[Elecraft] Any interest in RemoteRig setup?
Is there any interest in a K3/0 (not the mini) with Elecraft hand mic, a RemoteRig RRC1258MkIIs with wifi option (remote end only) and power supply? I currently do not have the RRC1258 that goes at the transmitting site. This is in excellent condition. Allen, W0OUU __ 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] KX2 WTB(uild) external amplified speaker
I found a pair of amplified speakers at a thrift shop that meet the need pretty well. Can’t beat the $6. :-) 73, Brian, K0DTJ > On Apr 14, 2022, at 16:52, Andrew Moore wrote: > > KX2 arrived yesterday after a ~15 week wait, which was pretty much spot on > with Elecraft's original estimate. > > One of the best features is, especially for a compact rig with limited > dedicated controls, the ability to assign a programmable function button to > an otherwise buried menu feature. For menu features that are binary choices > (such as enable/disable CW transmit), not only does the PFn button activate > the menu item, but it also toggles the parameter and dumps you right back > into operating mode. For example, you can toggle between "CW transmit" and > "CW practice (no transmit)" by pressing only two buttons. No need to go > through deep menus. Kudos to KX2 designers for thinking ahead. > > One of the not so great features is the internal speaker. It's even raspier > and more distorted than the forward-facing one supplied with the KX3. This > is to be expected; there are design trade-offs and this rig wasn't designed > to be a desktop model with high wattage audio output. > > My typical use case for the KX2 is to listen to it in the background on the > desktop with good quality speaker audio, and then to switch to > headphones/earphones when in QSO. > > So I'd like to build an audio amplifier to convert the KX2 headphone output > levels to say 5 watt speaker output (one of the two channels will suffice) > for listening to relatively undistorted audio in the shack. A good starting > point is knowing what the output level and impedance is for the headphones > jack. I measured approx 20 mV P-P (impedance unknown) at an audio output > level around "AF 10" according to the KX2 display. Does this sound about > right? > > Bonus points: First QSO with the KX2 was from Maine to Bermuda at 1 watt. > > Thanks, > -Andrew NV1B > .. > __ > 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 huntin...@coastside.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] Shipping via UPS - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way
I have one problem with USPS - they lie. Occasionally. They say things have been delivered when they have not been delivered. Yesterday, they said they delivered a couple of pieces of aluminum for my latest project - I went out to look when the email came in... no package. Sometimes stuff will appear a few days later, sometimes not. It's a real PITA, because then I have to go argue with the seller - who is totally not at fault, but what can I do? - Jerry KF6VB On 2022-04-13 08:06, Andrew Moore wrote: What's your favorite kind of potato chips? I like Utz, or anything plain and unruffled. Cape Cod is good too. Plain Utz is my favorite! But with ruffles. For Cape Cod it's the dark russets. Salt and vinegar: Just say no. If vinegar and chips don't belong in the same room together, how can they possibly be allowed in the same bag? Makes no sense. Your preemptive strike on the "easily ruffled" joke is appreciated. On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:38 AM Julia Tuttle wrote: What's your favorite kind of potato chips? I like Utz, or anything plain and unruffled. Cape Cod is good too. Tragically, I will now be making the "that's funny because you're so easily ruffled, Julia" joke before any of y'all have a chance. On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 10:01 Andrew Moore wrote: > Elecraft products are relatively small however they are expensive and many of us have shipped them so I think this is a good subject for the list. Kudos to John for bringing some humor into an otherwise monotonous thread (I'm not being sarcastic here). I eat snacks in front of my Elecraft so a discussion of potato chips is warranted too, LOL. The irony is that despite my initial ask (which I think only three people actually understood and addressed; the rest responded with irrelevant opinion), I find myself reading most of the thread. To the original poster (Ted I think? I was a while back): In the interest of staying on topic: despite your frustration with the cost of the UPS Store service, the explanation is also revealed what you wrote: the alternative - nearest UPS depot - was a 90 mile round trip. You pay for the convenience of having a drop-off location close by, not having to pay high fuel costs for a 90 mile drive, not having to spend a minimum of 3 hours for that effort, etc. In the interest of getting off topic: I've had loads of success with USPS Priority, and there's probably a real USPS office near your location. I do understand your frustration with the price. I grumble every time the cost of potato chips goes up. A family size bag cost $2.45 just a few years ago. Now it's just under $5.00, and I swear the bag is smaller and it's filled with more air, fewer chips. Oh jeez, here we go with the potato chips. My KX2 is out for delivery today! I'm going to celebrate by having a snack in front of it. Speaking of USPS, many thanks to Madelyn & Elecraft for such a prompt delivery. The KX2 left Elecraft in California at 3 pm Monday and will be delivered in Maine less than 48 hour later. That's 2,700 miles in less than 2 days and cost me just $32.46 via USPS, and all I did was sit on my butt. Eating chips. 73, -Andrew NV1B .. On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:55 AM wrote: > In this case the subject line makes it very obvious that the original post > is about shipping. Elecraft products are relatively small however they are > expensive and many of us have shipped them so I think this is a good > subject > for the list. > > If you read the archives like I do it is very easy to pick which posts you > wish to read. It is easy to ignore the ones that are not of interest and > there is nothing to delete. > http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2022-April/date.html > > John KK9A > > > Andrew Moore nv1b wrote: > > Other than trying to remember and ignore by subject line, is there a way to > mute specific threads on the Elecraft mailing list (via qth.net)? Maybe > I'm > thinking of the feature on @groups.io mailing lists - but this would be > helpful as Elecraft related topics morph into posts containing no Elecraft > content. While this content has value, it also dilutes value, as it's not > Elecraft specific. > > Thanks & 73, > -Andrew NV1B > > __ > 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 andrew.n...@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
Re: [Elecraft] KX2 WTB(uild) external amplified speaker
This post describes what I put together for my KX3. That specific amp is no longer available, but there are similar ones. https://observer.wunderwood.org/2017/03/04/speakers-for-my-elecraft-kx3/ wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Apr 14, 2022, at 4:50 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: > > KX2 arrived yesterday after a ~15 week wait, which was pretty much spot on > with Elecraft's original estimate. > > One of the best features is, especially for a compact rig with limited > dedicated controls, the ability to assign a programmable function button to > an otherwise buried menu feature. For menu features that are binary choices > (such as enable/disable CW transmit), not only does the PFn button activate > the menu item, but it also toggles the parameter and dumps you right back > into operating mode. For example, you can toggle between "CW transmit" and > "CW practice (no transmit)" by pressing only two buttons. No need to go > through deep menus. Kudos to KX2 designers for thinking ahead. > > One of the not so great features is the internal speaker. It's even raspier > and more distorted than the forward-facing one supplied with the KX3. This > is to be expected; there are design trade-offs and this rig wasn't designed > to be a desktop model with high wattage audio output. > > My typical use case for the KX2 is to listen to it in the background on the > desktop with good quality speaker audio, and then to switch to > headphones/earphones when in QSO. > > So I'd like to build an audio amplifier to convert the KX2 headphone output > levels to say 5 watt speaker output (one of the two channels will suffice) > for listening to relatively undistorted audio in the shack. A good starting > point is knowing what the output level and impedance is for the headphones > jack. I measured approx 20 mV P-P (impedance unknown) at an audio output > level around "AF 10" according to the KX2 display. Does this sound about > right? > > Bonus points: First QSO with the KX2 was from Maine to Bermuda at 1 watt. > > Thanks, > -Andrew NV1B > .. > __ > 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 wun...@wunderwood.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
[Elecraft] KX2 WTB(uild) external amplified speaker
KX2 arrived yesterday after a ~15 week wait, which was pretty much spot on with Elecraft's original estimate. One of the best features is, especially for a compact rig with limited dedicated controls, the ability to assign a programmable function button to an otherwise buried menu feature. For menu features that are binary choices (such as enable/disable CW transmit), not only does the PFn button activate the menu item, but it also toggles the parameter and dumps you right back into operating mode. For example, you can toggle between "CW transmit" and "CW practice (no transmit)" by pressing only two buttons. No need to go through deep menus. Kudos to KX2 designers for thinking ahead. One of the not so great features is the internal speaker. It's even raspier and more distorted than the forward-facing one supplied with the KX3. This is to be expected; there are design trade-offs and this rig wasn't designed to be a desktop model with high wattage audio output. My typical use case for the KX2 is to listen to it in the background on the desktop with good quality speaker audio, and then to switch to headphones/earphones when in QSO. So I'd like to build an audio amplifier to convert the KX2 headphone output levels to say 5 watt speaker output (one of the two channels will suffice) for listening to relatively undistorted audio in the shack. A good starting point is knowing what the output level and impedance is for the headphones jack. I measured approx 20 mV P-P (impedance unknown) at an audio output level around "AF 10" according to the KX2 display. Does this sound about right? Bonus points: First QSO with the KX2 was from Maine to Bermuda at 1 watt. Thanks, -Andrew NV1B .. __ 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 auto transmit - W7RIP
Hello Rip, That is your computer waking up its com ports. To turn it off, go in to Device Manager and select that port: Properties > Port Settings > Advanced. Uncheck Serial Enumerator. Check Disable Modem Ctrl At Startup. That should do it (for a Windoze machine). 73, Mike Cizek W0VTT -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Rip R Sent: Wednesday, 13 April, 2022 13:59 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 auto transmit - W7RIP My K3 works like a charm and I have never had an issue with it. But recently after I turn the rig on or shortly after I turn it on, it will automatically transmit a series of 5 or 6 cw dashes evenly spaced (good fist) and at about 15 wpm. This will not occur again until the next time the rig is turned on. I do not know why it is doing this, but I would like to know. Ideas? 73s Rip W7RIP __ 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 mgci...@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
