Re: [Elecraft] Attitude??

[Rick Braun]

Attitude shmattitude:  I wish propagation was better.  

Rick KE7VXP  
K3 SN 2869
  - Original Message - 
  From: Randy Downs 
  To: jferg...@aol.com ; 
Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 5:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Attitude??


  That's OK Jeff. It's just a hobby. Some people take it way to
  seriously, just like it was not a hobby. That's OK too. We can't all
  be rocket scientists. I actually talk to people on ham radio about my
  other hobbies. And about life in general. I think that helps us
  understand people and cultures more. Who knows, maybe we will grow
  enough to allow our love to grow more than our anger and our egos. Now
  that would make ham radio worth something! My dad used to say before
  he passed on that he walked uphill 10 miles to school every day, both
  ways! Hard to believe.  Enjoy the hobby. That's all that it is.
  Randy
  K8RDD

  On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:26 PM,  mailto:jferg...@aol.com>> 
wrote:
  >
  > Well, gosh. I thought all this was about people like me.
  >
  > 3 years ago I decided we wanted email on our boat while in the islands.
  > To me this meant HAM. Getting the equipment, setting up the boat, trying to
  > learn the stuff and the 5 wpm looked pretty daunting from the outside.
  > What if we spent the $2k ++ and it didn’t work, or I couldn’t pass the test?
  >
  >
  > Enter Elecraft and the K2 – I read the QST review. So I started to study.
  > After 6 months I was pretty sure I could pass the written – but not the
  > code. I bought HAM University for the code and after a year took tech, gen,
  > and code on one day and passed.
  >
  > I bought the kits to build k2/100 and kat100 with the nb, ssb, and kaf2.
  > I built the noise blanker first because it had a torroid and I’d been
  > assured that winding them was awful. It went ok so I built the rest of the
  > stuff and IT WORKED although there was some chimping with the marine-vhf
  > microphone I’d modified to use with it.
  >
  > The hardest thing to resolve was how to do the antenna and rf grounding on
  > the boat. If you haven’t looked, you wouldn’t believe the nonsense on
  > this subject that is available on the web. I picked the system that seemed
  > easiest and whose recommendation was most literate (and funny) of the many I
  > found. I lucked out. It too worked. Then I found out what a Pactor cost
  > and decided to forget about the email.
  >
  > A year later I took the Extra and passed. So now I’m one of those
  > ignorant Extras that seem to aggravate some of you. But then I spent my 
career as
  > an architect. You know, someone who knows next to nothing about a whole
  > lot of things.
  >
  > Remember, for some of us, this stuff is neither obvious nor easy. Please
  > be charitable.
  >
  > BTW, I hope my on-the-air clumsiness hasn’t set too many of you on your
  > heels.
  >
  > John Ferguson AI4TO (If you think i got it by memorizing, boy are you
  > wrong. I can't remember the way home) M/V Arcadian
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
  > Sieve,
  >
  >> Browbeating the ignorant for their ignorance, either as a class
  >> or as specific individuals does nothing to advance ham radio,
  >> and a good deal to retard it.
  >
  > This "attitude" is not a matter of browbeating the ignorant for
  > their ignorance. It may be browbeating the self entitled for
  > their attitude of entitlement and their unwillingness to make
  > any effort to improve their skills and knowledge.
  >
  > There are too many amateurs who believe that they do not need
  > to do anything for themselves ... that memorizing the answers
  > to a few questions entitles them to demand that others do the
  > thinking for them and answer every question, no matter how
  > basic or in appropriate. These same "entitled extras" seem
  > to feel it is up to manufacturers to build equipment that
  > operates as these inexperienced amateurs WANT it to operate
  > rather than the way experience nictitates things work in the
  > real world.
  >
  > Rather than understand that a license is a starting point,
  > an opportunity to start learning, the "entitled extras" seem
  > to think a license entitles them to all the benefits, knowledge
  > and experience of all those who have preceded them without any
  > effort on their own part. It is much like so many children in
  > high school and university today ... they expect the teachers
  > and professors to "teach" them but fail to understand that they
  > have a duty to listen and learn.
  >
  > 73,
  >
  > ... Joe, W4TV
  >
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[Elecraft] K3 144mhz power

[Rick Braun]

Is the 144 mhz module limited to 10 watts, even in a K3/100?  

R.H. Braun
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Re: [Elecraft] 897 vs K3

[Rick Braun]

I own both and all responses are correct.  I tend to take the 897 travelling 
because it seems indestructible and it would kill me to damage or lose my K3.  
The 897 is a very good radio, the K3 is an exceptional radio.  I originally 
bought the 897 thinking I would use the internal battery feature in remote 
locations, but it turns out to be of questionable value.  With internal 
batteries the 897 weighs about 12-13 pounds, definitely not backpacking 
material.  And with internal batteries you are limited to 20 watts output.  OK, 
so if you don't use if for backpacking, you car camp, and can carry a regular 
UPS 60-90 amp/hour battery.  The K3 also works just fine with a car battery and 
may be able to tolerate a lower voltage.  So it's a toss up on portability.  If 
you must make a choice, my recommendation, just one man's opinion, would be to 
save your dough, wait, and buy the K3/10, you'll never look back; unless, as 
Mr. Wilburn said, you intend to mostly ragchew on 2m/70cm repeate
 rs.  

Rick Braun
KE7VXP
K3 #2869
  - Original Message - 
  From: David Wilburn<mailto:dave.wilb...@verizon.net> 
  To: Elecraft Discussion List<mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> 
  Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 897 vs K3


  A lot depends on what is important to you, and what you want to do 
  with the rig.

  If you are contesting, its a no brainer.  The K3 receiver performance 
  when surrounded by strong signals, is unmatched.

  If you want to hunt DX, and dig out weak signals.  I would go with the K3.

  If you like to operate CW, and you want a rig that one of the best in 
  that mode, then the K3 is the way to go.

  If you are going to rag chew with your friends and talk on local 
  repeaters, the 897D is a good rig.

  If you need a rig with all the bands and modes of the 897D, then the 
  K3 is not a useful choice.

  If you like to listen to foreign broadcasts, outside the ham bands, 
  then the K3 will require addition features to be able to receive those 
  frequencies.

  Dave Wilburn
  NM4M

  Ben Ramler wrote:
  > Evening Group,
  > 
  > Well here's a dilemma. do I get an 897D or do I dive in and get a 
K3 to start with than upgrade it from there. The thing that sticks out is that 
K3 is light years ahead of the 897D. However I would have to get brand new 
because the asking used price is such that no one is willing to work with me on.
  > 
  > thoughts?
  > 
  > 73,
  > 
  > Ben
  > 
  > 
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[Elecraft] K3-Signalink USB connection question

[Rick Braun]

There must be a simple answer to this question, I am having a brain fade. The 
SignaLink for the K3 comes with an 8 pin mic connector for front panel 
connection between the radio and the SignaLink.  However, there is no receive 
audio at the front panel mic connector, right?  Thus, no waterfall.   If so, 
how do you get receive audio from the radio to the SignaLink?  Thanks for any 
help.

Rick Braun
K3 #2869
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[Elecraft] Signalink connection

[Rick Braun]

Thanks everyone!  Much appreciated advice.  I too have an M-Audio 2496 in the 
computer but want to keep it independent so I can listen to internet radio 
while I beat the keyboard on PSK.  

Again, thanks to all.

Rick
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[Elecraft] Using NR tip

[Rick Braun]

I have been generally frustrated with the NR and stopped using it.  Then, 
playing around I turned off the effects, AFX and tried NR in vanilla mono.  It 
works much better.  My ignorant theory is that AFX and NR together is more 
processing than the audio can take and lots of content is lost.  Without AFX 
the NR is very effective.  You might like it.

Rick Braun
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K3 #2869
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 Undo/Back Button..?

[Rick Braun]

Seems an easy thing to do with programs like HRD etc.  
  - Original Message - 
  From: Wes Stewart 
  To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net ; IIIEdward 
Dickinson 
  Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Undo/Back Button..?


  Boy, that's a good idea, even if it's only one step back.

  Wes N7WS

  --- On Sat, 10/24/09, Edward Dickinson, III 
mailto:softb...@windstream.net>> wrote:

  From: Edward Dickinson, III 
mailto:softb...@windstream.net>>
  Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Undo/Back Button..?
  To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
  Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 6:17 PM

  I wonder if the K3 knows it's own state at a given moment and can (could be
  programmed to) remember it after a change of state. Is it possible to
  create a stack with the last 8/16/32 changes to the state of the K3? 

  If so, a Button function for Undo/Back/Go Back could be useful. 

  TAP to Undo the last [Frequency Change/Band Change/Mode Change/Setting,
  etc.]. ...another TAP to Undo the previous change, etc. ...HOLD to redo.


  Best regards,

  Dick - KA5KKT

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[Elecraft] The 1500 watt amp

[Rick Braun]

I was heartened to see Wayne’s response to this rumor.  It seems inceivable 
that Elecraft would offer such a product, much less one designed by someone 
else.   Big amps are about being loud, busting pileups,  .  When receivers were 
less sensitive and sophisticated, e.g. digital filters, digital noise 
reduction, etc., you needed power to get in the front ends of DX receivers.  We 
don’t need that power anymore except to contest, i.e. blow out the ops with 
less power.  To me this don’t seem like the Elecraft ethic.  They aren’t QRP 
snobs, and they seem to value skill, intelligence, and cunning, rather than 
brute power.   Whole big amp thing struck me as odd.  

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[Elecraft] K3 Utility with Windows 10

[Rick Braun]

I downloaded the latest K3 utility onto my Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10.  My 
K3 is serial 2869, with RS232 to USB adapter cable.  I downloaded the driver 
indicated on the Elecraft site.  Problem: I cannot, for the life of me, get the 
radio to connect to the computer.  Could this be a 32 bit versus 64 bit 
compatibility issue?  Any ideas or suggestions?  By the way, the KX3 utility 
works fine on this computer.  I’m baffled and ready to kick the cat.

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