Re: [Elecraft] Problem with N1MM+ ansd My K3 in ARRL RTTY Test
This sounds like a setup issue in N1MM+. You will probably get better help on their email group. n1mmloggerp...@yahoogroups.com Under configurer check the mode settings and make sure rtty is set to rtty. On 1/9/2017 1:26 PM, Nathern Priddy via Elecraft wrote: Did anyone else have the problem I had using MMTTY in N1MM+ with my K3 in the ARRL RTTY Contest? I was operating in the assisted mode. Whenever I clicked on a new spot in the N1MM+ bandspread window, the mode switched from FSK D to USB. I had to push the mode button twice to get back to FSK D mode each time I clicked on a new spot. I temporarily switched to DXLab Suite and used MMTTY together with Commander and Spot Collector. With that software setup, I could click on a new RTTY spot in Spot Collector, and the K3 stayed in FSK D mode. When I switched back to N1MM+, I had the origninal problem for the rest of the contest. It was a real drag having to reset the mode to FSK D every time I selected a new call sign to work. Any thoughts? Barry Priddy - K5VIP __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] KXPA-100 weight
Does anyone know what these weigh? G0DVJ just bought a KX3 and we will be using it at V3M during the ARRL DX CW contest. Would anyone care to let us borrow one! HI! W0MU __ 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] KXPA-100 weight
Thanks. It looks much heavier than it is! W0MU On 1/15/2017 2:56 PM, David Davis wrote: Just weight mine and it appears to come in at 5lb 12.25 oz. with the antenna tuner Enjoy David K0MTI Sent from my iPhone On Jan 15, 2017, at 14:40, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: Does anyone know what these weigh? G0DVJ just bought a KX3 and we will be using it at V3M during the ARRL DX CW contest. Would anyone care to let us borrow one! HI! W0MU __ 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 kg6...@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 arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Source for K3 weighted knobs
I found two sources 73CNC.com and a LZ2 site. Neither one seem to ever have stock. Are there any other sources? W0MU __ 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] Source for K3 weighted knobs
Thank all for the info on the knobs. I have ordered the Neogrip to give them a try first. W0MU On 1/17/2017 3:53 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: For those who have the K3 and want to upgrade the knob, the only thing you need to order is the Neoprene Soft Grip Ring - p/n NEOGRIP The underlying knob is the same as used on the K3S. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/17/2017 4:51 PM, lmarion wrote: Ditto that, the K3s/KPOD knobs are deluxe! __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] K3/P3/expert 1.3KA
I have the Palstar manual tuner and it is a beast! AT4K I think it can tune a bed spring. On 1/19/2017 3:20 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On Thu,1/19/2017 1:59 PM, Jerry Muller via Elecraft wrote: I am looking for a Antenna Tuner. I have selected a Palstar HF Auto. Why an automatic tuner? The amp has an auto-tuner, and the two are unlikely to play well together. Instead, I'd look at a good manual tuner like the Ten Tec 238. I've owned several of them and find them to be good performers. So did ARRL Labs when they tested them many years ago. Ten Tec has been sold a couple of times and new 238s are probably no longer available, but used 238s are usually available on the used market. Best bet are the B and C models, which have a vernier readout for the inductor, as opposed to a dial cord in the older models. Expect to pay about $400 for the B or C, $300-350 for the older units. The 229 is electrically and mechanically the same as the older 238s, but in a cabinet that matches older Ten Tec rigs. To use this tuner in your station, set the SPE to bypass mode, tune it for the bands where you operate and log the settings. Then put the SPE tuner back in line in auto mode and let the auto tuner do its thing to cover the band(s) as you QSY. 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 w...@w0mu.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] 90 ' of 1/2" Andrew Heliax FSJ4-50B and 2 F4PNM new in box connectors FOR SALE
Learn how to use the delete key. So many list cops. Just hit delete and move on. How many extra posts were from all the list cops and the debate about it? 50x more than the one post? Yeah I just added on. Use the delete key. W0MU On 1/28/2017 10:21 AM, Kevin wrote: Doesn't matter whether you agree or not. Those are the posted rules. The moderator, Eric,one of the owners of Elecraft, has said in the past exactly what Ron just said. So those are the rules. Don't like it, that's a you problem. On 1/27/2017 8:50 PM, Raymond Benny wrote: Ron, I do not agree. Elecraft reflector should be about Elecraft products. Just like my Toyota Tundra reflector, only Tundra products and happenings are discussed. If the moderator allows anything, I maybe asking for receipts for chocolate cookies to eat so that I can have a snack while operating my K3... My 2 cents, Ray, N6VR __ 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 through TSA Security ?
I took my K3 and KPA-500 to J6 in 2011 carry on. No issues. Just be prepared for them to take you aside and check it out. I was stopped a few times and other time waved on by. I did talk to one of the TSA guys and he said that I should have been stopped each and every time because of what the stuff looked like under the xray. They swabbed the rig and amp for explosives. No big deal. Just keep your ham license handy. Mike W0MU On 3/10/2014 9:49 AM, Phil Hystad wrote: Has anyone taken a KX3 through TSA security with carry-on luggage? Are there any issues? Domestic flight only in this case (WA <--> AZ). Thanks, 73, phil, K7PEH __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] SO2R thoughts
I have two K3's. One decked out with all the bells and whistles and the other one is pretty basic. Having two exact rigs is helpful especially when tired. The KX3 also sounds like a fun option. TS590 pretty good bang for the bucks. I like to support small business and made in America when possible. Hard not to support the Elecraft gang! Mike W0MU On 3/27/2014 8:25 PM, Stephen Bloom wrote: Hey all: I've been the owner of a K3, KAT500, and KPA500, and a Microham MK2R+ for about 9 months now. Love em all. The one additional thing I wanted was a Legal Limit amp (I'm a fairly active contester). Bought an Expert 2K-FA and just put that online. So far so good. The one clear downside to the 2K-FA is ...that it is loud (actually quieter than most High Power amps but still loud). With that said ...and given the fact that the Expert Amp SO2R isn't really SO2R (second antenna is rx only) ...I'm going to pair a second rig with the KPA500 and use it as a backup contest rig and as main for non contest Qs where I don't need the extra 3DB. Right now the second rig is a Kenwood TS2000 ...which isn't really a contest or DX quality transceiver. The three options I'm mulling over are .. 1) another K3 ...Upside: SO2R is most intuitive with identical xcvrs, plays well with KPA500/KAT500, identical cabling ...Downside: Expensive, It's more fun to have different rigs to play with, and like others, I find the K3 can be kind of "harsh" to listen to for many hours. 2) Kenwood TS590 ...Upside: Biggest bang for the buck (IMO) contest capable xcvr, Good audio ..Downside: Looks like it has a weird audio codec (meaning not the standard Kenwood). I see that N1MM works with it ...but I wonder about other software plus the MK2R+. 3) KX3+KXPA100(+existing KAT/KPA500) ..Upside: The KX3 really intrigues me. In a perfect world ...the Second Rig would be one I could easily take portable. The Sherwood reviews seem to indicate that the KX3 rcv performance is comparable to the K3, and I'm a real fan of Elecraft in general. Downside: Clearly there is no technical reason one couldn't chain all this together, but I wonder if anyone actually has done it, and if there were any configuration issues Any input would be appreciated. Thanks and 73 Steve KL7SB __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] About Rose of Elecraft Cases and Covers
Get well soon Rose! Out thoughts are with you! Mike W0MU On 3/27/2014 11:21 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: I've just brought Rose home from an unexpected hospital stay and she'll be recuperating for a few weeks. She -will- continue to sew and fill case and cover orders, but at a slower pace for awhile. Needless to say, she won't be at the Visalia DX Convention, and SeaPac is "iffy" ... we'll see. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP (Rose's OM) elecraftcov...@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 w...@w0mu.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] Rotten Signals
I like the CQ messages with a different voice that comes back to you. Usually the CQ message from a certain area is really bad sounding but the real ops sound much better. Sadly I believe many intentionally distort their audio to make their signals wider. Mike W0MU On 4/9/2014 11:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 4/9/2014 6:56 PM, Milverton M. Swire wrote: all the over active ALC, sprinkled with copious amount of Compression and marinated with an excessive amount of mic gain on any given contest weekend? I put about 24 hours into WPX SSB a week or so ago, and the number of AWFUL signals nearly outnumbered the number of clean ones. At least two dozen times, I had to tell callers their audio was so bad that I couldn't copy them. In every case, mic gain was turned up FAR, FAR too high, and so was compression. There were dozens of stations calling CQ with audio so bad that I couldn't copy their calls, let alone try to make an exchange. This is PURELY a matter of STUPIDITY on the part of the operator (and perhaps an unsportsmanly intent to produce splatter to keep other stations away from their sidebands), and there's no excuse for it. Most modern rigs have a monitor function lets the operator listen to his transmitted audio, and I'd bet that many of those who sound the worst have another rig that the COULD use to listen to their own RF signal. 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 w...@w0mu.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] K3 & M/M Contest stations
Sounds like something for the list... This would be a handy feature! Mike W0MU On 4/14/2014 10:59 PM, Ed Muns wrote: K3 configurations are not transferable to other K3s. Some of the configuration parameters are specific to the K3, like the gain calibration and VCO parameters. Accordingly, the K3 Utility only allows configurations to be restored to the same serial number K3 that they were saved from. This is a good thing. It would be nice if the radio non-specific configuration parameters were transferrable but that feature currently is not available. Ed W0YK Phil, W7OX wrote: I'm not sure. My recollection is that someone posted a few weeks ago that he has two K3s and could not load the config file save from one into his other one. I don't plan to be in a position to try that myself On 4/14/14, 8:48 PM, Chester Alderman wrote: I think you can use the K3 Utility to save the K3 configuration, rename it with your own call sign then save it, copy it to a flash card, and restore that configuration on a different K3 from its K3 Utility. I don't know if anyone has tried this, but saving and restoring the K3 configuration is contained in the K3 Utility. __ 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 w...@w0mu.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: Used PR-6
Used 6m Pre-Amp. Hardly used. $125.00 includes Priority Mailing Con US. Will consider shipping internationally. Please contact me direct not through the list. W0MU-Mike w...@w0mu.com -- Mike W0MU __ 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] KAT 500
Just got my kit today. SN 1234 Pretty cool I might be missing a couple of the tiny split washers. They can easily get stuck in the envelopes with the so239's. A bag of their own might be better if this has been an issue. There were two in my spare parts bag so I think I am ok. No big deal, just providing feedback. I got 4 extra black screws in one package with one of the So239's. I will probably start the build tomorrow. Pretty simple compared to the K3. -- Mike W0MU __ 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 or K3 oddity
On 6m I notice a noise source just above or to the right of my vfo frequency. The noise moves with the vfo. The peak is almost S2. It traces an nice blue line. Anyone know what this might be? I don't see this on any other band. -- Mike W0MU __ 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 or K3 oddity
The peak is about 2khz away. Mike W0MU On 4/18/2014 5:15 PM, Jim Brown wrote: Mike and Johnny, In CW mode, set the P3 for the narrowest Span (2 kHz), then use the cursor to find the difference in frequency between the VFO and the spurious signal. That will be the clue as to its source. 73, Jim K9YC On 6m I notice a noise source just above or to the right of my vfo frequency. __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] K3 - second receiver for split ?
Check the K3 manual there are some good button programs included like up 2 up 5 and cleanup which will take you out of split. Mike W0MU On 4/18/2014 8:01 PM, Martin Kratoska wrote: I use a macro based on ZL2IFB's suggestions: RT0;XT0;FR0;DV0;BW0040;SWT13;SWT13;UP4;SB1;BW0100;MN111;MP002;MN255; It is assigned to PF1 (RIT button), you can do the job with K3 utils. It copies the actual frequency to VFO B, moves the VFO 1 UP, sets on the corresponding filters. Now you listen the DX on your KRX3 while the main RX/TX is on the calling frequency. You can use QSK/QRQ while operating split. I operate almost exclusively CW. For SSB you should modify the filter bandwidth and the UP shift (up 5 probably...). 73, Martin, OK1RR Dne 18.4.2014 16:46, Jim Miller napsal(a): I had just noticed those lines but didn't think they were necessarily the transmit freq as I was in CW and the line wasn't at 600 as I would have expected. Figured it was new for something but did not further research them at the time. I had my width wide to see the pileup and with it in the middle, no help. I am new at split. Can I run split using my second receiver for the transmit freq?? Then narrow the receive width on the transmit frequency vfo so the line would be where it belongs??? Thanks, 73, Jim KG0KP -Original Message- From: Jim Rogers [mailto:jim.w4...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 6:33 AM To: Jim Miller Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Transmit signal monitor display on my P3 - show location when split It does. VFO A is the green line and VFO B is the cyan line, If you are on SSB it also shows the pass band as either upper or lower sideband by which side of the marker it is on. CW will be centered in the pass band. 73s JIm, W4ATK On 4/18/2014 6:15 AM, Jim Miller wrote: I want my signal to show me on my P3 where I am transmitting split. 73, Jim KG0KP __ 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 jim.w4...@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 mar...@ok1rr.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 w...@w0mu.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] David Cole & "stuff"
Are you in split mode by chance with the NR issue? I also have no clue how you get an NA while in SSB. Mike W0MU On 4/19/2014 9:08 PM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: 1. When in transmit using SSB, I am getting some sort of audio feedback only when I have the monitor level turned up. The louder I turn up Monitor, the more feedback I get. 2. I have somehow turned off the NR for SSB mode only... When I press the 8 key, (NR), I get N/A if in SSB mode. If in CW, it works fine... 1) If you're using the monitor function without headphones to monitor with...that's your problem. In other words, if you're monitoring via a speaker instead of headphones...this is creating the feedback loop which will only get worse as you "turn it up". Put your headphones on to monitor. You're ProIII (assuming you still have it) was no different. 2) Not a clue...I'm sitting in a bar with my lovely & not in front of the radio so if indeed "8" is the NR function...press it & hold it to access the "setting function"...choose what is most effective...tap it to turn it on & off. Not a clue as to why N/A is displaying...not a clue...unless of course; as you suggest, you somehow turned it off in the menu somewhere. Probably best not to change to much in the menu until you get more familiar with the radio...Fred's book is a must IMO. KD0BCF "Two possibilities exist... Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." Arthur C. Clarke __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] P3 or K3 oddity
Thanks for the heads up on the BNC cables. I am not sure where I got the one I am using. I will swap out the cable and see if the issue is still there. Mike W0MU On 4/20/2014 12:49 PM, Dave Hachadorian wrote: Try moving IF connector, P3 and K3 side, disconnect and connect and check presence of spurious signal. I did same problem and fixed changing IF cable with high quality cable and connectors. In my experience, the I.F. cable between the K3 and P3 is quite finicky when it comes to the quality of cable and connectors. I have just replaced my two P3 cables with these: https://www.cablewholesale.com/specs/10x1-01103.php These cables have a copper braid and aluminum foil shield, the molded transition from connector to cable looks beefy and solid, and the connectors fit well. Prices and shipping are very reasonable. Thanks to Hank, W6SX, for pointing out cablewholesale.com as a good supplier. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] Elecraft UPS deliveries
I thought he said it was a 1 pound package. I would have picked up the phone and called... Mike W0MU On 4/23/2014 8:57 AM, Bill Frantz wrote: That whopping big shipping charge is Elecraft code for "we can't ship these items this way". Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 4/23/14 at 5:03 AM, sla...@nullserv.com (Slava Baytalskiy) wrote: Funny thing is i actually tried every choice in that drop-down. USPS Priority came out to $999 or some ridiculous number. --- Bill Frantz| gets() remains as a monument | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | to C's continuing support of | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | buffer overruns. | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] Is there a reason the receive is so Skinny
98 percent of contesters? Exaggerate much? I am sure we can find examples of your infractions easily enough during non contest periods. So many trolls... Mike W0MU On 4/27/2014 7:39 PM, Milverton M. Swire via Elecraft wrote: willful use of a bandwidth in excess of 2.8 KHz can *still* be considered a violation in conjunction with other conditions - particularly interference, splatter, distortion, IMD, etc. NOW! You have just Describe 98% of those who proclaim their love of Contesting! [particularly! interference, splatter, distortion, IMD, etc.] BTW. Aggressive use of Compression (PUNCH) Overly active ALC. And! Last but not the least, chronic twisting of the mic gain knob to the right is tantamount of the above mention. Maybe, we should just include the Contester in this tantivy as well. 73 Milverton. / W9MMS On Sunday, April 27, 2014 8:09 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote: On the other hand, Title 47 which includes more than Part 97 regularly defines SSB as 2K80J3E (2.8 KHz bandwidth) and specifies a maximum modulating frequency of 2.8 KHz for various FM voice "communications" services. Given that standard, and the fact that RM-10740 was dismissed without modifying the rule that requires the use of minimum bandwidth, without modifying the rules against intentional interference, and without modifying the rule that requires "good engineering practice," willful use of a bandwidth in excess of 2.8 KHz can *still* be considered a violation in conjunction with other conditions - particularly interference, splatter, distortion, IMD, etc. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 4/27/2014 8:42 PM, Milverton M. Swire via Elecraft wrote: This issue is not just about "...other hams having fun doing what they want to do with their K3s", there really are some good engineering reasons for not using ESSB below 100 MHz. Joe has articulated a few. Beyond the "...other hams having fun..." argument, is there really any other reason to do ESSB? David, et al. The question of " Legality " and Engineering reasoning has been bantered around on numerous different occasions. There are many in their zeal to defend their ideals will make frivolous statements on what should or should not be the accepted TBW. Irrespective of what some of us may think, there are no set number on TBW for SSB. For those who are about to get their under wears in a wad, here are the FCC view on the subject a define bandwidth on Phone. http://www.nu9n.com/images/FCC-DA-04-3661A1-final.pdf There are many of us who often times forget that this is a HOBBY for Amateurs. 73 Milverton. __ 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 tnny...@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 w...@w0mu.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] Is there a reason the receive is so Skinny
For the same reason that people are trying to make qso's on 160 using some type of incredibly slow transmission mode that appears to most as local qrm. Because you can, doesn't mean you should. Mike W0MU On 4/27/2014 10:26 PM, David Cole wrote: Milverton, Respectfully, your reply does not answer the question-- is there really a need for ESSB? Your answer merely introduces a totally different argument into this discussion, (the legal argument), while using my question as a launching point for a subject change. I am not asking about if it is legal, I am asking why do it at all? Is this really to use an ESSB supporters own words, "...other hams having fun..."? The legal issue will sort itself out. If ESSB does not have it's own emission definition, (one accepted by the FCC), and is classed with SSB, then it is not legal. This conclusion on my part is based on Part 97.307(a), again, this assumes that ESSB and SSB have the same emission designation as per the FCC. __ 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] Bluetooth adapter for K3 Audio
I have just joined the ranks of hearing aid wearers. Has anyone found a good bluetooth device that I could plug into the headphone jack? -- Mike W0MU __ 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] Bluetooth adapter for K3 Audio
I should have been clearer. I have the remote control that interfaces with my phone and other bluetooth devices. I also have the TV adapter. I would assume...a bad thing...that there are devices that will take the K3 audio out and send it via bluetooth to my remote and then to my ears. I have not looked on Amazon or other places. Mike W0MU On 4/29/2014 12:26 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: In addition to the bluetooth adapter for your phone (worn around your neck -- short range so your hearing aid batteries last more than 15 minutes) they have devices to plug into a TV or something like that to feed audio into your aids. Of course that works fine for any audio source, not just a TV. On 4/29/2014 10:30 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: I have just joined the ranks of hearing aid wearers. Has anyone found a good bluetooth device that I could plug into the headphone jack? __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] Bluetooth adapter for K3 Audio
I got mine from Costco too. It does have the jack on the bottom of the remote for cable. I was would like to be untethered so to speak. I see Belkin and others make something that would probably work. I figured I can't be the first guy to try this. Mike W0MU On 4/29/2014 12:46 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 4/29/2014 11:36 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: I would assume...a bad thing...that there are devices that will take the K3 audio out and send it via bluetooth to my remote and then to my ears. The K3 puts out a volt or two, which is comparable to most consumer devices. A Bluetooth device that works with consumer gear would also work with a K3. The only thing to be concerned about is RFI, and if there are no wires attached to act as a receiving antenna, or if they are very short, I wouldn't expect problems. One caveat about my earlier response to Phil Kane's post about the neck loop. This works by generating a magnetic field, which couples into a magnetic loop in the hearing aid IF it has one. Not all hearing aids do. W6OAT likes the hearing aid he got from Costco, which has a jack for a standard 1/8-in cable to plug into a radio. He says it works fine with his K3. 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 w...@w0mu.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] Bluetooth adapter for K3 Audio
That would work. They want $150.00 for another one. That one has an optical input so it probably has better sound available over the bluetooth boxes I see for around 20 bucks. Mike W0MU On 4/29/2014 1:26 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: On 4/29/2014 11:36 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: I would assume...a bad thing...that there are devices that will take the K3 audio out and send it via bluetooth to my remote and then to my ears. Yes, the TV adapter. __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] Bluetooth adapter for K3 Audio
The reason I was looking for this is because I already have the hearing aids in. With the bluetooth my remote control will feed the K3 signals right into my hearing aids. No wires etc. I can wear headphones without any issues whatsoever. The remote control allows me to change the volume of my hearing aids, change noise reduction, quality programs and listen to the TV device and answer my cell phone. The TV and cell phone are linked via bluetooth to the remote. The remote then transmits the audio to the hearing aids over a 2.4 ghz signal path. My hearing loss is the upper part of the voice range. I can still hear, but I have a tough time with noisy rooms, restaurants and have been saying what too much and the tv is too loud. The hearing aids I have will transpose the frequencies that I don't hear well to lower frequencies or simply attempt to amplify the lost range. My lower range is above normal. These new hearing aids are pretty amazing. Mike W0MU On 4/29/2014 9:43 PM, K8JHR wrote: Does it have to be Bluetooth? Some operators with hearing loss have good results with various wireless headphones. My wife gets good results with Sennheiser gear. Sometimes using a pair of 30 dB passive noise cancelling cans will cut outside noise to a point where she can adequately hear the intended signal. - K8JHR -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett I have just joined the ranks of hearing aid wearers. Has anyone found a good bluetooth device that I could plug into the headphone jack? . __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] (no subject)
For the $$$ the 590 is a pretty good radio. The K3 gives you much more flexibility today or down the road. Mike W0MU On 5/1/2014 7:53 PM, Matt VK2RQ wrote: K3 also offers dual receiver & diversity reception, more filter options -- I would say generally the K3 is more configurable (which of course comes at a price) :-) 73, Matt VK2RQ On 2 May 2014, at 11:41 am, Bill W2BLC wrote: The 590 is a good solid radio, however the K3 offers more user dexterity and the optional P3 display. The overall amount of technical and operational variables/selections via the K3 menus allows you to have your own custom designed radio suited to your exact needs and desires. Bill K-Line __ 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 matt.vk...@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 w...@w0mu.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] KPA500 not responding to K3
Go download the latest beta versions of the firmware and the associated utility programs. Have you set the baud rate in the K3 to that of the amp? When the amp is moved from standby to Operate you should see a message in the K3 that says KPA500. You can set the K3 output with the amp and without. I would check the firmware. I know there is a special button you push on the KAT500 that optimizes operation with the KPA500. Mike W0MU On 5/1/2014 10:11 PM, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote: Hello friends, I've been using my tiny KX3 with a KPA500 and KAT500 for many months now. The KX3 only puts out 12 watts, but the KPA500 translates it successfully into about 200W. The KPA500 and KAT500 have been connected via the official DB15 cable sold by Elecraft, and the KX3 triggers the amp via RCA cable into the amp's PA-key connector. Fast-forward to today: I just received a K3, and I'm really excited to see the K3, KPA500, and KAT500 all just "work together" magically. Except they're not. I've connected everything exactly as shown in the KAT500 manual: - K3's ACC port is connected to the tuner's XCVR port, via the official KPAK3AUX cable. - The tuner's AMP port is connected to the amp's AUX port, via the official E850463 cable. I'm definitely able to use the K3 and tuner together when the amp is off. But when I turn on the amp, there appears to be no communication between amp and K3. - The amp doesn't notice when I change bands on the K3. - The amp won't let me change bands at all, even when I push its band buttons! - When I put the amp into OPER and transmit 15 or 20W from the K3, the amp doesn't appear to "key" and amplify. It just shows the exact 20W as passing through (on it's 'power' display.) I've verified that the amp's RADIO option is set to 'K3'. Does anyone have any ideas? 73 de Ben NN9S __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] KPA500 not responding to K3
I just got a KAT500 a couple of weeks ago and was talking with Eric. The Beta's which might have been released to live by now had many changes that would make the the three device all get along much better. I am pretty sure you need to set the baud rate on the KPA500 and the K3 to the same rate. Ie 38400. You will need to get the usb-serial cable to do the updates. The KAT 500 acts as a type of Y or WYE for the 15 pin cable. You should have got a the pc interface cable with the KAT500. Download the current utility and then download version 1.67 Under configuration you should see a big button that says Optimize for KPA-500. Push it! I was told to put 1500 in the maximum watts box. save it and see what happens. The KPA 500 should switch to the right band on rf. It is strange that it will not amplify. On 5/1/2014 10:43 PM, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote: On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:32 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <mailto:w...@w0mu.com>> wrote: Go download the latest beta versions of the firmware and the associated utility programs. The K3 is new and has the latest official 4.38 firmware. The KPA500 is about a year old and running firmware 1.23. I don't have a usb-serial cable yet, though I can grab one tomorrow at the store; is there a specific bug fixed in some beta firmware release? Have you set the baud rate in the K3 to that of the amp? I see nothing in either manual about the K3 or amp having configurable baud rates to communicate with each other. Do you have details? When the amp is moved from standby to Operate you should see a message in the K3 that says KPA500. I see nothing at all. This is a 3rd example, I suppose, of the total lack of communication between K3 and KPA500. Again, keep in mind that the K3 isn't /directly/ connected to the KPA500. They're actually both connected to the KAT500 tuner, as the diagrams specify. I would check the firmware. I know there is a special button you push on the KAT500 that optimizes operation with the KPA500. I see nothing about this in the KAT500 manual, but will look again. The connection between tuner and amp has always worked; I haven't touched that special DB15 cable at all. However, perhaps the new DB15 cable that arrived with the K3 is physically defective? I'm digging for hypotheses. :-) __ 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 & Chasing local HF noise sources
Run the KX3 on battery and turn off your house mains and see if the noise goes away. If not you know to start looking elsewhere. You might also try the RFI reflector. Mike W0MU On 5/1/2014 10:47 PM, Niel Skousen wrote: Good Evening All, Questions and Advice sought, i will report back on results... (cross posted to qrp-l, elecraft, and kx3) I live in a rural area, which should be very low noise. i put up a OCFD (88:44) this afternoon, and tonite wandered on to 80m to listen and check the antenna. I had 20db over noise everywhere. 40m was showing S4 noise, and I could only copy about 4 or 5 stations above the noise on 40m (yep, NR and NB both on, 400hz wide). nearest neighbor is 1/4mi away, and I'm the last one on a rural overhead power line. So, Given a KX3 and internal batteries, my first thought is to build a small multi-turn electrostatically shielded loop (1ft dia, 3-5 turn in a copper pipe, 1" gap at top) and see if I can localize any local noise sources. my office and computers are prime targets of course... Is this overkill ? Recommendations for a better small / near-field noise pickup ? Any other advice for first steps ? Anyone else chased noise sources with their KX3 ? How did it work, what antenna did you use ? Other suggestions / recommendations ? TIA, 73 Niel WA7SSA __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] (no subject)
The 590 has some short falls. No 2nd receiver, some issues on 10m. Only one roofing filter. I owned a couple of FT-2000's and they were easy to use. Looked pretty cool but had some serious performance issues in the receiver. Sold them and got a K3 and then another one. Most reflectors and groups deal with issues and problems. I try not to get too involved with the negatives about what I own. Mike W0MU On 5/2/2014 12:24 AM, K8JHR wrote: His question is ... Why have some operators sold their TS-590s to buy a K3? Only one who has sold a TS-590 to purchase a K3 is competent to answer and state his reason for doing that. I am almost similarly situated as the original inquisitor... I recently sold my 590 and now seriously consider buying a K3, but I am still on the fence, planning to test drive the K3 as soon as possible. Why did I sell my 590 to consider buying the K3? The 590 is a solid performer, and I enjoyed using it, and while my rig had no issues, I sold it because I did not enjoy the overall 590-ownership-experience, and although it is too complicated to explain fully here, I will say I was sick of too many other owners whining and expecting perfection from a $1500 radio, basing many complaints on unfounded or fanciful claims, paranoid delusions, and unreasonable expectations. I just got sick of it, and of being asked by other hams about this and that so called "issue" or "problem" I was not experiencing, so it was no fun to own. So, I bought a Orion II and now considering buying a K3, both of which radios seem free from that sort of nonsense. That's my reason, anyway. --- K8JHR -- On 5/1/2014 9:32 PM, Richard W Hemingway wrote: Hello everyone, I am a newbe and am selling my Kenwood TS 590s to buy a K3. I am wondering how many of us have had a 590 and come to a K3 and why? Thanks DIck N5XRD __ 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 jricha...@k8jhr.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 w...@w0mu.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] K3 - Accessory Jack - How Many Wye Cables?
This is an issue. If you have a band decoder, want to run the preamp, the amp, tuner, and say a Microham device. I have used multiple Y adapters successfully. Mike W0MU On 5/12/2014 6:04 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Rich, I assume you also have a KPA500 in the mix. The problem is not with adding another "Y" cable, but the possibility that the other device will interfere with the band signalling to the KPA500. If that other device has pullup resistors, that can create problems, especially if the pullups are to some voltage other than 5 volts. You may have to add isolating diodes to that device (the KPA500 does have those protection diodes on the band data lines). If it has no pullup resistors, then it may be OK. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/12/2014 7:48 AM, Richard Thorne wrote: Currently I have a wye cable attached to the accessory jack on the back of my K3 which in turn is connected to a microham device and the KAT-500 tuner. I have a need to supply band data to another device, can I connect another wye to the current wye so I can connect 3 devices to the accessory jack? __ 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 w...@w0mu.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] K3 - why SWR change with an amplifier
Does the L7 have a tuned input? If so you might need to adjust the tuned input on each band for the best match to the rig. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 3/29/2012 6:22 PM, Jorge Diez CX6VM wrote: > Don > > The amplifier is a Drake L7 > > I will test with a ALS1300 to see what happens > > So what do you think? My L7 is doing something bad? > > I really dont like to see more than 3 bars in my K3 SWR meter. I tune with > the internal tuner and is better, but I dont know if I had something bad that > I need to solve > > Thanks > Jorge > > > Enviado desde mi BlackBerry® device de Antel > > -Original Message- > From: Don Wilhelm > Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:39:03 > To: ab2tc > Reply-To: d...@w3fpr.com > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - why SWR change with an amplifier > > He did not say it was a KPA500! Maybe it was some other amplifier that > we cannot comment on. > If it were the KPA500, I would have asked "what bands". > > 73, > Don W3FPR. > > On 3/29/2012 7:26 PM, ab2tc wrote: >> Hi, >> >> But is it normal for the KPA500 input SWR to be 2:1? >> >> Knut - AB2TC >> >> >> Don Wilhelm-4 wrote >>> Jorge, >>> >>> With the amplifier in standby, the K3 wattmeter sees the antenna SWR - >>> the same as when the antenna is connected to the K3. >>> When the amp is switched to operate, the K3 will see the input SWR of >>> the amplifier - and that has no relationship with the antenna. >>> >>> 73, >>> Don W3FPR >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-why-SWR-change-with-an-amplifier-tp7419653p7419681.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 >> > __ > 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 > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - why SWR change with an amplifier
He says it is happening with an Alpha 89 too. Something is not right. What happens when you hook the antenna directly into the K3? Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 3/29/2012 6:34 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Jorge, > > If the K3 does not fault and reduce power, it may be OK - SWR = 2:1 is > the "trip point" for the KPA3 power reduction. > Do check all bands, it could be better (or worse) on some bands as > opposed to others. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 3/29/2012 8:22 PM, Jorge Diez CX6VM wrote: >> Don >> >> The amplifier is a Drake L7 >> >> I will test with a ALS1300 to see what happens >> >> So what do you think? My L7 is doing something bad? >> >> I really dont like to see more than 3 bars in my K3 SWR meter. I tune with >> the internal tuner and is better, but I dont know if I had something bad >> that I need to solve >> >> Thanks >> Jorge >> >> >> Enviado desde mi BlackBerry® device de Antel >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Don Wilhelm >> Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:39:03 >> To: ab2tc >> Reply-To: d...@w3fpr.com >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - why SWR change with an amplifier >> >> He did not say it was a KPA500! Maybe it was some other amplifier that >> we cannot comment on. >> If it were the KPA500, I would have asked "what bands". >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR. >> >> On 3/29/2012 7:26 PM, ab2tc wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> But is it normal for the KPA500 input SWR to be 2:1? >>> >>> Knut - AB2TC >>> >>> >>> Don Wilhelm-4 wrote Jorge, With the amplifier in standby, the K3 wattmeter sees the antenna SWR - the same as when the antenna is connected to the K3. When the amp is switched to operate, the K3 will see the input SWR of the amplifier - and that has no relationship with the antenna. 73, Don W3FPR >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-why-SWR-change-with-an-amplifier-tp7419653p7419681.html >>> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 >>> >> __ >> 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 >> __ >> 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 >> > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Poised to place my order
The 5 pole SSB is probably just fine for most people. I would suggest the 400hz CW filter. If you are going to hook the radio up to a computer for contesting etc you will probably want the KIO board and if you use receive antennas the Xvtr board. I have two K3's and love them! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 3/30/2012 10:48 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote: > Kits - 1 to 3 days typically. > > 73, > > Eric > > www.elecraft.com > _..._ > > > > On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:07 PM, david Moes wrote: > >> Im Ordering in kit form a pretty basic rig to start with then adding >> later as funds allow.Just K3-100 KAT3 and perhaps one filter for CW >> to start. >> I need it running before Field Day as I doubt my current rig that's >> well used, aged and starting to show problems, will survive another >> trip to the bigtop in the park. >> >> I am wondering how long after the order does it typically take for K3 >> kit orders to ship? second outside of my growing enjoyment in >> contesting and DX I do so some rag chew and take the net control >> chair, is the 2.8 8-pole filter going to offer much difference in the >> audio on both RX and TX? In other words what advantages does the >> 2.8 offer over the 2.7 >> >> >> Dave ve3dvy >> __ >> 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 > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Poised to place my order
Sorry for misleading anyone about the KIO board. It was late Hi! I got both my K3's without the TCXO option and you will notice some drift until the rig warms up. I broke down and got the TCXO options for both. I am happy I did. Good luck with the K3 you will love it! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 3/31/2012 7:08 AM, david Moes wrote: > Isn't the KIO included? I do plan to hook up to the PC also to the > sound for psk, DRM and SSTV > > In the future the transverter adapter is probably one of the earlier > add-ons for the RX antenna and then some additional filters.then > later the sub receiver. more. > not sure if I need the KTCXO3-1TCXO for general use. but might help > with DRM and some of the digital modes. Thoughts? > > After seeing the ads in QST and spending a year or more researching > comparing and saving the bucks I'm convinced that the K3 is a perfect > fit for my needs plus. It will be my main station rig plus will go > on the road for events and to the cottage. > >> If you are going to hook the radio up to a computer for contesting etc >> you will probably want the KIO board and if you use receive antennas the >> Xvtr board. >> >> I have two K3's and love them! >> >> Mike W0MU >> >> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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 __ 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
[Elecraft] KXPA100 High-Performance 160-6 meter, External 100-W Amplifier Price
Anyone know the range for the 100w amp? -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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
Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 High-Performance 160-6 meter, External 100-W Amplifier Price
Ballpark price? If it is on the web I am blind! Hi! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 3/31/2012 6:22 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote: > Range? > > Eric > > www.elecraft.com > _..._ > > > > On Mar 31, 2012, at 5:06 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: > >> Anyone know the range for the 100w amp? >> >> -- >> Mike W0MU >> >> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Which rig to buy...consider this
K3 no question. Best rig I have ever used. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/3/2012 12:39 PM, Bob K6UJ wrote: > Hi Dave, > > If you could have only one of those radios you mentioned which one would it > be ? > > Bob > K6UJ > > > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 11:21 AM, David Perrin wrote: > >> Hi- >> which rig to buy for a new operator, well after 52 years of experience, if I >> were to begin again, and had the money for a new rig I would definately buy >> American, and having tried the Flex 1500 and Flex 3000 and have a K2 and K3 >> and Orion Ii and have tried a TenTec Eagle. That is where my hard earned >> dollars would go. Simple to use, complete with tuner, computer connectivity, >> and enough power to get out even if the first few antennas you build aren't >> quite perfect.. my 2 cents. >> 73 de Dave, K1OPQ >> __ >> 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 > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] CW mode question
Pg 55 of the manual CW WGHT 1.15 Adjusts element/space timing ratio (weight) for the internal keyer. Additional functions of this menu entry, via numeric keypad (Advanced): Tap 1 to select SSB -CW (default) or SSB +CW (allows CW in SSB modes). Tap 2 to select @ = STOP (‘@’ character terminates KY-packet transmission; default) or @ = ‘AC’ (‘@’ in a KY packet is sent as .--.-. [@] in CW mode). Tap 3 to select OLD or NEW QSK (default). NEW reduces AF keying artifacts. Tap 4 to select VOX NOR (default) or AUTO OFF. The AUTO OFF setting turns CW VOX off on power-up, avoiding accidental keying by attached PCs, etc. Tap 5 to select automatic VFO offset on SSB/CW mode change (VFO OFS) or no offset (VFO NOR, default). Automatic offset is often used on 6 meters, where mixed-mode QSOs are necessary during fading. Note: Pitch matching will be more accurate if USB is paired with CW REV, and LSB with CW normal. Tap 1 if you want to send cw while in ssb mode. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/6/2012 11:13 AM, Bill Conkling wrote: > Bill, > > There are ways to send CW in SSB mode. But aside from that... > > In SSB mode the standard filter width is around 2.7/2.8 kHz so the signal > you heard was somewhere in that range. When you switched to CW mode, the > normal bandwidth changed to 400Hz and you station was somewhere outside that > range. > > I suggest that if you are going to listen to CW, you set the DSP bandwidth > to something in the order of 1000Hz, and to allow a lot of signals into the > bandwidth. Once you determine which signal you want to zone in on, tune > until his pitch is near your preset sidetone (nor around 700Hz as I > remember). Now you can turn the DSP bandwidth down to narrow in on the > desired signal, and you can copy easily. To really get close, press the > [CWT] button and that does two things. First, it activates the CW tuning > aid on the upper meter scale. Just tune till the vertical bar "|" is > directly under the "cwt" indicator, now your sidetone should be correct and > you have tuned to the other guy's frequency. Second, it allows you to tap > the [SPOT] button and if you're close to the other frequency, it will > automatically tune the radio to his frequency. > > I've had my K3 since August of 2010, and I'm still learning. > > Have fun, and "See you on the radio". > > ...bill nr4c > > > > -Original Message- > From: Bill Miller [mailto:k9...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:26 AM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] CW mode question > > I just acquired a K-3 and have spent an hour getting somewhat familiar. I > tuned 20 M and heard a nice DX station at about S-6 using the USB filter > setting. I realized I can only transmit CW with the mode set to CW. When I > made the change however, I could not hear either the DX guy (gal?) nor the > other in the QSO - I heard both with the SSB setting. > > Gotta be a way to bypass what seemed like attenuation, right? > > Bill K9HXO > __ > 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 > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] OT: Ticks, Chiggers and Mosquitoes
You can find deet products over 90 percent at your sporting goods store.We use the potent stuff in Montana and the guides in Alaska all recommend the highest percentage of deet you can find. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/12/2012 5:31 PM, Tony Estep wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:06 PM, dalej wrote: > >> ...The most Deet I've found is in a 3 M product, at about 25 percent >> Deet > === > When I went to India to teach (www.isb.edu, check it out) I had to get a > bunch of shots, and the doc who administered them recommended a product > called Ultrathon that contains 34% Deet in case I ventured into malaria > territory. I still have a couple of tubes left, enough for a lifetime. No > bug was willing to come near me with that stuff on. > > Tony KT0NY > > > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [QRP-L] The Chinese KX3
The Chinese have already made good inroads with the Wouxun handy talkies. 100 dollars for a full featured dual band hand held is hard to beat. I have one and it is built very well. I have suspected that many of the Japanese radios were being built in China or Taiwan. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/13/2012 10:38 AM, Lu Romero wrote: > > From the looks of this rig, it seems to be from the same > source as the Chinese KX1 "competitor" that is now also > being sold and imported by TenTec. > > Look for more Chinese sourced HF gear in the future as their > ham population ramps up. I was in Singapore in 2010 and saw > a Chinese made rig at one of the backwater stores there that > was a twin brother to the Yaesu FT450 at the Singapore > Electronics "Tower" downtown. A dead ringer except for the > color of the cabinet (gray instead of black), the knobs and > the display layout. > > Loved the cardboard box it came in, too! Had that Far > Eastern cardboard feel to it :). They wanted $875 USD for > it. The panel labels were in English, but in that serif font > that Far East people are so fond of. I didnt have a camera > with me (my phone didnt have a camera in those days), would > have loved to have a photo of it. > > The store looked like one of those droid stores you see in > the Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine from Star Wars, > complete with a pot of some kind of exotic smelling soup > simmering behind the counter in the back. > > -lu-w4lt- > K3-P3-K1 > Using the AL-K-Line > > > -- > > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:50:15 +0100 > From: Thomas Horsten > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [QRP-L] The Chinese KX3 > To: James Rodenkirch > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net, QRP-L, > j...@ae5x.com > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The only way they will come anywhere close to the KX3 > performance is by > pirating large portions of the KX3 hardware design and > firmware. If that's > the case I hope they don't succeed. > > Besides, if they try to add all the same kinds of features > that the KX3 has > it will probably be full of bugs and I am sure you won't get > the same kind > of support that you do from Elecraft, where the developers > actually listen > to the users. At best, it will be a pale imitation of the > real thing and at > worst it will be an epic nightmare of bugs and trying to > deal with sporadic > support announcements in Chinese with Google Translate as > your only friend > when trying to figure out what's going on. > > But to be honest, looks like a spoof to me. A well made > spoof, but still a > spoof. > > 73, Thomas M0TRN > > > __ > 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] K3-Data mode RTTY
I keep setting the Data MD to 45 baud fsk and somehow the radio has gone back to 75 baud a couple of times on it's own. Anyone else seen this? Using MMTTY 1.68. -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3-Data mode RTTY
That could be it but this rig was used at J6 and I made a bunch of RTTY contacts from down there and I doubt that they were made at 75 baud but hey who knows... Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/16/2012 7:56 PM, Ed Muns wrote: > Yes, that is usually the problem. It happens to me all the time and I still > sometimes forget why! > > 73, > Ed - W0YK > - > Ed Muns > www.w0yk.com > > > > Bob K6XX replied: >> This parameter is saved separately by band. Could that be the problem? >> On 4/16/2012 1:58 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: >>> I keep setting the Data MD to 45 baud fsk and somehow the radio has >>> gone back to 75 baud a couple of times on it's own. Anyone >> else seen this? > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3-Data mode RTTY
Ok...so maybe I am not going crazy! Unfortunately without pushing the button there is no way to know what baud rate it is set for. I am sure they will figure this out. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/16/2012 4:25 PM, D Joyce wrote: > Hi Mike: Yes a number of times. (four times in the rectnt ARRL RU) > I've also have a problem where the bandwidths & filters that I set up > in Norm1 and Norm2 don't stick. I brought both of these to the > attention of K3 Support and they advised that Wayne is aware of the > problem and its on his list. > > 73, Doug > ----- Original Message - From: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" > To: > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 4:58 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3-Data mode RTTY > > >> I keep setting the Data MD to 45 baud fsk and somehow the radio has gone >> back to 75 baud a couple of times on it's own. Anyone else seen this? >> Using MMTTY 1.68. >> >> -- >> Mike W0MU >> >> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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 >> > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3-Data mode RTTY
For FSK? Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/16/2012 9:26 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: > Mike, > > Were you using the K3's internal RTTY encoder/decoder? If you were > using software on a computer, the baud rate setting on the K3 is > irrelevant. > > 73, > > ~iain / N6ML > > > PS. Tnx agn for the J6 QSOs :) > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 8:19 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: >> That could be it but this rig was used at J6 and I made a bunch of RTTY >> contacts from down there and I doubt that they were made at 75 baud but >> hey who knows... >> >> Mike W0MU >> >> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net >> >> >> On 4/16/2012 7:56 PM, Ed Muns wrote: >>> Yes, that is usually the problem. It happens to me all the time and I still >>> sometimes forget why! >>> >>> 73, >>> Ed - W0YK >>> - >>> Ed Muns >>> www.w0yk.com >>> >>> >>> >>> Bob K6XX replied: >>>> This parameter is saved separately by band. Could that be the problem? >>>> On 4/16/2012 1:58 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: >>>>> I keep setting the Data MD to 45 baud fsk and somehow the radio has >>>>> gone back to 75 baud a couple of times on it's own. Anyone >>>> else seen this? >>> __ >>> 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 >> __ >> 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3-Data mode RTTY
That makes sense. I am using a MK II and MMTTY so I guess it doesn't matter. I will have to remember to make sure they are set to 45 baud if I use the paddles. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/16/2012 9:38 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > It doesn't matter unless you are sending RTTY with the paddles (or > software that uses the "KY" commands). If you are using a normal > FSK or AFSK interface from the computer the data rate is determined > by the computer UART or sound card. > > 73, > >... Joe, W4TV > > > On 4/16/2012 11:21 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: >> Ok...so maybe I am not going crazy! >> >> Unfortunately without pushing the button there is no way to know what >> baud rate it is set for. >> >> I am sure they will figure this out. >> >> Mike W0MU >> >> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net >> >> >> On 4/16/2012 4:25 PM, D Joyce wrote: >>> Hi Mike: Yes a number of times. (four times in the rectnt ARRL RU) >>> I've also have a problem where the bandwidths& filters that I set up >>> in Norm1 and Norm2 don't stick. I brought both of these to the >>> attention of K3 Support and they advised that Wayne is aware of the >>> problem and its on his list. >>> >>> 73, Doug >>> - Original Message - From: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" >>> To: >>> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 4:58 PM >>> Subject: [Elecraft] K3-Data mode RTTY >>> >>> >>>> I keep setting the Data MD to 45 baud fsk and somehow the radio has >>>> gone >>>> back to 75 baud a couple of times on it's own. Anyone else seen this? >>>> Using MMTTY 1.68. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mike W0MU >>>> >>>> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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 >>>> >>> >> __ >> 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 >> __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Problems with receiving and tranmitted signals on 2 meters
FM or SSB or CW? Are you transmitting and listening on the right filters? Is the NB on? NR on? Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/22/2012 9:22 AM, N5GE wrote: > What do mean when you say the signals are not clear? > > Are they distorted? Are they weak? Are they off frequency? > > Try a more specific description of what you mean by "not clear". > > Also, describe what "several things" means. Tell us what those things are > that > you tried. > > Did you install the 2m module or was it a factory install? Are you trying to > use a vertical antenna for 2m SSB? What mode are you using? > > We can help you with the problem if you will be more specific in your > description. > > 73, > Tom > Amateur Radio Operator N5GE > ARRL Lifetime Member > QCWA Lifetime Member > > > "Only the white eyes would believe they could cut the top > off a blanket, sew it to the bottom and have a longer > blanket." > -- American Indian comment about Daylight Saving Time -- > > > On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:04:44 -0400, "Larry" > wrote: > >> We gave a new k3 with the 2 meter module built in. When listening and >> transmitting on 2 meters, our signal is not clear. We have tried several >> things to correct the problem, but it is still present. We gave removed and >> checked for bad cables, etc. but to no avail. The problem seems to now be in >> the K3 system. Any suggestions? Best. k4mwe. >> __ >> 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 > Amateur Radio Operator N5GE > ARRL Lifetime Member > QCWA Lifetime Member > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] New KAT500 pics from the Visalia DX convention
Sexy! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/24/2012 12:50 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > New KAT500 pictures on our news page: > http://www.elecraft.com/news.htm > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - No Signals on 7MHz Band, All other Bands OK
Are you on the active antenna? Ant 1 vs Ant 2? Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/26/2012 8:13 AM, Mark Raybould wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have not used one of my K2s ♯5459 for 4+ years which I now find has no > signals on 7Mhz band. The K2 is built with KSB2, K160RX, KDSP2, KAF2, KAT2 > and KNB2. An FT817 is used as a band comparator. I changed the Real Time > Clock’s battery on an age basis as it was the original and at least 6 years > old. 1st Tap of DISPLAY shows “C1 nr”, 2nd Tap of DISPLAY shows voltage > 13.6 and current 0.34. The Receive Ant is OFF. The background noise on > 7Mhz band is much higher than on all other bands which is much more bass > sounding. > > > > Has anyone any simple checks that I can do before I get the test gear out > and confuse myself. In advance, thank you for all your help. > > > > MarkR > > g3xys > > ___ > "It's all very, very simple and easy to do!" > Sent from my Electron Powered MacBook Pro > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] A Success Story
It is a pleasure supporting a great company with great people with great products. Like many I try to support USA companies when at all possible. Elecraft makes this a no brainer. I love my K3's, KPA500, P3 and more! Thanks for building superior products at reasonable prices. It was fun to build my equipment with my son. I think it creates a special bond between builder and radio. I wish there were more projects of similar quality in the ham market place. Keep up the fantastic work! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/27/2012 9:48 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Dick, > > Thanks for this little anniversary present. It has been a bit of a > wild ride over the past five years. > > It may appear that our product strategy has been carefully > premeditated. Truth is, we've just designed what we, as operators, > really wanted for ourselves. Fortunately for Elecraft, the radios and > accessories we've envisioned have appealed to others as well. > > Another important factor: we've attracted some very talented and > motivated engineers. They share our enthusiasm for the radio art, and > enjoy the challenge of designing outside-the-box products. > > Above all, we have the world's greatest customers. This stems in part > from our long-time focus on kits. Kit-building is educational for > individuals, but also creates legions of experts who take a lot of > pride in helping new builders with both construction and operation. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > Edward Dickinson III wrote: > >> On this date, 5 years ago Elecraft gave formal announcement of the >> impending release of the Elecraft K3 HF Transceiver. While the >> leadership >> at Elecraft had been toiling away for about a decade developing HF >> products, >> April 27, 2007 was a fulcrum date where the development of products >> for a >> broad audience became apparent. >> >> In the years since then, Elecraft has developed the K-Line, a >> complimentary set of products which can have appeal to a wide range >> of HF >> enthusiasts. > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - background hiss
CW or SSB or both? How old is the K3? There was a DSP swapout that addressed this. For SSB I drop the FC on the filter down to about 1.0 which helps. There were some other settings that might help. Check the archives. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 4/28/2012 5:35 PM, Bob K6UJ wrote: > Don, > I usually leave the preamp on and not really needed as you said. I will try > backing down the RF gain > a tad also. Thanks for the info. > I found too, unless I have other noise issues to deal with, setting the NR at > F1-1 > reduces the hiss quite a bit, and no impact at all on the sig. Just seems to > give a quieter background, very nice. > > Bob > K6UJ > > > On Apr 28, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > >> Bob, >> >> The K3 has more reserve gain than most other receivers, and the lack of >> signals cause the AGC to set the receiver top full gain. >> >> With other receivers, I usually can run the preamp to advantage, but with my >> K3 it is fine without the preamp on. >> >> Do you have the preamp on? If not, perhaps you want to turn on the >> attenuator. To tell if you have enough gain, disconnect the antenna and >> then reconnect it. If the receiver can hear the "antenna noise" you can >> reduce the gain even further - perhaps by reducing the RF Gain. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 4/28/2012 6:42 PM, Bob K6UJ wrote: >>> I have a Kenwood TS-590S for a back up to my K3 and it has a noticeably >>> quieter background than the K3. >>> I believe we should be able to address this with the NR in the K3, I'm >>> still learning how to adjust the NR. >>> >>> >>> Bob >>> K6UJ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 28, 2012, at 12:15 PM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: >>> I remember that my Kenwood 850 was quiet like that compared to my Yeasu 990. Possibly how the agc is handled by Kenwood? Sent from my iPad On Apr 28, 2012, at 8:07 AM, "Bill" wrote: > I have had my K3 for a couple of months - so I am still learning. > > At this point, my primary concern is the amount of background hiss that > I have when no signals are being received. For example: When on 75 this > AM I am listening to a local net. When no one is talking the background > hiss rises. > > When I switch to my TS-480, signals are just as strong and everything is > the same - EXCEPT there is nearly zero background hiss. I use the ATT on > both rigs. I much prefer the near FM silence of the 480. > > I have already reduced it somewhat by use of the RX Equalizer. However, > it needs a lot more reduction to get to what I feel is an acceptable > level. Of note: I live in a rural area that has no background noise - > daytime level on 75 meters is zero. > > Suggestions would be most appreciated. > > Bill W2BLC > > -- > IN GOD I TRUST (but, NOT a single politician) > __ > 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 __ 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 >>> __ >>> 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 >>> > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA3 misbehaving
Didn't someone else have this issue recently? What is your serial number. I believe there were issues with the pins on this board.I could be mistaken. DeOXit might be a cure. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 5/4/2012 9:38 PM, Steve Reed wrote: > Today my trusty K3 developed a strange and sudden problem -- I can't turn > the power output past 12 watts -- the KPA3 isn't clicking in! It was > working perfectly yesterday, but today not so well. Went through all the > menus, even tried resetting the radio from scratch and re-enabling the KPA3 > in the config menu. The fan test works fine, and the PA test works fine > too (I can hear the relay click). But going past 12 watts with the power > control no longer works. > > Anyone seen this before and know what the cause may be? > > Steve, AI7AZ > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 New AGC FW
Loaded the new SW and I miss having NR. I have been tuning around in the 7O piles and it is hard for me to compare as I never really experienced what others have. I need to split the antenna and share with two K3's and see if I can hear a difference. Glad to hear the NB is working better. The distortion to some signals with it on was really bad. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 5/6/2012 7:31 PM, Jim Sheldon wrote: > Don, Gary and the group, > > Wayne's earlier comments about the noise blanker working better turns out to > be an understatement to say the least. Not only has the clarity of signals > improved by being able to tailor the onset of the SW AGC to start at a higher > level and clean up many of the artifacts that created problems before, but it > also allows the IF noise blanker as well as the DSP noise blanker to work > more like most people's concept of what a noise blanker should be able to do > and now does it with FAR less distortion to the desired signals. This > includes using heavy blanking with strong signals close in. > > I've now been able to eliminate some stubborn power line interference that > has been plaguing me for a couple of weeks and due to recent tornado damage a > few miles South of me, the power company has not had time to find and cure it > yet. They've been busy replacing the temporary lines& poles they used to > get everyone back on line as quickly as they could after the storm. > > Now that they are on the right track, I'll bet there will be quite a few more > improvements to come. > > Jim - W0EB > > __ > 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] K3 LCD Display
I have two K3's and the LCD's appear to be colored differently. I have the two LCD settings the same but the newer K3 display is slightly darker or more orangish in color than the older one. Changing the settings does not change this coloration. I realize this is minor but when they sit next to each other there is a noticeable difference. Is there possibly another adjustment that I missed along the way? This is probably just a difference in LCD runs. -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC improvements (MCU rev 4.50 / DSP 2.74)
Great! I have sent the SW to about 5 people. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 5/7/2012 5:59 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > I just talked to Lyle. Looks like by tomorrow we'll have a version of > DSP code that allows NR and autonotch to be used at all threshold > settings, and fixes the high-signal issue some had reported. > > I'll send it out to everyone who got the last test version. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > Fred Jensen wrote: > >> I think Wayne's post indicated it would be "released" as a beta in the >> next week or so > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VE7CC Cluster
If you are pull up one of the others. This is why we have other nodes. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 5/9/2012 7:37 AM, Dyarnes wrote: > Anybody besides me having trouble pulling up the VE7CC DX cluster this > morning > > Dave W7AQK > > > __ > 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] K3 AGC
The last word from Aptos was that they were still testing the new changes. I am sure they will release it to beta when it is ready. -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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
Re: [Elecraft] My account being hacked
You are not alone. I have seen around 10 other people sending out the same stuff at about the same time. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 5/10/2012 4:58 PM, Johnny Siu wrote: > Dear Elecrafters, > > Apparently, my account has been hacked and I apologise for any rubbish sent > out previously sently from my account. > > TNX& 73, > > > Johnny VR2XMC > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Sub-Receiver
Adding the sub receiver is not that bad. Just take your time. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 5/11/2012 12:13 PM, Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote: > Larry, > > Cannot do without the sub Rx. Definitely worth it! > > It is quite easy to build it into the K3. See this: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EJL8SlJ_L8 > > 73, > Arie PA3A > > Op 11-5-2012 18:42, Larry Boekeloo schreef: >> Hello Group I am getting ready to add some items to my K3; ATU, couple >> of filters and the general coverage receive option. I am looking at adding >> the sub-receiver too. Is that as daunting as it looks? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Larry, KN8N >> >> __ >> 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 >> > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] MCU 4.51
I just got it tonight. I have not had much chance to compare but the NB in 4.50 is much better! A curious unexpected side effect! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 5/11/2012 9:55 PM, Toby Pennington wrote: > I don't know what others have been experiencing using the new 4.51 firmware > version, but I really think it is an improvement. > > I have been listening to pileups tonight on 20 meters and cannot discern any > mushy weak cw signals, signals are crisp and easily readable. > > Maybe I need bigger pileups to get a better handle on this aspect, or certain > band conditions. I run the threshold at 14 and the AGC SLP is set to 000. > > The Noise Blanker is improved. I was able to get rid of s7 line noise, and > no distortion in the audio of the received signal. NB settings are dsp T2-4, > and the IF is NAR 4. So, the noise is being eliminatd with low setting of > the NB. I suppose the real test will be when I hear s9 plus line noise > which I frequently get here. > > AF Gain is set to LO in the config menu and have plenty of nice and crisp > audio. I am listening to SSB on 80 meters now and have the RF gain set to > about 9:00 and AF gain about 12 oclock. Just lots of gain and audio. > > I think 4.51 is ready to go BETA. What do others who are using 4.51 think? > > > Toby W4CAK > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] MCU 4.51 NB
I did not mean to imply that the NB had changed from 4.50 to 4.51. My comment was from 4.48 to 4.5X. I can see how you read it differently though. I have not noticed a change in the NB from .50 to .51 Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 5/12/2012 6:30 AM, Toby Pennington wrote: > Mike, you could be correct. This morning I seem to have a little distortion > in the NB which I did not notice before. It's not bad, but a little is > there. > > I may go back to 4.50 just to check it out. > > Toby W4CAk > > > > I just got it tonight. I have not had much chance to compare but the NB > in 4.50 is much better! A curious unexpected side effect! > > Mike W0MU > __ > 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] K3 4.51 distortion
Copying station on 20m CW with the preamp on and the thr above 8 there is a very noticable distortion to the signals. SLP does not seem to change this. I don't know if the Thr is adding to the noise thus making the cw sound distorted or something else. -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 4.51 distortion
One of the issues is that my powered headphones were turned off. When on the disagreeable sounds are less but still there much lower. Curious! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/15/2012 11:14 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: > Copying station on 20m CW with the preamp on and the thr above 8 there > is a very noticable distortion to the signals. SLP does not seem to > change this. I don't know if the Thr is adding to the noise thus making > the cw sound distorted or something else. > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 4.51 distortion
I am not blaming anything. I was offering up an observation so that those in the know would be aware. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/15/2012 12:36 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > Have you tried listening with a different set of headphones altogether > before blaming the distortion on the software? > > Dave AB7E > > > On 5/15/2012 10:18 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: >> One of the issues is that my powered headphones were turned off. When >> on the disagreeable sounds are less but still there much lower. Curious! >> >> Mike W0MU >> >> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com >> Http://www.w0mu.com >> >> >> On 5/15/2012 11:14 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: >>> Copying station on 20m CW with the preamp on and the thr above 8 there >>> is a very noticable distortion to the signals. SLP does not seem to >>> change this. I don't know if the Thr is adding to the noise thus making >>> the cw sound distorted or something else. >>> > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For those at Dayton...
Price? Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/18/2012 1:35 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: > You can call Elecraft and place your order. > > > On May 18, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > >> On 5/18/2012 12:15 PM, Ken Allen wrote: >>> Taking orders for the KAT500 with expected delivery starting August ( yes, >>> this year). >> Not on the web site yet. >> >> 73, >> >> Fred K6DGW >> - Northern California Contest Club >> - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 >> - www.cqp.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 > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For those at Dayton (KAT500)
I agree the price is a bit higher than I would have liked to have seen. I am sure it will work far better than the MFJ and I don't think either will handle the full output on 6m which the KAT500 will do or so I was told. I smoked my LDG the other day on 6m because I forgot they are only rated for half power on 6m. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/18/2012 2:17 PM, Rob May wrote: > With a street price of $300 for the MFJ-994B and $330 for the LDG AT600 Pro, > that's a pretty steep premium to keep the station all Elecraft. > Rob > NV5E > > >> From: n9t...@comcast.net >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:43 -0400 >> Subject: [Elecraft] For those at Dayton (KAT500) >> >> The price as I was just informed when I ordered via phone was $699 >> assembledI don't remember the un-assembled price but I think it was in >> the low $600s. A bit steep for a tuner...but I'm betting it'll be worth it!! >> >> >> >> >> 73...de...Fred N9TA >> >> >> >> >> >> __ >> 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 > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] reflectors
It would be very helpful if people could remember to put K1: K2: K3: P3: KPA500 etc at the front of the post. I am as guilty as anyone about forgetting this. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/20/2012 8:12 AM, Phil Hystad wrote: > So, you want a separate reflector for each Elecraft product. That would be > K1, K2, K3, P3, KPA500, KX1, KX3, KAT500, and then there are the myriad other > little products too. And, the list keeps growing (hopefully). > > And, what if I have a question regarding the K3 and the P3 -- would I post to > two reflectors? > > I don't think this suggestion has much merit. I use filters to divide and > conquer this list and besides that, I can easily create dynamic sub-lists if > I ever want to search for something particular, such as KX1. My computer, > Apple Macbook Pro, using Apple Mac mail which is the default mail handler for > Mac systems. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > > > On May 20, 2012, at 3:03 AM, Ussvdharma wrote: > >> how about seperate reflectors for k2, k3, p3??? this single one is getting >> out of control in length >> >> >> If you don't change direction you'll arrive where you're headed!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 > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping
I have no issues being 1st in line with Elecraft. Sure they might have an issue here or there but they stand behind their products. I had an early FT-DX9000 and I couldn't give it back to them fast enough. They even screwed me on the shipping. Everyone of the 9000's had to go back to Yaesu to get "FIXED". Elecraft will just send parts, boards etc. By the way someone has to find the issues and that is not always the beta testers. I have two K3's, P3, KPA-500 and the KAT-500 on order. Elecraft does not ship products that are not ready and are not pressured to ship prior to having all the bugs worked out. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/22/2012 9:40 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Don, > > Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early > adopters. You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy > early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems > that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join > in with the "latest and greatest". > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote: >> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews >> it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have >> disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z >> > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Order Number Decoding
It means you will get it when you next in line. :) Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/23/2012 6:53 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > *Good grief.I liked the previous post where they were sequential and > had no meaning...now the headache begins trying to figure out what it all > means...:-) > > Too hard, time for a nap! > > Start the day off slow...then taper off. > > sigh > > Gary > * > On 24 May 2012 10:23, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraftwrote: > >> Turns out there is a way to decode the confirmation number. W7CF >> figured it out. See below. >> >> 73, >> >> Eric >> --- >> www.elecraft.com >> >> >> >> Original Message >> Subject: RE: [KX3] Re: Shipping status page updated >> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 21:48:39 + >> From: w7cf.da...@gmail.com >> >> For those who haven't noticed, the confirmation number does indeed >> encode the date& time when the confirmation was issued. I plugged some >> confirmation numbers into a excel worksheet and started to play with it. >> Yeah, out of "desperation" while I wait for my KX3, I started to pattern >> match... :-) >> >> The first 8 numbers encode the days& minutes of the confirmation, and >> in good Unix tradition the "zero order time" is 1/1/1970 >> >> To convert, use the following formula (interesting how identical Excel >> and googleDocs formulas are...): >> =( VALUE(LEFT(B1,4))*1 + VALUE(MID(B1,6,4)) ) / (60*24) + 25569 >> >> For the curious, 25569 is the number of days between 1/1/1970 and >> 1/1/1900, the latter is the zero date for Excel. >> Place confirmation numbers into a spreadsheet, e.g. into column B and >> add the following formula to the next column C. Now format the column C >> "Date time" and you'd get the readout below. >> >> A B C >> factory: 2208-4637-9147 12/28/2011 13:17:00 >> kits: 2208-4064-4730 12/28/2011 3:44:00 >> >> Confirmation numbers are from today's (5/22) status page update, column >> C shows the actual order times calculated with above formula. >> >> 73, Dave W7CF >> >> >> On 5/23/2012 4:54 PM, Dave Agsten wrote: >>> I have not figured out the decoding process for the KX3 as they are >> being posted on the Elecraft website. I ordered the KX3 on 12/28/11 at >> 11:44AM EDT. I received the confirmation order number 2208-4844-0913. I >> can't decode how that correlates to the numbers being posted on the website >> other than a smaller number is earlier. >>> >>> KX3-F 2208-4685-4272 >>> >>> KX3-K2208-4068-6852 >>> >>> I revised my order to go with the factory version on Jan. 18th, long >> before any KX3s were shipped. I'm wondering how that factors in? The order >> number remained the same but it was now for a KX3-F. >>> Any cryptologists out there? :-) >>> >>> >>> 73, >>> Dave N8AG >>> __ >>> 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 >> __ >> 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 >> > > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 and TRlog
I love N1MM I believe TR4W is a very close approximation to TR but for windows. Good luck! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/26/2012 9:52 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: > TRLog hasn't been updated since 2006, so I'd consider trying to convince > the fellows in the club that it's time to move on to one of the many > more modern contest loggers. When I used Windows, I used N1MM, but the > are many others that are still supported by their developers. > > 73, > Scott, N9AA > > > On 5/26/12 10:43 PM, david Moes wrote: >> Our club has been using TRlog for many years for Field Day and plan to >> continue to use it for several good reasons. for the most part they >> are using it stand alone without a rig connection other than keying >> CW.in comes the K3 and the possibility of simple rig control and >> here is the problem. >> >> there seems to be some odd reactions when band changes are made TRlog >> fails to show it without delay. often the frequency display on TRlog >> will go blank and then show up again at either the new or old frequency >> then finally will settle down and show the correct info after 10 or 20 >> seconds. Also band changes at TRlog don't work I can only change it >> at the rig. this is running it under windows. if I boot into DOS >> 7.1 and run TRlog it all seems to work fine. I don't really know >> where the disconnect is something to do with windows Im sure it acts >> the same whether running XP or window 7. has anyone run into this >> and better does anyone know of a fix I fooled around with some of the >> polling delays to no effect. >> >> Here is the related section from the log.cfg as used I used Kenwood >> rig for the K3 as its recomended by TRlog. >> >> RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 1 >> RADIO ONE BAUD RATE 4800 >> RADIO ONE TYPE TS850 >> >> and the K3 is of course set for 4800 as well >> >> I am thinking that the ultimate answer will be to run it from DOS but >> Id rather use windows so that I can use other applications as well. >> > __ > 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] 4.51 comments
No complaints on mush from here in the contest and at times I had a swarm of S nothing Europeans calling. The issue is everyone calls dead on zero beat and that makes it really difficult. What I did notice which I thought was odd is that when 3 people were calling at the same time it seemed that the signals were stronger or more readable than when I called the DL3 and he came back alone. I want to say there was more "magic" there to push through the receiver when a few were calling over just one. Maybe it was just conditions. I worked tons of guys in the noise. The improved NB is great most of the time. You don't want it on when there are really strong signals close by of course. -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.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
Re: [Elecraft] MCU 4.51 Beta
No reason you can't download it and try it Chris. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/28/2012 8:47 AM, Chris Hembree wrote: > When will the 4.51 come out of the beta stage. Looks like everyone is happy > with the new changes. I am looking forward to it. > Chris W7CTH > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Woes
What is the power supply? What does a multimeter say the output is under load? Is this a switching supply? Some are effected by rf. W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/30/2012 8:16 PM, David Inger wrote: > Thanks to Adrian VK4TUX, I checked the display voltage. I was able to coax > the power level up to about 50-watts, at which time the display indicated > +/-9.2-volts; I'm sure this is low enough to shut off the K3. With the same > power supply and cabling and antennas, I am able to run my FT-857D at 100-w, > so I don't think it is the external supply setup that is causing the > problem. I guess it is time for a e-mail to Watsonville. > 73 de K6SBA > David in Santa Barbara > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - For Sale - complete K-Line in Australia
Sorry to hear about the loss of interest. Best wishes and we hope we hear you on the bands again in the future. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/31/2012 5:12 PM, Jeff Cochrane - VK4XA wrote: > Due to a loss of interest in Amateur Radio I have the following items for > sale. > > Elecraft K3 Transceiver #4257 + Elecraft P3 Pan Adaptor #1629 + Elecraft > KPA500 Amplifier #161 + Yamaha CM500 Headset + Footswitch. > > All Elecraft units have the latest firmware installed and are all to the > latest hardware spec. > > The Transceiver is in perfect condition, has all manuals for all options and > accessories and is fitted with the following options: > KAT3 - INTERNAL ANTENNA TUNER > KXV3A - TRANSVERTER INTERFACE > K144XV - 2 METRE INTERNAL TRANSVERTER > K144RFLK - REFERENCE LOCK BOARD FOR 2M TRANSVERTER > KTCX03 - 1 - 0.5ppm TCXO > KDVR3 - DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER > KBF3 - GENERAL COVERAGE RECEIVE BANDPASS MODULE > PR6 - 6M PRE-AMP > K3SSKT - STAINLESS STEEL SCREW KIT > MH2 - HAND MICROPHONE > And the following filters are fitted: > KFL3A-1.8K - 8 POLE 1.8KHz 8 POLE FILTER > KFL3A-2.8K - 8 POLE 2.8KHz 8 POLE FILTER > KFL3A-6K - 8 POLE 6.0KHz 8 POLE FILTER > KFL3B-FM - 8 POLE 13.0KHz FM 8 POLE FILTER > > The P3 Pan Adaptor serial #1629 is in perfect conditon and is complete with > all cables and manuals > > The KPA500 Amplifier serial #161 is in perfect condition, is complete with > all manuals. > > The radio is 12 months old, the P3 is 6 months old and the Amplifier is 5 > months old. > > The landed new price in Australia for everything above is approximately > $9500.00 for all items, I am asking only $8000.00 for the complete package! > (Sorry, I won't separate) > > Please contact me (Jeff) via email off list or you can ring me on > +61-740616760. > > > > - > Jeff Cochrane - VK4XA > Innisfail, QLD, Australia. > Elecraft K3 #4257 + P3 #1629 + KPA500 #161 + PR6 + K144XV = OMFG! > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-For-Sale-complete-K-Line-in-Australia-tp7556876.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] SO2R Controllers
I have had a Microham MK2R+ for a long time. It works great. It is no more difficult to set up than the Logging software you are going to use with it. So if you can't figure out N1MM or Writelog you probably won't figure out any of the SO2R setups. There is a learning curve with anything. Was anyone an expert with their K3 the first day? NO! I learn new tricks with my K3's all the time and to an extent the same could be said for the MK2R+ and finding better and more efficient ways to use it. Router runs on the computer. If you computer dies you are probably done contesting anyway right? I not going be too competitive trying to find paper, pencil and then trying to remember who I worked etc. We used two Microham Microkeyer II's at J6M and never had a hiccup. Whether you like Joe or not the guy knows his stuff and you will find his help just as timely if not quicker than Elecraft. I ran SO2R rtty in one contest and I felt like I was cheating it was so easy! I am very happy with all my Microham products and their excellent support. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/31/2012 2:05 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > Since Rick chose to make one of his typical swipes at the microHAM > hardware and software, I guess I need to weigh in on this topic - > something I have refrained from doing so far. > >> The MK2R+ is too complex - hundreds of settings to learn and try to >> nail down. > MK2R+ is without question the most flexible and powerful SO2R box > available but with flexibility comes complexity. *HOWEVER*. like any > other advanced amateur radio product - including the K3, P3 and KPA-500 > - if you read the manual and use the product as it was designed to be > used you will have no problems. If on the other hand, you decide that > you know better than the designers how the device *should* work and > fail to read the manual, or try to use it as you think it should work, > or the way you *wish* it would work, or the way your *think* another > product used to work, you will get in trouble. > > MK2R+ is still the overwhelming choice of leading contesters AROUND > THE WORLD. > >> The micro2R appears to be simpler but still uses the @*&%! microHam >> uRouter software. > micro2R is much more basic but it does provide features like split > audio (stereo), the ability to hear your own manual sending, the > ability to force receive focus on the non-transmitting radio when > sending canned messages, etc. microHAM's Router driver/control > software is an integral part of the system and makes available many > features *not possible* with other products (including logger driven > antenna selection, etc.). Again, when one is too stubborn (stupid) > to read the manual and use the products as designed, and worse yet > gives others incorrect information about the operation (just like > Icom and Flex zelots who trash Elecraft), you get into trouble. > > As to the YCCC box ... it's a nice toy and shares many concepts with > the microHAM products which preceeded it by more than five years. > However, with the YCCC box you're dependent on a small group of > volunteers for support and software. What happens when the key > people lose interest, have personal crises, or simple get tired of > the project - where do you go for support and software fixes? > > Are you willing/comfortable to build a kit on the hope that one or > two key persons will be willing to provide free software support for > life? > > 73, > > ... Joe Subich, W4TV > microHAM America, LLC. > http://www.microHAM-USA.com > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM > > > On 5/31/2012 1:10 PM, Rick Tavan N6XI wrote: >> The DX Doubler is too simple - you can't hear hand sending when doing true >> SO2R without throwing a switch before and after using the paddle. The MK2R+ >> is too complex - hundreds of settings to learn and try to nail down. Yes, >> Joe's support is excellent but you need lots of it. The micro2R appears to >> be simpler but still uses the @*&%! microHam uRouter software. I love the >> YCCC SO2R Box Plus. It's just right, does everything I need and not much >> else. Only problem is, it's a club project and not available off the shelf. >> But if you can get in on one of the group buys, it's the best SO2R >> controller I've used or heard of. See my review at >> https://sites.google.com/site/rtavan/yccc-so2r-box-product-review . >> >> /Rick >> >> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:42 PM, John wrote: >> >>> I want to try out S02R, and need some inputs on SO2R controllers. It >>> will be controlling two K3's. I am considering the microHam micro2R and >>> the Top Ten DX Doubler. Each has its advantages: >>> >>> micro2R: Capable of CW, FSK,& SSB. Includes WinKey keyer. Appears >>> to have a lot of active support from Joe Subich. >>> >>> DX Doubler: CW& SSB (I can work the FSK interface). I like the >>> "manual" mode that does not appear
Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs. KX3 which would you get?
KX3. It is newer. Not nearly the pieces parts kit that the K2 is. It doesn't sound like you were going to build your K2. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/31/2012 5:37 PM, ae7...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for all the input so far. > > I guess part of my partiality to KX3 is that I WOULD build it and that would > make it a bit more of a "personal" rig for me. If that makes sense. > > > Stan AE7UT > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-vs-KX3-which-would-you-get-tp7556850p7556880.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 Oper/Stby Alert
The amp will fault out if the radio puts out too much power. Unless you mess with the knobs while amp is in operate mode the power out is not going to magically change. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/31/2012 2:08 PM, donehrl...@q.com wrote: > I really like that idea. I never quite trust the lower power setting of > the K3 when the amplifier is put on-line and always manually check it to > be sure it is where I hope it is. It would be *much* better for the K3 > to display the new power setting instead of those unnecessary 'KPA ... ' > messages just as Fred suggested. > > Don K7FJ > > snip > > CHANGE: Replace both messages with one that tells me what the K3 power > will be when I next tap the paddle [or talk]. I've got the two power > levels for each band set, and most of the time it works. Occasionally, > after adjusting the high power antenna tuner with just the K3 in TUNE > [5W], going to OPER leaves the power at 5W. Once, it went to 100W which > faults off the KPA500 instantly, of course. Occasionally, the K3 stays > at low power when I go to STBY. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California > Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.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 > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] P3 assembled
Do you have the KXV3A should probably be a question asked to anyone buying a P3. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/31/2012 7:31 PM, Keith Hamilton wrote: > Yesterday the UPS man brought me a nice white box from CA. It was > the P3 I ordered in Dayton! Today I carefully assembled it and > placed it lovingly beside my K3. Then I went to hook it up and > realized I did not order the KXV3A for the K3. Oh well! The > colors on the P3 screen look nice and assembly went well. Now I > have to be patient for another week and a half for the KXV3A to > come all the way from CA. The best laid plans.. > > Keith Hamilton N8CEP > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] MON on headphones only please?
This would be a good option! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/31/2012 8:23 PM, Thomas Horsten wrote: > Hi Wayne, > > When I'm using my K3 for SSB I mostly use a headset, and I like to have the > MON level set so I can hear my own modulation. But I also very often use > SPKR+PH=Yes most of the time as I often put down the headphones and walk > around the room or do other things (I also mainly use my speakers for CW). > But when I don the headset I often forget that the speakers are still on > (and MON is above 0), and this causes echo and nasty audio. > > I would really like an option where MON would be automatically set to 0 if > the speakers were enabled. > > 73, Thomas M0TRN > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Interface with Kenwood TS-590
Does the KPA talk directly with other rigs via serial? I didn't pick that up in the specs. The amp will auto sense the band on transmit automatically so you really don't need any cabling other than the ptt line. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 6/10/2012 1:19 PM, Doug Person wrote: > Hi all, > > I was attempting to demo my KPA500 with my friend's new TS-590. > Everything is fine except I can't get automatic band change to work. > Serial port speed is set to 19.2 on the radio and amp. Amp is set to > serial and polling is on. But no band changing occurs. I tried > different serial port speeds with no luck. > > Anyone had any experience with the TS-590 and the KPA500? > > BTW, the TS-590 seems like a splendid radio for the money. I haven't > seen anything else on the market today that is as comparable to the K3 > as the TS-590. Not trying to restart the TS-590 VS: K3 debate. To each > his own. My friend has been a long time Kenwood fan and the TS-590 was > a good choice for him. Having had a chance to test drive it here in my > shack, it seems like one of the better values today. I'll have it here > for about a week so I'll get a chance to really ring it out. Looks like > a fine example of a compliment through imitation. > > 73, 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Popular power supply query
If you are not concerned with weight and size I would go get another Astron. RS-35 size will handle the rig and other accessories. I use that one at home and PowerWerx SS30's for travel. Those are small switchers. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 6/11/2012 5:38 PM, Bill wrote: > Time has come to purchase a new power supply - the 33 year old Astron > has passed on. What are the popular and reliable supplies being used > these days? If there are some to seriously stay away from, please so state. > > Thanks, > > Bill W2BLC > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] YEMEN 7O6T CONFIRMED
I was confirmed last week if not longer. I did submit a request with their Online Qsl system. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 6/11/2012 7:47 PM, Paul VanOveren wrote: > For those that use LOTW, just checked my log and the 7O6T Yemen operation > from last month is already uploaded into my log in LOTW, at 08:52Z today. You > might want to check your log...outstanding. Originally they said it would be > not be uploaded until the end of November 2012. I also requested the > actual card via the online QRS service at Paypal, so will also receive the > paper qsl... > > NF8J > Paul > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] benefit - buddipole
I don't think so. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 6/12/2012 8:44 PM, Jeff Herr wrote: > Is Elecrafts buddipole offer beneficial in some way other than convenience? > > > > I means, is there something about the kit content? > > > > Jeff, WW6L > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500
The fan rarely ever kicks in for me. My QSO's are pretty short. DX, contests. The only time I have really seen the fans go on is with RTTY. To it sounds like the OP has or had a problem with the initial build. If the screws were loose that secured the heat sink panel I could see that being problematic. When in J6 we upped the fan speed on the outset to about 3 because it was always 80 degrees plus and very humid so I wanted to keep the air moving. We ran the CQ WW CW and never had one issue with heat or anything for that matter. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 6/18/2012 11:51 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > My question is whether you actually increased the no-fan heat dissipation > of the heat sink complex that significantly, or whether what you did is > faking out the heat sensor and causing the fan to NOT come on when it > actually should. > > It bothers me also that the increased dissipation is non-symetrical, and > will cause one side of the heat sink to be at a different temperature than > the other. This is a bad situation that theoretically can damage > transistors by putting unequal mechanical stress on the mounting in high > heat situations. It also could cause one transistor to be a lot hotter > than the other. Or it COULD be that what you did equalized heat > distribution. The problem is that YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE. > > Fan speed, when it comes on, size of heat sink, etc and the transistors > used are a very carefully engineered COMBO. I really would not screw > around with it UNTIL you have discussed it with the Elecraft engineer and > have his concurrence. There is a lot more here than meets the eye. Be > very careful what you recommend to other owners. Elecraft please weigh in > before this gets around as an ill-advised urban myth, if indeed it is > ill-advised. > > Beyond that, why is everyone so aroused by fan speed? Fans keep things > cool. Fans are good. > > My roaring 100 CFM monster fan on my contest 3-1000Z amp, my > "Loudenboomer," keeps me from melting it when I qsy all over the band and > don't remember to retune it. I get pretty stupid late into a contest. > Roaring fan makes 3-1000Z last long time. 3-1000Z getting expensive and > hard to find. Roaring fan is my friend. Need to use headset anyway for > best diversity on 160. Use noise cancelling headset, can't hear the roar. > > Fans are your friend. > > 73, Guy. > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:42 AM, David Robertson wrote: > >> Everyone, >> >> I have had my KPA500 linear for some time now and have been really happy >> with it. I use it with my K3 and they communicate with each other via the >> DB15 AUX cable that I built ( the one furnished by Elecraft was too short). >> >> The only issue I have encountered is the finals in the linear seem to heat >> up rather quickly causing the fan to kick in in a rather short period of >> time. it doesn't matter if I use the dummy load or a good match antenna. I >> also noticed the finals seem to cool rather quickly after the transmittion >> is terminated and the fan turns on after about 30 seconds to one minute >> after starting a ssb transmittion then goes to a higher speed after about >> 30 seconds more. If my transmittion time is greater then 2 to 3 minutes the >> fans go to high and the final temperature is around 70 degrees C. I have >> never had the linear go in to a fault because of heat. >> >> The fix. >> >> I removed the top, front, and right side panels of the KPA500. When I first >> built the linear I realized the mounting screws that mount the Z panel to >> the amplifier module were too long so I used the shorter ones that would >> normally go to mount the top panel. On inspecting these screws they were >> tight. Looking at the right panel I noticed there are 4 screws that mount >> the panel directly to the amplifier's heat sink. They were not as tight as >> I would have liked. I wanted to get the most efficient heat transfer from >> the module so I carefully applied some heat sink compound to the side of >> the heat sink of the amplifier module before carefully mounting the right >> sied panel back on the amplifier. I carefully made sure the 4 screws that >> mount from the panel to the heatsink ( which are normally covered by the >> handle) were solidly and carefully tightened. After inspecting the >> transformer connections and the rest of the inside of the linear I >> reassembled it and tested it out. >> >> Findings. >> >> Now when I am running ssb typically the fan doesn't come on until well in >> to the qso and never has the fan reach high mode. If I brick the key at 500 >> watts into a dummy load the fan goes high after about 2 minutes. I also >> noted the finals heat up slower and cool slower and the left panel >> temperature follows the final temperature.. >> >> Now the amp seems very happy and I am not bugged by the constant fan noise >> during a qso. >> >> I thought I would pass t
Re: [Elecraft] Happy But Very Sad
I love the size. With big hands I thought the smaller footprint might be a negative. It is not! All the knobs are easy to use, buttons easy to push and not push 3 at the same time. What I find is I rarely have to change anything when operating. Other rigs I was always trying to tune this, improve the reception etc. Not with the K3. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 6/22/2012 11:48 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Another nice thing about the K3 is that you can take it to Field Day. > (10 pounds vs. 50 pounds, and 1 amp receive current drain vs. 3 or 4 > amps :) > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > On Jun 22, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Scott Manthe wrote: > >> A fully-loaded K3 is about $4900, and that assumes 8 pole filters in >> all >> slots in both receivers. A fully loaded FT-5000 is $5600. The FT-5000 >> exceeds the K3's receiver performance in one category, and trails >> the K3 >> in every other RX performance category. The K3 also has a superior >> transmitter, as evidenced by the IMD numbers in ARRL test results and >> elsewhere. >> >> So, yes, the FT-5000 is on top in one RX category and the amount of >> IMD >> its transmitter can splatter across the bands, and all for only $700 >> more. And they throw the key clicks in for free! But that splatter and >> key clicks are valuable weapons in the contesting arsenal, because ops >> near an FT-5000 can't work 'em if they can't hear 'em. >> >> 73, >> Scott, N9AA >> >> >> On 6/22/12 7:54 AM, Fred Smith wrote: >>> Bill having owned the FTDX-5000MP for over 2 yrs I'm sure you would >>> be very >>> pleased with it and have quite a few more options than a fully >>> loaded K3 at >>> about the same price and 6m is a dream on it. Performance wise has >>> the 5000 >>> is on top but the K3 is still very close... >>> >>> 73, >>> Fred/N0AZZ >>> >>> >> __ >> 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 > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Happy But Very Sad
Where is the data to back up what was said on eham. It was one guy! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 6/22/2012 3:48 PM, Adrian wrote: > K3 a superior transmitter in imd product results? Your kidding right? > Out in the real world the K3 has a bad rep for splatter and imd3 product. > See; > > http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,75182.0.html > > Those of us with K3's running 15v PS with heavy cable inputs, driving clean > amps escape the wrath of the imd police. > The 5000 is way better esp in class A operation. > > > >> A fully-loaded K3 is about $4900, and that assumes 8 pole filters in all > slots in both receivers. A fully loaded FT-5000 is $5600. The FT-5000 > exceeds the K3's >receiver performance in one category, and trails the K3 in > every other RX performance category. The K3 also has a superior transmitter, > as evidenced by the >IMD numbers in ARRL test results and elsewhere. > >> 73, >> Scott, N9AA > > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 just goes off - SOLVED
Glad you found it Lee! Many problems similar to this are caused by a bad crimp job on the Anderson connectors. I would encourage everyone to get the more expensive crimp tools with the right dies for the various amperage connectors used. Soldering is fine too but not needed if the cable is crimped properly. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 6/24/2012 9:40 AM, Lee Buller wrote: > Recently, I built a new power cable...a shorter cable with automotive spade > fuses. The Radio Shack Spade Fuse Holders are defective. Would not seat the > fuse properly. Thus, the connection malfunctioned. I will be replacing those > soon. > > Lee - K0WA > > > > > > > From: Lee Buller > To: Elecraft Reflector > Sent: Sat, June 23, 2012 9:21:47 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 just goes off > > > This has not happened to me before > > Running some FD here on CW for about an hour in an AC room > > PA 35C FP 31C > > The rig just went off. Dead. Power supply is ON. Pressed the power > buttoncomes back on. > > Anyone see this beforeI have not. > > Lee > > > In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you > don't > have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find > any > > Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common > Sense divine? > > Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. > - John W. (Kansas) > > Never interfere with anything that isn't bothering 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 > __ > 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] K3 sub receiver no signals
I installed this 2nd receiver quite some time ago. I probably never checked but i hear background noise in the sub receiver but no signals. I suspect this is something stupid, can someone point me in a direction. -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub receiver no signals
I have an antenna connected. I suspect that I have mis wired the to the bnc instead of the main ant. I will have to check the cabling. I can't believe I never checked this when I built it. I have KE7X's book and I have tried all the settings. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 7/1/2012 9:07 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Is the antenna connected? Seriously, Mike, there are several menu options > for where the 2nd rx will get its signals. I'd bet you have an unused input > selected. > > The sub receiver gets its RF input either from the main receiver (sharing > ANT 1-2 or RX ANT IN), or from its auxiliary antenna input. If you have a > cable connected to the KRX3 module's AUX input you have the following > choices in the CONFIG menu under KRX3: > > ANT=BNC: Specifies that the KRX3's auxiliary antenna source is the AUX RF > BNC jack on the rear panel. This requires that the BNC is installed with its > cable connected KRX3's AUX RF input. > > ANT=ATU: Specifies that the KRX3's auxiliary antenna source is the ATU's > non-transmit antenna (1 or 2).Use this setting only if you connected the > KRX3's AUX RF input to the KAT3's TMP jack. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett > Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 7:32 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 sub receiver no signals > > I installed this 2nd receiver quite some time ago. I probably never checked > but i hear background noise in the sub receiver but no signals. > I suspect this is something stupid, can someone point me in a direction. > > -- > Mike W0MU > > W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.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 > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub receiver no signals
The 2nd receiver was hooked up to the bnc aux connector. I had to change that. However still no signals. I have tried every combination of antennas etc. I suspect maybe there was an issue when I uploaded the new firmware. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 7/1/2012 9:33 PM, Bill Conkling wrote: > Check antenna wiring, and make sure you have selected an antenna for the > SUB. > > ...bill nr4c > > -Original Message- > From: W0MU Mike Fatchett [mailto:w...@w0mu.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 10:32 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 sub receiver no signals > > I installed this 2nd receiver quite some time ago. I probably never > checked but i hear background noise in the sub receiver but no signals. > I suspect this is something stupid, can someone point me in a direction. > __ 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
[Elecraft] K3 sub receiver no signals solved!
There was a config error in the Sub filter setup. I have a 2.7 filter in slot 2 and 400 in slot 4. Those were setup correctly. The Sub also thought I had a 2.7 in FL1. Changed that and the receiver came to life. Obviously the other issue was that I had decided, for reasons still unknown to me today, to install the input using the AUX BNC. Thanks for the suggestions and hints! We are fortunate to have some very smart helpful folks on the reflector! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 7/2/2012 8:45 AM, mikefur...@att.net wrote: > > > > Also check the external cable to the radio. When I replaced my FT1000 with a > K3 (best move in the ham shack ever ... but I gotta say the FT1000 served me > well for 20 years), the the short section of cable from the external rx > antenna switch box to the K3 went bad. I took the K3 apart first thinking I > did not plug something in or an internal cable was not correctly seated. > > 73, Mike WA5POK > > -Original Message- > From: nr4c > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 6:52 AM > To: W0MU Mike Fatchett > Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector' > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub receiver no signals > > I saw that someone else suggested checking all the cabling. Good idea. > Also, press the "A>B" switch twice quickly (should see "A>B ALL" in VFO > B window) to make sure both main and sub are on same freq, filters etc. > > Oh, yeah, lyou DID turn ON the Sub-rec'ver. Didn't you? > > Let's see, check internal cabling, Antenna, settings. Oh, how is your > RF/AF gain controls set up. I have separate RF gains, but the AF gains > are set up so that the little knob is volume, and the larger one is a > fader. How are your set up? > > ./...bill nr4c > On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:49:36 -0600, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: >> The 2nd receiver was hooked up to the bnc aux connector. I had to >> change that. However still no signals. I have tried every >> combination of antennas etc. >> >> I suspect maybe there was an issue when I uploaded the new firmware. >> >> >> Mike W0MU >> >> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net >> >> On 7/1/2012 9:33 PM, Bill Conkling wrote: >>> Check antenna wiring, and make sure you have selected an antenna for >>> the >>> SUB. >>> >>> ...bill nr4c >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: W0MU Mike Fatchett [mailto:w...@w0mu.com] >>> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 10:32 PM >>> To: Elecraft Reflector >>> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 sub receiver no signals >>> >>> I installed this 2nd receiver quite some time ago. I probably never >>> checked but i hear background noise in the sub receiver but no >>> signals. >>> I suspect this is something stupid, can someone point me in a >>> direction. >>> > __ > 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 > > __ > 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] OT: Franklin County, VT
I need to work a station in Franklin, VT for an award. The station must have an F in the call or an X or have completed the CQ USA-CA award. I am QRV on most any hf band. If you can help please email or call me. W0MU 303 548 7222 -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA500 with a MFJ-994B AUTO TUNER
I use the LDG AT600 pro and it works fine. I avoid MFJ if I can. Some stuff is fine other stuff is wellnot. If you have not purchased one you might consider waiting for the KAT500 that Elecraft is working on. Mike W0MU J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 CQ WW DX CW W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 10/22/2011 4:10 PM, John KLim wrote: > Hi > > > > Is anyone using a "MFJ-994B AUTO TUNER 600W 1.8-30 MHZ" with an Elecraft > k3/KPA500? I would like to know how they are working together. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > 73 ES CUL DE N3KHK > > === > > John R. Klim II > > ARRL LM, AMSAT LM > > 10-10: 68135 > > 30MDG: 1820 > > QSL: LoTW, Bureau, Direct, eQSL as a courtesy > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] TX7M using 4 x K3s
Marquesas Islands is a separate DXCC entity. The French callsigns have been a mess since I have been a ham 1978. Mike W0MU J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 CQ WW DX CW W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 10/26/2011 4:34 PM, ab2tc wrote: > Hello again, > > No doubt about French Polynesia as the country. Wonder why they don't use > the FO prefix as is supposed to be for French Polynesia. Call prefixes are a > mess these days. 10m may be alive still. Aussie VK4MA coming through here > nice and strong (K3 S6 on dipole). Maybe the party will continue. Really > looking forward to the contest this weekend. Biggest sports event in the > world they say. > > AB2TC - Knut > > > Phil Hystad-3 wrote: >> Seems to be French call sign with an amateur in Russia as the holder for >> the DX expedition. I think the location is French Polynesia in south >> Pacific in Marquesas Islands. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Oct 26, 2011, at 2:22 PM, n5ge@ wrote: >> >>> Yes, that confused me some too, but the name with the call sign is >>> MARQUESAS >>> 2011 RRC&UDXT >>> >>> 73, >>> Tom >>> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE >>> ARRL Lifetime Member >>> QCWA Lifetime Member > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/TX7M-using-4-x-K3s-tp6933277p6934525.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] New product suggestion
Tom is a really good antenna designer. He has some interesting antennas on his new site. Running the business was never a strong point. F12 suffered from many of the same issues. Mike W0MU J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 CQ WW DX CW W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 10/27/2011 6:13 PM, W8JH wrote: > I spent 7 weeks trying to get that antenna from N6BT but Tom never came > through with a delivery date for my order much less produce the antenna. I > sent emails to three different email addresses he gave me and multiple calls > to his cell phone went unanswered. A real shame as I really wanted to give > the Q-52 antenna a try. > > After wasting all that time I ordered a Cushcraft MA-5B on their website > after hours on Monday and it arrived at my house Thursday. Really wish I > had started there. > > 73, > > Joe, W8JH > > - > 73, > > Joe, W8JH > K3 1713, KPA 132 > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/New-product-suggestion-tp6931309p6938489.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA #455 not very well
Check the ribbon cable. A few people have missed a set of pins. Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 10/29/2011 11:21 AM, Nicolas Drin wrote: > Hi > > I just finished to build KPA500 #455. Unfortunately I found several > problems. > > 1/ fan is not working (I already checked that the 2 wires are a the right > place on the plug - no inversion like someone reported earlier) > > 2/ I coupled the KPA500 to the K3 with the KPAK3aux from Elecraft. For some > bands (14,21,10,5.3) when I push the button on the front of KPA500 the band > is changed on K3 but NOT on KPA500 (example 14 gives 1,8 - 21 gives 7) ! For > this 4 bands, in TX mode, the KPA500 automatic band switching selects the > proper band. > > I thought to a software problem and i tried to reload the firmware (after a > parameter reset to default value) and I run to my third problem... > > 3/No communication available with the KPA500. I tried two configurations Mac > and PC. The serial / USB cable is the KUSB from Elecraft and both systems > are perfectly working with K3 and P3 so I am pretty sure that it is a KPA500 > problem. > > I don't have the schematics of the KPA500 (and in the other hand I'm not a > brilliant technician...) so any help will be appreciated. I should mention > that I already build Norcal 40, SIERRA, K1, KX1, K2, K3, P3 so I have a > little experience and I already checked that I didn't make any mistake > (wire ribbon cable inversion or badly plugged, no thermal insulator). I > performed all test with success with my DMM during the building. > > Last point the HF module seems to wok without problem. > > So again thank in advance for any help > > Nicolas, F5HFZ > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA-455-not-very-well-tp6943877p6943877.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Strange Problem
There is nothing wrong with crimped connectors if done properly. Is this an antenna that was working fine and then stopped on one band with absolutely no changed in the shack or coax etc? What band is out of whack...I apologize for missing most of this thread. Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 11/2/2011 6:55 PM, Joe Ford wrote: > Guy, > > Thanks for the tips. My coax jumpers are some I bought from a company I don't > remember exactly which one. It was one that I saw recommended somewhere. > Unfortunately the PL259s are crimped on but they seem to work okay. Just to > be sure, when I was troubleshooting the problem I replaced the jumper with no > change. I can't remember if I traded with the K2. I might have. I need to > change the coax anyway because I need them to be a little longer. If I can > find someone who sells good quality with soldered PL259s I'll probably order > them, otherwise I'll just make my on. > > I lowered the dipole, looked it over but didn't see anything except the ends > a rusting a little where they are tied to the insulators. Unfortunately it > doesn't hang free and clear. I have lots of trees. I tried to reroute it > where it would be more in the clear. Then I put it back up and it performs > the same. I guess the next step is to replace it with the other dipole that > tested okay. When I did the test I just hung the dipole between 2 trees. I > did not hang it where the problem dipole is so it was not a 100% valid test. > I'll try switching the 2 and see what happens. At least the test confirmed > the switch and balun are okay. > > > Thanks for the suggestion about recording the swr across the antenna > bandwidth when it is new. I can plot a little graph and save it for future > use. Even for my beam which is not new it will be a good thing to have. > > > Joe > k4nvj > > > > > From: Guy Olinger K2AV > To: Joe Ford > Cc: Elecraft; > "w3...@embarqmail.com" > Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 3:49 PM > Subject: Re: K3 Strange Problem > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Joe Ford wrote: > > ... I'll take down the ant and inspect it.But it works fine on all the other >> bands. Tunes with no problems all other bands. The KAT100 tunes but the KAT3 >> doesn't? > Tuning all bands using a single antenna is always dicey > somewhere.Success is NOT guaranteed, but fortunate. You are often > operating at the fringe of a tuner's range on one band or another. > The KAT 100 and KAT3 are not the same tuners, have different coils, > different tradeoffs, and different firmware to drive it. Though the > ranges are approximately the same, give the two units an impedance at > the far fringe, and one or the other may not be able tune it properly. > > Change any of the coax lengths after the tuner, INCLUDING THOSE INSIDE > THE K3, by switching, exchange, or whatever, and what just barely got > tuned the last time by the same tuner may not now tune. > > Though this may not be your problem at all, a friend of mine was > having troubles of this mysterious sort. Eventually he discovered that > he had not soldered either the braid OR the center conductor on a > PL259. It worked for YEARS before it finally started getting > intermittent. > > Another ham had a balun that was gradually going bad and overheating, > apparently shorting some turns and causing mysterious changes in SWR. > He discovered that because during a QRO contest it caught fire and > completely shorted out. Actually his wife discovered it looking out > the window at the tower out in the field, and came and told him his > tower was on fire. > > The way to validate and check out one of these compromise antennas, is > to run it when it is brand new and working spiffy. SWEEP the MFJ > CONTINUOUSLY from the bottom of the lowest band to the top of the > highest band. Note the actual resonances you find along the way. > Write down those frequencies, the R at those resonant frequencies, and > the 2:1 SWR points above and below all of those resonances. Entirely > possible that all of the resonances are outside the ham bands. Keep > these figures as a reference. When you have trouble, repeat the > measurements. IF there is trouble in the antenna, those readings will > change. If the coax gets waterlogged, the 2:1 SWR points will broaden > out significantly and the R values at resonance will likely change. > If something gets broken the resonances will all move on you. > > If you have an AIM 4170 as your analyzer, just sweep it from 0.5 to 30 > MHz and save the file. You can then import it and have an onscreen > compare between the old and new readings. > > 73, Guy. > __ > 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: htt
Re: [Elecraft] Help with K3 and Signalink USB
You have vox turned on? Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 11/3/2011 8:46 PM, Doug Shields wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am sure there is a simple and thoroughly obvious answer to this but I > haven't found it. I have a K3 connected to a Signalink USB interface. I am > using the specific K3 cable that plugs in to the speaker and mic jacks on > the K3. I believe I have the internal jumpers on the Signalink set > properly. I have adjusted the sound card levels as recommended. > > I can receive everything and decode signals just fine using Ham Radio > Deluxe. I just can't transmit any digital modes. I have tried many > combinations of settings with no luck. The K3 goes into transmit but I get > no indication of RF output. It works fine on CW and SSB. > > What am I missing? Thanks in advance. > > > > Doug W4DAS > > __ > 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 __ 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
