[Elecraft] help with improving transmit eq
Hi all, I have a newly acquired slightly used K3. Feedback on my voice audio quality is that it sounds tinny with no low or mid range. Unfortunately, the K3 manual really doesn't provide much guidance on how to adjust the transmit EQ other than the mechanics of what buttons to push. If I need to increase the low and mid, does this mean I should increase the values of the first half of the 8 settings and decrease the second half..or something similar? It's been a while since I've dealt with audio equalizers. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks, Steve KG6HJU __ 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 slightly off frequency
A few of us in Fremont, CA have a weekly 10 meter net. I have a friend with a K3 who always sounds off frequency. When I use my K3, I've been told that I am off frequency. There are a couple of KX3 users who don't seem to have a problem. When I use my Kenwood TS-590 I seem to be on frequency. Is the K3 known, in general, for being slightly off frequency? Thanks, Steve KG6HJU __ 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 & Heil HM-10 Dual
Hi all, I setup a K3, that my godfather is borrowing, while his Kenwood is off the air. I reviewed the webpage on the Heil Sound website here: https://heilsound.com/heil-amateur-radio/support/dsp-settings/all-things-elecraft/ Unfortunately, the page refers to the mic with regard to the front panel setting, but does not specifically refer to the mic model with respect to the mic gain and mic bias settings. I sent an email to Heil Sound suggesting that the missing detail be added for this particular mic. But thought I'd ask here, in case anyone knew the answer. I deduced that the setting should be Front Panel, Low, No Bias, but am not 100% sure about that! Here's the strange part about this story. I did have a QSO with a station in North Dakota after setting up the rig, so we knew all was working. We shut off the rig and I left for home. Later in the evening, my godfather turned the K3 on and tried to transmit, but noticed that he wasn't getting any moving bars with the transmit audio. I walked him through putting the K3 into test mode, turning down the mic gain, and then turning up the mic gain while he was transmitting to find the optimum level, but we couldn't get the meter to show any response to the audio. I did the same procedure on my own K3 to make sure I was talking him through the right steps and it worked fine on mine. He did try a Heil headset with the same results. I plan to try and get up to visit again this weekend and bring a hand mic with me to try and make sure that it is definitely the K3 and not the mic. So unless I'm missing something obvious, it seems like there is an issue with the K3 itself. Unfortunately, Elecraft support couldn't go beyond the same tests that I did last night. Does anyone have any suggestions short of shipping to, or dropping off the rig, at Elecraft for a thorough test? Thanks, Steve KG6HJU __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 & Heil HM-10 Dual
OK. And the bias setting? Thanks, Steve From: Don Wilhelm To: Steve Wilson ; "Elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & Heil HM-10 Dual Steve, Heil is giving out erroneous information. The low output Heil microphones require setting the K3 mic gain range to HIGH. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/17/2017 11:14 PM, Steve Wilson via Elecraft wrote: > Hi all, > I setup a K3, that my godfather is borrowing, while his Kenwood is off the > air. I reviewed the webpage on the Heil Sound website here: > https://heilsound.com/heil-amateur-radio/support/dsp-settings/all-things-elecraft/ > Unfortunately, the page refers to the mic with regard to the front panel > setting, but does not specifically refer to the mic model with respect to the > mic gain and mic bias settings. I sent an email to Heil Sound suggesting that > the missing detail be added for this particular mic. But thought I'd ask > here, in case anyone knew the answer. I deduced that the setting should be > Front Panel, Low, No Bias, but am not 100% sure about that! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 & Heil HM-10 Dual
I may have misread the Heil webpage. Heil responded and told me to read the K3 manual. Ummm...I was. I just thought the Heil page would help clarify things. It did not, IMHO, and Elecraft couldn't help either. It would help if people, such as Heil, understood that we aren't all mic experts! This scenario kind of reminds me of the old days of supporting leased data lines when Pac Bell was responsible for the ends and AT&T in the middle. LOL! Thanks, Steve From: Don Wilhelm To: Steve Wilson ; "Elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & Heil HM-10 Dual Steve, Heil is giving out erroneous information. The low output Heil microphones require setting the K3 mic gain range to HIGH. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/17/2017 11:14 PM, Steve Wilson via Elecraft wrote: > Hi all, > I setup a K3, that my godfather is borrowing, while his Kenwood is off the > air. I reviewed the webpage on the Heil Sound website here: > https://heilsound.com/heil-amateur-radio/support/dsp-settings/all-things-elecraft/ > Unfortunately, the page refers to the mic with regard to the front panel > setting, but does not specifically refer to the mic model with respect to the > mic gain and mic bias settings. I sent an email to Heil Sound suggesting that > the missing detail be added for this particular mic. But thought I'd ask > here, in case anyone knew the answer. I deduced that the setting should be > Front Panel, Low, No Bias, but am not 100% sure about that! __ 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] "Hot" setup for Field Day with op headset, logger headphones, and speakers
Hi all, With Field Day behind us, and since our club runs mostly K3's, I thought I'd ask if anyone had suggestions for the best way to configure the K3, use adapters, audio distribution box of some sort, etc., to allow for a headset for the operator, headphones for the logger, and speakers for the "gallery" to hear. Thanks, Steve KO6L __ 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 KAT500/KPA500 setup and utility software problems
Hi there, I'm assisting my godfather with setting up a new KAT500 & KPA500 to add to his K3/P3. Issues I am having: 1) KAT500 makes quite a racket whenever keying up. It seems to settle down, but as soon as I speak, it freaks out again. He has two antennas...a hex beam on ant 1 and a G5RV on ant 2. The KAT500 seems to behave the same on both. 2) He is running Norton on his PC. Norton allowed me to download the KAT500 utility, but not the KPA500 utility. It automatically deletes it. What's up with that? Thanks for any assistance. I tried to contact Elecraft support, but I guess I was too close to closing. Thanks, Steve KO6L __ 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] My K3 just wasn't working right today
I've had the K3 and P3 for a while. Bought them used from a SK estate. I've always felt that it hasn't quite worked 100%. I've followed the manual and Fred Cady's book about adjusting audio, gain, etc. Today for the DX contest, I just couldn't make consistent contacts, but I made some. Whenever I couldn't get a contact that I felt I should, I switched over to my Kenwood TS-590S on the same antenna, and made the contact. I'm not sure where to start troubleshooting this other than dropping off to Elecraft to have them check it. Any suggestions? Thanks, Steve K6WW __ 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] Beware of the speaker magnet on the KX2
The other day I turned on my newly acquired KX2 (thanks Santa!) and found that the audio had a horrible buzzing noise. I started to assume the worst, but I didn't have time to troubleshoot it. This morning, I turned on the rig and observed the buzzing again. I turned the rig over and started to laugh! A used staple was caught in the speaker grill. Once I removed the staple, the audio was perfect. This incident reminded me of my old BlackBerry. One day a paper clip was stuck to it. I had no idea how magnetic it was! Bottom line...be careful of any loose, metal objects that may be under your KX2! :-) Steve KG6HJU __ 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] searching for K3 Manual with hyperlinked pages in the Table of Contents
Frankly I'm surprised, but the K3 manual available online doesn't have hyperlinks for the page numbers in the TOC. Is there a version available somewhere with hyperlinked page numbers? Usually this is caused by not saving the PDF with the correct options. If there isn't one, then I encourage Elecraft support to consider creating one. Thanks, Steve K6WW __ 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
