Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft W2 Wattmeter for sale ... needs repair
Tempting, but I already have one. These are expensive or I'd bid on it for fun too. Should be an easy fix...maybe. - Chuck, KE9UW -- 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
[Elecraft] KBPF3A switching frequencies and performance
Looking for details of switch over frequencies and expected performance of the KBPF3A in its various bands, There is improvement in the BCB and below 500KHz with the KBPF3A enabled, however the other SW BCB bands I have tried are lacking. Has anyone measured the performance of the KBPF3A? Ben W4SC Sent from Mail for Windows 10 __ 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] Do not use K4 "Restore Defaults" button
In the UPDATE function of the K4, there's a DETAILS button which leads to a tentative backup/restore feature. This will be replaced by a new backup/restore function (CONFIG) that's easier to use and accessible at the top level. One of the buttons on the current Backup/Restore screen is "Restore Defaults," which does a full reset to factory defaults. We intended to remove this because it resets TX GAIN calibration and other data. This, too, will be handled in a more nuanced fashion under the CONFIG function. Please don't use "Restore Defaults". While the backup/restore routines work, we'd suggest not using these either. CONFIG will do a much better job of managing your backup needs. Thanks, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Do not use K4 "Restore Defaults" button
As you get a round tuit, will these nuances make it into the other models in the KX-line? I always hear of the strident warnings of factory restores hammering the hard-won calibration data and have counted my lucky stars that I have not had to head down that road with my KX3. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 13:32 To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Do not use K4 "Restore Defaults" button In the UPDATE function of the K4, there's a DETAILS button which leads to a tentative backup/restore feature. This will be replaced by a new backup/restore function (CONFIG) that's easier to use and accessible at the top level. One of the buttons on the current Backup/Restore screen is "Restore Defaults," which does a full reset to factory defaults. We intended to remove this because it resets TX GAIN calibration and other data. This, too, will be handled in a more nuanced fashion under the CONFIG function. Please don't use "Restore Defaults". While the backup/restore routines work, we'd suggest not using these either. CONFIG will do a much better job of managing your backup needs. Thanks, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to r...@wc3t.us __ 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] Do not use K4 "Restore Defaults" button
Rich, That restore function is available in KX3 Utility - Restore Configuration. Of course you should have saved a configuration so you can restore it. Save a configuration any time you make significant changes to your KX3 (not a firmware update). The file is placed in your computer. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/16/2021 1:46 PM, r...@wc3t.us wrote: As you get a round tuit, will these nuances make it into the other models in the KX-line? I always hear of the strident warnings of factory restores hammering the hard-won calibration data and have counted my lucky stars that I have not had to head down that road with my KX3. __ 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] Building a K2
Carl - Just saw your note on the reflector. This morning I completed the RF board on one I've been building since early February. Al the soldering is done. The rest is the mechanical parts. It's my fourth K2. One I keep as a contest backup, two I've sold, and this one I am donating to a junior high school radio club. I do them because the build is an extraordinary experience, made all the better by the excellence of Elecraft's engineering, (and their support when I've needed it.) There was an additional reason for my doing this latest one. Not long ago I suffered a hemorrhagic stroke that pretty well disabled both the sensory and the fine motor control of my left arm and hand. (I can't feel it when I am holding a screw or nut in the fingers of my left hand, and trying to manipulate something that small is damn near impossible.) I undertook this build as a home-made form of physical therapy. It required some strange adaptations on my part and some of it was slow going. We'll see in another few days whether it went together at is should. Whatever the outcome, I greatly enjoyed the ride. Nothing like it. Ted, KN1CBR __ 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] Do not use K4 "Restore Defaults" button
Thanks. -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 14:13 To: r...@wc3t.us; 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Do not use K4 "Restore Defaults" button Rich, That restore function is available in KX3 Utility - Restore Configuration. Of course you should have saved a configuration so you can restore it. Save a configuration any time you make significant changes to your KX3 (not a firmware update). The file is placed in your computer. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/16/2021 1:46 PM, r...@wc3t.us wrote: > As you get a round tuit, will these nuances make it into the other models in > the KX-line? I always hear of the strident warnings of factory restores > hammering the hard-won calibration data and have counted my lucky stars that > I have not had to head down that road with my KX3. > > __ 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] Change Frequency
I have been trying to reset my mail to a once a day but there is apparent no easy way to do that. Even though there is an option listed. Sent from Yahoo Mail __ 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] KBPF3A switching frequencies and performance
Hi Ben, Others with more knowledge may chime in, but here is what I know: The crossover frequencies you can find in the K3S schematic file. Here is a link to it: https://ftp.elecraft.com/K3S/Manuals%20Downloads/E740323%20K3s%20Schematic%20Files.pdf It is the first page in the "options" segment. You can search for "KBPF3A" to find it (the file is *big*). I have not been able to find any real specifications for it. The installation manual has no specs. I also don't know if either ARRL or Sherwood has collected any data outside of the regular ham bands. In principle the K3(S) equipped with this filter should have nearly identical sensitivity anywhere from 0.1 to 30MHz. Note: the KBPF3 version has L1 installed which limits the low end to 0.5MHz. If you have an unmodified early K3 and want to use it below 0.5MHz you need to add add a bypass capacitor as described in the installation manual. Without that the bottom end is very noisy from power supply noise. I know many people are fascinated by Non-Directional-Beacons (NDBs) which are generally in that low frequency range. I have it in my K3S and find plenty of sensitivity anywhere in the range supported (0.1-29.7MHz). I don't do much SWLing anymore since the number of English language SW transmitters have dwindled over the past 10 years. It's all Internet radio these days. Are you sure you have good antennas for the bands where you think sensitivity is low? I certainly have no problem using a 102' G5RV anywhere from 0.5 to 29.7MHz for reception. I leave the tuner in bypass. Knut - AB2TC w4sc-2 wrote > Looking for details of switch over frequencies and expected performance of > the KBPF3A in its various bands, > > There is improvement in the BCB and below 500KHz with the KBPF3A enabled, > however the other SW BCB bands I have tried are lacking. > > Has anyone measured the performance of the KBPF3A? > > Ben W4SC > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: > Elecraft@.qth > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to > lists+1215531472858-365791@.nabble -- 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] Change Frequency
What happens if you choose that option? On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 4:22 PM Mel Feeley via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > I have been trying to reset my mail to a once a day but there is apparent > no easy way to do that. Even though there is an option listed. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail > __ > 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 ju...@juliatuttle.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] K3 MD command question
I’ve been trying to set up a macro to automatically choose the correct sideband (USB/LSB) for the current band but have not found a way to do this. The MD command allows specifying the mode, but there does not appear to be an option to select the “proper” sideband mode for the current band. There is no method to query the current frequency and do a conditional MD command. Is there a way to do this? BTW I am using the Programmer’s Reference Rev G5, 2/20/2019. Thanks & 73 Bob - K2UT __ 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 MD command question
Bob, I believe you are ignoring the ALT button (hold of the left side of the Mode button). Why use a Macro? Set the K3 to SSB on the band of interest and change the mode with the MODE button to select SSB the normal sideband for that band, If it is not correct, hold the left side of the Mode button to activate ALT. Go to the next band and do the same. You can do the same thing for VFO B (or use the A>B button). You can also do the same thing for DATA A and AFSK A modes if you use them. When you switch to the bands after you have done the above, you should be on the correct sideband - it will be remembered. If you are entering the macro into a computer application, then ignore my suggestion - I only operate "by the buttons". 73, Don W3FPR On 4/16/2021 6:18 PM, Bob Applegate wrote: I’ve been trying to set up a macro to automatically choose the correct sideband (USB/LSB) for the current band but have not found a way to do this. The MD command allows specifying the mode, but there does not appear to be an option to select the “proper” sideband mode for the current band. There is no method to query the current frequency and do a conditional MD command. Is there a way to do this? BTW I am using the Programmer’s Reference Rev G5, 2/20/2019. Thanks & 73 Bob - K2UT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT For Sale: HF Packer QRP Amplifier 2.5w in/35w out
Since many people on this list have more than one QRP rig, I thought I would make this available here: A new condition HF Packer 160m - 10m amplifier. 2.5w in / 35w out. Pictures on request. Price of $350 set by Virgil who designed them and built this one for the SK who owned it. Thanks, Doug W5JV Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. __ 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] OT For Sale: HF Packer QRP Amplifier 2.5w in/35w out
Boy, that was fast. Item spoken for. Will repost if sale falls through. Doug W5JV Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. From: Doug Hensley Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 6:54 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: OT For Sale: HF Packer QRP Amplifier 2.5w in/35w out Since many people on this list have more than one QRP rig, I thought I would make this available here: A new condition HF Packer 160m - 10m amplifier. 2.5w in / 35w out. Pictures on request. Price of $350 set by Virgil who designed them and built this one for the SK who owned it. Thanks, Doug W5JV Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. __ 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 MD command question
A number of people have asked what I am trying to do with the macros, so here is a quick explanation. In a normal day I'm switching between CW, digital and sideband frequently. CW is easy: VFO B is always set the way I want it for CW. Digital and sideband have to share VFO A (too bad there isn’t a VFO C). To make the switching easier, I created two macros and assigned each to either PF1 or PF2. Macro 4 (sideband): front panel mic input with bias, VOX off, compression at 15, receive bandwidth at 2.8 KHz. Macro 5 (digital): line in, VOX on, compression at 0, bandwidth at 4 KHz and USB. If I’m on bands where USB is the norm for sideband then Macro 4 sets up everything perectly. However, for bands were LSB is the norm, I need to add a press of ALT to get back to LSB. That is why I’m looking for a command to set the “right” mode for sideband based on the band. Is there a way to do this that I just haven’t seen? To bad there isn’t a MD parameter for selecting the normal sideband mode for the current band. Or maybe there is? Bob > On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:18 PM, Bob Applegate wrote: > > I’ve been trying to set up a macro to automatically choose the correct > sideband (USB/LSB) for the current band but have not found a way to do this. > The MD command allows specifying the mode, but there does not appear to be an > option to select the “proper” sideband mode for the current band. There is > no method to query the current frequency and do a conditional MD command. > > Is there a way to do this? > > BTW I am using the Programmer’s Reference Rev G5, 2/20/2019. > > Thanks & 73 > > Bob - K2UT > __ 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 MD command question
Bob, I suggest you set up SSB as you want it - Compression and TX EQ as well. Then for digital, use DATA A - it automatically turns off compression and TX EQ. All that can be accomplished with VFO A, no involvement with VFO B unless you invoke it. Know that a double tap of A>B will transfer band/frequency/mode of VFO A to VFO B. The MODE button will accomplish all you want. You can freely switch between SSB, DATA A and CW with taps of the MODE button. The sideband last used on that band and mode will be remembered. If you are looking at a way to switch from CW to SSB or Digital on a particular band (set it up for all bands), I recommend you take a look at the M1 - M4 buttons - these are per band memory buttons. I set mine up for M1 to send the K3 to the center of the CW section (it also sets CW mode), and M2 to the center of the SSB portion (and in SSB mode) - M3 goes to the center of the digital section of the band. M4 is reserved for remembering a frequency/mode that I think I might want to come back to later. I also use the first 10 regular memories to select bands - these are the Quick Memories. I tap M>V and then one of the numerical buttons to set the band. After that I tap M>V and either M1, M2 or M3 to get to the center of the mode I want on that band - easier than using the BAND button. The Mic selection will be remembered in SSB mode (no need to change it), and the LINE IN selection will be remembered when you switch to DATA A mode (again, no need to change it). DATA A mode is nothing more than SSB mode with different inputs and as I said Compression and EQ turned off. So I think you are trying to create Macros for things the K3 will do for you automatically - make full use of the K3 functions and you will have fewer uses for macros - the K3 does it for you by default. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/16/2021 8:01 PM, Bob Applegate wrote: A number of people have asked what I am trying to do with the macros, so here is a quick explanation. In a normal day I'm switching between CW, digital and sideband frequently. CW is easy: VFO B is always set the way I want it for CW. Digital and sideband have to share VFO A (too bad there isn’t a VFO C). To make the switching easier, I created two macros and assigned each to either PF1 or PF2. Macro 4 (sideband): front panel mic input with bias, VOX off, compression at 15, receive bandwidth at 2.8 KHz. Macro 5 (digital): line in, VOX on, compression at 0, bandwidth at 4 KHz and USB. If I’m on bands where USB is the norm for sideband then Macro 4 sets up everything perectly. However, for bands were LSB is the norm, I need to add a press of ALT to get back to LSB. That is why I’m looking for a command to set the “right” mode for sideband based on the band. Is there a way to do this that I just haven’t seen? To bad there isn’t a MD parameter for selecting the normal sideband mode for the current band. Or maybe there is? Bob __ 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] Is there anyone in the Chicago area having a T1 that could help?
I’ve never got my T1 to work. I’m looking for someone who could verify it is defective. K9BWE, Jerry. 847 255-9775 Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can also make you do atrocities. __ 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 MD command question
Hi Bob, You're seriously overthinking this, perhaps due to a failure to RTFM. On sideband, Elecraft firmware automatically defaults to the "right sideband" for each ham band. If you choose either of the RTTY modes, it will default to LSB. If you choose DATA A, it will automatically switch to upper sideband. Both RTTY and DATA A will automatically take their input only from the Line Input and disable TXEQ. Both digital Modes (AFSK and DATA-A) disable front panel ALC settings. Don Wilhelm's suggestions to make use of memories to save settings by band by mode is a good one. If you study the manual, you will learn that Elecraft memories are VERY well thought out. 73, Jim K9YC On 4/16/2021 5:01 PM, Bob Applegate wrote: A number of people have asked what I am trying to do with the macros, so here is a quick explanation. In a normal day I'm switching between CW, digital and sideband frequently. CW is easy: VFO B is always set the way I want it for CW. Digital and sideband have to share VFO A (too bad there isn’t a VFO C). To make the switching easier, I created two macros and assigned each to either PF1 or PF2. Macro 4 (sideband): front panel mic input with bias, VOX off, compression at 15, receive bandwidth at 2.8 KHz. Macro 5 (digital): line in, VOX on, compression at 0, bandwidth at 4 KHz and USB. If I’m on bands where USB is the norm for sideband then Macro 4 sets up everything perectly. However, for bands were LSB is the norm, I need to add a press of ALT to get back to LSB. That is why I’m looking for a command to set the “right” mode for sideband based on the band. Is there a way to do this that I just haven’t seen? To bad there isn’t a MD parameter for selecting the normal sideband mode for the current band. Or maybe there is? Bob On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:18 PM, Bob Applegate wrote: I’ve been trying to set up a macro to automatically choose the correct sideband (USB/LSB) for the current band but have not found a way to do this. The MD command allows specifying the mode, but there does not appear to be an option to select the “proper” sideband mode for the current band. There is no method to query the current frequency and do a conditional MD command. Is there a way to do this? BTW I am using the Programmer’s Reference Rev G5, 2/20/2019. Thanks & 73 __ 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
