Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 ... ATU tune cycle must be initiated manually since key line interrupter is installed

[Don Butler]

Tnx Dick …. Sounds like that will work … I’ll take a close look at it …. The 
big microHam cable assembly between MK2R+ and K3 is currently using the K3 
straight key jack but I should be able to make a Y adapter to run both lines in 
….

Don 

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To: 'Don Butler'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KPA1500 ... ATU tune cycle must be initiated manually 
since key line interrupter is installed

You might run a cable from the KPA1500 back panel TUNE connector to the K3 
straight key input.  The KPA1500 pulls the tip of the connector low when it 
needs to do an ATU tune (because you pressed the ATU TUNE button, or we're 
doing an "swr-initiated" tune.  I use a 3.5mm TRS plug to plug (the green kind 
from lots of computer sound cards), and a 3.5mm to 1/4" stereo adapter that 
plugs into the K3 straight key line.

I may have missed the thrust of your question, but this is how I cause my K3 to 
provide carrier for ATU tuning when needed.

73 de Dick, K6KR




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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 17:17
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 ... ATU tune cycle must be initiated manually since 
key line interrupter is installed

I’m just getting to know my new KPA1500 and am having a ball doing so …. it is 
a gem!one minor problem:  I’m using the key line interrupter in the Aux 
cable since I am keying through a microHam MK2R+ (the K3S/KPA1500 is one of two 
radios connected through the MK2R+ ….. so the key line must now run from K3 to 
MK2R+ to KPA1500).   Without the direct keyline connection between K3 and amp I 
must manually key the K3 to initiate an ATU tune cycle  ….  I suspect that the 
same problem would exist if I were using a KPA500  …. How have KPA500 users 
been working around this?

Don, N5LZ



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[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Report for 3-4-2018

[John W Webster]

Please consider joining us for the weekly Elecraft SSB Net on Sundays at
18:00z (UTC) on 14.303.5.  Note that for states that have Daylight Savings
Time the local time will change to an hour later, but the UTC time (18:00z)
remains the same.

Net control, Eric WB9JNZ, sends the report for this last week’s net, which was 
somewhat challenging given the contest.

73

John, N6JW

Elecraft SSB Net 3-4-2018

WB9JNZ Eric IL K3 4017 Net Control

NS7P Phil OR K3 1826

W4RKS Jim TX K3 3618

NC0JW/M Jim AZ KX3 1356

N6JW/M John KX3 515

W7REK Glenn AZ K3 2843

K7JG John WA KX3 3519

W7QHD Kurt CA KX3 8697

WM5F Dwight ID KX3 8045

KL7BR Rick ID KX3 3160

K7RQN Robert AZ Heathkit 101 AL 811

K6PGQ Bob CA K3 5891

KS6F Guy CA K3S 10150

AE6JV Bill CA K3 6299
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Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

[David Bunte]

Knut -

A friend got an IC-7610 and waited about ONE YEAR... they obviously did not
have thousands on the shelf when it was announced.

Dave - K9FN

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 7:12 PM ab2tc  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Well, isn't this fairly typical behavior by Elecraft on a major new product
> introduction? Get used to it. Sure, Icom and the other big two probably
> have
> thousands of units on the shelf when they make a product announcements, but
> they have a different business model.
>
> AB2TC - Knut
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
>  Not broken down by prepaid levels but they did say in the Early
> Notification email this:
>
> Deposit Preorders will be shipped from the first production run in the
> order
> received, followed by non-deposit orders.
>
>   So I wasn't sitting at the computer when the announcement hit but was
> about 18 hours into the 24 hour window.  So I had to look at the fully
> prepaid
> order as nothing more than a blatant bribe to move up a few notches on the
> shipping list and the free shipping.
>
>It may not be all inclusive but the order number for SN 45 was two
> minutes from N9PY's order and mine was 127 later but probably was not all
> KPA1500's or all of the KPA1500s. As they said other orders were received
> by
> other means too.
>
>On Feb 6th Eric said they were "shipping KPA1500 for several days
> now".
> So after almost a month there are about 50 units shipped, most likely
> including
> engineering units .  Not impressive or encouraging.
>
> I'm not an Elecraft basher I'm Elecraft from 160 meters to 432MHZ.
>
> 73.
> Bob
> K2TK  ex KN2TKR (1956) & k2TKR
>
> K2, KX3, K3. KPA500, KAT500. P3, KRC, 3 XV's and more.
>
>  
>
>
>
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[Elecraft] K3S sales

[Jeff]

Just wondering if the low power K3S kit with extra filters etc is offered as a 
special?

 Seems they usually have the 100W factory combos. 

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Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 ... ATU tune cycle must be initiated manually since key line interrupter is installed

[dick]

You might run a cable from the KPA1500 back panel TUNE connector to the K3 
straight key input.  The KPA1500 pulls the tip of the connector low when it 
needs to do an ATU tune (because you pressed the ATU TUNE button, or we're 
doing an "swr-initiated" tune.  I use a 3.5mm TRS plug to plug (the green kind 
from lots of computer sound cards), and a 3.5mm to 1/4" stereo adapter that 
plugs into the K3 straight key line.

I may have missed the thrust of your question, but this is how I cause my K3 to 
provide carrier for ATU tuning when needed.

73 de Dick, K6KR




-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
Behalf Of Don Butler
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 17:17
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 ... ATU tune cycle must be initiated manually since 
key line interrupter is installed

I’m just getting to know my new KPA1500 and am having a ball doing so …. it is 
a gem!one minor problem:  I’m using the key line interrupter in the Aux 
cable since I am keying through a microHam MK2R+ (the K3S/KPA1500 is one of two 
radios connected through the MK2R+ ….. so the key line must now run from K3 to 
MK2R+ to KPA1500).   Without the direct keyline connection between K3 and amp I 
must manually key the K3 to initiate an ATU tune cycle  ….  I suspect that the 
same problem would exist if I were using a KPA500  …. How have KPA500 users 
been working around this?

Don, N5LZ



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Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

[Rick Tavan]

I do miscellaneous switching chores at my remote station with two devices:
a remotely-controlled AC power strip and a remotely-controlled DC relay
board. Either could be adapted to your requirements IF your switch has
digital inputs such as four independent control lines. I don't know if
either of these techniques is what you really want, but maybe they'll give
you some ideas.

My AC power strip is from Digital Loggers Inc. I found it at a surplus
store for a lot less than new boxes. It supports eight controllable AC
outlets from a Web page that's hosted inside the outlet strip itself.
Connect it to your remote LAN with a little well-documented, one-time
network magic and you're good to go. You can assign mnemonic names to each
outlet, subdivide them into "user" and "administrator" sets, monitor access
via a "heartbeat" on the Internet for restart sequencing, etc. Quite nice
but not exactly what you want as you would have to plug in wall warts or
external relays and you would have to activate the four lines manually, one
at a time. To change antennas you would probably have to turn one off and
another on which is kind of messy.

My DC relay board is from Velleman Projects. It has a local interface
program (Windows) that I access via a remote desktop app. It has eight SPDT
relays but only exposes the common and normally open contacts via a
terminal strip. I've considered tacking wires onto the normally closed
contacts and adding a second terminal strip to expose them, but so far
haven't had to do that. They probably have other models with different I/O
capabilities. Although this device, like the power strip, provides eight
independent, binary lines, its local interface program is written in Basic
and source code is available. I wanted to re-program it with mnemonic names
instead of just numbers 1-8 but when I saw the Gothic environment into
which Basic has devolved, I gave up. If you're handier with Basic, you
could use the supplied source code as education and write your own program
that turns on one and no more than one line at a time.

There are other vendors of similar devices. I believe there are also some
solutions involving remote serial ports but I have no experience with them.

Good luck & 73,

/Rick N6XI

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Truckee, CA

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 5:30 PM, Dennis Ashworth 
wrote:

>
> Question #2 remains. How do I remotely switch between 4 positions on an RX
> antenna switch (e.g. K9AY switch box) via some kind of Windows based UI.
> Ideas?
>
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Re: [Elecraft] [OT] The Ultimate List of Hobbies for Men

[Rick Tavan]

Great, old photos are worth as much as the texts themselves!

I consider myself a bit of a "hobby-defined individual" and I've
participated in 26 of these activities at some level, and a few others in
passing. But ham radio surpasses them all! I'm also still active in SCUBA
diving, flying, cycling, photography, and a few of the others.

I was surprised to see lock picking listed as a "hobby" since it can often
be quite illegal. But then I recalled some college classmates who got a big
kick out of it. Although it was certainly illegal, I never heard of anyone
being harmed or prosecuted. The student hackers just wanted to prove they
could do it and, as far as I knew, never stole or damaged anything along
the way.

Thanks for the pointer.

/Rick N6XI


Rick Tavan
Truckee, CA

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Al Lorona  wrote:

> I found it mildly gratifying that our hobby is listed at #2 of these 75:
>
>
> https://www.artofmanliness.com/2016/01/25/the-ultimate-
> list-of-hobbies-for-men-75-ideas-for-your-free-time/
> Certainly, climbing a tower, sticking your hands into the HV compartment
> of an amplifier, or emergency communication under adverse conditions would
> require a modicum of manliness.
>
> (Begging the pardon of the ladies among us.)
>
>
> Al  W6LX
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[Elecraft] KPA1500 ... ATU tune cycle must be initiated manually since key line interrupter is installed

[Don Butler]

I’m just getting to know my new KPA1500 and am having a ball doing so …. it is 
a gem!one minor problem:  I’m using the key line interrupter in the Aux 
cable since I am keying through a microHam MK2R+ (the K3S/KPA1500 is one of two 
radios connected through the MK2R+ ….. so the key line must now run from K3 to 
MK2R+ to KPA1500).   Without the direct keyline connection between K3 and amp I 
must manually key the K3 to initiate an ATU tune cycle  ….  I suspect that the 
same problem would exist if I were using a KPA500  …. How have KPA500 users 
been working around this?

Don, N5LZ



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[Elecraft] KXV3 or KXV3A Boards

[Dennis]

Anyone have one of these they want to part with?
Please reply offline.

Dennis W1UE
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[Elecraft] KIO3 board found

[wa8wzg]

Thanks for all the quick replies from everyone,
I have secured a replacement board and am looking forward to getting the 
K3 on the air.

Thanks again to all that replied.
Tom
Wa8WZG

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Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

[ab2tc]

Hi,

Well, isn't this fairly typical behavior by Elecraft on a major new product
introduction? Get used to it. Sure, Icom and the other big two probably have
thousands of units on the shelf when they make a product announcements, but
they have a different business model.

AB2TC - Knut


Hi Jim,

 Not broken down by prepaid levels but they did say in the Early 
Notification email this:

Deposit Preorders will be shipped from the first production run in the order 
received, followed by non-deposit orders.

  So I wasn't sitting at the computer when the announcement hit but was 
about 18 hours into the 24 hour window.  So I had to look at the fully
prepaid 
order as nothing more than a blatant bribe to move up a few notches on the 
shipping list and the free shipping.

   It may not be all inclusive but the order number for SN 45 was two 
minutes from N9PY's order and mine was 127 later but probably was not all 
KPA1500's or all of the KPA1500s. As they said other orders were received by 
other means too.

   On Feb 6th Eric said they were "shipping KPA1500 for several days
now". 
So after almost a month there are about 50 units shipped, most likely
including 
engineering units .  Not impressive or encouraging.

I'm not an Elecraft basher I'm Elecraft from 160 meters to 432MHZ.

73.
Bob
K2TK  ex KN2TKR (1956) & k2TKR

K2, KX3, K3. KPA500, KAT500. P3, KRC, 3 XV's and more.






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[Elecraft] looking for a stock KIO3 board for a K3

[wa8wzg]

To All.
I am new to the list ,I just bought a "new to me" K3. I am having issues 
with the rs 232 interface with it. I need to replace the KIO3 board. Is 
there anybody out there that has moved up to the KIO3B kit, that may 
have their old KIO3 board for sale.

Thanks in advance,
Tom
WA8WZG DM34
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Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

[Bob via Elecraft]

Hi Jim,

Not broken down by prepaid levels but they did say in the Early 
Notification email this:


Deposit Preorders will be shipped from the first production run in the order 
received, followed by non-deposit orders.


 So I wasn't sitting at the computer when the announcement hit but was 
about 18 hours into the 24 hour window.  So I had to look at the fully prepaid 
order as nothing more than a blatant bribe to move up a few notches on the 
shipping list and the free shipping.


  It may not be all inclusive but the order number for SN 45 was two 
minutes from N9PY's order and mine was 127 later but probably was not all 
KPA1500's or all of the KPA1500s. As they said other orders were received by 
other means too.


  On Feb 6th Eric said they were "shipping KPA1500 for several days now". 
So after almost a month there are about 50 units shipped, most likely including 
engineering units .  Not impressive or encouraging.


I'm not an Elecraft basher I'm Elecraft from 160 meters to 432MHZ.

73.
Bob
K2TK  ex KN2TKR (1956) & k2TKR

K2, KX3, K3. KPA500, KAT500. P3, KRC, 3 XV's and more.

On 3/7/2018 12:43 PM, Jim N7US wrote:

I placed my order with a $1000 deposit on 8/31.  I expect them to put those who 
fully prepaid for their amplifiers first and those who put a $3000 deposit next 
in line.

73, Jim N7US

-Original Message-


KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after 
shipping on Friday March 2.   For those of you who are closely watching 
shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten 
minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the 
confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after 
the announcement email.

Don, N5LZ



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Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

[Don Butler]

Torrey ... In my case, the notification email was sent at 7:15pm Thu 8/24/2017 
MDT and confirmation of my order number 110356 was sent at 7:36pm Thu 8/24/2017 
 MDT  (my number preceeds yours by only 8  and my confirmation 
preceeded yours by 11 minutes)  Other than the fact that initial shipping 
was delayed 4-5 months beyond the initially announced expected date range, 
processing and shipping seems to be being handled in a fair and orderly manner 
... (first come/first served).

There's no question that the initial announcement generated a huge email pileup!

Don, N5LZ

-Original Message-
From: Torrey Mitchell [mailto:torr...@q.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 10:01 AM
To: 'Don Butler'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

Don,

You have my full attention!
The "early notification email is "postmarked" at 8:28 pm CDT on August 24th.
My full prepayment receipt with confirmation # is time stamped at 8:47 pm CDT 
on August 24th.
So, I have a fully paid order confirmed 19 minutes after the notification email 
was sent.
If this were a "horse race", I beat out Don by a "nose" (2 minutes).  But still 
I have received no information from Elecraft and my order on the web site still 
indicates "pending processing".
Don, my order # is 110364.  How does that compare to yours?  Hundreds of orders 
were likely computer processed in those first few minutes.  I'd love to see how 
they were assigned order numbers as compared to the chronological order of the 
transactions.

We're all excited.  I can't wait to get my KPA-1500!

Best 73 Torrey N9PY


-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
Behalf Of Don Butler
Sent: March 7, 2018 10:19
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after 
shipping on Friday March 2.   For those of you who are closely watching 
shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten 
minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the 
confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after 
the announcement email.

Don, N5LZ



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[Elecraft] 3D-print case for KXPD2

[Johan Ymerson]

Hi,

I just received my KXPD2 and needed a case to protect it.
Couldn't find one so I created one to print in my 3D printer :-)
Thought I share it for anyone who find it useful:https://
www.youmagine.com/designs/kxpd2-case

73 de SM0XHJ

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Re: [Elecraft] FT8 DXpedition Mode test.

[Don Wilhelm]

Stephen,

In DATA A, use the SHIFT (PBT II) to shift the passband down.
The widest passband is 3000 Hz. which is consistent with your 400 to 
3500 Hz observation.  I suggest shifting it to 150 to 3150 Hz.  It will 
work fine for most soundcard data modes.


The K3/K3S has the same behavior, but it is not a problem.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/7/2018 11:47 AM, Stephen Shearer wrote:


8.   My KX3 with "Data A" has a wide bandpass of 400Hz to 3500Hz and
    shifting the RX down was not going to work with the software shift
    for the report, I "guess"...
9.   I changed my KX3 to USB, removed CMP and RX/TX audio EQ.  The
    lower RX cut-off would receive the FOX on the assigned freq.
10.   I looked at the KX3 manual C5 for a way to set the passband low
    end cutoff while in Data A mode.  Nothing found.  Does the K3s have
    the same problem?

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Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

[Jim N7US]

I placed my order with a $1000 deposit on 8/31.  I expect them to put those who 
fully prepaid for their amplifiers first and those who put a $3000 deposit next 
in line.

73, Jim N7US

-Original Message-


KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after 
shipping on Friday March 2.   For those of you who are closely watching 
shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten 
minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the 
confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after 
the announcement email.

Don, N5LZ


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Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

[Torrey Mitchell]

Don,

You have my full attention!
The "early notification email is "postmarked" at 8:28 pm CDT on August 24th.
My full prepayment receipt with confirmation # is time stamped at 8:47 pm CDT 
on August 24th.
So, I have a fully paid order confirmed 19 minutes after the notification email 
was sent.
If this were a "horse race", I beat out Don by a "nose" (2 minutes).  But still 
I have received no information from Elecraft and my order on the web site still 
indicates "pending processing".
Don, my order # is 110364.  How does that compare to yours?  Hundreds of orders 
were likely computer processed in those first few minutes.  I'd love to see how 
they were assigned order numbers as compared to the chronological order of the 
transactions.

We're all excited.  I can't wait to get my KPA-1500!

Best 73 Torrey N9PY


-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
Behalf Of Don Butler
Sent: March 7, 2018 10:19
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after 
shipping on Friday March 2.   For those of you who are closely watching 
shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten 
minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the 
confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after 
the announcement email.

Don, N5LZ



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[Elecraft] FT8 DXpedition Mode test.

[Stephen Shearer]

1.   I had fun.
2.   I read the Guide before, during, and after the test.
3.   I started to 20m and was confused.  Partly because I was not
   hearing the FOX and was seeing stations below 1K with "R-12" reports.
4. On 20m, it did not help that XE1GK was calling CQ on top of W1/KH7Z
   +/- 1HZ (I did see KH7Z a few times with reports).  Being in W3 I
   would not "expect" to hear a W1, but the XE1 was -1 to -15 didn't help.
5.   I saw CQ on 30m.  Since I could see both sides of the QSO, I was
   "starting" to figure out the change in freq to below 1K.
6.   On 30m, now that I was calling, I figured out the Split Operation
   Rig/Fake It set-up.  I changed to "Rig".
7.   On 30m, I realized, now that I could "see" the FOX that my RX
   bandpass did not cover 300Hz.
8.   My KX3 with "Data A" has a wide bandpass of 400Hz to 3500Hz and
   shifting the RX down was not going to work with the software shift
   for the report, I "guess"...
9.   I changed my KX3 to USB, removed CMP and RX/TX audio EQ.  The
   lower RX cut-off would receive the FOX on the assigned freq.
10.   I looked at the KX3 manual C5 for a way to set the passband low
   end cutoff while in Data A mode.  Nothing found.  Does the K3s have
   the same problem?
11.   On 40m, I now knew what was going on...  I heard the CQ, The FOX
   answered my GRID and the software moved me between 300Hz and 900HZ
   (the manual does say that) but until it happens, I was not sure what
   it meant. The FOX never "RR73" 'd me.  I was running 10 watts.
12.   On 80m it was the same as 40m.  I was running 15w (with a fan
   blowing on the heatsink).  I never finished a QSO.
13.   I had fun and thank you for the DXpedition effort.
14.   I need to see what Elecraft has to say about the "Data A" low freq
   cut-off setting...


73, steve WB3LGC

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Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Segmentation Fault in Linux

[Howard Stephenson]

Hi Rob,

>From the Utility info on the web site:

X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 and cURL.
64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries.

If you do a search of the reflector archives you should be able to find a
list of the 32 bit libraries needed:


If that is not helpful drop an e-mail to supp...@elecraft.com, they have a
template with the needed libraries listed that they'll be happy to send you.

73,
Howard Stephenson K6IA
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Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

[Richard Zalewski]

Great...good luck and have fun.  I ordered Aug 30 so should have by the 4th
of July.


Richard
*W7ZR* ex:5C5Z, CN2ZR, K2JSP, W6SBZ, W7KXR, K9ZIJ, W9KNF, W0KDF, W0MQU,
J68ZR, KC6ZR, PJ4/W7ZR, KH2,W7ZR, KH6/W7ZR, V31ZR, VK4AAZ, XE2DV


*Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer*

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Don Butler  wrote:

> KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after
> shipping on Friday March 2.   For those of you who are closely watching
> shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24
> ten minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the
> confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes
> after the announcement email.
>
> Don, N5LZ
>
>
>
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Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

[Yngvi (TF3Y)]

Hi Dennis.

Have you checked what is available here:
http://www.remoterig.com/wp/

73, Yngvi TF3Y

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 1:30 AM, Dennis Ashworth 
wrote:

> My original post (below) morphed into a thread on standards, etc ... the
> discussion was insightful and useful in defining my solution to question #1
> below. Thanks.
>
> Question #2 remains. How do I remotely switch between 4 positions on an RX
> antenna switch (e.g. K9AY switch box) via some kind of Windows based UI.
> Ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Dennis, K7FL
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Dennis Ashworth 
> > Date: February 24, 2018 at 2:23:20 PM EST
> > To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" 
> > Subject: Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement
> >
> > I’ve been remoting my K3, KPA500, KAT500 station via the RemoteRig boxes
> and K3/0 mini for two years with solid results. Later this year, I want to
> make several enhancements, including the replacement of the KPA500 and
> KAT500 with a KPA1500. The amp/tuner should be a fairly straightforward
> hardware replacement, but it does necessitate a few station changes which
> I’m not certain how to implement. Let me explain and hopefully the masses
> have ideas/approaches for consideration.
> >
> > 1. I feed a HyTower vertical (optimized for 40M & 80M) on all bands.
> Where the driving impedance is close to 50 ohms on 40M & 80 (my bands of
> interest) there has been no attempt to match the HyTower on other bands.
> With the KAT500, matching was not a problem and I reduced mismatch losses
> on the feed line by using hardline from the in-shack tuner to the antenna.
> >
> > When I switch to the KPA1500, operation on the unmatched bands might
> prove problematic. To address this, I plan to provide switchable matching
> networks to transform the HyTower drive impedance on each band to something
> the KPA1500 can match. I can design the required impedance transformation
> networks, but not sure how to automatically select the various (relay
> based) impedance networks required for each band. Clearly, I need to grab
> band data from the K3, but what’s the best hardware to use for this task?
> >
> > BTW, I want to power the KPA1500 ON with the K3, which requires a
> Y-cable modification, or perhaps one of the N6TV boxes?
> >
> > 2. I want to interface a K9AY RX antenna 4 position switch to some sort
> of UI that I can access remotely. I can design an electrical interface to
> the K9AY switch, but controlling and monitoring remotely is the issue.
> Ideas?
> >
> > 3. I have a Windows computer available at each end of the radio circuit.
> The only other hardware is a SignalLink used for digital mods.
> >
> > 4. Configuring the station for future antenna enhancements (e.g. SteppIR
> if we live long enough to see sunspots return!) are great if they come
> without significant reliability impacts.
> >
> > Any ideas how to accomplish the required switching/monitoring?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dennis, K7FL
> > Currently in Panama City, Florida
> > Station in Battle Ground, WA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
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[Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived

[Don Butler]

KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after 
shipping on Friday March 2.   For those of you who are closely watching 
shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten 
minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the 
confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after 
the announcement email.

Don, N5LZ



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Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers

[Augie "Gus" Hansen]

The T.O. Keyer has been sold. Thanks for the replies.

Gus Hansen
KB0YH

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Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Segmentation Fault in Linux

[Chuck Milam, N9KY]

Whoa, a Linux question?  Excellent.

Looks the HarfBuzz shared libraries got updated (probably along with your
window manager of choice) and the kx3util needs to be rebuilt (relinked?
Not certain of the proper dev-speak here) to reference the newer
libraries.   (Sorry if I'm preaching to the choir.)

See if you can get the core file to drop (you may need to do a "ulimit -c
unlimited" to ensure you get one) and analyze it with gdb for more
information.

I wonder if you can do a workaround and keep the libharfbuzz library files
that kx3util is looking for installed (maybe in /usr/local or somewhere
else handy?)

I'd test this myself, but I confess I gave up tilting at the windmills
years ago and use Win 10 for ham radio applications.  I do keep my Linux
boxes around for network and vulnerability management.  Right tool for the
job, and all that.


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On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 7:06 AM, Robert Felmey  wrote:

> Looking in dmesg, I found this:
>
> [ 3817.471455] traps: kx3util[7873] general protection ip:f6771298
> sp:ffb24f08 error:0 in libharfbuzz.so.0.10705.0[f6742000+ae000]
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Robert Felmey  wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Seems like there is a problem with the KX3 Utility running with the newer
> > linux kernels...  After updating I just started getting the following
> error
> > immediately after running:
> >
> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> >
> > I've never had a problem before with the KX3 utility so not sure what is
> > different.  I've tried it with both the standard and lts kernel with the
> > same result.
> >
> > Linux arch 4.14.23-1-lts #1 SMP Wed Feb 28 17:50:05 CET 2018 x86_64
> > GNU/Linux
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Rob
> > KC2VIC
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Segmentation Fault in Linux

[Robert Felmey]

Looking in dmesg, I found this:

[ 3817.471455] traps: kx3util[7873] general protection ip:f6771298
sp:ffb24f08 error:0 in libharfbuzz.so.0.10705.0[f6742000+ae000]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Robert Felmey  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Seems like there is a problem with the KX3 Utility running with the newer
> linux kernels...  After updating I just started getting the following error
> immediately after running:
>
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> I've never had a problem before with the KX3 utility so not sure what is
> different.  I've tried it with both the standard and lts kernel with the
> same result.
>
> Linux arch 4.14.23-1-lts #1 SMP Wed Feb 28 17:50:05 CET 2018 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
>
>
> 73,
>
> Rob
> KC2VIC
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Elecraft] Quality Terminal lugs

[aj4tf]

No one ever got fired for specifying AMP products.  (now TE) 

https://www.mouser.com/pdfdocs/ENG_DS_82042_StdTermsSplices_0708.pdf

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