Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Linux version
Re: "if you don't understand the language, go away". THANK YOU, DON!!! I agree with your entire post. I have actually asked for help in forums, and the responders have made typos what they tell me to type, and then they brow beat me because they made a mistake. One of them actually said, "You should have known what I meant to type!" YIKES! Not exactly a friendly community. Every time I think about switching to Linux, it doesn't take me long to reconsider. Way too many hours are spent trying to make things work. It just isn't worth the trouble. Mark KE6BB null __ 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] Mobile Grounding for KX3 and KXPA100
On 6/11/2018 2:09 PM, Smedes, Tad - Comcast wrote: I am planning to use my KX3 and KXPA100 powered by Budipole PowerMini and LiFEPO4 battery for field day this year and have a question about grounding. When I am using them both at the home station they are grounded to each other and every other piece of equipment in the shack using a ground bar and copper straps. Let's use the right words for the right things we do. BONDING is what we are doing when we may an electrically short and mechanically robust connection between equipment and between all of the grounds in our home. GROUNDING is a connection to Mother Earth. It's purpose is Lightning Protection. When I use my KX3 by itself mobile I have never grounded it and never had an issue. In general, radio equipment should be bonded together, but should NOT be bonded to the vehicle. You MUST run a pair of big wires direct from the battery to the rig. NEVER use the vehicle chassis as a path for return DC current -- that's a recipe for disaster! The only connection to the vehicle should usually be the coax shield to the best metal you can find at the antenna, because the metal in the car body acts as the counterpoise for your antenna. In other words, it is PART OF the antenna! Make sure that whatever metal you bond to actually goes to the rest of the car's chassis. That's often not easy -- even when there are metal to metal mechanical connections, they're often insulated from each other by paint! Is there anything special that I need to do do when I hook the KX3 to the KXPA100 while mobile, and what is it? and or what do the rest of you do when running mobile with a KX3 and KXPA100 for grounding? 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] KX3 Utility Linux version
oops, I meant sudo/sbin/ldconfig -v On 6/12/2018 00:24, Michael Eberle wrote: Go to a terminal window and issue the command: sudo /sbin/ldcongig v This solved that problem for me. 73 Mike KI0HA On 6/11/2018 21:54, George Pasek wrote: Thanks for the suggestion Chris. The response was: ./kx3util: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. So it looks like it is a library issue. tnx George From: Chris Hallinan Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 9:35 AM To: pasek...@umn.edu Cc: mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Linux version If you open an terminal, change directory 'cd' to where the executable is, and try to execute it manually by typing "./execname" (don't forget the dot slash) that will expose any error messages that are not displayed when you execute through a file manager by clicking on the icon. It's probably a library issue. Chris On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:27 AM George Pasek wrote: I have been using the Windows version of the KX3 Utility but now that I have Linux Mint ‘Sylvia’ Cinnamon Desktop edition 18.3 64-bit installed as dual boot with Windows 7 I want to install the Linux version of the KX3 Utility. I downloaded KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz and extracted it to a Linux folder. It has a Help and Kx3util Libs sub directories as well as a Kx3util executable file. If I click on the executable file or attempt to launch it via a desktop shortcut, nothing happens, no errors or warnings. I did read the "Minimum Operating System Requirements for Elecraft Utilities: X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 and cURL. 64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries" requirements, and I also read that my version of Linux is 64 bit but comes with the 32 bit libraries installed and is backward compatible with 32 bit programs. The Help folder has nothing about installation that I saw, and a Google search on Kx3util and Linux was no help. I'm sure I missed something so if someone could point me in the right direction I'd really like to get it installed. tnx for the help. de George WD0AKZ dit - dit --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ 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 challi...@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 mtebe...@mchsi.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 Utility Linux version
Looks like a "typo" to me, : instead of L. Andy W4KIL __ 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 Utility Linux version
Go to a terminal window and issue the command: sudo /sbin/ldcongig v This solved that problem for me. 73 Mike KI0HA On 6/11/2018 21:54, George Pasek wrote: Thanks for the suggestion Chris. The response was: ./kx3util: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. So it looks like it is a library issue. tnx George From: Chris Hallinan Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 9:35 AM To: pasek...@umn.edu Cc: mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Linux version If you open an terminal, change directory 'cd' to where the executable is, and try to execute it manually by typing "./execname" (don't forget the dot slash) that will expose any error messages that are not displayed when you execute through a file manager by clicking on the icon. It's probably a library issue. Chris On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:27 AM George Pasek wrote: I have been using the Windows version of the KX3 Utility but now that I have Linux Mint ‘Sylvia’ Cinnamon Desktop edition 18.3 64-bit installed as dual boot with Windows 7 I want to install the Linux version of the KX3 Utility. I downloaded KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz and extracted it to a Linux folder. It has a Help and Kx3util Libs sub directories as well as a Kx3util executable file. If I click on the executable file or attempt to launch it via a desktop shortcut, nothing happens, no errors or warnings. I did read the "Minimum Operating System Requirements for Elecraft Utilities: X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 and cURL. 64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries" requirements, and I also read that my version of Linux is 64 bit but comes with the 32 bit libraries installed and is backward compatible with 32 bit programs. The Help folder has nothing about installation that I saw, and a Google search on Kx3util and Linux was no help. I'm sure I missed something so if someone could point me in the right direction I'd really like to get it installed. tnx for the help. de George WD0AKZ dit - dit --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ 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 challi...@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] KX3 Utility Linux version
If you are not good at deciphering cryptic messages with geek words, don't use Linux. I do wish it were better, but Linux seems to be steeped in "geekdom language" - if you are not educated in the language, you do not deserve to be part of our culture. Until Linux produces plain text language for errors and such messages, it will not be a major player in the computer operating systems. Windows has its share of cryptic messages, but at least it is in plain text and does not often refer to "gobbledygook" that is only understood by Windows geeks. I have tried Linux and have been stiffed by questions to the forums saying essentially "if you don't understand the language, go away". I am not a computer dummy - I understand DOS, but the Linux language is a thing unto itself. Ubuntu and Linux Mint have reduced the Linux install process difficulty, but have not tackled the cryptic messages that can result. If you only want to do only email and web surfing, then Linux can work well for you, but anything else can be daunting with cryptic requests to enter a nonsensical string of commands for "who knows what results" and be shamed by the forum geeks who blame you for not understanding the language. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/11/2018 11:00 PM, George Pasek wrote: ./exec said: ./kx3util: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Add Arch support sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 Followed by sudo apt-get update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dansmith/chirp-snapshots/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Ign:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release Reading package lists... Done sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6Li386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package libstdc++6Li386 E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libstdc++6Li386' I think I'll just stick to Windows for now for Kx3 Utility. Maybe in the future there will be a step-by-step install for us Linux dummies. __ 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 Utility Linux version
./exec said: ./kx3util: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Add Arch support sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 Followed by sudo apt-get update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dansmith/chirp-snapshots/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Ign:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release Reading package lists... Done sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6Li386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package libstdc++6Li386 E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libstdc++6Li386' I think I'll just stick to Windows for now for Kx3 Utility. Maybe in the future there will be a step-by-step install for us Linux dummies. tnx George -Original Message- From: a45wg Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 9:31 AM To: George Pasek Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Linux version George, First check the app is 32 bit * ldd - will probably fail * ./exec - probably says No File * File info exec show it is i386 file Add Arch support sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 Followed by sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6Li386 You may need the odd extrac package but you should be on your way (I hope with this) Regards Tim A45WG On Jun 11, 2018, at 6:26 PM, George Pasek wrote: I have been using the Windows version of the KX3 Utility but now that I have Linux Mint ‘Sylvia’ Cinnamon Desktop edition 18.3 64-bit installed as dual boot with Windows 7 I want to install the Linux version of the KX3 Utility. I downloaded KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz and extracted it to a Linux folder. It has a Help and Kx3util Libs sub directories as well as a Kx3util executable file. If I click on the executable file or attempt to launch it via a desktop shortcut, nothing happens, no errors or warnings. I did read the "Minimum Operating System Requirements for Elecraft Utilities: X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 and cURL. 64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries" requirements, and I also read that my version of Linux is 64 bit but comes with the 32 bit libraries installed and is backward compatible with 32 bit programs. The Help folder has nothing about installation that I saw, and a Google search on Kx3util and Linux was no help. I'm sure I missed something so if someone could point me in the right direction I'd really like to get it installed. tnx for the help. de George WD0AKZ dit - dit --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ 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 a4...@sy-edm.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 Utility Linux version
Thanks for the suggestion Chris. The response was: ./kx3util: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. So it looks like it is a library issue. tnx George From: Chris Hallinan Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 9:35 AM To: pasek...@umn.edu Cc: mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Linux version If you open an terminal, change directory 'cd' to where the executable is, and try to execute it manually by typing "./execname" (don't forget the dot slash) that will expose any error messages that are not displayed when you execute through a file manager by clicking on the icon. It's probably a library issue. Chris On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:27 AM George Pasek wrote: I have been using the Windows version of the KX3 Utility but now that I have Linux Mint ‘Sylvia’ Cinnamon Desktop edition 18.3 64-bit installed as dual boot with Windows 7 I want to install the Linux version of the KX3 Utility. I downloaded KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz and extracted it to a Linux folder. It has a Help and Kx3util Libs sub directories as well as a Kx3util executable file. If I click on the executable file or attempt to launch it via a desktop shortcut, nothing happens, no errors or warnings. I did read the "Minimum Operating System Requirements for Elecraft Utilities: X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 and cURL. 64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries" requirements, and I also read that my version of Linux is 64 bit but comes with the 32 bit libraries installed and is backward compatible with 32 bit programs. The Help folder has nothing about installation that I saw, and a Google search on Kx3util and Linux was no help. I'm sure I missed something so if someone could point me in the right direction I'd really like to get it installed. tnx for the help. de George WD0AKZ dit - dit --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ 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 challi...@gmail.com -- Life is like Linux - it never stands still. __ 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 BFO CW alignment question
I had an internal dialogue with myself as to whether I should reveal what the problem was, and concluded that I should. Maybe it'll help someone else. I was pushing the wrong button to activate CW RV. For some reason, my brain said I should push and hold the button below (XIT). Problem solved; rig works just fine. Don, thanks. Sorry to put you through that, but I did read your notes above and correlate them with the schematic. Something told me to double check the button labels. Glad it did. Mark AE6RT On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 4:43 PM Don Wilhelm wrote: > Mark, > > Analyzing the switch matrix is an iterative process > The first thing to do is to determine which wrong responses are being > sent, and for that you must refer to the schematic. In your case of the > REV button and the STP 60 display, the hold of the REV button is > bringing up the PF1 display. > Check the TAP function of the same button (AGC) to see if it brings up > the RIT announciator (I think it will). > If so, it means that the D1 and D2 lines are somehow being activated at > the same time. > Your first check would be to see if there is continuity between pins 12 > and 13 of U2. Also check for continuity to ground for both of those > lines. If you find U2 pins 12 and 13 shorted together, look for the > reason - a solder splash making a bridge or a bit of wire lead stuck > between the pins, look top and bottom of the board. > That is how the process goes - as I indicated, it is not 'nice'. > > Hopefully those two buttons are the only ones involved. > At worst, it means removing the pushbuttons and replacing them with > new. If it comes to that, clip the leads on the switch side close to > the switch body and remove the leads one at a time, then troubleshoot > the board. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/10/2018 7:15 PM, Mark Petrovic wrote: > > Thanks, Don. > > > > Would you mind outlining the approach for analyzing the front panel > switch matrix? > > > > > > > > -- Mark __ 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] 2018 NJQRP Skeeter Hunt -Official Announcement
The NJQRP Club is announcing the 7th Annual " Skeeter Hunt". This year, the event is to be held on Sunday August 19th. It will be a four hour sprint - from 17:00 UTC to 21:00 UTC (1:00 TO 5:00 PM EDT). QRP stations who wish to be designated as "Skeeters" can get a Skeeter number by requesting one by sending an e-mail to w...@arrl.net Please let me know if you intend to operate from a state other than your home state as listed on QRZ. Skeeter numbers will be issued from June 21st (the First Day of Summer) through the day before the event. Only Skeeter Number requests received by e-mail will be honored. This ensures that I will not miss anyone's requests, especially those requested via social media.(I tend to miss those!), This year's theme will be "water - the breeding ground for Skeeters!" Operate near any sizable body of water - lake, ocean, creek, river, bayou, stream, brook, pond, etc, for an extra 100 bonus points. As always the rules for the Skeeter Hunt can be found at http://www.qsl.net/w2lj/ Once June 21st arrives and Skeeter Number requests begin to be honored, the Official Roster can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dac2DytXjH9fCHMeD0-Hzwd-lSKSE0yg3aWnw3NBB3M/edit#gid=1141920406 Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/175763746290252/?ref=bookmarks 72 de Larry W2LJ NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Manager __ 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] NAQCC June Sprint this Tuesday Evening
The June NAQCC sprint is this coming Tuesday evening local time (June 12th, EDT - 8:30-10:30PM, CDT - 7:30-9:30PM, MDT - 6:30-8:30PM, PDT - 5:30-7:30PM), which translates as Wednesday, June 13th, 0030 to 0230Z in all cases. For all the "official" information, please go to: http://naqcc.info/sprint/sprint2010806.html There you will find all the details as to time, frequencies and other important information. Certificates: SWA (simple wire antennas) certificates by call area, VE and DX for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers (New!). A Certificate for top score in the GAIN antenna category. Prizes: Too many to list!! - check out the prizes page on our website. This is a monthly event that caters to the CW veteran, the CW newcomer, straight key and bug fans. All are welcome to participate (this includes QRO); but you must use QRP power levels to compete for awards. If you've been hesitant to join in our sprints because you hear other sprints running at breakneck speeds, have no fear. Our sprints are geared to the newcomer to CW and/or contesting. Virtually everyone including the many veteran contesters who regularly enter our sprints will slow down to YOUR speed to help you make your contacts. If you are not already a member of NAQCC... membership is FREE! Now is your chance to join the largest QRP CW Club in the world!! We currently have 9000+ members in: All 50 States - 9 VE Provinces - 100 Countries. Sign up on the NAQCC website today (http://naqcc.info/) and receive a handsome certificate, with your membership number on it, which is good for life. Come join us and have a real good time! 72/73 de Larry W2LJ NAQCC #35 for NAQCC http://naqcc.info/ __ 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 Display - Outdoors
Wayne, Thanks for your quick response. Robie - AJ4F On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 11:01 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Robie, > > All of our transceivers, including the K3 and K3S, use a custom > transflective LCD with high-contrast, easy to read segments. At night you > can use the backlight. But they're also visible in even the most intense > directly sunlight. You’ll have no trouble with visibility. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > > On Jun 11, 2018, at 3:15 PM, Robie Elms wrote: > > > > All, > > > > I am planning some outdoor operation. How visible is the K3 display > > outside in the sun? Any suggestions for improving visibility? > > > > Robie - AJ4F > > __ > > 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] KPA500 Mod Kit?
The first thing I would have done if I would not have seen it on the page at Elecraft, is to call the technical staff. I am glad to say we have a great team that supports their entire line if we have a problem or question. That includes Eric and Wayne as I've yet to see any other CEO of any other major radio company come online and tell us what is going on, or what other changes have been made Paul Van Dyke - KB9AVO On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 8:29 PM Randy Farmer wrote: > I had a chance for a nice visit with David Shoaf at the Elecraft booth > at Ham-Com this weekend. In the course of the conversation, he mentioned > the availability of a mod kit to change out Q5 on the LPF board to > prevent PIN diode failure in the T/R switch. He highly recommended that > this mod be done on a prophylactic basis. I've looked all over the > Elecraft site and can't find anything that even mentions the existence > of this kit, let alone a part number and ordering information. A web > search turns up a couple of hits that have a part number, but the > information is pretty old. Does anyone have any details on how this kit > can be ordered? > > 73... > Randy, W8FN > > P.S.: I really enjoyed David's talk, especially the info on building and > testing the KPA1500 > __ > 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 pvandyke1...@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 Mod Kit?
I had a chance for a nice visit with David Shoaf at the Elecraft booth at Ham-Com this weekend. In the course of the conversation, he mentioned the availability of a mod kit to change out Q5 on the LPF board to prevent PIN diode failure in the T/R switch. He highly recommended that this mod be done on a prophylactic basis. I've looked all over the Elecraft site and can't find anything that even mentions the existence of this kit, let alone a part number and ordering information. A web search turns up a couple of hits that have a part number, but the information is pretty old. Does anyone have any details on how this kit can be ordered? 73... Randy, W8FN P.S.: I really enjoyed David's talk, especially the info on building and testing the KPA1500 __ 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] 2018 Field Day
W4OWL will be at Chantilly Farm Campground for the second year (and our 3rd FD) running KX3s (and PX3s) on HF in the 2AB class. Last year we really appreciated the KX3's ability to natively do PSK-31 as it let us operate without having to figure out how to power "real" computers. We take the class a step further than is strictly necessary by the rules: we avoid generators entirely (no AC power outlets available at the campground). *Everything* is on battery, which makes keeping laptops running a real challenge. We use android tablets for logging, and low-power Raspberry Pi Zero W as the central logging point. Last year we added in satellite contacts, something none of us had ever done before. It took until the last few minutes of the day on Sunday to make a satellite contact, but there was so much excitement after making it that the antenna and HT got passed around so everyone could give it a try on the next few birds that passed. This year I'm set on adding 6m and 2m. I'll definitely be pressing another KX3 into service on both bands, but plan to have two other power hogs on standby in case it feels like those extra 2 watts of RF on 2m might make a difference. -detrick K4IZ On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 12:49 PM, aj4tf wrote: > What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at W4UA > (High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two stations > will be some other "Y" gear... > > 73 de AJ4TF > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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 detr...@merzhaus.org > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 with Begali HST Key Question
The HST has a switch which does the job. No need to fiddle with plug wiring .. Grant NQ5T K3 #2091, KX3 #8342 > On Jun 11, 2018, at 7:53 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > Gerald, > > You need to wire the plug from that keyer (or build an adapter) that connects > both the tip and ring of the paddle plug together, and then plug it into the > hand key jack. > > The K3 internal keyer does not support a Cootie key - nor does it support > Ultimatic mode for dual lever paddles that I have been asking for for years, > but I solved the problem with a single lever paddle. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/11/2018 7:09 PM, KC6CNN wrote: >> I just received my Begali HST III Key today. >> I have it plugged into the paddle slot on my K3. >> The single lever works great. But I cant seem to get the Cootie part to >> work. >> I switched the lever and it just sends the same rhythm no mater which side I >> push. >> Does the HST need to be in a different plug, like say the keyer plug? >> Just asking before I attempt to move the desk and wade threw the wires. hihi > __ > 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 ghyoung...@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] KX3 Utility Linux version
This, sadly, is the downfall of Linux. Nothing is easy! Linux mainstream versions such as Ubuntu and Mint are great systems - I run Mint dual boot with Win 10 here. That said, I use the Win 10 side for everything to do with my K-Line. I am spoiled, as are many others, by the ease of installation/operation of the software I use on a regular basis. Further, some software I use is not replaceable under Linux. There is nothing up to the job available. Wine is not the answer, as many Win programs will not properly run under Wine/Linux - if at all. Recently, there is also a problem with Wine itself - as being discussed on various Linux forums. Personally, I would much prefer to run Linux 100% - for various reasons (mainly security). That said, until Linux is made much more friendly to the new user and the available software library drastically increases, it will never be more than a very minor player at the user level. Linux is, however, a major player in higher levels. 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 with Begali HST Key Question
Gerald, You need to wire the plug from that keyer (or build an adapter) that connects both the tip and ring of the paddle plug together, and then plug it into the hand key jack. The K3 internal keyer does not support a Cootie key - nor does it support Ultimatic mode for dual lever paddles that I have been asking for for years, but I solved the problem with a single lever paddle. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/11/2018 7:09 PM, KC6CNN wrote: I just received my Begali HST III Key today. I have it plugged into the paddle slot on my K3. The single lever works great. But I cant seem to get the Cootie part to work. I switched the lever and it just sends the same rhythm no mater which side I push. Does the HST need to be in a different plug, like say the keyer plug? Just asking before I attempt to move the desk and wade threw the wires. hihi __ 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 with Begali HST Key Question
Thank you Dick and Dave. That is the problem then. Okay I get to moving the desk and get the key set up where it should. I am looking forward to trying to learn how to use a cootie key. Thanks again. Gerald Bless you guys. From: d...@elecraft.com Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 6:15 PM To: 'KC6CNN'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 with Begali HST Key Question There are two 1/4" phone connectors on the K3 back panel. One "KEY" is for a straight key (mono). The other, "PADDLE" is for iambic keyers and has dot and dash "sides". 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of KC6CNN Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 16:10 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 with Begali HST Key Question I just received my Begali HST III Key today. I have it plugged into the paddle slot on my K3. The single lever works great. But I cant seem to get the Cootie part to work. I switched the lever and it just sends the same rhythm no mater which side I push. Does the HST need to be in a different plug, like say the keyer plug? Just asking before I attempt to move the desk and wade threw the wires. hihi Thank you Gerald Manthey - KC6CNN - Gerald K3 # 6294 KX3 # 757 -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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 d...@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] K3 with Begali HST Key Question
There are two 1/4" phone connectors on the K3 back panel. One "KEY" is for a straight key (mono). The other, "PADDLE" is for iambic keyers and has dot and dash "sides". 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of KC6CNN Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 16:10 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 with Begali HST Key Question I just received my Begali HST III Key today. I have it plugged into the paddle slot on my K3. The single lever works great. But I cant seem to get the Cootie part to work. I switched the lever and it just sends the same rhythm no mater which side I push. Does the HST need to be in a different plug, like say the keyer plug? Just asking before I attempt to move the desk and wade threw the wires. hihi Thank you Gerald Manthey - KC6CNN - Gerald K3 # 6294 KX3 # 757 -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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 d...@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
[Elecraft] K3 with Begali HST Key Question
I just received my Begali HST III Key today. I have it plugged into the paddle slot on my K3. The single lever works great. But I cant seem to get the Cootie part to work. I switched the lever and it just sends the same rhythm no mater which side I push. Does the HST need to be in a different plug, like say the keyer plug? Just asking before I attempt to move the desk and wade threw the wires. hihi Thank you Gerald Manthey - KC6CNN - Gerald K3 # 6294 KX3 # 757 -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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 Display - Outdoors
Hi Robie, All of our transceivers, including the K3 and K3S, use a custom transflective LCD with high-contrast, easy to read segments. At night you can use the backlight. But they're also visible in even the most intense directly sunlight. You’ll have no trouble with visibility. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Jun 11, 2018, at 3:15 PM, Robie Elms wrote: > > All, > > I am planning some outdoor operation. How visible is the K3 display > outside in the sun? Any suggestions for improving visibility? > > Robie - AJ4F > __ > 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] K3 Display - Outdoors
When we operate radios on a picnic table in the sun, we put the radio in a cardboard box to provide shade. It seems to work well. 73 Bill AE6JV On 6/11/18 at 3:15 PM, rule...@gmail.com (Robie Elms) wrote: I am planning some outdoor operation. How visible is the K3 display outside in the sun? Any suggestions for improving visibility? --- Bill Frantz| Privacy is dead, get over| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | it. | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | - Scott McNealy | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 Display - Outdoors
All, I am planning some outdoor operation. How visible is the K3 display outside in the sun? Any suggestions for improving visibility? Robie - AJ4F __ 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] P3: Left span limit changes
Having the P3 remember the last-used span *and center frequency* on each band across power cycles when the P3 is in Fixed mode will be a big improvement, even if the P3 ignores the operating mode. The K3 remembers the last-used frequency and mode on each band, so the two devices will (more or less) stay in sync. if this is provided. But I think it would be beter that time and the limited memory of the P3 be devoted instead to implementing the *often-requested USB mouse support*, so one can just point and click and fine tune the P3 and VFO with a mouse, like all other SDRs can currently do. Left click sets VFO A, right click sets VFO B, mouse wheel fine tunes the last click. Intuitive and fast. This would be so MUCH faster and easier than trying to use the tiny P3 knob and P3 cursors. Regarding macros, given the current P3 command set, one would need far too many P3 macros to set the scope edges of the P3 appropriately for every combination of band and mode, so this will be of limited value unless you only operate on a few bands and modes. But being able to run macros from the P3 buttons would be useful for other purposes. P3 Center Mode is of such limited value that I hope the P3 does NOT switch to Center Mode whenever I switch bands. Fixed Mode "HALF" has worked really well for me, since only the VFO cursors move, instead of the entire band. This should have been the P3 default, IMHO. But, this only works well after you have set up the P3's band edges. I've published Win-Test scripts to automated this. The Win-Test scripts control the P3 scope settings via simple text commands in the logging program. They can also be assigned to function keys. The scripts have knowledge of both the top and bottom frequency limits of every phone and CW sub-band, so they can intelligently set appropriate edges after reading the frequency of VFO A. You cannot do this in a K3 or P3 macro, because a macro cannot "read" the K3 frequency then do any math or complex logic on the returned value. To use the scripts from Win-Test, all you have to do is type SPAN60 [Enter], say, and the left and right edges of the scope are set to appropriate values, based on the current frequency and mode, e.g. 7.000 to 7.060 if VFO A was on 7.040 CW, or 7.125-7.185 if VFO A was on 7.130 LSB (USA phone sub-band starts at 7.125). See https://bit.ly/wtscripts and download P3scripts.zip (incluces source code). I am encouraging others to copy the same logic into their own logging software like N1MM+. In the mean time, since there's a free version of Win-Test, and since it can happily share access to the K3's serial port via OmniRig, you could use Win-Test only for setting the P3 scope edges, while using any other software like Writelog, WSJT-X, or HDSDR, software that supports OmniRig. N1MM+ and HRD cannot (and will not) support OmniRig, so they cannot be used at the same time as Win-Test, except via VSPE, COM0COM, ELTIMA or similar, but then proper interleaving of K3/P3 commands from multiple programs simultaneously may not be guaranteed. The free version of Win-Test is at http://download.win-test.com/v4/freeware/ . OmniRig may be downloaded from http://dxatlas.com/Download.asp. To get the most recent rig definition updates, be sure to download and extract the "INI files for OmniRig" to the "Rigs" sub-folder after installing OmniRig. I'll be happy to help anyone get Win-Test going with my P3 scripts, if you cannot figure out how to do it (hint: set radio type in Win-Test Interface Configuration to OmniRig, and read the Readme file inside P3scripts.zip). Contact me off list if you need help. 73, Bob, N6TV On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 11:03 AM, n6hz wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Currently the P3 stores span and reference level based on band, but not > mode. It would get pretty complicated to add mode into the mix. I know > quite a few customers have had great results with the Genovation keyboard > and setting up macros to do this. The next BETA release of P3/SVGA > firmware > will include the ability to export/import macros from/to the SVGA just like > the PX3. > > 73, > > Paul __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day
As always W3AO will be on 160 meters. We usually make about 100 QSOs. We're also prepared for FT-8, but have no idea what to expect. Our free form text message will be: 15A MDC 73 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Bill Frantz" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 8:51:52 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day We, the West Valley Amateur Radio Association, will again set up on Mora Hill in the San Antonio Openspace Preserve above Los Altos, CA. We will be operating using K6EI for the main call and W6ZZZ for our GOTO station. We are planning on operating QRP in the 14AB category. We are seriously considering adding 160M antennas to our mix although our 160M experience has not be too good in the past. Are others planning on being active on 160? We discovered many years ago that using Elecraft equipment allowed us to operate digital, CW, and voice on a single band. With triplexers for sharing antennas between bands, we can limit the amount of aluminium we need to raise, and still get lots of HF statins on the air. We will also have a significant VHF/UHF operation. Our stated goal is to have a maximum of fun with a minimum of work. As one of the digital station captains, I'm wondering how much FT8 we should expect to see. wsjt-x isn't yet set up well for field day, but with its free-form 13 character messages we can probably make it work. 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz | I like the farmers' market | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | because I can get fruits and | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | vegetables without stickers. | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to donov...@starpower.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] Mobile Grounding for KX3 and KXPA100
Tad, For Field Day, you may want to add a strap between the KX3 and the KXPA100 to reduce noise pickup on the cables between them. If running on batteries, that should be sufficient. If running on a generator, you COULD connect a heavy wire between the KXPA100 and the ground rod for the generator (do not drive a separate ground rod because it can cause an AC hazard). As for lightning protection, the normal Field Day precaution that I know is to disconnect antennas and turn off the equipment when that is nearby lightning. For your mobile installation, I don't think many mobile hams do any grounding. If you feel you need it, ground to the vehicle with a strap. A mobile station is "battery powered" and a ground is not normally needed. Remember that a ground is only for AC safety and lightning protection, and normally demands that a connection to Mother Earth is needed and that any extra driver ground rods must all be connected wwith heavy wire to the Utility Entrance ground rod. The only equivalent in a generator powered Field Day installation is a ground rod at the generator. There is no equivalent for mobile operation. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/11/2018 5:09 PM, Smedes, Tad - Comcast wrote: I am planning to use my KX3 and KXPA100 powered by Budipole PowerMini and LiFEPO4 battery for field day this year and have a question about grounding. When I am using them both at the home station they are grounded to each other and every other piece of equipment in the shack using a ground bar and copper straps. When I use my KX3 by itself mobile I have never grounded it and never had an issue. Is there anything special that I need to do do when I hook the KX3 to the KXPA100 while mobile, and what is it? and or what do the rest of you do when running mobile with a KX3 and KXPA100 for grounding? __ 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] Mobile Grounding for KX3 and KXPA100
I do agree that the radio, the amp should be connected to the power source negative as "ground". As to connecting to mother earth, it is the antenna that works against earth. Thus if you are using a center fed dipole, no mother earth connection is needed. If you are using an OCFD antenna, a good balun plus a common mode choke at the feed point plus a common mode choke before the amp/radio is required. If you are using a vertical or inverted L, then a real ground system with radials is required for the antenna to work against. If you are using a random length of wire thus end fed, then a real ground system is needed. A single driven ground rod IS NOT a good ground system for any antenna. As to grounding the radio and amp...nah, not needed if all else is correct. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 6/11/2018 4:09 PM, Smedes, Tad - Comcast wrote: I am planning to use my KX3 and KXPA100 powered by Budipole PowerMini and LiFEPO4 battery for field day this year and have a question about grounding. When I am using them both at the home station they are grounded to each other and every other piece of equipment in the shack using a ground bar and copper straps. When I use my KX3 by itself mobile I have never grounded it and never had an issue. Is there anything special that I need to do do when I hook the KX3 to the KXPA100 while mobile, and what is it? and or what do the rest of you do when running mobile with a KX3 and KXPA100 for grounding? __ 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] TX DLY distortion
If you are using the internal keyer of the K3 (or KY commands), with CW QRQ OFF, there is no timing distortion of transmitted CW elements for any value of CONFIG:TX DLY, as long as VOX is used, and the PTT line is not closed with a footswitch. The internal keyer compensates for the increased TX delay. This works with both full break-in (QSK) and semi break-in. CW speeds above 37 WPM are badly distorted by jitter for both internal and external keying if you do not have a K3S or K3 with KSYN3A upgrade and CW QRQ mode is OFF. As noted previously, if you want a true TX DLY of 10 ms, set CONFIG:TX DLY to 13 (not 10). If you are using external keying from a WinKey or via serial port with CONFIG:PTT-KEY = OFF-DTR, with VOX ON, QSK OFF (semi break-in) and no PTT line closure, the first transmitted element will be truncated by the TX DLY setting (minus 2 or 3 ms assuming you have a K3S or K3 with KSYN3A upgrade). If using full break-in (QSK), *all* trnasmitted elements will be truncated for any value of TX DLY above 008 with external keying. Tcompensate for that, as mentioned previously, increase the length of every externally-keyed element by a fixed amount, using the WinKey "Keying Compensation" and/or "1st dit extension" setting. In the microHAM MK2R+ Router, it is now called "R/T delay", located on the Router's PTT tab (not the WinKey tab). None of this applies if you set CW QRQ ON. The TX DLY drops to about 4.5 ms, and CONFIG:TX DLY is ignored. None of this applies if your keyer or software holds the PTT line closed for the duration of a CW message. I have not made any measurements on an older unmodified K3 yet. 73, Bob, N6TV On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 12:36 PM, Lee Trout wrote: > With the talk on using older amps, it seems I recall there was distortion > introduced on CW if the delay was set to the higher end? Has that problem > been solved via firmware? > > Sorry if this has already been answered, but I could not find anything on > it. > > 73, Lee > __ > 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...@arrl.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] Mobile Grounding for KX3 and KXPA100
I am planning to use my KX3 and KXPA100 powered by Budipole PowerMini and LiFEPO4 battery for field day this year and have a question about grounding. When I am using them both at the home station they are grounded to each other and every other piece of equipment in the shack using a ground bar and copper straps. When I use my KX3 by itself mobile I have never grounded it and never had an issue. Is there anything special that I need to do do when I hook the KX3 to the KXPA100 while mobile, and what is it? and or what do the rest of you do when running mobile with a KX3 and KXPA100 for grounding? -- *Thanks -Tad Smedes K8TCS N-Scale* __ 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] 2018 Field Day
We, the West Valley Amateur Radio Association, will again set up on Mora Hill in the San Antonio Openspace Preserve above Los Altos, CA. We will be operating using K6EI for the main call and W6ZZZ for our GOTO station. We are planning on operating QRP in the 14AB category. We are seriously considering adding 160M antennas to our mix although our 160M experience has not be too good in the past. Are others planning on being active on 160? We discovered many years ago that using Elecraft equipment allowed us to operate digital, CW, and voice on a single band. With triplexers for sharing antennas between bands, we can limit the amount of aluminium we need to raise, and still get lots of HF statins on the air. We will also have a significant VHF/UHF operation. Our stated goal is to have a maximum of fun with a minimum of work. As one of the digital station captains, I'm wondering how much FT8 we should expect to see. wsjt-x isn't yet set up well for field day, but with its free-form 13 character messages we can probably make it work. 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| I like the farmers' market | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | because I can get fruits and | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | vegetables without stickers. | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] TX DLY distortion
With the talk on using older amps, it seems I recall there was distortion introduced on CW if the delay was set to the higher end? Has that problem been solved via firmware? Sorry if this has already been answered, but I could not find anything on it. 73, Lee __ 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] P3: Left span limit changes
Hi Bill, Currently the P3 stores span and reference level based on band, but not mode. It would get pretty complicated to add mode into the mix. I know quite a few customers have had great results with the Genovation keyboard and setting up macros to do this. The next BETA release of P3/SVGA firmware will include the ability to export/import macros from/to the SVGA just like the PX3. 73, Paul -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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] Field Day rig experience
On 6/10/2018 3:46 PM, Al Lorona wrote: If you do take the icom, at 3.5A receive current drain you'd better take two extra batteries, too. And don't overlook the HUGE KX2 and KX3 advantage of only 150 mA battery drain on receive, as compared to about 1A for a single RX K3/K3S. 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] P3: Left span limit changes
Yes Skip, I too wish the P3 settings would remain with each band and mode. In contests like the IARU HF Championship, ARRL 10m, etc. where both modes are allowed, keeping appropriate bandwidth settings and the RX bandpass locations on the P3 would be very helpful! Yes, we can use a K-Pod or Genovation keyboard to do a lot, but I would rather keep what settings currently exist and change them only when I want to do so. I guess the first question is: is there enough memory in the P3 to do this. If so, where is something like this in the firmware improvement plan. If not, how difficult is it to upgrade the firmware memory size to accomplish this? In the meantime, I rarely run my K3 without the P3, even when I operate portable, like the upcoming Field Day. In the shack I use an SVGA monitor connected to the P3. I plan to replace it with a PIP monitor so I can switch from P3-1 to P3-2 in SO2R configuration. I often take P3 screenshots for stations with broad signals and to use in presentations. Combining the P3 with the KRX3 makes for a winning combination in many circumstances! 73, Bill, K8TE www.dukecityhamfest.org -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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] Field Day rig experience
Yes. The K3 is intended to be operable from a battery or solar panel, and it’s receive-mode current drain is about 1 amp (a little higher with the sub receiver turned on). 73, Wayne N6KR > On Jun 10, 2018, at 3:46 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > > If you do take the icom, at 3.5A receive current drain you'd better take two > extra batteries, too. > > Al W6LX > > > >>> Take the K3 , leave the IC-7610 at home. It’s to darn heavy to lug around. >>> (19 lbs ) > > >>> NS2N > __ > 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] 2018 Field Day
We (the Albuquerque DX Assn) will operate W5UR in the Sandia Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest at Cedro Peak Park. We hope, like 2016, the District will not close due to fire restrictions. That year, I took my K3 to the NM DHS EOC and operated in a trailer with the ARRL SM and others. They used an IC-7600 for SSB and PSK while I operated just CW. We had a tri-band beam up about 35 ft. and an 80m OCF dipole about 50 ft. away which I used most of the time. If I tried to operate on the same band (different mode), the 7600 crashed. That rig desensed the K3, but I could continue to operate. I made more contacts than the SSB/PSK guys who operated more than I. A friend and fellow contester received his IC-7610 a few months ago to replace the IC-7600 he won years ago. Even on different bands, and with bandpass filters on my K3, the 7600 suffered some in RX sensitivity when we were on different bands. It will be interesting to see how his 7610 performs under similar circumstances when it comes back from Icom. Like many of them, it has an intermittent problem that drops TX/RX unexpectedly and sporadically! Due our to demographics, we will operate 1A again like, last year (21st in 1A) with a second K3 sharing antennas (triplexer and filters) for training/practice. We made 754 contacts, 73% CW, with five hours downtime due to lightning. In 2012 we operated three K3's and two K2's and placed 4th overall! We could operate two K3's and a K2 on 20m (SSB, GOTA, and CW) with NO inter-station QRM until the SSB rig's battery ran down. Somebody hit the surge suppressor switch, disconnecting the generator power. A CW op asked what changed. This is a good example why we run 14 VDC on the K3 for a cleaner signal and not 10 VDC. 73, Bill, K8TE -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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] P3: Left span limit changes
Hi Fred, Thanks for the report, I've added this to my bug list. 73, Paul -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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] KPA1500 odd behavior
This is a known issue affecting some units. There’s an easy field modification to correct this (or we can do it for you, at no charge). Please contact support. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Jun 10, 2018, at 6:50 PM, Steve wrote: > > While operating in the ARRL June VHF test on 6m SSB, I noticed that the main > LCD display lost half of its display After a few minutes of on and off > transmission. Nothing would bring back the full screen. It would reappear > after turning the amp off and then back on. It would then loose half screen > again after a few minutes of transmitting. Any ideas? > 73 > Steve AA4V > > > Sent from my I-Phone > __ > 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 Utility Linux version
If you open an terminal, change directory 'cd' to where the executable is, and try to execute it manually by typing "./execname" (don't forget the dot slash) that will expose any error messages that are not displayed when you execute through a file manager by clicking on the icon. It's probably a library issue. Chris On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:27 AM George Pasek wrote: > I have been using the Windows version of the KX3 Utility but now that I > have > Linux Mint ‘Sylvia’ Cinnamon Desktop edition 18.3 64-bit installed as > dual boot with Windows 7 I want to install the Linux version of the KX3 > Utility. I downloaded KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz and extracted it to a > Linux folder. It has a Help and Kx3util Libs sub directories as well as a > Kx3util executable file. If I click on the executable file or attempt to > launch it via a desktop shortcut, nothing happens, no errors or warnings. > > I did read the "Minimum Operating System Requirements for Elecraft > Utilities: X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 > and cURL. 64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries" > requirements, and I also read that my version of Linux is 64 bit but comes > with the 32 bit libraries installed and is backward compatible with 32 bit > programs. The Help folder has nothing about installation that I saw, and > a > Google search on Kx3util and Linux was no help. > > I'm sure I missed something so if someone could point me in the right > direction I'd really like to get it installed. > > tnx for the help. > > de George > WD0AKZ > dit - dit > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > __ > 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 challi...@gmail.com -- Life is like Linux - it never stands still. __ 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 Utility Linux version
George, First check the app is 32 bit * ldd - will probably fail * ./exec - probably says No File * File info exec show it is i386 file Add Arch support sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 Followed by sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6Li386 You may need the odd extrac package but you should be on your way (I hope with this) Regards Tim A45WG > On Jun 11, 2018, at 6:26 PM, George Pasek wrote: > > I have been using the Windows version of the KX3 Utility but now that I have > Linux Mint ‘Sylvia’ Cinnamon Desktop edition 18.3 64-bit installed as dual > boot with Windows 7 I want to install the Linux version of the KX3 Utility. > I downloaded KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz and extracted it to a Linux > folder. It has a Help and Kx3util Libs sub directories as well as a Kx3util > executable file. If I click on the executable file or attempt to launch it > via a desktop shortcut, nothing happens, no errors or warnings. > > I did read the "Minimum Operating System Requirements for Elecraft Utilities: > X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 and cURL. > 64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries" requirements, and I > also read that my version of Linux is 64 bit but comes with the 32 bit > libraries installed and is backward compatible with 32 bit programs. The > Help folder has nothing about installation that I saw, and a Google search on > Kx3util and Linux was no help. > > I'm sure I missed something so if someone could point me in the right > direction I'd really like to get it installed. > > tnx for the help. > > de George > WD0AKZ > dit - dit > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > __ > 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 a4...@sy-edm.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] KX3 Utility Linux version
I have been using the Windows version of the KX3 Utility but now that I have Linux Mint ‘Sylvia’ Cinnamon Desktop edition 18.3 64-bit installed as dual boot with Windows 7 I want to install the Linux version of the KX3 Utility. I downloaded KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz and extracted it to a Linux folder. It has a Help and Kx3util Libs sub directories as well as a Kx3util executable file. If I click on the executable file or attempt to launch it via a desktop shortcut, nothing happens, no errors or warnings. I did read the "Minimum Operating System Requirements for Elecraft Utilities: X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 and cURL. 64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries" requirements, and I also read that my version of Linux is 64 bit but comes with the 32 bit libraries installed and is backward compatible with 32 bit programs. The Help folder has nothing about installation that I saw, and a Google search on Kx3util and Linux was no help. I'm sure I missed something so if someone could point me in the right direction I'd really like to get it installed. tnx for the help. de George WD0AKZ dit - dit --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ 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
