Re: [Elecraft] K4D info
Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. Bob, WG9L K4F #304 On 7/28/2024 1:17 PM, Bill Weaver wrote: Logitech MX Mechanical w/Clicky switches. They make models with different (soft) switches in the MX line. They probably have other 3 channel keyboards models in their product line also. My mouse is a MX Master 3S for Mac - same as for keyboards, they probably make other 3 channel mice. The only thing I don’t like about the mouse is that the channel switch is on the bottom. I rarely change channels so it’s not a big deal. Both are USB rechargable. They may work connected direct via USB - I’d have to check. I always find the wireless operation more convenient. 73, Bill WE5P On Jul 28, 2024, at 14:05, Bob Schwerdlin via Elecraft wrote: Bill, Which make and model multi-channel keyboard are you using? Thanks, Bob, WG9L On 7/28/2024 12:53 PM, Bill Weaver wrote: I use a multi-channel keyboard and mouse. Channel #1 is MacOS, channel #2 is Windows and channel #3 is the K4. That way it only costs an extra USB receiver. 73, Bill WE5P On Jul 28, 2024, at 11:08, Rick Tavan wrote: A keyboard is useful when entering messages into the message memories (REC | Mn) and macro strings into the macro setups (Fn | MACROS). It's optional - there is an on-screen keyboard that pops up on the K4 touch screen but it's awkward to use. I grab a USB keyboard and plug it into to the K4 when I want to do significant amounts of character entry. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 3:41 PM Dave Sublette wrote: 2). I'm getting a K4D next week and I already have an external display to use with it. Now my question is, what use would a mouse or keyboard be in operating the radio? Thanks, Dave, K4TO -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 weave...@usermail.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 w...@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 weave...@usermail.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] K4D info
Bill, Which make and model multi-channel keyboard are you using? Thanks, Bob, WG9L On 7/28/2024 12:53 PM, Bill Weaver wrote: I use a multi-channel keyboard and mouse. Channel #1 is MacOS, channel #2 is Windows and channel #3 is the K4. That way it only costs an extra USB receiver. 73, Bill WE5P On Jul 28, 2024, at 11:08, Rick Tavan wrote: A keyboard is useful when entering messages into the message memories (REC | Mn) and macro strings into the macro setups (Fn | MACROS). It's optional - there is an on-screen keyboard that pops up on the K4 touch screen but it's awkward to use. I grab a USB keyboard and plug it into to the K4 when I want to do significant amounts of character entry. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 3:41 PM Dave Sublette wrote: 2). I'm getting a K4D next week and I already have an external display to use with it. Now my question is, what use would a mouse or keyboard be in operating the radio? Thanks, Dave, K4TO -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 weave...@usermail.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 w...@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 hat was saved (totally apropos of nothing)
Wow! At least you got a hat with your radio. I put down my $1500 deposit on a K4 at the 2019 Hamvention and waited almost 2 and a half years to finally receive the radio. My very first Elecraft purchase ever. When Madelyn emailed me to say the radio is ready to ship, I asked for at least a K4 lapel pin button, like the ones given away at that hamfest, or possibly a baseball cap to be thrown in with the shipment. The radio was shipped with nothing but exactly what I ordered. I guess I should be pleased with that, after the EXTREMELY LONG WAIT. Unfortunately, I was never made aware of any K4 lapel pins while at that hamfest, and it was never mentioned and I never saw anyone handing them out. I was kinda disappointed. I realize it was not all Elecraft's fault. So many issues came up during that wait period, but I also feel like the radio was announced and sold before it was truly ready for production. All that money and EXTENDED wait, and not even a "Sorry about the long wait... here's a little token of our appreciation" That would have been appreciated. Flame off. Bob, WG9L K4 #304 On 3/27/2022 8:21 PM, Bill Weaver wrote: My Elecraft hat cost $5700 but the free radio that came with it was a nice touch! 藍 73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb On Mar 27, 2022, at 21:07, Rich WC3T wrote: My wife in cleaning a junk bin this weekend found a “...filthy, dirty hat. Can I throw it out?” She brandished my Elecraft hat. I screamed. “I’ve been looking for that hat for months!!! You may NOT throw it out and if you do I’ll buy two more to replace it!”She gave me a long suffering glance and relinquished it. It’s now safely in my part of the closet.I thought I was going insane because I couldn’t find it. 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Grid: FN20is __ 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 weave...@usermail.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 w...@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] K4: Do I need with a K4 digi keyer like with my K3 ?
I got rid of my external interface with my K4F. I do everything over a single USB cable connected to my Linux Mint / Windoze-7 PC. No issues. Bob, WG9L K4F #304 On 3/25/2022 6:35 AM, DJ8EW wrote: I'm waiting for my new K4D. Now I still use a K3 with an old microham 'DIGI KEYER' as interface to my PC for contest (Wintest) and logging in all modes including RTTY and digi modes and a cw-skimmer. Did I understand the K4D information correct that all these features can be done with the K4D and my windows10 PC without the DIGI KEYER hardware? Lothar, DJ8EW __ 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 w...@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] What happened to ALC?
I agree. From one old sound engineer to another... I see this as audio compression. Bob, WG9L On 1/30/2022 6:17 PM, ws6x@gmail.com wrote: -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 4:10 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] What happened to ALC? I can remember, shortly after SSB appeared on the ham bands that "ALC" showed up and was immediately inducted into that top category of things like canned beer and sliced bread. It would reduce the dynamic range of your signal and fill out your RF envelope... Maybe I'm not well-versed in today's whiz-bang technology, but to this old sound engineer this sounds suspiciously like compression. Jim - WS6X __ 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 w...@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 Noise Reduction
For me, the best noise blanker was on my old Drake R4C. That thing worked GREAT! Bob, WG9L On 12/15/2021 1:14 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: I find both the NB and NR on my K3 to be moderately underwhelming, not sure why. Ignition noise used to predominate in urban and suburban areas and blankers like the one in the 75A4 were very effective. I don't know what Detroit did, but I haven't heard ignition noise in years. A general rule of thumb has always been to use blanking in wider bandwidths which sort of makes sense I guess ... the blanking pulses consume a smaller fraction of the overall signal passband. My understanding of the K3 NR is that the DSP processor tries to build a matched filter around the signal on the fly. It may be a bit too much for the algorithms, I've never had much success with it on broader noise such as power mains hash. Backing off the RF gain seems to be more effective. The best noise reduction I've ever encountered was on the receivers in the transportable AN/TRC-96 2.5 KW HF ISB system back in the 60's. 3 voice channels and 16 TTY channels on the 4th. Don't remember the mfr and don't know how they did it but you could literally make noise disappear with minimal effects on the signals. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County Jim Brown wrote on 12/15/2021 10:16 AM: Lots of good advice here. A major problem with the K3 NB is the way it is described on screen and in the manual. There are two blankers, one ahead of the crystal roofing filters, one after them. Each has multiple tweaks. In contest conditions, I've found good noise reduction from using the one AFTER the roofing filter, and set for the greatest depth and shortest time. I THINK it's called the DSP Blanker. Yes, by their nature, NBs will modulate signals by the noise. Let's hope the NB in the K4 is better. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 or K4D
My situation is similar to Dave's. I live on a suburban lot 70' x 140' but only have dipoles at the moment. I purchased a K4F (base K4) and have no regrets. Although I still have my FT-1000D and may try for SO2R at some point in the future, the base K4 is perfectly adequate. Bob, WG9L On 11/5/2021 11:58 AM, Wes wrote: IMHO, no. Wes N7WS On 11/5/2021 9:05 AM, Dave Barr wrote: I operate from a 50 by 115 foot lot using a tribander and two open wire fed dipoles. I use a K3 with the auto antenna tuner, but no panadapter. Primary interest is contesting (usually qrp and S) and DX chasing. I never operate 2R in contests. There can be fairly high rf noise levels in the neighborhood, say S3 to S6, but not always. My question is this: Does the K4D have a real advantage over the base K4 for me. Thanks for your opinions. Dave, K2YG __ 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 w...@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 / WSJT-X Delayed Transmit
The current version of hamlib is, 4.3 I had similar delay of TX issues with my FT-1000D and WSJT-X on Linux. After I updated to hamlib 4.x from version 3.3, my issues went away. Additionally, all the current rigs were updated in the library. Note, they are all now four digit radio codes, whereas version 3.3 was mostly three digit radio codes. Bob, WG9L On 10/11/2021 2:34 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Update to the latest WSJTX and hamlib. The problem is due to a timing issue in the older versions of hamlib not allowing WSJTX to begin audio until it receives certain CAT responses from the K3/K3s. Older versions of hamlib were doing too many (unnecessary) CAT commands. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2021-10-11 3:23 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft wrote: David - I’ve played with the VOX Gain to no avail - at zero the rig never transmits, and at 100 (where it has been sitting) I get the delay. Various settings in between have no effect. The Delay controls how quickly the rig goes back into receive mode after speaking. But, thanks for the hints! Jim Bennett / K7TXA Eagle, ID On Oct 11, 2021, at 12:00 PM, D Remy wrote: I know nothing about operating in the digital modes but wonder if the delays might be changed with Vox Gain and Delay settings. Good luck! David, NS4V David R. Hourdequin, PE Specialty Heavy Timber Engineer 828-421-6216 On Oct 11, 2021, at 13:57, James Bennett via Elecraft wrote: Hi Folks, Wondering if someone on the list might be able to solve this one. I’m using a K3 and while CW is my main passion, I do dabble in FT8 occasionally. I’ve noticed that the radio does not start transmitting right at the start of the 15 second FT8 cycle. It will start anywhere from 2 - 5 seconds into the cycle. I can’t help but think that is not a good thing and could be the cause of an occasional missed QSO. I DO make QSOs but this kinda bothers me. The audio signals are delayed this amount of time, as is the red TX light coming on - I am using VOX . Same thing happens when I press the TUNE button - it takes anywhere from 2-5 seconds for the rig to go into transmit mode. I really doubt it is due to computer overload, as the only applications running are WSJT-X, MacLoggerDX (my logging program), and JT-Bridge - all other applications have been ended. Since this happens when I press TUNE, that pretty much eliminates JT-Bridge and MacLoggerDX as the cause. Some hardware and software specifics: Mac mini, 32 GB RAM, 3GHz processor, 6 cores, Intel Core i5. Mac OS Big Sur 11.5 WSJT-X 2.4.0 Audio Interface: Tascam US-125M external USB device Values in the DT column are consistently about 0.1 - 0.4 Wasn’t sure if I should post this here or on the WSJT-X list, but I thought I’d start here. Any ideas? Jim / K7TXA Eagle, ID __ 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 w...@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
