Re: [Elecraft] OT: Beware
Fred, ~90% of the "really good ham apps" initially written for Windoze runs in Linux, sometimes much faster than in its native environment. The only problem is to know HOW... This list isn't a good place to advocate Linux (or any other OS), however there is a general rule: 1. Try 2. If does not work, ask 3. If nobody knows, it does not mean that this app definitely can't work... I want to remind that the OS is an environment only! In my experience, it is worth to investigate the internal mechanics, it is also good chance to learn something new. No bad surprises in the future! BTW you don't need to install Linux or any app, reformatting the HD is totally waste of your time. All what you need can be done without installation, just boot from a CD/DVD or memory stick and you are on! Just my $0.02... 73, Martin, OK1RR K3 #7554 KPA500 #1565 KAT500 #849 P3 #2752 Dne 4.9.2013 19:39, Fred Smith napsal(a): I had 2 really good days with Linux the day I downloaded it and the day I reformatted the hard drive it was on. All the really good ham apps are Windows Apps and you don't have to screw with the OS all the time like Linux. Just my opinion. 73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Martin Kratoska Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 11:35 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Beware Use Linux! 73, Martin, OK1RR Dne 4.9.2013 18:03, Fred Jensen napsal(a): While OT, still important. There is a new scam, prevalent on the US west coast but might be elsewhere. You receive a phone call from a fast-talking dude who obliquely purports to be from Microsoft. His pitch goes something like, "blah blah this is windows support, we're getting error messages from your computer. Can you get to your computer now ... blah ... we can solve it ... it's all very secure ... blah," at which point I hung up. Have now had 3 more of them. While there's probably no one on this list who would fall for this, it might be wise to advise less-technically inclined family members of this and to hang up immediately. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org On 9/3/2013 9:08 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Be safe and be aware, call the phone number on your billing account for your ISP before sending email to any requests like that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6638 - Release Date: 09/04/13 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] help needed with Linux utils for K3, P3, KAT500 and XG3
Sam, I created an Elecraft folder in my directory and copied there the utilities. Good idea is to use a file manager, I prefer Krusader because it is a twin panel manager similar to Total Commander for Windows or Norton Commander for DOS. This allows you to work with archives in the same way as with directories. A hassle around command line things like tar -xvf is an unnecessary obstacle. You find there the directories k3util_1_13_6_17 (in K3UtilityLINUX_1_13_6_17.tgz) kpautil (in KPAUtilityLINUX_1_13_1_29.tgz) kat500util_1_13_6_17 (in KAT500UtilityLINUX_1_13_6_17.tgz) p3util (in P3UtilityLINUX_1_13_2_3.tgz) copy these directories to you Elecraft folder. The executables (k3util, kpautil, kat500util, p3util) are inside your new directories. After first start they created its own folders for firmware and other files. If something does not work, try the ldd command in your terminal, ie. ldd k3util it will tell you what component is possibly missed. My experience - all works at first trial, you don't need to add anything. It works like a champ, thanks Elecraft! 73, Martin, OK1RR K3 #7554 KPA500 #1565 KAT500 #849 P3 #2752 Dne 4.9.2013 19:57, Sam Morgan napsal(a): I have just installed Linux Mint 15. I use to run Linux years ago, but have forgotten most all I ever _thought_ I knew. I have unpacked the K3UtilityLINUX_1_13_6_17.tgz and placed it in a folder in my ~/ directory. But when trying to run the k3util executable, I get errors that I am clueless as to how to fix them. sam@AMD4 ~/elecraft/k3util_1_13_6_17 $ ./k3util Failed to find/load Framework library /home/sam/elecraft/k3util_1_13_6_17/./RBGUIFramework.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory sam@AMD4 ~/elecraft/k3util_1_13_6_17 $ ls -a . .. .directory Help k3util k3util Libs sam@AMD4 ~/elecraft/k3util_1_13_6_17/k3util Libs $ ls -a . .. libRBAppearancePak.so libRBBrowser.so libRBRegEx.so libRBShell.so libRBXML.so RBGUIFramework.so SSLSocket.so I'm guessing that means a path needs to be added, but before I fubar my system, I thought it best to ask for help and guidance on the 'correct' location and way to do this. sam@AMD4 / $ echo $PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games I doubt this topic is of interest to the 'list' in general, so I'm open to on/off list help from any penguinestas out there in elecraft land. tia __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - CW - What's This Sound?
I'm not sure if I'm hearing a spurious emission or not. As an example (and I know this may sound weird to some folks - that's just the way I am ;) ): sounds like to me.> If I'm on a frequency and someone gets on a frequency pretty far away (I don't know how many kHz) I can hear them - I cannot figure out what they're sending, but I know they're there. It's like I'm on the ragged edge of their transmit bandwidth. I'm beginning to hear that on my KX3 and it's me. I'm not sure if it's a spurious emission or what it is. Last night I heard it and it was almost like an echo (not long path), but I could hear tones. I thought someone was calling me. I'd stop and listen - nothing. I'd send ? - nothing. This morning, that sound is different. It's more like someone is not on frequency but they're sending CW and I'm at the edge of their transmit bandwidth or just past it. I can hear it and I know it's there, but I cannot make it out. This happens with a key or my bug. After figuring out I was hearing myself, I had initially thought it was my sending on the bug or something I had out of adjustment, but it doesn't appear to be that. I tested on the vertical, inverted vee, and dummy load. I heard it on both antennas, but not the dummy load. I tried it with the ATU in auto and bypass with the same results. I am not using CW in SSB - I am in CW mode. I tested with my K3 at the same power level using the vertical, inverted vee, and dummy load. I did not hear it on any of the three. The firmware I'm using is 1.54. I cannot tell you how long this has been going on. I just recently took the KX3 out of the Pelican box and started playing around with it in the shack some more. It may have been doing it a while, it may have just started with 1.54, I have no idea. 73, Joel - W4JBB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 NR needs improvement
Johnny, I agree with both you and Eric. On CW I like the NR, APF and notch filter. Overall no complaints on CW. Since I have had my K3's my complaint is with the NR on SSB. I agree with you about the NR on the Icoms. Wish the K3 operated similarly on SSB. I find the Icom NR less fatiguing with the low settings. Other than that I am a happy camper with the K3's. You can hear them both in use at KP2M in October for the CQWW SSB Test. We will also have a KPA500 with us along with the stations other two amps. 73, N2TK, Tony K3 #311, #1435 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Johnny Siu Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 2:07 AM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement Hello Eric, As mentioned by other group members, this topic appears from time to time. I am the one in this forum who insist on the NR of K3 is not as good as my big ICOMs. I eventually find the answers for myself. I am a 99% SSB operator and my ears can still hear above 12Khz. As a result, I am very sensitive to the artifact of the NR of K3. While elecraft confirm the NR in KX3 is the same as K3, I find the audio of my KX3 is better in SSB than K3. The notch filter of K3 can notch the annoying carrier. Regrettably, it is outside the AGC loop and does not give any help if the offending carrier is desensing the AGC. TNX & 73, Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人︰ eric manning 收件人︰ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期︰ 2013年09月5日 (週四) 12:33 PM 主題︰ [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement I'm a CW op, I'm baffled by the comments critical of the K3 NR, APF and notch filter. The NR generally removes ALL random noise, meaning that the rcvr is silent in the absence of signals. Admittedly, It does get a little upset in the presence of many strong signals, so I usually turn it off in pileups. The notch filter can be tuned manually to silence one interfering CW signal. The APF is a bit tricky, you need to use fine tuning [ 3 digits after the VFO decimal point], tune SLOWWLLY and listen for the weak signal to pop out of the noise. But pop out it does. Eric VA7DZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] New KPA500/KAT500 with my "old K3)
Number 4 under OPERATION/TRANSMITTING on page 11, "When driving the KPA500 with an Elecraft K3, use the K3's per-band power control to set the amplifier output just below the desired peak output on each band." That requires that you use the AUX to ACC cable between the K3 and the KPA500 as shown under K3 ENHANCED CABLING on page 24. You aren't the first to miss it. The next rev of the manual will make that instruction more obvious. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- Hi Bruce. Check CONFIG:PWR SET on the K3. I'm pretty sure that you need to have it set PER BAND. The KPA500 manual should say this, but I didn't see it in there when I looked. GL/enjoy 73, Carl WS7L On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 7:32 PM, WILLIAM DAVIS wrote: > > > However, for the life of me I can't seem to make the K3 power level > change with the OPER / STBY mode change ... > > What am I doing wrong? Is there a setting somewhere that needs to be > toggled? > > Puzzled. > > Bruce > AC8BT > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 NR needs improvement
Eric - What NR settings are you using on CW? I can't get rid of the background white noise with the K3 NR like I can with my Orion NR. I wish I could! My K3 is never 'silent' with NR turned on. 73 de K1ESE John __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 NR needs improvement
John, I have adjusted my Rx EQ to attenuate the higher freqs. Also, I usually have the RF Gain and preamp set so that noise floor is just audible. My Preamp is almost always off. With AF Gain at 12 o'clock and RF Gain at 3 o'clock, engaging NR at the 1-2 setting is VERY quiet. (This probably depends alot on your ambient noise and speaker/headphone sensitivity.) My only complaint about NR is the brief muting that occurs while the filter rebuilds upon changing bandwidth settings. I would prefer to hear a noisy signal during this period rather than complete muting. I have no idea if that is something that could be done in the coding... I frequently find myself adjusting the RF gain control to the noise floor, whether i'm using NR or not. I wish there were a single button push that could do this. Perhaps on some future rig... 73, Drew AF2Z On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:38:46 -0400, you wrote: >Eric - > >What NR settings are you using on CW? I can't get rid of the background >white noise with the K3 NR like I can with my Orion NR. I wish I could! > >My K3 is never 'silent' with NR turned on. > >73 de K1ESE >John > > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 beta firmware rev 1.61: SSB, ESSB, and AM improvements, etc.
KX3 beta firmware rev 1.61 (with DSP rev 1.23) is now available. See release notes below. You'll need the KX3 Utility application to download and install firmware. For full instructions on loading beta releases, refer to our KX3 software page: http://www.elecraft.com/KX3/KX3_software.htm 73, Wayne N6KR * * * MCU 1.61 / DSP 1.23, 8-31-2013 * AM TRANSMIT IMPROVED: Depth of modulation increased. * SSB SPEECH COMPRESSION IMPROVED: Significant cleanup of opposite-sideband intermodulation (IMD) products with speech compression turned on. * ESSB MODE IMPROVED: Speech compression is now automatically disabled when ESSB mode is turned on. This completes the ESSB implementation. To turn on ESSB, use the TX ESSB menu entry. Tap ‘1’ to turn ESSB on/off; use VFO A to adjust the transmit bandwidth from 3.0 to 4.0 kHz. (These menu changes cannot be made while in transmit mode.) * ROOFING FILTER USE CONFIGURABLE IN SSB MODE: Roofing filter FL2 (3 kHz) can now be inserted when the upper edge of the receive passband is either 2.4 kHz (original value) or 2.9 kHz. When the passband edge is higher than this point, FL1 is used (wide filter). If the KXFL3 filter option is not installed, FL1 is always used. If you frequently encounter QRM in SSB modes, use the 2.9 kHz selection; this will insert FL2 when normal passband settings are used. If QRM is less of an issue or you frequently use ESSB, use the 2.4 kHz selection (original value); this will insert FL1 for normal passband settings. The PBT knob can override either selection (see below). To select the desired FL2 insertion point: Locate the PBT SSB menu entry. Tap ‘1’ to select either 2.4 or 2.9 kHz using the criteria above. Impact of FL2 configuration on the NORM function: If 2.4 kHz is selected, NORMalizing the passband (by holding the PBT knob) will select FL1 (wide filter). If 2.9 kHz is selected, NORM selects FL2 (narrow). Impact of FL2 configuration on the PBT I/II functions: When LO-HI CUT is in effect for SSB, the FL2 setting determines when FL2 is inserted as HI CUT (PBT II) is adjusted (2.4 or 2.9 kHz). When WIDTH / SHIFT (NOR) is in effect, the FL2 setting affects both adjustments. For example, with the passband NORMalized, reducing WIDTH (PBT I) inserts FL2 at either 1.7 kHz or 2.8 kHz, for the 2.4 and 2.9 kHz FL2-insert selections, respectively. However, the insertion point for FL2 is also affected by the SHIFT setting (PBT II). Note on SSB demodulation methods used for FL1 vs. FL2: When FL1 is in selected (wide filter), the KX3 uses conventional SSB demodulation, providing the best overall audio fidelity. When FL2 is selected (3 kHz filter), the KX3 uses “Weaver” SSB demodulation, which introduces a narrow 1.5 kHz notch into the receive passband as part of the DSP algorithm. This notch typically has no impact on speech intelligibility, but it can sound slightly different to an operator who is most concerned about fidelity. * CURRENT DRAIN LIMITS ADJUSTED: Receive and transmit current drain limits were set a bit too low, occasionally causing an unexpected roll-back of power output or turn-off of the KX3. Note: If rollback of power output still occurs, it is probably because the supply voltage is dipping below 11 V on keydown, or because of excessive transmit current drain, possibly due to a low-impedance load. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KRC2 /K3
I have a KRC2 that is presently using the AUX Bus input to drive an Array Solutions remote antenna switch . At 100 watts , it is usable but at 1500 watts is unusable. This evening I even unplugged the 12vdc supply and it still drove the K3 nuts - froze it once and several times it would show KPA500 (dunno where that comes from , I don't have one ).ONly thing that kills it is to unhook the AUX Bus line. I am not real wild about it changing antennas randomly -- even with two SWR triggers in use. I won't bore you with the ferrite cores etc I have tried and or still have in place.and other details - - my questions are Anybody have any experience with how much RF filtering I could insert in the 1 foot K3/KRC2 aux bus cable ? OR - is it worth changing to the RS232 bus and using the BCD data from the K3 ? Looking at the KRC2 schematic , it looks like the microprocessor is still in the act with the RS232 inputs going thru it . But I have filtered RS232 data lines with Ferroxcube VK400 2 1/2 turn hi mu ferrite chokes and 0.001's at least on PTT and KEY lines with no problems. I am tempted to sell the KRC2 and build my own BCD RS232 to serial converter, just thought the KRC2 would be a quicker solution. Its overkill for what I need to do. Hank K7HP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] S Meter Calibration KX3
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[Elecraft] Test
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement
I live in a high noise environment for 40 and 80m and find I can never get a useful result with the noise reduction on the K3, subsequently I never use it. I find that my other rigs finish up far more comfortable to listen to on these frequencies where noise is prevalent. In an otherwise excellent radio this is a major disappointment, I might be wrong but most of the software effort seems devoted to the KX3 so I am not expecting any change soon. 73 Roger VK3ADE. Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement Eric - What NR settings are you using on CW? I can't get rid of the background white noise with the K3 NR like I can with my Orion NR. I wish I could! My K3 is never 'silent' with NR turned on. 73 de K1ESE John __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - CW - What's This Sound?
It might RF feedback. For me it was especially apparent when running the Olivia digital mode. I could hear a faint warbling sound accompanying the correct tones, sort of like an echo but not exactly. It was also there on other modes but less obvious. It disappeared when I used my dummy load. I finally traced it to a bad connector on the coax run to the antenna. After fixing that the sound is perfectly clean now. 73, Elwood, WB0OEW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 APF
While the narrowest XFIL is *very* good, I need sometimes to use the APF to hear small signals. There is a discrepancy between their center frequencies. It could be considered as small, but it becomes annoying with XFIL on BW 0.05 : sometimes I have to shift the APF freq. regarding to XFIL*0.53 to get the best signal. e.g.: XFIL BW 0.05, FC * 0.53 (all filters adjustments already done) APF : better signal at APF 0.51 instead of 0.51 instead of APF*0.53 (where I almost loose a faint sig). Tested on WWH, FLDIGI audio spectrum shows this difference. No info after RTFM again. Is this 4% difference, however audible, within the specs ? Am I anal ? If not what can I do ? 72, Jean-Marc, FO/F5LCI -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-APF-tp7578651.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, signalink usb, and ham radio deluxe
the signalingk usb and ham radio deluxe seem to be installed correctly, BUT i can't see any psk31 waterfall data in ham radio deluxe. any help would be appreciated. i am running windows xp. thanks buddy spiegel,w3bs __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 APF
While the narrowest XFIL is very good, I need sometimes to use the APF to listen to small signals. There is a discrepancy between their center frequencies. It could be considered as small, but it becomes annoying with XFIL on BW 0.05 : sometimes I have to shift the APF freq. to get the best decodable CW signal. e.g.: XFIL BW 0.05, FC * 0.53 (all filters adjustments already done) APF : better signal at APF 0.51, instead of APF*0.53 (where I almost loose a faint sig). Tested on WWH, the FLDIGI audio spectrum visually confirms this difference. No info after RTFM again. Is this difference, however audible, within the specs ? Am I anal ? If not what can I do ? 72, Jean-Marc, FO/F5LCI /"To nobody, except those who will take pleasure here" (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)/ -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-APF-tp7578653.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 NR needs improvement
_I have a pretty high line noise problem here on six meters and the NR doesn't make much of a dent in it. However when I tried the noise blanker it worked great -- 10_12 DB of noise reduction as shown by wsjt. Try it. Start with the IF blanker first and then add in some dsp. Also, make sure your agc isn't activating on the noise. If your audio noise level increases if you turn agc off, set the THR a bit higher. 73, Fred ke7x ___ From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roger de Valle [ro...@genette.biz] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 4:03 PM To: 'Elecraft List' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement I live in a high noise environment for 40 and 80m and find I can never get a useful result with the noise reduction on the K3, subsequently I never use it. I find that my other rigs finish up far more comfortable to listen to on these frequencies where noise is prevalent. In an otherwise excellent radio this is a major disappointment, I might be wrong but most of the software effort seems devoted to the KX3 so I am not expecting any change soon. 73 Roger VK3ADE. Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement Eric - What NR settings are you using on CW? I can't get rid of the background white noise with the K3 NR like I can with my Orion NR. I wish I could! My K3 is never 'silent' with NR turned on. 73 de K1ESE John __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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, signalink usb, and ham radio deluxe
http://www.hrdsoftwarellc.com/services/default.html On 9/5/2013 6:31 PM, b m spiegel wrote: the signalingk usb and ham radio deluxe seem to be installed correctly, BUT i can't see any psk31 waterfall data in ham radio deluxe. any help would be appreciated. i am running windows xp. thanks buddy spiegel,w3bs __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, Gary K9GS Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com CW Ops #1032 http://www.cwops.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 - CW - What's This Sound?
I tried different coax cables. I tried bypassing the wattmeter. I tried just going directly to the antenna - any of the antennas and had the same result. I tried different QSK delays and turned VOX off. Nothing seemed to alleviate the issue. I cannot tell for certain, but I do *not* think I can hear this through the speaker in the bottom of the radio. Again, it's too hard to tell for certain. However, I did find that if I turned down the AF gain, the noise, for the most part, was diminished. I have my MON set to 6. My AF gain is now at 2 and I can barely hear what I described before. Leaving the MON at 6 and turning up the AF gain, the problem is louder. Changing the MON level does not increase or decrease the noise I heard previously. Only by adjusting AF gain down, can I really reduce the noise. Can anyone think of something else to check? 73, Joel - W4JBB On 9/5/13 11:42 AM, Elwood C. Downey wrote: It might RF feedback. For me it was especially apparent when running the Olivia digital mode. I could hear a faint warbling sound accompanying the correct tones, sort of like an echo but not exactly. It was also there on other modes but less obvious. It disappeared when I used my dummy load. I finally traced it to a bad connector on the coax run to the antenna. After fixing that the sound is perfectly clean now. 73, Elwood, WB0OEW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3: Stealth High-End Radio
So, today I received the latest CQ Magazine in the mail and see this interesting article about a movie with Harrison Ford and other notable actors. Apparently, ham radio plays a part, thus the article. The author was asked if he had any high-end radios that could play a part in a movie. Quoting from the article: "So, you need a high-end radio for a Harrison Ford movie? I have an Elecraft K3 which (at least in my view) is a high-end radio, but it does not look like a high-end radio. Right away, I think about a Yaesu, since their high-end radios usually have lots of knobs and lights. Just what a movie scene would like." So, the K3 was upstaged by a Yaesu because of knobs and lights (and, probably physical size). But, reading the rest of the article we find that the Yaesu's part was cut and replaced by the understudy, some old Boat Anchor Hallicrafters. I had never heard of the movie though (Paranoia) so I looked it up to find that it was a box office bomb -- probably not Harrison Ford's fault but I wonder if the K3 would have made a difference enough to create a smash hit. 73, phil, K7PEH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement
Actually you ought to start with the DSP first. IF NB is a last resort because it can generate trash when a strong signal shows up outside the passband. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 9/5/2013 23:39, Cady, Fred wrote: _I have a pretty high line noise problem here on six meters and the NR doesn't make much of a dent in it. However when I tried the noise blanker it worked great -- 10_12 DB of noise reduction as shown by wsjt. Try it. Start with the IF blanker first and then add in some dsp. Also, make sure your agc isn't activating on the noise. If your audio noise level increases if you turn agc off, set the THR a bit higher. 73, Fred ke7x ___ From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roger de Valle [ro...@genette.biz] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 4:03 PM To: 'Elecraft List' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement I live in a high noise environment for 40 and 80m and find I can never get a useful result with the noise reduction on the K3, subsequently I never use it. I find that my other rigs finish up far more comfortable to listen to on these frequencies where noise is prevalent. In an otherwise excellent radio this is a major disappointment, I might be wrong but most of the software effort seems devoted to the KX3 so I am not expecting any change soon. 73 Roger VK3ADE. Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 NR needs improvement Eric - What NR settings are you using on CW? I can't get rid of the background white noise with the K3 NR like I can with my Orion NR. I wish I could! My K3 is never 'silent' with NR turned on. 73 de K1ESE John __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3222/6140 - Release Date: 09/05/13 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3222/6140 - Release Date: 09/05/13 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KAT500 apparent loss of control
My KAT500 is running the latest firmware, 1.32, which I loaded a few weeks ago. For the past year or so of operation it has worked flawlessly. Now, not sure why, I am encountering various anomalies. Using the tuner utility (v 1.13.5.12): - I cannot manually adjust the tuning (for better or worse); the utility keeps reverting to "BYPASSED," and the VSWR and Bypass VSWR are the same; there are no checked boxes for L/C. - In Auto mode, much the same. Key the K3 and initiate tune; KAT500 tunes to a not-so-low VSWR; the utility operate window reverts to "BYPASSED," no L/C boxes checked, and bypassed and tuned VSWR are the same (high). - Loaded factory defaults and tried as above with no change. - I notice with K3 off and watching the config utility, the "bypass" box always reverts to BYPASSED; I can un-check it, and in about 2sec it reverts to BYPASSED. Note, I have adjusted the VSWR thresholds to Autotune at 1.5 and Bypass at 1.2. However, the autotune function always reverts to BYPASS with the high VSWR (on a resonant antenna as indicated on a MFJ259B). Also, the TUNE STATE indicates 0 6 199 (?). Thus, I have limited to no control over operation, the unit keeps reverting to bypassed, and the resultant VSWR is higher than without the tuner. Any help on how to work with this or what may be happening is appreciated. Thanks ...robert -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3: Stealth High-End Radio
On 9/5/2013 7:25 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: So, the K3 was upstaged by a Yaesu because of knobs and lights (and, probably physical size). Ah yes, "Tokyo At Night", name given to the "stereo sets" on the market shortly after I came home from SE Asia. But, reading the rest of the article we find that the Yaesu's part was cut and replaced by the understudy, some old Boat Anchor Hallicrafters. It's always the boat anchors. The movie about the ham kid who found his dead dad on the air was Heathkit I think. I guess they look more like "real radios" to non-hams. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3: Stealth High-End Radio
It's always the boat anchors. The movie about the ham kid who found his dead dad on the air was Heathkit I think. I guess they look more like "real radios" to non-hams. That movie was "Frequency" starring Dennis Quaid. (Hope I spelled his name correctly). I beleive an SB-301 was used as a transceiver. I don't believe the new Harrison Ford movie with the SX-42 & SX-23 has been released yet Charlie k3ICH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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, signalink usb, and ham radio deluxe
Buddy, Do you have the correct sound card chosen in DM780? By default, it chooses the default system audio device. You need to launch DM780 and tell it to use the "USB Audio Codec" device (how Windows sees the SignaLink USB) for both receive and transmit audio. The setting can be found in DM780 under Tools -> Program Options -> Sound Card. Hope this helps. 73 and good luck. -- Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik@gmail.com K3 #281, P3 #688, KPA500 #1468 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of b m spiegel Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 7:32 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] k3, signalink usb, and ham radio deluxe the signalingk usb and ham radio deluxe seem to be installed correctly, BUT i can't see any psk31 waterfall data in ham radio deluxe. any help would be appreciated. i am running windows xp. thanks buddy spiegel,w3bs __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: Stealth High-End Radio
>From what I read, it was released August 16th (I think I got the date right) >and quickly bombed in the box office. It might have been yanked from screens >by now. Here let me check --- checking --- Nope, it is not playing at the >near-by 12 screen cineplex theater. By the way, the movie is called >"Paranoia". Just did a Fandango search of the whole eastside area (that is, east of Lake Washington near Seattle) and Paranoia is not playing but it was indeed released and was playing in theaters. 73, phil, K7PEH On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:16 PM, "Charlie T, K3ICH" wrote: >> >> It's always the boat anchors. The movie about the ham kid who found his >> dead dad on the air was Heathkit I think. I guess they look more like "real >> radios" to non-hams. >> >> > > That movie was "Frequency" starring Dennis Quaid. (Hope I spelled his name > correctly). I beleive an SB-301 was used as a transceiver. > > I don't believe the new Harrison Ford movie with the SX-42 & SX-23 has been > released yet > > Charlie k3ICH > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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: Stealth High-End Radio
My favorite was the Sky King episode where the short wave set was a National receiver with a microphone plugged into the phone jack. David K0LUM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - CW - What's This Sound?
Joel Black wrote: >I'm not sure if I'm hearing a spurious emission or not. As an example >(and I know this may sound weird to some folks - that's just the way I >am ;) ): > >sounds like to me.> >If I'm on a frequency and someone gets on a frequency pretty far away >(I >don't know how many kHz) I can hear them - I cannot figure out what >they're sending, but I know they're there. It's like I'm on the ragged > >edge of their transmit bandwidth. > >I'm beginning to hear that on my KX3 and it's me. I'm not sure if it's > >a spurious emission or what it is. Last night I heard it and it was >almost like an echo (not long path), but I could hear tones. I thought >someone was calling me. I'd stop and listen - nothing. I'd send ? - >nothing. > >This morning, that sound is different. It's more like someone is not >on >frequency but they're sending CW and I'm at the edge of their transmit >bandwidth or just past it. I can hear it and I know it's there, but I >cannot make it out. This happens with a key or my bug. After figuring > >out I was hearing myself, I had initially thought it was my sending on >the bug or something I had out of adjustment, but it doesn't appear to >be that. > >I tested on the vertical, inverted vee, and dummy load. I heard it on >both antennas, but not the dummy load. I tried it with the ATU in auto > >and bypass with the same results. I am not using CW in SSB - I am in >CW >mode. > >I tested with my K3 at the same power level using the vertical, >inverted >vee, and dummy load. I did not hear it on any of the three. > >The firmware I'm using is 1.54. > >I cannot tell you how long this has been going on. I just recently >took >the KX3 out of the Pelican box and started playing around with it in >the >shack some more. It may have been doing it a while, it may have just >started with 1.54, I have no idea. > >73, >Joel - W4JBB >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Are you maybe using a remote antenna tuner? I hear its CPU clock for a second on some frequencies, after each of my tx. -- Pierfrancesco Caci __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - Win4K3 Suite
There is no justification to say my software is so poorly written. That us very unprofessional Thanks joe Sent from my iPhone On 2013-09-04, at 3:35 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote: > > On 9/4/2013 3:10 PM, Karl-Heinz - DL2FAG wrote: > > I have just test it with virtual serial ports (generated by an > > external application), which I split to use the ports (CAT, > > Rotor, winkey etc) simultanouly on different other running > > application (like mixw, LOGic) > > Then it sounds as if Win4K3 is so poorly written that it can not > tolerate delay or can not tolerate unexpected data as would be the > case if AI1; and the user changed bands. The issue is most likely > the "unexpected data" ... > > It is good to know that Win4K3 fails with any virtual ports and this > is not a microHAM specific issue. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 9/4/2013 3:10 PM, Karl-Heinz - DL2FAG wrote: >> I have just test it with virtual serial ports (generated by an >> external application), which I split to use the ports (CAT, >> Rotor, winkey etc) simultanouly on different other running >> application (like mixw, LOGic) >> >> Unter this circumstances, I was not able to run WIN4K3. So long the >> ports were splitted, WIn4K3 does not work - If I disable the >> port-splittig, the Ports are fine for Win4K3 >> >> 73 >> >> Karl >> DL2FAG >> >> am Mittwoch, 4. September 2013 um 20:11 schrieben Sie: >> >> >>> What is the issue with microHAM virtual ports? If you trying to >>> run both a logger on the CAT port and a second application on the >>> 2nd CAT port, the second application must be low priority and do >>> minimum polling. Remember, the combined data rate of the serial >>> port is only 38,400 bps maximum. The K3/P3 combination needs to >>> be able to keep up with not only the combined polling rate of >>> *two* applications *plus* the overhead of communication between >>> the K3 and P3 that the user/applications never see. >> >>> 73, >> >>> ... Joe, W4TV >> >> >>> On 9/4/2013 11:20 AM, Karl-Heinz Kuehlborn wrote: Hi, the same here - the suite needs a "complete" access to the serial ports - it worked partly, if I made the virtual ports just in a read state. Haven't yet found a workable solution if you work with virtual serial ports. Karl DL2FAG am Mittwoch, 4. September 2013 um 17:13 schrieben Sie: > Bill: > I loved it until it was obvious there were BIG problems running with > MicroHam Router virtual ports.. > W4CCS > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill > Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 6:40 AM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 - Win4K3 Suite > I understand Win4K3 Suite is much improved from its original offering, > however, my 30 day test expired a long time ago and I am unable to try the > newest version. Hence, the questions: > Is anyone using Win4K3 Suite? If so, how do you like it? Any other > comments? > Thanks, > Bill W2BLC > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] K3: Stealth High-End Radio
> >My favorite was the Sky King episode where the short wave set was a >National receiver with a microphone plugged into the phone jack. > >David K0LUM > The opening sequence of "Dr No", the very first Jame Bond movie, shows a British radio operator using a Eddystone receiver and a KW Viscount transmitter. Cut to closeup of a hand, tuning the receiver... using PA TUNE. Shortly afterwards, the radio operator was shot. 73 from Ian GM3SEK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
