Re: [Elecraft] Firmware download
Am 02.01.23 um 22:19 schrieb Bill Lederer: I'm using the "Elecraft K3 Utility v1.19.9.6". Clicking on the "Copy New FIles from Elecraft" checks which files I have, and says "One or more required files from Elecraft Server." I visited the Elecraft page listing the firmware, and my directory has all that are shown on the web. Is there some step that I am missing? After downloading the files to your PC, you may want to click on "Send All New Firmware to K3". This should install it to your rig. Please ensure, you saved your config BEFOREHAND! Happy new year and hope this helps Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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] KX2 on Commercial Airplane
Hi all, Am 26.06.22 um 23:38 schrieb Michael Parsons: I fly constantly and have been taking my KX2 with me every single time for the last year. I also currently carry an IC-705 with its battery and two additional Bioenno 4.5ah batteries all as carryons. I fly around 50 times a year and never have been stopped or searched other than the general X-ray machine as per usual flying TSA requirements. It’s just fine to take that with you as a carry on. I can fully agree and confirm this! My daughter studies in Tel Aviv and everytime I am going to visit here, I take my KX2 with me. Even with El Al there is no issue at all to take it on board as carry on. The ONLY issue I have... my backpack used as carry-on contains the KX2, a X230 Laptop, a Kindle and my D300 (incl. 16-85mm lens)... this needs to be unpacked before and packed again after the x-ray machine... and it is quite heavy ;-) Mike (K0FYR) Ham-Solo 73 es 55 de Thorsten (DH4FT) __ 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] Internet / cell phones
Agree, this is really brilliant *lol* Am 11.01.22 um 01:21 schrieb j...@kk9a.com: Brilliant, Jim! Jim Clymer ws6x wrote: Anyone else see the irony here? "Sent from my iPhone"!!! Jim - WS6X On Mon, Jan 10, 2022, 10:18 AM Vincent Diak wrote: We all should spend less time on our cell phone's and the internet. Then we would not be wondering why our hobby is fading away . When there were no cell phones and internet to communicate we had cw - ham radio and land line. The internet has taken these away. Good or bad? We now carry the world in our pocket . Next will be chip programmed to communicate without cell phones and the internet 666 just like the Bible says. 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 tfri...@web.de __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4D Owner Manual
Hi Sam, Am 30.12.21 um 06:45 schrieb Sam Sargent via Elecraft: I have ordered a K4D transceiver and would like to read the "Owner Manual". I printed the "Introduction to the Elecraft K4" and have read it. However, I hope that there is a more comprehensive manual available. I have looked at the manual embedded in the K4 but have not tied to print it since the black background chews up lots of toner. If anyone can suggest a source where I can find a PDF of an Operator manual for the K4D I will be grateful. Thanks in advance. 73 All. N1OVA Sam. did you check at the Elecraft page directly (https://elecraft.com/pages/manuals-downloads)? There is a dropdown for "K4 Manuals" -> "K4 High Performance Direct Sampling SDR Manuals and Other Materials" and the 4th entry should be the manual you're looking for as PDF. Hope that helps es vy 73 de Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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] KX2 to a handlebar mount
Hi Mike, Am 30.06.21 um 07:32 schrieb MIKE ZANE: I'm trying to find a "handlebar mount" to mount a KX2 on my Segway Ninebot S MAX. The "handlebar" on the S Max is not a straight bar, but a round donut type of handle. All of the Cell phone handlebar mounts will not work with the KX2. Any one with any ideas out there? Thanks, Mike n6zw Would the Side KX KX2-Mount (https://gemsproducts.com/product/kx2-mount/)be a solution? You can add i.e. any RAM Mount parts to fit it to whatever you want. Hope this helps Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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] Gurus, Giving Up & Group Therapy
Am 10.06.21 um 19:24 schrieb Joseph Shuman via Elecraft: Humor on this Board is sometimes misunderstood. Oh well… That would really be a BIG issue, I hope this is not really true! My 3 rules: 1. If my $100.00 built from scratch and spare parts radio successfully communicates with your state of the art shack, my hobby has succeeded. 2. Everybody has an opinion and all of them are correct, but mine is more correct for me than yours. 3. There is very little on this board about the KX2 so it must be the closest to perfect radio out there Elecraft has designed. That is why I own one. *lol* For info about the KX2 you might check the "Elecraft-KX" distro, but even there... not much to say. As a KX2 user myself I can only fully agree to your point 3, though I have to admit, that my "new" K3 (sn 33xx) is also a very nice toy and I am slowly getting used to it. Is the true spirit of the “Elmer” part of your hobby? I wouldn't be where I am without my fellow OMs that are guiding and leading me to success... still a way to go, but... that's part of the game, isn't it? Keeping Watch- shu Joe Shuman, NZ8P As said, fully agree with you Thossi, DH4FT __ 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-3 does not turn on.
Hi Antonio, Am 05.06.21 um 16:23 schrieb Antonio Madeira: > Greetings, this is my first approach to the qth.net. > > My K-3, assembled from the factory, quite a few years ago, shows the very > first failure, > it does not turn on. Voltage at the power socket is 13.5VDC. > > Where shall I look? Check, that you did not swap + and - of the power cable! Unfortunately this happened once to me and this way I "desoldered" D11 and almost desoldered D12 off of the KPA3 (luckily both diodes survived this treatment and the K3 worked after putting them back in place again) What happens if you remove the KPA3, does the K3 power on then? > Vy 73 > Antonio - CU8AS Sorry that's all I could contribute here Vy 73 es 55 Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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 K3/P3 last-time order
Sounds good! Am 20.04.21 um 12:13 schrieb Geert Jan de Groot: I received a mail from Elecraft sales pointing to https://elecraft.com/pages/k3-k3s-options This is the next step for the last-time K3/P3 order - order what you want now or forget it! ... but first I will have to get a K3/K3S to know what is missing/needed for my purposes :-( 73 de Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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 Pricing Posted
Am 01.10.20 um 12:31 schrieb Kurt Pawlikowski: Lou, Forgive my ignorance: What's a K4/10-F? (I assume that "F" indicates "Factory Assembled"). k WB9FMC ... Based on the naming convention up to now I would say it is a factory assembled K4 with 10W... a QRP K4 ;-) Or it is a typo BR Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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: Other Radios
Am 02.07.20 um 03:34 schrieb Wayne Burdick: ... - includes a built-in mic and keyer paddle A built-in keyer paddle? I must have overseen that in the handbook... Ok, I am learning CW with a Palm micro paddle, but a built in one, how/where can this be found? ... ...and perhaps most important: - the KX2, like the KX3, has a built-in wide range ATU that will match anything from barbed wire fences to lightly salted snow. "... lightly salted snow..." THANKS, that just made my day! And just to confirm, I am sure, that the KX2 ATU will really do this! SOTA and POTA and casual users alike have told us that these are the factors that matter most in a portable rig. Those who also need VHF/UHF capability typically carry an inexpensive dual-band HT for that purpose. Disclaimer: IMHO. YMMV. 73.5, Wayne N6KR Thanks Thossi DH4FT __ 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: Looking for Wilderness Radio "SST" transceiver manual
Wayne Am 02.06.20 um 19:17 schrieb Wayne Burdick: Yeah, I know...I wrote the manual, so you'd think I'd have a copy lying around :) But all I have is the Word files, which are now too old to be read on any computer I own. You may want to install Libre Office on any of your computers, open the Word files with that and safe it as PDF ;-) Libre Office is available for Linux and Windowsand I think, also for Macs ;-) 73 and good luck de DH4FT, Thorsten __ 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 vs. KN
Am 30.03.20 um 09:29 schrieb Bob DeHaney: > Perhaps some German slipped in? Komm = K = Come, Komm Nur = KN = Come Only. > That is (almost) correct - K = Kommen => come - KN = Kommen nur => Come only (one single station) > > Vy 73 from a Social Distancing 80 yr old. Iâm finishing all those little Ham Projects that were lying dormant on the bench. > Unfortunately I can (have) to do home office, so not really time, to train to copy all the cw letters. Maybe I do have to be on the air to train this... > > Stay Healthy de Bob DJ0RD/WU5T > Same to you and good luck with finishing all the dormant projects Vy 73 de Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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] KX2 ... Any KX2 users on this list?
Am 31.01.20 um 02:35 schrieb Bill Johnson: You won't hear much about a fantastic radio. I have used lots of QRP radios and the KX2 beats the crap out of all, including the other Elecraft QRP radios for size and true portability. It is my best ever go to portable. Now if Wayne could shrink it more? Maybe NOT shrinking more, but adding 2m to it? IF at all something is missing on the KX2, then I would think it is 2m. Nevertheless, carrying my Anytone 878 with me in addition is not too much, even though there is still no possibility to do 2m SSB or (if I ever make it) CW. Have a great day! Bill 73 de DH4FT, Thorsten __ 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] KX2 ... Any KX2 users on this list?
Hello Gordon, this is another KX2 user ;-) I bought mine last year and did not really use it regularly so far, just a bit listening on the bands, but that should change very soon. Today a fellow OM (also owner of a KX2) helped me to configure WSJT-X and I had my first FT8 QSO with my KX2. But my main use will be SSB... until I manage to be good enough in CW to be on air. 73 DH4FT, Thorsten Am 30.01.20 um 04:05 schrieb Charles G. Saunders: Hi all, Just curious, I haven't seen much of anything on the KX2's here. My first Elecraft rig and really having a good time learning. 73, KW4CZ Gordon __ 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] Can I use an XV144 Transverter with my KX2?
Thanks Don! This sounds good and I'll head for the XV144 then ;-) 73 es HNY Thorsten, DH4FT Am 26.12.19 um 18:56 schrieb Don Wilhelm: Thorsten, The XV144 will work with the KX2 - it needs only the KEYOUT signal from Ring 2 of the ACC jack (or the the RCA jack on the KX2 to KXPA100) and coax from the KX2 ANT jack. Set the XV144 up as shown for a Non-Elecraft transverter with a single coax input as shown in the XV144 Owners manual. 73 and HNY, Don W3FPR On 12/26/2019 12:05 PM, Thorsten Fricke wrote: Merry Christmas everyone, hope you have received some nice presents ;-) Maybe a silly question, but I didn't find anything in the manual and would like to be on the safe side. I may be able to purchase a used XV144 Transverter and would be interested in using it with my KX2 (only in my shack at home). There needs to be some dip switch settings done before using the Transverter, but as the manual is only mentioning the K2 and K3, I am not sure on whether using K3 settings are appropriate or whether I need to use another setting (and which one). __ 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] Can I use an XV144 Transverter with my KX2?
Merry Christmas everyone, hope you have received some nice presents ;-) Maybe a silly question, but I didn't find anything in the manual and would like to be on the safe side. I may be able to purchase a used XV144 Transverter and would be interested in using it with my KX2 (only in my shack at home). There needs to be some dip switch settings done before using the Transverter, but as the manual is only mentioning the K2 and K3, I am not sure on whether using K3 settings are appropriate or whether I need to use another setting (and which one). Thanks for any advice on this, so I can decide on whether I'll buy the XV144 or not. 73 and a happy new year Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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] Linux KX3 memory editor
Hi Wayne, Am 17.12.19 um 21:44 schrieb Wayne Chandler: I recently bought KX3 shack in a pack, very happy I did. I use Linux and CQRLOG. I don't use Windows or Wine, no exceptions. I'm looking for software to read, edit, save frequency memories using Linux only. No Windows or Wine. Any recommendations? Can't this be done with the KX3 Utility from Elecraft directly? At least for my KX2 there is a native Linux version available for download. As I realized yesterday, even for 64bit. Thanks, Wayne Kind regards and 73 Thorsten, DH4FT __ 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] KX4 Features ??
As an owner of a KX2... IF there is something needed at all, then yes, it would be the 70cm/2M option. So far, the KX2 and any Anytone 878 do the job in combination. Just my 2 cents Thossi, DH4FT Am 21.08.19 um 02:56 schrieb Bill Frantz: The part of operating the KX3 I like the least is switching between SSB and digital. I have to change the mic and headphones out and connect the sound card. On my K3, I just change the mode switch. Having an internal sound card would probably eliminate this hassle. I like the KX2 form factor. For this kind of radio, small is good. It would be nice to support all the bands the KX3 supports -- 160, 6, and 2 meters. 160M support could be through a small external box, since pedestrian mobile on 160 doesn't seem likely. For ARES/RACES use, 70 cm would be needed. 73 Bill AE6JV __ 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] I give up.....where’s the Elecraft booth at friedrichshaffen?
To add, when coming into the hall, it should be almost at the opposite end on the right site, right beside the booth of "DL QRP AG" Am 21.06.19 um 11:47 schrieb Thorsten Fricke: Hi Paul, it should be: Hall/Stand No. A1-980 https://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.com/information/list-of-exhibitors/exhibitors-2019/detail/aussteller/277053347654684899/ Hope this helps Thorsten Am 21.06.19 um 10:19 schrieb Paul Gacek via Elecraft: Walking around the main hall and no obvious sign of Elecraft. Paul W6PNG __ 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 tfri...@web.de __ 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 tfri...@web.de __ 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] I give up.....where’s the Elecraft booth at friedrichshaffen?
Hi Paul, it should be: Hall/Stand No. A1-980 https://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.com/information/list-of-exhibitors/exhibitors-2019/detail/aussteller/277053347654684899/ Hope this helps Thorsten Am 21.06.19 um 10:19 schrieb Paul Gacek via Elecraft: Walking around the main hall and no obvious sign of Elecraft. Paul W6PNG __ 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 tfri...@web.de __ 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] Left hand rotary encoder failure on KX3
Richard, as you're in UK, you may also try to contact QRP Project in Berlin, Germany. They're doing the official Elecraft support for Europe and it might be quicker than sending the TRX to US Hope this helps 73 Thorsten, DH4FT Am 13.06.19 um 14:45 schrieb Don Wilhelm: Richard, I suggest you contact supp...@elecraft.com for that information and possible resolution. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/13/2019 3:07 AM, Richard Corfield wrote: Serial number is 8383, if that helps place the manufacturing date and therefore whether it's part of a batch with a known issue? - Richard __ 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 tfri...@web.de __ 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
