Re: [Elecraft] Bump: P3: Macro trigger question...

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:48 PM, Dave Cole (NK7Z)  wrote:

> I am working with a friend to assist him in getting his K3S/P3 set up for
> macros...  I was attempting to input a macro trigger character, using the
> Function keys F1-12 as the triggers.


At first I was confused because the phrase "trigger character" does not
appear in the P3 or K3 manuals.  I guess you are connecting a USB keyboard
to a P3's USB port (P3SVGA option must be installed), then using the P3
macro entry window (Ctrl-Alt-M) to save a macro and assign it to "Recall
Key" on the PC keyboard.


> F1-F8 work fine as triggers, it appears that his K3S/P3, both running
> current software, does not accept F9-F12 as trigger keys.


Are there any (perhaps empty) text messages currently assigned to F9-F12?
Press Ctrl-Alt-T to enter the Text Message Entry window.  Maybe there's a
conflict?

The P3 simply ignores those characters while in MACRO MODE and inputing a
> macro and its trigger, if I change nothing, and press F1 it is accepted as
> a trigger...
>

Are you saying that you created a P3 macro using Ctrl-Alt-M, assigned to to
recall key F1 on the USB keyboard (not FN1 on the P3), and it works fine,
but when you assign the same macro to F9 - F12, it doesn't work, or it
won't let you save the assignment?

My K3, (NON S), and P3, (both with current software), take those
> characters.  Is there something different with the K3S/P3 that might cause
> this?
>

Are you using a USB connection to the K3S, with CBLP3Y connected to the P3
port?  It should work the same as the legacy serial port connection.

Have you tried a different USB keyboard on the P3?

73,
Bob, N6TV
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[Elecraft] KX2

[Ralph Parker]

Anybody who doubts that the KX2 is a serious radio oughta see this IARU 
3830 entry by DL/OL0A -


http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/3830/2018-July/506808.html

VE7XF

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Re: [Elecraft] HELP! Need 4 each Elecraft XG3s

[Bill Johnson]

I will loan you mine.  Of course, device must be returned as received.

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

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-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
Behalf Of Clay Autery
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 8:45 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] HELP! Need 4 each Elecraft XG3s

I know this is a longshot, but I'm out of options.
I am putting together the 2nd Annual Elecraft Volunteer Booth at our local 
hamfest August 10-11.  SARA Hamfest in Shreveport, LA.
This year, I want to push simulated CW traffic through one of the K-Lines that 
I am setting up like Elecraft does in their booths...
I own one XG3, and I purchased the BNC Tees, BNC p-p adapters, et al. needed to 
hooke everything up  and I have the programming instructions.
BUT, I can't find any other lical XG3 Signal Sources near me.
Is there anyone here on the reflector who would be willing to loan me their XG3?
I just can't afford to buy 4 more for this.  But I will reimburse USPS Priority 
shipping, take super good care of them, return them promptly after the hamfest 
and make good any inadvertent and totally unexpected loss/damage.
Just a shot in the dark here...
Thanks and 73,Clay, KY5G


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Re: [Elecraft] HELP! Need 4 each Elecraft XG3s

[Terry Taylor]

You are welcome to use mine. Is your QRZ address good?

73
Terry N7BDL

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 16, 2018, at 18:45, Clay Autery  wrote:
> 
> I know this is a longshot, but I'm out of options.
> I am putting together the 2nd Annual Elecraft Volunteer Booth at our local 
> hamfest August 10-11.  SARA Hamfest in Shreveport, LA.
> This year, I want to push simulated CW traffic through one of the K-Lines 
> that I am setting up like Elecraft does in their booths...
> I own one XG3, and I purchased the BNC Tees, BNC p-p adapters, et al. needed 
> to hooke everything up  and I have the programming instructions.
> BUT, I can't find any other lical XG3 Signal Sources near me.
> Is there anyone here on the reflector who would be willing to loan me their 
> XG3?
> I just can't afford to buy 4 more for this.  But I will reimburse USPS 
> Priority shipping, take super good care of them, return them promptly after 
> the hamfest and make good any inadvertent and totally unexpected loss/damage.
> Just a shot in the dark here...
> Thanks and 73,Clay, KY5G
> 
> 
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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[Elecraft] HELP! Need 4 each Elecraft XG3s

[Clay Autery]

I know this is a longshot, but I'm out of options.
I am putting together the 2nd Annual Elecraft Volunteer Booth at our local 
hamfest August 10-11.  SARA Hamfest in Shreveport, LA.
This year, I want to push simulated CW traffic through one of the K-Lines that 
I am setting up like Elecraft does in their booths...
I own one XG3, and I purchased the BNC Tees, BNC p-p adapters, et al. needed to 
hooke everything up  and I have the programming instructions.
BUT, I can't find any other lical XG3 Signal Sources near me.
Is there anyone here on the reflector who would be willing to loan me their XG3?
I just can't afford to buy 4 more for this.  But I will reimburse USPS Priority 
shipping, take super good care of them, return them promptly after the hamfest 
and make good any inadvertent and totally unexpected loss/damage.
Just a shot in the dark here...
Thanks and 73,Clay, KY5G


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[Elecraft] KPA500 ana KAT500 for sale

[Don Minkoff]

Elecraft KPA500  amplifier and KAT500 antenna tuner for sale.
I am the original owner. KPAK3AUX cable included for operation with the 
Elecraft K3 radio
It is set up for 240V with 220V AC cord . Ser. No. 2208, purchased new 
in Oct 2014 as a kit.

KAT500, ser. no 1807, Oct. 2015.
All cables and manuals included
Will work with any radio.

$2250.00 for both. P/U or can deliver close by.
No smoker.
Pictures available
PayPal OK.
Shipping plus insurance extra

Don, NK6A
310-482-9582

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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

And with that, let's end this OT thread in the interest of relieving others from 
email overload.


73,
Eric
Moderator+
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On 7/16/2018 3:36 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
A Roman Catholic priest in my hometown years ago, when John Kennedy was 
running for president, had license plates that read: 4 JK.  This priest name 
was Jan Kish, so it was just his initials, However, in the heated political 
climate of the day, many who should have known better interpreted it as a 
political statement and evidence of Catholic solidarity.  Kennedy's religion, 
of course, was a campaign issue.  73 Carl N8VZ


EricJ wrote on 7/16/18 5:37 PM:
A urologist in my town had "PPMD" on his Porsche about 40 years ago. Long ago 
retired.


Eric KE6US (not vanity)


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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

[Carl J. Denbow]

A Roman Catholic priest in my hometown years ago, when John Kennedy was 
running for president, had license plates that read: 4 JK.  This priest 
name was Jan Kish, so it was just his initials, However, in the heated 
political climate of the day, many who should have known better 
interpreted it as a political statement and evidence of Catholic 
solidarity.  Kennedy's religion, of course, was a campaign issue.  73 
Carl N8VZ


EricJ wrote on 7/16/18 5:37 PM:
A urologist in my town had "PPMD" on his Porsche about 40 years ago. 
Long ago retired.


Eric KE6US (not vanity)


On 7/16/2018 2:28 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:

My all time favorite is still "4X4X8"

It was on a Honda Accord...

(the measurements of "a 'cord'" of firewood).

In the far distant past, the plate on a Datsun read "Dashes"... CW op 
obviously


Rick nhc


On 7/16/2018 12:41 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:

Years ago I was working with a catering dept at a hotel to set up a
conference. I met the new manager named Kate, and it was decided to
continue the meeting over lunch. We walked to where her car was 
parked and
I noticed her Ohio license plate: K8WYT. I asked, "Oh, are you an 
amateur

radio operator?" She said, "No. That's me. Kate White."

73 jeff wk6i

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jim - N4ST  wrote:

Years ago, during the 70's gas rationing in Maryland, I found I 
could get

gas on either odd or even days with my AA3O license plate.

73,
Jim - N4ST

-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net 


On Behalf Of Rose
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:56
To: Elecraft Reflector 
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what the plate 
"says",

-but- ham radio plates are exempt.

BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local county folks 
that

my "K0PP" plates were -not- the usual vanity plate they were used to
issuing.  It took a 200 mile trip to the state motor vehicle office 
with a
copy of the Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter 
resolved.


At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham.  They had no 
slant zero
die and he made my first plate by hand with a strip of tape across 
a zero.

He told me I was the first "zero" plate they had made … the die they
subsequently purchased cost $97.

Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date sticker and 
does

not issue a new plate each year.

73!

Ken Kopp - K0PP

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[Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

[Ken G Kopp]

After an early retirement from my job Rose and drove an over-the-road semi
for 5 years and a million miles.

Truck drivers are always getting "flashed" by passing women.  One morning
we we're passed by a woman in a white pants suit with the top open.  Her
license plate said "ProcDoc" ...

Lotsa such "events" ...

73!

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 15:37 EricJ  wrote:

> A urologist in my town had "PPMD" on his Porsche about 40 years ago.
> Long ago retired.
>
> Eric KE6US (not vanity)
>
>
> On 7/16/2018 2:28 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
> > My all time favorite is still "4X4X8"
> >
> > It was on a Honda Accord...
> >
> > (the measurements of "a 'cord'" of firewood).
> >
> > In the far distant past, the plate on a Datsun read "Dashes"... CW op
> > obviously
> >
> > Rick nhc
> >
> >
> > On 7/16/2018 12:41 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
> >> Years ago I was working with a catering dept at a hotel to set up a
> >> conference. I met the new manager named Kate, and it was decided to
> >> continue the meeting over lunch. We walked to where her car was
> >> parked and
> >> I noticed her Ohio license plate: K8WYT. I asked, "Oh, are you an
> >> amateur
> >> radio operator?" She said, "No. That's me. Kate White."
> >>
> >> 73 jeff wk6i
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jim - N4ST  wrote:
> >>
> >>> Years ago, during the 70's gas rationing in Maryland, I found I
> >>> could get
> >>> gas on either odd or even days with my AA3O license plate.
> >>> 
> >>> 73,
> >>> Jim - N4ST
> >>>
> >>> -Original Message-
> >>> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
> >>> 
> >>> On Behalf Of Rose
> >>> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:56
> >>> To: Elecraft Reflector 
> >>> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia
> >>>
> >>> Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what the plate
> >>> "says",
> >>> -but- ham radio plates are exempt.
> >>>
> >>> BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local county folks
> >>> that
> >>> my "K0PP" plates were -not- the usual vanity plate they were used to
> >>> issuing.  It took a 200 mile trip to the state motor vehicle office
> >>> with a
> >>> copy of the Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter
> >>> resolved.
> >>>
> >>> At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham.  They had no
> >>> slant zero
> >>> die and he made my first plate by hand with a strip of tape across a
> >>> zero.
> >>> He told me I was the first "zero" plate they had made … the die they
> >>> subsequently purchased cost $97.
> >>>
> >>> Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date sticker and
> >>> does
> >>> not issue a new plate each year.
> >>>
> >>> 73!
> >>>
> >>> Ken Kopp - K0PP
> >>>
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[Elecraft] Bump: P3: Macro trigger question...

[Dave Cole (NK7Z)]

Hi,

I am working with a friend to assist him in getting his K3S/P3 set up 
for macros...  I was attempting to input a macro trigger character, 
using the Function keys F1-12 as the triggers.  F1-F8 work fine as 
triggers, it appears that his K3S/P3, both running current software, 
does not accept F9-F12 as trigger keys.  The P3 simply ignores those 
characters while in MACRO MODE and inputing a macro and its trigger, if 
I change nothing, and press F1 it is accepted as a trigger...


My K3, (NON S), and P3, (both with current software), take those 
characters.  Is there something different with the K3S/P3 that might 
cause this?


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Dave
NK7Z
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Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls

[Mike Flowers]

Our less-than-formal ham club - The Lupton Downs Amateur Radio Club - was 
pleased to obtain our club callsign, W6NAG. 

Sounds pretty good on CW too. 

-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"

> On Jul 16, 2018, at 2:37 PM, EricJ  wrote:
> 
> A urologist in my town had "PPMD" on his Porsche about 40 years ago. Long ago 
> retired.
> 
> Eric KE6US (not vanity)
> 
> 
>> On 7/16/2018 2:28 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
>> My all time favorite is still "4X4X8"
>> 
>> It was on a Honda Accord...
>> 
>> (the measurements of "a 'cord'" of firewood).
>> 
>> In the far distant past, the plate on a Datsun read "Dashes"... CW op 
>> obviously
>> 
>> Rick nhc
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7/16/2018 12:41 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
>>> Years ago I was working with a catering dept at a hotel to set up a
>>> conference. I met the new manager named Kate, and it was decided to
>>> continue the meeting over lunch. We walked to where her car was parked and
>>> I noticed her Ohio license plate: K8WYT. I asked, "Oh, are you an amateur
>>> radio operator?" She said, "No. That's me. Kate White."
>>> 
>>> 73 jeff wk6i
>>> 
 On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jim - N4ST  wrote:
 
 Years ago, during the 70's gas rationing in Maryland, I found I could get
 gas on either odd or even days with my AA3O license plate.
 
 73,
 Jim - N4ST
 
 -Original Message-
 From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net 
 On Behalf Of Rose
 Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:56
 To: Elecraft Reflector 
 Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia
 
 Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what the plate "says",
 -but- ham radio plates are exempt.
 
 BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local county folks that
 my "K0PP" plates were -not- the usual vanity plate they were used to
 issuing.  It took a 200 mile trip to the state motor vehicle office with a
 copy of the Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter 
 resolved.
 
 At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham.  They had no slant zero
 die and he made my first plate by hand with a strip of tape across a zero.
 He told me I was the first "zero" plate they had made … the die they
 subsequently purchased cost $97.
 
 Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date sticker and does
 not issue a new plate each year.
 
 73!
 
 Ken Kopp - K0PP
 
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> On Jul 16, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Charlie T  wrote:
> 
> Yes, and I have TWO of them here in Virginia.  
> One says K3ICH and the other one is K31CH.
> They don't know ham calls at the DMV (HI).
> 
> 73, Charlie k3ICH
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
> Behalf Of Nr4c
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:49 AM
> To: dyarnes 
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector 
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls
> 
> In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than 
> regular plates. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
> 
> 
>> On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even  though it is the 
>> original call assigned to me back in 1955.  Under past FCC rules, I had to 
>> give it up when I moved to a different call area.  That actually happened 
>> twice!  The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing!  FCC just 
>> reassigned it to me as a previous holder.  However, in the early 90’s, when 
>> I decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call 
>> district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it too! 
>>  Even renewals were subject to a 

[Elecraft] Re KPA 1500 Remote

[K0XG Mediacom]

Great program for 1500 Remote operation. 
Seems to work well. 

Richard K0XG 



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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

[EricJ]

A urologist in my town had "PPMD" on his Porsche about 40 years ago. 
Long ago retired.


Eric KE6US (not vanity)


On 7/16/2018 2:28 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:

My all time favorite is still "4X4X8"

It was on a Honda Accord...

(the measurements of "a 'cord'" of firewood).

In the far distant past, the plate on a Datsun read "Dashes"... CW op 
obviously


Rick nhc


On 7/16/2018 12:41 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:

Years ago I was working with a catering dept at a hotel to set up a
conference. I met the new manager named Kate, and it was decided to
continue the meeting over lunch. We walked to where her car was 
parked and
I noticed her Ohio license plate: K8WYT. I asked, "Oh, are you an 
amateur

radio operator?" She said, "No. That's me. Kate White."

73 jeff wk6i

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jim - N4ST  wrote:

Years ago, during the 70's gas rationing in Maryland, I found I 
could get

gas on either odd or even days with my AA3O license plate.

73,
Jim - N4ST

-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net 


On Behalf Of Rose
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:56
To: Elecraft Reflector 
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what the plate 
"says",

-but- ham radio plates are exempt.

BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local county folks 
that

my "K0PP" plates were -not- the usual vanity plate they were used to
issuing.  It took a 200 mile trip to the state motor vehicle office 
with a
copy of the Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter 
resolved.


At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham.  They had no 
slant zero
die and he made my first plate by hand with a strip of tape across a 
zero.

He told me I was the first "zero" plate they had made … the die they
subsequently purchased cost $97.

Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date sticker and 
does

not issue a new plate each year.

73!

Ken Kopp - K0PP

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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

[Rick WA6NHC]

My all time favorite is still "4X4X8"

It was on a Honda Accord...

(the measurements of "a 'cord'" of firewood).

In the far distant past, the plate on a Datsun read "Dashes"... CW op 
obviously


Rick nhc


On 7/16/2018 12:41 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:

Years ago I was working with a catering dept at a hotel to set up a
conference. I met the new manager named Kate, and it was decided to
continue the meeting over lunch. We walked to where her car was parked and
I noticed her Ohio license plate: K8WYT. I asked, "Oh, are you an amateur
radio operator?" She said, "No. That's me. Kate White."

73 jeff wk6i

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jim - N4ST  wrote:


Years ago, during the 70's gas rationing in Maryland, I found I could get
gas on either odd or even days with my AA3O license plate.

73,
Jim - N4ST

-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net 
On Behalf Of Rose
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:56
To: Elecraft Reflector 
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what the plate "says",
-but- ham radio plates are exempt.

BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local county folks that
my "K0PP" plates were -not- the usual vanity plate they were used to
issuing.  It took a 200 mile trip to the state motor vehicle office with a
copy of the Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter resolved.

At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham.  They had no slant zero
die and he made my first plate by hand with a strip of tape across a zero.
He told me I was the first "zero" plate they had made … the die they
subsequently purchased cost $97.

Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date sticker and does
not issue a new plate each year.

73!

Ken Kopp - K0PP

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[Elecraft] Matching the KX3's textured paint

[Scott Manthe]

My KX3 had a slight accident, which resulted in a scratch on the back of 
the heatsink, about 1/8" x 1/3" long. I'm guessing the heatsink costs a 
few bucks and I understand the thermal adhesive is tough to remove, so 
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a textured paint that will closely 
match the powder coat on the KX3's heatsink?


Thanks,

Scott N9AA

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Re: [Elecraft] K3 Powers Off

[C G]

Hi Mike,

Did you check the powerpole connectors? On both sides: K3 and cable?

I experienced such power down when I changed my original 13.8V cord against a 
self made one, shorter and with higher cross-section to avoid the voltage loss 
in the cable. But the insulation was bigger than the powerpole inlet. As a 
consequence the contact did fit completely to the edge.

HTH,
73,
Christian F1GWR


Le 14 juil. 2018 à 01:24, Mike Furrey  a écrit :

> Suddenly my K3, upon touching the key will power off. When I power on, I can 
> make a contact or two and then off again. This started with three hours to go 
> in FD (operating 1D at home). Checking the archives it seemed it was a 
> thermal problem so I partially disassembled the radio, cleaned out dust and 
> reseated boards. I checked the p/s and swapped p/s and no change. The problem 
> is not band or antenna dependent. The radio is not even warm when this 
> happens.
> 
> Any ideas before IARU contest starts tomorrow?
> Thanks, Mike WA5POK
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Re: [Elecraft] KXSER cable wiring

[Petr Ourednik]

Don,

many thanks. I though it will be somewhere available but I did not
found ownself.
Best regards,
Petr


On Mon, Jul 16, 2018, at 10:37 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Petr,
>
> Yes, download the XG3 manual and look near the end, it has a schematic> of 
> the KXSER.
>
> On 7/16/2018 4:28 PM, Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is it possible to find the KXSER cable wiring somewhere please?
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >


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Re: [Elecraft] KXSER cable wiring

[Don Wilhelm]

Petr,

Yes, download the XG3 manual and look near the end, it has a schematic 
of the KXSER.


On 7/16/2018 4:28 PM, Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS wrote:

Hi,

is it possible to find the KXSER cable wiring somewhere please?

Many thanks.


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[Elecraft] KXSER cable wiring

[Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS]

Hi,

is it possible to find the KXSER cable wiring somewhere please?

Many thanks. 



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Re: [Elecraft] Best powered speaker for KX3

[Don Wilhelm]

Marv,

I can recommend the West Mountain COMspkr.  This is a pair of speakers 
for the stereo effects and dual receive and they are RF proof since they 
are shielded.


Not very good for listening to music IMHO (I tried them as computer 
speakers), but quite good for communications.


73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/16/2018 3:33 PM, marvwhee...@nwlink.com wrote:


I hav3e a hearing deficit and the audio out of the speaker on the KX3 leaves
a bit to be desired when turned up to where I can hear the received signal.
I am looking for a powered speaker for predominately CW reception.

  


Thanks for letting me poll your experiences.

  


Marv

KG7V

  


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Re: [Elecraft] Best powered speaker for KX3

[Chris Hallinan]

I use a set of Bose Companion 2 Series III.  Not the cheapest but certainly
not the most expensive.  Don't forget to consider accurate phase
reproduction - these Bose powered speakers seem to do a very good job of
maintaining the phase relationships of the Elecraft output such that the
audio effects (AFX) work very well.  Easy to listen to for casual CW
operating.

https://www.amazon.com/Bose-Companion-III-Multimedia-Speakers/dp/B00CD1PTF0

73 de K1AY
Chris

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 3:35 PM  wrote:

> Afternoon:
>
>
>
> I hav3e a hearing deficit and the audio out of the speaker on the KX3
> leaves
> a bit to be desired when turned up to where I can hear the received signal.
> I am looking for a powered speaker for predominately CW reception.
>
>
>
> Thanks for letting me poll your experiences.
>
>
>
> Marv
>
> KG7V
>
>
>
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 integration with KPA500 and KAT500

[ANDY DURBIN]

The problem with relying on RF detection is that the station is configured 
after TX starts rather than before TX starts.   Perhaps for some owners this is 
not an issue.  For me it is a significant issue.  If the band change requires a 
change of antenna then my LP-100A may alarm on SWR before the KAT500 switches 
to the  correct antenna and all the tuner relays clunk over to the proper 
selections.  I much prefer to have my equipment configured before I transmit.


My first approach was to drive the KAT500 band discretes with band band data 
derived from the KPA500 BN; response.  This worked well.  I then took on the 
challenge of deriving the exact TX frequency (to nearest 1 Hz) from FA, FB, and 
IF.  When this information is fed to the KAT500 then the band discretes are no 
longer needed.  Now the KAT500 not only selects the proper antenna before TX 
but it should also select the proper memorized tuning solution for that exact 
frequency.


I have some more works to do and that includes optimizing the integration of my 
KPA500 and LP100 data logging with control of KPA500, KAT500 and SteppIR 
SDA-100.   I wanted to know what I had missed in K3 integration advantages so I 
can decide how best to implement the final solution.


I had no Arduino experience before I started this project.  It has turned out 
to be fun and rewarding (and sometimes quite frustrating).


73,

Andy k3wyc


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Re: [Elecraft] Best powered speaker for KX3

[Walter Underwood]

I use a separate audio amp with unpowered speakers. The amp runs off 12 V and 
costs around $ 10. It is a 15 W per channel amp, so it will get loud enough.

I wrote up the details in a blog post: 
https://observer.wunderwood.org/2017/03/04/speakers-for-my-elecraft-kx3/

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> On Jul 16, 2018, at 12:33 PM,  
>  wrote:
> 
> Afternoon:
> 
> 
> 
> I hav3e a hearing deficit and the audio out of the speaker on the KX3 leaves
> a bit to be desired when turned up to where I can hear the received signal.
> I am looking for a powered speaker for predominately CW reception.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for letting me poll your experiences.
> 
> 
> 
> Marv
> 
> KG7V
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

[Jeff Stai]

Years ago I was working with a catering dept at a hotel to set up a
conference. I met the new manager named Kate, and it was decided to
continue the meeting over lunch. We walked to where her car was parked and
I noticed her Ohio license plate: K8WYT. I asked, "Oh, are you an amateur
radio operator?" She said, "No. That's me. Kate White."

73 jeff wk6i

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jim - N4ST  wrote:

> Years ago, during the 70's gas rationing in Maryland, I found I could get
> gas on either odd or even days with my AA3O license plate.
> 
> 73,
> Jim - N4ST
>
> -Original Message-
> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net 
> On Behalf Of Rose
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:56
> To: Elecraft Reflector 
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia
>
> Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what the plate "says",
> -but- ham radio plates are exempt.
>
> BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local county folks that
> my "K0PP" plates were -not- the usual vanity plate they were used to
> issuing.  It took a 200 mile trip to the state motor vehicle office with a
> copy of the Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter resolved.
>
> At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham.  They had no slant zero
> die and he made my first plate by hand with a strip of tape across a zero.
> He told me I was the first "zero" plate they had made … the die they
> subsequently purchased cost $97.
>
> Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date sticker and does
> not issue a new plate each year.
>
> 73!
>
> Ken Kopp - K0PP
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[Elecraft] Best powered speaker for KX3

[marvwheeler]

Afternoon:

 

I hav3e a hearing deficit and the audio out of the speaker on the KX3 leaves
a bit to be desired when turned up to where I can hear the received signal.
I am looking for a powered speaker for predominately CW reception.

 

Thanks for letting me poll your experiences.

 

Marv

KG7V

 

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Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls

[Charlie T]

Yes, and I have TWO of them here in Virginia.  
One says K3ICH and the other one is K31CH.
They don't know ham calls at the DMV (HI).

73, Charlie k3ICH




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Behalf Of Nr4c
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:49 AM
To: dyarnes 
Cc: Elecraft Reflector 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls

In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than regular 
plates. 

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill


> On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even  though it is the 
> original call assigned to me back in 1955.  Under past FCC rules, I had to 
> give it up when I moved to a different call area.  That actually happened 
> twice!  The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing!  FCC just 
> reassigned it to me as a previous holder.  However, in the early 90’s, when I 
> decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call 
> district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it too!  
> Even renewals were subject to a special fee!  Now that has changed, 
> thankfully.  However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is 
> considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and also 
> that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”.  
> 
> While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of 
> Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on it. 
>  I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special 
> processing.  However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew!  Why??? 
>  It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made and 
> issued!!!  Seems a bit unfair to me!
> 
> Dave W7AQK
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 integration with KPA500 and KAT500

[Jim Brown]

Hi Andy,

I've owned a KPA500 since soon after it's introduction, and am currently 
using a KP1500 borrowed from a neighbor who is in Germany for WRTC.  
I've never used the ACC cable between K3 and either amp -- the operation 
of frequency-sensing circuitry requires no more than a tap on the mic or 
a dit to switch bands.  The auto-tuner built into the KPA1500 is 
spectacularly good, remembering multiple tunings per band per antenna 
output. The KAT500 tuner is also quite good at detecting frequency.


73, Jim K9YC

The reason to buy a K3 or K3S is because they are superior radios, but I 
wouldn't factor integration with

On 7/15/2018 7:05 PM, ANDY DURBIN wrote:
I'd like to understand all the operational advantages of integrating 
a K3 with a KPA500 and KAT500 that are not available to those who 
chose to use a TS-590 instead of a K3.



I know about:


   1.   KPA500 and KAT500 know TX frequency and configure band, 
antenna, and tuning solution before transmitting
   2.  Adjustment of power output is based on band and KPA500 
OP/STBY  mode

   3.  Selection of band on KPA500 is passed to K3 and KAT500.


I have developed an Arduino based interface that implements 1. 2 
seems to be doable and useful.  3 seems doable but not very useful.   
What else is there?



Thanks and 73,

Andy k3wyc
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 integration with KPA500 and KAT500

[Fred Jensen]

Reason for 3:  Band selection on the K3 is via a BAND+/BAND- switch or 
via the numeric pad memory channel recall if programmed.  The KPA500 
provides band buttons, and if it is located in front of you, simplified 
band changing ... just push the button.  If a non-Elecraft radio has 
one-touch band selection, you are correct, #3 isn't a big advantage.


73,

Fred {"Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 7/15/2018 7:05 PM, ANDY DURBIN wrote:

I'd like to understand all the operational advantages of integrating a K3 with 
a KPA500 and KAT500 that are not available to those who chose to use a TS-590 
instead of a K3.


I know about:


   1.   KPA500 and KAT500 know TX frequency and configure band, antenna, and 
tuning solution before transmitting
   2.  Adjustment of power output is based on band and KPA500 OP/STBY  mode
   3.  Selection of band on KPA500 is passed to K3 and KAT500.


I have developed an Arduino based interface that implements 1.  2 seems to be 
doable and useful.  3 seems doable but not very useful.   What else is there?


Thanks and 73,

Andy k3wyc
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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

[Jim - N4ST]

Years ago, during the 70's gas rationing in Maryland, I found I could get gas 
on either odd or even days with my AA3O license plate.
 
73,
Jim - N4ST

-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
Behalf Of Rose
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:56
To: Elecraft Reflector 
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what the plate "says", -but- 
ham radio plates are exempt.

BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local county folks that my 
"K0PP" plates were -not- the usual vanity plate they were used to issuing.  It 
took a 200 mile trip to the state motor vehicle office with a copy of the 
Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter resolved.

At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham.  They had no slant zero die 
and he made my first plate by hand with a strip of tape across a zero.  He told 
me I was the first "zero" plate they had made … the die they subsequently 
purchased cost $97.

Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date sticker and does not 
issue a new plate each year.

73!

Ken Kopp - K0PP

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Re: [Elecraft] OT - The HeyPhone

[Mike Furrey]

As an avid caver (ham radio got me into caving 50 years ago ... another story) 
here are a couple of links to what hams have done underground. The big 
drawbacks are cost and hauling the gear. Currently a group is investigating 
using the family radios for digipeating. http://aprs.org/cave-link.html
... and in Arizona http://ke7hr.com/caveradio/80meterhfunderground.pdf 


73, Mike WA5POK 

On Friday, July 13, 2018 7:43 PM, kevinr  wrote:
 

 Thanks Bill,

     Most of my caving was done in the Black Hills.  Pringle Cave was 
great fun.  Twenty foot soda straws, boxwork, popcorn, and a variety of 
helictites.  Some caving in Wisconsin too.

    73,

    Kevin.  KD5ONS


On 07/13/2018 04:32 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> For those that might be interested in further information about 
> underground radio communications, the National Speleological Society's 
> Communication and Electronics section has placed back issues of its 
> publication online for free down load at:
>
>   
>
> Some of the European radios have had problems in the US because they 
> are sensitive to the harmonics of our 60 Hz power.
>
> 73 Bill AE6JV
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[Elecraft] K3 Powers Off

[Mike Furrey]

Suddenly my K3, upon touching the key will power off. When I power on, I can 
make a contact or two and then off again. This started with three hours to go 
in FD (operating 1D at home). Checking the archives it seemed it was a thermal 
problem so I partially disassembled the radio, cleaned out dust and reseated 
boards. I checked the p/s and swapped p/s and no change. The problem is not 
band or antenna dependent. The radio is not even warm when this happens.

Any ideas before IARU contest starts tomorrow?
Thanks, Mike WA5POK

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[Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia

[Rose]

Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what
the plate "says", -but- ham radio plates are exempt.

BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local
county folks that my "K0PP" plates were -not- the usual
vanity plate they were used to issuing.  It took a 200 mile
trip to the state motor vehicle office with a copy of the
Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter
resolved.

At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham.  They
had no slant zero die and he made my first plate by hand
with a strip of tape across a zero.  He told me I was the
first "zero" plate they had made … the die they subsequently
purchased cost $97.

Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date
sticker and does not issue a new plate each year.

73!

Ken Kopp - K0PP
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Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls

[rich hurd WC3T]

In PA the Amateur Radio plate is $25.  Prior to our current administration
taking office, a "regular" vanity plate (of which I have one also) cost the
same $25 but now it costs $80.  So being a ham has some benefits.  :)

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:49 AM Nr4c  wrote:

> In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than
> regular plates.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
> > On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes  wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even  though it is the
> original call assigned to me back in 1955.  Under past FCC rules, I had to
> give it up when I moved to a different call area.  That actually happened
> twice!  The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing!  FCC just
> reassigned it to me as a previous holder.  However, in the early 90’s, when
> I decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call
> district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it
> too!  Even renewals were subject to a special fee!  Now that has changed,
> thankfully.  However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is
> considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and
> also that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”.
> >
> > While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of
> Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on
> it.  I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special
> processing.  However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew!
> Why???  It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made
> and issued!!!  Seems a bit unfair to me!
> >
> > Dave W7AQK
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Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls

[Nr4c]

In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than regular 
plates. 

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill


> On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even  though it is the 
> original call assigned to me back in 1955.  Under past FCC rules, I had to 
> give it up when I moved to a different call area.  That actually happened 
> twice!  The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing!  FCC just 
> reassigned it to me as a previous holder.  However, in the early 90’s, when I 
> decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call 
> district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it too!  
> Even renewals were subject to a special fee!  Now that has changed, 
> thankfully.  However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is 
> considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and also 
> that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”.  
> 
> While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of 
> Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on it. 
>  I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special 
> processing.  However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew!  Why??? 
>  It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made and 
> issued!!!  Seems a bit unfair to me!
> 
> Dave W7AQK
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Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls

[dyarnes]

Hi All,

My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even  though it is the original 
call assigned to me back in 1955.  Under past FCC rules, I had to give it up 
when I moved to a different call area.  That actually happened twice!  The 
first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing!  FCC just reassigned it 
to me as a previous holder.  However, in the early 90’s, when I decided I 
wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call district, I had 
to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it too!  Even renewals 
were subject to a special fee!  Now that has changed, thankfully.  However, I 
still somewhat resent the fact that my call is considered a vanity call, even 
though I am a previous holder of it, and also that, at one time, I would have 
been reissued this call by “rights”.  

While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of 
Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on it.  
I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special 
processing.  However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew!  Why???  
It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made and issued!!!  
Seems a bit unfair to me!

Dave W7AQK
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[Elecraft] FOR SALE: KX3

[Barry N1EU]

Here's a beautiful, one-owner, lightly used Elecraft KX3 transceiver
complete with following:
KX3 transceiver
KXAT3 antenna tuner
KXUSB computer interface cable
microphone
power cord
Side KX protective End Panels and Plastic Cover
Lowe Pro padded carry case with 4 accessory pockets
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$1100 plus shipping

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Re: [Elecraft] The KX1 Now and Forever. Look at the QCX.

[Mike Morrow]

> I understand that Elecraft can't make the money work with a
> rig with a very niche market.  So how about a KX0, or KX9000
> in todays marketing bull.  Make it one band.  Make it 5 watts.
> Make it buildable by real people, no smds.
> ...73 Eric WD6DBM

All of what you seek, and more, is already available at almost give-away prices 
in the mono-band transceiver Model QCX kits ($49) and optional custom 
enclosures ($37) from QRP Labs.  The QCX is a modern extremely sophisticated, 
innovative, and capaable design by Hans Summers, G0UPL.

QCX Description Page:
  http://qrp-labs.com/qcx.html

Presentation materials by Hans at Dayton FDIM;
  http://qrp-labs.com/images/news/dayton2018/seminar.pdf
  http://qrp-labs.com/images/news/dayton2018/fdim2018.pdf

QCX Assembly, Alignment, Operation, and Theory Manual:
  http://qrp-labs.com/images/qcx/assembly3_LT.pdf

This manual is outstanding in all areas.  Like the kit design, it is a real 
tour de force.  The kit requires no SMD soldering and is almost all easy TTH 
construction.  The QCX includes all necessary built-in test signal generation 
and associated displays for making alignments.

I don't believe there is any conflict mentioning the QCX mono-band unit on the 
Elecraft list because it is NOT a competitor to ANY product that has ever been 
in Elecraft's 20-year product line.  In one year, almost 6000 QCX kits have 
been sold.  I have recently received four of them and begun construction.

There's more than enough room in my QRP world to appreciate the excellence of 
my three 20-year-old Small Wonders DSW mono-band units, my 18-year-old K1, my 
recent KX2, and my (I hope) soon-to-be completed QCX units.  I love the 
technical innovation in every one of these.

Mike / KK5F
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