[Elecraft] FS - KPA 100 Kit
Bought new from Elecraft at Dayton two years ago and the box has never been unsealed. My original requirement for this component never materialized; item now surplus. $325 USD PLUS shipping anywhere. Reply off-line plse. Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] ON4UN has a K3?
I have been noting with great interest the comments about which way to rotate the WIDTH control to narrow the filters. Logic may tell you that clockwise should be wider, but some other instinctive force greater than that always wants me to turn it clockwise to go narrow. Everyone up here who uses my K3 says the same thing. At first I thought this was maybe just a Canuck thing and I was too embarrassed to speak about it. Then I wondered if it was my advancing age, and I didn't want to talk about that either. Today, however, I am comforted to know that I/we are not alone. Now if Wayne would only reprogram the rig so that VOX would default to OFF on shut-down, I wouldn't have to concern myself about trying to remember to turn VOX off myself so that the rig does not actually transmit during the booting of the attached computer and again when the logging program starts on next turn-on of the rig. 73, Gary, VE1RGB, K3 #095 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ON4UN has a K3? The only one I had trouble with was the WIDTH control. For some reason I kept expecting the filter b/w to become narrower as I turned it clockwise... Same here. That's the only knob that I consistently turn the wrong way. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] ON4UN has a K3?
- Original Message - From: Vic K2VCO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gary Bartlett VE1RGB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ON4UN has a K3? (Snip) But the point I want to make is that if this is a change for you, you will get used to it. It is not something that will always be a problem. There is a finite amount of work that Wayne and Lyle can do in a finite time. I would much rather have them spend their time on issues that will always be problems (until they are fixed) (snip). Hi, Vic: Just to be clear, my observation was neither a complaint nor a request for a change. I've already grown used to the way the radio works in respect to adjusting filter width. I was more interested in speculating (out loud) as to why many of us are so instintively inclined to want to turn the control in a direction that, on this radio, is the wrong way. What in our individual backgrounds has conditioned some of our brains to want us to take a knob and turn it in the up/louder/bigger direction expecting a small/narrower result? Now back to watching the Simpsons. Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 Circuit Board Traces
Here's a question for experienced ex-K2 types who have done Elecraft-approved mods involving replacement of SMTs on the main circuit board of the K3: Can I expect working with the K3 boards to be similar to working with the K2 circuit boards so far as lifting or damage to traces are concerned? Or are the traces smaller/lighter/thinner/more fragile on the K3 than on the K2 and accordingly require much greater caution? I've watched a good training video for working with SMTs but my concern is with the board and not with the process. Even after nearly 48 years of kit-building including two all-up K2/100s, I'm still intimidated by the thought of those danged SMTs and can't decide whether or not I want to take 'em on. 73, Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] re K3 shut down due to static
Thanks for that one, Fern. I have the same problem with static discharges on #095 and I was going to try the same fix. I'm glad to know that it will work. Elecraft is aware of this problem, by the way, and in fact I think even Wayne was involved. There must be paint on the inside of the front panel in the area of the VFO A shaft on your rig and mine, but I''m certainly not going to try to take mine apart to verify my theory! It took me more than a day to determine just why my rig would shut done for no apparent reason, but it turns out that plastic wheels on a plastic floor covering on a dry day in winter is a powerful source of unwanted energy, at least to a K3. I don't have much else going on at the moment to fret about, so I think I'll now worry for a while about what potential long-term damage I may have done to some critical chip buried in the bowels on the radio as the result of repeated electro-static shocks of sufficient consequence as to shut the radio down. Or, maybe not. ;-) 73 Gary, VE1RGB Fern Rivard wrote: A while back, I had a problem where sometimes my K3 would shut down and immediately power back on when I would attempt to touch the main vfo knob. I had installed the encoder properly by inserting a star type of washer on both sides of the front panel to provide a good ground. However, I suspected that it was likely a poor ground of the VFO A encoder but I didn't really want to remove the front panel from the rig (to do the ground on the back side of the front panel) as I had quite a time to install the front panel on there to start with. So, I removed the PTO A knob, nut and washers and carefully removed just enough paint around the hole where the encoder was mounted so that the star type of washer would bite into bare metal to ascertain that I had a good ground but being very careful as to not scratch the front panel so it would be good idea to use a bit of masking tape just in case one slips. Now, I haven't a problem since so I suspect that this is what the problem was with a poor or none existent ground to the A PTO encoder. Jus thought that I'd pass this one just in case somebody else experiences the same problem. Now what I would do if putting a new K3 together is to remove enough paint on the back side of the front panel around the holes of both the A PTO and B PTO encoders (I never did have the problem when touch the B encoder). Cheers from Fern VE7GZ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: UPS Rates - Editorial Comment
Let's all hope that the Elecraft Order Page is wrong re shipping costs for the CW Mod Kit: USPS to Canada for Priority is $20 and for Express is close to $30, the only options we have. I've asked Elecraft to hold this item and ship it with the KRX3 when it hits the street. Gary, VE1RGB Bob wrote: You would be hard pressed to beat the USPS today. The Priority Mail flat rate service is the way to go. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 CW rise time mod - Definition
I would like to see someone please take this discussion one step further and define the terms hard keying and soft keying, and describe how either an operator or someone listening would be able to discriminate between the two. My rig is #095 and I frequently contest in the 30-34 WPM range. How would I know if I'm guilty, if guilty is the right word, of soft keying?! Is this an issue only for those who are keying external amplifiers? 73, Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW rise time mod - Definition
Terms such as tightening up key shaping and soft keying and hard keying are neither used nor defined in the latest issue of the Handbook. Worse, the latest handbook Figure 9.8 states that on-off transitions of the RF envelope should follow a sine-wave curve, so I don't quite know what to make of DSP-generated raised-cosine key shaping. As to Goodman and Garmmer, I wouldn't be able to identify what is accurate and should be believed and what is inaccurate and should be ignored, so I don't think I'll go looking for those references. And no, Paul, I'm not trying to be a smart-ass here. I'm just a simpleton trying to decode the language used by people who know about such things. Pointing me to the Handbook -- which I should have had sense enough to do on my own -- did help in that it reminded me that key clicks and bandwidth are the issues associated with rise times and curve shapes, which is what I was really looking for, and Figure 9.9, if I study it long enough, may point me to a decision as to whether or not I want to modify ole #95.Either that, or wait for Al, VE1AWP, up the street with his FT1000 to complain about my signal when we both try to contest on the same band at the same time! Great radio and lots of good people around to help us understand it. Thanks, Paul. Gary, VE1RGB Paul Christensen wrote: I would like to see someone please take this discussion one step further and define the terms hard keying and soft keying, and describe how either an operator or someone listening would be able to discriminate between the two. Gary, this topic has been covered in great detail in nearly every ARRL Handbook for at least the last fifty years -- as well as other publications. Some of the most relevant material is covered in articles during the '40s and '50s by By Goodman and George Garmmer. Not all of the material pertaining to optimum key-shaping is accurate, but otherwise, the content is still accurate. Many of us do not like to be held hostage to one rise/fall setting as a one size fits all answer to our operating practices. With DSP-generated raised-cosine key shaping, it's now possible to tighten up key shaping at high CW speeds without appreciably consuming additional bandwidth. Paul, W9AC ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW rise time mod - Definition
My questions about rise times, etc, was really really intended to help me make a decision as to whether or not I wanted to incorporate the modification that started this discussion off. Your comments in the last paragraph make all kinds of sense and so off to the Elecraft Order Page I go. Thanks, Ron. Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: (snip)... Wayne plans to offer the ability to change the keying characteristic with a menu setting. If so, the values he provides will assume all K3s have the same hardware characteristics. If you don't have the recommended value for C222, the results you get with various menu settings might be quite different than expected. Ron AC7AC ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Securing PowerPoles
A small drop of hot-melt glue at the hole works well too, and peels off if one has to disassemble. Gary, VE1RGB Neal Enault wrote: Being inherently cheap, I try to avoid buying commercial solutions. Mated PowerPole connectors can be secured by passing a skinny tie wrap, or a piece of hookup wire through the holes that are created when two blocks are dovetailed together. It's a little awkward to describe this technically, because in aerospace parlance, a mated connector consists of two connector halves. I'm not sure how to describe PowerPoles when each connector half consists of two pieces. hi hi When terminating small gauge wires in PowerPoles, strain relief is always a concern. Simply pass a piece of hookup wire through the hole and take both ends back alongside the wires entering the PowerPoles. Add a few turns of electrical tape and secure with a tie wrap. 72, Neal WA6OCP K3/10/305 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3/100 #137 has arrived in Toronto Canada
Hi, Tony: Congrats on your new rig! You will be very pleased, I am sure. For the record, I think the marking of Elecraft boxes for shipment to Canada has been sorted out. The same thing happened to me and I followed up with Lisa after I got mine out of Canada Customs. The most recent package I got from Aptos did have the requisite Amateur Radio text on there, and no problem this time. Elecraft is aware of the problem and has fixed it, best I can tell. 73, Gary, VE1RGB - Original Message - From: Tony Fegan VE3QF [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: Lisa Jones - Elecraft Sales [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:33 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3/100 #137 has arrived in Toronto Canada Factory assembled K3/100 was ordered 1 May 2007. Received 21 Dec in Toronto Canada. It was shipped 19 Dec by UPS Worldwide Express and was held up in customs for a few hours and thus missed its scheduled delivery (20 Dec). It seems that this customs officer had assumed that VE3QF was a business and that there should be some duty charged. I explained to UPS (the broker) that it was a shipment to a private person and the contents consisted of Amateur radio equipment. I also quoted a customs tariff number (8527.39.10.00). That may be an old number but in the end the K3 was cleared. I did not see any reference to Amateur radio equipment or any customs declaration form on the box. This could have been removed by customs but usually a copy is kept with the shipment. I unfortunately don't have much experience with customs clearance. I would suggest that the call-sign be put after the name and not on a separate line. For Canada the key words are Amateur radio equipment. This means duty free. The radio was double boxed and arrived in perfect condition. First impression is very positive and definitely worth the wait. I had good reports on our 10M net. My thanks to the Elecraft team. Merry Christmas and a successful New Year. 73 Tony Fegan VE3QF ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 and DX4WIN Rig Keying Procedure
If you are like me and think that the only difference between COMM Port and, say, Ripple, is that the former product is marketed to a better class of drunk, then you probably need some hand-holding when getting logging programs to perform the function of keying rigs in some predictable, repeatable fashion. With that standard in mind, here's one way of getting DX4WIN V7.03.16 to work with the K3 with the FW as of this date, at least on my ACER Aspire 3500 Laptop, for anyone who is thinking of running that program. No doubt better procedures exist but they didn't surface when I did an enquiry on here a couple of weeks ago. Lots of smarts on N1MM, though. Use it at your own risk, but I don't think you can hurt anything. http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jhsmith/myweb4/Enabling%20DX4WIN%20Rig%20Keying%20on%20the%20Elecraft%20K3%20Rev%20A.htm 73 Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Fw: VE1RGB Re: Lost K#/100 TX with latest FW!!!
Here is some useful info if you should see ERR TXF show up after you download 1.48/1.45. - Original Message - From: Gary Surrency [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gary Bartlett VE1RGB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:33 PM Subject: VE1RGB Re: Lost TX with latest FW!!! Hi Gary, Just go back into the filter menus and be sure everything is set to the correct filter. See pages 43-44. The last f/w upgrade set defaults for the filters which may not agree with how you have installed the filters in your K3. Be sure and do all modes for FLTX to a filter such as 2.7 or 2.8kHz - whichever one your K3 has. You might want to redo the TX gain calibration again too, on pages 46- 47 of the K3 Owner's manual. If not done, also do the REF CAL setup, using Method #2 as Method #3 is not implement yet if you have the 1ppm TXCO. Hope this gets it going! :-) -- 73, Gary AB7MY = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elecraft Technical Support Gary Bartlett VE1RGB wrote: I have just downloaded 1.48/1.45 and every attempt to transmit CW on any band leads to ERR TXF. Help!! Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] On a more technical note.....
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are there any add ons that would be better ordered with a radio at the time of initial construction? Mike: Order the PA with the rig if you can. It requires the installation of a metal shield that, to retrofit, requires a bit of disassembly. As the Ref C instructions are currently written, allowance is made for you to put that shield in on the first go-around (although you do not install the 100W amp at that time) and that will save you a bunch of work later. #095 is a dream and worth every minute of the wait. 73, Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3/100 + DX4WIN N1MM
All functions of K3/100 #095 work flawlessly (within the rig's current limitations) and the radio now communicates with a laptop for FW updates. Now for rig control. Has anyone out there made their K3 work with DX4WIN and/or N1MM that could either provide the setup parameters, or at least point me in the direction to find same? If no answer here, then I'll go to the logging programs sites. Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 DX4WIN
OK, here's the DX4WIN answer (and thanks to Vic, K2VCO, for alerting me to the K3 Config setting for baud rate. The radio is so new to me that I didn't know about that menu option): For DX4WIN, select Kenwood TS-850-9 (Kenwood + S meter) and match baud rates on the rig and in the logging program. 9600 works. Gosh, this is exciting (doesn't take much, in my case) 73, Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3/100 + DX4WIN N1MM
Thanks Don -- and all others. I got a metric tonne of answers to my question, direct and on the Reflector, and it is very gratifying to see that the spirit of helpful support from the Elecraft community is still very much alive and well! Regarding DX4WIN, just for the info of others who may be interested, my recollection is that the K2 had been on an earlier version of that software but it seems to have disappeared from Version 7.03.16. However, as noted here earlier, if one selects the Kenwood TS-850 from the Radio Type menu, it runs fine at 9600 baud. Maybe at other speeds too; I've yet to try them. As for N1MM, I will likely enable rig keying but generally I don't use it for fear that I will grow to like it too much and thereafter lose my fist. Rig control will be my priority for contesting software. 73, Gary, VE1RGB - Original Message - From: Don Nesbitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Vic K2VCO' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Gary Bartlett VE1RGB' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:35 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3/100 + DX4WIN N1MM You know Gary, I have not done a very good job of covered all the bases here - sorry 'bout that! In order to avoid the scenario that I painted below, you could take a number of steps. For instance, in N1MM config, don't set RTS=PTT instead set RTS=Always Off, and at the same time, don't put a check in the Radio PTT via Command block. Then, the N1MM function keys will not cause the K3 to generate RF to the air UNLESS you have selected VOX on the K3 itself. The function keys will key the K3 so you can hear your messages but no RF will go out. If you've selected VOX on the K3, then the function keys will happily key RF to the ether and so will your paddle - embarrassing moment saved! Or, you could set the K3 Config menu item PTT_KEY to OFF-dtr and then RF would only go out if the K3 VOX was not set unless the N1MM Config was set so that the Radio PTT via Command box was checked. Nuff said! You get the idea and I'll bet there are a lot of folks reading this that are saying enough already or worse! More info off list if needed. 73 -- Don -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Nesbitt SNIP Yep - this is true - not only that, but be aware if you are using DTR/RTS to send code from N1MM (I presume other software as well) that even if you have NOT turned VOX to the ON position on the K3, the DTR/RTS keying in conjunction with ENABLING the PTT control in N1MM Config, will put your RF into the ether when N1MM Function keys are used! Nice - but - read on: Then, when you reach for your paddle to send a correction nothing will make it to the air UNLESS you have enabled VOX on the K3! You will wonder why the other station keeps asking and finally gives up! Been there, done that and have the T-shirt! 73 -- Don SNIP Don Nesbitt wrote: Set: 4800, N, 8, 1, DTR = CW, RTS = PTT, Radio/VFO nr =1, Radio PTT Delay = 30, Radio PTT via command block checked If you decide to use DTR/RTS, be aware that your computer may raise these lines during bootup. So if you are in CW mode when you boot your computer, you may unexpectedly transmit a dash or two. SNIP ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] KPA3 100 Watt PA - Spade Lug Crimping
A caution for K3/100 kit builders: The female spade lug fell off one of the gray wires coming from the main PA board on my KPA3 100-watt amplifier module because of what appears to have been an inadequate crimp. Suggest you check for a physically good termination on those two wires before you install that module. The symptoms were an occasional 12V ERR warning and the inability to select any power above 12 watts even with the PA enabled. When I opened up the transceiver to inspect it, the wire was detached from the lug. I haven't repaired it yet, but I suspect the 100W PA will work when I do. This has been reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Fw: [Elecraft] KPA3 100 Watt PA - Spade Lug Crimping
- Original Message - From: Gary Bartlett VE1RGB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA3 100 Watt PA - Spade Lug Crimping I just finished soldering that lug on and that cured my problem. Of course one has to solder the Anderson power pole connector lugs too, so I suppose technically, it isn't a no-solder kit on those grounds alone (minor technicality!). What a wonderful piece of work, though, this K3/100. Just listening to the purity of the sidetone during the TX gain calibration process is music to my ears, so to speak. Now on to see if I can master the firmware download and upgrade process. Forecast here today is for 30 CM of snow, so it's good I have something interesting to do inside. 73, Gary, VE1RGB - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gary Bartlett VE1RGB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:29 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA3 100 Watt PA - Spade Lug Crimping Ah, so , it isn't a NO SOLDER KIT after all :-) Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI. - Original Message - From: Gary Bartlett VE1RGB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:53 AM Subject: [Elecraft] KPA3 100 Watt PA - Spade Lug Crimping A caution for K3/100 kit builders: The female spade lug fell off one of the gray wires coming from the main PA board on my KPA3 100-watt amplifier module because of what appears to have been an inadequate crimp. Suggest you check for a physically good termination on those two wires before you install that module. The symptoms were an occasional 12V ERR warning and the inability to select any power above 12 watts even with the PA enabled. When I opened up the transceiver to inspect it, the wire was detached from the lug. I haven't repaired it yet, but I suspect the 100W PA will work when I do. This has been reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Fw: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Support on the Weekends?
- Original Message - From: Gary Bartlett VE1RGB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Ferrington, M0XDF [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Support on the Weekends? Sorry to add to the confusion, but #095 was ordered as a K3/100, and it did come with the PA jumper block installed. Looks like we have some program start-up configuration issues. Gary, VE1RGB - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Support on the Weekends? Sorry, I should have replied earlier on this - I think I remember Ron (wrote assembly manuals) or someone else from Elecraft saying that the jumper would not be included in the kit if you ordered a K3/100. On 1/12/07 21:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: My RF board is missing the PA Jumper Block. Any other K3 builders have this problem? Is it safe to proceed with assembly? -- Not all those that wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist and philologist (1892-1973) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 Display LCD - Cover?
Can someone who has assembled their K3 please tell me if there is some sort of protective film over the LCD display that is supposed to be peeled off before installation? I see nothing in the instructions and I'm reluctant to start prying around. Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Display LCD - Cover?
Tnx, Joe. I seem to remember from my K2s that there was such a film, but looking under a magnifying glass it the K3 LCD, I see no evidence of any protective material. And of course the absence of any instructions to that effect should be a clue! Only problem I have encountered so far was inserting the chassis ground thumbscrew through the back panel into the mating connector on the RF board. I had to loosen the rear lower screw on the left -hand side panel temporarily to get that thumbwheel in without cross-threading, and even at that it's a very tight fit when you re-do the side panel screw. The suggestion to use that technique was removed from the instructions by Errata B8 of Rev B1 of the Assembly Manual, and I have sent a note to Elecraft suggesting they put it back in. Cross-threading of the chassis ground screw in the RF board would seem to be rather bad news and to be avoided. 73, Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Your K3 and Canada Customs
Just to ease the minds of others up here in the land of ice and snow, and to save unnecessary traffic with Elecraft, I have exchanged a number of emails with Lisa on our collective behalves regarding the proper completion of their Customs Declaration Form such that it should preclude any further experiences such as mine. Namely, the dreaded Form B4 and the threat to throw the radio out in 30 days if you don't fill it in. Canada Customs may still open the box and inspect the contents I guess, but I do not believe they will assume in the future that it is commercial and unnecessarily delay its shipping progress. I think all will now be well. 73, Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3/100 #095 Kit
Kit K3/100 #095 is now here in Halifax, for those who are tracking this kind of info. Almost certainly the first in NS, maybe in all of the Maritime Provinces. This is a fully-loaded unit (second RX to come) that was ordered on 30 Apr, shipped from Elecraft circa 20 November, then captured and held for ransom by Canada Border Services Agency (not Elecraft's fault) who thought I was some kind of commercial outfit and sent me the most intimidating and difficult-to-read piece of paper [Form B3-(04) - two copies, please] that I can remember in all my 63 years. That cost me a week or so delay while I sorted out the bureaucracy. Now, with trembling hands, on to the kit inventory... 73 Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Tracking
Same here, for the next invoice in sequence #47445. Gary, VE1RGB - Original Message - From: Corboy-Poteet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] Tracking For whatever it's worth, I received an email from Elecraft on Wednesday asking me to verify my K3 order. The email stated that the unit would ship in 7 to 10 days. My K3 order was for a kit version, order placed on 30 April, half pay, Invoice 47444. Mike W5FTD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Well done, Kevin! Congrats from QNI #1. 73, Gary, VE1RGB, K2/100 #2519 ( K2/100 #3223 K3/100 # TBD) - Original Message - From: Ron Polityka [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: .Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - Original Message - From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Ron, QNI #4000! I never thought it would last this long. Until next week 73, Kevin. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] N1MM/AGC Pumping
Hi, folks: I believe this has been pointed out before, but just for the record, I too am experiencing AGC pumping with my K2/100 when running N1MM contest logging software. It's not a problem with the DX4WIN general logging program. When conditions are busy, it's not noticeable. Late at night, however, when the bands are relatively quiet, it becomes quite evident. A fix for it would be nice, but I rate it as a minor nuisance rather than a show-stopper. My K2/100 is integrated with those two programs and a new laptop, without serial ports, using a K1EL WinKey and serial-to-USB adapters (the latter being a whole 'nuther story unto themselves). Sounds simple doesn't it, but it has taken me two months and the assistance of half the amateur radio population of NA to deal with the issues that I confronted when I tried to venture into this area of technology which was entirely new to me. 73, Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/100 Integration with Computer
Hi, folks: I've finally decided to hook up my two K2s to a Laptop running N1MM contest logging software. The laptop is new, I'm not yet very familiar with N1MM, nor am I exactly sure how one interconnects the rig to the computer. Is there anyone out there who has done that who could contact me off-line and be prepared to do some hand-holding while I go through the process? 73, Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3
I have a K3 on order. Made by Logikey. Gary, VE1RGB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
