Re: [Elecraft] K3 Port sharing redux
Running DXBase from within Win4K3Suite using windows 7 or 10 Pro has never been a problem. It fires up just like any other logging problem I have. Speaking of DXBase I have used it since 1988 or so and really can't find anything better. Sorry to say it will never see any additional improvement and trying to find anything comparable has been an issue for me. This really sounds stupid but I'm running three of the major logging programs along with Dxbase trying to find a substitute and narrowing it down to several. By the way I'm doing it with Win4K3 suite and com0com with no issues. I have ordered a K4HD and hope that Tom VA2FSQ can provide a program for that rig since it works so well. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of M. George Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2019 12:50 AM To: Elecraft Mailer Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Port sharing redux Wes, maybe I read your email wrong, but you implied that setting up the com0com pairs was a PITA. You used the acronym PITA and I assumed you were talking about com0com. That's why I commented that you actually do not need to look at the device manager because it appears that confused you. Like anything, it isn't a PITA after you understand how it works. I showed that in the video because it would be a natural question for guys to look at. But again, you do not need to look at the device manager unless you are curious. I find it humorous you are using a 12 year old logging program that is no longer supported. ;) wink, wink. Wow. :) DXBase must really be something special. ;) I doubt I'll be switching to DXBase any time soon. You said you were using Omni-rig with WSJT... there is no reason for that with Win4K3Suite. You could probably use LP-Bridge too and avoid using Omni-Rig. You could if you needed to (use Omni-Rig with Win4K3Suite) but I see no reason for it unless you like to complicate your setup... that's what I said in my previous email. The mis-mash of LP-Bridge and Omni-Rig etc... gets ugly. And if you were using NaP3 with LP-Bridge you would see the instability issues much more often... the dreaded red X in the NaP3 screen. But again, it doesn't sound like you are doing that. You are using SpectraVue?? and I'm not familiar with that, but if it directly supports the K3 CAT feed connection you could simply setup a virtual com0com pair there and SpectraVue would think it was directly connected to the K3. If you leave your computer running all the time, I'm not sure why the UAC and or start up of software is a concern either. That seemed like a big deal for some reason in your email I replied to. If auto start of DXBase from Win4K3Suite is a show stopper, you better stick with LP-Bridge, but I see no reason why you couldn't setup a batch file for that and have Win4K3Suite start up the batch file that runs DXBase. You can see that when you select an auto start program, .bat is one of the options. Anyway, good luck... if you want to keep this discussion going, I would suggest we take it off the list here and send direct email. You asked for input on sharing the K3 CAT feed and if you wanted my opinion on Win4K3Suite you certainly got it... :) I won't be replying on the elecraft list again related to our discussion. Send me an email direct. Max NG7M Max, I'm not necessarily set on using LP-Bridge, although it is suiting my needs. As to its age, my logging program hasn't been updated in 12 years and it still works fine. I don't have a problem with the start up time, generally, the computer is on all of the time and my programs are all loaded. I don't really care about CAT commands as long as 1) my logging program can read the K3 frequency and mode, 2) SpectraVue can communicate with the K3 and vice versa, 3) a couple of other programs can do the same. I never said I was using Omni-rig with Win4K3, that I found necessary to run FT8 using LPB at someone's suggestion. I find it a bit humorous to have you tell me that I didn't need to look at Device Manager since I got the idea by watching your video @29:30 (Yes, I did watch it and it was helpful). I launch DXBase using a Windows task to avoid the UAC prompt. I have a desktop shortcut that points to that task. I can run that script in LPB to autostart DXBase but AFAIK it won't autostart in Win4K3. Wes -- M. George __ 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 ab...@comcast.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
Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP
Bob I wonder if your mosquitoes are bigger than ours? Ed.. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob McGraw K4TAX Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 6:54 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP Absolutely the best! And the previous scores substantiate such. I've been using a 134 ft center fed dipole with balanced feed for 50+ years at my various QTH's. I've yet to find any antenna that performs better and always consistently without effects of wind, rain, snow and ice. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 6/14/2019 6:47 PM, AB4IQ wrote: > We use Ladder line fed dipoles. The dipole is 134ft long and the feed > lines > (400 ohm Ladder Line) are cut at 96ft. one of our antennas ladder > line needs an extra length and I think it is cut at 66 ft. extra. We > place the antennas far enough apart but are in a straight line. The > ladder lines are terminated into DXEngineering baluns and with less > than ten feet of coax from the balun to the rigs. We have had three > rigs on the same band but different modes and no interference and have > been doing it this way for years. We gave up on beams, G5RV's, and > verticals long ago. Our call is W4NJA here in Paducah, Ky. and > normally operate 3A with a GOTO Station normally on 6 meters. If you > work us on CW you will be talking to my K3 with all the K3S stuff in it. The > tuner works great on all bands. > > Long term forecasts looks like maybe some rain here in far W. Kentucky. > > Ed... AB4IQ > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of > donov...@starpower.net > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 12:50 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP > > When running multiple HF transmitters simultaneously its wise to: > - avoid multi-band antennas, or > - use external bandpass filters, or even better > - avoid multi-band antennas and use bandpass filters > > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > > - Original Message - > > From: "Bob McGraw K4TAX" > To: donov...@starpower.net > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 5:36:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP > > Neither should G5RV antennas. > > Bob, K4TAX > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:44 AM, donov...@starpower.net wrote: >> >> oops... I meant to say: >> >> >> Inverted V dipole and verticals are NOT allowed at W3AO >> >> 73 >> Frank >> W3LPL >> >> - Original Message - >> >> From: donov...@starpower.net >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 3:40:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP >> >> We use a dozen K3 transceivers at W3AO, we've never had a K3 failure >> despite running as many as four K3s on the same band (CW SSB Digital >> and GOTA). The four K3s on each band do not interfere with each other >> either. >> >> >> >> Our secrets to success: >> >> >> - same band antennas are horizontally polarized and oriented exactly >> end-to-end. Inverted V dipole and verticals are allowed. 100 feet of >> tip-to-tip spacing appears to be adequate, although we use much more. >> >> >> - We install W3NQN bandpass filters on every K3 to avoid overload >> from signals from nearby antennas for other bands. >> >> >> Its not widely known that K3 transceivers have built in bandpass >> filters. As far as I'm aware their performance characteristics have >> never been published, hence our preference to also also use external >> bandpass filters. >> >> >> 73 >> Frank >> W3LPL >> >> >> >> >> >> - Original Message - >> >> From: "Bob McGraw K4TAX" >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 3:24:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP >> >> With stations running 100 watts or less and reasonable antenna >> separation, I've found no reason for a Receiver Input Protector. >> Although, it might be a good idea to circumvent a "screw up" by an >> operator. I've seen some mighty strange things done by knowledgeable >> hams at Field Day. >> >> 73 >> >> Bob, K4TAX >> >> >>> On 6/14/2019 10:07 AM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote: >>> Have any of you used Ameritron's "Receiver Input Protector" model >>> TRP-150? I find no reviews on eHam. >>> >>> 73, >>> >
Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP
We use Ladder line fed dipoles. The dipole is 134ft long and the feed lines (400 ohm Ladder Line) are cut at 96ft. one of our antennas ladder line needs an extra length and I think it is cut at 66 ft. extra. We place the antennas far enough apart but are in a straight line. The ladder lines are terminated into DXEngineering baluns and with less than ten feet of coax from the balun to the rigs. We have had three rigs on the same band but different modes and no interference and have been doing it this way for years. We gave up on beams, G5RV's, and verticals long ago. Our call is W4NJA here in Paducah, Ky. and normally operate 3A with a GOTO Station normally on 6 meters. If you work us on CW you will be talking to my K3 with all the K3S stuff in it. The tuner works great on all bands. Long term forecasts looks like maybe some rain here in far W. Kentucky. Ed... AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of donov...@starpower.net Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 12:50 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP When running multiple HF transmitters simultaneously its wise to: - avoid multi-band antennas, or - use external bandpass filters, or even better - avoid multi-band antennas and use bandpass filters 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Bob McGraw K4TAX" To: donov...@starpower.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 5:36:21 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP Neither should G5RV antennas. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:44 AM, donov...@starpower.net wrote: > > oops... I meant to say: > > > Inverted V dipole and verticals are NOT allowed at W3AO > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > > - Original Message - > > From: donov...@starpower.net > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 3:40:43 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP > > We use a dozen K3 transceivers at W3AO, we've never had a K3 failure > despite running as many as four K3s on the same band (CW SSB Digital > and GOTA). The four K3s on each band do not interfere with each other > either. > > > > Our secrets to success: > > > - same band antennas are horizontally polarized and oriented exactly > end-to-end. Inverted V dipole and verticals are allowed. 100 feet of > tip-to-tip spacing appears to be adequate, although we use much more. > > > - We install W3NQN bandpass filters on every K3 to avoid overload from > signals from nearby antennas for other bands. > > > Its not widely known that K3 transceivers have built in bandpass > filters. As far as I'm aware their performance characteristics have > never been published, hence our preference to also also use external > bandpass filters. > > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Bob McGraw K4TAX" > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 3:24:01 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP > > With stations running 100 watts or less and reasonable antenna > separation, I've found no reason for a Receiver Input Protector. > Although, it might be a good idea to circumvent a "screw up" by an > operator. I've seen some mighty strange things done by knowledgeable > hams at Field Day. > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > >> On 6/14/2019 10:07 AM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote: >> Have any of you used Ameritron's "Receiver Input Protector" model >> TRP-150? I find no reviews on eHam. >> >> 73, >> >> Kent K9ZTV >> > > __ > 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 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 > > T
Re: [Elecraft] K2 with KXPA100
You are correct Don, Far Circuits does have the board for the N0SS amp Keying circuit. I have installed it in both of my K2's and works great. They also have the board for your fixed Audio out. They are hard to find on his web page so I just called him and he took care of my order. Ed AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 6:55 AM To: Heinz Baertschi ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 with KXPA100 Heinz, That buffer amp is for an IF output from the K2, and is NOT an amplifier keying output. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/22/2019 2:34 AM, Heinz Baertschi wrote: > There is another source here: > > DX ENGINEERING Clifton Labs Buffer Amplifier Kit for Elecraft K2 > (Built & Tested Z1C PCB, Mounting Hardware, Insulation, Coaxial > Cables w/Connectors, Kit), $47.99 > > 73, > Heinz HB9BCB > > > > Don Wilhelm wrote >> Jay, >> >> You will need to key the amplifier with a keying output from the K2. >> Yes, the amp will detect band and frequency, but you still need a >> KEYOUT from the K2. >> The best solution is to use the N0SS Amplifier Keying board. Since >> Tom is SK, no kits are available, but I understand you can obtain the >> boards from FAR circuits - or the circuit is simple enough that you >> can build it on perfboard using Tom's full size board layout. See >> http://www.mmccs.com/mmarc/n0ss/k2_t-r_rly_drvr.pdf. >> >> Thank you for your help at RARSfest - the Amazon package arrived >> today - Thanks. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 4/21/2019 8:23 PM, Jay Rutherford wrote: >>> Greetings all, >>> >>> How could I use the KXPA100 amp with my K2? I don't think the K2 has >>> a keying line, and so I wonder if the KXPA100 would automatically >>> detect band and frequency through the built-in tuner without a >>> keying line cable. Any info appreciated. >>> >>> 73 Jay K3BH >> __ >> 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 > > > > > > -- > 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 > __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 VCO Alignment T5 L30
I've got good news. I had the wrong Capacitor in the BFO section and just happened to have a replacement for C169. Whoops I told on myself! Any way at TP2 +4917.74 and -4911.90 for a difference of 5.84. Don struck again. Hi Hi.. I'll check the voltages on RP6 tomorrow. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of K2bew Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2019 5:35 PM To: donw...@embarqmail.com Cc: Elecraft Mail List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 VCO Alignment T5 L30 Don et al, I tried a 15pf cap ( what I had on hand) at the source of Q19 to ground and I got .025v on R30 that did not change with the adjustment of L30, essentially no voltage. So, I took it off and it went back to 4.5 volts. So, then I tried Vicenç, EA3ADV's suggestion and I put 17 turns on the red wire of T5. That got me a voltage of 8.5V on R30 with L30 bottomed out that I was able to easily back off to a stable 6 volts. I went ahead and did the voltage tests on the other bands and had a nice range of 1.844 to 6 volts as my low and high on the VCO. So, that's all set. However, new problem. I went on to the test the BFO and I have .04 kHz. on TP2, so it's not working. I went to the trouble shooting guide and I have 0.058 Vrms on pin 6 of U11 with the RF probe. Looking at the archives of the reflector that would indicate that U11 is bad and I need a replacement, correct? or are there other things I should look at first? The good thing is I'm becoming very accustomed to the radio and enjoying the trouble shooting. Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it. 73, Tom Bewick, K2BEW On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 10:33 AM Don Wilhelm wrote: > Tom, > > Normally I would say to spread or compress the turns on T5, but > Elecraft encountered a batch of J310 FETs that do not work very well > at Q19 - the PLL reference oscillator. These troublesome FETs have > now been purged from the Elecraft stock, that the problem should go away > going forward. > I am not sure that is your problem, but it is worthy of checking. > > First question is - did you get good frequency readings for the PLL > Reference Oscillator range? If it fails, you see a strange frequency > reading at the high frequency end (when BAND+ is tapped). > Now, the other "funny" thing is that it sometimes checks OK with the > internal counter probe plugged into TP3, but fails when the probe is > removed. > > Under those conditions, the PLL and VFO do not lock together > > So the first thing to try is to solder a 10 to 15pF capacitor between > the source of Q19 and ground. Then between a combination of adjusting > the red turns on T5 and L30 see if you can obtain the correct R30 voltage. > > If that is successful, then all should be well. > > If not successful, get a replacement Q19 from Elecraft. Send the part > number and description to pa...@elecraft.com and ask for a replacement. > > If that does not correct things, then email me and we can go through > some other checks to determine the source of the failure. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 1/18/2019 8:48 AM, K2bew wrote: > > Don et al, > > > > Since I know Don monitors the reflector as well as the support > > emails, rather than email Don directly I thought I would ask the > > question on here because I know I always find it helpful to read > > other peoples questions > on > > here and Don's answer. > > > > Building the K2 I am at the VCO Alignment voltage check on R30 and > > adjusting L30. > > VFO frequency set at 4000.00 kHz > > I initially got 3.5 volts and bottomed out L30 to get it to 5.5 > > volts, > and > > then I over screwed it to try to get that last half a volt and ended > > damaging it, so, then I carefully took out L30 and put in a new one. > > > > I also took out T5 and rechecked all the ends for continuity, > > rewound the green wire to space it exactly in the middle of the red > > winding and > spaced > > everything evenly. I confirmed it is the large yellow core, I have > > 16 on the red wire and 4 on the green (by the way the illustration > > shows 14 > turns > > of red) . I verified I have R30 as Br-R-Br 120 ohms with both my DVM > > and > by > > color, and I verified C72 is 271, and I reflowed the solder on both. > > With a new 4.7 inductor (large slot, no red mark) in L30 I now get > > 2.75 volts on the left side of R30 to start with and it bottoms out > > at 4.5 > volts > > (I was very careful to not bottom it out too hard this time and > > damage > this > > one, and I have already ordered a couple new ones from Elecraft). > > > > What else can I do to incr
Re: [Elecraft] whats a updated K3 called?
I also added the KIO3B modification to my K3 (2197) in addition to the synthesizer, DVR and TXCO so it operates just like my K3S's. The only difference is on the Keypad 6 which says DUAL PB on the K3 and APF on the K3S that I can see. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 9:01 PM To: Jamie WW3S Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] whats a updated K3 called? ...and the AF amp improvements on the DSP board, and the new VFO display bezel, and the 5/10/15 dB attenuator on the RF board, and the lower noise mod on the RF board :) Wayne N6KR > On Jan 10, 2019, at 6:37 PM, Jamie WW3S wrote: > > what do we call an original K3 with the new preamp and synthesizer boards in it? K3 1.5? only difference between it and a S model is the USB board. > __ > 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 ab...@comcast.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] K3 Standard internal Noise
R makes real good jumpers using Amphenol connecters with 214U. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Barry Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 7:51 PM To: Buck ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Standard internal Noise Try The RF Connection. Just tell Joel you want Amphenol connectors. He will make your cables to order for a reasonable price. 73, Barry K3NDM -- Original Message -- From: "Buck" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: 1/3/2019 2:53:15 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Standard internal Noise >Where did you find "quality" cables? > >Buck, k4ia >Honor Roll >8BDXCC >EasyWayHamBooks.com > >On 1/3/2019 2:49 PM, Jim Brown wrote: >>I've had the same issue here. >> >>73, Jim K9YC >> >>On 1/3/2019 9:56 AM, donov...@starpower.net wrote: >>>I own several P3s and all were supplied with cables that are very >>>susceptible to external RFI because of their very poor quality BNC >>>connectors. I replaced the cables and my P3s have never had an RFI >>>problem again. The Elecraft supplied cables went in the trash bin. >> >> >>__ >>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 >>radiok...@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 >barrylaz...@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 ab...@comcast.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] K3S K3 new firmware - how it doesnt download?
I just updated using the utility as well. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nr4c Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2018 3:45 PM To: IK4EWX Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S K3 new firmware - how it doesnt download? Ware you using the K3 Utility to Copy New Files From Elecraft button? Mine just updated. You don’t have to chase down the files on Elecraft site. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Dec 8, 2018, at 4:32 PM, IK4EWX wrote: > > The new 5.66 firmware version is not a beta version. > Anyway, even if it is a standard new firmware, it is not available for > download with the Elecraft K3 Utility. > Is there any problem? > ian IK4EWX > > > > -- > 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 > n...@widomaker.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 ab...@comcast.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] Wish I had a KAT1500
Ten Tec made the 253 automatic tuner and a friend of mine bought his in 1988 or so and still uses it daily with his Orion II and 425 Titan. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty (W2IRT) Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:40 PM To: 'Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP' ; 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wish I had a KAT1500 I agree, Victor! I have a newer HF-Auto which is even more problematic than the AT-Auto. The issues for me are 40 and 80. I have a shorty forty Yagi, with about 175 kHz between the 2:1 points. Since I normally operate in the bottom end of the band (CW and occasionally FT8) I set the resonant point around 7040, which makes it usable all the way to the bottom of the phone band. But on phone, the SWR varies from 2:1 at 7128 to about 8:1 at 7300. It's equally problematic on 80 (resonant 3575, 3:1 points 3500 to 3675 to make the KPA-1500 happy). Above 40, and 160m, my antennas are resonant. I'd pay anything for an auto-tuner that can handle full power, works properly every time and uses band data, rather than RF sensing (which is how the HF-Auto works). I don't have a tower that can handle a full-size/full-bandwidth 40m Yagi as well as everything else I need up there, so I'm reliant on a tuner to make things usable. I remote in to my station once in a while, and I'm at a big disadvantage on 40 when I need to go on phone. I'm almost never on 80 phone (except for two contest weekends a year) so that's not a big problem. I can't believe that nobody in the ham community has come out with a 5kW-rated 10:1 fully automatic tuner, with everything else that's been done lately. Regards, Peter Dougherty, W2IRT DXCC Card Checker/CQ-WAZ Checkpoint www.facebook.com/W2IRT -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 10:32 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Wish I had a KAT1500 I am using an older Palstar AT-Auto automatic tuner. It has a coil and capacitor operated by stepper motors. When it works, it's fine; but it requires a lot of maintenance and fiddling. What I need is something that works as well as the KAT3 in my K3; quick, trouble-free, and good for a 10:1 SWR on HF. Oh yes, it has to handle 1.5 kW, too. If Elecraft would beef up the KAT500 to meet the above specs, I'd buy one. -- 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel Formerly K2VCO CWops no. 5 http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ 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 li...@w2irt.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 ab...@comcast.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] P3: Span limits move when changing bands
Sorry guys but N1MM+ works fine here. I went to several bands and modes with no change in the P3's span. I am running WIN4K3SUITE and COM0COM and all three programs at the same time with no issues. I am using just a standard (Printer Cable) to the PC but it is connected to the K3S rather than the P3. I thought it ran to the P3 at first but after further inspection I was wrong. (as Usual) Ed..AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of AB4IQ Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 4:13 PM To: 'Fred Jensen' ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span limits move when changing bands I guess maybe I need to fire up N1MM+ to see what happens here. Dxbase seems to work fine and so does DX4WIN. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 3:52 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span limits move when changing bands It may be a timing issue. It only happens when the software [N1MM+ in my case] sends a frequency command. It rarely happens for me when I make the first frequency change. Returning to the first band, it usually happens. And you're right, it is annoying. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 10/26/2018 10:01 AM, Randy Farmer wrote: > First sent this to Skip rather than the list... > >> This appears to have been a problem from the time of the introduction >> of the P3. It seems to be triggered when a frequency command is >> issued to the radio via the P3 comm port. Is there any hope on the >> horizon for curing this extremely annoying "feature"? There's >> absolutely NO reason for the P3 to decide to change the span limits >> by itself once they've been set up on a band. Maybe if we complain >> every couple of months someone at Elecraft will take notice and get >> it fixed. >> >> 73... >> Randy, W8FN >> __ 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 ab...@comcast.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 ab...@comcast.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] P3: Span limits move when changing bands
I guess maybe I need to fire up N1MM+ to see what happens here. Dxbase seems to work fine and so does DX4WIN. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 3:52 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span limits move when changing bands It may be a timing issue. It only happens when the software [N1MM+ in my case] sends a frequency command. It rarely happens for me when I make the first frequency change. Returning to the first band, it usually happens. And you're right, it is annoying. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 10/26/2018 10:01 AM, Randy Farmer wrote: > First sent this to Skip rather than the list... > >> This appears to have been a problem from the time of the introduction >> of the P3. It seems to be triggered when a frequency command is >> issued to the radio via the P3 comm port. Is there any hope on the >> horizon for curing this extremely annoying "feature"? There's >> absolutely NO reason for the P3 to decide to change the span limits >> by itself once they've been set up on a band. Maybe if we complain >> every couple of months someone at Elecraft will take notice and get >> it fixed. >> >> 73... >> Randy, W8FN >> __ 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 ab...@comcast.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] P3: Span limits move when changing bands
I just went thru my 2 K3S's and K3 all attached to different P3's with my cable attached to the P3's comm ports and for some reason do not have the same issue. My span limits on all three have stayed the same from 6 to 160 meters. I'm using three different PC's with two of them using Windows 10 Pro and one using Windows 7 Pro. I used Dxbase to change the frequency of all three rigs from Cluster spots. Don't know why mine doesn't have the same issues. Luck I guess.. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of K9MA Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 1:12 PM To: w...@tx.rr.com Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span limits move when changing bands I haven't noticed that large a shift, but sometimes 0.5 kHz or so. Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington --- via iPad > On Oct 26, 2018, at 8:01 PM, Randy Farmer wrote: > > First sent this to Skip rather than the list... > >> This appears to have been a problem from the time of the introduction of the P3. It seems to be triggered when a frequency command is issued to the radio via the P3 comm port. Is there any hope on the horizon for curing this extremely annoying "feature"? There's absolutely NO reason for the P3 to decide to change the span limits by itself once they've been set up on a band. Maybe if we complain every couple of months someone at Elecraft will take notice and get it fixed. >> >> 73... >> Randy, W8FN >> >>> On 8/31/2018 5:07 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >>> FW: 1.60 >>> Fixed Tune mode >>> No SVGA >>> Connected to K3 RS-232 serial port >>> >>> The "span window" on my P3 will often move up by exactly 5 KHz when I change bands. For example, on 40 with a 20 KHz span and the span window going from 7020 to 7040, if I go to another band and then come back to 40, the span will now be 7025 to 7045. Is this normal? Have I missed a menu option? >>> >>> It does this most of the time, sometimes the span window stays put where I left it. I think it has some connection to where in the span window the cursor is, but so far, I haven't been able to reverse engineer that. I'd really like it to retain whatever span window limits I've set for each band. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >>> Sparks NV DM09dn >>> Washoe County >> > __ > 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 > k...@sdellington.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 ab...@comcast.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] KPA500 Clicks & Pops
Mine was a kit and does the same thing. Sort of like Railroad Welded Rail, in the summer it expands and shrinks in the winter. We had the same issue with #6 solid copper on the communications lines. It only does it on the KPA500 when I do a lot of RTTY or FT8. Very seldom on SSB or CW. ED..AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dennis Moore Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 4:14 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Clicks & Pops I rarely hear anything from my KPA500-F. Serious question, I wonder if those with the kit experience more noise than those with factory assembled units? Dennis NJ6G On 10/14/2018 19:52, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > What is the recommended solution to stopping the clicks and pops from > the KPA500 as the amp heats during transmission and cools during > receive? I've seen one that suggested replacing the screws in the Z > bracket with 4-40 x 1/4".Any traction to this? > > The amp performs absolutely fantastic. The clicks and pops are more > annoying when working high duty cycle modes. > > Thanks in advance. > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > KPA500 s/n 3519 __ 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 ab...@comcast.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] K3S fsk with usb
I have a RigExpert TI-8 and Cable for the K3S that I bought new that does FSK with a built in Winkeyer as well. I thought I would use it on the K3S but instead I just went the USB route and do AFSK. It's still setting in the box looking lonely. I also have cables for the Ten Tec Orion II, and Kenwood 590SG which I have parted with recently and probably need to get rid of this much needed (Ya Right) stuff. Hi.. The USB route was the simplest and does all of the sound card modes. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nr4c Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 7:23 PM To: Richard Ferch Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S fsk with usb I believe that FSK uses the TX signal on a serial port and is connected to a pin on the DE15 ACC2 port on the K3(S). Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Aug 30, 2018, at 2:19 PM, Richard Ferch wrote: > > To transmit FSK from N1MM+/MMTTY with a K3 or K3S, you need: (a) some > kind of serial port-based keying interface; and (b) a cable from the > keying interface to the 15-pin ACC port on the back of the K3/K3S (pin > 1 is the FSK keying input). > > The serial port used for FSK keying by MMTTY must be a different > serial port from the port used by N1MM+ for radio control. The two > programs cannot share the same serial port. > > The serial port interface can be a one-transistor keying circuit > connected to a true serial port, or the same kind of interface > connected to a USB-to-serial adapter with the help of the EXTFSK > plugin in MMTTY, or a USB device that incorporates both a virtual > serial port and a keying circuit, such as a commercially available > keying interface (e.g. microHam, RigExpert, ...), or a TinyFSK (either > with a special plugin for MMTTY or used directly from N1MM+). > > In principle, an RTTY program could use radio control commands to key > FSK via the USB cable to the radio, but none of the RTTY modems > supported by > N1MM+ (including MMTTY) use this method. It should be possible to > N1MM+ program > CAT1ASC macros into the N1MM+ function keys to implement this > approach, but I don't know whether anyone has tried this. There are a > number of people who have used a similar approach for keying CW from > N1MM+ with the KX2 and KX3, and offhand I cannot think of a reason why > it would not also work in FSK RTTY, but I have never tried it. Just as > in CW, there are likely to be some features of N1MM+ that work with > more traditional methods but that wouldn't work using this unsupported method. > > 73, > Rich VE3KI > > > PD1RP wrote: > > I want to do FSK with my K3S. > N1MM and MMTTY. > The USB cable i used it for radio control. > What kind of cable do i need for FSK or can i used the USB cable also. > Any suggestions are welcome. > __ __ 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 ab...@comcast.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] KPA1500 latest firmware
I am apparently fortunate. My KPA1500 is #29 and does not have that issue at full power out on 10 or 6. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roy Koeppe Sent: Friday, July 20, 2018 10:47 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 latest firmware Hi Paul, When attempting to transmit or 10 or 6 meters, the left half of the display instantly blanks out and remains that way till you reboot the amp power switch. Has been reported by several with early serial numbers like my #160. Roy K6XK -Original Message- From: Paul Baldock Sent: Friday, July 20, 2018 9:36 AM To: Roy Koeppe ; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 latest firmware Could you describe this problem. I have not seen it. - Paul KW7Y At 05:27 AM 7/20/2018, Roy Koeppe wrote: >Now am waiting for the promised ATU upgrade kit to fix the main display >cut out problem which occurs on 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 ab...@comcast.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] A/C "Soft Start" ...
I have a Generac 20 KW here at the house and a 22KW Generac at the farm. I have Central Heat/Air in my garage and house and you never see a blink when the compressors kick on. There are times when both are running like at the present time with all of the high temperatures. Last week we had a three or so hour outage and the 20 KW never missed a beat. At the farm, which is all electric we had a 5 hour outage and the 22KW never missed a beat. They do make devices that the water heater and air will not work at the same time or at least partially from what I understand. I also have a well at the farm and we see no problems at all. We had an Ice Storm here in W. Kentucky in 2009 and was out of power for six or seven days. We won't go through with that again. HI.. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 1:30 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] A/C "Soft Start" ... A year (two?) ago there was a discussion of whole house standby generators on this list. One of the things mentioned was "soft start" modules for A/C and other heavy current motor devices. Of course, the discussion was not pertinent to me at the time - we've been using a 6 KW portable for 10 years or more. But now the wife has decided it is time to get auto-start and capability to handle the A/C. She doesn't want to spend another weak without A/C like we've faced following both Matthew two years ago and Irma last year and doesn't want to risk that my back/neck won't act up and prevent me from rolling out/starting the old portable. Does anyone have a pointer to the A/C soft start controllers? I know our A/C (168 LRA) will certainly bog down even the biggest (22 KW) whole house unit (and going to a 30 or 50 KW just to start the A/C is not economically effective at 3 to 5 X the cost ). -- 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ 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 ab...@comcast.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] OT: Re: Baker Island - Tnx Elecraft!
I'm in far Western KY just about 30 miles from the Mississippi river and I worked them on FT8 at 10:33 UTC on the 3rd and got my 160 CW contact on the 4th at 10:33 UTC. Amazing both contacts at the same time on both days. They were super loud on the 4th and my KPA1500 did the job on CW. I was running 100 watts on the FT8 contact. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Olean Sent: Friday, July 6, 2018 7:34 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Re: Baker Island - Tnx Elecraft! I would echo the comments about the Baker/ Howland Island DXpedition and Elecraft. I am only on two HF bands: 160 and 10 meters. I figured that ten meters was a stretch, but that 160 meter CW was possible from Maine with a little luck. I was away from my shack for most of the operating period, but managed to get home on July 3rd and set my clock alarm for 4AM on July 4th for about the last chance to work them. When I got on and listened at 0800 UT I heard nothing. No KH1 and no callers either. I parked on 1822.5 and set my TX up 1 kHz. I heard static crashes and white noise for about an hour. No signals heard at all!! I was all set to give up, and was reading an article on the web, when, all of a sudden, KH7Z popped out of the noise, weak but fairly audible calling CQ and UP. I was startled by how fast they peaked up from nothing and called them once. Imagine my surprise when they answered my first call. (Someone had really good ears!) I could not believe it and called them again. This time I was sure they heard my call and we completed the contact. I just sat there in awe contemplating the fact that I had them in my log within one minute after they first appeared out of the noise on 160 meters. The contact took place right at sunrise. I suspect that the KPA-1500 was working overtime on 160 M. Thanks Elecraft for the support of the operation, and thanks for making such a nice receiver that is the K3! I used diversity reception with two beverages. The TX antenna is a single vertical. All I can say is WOW! Dave K1WHS __ 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 ab...@comcast.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] KPA500 power supply
No problems here. I ran out of 110 outlets and had the 230VAC outlet empty and just changed the KPA500 to 230VAC from 120VAC and noticed no differences. Ed.. AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wes Stewart Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:41 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 power supply Not a problem. Wes N7WS On 3/28/2018 11:17 PM, Dennis Haarsager wrote: > I am ready to order a KPA500 and wonder if anyone out there has regretted > operating one from 115-volt service. > > Thanks and 73, > Dennis, at the moment CT9/N7DH > __ 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 ab...@comcast.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] KPA1500
Just to let everyone know that KPA1500 #29 is now on my desk hooked up and will turn it on after I read the manual. Ed. AB4IQ __ 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
I'm sorry folks it was 8/21/2017 that I ordered my KPA1500 I was just a month off. Hope that makes everyone feel better. Ed. AB4IQ __ 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] KPA 1500
Well it's official, just got the call from a YL confirming my address. Ed.. AB4IQ __ 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] 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition
Up and Down, Up and down, Up and down if the seas are really rough could slow things down a little. You are no longer going in a direct line like you would in smooth seas. Ed... AB4IQ USS Mt. McKinley AGC-7 (1966-1970) -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dauer, Edward Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 9:14 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition I am a pilot rather than a sailor, but I wonder if the two knots means net speed with respect to position, which could mean almost any speed with respect to the flow of water past the hull. Like the difference between air speed and ground speed? An airplane with an airspeed of 100 knots into a direct headwind of 98 knots - God forbid - would have a ground speed of two. Or don't sailors talk that way? Ted, KN1CBR -- Message: 23 Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 01:30:52 + From: Ted Edwards W3TB <w3tb@gmail.com> To: "Edward T. Tanton" <n...@comcast.net> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition Message-ID: <CAGhFmTgT9S+0HQt+A9iLY53pPxT7v32OiEnbgk-RvCmO=yc...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 2 knots? That would usually be too slow to pass enough water by the rudder to maintain steering control. On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 17:47 Edward T. Tanton <n...@comcast.net> wrote: __ 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 ab...@comcast.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] KPA1500 First RF Review
Well I told Laura (KF4CXO) that I was getting her something special and that it was so quiet she wouldn't even know what I got her. I'm working FT8 as we speak on 30 meters and trying to read emails at the same time and not laugh to much. Ed... AB4IQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 3:49 PM To: W0FK <llader...@earthlink.net> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 First RF Review Right, Lou. You’re also getting a KX9 in your stocking. And your wife gets the complimentary purse unicorn. 73.5, Wayne N6KR > On Dec 14, 2017, at 1:36 PM, W0FK <llader...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > I received my KPA1500 late yesterday. Contrary to pronouncements on > the forum by Elecraft, they’re ready to ship. Since I was first to > order the amp and sent in “something special” to Eric and Wayne, I got > mine a week before the established release to the general ham > populace. Sorry guys, looks like I’m the lucky one this time. > > I popped on the 220 connector I needed, reset the voltage to 220 on > the PS, and placed it below my bench on a rolling cart. I ran the > cable up to my equipment shelf, slid the RF deck on my shelf and connected > the cable. > Beautiful, matching gray to the rest of the K-Line. I connected the > cables to my K3S, and powered it all up. The display on the amp > scrolled “Elecraft KPA1500” and the lights flashed through multiple > colors until they set in standby mode. I hit the switch to “operate,” > set the antenna switch to my dummy load, set RF out to the usual 35 watts on > my K3S, and keyed the amp. > > What! 3500 watts out?!?! How is that possible? > > I then noticed a small 3M yellow sticky attached to the side of the > amp. I pulled it off saw a handwritten note from Wayne. “Lou – you got > a special first version of the amp. It had 4 finals in it, and a larger power > supply. > We plan on releasing it at Dayton 2018, but since you’re a special > customer, wanted you to be first to own this heretofore unannounced > beauty. Merry Xmas!” > > I sat back in my chair, stunned. How can this be? What a great present! > > Then I heard a noise. I looked at the amp, and the display was > flashing, in bright red, “07:00”, “07:00”, and there was a loud > buzzing. My mind raced, and I heard my wife, saying “wake up already and turn > off that damn alarm!” > > I rubbed my eyes after turning off the alarm and realized it had been > a dream. Looks like I have to wait like everyone else. And no 3500 > watt special. > > Yet…. > > Merry Xmas everyone! ;-) __ 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 ab...@comcast.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
