Re: [Elecraft] Using CAL FIL and Spectrogram to set up the K2 filters
Good points, Don. Last night, I experimented using DM780 (the datamodes program in the HRD suite) to visualise the audio rather than using Spectogram. I found that the waterfall made it much easier to see the "shape" of the filters. I don't have a noise generator so I'm using band noise. The randomness makes it quite difficult to see the shape in Spectogram; particularly at low audio; whereas a waterfall is more defined. I'll return to the setting up of the filters at the weekend and report back. Incidentally, using the waterfall exposed that I hadn't actually set the VCO calibration as I originally thought. As I said earlier, I actually tuned off WWV by 600Hz. Now I'm using a waterfall I can see that I was actually tuning the 100Hz timecode subcarrier. Gareth, M5KVK Sent from my iPad > On 26 Feb 2015, at 14:01, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > Gareth, > > Good work. May I offer a couple suggestions: > 1) On SSB filters other than the FL1 OP1 filter, look carefully at the actual > filter width. On many K2s, the actual width is far wider than that indicated > by the K2 display. You ideally want to have each filter progression about > 200 to 300 Hz more narrow then the prior filter. The easiest way to set that > up is to first do LSB - the low frequency slope of the passband will not move > substantially as you adjust the width. The set the BFOs for the filters > after adjusting00 the width. > > 2) Rather than using SSB FL4 for PSK and other data modes, turn on RTTY in > the secondary menu. That gives you another set of filters and an independent > compression setting from SSB and you don't have to remember to turn > compression off when using data modes. I normally set RTTY FL1 the same as > SSB FL1 (including the BFO settings - RTTY is LSB and RTTY rev is USB) and > then set the FL2 to 1000 Hz, FL3 to 700 Hz and FL4 to 400 Hz widths. I > center those 3 filters on 1000 Hz. If you are not able to properly center > the 400 Hz wide filter, you will have to pad the BFO with a small value > capacitor (try 15 to 22pF) between pins 6 and 3 of RF board U11 - then > recheck the BFO range. If you do have to make that change, you will need to > re-do all the BFO alignments. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 2/26/2015 8:29 AM, Gareth - M5KVK wrote: >> Having finally got my KSB2 board working (it was a hi-resistance solder >> joint: enough to depress performance but not stop all signals), and >> calibrated the dial, I turned to setting up the filters. >> >> I started with the filter widths and BFO settings in the KSB2 manual, but it >> didn't sound right. So I decided to use WWV and Spectrogram. >> >> Now that I knew that the VFO was OK, I set it to 1.00. No audio on LSB >> or USB, which is good. >> I then tuned off by 600Hz to create a steady signal at 1.60kHz >> (.40kHz on the other sideband) and displayed the audio on spectrogram >> with a 600Hz marker set. >> I then went through CAL FIL, adjusting the BFO so that the audio tone was >> exactly 600Hz. >> >> I did this on all modes and filter widths: except FL4 on LSB and USB, which >> I adjusted for a 1000Hz centre (so I can use them for PSK31). >> >> I was surprised how far off the displayed spectrum was with the factory >> settings. On USB FL4, the centre was at 400Hz with the manual’s suggested >> BFO setting. >> >> 73, Gareth M5KVK > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
I keep getting ads for Comcast & Verizon on how much I will benefit from their services. Come here, want to buy some candy? My reality is I pay our local Cable provider $102/month for expanded Basic which has all of the major networks I am interested in. With this I also get internet which officially is 100Mbps download/20Mbps upload. In reality I get 125Mbps download/30Mbps upload. None of my downloading is throttled, ever. No way Verizon or Comcast will give me all this for $102/month. 73, Gary KA1J > Looks like they are really p*ssed off that they are not going to be able to > charge all that extra money for using fast channels. Guess they were > counting on getting that in their executive bonuses. I'm sure the repairmen > weren't going to get any of it. > > The internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" it. > Instead try making money the old-fashioned way... > > I pay money every month for extra bandwidth. That ought to be enough to > keep that bandwidth and not have it whittled down by slow tracks for some > of my preferred stuff. Slow tracks are the inevitable result of fast > tracks. Further **I** want to decide where I spend **my** paid-for extra > bandwidth, not have it decided for me by Verizon based on money **they** > make. . > > No sympathy, but you probably already figured that out. > > 73, Guy. > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > > Even the Translated one is interesting > > From: Tom McCulloch > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 6:53 PM > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: > > in Morse code!! > > > > I'm sure Verizon's sarcasm will be lost on most! > > > > Tom > > WB2QDG > > K2 1103 > > > > > > On 2/26/2015 6:32 PM, Al Gulseth wrote: > > > "- --- -.. .- -.-- .. ... -.. . -.-. .. ... .. --- -. -... -.-- - > > . ..-. -.-. -.-." > > > (and so on: I think you get the drift - yes, it's this way on their > > website.) > > > There's a small note at the bottom stating "Readers in the 21st century > > can > > > read the translated statement here": > > > > > > > > http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/blog/entry/fccs-throwback-thursday-move-imposes-1930s-rules-on-the-internet > > > > > > 73, Al > > > __ > > > Elecraft mailing list > > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > Message delivered to th...@att.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 > > Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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 > > Message delivered to k2av@gmail.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 > Message delivered to g...@ka1j.com > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
I had an issue with my ISP a few years ago. We had been using DSL for a few years without trouble when all of a sudden our access would drop out about once every 2-3 minutes making is impossible to download or upload e-mail or view a website. I called the tech line of our ISP and asked that they troubleshoot it. They came back saying that our connection equipment at the local wire site was old and needed to be upgraded (which would take several months they implied). I countered by saying that its real "funny" that we have had good fast service for a couple years and now all of sudden our equipment is unable to support the service we have been enjoying. I then said "that certainly the phone company didn't swap out our equipment (with old junk) to turn up a new customer - did they?" Our ISP was expanding at an explosive pace so it wouldn't surprise me if they did just that. Then I said our service better be fixed, today or I will file a complaint against them with the State RCA (Regulatory Commission of Alaska). Then I hung up. Our internet service was fixed in one hour...and never had another issue like that, again. Funny how speaking the "magic words" solves problems. 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubus...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
The only ones who will end up with what they want are members of your out of control nannycrat government. Free enterprise seems to always find a way to resolve disputes - unless Washington gets involved then everyone loses - FOREVER. Remember: No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain (1866) Ken - ke4rg -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Cliff Frescura Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 12:06 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!! *Netflix* got what they wanted. They had better lobbyists and took a dispute between them and Comcast, expanded the scope to include the entire internet __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Dick, I am curious who do you think is going to pay for who ever it is to build a system to you out in the desert? That is a trade off for moving out in the boon docks. When we moved to Colorado we had party lines. We lived in Parker and that was considered at the time WAY out there. My office is in Castle Rock, CO a town of 30k plus. We have one provider for internet. Century link. I think it is up to 9mb now DSL. Xfininity is working on bringing their cable down the road. Project to take up to 9 months. I have no clue how they are paying for it. While you may get your internet, what you have to pay for it might make you ill. Let us not forget all the new add on taxes and fees that will be paying because of all these regulations and the expense that the providers are going to have to pay to stay within the regulations. Who is going to police this? Oh the FCC needs to hire more staff. Who pays for that? The tax payer. More taxes. I think we were just scared of the big ole FCC back in the day. I don't think they were much different, we just got smarter. There is no pot of gold. The money comes from somebody. Mike W0MU On 2/26/2015 10:51 PM, Richard Solomon wrote: Unless you are a customer out in the Desert, then you are stuck with DSL and streaming movies that look like the ones on my 1953 Admiral back in the B&W days. If all this means I get 100 MB downloads in my lifetime, I am all for it. 73, Dick, W1KSZ On 2/26/2015 7:47 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: Tony, All of Netflix's customers are the beneficiary of this ruling, as well as anyone who uses Youtube, Hulu or any other streaming service. Netflix uses the most bandwidth because they have the most customers. It isn't only the companies like these that benefit, it's their customers. The Internet doesn't exist as some libertarian fantasy world. The only ones that were going to benefit from from being able to turn the hose off and on were the one's who own the hose, not the one's who use it. Net neutrality is not a bad thing. 73, Scott, N9AA On 2/26/15 8:57 PM, Tony Estep wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: ...internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" it == Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. Everybody else is subsidizing them. In any event, I'm just glad I'm not a regulator. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w1...@earthlink.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 Message delivered to w...@w0mu.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
In my younger years I thought of the FCC of a regulatory and technology body. My thinking changed when UPS successfully lobbied the FCC in 1989 to reallocate part of 220MHz from Amateur to Commercial service. UPS argued that the reallocation was in the "public interest" and they would put the spectrum to good use. After a ruling in their favor, UPS never commercially deployed and the spectrum was unused for quite some time. Be sure to read the fine print and understand the players. One person's regulation is another person's corporatism. 73, K3LL/6 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 10:28 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!! I'm with you, Phil. As I recall, you're retired FCC staff. If anyone understands FCC Rules, you do. I WANT (caps added for emphasis) FCC regulation of our airwaves, and of our internet. I'm old enough to remember when the FCC had staff to enforce their Rules, and things were much better then. We lived in fear of the FCC, and kept our noses clean. Anyone who subscribes to cable has experienced bills that increase for no reason, and when it's the only game in town, as it is for my internet, all we can do is pay it. So YES, YES, YES, I want someone sitting in Comcast's shoulder. These assholes are billing me monthly rent for a cable modem that I BOUGHT from a local store in 2006, and there isn't a damned thing I can do about it. YES, I want regulation! Now, those who demand "small government" have made the FCC toothless, without the budget to enforce their own Rules. THAT'S why we have RF noise from all those consumer devices that make it difficult to use our ham stations, and even to tune in AM radio. 73, Jim K9YC On Thu,2/26/2015 8:09 PM, Phil Kane wrote: > That's what all the Title II fracas is about. Those of us in the > professional (regulatory) field fault the FCC of 20 years ago for not > insisting on that but creating this "information service" category > rather than putting them in the "telecommunications service" category > from the beginning. > > As hams we are used to having the FCC look over our shoulders to make > sure that we play by the rules. It's time that the "broadband" > infrastructure providers get a taste of that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to c...@cfcorp.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
I'm with you, Phil. As I recall, you're retired FCC staff. If anyone understands FCC Rules, you do. I WANT (caps added for emphasis) FCC regulation of our airwaves, and of our internet. I'm old enough to remember when the FCC had staff to enforce their Rules, and things were much better then. We lived in fear of the FCC, and kept our noses clean. Anyone who subscribes to cable has experienced bills that increase for no reason, and when it's the only game in town, as it is for my internet, all we can do is pay it. So YES, YES, YES, I want someone sitting in Comcast's shoulder. These assholes are billing me monthly rent for a cable modem that I BOUGHT from a local store in 2006, and there isn't a damned thing I can do about it. YES, I want regulation! Now, those who demand "small government" have made the FCC toothless, without the budget to enforce their own Rules. THAT'S why we have RF noise from all those consumer devices that make it difficult to use our ham stations, and even to tune in AM radio. 73, Jim K9YC On Thu,2/26/2015 8:09 PM, Phil Kane wrote: That's what all the Title II fracas is about. Those of us in the professional (regulatory) field fault the FCC of 20 years ago for not insisting on that but creating this "information service" category rather than putting them in the "telecommunications service" category from the beginning. As hams we are used to having the FCC look over our shoulders to make sure that we play by the rules. It's time that the "broadband" infrastructure providers get a taste of that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Unless you are a customer out in the Desert, then you are stuck with DSL and streaming movies that look like the ones on my 1953 Admiral back in the B&W days. If all this means I get 100 MB downloads in my lifetime, I am all for it. 73, Dick, W1KSZ On 2/26/2015 7:47 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: Tony, All of Netflix's customers are the beneficiary of this ruling, as well as anyone who uses Youtube, Hulu or any other streaming service. Netflix uses the most bandwidth because they have the most customers. It isn't only the companies like these that benefit, it's their customers. The Internet doesn't exist as some libertarian fantasy world. The only ones that were going to benefit from from being able to turn the hose off and on were the one's who own the hose, not the one's who use it. Net neutrality is not a bad thing. 73, Scott, N9AA On 2/26/15 8:57 PM, Tony Estep wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: ...internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" it == Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. Everybody else is subsidizing them. In any event, I'm just glad I'm not a regulator. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w1...@earthlink.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Be careful what you wish for here. Keep in mind that once the entrenched providers get the regs they crave new services will grind to a halt. There will simply be too many barriers to entry. No new competitors will enter the field. At least not until the subsidies get so grossly unbalanced that the pot of gold is then worth the effort (see MCI vs AT&T). The internet has grown rapidly *because* it is not regulated. Once it gets regulated then everything must go through regulatory approval. There will fewer and fewer new services. A good example of this is 'high speed' - 64 kb - data service to the home. AT&T had the technology available in the early to mid 70's. Called it ISDN. But due to both internal politics and regulatory issues it was not rolled out until the early 90's. Much too late. The same thing will happen once the pols take over the internet. Nothing will get approved without them getting their cut. As for those who say the the internet is a utility . . . well . . . your electric service is a utility. Does everyone pay the same electric bill no matter how much electricity they use? Broadband should be no different. Those who use the most should pay the most. There is no justification for taxing those who use little bandwidth to subsidize the heavy users. Let the heavy users pay their fair share and not burden those who are light users. Just as in electricity, it is cheap and easy to measure the quantity consumed by each user. No justification whatsoever for charging one flat fee to all (none that is, other than "I want somebody else to pay for my bandwidth"). 73 de dave ab9ca/4 On 2/26/15 10:30 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: On 2015-02-26 11:08 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: Has anyone read the regulations that they kept hidden? Do we really know what is in them? Look at the last set of "Net Neutrality" regulations from the FCC - the ones that the industry had over turned on the grounds that the Commission did not have the authority to adopt them because "Broadband was not a utility". Seems to me the industry got what they wanted forced the Commission to reclassify "Information Service" as "Communications Utility." Voice and cable have been regulated as utilities for a very long time - who in their right mind would consider broadband data delivered on the very same networks to be anything other than a utility for the very reasons that voice and cable are utilities? 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to ho13d...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight - follow-up
I appreciate the many replies I received about my KPA500 birdies. Some of you let me know that your KPA500 doesn't exhibit this issue, which is good to know. Others encouraged me to call Elecraft and escalate the issue, including one of the folks who posted to this list a couple of years back with a similar problem (resolved with a replacement front panel circuit board). Elecraft reached out on their own and is sending a replacement front panel circuit board. Thanks to them for stepping up. Joe / WB1M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
*Netflix* got what they wanted. They had better lobbyists and took a dispute between them and Comcast, expanded the scope to include the entire internet, and then got the .gov on their side. 73, K3LL/6 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 8:30 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!! On 2015-02-26 11:08 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: > Has anyone read the regulations that they kept hidden? Do we really > know what is in them? Look at the last set of "Net Neutrality" regulations from the FCC - the ones that the industry had over turned on the grounds that the Commission did not have the authority to adopt them because "Broadband was not a utility". Seems to me the industry got what they wanted forced the Commission to reclassify "Information Service" as "Communications Utility." Voice and cable have been regulated as utilities for a very long time - who in their right mind would consider broadband data delivered on the very same networks to be anything other than a utility for the very reasons that voice and cable are utilities? 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to c...@cfcorp.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
On 2015-02-26 11:08 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: Has anyone read the regulations that they kept hidden? Do we really know what is in them? Look at the last set of "Net Neutrality" regulations from the FCC - the ones that the industry had over turned on the grounds that the Commission did not have the authority to adopt them because "Broadband was not a utility". Seems to me the industry got what they wanted forced the Commission to reclassify "Information Service" as "Communications Utility." Voice and cable have been regulated as utilities for a very long time - who in their right mind would consider broadband data delivered on the very same networks to be anything other than a utility for the very reasons that voice and cable are utilities? 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Just remember its brought to you by the same people who said you can keep your doctor, keep your health plan, As FCC commissioner said today, no worries you can keep your internet, we will make it better.. Looks like they are really p*ssed off that they are not going to be able to charge all that extra money for using fast channels. Guess they were counting on getting that in their executive bonuses. I'm sure the repairmen weren't going to get any of it. The internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" it. Instead try making money the old-fashioned way... I pay money every month for extra bandwidth. That ought to be enough to keep that bandwidth and not have it whittled down by slow tracks for some of my preferred stuff. Slow tracks are the inevitable result of fast tracks. Further **I** want to decide where I spend **my** paid-for extra bandwidth, not have it decided for me by Verizon based on money **they** make. . No sympathy, but you probably already figured that out. 73, Guy. On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: Even the Translated one is interesting From: Tom McCulloch To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!! I'm sure Verizon's sarcasm will be lost on most! Tom WB2QDG K2 1103 On 2/26/2015 6:32 PM, Al Gulseth wrote: "- --- -.. .- -.-- .. ... -.. . -.-. .. ... .. --- -. -... -.-- - . ..-. -.-. -.-." (and so on: I think you get the drift - yes, it's this way on their website.) There's a small note at the bottom stating "Readers in the 21st century can read the translated statement here": http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/blog/entry/fccs-throwback-thursday-move-imposes-1930s-rules-on-the-internet 73, Al __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to th...@att.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 Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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 Message delivered to k2av@gmail.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 Message delivered to k...@flex.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
On 2/26/2015 7:33 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > Not only should the consumer access providers be treated like > common carriers, they should be treated like public utilities they are > and be required to provide equivalent service levels at the same price > to all customers whether they live in the metropolitan core or some- > where west of Last Gasp. That's what all the Title II fracas is about. Those of us in the professional (regulatory) field fault the FCC of 20 years ago for not insisting on that but creating this "information service" category rather than putting them in the "telecommunications service" category from the beginning. As hams we are used to having the FCC look over our shoulders to make sure that we play by the rules. It's time that the "broadband" infrastructure providers get a taste of that. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
That's 35% of the US traffic, not "Internet traffic". Also, the reason Netflix uses so much bandwidth is because they have customers who use that bandwidth! I see zero issue with the latest ruling. -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Thu, 2015-02-26 at 19:57 -0600, Tony Estep wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV > wrote: > > > ...internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" > > it > > == > > Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can > corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet > traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. > Everybody else is subsidizing them. In any event, I'm just glad I'm not a > regulator. > > Tony KT0NY > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to d...@nk7z.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Has anyone read the regulations that they kept hidden? Do we really know what is in them? I am not a big fan of the gov't sticking their fingers into everything. I have no more trust in them handling this any better than everything else the touch, regulate, control, etc. I am quite skeptical of the reasons behind this less than transparent change. Mike W0MU On 2/26/2015 8:33 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: On 2015-02-26 8:57 PM, Tony Estep wrote: Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. Everybody else is subsidizing them. Netflix and other information providers play plenty to enter the data on the web. Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, etc. have no business holding the end users for ransom when it comes to receiving that data and/or determining what data the user may access. At least they are being told they can't do with broadband what they (the cable companies) have done to niche players in the video arena for decades (pay for play). Not only should the consumer access providers be treated like common carriers, they should be treated like public utilities they are and be required to provide equivalent service levels at the same price to all customers whether they live in the metropolitan core or some- where west of Last Gasp. Cable companies have forever "creamed" their franchise areas, shaking down developers for the cost of wiring new projects and/or demanding CC&Rs that limit access to competing service, and wiring high density housing while bypassing older areas with one home per one, five or ten acres even when both are encompassed by the same franchise territory. Perhaps this will start to put an end to one of the poorest performing and most variable user access systems in the world. When it comes to data rates and cost the US isn't even in the top tier. 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w...@w0mu.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
On 2015-02-26 8:57 PM, Tony Estep wrote: Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. Everybody else is subsidizing them. Netflix and other information providers play plenty to enter the data on the web. Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, etc. have no business holding the end users for ransom when it comes to receiving that data and/or determining what data the user may access. At least they are being told they can't do with broadband what they (the cable companies) have done to niche players in the video arena for decades (pay for play). Not only should the consumer access providers be treated like common carriers, they should be treated like public utilities they are and be required to provide equivalent service levels at the same price to all customers whether they live in the metropolitan core or some- where west of Last Gasp. Cable companies have forever "creamed" their franchise areas, shaking down developers for the cost of wiring new projects and/or demanding CC&Rs that limit access to competing service, and wiring high density housing while bypassing older areas with one home per one, five or ten acres even when both are encompassed by the same franchise territory. Perhaps this will start to put an end to one of the poorest performing and most variable user access systems in the world. When it comes to data rates and cost the US isn't even in the top tier. 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Nobody has explained it any better than you have in this short paragraph, Scott. This is a national resource and the American people should be the beneficiaries. The ones everyone seems to be forgetting are the customers--the American people. Everything's always about corporations anymore, not ordinary Americans. Someone said they should make money the old fashioned way. Yea, by satisfying customers, not by manipulating our laws in their favor. Eric KE6US On 2/26/2015 6:47 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: Tony, All of Netflix's customers are the beneficiary of this ruling, as well as anyone who uses Youtube, Hulu or any other streaming service. Netflix uses the most bandwidth because they have the most customers. It isn't only the companies like these that benefit, it's their customers. The Internet doesn't exist as some libertarian fantasy world. The only ones that were going to benefit from from being able to turn the hose off and on were the one's who own the hose, not the one's who use it. Net neutrality is not a bad thing. 73, Scott, N9AA On 2/26/15 8:57 PM, Tony Estep wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: ...internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" it == Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. Everybody else is subsidizing them. In any event, I'm just glad I'm not a regulator. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to eric_c...@hotmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Tony, All of Netflix's customers are the beneficiary of this ruling, as well as anyone who uses Youtube, Hulu or any other streaming service. Netflix uses the most bandwidth because they have the most customers. It isn't only the companies like these that benefit, it's their customers. The Internet doesn't exist as some libertarian fantasy world. The only ones that were going to benefit from from being able to turn the hose off and on were the one's who own the hose, not the one's who use it. Net neutrality is not a bad thing. 73, Scott, N9AA On 2/26/15 8:57 PM, Tony Estep wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: ...internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" it == Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. Everybody else is subsidizing them. In any event, I'm just glad I'm not a regulator. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 - Auto tuner relays clicking when tuning through AM Broadcast Band
I have not heard the auto tuner relays engage while tuning on other bands. Is this normal? I know that the “the KXAT3 also includes an automatically tuned filter for the AM broadcast band that tracks the VFO, improving image rejection for signals in the 0.3-1.0 MHz range”. Is the filter tuning driven by the VFO what I hear? Thanks, phil - K4PMI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Guy is right. And we have Al Gore to thank! ;-) Tom wb2qdg K2# 1103 PS -- that's enough of this, here comes Eric! :-[ T On 2/26/2015 8:31 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: ...The internet is a national resource... -- Life is too short for the Economy Button __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > ...internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" > it > == Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. Everybody else is subsidizing them. In any event, I'm just glad I'm not a regulator. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Looks like they are really p*ssed off that they are not going to be able to charge all that extra money for using fast channels. Guess they were counting on getting that in their executive bonuses. I'm sure the repairmen weren't going to get any of it. The internet is a national resource. No one should be able to "corner" it. Instead try making money the old-fashioned way... I pay money every month for extra bandwidth. That ought to be enough to keep that bandwidth and not have it whittled down by slow tracks for some of my preferred stuff. Slow tracks are the inevitable result of fast tracks. Further **I** want to decide where I spend **my** paid-for extra bandwidth, not have it decided for me by Verizon based on money **they** make. . No sympathy, but you probably already figured that out. 73, Guy. On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Even the Translated one is interesting > From: Tom McCulloch > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 6:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: > in Morse code!! > > I'm sure Verizon's sarcasm will be lost on most! > > Tom > WB2QDG > K2 1103 > > > On 2/26/2015 6:32 PM, Al Gulseth wrote: > > "- --- -.. .- -.-- .. ... -.. . -.-. .. ... .. --- -. -... -.-- - > . ..-. -.-. -.-." > > (and so on: I think you get the drift - yes, it's this way on their > website.) > > There's a small note at the bottom stating "Readers in the 21st century > can > > read the translated statement here": > > > > > http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/blog/entry/fccs-throwback-thursday-move-imposes-1930s-rules-on-the-internet > > > > 73, Al > > __ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to th...@att.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 > Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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 > Message delivered to k2av@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Even the Translated one is interesting From: Tom McCulloch To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!! I'm sure Verizon's sarcasm will be lost on most! Tom WB2QDG K2 1103 On 2/26/2015 6:32 PM, Al Gulseth wrote: > "- --- -.. .- -.-- .. ... -.. . -.-. .. ... .. --- -. -... -.-- - > . ..-. -.-. -.-." > (and so on: I think you get the drift - yes, it's this way on their website.) > There's a small note at the bottom stating "Readers in the 21st century can > read the translated statement here": > > http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/blog/entry/fccs-throwback-thursday-move-imposes-1930s-rules-on-the-internet > > 73, Al > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to th...@att.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 Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
I'm glad this topic came up since I know My K3 can sound better if I take the time to work through the settings. There are a lot of settings to play with and a lot of them are ones I've never seen on other radios(Plus I was out of radio for a while and how quickly we forget). From: Bill To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio Sorry to have stirred up so much animosity! I merely wished to point out that the K3 is an extremely capable device, with many menu settings, and should please anyone - if they do their part in setting it up properly. My operating is mostly armchair rag chew - hence, I use a pair of Behringer powered speakers and have my EQ, AGC, and filter settings made to enhance my listening pleasure. I have even given thought to "surround sound" - however, decided that lightning crashes from all sides might be a little much in the summer. I don't really do more than scratch the surface of what the K3 can do. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
Code may be antiquated, but it will work just fine when their towers fail... 72, Joshua Gould K8WXA EM89pn KX3# 7480 NAQCC # 7704 On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Tom McCulloch wrote: > I'm sure Verizon's sarcasm will be lost on most! > > Tom > WB2QDG > K2 1103 > > > > On 2/26/2015 6:32 PM, Al Gulseth wrote: > >> "- --- -.. .- -.-- .. ... -.. . -.-. .. ... .. --- -. -... -.-- >> - . ..-. -.-. -.-." >> (and so on: I think you get the drift - yes, it's this way on their >> website.) >> There's a small note at the bottom stating "Readers in the 21st century >> can >> read the translated statement here": >> >> http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/blog/entry/fccs-throwback- >> thursday-move-imposes-1930s-rules-on-the-internet >> >> 73, Al >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to th...@att.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 > Message delivered to jg.k8...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
I'm sure Verizon's sarcasm will be lost on most! Tom WB2QDG K2 1103 On 2/26/2015 6:32 PM, Al Gulseth wrote: "- --- -.. .- -.-- .. ... -.. . -.-. .. ... .. --- -. -... -.-- - . ..-. -.-. -.-." (and so on: I think you get the drift - yes, it's this way on their website.) There's a small note at the bottom stating "Readers in the 21st century can read the translated statement here": http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/blog/entry/fccs-throwback-thursday-move-imposes-1930s-rules-on-the-internet 73, Al __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to th...@att.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!
"- --- -.. .- -.-- .. ... -.. . -.-. .. ... .. --- -. -... -.-- - . ..-. -.-. -.-." (and so on: I think you get the drift - yes, it's this way on their website.) There's a small note at the bottom stating "Readers in the 21st century can read the translated statement here": http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/blog/entry/fccs-throwback-thursday-move-imposes-1930s-rules-on-the-internet 73, Al __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
Thank you From: Don Wilhelm To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight I can understand his being asked to turn off the backlight as a test or as a temporary workaround, but not as a permanent cure. Perhaps there was a 'glitch' in the communications channels. BTW - the last email from the originator indicated that it has been traced to a bad filter capacitor, so all those who were beginning to think this was 'normal behavior' can rest easy - it was only a problem with one KPA500. As attributed to by several other posts saying that others did not find any 6 meter responses originating from their KPA500, I would say it is not a widespread problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/26/2015 4:06 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: > Which Elecraft support person gave you this response? I've never heard > of anyone at Elecraft have that kind of attitude when addressing a > customer concern. > > 73, > Scott, N9AA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - What settings to use for RX and TX Audio
On 2/26/15 2:33 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: My hearing is severely compromised and has been since one night 50 years ago on the other side of the planet. I adjusted mine to look roughly like the inverse of my audiogram. Funny about that, Fred. I listen with both a speaker and an earbud (one ear has deaf for 49 years). With the speaker I have my hearing aid to compensate as above. The earbud bypasses the hearing aid's mic so its as tho it's not there. Over the ear headphones are troublesome with the hearing aid and glass frames behind one ear. Such problems we have. The good news is I don't need a second RX in my K3 :-) At least Elecraft is not like a mattress store: That would drive me out of the hobby! 73, Phil W7OX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 130, Issue 59
Yay!from one who actually links ³link.² And Yay! as well to Eric and Wayne for listening to the voices of the crowd. Ted KN1CBR >-- > >Message: 4 >Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:40:01 + >From: "Jim's Desktop" >To: "Elecraft Mailing List" >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Latest K3 firmware release (5.13) restores > DUAL PB CW function >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 > >Also not mentioned in the release notes - the ability to actually assign >"LINK" to PF1 or PF2 by selecting the menu item and then holding the PF1 >or PF2 button for a couple seconds now actually works as well. Just >tested it. > >Jim - W0EB > > >>On 26/02/2015 11:50, Wayne Burdick wrote: >>>K3 beta firmware rev. 5.13 is now available on our K3 software page. >>> >>>We neglected to mention in the release notes that the original "DUAL >>>PB" CW function has been added back in. >>> >>>73, >>>Wayne >>>N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - What settings to use for RX and TX Audio
Don't know your call Harry, but your question about RX EQ is a bit like going into a mattress store and asking, "What pillow will be most comfortable for me?":-) Only you hear like you do, only you can tell what you like and then only by adjusting and trying it out. A couple of suggestions however: 1. One adjustment at a time followed by way more than 60 seconds of listening. The effects are subtle, and if you move too fast, you'll just get frustrated ... and be tempted to post that the K3 RX EQ is worthless, which has happened once. :-)) 2. Test each setting under varied band conditions ... quiet SSB, CQ WPX SSB [or whatever] before more adjusting. My hearing is severely compromised and has been since one night 50 years ago on the other side of the planet. I adjusted mine to look roughly like the inverse of my audiogram. I need about 80 dB above 1200 Hz and over 95 dB above 2 KHz, which is beyond the range of the RX EQ, but you can get an effective 30 dB of adjustment range by lowering the low frequencies, boosting the highs, and turning up the AF gain, if that's your goal. It's not as good as my hearing aids, but then, my K3 is a ham radio, not a hearing aid. I've actually found that just using the SHIFT knob when on SSB, I can quickly adjust the response for different voices if I'm having a hard time copying a DX call or a really weak station. > > I also would like the settings for TX audio, particularly for 2 > groups of settings one for Ragchew and one for punch. Thank you I don't ragchew much and I'm not sure how to measure "punch," but I started with K9YC's settings since he retired out of professional audio and I know him, tweaked them a tiny bit for my voice with a local who knows what I sound like, and often get unsolicited "great audio" comments on SSB. My settings are: 1: -16 2: -12 3: -6 4: -2 5: 0 6: +4 7: +6 8: +10 YMMV, but in general the lower 2 registers, and even #3 to some extent do not contribute much at all to communications efficiency. The upper 2 or so boost the sibilant components which do enhance the difference between many words. I use a Heil ProSet with the iC2 electret element I got from Elecraft. I think you will find, if you spend enough time with it, that your compression and mic gain/ALC settings will have at least as much effect on the "quality" of your TX signal as the TX EQ, and maybe more. The first four bars on the ALC meter are not ALC, they're showing audio level. ALC action is indicated by the 5th and above [I think I have that right, I'm sure I'll be corrected if necessary]. My shack is pretty quiet when I'm on SSB, I run between 8 and 10 dB peak compression, and set the mic gain so the 5th bar flickers as I speak. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org On 2/26/2015 12:53 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: Is there a list somewhere that gives some guidance on setting up the K3 for good Audio.I've read a little about some of the various AGC settings, but would like a bit more details. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:15:09 -0700, mcduf...@ag0n.net wrote: > > > This is a relatively minor issue for me given that I rarely operate on 6m, > > but I'm anal enough that I'd prefer to solve rather than accommodate the > > problem. > > Joe, this WILL be a problem for me, since almost all of my activity of late is > 6m MS, and the amp is almost always used. I've noticed plenty of birdies, but > never thought to try to trace them. Since I have no "bandscope", I can only > check them one at a time, and will do so now that you have brought it up. > > Thanks for the heads up. Like you, I can not do without the light. No evidence of it here. I checked the bottom 500KHz from 50.000 up and every birdie I have stayed when the display light was turned off. If you can offer specific frequencies to check, I'd be glad to do it. Gary __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
Hi Joe, I have KPA500 S/N 2381. Mine was a kit also. I just checked out 6 meters and can hear no birdies that seem to coming from the amp. I hear just a couple that are there with or without the LCD backlight on. Same results with the amp off or on. Roger, W1EM -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Hall Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:48 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight Just got a KPA500 kit a couple of weeks ago (S/N 2380). Upon installing it in my system I immediately noticed sharp spikes about every 9.5 kHz (only on 6m) in my panadapter. These spikes are "audible" on my K3 and appear whenever the KPA500 is on, whether in standby or operate. Nothing at all noted on any band other than 6m. A google search of the mailing list archives revealed a couple mentions of the KPA500's LCD backlight. So, I went in and adjusted the LCD brightness. Dropping the brightness to "DAY" (which seems to turn the backlight totally off) completely clears up the spikes on 6m, any setting other than "DAY" and it's there - I can switch back and forth and watch the spikes appear and disappear. My email to elecraft support resulted in a response of "turn off the backlight." With no backlight the KPA500 display is unreadable in my shack. This is a relatively minor issue for me given that I rarely operate on 6m, but I'm anal enough that I'd prefer to solve rather than accommodate the problem. Anyone else seen this and/or have any ideas about how to deal with it, other than turning off the backlight? Thanks, Joe / WB1M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to marro...@verizon.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
I can understand his being asked to turn off the backlight as a test or as a temporary workaround, but not as a permanent cure. Perhaps there was a 'glitch' in the communications channels. BTW - the last email from the originator indicated that it has been traced to a bad filter capacitor, so all those who were beginning to think this was 'normal behavior' can rest easy - it was only a problem with one KPA500. As attributed to by several other posts saying that others did not find any 6 meter responses originating from their KPA500, I would say it is not a widespread problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/26/2015 4:06 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: Which Elecraft support person gave you this response? I've never heard of anyone at Elecraft have that kind of attitude when addressing a customer concern. 73, Scott, N9AA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
the birdies are about 16kc apart, the same freq as the display driver, Elecraft should know about this, see my above post. after the new board was installed there are NO BIRDIES someone there needs to get up dated on this as a VK also had this problem and it was corrected.. Ed K7WIA ex K7WIA -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-birdies-on-6m-from-LCD-backlight-tp7599398p7599418.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - What settings to use for RX and TX Audio
Thanks for posting, Bill. That will make a nice point of reference. Phil W7OX On 2/26/15 1:04 PM, Bill wrote: Take a look at: http://www.w2blc.net/K3.htm Just be forewarned - these are settings I use and other users may not like them. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - What settings to use for RX and TX Audio
If you want ragchew audio it probably makes sense to: - turn the preamp off - use slow AGC - use as wide a passband as band conditions permit (phone) and about 800Hz on CW - in the receive EQ perhaps reduce band 7 and 8 a bit to remove some of the highest pitched sounds/noise - listen through a larger speaker to add a bit more resonance than the built-in speaker can provide. - For TX you can listen on the monitor using headphones and fine tune it to be exactly how you want. I think K9YC had some recommended presets for TX EQ for contest audio. 73, Matt NQ6N On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Bill wrote: > Take a look at: http://www.w2blc.net/K3.htm > > Just be forewarned - these are settings I use and other users may not like > them. > > Bill W2BLC K-Line > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to m...@nq6n.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
Which Elecraft support person gave you this response? I've never heard of anyone at Elecraft have that kind of attitude when addressing a customer concern. 73, Scott, N9AA On 2/26/15 2:47 PM, Joe Hall wrote: My email to elecraft support resulted in a response of "turn off the backlight." With no backlight the KPA500 display is unreadable in my shack. This is a relatively minor issue for me given that I rarely operate on 6m, but I'm anal enough that I'd prefer to solve rather than accommodate the problem. Anyone else seen this and/or have any ideas about how to deal with it, other than turning off the backlight? Thanks, Joe / WB1M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
Huh? Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2015, at 1:38 PM, Dick Dickinson wrote: > > Sure, merely understanding the words is fine when dealing with brief > exchanges of call signs and signal reports. And pumped up, penetrating > audio can help pump up your adrenalin if one finds excitement in sporting > activities. > > > > The quality of comfort is a factor for many when participating in extended > conversations. > > > > If you find no discomfort in what you hear, that's fine, but don't dismiss > those who appreciate listening to audio without discomforting artifacts. > > > > Some of us enjoy nothing more than an engaging conversation. The acoustical > qualities can be a significant factor in that pleasure. > > > > A meal can be better with dinnerware and utensils as opposed to using your > hands to eat out of a paper bag. > > > > Best regards, > > Dick - KA5KKT > > > > > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@tx.rr.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - What settings to use for RX and TX Audio
Take a look at: http://www.w2blc.net/K3.htm Just be forewarned - these are settings I use and other users may not like them. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
I have an older KPA500. I just scanned the entire 6 meter band and couldn't find the birdies you were referring to. I tried all the brightness levels for the LCD and never noticed anything either on the P3 or in the K3. That made me think of a problem I was having with my P3 a long time ago. The coax that shipped with the unit (interconnection between the K3 and P3) was defective and was letting all sorts of signals into the P3. I replaced that with a high quality coax cable and the issue went away. Is it possible that might by the problem? 73, Bob, WB4SON __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
his is my post of Nov, 15 2011: This is what I found as the source of the birdie's in the amp. with the LCD BRT set anywhere from 1 to 8 the birdies are there. with the LCD BRT set to DAY the birds are gone.. I have been working all day with Dale @ Elecraft with this and just sent him a e-mail of what I found. Dale has been very involved in this trying to track this down.. now we need to see just what kind of fix we can come up with.. I can't Thank Dale and crew enough for the support they have put into this, as it appears everyone got envolved. Thanks Again Dale @ crew.. Elecraft sent me a new Front board , as it is due to a bad filter cap on the display driver EdK7WIA -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-birdies-on-6m-from-LCD-backlight-tp7599398p7599411.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
Sorry to have stirred up so much animosity! I merely wished to point out that the K3 is an extremely capable device, with many menu settings, and should please anyone - if they do their part in setting it up properly. My operating is mostly armchair rag chew - hence, I use a pair of Behringer powered speakers and have my EQ, AGC, and filter settings made to enhance my listening pleasure. I have even given thought to "surround sound" - however, decided that lightning crashes from all sides might be a little much in the summer. I don't really do more than scratch the surface of what the K3 can do. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - What settings to use for RX and TX Audio
TX audio you're pretty much going to have to figure out on-air with someone who's got great copy on you. What works for you is highly dependent on your voice, mic etc. and will be different than what works for me or anyone else 73, Ross N4RP On 2/26/2015 3:53 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: I also would like the settings for TX audio, particularly for 2 groups of settings one for Ragchew and one for punch. Thank you -- FCC Section 97.313(a) “At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.” __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 - What settings to use for RX and TX Audio
Is there a list somewhere that gives some guidance on setting up the K3 for good Audio.I've read a little about some of the various AGC settings, but would like a bit more details. I also would like the settings for TX audio, particularly for 2 groups of settings one for Ragchew and one for punch. Thank you __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
I'm glad you brought this up I was planning on getting the KPA500 and I also have a darker shackbut I like working 6 meters so this would be an issue for me. From: Joe Hall To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:47 PM Subject: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight Just got a KPA500 kit a couple of weeks ago (S/N 2380). Upon installing it in my system I immediately noticed sharp spikes about every 9.5 kHz (only on 6m) in my panadapter. These spikes are "audible" on my K3 and appear whenever the KPA500 is on, whether in standby or operate. Nothing at all noted on any band other than 6m. A google search of the mailing list archives revealed a couple mentions of the KPA500's LCD backlight. So, I went in and adjusted the LCD brightness. Dropping the brightness to "DAY" (which seems to turn the backlight totally off) completely clears up the spikes on 6m, any setting other than "DAY" and it's there - I can switch back and forth and watch the spikes appear and disappear. My email to elecraft support resulted in a response of "turn off the backlight." With no backlight the KPA500 display is unreadable in my shack. This is a relatively minor issue for me given that I rarely operate on 6m, but I'm anal enough that I'd prefer to solve rather than accommodate the problem. Anyone else seen this and/or have any ideas about how to deal with it, other than turning off the backlight? Thanks, Joe / WB1M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
I have a few birdies on 6, but after reading your post Jim, I checked them out against the KPA500 and so far I can't find any that I can attribute to the amplifier. I marked down all the ones I could hear with the amplifier on and the LCD as bright as it will go. I then shut the amp off and just to be sure, I disconnected power from it completely. All the birdies originally noted were still there and none changed when I turned the amp back on. I'd check all the cabling connections internal and external to the amp and see if you don't have one that's not completely seated causing a "Pin-1" problem. Jim - W0EB -- Original Message -- From: "Phil Wheeler" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: 2/26/2015 2:33:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight No such problem here, at all, Jim. I wonder if you have a cabling issue? Phil W7OX On 2/26/15 11:47 AM, Joe Hall wrote: Just got a KPA500 kit a couple of weeks ago (S/N 2380). Upon installing it in my system I immediately noticed sharp spikes about every 9.5 kHz (only on 6m) in my panadapter. These spikes are "audible" on my K3 and appear whenever the KPA500 is on, whether in standby or operate. Nothing at all noted on any band other than 6m. A google search of the mailing list archives revealed a couple mentions of the KPA500's LCD backlight. So, I went in and adjusted the LCD brightness. Dropping the brightness to "DAY" (which seems to turn the backlight totally off) completely clears up the spikes on 6m, any setting other than "DAY" and it's there - I can switch back and forth and watch the spikes appear and disappear. My email to elecraft support resulted in a response of "turn off the backlight." With no backlight the KPA500 display is unreadable in my shack. This is a relatively minor issue for me given that I rarely operate on 6m, but I'm anal enough that I'd prefer to solve rather than accommodate the problem. Anyone else seen this and/or have any ideas about how to deal with it, other than turning off the backlight? Thanks, Joe / WB1M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w...@cox.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
No such problem here, at all, Jim. I wonder if you have a cabling issue? Phil W7OX On 2/26/15 11:47 AM, Joe Hall wrote: Just got a KPA500 kit a couple of weeks ago (S/N 2380). Upon installing it in my system I immediately noticed sharp spikes about every 9.5 kHz (only on 6m) in my panadapter. These spikes are "audible" on my K3 and appear whenever the KPA500 is on, whether in standby or operate. Nothing at all noted on any band other than 6m. A google search of the mailing list archives revealed a couple mentions of the KPA500's LCD backlight. So, I went in and adjusted the LCD brightness. Dropping the brightness to "DAY" (which seems to turn the backlight totally off) completely clears up the spikes on 6m, any setting other than "DAY" and it's there - I can switch back and forth and watch the spikes appear and disappear. My email to elecraft support resulted in a response of "turn off the backlight." With no backlight the KPA500 display is unreadable in my shack. This is a relatively minor issue for me given that I rarely operate on 6m, but I'm anal enough that I'd prefer to solve rather than accommodate the problem. Anyone else seen this and/or have any ideas about how to deal with it, other than turning off the backlight? Thanks, Joe / WB1M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
Rarely get on 6m but tried mine and the only birdies I see on my P3 are the permanent ones from the wireless company's gear at the top of my tower. LCD brightness = 8, no change turning KPA500 on/off. There have been various postings in the past about stray signals ultimately traced to bad connectors, chassis connections unbonded, and bad cables. You might poke around a little in those departments. I can see the LCD with backlight off but room lights on, however it's really dim. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org On 2/26/2015 11:47 AM, Joe Hall wrote: Just got a KPA500 kit a couple of weeks ago (S/N 2380). Upon installing it in my system I immediately noticed sharp spikes about every 9.5 kHz (only on 6m) in my panadapter. Anyone else seen this and/or have any ideas about how to deal with it, other than turning off the backlight? Thanks, Joe / WB1M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
> This is a relatively minor issue for me given that I rarely operate on 6m, > but I'm anal enough that I'd prefer to solve rather than accommodate the > problem. Joe, this WILL be a problem for me, since almost all of my activity of late is 6m MS, and the amp is almost always used. I've noticed plenty of birdies, but never thought to try to trace them. Since I have no "bandscope", I can only check them one at a time, and will do so now that you have brought it up. Thanks for the heads up. Like you, I can not do without the light. Wayne? Gary __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
On Thu,2/26/2015 11:54 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: At this point, that fix was a long time ago. Elecraft has been working on the K3 for what, seven years now. Any complaint made first 5 years ago is likely long since fixed, though some, with one complaint fixed, seem to take little joy in that and immediately look for something else to complain about. Some people still have a theoretical complaint about one device in the analog RF/IF RX string, but I have never been able to hear anything they were complaining about. I'm retired from a long career in pro audio (including a lot of recordings of acoustic jazz of the highest musical quality) and time in broadcasting. My ears and brain know the difference between broadcast audio, recording quality audio, and ham radio audio. I mostly work CW, but do SSB and RTTY for contesting and DX chasing, as well as WSJT modes for small signal work. My K3s were bought new and have serial numbers in the range of 800 and 1800 (i.e., the first year of production) and get all the firmware updates. I've never been bothered by what I've heard coming out of good quality headphones connected to my K3s, nor with the audio that I'm transmitting. As Riley Hollingsworth has said on more than one occasion, if you want to transmit broadcast quality audio, buy or go to work at a broadcast station. And I will add, if you want to listen to broadcast or recording quality audio, turn on you home entertainment system. 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
I received a Bose mini soundlink speaker system for my iPod as a gift from the family. One day, I plugged it into the rear headphone jack of the K3 and tuned into a local AM BCB station playing oldies. It sounded terrific, with nice strong bass. I now use it for all of my K3 operating (which is mostly CW). I never thought that I would use a powered speaker on the K3 but the mini sounds nice and it is small and it is stereo, so the sub-receiver comes through on the right channel. I also use it through the Bluetooth connection for my PC and, of course, the iPod. 73, John W2XS "Yes, I am OK with the Audio of my K3 (and, my KX3). But, when I am listening to a Beethoven piano Sonata I choose the Bose over the Elecraft. 73, phil, K7PEH" -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-perceived-RX-and-TX-audio-tp7599375p7599401.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
I have the "latest" per Elecraft (Serial 04841). I hear artifacts on it. I have a friend that has a K3 (Serial >06000). He does not hear artifacts on his rig. I do not hear artifacts on his rig He listens to mine, and hears artifacts. I am sending the K3 to Elecraft to have them sort it out. Jim W6AIM -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:54 AM To: David Gilbert Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:48 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > low level pass band mixing was still an issue If I know exactly what you mean by low level pass band mixing, the multiple weak signal "muddle", that problem was decisively cleared up by the firmware significant digit fix for the AGC algorithm. It was a startling improvement in the K3's sound. It was even more startling in what it did for diversity reception of a weak signal pileup. Prior to the fix, the muddle had been removing the aural clues that the brain uses to create a sound stage. Afterwards, wow. At this point, that fix was a long time ago. Elecraft has been working on the K3 for what, seven years now. Any complaint made first 5 years ago is likely long since fixed, though some, with one complaint fixed, seem to take little joy in that and immediately look for something else to complain about. Some people still have a theoretical complaint about one device in the analog RF/IF RX string, but I have never been able to hear anything they were complaining about. They had their theoretical point no question, but apparently the K3 does not live in the range where that point would be invoked. So no harm, no foul. I don't drink KoolAid. Don't believe in it. But there's a bunch that drinks 55 gallon drums of inverse KoolAid. 73, Guy __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jbol...@outlook.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:48 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > low level pass band mixing was still an issue If I know exactly what you mean by low level pass band mixing, the multiple weak signal "muddle", that problem was decisively cleared up by the firmware significant digit fix for the AGC algorithm. It was a startling improvement in the K3's sound. It was even more startling in what it did for diversity reception of a weak signal pileup. Prior to the fix, the muddle had been removing the aural clues that the brain uses to create a sound stage. Afterwards, wow. At this point, that fix was a long time ago. Elecraft has been working on the K3 for what, seven years now. Any complaint made first 5 years ago is likely long since fixed, though some, with one complaint fixed, seem to take little joy in that and immediately look for something else to complain about. Some people still have a theoretical complaint about one device in the analog RF/IF RX string, but I have never been able to hear anything they were complaining about. They had their theoretical point no question, but apparently the K3 does not live in the range where that point would be invoked. So no harm, no foul. I don't drink KoolAid. Don't believe in it. But there's a bunch that drinks 55 gallon drums of inverse KoolAid. 73, Guy __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KPA500: birdies on 6m from LCD backlight
Just got a KPA500 kit a couple of weeks ago (S/N 2380). Upon installing it in my system I immediately noticed sharp spikes about every 9.5 kHz (only on 6m) in my panadapter. These spikes are "audible" on my K3 and appear whenever the KPA500 is on, whether in standby or operate. Nothing at all noted on any band other than 6m. A google search of the mailing list archives revealed a couple mentions of the KPA500's LCD backlight. So, I went in and adjusted the LCD brightness. Dropping the brightness to "DAY" (which seems to turn the backlight totally off) completely clears up the spikes on 6m, any setting other than "DAY" and it's there - I can switch back and forth and watch the spikes appear and disappear. My email to elecraft support resulted in a response of "turn off the backlight." With no backlight the KPA500 display is unreadable in my shack. This is a relatively minor issue for me given that I rarely operate on 6m, but I'm anal enough that I'd prefer to solve rather than accommodate the problem. Anyone else seen this and/or have any ideas about how to deal with it, other than turning off the backlight? Thanks, Joe / WB1M __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
Sure, merely understanding the words is fine when dealing with brief exchanges of call signs and signal reports. And pumped up, penetrating audio can help pump up your adrenalin if one finds excitement in sporting activities. The quality of comfort is a factor for many when participating in extended conversations. If you find no discomfort in what you hear, that's fine, but don't dismiss those who appreciate listening to audio without discomforting artifacts. Some of us enjoy nothing more than an engaging conversation. The acoustical qualities can be a significant factor in that pleasure. A meal can be better with dinnerware and utensils as opposed to using your hands to eat out of a paper bag. Best regards, Dick - KA5KKT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
My two-bits on the topic... I like the audio on my Bose Table-top radio. The music fills the room from the obviously small speakers that it has built-in and it is high quality and high fidelity. But, why in the world would I want or even care about having the same audio fidelity on my K3. I am 90 percent CW and the audio is just fine. I am about 50-50 in using speakers (I have the ComSpeaker pair) and headphones. My headphones are actually cast off older ear buds from my iPhone. For the SSB audio on those times I am using SSB, the audio is just fine. It is the other guys' signals that make up most of the quality or lack of quality in the signal. Yet, if you can understand them, what else do you want. They are not supposed to be singing to you (I think the FCC regs say no music). Yes, I am OK with the Audio of my K3 (and, my KX3). But, when I am listening to a Beethoven piano Sonata I choose the Bose over the Elecraft. 73, phil, K7PEH > On Feb 26, 2015, at 10:18 AM, jim wrote: > > Or..they have better hearing with a higher frequency > response > > Jim > W6AIM > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:07 AM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio > > If you don't like the audio from your K3 - you don't have to keep it! > > With all the various AGC, DSP, and filter settings - and the two equalizers > - _your_ K3 can be made to sound any way _you_ want it to sound. > > It used to be that some radios just plain sounded good or just plain lousy - > for whatever reason(s). The K3 can be anything from lousy to excellent - it > is all up to the user to make the adjustments. Nothing is fixed in the K3 - > there are nearly infinite variables to suit any situation. You can set it up > for weak signal CW or resounding armchair copy - the choice is yours. The K3 > can do it all. > > Now, just why is it that I keep seeing mention of the K3's poor audio? > Sounds to me like it is more the operator is unable to make the necessary > menu selections. Or, more likely, the complainer never actually heard a K3. > > Now, back to 75 meters and a little Kool-Aide. > > Bill W2BLC K-Line > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to jbol...@outlook.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 > Message delivered to phys...@mac.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
I don't believe that is totally accurate. I'm guessing you're not an active contester. The K3 is pretty good, but it most definitely does not have infinite capability to suit any situation. Last I checked, low level pass band mixing was still an issue, as is the hard audio limit for some. Dave AB7E On 2/26/2015 4:06 AM, Bill wrote: If you don't like the audio from your K3 - you don't have to keep it! With all the various AGC, DSP, and filter settings - and the two equalizers - _your_ K3 can be made to sound any way _you_ want it to sound. It used to be that some radios just plain sounded good or just plain lousy - for whatever reason(s). The K3 can be anything from lousy to excellent - it is all up to the user to make the adjustments. Nothing is fixed in the K3 - there are nearly infinite variables to suit any situation. You can set it up for weak signal CW or resounding armchair copy - the choice is yours. The K3 can do it all. Now, just why is it that I keep seeing mention of the K3's poor audio? Sounds to me like it is more the operator is unable to make the necessary menu selections. Or, more likely, the complainer never actually heard a K3. Now, back to 75 meters and a little Kool-Aide. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to xda...@cis-broadband.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
Or..they have better hearing with a higher frequency response Jim W6AIM -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:07 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio If you don't like the audio from your K3 - you don't have to keep it! With all the various AGC, DSP, and filter settings - and the two equalizers - _your_ K3 can be made to sound any way _you_ want it to sound. It used to be that some radios just plain sounded good or just plain lousy - for whatever reason(s). The K3 can be anything from lousy to excellent - it is all up to the user to make the adjustments. Nothing is fixed in the K3 - there are nearly infinite variables to suit any situation. You can set it up for weak signal CW or resounding armchair copy - the choice is yours. The K3 can do it all. Now, just why is it that I keep seeing mention of the K3's poor audio? Sounds to me like it is more the operator is unable to make the necessary menu selections. Or, more likely, the complainer never actually heard a K3. Now, back to 75 meters and a little Kool-Aide. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jbol...@outlook.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] Re: Synth card order status
Guys, An educated estimate was made for demand of the new synth Just think, we would be paying more IF Elecraft did not manage inventory by exhausting the old synth stock (except for repair needs, etc.) before the new was announced. If they ordered too many boards, inventory turns would be impacted negatively, and working capital suffers, with higher costs to them and ultimately, the end user. It is not the end of the world as some may think it is... Jim W6AIM On Feb 25, 2015, at 3:15 PM, "'Joe Subich, W4TV' li...@subich.com [Elecraft_K3]" wrote: > > > As (somewhat) expected, there is now a back order on the new cards > > with a 10 (business) day delay. Which translates to mid-March. > > Perhaps sooner, perhaps not. > > That's disappointing. I ordered early Saturday afternoon at Orlando > Hamcation and was told there were plenty in stock. Of course, I got > e-mail confirmation Monday evening (presumably after Eric got back) > and still have not received shipping info. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > On 2015-02-25 5:48 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote: > > I ordered two new synth cards early Monday (with an SVGA card added, I'm > > tired of squinting) and quickly got the confirmation email. Having > > heard/read nothing since, I called and spoke with a VERY nice woman > > about the status a bit ago. > > > > As (somewhat) expected, there is now a back order on the new cards with > > a 10 (business) day delay. Which translates to mid-March. Perhaps > > sooner, perhaps not. > > > > Not complaining, just FYI and saving Elecraft some phone calls. :o) By > > then the newest firmware will be in better shape, so it's all good. > > > > 73, > > Rick wa6nhc > > > > __ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to li...@subich.com > > > __._,_.___ > Posted by: "Joe Subich, W4TV" > Reply via web post•Reply to sender•Reply to group > • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (2) > VISIT YOUR GROUP New Members 7 > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > > __,_._,___ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Tascam US-122MKII
Deane: I have the US-144, but it is similar enough to be applicable. I use the Elecraft Line Out with a stereo cable to the Tascam Line In (L) jack. You will need to use a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter to make this work. I use the L and R line out jacks (RCA) with an RCA to stereo 1/8" adapter. This goes back to the Elecraft Line In plug on the back. You can look for the settings in Fred Cady's book for DATA A set up for the K3. I use FLDIGI and VOX. Works well after getting the radio set up for it. Now, for the tricky part. You must download and configure the USB/serial port for this external sound card. I use a Mac so have no idea about the Winblows drivers. I must start the Tascam driver software in the background in order for the Mac and FLDIGI to see the external sound card. On the top of the Tascam unit, you want to do the following: 1. Phantom is OFF 2. Mic/Lin is ON 3. Mono is OFF 4. Mon Mix is fully clockwise (Computer) 5. Once you have tuned a signal on your FLDIGI waterfall, then use the Input Left dial so that you have a blue background with a light "snow" of yellow dots on the waterfall. Try to do this in a segment of the band without signals. You can alternatively select a "loud" signal then adjust the dial until the Input Left LED goes from green to red peaks ... then back off until it always stays green. 6. The LINE OUT is adjusted differently depending on how your radio is set up so that you do not over-drive the LINE IN to the K3. Hope that helps. gene WG7GW Message: 16 > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:03:14 +1100 > From: "Deane Walkington" > To: > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and Tascam US-122MkII > Message-ID: <003f01d05189$e8602990$b9207cb0$@internode.on.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Before I start making cables to connect a Tascam 122 to a K3, I would > appreciate knowing how other users have connected this pair. > > > > Deane > > VK1DW > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-PX3-computer
I have the same with the K3/P3 SVGA and my logging program (Rumlog). If I have the SVGA data display enabled I get almost complete rubbish sent to the computer. K3 displays normally. Timing issue I expect. 73 Stephen G4SJP On 26 February 2015 at 14:43, Wayne Burdick wrote: > If you're displaying text on the PX3, it will not also show up in the KX3 > Utility terminal window. We may provide this capability in the future. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:28 AM, steve wrote: > > > I guess I didn't define "display" -- the text display. I copied > cw/psk31 fine on the KX3, I think I got the text on the PX3 (don't > remember), but it wasn't displaying the same on the terminal mode of the > KX3 utility. When I got home I checked the old emails and there is an > issue. I solved it (during the demo) by using fldigi, BUT it would be nice > to have the PX3 Keyboard for input rather then NEED the computer for > keyboard entry... (yes, I "could" use the cw key for entry...) > > > > steve WB3LGC > > > > On 26-Feb-15 9:20 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > >> Steve, > >> > >> To get good decode on the KX3/PX3 tune the station in carefully using > CWT or auto-spot and keep the bandwidth narrow. > >> > >> 73, > >> Don W3FPR > >> > >> On 2/26/2015 9:07 AM, steve wrote: > >>> I helped, this last weekend, at a ham radio demo for a Boy Scout > encampment of about ~250 Scouts and leaders. I found that the > KX3-PX3-computer (KX3 utility program - terminal) didn't display on the > computer what the KX3 decoded. The computer made a nice display - larger > then the PX3, but the PX3 allowed me to find stations on 40m during the day > (and it was dead). I sort of remember an old email about this setup not > working. I looked it up when I got home. Still not sure why it wouldn't > work... I did use the computer with fldigi. > >>> > >>> Anyway... to keep things simple, it SURE would be nice to have the > KEYBOARD working for the PX3... It is difficult to be portable with a > computer (for any length of time) and is not KISS, either. > >>> > >>> IT WAS a good demo as we had four stations setup in two locations. > >>> The Scout planners want us back. Keyboard in 2016?? > >>> > >> > > > > __ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.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 > Message delivered to eastbrantw...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] New K3 on the air
Thanks to the Elecraft crew. I just assembled K3 #3 and after unwrapping all those anti static bags and plugging everything in, the darn thing worked great!! I did not get the 100 watt amp or a second receiver, as this radio will be used on the higher VHF bands. I just wanted to thank Eric and Wayne for running such a great outfit. There was a lot of thought I am sure, put into how to test and calibrate each board. The fact that someone can assemble such a complex piece of electronic equipment out of subassemblies and have it all work like a well oiled machine is testimony to a lot of hard work. I appreciate it. I also can’t wait to check out the new and improved synthesizer. There is so much snow here in Maine now that I can hardly reach my VHF shack, so I think the only band I can make a contact on is 160 M, which is the only band operating at the house. I hope I can make my first QSO this evening! 10 watts? 160 M? a K3? No problem! Thanks again Elecraft. Dave K1WHS K2 #915 K2 #1247 K2 #- (It’s a long story) K3 # 1504 K3 # 3504 K3 # 8858 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Latest K3 firmware release (5.13) restores DUAL PB CW function
Also not mentioned in the release notes - the ability to actually assign "LINK" to PF1 or PF2 by selecting the menu item and then holding the PF1 or PF2 button for a couple seconds now actually works as well. Just tested it. Jim - W0EB On 26/02/2015 11:50, Wayne Burdick wrote: K3 beta firmware rev. 5.13 is now available on our K3 software page. We neglected to mention in the release notes that the original "DUAL PB" CW function has been added back in. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Latest K3 firmware release (5.13) restores DUAL PB CW function
From my perspective very welcome news, many thanks for that. I guess I can now seriously think about the synth upgrade after to order storm has died down a bit. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 26/02/2015 11:50, Wayne Burdick wrote: K3 beta firmware rev. 5.13 is now available on our K3 software page. We neglected to mention in the release notes that the original "DUAL PB" CW function has been added back in. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft K3
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[Elecraft] Latest K3 firmware release (5.13) restores DUAL PB CW function
K3 beta firmware rev. 5.13 is now available on our K3 software page. We neglected to mention in the release notes that the original "DUAL PB" CW function has been added back in. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3_KSYN3A_Synthesizer
DUAL PB is back. I neglected to update this in the release notes. Wayne N6KR On Feb 26, 2015, at 4:26 AM, Mike Harris wrote: > Sad to note that dual passband "focus/context" filtering is still in the > wilderness according to the release notes. > > Regards, > > Mike VP8NO > > On 25/02/2015 20:24, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> Ken, >> >> Go to the K3 beta firmware and download 5.13. Yes, it is beta right >> now, but it solves several problems and if no problems with it in the >> next few days, it will be promoted to production status. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 2/25/2015 6:00 PM, Ken Roberson via Elecraft wrote: >>> Anyone else having trouble with milliwatt TX gain Cal using the new >>> synthesizer boardOr is it just me.Also on the RF power out only one >>> bar is lite up.If I set power to 0 dbm (1 milliwatt) it only shows >>> -12.0 dbm ( .06 mw) >>> Thanks > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-PX3-computer
If you're displaying text on the PX3, it will not also show up in the KX3 Utility terminal window. We may provide this capability in the future. 73, Wayne N6KR On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:28 AM, steve wrote: > I guess I didn't define "display" -- the text display. I copied cw/psk31 > fine on the KX3, I think I got the text on the PX3 (don't remember), but it > wasn't displaying the same on the terminal mode of the KX3 utility. When I > got home I checked the old emails and there is an issue. I solved it (during > the demo) by using fldigi, BUT it would be nice to have the PX3 Keyboard for > input rather then NEED the computer for keyboard entry... (yes, I "could" > use the cw key for entry...) > > steve WB3LGC > > On 26-Feb-15 9:20 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> Steve, >> >> To get good decode on the KX3/PX3 tune the station in carefully using CWT or >> auto-spot and keep the bandwidth narrow. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 2/26/2015 9:07 AM, steve wrote: >>> I helped, this last weekend, at a ham radio demo for a Boy Scout encampment >>> of about ~250 Scouts and leaders. I found that the KX3-PX3-computer (KX3 >>> utility program - terminal) didn't display on the computer what the KX3 >>> decoded. The computer made a nice display - larger then the PX3, but the >>> PX3 allowed me to find stations on 40m during the day (and it was dead). I >>> sort of remember an old email about this setup not working. I looked it up >>> when I got home. Still not sure why it wouldn't work... I did use the >>> computer with fldigi. >>> >>> Anyway... to keep things simple, it SURE would be nice to have the >>> KEYBOARD working for the PX3... It is difficult to be portable with a >>> computer (for any length of time) and is not KISS, either. >>> >>> IT WAS a good demo as we had four stations setup in two locations. >>> The Scout planners want us back. Keyboard in 2016?? >>> >> > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-PX3-computer
. To turn on CW decode: Hold TEXT, then rotate VFO B to select a receive signal threshold (RX THR1-9). For weak signals, use low thresholds (RX THR1-3). With strong signals, medium thresholds (RX THR4-6) provide better copy. At very high code speeds, the highest thresholds work best (RX THR7-9). Next, turn on CWT (CW tuning aid). Tune VFO A until the middle CWT segment flashes in time with the incoming CW. If necessary, further adjust the RX THR level to provide best copy -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-PX3-computer-tp7599380p7599383.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-PX3-computer
I guess I didn't define "display" -- the text display. I copied cw/psk31 fine on the KX3, I think I got the text on the PX3 (don't remember), but it wasn't displaying the same on the terminal mode of the KX3 utility. When I got home I checked the old emails and there is an issue. I solved it (during the demo) by using fldigi, BUT it would be nice to have the PX3 Keyboard for input rather then NEED the computer for keyboard entry... (yes, I "could" use the cw key for entry...) steve WB3LGC On 26-Feb-15 9:20 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Steve, To get good decode on the KX3/PX3 tune the station in carefully using CWT or auto-spot and keep the bandwidth narrow. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/26/2015 9:07 AM, steve wrote: I helped, this last weekend, at a ham radio demo for a Boy Scout encampment of about ~250 Scouts and leaders. I found that the KX3-PX3-computer (KX3 utility program - terminal) didn't display on the computer what the KX3 decoded. The computer made a nice display - larger then the PX3, but the PX3 allowed me to find stations on 40m during the day (and it was dead). I sort of remember an old email about this setup not working. I looked it up when I got home. Still not sure why it wouldn't work... I did use the computer with fldigi. Anyway... to keep things simple, it SURE would be nice to have the KEYBOARD working for the PX3... It is difficult to be portable with a computer (for any length of time) and is not KISS, either. IT WAS a good demo as we had four stations setup in two locations. The Scout planners want us back. Keyboard in 2016?? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-PX3-computer
Steve, To get good decode on the KX3/PX3 tune the station in carefully using CWT or auto-spot and keep the bandwidth narrow. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/26/2015 9:07 AM, steve wrote: I helped, this last weekend, at a ham radio demo for a Boy Scout encampment of about ~250 Scouts and leaders. I found that the KX3-PX3-computer (KX3 utility program - terminal) didn't display on the computer what the KX3 decoded. The computer made a nice display - larger then the PX3, but the PX3 allowed me to find stations on 40m during the day (and it was dead). I sort of remember an old email about this setup not working. I looked it up when I got home. Still not sure why it wouldn't work... I did use the computer with fldigi. Anyway... to keep things simple, it SURE would be nice to have the KEYBOARD working for the PX3... It is difficult to be portable with a computer (for any length of time) and is not KISS, either. IT WAS a good demo as we had four stations setup in two locations. The Scout planners want us back. Keyboard in 2016?? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3-PX3-computer
I helped, this last weekend, at a ham radio demo for a Boy Scout encampment of about ~250 Scouts and leaders. I found that the KX3-PX3-computer (KX3 utility program - terminal) didn't display on the computer what the KX3 decoded. The computer made a nice display - larger then the PX3, but the PX3 allowed me to find stations on 40m during the day (and it was dead). I sort of remember an old email about this setup not working. I looked it up when I got home. Still not sure why it wouldn't work... I did use the computer with fldigi. Anyway... to keep things simple, it SURE would be nice to have the KEYBOARD working for the PX3... It is difficult to be portable with a computer (for any length of time) and is not KISS, either. IT WAS a good demo as we had four stations setup in two locations. The Scout planners want us back. Keyboard in 2016?? 73, steve WB3LGC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Using CAL FIL and Spectrogram to set up the K2 filters
Gareth, Good work. May I offer a couple suggestions: 1) On SSB filters other than the FL1 OP1 filter, look carefully at the actual filter width. On many K2s, the actual width is far wider than that indicated by the K2 display. You ideally want to have each filter progression about 200 to 300 Hz more narrow then the prior filter. The easiest way to set that up is to first do LSB - the low frequency slope of the passband will not move substantially as you adjust the width. The set the BFOs for the filters after adjusting the width. 2) Rather than using SSB FL4 for PSK and other data modes, turn on RTTY in the secondary menu. That gives you another set of filters and an independent compression setting from SSB and you don't have to remember to turn compression off when using data modes. I normally set RTTY FL1 the same as SSB FL1 (including the BFO settings - RTTY is LSB and RTTY rev is USB) and then set the FL2 to 1000 Hz, FL3 to 700 Hz and FL4 to 400 Hz widths. I center those 3 filters on 1000 Hz. If you are not able to properly center the 400 Hz wide filter, you will have to pad the BFO with a small value capacitor (try 15 to 22pF) between pins 6 and 3 of RF board U11 - then recheck the BFO range. If you do have to make that change, you will need to re-do all the BFO alignments. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/26/2015 8:29 AM, Gareth - M5KVK wrote: Having finally got my KSB2 board working (it was a hi-resistance solder joint: enough to depress performance but not stop all signals), and calibrated the dial, I turned to setting up the filters. I started with the filter widths and BFO settings in the KSB2 manual, but it didn't sound right. So I decided to use WWV and Spectrogram. Now that I knew that the VFO was OK, I set it to 1.00. No audio on LSB or USB, which is good. I then tuned off by 600Hz to create a steady signal at 1.60kHz (.40kHz on the other sideband) and displayed the audio on spectrogram with a 600Hz marker set. I then went through CAL FIL, adjusting the BFO so that the audio tone was exactly 600Hz. I did this on all modes and filter widths: except FL4 on LSB and USB, which I adjusted for a 1000Hz centre (so I can use them for PSK31). I was surprised how far off the displayed spectrum was with the factory settings. On USB FL4, the centre was at 400Hz with the manual’s suggested BFO setting. 73, Gareth M5KVK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Using CAL FIL and Spectrogram to set up the K2 filters
Having finally got my KSB2 board working (it was a hi-resistance solder joint: enough to depress performance but not stop all signals), and calibrated the dial, I turned to setting up the filters. I started with the filter widths and BFO settings in the KSB2 manual, but it didn't sound right. So I decided to use WWV and Spectrogram. Now that I knew that the VFO was OK, I set it to 1.00. No audio on LSB or USB, which is good. I then tuned off by 600Hz to create a steady signal at 1.60kHz (.40kHz on the other sideband) and displayed the audio on spectrogram with a 600Hz marker set. I then went through CAL FIL, adjusting the BFO so that the audio tone was exactly 600Hz. I did this on all modes and filter widths: except FL4 on LSB and USB, which I adjusted for a 1000Hz centre (so I can use them for PSK31). I was surprised how far off the displayed spectrum was with the factory settings. On USB FL4, the centre was at 400Hz with the manual’s suggested BFO setting. 73, Gareth M5KVK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Locks up in Transmit in data mode.
Joe Spot on, many thanks for the advice. 73 Stewart On 25/02/2015 23:11, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: The key factor in avoiding the hang (which happens in both DN780 and FLdigi seems to be not sending audio with the CAT cable connected, but the off-off setting should surely cause the CAT control lines to be ignored, shouldn't it? It's not the CAT control (RTS-DTR) lines you need to worry about. It is sending TX ON and OX OFF commands via CAT that causes the problem. *Either* use PTT via CAT COMMANDS *or* use the VOX in Signalink/K3 but don't use both. It is when you mix CAT commands and external PTT or VOX that you get the "hang" problem. In DM780 you can use PTT on the DTR line *don't* use CAT commands. In Fldigi *do not* use "CAT command for PTT" - instead use "Toggle DTR for PTT". *Many* rigs appear to have a race condition in processing CAT based PTT commands and hardware (DTR) PTT. I do not know the internals but it appears they ignore the hardware PTT while processing the CAT command and if the hardware PTT disappears at the wrong time the CAT TX OFF is ignored and then there is no hardware PTT off. In almost every case simply "bumping" the PTT button on the mic will release the stuck PTT. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2015-02-25 5:30 PM, Stewart Bryant wrote: Hi Don Thanks for the reply. On 25/02/2015 22:23, Don Wilhelm wrote: Stewart, By saying you are "using VOX in Signalink to control PTT" are you saying that you are using the PTT output of Signalink to control transmission? With a cable to the PTT jack? Yes, that is how it is configured. You mentioned the "RS-232 cable" which makes me wonder which of the Signalink "Radio Cables" you are using. I am going to assume you are using the SLUSBK3 cable which connects to the K3 reap panel audio jacks and the PTT jack. Correct. If so, do you also have VOX set on in the K3. No, I turned this off. This is a common problem if both Signalink PTT and the K3 VOX are active. Unplug the PTT cable from the Signalink and just use the VOX in the K3, or turn off VOX in the K3 and use the PTT from Signalink - your choice, but do not use both. The key factor in avoiding the hang (which happens in both DN780 and FLdigi seems to be not sending audio with the CAT cable connected, but the off-off setting should surely cause the CAT control lines to be ignored, shouldn't it? 73 Stewart/G3YSX 73, Don W3FPR On 2/25/2015 4:35 PM, Stewart Bryant wrote: Hi This is probably finger trouble, but I cannot see what the problem is, so I wonder if anyone knows what is going on. I have a K3, Sigalink and HRD/DM780. For voice and CW including using the winkeyer all works fine including CAT. However I get a transmit lockup in data mode. I am using vox from the Sigalink to control the K3 PTT. I have K3 power turned to zero. I set the K3 in data mode and send some data and all is well relays go over tries to send some data goes back to receive. If I plug in the RS232 cable and send some data all works well, the Sigalink drops PTT, buy the K3 locks in transmit and will not come out of transmit until I power cycle the K3. Removing the RS232 cable has no effect unless I power cycle the K3. Removing the RS232 cable and all works exactly as expected. I have configured ptt to off-off. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong here? Many thanks Stewart/G3YSX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w3...@embarqmail.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 Message delivered to li...@subich.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 Message delivered to stew...@g3ysx.org.uk __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3_KSYN3A_Synthesizer
Sad to note that dual passband "focus/context" filtering is still in the wilderness according to the release notes. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 25/02/2015 20:24, Don Wilhelm wrote: Ken, Go to the K3 beta firmware and download 5.13. Yes, it is beta right now, but it solves several problems and if no problems with it in the next few days, it will be promoted to production status. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/25/2015 6:00 PM, Ken Roberson via Elecraft wrote: Anyone else having trouble with milliwatt TX gain Cal using the new synthesizer boardOr is it just me.Also on the RF power out only one bar is lite up.If I set power to 0 dbm (1 milliwatt) it only shows -12.0 dbm ( .06 mw) Thanks __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 - perceived RX and TX audio
If you don't like the audio from your K3 - you don't have to keep it! With all the various AGC, DSP, and filter settings - and the two equalizers - _your_ K3 can be made to sound any way _you_ want it to sound. It used to be that some radios just plain sounded good or just plain lousy - for whatever reason(s). The K3 can be anything from lousy to excellent - it is all up to the user to make the adjustments. Nothing is fixed in the K3 - there are nearly infinite variables to suit any situation. You can set it up for weak signal CW or resounding armchair copy - the choice is yours. The K3 can do it all. Now, just why is it that I keep seeing mention of the K3's poor audio? Sounds to me like it is more the operator is unable to make the necessary menu selections. Or, more likely, the complainer never actually heard a K3. Now, back to 75 meters and a little Kool-Aide. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Confused when calibrating 4MHz oscillator
Right. It was the relationship between BFO and VFO I was missing. Nevertheless, I followed the procedure last night and it seems to have worked. I admit that it took three goes until I got the knack of adjusting C22 correctly, but it worked. I knew it would but I like to understand how rather than just taking it on trust. Thanks (again), Don. Sent from my 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
