[Elecraft] Spring Cleaning Update
Still Available : 1. A new W2 to P3 ethernet Cat 5/6/? data-link cable, $24.95 + $4.50 shipping; 2. One Legacy Koss K-7 earphones (no mic). Includes a useable black sponge piece for reattaching a headband cushion. This is a nice sounding headset which produces a clear sound image. $15 plus $8.00 USPS shipping; 3. One 10 gauge pair and one 12 gauge pair of new 15 foot red/black Type MTW / THHN 600V nylon insulated (gas & oil resistant) commercial stranded copper wire pairs suitable for running a short in wall or in conduit electrical extension. $15 for both pairs plus $8 shipping; 4. One 18 foot length of "green" 8 AWG fine stranded & super flexible copper wire suitable for use as a heavy ground in situations where the wire must be movable or travel with what it is attached to (such as a power supply under your bench). Approximately 1/4" diameter with a pack of heavy 8 ga crimp terminals & one ground pipe clamp. $29.95 plus $8 shipping; 5. New K3S 60mm Cooling fans: A few K3s owners have experimented with fans to reduce noise coming from factory PA fans. These mount in pairs to the back of the K3/K3s. One of the fan choices which was praised was the Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX Premium, a Quiet 60 mm Fan with a 3 pin connector. You remove this connector and splice your existing connector to the red & black wires of the new fan. The fan results as I recall were hailed as a great improvement. The Noctua fans come with isolation mounts as well as low noise permanently sealed bearings. $30 for a pair plus $8.95 shipping. 6. A NOS Vibroplex Lightening Bug, last made in late 50's I think. Still in original factory shipping box. $395 plus $14 shipping. One of the last Lightening Bugs made. 7. NOS Elecraft MH2 mobile / hand held PTT microphone made for the K2. Includes microphone clip hanger & K2 microphone install parts to upgrade the K2.. $79.95 plus $6.50 USPS. All sales plus 5% if you go PP. Prefer simple check to my FCC/QRZ QTH. Some pictures are available to share on request. If interested, please QSL. Will respond in the order contacts were received. Thank you. 73, Doug 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
[Elecraft] More Spring Cleaning
More Spring Cleaning: 1. A new Elecraft KTCX03-1, this is the K3/K3s TCXO 1ppm (f/w correction to 0.5 ppm) high stability oscillator module made & vetted by Elecraft and not the Chinese knock-off. $119.95 plus $4.50 USPS; 2. A new weighted spinner knob for the K1; $33 plus $8 USPS shipping; 3. A new Elecraft K3/K3s "blank rear fan panel", part no. E850297. $5 plus $3.25 USPS; 4. A new 8 pin K3/K3s mic jack to earphone & PTT switch pigtail/adapter; $21.95 plus $4.50 USPS; 5. A new K3/K3s silicon rubber battery cover, part no. 24448-1 (161208); $1 plus postage. (prefer to sell this with something else so that I can just include it in); 6. A new W2 to P3 ethernet Cat 5/6/? data-link cable, $24.95 + $4.50 shipping; 7. One Koss Sb-45 Stereo Headset with Mic. Used lightly, works well. $15 plus $8.00 USPS shipping. The headset works as new. The ear pads have an onion skin leatherette covering which has checkered either from use or being in the open air. This is a cosmetic issue: new ear pads are available from KOSS for $5 which includes shipping from them to you. The Koss internal part number for the Sb-45 headset replacement ear pads is Koss #147852.101. 8. One Legacy Koss K-7 earphones (no mic). Includes a useable black sponge piece for reattaching a headband cushion. This is a nice sounding headset which produces a clear sound image. $15 plus $8.00 USPS shipping; 9. Two new 15 foot red/black Type MTW / THHN 600V nylon insulated (gas & oil resistant) commercial stranded copper wire pairs suitable for running a short in wall or in conduit electrical extension. One pair is 10 gauge and the other is 12 gauge. $15 for both pairs plus $8 shipping; 10. One 18 foot length of "green" 8 AWG fine stranded & super flexible copper wire suitable for use as a heavy ground in situations where the wire must be movable or travel with what it is attached to (such as a power supply under your bench). Approximatly 1/4" diameter with a pack of heavy 8 ga crimp terminals & one ground pipe clamp. $29.95 plus $8 shipping; 11. K3S Cooling fans: A few K3s owners have experimented with fans to reduce noise coming from worn factory fans running. These mount in pairs to the back of the K3/K3s. One of the fan choices which was praised was the Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX Premium, a Quiet 60 mm Fan with a 3 pin connector. The fan results as I recall were hailed as a great improvement. The Noctua come with isolation mounts as well as low noise permanently sealed bearings. $30 for a pair plus $8 shipping. 12. A NOS Vibroplex Lightening Bug, Still in original factory shipping box. $395 plus $14 shipping. One of the last Lightening Bugs made. 13. NOS Elecraft MH2 mobile / handheld PTT microphone made for the K2. Includes microphone clip hanger & K2 microphone install parts to upgrade the K2.. $79.95 plus $6.50 USPS. All sales plus 5% if you go PP. Prefer simple check to my FCC/QRZ QTH. Some pictures are available to share on request. If interested, please QSL. Will respond in the order contacts were received. Thank you. 73, Doug 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
[Elecraft] Elecraft & Accessory Items For Sale: Update
Spring Cleaning Update: 1. A new Elecraft MH2 mic for the K2. $79.95 + $8 shipping (+5% pp if used). Comes with mobile handset hanger-clip, the necessary K2 parts to add the microphone input to the K2 as well as Elecraft's data-sheet; 2. A new W2 to P3 cat 5/6 data-link cable, $24.95 + $4 shipping (+5% pp if used); 3. SOLD - Elecraft P3, late model, with the latest USB I/O as well as the SVGA module option. Comes with its full cable set. Condition is as new. Unit is guaranteed to work as designed. 4. One pair of New Koss Sb-45 Stereo Headsets with Mic . This is the popular one that many K3 & K3s operators have adopted for their preferred communications headset. Still sealed in the factory plastic. $30 plus $8 shipping plus 5% if you go PP. Check is preferred. You will need a K3 mic jack to Sb-45 breakout to use. I only have one but will sell for $15.95 plus shipping. 5. One pair of LIGHTLY USED Koss Sb-45 Stereo Headset with Mic, open box. $15 plus $8.00 shipping plus 5% if you use paypal. Check is preferred. The headset works as new sans the earpads have checkered being in the open air. At present this is only a cosmetic issue as they ride fine as is but for the purist: new ear pads are available from KOSS for $5 which includes shipping from them to you. The Koss internal part number for the Sb-45 headset is Koss #147852.101. 6. Legacy Koss K-7 headset (no mic). Over band cushion needs replacement. Includes a useable black sponge piece for making a band cushion. This is a nice sounding headset which produces a clear sound image. $15 plus $8 USPS shipping plus 5% PP if you go that way. 7A. SOLD - The red/black power cords from DX Engineering 7B. Two new 15 foot red/black Type MTW / THHN 600V nylon insulated (gas & oil resistant) commercial stranded copper wire pairs suitable for running a short in wall or in conduit electrical extension. One pair is 10 ga and the other is 12 ga. $15 for both pairs plus $8 shipping plus 5% PP if you go that route. 8. A few K3s owners have experimented with fans to reduce noise coming from the factory fans running. There are two mounted to the back of the K3/K3s. One of the fan choices which was praised was the Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX Premium, a Quiet 60 mm Fan with a 3 pin connector. The fan took a bit longer to install than the simple factory supplied fans but the results as I recall were hailed as a great improvement. The Noctua come with isolation mounts as well as low noise permanently sealed bearings. All to say, I have four NIB Noctua NF-A6x25 fans and want to sell two of them. As a pair, they are $39.95 plus 8.00 shipping plus 5% if you go PP. Prefer simple check. If interested, just QSL. 73, 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
[Elecraft] Elecraft Items For Sale
Spring Cleaning continues: 1. a new Elecraft MH2 mic for the K2. $79.95 + $8 shipping (+5% pp if used). Comes with necessary K2 parts to add the microphone input to the K2 as well as Elecrafts data-sheet; 2. A new W2 to P3 cat 5/6 data-link cable, $24.95 + $4 shipping (+5% pp if used); 3. Elecraft P3, late model, with the latest USB I/O as well as the SVGA module option. Comes with its full cable set. Condition is as new and it probably has less than a half-dozen hours on it. If you have been looking for a sleeper, this P3 is a good pick. Price is $900 plus $20 shipping plus 5% if you use PP. Much prefer simple check by USPS. SN right at 4xxx. Unit is guaranteed to work as designed. 4. One pair of Koss Sb-45 Stereo Headsets with Mic . This is the popular one that many K3 & K3s operators have adopted for their preferred communications headset. One unit is still sealed in the factory plastic, the other is open box and lightly used. $45 for both plus $12.50 shipping plus 5% if you use paypal. Check is preferred. 5. Legacy Koss K-7 headset (no mic). Over band cushion needs replacement. Includes a useable black sponge piece for making a band cushion. This is a nice sounding headset which produces a clear sound image. $15 plus $8 USPS shipping plus 5% PP if you go that way. 6. I have several 20 foot lengths of 14, 12 and 10 guage red/black power cord I bought from DX Engineering and did not use in my last station update. If you need one, just QSL. 73, Doug W5JV QSL if interested. 73, 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] Firmware Utility Question
Thanks Rick. Got it now. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2024, at 10:57 PM, Rick Tavan wrote: K3 Utility | Configuration | Edit Power On banner should do the trick. It exists in both Mac and Windows versions. /Rick N6XI On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 1:12 PM Doug Hensley mailto:w...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Helping a friend with his new K3s. He wants to change the callsign displayed by the K3s "Welcome Message". I booted the firmware utility on my Mac but I do not see any function selection for that. Mine was changed by the factory when they updated it for me. Also don't see it in the docs so far. Anyone have any info on this? Do you change just the callsign or can you edit the whole message? 73, 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<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 rta...@gmail.com<mailto:rta...@gmail.com> -- -- 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] P3 For Sale
I've decided to sell my spare P3. Has the latest USB I/O as well as the SVGA module option. Comes with its full cable set. Condition is as new and it probably has less than a half-dozen hours on it. So if you are looking for a sleeper, this P3 is a good pick. Price is $900 plus shipping plus 5% if you use PP. Much prefer simple check by USPS. SN right at 4xxx. QSL if interested. Sometimes I am slow to respond but will go by email time stamp to be fair. 73, 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
[Elecraft] Firmware Utility Question
Helping a friend with his new K3s. He wants to change the callsign displayed by the K3s "Welcome Message". I booted the firmware utility on my Mac but I do not see any function selection for that. Mine was changed by the factory when they updated it for me. Also don't see it in the docs so far. Anyone have any info on this? Do you change just the callsign or can you edit the whole message? 73, 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: Elecraft MH2 microphone for K2 - And W2 to P3 Data-link cable
The Fred Cady book is sold as well as both KXUSB cables. Still available is: 1. a new MH2 mic for the K2. $79.95 + $8 shipping (+5% pp if used); 2. A new W2 to P3 cat 5/6 data-link cable, $24.95 + $4 shipping (+5% pp if used); QSL if interested. 73, Doug W5JV Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2024, at 2:09 PM, Doug Hensley wrote: For sale here before I move it to other venues, is my like new copy of Prof. Fred Cady's 327 page exhaustive 2017 reference entitled: "The Elecraft K3s and P3 (Getting the most from Your High Performance Station)" $59.95 plus shipping plus 5% if you want to use PAYPAL' Contact me for my PAYPAL account name. Shipping is $8 OR Simple check or m.o to my QTH address listed on my QRZ page. QSL if interested. 73, 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: Late Edition of Fred Cady's K3s & P3 Book - As New
For sale here before I move it to other venues, is my like new copy of Prof. Fred Cady's 327 page exhaustive 2017 reference entitled: "The Elecraft K3s and P3 (Getting the most from Your High Performance Station)" $59.95 plus shipping plus 5% if you want to use PAYPAL' Contact me for my PAYPAL account name. Shipping is $8 OR Simple check or m.o to my QTH address listed on my QRZ page. QSL if interested. 73, 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] For Sale: New Elecraft KX3 USB Cable "KXUSB"
I forgot to say price is for one (1) KXUSB cable. 73, Doug W5JV Sent from my iPhone On Mar 10, 2024, at 3:27 PM, Doug Hensley wrote: I have two new Elecraft KXUSB cables for the KX3. They are the USB RS232 TO 3.5MM CABLE The KXUSB cable plugs into the common USB port on a computer and creates a virtual COM port, when the appropriate drivers are also installed on the computer. Price: $34 plus $5 shipping. Payment by check, money order or PP + 5%. These are new unused Elecraft cables. QSL if interested. 73, 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: Noktua fans for K3s
Awhile back when the K3s was the talk of the day, a few K3s owners experimented with fans to reduce the noise from the factory fans running. One of the fans which was praised was the Noctua NF-A6x25 <https://www.ebay.com/itm/235055207185?itmmeta=01HRN0WCCH6CM0R8RAK7RG28C3=item36ba61d311:g:lkUAAOSwWr5kjy5U=enc%3AAQAI4DJwjWjedvGs2%2B9N5DNZf4U5ymIp%2FwQ4%2BF5C0jwReDuI1pCpttnSyNC3Rouhdr2ZT9p5gdiMnciR6YkwBWNOrOHQN33cx3SFAKK2I4VpXR0M3ONzxppgwIv4RnnGEwdqMdvrFmmBspG0qX%2Fzoy5jpsw5mdb9ND8yizqvAeteunGea5izfXWaubl%2Booz332z6EtLmYQTVYS%2BoO2TxZr5C7B%2B3n%2BiuJNq8gSy3Cm%2B2A6cz8ZzT4pzX0eXB5GUDOa2o0I3DyJUAgouhzzRB3ySYLIfXIzrSZpL0Jzkm2ZStA0gt%7Ctkp%3ABFBMtsbxoMVj> FLX Premium a Quiet 60 mm Fan <https://www.ebay.com/itm/235055207185?itmmeta=01HRN0WCCH6CM0R8RAK7RG28C3=item36ba61d311:g:lkUAAOSwWr5kjy5U=enc%3AAQAI4DJwjWjedvGs2%2B9N5DNZf4U5ymIp%2FwQ4%2BF5C0jwReDuI1pCpttnSyNC3Rouhdr2ZT9p5gdiMnciR6YkwBWNOrOHQN33cx3SFAKK2I4VpXR0M3ONzxppgwIv4RnnGEwdqMdvrFmmBspG0qX%2Fzoy5jpsw5mdb9ND8yizqvAeteunGea5izfXWaubl%2Booz332z6EtLmYQTVYS%2BoO2TxZr5C7B%2B3n%2BiuJNq8gSy3Cm%2B2A6cz8ZzT4pzX0eXB5GUDOa2o0I3DyJUAgouhzzRB3ySYLIfXIzrSZpL0Jzkm2ZStA0gt%7Ctkp%3ABFBMtsbxoMVj> with a 3 pin connector. The fan took some effort to install but the results as I recall were hailed as a great improvement. All to say, I have two spare NIB Noctua NF-A6x25 fans and will sell both as a pair for 39.95 plus 9.00 shipping. Just have two to spare so QSL if interested. Payment by check, money order or PP + 5%. 73, 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: New Elecraft KX3 USB Cable "KXUSB"
I have two new Elecraft KXUSB cables for the KX3. They are the USB RS232 TO 3.5MM CABLE The KXUSB cable plugs into the common USB port on a computer and creates a virtual COM port, when the appropriate drivers are also installed on the computer. Price: $34 plus $5 shipping. Payment by check, money order or PP + 5%. These are new unused Elecraft cables. QSL if interested. 73, 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
[Elecraft] WTB Clean SP3 Speaker for K3s
Looking for an SP3 speaker to match my K3s. If you have one available, send confirming images & asking price to my email address “w...@hotmail.com” 73, Doug W5JV Sent from my iPhone On Mar 8, 2024, at 4:34 PM, Doug Hensley wrote: Looking for a new condition MH4 mic. Have a nice unused MH2 for trade or will just pay cash. 73, 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
[Elecraft] Have like new MH2 mic op trade for similar condition MH4
Looking for a new condition MH4 mic. Have a nice unused MH2 for trade or will just pay cash. 73, 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] P3 history
Okay, I found an image of the apron of an early P3 & it is using a DB9 RS232 sub d connector. Does anyone know this can be adapted to the later CAT5/6 socket the newer K3s uses? Doug W5JV From: Doug Hensley Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 5:24 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: Don Wilhelm Subject: P3 history I recently heard that early P3's (first gen ?) used a different P3-to-K3 cable than the last generation of P3-to-K3s's did. Can anyone tell me anything about that? And is there a fix for connecting an eary P3 to a late K3s? Or was my leg being pulled? 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
[Elecraft] P3 history
I recently heard that early P3's (first gen ?) used a different P3-to-K3 cable than the last generation of P3-to-K3s's did. Can anyone tell me anything about that? And is there a fix for connecting an eary P3 to a late K3s? Or was my leg being pulled? 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] What minimum temperature should the K station be kept at during a hard freeze
Thanks Bill, Much appreciate the information as well as the response. I have a K3s pair, each with a P3 on one side of the station and a K1 adjacent to it. Both, of course, with power supplies. My K3s's are factory sn 10xxx units and will be here for the duration. Fascinating story on the AF front. Thanks for sharing. Stay warm, Doug W5JV Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. From: William Hammond Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2024 1:13 PM To: Doug Hensley Cc: Elecraft List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] What minimum temperature should the K station be kept at during a hard freeze Doug, You didn’t specify which “K” radio you were inquiring about. My K4D manual page 45 says: 0 C to 50 C or 32 F to 122 F. The K3s manual specifics 0-50 C for frequency stability. The K2 manual does not mention operating temperatures. The KX3 manual does not specify. I checked the non “K”, IC-7300 manual and operating range is stated as: -10 C to +60 C or +14 F to +140 F just for a sanity check. To be safe, keeping the radio above freezing is a good idea. I would think that condensation or moisture of any kind is the enemy in the cold. Storing and operating are different things. That said, I worked on a military radio that mounted in the 47 section of the B-52D, F with no environmental controls. It was subjected to 50,000‘ altitude and -50 C, F . The failure rate of that radio was much greater than the same radio that was in the pressurized and air-conditioned in a forward section of the aircraft. I might add that these radios were electrically tuned to a frequency using DC motors and heterodyned crystals (the AN/ARC-34) and it was almost always the tuning that failed. These radios were in tropical conditions in Guam or Thailand when not flying. They used sub-miniature tubes about a third the size of a miniature tube. 73, Bill-AK5X On Jan 13, 2024, at 9:22 AM, Doug Hensley wrote: What minimum temperature should a K station be kept at during a hard freeze and is there a cold temperature point at which it should not be powered up? Please reply to the list and as always do not reply to a digest. Thanks in advance for any information. 73, 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 a...@me.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] What minimum temperature should the K station be kept at during a hard freeze
Thanks for the response jack. i'm in Baton Rouge so worrying too about the temperature. Louisiana homes are not designed nor built for cold weather so, like you, it will be a challenge to keep the pets warm and the pipes flowing Doug W5JV Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. From: Jack Brindle Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2024 1:58 PM To: Doug Hensley Cc: Elecraft List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] What minimum temperature should the K station be kept at during a hard freeze Usually the limiting factor for low temperature in modern equipment is the LCD. They have a problem crystalizing much below freezing and thus are not usable in very cold temperatures. I hope thing don’t get too cold in your area - we are forecast to see 19F here in SW LA on Tuesday morning. Yuck! 73, Jack, W6FB On Jan 13, 2024, at 1:13 PM, William Hammond via Elecraft wrote: Doug, You didn’t specify which “K” radio you were inquiring about. My K4D manual page 45 says: 0 C to 50 C or 32 F to 122 F. The K3s manual specifics 0-50 C for frequency stability. The K2 manual does not mention operating temperatures. The KX3 manual does not specify. I checked the non “K”, IC-7300 manual and operating range is stated as: -10 C to +60 C or +14 F to +140 F just for a sanity check. To be safe, keeping the radio above freezing is a good idea. I would think that condensation or moisture of any kind is the enemy in the cold. Storing and operating are different things. That said, I worked on a military radio that mounted in the 47 section of the B-52D, F with no environmental controls. It was subjected to 50,000‘ altitude and -50 C, F . The failure rate of that radio was much greater than the same radio that was in the pressurized and air-conditioned in a forward section of the aircraft. I might add that these radios were electrically tuned to a frequency using DC motors and heterodyned crystals (the AN/ARC-34) and it was almost always the tuning that failed. These radios were in tropical conditions in Guam or Thailand when not flying. They used sub-miniature tubes about a third the size of a miniature tube. 73, Bill-AK5X On Jan 13, 2024, at 9:22 AM, Doug Hensley mailto:w...@hotmail.com>> wrote: What minimum temperature should a K station be kept at during a hard freeze and is there a cold temperature point at which it should not be powered up? Please reply to the list and as always do not reply to a digest. Thanks in advance for any information. 73, 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 a...@me.com<mailto:a...@me.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<http://www.qsl.net/> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jackbrin...@me.com<mailto:jackbrin...@me.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] What minimum temperature should the K station be kept at during a hard freeze
What minimum temperature should a K station be kept at during a hard freeze and is there a cold temperature point at which it should not be powered up? Please reply to the list and as always do not reply to a digest. Thanks in advance for any information. 73, 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] User's Dilemma
Dear OMs, The problem is that radio prices would almost certainly need to go up to give the dealer a margin after his/her own expenses. An independent service facility would be nice but is there adequate business in this?Not so sure we in EI could easily use a UK service facility. I prefer to ship to California than Italy. The cost of shipping to Italy may not be so wildly different than the cost of California freight. Have a friend who lost a SPE 2K FA in shipping to Rome and received no compensation. It is a problem for sure. I have always dealt directly with the factory and have been fortunate.A conundrum for sure. Enjoy your Elecraft. Be careful and pray. 73 Doug EI2CN On Thu 14 Dec 2023, 19:14 Dave, wrote: > It’s even more of an issue for those of us outside the USA. Shipping a > relatively large and valuable parcel is hugely expensive, in both carriage > and insurance. > > Elecraft did have a UK dealer, but currently the only repair option is > California or possibly Italy. Not having a service manual makes even a > simple “kitchen table” type repair unlikely, although I’m sure that the > techs at Elecraft would help as much as they can. > > I’m sure sales would increase if there was local sales and support. > > 73 Dave G4AON (K4D, KPA500, KX3, K2 and K1) > __ > 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 turnb...@net1.ie __ 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 500 Question
I am trying to use my K3 and a Yaesu FTDX10 with my KPA 500. I have cables that control the amplifier for each radio. What can I use for a switch box to switch the cables into the amp? A VGA switch did not work. Doug K6JEY __ 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] Overseas distribution and service?
Dave, The radio is modular so quite possibly the entire radio would not require return.I have found Elecraft support superlative.There are also repair services available in the EU.Perhaps just as EI dealing with UK our natural provider in the past is awkward; it is equally difficult for G to work with the EU. For many years there was no UK supplier of Elecraft but the K3 was still a seller. Personally I prefer ordering direct from the factory. It seems a less expensive route than having a middleman. The products are dear though and I wonder how long it is before China takes over. The QRP and SOTA market has a lot of low cost product. Perhaps signal purity is down but so too is cost.There are challenges in free trade. Enjoy your radios.Pay me no heed. 73 Doug EI2CN On Sun 22 Oct 2023, 06:07 Dave, wrote: > Here in the UK, Waters and Stanton sold Elecraft products and provided a > limited level of service. However, W are now owned by Moonraker who have > no real service facilities (as far as I know), and neither are currently > listed as distributors on the Elecraft web site. > > Given the lack of a service manual for more recent products, the huge > shipping charges to/from overseas, plus at least $250 for repair, it looks > to me as if Elecraft are going to struggle with sales outside the USA on > anything more complex than a simple kit. > > I am a long term Elecraft fan, having a K1, K2, KX3, K4D and KPA500. I was > also an early K3 adopter, which was sold when I bought the K4D. > > I like my K4D and it is QRV most days, but I cannot recommend that anyone > in the UK buys one, unless they are prepared to pay out a considerable > amount should it develop a fault, either in, or out, of warranty. > > 73 Dave G4AON > __ > 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 turnb...@net1.ie > __ 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] KH1 Transceiver Question
Does the KH1 come left handed for logging, etc.? Doug K6JEY __ 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] For Sale: KFLA-3A 8 pole filter for wide SSB (2.8 kHZ)
For Sale: One KFLA-3A 8 pole filter for 2.8 kHZ. Makes net operation much more pleasant to work. As new, $165 plus USPS. M.O. or personal check only. This is an Elecraft filter which is guaranteed. Mahalo, 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] Buying a K4 in UK
Geert, As a many time direct purchaser, I can say I never experienced any horror story or great difficulty in direct orders to Elecraft shipping to EI via UPS, who handle all paperwork and charges. I must have ordered on ten different occasions.Me thinks you paint to grim a picture. I prefer to deal direct with Elecraft in fact. To each their own but again there is little need for such angst in my experience. 73 Doug EI2CN On Wed 2 Aug 2023, 20:35 Geert Jan de Groot, wrote: > On 02/08/2023 20:54, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: > > Call Elecraft and see what they tell you. Why is this not obvious? > > For one, it is not obvious because Elecraft does not have (and can not > have) expertise in the complex and fast-changing world of international > customs regulations. The post office says that this is "the > responsibility of the receiver" even if the post office screws up, which > often happens. > > Just one example: a few years ago, a small item could be sent as > "letter" and as long as the value was low, it just went through. These > days, anything not on paper is a "parcel", requires a boatload of > customs administration both at the sender's (USPS won't touch it > without) and again at the receiver's end (that means *you* doing the > complex customs admin paperwork!), and you get to pay the post office > for the processing of said paperwork in addition to other charges, > customs and taxes. > > I also dare you to look up the costs of sending something trivial to EU > or UK via USPS or any of the other carriers. You will not be pleased. > > Having had some bad experiences with self-import I can see where the > question comes from. Having been burned before I'm gladly paying the > markup of a local distributor even though in some cases the cost goes up > by as much as 3dB. > > I have trouble with these offside remarks "just call elecraft". I dare > you to ship something to the UK or EU, using current, recent regulations > and see what happens. > > Elecraft's supply problems have been hard, very hard on DX distributors. > A customer orders something and then the distributor is told to wait for > a year or more on the order. For a distributor, one way to make revenue > is to get combined orders which doesn't work for these very long, and > unpredictable lead times. > Meanwhile, while the customer is waiting, he may cancel the order and > the distributor is left with very little way to make revenue. The one in > Berlin I used to use, closed shop end of last year because the low sales > volume made things unsustainable. > > As to W - I think there have been some major changes. Note that W > didn't advertize in the RSGB RadCom magazine for several months. > Typically these are small, one or two-person shops and if something > happens (circumstances or health) things quickly go sour. > > In brief, "just call elecraft" is entirely too simple. I hope you see > that now. And I, too, don't have a quick and easy way to order a K4 in > the UK. > > Geert Jan > > __ > 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 turnb...@net1.ie > __ 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] Buying a K4 in UK
Dear OMs, I previously replied to this post so will not repeat myself.I needed to return a KPA 1500 to Watsonville, Ca. It was determined that only the RF deck was required.I shipped FedEx by their premium shipping method and had no difficulty.It went straight through as a repair. No added charges in my case. The amp was out of warranty so of course service was charged for. US and EU repair costs, I suspect are not far out of line. As an aside I included a Samsung Smart Tag similar to an Apple Airtag and thus had additional reassurance. Not sure shipping to CA cost all that much more than Italy. Had my amp back within about a month. Elecraft can also dispatch sub-modules if there is a failure.On line or telephone support was excellent earlier in sorting a friend's K3. Do not be too worried about service. 73 Doug EI2CN On Thu 3 Aug 2023, 11:53 , wrote: > My club has used with satisfaction: > > Castle Electronics, > Unit2 Village Workshops, > Telerrddig Road, > LLANERFYL POWYS SY21 0AS > New Phone nbr 01938 820880 > > I haven't used them for Elecraft products but I wouldn't hesitate if I got > stuck. > > David G3UNA > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > On > Behalf Of David Aslin G3WGN > Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 10:05 PM > To: Dave ; Elecraft Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buying a K4 in UK > > All my Elecraft kit (K3 + 'S' upgrades, P3, KPA500, KAT500, KX3, K2, W2 > etc) > was bought via mostly separate orders direct from Elecraft, so multiple > experience of this buying route. No hassles with any of the shipments, but > a week or so delay while the VAT/customs process completed. > Even at today's elevated shipping prices, cost was always less than the W & > S price. > > More concerning is the lack of accessible service facilities. Claudio in > Bologna is a great engineer and did an exemplary job of upgrading and > checking over the the KPA500s owned by members of the 6Gs DXpeditions > group; > BUT, shipping a returnable item to Italy (or elsewhere in the EU) is now a > huge bureaucratic nightmare. > I would hope that Eric and Justin Godefroy (who I do not know, but I > understand owns & runs Moonraker) are in conversation. If not, does anyone > on here know Justin well enough to encourage that to happen? Checking with > Eric would be easy, but there may be need for 'encouragement' at the UK > end. > Moonraker would get loads of brownie points if they hired an engineer and > had them trained on Elecraft products - and given the lack of other service > facilities in UK, could have them trained on other products too, to make > the > hire cost-effective. > 73, David G3WGN M6O > > -Original Message- > From: Dave > Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 1:12 PM > To: Elecraft Discussion List > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buying a K4 in UK > > I bought my K4D from W 2 years ago, but they no longer list much Elecraft > equipment and seem to have lost interest. > > All my other Elecraft kit came direct from Elecraft. W are unlikely to > handle warranty or repairs for items bought elsewhere, which is a pity as > the only place outside of the UK for service is either Italy or back to the > factory. > > 73 Dave G4AON > -- > Sent from my iPhone SE > > __ > 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 davidg3...@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 turnb...@net1.ie > __ 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 Rx is awesome...
Jan, You are an inspiration to this 79 year old.I like the city lot idea as well.Keep pounding the brass in good health. 73 Doug EI2CN On Tue 27 Jun 2023, 02:29 Jim Brown, wrote: > On 6/26/2023 2:01 PM, Jan wrote: > > The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used > > > Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with > > > > 73, Jan K1ND > > > > PS: At 86 years of age it was fun! > > At W6BX, W6JTI and I, also octogenarians, worked you on at least one > band. We were QRP with a K3/P3/SVGA, with the entire station on battery > power. > > 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 turnb...@net1.ie > __ 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] [Elecraft-K4] KPOD intermittent
Jim, I have two K-Pods which are used with my K4Ds and previously K3s. I too on occasion have trouble with the switches. I have noted that rebooting the K4D will often cure the problem.Also I wonder if having the switch react to both momentary tap and sustained push beyond a second or two helps.For me the radios would not be the same nor nearly as ergonomically friendly without the KPods and both of mine go back to the beginning of the KPod era. I too would be interested in hearing more but I will keep my KPods. 73 Doug EI2CN *From:* elecraft...@groups.io *On Behalf Of *Jim Miller - AB3CV *Sent:* Tuesday 21 March 2023 19:27 *To:* Elecraft@mailman.qth.net; elecraft...@groups.io *Subject:* [Elecraft-K4] KPOD intermittent I really like the KPOD...when it works. I find the buttons occasionally non responsive resulting in nothing being sent. After a few taps it eventually works again for a while. Of course this mostly occurs when trying to send a call in a pileup or a reply 599TU. Is this a button thing that needs replacing or something in the K4 being non responsive? I think it's the KPOD itself since it also happened on my old K3S. Jim ab3cv _._,_._,_ -- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#22530) <https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-K4/message/22530> | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute This Topic <https://groups.io/mt/97762916/1278024> | New Topic <https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-K4/post> Your Subscription <https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-K4/editsub/1278024> | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe <https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-K4/leave/10999456/1278024/421052491/xyzzy> [ turnb...@net1.ie] _._,_._,_ __ 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] East Coast Service
Dear OMs and YLs, I live in EI but also have roots in New England.Just returned my KPA1500 for service - probably the finals. TG I have two of this fine amp.I sent it to CA rather than Italy as the real knowledge base is at the mother ship.Using UPS it took three days to arrive.If living in States again and having a choice it would probably still go to CA. If in the same State then sure I would drive to the repair centre. Distances on the east coast can be significant. We are all different but for me the mothership is where I want my Elecraft radios to go. That is the centre of knowledge and expertise for the big E. My two cents and not worth anything these days.I see your point as well. 73 Doug EI2CN On Wed 1 Feb 2023, 17:46 email, wrote: > Group, > > Total cost to the customer "should" be less with shorter UPS distance. > > Another thought, DE has no sales tax. Ship parts orders from DE, too. > I am not looking to start a business, I do live in DE and "tax free" is > nice. > > 73, steve WB3LGC > > > On 2/1/23 12:03 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > > Stocking of parts might be a real problem, but even if the tech had to > > order the parts from W'ville, the turnaround would have to be better > __ > 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 turnb...@net1.ie > __ 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 production software release (R32) now available
Wayne, You and your crew at Elecraft are champions. Thank you. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Wednesday 14 December 2022 20:59 To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] K4 production software release (R32) now available Release 32 has been beta tested (R32.BETA2) and has now been moved to production status. See release notes below, or on our K4 software page, or view them in the updater on the K4 itself. (For your convenience, the list below shows all significant changes since production release 31.) Software development is continuing in multiple areas, including remote control. 73, Wayne N6KR * * * R32 (PRODUCTION) == December 13, 2022 - SSB/ESSB TRANSMIT AUDIO LOW-FREQUENCY RESPONSE IMPROVED: The nominal SSB transmit audio low-frequency rolloff can now be moved down from about 200 Hz to 100 Hz. (Amplitude at 100 Hz then increases by nearly 20 dB.) This selection is made using the new "TX Audio LF Cutoff, SSB" menu entry. IMPORTANT NOTES: (1) The 100 Hz selection is *always* applied in ESSB mode. (2) In addition to using this new SSB setting, you can control the transmit passband in all modes using TX EQ. (3) If you use USB or LSB for audio DATA modes such as PACTOR that require fast turnaround times, you should not use the 100 Hz SSB setting, because it slows turnaround by about 20 milliseconds. (The high-performance digital filter required to obtain a lower passband has additional "taps," resulting in greater delay.) - KPA1500 / KPA500 LOSS OF BUTTON PRESSES: In previous releases, some amp front panel button presses could be missed by the K4 due to the concurrent handling of other band-change activity. - RADIO LOCKUP DURING VFO MOVEMENT AT ~5600 KHZ: One operator discovered a radio lockup when moving the VFO in the vicinity of 5600-5620 kHz. This was due to incorrect lookup of ATU LC segment data, which has now been corrected. - TERMINATION OF DVR MESSAGES no longer causes occasional loss of mic audio. - REPEATER OFFSETS are now correctly applied to VFO B when in SPLIT. - IMPROVED EEPROM DATA VERIFICATION. FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS & MACROS - The "TQX;" command now bypasses other command processing delays to provide a more real-time response during "TX;" / "RX;" command transitions. - DUPLICATE "TX;" COMMAND while in transmit mode no longer exits transmit. - ADDED "EE0;" command to reset all radio state and menu parameters to defaults, with the exception of factory calibration data. - ADDED "TQX" GET COMMAND (extension to "TQ" TX status query): If the GET query is "TQ;", then the K4 is considered to still be in transmit mode during the S-meter holdoff time (300 ms), even though receive audio can be heard. If the GET query is "TQX;", then the S-meter holdoff time is not considered to be part of the transmit state. This allows an application to find out more quickly when actual RF transmit has ended, which may result in a more responsive user interface (when playing DVR messages, for example). - ADDED "AG$+nnn" (AF gain increment/decrement). - ADDED "VC" command to properly handle configuration of per-mode coarse tuning steps. "VT" command also improved to correctly handle A/B VFO swaps, etc. - IMPROVED "#HWFC" command to allow modification of waterfall color mode for both panadapters on the external monitor. __ 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 turnb...@net1.ie __ 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] Elecraft Tech Support and Service
Fairly new to the hobby and I only own one rig - the KX3. I have found their tech support, and the company in general, to be second to none in terms of help and support! Based on the comments from my local club members on issues with other manufacturers, I doubt I’ll ever change brands! Doug Plunkett KE0GOM Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 7, 2022, at 9:22 PM, marvwhee...@nwlink.com wrote: > > A lot of people seem to like to bad mouth Elecraft, particularly by some > using other another brand equipment. Let me give you my todays experience > with Elecraft. > > > > At 12:45 pm PST I generated an email to Tech Support concerning a problem I > am having with my P3 being difficult to power on. > > At 12:50 pm PST I received a reply from Rob at Elecraft asking me for more > information regarding power cabling etc. > > At 1:07 pm PST I replied to the query. > > At 2:35 pm PST I received another email from Rob. > > AT 6:37 pm PST I replied. > > At 6:52 pm PST I received an RMA from Elecraft. > > At 6:54 pm PST I receiver ANOTHER email from Rob. > > > > PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LAST TWO EMAILS FROM ROB WERE SENT AFTER NORMAL WORKING > HOURS. > > > > I would wager that you would never receive a tech support from either of the > BIG 3 after working hours. > > > > You certainly will not hear me bashing a company whose employees provide > service like this. > > > > Marv > > KG7V > > __ > 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 hdplunk...@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 - FS: Begali cw paddle
The Begali is spoken for. Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. From: Doug Hensley Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2022 9:48 AM To: Elecraft List Subject: OT - FS: Begali cw paddle Members on this list almost universally embrace CW, so I thought I would offer this to the list before going to another venue. I sometimes can't respond immediately so I will make a list of interested parties and get back to you as I can. I have a new Begali "Pearl" key for sale. Will send picture and details on request. It's too much key for my arthritis which tends to send out characters before I can stop it . I paid $338; sell for $300 plus postage. It's everything people say that it is. Same key as shown here: See: https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=8225 Cheers, 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
[Elecraft] OT - FS: Begali cw paddle
Members on this list almost universally embrace CW, so I thought I would offer this to the list before going to another venue. I sometimes can't respond immediately so I will make a list of interested parties and get back to you as I can. I have a new Begali "Pearl" key for sale. Will send picture and details on request. It's too much key for my arthritis which tends to send out characters before I can stop it . I paid $338; sell for $300 plus postage. It's everything people say that it is. Same key as shown here: See: https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=8225 Cheers, 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] K Bits FS Plus two E_Caps
The K2PAKIT & K2 RF PROBE KIT are spoken for. All else is available: Elecraft Dark Blue Baseball Caps - 2 to sell. $18 each plus USPS. AS NEW. K2FCTR Frequency Counter Probe Kit w/instructions Price: $11 plus USPS Oak Hills. RFL-10. Pocket-Size 10W RF Load Kit w/instructions includes 5W non-inductive resistors (set in series for 10W) plus adaptors PL259/PL259, PL259/BNCm, and SO-239 w/integral solder lug & washers Price: $17 plus USPS K3S - KFL3A-250 AS NEW high performance 8 pole custom INRAD 250 razer sharp CW Filter for the K3 or K3S; Price: $155 plus USPS K3S - KFL3A-2.8K AS NEW high performance 8 pole custom INRAD 2.8 kHZ SSB filter for the K3 or K3S. Price: $155 plus USPS 20 Ft Roll of twin paired Red/Black DX Engineering DXEPW-10 10 guage copper stranded power lead Includes 2 power lead eyelets for P.S. end. Wire insulation passes 400V tests. Price: $39.95 plus USPS USPS prices continue to climb. At present the cheapest price available when printing a lable at home is $10.60 for the bubblewrap envelope or $9.90 for the paper. Go bubble please. The good news is that right now their service is fast and reliable. Buyer Note: If you can print your own First Class label from your home PC and can email it to me, great! Just let me know. Cheers, Doug W5JV K1 & K3S SO2R (antenna's destroyed in storm; need a job? I'm 77.) __ 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] K Bits FS Plus two E_Caps
Getting ready for the holidays & cleaning up. The following is for sale: Elecraft Dark Blue Baseball Caps - 2 to sell. $18 each plus USPS. AS NEW. K2PAKIT.PA REPLACEMENT KKT for K2 1. EA850408.K2 PA Transistors, MATCHED; 2. E850135 Thermal Pads Envelope; 3. 2NA transistors for Q11 and Q13; 4. resistor coded brown-green-gold (R50) for the Q6 driver circuit; 5. Replacement insulated bushings 6. 7. Price: $20 plus USPS K2 RF Probe Kit w/instructions Price: $20 plus USPS K2FCTR Frequency Counter Probe Kit w/instructions Price: $11 plus USPS Oak Hills. RFL-10. Pocket-Size 10W RF Load Kit w/instructions includes 5W non-inductive resistors (set in series for 10W) plus adaptors PL259/PL259, PL259/BNCm, and SO-239 w/integral solder lug & washers Price: $17 plus USPS K3S - KFL3A-250 AS NEW high performance 8 pole custom INRAD 250 razer sharp CW Filter for the K3 or K3S; Price: $155 plus USPS K3S - KFL3A-2.8K AS NEW high performance 8 pole custom INRAD 2.8 kHZ SSB filter for the K3 or K3S. Price: $155 plus USPS 20 Ft Roll of twin paired Red/Black DX Engineering DXEPW-10 10 guage copper stranded power lead Includes 2 power lead eyelets for P.S. end. Wire insulation passes 400V tests. Price: $39.95 plus USPS USPS prices continue to climb. At present the cheapest price available when printing a lable at home is $10.60 for the bubblewrap envelope or $9.90 for the paper. Go bubble please. The good news is that right now their service is fast and reliable. Buyer Note: If you can print your own First Class label from your home PC and can email it to me, great! Just let me know. Cheers, Doug W5JV K1 & K3S SO2R (antenna's destroyed in storm; need a job? I'm 77.) __ 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] FS: KFLA-3 8 Pole filters for 250 hZ & 2.8 kHZ
FS KFLA-3A 8 pole filters for 250 hZ and 2.8 kHZ. As new, $165 each plus USPS. M.O. or check only. These are Elecraft checked & guaranteed. Cheers Doug W5JV __ 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] KX3 Internal Batteries
Thanks! I really do appreciate the advice! Doug KE0GOM Sent from my iPad > On Jul 27, 2022, at 7:14 AM, Rich WC3T wrote: > > I took them out just as a prophylactic measure. I *think* I know that Ni-Cd > cells don’t burst/leak over time but I would rather not perform that > experiment with a KX3. > > My Bioenno battery is a small price (in $ and peace of mind) to ensure that I > don’t destroy my radio. :) > > 72, > Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 > Grid: FN20is > Bureaucracy is always in search of self-preservation. — AA7BQ > >> On Jul 26, 2022, at 22:18, Gwen Patton wrote: >> >> I stopped keeping batteries (NiMH) in the internal tray when the rig got >> stuck in an error state while trying to update the firmware. The fix for >> the issue was to remove all power to the radio for a short time, maybe half >> a minute, then restore power and update the firmware again. Trouble is, if >> you have batteries in the internal tray, it can't drop all power unless you >> open the radio and remove the batteries. After I did that, I simply did not >> return the batteries to the radio. They are now happily in use powering a >> Roland MIDI Wind Controller. If I need to power the KX3 in the field, or >> during a power outage, I will use an external battery pack. >> >> If it disables the RTC, I hadn't noticed the lack. So at least for me it >> wasn't an issue. >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> 73, >> Gwen, NG3P >> >> >>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 8:15 PM Walter Underwood >>> wrote: >>> >>> I have Eneloop Pro batteries in mine. I replaced them (originally called >>> Eneloop XX) after seven years. A bit after that, one had a small leak. So >>> mine are now on a five year replacement schedule. >>> >>> wunder >>> K6WRU >>> Walter Underwood >>> https://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) >>> >>>> On Jul 26, 2022, at 5:10 PM, Jim Brown >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 7/26/2022 4:56 PM, Doug Plunkett wrote: >>>>>> to avoid the rare instance of a battery leaking onto the circuitry. >>>>> >>>>> Several years ago, I switched away from lead-acid batteries in most of >>> equipment that uses AA and AAA cells in favor of NiMH rechargeables, after >>> reading that they are far less likely to leak. So far, no leaks. >>>> >>>> From the beginning, at least five years ago, the batteries in my KX3 >>> have been high-capacity NiMH that I bought at Pacificon. >>>> >>>> 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 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 ard...@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 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 hdplunk...@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] KX3 Internal Batteries
I operate my KX3 primarily as a base station as it’s the only rig I own. Love the rig and do occasionally operate portable without an external power supply. I recently heard that it’s recommended to remove the internal batteries with the rig is used primarily as a base station and connected to an external power supply - to avoid the rare instance of a battery leaking onto the circuitry. Is this Elecraft’s recommendation? And if removed, I assume I lose the internal clock? Thanks, Doug Plunkett KE0GOM Sent from my iPad __ 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 8 pole filters for sale
Everything has been sold now except the 250 hZ and 2.8 kHZ filters. They'll only be available for a short period so speak up if you want one. These are as new Elecraft K3s 8 pole filters made by Inrad (as I understand it). The 250 hZ is razor sharp and the 2.8 is the wide SSB filter, great for QSO's. Cheers, Doug W5JV Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. From: Doug Hensley Sent: Friday, July 15, 2022 7:41 PM To: Elecraft List Subject: K3s 8 pole filters for sale I have one more set of K3s 8 pole filters for sale. These tend to go quickly so speak up if you need one: These are in the following widths and are as new: 250 hZ, 2.1 kHZ, 2.8 kHZ and 13 kHZ (for FM) No paypal. M.O. or bank check only. Thanks, Doug W5JV __ 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] K3s 8 pole filters for sale
I have one more set of K3s 8 pole filters for sale. These tend to go quickly so speak up if you need one: These are in the following widths and are as new: 250 hZ, 2.1 kHZ, 2.8 kHZ and 13 kHZ (for FM) No paypal. M.O. or bank check only. Thanks, Doug W5JV __ 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] For Sale: K3S Filters
I have one each of the following K3S filters for sale: 13 kHZ as require for FM service 2.8 kHZ wide SSB 2.1 kHZ narrow SSB 250 hZ narrow CW All of these are the 8 pole INRAD high-performance filters which are no longer made. Price is $175 ea plus simple USPS postage. Payment by check or m.o. only. NO PAYPAL. Thank you, 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
[Elecraft] K3S Parts For Sale
The following parts are available on a first come first served basis. No PAYPAL. Payment by simple check or M.O. for immediate shipment. No International Sales. I have one each: KBPF3A Gen-Cov Bandpass Board: $289.95 Board as new. Shipping is $9.00 to lower 48. If you want insurance you must request it. KRX3A SUB-Receiver: $795.00. Sub-Rx as new, includes everything listed in the manual for installation and comes with the 2.7 kc filter. This unit was checked then removed from a lightly used K3S by Elecraft service themselves. I was charged over $300 for the task not counting shipping. This ships to buyer for $15; if you want insurance you must request it. KFL3A 8 pole roofing filters: $175.00 each. I will keep a list of filter buyers starting today. But, first choice on these filters is reserved for the buyer of the sub-receiver. What is left over can then be sold to individuals. If this is not clear, feel free to email me. Shipping for one or more is $8.95 The filters are: 13 kHZ. - FM 2.8 kHZ - SSB Wide 2.1 kHZ - SSB Narrow 400 hZ - CW Wide 250 hZ. - CW Narrow Thank you, Doug Hensley, 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: Elecraft KRX3A Sub-receiver with General Coverage option
For Sale is my KRX3A Sub-receiver with the General Coverage option. If you look on pages 9-12 in the KRX3A manual, you will see what would have come with a KRX3A; https://ftp.elecraft.com/K3S/Manuals%20Downloads/E740126A%20KRX3A%20Subreceiver%20Installation%20and%20Operation.pdf Note the new KSYN3A is part of that group. I am Including with this sale their General Coverage bandpass filter board and factory 2.7 kc filter. A digital copy of the latest KRX3A manual will be in your box. These were originally factory installed and three weeks ago, factory removed by the same engineer. They are pristine checked parts & ready for a new home. Price is $1200 plus simple ground or USPS shipping (your choice). FYI, this was very expensive to do. To the purchaser of this Sub-Rx package, I am making available 5 of my as new 8 pole filters with bandpass of 200, 400, 2.1, 2.8 and 13. My cost was $169 each when I bought them if not higher. I will readvertise whatever is left after the dust settles. Serious buyers only. I can send pictures, manual page outs. Thank you, 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: As New KRX3A Sub-Receiver package for K3s
For Sale is my KRX3A Sub-receiver with factory 2.7 kc filter If you look on pages 9-12 in the KRX3A manual, you will see what would have come with a KRX3A; https://ftp.elecraft.com/K3S/Manuals%20Downloads/E740126A%20KRX3A%20Subreceiver%20Installation%20and%20Operation.pdf Note the new KSYN3A is part of that group. I am Including with this sale their General Coverage bandpass filter board and factory 2.7 kc filter. A digital copy of the latest KRX3A manual will be in your box. These were originally factory installed and three weeks ago, factory removed by the same engineer. They are pristine checked parts & ready for a new home. Price is $1200 plus simple ground or USPS shipping (your choice). FYI, this was very expensive to do. To the purchaser of this Sub-Rx package, I am making available 5 of my as new 8 pole filters with bandpass of 200, 400, 2.1, 2.8 and 13. My cost was $169 each when I bought them if not higher. I will readvertise whatever is left after the dust settles. Serious buyers only. I can send pictures, manual pages outs. Thank you, 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] K4 and Delivery Delays
So you must be part of the topic mafia - those who are too lazy to use the delete key for topics they have no interest in or more likely topics which hurt their feelings. Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength and technique. -Original Message- Please do not start the Elecraft bashing again please, if you do not like the way Elecraft works with all of us. I wish you the best with your Flex 6600M and amplifier and that you have all the fun with it as we are having with ours. 73's Paul Van Dyke K4D #76 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ 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] K4 to KPA500?
I see an app note about connecting the K3 to to a KPA500/KAT500. As I prepare for my K4, is there any difference in the interconnections? 73, doug __ 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] SOLD - Elecraft SP-3 Speakers (for K3s) - SOLD
Thanks to all who responded. Sorry I don't have more to sell. 73, 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: Elecraft SP-3 Speaker (for K3s)
I have two Elecraft SP-3 speakers for sale which have not been used; they were purchased for a special contest station which, thanks to the pandemic, never materialized. Probably a good thing as our design ideas for that have improved. The speakers match the K3s to the letter. Price is $250 each plus FedEx ground shipping. NO PAYPAL and no p.o boxes. Physical address and daytime contact number are required by FedEx. As I understand it, these speakers are no longer made so if you had wished you had one, here's an opportunity. I'm not always at my computer so if you respond, be patient and I will get back to you. Thank you, 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
[Elecraft] SOLD - DSP Filter Kit is SOLD
Thanks to all who responded. From: Doug Hensley Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022 8:24 PM To: Elecraft List Subject: For Sale: Cumbria Designs Mini-DSP Filter Kit I have a DSP Audio filter kit that I don't have time to use and thought I would offer it here for anyone with a K1 or K2 that might want to try adding their own DSP Audio Filter. Cumbria Designs was a British concern famous for its "X-Lock" VFO stabilizer used on many K1's and older gear with a VFO that was a free running oscillator. Works miracles. This Mini DSP Audio Filter kit was one of their last kits (they closed doors and moved on to other things) and offered personal tailoring of the audio product. I can send a data sheet to anyone interested. The kit I have has never been gone through, never touched except to store for a better day. Looking at it I would think anyone who successfully built their own K1 or K2 could also handle this. Having said that, I also think this kit is not for beginners. You should have some good experiences under your belt. I'm asking $125 plus $5 shipping. QSL if interested. I'm shutting down now for the night so will not be able to reply to anyone until tomorrow AM. Thank you, 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: Cumbria Designs Mini-DSP Filter Kit
I have a DSP Audio filter kit that I don't have time to use and thought I would offer it here for anyone with a K1 or K2 that might want to try adding their own DSP Audio Filter. Cumbria Designs was a British concern famous for its "X-Lock" VFO stabilizer used on many K1's and older gear with a VFO that was a free running oscillator. Works miracles. This Mini DSP Audio Filter kit was one of their last kits (they closed doors and moved on to other things) and offered personal tailoring of the audio product. I can send a data sheet to anyone interested. The kit I have has never been gone through, never touched except to store for a better day. Looking at it I would think anyone who successfully built their own K1 or K2 could also handle this. Having said that, I also think this kit is not for beginners. You should have some good experiences under your belt. I'm asking $125 plus $5 shipping. QSL if interested. I'm shutting down now for the night so will not be able to reply to anyone until tomorrow AM. Thank you, 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
[Elecraft] KPA 1500 Status message %
Dear OMs and YL, Can someone please tell me what the % sign with Status message of say 67% indicates. I think it is the efficiency of the amplifier at a given point.The same Status screen displays: forward power, Voltage, Current and temperature as well as the % figure. I looked through the manual but can not find the answer to my question. A quick calculation seems to indicate it indicates power out to power input. Thank you. 73 Doug EI2CN __ 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] N6KR Wayne discusses Elecraft
Dear OMs and Yls, This is a link to a most interesting, thorough interview with Wayne N6KR regarding the Elecraft design philosophy, entire Elecraft range and field operations. It takes one hour and forty minutes to view in entirety but believe me is worth the time.Do it in bits if you must or on the floor as I do exercising to avoid the back surgeons knife.I cannot recommend this YouTube interview, "Elecraft on Coffee and Ham Radios" highly enough. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOXmojDRNZI> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOXmojDRNZI If this link has previously been posted, my apology. 73 Doug EI2CN __ 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] Elecraft K3-100 for sale
Hi, I have a K3 for sale, serial number 82XX. In excellentcondition mechanically and electrically. I am the originalowner. The rig has not been used portable and has notbeen exposed to smokers. The K3 includes all of theoriginal accessories and manuals. Also includes thefollowing upgrades and accessories:KPA3A 100W power amp, KFL3A-250 250Hz 8 Pole filter,KFL3A-2.7Hz filter, KFL3A-6kHz 8 pole filter, KSYN3Asynthesizer upgrade kit, KIO3BUPKT I/O upgrade,KXV3A transverter interface, KBPF3 general coverage RXmodule, KDVR3 digital voice recorder, NEOGRIP soft tuningknob ring. $1850 plus $40 shipping to lower 48. Additionalshipping charges apply if outside continental US.If interested, please contact n7qs@yahoo.comThank you. __ 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 on wsjt-x
Guys I have k3 with all the options available except finals. I have installed the ftdi driver. The receiver sends frequency and decodes wsjt signals correctly. In the wsjt program the cat test turns green and the ptt works ok. When I call cq the transmitter is keyed but no power is sent out. I think I’m in the wrong mode. Any suggestions. I cannot get it to “data a”? HELP WD8Z. Doug Sent from my iPhone __ 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] HOA Crap
I own a condo in Loveland, CO just south of Fort Collins. The HOA is a pain in the butt. My main residence is on the other side of the Rockies in rural northwestern Colorado where I have acreage, many wire antennas and a tower with a nice HexBeam on it. When I'm in Loveland I operate my rural station remotely. It works well and is a lot of fun. I operate 10, 6, 2 and 70cm with antennas in the attic of my condo. But getting on HF is always going to be remote. To me hamming is communicating and solving technical challenges and then being proud of your accomplishments. Remote hamming is just another version and I'm glad I'm able to do it. In the future I may have to give up my rural residence, When I do, a neighbor and good friend of mine is ready and willing to let me setup a solar-powered remote station on his property. Without that option I would probably be off HF completely. Remote operating is becoming more and more important for people who otherwise have no option for HF. That's probably why the K4 has such excellent facilities for remote operations. Getting on the air and making contacts, talking to old friends all over the world, adding a new country or even just a state - THAT is ham radio to me. Doug -- K0DXV On 6/29/2021 2:35 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: On 6/28/21 at 12:45 AM, rick.n...@gmail.com (Rick Bates, NK7I) wrote: Ditto using remote receivers to augment your own; your station can or cannot; it's THAT simple. [With apologies to N4ZR. I'll try to tie my comment to germain topics.] I generally disagree with NK7I's comments because I think ham radio is a huge tent, and the point is having fun. However, this comment tickled the thought that setting up remote receivers could be something hams do regularly. I can imagine a remote receiver at one son's house in Colorado, and another at the other son's house in California. These receivers might be useful for activities like the Elecraft net, where frequently the QRO stations, which are the backbone of the net, can't hear the QRP stations who try to check in. It would be a fun project in station building. 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz | Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security: 408-348-7900 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is *not* the www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground. - Terence Kelly __ 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 d...@k0dxv.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] For Sale: Elecraft K1
The KAT100/KPA100 is sold as is the K2. The beautiful little K1 is still available. Cheers, 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] For Sale: K1 & K2 packages from late estate soon available
The KAT100/KPA100/EC2 unit from the estate has been sold. Pictures are now available for two high-end legacy units: A pristine 4 band K1 (40m, 20m, 30m, &17m); unit was serviced through Elecraft with these done: -- a new front panel sealed encoder -- a new backlit LCD Panel -- a K6XX cw blink feature & indicator LED in the WPM/ATM button -- an X-Lock VFO digital stabilzer virtually eliminating drift -- fully updated, checked & verified -- installation of the rare KTS1 desk stand -- $750 and well worth every penny. A full featured as new K2 (Late 6700 SN) with: -- 160 meter band option -- KAT-20 antenna tuner -- KDSP1 DSP Noise Filter -- KNB2 - K2 Noise Blanker -- KSB-2 - K2 SSB Option -- KBT2 - Internal Battery w/direct plug-in & Battery Tender safe trickle charger -- KDSP2 - DSP Audio Unit & Real Time Clock -- KAT2 - 20W Internal Ant Tuner -- ETS2 - Std 3: Tilt Stand -- KIO2 - RS232 Serial Interface Advanced Options: -- Real time IF Output for Pan Adaptor (used with P3 or your soundcard/software) -- The Rework Eliminator™ K2 Internal Mic Adaptor (IMA) - Accomodates some 66 microphones -- K6XX CW Blink Indicator - last digit of S Meter Bar will blink, regardless of S meter level, when on freq. -- Fused charging input. -- fully updated, checked & verified -- Over $2500 invested. Best offer over $1500 gets it. It is beautiful. These were a passion for the silent key who was too sick to do much with them. I think bringing them up to a high mark & researching them gave him something to look forward to. They are both remarkable. Email if you are seriously interested. No PAYPAL: simple check or M.O. only. 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
[Elecraft] For Sale: K1 & K2 packages from late estate soon available
I will have both a K1 and a K2 with EC2-KPA100/KAT100 shortly. If you are interested in either (not both please), let me know and I'll give you what information I presently have with pictures to follow as soon as I have them. These are pristine and will priced accordingly. No PAYPAL on these, MO or simple personal check only. Will accept down payments. Items shipped when checks clear. Thank you, 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
[Elecraft] Giving Up
Sadly, I've decided to give up waiting for the K4. I'm probably far down the list anyway. Their are numerous reason for this decision. First, there is the cost. With a tuner the price is $4600 making it one of the most expensive transceivers on the market. I fully realize that the K4 is feature rich and extremely well designed. I would never take anything away from Elecraft's engineering ability. The K3 set a new standard of performance that made the other manufacturers substantially up their game - which they did. But is the K4 going to do the same thing the K3 did? To me, it doesn't look like it. Innovative in some, perhaps many ways - yes. A new trend setter? I'm not so sure. When the K3 came out it was very competitively priced. I'm not sure I would describe the K4 with the same words. It is unquestionably an expensive radio. At this point the price/performance just isn't there for me. I sold my very complete K3 station several years ago in anticipation of the K4. But now the waiting has left me thinking about how much I'm willing to invest and whether or not another brand whose transceivers are as much as $1500 less and whose performance seems quite impressive will meet my needs. After literally several years of contemplation I conclude that, for me, the K4 is not worth the price. $3600 (with the tuner since every other significant radio includes one) would seem competitive and I would jump on it at this price. But as it is? Can't see doing it. I apologize if feelings are hurt or I've made anyone angry. I'm leaving the list since I'm no longer waiting patiently for what we once called Vaporware. Good luck to everyone on their current and future K4s. Doug -- K0DXV __ 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 & KPA1500 ERR KP 1
Dear OMs and YLs, Can someone please advise me as to what ERR KP 1 indicates.Using my K3 and KPA 1500 on Six meters FT8 I get this message only while transmitting on the K3 screen with no indication of a problem on the KPA 1500 . If I place the KPA 1500 into standby mode the message does not appear.I do not use ALC.There seems to be no reference to this error message in either manual. The amplifier seems to be working just fine. If I lower the K3 drive (8W) drive to the amplifier so that the K3 KPA internal amp is not engaged but the KPA 1500 is in operate mode, the problem does not occur. Should I increase the power to 12 W from the K3 with KPA 1500 in operate mode the error code does appear.Again the KPA 1500 seems to operate perfectly.The K3 at 95W with KPA 1500 in STBY does not result in the KPA 1 message. What does ERR KPA 1 indicate on the K3 screen? Thank you for your help. 73 Doug EI2CN SWR 1.1 to 1 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday 28 May 2021 20:35 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3s Power Selection In the Config Menu: PWR SET If set to PER-BAND, the power level is saved on each band. This is especially useful with external amplifiers. Mine is set to PER-BAND. If a KPA500 is connected to the K3S via the ACC cable (as mine is), two sets of per-band power settings are saved: one for “barefoot” operation, one for use with the amp. Where and how do I save and then access these two savings? Are the somehow automatically selected? In my case I want to save 100 watts for "barefoot" operation and 25 watts for amplifier operation. I've tried using Quick Memories 1-9 for bands — which works fine — and Quick Memories M1 and M2 for the two power settings for each band — which does NOT work. What's the right way to do this? Richard Kunc ~ W4KBX __ 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 turnb...@net1.ie __ 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] Help on KX2 Encoder
Hi all, The encoder on the KX2 is turning very roughly. I suspect it got hit and is broken inside. I understand it is a standard part. I am hesitant to take the radio apart without some kind of roadmap. Any help on disassembly to get to the encoder? Thanks, Doug Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ 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] K2 #7997 is alive
Building a K2 takes quite an investment of time. But, once you've completed it and made your first QSO where you proudly say "Rig here is an Elecraft K2 that I just finished building...", you have a sense of ownership unlike anything you just took out of a box and plugged in. It's a marvelous little transceiver. It's truly fantastic for cw but shines in SSB as well. I can't recommend the experience enough. I've learned to have a very ZEN mind when I built them. Total focus on exactly one thing - a resistor, capacitor... what ever it is... do it perfectly and don't think of anything else. And then admire its perfection when its done. When I finish a board, I inspect it with a quality magnifying glass. I look at every solder joint, every part placement like it's a work of art - which, in many ways, it is. Whether it becomes your main radio or sits on a shelf awaiting an occasional use - it is always a source of personal pride. To me, building something like the K2, is a very important part of the Ham Radio Experience. 73, Doug -- K0DXV On 5/10/2021 1:08 PM, David Haines wrote: I wish you all would stop talking about how much fun it is to build a K2! It makes we want to order one or two! But I'm trying to save up my pennies for when the K4 comes out in kit form. And I'm still not tired of my trusty KX3, yet! david KC1DNY in the forests of Maine On 5/7/2021 8:46 PM, Doug Person wrote: I've built 5 K2s. The last one is a keeper. I built several for other people. I still get a kick out of turning it on and making contacts with a "kit" radio. Mine is a 100 watts, ssb adapter and the outboard tuner. Wired for a Kenwood hand mike. I often think that if it was the only rig I owned I would be completely satisfied. Receiver sounds great and I get great audio reports. If anyone has ever considered building one - go for it. The satisfaction of turning it on and making contacts with something you put some serious time in to build is an experience I highly recommend. I don't know if I've ever operated a better cw transceiver. And even in a crowded band on 20, it can hold its own. I love it. 73, Doug -- K0DXV On 5/7/2021 5:50 PM, Carl Clawson wrote: I'm 20 years late to the game but I finally built a K2. What a satisfying project to build, and a delightful rig to operate. It doesn't have all the performance and features of my fully-updated K3, but it's a great little radio nonetheless. I finished the final alignment and test Tuesday and have used it a couple evenings now. Now to build the SSB adapter and the 100 W amp. 73, Carl WS7L __ 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 d...@k0dxv.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 dhai...@bates.edu __ 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 d...@k0dxv.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] K2/100
Do you happen to know at what point the upgrades were included? Is there an easy way to determine if the update is present or Not? tnx -- Doug -- K0DXV On 5/10/2021 2:56 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Larry, The KPA100UPKT totally revamps the T-R switch section on the KPA100, so the answer is yes. There is a chance that there may be a nasty spur when on 40 meters - at about 8 MHz if you do not have the upgrade. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/10/2021 4:04 PM, Larry Dodson via Elecraft wrote: I built my KPA100 14 years ago in a separate enclosure and it still works fine. I wonder if the upgrade kit would provide improved performance. Any feed back will be appreciated. Larry - GOIKE __ 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 d...@k0dxv.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] K2 #7997 is alive
I've built 5 K2s. The last one is a keeper. I built several for other people. I still get a kick out of turning it on and making contacts with a "kit" radio. Mine is a 100 watts, ssb adapter and the outboard tuner. Wired for a Kenwood hand mike. I often think that if it was the only rig I owned I would be completely satisfied. Receiver sounds great and I get great audio reports. If anyone has ever considered building one - go for it. The satisfaction of turning it on and making contacts with something you put some serious time in to build is an experience I highly recommend. I don't know if I've ever operated a better cw transceiver. And even in a crowded band on 20, it can hold its own. I love it. 73, Doug -- K0DXV On 5/7/2021 5:50 PM, Carl Clawson wrote: I'm 20 years late to the game but I finally built a K2. What a satisfying project to build, and a delightful rig to operate. It doesn't have all the performance and features of my fully-updated K3, but it's a great little radio nonetheless. I finished the final alignment and test Tuesday and have used it a couple evenings now. Now to build the SSB adapter and the 100 W amp. 73, Carl WS7L __ 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 d...@k0dxv.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] OT: High school drafting class, ~1975
Fascinating walk through the past. I took mechanical drawing in my freshman year. Our high school was 4 years and no junior high. Mechanical drawing was by far my favorite class. I learned a lot about dimensions, angles, areas - basic geometry. It made math make sense. My first novice station in 1962 was a Halicrafters S38E receiver which was terrible and a one-tube transmitter built from salvaged TV parts that was in the 1962 ARRL Handbook - which I still have complete with burn marks when I dropped the soldering iron on it. My father gave me a Lafayette HE-10 receiver for Christmas that year. It was much better. Ham radio and my familiarity with electronic circuits led me to a class in Autocoder, an assembly language for an IBM computer from the 60's. I don't recall what model. But - bits and bytes made perfect sense because to me they were just a series of switches and the logic of ANDs, ORs, XORs, etc were easy for me to visualize. I just thought of current making its way through a matrix of on or off switches. I proceeded to take ever computer class offered in that community college. Although there have been many working titles for someone who writes code, and I've had about a dozen, I've always been proud to call myself a computer programmer. Nothing more and nothing less. 73, Doug -- K0DXV On 4/26/2021 2:19 PM, John Saxon via Elecraft wrote: I have greatly enjoyed the memory fest here. Wasn't going to join in, but, Steve, your email really hit close to home. I replied to Steve, intended for whole group. Took 'Mechanical Drawing' in Jr. high, loved it. Also had drawing classes (course also included slide rule) first semester of college. I was a co-op student in EE and worked for NASA 1962-1967. I was placed in a software group, kinda out of my degree, but I liked it and spent my career as a Software Engineer (in the day we were called 'programmers.') I was greatly blessed to be working at NASA at the beginning of operations in Houston. The first computer I worked on was an IBM 7094, 32K of 36 bit words, 2 microsecond cycle time, mag tape OS, no disk. We were located in what had been the PBS TV studio on the University of Houston campus, reworked to be a computer center - the space center (MSC) was under construction. Languages were FORTRAN II, assembly (FAP) and eventually FORTRAN IV and assembly. Punch cards of course. Slide rules indeed! However, we also had a Friden mechanical calculator which could do square roots!! Ham rig at the time was a homebrew 6AU6-6146 from a QST article and Hallicrafters S-19R with Heathkit Q multiplier, dipole on 40m cw. As you, Steve, indicated I could not afford the HP 'digital slide rule' -- bought the TI version about a year later for a cost 1/2 of the HP, used it for years. Still have my K DECI-LON (and a B-29 'Load Adjuster' slide rule from WWII). I remember all the items you mentioned. Finally (at last) I often tell younger folks (I am 77) that they have orders of magnitude more power in their cell phones than we had in our gigantic computers -- BUT -- we put men on the moon with 'em. Sorry for the wide bandwidth,73,John K5ENQ On Monday, April 26, 2021, 10:36:33 AM CDT, SteveL wrote: I envied a friend in a EE program and the University of Cincinnati. He had the first HP-35 I’d ever seen the year it was introduced (1972), but it was way out of my budget as a new freshman studying Engineering. A couple of months after my friend acquired the HP-35, to my fascination he received a letter from HP detailing a list of obscure calculations the device performed in error (the tangent of 98.2352…, etc.) . The letter went on to describe that these were determined and then verified by computer simulation of the computational algorithms used internally - a concept new to this budding engineer. And, if he returned the calculator, it would be repaired and corrected. And to think we basically flew to the moon on a slide rule? Who could ever imagine a computer that could fit into one room? (Paraphrasing a line from early in the Apollo 13 movie.) Who carried around a CRC book of tables of various calculations in lieu of an unaffordable scientific calculator? Or programming FORTRAN on punch cards? Or PDP-8 on paper tape after toggling in the boot loader through the front panel switches? We’ve come a long way! I love the reminiscences… Steve aa8af __ 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 d...@k0dxv.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
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
[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] whining
Let's also remember that Elecraft is an incredibly small company compared to K, Y and I. And they're putting out a leading edge world class product that is as good or better than anything else on the market. It's quite a feat in today's business world. I've been waiting several years now. I get by with what I have (K2/100) and I continue to have something to look forward to. I'm just glad Big "E" has survived through everything. It's been a really tough year for many smaller businesses. It is an amazing success story that Elecraft has survived and prospered for over 21 years despite the gigantic size difference compared to its competition. (I guess I just sold my K3/P3 prematurely.) 73, Doug -- K0DXV On 3/31/2021 3:23 PM, David Herring wrote: Investor. ;-) I’ll grant you we’re not investors in the traditional sense. But we’ve invested in the company nonetheless. Would you prefer venture capitalist instead? We provided funds that Elecraft was able to use to stay afloat and continue engineering and manufacturing efforts. Sure, we’re not going to make back millions on our “investment” and we have no stake in the company, but we will get one heck of a radio. That’s really all I cared about, to be honest. Someone in the thread mentioned they are hearing lots of excuses. I have not. If all I was getting was excuses I would have cut ties and got a refund a long time ago. What I’ve heard are valid reasons. Actual real verifiable things that have happened that are out of anyone’s control. Perhaps it’s just a matter of personal perspective. I think that most agree a periodic official update with a little more regularity would be nice, but perhaps not at the cost of getting rigs out the door. 73, David - N5DCH On Mar 31, 2021, at 1:29 PM, Julia Tuttle wrote: Yeah, periodic would be fine -- I think the big thing is setting expectations for when and where, so folks can check there instead of wondering or asking. And I'm totally fine with the event video updates as long as the content is also available in a text form somewhere obvious. (Heck, I'd volunteer to transcribe them if it that'd be helpful.) Honestly, I think sharing a little more of what's gone wrong and right might be helpful -- I know I'm more sympathetic about this sort of thing when I have an idea what's going on -- but I don't have a clear idea of the downsides. The aircraft option seems problematically local -- perhaps we could launch a small satellite instead. :D 73, Julie On Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 15:20 Hal Massey mailto:haljr.mas...@gmail.com>> wrote: Julia, that makes sense. Perhaps we could add ‘periodic update instead of whenever they can?” PS— I like the event video updates because those clear the noise threshold of the multitude of emails I get but that is just a personal preference. A loud sky writing aircraft overhead for 7-8 hours would work even better for me but that’s probably asking too much. Regards -Hal On Mar 31, 2021, at 12:37 PM, Julia Tuttle wrote: I'm not waiting on a K4 myself, but the K4 launch has put a strain on other parts of the business (like fixing KX3 firmware issues or responding to lower-priority support emails). I'd be happy to see updates whenever they're available, but to this list and clearly labeled as such -- it seems like a lot of the time the details come out in the middle of other threads that folks might miss. Somewhere on the website would also be nice. On Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 14:33 Hal Massey mailto:haljr.mas...@gmail.com>> wrote: What do you have in mind? I liked the event video. The most customer oriented thing they could do is fedex a letter overnight with your radio status every day. But that gets expensive. You might feel great about it. You say that is hyperbolic? True. But even a weekly email with status is not cheap. Can you articulate what you do want in terms of communications? Regards Hal On Mar 31, 2021, at 12:24 PM, Julia Tuttle mailto:ju...@juliatuttle.net>> wrote: "The point of all of this is why is Elecraft not on this list telling us these things like they used to?" Yes, that, right there. However much they are or aren't going to say, why do we have to watch event videos to hear it? On Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 14:16 W0MU Mike Fatchett mailto:w...@w0mu.com>> wrote: The point of all of this is why is Elecraft not on this list telling us these things like they used to? I hear lots of excuses. Sure there are supply line problems for everyone. HRO still has lots of product. Elecraft has a big competitor in FLEX are they having similar issues? I hear that some big box radios have some wait times but not in the years category. K4 investor? You have not invested in the company you are a customer unless I missed the profit sharing version of the K4. Most people have given them lots of slack. Why is communicating with people that have fronted you lots of money to make this radio possible so difficult.
[Elecraft] An FT8 Radio- just dreaming
I have been wondering for some time- How will FT8 change ham radio equipment? Right off I imagine a radio and computer in one box maybe with the display. (FT8 should vastly simplify the first interface with the radio, with menus reaching deeper into its control. Most of today's designs are not well enough integrated and I think are hampered by preconceptions. Nor do they take advantage of graphic user interfaces that are common in say cell phones. I think it could be one box with voice and touch control with keyboard and mouse optional. How about an internal projector so that the screen can be projected onto another surface making monitors optional? If it is going to be worth it, It has to be not different but do things differently. Has anyone else had any thoughts? Doug K6JEY __ 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 for sale
Hi, I have a K3 for sale, serial# 82XX. In excellent condition;pictures upon request. Original owner and non-smoking home.Includes all of the original manuals and accessories. Alsocomes with the following upgrades/accessories:KPA3 100W power amp, KFL3A-250 250Hz 8 Pole filter,KFL3A-2.7kHz filter, KFL3A-6kHz 8 Pole filter,KSYN3A Synthesizer upgrade kit, KIO3BUPKT I/O upgrade,KXV3A RX Antenna, IF Out and transverter interface,KBPF3 General Coverage RX Module, KDVR3 DigitalVoice Recorder, NEOGRIP soft tuning knob ring.$1795 plus $35 shipping. Please contact n...@yahoo.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] Signals wild...signals caged
Wayne, Nicely put and so true.However as I remember the Novice bands were a zoo, General class operators avoided us.A CQ could go on for several minutes but it was a fun playpen.Wow staying up to 2 AM could yield a QSO in Oklahoma all the way from Virginia on 40M.That was a QSO you could brag about. My surplus TCS rig would not go onto 15M so real DX was pretty much out for the first two months of my Novice ticket, then the General Class exam was passed and what a difference. They were good days but the chirp is well left in the past. Yes we need to return to the true path of CW, FT8 is a drug and makes many of us lazy, mea maxima culpa. Thank you Wayne. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Thursday 28 January 2021 18:11 To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Signals wild...signals caged My son is an avid birdwatcher. As his understudy, I've learned the names of the birds that hang out in our yard and gather at local wetlands. On a recent walk we saw one of our favorites, an American kestrel, a small raptor that terrorizes lizards and mice in the foothills on both sides of the San Francisco Bay. The bird's coloration is a surprising mix of blue, brown, orange, yellow, and white, adorned with an array of black dots. Finding a kestrel in the wild is like stumbling upon a rare gem, lying on the ground. The bird reminded me that when I was a kid, I often hunted for gems of a different sort: DX. I was a novice, and in the early 1970s, novices were limited to working DX Of The First Kind. CW. Like brightly colored birds, each CW signal arriving from a distant land was unique. Several factors were involved. In those days most ops used bugs or straight keys, so each operator had an identifiable fist. Rigs were not as stable as they are now, yielding timbres with a motley mix of buzz, drift, and chirp. Add fading and noise to the mix, and you had no shortage of audible intrigue. In fact -- trust me on this one -- RST reports haven't always ended with a dependable "9." I once gave out an RST of 332. I'll never forget that poor soul's chaotic whoop, best described as a singular blend of yodel and kazoo. Over time I became something of a CW pathologist, keenly aware of each station's affliction, including my own. These variations were useful. You could tell who you'd already worked. If you were a regular on the novice bands, you'd even get to know fellow travelers by their frequencies, since many, like me, were "rock-bound" -- slaves to a handful of crystals. VFOs were starting to make an appearance in novice gear...but see "chirp," above. Now, in 2021, the chirp is gone. CW signals still have many distinguishing traits, though. These include speed, keying weight, the operator's affectations and favored prosigns, and direction-specific propagation anomalies. Here's where we stretch the central metaphor to just about max. If randomly occurring CW signals on our bands are creatures of the wild, then...are FT8 stations the occupants of an urban zoo? Don't get me wrong: It's a pleasant place, with free tram rides, open 24 hours a day. The diversity of species is unprecedented. But imagine, on a given day, that you've sampled the zoo's exotic offerings, memorized the brochure, bought the t-shirt, and partaken of the sumptuous snack bar. What next? Take a walk on the wild side. Yank the cord and jump off the tram at an unmarked stop. Hop the fence. Work your way down the unpaved trail from the upper mesa to the open savannah, then sit on the ten-foot wall and dangle your feet over the edge. Welcome to the ecosystem of beings who are free to roam. They may be camouflaged, blending into the background. And if you listen carefully, you'll hear a hundred variations on their timeless song...CQ. 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 turnb...@net1.ie __ 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] Subject: Waaay OT: A new kind of QRM to be aware of ... warning issued by FCC today
There was a case a while back where a ham had his license pulled because he was convicted of telecom fraud. IIRC, the FCC said it was evidence that he was unwilling to follow the rules. And I think it only came visible because he protested, or filed to get it reinstated. I suspect Phil can recall more details. It's been a while. 73, doug Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:07:51 -0800 From: Phil Kane To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Subject: Waaay OT: A new kind of QRM to be aware of ... warning issued by FCC today On 1/18/2021 6:10 AM, Steve Hall wrote: > During my hamming of over 50 years, the FCC has never felt it necessary to > threaten hams not to break the law, that is not until we have this new > administration coming into control. My concern is what they will define in > the future as criminal acts. That's because up to now it was unthinkable that licensed hams would use amateur radio in the commission of crimes. The law and the enforcement apparatus always was there, though, and was used without any publicity. We're going through violent times now and it's sad that such a notice had to be issued. Violators can't say that they weren't warned. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 (30 year veteran of FCC Field Enforcement) __ 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] Delivery of the K4
Hello Linda, Unfortunately your e-mail arrived with no content.Sometimes when I open email with my phone this seems to happen. Would you kindly resend it to me. I take it that it contains some information on K4 deliveries. Thank you for your help. 73 Doug Turnbull EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Linda M Sent: Thursday 7 January 2021 01:03 To: Eric Swartz ; Joe Subich, W4TV Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Delivery of the K4 __ 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 turnb...@net1.ie __ 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] Delivery of the K4
I understand many companies are leaving California. Hint, hint. Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength and technique. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Lorona Sent: January-05-21 7:47 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Delivery of the K4 If by 'most infectious' you mean highest number of cases per 100K residents in the last 7 days, that distinction goes to Arizona. If you mean most deaths per 100K in the last 7 days, CA isn't even close to Kansas in the top spot. But we Californians know what you meant, and thanks for the sympathy. Source: CDC COVID Data Tracker. Al W6LX On Tuesday, January 5, 2021, 03:54:54 PM PST, Paul Van Dyke wrote: Considering that California is now the most infectious state in the United States for Covid-19, I suspect the Eric and Wayne have their hands full just being alive, and making sure their, friends, family, employees are staying alive they have been through going through living h*** for over a year.. Paul - KB9AVO __ 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 alor...@sbcglobal.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 ve...@sasktel.net -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ 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] K4 Kit and CE
Dear OMs and YLs, Someone on this forum stated that if sold in kit form that the K4 did not need CE approval for sale in the EU. I am not sure this is true but hope so and of course then hope that the kit is coming out sooner rather than later. I have a deposit down for the second group of shipments and this would mean that I might actually see the K4 sooner. Once the K4D with superhet frontend is available, the new front end will be ordered plus a second K4D.I already have homes for my two K3 radios.Probably will also want another KPA 1500. So any word on CE approval process, whether it is required for kits sold into the EU and the availability of the kit version of the K4 is anxiously awaited. As and aside it would be nice if the next version of the KPA 1500 could be run efficiently at 400W.Contest power is generally 1500 Watts in EI but normal output power is limited to 400W. An Acom 2000A also in the shack may be the amp to use when operating under normal conditions. Having said this, the KPA is a beautiful amp and it is for that reason a second one is considered. Yes perhaps this is greed but at 76 there are not that many more sunspot cycles in store for me. I started like most of you with a surplus RGB II (forerunner of the HQ120) bought from summer job and baby siting.The first rig was an old borrowed TCS surplus radio before building a two 6146 rig from a QST article.What a great hobby radio is. 73 Doug EI2CN __ 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] Elecraft CS60 Travel Bag for KX2
For Sale: CS60 Large Travel Bag for KX2. New and unused.Will hold KX2 and spare battery as well as antenna and radials.Lots of extra space for other accessories. Well padded toprotect the KX2 and accessories. $25.00 plus shipping. n...@yahoo.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] Elecraft KXPD2 Keyer Paddle For Sale
For Sale: KXPD2 Keyer Paddle for KX2 or KX3 transceivers.Used and in very good condition. Attaches to the front ofeither transceiver with included captive screws.$75.00 shipped to lower 48 states. n...@yahoo.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] KX1 30/80 M Adapter For Sale
For Sale: New In Box KXB3080 30/80 Meter Adapter for the KX1.Never installed. Includes installation instructions. In original box.$79.00 shipped to lower 48. n...@yahoo.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] KPA-500 and KAT-500 For Sale
For Sale: KPA-500-K serial #29XX in excellent condition.original owner and non-smoking home.Amp is in good working condition. No scratches, scuffs or other cosmetic flaws.$1695 plus shipping and insurance. Also For Sale: KAT-500-F antenna tuner serial #19XX.In excellent condition cosmetically and electrically.$475.00 shipped to lower 48 states.Extra cost for shipping to other areas. n...@yahoo.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] KX3 - SSB Reception
I’m not confident I have a problem as my KX3 operates fine but it seems something has changed. I’m using headphones. I receive other ham’s transmissions, both SSB and CW, fine through the headphones. On CW I hear MY transmissions through the headset, but on SSB I do not hear MY transmissions through the headset. Adjustment of the “MON” knob control does adjust the volume on CW through the headset (nothing on SSB since I don’t hear it via the headset). Is this normal behavior - not receiving my SSB transmissions through the headset - or is there a setting/control I have not able to locate? Sent from my iPad __ 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 F.S.
Hi, I have a K3 for sale, serial # 82XX. In excellent condition; pictures upon request. Original owner and non-smoking home. Includes all of the original manuals and accessories. Also comes with the the follow upgrades/accessories: KPA3 100W power ampKFL3A-250 250Hz, 8 Pole FilterKFL3A-2.7K 2.7kHz (Standard Filter)KFL3A-6K 6kHz 8 Pole FilterKSYN3A Synthesizer Upgrade KitKIO3BUPKT Upgrade KitKXV3A RX Ant., IF Out and Xverter InterfaceKBPF3 General Coverage RX ModuleKDVR3 Digital Voice RecorderNEOGRIP Neoprene Soft Grip Ring (for tuning knob) $1895.00 plus $35.00 Shipping to lower 48.Will ship elsewhere for extra cost. n7qs@yahoo.comThanks! Doug - N7QS __ 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] KAT500 FS
For Sale: KAT500 tuner, serial# 198X. Original owner and non-smoking home. $475.00 shipped to lower 48. n...@yahoo.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] New KX2 - what am I doing wrong?
Have you only tried the AX1 or have you tried the BNC binding post with two wires connected to it? I've tested my KX2 by painter's taping the antenna wire to my ceiling and running the counterpoise along the floor. If that works, you know it's the AX1 and not the rig. CQ WW CW is this weekend, there will be people wall to wall on the bands, good time for testing. On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 2:57 PM Philip Cochran wrote: > I recently purchased a new KX2 with all the trimmings (AX1, AXE1, CW > paddles, binding posts, etc.). Unfortunately, I’m hearing nothing but > static. I had expected the KX2 to significantly exceed the receiving > quality of my inexpensive SWL receivers. > > > I am within 5 miles line of sight from some powerful AM stations. My > Midland emergency radio has no problem in picking up the local AM stations > - even the telescoping antenna fully retracted into the body of the > radio. My > KX2 cannot hear these stations. I cannot hear WWV on the KX2 (although my > $20 clock radios can synchronize to it). I cannot hear any FT8 signals. > Likewise, no CW. > > > Granted, I am only using the Elecraft AX1 whip and not an outdoor > antenna. But > the AX1 whip is considerably larger than the telescoping antenna on my > Midland even when extended. I’ve checked the RF GAIN (it’s at -0 db), the > AF GAIN knob is turned up, and PRE is showing near the middle of the > display. > > > Maybe I am a complete idiot and am doing something wrong. Or perhaps my > brand new KX2 was dead on arrival. Can anyone suggest next steps? > __ > 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 k1rd...@gmail.com -- --... ...-- Doug __ 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 for sale
Unfortunately, selling my almost new KX2. I bought it for SOTA but am no longer able to activate afield. It was used for only 2 activations. Includes - KX2 transceiver KXAT2-F tuner KXBT2 battery pack KXBC2 battery charger DL1 dummy load (with my own 3D printed case) QRPGuys 40m-10m UnUnTenna (never used) -- --... ...-- Doug K1RDD __ 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] FS New Elecraft W2 w/ Two 2 kW Sample Heads
FS is my last W2-A with two of the 2w to 2kW sampling heads. All unused. Documentation is on "E-on-line". No cables. Use your own choice of RG8, RG8x or RG-58. Price through Elecraft is $379 plus 179 plus your tax & shipping. Will sell total package for $395 plus $8 USPS to upper-48. You save approximately $240. QSL to purchase. Cheers, Doug W5JV __ 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] P3 Sold
Good day, the P3 that I offered for sale yesterday has been sold. 73, Doug N7QS __ 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] P3 For Sale price reduced
For Sale: P3 panadapter serial number 42XX. Factory built, excellent condition. No nicks, scrapes or scratches. Original owner, non-smoking home. $450.00 plus shipping. Pictures on request. Please contact Doug n...@aol.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] P3 F/S
For Sale: P3 Panadapter. Factory built; in excellent condition; original owner; non-smoking home. Serial #42XX. Includes all original accessories including Owner's Manual and all cables that came with the P3. Will ship to all 50 states and all Canadian provinces. $495.00 plus shipping. PayPal or US Postal money order OK. Please contact n...@aol.com. Thanks. __ 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: Now: shipboard callsigns, was: W vs K broadcast station callsigns,
>From the FCC ULS: KOHZ is assigned to The U. S. Coast Guard.Vessel Information:Ship name: Oliver Hazard Perry Ship number: 1257224 Licensed to: Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 3:34 PM Mike Morrow wrote: > > >You can have a licensed radiotelegraph station, OR > >you can have small boats with permanent radio installations. > >In 2014/5 I got OLIVER HAZARD PERRY the callsign KOHZ by citing that rule > >when > >we did our original application, and installed radios in our small boats. > > Interesting. There is currently no vessel of that name nor record of a > vessel with callsign KOHZ in the ITU maritime callsign database. > > https://www.itu.int/mmsapp/ShipStation/list > > Mike / KK5F __ 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: Now: shipboard callsigns, was: W vs K broadcast station callsigns,
It turns out there are TWO ways you can get a 4 letter call for a shipboard station- You can have a licensed radiotelegraph station, OR you can have small boats with permanent radio installations. In 2014/5 I got OLIVER HAZARD PERRY the callsign KOHZ by citing that rule when we did our original application, and installed radios in our small boats. And as lagniappe, when BOUNTY was foundering in late October of 2012, the master was licensed as KD4OHZ, and we used the Winlink station on board with his callsign to communicate with the USCG by email. I've always wondered if the former callsign was related to the latter. since both boats were in the same category as sailing school vessels, and someone at the FCC picked up on that. But probably not. 73, doug __ 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] K4 Panadaptor Settings
Did I miss it? Is there a gain setting for the db/division vertical scale or is it fixed? The P3 is variable. Doug K6JEY __ 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] FS New Elecraft W2 w/ 2 kW Sample Head
Re-posting this because I incorrectly described this the first time. For Sale is my Elecraft W2 Digital RF Power Meter with one sampling head rated for up to 2 Kw. The W2 can display zero to 2, 20, 200 or 2000 watts of outgoing RF power. The package includes the W2, the 2 kW Sampling head and the six foot CAT 5 or 6 (Elecraft P3/W2 Straight Through Patch cable) connecting cable. I did not use this so do not have and cannot supply any PL-259 cables for your K3 or K3S or whatever rig you are using. Take a minute to read E's website description: https://elecraft.com/collections/test-equipment/products/w2 The W2 today will cost $379 through their E store. I am selling for $329 so you save $50. If purchasing, please advise address, zip & contact number. Shipped via USPS for $10. Payment by simple check or money order preferred but you can add 4% for PAYPAL. Note: This email is NOT my PAYPAL account ID. I will send that to purchaser if required. Cheers, 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] FS New Elecraft W2-2000 -- CORRECTION
CORRECTION: This is a new Elecraft W2 with a SINGLE 2KW HF sample head & its CAT5 (or CAT6 cable). You supply the 12VDC Power and your tailored PL-259 cables. Sorry for the confusion. Doug w5jv Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. From: Doug Hensley Sent: Monday, September 28, 2020 9:18 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: FS New Elecraft W2-200 FS: W2 Wattmeter. - List $379.00. Sell $329. Includes the 2 - 200 Watt Inline Sensor. Both new, unused. Documentation on-line. https://elecraft.com/collections/test-equipment/products/w2 If purchasing, please advise address, zip & contact number. Payment by simple check or money order or add 4% for PAYPAL. This email is NOT my PAYPAL account ID. Will send that to purchaser. 73, Doug W5JV __ 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] FS New Elecraft W2-200
FS: W2 Wattmeter. - List $379.00. Sell $329. Includes the 2 - 200 Watt Inline Sensor. Both new, unused. Documentation on-line. https://elecraft.com/collections/test-equipment/products/w2 If purchasing, please advise address, zip & contact number. Payment by simple check or money order or add 4% for PAYPAL. This email is NOT my PAYPAL account ID. Will send that to purchaser. 73, Doug W5JV __ 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] New Elecraft KPOD is SOLD but my new W2-200 still on the block
KPOD is SOLD but one new W2-200 still available. If you work various QRP levels, the W2 with the 2 to 200 W sampler is very helpful. Cheers, Doug W5JV Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. From: Doug Hensley Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:58 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: FS New Elecraft KPOD and new W2-200, both factory built. FS: Two New Elecraft Accessories: one KPOD and and one W2-200 both factory built. These are factory items that are new & unused. Shipped as I received less paperwork. Manuals & firmware on the Elecraft site. Both for $585 plus postage or: W2 Wattmeter. - List $379.00. Sell $339. Includes the 2 - 200 Watt Inline Sensor. Both new, unused. (user supplies appropriate coaxial jumpers) https://elecraft.com/collections/test-equipment/products/w2 KPOD. - List $289.00. Sell $249. Unopened with factory cable set. https://elecraft.com/collections/k-pod-desktop-control-panel/products/k-pod-control-panel-for-the-k3s-k3 If purchasing, please advise address, zip & contact number. Payment by simple check or money order or add 4% for PAYPAL. This email is NOT my PAYPAL account ID. Will send that to purchaser. 73, Doug W5JV __ 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] FS New Elecraft KPOD and new W2-200, both factory built.
FS: Two New Elecraft Accessories: one KPOD and and one W2-200 both factory built. These are factory items that are new & unused. Shipped as I received less paperwork. Manuals & firmware on the Elecraft site. Both for $585 plus postage or: W2 Wattmeter. - List $379.00. Sell $339. Includes the 2 - 200 Watt Inline Sensor. Both new, unused. (user supplies appropriate coaxial jumpers) https://elecraft.com/collections/test-equipment/products/w2 KPOD. - List $289.00. Sell $249. Unopened with factory cable set. https://elecraft.com/collections/k-pod-desktop-control-panel/products/k-pod-control-panel-for-the-k3s-k3 If purchasing, please advise address, zip & contact number. Payment by simple check or money order or add 4% for PAYPAL. This email is NOT my PAYPAL account ID. Will send that to purchaser. 73, Doug W5JV __ 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] FS: Two Unused Elecraft Accessories: one KPOD and and one W2-200 both factory built.
FS: Two Unused Elecraft Accessories: one KPOD and and one W2-200 both factory built. These are mint factory builds that were unused. Shipped as I received less paperwork. Manuals & firmeware on the Elecraft site. First come, first served. W2 Wattmeter. - List $379.00. Sell $350 Includes the 2 - 200 Watt Inline Sensor. (no cables) https://elecraft.com/collections/test-equipment/products/w2 KPOD. - List $289.00. Sell $250 With unused factory cable set. https://elecraft.com/collections/k-pod-desktop-control-panel/products/k-pod-control-panel-for-the-k3s-k3 Insured & Tracked FedEx to Upper 48 ONLY $12.50 Payment by simple check, money order or bank draft. No PAYPAL. 73, Doug W5JV __ 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] Military use of Elecraft gear?
Maybe here- https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/08/10/us-marines-can-beat-the-chinese-navy-but-only-if-the-marines-can-stay-hidden/ 73, doug __ 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] Free shipping
Dear OMs and YLs, May I say that I agree with Richard.Free shipping while nice is not my concern but it would be reassuring for Elecraft to keep the many of us with large deposits better notified as to progress and delays.As I am in the EU, my shipment date will be longer by months than those of you in W land. We must have CE approval for shipment; this is essentially a EU wide check for safety purposes not too dissimilar to UL approval but perhaps more wide ranging. How much longer CE approval will take we have never been told that I can remember. My money stays with Elecraft.I am an Elecraft supporter and owner of many Elecraft products.When this K4 becomes available I may well order a second K4 plus second KPA 1500. It would sure be nice though to get a monthly update. It would also be interesting to have a more detailed specification sheet though I suppose this is being left to other labs to produce. Elecraft must though have these numbers. Maybe the good people in California want to make a big bang when the K4 does ship by blowing competition away. I am not about to ask for a refund of my deposit but I do pray that Elecraft is not another casualty of the Covid 19 virus. There is enough suffering and much more to come in commercial life. There are good people in the mother ship. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Richard Zalewski Sent: Friday 31 July 2020 16:26 To: Morgan Bailey Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Free shipping My two cents. We all wish the best for Elecraft. It has been horrible for them and all of us living with this cloud. Free shipping or whatever I don't really care at this point. What I find fault with is the lack of communication. How hard would it be to have a regular update on the progress of the K4 box and other products? Even if there is no new news just say so. I am sorry but the communication has been far less than desirable. When I look at the Elecraft "stories" the last update on the K4 was May of 2020. The last update on in the newsletter was July 2020 with virtually nothing on the K4. Please...as you can see from the emails...just tell us what is going on. 99.9% of us are very understanding. Richard *W7ZR* ex:5C5Z, CN2ZR, K2JSP, W6SBZ, W7KXR, K9ZIJ, W9KNF, W0KDF, W0MQU, J68ZR, KC6ZR, PJ4/W7ZR, KH2,W7ZR, KH6/W7ZR, V31ZR, VK4AAZ, XE2DV *Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer* On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 9:08 AM Morgan Bailey wrote: > Same here Paul. It is not their fault that COVID screwed their pooch. > I want them to stay in business. > > 73, > Morgan NJ8M > > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 10:54 AM Paul Gacek via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > > Maybe but I have to imagine that the recent past has been rough and > > tough for Elecraft on many fronts. > > > > I for one will be thrilled just to receive my K4 and happy to pay > > the > list > > price and whatever is the market shipping rate. > > > > Paul > > W6PNG/M0SNA > > www.nomadic.blog > > > > > > > > > On Jul 31, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Joseph Trombino, Jr > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Howdy Gang. > > > > > > For all those Elecrafters who have plunked down kilo-bucks for the > first > > K4’s coming off the line (when—grin?), let’s all ask Elecraft to > > reward > out > > good faith by providing free shipping on said K4’s. > > > > > > Certainly would be a nice gesture, not sure about it being a good > > business practice though (grin). > > > > > > Looking forward to receiving my K4, hopefully before my 76th > > > birthday > in > > September!! > > > > > > All the best to Elecraft in these trying times in getting a > > > product to > > market. > > > > > > Getting ready to put my Flex 6600M up for sale (grin). > > > > > > Stay healthy and enjoy. > > > > > > 73, Joe W2KJ > > > I QRP, therefore I am > > > __ > > > 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 > > > w6...@yahoo.com > > > > __ >
[Elecraft] KX3 Filter Question
Hi, I have a KX3 that I like very much. I put in the filter modification. Does anyone have any specifications on how much the filter helps the receiver- like before and after? Thanks, Doug K6JEY __ 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
