Re: [Elecraft] Re; K3 Loss of CW+SSB
Glad to hear you got the Navigator working. When I was operating SSB on 80M in the California QSO Party, I was using a Little Tarheel antenna. I was always having to tune the antenna since it has a SWR bandwidth of about 10KHz on 80M. I could easily tune it while transmitting the club call (W6ZZZ) doing search and pounce. (Of course with 12 watts, everyone I managed to contact said I was way down in the noise.) The K3 nicely supported tuning and transmitting at the same time. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 10/29/13 at 12:13 PM, bw39...@yahoo.com (Bill Wiehe) wrote: OK. I just did some additional checking and it appears the my problem is not with the K3, but with the interface... - Bill Frantz| The first thing you need when | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | using a perimeter defense is a | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | perimeter. | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Second chance for V>M M1-M4 memory saves?
It's been a long time since this has come up, but I'll repeat my low-tech solution: I cut out a red sticker and pasted it over the V>M button. This creates a psychological barrier to pressing it! Really, it works. On 10/29/2013 4:44 PM, Barry wrote: I use M1-M3 as quick memories to get to the CW, SSB and RTTY parts of the bands, including the mode change. Every now and then, instead of pressing M>V Mx to move freq/mode, I'll hit V>M by mistake. Then, I have to reprogram the button. Is there any way to enable an "Are you sure?" or similar prompt when overwriting a freq/mode with V>M? Tnx, Barry W2UP -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K3] Strange transverter power out issue
Hi all, I'm seeing a rather strange phenomenon with the K3's transverter output this evening. I'm using it to drive an OZ2M 70MHz transverter. If I set up the drive level for the desired 40W out (after the 70MHz PA), it needs about -12dB according to the K3. After a few minutes' of TX, the power out is substantially reduced - but here's the strange bit. If I now twiddle the power knob clockwise, the display still indicates -12dB, but the actual power out increases back to the original setting! Similarly if I go into the config menu, and change the transverter drive down to 0.04 and back to 0.05, full power is restored. This pattern continues - a gradual decline in TX power, restored by a quick twiddle of the TX power out to get it back up, then a gradual decline again. Any thoughts very much appreciated! (Unfortunately I don't have a mW-level power meter so I can't easily verify the IF power out, but the fact that twiddling a knob that doesn't have a displayed effect on the K3 makes me suspicious it's at the rig end...) 73, Rob, M0VFC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Second chance for V>M M1-M4 memory saves?
Now on the wish-list. Unfortunately the list is long, and I have only ten fingers :( Wayne N6KR On Oct 29, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Barry wrote: > I use M1-M3 as quick memories to get to the CW, SSB and RTTY parts of the > bands, including the mode change. Every now and then, instead of pressing > M>V Mx to move freq/mode, I'll hit V>M by mistake. Then, I have to > reprogram the button. > > Is there any way to enable an "Are you sure?" or similar prompt when > overwriting a freq/mode with V>M? > > Tnx, > Barry W2UP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Interested in seeing operational KX3 - San Diego
The KX3 I'm bringing has the 2-meter module, so maybe we can give VHF a try. Mt. Laguna is my favorite of the local San Diego peaks. I haven't officially done a SOTA effort--probably about time. Wayne N6KR > Hi Wayne, > > Thanks so much for your offer. I understand you're one of the founders of > Elecraft and I'd love to meet you if I don't see a KX3 sooner. I used to do > a lot of portable VHF in UK as G1YOA. Now I'm licensed here I'm thinking > similar thing but on HF. We live close to some nice peaks here - ideal for > combined hiking/radio operation. > > Best regards, > > Gary > KK6GXD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Re; K3 Loss of CW+SSB - FINAL
In a effort to close the loop on this thread, the Navigator required the PTT to be off in the Configuration menu to allow cross mode operation. Thanks to all here as well as Clint KK7UG & Greg AB7R on the Navigator Reflector for their help. Best 73, Bill - W0BBI OK. I just did some additional checking and it appears the my problem is not with the K3, but with the interface. My Navigator USB is not allowing the for transmit in SSB mode. I was able to confirm this by bypassing the Navigator and using the K3 internal keyer. All is well when operated in that configuration. Sorry to take up time and space here. On to the Navigator configuration site. Thanks, Bill - W0BBI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K1 Internally Generated Signal
Jim, The K1 actually counts the VFO frequency, so if you have calibrated the CAL OPF frequency to the ARRL broadcasts, you should be good for that entire band. The unfortunate part is that the ARRL broadcasts may not be exactly on the published frequencies, so do a double check several days running to be certain things are 'constant'. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/29/2013 7:45 PM, letsrun...@aol.com wrote: Thanks for the responses. Now that I know it is a very weak signal I'm listening for, I've listened more closely and I do hear a tone just below the band edges. (These old ears don't work like they used to). It seems there are too many variables to use this as an accurate signal to align the K1. Until I can connect with someone who has an accurate signal source, I've aligned the K1 using ARRL code practice broadcasts. As long as I stay well away from the bottom of the band edges, I should be okay? Comments? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Interested in seeing operational KX3 - San Diego
Hi Wayne, Thanks so much for your offer. I understand you're one of the founders of Elecraft and I'd love to meet you if I don't see a KX3 sooner. I used to do a lot of portable VHF in UK as G1YOA. Now I'm licensed here I'm thinking similar thing but on HF. We live close to some nice peaks here - ideal for combined hiking/radio operation. Best regards, Gary KK6GXD - Original Message - From: "Wayne Burdick" To: "Gary Hawkins" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Interested in seeing operational KX3 - San Diego Gary, I'll be down in San Diego, with KX3, for Thanksgiving. If you don't get your hands on one sooner, let me know. Wayne N6KR Gary wrote: I'm interested in purchasing a KX3 from Elecraft but would love to see one and talk to owner before purchasing. Is there someone in the San Diego (I'm located 92131) area that would be willing to show me their rig. Thanks in appreciation. Gary KK6GXD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K1 Internally Generated Signal
Thanks for the responses. Now that I know it is a very weak signal I'm listening for, I've listened more closely and I do hear a tone just below the band edges. (These old ears don't work like they used to). It seems there are too many variables to use this as an accurate signal to align the K1. Until I can connect with someone who has an accurate signal source, I've aligned the K1 using ARRL code practice broadcasts. As long as I stay well away from the bottom of the band edges, I should be okay? Comments? 73, Jim KI9M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Second chance for V>M M1-M4 memory saves?
I use M1-M3 as quick memories to get to the CW, SSB and RTTY parts of the bands, including the mode change. Every now and then, instead of pressing M>V Mx to move freq/mode, I'll hit V>M by mistake. Then, I have to reprogram the button. Is there any way to enable an "Are you sure?" or similar prompt when overwriting a freq/mode with V>M? Tnx, Barry W2UP -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Second-chance-for-V-M-M1-M4-memory-saves-tp7580288.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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections
Greg, I spoke too soon.. I see that the Headset Buddy has one option like the Ant Lion for any headset with the magnet, but I now see they have one specifically for the QC15 with the mic and headphone cord all in one. I really like that as I had to lace the mic cord to the headset cord which works okay but the one Headset Buddy has is more elegant for sure. I may have to think about it. It looks really neat and I like using the QC15. 73 Mike K4PI From: Greg Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:06 PM To: Mike Greenway Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Using a PC headset with K3, connections Mike, have you tried the Headsetbuddy option? I just ordered one yesterday for the QC15. I have not heard of the AntLion. Tnx Greg On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Mike Greenway wrote: I have used several computer type mics on the back input as long as they are a 1/8 mono plug and the bias is turned on for the electret types. They have all worked fine for me but to get them to sound better setting up the mic equalization in the Main Menu is needed. I am using an AntLion at present that attaches to any earphone. I am using it on a Bose QC15. 73 Mike K4PI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections
Hi Greg , I see the Headsetbuddy uses the identical mounting fixture that the Ant Lion Mod Mic uses. I am not sure if the mic is the same but they both may be buying the units from BY and reselling them. Here is the link for the Mod Mic from Ant Lion. http://www.modmic.com/ After setting up the equalization mic menu I am very happy with it. I have it set up for pile ups.HI. 73 Mike K4PI From: Greg Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:06 PM To: Mike Greenway Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Using a PC headset with K3, connections Mike, have you tried the Headsetbuddy option? I just ordered one yesterday for the QC15. I have not heard of the AntLion. Tnx Greg On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Mike Greenway wrote: I have used several computer type mics on the back input as long as they are a 1/8 mono plug and the bias is turned on for the electret types. They have all worked fine for me but to get them to sound better setting up the mic equalization in the Main Menu is needed. I am using an AntLion at present that attaches to any earphone. I am using it on a Bose QC15. 73 Mike K4PI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K2 Deaf
Rob, Look at the mixer carefully, especially the silkscreen outline on the board. If it is installed backwards, the results will be much as you describe. If the mixer is installed correctly, then you may have to build up the oscillator shown in Appendix A (or use a signal generator with much more output than the XG1 or XG2 can provide) and do the Receiver Signal Tracing steps shown in the manual Appendix A. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/29/2013 6:30 PM, Rob Gault wrote: Initial receiver testing on 40 Meters (pg 67) can barely hear XG2/XG3 @ 50uV. I've injected the 50uV from the XG2 directly to the input of the rcv. mixer Z6 @ R73, no change. VFO Input to the receive mixer looks good on a scope, no IF signal to be found at pin 1 of J12. Q22 voltages nominal. I've eyeballed all solder connections and Caps and Resistors and confirmed values. We have confirmed the injection and testing procedure on a known good K2, lots of IF signal at J12 pin 1. Looks like Z6 is the problem? Any other ideas or thoughts? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
That statement is only applicable to the actual electret element itself which has very low output. There are very few bare electret elements available in the marketplace. Practical implementation of the electret element uses a built-in amplifier inside the package that is normally sold as an "electret microphone element" - that amplifier does need a voltage to operate, but the current draw is quite low. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/29/2013 6:20 PM, David Woolley (E.L) wrote: Electret microphones don't need any real bias, as the electret provides a permanent electrostatic field. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3/100 crackle on ANT1 transmitted signal
Hi Don, Running the TX Gain calibration fixed the problem I discovered that the previous owner (and kit builder) did not run the TX Gain calibration at all. Thanks for the help 73, Scott -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:w3...@embarqmail.com] Sent: 27 October 2013 11:35 To: Scott Larson; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/100 crackle on ANT1 transmitted signal Scott, You mentioned doing the mW gain calibration, but said nothing about the 5 watt and 50 watt gain calibration. I suggest you do all 3 TX Gain Calibrations - it is quick and easy using K3 Utility. I don;t know if that will correct your problem, but it has a good possibility. As a side note (which may be relevant), most electret mics can use the "L" mic gain setting. Using that lower range will give you more control over the mic gain and allow a finer setting. To set the mic gain properly (you can do it in TX Test mode so you do not put a signal on the air), first set the compression to zero, then bring up the mic gain until you have 5 to 7 bars flickering on the ALC meter. Then add compression as you desire. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/27/2013 6:25 AM, Scott Larson wrote: > Hi, > prior to fitting the KXV3A transverter board to my K3 I had always had good > tx audio quality reports. > > I fitted the KXV3A option 3 weeks ago and carried out the mW gain > calibration. I used the auto calibration in the K3 utility. It all went well. > > Since I fitted the transverter module my audio reports have mentioned a > "crackle" on speech peaks. > I do not hear the "crackle" on speech peaks on the audio monitor. > I use an electret mike with the bias on and the H gain setting. > > Is it possible that the mW calibration has upset the gain distribution in the > ANT1 TX path causing one stage to be overdriven? > > Advice on possible causes would be welcome? > Scott > GMCLQ > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Deaf
Initial receiver testing on 40 Meters (pg 67) can barely hear XG2/XG3 @ 50uV. I've injected the 50uV from the XG2 directly to the input of the rcv. mixer Z6 @ R73, no change. VFO Input to the receive mixer looks good on a scope, no IF signal to be found at pin 1 of J12. Q22 voltages nominal. I've eyeballed all solder connections and Caps and Resistors and confirmed values. We have confirmed the injection and testing procedure on a known good K2, lots of IF signal at J12 pin 1. Looks like Z6 is the problem? Any other ideas or thoughts? 73, KC2VMP Rob Gault __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
I believe the theory behind PC microphone connections is that the same connector will work for both dynamic and electret microphones. Dynamic microphones use mono plugs, which short the "bias". That isn't a problem as the bias is not a voltage source - it is actually the drain(?) load on the pre-amplifier in the electret microphone - so quite a high resistance source. Any DC blocking is assumed to be in the PC. Electret microphones connect the "bias" by having ring and tipped connected together. Electret microphones don't need any real bias, as the electret provides a permanent electrostatic field. -- David Woolley Owner K2 06123. On 29/10/13 15:22, MontyS wrote: The rear mic jack is a mono, not stereo, jack. It will short the ring and sleeve together. Audio is on the tip, as is the voltage. The mic should have a blocking capacitor to isolate the audio from the voltage. This is standard for every radio I have owned. If a stereo jack is used, it would be for PTT, not a separate bias connection. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K1 Internally Generated Signal (Long Response)
Mike, Are you misinterpreting the meaning of "zero-beat"? Zero-beat does not mean tuning the signal to zero audio frequency. It does mean that the signal is tuned to the same pitch as another tone (the sidetone). When the two tones are close in frequency, you will hear a 3rd low pitched tone - that is the 'beat note'. Its frequency will be the difference between the two tones, and will be heard as a WOW WOW sound. When the WOW WOW tone gets slower and slower and finally the rate goes to zero, that is "zero beat". So yes, when properly calibrated, and tuned to the carrier of WWV at 10 MHz, the K1 frequency display is reading 1.0 which is where the K1 will transmit. If the BFO trim cap has been set properly, that carrier will be heard as a tone equal to the frequency you set as your preferred sidetone pitch. Yes, if you 'do the math' on the VFO, Pre-mixer crystal and the BFO frequencies, you will find the frequency they calculate to is different from the dial frequency by exactly the pitch of the received tone, but that is not relevant to the use or the calibration of the K1. One does not have to consider whether the receiver is using LSB mixing or USB. The offset is automatic when you set the BFO trimmer cap correctly. The filter center is 4913 kHz (plus or minus a bit depending on the exact crystal set used), and to produce a 600 Hz tone, the BFO must be displaced by 600 Hz from that filter center - once that is done, the user does not have to be aware of the rest of the mixing frequencies - the dial reads the carrier frequency, pure and simple. BTW, the K1 and many of Dave Benson's transceivers are quite similar - two Gilbert cell mixers and separate adjustments for the TX oscillator and the BFO. The SWL series is the closest to the K1 design, but that does not inject the pre-mixer for mixing the VFO with a crystal for multiband use as the K1 does. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/29/2013 5:05 PM, Mike Morrow wrote: Don wrote: While what you say about the K1 display indicating the transmit carrier frequency is technically correct, I believe you are over-complicating things. The K1 (and all Elecraft products) properly calibrated will indicate the transmit carrier frequency - so when receiving 10 MHz WWV, the display should indicate 1.0 kHz, and the transmit frequency will be at that same frequency... Hi Don, I agree completely with the contents of your post. But...the last sentence quoted above is true **for the CW-only K1** only for the reception of a **CW signal** that is producing a tone in the user's headphones that is equal to the CW offset between the receiver zero-beat frequency and the transmitter frequency. I'll use an example. Assume that a signal being received and the K1's transmitted signal are both exactly on 1.0 kHz. The properly-adjusted K1 display shows transmit frequency at all times (1.0 kHz). Next, assume this K1's CW offset is 600 Hz. In order to hear a beat frequency (AF tone) equal to 600 Hz, the K1 LSB receiver's *zero-beat* frequency must be 600 Hz *above* the received 1.0 kHz signal...1.6 kHz. The K1's LCD indicates 1.0 kHz, but a signal received on 1.0 kHz produces a 600 Hz beat note. The only signal that would produce zero-beat in this K1 is 1.6 kHz...the receiver zero-beat frequency. But as you have said, we do *not* define the K1 CW receive frequency as the frequency of a signal (1.6 kHz) that would produce zero-beat. We define it as the frequency of a signal (1.0 kHz) that would produce an AF tone equal to the CW offset (600 Hz). We reach the same conclusion that the 1.0 kHz displayed is correct for both transmit and receive, regardless of how we approach it. :-) OTOH, when we use this K1 to copy the LSB of WWV's 1.0 kHz *voice* signal, we have no mode switch on the CW-only K1 as we have with multi-mode receivers that eliminates offsets in receiver frequency and displayed frequency. We *must* tune the K1 receiver to zero-beat WWV's carrier (1.0 kHz) in order to copy its LSB voice signal. Since the K1 LCD shows transmitter frequency ...0.6 kHz below the receiver zero-beat frequency...this K1 will display .4 kHz as we copy those solar terrestrial indices at 18 minutes past the hour. :-) If we transmit while zero-beat with WWV, anyone nearby who is listening to WWV's LSB voice will hear a 600 Hz tone resulting from our .4 kHz signal. If one follows the instructions in the manual, everything will "fall into place" ... Done, no "fussing" - the key is that you tune a received signal to the same pitch as the sidetone - the rest is automatic. We again have no differences. Once in a while someone will come along who thinks that setting the K1 sidetone in the menu will also set the CW offset as well. No such luck...that would be nice, but think of the added complexity to make that happen in a K1! I do not use Spectrogram...it's too sophisticated for me! It really was
Re: [Elecraft] Using a PC headset with K3, connections
I have used several computer type mics on the back input as long as they are a 1/8 mono plug and the bias is turned on for the electret types. They have all worked fine for me but to get them to sound better setting up the mic equalization in the Main Menu is needed. I am using an AntLion at present that attaches to any earphone. I am using it on a Bose QC15. 73 Mike K4PI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K1 Internally Generated Signal (Long Response)
Don wrote: > While what you say about the K1 display indicating the transmit carrier > frequency is technically correct, I believe you are over-complicating > things. The K1 (and all Elecraft products) properly calibrated will > indicate the transmit carrier frequency - so when receiving 10 MHz WWV, > the display should indicate 1.0 kHz, and the transmit frequency will > be at that same frequency... Hi Don, I agree completely with the contents of your post. But...the last sentence quoted above is true **for the CW-only K1** only for the reception of a **CW signal** that is producing a tone in the user's headphones that is equal to the CW offset between the receiver zero-beat frequency and the transmitter frequency. I'll use an example. Assume that a signal being received and the K1's transmitted signal are both exactly on 1.0 kHz. The properly-adjusted K1 display shows transmit frequency at all times (1.0 kHz). Next, assume this K1's CW offset is 600 Hz. In order to hear a beat frequency (AF tone) equal to 600 Hz, the K1 LSB receiver's *zero-beat* frequency must be 600 Hz *above* the received 1.0 kHz signal...1.6 kHz. The K1's LCD indicates 1.0 kHz, but a signal received on 1.0 kHz produces a 600 Hz beat note. The only signal that would produce zero-beat in this K1 is 1.6 kHz...the receiver zero-beat frequency. But as you have said, we do *not* define the K1 CW receive frequency as the frequency of a signal (1.6 kHz) that would produce zero-beat. We define it as the frequency of a signal (1.0 kHz) that would produce an AF tone equal to the CW offset (600 Hz). We reach the same conclusion that the 1.0 kHz displayed is correct for both transmit and receive, regardless of how we approach it. :-) OTOH, when we use this K1 to copy the LSB of WWV's 1.0 kHz *voice* signal, we have no mode switch on the CW-only K1 as we have with multi-mode receivers that eliminates offsets in receiver frequency and displayed frequency. We *must* tune the K1 receiver to zero-beat WWV's carrier (1.0 kHz) in order to copy its LSB voice signal. Since the K1 LCD shows transmitter frequency ...0.6 kHz below the receiver zero-beat frequency...this K1 will display .4 kHz as we copy those solar terrestrial indices at 18 minutes past the hour. :-) If we transmit while zero-beat with WWV, anyone nearby who is listening to WWV's LSB voice will hear a 600 Hz tone resulting from our .4 kHz signal. > If one follows the instructions in the manual, everything will > "fall into place" ... Done, no "fussing" - the key is that you tune > a received signal to the same pitch as the sidetone - the rest is > automatic. We again have no differences. Once in a while someone will come along who thinks that setting the K1 sidetone in the menu will also set the CW offset as well. No such luck...that would be nice, but think of the added complexity to make that happen in a K1! I do not use Spectrogram...it's too sophisticated for me! It really wasn't my intention to raise a discussion of K1 transmit and receive definitions and offset adjustments. I just thought it necessary to explain why the spurs I listed in the original posting, > The spur just below 7000 kHz occurs at 7 x 999.875 = 6999.125 kHz. > The spur just below 1 kHz occurs at 10 x 999.875 = 9998.750 kHz. > The spur just below 14000 kHz occurs at 14 x 999.875 = 13998.250 kHz. > The spur just below 21000 kHz occurs at 21 x 999.875 = 20997.375 kHz. show up at zero beat on the LCD of a properly-adjusted K1 with 600 Hz offset as follows: > the 6999.125 kHz spur...zero beat should be 6998.525 kHz, > the 9998.750 kHz spur...zero beat should be 9998.150 kHz, > the 13998.250 kHz spur...zero beat should be 13997.650 kHz, > the 20997.375 kHz spur...zero beat should be 20996.775 kHz. I could have said that instead of a zero-beat when tuned any of the four frequencies shown above, my example K1 will produce a 600 Hz tone when tuned to 6999.125, 9998.750, 13998.250, or 20997.375 kHz. That avoids the detail of CW offsets and sidebands. But I can never tune for any AF frequency just using my ears more accurately than tuning for zero-beat. Dave Benson 15 years ago designed the firmware in his wonderful DSW-series of mono-band CW rigs to require that the CW offset be set while comparing two AF signals, one at 800 Hz, back and forth until they were both at 800 Hz. Nasty work! That and mode B-only iambic keying were about the only things I did not like about the several DSWs that I built. Thanks for your comments and for reading my approach. 73, Mike / KK5F __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX 1 Question OT
Dave, I recall it was 2005 that the KX1 was introduced. I missed that year at Dayton, but the next year my Elecraft project was to build my KX1 while at the Elecraft booth for everyone to see how that kit went together. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/29/2013 4:36 PM, dbellw...@aol.com wrote: What year did the KX 1 hit the market? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX 1 Question OT
What year did the KX 1 hit the market? 73 and thanks, Dave __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] ATU killed my new KX1?
Well, some days I'm dumber than others. It was the keyer, not fully seated or had a bit of crud shorting it or ??? Unplugged it and now all is well. Checked out the keyer and it seems fine. Plugged it back in still fine. I'm writing it off gremlins and/or leprechauns. So now my internal dilemma is whether to install the 30meter board, which I have, or go nearly another hundred bucks to add 80 meter. Choices choices... __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
Hello again. Thanks to so many people for their detailed help and suggestions. I seem to have solved the problem. First: yes, Don is correct, this Plantronics headset microphone has tip and ring connected together, just like every other PC headset on the planet. That means my laptop offering bias on ring and Lyle offering bias+audio on tip makes no difference. No I can't follow the herd and buy a CM500, because nobody stocks them in the UK and shipping from the US together with UK taxes makes the cost unreasonable. This headset mic shows 6.8K to ground. I tried a different PC headset which shows 1K to ground and that one works perfectly with the K3 (and my PC of course). I'd also noticed that the Plantronics worked for a few seconds whenever I switched between rP.H bIAS and rP.H - ie when I toggled the bias in either direction, on or off. So, on the grounds of "well, maybe I need to suck some current outa the K3 to keep a cap charged/discharged or bias the input correctly" I added a 1K2 across the Plantronics mic. Hey presto: we have voice. Maybe someone who carries the KIO3 circuit in their head can educate us as to why the resistor bodge works, and perhaps put a range of values on it for the benefit of others who may tread this path with yet another flavour of not-Yamaha headset. And now on to fiddling with TX EQ and suchlike. "Can you hear me, Mother?" 73, Alan On 29/10/2013 14:32, Alan Ibbetson wrote: Hi All, I'm a new K3 owner so please be gentle. I'm not a great SSB user so I want to use my cheap PC gaming/Skype headset on the odd occasions I use sideband. It has separate 3.5mm plugs for headphones and microphone so the K3's rear panel jacks seem the obvious place for connection. The Headset is a Plantronics 380. Although undocumented, I'd be astonished if the mic is anything other than an electret condenser element. The headset works fine on my IBM T60 laptop but doesn't work with the K3. And yes, I have switched on the bias. Poking about with a voltmeter and an unused stereo jack plug I find that the bias on my laptop is +5V ring to sleeve. On the K3 it is +7.5V tip to sleeve. I assume the audio is on the tip on the laptop and the ring on the K3. I've not seen any other comments about this on the reflector, but perhaps I have not looked carefully enough. Why would Elecraft do it this way, so these gaming headsets don't work without an ugly crossover adapter? Is there any non-soldering way to change the connections on the rear panel Mic jack? Thanks, Alan G3XAQ -- Alan Ibbetson a...@g3xaq.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Interested in seeing operational KX3 - San Diego
Gary, I'll be down in San Diego, with KX3, for Thanksgiving. If you don't get your hands on one sooner, let me know. Wayne N6KR Gary wrote: > I'm interested in purchasing a KX3 from Elecraft but would love to see one > and talk to owner before purchasing. Is there someone in the San Diego (I'm > located 92131) area that would be willing to show me their rig. Thanks in > appreciation. > > Gary KK6GXD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Re; K3 Loss of CW+SSB
An interface can not generate PTT during CW if you are going to use "CW in SSB" with the K3. As soon as the external PTT is closed, the K3 switches into SSB mode (e.g., at most one dit or dah). microHAM microKEYER II handles this condition correctly by suppressing PTT during CW if "CW in SSB" support is selected and the interface determines that the K3 is in USB/LSB by decoding mode from the CAT stream. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 10/29/2013 3:13 PM, Bill Wiehe wrote: OK. I just did some additional checking and it appears the my problem is not with the K3, but with the interface. My Navigator USB is not allowing the for transmit in SSB mode. I was able to confirm this by bypassing the Navigator and using the K3 internal keyer. All is well when operated in that configuration. Sorry to take up time and space here. On to the Navigator configuration site. Thanks, Bill - W0BBI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Interested in seeing operational KX3 - San Diego
I'm interested in purchasing a KX3 from Elecraft but would love to see one and talk to owner before purchasing. Is there someone in the San Diego (I'm located 92131) area that would be willing to show me their rig. Thanks in appreciation. Gary KK6GXD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Re; K3 Loss of CW+SSB
OK. I just did some additional checking and it appears the my problem is not with the K3, but with the interface. My Navigator USB is not allowing the for transmit in SSB mode. I was able to confirm this by bypassing the Navigator and using the K3 internal keyer. All is well when operated in that configuration. Sorry to take up time and space here. On to the Navigator configuration site. Thanks, Bill - W0BBI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [KX1] ATU killed my new KX1?
Yesterday I finished building a KX1 and it appeared to be working fine.This is an older KX1 with 1.01 Firmware. Today I built the ATU. However on first use with installed ATU I encountered a problem. After installing the ATU I turned on the KX1 and selcted "ATU" from the menu and attempted to start the calibration and alignment. However the word "End" appeared in the KX1 display, and no amount ob button pressing or knob turning appears to clear it. I cycled power, and the display still reads "End". I removed power, removed the ATU, and turned the radio back on: "End" I attempted a factory reset by holding down BAND and MENU when powering up. The display is blank until I release BAND/MENU and then again it displays "End". The only reference I could find to an "End" message was if attempted to tune past limits, and the manual said it would flash. This message does not flash. Anyone have any idea what have I done, and how to un-do it? Thank you -- Paul __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3DSPUPGD In UK
I had dealings with this Co. Cost me mega bucks for nothing?? Sent from my iPad > On 29 Oct 2013, at 16:32, James Balls wrote: > > *Hi All* > * > * > *Does anyone know if the UK agent for Elecraft, Waters and Stanton PLC have > the K3DSPUPGD boards for exchange, or can they do the upgrade if i send my > DSP board to them?* > * > * > *I have tried emailing with the question but I get no answer.* > * > * > *Regards* > * > * > *Jim M0CKE* > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] Re; K3 Loss of CW+SSB
Hi Bill, AE6JV Checked with "vox" on and off. No joy. Just to clarify, I do get one "dit" or one "dash" but no more when I hit the key. Thanks, Bill - W0BBI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Attn: Olof, G0CKV
Olof, your e-mail address doesn't work for me. If you see this posting, please contact me at elecraftcov...@gmail.com . 73! Rose - N7HKW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3DSPUPGD In UK
*Hi All* * * *Does anyone know if the UK agent for Elecraft, Waters and Stanton PLC have the K3DSPUPGD boards for exchange, or can they do the upgrade if i send my DSP board to them?* * * *I have tried emailing with the question but I get no answer.* * * *Regards* * * *Jim M0CKE* __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
On 10/29/2013 8:22 AM, MontyS wrote: The rear mic jack is a mono, not stereo, jack. It will short the ring and sleeve together. As Iain has noted, this is incorrect. It's a TRS jack that uses only the tip and sleeve contacts. Audio is on the tip, as is the voltage. Right. The mic should have a blocking capacitor to isolate the audio from the voltage. Nope. The mic includes a FET line drive that NEEDS the DC voltage to operate (the bias). In general, the value of voltage is non-critical, 5-8 VDC is in the range, and the voltage is applied through a series resistance in the range of 5-8 k Ohms. That's what's inside the K3, and you can use your PC mic with other rigs by making a suitable adapter for them wired in this manner. Every ham rig I've seen manufactured in the past 30-40 years provides bias voltage in that range on one pin of the mic jack, and the input is DC blocked by a suitable capacitor. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:22 AM, MontyS wrote: > The rear mic jack is a mono, not stereo, jack. It will short the ring and > sleeve together. Pretty sure that's not true. I believe that the connector is a TRS type, but the ring is not connected to anything. The schematic for the KIO3 Audio IO Board shows this too. 73, ~iain / N6ML __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
Alan, The rear mic jack is a mono, not stereo, jack. It will short the ring and sleeve together. Audio is on the tip, as is the voltage. The mic should have a blocking capacitor to isolate the audio from the voltage. This is standard for every radio I have owned. If a stereo jack is used, it would be for PTT, not a separate bias connection. Monty K2DLJ Why would Elecraft do it this way, so these gaming headsets don't work without an ugly crossover adapter? Is there any non-soldering way to change the connections on the rear panel Mic jack? Thanks, Alan G3XAQ -- Alan Ibbetson a...@g3xaq.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
Alan, In most cases, the tip and ring of computer microphones are connected together. I don't know the particulars of your headset, but yours may be different. Yes, the K3 applies bias to the tip contact. It works with most microphones that way. You may have to modify the plug on that headset if the tip and ring are not connected together (or build an adapter - it will be hidden behind the K3, so 'ugly' should not be a problem). It should still work on the computer with the tip and ring connected together. The alternative is to buy a Yamaha CM500 or the Elecraft ProSet K2. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/29/2013 10:32 AM, Alan Ibbetson wrote: Hi All, I'm a new K3 owner so please be gentle. I'm not a great SSB user so I want to use my cheap PC gaming/Skype headset on the odd occasions I use sideband. It has separate 3.5mm plugs for headphones and microphone so the K3's rear panel jacks seem the obvious place for connection. The Headset is a Plantronics 380. Although undocumented, I'd be astonished if the mic is anything other than an electret condenser element. The headset works fine on my IBM T60 laptop but doesn't work with the K3. And yes, I have switched on the bias. Poking about with a voltmeter and an unused stereo jack plug I find that the bias on my laptop is +5V ring to sleeve. On the K3 it is +7.5V tip to sleeve. I assume the audio is on the tip on the laptop and the ring on the K3. I've not seen any other comments about this on the reflector, but perhaps I have not looked carefully enough. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
Just don't worry about it. It'll work just fine. Follow direction in manual to set levels and be sure 'rPL bias' is selected for mic. I have used the Yamaha CM500 as well as a common Creative Labs 'desk' mic with my K3. All work well. ...bill nr4c Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Alan Ibbetson wrote: >Hi All, > >I'm a new K3 owner so please be gentle. > >I'm not a great SSB user so I want to use my cheap PC gaming/Skype >headset on the odd occasions I use sideband. It has separate 3.5mm plugs >for headphones and microphone so the K3's rear panel jacks seem the >obvious place for connection. > >The Headset is a Plantronics 380. Although undocumented, I'd be >astonished if the mic is anything other than an electret condenser element. > >The headset works fine on my IBM T60 laptop but doesn't work with the >K3. And yes, I have switched on the bias. > >Poking about with a voltmeter and an unused stereo jack plug I find that >the bias on my laptop is +5V ring to sleeve. On the K3 it is +7.5V tip >to sleeve. I assume the audio is on the tip on the laptop and the ring >on the K3. I've not seen any other comments about this on the reflector, >but perhaps I have not looked carefully enough. > >Why would Elecraft do it this way, so these gaming headsets don't work >without an ugly crossover adapter? Is there any non-soldering way to >change the connections on the rear panel Mic jack? > >Thanks, > >Alan G3XAQ >-- > >Alan Ibbetson >a...@g3xaq.net >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
The MIC SEL menu item chooses between the front panel and rear panel mic jacks. I'd review the settings for that. wunder K6WRU On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Alan Ibbetson wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm a new K3 owner so please be gentle. > > I'm not a great SSB user so I want to use my cheap PC gaming/Skype headset on > the odd occasions I use sideband. It has separate 3.5mm plugs for headphones > and microphone so the K3's rear panel jacks seem the obvious place for > connection. > > The Headset is a Plantronics 380. Although undocumented, I'd be astonished if > the mic is anything other than an electret condenser element. > > The headset works fine on my IBM T60 laptop but doesn't work with the K3. And > yes, I have switched on the bias. > > Poking about with a voltmeter and an unused stereo jack plug I find that the > bias on my laptop is +5V ring to sleeve. On the K3 it is +7.5V tip to sleeve. > I assume the audio is on the tip on the laptop and the ring on the K3. I've > not seen any other comments about this on the reflector, but perhaps I have > not looked carefully enough. > > Why would Elecraft do it this way, so these gaming headsets don't work > without an ugly crossover adapter? Is there any non-soldering way to change > the connections on the rear panel Mic jack? > > Thanks, > > Alan G3XAQ > -- > > Alan Ibbetson > a...@g3xaq.net > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.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/KX3 Delay Macro Execution
You can introduce small delays by inserting one or more semicolons, e.g "". But there's no long-delay capability at present. Wayne On Oct 28, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Jim - W6VAR wrote: > I find I setup my radio in a portable environment a lot with different > antennas. I like to clear all the ATU memories for each band when I setup. > > I created a macro that selects each antenna and clears the ATU memories on a > band and move up one band. However, if I try to run this as a single macro > 11 times for each of the bands, it doesn't complete (I'm guessing because > the macro is being fed faster than the radio can react OR I'm exceeding the > maximum macro length). Is there a way to insert a one or two second pause > between steps or is there a better approach? > > Macro for clearing one band of memories and moving up one band > MN023;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;SWT14; > > Macro for clearing all memories: > MN023;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;AN1;SWT53;AN2;SWT53;AN1;SWT10;SWT14; > > Jim - W6VAR > > Jim > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-KX3-Delay-Macro-Execution-tp7580251.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] WTB: Pignology PigRemote
It's a long shot but can't hurt to see if someone wants to sell. Pete Meier pme...@me.com Amateur Radio Callsign: WK8S || If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. But if you really make them think, they'll hate you - Don Marquis || __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Using a PC headset with K3, connections reverse at rear MIC jack?
Hi All, I'm a new K3 owner so please be gentle. I'm not a great SSB user so I want to use my cheap PC gaming/Skype headset on the odd occasions I use sideband. It has separate 3.5mm plugs for headphones and microphone so the K3's rear panel jacks seem the obvious place for connection. The Headset is a Plantronics 380. Although undocumented, I'd be astonished if the mic is anything other than an electret condenser element. The headset works fine on my IBM T60 laptop but doesn't work with the K3. And yes, I have switched on the bias. Poking about with a voltmeter and an unused stereo jack plug I find that the bias on my laptop is +5V ring to sleeve. On the K3 it is +7.5V tip to sleeve. I assume the audio is on the tip on the laptop and the ring on the K3. I've not seen any other comments about this on the reflector, but perhaps I have not looked carefully enough. Why would Elecraft do it this way, so these gaming headsets don't work without an ugly crossover adapter? Is there any non-soldering way to change the connections on the rear panel Mic jack? Thanks, Alan G3XAQ -- Alan Ibbetson a...@g3xaq.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K1 Internally Generated Signal (Long Response)
Mike, While what you say about the K1 display indicating the transmit carrier frequency is technically correct, I believe you are over-complicating things. The K1 (and all Elecraft products) properly calibrated will indicate the transmit carrier frequency - so when receiving 10 MHz WWV, the display should indicate 1.0 kHz, and the transmit frequency will be at that same frequency (no, one should not transmit at that frequency). If one follows the instructions in the manual, everything will "fall into place" - I paraphrase: 1) change to FL3 and set the BFO trimmer (C20) to center the received noise in the filter passband at the desired sidetone pitch. Note that this is quickly observed by using an audio spectrum analyzer (such as Spectrogram) running on the PC and connecting the headphone output to the computer soundcard. The antenna input should be broadband noise, not a single frequency signal. 2) turn the switch on the bottom of the RF board to the TEST position and adjust the TX oscillator trimmer C13 to place the signal at the same pitch as the sidetone pitch. 3) Tune to a signal of known frequency (for each band) and change the CAL OPF menu parameter so the displayed frequency is the same as the signal frequency. Note, tune the signal to the same sidetone pitch as you used above. Note that these steps should be done in the order listed, each step depends on the one before it. Done, no "fussing" - the key is that you tune a received signal to the same pitch as the sidetone - the rest is automatic. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/29/2013 2:46 AM, Mike Morrow wrote: Jim / KI9M wrote: To use these spurs to calibrate the K1 frequency display it must be remembered that, properly set up, the K1 LCD should show *transmitter* frequency. The K1 receiver functions in LSB mode on all bands with existing filter board designs. This means that if the receiver is zero-beat with 1 kHz WWV, the transmitter should actually be set to transmit a signal that is *below* 1 kHz by the amount of CW offset for which the K1 is adjusted. My K1 uses an CW offset of 600 Hz. That means that when my K1 is zero beat with 1 MHz WWV, the frequency displayed should be 600 Hz below 1 kHz, or .6 kHz. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] RTTY baud rate reverts to 75
I use RTTY a lot and have not experienced this. The 45/75 setting is remembered per band. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 29/10/2013 10:32, Mike K2MK wrote: Hi Randy, Same problem here. I thought I had figured out how to keep it at 45 baud but I was mistaken. It always reverts back to 75. I'm using AFSK so it isn't really a problem but I have the P3 with SVGA option and I normally have the data display turned on. I'd rather see a correct decode instead of gibberish on the external monitor used with the P3. 73, Mike K2MK Randy Moore wrote Last night I returned to 20m RTTY for the first time in several days and the baud rate had reverted to 75 bps. I am certain it was 45 the last time I was there. ??? 73, Randy, KS4L On Oct 23, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Rick Prather < rprather@ > wrote: Randy, I think you will find it is a per band setting. So, once you set it to 45 it should be the same when you come back to that band. Rick K6LE On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Randy Moore < wrmoore47@ > wrote: I have been playing with RTTY a bit lately (novice) using the K3's decode/readout and sending with my paddle. It works great for casual QSOs and quick DXing. But I've noticed that the baud rate reverts to 75 (from 45) frequently. I am using DXLab and frequently click on spots there, but that doesn't seem to be the culprit. It seems to happen when I've changed bands and/or have power-cycled the K3. I'm using FSK D mode, and I'm not using any other digital modes right now. What's up with that? 73, Randy, KS4L -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-RTTY-baud-rate-reverts-to-75-tp7580088p7580256.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] RTTY baud rate reverts to 75
Hi Randy, Same problem here. I thought I had figured out how to keep it at 45 baud but I was mistaken. It always reverts back to 75. I'm using AFSK so it isn't really a problem but I have the P3 with SVGA option and I normally have the data display turned on. I'd rather see a correct decode instead of gibberish on the external monitor used with the P3. 73, Mike K2MK Randy Moore wrote > Last night I returned to 20m RTTY for the first time in several days and > the baud rate had reverted to 75 bps. I am certain it was 45 the last > time I was there. ??? > > 73, > Randy, KS4L > >> On Oct 23, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Rick Prather < > rprather@ > > wrote: >> >> Randy, >> >> I think you will find it is a per band setting. So, once you set it to >> 45 >> it should be the same when you come back to that band. >> >> Rick >> K6LE >> >> >>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Randy Moore < > wrmoore47@ > > wrote: >>> >>> I have been playing with RTTY a bit lately (novice) using the K3's >>> decode/readout and sending with my paddle. It works great for casual >>> QSOs >>> and quick DXing. But I've noticed that the baud rate reverts to 75 >>> (from >>> 45) frequently. I am using DXLab and frequently click on spots there, >>> but >>> that doesn't seem to be the culprit. It seems to happen when I've >>> changed >>> bands and/or have power-cycled the K3. I'm using FSK D mode, and I'm >>> not >>> using any other digital modes right now. What's up with that? >>> >>> 73, >>> Randy, KS4L -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-RTTY-baud-rate-reverts-to-75-tp7580088p7580256.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/KX3 Macro for Receive EQ
Hi, No, unfortunately not. A feature request for this has come up regularly in the past, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Knut - AB2TC Jim - W6VAR wrote > Is there a receive equivalent of the TE (transmit EQ) command for setting > the equalizer on the receiver? I don't see it on the command set overview. > > Jim > > W6VAR -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-KX3-Macro-for-Receive-EQ-tp7580250p7580255.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] RTTY baud rate reverts to 75
Last night I returned to 20m RTTY for the first time in several days and the baud rate had reverted to 75 bps. I am certain it was 45 the last time I was there. ??? 73, Randy, KS4L > On Oct 23, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Rick Prather wrote: > > Randy, > > I think you will find it is a per band setting. So, once you set it to 45 > it should be the same when you come back to that band. > > Rick > K6LE > > >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Randy Moore wrote: >> >> I have been playing with RTTY a bit lately (novice) using the K3's >> decode/readout and sending with my paddle. It works great for casual QSOs >> and quick DXing. But I've noticed that the baud rate reverts to 75 (from >> 45) frequently. I am using DXLab and frequently click on spots there, but >> that doesn't seem to be the culprit. It seems to happen when I've changed >> bands and/or have power-cycled the K3. I'm using FSK D mode, and I'm not >> using any other digital modes right now. What's up with that? >> >> 73, >> Randy, KS4L > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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
