Re: [Elecraft] K3 BATT LOW
This message means that the nominal 12 VDC supply voltage has dropped below the minimum value set in CONFIG. It is often an intermittent connection in the 12 VDC line. The error message is misleading and confusing to most of us. However, QRPers will "get it" because they are used to running their rigs off batteries. Chief K3 Engineer N6KR is a QRPer. ;>) In my February Aruba trip, one of our K3s flashed this message. I searched the K3 Operators Manual PDF and found only one reference to "batt" which was the CR2032 real time clock battery. When the K3 finally shut off entirely after that message about 24 hours into ARRL DX CW, I went off-line and replaced the CR2032. Of course, that wasn't the problem. Finally thinking to Google the problem led to prior threads on this reflector about the real problem. Futzing with the connections to the 12 VDC supply for that K3 fixed the problem. I agree, that it would be great for both the K3 Operators Manual and Fred's book to cover this error message. Ed W0YK ** Ray ND8L wrote: Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or KE7X's book. Can somebody shed some light on this for me? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, The weather has returned to normal: rain, more rain, and then rain again. I may have seen the sun for an hour this week but that would be exaggerating. The fog is fairly dense too; often slowing or blocking access to the Internet. Hopefully we will get enough water for this summer. It has been a very dry winter but nothing like the state south of here. Propagation has been good this week but the time change may improve it for this week's nets. Forty meters will be open further east for me tomorrow. Twenty may also work a wider swath. Then, as the sun moves further north, propagation will keep improving with bouts of spring and summer thunderstorms. I may be a little ahead of the curve but I am getting ready to buy this year's seeds. Please join us tomorrow. 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (6 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - Please note the time changes. Local time is unchanged while UTC time differs. K. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 BATT LOW
Reset power connector...all is well. Sorry for the bandwidth. Work on KPA500 continues. 73, Ray - ND8L On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 8:44 PM, ray.fallen wrote: > Hi... > > Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to > the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or KE7X's book. > > Can somebody shed some light on this for me? > > Thanks, Ray - ND8L > > K3-S/N 6150 > KPA500 - being built > > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 BATT LOW
Page 54 of K3 manual BAT MIN 11.0 Low-battery warning threshold; 11.0 recommended. (This refers to a battery used as the K3’s DC power supply, not to the 3-V backup battery for the real-time clock.) If the voltage drops below this level, the operator will be alerted with a BAT LOW message. The menu parameter flashes if this occurs within the menu, so the level can be easily tested. On 3/8/2014 7:44 PM, ray.fallen wrote: Hi... Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or KE7X's book. Can somebody shed some light on this for me? Thanks, Ray - ND8L -- GB & 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 BATT LOW
In the K3 manual look for the entry on p54 (CONFIG) "BAT MIN". 73, Mike NF4L On Mar 8, 2014, at 8:44 PM, ray.fallen wrote: > Hi... > > Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to > the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or KE7X's book. > > Can somebody shed some light on this for me? > > Thanks, Ray - ND8L > > K3-S/N 6150 > KPA500 - being built > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 BATT LOW
Hi... Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or KE7X's book. Can somebody shed some light on this for me? Thanks, Ray - ND8L K3-S/N 6150 KPA500 - being built __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Elecraft SSB net announcement
The weekly Elecraft SSB net meets tomorrow (Sunday, 3/9/14) at 1800z on 14.3035 MHz. Remember to set your clocks for DST. Our net time moves one hour later, local time. I will be NCS from western Oregon. 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
Re: [Elecraft] Muting one K3 while other is transmitting
Take a look at the transceiver front-end protector in the “Articles” section of my website at www.ad5x.com. Very easy to build, and it is even fully QSK capable. Phil – AD5X __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] XV222 Transverter Stability Issue
I recently completed the assembly and calibration on a XV222 transverter. I am using it with a K2. When I finally put the top cover in place I noticed that the output power was jumping around. Initially I thought that one of the connecting cables were not properly seated or maybe the output cables to the wattmeter and antenna were not tight. I noticed that when I picked up the transverter, to move it, the power output jumped around. Pushing on the top cover also made the power output jump around. When I removed the top cover the output was stable. I could push on the chassis and it did not change the power output. I thought that maybe the top cover was not making a good RF connection to the rest of the chassis so I went back and cleaned and sanded all of the mating surfaces. This had no effect. As long as the top cover is not in place it is stable. For now I am just running with the cover off. Has anyone had a similar problem? Lloyd K8DIO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Win4K3Suite -
Hi, For those of you that downloaded the latest release since yesterday, Murphy's Law struck again...the buttons for the ATU - KPA section were not working in the "Mini" screen. There is a new version 1.501 with the correction. Sorry for the inconvenience. Tom va2fsq.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] [OT] solar charge controller data
Thanks to the several hams who kindly responded with assembly information for this solar panel charge controller. I now have a complete set of the instructions and related data, stored in the 'cloud' for future reference and sharing For those who are newer to this reflector, Don Brown KD5NDB was an early and very helpful Elecrafter, who provided some additional accessory kits of his own. They were quite well designed and most are still in regular use. Sadly, Don passed away in late 2011, after a long battle with cancer. As you can see, in a very real way, only his key is silent. -33- __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Muting one K3 while other is transmitting
On 3/8/2014 11:59 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: I would advise great care and some measurement unless you can assure that the two antennas are definitely not parasitically coupled. Yes. There's an excellent discussion on how to determine this in the first chapter(s) of W2VJN's classic "Managing Interstation Interference,", which is sold by Inrad, the crystal filter folks. 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] Muting one K3 while other is transmitting
To the original post: "muting" the second K3 [i.e. silencing it] does nothing to "protect" it from excessive RF input ... and possibly I misunderstand the post too. This was the subject of a thread not long ago on the list. If the two antennas are in each others' near fields, the antennas are a coupled system and the power delivered to the receiver from the other antenna can be [and likely will be] enough to damage the receiver. I've seen it happen to a K3. Unfortunately, the end of the near field and the beginning of the far field is undefined at HF, near just fades into far. It's a function of wavelength and size of the antenna among many other factors. The near field of a Voice of America sterba curtain on 20 MHz is likely much larger than that of a ham dipole on 80 meters. I would advise great care and some measurement unless you can assure that the two antennas are definitely not parasitically coupled. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 3/8/2014 10:25 AM, Jim Brown wrote: That depends on the spacing and directivity of the antennas to which the two transceivers are connected. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Muting one K3 while other is transmitting
On 3/8/2014 12:50 AM, Christian Janssen wrote: Hi, I have two K3s running equally on one band in SSB. If transceiver A transmits, transceiver B should be muted to protect the RX of transceiver B. That depends on the spacing and directivity of the antennas to which the two transceivers are connected. I have run 2 K3s on the same band into antennas separated by 125 - 200 ft with a KPA500 driving one antenna and a Ten Tec Titan driving the other. I have done this on 20, 15, and 10M, both at home, and on county expeditions for the California QSO Party. At our CA QSO Party site, we have done it on 40M and 80M using antennas separated by about 300 ft, and we are using KPA500s. We have one K3 on CW and the other on SSB. This setup does not work for all antenna setups and orientations -- at CQP the antennas are carefully located so that their nulls are in the direction of the other antenna on the same band. We can do this because Yagis aimed at 70 degrees azimuth provide a very good pattern to work the US, EU, AF, and northern SA. 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
[Elecraft] KFL3A-250 for sale
I have an extra KFL3A-250 (250 Hz, 8-pole) filter for sale. $120.00 includes shipping via Priority Mail to continental US. Payment via PayPal preferred. See list price below. Works great with CW and RTTY modes. See list price below. 73, Dave, N4QS KFL3A-250250 Hz, 8-pole 139.95 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue
The problem I had with the WKremote solution is that it sends a letter at a time. It has to wait for you to key a complete letter before it sends it over the network to the remote site. This results in strange spacing - it takes longer to key in a '6' than it does to send a 'N', so, e.g., my callsign comes out as "N 6ML". I believe that the RemoteRig solution sends individual elements (dits and dahs), not complete letters, over the network to avoid this problem. I had a problem with my remote WinKeyer a while back. Intermittently, CW would come out "warbly" (almost like RF getting into the keying line, but it wasn't that). When the weather got really cold (by W6 standards - i.e. below 40F:), it'd fail completely first thing in the morning, until I turned the K3 on and let things warm up for a while (the WinKeyer sits on top of the K3). I was worried that it was something inside the K3 that was failing, but after I replaced both the WinKeyer and the cable connecting it to the K3, it's been 100% fine since. I still don't know if it was the WinKeyer or the cable that was causing the problem, but didn't want to have to make a second trip in those "frigid" temps :) 73, ~iain / N6ML On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) wrote: > Hi David > If you mean how to set-up the Winkey Server/Client there is a very well > written document available on K1EL website: > http://k1el.tripod.com/WKremote.html > It is indeed very easy and simple to set up if you follow that document. It > did not take me many minutes before I had adjusted to operating RC CW that > way: you have a small latency from the WK when using two linked WKs. But it > is really not a problem in my view. I have used CW for over 50 years. For > very fast QSK QSOs, though, I think you would not like it. For standard > bk-type QSOs its indeed useable - even when through an internet connection > with 200 msec ping-time. > > If you mean RC in general, there are many ways to do it. My low-cost solution > is just one. > Anyone want to know more contact me off-list. > > 73/OZ4UN > Poul-Erik > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: David Cutter [mailto:d.cut...@ntlworld.com] > Sendt: 8. marts 2014 11:22 > Til: Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Emne: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue > > What an astonishing idea! I have hesitated to make a remote station because > of the latency problem, but this will encourage me to look further. Do you > have a diagram of your set-up you could share? > > 73 > > David > G3UNA > > - Original Message - > From: "Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA)" > To: > Cc: "Elecraft Email List" > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 8:40 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue > > >> Jed, I would also suspect the cable (having had some problems with one >> myself). >> >> Not directly related: I have just tried connecting two winkeyers in >> Server/Client mode. It works great. I just came back from a short trip to >> OX and worked RC on internet with a 200 msec delay and it worked real >> nice. Used a WK-compatible keyer from G3ZLP at the Client end and an >> original Winkeyer in the shack at home. It is certainly an easy way to >> operate remotely using a paddle. >> >> OZ4UN/Poul-Erik >> >> Sendt fra min iPad >> > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] P3-switching between 2 K-3s
> I use a Y connector on the RS232 out from K-3. One side goes to > the switch box, the other goes to computer for N1MM control. I'm amazed that works at all, for two reasons. One is, what do you do with the RX line to the K3? It can't just connect in parallel to the TX lines from both the P3 and the computer because they would conflict with each other. Also, the computer should connect to the "PC" serial port of the P3, not the "XCVR" port. I've never tried using a single P3 with two K3s, but the way to hook up the serial ports would be: - PC RS-232 connects to P3's "PC" connector. - Switch box's common port connects to P3's "XCVR" connector and the other two ports to the two K3s. You might have to cycle power on the K3 and/or P3 to get them to connect properly when you switch K3s. Alan N1AL On 03/08/2014 06:55 AM, Art KZ5D wrote: Hi all, Trying to maximize the use of my one P3 by switching between 2 K-3s. I use 2 separate switch boxes-one for the RS232 serial cable and one for the if cable. I use a Y connector onthe RS232 out from K-3. One side goes to the switch box, the other goes to computer for N1MM control. All works fine EXCEPT I am unable to select Fixed Tune mode in the P3. It works fine using Tracking mode, but I prefer Fixed Tune mode. Any suggestions? 73, Art KZ5D __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue
Hi David If you mean how to set-up the Winkey Server/Client there is a very well written document available on K1EL website: http://k1el.tripod.com/WKremote.html It is indeed very easy and simple to set up if you follow that document. It did not take me many minutes before I had adjusted to operating RC CW that way: you have a small latency from the WK when using two linked WKs. But it is really not a problem in my view. I have used CW for over 50 years. For very fast QSK QSOs, though, I think you would not like it. For standard bk-type QSOs its indeed useable - even when through an internet connection with 200 msec ping-time. If you mean RC in general, there are many ways to do it. My low-cost solution is just one. Anyone want to know more contact me off-list. 73/OZ4UN Poul-Erik -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: David Cutter [mailto:d.cut...@ntlworld.com] Sendt: 8. marts 2014 11:22 Til: Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Emne: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue What an astonishing idea! I have hesitated to make a remote station because of the latency problem, but this will encourage me to look further. Do you have a diagram of your set-up you could share? 73 David G3UNA - Original Message - From: "Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA)" To: Cc: "Elecraft Email List" Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue > Jed, I would also suspect the cable (having had some problems with one > myself). > > Not directly related: I have just tried connecting two winkeyers in > Server/Client mode. It works great. I just came back from a short trip to > OX and worked RC on internet with a 200 msec delay and it worked real > nice. Used a WK-compatible keyer from G3ZLP at the Client end and an > original Winkeyer in the shack at home. It is certainly an easy way to > operate remotely using a paddle. > > OZ4UN/Poul-Erik > > Sendt fra min iPad > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] P3-switching between 2 K-3s
Hi all, Trying to maximize the use of my one P3 by switching between 2 K-3s. I use 2 separate switch boxes-one for the RS232 serial cable and one for the if cable. I use a Y connector onthe RS232 out from K-3. One side goes to the switch box, the other goes to computer for N1MM control. All works fine EXCEPT I am unable to select Fixed Tune mode in the P3. It works fine using Tracking mode, but I prefer Fixed Tune mode. Any suggestions? 73, Art KZ5D __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KAT500, KPA500, K3
Hi, I wish to ask for a firmware change that would keep the KPA500 un-keyed until the tune button is released on the K3 after the KAT500 has completed a tuning cycle. I have the tuning power set to 15 W on the K3, which ends up as 300 W out if I have forgotten to put the KPA500 to standby before starting a tune cycle. If there is a setting already available that I have missed that achieves the same I apologise in advance. 73 Tim gm4lmh __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue
What an astonishing idea! I have hesitated to make a remote station because of the latency problem, but this will encourage me to look further. Do you have a diagram of your set-up you could share? 73 David G3UNA - Original Message - From: "Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA)" To: Cc: "Elecraft Email List" Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue Jed, I would also suspect the cable (having had some problems with one myself). Not directly related: I have just tried connecting two winkeyers in Server/Client mode. It works great. I just came back from a short trip to OX and worked RC on internet with a 200 msec delay and it worked real nice. Used a WK-compatible keyer from G3ZLP at the Client end and an original Winkeyer in the shack at home. It is certainly an easy way to operate remotely using a paddle. OZ4UN/Poul-Erik Sendt fra min iPad __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Muting one K3 while other is transmitting
Hi, I have two K3s running equally on one band in SSB. If transceiver A transmits, transceiver B should be muted to protect the RX of transceiver B. When in SSB and a microphone connected and just pressing the PTT, you also send with transceiver B. I haven't found anything in the manual how to do this. Hope there is help out there. Many thanks. 73s Chris DL1MGB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 - WinkeyUSB Keying Issue
Jed, I would also suspect the cable (having had some problems with one myself). Not directly related: I have just tried connecting two winkeyers in Server/Client mode. It works great. I just came back from a short trip to OX and worked RC on internet with a 200 msec delay and it worked real nice. Used a WK-compatible keyer from G3ZLP at the Client end and an original Winkeyer in the shack at home. It is certainly an easy way to operate remotely using a paddle. OZ4UN/Poul-Erik Sendt fra min iPad > Den 06/03/2014 kl. 01.35 skrev "Don Wilhelm" : > > Jed, > > If shorting the RCA plug that goes into the WinKeyer 'fixes' the problem, I > would suggest that the problem is in the WinKeyer. The optoisolator (U1 or > U3) that 'closes' the key contact may have enough resistance to keep the K3 > from keying reliably. It would be informative to hang a DC coupled 'scope > probe across that WK output to see if the voltage is really going to zero > during keydown periods. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 3/5/2014 7:09 PM, Jed Petrovich wrote: >> Hello all: >> >> For the past several months, there are times when my Winkey won't key my >> K3. At first, it was after I'd change from SSB to CW. The WK sidetone is >> still audible, but the rig won't key. Lately, I've had it quit in the >> middle of a QSO as I'm sending. This morning, it happened when I tried to >> reply about midway through the QSO. It seems to be happening with more >> frequency. >> >> On Monday night, I did perform a reset/restore of the K3 configuration. >> >> I've been able to get things going again by disconnecting the RCA end (K3 >> to WK cable) from the back of the WK and shorting out the tip/ground. I can >> then plug it back into the WK and continue. Also, it happens even with only >> 5 watts output. >> >> I realize this is a odd issue, but hope someone may have had a similar >> experience or can offer some tips for diagnosing the problem. > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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
