Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 mini - when????
Thanks Buzz! 73, Olli Am 14.12.2013 01:32, schrieb James Beitchman: Olli, By coincidence I called Elecraft on this question yesterday. They said new orders will be taken during January and that beta tests units are in the field now and bugs are being worked by Brandon now. I'm on the order list! Yes, I know at Dayton they promised early Fall. Buzz W3EMD Message: 10 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:15:22 +0100 From: Oliver Dr?se dro...@necg.de To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3/0 mini - when? Message-ID: 52aa357a.5050...@necg.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Hi guys, any news re the K3/0 mini? Autumn 's gone a while now. ;-) Thanks 73, Olli - DH8BQA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KXPA100 problem
Rcvd # 77 today.My only problem is that when I turn the KX3 on the Amp does not come on. I set PA in menu to on. If I turn it on manually with the switch it works ok. I turned the Amp on in the menu. I have down loaded latest firmware for the KX3 and the AMP. Am I missing some other setting? 73 Tnx Geo/W2BPI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 mini - when????
Just have to ask: How much is this going to cost? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] IF Shift Status
I've been playing around with Quisk on my Linux Mint 16 laptop and it seems to work pretty well as a panadapter for my KX3 using the I/Q outputs. I paired it up with a EMU 0202 I had laying around from my LP-Pan install and with some tweaking of the config settings, I am able to see 192kHz spectrum. One of the problems I see with this setup is that Quisk does not track the IF shifting that occurs under certain conditions i.e. AM mode shifts 11Khz, LSB or USB when switching in the Weaver demod raises or lowers the IF 1.5kHz and then the RX Shift of 8kHz. Maybe there are more? Quisk will stay on and report the VFO freq but the whole display is shifted with the IF and you really aren't looking at the right spot anymore. Not to mention that if I'm monitoring the audio through my laptop that it is now tuned off the reported VFO and now looking at the shift. I thought about playing around with the Quisk code and in particular the config code for the rig interface to monitor the IF shift of the rig in hopes of compensating for the offset. Quisk uses hamlib as the interface to the rig and I can use the rigctl app in Linux to query the KX3 to test commands. My question is to those who might know, is there a command to figure out what the IF shift is set at any given moment? I looked through the programmer's reference but could not find what I need. I thought the IS command might work but I think it reports the shift in the audio passband. I think I read recently that HDSDR compensates for the AM shift so I think it is doable. Or maybe they just monitor the mode and manually shift the scope based on the mode. HDSDR looks very nice, but I'm trying to stick with Linux for the time being for various reasons. Any insight would be appreciated. 73, Dave W8FGU __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 SSB PTT Switch
Can anyone recommend an appropriate PTT switch for my Heil Proset and K2? 73, Bryan VE6HBS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Soldering Powerpoles
According to the government, nothing in aircraft can be soldered. The heat of soldering changes the characteristic of the wire and makes it brittle. This brittleness makes it more prone to break at the point it enters the connector. I have crimped thousands of connectors and Powerpoles and have relied on crimped connections over soldered connections since my work days where crimping was required. Powerpoles will hold fine if they are properly built with the proper sized wire and pins. Art KC7GF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Soldering Powerpoles
More than the heat changing the wire, but if the wire flexes it will eventually break at the point just beyond where the solder has wicked - usually about an inch from the connector. There is great potential for flexing due to vibration in an aircraft. Not much flexing in a permanent installation in a ham shack. If there is any concern about how much flexing will result (such as in a mobile installation), the wire should be well supported for 3 or 4 inches from any connector. Crimped connections are fine if they are done with a *proper* crimping tool and the size of the terminal is properly mated to the wire size. The inexpensive 'one tool fits all' crimpers just do not do a good job, and neither do pliers. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/14/2013 2:03 PM, Art Bross wrote: According to the government, nothing in aircraft can be soldered. The heat of soldering changes the characteristic of the wire and makes it brittle. This brittleness makes it more prone to break at the point it enters the connector. I have crimped thousands of connectors and Powerpoles and have relied on crimped connections over soldered connections since my work days where crimping was required. Powerpoles will hold fine if they are properly built with the proper sized wire and pins. Art KC7GF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KXPA100 problem
Make sure that both the ACC1 and ACC2 plugs are fully seated in their jacks on the KX3. Pull them out and reinsert them a few times to be sure they're fully registered. Then, make sure that both ends of the RJ45 connectors are fully seated until they snap in place. Pull them out and reinsert a few times to be sure. Hope that helps. Cheers, David/KG6IRW -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KXPA100-problem-tp7581707p7581713.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB PTT Switch
Hi Bryan, Well yes, here: http://www.mcmaster.com/#pedal-switches/=pt2v00 I like the type E under foot switches. Industrial quality and in many cases better that the far more expensive ham foot switches. I have one on the K2 and on the K3 have 2 from a Y adapter. One on the floor and a second on the desk. I plug in a Kenwood MC60 from the front and extended the MIC headphone jacks from the back to use headsets. With the K3 all options are available without getting behind it. I use PTT more than VOX If you get one with the cord you will have to put a connector on. I prefer getting a cable from like Sweetwater cutting off one end and using the Quick Disconnect version of the switch.. Flexible for later. I reused a switch that for years was with my TS-930. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) K2TKR On 12/14/2013 2:01 PM, Bryan wrote: Can anyone recommend an appropriate PTT switch for my Heil Proset and K2? 73, Bryan VE6HBS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 SSB PTT Switch
Hi I just use the hand PTT switch supplied by Heil works well for me. I use a Heil Proset with the HC 5 insert. 73 Gary G7USC Sent from my iPhone On 14 Dec 2013, at 19:01, Bryan hbsav...@shaw.ca wrote: Can anyone recommend an appropriate PTT switch for my Heil Proset and K2? 73, Bryan VE6HBS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KXPA100 (Auftragsnr. 2025)
Neuigkeiten von der KXPA 100 ?? 73 de Friedhelm, DK7PA Friedhelm Ruths Eschenbreite 59 D-39340 Haldensleben Tel.: +49 3904 461581 Fax: +49 3904 461582 mobile: +49 151 17342458 mail: friedhelm.ru...@t-online.de __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KXPA100 (Auftragsnr. 2025)
Factory built KXPA100's are being shipped. The last I noted this morning the serial numbers arriving were in the 100 range. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Friedhelm Ruths Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 2:13 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KXPA100 (Auftragsnr. 2025) Neuigkeiten von der KXPA 100 ?? 73 de Friedhelm, DK7PA Friedhelm Ruths Eschenbreite 59 D-39340 Haldensleben Tel.: +49 3904 461581 Fax: +49 3904 461582 mobile: +49 151 17342458 mail: friedhelm.ru...@t-online.de __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 SSB PTT Switch
Hi Bryan. The best footswitches I have found have been either electric sewing machine or Dictaphone (audio transcription) foot controllers, picked up for $next-to-nothing in junk shops (or ask a sewing machine repair shop for a cast-off). They are solidly built, the size of a paperback book, and heavy, with long-life well made switch contacts. They completely outclass the crappy little lightweight ones sold new into the ham market. They work equally well with other, lesser, radios and headsets, and not just on SSB either :-) Tip: fit a 1/4 mono plus AND a phono plug on the cable, in parallel, to be able to use the switch with radios or amps that have either type of socket. 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bryan Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 08:02 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K2 SSB PTT Switch Can anyone recommend an appropriate PTT switch for my Heil Proset and K2? 73, Bryan VE6HBS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 SSB PTT Switch
The footswitches that I have had the best use from.. are the heavy metal ones used in Communications Centers,with the only failures being the cable from the metal footswitch to the equipment. I've seen this dropped, and of course kicked to no end... but never had a failure.. other than the connecting wire. Great foot switch! Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 SSB PTT Switch
I've got a real one now, but there was something to be said for a J-38 on a board with the spring screwed way down ... as long as you wore shoes. PTT on some transmitters of the day was good for a moderate toe-jolt if you didn't. :-) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 12/14/2013 4:11 PM, Dale Putnam wrote: The footswitches that I have had the best use from.. are the heavy metal ones used in Communications Centers,with the only failures being the cable from the metal footswitch to the equipment. I've seen this dropped, and of course kicked to no end... but never had a failure.. other than the connecting wire. Great foot switch! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K144XV - More Advice Requested
After my initial email regarding the K144XV, I went to work trying to sell stuff. As of today, I think I have enough to buy all I need for the K144XV option. I have some questions though. I'll get to those in a minute. As I stated before, the purchase of the K144XV is being done to both consolidate and simplify my station. I have just sold an ID-880H D-STAR radio which I used very little. I really don't much get on 2 m in the house - mostly when I'm piddling around town or back and forth to work. However, I do want the capability to work local repeaters. I have never done any terrestrial 2 m CW / SSB (although I did my share of satellite work in the late 90's and early 00's). I am interested in 2 m CW and have antennas I could modify for that; however, my tower is only 35' tall (about 10.5 m). I don't know if I'll be satisfied with that or not. All of that said, here are my questions: 1. I will need the FM filter to work local 2 m FM repeaters. If memory serves, the FM filter will also allow AM transmission. Is this correct or am I mistaken? 2. For 2 m SSB / CW work, I will need the K144RFLK (or it's at least recommended), correct? Does the K144RFLK lock to the standard TCXO or will I need the super-stable TCXO (KTCXO3-1) also? 3. I have a 2 m preamp left over from my satellite days (it's an Icom AG-35 that will allow transmit through). Is there a way to turn the preamp on from the K3 without having to install a bias-T and switch? I want to get as much bang for my buck as possible. I don't want to spend all this money and only be able to work 2 m FM with very limited 2 m CW. At the risk of expanding my station (something I do *not* want to do), I have limited access to an FT-847 that I could try before I buy. I could actually buy it cheaper than all that I think I need for the K144XV. The FT-847 does not have a very good HF transceiver, but the the VHF/UHF part is great. I appreciate all advice or suggestions. Thanks. 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] K2 / KPA ALC problem. *** Solved ***
I added 19.5 ft of RG-58 coax formed into a 6 inch diameter coil between the rig and the LDG 1:1 balun. Meter results on ALC or RF for the dummy load and for the antenna are now the same. Steps to the solution: 1. Get the transmitting BFO aligned with the built-in SSB filter in R and R-reversed modes. 2. Fix the R98 gain problems with the standard mod . 3. Added 0.01 uf capacitor on the VRFDET line in the shell of the connector between the K2 and the KPA/KAT. 4. Changed the RF path length from the K2 to the balun, providing a choke balun at the same time. Thanks to all that assisted in this venture! Chris NQ8Z -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-KPA-ALC-problem-tp7581353p7581721.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] Fwd: Re: K2 SSB PTT Switch
Any music shop selling guitars will have a wide variety of foot switches. Prices start at around $15.00 and the two I have are old now and still working. -- Forwarded message -- From: Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net Date: 15/12/2013 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB PTT Switch To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: I've got a real one now, but there was something to be said for a J-38 on a board with the spring screwed way down ... as long as you wore shoes. PTT on some transmitters of the day was good for a moderate toe-jolt if you didn't. :-) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 12/14/2013 4:11 PM, Dale Putnam wrote: The footswitches that I have had the best use from.. are the heavy metal ones used in Communications Centers,with the only failures being the cable from the metal footswitch to the equipment. I've seen this dropped, and of course kicked to no end... but never had a failure.. other than the connecting wire. Great foot switch! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] wing in the filter selection
I can not get rid the wing in the filter selections. Even moving the DSP controls does not get the wings disappear. -- George Rebong KE6TE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] SSB net announcement
This week’s Elecraft SSB net meets tomorrow (12/15/13) on 14.3035 MHz at 1800z. See you there. 73, Phil, NS7P __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
