K3/0 and KPA500
Hi I try to connect the KPA500 with the Y-cable to the K3/100 (local) and would like to use it with the K3/0 (remote). This seems to work now, after some initial issue. But is it possible to switch the KPA500 from Operate to Standy and vice versa over the K3/100 or K3/0 (more important). Maybe with a micro on PF1 or something like that. Is it also possible to switch the KPA500 on and off like the K3/0 which starts the K3/100 through the rigset? I don't use the PA for every QSO, mostly not, but I have to decide in my Shack if I use the KPA500 allways or not. vy 73 Reto -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-0-and-KPA500-tp7559361.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] P3 back up for sale
NZ8J wrote: >Original buyer disappeared. >Less than 2 months old, looks and works as new. I bought it and >assembled it in Jun 2012. Comes with the manual, power cord, IF >connecting cable and the RS-232 cable. > >$595 shipped and insured in the US for a US postal money order or >possibly Paypal. Sold the K3, no longer need it. > >Would consider a trade on a nice K2. > >Thanks >Tim >NZ8J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KXAT1 intermittent relay drop
Alan, Physically damaged relay cases are a sign of unreliable relays, Replace them. There is no need to trim the plastic of any relay - it was most likely bitten by a hot soldering iron and then trimmed to remove the melted part. It should have been replaced. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/17/2012 11:10 PM, Alan Jump wrote: > I inherited a KX1 about three weeks ago, and until this afternoon it had > been performing flawlessly on a random-wire antenna and counterpoise. > Today, I was trying to call CQ on 20m, and after running a tuning cycle > and seeing a 1.2:1 match, I started calling CQ as usual. In the middle > of sending a character, the unit "clicked" and the background noise fell > off enough to darken the S-meter bar display. I ran another tune cycle > and saw a 9.9:1 match, but the background noise came back. Yet another > tune cycle and the radio returned to the 1.2:1 match. The displayed > output power didn't vary, showing 1.4 watts. > > I got curious and opened the case. Looking at the tuner board, I saw one > relay (K7) that looked like a corner had been trimmed away. I can't tell > if it was intentionally done by the original builder to afford clearance > with a main-board toroid, or if it was heat damage. I looked through the > documentation I was given along with the radio, and I don't see anything > in the KXAT1 manual that calls for trimming anything for clearance, so > my first instinct is a heat issue. I'll be emailing Parts to obtain a > replacement relay in the morning. > > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Grill Cloth on K3/10
All venting is required and is specifically engineered for needed cooling. Grill cloth on the speaker is to protect the speaker. Do not add additional grill cloth. Do not cover up venting by placing books, and other objects on the K3 without "feet" or other means to maintain spacing for air circulation. Heat is the worst enemy of all electronics. I have heard lots of stories about components going down to heat. Can't recall any stories about metal filings shorting out the electronics. Should a K3 (or any expensive ham electronics) be in the same place as flying metal filings? Electronics for manufacturing environments is specifically engineered for that kind of environment. Some people build special cabinetry around their ham gear which both protects it and maintains spacing for air circulation. W0UCE has a lovely special cabinetry he made for his K3+P3+KPA500, etc. with hidden holes in shelves to maintain unobstriucted free air flow. Looks good, works good. Protects. Cool. 73, Guy On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:30 PM, István Szabó wrote: > I am concerned about falling metal chip, small wire or even the tip of > a pencil into the trx. Using a grill cloth like on the speaker, would it > ruin the venting of the cabinet to an unacceptable level? > > vy73 > > > István Szabó > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 for CW
I received my K3/10 kit on Friday and compleated the build yesterday. Everything went very smoothly and I believe very worthwhile to become familar with the K3 construction. Nothing like building the K2 but a good experience none the less. Today I began the calibration using the K3 Utility on Win XP, and encountered the following. While performing Calibrating Transmitter Gain, it starts the 5W calibration and reports Calibrating at 1.900 MHz and then the K3 powers off immediately. I continued to the mw calibration and that completed successfully. I am using the Elecraft 20W dummy load and got the same results on both Ant 1 and Ant 2. I tried this with same results with power set to 5W and 10W. I also noticed that while trying to auto-tune on 20m the receiver also powered off. The auto-tune worked on other bands. Currently I'm not connected to my outside antennas, just a wire with counter poise cut for 17m. The power supply is a 20Amp bench supply set at 13.8 V. It shows a current of 1.04 Amp. The K3 MCU Ver is 4.48. The utility is 1.12.3.28. Anyone encountered this? Thanks, Don -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-for-CW-tp7558622p7559365.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] KX3 External amplified speaker
Hi guys, I'd like to suggest you a small (a sort of dome 50mm diameter and 40 mm heigh when opened) stereo speaker system for kx3 mobile operation.It has internal battery rechargeable via Usb.A retractable cable long enough it's supplied with the object.I just received it and connected to my kx3. It works fine for me, you can see it at eBay.it object nr 280761394977. Thanks for attention, best 73 Giorgio -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-External-amplified-speaker-tp7559366.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] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not
So here is a question. I am looking into waiting and buying the new 100w amp for my Kx3. But there are a number of linear amps already avaiable. So the question is, should I wait for the elecraft, and the price is still unknown, or buy one that is already avaiable with a known price/capability? Thouught it maybe an intertesting thread Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 cables for microHAM
I have placed drawings for DB15-EL-KX3 (USB II, USB III, Digikeyer, and Digikeyer II) and DB37-EL-KX3 (microKEYER, microKEYER II, MK2R+) cables in the files area of the microHAM list on Yahoo - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM - and at: http://www.microham-usa.com/Downloads/DB37-EL-KX3.pdf http://www.microham-usa.com/Downloads/DB15-EL-KX3.pdf Due performance issues in paralleling headphones or (powered) speakers with the input of the microHAM sound cards and potential hearing damage from excess headphone levels, the microHAM factory have declined to produce these cables. Individual users may, of course, build from these designs for their own use but the designs may not be duplicated commercially without permission. The KX3 headphone output is limited to substantially less than 100 mW if the audio to remain undistorted (absolutely essential for digital decoding). While the "sound card" in the microHAM interfaces has a relatively high input impedance and a low noise, high gain preamplifier with transformer isolation that would have no problems working from the headphone output by itself, paralleling headphones or powered speakers with unknown impedance can certainly cause issues of loading as well as hum and/or RF pick-up. Best results will be achieved by using powered speakers and connecting headphones to the speakers (many have headphone jacks). This way the KX3 may be set for undistorted output and listening levels can be set with the volume control on the speaker amplifier. If speakers are not appropriate due to weight/space considerations, use headphones with an impedance of at least 32 Ohms (the Yamaha CM-500 is 120 Ohms) to avoid loading or loss in the KX3's output. 73, ... Joe Subich, W4TV microHAM America http://www.microHAM-USA.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM support e-mail: supp...@microham.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 for CW
Thanks Jim, you were on the right track with power cable. My problem was current limiting set on the power suppy. Calibration now successful. 73, Don -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-for-CW-tp7558622p7559369.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] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not
While completely agree with your assessment some other thoughts 1) Money while important, is not a main consideration. (No kids) 2) I would like an amp that covers the same bands as the KX3 (maybe the 2m as I will be probably getting that option) 3) I guess what I am asking is why the annonced elecraft amp is so much better then others already on the market Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -Original Message- From: WILLIS COOKE Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:11:29 To: va3...@gmail.com Reply-To: WILLIS COOKE Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not The correct answer depends very much on you. I have no doubt that the Elecraft offering will be a better fit with the KX3 than whatever you are planning to buy. Since you don't name your candidate and the Elecraft amp is not available to test, there is no way for anyone to be sure. There are probably some amps of good quality available, but more that are really for the CB market and not something you would be proud to put on the ham bands. Your financial condition is also important. Can you afford a dead end decision? My approach was to buy a Kenwood TS-480 which is a very nice offering. I made this purchase before the KX3 was announced, so my selection is not a judgement between the two choices. Of course, we have no definite information about how long it will be before the Elecraft amp is available, do how quickly do you feel the need of 100 watts is also important. Bottom line, it is a decision you will have to make because only you know your personal wants, needs and financial situation well enough. If you elect to go with a third party amp, please consider a high end offering. I doubt you will be pleased with the low end. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart From: "va3...@gmail.com" To: Elecraft list Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:49 AM Subject: [Elecraft] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not So here is a question. I am looking into waiting and buying the new 100w amp for my Kx3. But there are a number of linear amps already avaiable. So the question is, should I wait for the elecraft, and the price is still unknown, or buy one that is already avaiable with a known price/capability? Thouught it maybe an intertesting thread Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not
Good question. I am asking the same thing. So far, i've had use of a THP 50 watt amp; it works well. I have the following to offer: In favor of Elecraft. 1 it's Elecraft 2 integration with radio controls assured 3 matching ATU (integration w/amp+radio likely) 4 ??? price but not 'cheap' 5 quality and support great 6 did I mention "it's Elecraft"? Anybody have any other thoughts...pro/con? ...bill nr4c Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid -Original message- From: va3...@gmail.com To: Elecraft list Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2012 13:49:50 GMT+00:00 Subject: [Elecraft] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not So here is a question. I am looking into waiting and buying the new 100w amp for my Kx3. But there are a number of linear amps already avaiable. So the question is, should I wait for the elecraft, and the price is still unknown, or buy one that is already avaiable with a known price/capability? Thouught it maybe an intertesting thread Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not
>> 3) I guess what I am asking is why the annonced elecraft amp is so >> much better then others already on the market My guess is that the Elecraft amp will band switch along with the KX3 while the other amps will require manual band switching. I would guess - and this is only a guess based on the capabilities discussed in the KX3 manual - that the ACC2 jack will provide Key Out and AUX BUS data for full control of the the KPAX100. Automatic band switching is, undoubtedly, a feature worth waiting for. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 7/18/2012 11:00 AM, va3...@gmail.com wrote: > While completely agree with your assessment some other thoughts > > 1) Money while important, is not a main consideration. (No kids) > 2) I would like an amp that covers the same bands as the KX3 (maybe the 2m as > I will be probably getting that option) > 3) I guess what I am asking is why the annonced elecraft amp is so much > better then others already on the market > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network > > -Original Message- > From: WILLIS COOKE > Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:11:29 > To: va3...@gmail.com > Reply-To: WILLIS COOKE > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not > > The correct answer depends very much on you. I have no doubt that the > Elecraft offering will be a better fit with the KX3 than whatever you are > planning to buy. Since you don't name your candidate and the Elecraft amp is > not available to test, there is no way for anyone to be sure. There are > probably some amps of good quality available, but more that are really for > the CB market and not something you would be proud to put on the ham bands. > Your financial condition is also important. Can you afford a dead end > decision? My approach was to buy a Kenwood TS-480 which is a very nice > offering. I made this purchase before the KX3 was announced, so my selection > is not a judgement between the two choices. Of course, we have no definite > information about how long it will be before the Elecraft amp is available, > do how quickly do you feel the need of 100 watts is also important. Bottom > line, it is a decision you will have to make because only you > know your personal wants, needs and financial situation well enough. If > you elect to go with a third party amp, please consider a high end offering. > I doubt you will be pleased with the low end. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart > > > > From: "va3...@gmail.com" > To: Elecraft list > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:49 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] 100W amp question/comparison/capability. Wait or not > > So here is a question. > > I am looking into waiting and buying the new 100w amp for my Kx3. But there > are a number of linear amps already avaiable. So the question is, should I > wait for the elecraft, and the price is still unknown, or buy one that is > already avaiable with a known price/capability? > > Thouught it maybe an intertesting thread > > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and KPA500
Hello Reto, It is possible to control the KPA500 while using the K3-Remote. A MACRO for PF1 to power On/Off the amplifier can also be set. This setup requires a custom cable to go from the K3 to the KPA500, along with still connecting to the RemoteRig. You can find the information on remote control of the KPA500 on Page 15 of our K3-Remote Owner's Manual. K3-Remote Official Page http://www.elecraft.com/K3-Remote/k3_remote.htm K3-Remote Owner's Manual http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Remote_Owner_Manual_Rev_A.pdf I hope this information help. -- 73, Brandon Hansen, KG6YPI 831-763-4211 (x168) K3-Remote Support Elecraft On 7/18/2012 4:22 AM, hb9trt wrote: > Hi > > I try to connect the KPA500 with the Y-cable to the K3/100 (local) and would > like to use it with the K3/0 (remote). This seems to work now, after some > initial issue. But is it possible to switch the KPA500 from Operate to > Standy and vice versa over the K3/100 or K3/0 (more important). Maybe with a > micro on PF1 or something like that. > Is it also possible to switch the KPA500 on and off like the K3/0 which > starts the K3/100 through the rigset? > > I don't use the PA for every QSO, mostly not, but I have to decide in my > Shack if I use the KPA500 allways or not. > > vy 73 > Reto > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-0-and-KPA500-tp7559361.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] JT65 requirements, and a possible external reference-locking option for the KX3
Wayne, I only use 2 meters as a local intercom. If I want to reach out and touch people, I use HF. Giving up 2 meters on my KX3 for a high stability oscillator appears to be a good trade. And from the sound of your comments, it could be optional meaning a user would opt for what best fit his requirements. Go for it if you think you can sell enough to pay the R/D costs. 73, Barry K3NDM On 7/17/2012 8:17 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > If we took this route, we'd have three categories of KX3 users: (a) > wants the ultimate in stability but doesn't need 2 meters; (b) wants 2 > meter coverage and is OK with nominal stability; (c) curses me for > making the KX3 too small :) > > Wayne > > > > On Jul 17, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote: > >> Nice idea about how to fix it, Wayne. But how would this cure >> stability issues on 2 m then? ;-) >> >> 73, Olli - DH8BQA >> >> >> >> - Original Message - From: "Wayne Burdick" >> To: >> Cc: "Elecraft" >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:25 AM >> Subject: [Elecraft] JT65 requirements,and a possible external >> reference-locking option for the KX3 >> >> >>> Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote: >>> No experience with the KX3 here yet, but this makes me wonder about the frequency stability on 6m with full throttle out on JT65A mode for 50 seconds out of every other minute, hour after hour My K3 has always been rock solid. >>> Hi Lance, >>> >>> The K3's oscillator subsystem is a factor of about 10 more expensive >>> to manufacture than the one in the KX3. It also takes up about 100 >>> times more space, which is the real problem. >>> >>> But back to JT65. If it turns out the KX3's temperature compensation >>> can't provide the stability you'd like, we could design an external >>> 10- >>> MHz locking module for it. This module would be called a "KX3EXREF" >>> -- >>> the equivalent of the K3EXREF, which does the same job for the K3. >>> >>> The only drawback to such a module is that it would have to be >>> installed in place of the planned 2-meter module. It would use the >>> SMA >>> connector as the 10-MHz input. >>> >>> Would this be of interest? >>> >>> 73, >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> >>> - >>> E-Mail ist virenfrei. >>> Von AVG uberpruft - www.avg.de >>> Version: 2012.0.2195 / Virendatenbank: 2437/5135 - Ausgabedatum: >>> 16.07.2012 > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] P3 Sold
The P3 I advertised has been sold Thanks again to all who responded Tim NZ8J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] JT65 requirements, and a possible external reference-locking option for the KX3
Ditto for me. The KX3 with a high stability oscillator would be ideal for JT-65. 73, Dick WO1I At 11:45 AM 7/18/2012, Barry LaZar wrote: >Wayne, > I only use 2 meters as a local intercom. If I want to reach out and >touch people, I use HF. Giving up 2 meters on my KX3 for a high >stability oscillator appears to be a good trade. And from the sound of >your comments, it could be optional meaning a user would opt for what >best fit his requirements. Go for it if you think you can sell enough to >pay the R/D costs. > >73, >Barry >K3NDM > > > >On 7/17/2012 8:17 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > If we took this route, we'd have three categories of KX3 users: (a) > > wants the ultimate in stability but doesn't need 2 meters; (b) wants 2 > > meter coverage and is OK with nominal stability; (c) curses me for > > making the KX3 too small :) > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > On Jul 17, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote: > > > >> Nice idea about how to fix it, Wayne. But how would this cure > >> stability issues on 2 m then? ;-) > >> > >> 73, Olli - DH8BQA > >> > >> > >> > >> - Original Message - From: "Wayne Burdick" > >> To: > >> Cc: "Elecraft" > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:25 AM > >> Subject: [Elecraft] JT65 requirements,and a possible external > >> reference-locking option for the KX3 > >> > >> > >>> Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote: > >>> > No experience with the KX3 here yet, but this makes me wonder about > the frequency > stability on 6m with full throttle out on JT65A mode for 50 seconds > out of every > other minute, hour after hour > > My K3 has always been rock solid. > >>> Hi Lance, > >>> > >>> The K3's oscillator subsystem is a factor of about 10 more expensive > >>> to manufacture than the one in the KX3. It also takes up about 100 > >>> times more space, which is the real problem. > >>> > >>> But back to JT65. If it turns out the KX3's temperature compensation > >>> can't provide the stability you'd like, we could design an external > >>> 10- > >>> MHz locking module for it. This module would be called a "KX3EXREF" > >>> -- > >>> the equivalent of the K3EXREF, which does the same job for the K3. > >>> > >>> The only drawback to such a module is that it would have to be > >>> installed in place of the planned 2-meter module. It would use the > >>> SMA > >>> connector as the 10-MHz input. > >>> > >>> Would this be of interest? > >>> > >>> 73, > >>> Wayne > >>> N6KR > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> __ > >>> Elecraft mailing list > >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >>> > >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >>> > >>> > >>> - > >>> E-Mail ist virenfrei. > >>> Von AVG uberpruft - www.avg.de > >>> Version: 2012.0.2195 / Virendatenbank: 2437/5135 - Ausgabedatum: > >>> 16.07.2012 > > __ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto: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
[Elecraft] K2 and K3 Key/Phone Connections
Hi All, Now that I've added a K3 the plugs for Key and Headphones have changed to 1/4" I'm thinking about building a connection central box with a rig selection switch to switch these to the desired rig. I currently have four rigs and plugging / unplugging these doesn't make sense, let alone the fact that plug sizes differ. Any ideas about doing this? Any commercial solutions? At this point I'm only interested in Keys/Paddles and headphones. If I do any data modes it most likely would be only with K3. Thanks, Don -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-and-K3-Key-Phone-Connections-tp7559376.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] K2 and K3 Key/Phone Connections
Don, Sounds like a good plan to me. I might suggest the EC2 enclosure. The switches obtained from a 4 port data switch will have more poles than you will need. You might also consider building a keyer into that box. The K1EL keyers are inexpensive and quite good. If you contemplate also keying from the computer, choose the Winkey. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/18/2012 12:13 PM, Don KB1YBG wrote: > Hi All, > Now that I've added a K3 the plugs for Key and Headphones have changed to > 1/4" I'm thinking about building a connection central box with a rig > selection switch to switch these to the desired rig. I currently have four > rigs and plugging / unplugging these doesn't make sense, let alone the fact > that plug sizes differ. > Any ideas about doing this? Any commercial solutions? At this point I'm > only interested in Keys/Paddles and headphones. If I do any data modes it > most likely would be only with K3. > > Thanks, > Don > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Elecraft Digest, Vol 99, Issue 34
The BBC ended its' SW broadcasts to N. America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand a long while ago;. They now only broadcast to third world countries. The official BBC SW schedule is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/ News to the USA in English is still broadcast from Radio China International (RCI), Radio New Zealand International (RNZI), Japan (NHK World Radio), Cuba, Russia, and many others. :) -- Dave G KK7SS Richland, WA KX3 #097 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Elecraft Digest, Vol 99, Issue 34
The BBC is still pretty well received in southern Europe from the middle east and west African services. I was listening to the news at midday on my KX3 down here in sunny Provence - where, incidentally there would seem to be more US tourists than I have seen before. We are in the Provence 'Colorado' (near Apt) which could explain it! 20C warmer here today than in the UK. We had to retreat to the air conditioning of the VW at one point! 73 Stephen F/G4SJP KX3 #434 en vacances Full of typos from my iPhone On 18 Jul 2012, at 18:36, Dave KK7SS wrote: > The BBC ended its' SW broadcasts to N. America, Europe, Australia, New > Zealand a long while ago;. > They now only broadcast to third world countries. > The official BBC SW schedule is here: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/ > > > News to the USA in English is still broadcast from Radio China International > (RCI), Radio New Zealand International (RNZI), Japan (NHK World Radio), Cuba, > Russia, and many others. :) > > > -- > Dave G KK7SS > Richland, WA > > KX3 #097 > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] K3/0 and KPA500
Hi Reto: I have been working on a K3/0 to a K3/100 + KPA500 system with a friend of mine and have an alternative suggestion for remote control of the KPA500 that may work for you. Recall that the K3-Remote Owner's Manual Rev A, pg 15, has a section "Controlling a Remote KPA500 from the Local Site"; however, it requires modification of the K3 to KPA500 Cable and also impacts use of the PR6 preamp - all as discussed in the email from Brandon KG6YPI this morning.. Since I have a Dell D830 Notebook in the "Local" shack for control of the RemoteRig RRC1258 units and for rotor and remote switching / control using the MicroBit 1216 H and L units, I also use that Notebook computer for (a) running RTTY (FSK) Tx mode (more about Rx later) using MMTTY and also (b) for remote control & monitoring of the KPA500 using the KPA500 Util. Note that when the Program mode 14 = K3 Twin is set in the Radio Settings of the Control and Radio RRC (see pg 43 - 45 of the RRC User Manual, Rev A25), then Com1 is available as a transparent serial channel between the Control RRC and the Radio RRC over the internet (see pg 49). I use this Com1 channel for the KPA500 Util and get full functional control of the KPA500. The problem in getting it to work was resolved (by Brendon at Elecraft) with the addition of a null modem adapter in the serial line between the Com1 connector on the Radio RRC and the RS232 (PC) connector on the KPA500. You also need to set the Com1 Serial settings to Mode-3 and the baud rate to 38400 on both the Control and Radio RRC's. Also in the Control RRC, if you are going to use the USB port for RTTY, as I did, then you will want to set the "Use USB Com Port as COM1" to NO. For dual RTTY Rx, since the K3/100 includes the SubRx, I route both Main and SubRx audio from the Control RRC Speaker (SP) to the AF Line input on an old IBM PIII-600 (running two instances of MMTTY) through a pair of Timewave DSP-9+ units. (I used the 2nd computer since the Dell notebook didn't have dual channel Line input and the DSP-9+ units provide separate adjustable speaker output for monitoring purposes.) I have wiring block diagrams - if any one is interested just send me an email to d_jo...@sympatico.ca Hope you find this useful. 73, Doug Joyce VE3MV - Original Message - From: "hb9trt" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:22 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3/0 and KPA500 > Hi > > I try to connect the KPA500 with the Y-cable to the K3/100 (local) and > would > like to use it with the K3/0 (remote). This seems to work now, after some > initial issue. But is it possible to switch the KPA500 from Operate to > Standy and vice versa over the K3/100 or K3/0 (more important). Maybe with > a > micro on PF1 or something like that. > Is it also possible to switch the KPA500 on and off like the K3/0 which > starts the K3/100 through the rigset? > > I don't use the PA for every QSO, mostly not, but I have to decide in my > Shack if I use the KPA500 allways or not. > > vy 73 > Reto > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-0-and-KPA500-tp7559361.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] Digital modes interface for K2 - recommendations sought.
I'm looking into digital modes such as Contestia or Olivia. Would anyone be able to suggest a suitable interface K2 <-> PC for the experiment? I'm currently using fldigi on a PC and a web cam microphone to copy cw over the K2 speaker. It works, after a fashion. Thanks, Chris NQ8Z -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Digital-modes-interface-for-K2-recommendations-sought-tp7559383.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and KPA500
Hi Brandon, Thank you very much for the information. Now I had a look to the manual and the pinout of ACC (K3) and AUX1 KPA500. So I'll built a custom cable (8 wires should be enough) between this connectors instead of the original cable I got from elecraft. So It could work with the macro. I must find first 2 connectors, I haven't any here. But maybe I take a VGA cable and make some modifications. If it works I'll give a note here. vy 73 Reto -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-0-and-KPA500-tp7559361p7559384.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and KPA500
Hi Doug Thanks for the alternate solution to control the KPA with a remote computer. So if I understand this right, the rig set devices supports transparent RS232 communication through the internet on the COM1 interface? This sounds also very interesting for office use, where a computer is on the table :-) Is a nullmodem cable necessary between the KPA500 RS232 and COM1 on the rig set device? On the other side (Remote) I think a regular serial cable is used or a serial to USB adapter. vy 73 Reto/hb9trt -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-0-and-KPA500-tp7559361p7559385.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] Lighter spring pressure for the KXPD3
Good ideas. I hadn't tried to take the paddles apart yet. Maybe I'll send it off to Pierro Begali and see what he would design. Probably end up with paddles that cost as much as the rig - but they would be beautiful! Buck k4ia On 7/16/2012 7:18 PM, Art Nienhouse wrote: > Hi Buck > > Lighter spring pressure how I did it. > > I found a longer spring I cut off the ends where the coil bind winding > are, cut it just short of installed length same as the (original) spring > length. > Next I closed one end a bit to fit tight on the threads of the screw > then Installed the spring by screwing in on the threads holding it in > place. Install it on the other paddle arm screw before putting the arms > in place, squeezing the paddle arms together dropping the arms on the pins. > > I reassembled the paddle tried it for feel on the second try the spring > feels right with a lighter closure pressure. I cut the spring a bit > short in length then pulled the spring apart to stretch it to the proper > length same as the one that came with the key. > I think these keys could be supplied with several springs so the closure > pressure could be set to a preference by the operator. > Shims could be supplied to add pressure to an existing spring. This > changed the feel making the key usable for me. > > Thinking of how I could make the spring tension adjustable I would do this. > > Find the right length allen screw ( no head ) the length to be > determined for final build. > > Next I would find a spring with a bigger diameter with less turns per > length, the end to fit a shoulder washer. > > Turn a washer or find a washer shaped with a shoulder so the inside > could be threaded to fit the allen and the out side diameter would hold > the spring the shoulder of the washer would be inside the spring. > > Install this on the allen with washer and spring about half way along > the length to be timed out when installed the allen would be flush with > the out side of the paddle arm, when the final dimensions are set > Loctite thread locker would hold this washer in place so it could not move. > > Last install it from the inside out now this lighter spring with less > turns bigger diameter would be more sensitive to closing (adding) > pressure against the two paddle arms now turning the allen screw from > the outside will adjust the arm closing pressure. > > Several springs /shim washers might be the way to go. > > Regards > Art > ka9zap > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] OT SW in English to USA
Sorry, forgot Radio Australia on 7.240 Mhz most mornings. No more on this from me... (for Eric ) -- Dave G KK7SS Richland, WA KX3 #097 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Digital modes interface for K2 - recommendations sought.
Chris, Not a full solution, but you may want to look at the K2 Fixed Audio Output on my website www.w3fpr.com. There are no boards left and no kits available, but the circuit is simple to wire on perfboard - it is all audio frequencies and nothing is critical - just a simple LM386 audio amplifier 73, Don W3FPR On 7/18/2012 1:37 PM, Chris Kimball wrote: > I'm looking into digital modes such as Contestia or Olivia. Would anyone be > able to suggest a suitable interface K2 <-> PC for the experiment? > > I'm currently using fldigi on a PC and a web cam microphone to copy cw over > the K2 speaker. It works, after a fashion. > > Thanks, > > Chris > NQ8Z > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Digital modes interface for K2 - recommendations sought.
I can vouch for and highly recommend the circuit on Don's website. I built one several years ago and installed it in my K2. I wired it to unused pins in the mic connector so I only had one cable to deal with when connecting/disconnecting. I've made many PSK and RTTY contacts using it. I was fortunate enough to get one of the last PC boards, but as Don says, it would be a simple matter to build it on perf board or "dead bug" style. Works great! - Original Message From: Don Wilhelm To: Chris Kimball Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wed, July 18, 2012 1:35:01 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Digital modes interface for K2 - recommendations sought. Chris, Not a full solution, but you may want to look at the K2 Fixed Audio Output on my website www.w3fpr.com. There are no boards left and no kits available, but the circuit is simple to wire on perfboard - it is all audio frequencies and nothing is critical - just a simple LM386 audio amplifier 73, Don W3FPR On 7/18/2012 1:37 PM, Chris Kimball wrote: > I'm looking into digital modes such as Contestia or Olivia. Would anyone be > able to suggest a suitable interface K2 <-> PC for the experiment? > > I'm currently using fldigi on a PC and a web cam microphone to copy cw over > the K2 speaker. It works, after a fashion. > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3/0 and KPA500
Hi Reto: a couple of points 1. No computer is necessary at the Remote / Radio site where the K3/100 and KPA500 are located. Only need one at the Control / Local site (where most hams would have one anyway). 2. A regular serial cable is used at the Conrol / Local site between the Control RRC Com1 and the related Serial port on the local Computer. However a null modem cable is needed at the Remote / Radio site between the Radio RRC Com1 and the KPA500 RS232(PC) connector. 73, Doug VE3MV - Original Message - From: "hb9trt" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and KPA500 > Hi Doug > > Thanks for the alternate solution to control the KPA with a remote > computer. > So if I understand this right, the rig set devices supports transparent > RS232 communication through the internet on the COM1 interface? > This sounds also very interesting for office use, where a computer is on > the > table :-) > > Is a nullmodem cable necessary between the KPA500 RS232 and COM1 on the > rig > set device? On the other side (Remote) I think a regular serial cable is > used or a serial to USB adapter. > > vy 73 > Reto/hb9trt > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-0-and-KPA500-tp7559361p7559385.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] Digital modes interface for K2 - recommendations sought.
I use a microHAM microKEYER II interface for all my radios FTDX/5000/K2/K3/IC-9100. I have found none any better. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chris Kimball Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 12:37 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Digital modes interface for K2 - recommendations sought. I'm looking into digital modes such as Contestia or Olivia. Would anyone be able to suggest a suitable interface K2 <-> PC for the experiment? I'm currently using fldigi on a PC and a web cam microphone to copy cw over the K2 speaker. It works, after a fashion. Thanks, Chris NQ8Z -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Digital-modes-interface-for-K2-recommen dations-sought-tp7559383.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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2437/5139 - Release Date: 07/18/12 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Vedr: Digital modes interface for K2 - recommendations sought.
I'm using the MicroHAM USB Interface III and it works very well. :-) http://microham.com/ Martin Storli LA8OKA Oslo, Norway ARCTICPEAK's Radio pages! http://www.arcticpeak.com/radio.htm Fra: Chris Kimball Til: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sendt: Onsdag, 18. juli 2012 19.37 Emne: [Elecraft] Digital modes interface for K2 - recommendations sought. I'm looking into digital modes such as Contestia or Olivia. Would anyone be able to suggest a suitable interface K2 <-> PC for the experiment? I'm currently using fldigi on a PC and a web cam microphone to copy cw over the K2 speaker. It works, after a fashion. Thanks, Chris NQ8Z -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Digital-modes-interface-for-K2-recommendations-sought-tp7559383.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] OT: (Another) End of an Era
On 7/17/2012 5:42 PM, David Moes wrote: > But The CBC did end its shortwave service at the end of June 2012 after > 67 years. As have many other HF broadcasters, who have found out that it is cheaper to set the programs up on an Internet server than to pump many KW of RF into the air. Makes having an all-band receiver that much less valuable, but I still wish that my K2 would have had one. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Questions on tuning with T-1,etc.
I have new KX3, applied power, no apparent readings on S Meter. hissing noise heard but no signals. ATU is on Auto can’t figure out how to get T-1 to tune the radio. can’t seem to get any readings on s-meter as to input. antenna works with other radios I have MIC plugged in if that makes any difference. Really confused and need help!! Mecsr MikeSr AB7OC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Questions on tuning with T-1,etc.
Mike, Does your KX3 have the ATU option installed inside the case? Kit or factory? If you're using an external tuner (T-1) then I think you need the KX3 tuner set to Bypass Tuner. 73, BILL GERTH, W4RK Jefferson City, MO First Licensed 1954 CWOPS #459 KX3 (S/N 112) On Jul 18, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Michael E. Califf,Sr wrote: > I have new KX3, applied power, no apparent readings on S Meter. > hissing noise heard but no signals. > ATU is on Auto > can’t figure out how to get T-1 to tune the radio. > can’t seem to get any readings on s-meter as to input. antenna works > with other radios > I have MIC plugged in if that makes any difference. > Really confused and need help!! > > Mecsr MikeSr AB7OC > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: (Another) End of an Era
For the SWL fan who is interested in the challenge of being able to receive the station in is a downer. Of course the upside is how much more is available for the people who are only interested in hearing the content. For $140 you can buy an Internet radio that can be set to an estimated 18,000 different stations. Upside for amateurs is that it reduces the pressure on spectrum. David K0LUM At 1:18 PM -0700 7/18/12, Phil Kane wrote: >On 7/17/2012 5:42 PM, David Moes wrote: > > > > As have many other HF broadcasters, who have found out that it is >cheaper to set the programs up on an Internet server than to pump many >KW of RF into the air. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 NB Generates noise
I finished K3 Kit 6644 yesterday and noticed today when using the NB on 6m that it the NB will generate noise only on a few different levels ! With NB Level on then DSP set to off .. I now turn IF-NAR from off through the numbers 1 to 7 ...when I get to IF-NAR 6 and 7 it is much noisier then 2,3,4, or 5 with 4 being best ! Is this normal ? I was thinking the higher numbers would reduce more noise ? Using IF-MID and WID 1 has more noise and 7 is less Thanks Ed __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] More Multiple MACROs
For those of you who want to play more with macros, here are four that I use to set up my K3 for USB, CW, DATA-A and RTTY. Parameters that are set up include mode, receiver bandwidth, audio input connector (Front Panel for microphone, rear Line-In jack for DATA-A modes), Mic Gain and Compression level for SSB, CW Speed, VFO lock for DATA-A modes like PSK31, JT65 and WSPR. You can add or change other parameters in the macros for the various modes as you see fit. After the following 4 macros are loaded in MACRO positions 1,2,3 & 4 and programmed into the PF1 key, when you HOLD the PF1 key the K3 will toggle the K3 between the USB, CW, DATA-A and RTTY modes. # MacroLabel Macro Commands 1 USB-PF1MD2;MN053;DN;DN;MG026;CP020;LK0;BW0250;MN110;SWT12;SWH45;SWT14; 2 CW-PF1 MD3;LK0;BW0040;KS025;MN110;SWT13;SWH45;SWT14; 3 DTA-PF1MD6;DT0;MN053;UP;UP;BW0250;LK1;MN110;SWT24;SWH45;SWT14; 4 RTT-PF1MD6;DT2;MN053;DN;DN;BW0050;LK0;MN110;SWT11;SWH45;SWT14; The next 3 macros (5,6 & 7) use the PF2-HOLD key to toggle the K3 between three power levels, 10, 50 & 100 Watts. # MacroLabel Macro Commands 5 10W-PF2PC010;MN110;SWT29;SWH47;SWT14; 6 50W-PF2PC050;MN110;SWT33;SWH47;SWT14; 7 100WPF2PC100;MN110;SWT27;SWH47;SWT14; For those that haven't yet programmed multiple macros into one of the PF1 or PF2 (HOLD) or M1-8 (Tap or Hold) keys, the procedure is: With the K3 powered on, open the K3 Utility. Click on the "Port" tab then click "Test Communications". If the results is successful K3 status, click OK. Click on the "Command Tester/K3 Macro" tab. Click on "Edit Macros" in the upper right corner. You can cut the Macro Label and Macro Commands from above and paste them into the correct boxes for each macro number. When all the data has been entered: Click on "Write Macros 1-8 to K3". Click "Save" then close or minimize the K3 Utility. Next, at the K3, to assign the macros to the PF1 HOLD key: 1) Hold the MENU key. 2) Rotate the VFO-B dial so it reads to "MACRO" on the lower half of the LCD screen and FUNCTION" above it. 3) Tap the first macro # to be entered. The LCD will read "MACRO #" 4) HOLD the PF1 key until "PF1 SET" appears. 5) Tap the "Menu" key. Go back to Step 1,using the next macro # in step 3, followed again by steps 4 & 5. Keep repeating this until all macros have been stored in PF1. Follow the same steps to assign the three "Power Level" macros 5,6 & 7 to the PF2-HOLD key. Test the mode change with repeatedly HOLD the PF1 key. Test power level with HOLDs of the PF2 key. That only leaves MACRO 8 free. We need more MACRO memories! Is that possible in a future firmware upgrade or are there hardware constraints preventing it from happening? 73, Rich - K1HTV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 NB Generates noise
Ed, First off, make sure you are running the latest production firmware. It made some major improvements in the NB and NR functions. The very nature of any noise blanker will distort the signal and using it is a trade-off between that distortion ... which sounds a lot like "noise" ... and the real noise mixed in with the desired signal. The NB literally punches holes in the signal during noise pulses. As you go to higher numbers, the blanker gets more aggressive, and typically, the distortion increases. The NAR, MID, and WID settings determine the width of the "holes." For example, our electric fence periodically starts "ticking" when weeds grow up under it in the spring. The noise pulses are very narrow, and a NAR-1 or NAR-2 setting takes them totally out and does not introduce any distortion that I can hear. A higher NAR setting seems to take them out, but replaces them with the distortion from the holes in the signal, which sounds a lot like the original noise pulses. :-) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 7/18/2012 2:28 PM, Ed Stallman wrote: > I finished K3 Kit 6644 yesterday and noticed today when using the NB > on 6m that it the NB will generate noise only on a few different > levels ! With NB Level on then DSP set to off .. I now turn > IF-NAR from off through the numbers 1 to 7 ...when I get to > IF-NAR 6 and 7 it is much noisier then 2,3,4, or 5 with 4 being > best ! Is this normal ? I was thinking the higher numbers would > reduce more noise ? Using IF-MID and WID 1 has more noise and 7 is less __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 NB Generates noise
Noise blanker's on all rigs will cause distortion if set too aggressively, especially on SSB. You've just found out about it ;o) Go back to where it is best. Don't expect the NB to reduce atmospheric noise. It can't do that. The NR is for that. The numbers don't indicate how powerful the NB is. Some times the first setting will be the best. I'll leave it to someone else to give you the technical details. Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:28:36 -0500, Ed Stallman wrote: >I finished K3 Kit 6644 yesterday and noticed today when using the NB >on 6m that it the NB will generate noise only on a few different >levels ! With NB Level on then DSP set to off .. I now turn >IF-NAR from off through the numbers 1 to 7 ...when I get to >IF-NAR 6 and 7 it is much noisier then 2,3,4, or 5 with 4 being >best ! Is this normal ? I was thinking the higher numbers would >reduce more noise ? Using IF-MID and WID 1 has more noise and 7 is less > >Thanks Ed > >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto: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] More Multiple MACROs
Nice work, Rich! Thank you very much for sharing the results of your efforts. 73, Bruce, N1RX Rich, K1HTV wrote: > For those of you who want to play more with macros, here are four that I > use to set up my K3... __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 NB Generates noise
Hi Ed, The IF NB in the K3 is a traditional noise blanker mechanism. It chops the IF during signal peaks. It MUST modulate the other signals in the passband when it is suppressing noise. Physics. I suggest you try all the DSP varieties with the IF set to OFF. They do not have the artifacts that the IF NB does. In general do not use the IF unless it's the only thing that works. Note that this modulation is quite worse when there is a signal inside the roofing filter bandwidth that is not inside the DSP bandwidth, particularly if you are listening to CW DSP with the SSB roofing filter. No way to get around that without a CW roofing filter. There is something around here that comes on that the DSP NB doesn't quite get. I handle it (whatever it is) with DSP t1-7 and IF NAR 4. But the IF setting still modulates other signals in the passband, because it has to. 73, Guy On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Ed Stallman wrote: > I finished K3 Kit 6644 yesterday and noticed today when using the NB > on 6m that it the NB will generate noise only on a few different > levels ! With NB Level on then DSP set to off .. I now turn > IF-NAR from off through the numbers 1 to 7 ...when I get to > IF-NAR 6 and 7 it is much noisier then 2,3,4, or 5 with 4 being > best ! Is this normal ? I was thinking the higher numbers would > reduce more noise ? Using IF-MID and WID 1 has more noise and 7 is less > > Thanks Ed > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: (Another) End of an Era
Dear Dave, And the downside is that if all the national broadcasts and religious broadcasts desert the HF spectrum, then there will be no risk when regulators let radio noise sources proliferate unchecked. For example, there have been a few articles about a new technology for charging cell phones remotely by using radio wave in the 40 meter range. These will be little radio jammer devices, no matter how the manufacturers may deny it. And the remaining users of he HF spectrum, us hams, will just be out of luck. Oliver Johns W6ODJ On Jul 18, 2012, at 2:03 PM, David Christ wrote: > For the SWL fan who is interested in the challenge of being able to > receive the station in is a downer. > > Of course the upside is how much more is available for the people who > are only interested in hearing the content. For $140 you can buy an > Internet radio that can be set to an estimated 18,000 different > stations. > > Upside for amateurs is that it reduces the pressure on spectrum. > > David K0LUM > > At 1:18 PM -0700 7/18/12, Phil Kane wrote: >> On 7/17/2012 5:42 PM, David Moes wrote: >> >> >> >> As have many other HF broadcasters, who have found out that it is >> cheaper to set the programs up on an Internet server than to pump many >> KW of RF into the air. > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] used K3 for sale????
ok... after long debate with mostly myself (Icom fan) I have decided to take the plunge...I really think this is the best radio for my needs... cant wait! I am now looking for a K3, anyone who may have one for sale please email me..thanks for your time Scott w2ntv __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 NB Generates noise
Fred , N5GE and Guy , Thanks all very good explanations and great advice . I am using FW 4.51 and I believe it's good improvement . I have the IF NB turned back and am hearing some weak signals on 6m . just worked CT1HZE . Ed At 05:10 PM 7/18/2012, Fred Jensen wrote: >Ed, > >First off, make sure you are running the latest production firmware. It >made some major improvements in the NB and NR functions. > >The very nature of any noise blanker will distort the signal and using >it is a trade-off between that distortion ... which sounds a lot like >"noise" ... and the real noise mixed in with the desired signal. The NB >literally punches holes in the signal during noise pulses. As you go to >higher numbers, the blanker gets more aggressive, and typically, the >distortion increases. > >The NAR, MID, and WID settings determine the width of the "holes." For >example, our electric fence periodically starts "ticking" when weeds >grow up under it in the spring. The noise pulses are very narrow, and a >NAR-1 or NAR-2 setting takes them totally out and does not introduce any >distortion that I can hear. A higher NAR setting seems to take them >out, but replaces them with the distortion from the holes in the signal, >which sounds a lot like the original noise pulses. :-) > >73, > >Fred K6DGW >- Northern California Contest Club >- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 >- www.cqp.org > >On 7/18/2012 2:28 PM, Ed Stallman wrote: > > I finished K3 Kit 6644 yesterday and noticed today when using the NB > > on 6m that it the NB will generate noise only on a few different > > levels ! With NB Level on then DSP set to off .. I now turn > > IF-NAR from off through the numbers 1 to 7 ...when I get to > > IF-NAR 6 and 7 it is much noisier then 2,3,4, or 5 with 4 being > > best ! Is this normal ? I was thinking the higher numbers would > > reduce more noise ? Using IF-MID and WID 1 has more noise and 7 is less > > >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto: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] KX3 - 1:1 balun
I have a few Amidon T80-2 toroids and plan on making a 1:1 balun. I guess I really have 2 questions. 1. Would insulated wire work OK to wind it with or is it really necessary to use enamel coated magnet wire? I have some #28 or so (cuttings from computer ribbon wire) that may work out well (already bonded through the length of it, dual conductor parallel runs). If not I have some 18 gauge gold color magnet wire. 2. I am going to use a BNC connector for the rig side. I am thinking of putting a pigtail of LMR-100 (maybe 4-6") to the connector, but if it is going to be too lossy or cause the impedances to be too far out of whack I won't worry about it and make the balun a direct box off the side of the rig. My last question is if there are any good triple ratio balun designs. I want the 1:1 to match doublets, but a 2:1 and 4:1 ratio would allow a bit more flexibility in impedances. Steve, KC8QVO -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-1-1-balun-tp7559405.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] KX3 first impressions - well sorta
KX3-F arrived today (ordered Jan. 3). In nearly 25 years of radio I've never been so excited about the arrival of a new rig as I've been about this one. It's really too soon to comment on its qualities and performance (I need at least a month to get used to it, and for its character to "set in"), but I look forward to evaluating it. I realize that it's not a K3; it doesn't have a big K3 speaker; the add-on paddle isn't a Begali; etc. etc... but everything in life is a tradeoff, and I look forward to getting to know this rig within its context of a "grab it and go" rig with what I expect is unmatched performance in its class. The only "first impression" I know for certain is that if I were suddenly forced to choose one rig to live with, this would be it (I'm mostly CW ragchews, love QRQ, some QRP contests, occasional DX, lots of monitoring, a fair amount of portable/field ops in travel trailer). Big thanks to the Elecrew for making this one available. I'm sure you put more thought into its design, features, what to keep and what to ditch, than we'll ever know. You're doing it right. And the rig's been on for only an hour here. --Andrew, NV1B .. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
All- Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive Friday. Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my new KX3 will arrive on same day. That would be awesome! Keith Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Jul 17, 2012, at 3:56 PM, "Joe K2UF" wrote: > Erik, > > You may want to save the bubble wrap. When you finish the KX3 wrap it in > the bubble wrap. It may not hurt as much when your wife beats you with it > ;o) > > 73 Joe K2UF > > No trees were harmed in the sending of this e-mail; however, many electrons > were inconvenienced. > > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM > To: Elecraft Group > Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification > > I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 is > arriving soon. > > I am so looking forward to taking it with me wherever I go. It may help me > pass the time when my wife is in labor at the hospital if it arrives soon > (she is due two weeks from today). Just need to figure out where i can > install the antenna in the maternity ward at Sharp Rees Stealy woman and > baby hospital. > > Thanks Elecraft!!! > > Keith > AG6AZ > > Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos > > On Jul 17, 2012, at 2:51 PM, "Chuck Smallhouse" wrote: > >> I think that the external or internal locking to a stable 10 MHz >> source is probably of a higher priority for UHF and Microwave users, >> as well as JT65 and other EME'rs, than a less than highly stable >> internal 2M xvrtr. A small, external phase locked LO, 2M xvrtr box >> or module, that can be driven by the common 10MHz stable source, is >> also doable. This also has the advantage that if 2 M is not >> immediately needed it can be turned off, or left a home, in the >> interest of power savings . >> >> I've bought some 10 MHz double oven OCXO modules from an offshore >> surplus dealer, with good results, for $38 shipped. They claim 2 X10 >> -12 and the brand name is C-Max. Ideal for phase locked LOs. >> >> Google "Flyingbest's Equipment" (also on EBay) for a list of their >> sale items. Delivery has been less than 10 days. >> >> Chuck, W7CS >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto: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 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
Keith, I wouldn't suggest to your XYL that they are both in the same "awesome" class! They both have been in the oven about the same length of time, though ;-) GL Friday! VY 73, Lance On 7/18/2012 11:34 PM, Keith Heimbold wrote: > All- > > Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive Friday. > Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my new KX3 will > arrive on same day. That would be awesome! > > Keith > > Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos > > On Jul 17, 2012, at 3:56 PM, "Joe K2UF" wrote: > >> Erik, >> >> You may want to save the bubble wrap. When you finish the KX3 wrap it in >> the bubble wrap. It may not hurt as much when your wife beats you with it >> ;o) >> >> 73 Joe K2UF >> >> No trees were harmed in the sending of this e-mail; however, many electrons >> were inconvenienced. >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >> [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM >> To: Elecraft Group >> Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification >> >> I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 is >> arriving soon. >> >> I am so looking forward to taking it with me wherever I go. It may help me >> pass the time when my wife is in labor at the hospital if it arrives soon >> (she is due two weeks from today). Just need to figure out where i can >> install the antenna in the maternity ward at Sharp Rees Stealy woman and >> baby hospital. >> >> Thanks Elecraft!!! >> >> Keith >> AG6AZ >> >> Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos >> >> On Jul 17, 2012, at 2:51 PM, "Chuck Smallhouse" wrote: >> >>> I think that the external or internal locking to a stable 10 MHz >>> source is probably of a higher priority for UHF and Microwave users, >>> as well as JT65 and other EME'rs, than a less than highly stable >>> internal 2M xvrtr. A small, external phase locked LO, 2M xvrtr box >>> or module, that can be driven by the common 10MHz stable source, is >>> also doable. This also has the advantage that if 2 M is not >>> immediately needed it can be turned off, or left a home, in the >>> interest of power savings . >>> >>> I've bought some 10 MHz double oven OCXO modules from an offshore >>> surplus dealer, with good results, for $38 shipped. They claim 2 X10 >>> -12 and the brand name is C-Max. Ideal for phase locked LOs. >>> >>> Google "Flyingbest's Equipment" (also on EBay) for a list of their >>> sale items. Delivery has been less than 10 days. >>> >>> Chuck, W7CS >>> >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto: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 > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073 USA TEL: (406) 626-5728 QTH: DN27ub URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj Windows Messenger: w...@hotmail.com Skype: lanceW7GJ 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web page (above)! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification
Smile! Philip LaMarche 727-944-3226 727-510-5038 Cell www.w9dvm.com WWW.FLAMGROUP.COM K3 # 1605 KPA500 # 029 P3 #1480 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lance Collister, W7GJ Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:42 PM To: Keith Heimbold Cc: Elecraft Group Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification Keith, I wouldn't suggest to your XYL that they are both in the same "awesome" class! They both have been in the oven about the same length of time, though ;-) GL Friday! VY 73, Lance On 7/18/2012 11:34 PM, Keith Heimbold wrote: > All- > > Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive Friday. Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my new KX3 will arrive on same day. That would be awesome! > > Keith > > Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos > > On Jul 17, 2012, at 3:56 PM, "Joe K2UF" wrote: > >> Erik, >> >> You may want to save the bubble wrap. When you finish the KX3 wrap >> it in the bubble wrap. It may not hurt as much when your wife beats >> you with it >> ;o) >> >> 73 Joe K2UF >> >> No trees were harmed in the sending of this e-mail; however, many >> electrons were inconvenienced. >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >> [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM >> To: Elecraft Group >> Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification >> >> I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 >> is arriving soon. >> >> I am so looking forward to taking it with me wherever I go. It may >> help me pass the time when my wife is in labor at the hospital if it >> arrives soon (she is due two weeks from today). Just need to figure >> out where i can install the antenna in the maternity ward at Sharp >> Rees Stealy woman and baby hospital. >> >> Thanks Elecraft!!! >> >> Keith >> AG6AZ >> >> Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos >> >> On Jul 17, 2012, at 2:51 PM, "Chuck Smallhouse" wrote: >> >>> I think that the external or internal locking to a stable 10 MHz >>> source is probably of a higher priority for UHF and Microwave users, >>> as well as JT65 and other EME'rs, than a less than highly stable >>> internal 2M xvrtr. A small, external phase locked LO, 2M xvrtr box >>> or module, that can be driven by the common 10MHz stable source, is >>> also doable. This also has the advantage that if 2 M is not >>> immediately needed it can be turned off, or left a home, in the >>> interest of power savings . >>> >>> I've bought some 10 MHz double oven OCXO modules from an offshore >>> surplus dealer, with good results, for $38 shipped. They claim 2 >>> X10 >>> -12 and the brand name is C-Max. Ideal for phase locked LOs. >>> >>> Google "Flyingbest's Equipment" (also on EBay) for a list of their >>> sale items. Delivery has been less than 10 days. >>> >>> Chuck, W7CS >>> >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto: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 > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073 USA TEL: (406) 626-5728 QTH: DN27ub URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj Windows Messenger: w...@hotmail.com Skype: lanceW7GJ 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web page (above)! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification
Just think. If products were priced on a $/watt basis, scaling up the KX3 price would yield a price of >10K for the K3-100. 73 DE Brian/K3KO On 7/18/2012 23:42, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote: > Keith, I wouldn't suggest to your XYL that they are both in the same "awesome" > class! They both have been in the oven about the same length of time, though > > ;-) GL Friday! VY 73, Lance > > > On 7/18/2012 11:34 PM, Keith Heimbold wrote: >> All- >> >> Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive Friday. >> Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my new KX3 will >> arrive on same day. That would be awesome! >> >> Keith >> >> Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos >> >> On Jul 17, 2012, at 3:56 PM, "Joe K2UF" wrote: >> >>> Erik, >>> >>> You may want to save the bubble wrap. When you finish the KX3 wrap it in >>> the bubble wrap. It may not hurt as much when your wife beats you with it >>> ;o) >>> >>> 73 Joe K2UF >>> >>> No trees were harmed in the sending of this e-mail; however, many electrons >>> were inconvenienced. >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >>> [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM >>> To: Elecraft Group >>> Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification >>> >>> I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 is >>> arriving soon. >>> >>> I am so looking forward to taking it with me wherever I go. It may help me >>> pass the time when my wife is in labor at the hospital if it arrives soon >>> (she is due two weeks from today). Just need to figure out where i can >>> install the antenna in the maternity ward at Sharp Rees Stealy woman and >>> baby hospital. >>> >>> Thanks Elecraft!!! >>> >>> Keith >>> AG6AZ >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos >>> >>> On Jul 17, 2012, at 2:51 PM, "Chuck Smallhouse" wrote: >>> I think that the external or internal locking to a stable 10 MHz source is probably of a higher priority for UHF and Microwave users, as well as JT65 and other EME'rs, than a less than highly stable internal 2M xvrtr. A small, external phase locked LO, 2M xvrtr box or module, that can be driven by the common 10MHz stable source, is also doable. This also has the advantage that if 2 M is not immediately needed it can be turned off, or left a home, in the interest of power savings . I've bought some 10 MHz double oven OCXO modules from an offshore surplus dealer, with good results, for $38 shipped. They claim 2 X10 -12 and the brand name is C-Max. Ideal for phase locked LOs. Google "Flyingbest's Equipment" (also on EBay) for a list of their sale items. Delivery has been less than 10 days. Chuck, W7CS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5139 - Release Date: 07/18/12 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
Glad Elecraft figured out some economies of scale in that regard. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Jul 18, 2012, at 4:51 PM, "Brian Alsop" wrote: > Just think. If products were priced on a $/watt basis, scaling up the > KX3 price would yield a price of >10K for the K3-100. > > 73 DE Brian/K3KO > > On 7/18/2012 23:42, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote: >> Keith, I wouldn't suggest to your XYL that they are both in the same >> "awesome" >> class! They both have been in the oven about the same length of time, >> though >> ;-) GL Friday! VY 73, Lance >> >> >> On 7/18/2012 11:34 PM, Keith Heimbold wrote: >>> All- >>> >>> Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive >>> Friday. Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my new >>> KX3 will arrive on same day. That would be awesome! >>> >>> Keith >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos >>> >>> On Jul 17, 2012, at 3:56 PM, "Joe K2UF" wrote: >>> Erik, You may want to save the bubble wrap. When you finish the KX3 wrap it in the bubble wrap. It may not hurt as much when your wife beats you with it ;o) 73 Joe K2UF No trees were harmed in the sending of this e-mail; however, many electrons were inconvenienced. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM To: Elecraft Group Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 is arriving soon. I am so looking forward to taking it with me wherever I go. It may help me pass the time when my wife is in labor at the hospital if it arrives soon (she is due two weeks from today). Just need to figure out where i can install the antenna in the maternity ward at Sharp Rees Stealy woman and baby hospital. Thanks Elecraft!!! Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Jul 17, 2012, at 2:51 PM, "Chuck Smallhouse" wrote: > I think that the external or internal locking to a stable 10 MHz > source is probably of a higher priority for UHF and Microwave users, > as well as JT65 and other EME'rs, than a less than highly stable > internal 2M xvrtr. A small, external phase locked LO, 2M xvrtr box > or module, that can be driven by the common 10MHz stable source, is > also doable. This also has the advantage that if 2 M is not > immediately needed it can be turned off, or left a home, in the > interest of power savings . > > I've bought some 10 MHz double oven OCXO modules from an offshore > surplus dealer, with good results, for $38 shipped. They claim 2 X10 > -12 and the brand name is C-Max. Ideal for phase locked LOs. > > Google "Flyingbest's Equipment" (also on EBay) for a list of their > sale items. Delivery has been less than 10 days. > > Chuck, W7CS > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> >> > > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5139 - Release Date: 07/18/12 > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecra
Re: [Elecraft] OT: (Another) End of an Era
That battle is lost already. Plasma TVs, switching wall warts, radiating Ethernet devices, noisy CFLs, PWM motors in washers and treadmills just to name a few of the existing problems. The consumer's view is that they paid good money for their stuff and as long as it performs the function they purchased it for they don't see any issue. Your neighbor who just spent $3000 or more on his new plasma TV will have little sympathy for you and neither the manufacturer nor the FCC will give you any help. David K0LUM At 3:48 PM -0700 7/18/12, Oliver Johns wrote: >Dear Dave, > >And the downside is that if all the national broadcasts and >religious broadcasts desert the HF spectrum, then there will be no >risk when regulators let radio noise sources proliferate unchecked. >For example, there have been a few articles about a new technology >for charging cell phones remotely by using radio wave in the 40 >meter range. These will be little radio jammer devices, no matter >how the manufacturers may deny it. And the remaining users of he HF >spectrum, us hams, will just be out of luck. > >Oliver Johns >W6ODJ > > >On Jul 18, 2012, at 2:03 PM, David Christ wrote: > >> For the SWL fan who is interested in the challenge of being able to >> receive the station in is a downer. >> >> Of course the upside is how much more is available for the people who >> are only interested in hearing the content. For $140 you can buy an >> Internet radio that can be set to an estimated 18,000 different >> stations. >> >> Upside for amateurs is that it reduces the pressure on spectrum. >> >> David K0LUM >> >> At 1:18 PM -0700 7/18/12, Phil Kane wrote: >>> On 7/17/2012 5:42 PM, David Moes wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> As have many other HF broadcasters, who have found out that it is >>> cheaper to set the programs up on an Internet server than to pump many >>> KW of RF into the air. >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto: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] KX3 - 1:1 balun
Steve, 1. I've seen baluns made with insulated wire, I don't think that it makes any difference. http://www.collegearc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165:building-a-current-balun&catid=77:technical 2. I would keep the coax between the rig and the balun short. There could be some very high SWR's on that piece of coax. You could try to design the balun box to connect directly to the rig output, but I can't see where a short piece would make that much difference. (I'm assuming that you have the internal tuner on the KX3.) 3. As for the triple ratio balun designs, I built a balun recently using an Amidon kit. The kits typically come with a spec sheet that has about 8 different designs. You can also look up the designs in the ARRL Handbook. The design that I used has a 200, 450 and 800 ohm output tap and it's also possible to tap at other ratios (1.5:1 to 16:1). I plan to use it with a W3EDP antenna design. Mine is a 2kw core, but you could easily adapt it to a smaller core. If I'm not mistaken, you have KX3 SN 687, I have 688... Mike W0IH -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-1-1-balun-tp7559405p7559411.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] KX3 Shipment notification
Many years ago, $/watt actually *was* a measure used in evaluating transmitters [they were all either transmitters or receivers then, until Art Collins invented the KWM-2]. Transmitters all sort of followed the same architectural pattern and were not what you might today call "feature-rich." "Press the key, make RF." Bandswitching was a feature compared to plug-in coils. Menus hadn't been invented either. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 7/18/2012 4:51 PM, Brian Alsop wrote: > Just think. If products were priced on a $/watt basis, scaling up the > KX3 price would yield a price of >10K for the K3-100. > > 73 DE Brian/K3KO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Keith Heimbold wrote: > All- > > Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive > Friday. Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my new > KX3 will arrive on same day. That would be awesome! > > Keith > > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
We got the first name picked out but middle name still eludes us. Not a bad idea. Maybe Wayric. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:17 PM, "Andrew Moore" wrote: > You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Keith Heimbold wrote: > All- > > Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive Friday. > Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my new KX3 will > arrive on same day. That would be awesome! > > Keith > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 - 1:1 balun
Steve, A 1:1 balun is really a choke/isolator or some other names. If you are not going to use outdoors in wet weather. I wouldn't worry about doing anything elaborate. I would just wind as many turns of the LMR-100 as you can on the torroid. Put a female connector on one side and prepare the other side for ladder line. If you hadn't already purchased the core, I would have recommended just winding about 10-12 turns of your coax on a piece of PVC pipe, at least 10X the diameter of the coax and long enough to conveniently hold the turns. I use this regularly as it is cheap and it works. If you need an impedance transformation, you will need to be a little more serious. 73, Barry K3NDM - Original Message - From: "Steve KC8QVO" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:13:54 PM Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 - 1:1 balun I have a few Amidon T80-2 toroids and plan on making a 1:1 balun. I guess I really have 2 questions. 1. Would insulated wire work OK to wind it with or is it really necessary to use enamel coated magnet wire? I have some #28 or so (cuttings from computer ribbon wire) that may work out well (already bonded through the length of it, dual conductor parallel runs). If not I have some 18 gauge gold color magnet wire. 2. I am going to use a BNC connector for the rig side. I am thinking of putting a pigtail of LMR-100 (maybe 4-6") to the connector, but if it is going to be too lossy or cause the impedances to be too far out of whack I won't worry about it and make the balun a direct box off the side of the rig. My last question is if there are any good triple ratio balun designs. I want the 1:1 to match doublets, but a 2:1 and 4:1 ratio would allow a bit more flexibility in impedances. Steve, KC8QVO -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-1-1-balun-tp7559405.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] KX3 Shipment notification
Features of the new transceivers are nice, but there's something to be said for the simplicity of the old boatanchors. Receivers and transmitters had similar controls, with similar names, across many manufacturers. This was handy at a club station, Field Day or a multi-radio contest effort. None of this "having the manual open at all times" back then. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 7/18/2012 5:05 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > Many years ago, $/watt actually *was* a measure used in evaluating > transmitters [they were all either transmitters or receivers then, until > Art Collins invented the KWM-2]. Transmitters all sort of followed the > same architectural pattern and were not what you might today call > "feature-rich." "Press the key, make RF." Bandswitching was a feature > compared to plug-in coils. Menus hadn't been invented either. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 > - www.cqp.org > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: (Another) End of an Era
Try living next to a hospital not sure what the answer is there pagers take out 144 krap on 80,40,20 there switchers that run the elevators intermittent krap if we ever get 600 meters there does seem to be a lull in the noise around 500 Khz Bob K3DJC On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:54:55 -0500 David Christ writes: > That battle is lost already. Plasma TVs, switching wall warts, > radiating Ethernet devices, noisy CFLs, PWM motors in washers and > treadmills just to name a few of the existing problems. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
If it's a girl: Ellie (as in Ellie-craft :) Wayne On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: > You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Keith Heimbold > wrote: > >> All- >> >> Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive >> Friday. Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and >> my new >> KX3 will arrive on same day. That would be awesome! >> >> Keith >> >> > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] KX3 - 1:1 balun
Steve, Make, build, or buy a good 1:1 current balun. Wind several turns of coax through the core and you have it. Now, if you need an impedance transformer, you can make one from the 2nd core wind a primary and a secondary winding to obtain whatever impedance ratio you want. connect the transformer primary to the output side of your 1:1 choke balun and the secondary side to your balanced feedline. So the "wire" for your 1:1 balun is the coax, and the wire for the RF impedance transformer can be regular wire, insulated with enamel of some other material, it is not likely to matter. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/18/2012 7:13 PM, Steve KC8QVO wrote: > I have a few Amidon T80-2 toroids and plan on making a 1:1 balun. I guess I > really have 2 questions. > > 1. Would insulated wire work OK to wind it with or is it really necessary to > use enamel coated magnet wire? I have some #28 or so (cuttings from computer > ribbon wire) that may work out well (already bonded through the length of > it, dual conductor parallel runs). If not I have some 18 gauge gold color > magnet wire. > > 2. I am going to use a BNC connector for the rig side. I am thinking of > putting a pigtail of LMR-100 (maybe 4-6") to the connector, but if it is > going to be too lossy or cause the impedances to be too far out of whack I > won't worry about it and make the balun a direct box off the side of the > rig. > > My last question is if there are any good triple ratio balun designs. I want > the 1:1 to match doublets, but a 2:1 and 4:1 ratio would allow a bit more > flexibility in impedances. > > Steve, KC8QVO > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] OT: (Another) End of an Era
Don't forget the solar awnings. The ones at our local college wipe out the commercial broadcast (AM) band. At least they go dark when the sun does. Fred, AE6QL -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of riese-k3...@juno.com Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:38 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: (Another) End of an Era Try living next to a hospital not sure what the answer is there pagers take out 144 krap on 80,40,20 there switchers that run the elevators intermittent krap if we ever get 600 meters there does seem to be a lull in the noise around 500 Khz Bob K3DJC On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:54:55 -0500 David Christ writes: > That battle is lost already. Plasma TVs, switching wall warts, > radiating Ethernet devices, noisy CFLs, PWM motors in washers and > treadmills just to name a few of the existing problems. __ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - regarding support
Had a problem with my K3 this morning - it died the MCU-LD death. Called support. They walked me through a couple of procedures with them (I had already tried these). K3 still failed. Said they would call back later. About 15 minutes later, they called back and said parts were on the way. It doesn't get any better than that! Thanks, Bill W2BLC -- IN GOD I TRUST (but, NOT a single politician) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 REC Help!!
I seem to have a problem with my KX3. I just took it out of the box,applied power and put antenna coax,via a T-1 to it. The Main Problem is that I can’t hear anything on it. Plus I cannot get the T-1 to work as tuner. I have checked Coax and antenna leads and have tested the Antenna with other rig and it works just fine. I have put the MENU reading for the ATU on “Not installed” I push the button on the T-1 then push and hold “tune” button and nothing happens on the T-1 it flashes it’s light for a bit then quits. I have tried just about every band and most modes and still no “ears” I’m hoping it’s a MENU or Parameter problem as I don’t really want to open it up unless absolutely necessary And with the pileup of orders,don’t want to send it back!!! Mecsr MikeSr AB7OC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 in Pelican 1170 Case
Total weight 4.8 # including NIMH batteries, microphone and key. Need holes in top foam for vfo and other knobs. Reed AA1RB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 first impressions - well sorta
And to think I love it for QRS. :-) 73, Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Moore Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 6:27 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 first impressions - well sorta KX3-F arrived today (ordered Jan. 3). [WRJ] The only "first impression" I know for certain is that if I were suddenly forced to choose one rig to live with, this would be it (I'm mostly CW ragchews, love QRQ, some QRP contests, occasional DX, lots of monitoring, a fair amount of portable/field ops in travel trailer). --Andrew, NV1B ... __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
If a boy: Wayne, Eric or Bill! :-) The latter is preferred, of course. 73, Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:44 PM To: Andrew Moore Cc: Elecraft Group Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification If it's a girl: Ellie (as in Ellie-craft :) Wayne On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: > You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Keith Heimbold > wrote: > >> All- >> >> Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive >> Friday. Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my >> new >> KX3 will arrive on same day. That would be awesome! >> >> Keith >> __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
Sure, but the "transceiver" goes way back into the 1930's, long before Art Collins. 73, AC7AC -Original Message- Many years ago, $/watt actually *was* a measure used in evaluating transmitters [they were all either transmitters or receivers then, until Art Collins invented the KWM-2]. Transmitters all sort of followed the same architectural pattern and were not what you might today call "feature-rich." "Press the key, make RF." Bandswitching was a feature compared to plug-in coils. Menus hadn't been invented either. 73, Fred K6DGW On 7/18/2012 4:51 PM, Brian Alsop wrote: > Just think. If products were priced on a $/watt basis, scaling up the > KX3 price would yield a price of >10K for the K3-100. > > 73 DE Brian/K3KO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
On 7/18/2012 6:48 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Sure, but the "transceiver" goes way back into the 1930's, long before Art > Collins. Yep, and there was also the KWM-1. None of these truly became popular in the sense of "all over the place," and none of them hastened the transition to SSB like the KWM-2 did. Tuning SSB on a receiver was hard, and then getting your transmit freq zero beat was daunting at first, and still hard even as SSB caught on. The KWM-2A [same rig with a second crystal deck], became the HF workhorse of the US military [and I know several others too] in the 60's/70's. Unbelievably sturdy and survivable, we pulled 42 of them out the back of low flying C-130's that snagged our LAPES cable, and 42 of them worked and JJY was exactly where it should be. Our mission rules called for us to turn each pair [2 per mission], along with the rest of the gear, to slag puddles with thermite before we were recovered. Team of 25, 3 hams, really really hard. :-(( It wasn't the first transceiver, or the only, but it, and the S-line which would also transceive, probably changed ham radio as much as the transition from spark to CW. Now, we take it for granted, we have "radios" and they go both ways. I always meant to write to Art and tell him how sturdy his transceiver was. Alas, never had time while there, and by the time I came home, I was marrying Andrea, there followed the usual kids, and I never got around to it. Then, he died. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 REC Help!!
Hi Mike, I've forwarded this to Elecraft customer support. It's probably something simple, and they'll be contacting you tomorrow during business hours. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jul 18, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Michael E. Califf,Sr wrote: > I seem to have a problem with my KX3. I just took it out of the > box,applied power and put antenna coax,via a T-1 to it. > The Main Problem is that I can’t hear anything on it. Plus I cannot > get the T-1 to work as tuner. > I have checked Coax and antenna leads and have tested the Antenna > with other rig and it works just fine. > I have put the MENU reading for the ATU on “Not installed” > I push the button on the T-1 then push and hold “tune” button and > nothing happens on the T-1 it flashes it’s light for a bit then quits. > I have tried just about every band and most modes and still no “ears” > I’m hoping it’s a MENU or Parameter problem as I don’t really want > to open it up unless absolutely necessary > And with the pileup of orders,don’t want to send it back!!! > > Mecsr MikeSr AB7OC > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] KX3 REC Help!!
Judging by your reluctance to open the radio, can we assume it was factory built rather than a kit? Is there a KX3AT ATU equipped in the radio? If so, "Bypass" is more appropriate than "Not Installed". What do you have the "TUN PWR" menu item set to? When you press the TUNE button, are you just tapping it? In this case, if the radio is on SSB, it will just go to transmit, but will not output any power unless there is some drive. Rather, you need to "hold" the tune button down to put the radio in TUNE mode, until it starts transmitting. When you do this, do you see any indications on the power meter or SWR meter? Do you have an external power meter and dummy load to test into? There could be something that has come loose during the shipment to you. Opening the radio is not a scary thing, as it is designed to be opened in order to replace the batteries. Just make sure you follow the instructions in the user guide. Look for things that are loose (eg. ATU, cable to the BNC connector). If all else fails, contact Elecraft support, you may be able to resolve this over phone/email without having to send the unit back. GL es 73, Matt VK2ACL On 19/07/2012, at 11:31 AM, Michael E. Califf,Sr wrote: > I seem to have a problem with my KX3. I just took it out of the box,applied > power and put antenna coax,via a T-1 to it. > The Main Problem is that I can’t hear anything on it. Plus I cannot get the > T-1 to work as tuner. > I have checked Coax and antenna leads and have tested the Antenna with other > rig and it works just fine. > I have put the MENU reading for the ATU on “Not installed” > I push the button on the T-1 then push and hold “tune” button and nothing > happens on the T-1 it flashes it’s light for a bit then quits. > I have tried just about every band and most modes and still no “ears” > I’m hoping it’s a MENU or Parameter problem as I don’t really want to open it > up unless absolutely necessary > And with the pileup of orders,don’t want to send it back!!! > > Mecsr MikeSr AB7OC > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] KX3 Found the problem, shipping error!!!
I found out what was wrong with my KX3. opened up the back carefully just to see what I could see,and right there in front of me was the problem!!! The Antenna Leads from the BNC had become unplugged!!! Evidently in shipping. I quickly went to the Elecraft.com website and downloaded a copy of the assembly manual and found a picture of the leads in question. Plugged in the connector on the end of the leads and I have Receive!!! Many thanks to all who tried to help me out of what I thought was an insurmountable problem. And to the person who forwarded the info to the tech support, thanks again,and if you would could you resend and have them note that,that contact can come loose!!! Oh! and T-1 activates like it should now,many thanks. Whew!!! 73 to all de AB7OC MikeSr __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
Fred, that may have been a major consideration for commercial/military use or for Hams who bought only factory-built gear, but for "homebrewers" that was not necessarily true. A popular CW design for "Field Day" from the 1930's used two tubes for both receiving and transmitting I built a 2-meter AM transceiver in the early 50's using a 6J6 transmitting oscillator/super-regen receiver and a 6V6 modulator/receiver audio amp. On HF, I copied SSB very well using both my regenerative receiver and on my National HRO-5 receiver. I worked SSB stations running AM, when AM and SSB were a harmonious mix on the "phone" bands, using my Viking Ranger. Simply turned off the receiver BFO, flipped on the Ranger's VFO and adjusted the VFO frequency for clear SSB copy. That put me "dead on" the other station's frequency. Frankly, I'd prefer separate receiver and transmitters today, but I'm not a contester intent on shaving a few milliseconds off of a brief QSO to run up a high score. SPLIT mode in the Elecraft rigs lets me emulate separate TX/RX quite well. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:17 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification On 7/18/2012 6:48 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Sure, but the "transceiver" goes way back into the 1930's, long before > Art Collins. Yep, and there was also the KWM-1. None of these truly became popular in the sense of "all over the place," and none of them hastened the transition to SSB like the KWM-2 did. Tuning SSB on a receiver was hard, and then getting your transmit freq zero beat was daunting at first, and still hard even as SSB caught on. The KWM-2A [same rig with a second crystal deck], became the HF workhorse of the US military [and I know several others too] in the 60's/70's. Unbelievably sturdy and survivable, we pulled 42 of them out the back of low flying C-130's that snagged our LAPES cable, and 42 of them worked and JJY was exactly where it should be. Our mission rules called for us to turn each pair [2 per mission], along with the rest of the gear, to slag puddles with thermite before we were recovered. Team of 25, 3 hams, really really hard. :-(( It wasn't the first transceiver, or the only, but it, and the S-line which would also transceive, probably changed ham radio as much as the transition from spark to CW. Now, we take it for granted, we have "radios" and they go both ways. I always meant to write to Art and tell him how sturdy his transceiver was. Alas, never had time while there, and by the time I came home, I was marrying Andrea, there followed the usual kids, and I never got around to it. Then, he died. 73, Fred K6DGW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Shipment notification
*That is in 'Bill' from Elecraft for the NEXT must have item right? Gary * On 19 July 2012 11:35, Bill K9YEQ wrote: > If a boy: Wayne, Eric or Bill! :-) The latter is preferred, of course. > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:44 PM > To: Andrew Moore > Cc: Elecraft Group > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification > > If it's a girl: Ellie (as in Ellie-craft :) > > Wayne > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: > > > You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Keith Heimbold > > wrote: > > > >> All- > >> > >> Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive > >> Friday. Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my > >> new > >> KX3 will arrive on same day. That would be awesome! > >> > >> Keith > >> > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- *Gary* *"If you don't know where you are going you will probably end up somewhere else."* __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 Found the problem, shipping error!!!
That's great Mike! The Kit assembly manuals available on the Elecraft web site can be an invaluable resource for those with factory-assembled rigs who have a mysterious problem such as yours. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Michael E. Califf,Sr Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:50 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Found the problem, shipping error!!! I found out what was wrong with my KX3. opened up the back carefully just to see what I could see,and right there in front of me was the problem!!! The Antenna Leads from the BNC had become unplugged!!! Evidently in shipping. I quickly went to the Elecraft.com website and downloaded a copy of the assembly manual and found a picture of the leads in question. Plugged in the connector on the end of the leads and I have Receive!!! Many thanks to all who tried to help me out of what I thought was an insurmountable problem. And to the person who forwarded the info to the tech support, thanks again,and if you would could you resend and have them note that,that contact can come loose!!! Oh! and T-1 activates like it should now,many thanks. Whew!!! 73 to all de AB7OC MikeSr __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] FS: HP8647A 250khz-1Ghz signal generator
I have two HP8647A signal generators. Both are in good condition, pass the interanl self-test and are completely functional. The difference between the two is that one is a base unit with a very recently expired calibration (May, 2012). The other has option 1E5, which is the high stability time base, but was last calibrated several years ago. In addition, the 1E5 version has faded marker writing on the top of the case. Neither of the units has the pop in feet, but these are readily available on Ebay if you want them. The 8647A is a compact and easy to use signal generator that provides key capabilities. Most functions can be set by either direct keyboard entry, dial adjustment, or remote programming. Entries can be made using different units, such as dbm or uv. Key features are: •Frequency Range 250 Khz to 1 Ghz in 1 hz steps •Amplitude Range +10 to -136 dbm •Internal Modulation (AM, FM, PM) •HPIB (GPIB) Programmable •300 Storage Registers •Internal self test •Closed box oscillator adjustment The HP Specifications Sheet can be downloaded from http://www.teknetelectronics.com/DataSheet/HP_AGILENT/HP__8647A_8648A_D.pdf The operations and service manual can be downloaded from. http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/08647-90006.pdf I was going to keep one of these for myself, but my Fluke 6080a/an roared back to life making its replacement unecessary. (Fluky power supply, no pun intended) So, I'm selling the base unit for $625 plus $40 shipping in the lower 48 and $700 plus $40 shipping for the 1E5 high stability timebase option unit. I have photographs to the two units outputing into a Tek DSA602a. The 1E5 unit is the lower unit other than the writing on the top cover, they are cosmetically equivalent. I am happy to send additonal photographs if desired. The settings for both signal generators when I took the pictures were 250 Mhz @ -25 dbm with no modulation. The photographs show that amplitude from both units was the same. Both measured at 250 Mhz on the DSA602A, which is a very accurate scope. Photographs can be downloaded from: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8297661/8467a/IMG_0253.JPG https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8297661/8467a/IMG_0254.JPG https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8297661/8467a/IMG_0255.JPG https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8297661/8467a/IMG_0256.JPG https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8297661/8467a/IMG_0257.JPG 73, Howard, W1WF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 cables for microHAM
The first version of DB37-EL-KX3.pdf has RS232 in/out and audio hot/returns reversed. An updated drawing (identified as revision 2.0) has been uploaded to the same locations as the original. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 7/18/2012 10:19 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > I have placed drawings for DB15-EL-KX3 (USB II, USB III, Digikeyer, > and Digikeyer II) and DB37-EL-KX3 (microKEYER, microKEYER II, MK2R+) > cables in the files area of the microHAM list on Yahoo - > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM - and at: > http://www.microham-usa.com/Downloads/DB37-EL-KX3.pdf > http://www.microham-usa.com/Downloads/DB15-EL-KX3.pdf > > Due performance issues in paralleling headphones or (powered) speakers > with the input of the microHAM sound cards and potential hearing damage > from excess headphone levels, the microHAM factory have declined to > produce these cables. Individual users may, of course, build from > these designs for their own use but the designs may not be duplicated > commercially without permission. > > The KX3 headphone output is limited to substantially less than 100 mW > if the audio to remain undistorted (absolutely essential for digital > decoding). While the "sound card" in the microHAM interfaces has a > relatively high input impedance and a low noise, high gain preamplifier > with transformer isolation that would have no problems working from the > headphone output by itself, paralleling headphones or powered speakers > with unknown impedance can certainly cause issues of loading as well as > hum and/or RF pick-up. > > Best results will be achieved by using powered speakers and connecting > headphones to the speakers (many have headphone jacks). This way the > KX3 may be set for undistorted output and listening levels can be set > with the volume control on the speaker amplifier. If speakers are not > appropriate due to weight/space considerations, use headphones with an > impedance of at least 32 Ohms (the Yamaha CM-500 is 120 Ohms) to avoid > loading or loss in the KX3's output. > > 73, > > ... Joe Subich, W4TV > microHAM America > http://www.microHAM-USA.com > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM > > support e-mail: supp...@microham.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
