[Elecraft] Power Knob Disintegrated K3
HI. I have not been at my K3 for a couple of years and today I sat down to update everything. Hopefully, I can work the 3Y. Slight problem. The power knob disintegrated in my fingers when I went to turn it. Is this normal for a K3 Ser# 5934. Thank you, Tim KQ8M k...@kq8m.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] DXCC Rules
This has come up before the DXAC several years ago and they suggested to the ARRL board a mileage restriction for remote operation for DXCC acceptance and the ARRL Board totally ignored their recommendation. I have my suspicions as to why but I will keep them to myself. Good luck getting them to change now. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Kercel Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 14:33 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] DXCC Rules Fellow Elecrafters: If someone thinks that there is a problem with DXCC rules as they currently stand, the proper venue for venting your concerns is the ARRL DX Advisory Committee. For access see: http://www.arrl.org/dx-advisory-committee 73, Steve Kercel, AA4AK ARRL Maine Section DXCC Card Checker __ 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] W2 connection issues
Hi Jim, If you figure it out please let us know. I have the same problem with a Win 7 machine. Everytime I start the software I must turn the W2 off then back on for it to be detected even though the software sees the com port. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Spears Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 08:34 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] W2 connection issues I have two W2 units that I use with different K3's and different W10 computers. One of them is reluctant to connect when I start up the W2 utility program. So I power the W2 off and back on with the utility program active and it connects just fine. This is consistent behavior. The other seems to be able to connect just fine. I have not spent any time trying to figure out why one requires the off/on sequence but just live with it. There may something in the physical connection to the computer. i.e. through a USB port, through a COM port, etc. Jim/N1NK __ 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] W2 Software
Thank you, David. That is exactly what I am looking for. I am also thinking of writing a little utility to display the data. On that page is a link that is supposed to go to a mod for the W2 but it goes to the serial interface commands file. I think Elecraft is having trouble with their new design. Oh well, they will get it fixed. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: David Fleming [mailto:df...@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 17:01 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; k...@kq8m.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W2 Software Hello Tim, You are right. The W2 Utility is used mainly for updating the firmware. I believe you are looking for the W2 Interface software. The new web site doesn't appear to have a link on the software page, but by typing "W2" in the Search box I was able to find it. Scroll about half way down the page to find the W2 Interface software. https://elecraft.com/pages/w2-wattmeter-swr-bridge-software Best 73, David, W4SMT On Friday, October 26, 2018, 4:58:31 PM EDT, wrote: Thanks to all who answered so quickly. I misunderstood what was what. I was under the impression that the utility was mainly for updating the firmware. I was wrong. Thanks for setting me straight. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:donw...@embarqmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 16:20 To: k...@kq8m.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W2 Software Tim, It is on the new Elecraft website. Go to www.elecraft.com and click on SUPPORT Then on the page that opens, click on Firmware and Software On that page, click on Test Equipment Line Firmware and Software Lastly click on W2 Firmware and Utility. The Utility link is located near the bottom of that page. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/26/2018 3:58 PM, k...@kq8m.com wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have been trying ot find the software for the W2 computer control. I found > the app to update the firmware but cannot find the control software. Does > anyone know where I can find it? __ 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] W2 Software
Thanks to all who answered so quickly. I misunderstood what was what. I was under the impression that the utility was mainly for updating the firmware. I was wrong. Thanks for setting me straight. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:donw...@embarqmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 16:20 To: k...@kq8m.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W2 Software Tim, It is on the new Elecraft website. Go to www.elecraft.com and click on SUPPORT Then on the page that opens, click on Firmware and Software On that page, click on Test Equipment Line Firmware and Software Lastly click on W2 Firmware and Utility. The Utility link is located near the bottom of that page. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/26/2018 3:58 PM, k...@kq8m.com wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have been trying ot find the software for the W2 computer control. I found > the app to update the firmware but cannot find the control software. Does > anyone know where I can find it? __ 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] W2 Software
Hi, I have been trying ot find the software for the W2 computer control. I found the app to update the firmware but cannot find the control software. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you and 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.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] Craziest / most rewarding QSOs
Two of my craziest were: Going to 80 one evening 2 hours before sunset and working VQ9QM. He even made a note on the card to express his surprise to work the US at that time. And the funny thing is no one else called him from the US. He went back to running EU which I could not hear. Sitting on 10 meters with the idea that the expedition to KH1 (SM0AGD/KH1) would be on at a certain time and they would transmit on 28595. Right about the time I figured they would be there so I called them a couple times and he came back then went split. Strangest QSL I ever received was a coconut. Yes an actual coconut that was sent via USPS and NOT packaged. Everything was pasted right to the coconut. That came from my old friend KH6ML. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Nielsen - N7XY Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 17:01 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Craziest / most rewarding QSOs The most rewarding QSO I DIDN'T have: A few sunspot cycles ago I tuned around 10 meters from my then-QTH in California. The ONLY signal I could hear on the entire band was from a beacon station on Reunion Island, very copyable. 73, Bob N7XY __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] FT8: "Magic radio"?
Mike, you hit the nail on the head. This is a mode that the big guns can't just overpower the little guy and be the first in and out. I bet it drives them nuts being relegated to the level of the small guns. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 16:25 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FT8: "Magic radio"? How is it any different than the RTTY setups used for DXpeditions that would do essentially the same thing, listen over a wide range and stack the calls heard? FT8 just allows them to complete 1 to 5 contacts at one time. That to me is pretty amazing!There is still plenty of skill in working FT8 if the goal is to get in and get out quick just like any more. Hey if you have all day to work someone chances are you will get them sooner or later. The cool part about this and the most important part is this mode is allowing people with really marginally poor stations to be able to actually get on Ham Radio and work people and work DX! It has to be exciting for them! Try to put yourself in their shoes. It is a whole new world! We need more activity, more active hams and maybe FT8 will be a building block to get more people in. I would hope this is a good thing! W0MU On 7/3/2018 2:10 PM, ANDY DURBIN wrote: > I have been using WSJT-X since before version 1.0 was made available. I was > also an early adopter of JT9 and FT8. I have enjoyed using JT65, JT9, and > FT8 for HF and 6 m QSO. Using DXpedition mode to work KH1 was a different > experience. I felt that the operator had been taken much too far "out of the > loop". I'm glad I made more KH1 QSO using CW than with FT8 and I found them > much more satisfying. > > FT8 DXPedition mode is certainly not for everyone but if it was the only way > I could make a QSO with KH1 I'd have been glad to have it in my log.KH1 > was DX 200 worked CW in 4 years. That was nice and only the magic of > propagation was involved. > > 73, > Andy k3wyc > > __ > 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 k...@kq8m.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] OT: Color code memory aid ...
My late Uncle taught that to me. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken G Kopp Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 20:26 Cc: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Color code memory aid ... >From the distant past ... Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly ... 73! K0PP On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 18:13 Fred Jensen wrote: > OK, cool! I'd like to see it work. While I have a lot of respect for > design folk, and especially those who design the super easy websites to > use where you find what you need, do it, leave, and your coffee is still > hot, the Mech E's who can visualize in 3D with motion astound me. I > understand the multiple reels of feedstock. It's the "remove the parts > from the tape" part that I find hard, that tape was really sticky. [:-) > > Every time I've asked my wife to tell me the colors on a resistor, even > after I tell her, "They're all supposed to be preschool colors," I still > get, "Well, sort of reddish-orange ... might be a little pink too." > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > On 6/15/2018 4:43 PM, GaryK9GS wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > It's called a sequencer. Individual reels of tape and reel axial parts > are loaded in the sequencer. So there would be an entire reel of 10k > resistors, a separate reel of 100k, separate reel of diodes, etc. > > The sequencer then removes the parts from the tape and creates a new > tape with the parts in the proper order and count. The sequencer my > company used to have would also measure the value of the part and reject it > if it wasn't in the tolerance window. > > I hope that all makes sense... > > Surface mount is oh so much easier. We have 9 surface mount lines and > rarely use the axial through hole inserter these days. > > __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] Art of Electronics
They are working on the next edition, the X edition, which is referenced throughout the 3rd edition. It is supposed to be released this year but no date yet. I gather it is supposed to be much more in depth. 73 Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of donov...@starpower.net Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2018 13:43 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Art of Electronics Hi Robie, The free Second Edition pdf is quite dated (1980), but work every penny of the price! 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Robie Elms" <rule...@gmail.com> To: donov...@starpower.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2018 4:46:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Art of Electronics Thanks for all the feedback. I’ll look at the pdf 2nd version first! Robie > On Apr 8, 2018, at 11:13, donov...@starpower.net wrote: > > > The current Third Edition is available in used but like new condition for > $56.50 with free shipping at: > > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0521809266/ref=tmm_hrd_used_ol > p_sr?ie=UTF8=used== > > > The Second Edition is available for free as a pdf at: > > > https://ia801605.us.archive.org/14/items/TheArtOfElectronics-2ndEditio > n/the-art-of-electronics.pdf > > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > > - Original Message - > > From: "Mike Markowski" <mike.ab...@gmail.com> > To: "Robie Elms" <rule...@gmail.com> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2018 3:42:39 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Art of Electronics > > Robie, > > I don't have all editions to compare, but think newest is usually best. > Maybe others know better? The book is an intro, though very detailed!, > and doesn't cover much in the way of RF to my recollection. It would > be a foundation that makes RF design easy to follow, though. > > Others might have better recommendations for ham-specific books. But > if you leaf through something like ARRL's "Introduction to Radio > Frequency Design," you'll probably get more from it after a book like Art of > Elec. > > 73, > Mike ab3ap > >> On 04/08/2018 11:28 AM, Robie Elms wrote: >> Which edition is the most useful for hams? >> >> Robie AJ4F >> >>> On Apr 8, 2018, at 10:14, Mike Markowski <mike.ab...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Chuck and all, >>> >>> It really is a great book, the best I've found on the topic for my >>> style of learning. I really like math but also need concrete >>> examples. I like their approach of "here's how we might approach >>> this," leading to shortcomings, to how to improve, etc. Very >>> methodical rather than jumping straight into the best solution >>> without knowing where the model came from. >>> >>> In general, I find electronics learning - or really, learning >>> anything - to be iterative. I'd take the math class, then the EE and >>> understand some. As more math or EE clicked I'd understand the other >>> a little better. And so on. At long last, I'm ready to compete with >>> those kids who skated through university effortlessly...as >>> retirement is only a decade away! Better late than never. :-) >>> >>> 73, Mike ab3ap >>> >>>> On 04/07/2018 07:17 PM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: That’s a great >>>> book, “The Art of Electronics”. Horowitz and Hill, Harvard and >>>> Rowland institute for Science. Interesting about the math. I >>>> learned the math, though, in EE courses and found that to be a >>>> plus. Math with an application. Seemed like I was always taking the >>>> math course after I learned the math the semester before in an EE >>>> course. Anyway, I bought the book when I was already on the job and >>>> it was a great source of ideas and understanding. Chuck KE9UW > __ > 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 > donov...@starpower.net > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.h
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability
This is more a reply to everyone and not just one specific person. I received many great responses with fantastic ideas. Some I have tried in the past some I have not. I would like to thank all of you for your ideas and well wishes. This gives me hope for mankind. On the question of RF and pacemakers/ICD's I agree there is a greater chance of getting hit by lightning than RF affecting the device BUT people do get hit by lightning so their chances are one. I have had 4 previous ICD's implanted and have done the research on all and have never had a problem so I doubt I will with this but right now, after being in the hospital since Nov 20th, I need to remote control the station for if and when it happens again. The radio simulator is not appealing to me nor will I pay someone else to use their station. Again thank you for all of your great suggestions. 73, Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 8:15 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability Tim, One helpful feature of the K3 is the availability of TX TEST - that does not transmit any RF but all other the transmit controls work. So you can work at setting the audio levels sitting right next to the K3 with no danger. Once you have everything set up, turn TX TEST off and move to a safe location. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/5/2018 7:39 AM, Chester Latawiec wrote: The most difficult part is setting up audio levels. The plus side is that once you've got the audio all worked out, the digital stuff like FT8 is a snap to impliment. > __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] OT: Pigremote availability
Thank you for your reply, Nick. I did locate one for sale and have gone that direction. Sorry, you are having trouble with the parts. I know what it's like designing something then one of the main parts either becomes obsolete or cost rise sharply. Thank you for your time, 73 de Tim, KQ8M -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick Garner Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:18 PM To: Elecraft Discussion List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability Hi Tim, Just saw your other message direct to me. I'll reply here for anyone else that may be curious. I have all of the individual components that go into making a PigRemote except for a pretty important one, the audio codec board. When I first designed PR I decided to not put the audio codec, and it's related circuitry, directly on the PR motherboard for certain reasons I'll spare you the details of. The price for manufacturing that board has gone up drastically since I last ordered, probably because I always deal in relatively small quantities and board fab shops like to address something called a burden rate when accepting jobs. I'm not sure when I'll have that critical component so I can't make any guarantees on when I might be able to get one to you. It'd probably be faster to ask this group if anyone has one for sale. The PR was primarily designed to interface with the K3 and KX3 so there should be more than a handful out there. Whether or the owners want to part with them, not sure. :) On a side note, I do have a prototype PR that works with the K3 USB connection and it's the size of a deck of cards. I should revisit that to see about making it a product offering. 73, Nick N3WG On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: > It might be worth asking for an RF exposure limit, then doing the > station evaluation worksheet from the FCC. > > Links to worksheet here: > > http://www.arrl.org/rf-exposure > > From the Medtronic patient letter (I’d get an official, current one > for your model of pacemaker, of course): > > Maintain a distance of at least 6 inches between your heart device and: > > ♦ Antennas of cellular phones, amateur radios, ham radios, walkie > talkies of 3 watts or less. Maintain a distance of at least 12 inches > between your heart device and: > ♦ Antennas of amateur radios, ham radios, marine radios, walkie > talkies, citizens band (CB), of 3-15 watts Maintain a distance of at > least 2 feet between your heart device and: > ♦ Antennas of amateur radios, ham radios, marine radios, walkie > talkies of > 15-30 watts > Maintain a distance of at least 3 feet between your heart device and: > ♦ Antennas of commercial and government dispatch radio equipment of > 30-50 watts Maintain a distance of at least 6 feet between your heart > device and: > ♦ Antennas of commercial and government dispatch radio equipment of > 50-125 watts > > http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/Pacemaker/EMC% > 20Worksite%20Letter.pdf > > “Stay away from RF” isn’t very useful advice in a world full of wi-fi > and cell phones. ARRL has info on pacemakers and RF exposure, > including specs from Medtronic. > > http://www.arrl.org/pacemaker > > FCC FAQ on pacemakers and cell phones: > > https://www.fcc.gov/engineering-technology/electromagnetic-compatibili > ty- > division/radio-frequency-safety/faq/rf-safety#Q22 > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > > On Jan 4, 2018, at 8:40 AM, John Lemay > > <j...@carltonhouse.eclipse.co.uk> > wrote: > > > > Tim > > > > Hope you make a full and speedy recovery. > > > > It is your aerial which radiates your transmitted signal - therefore > > operating the radio from a different room is unlikely to help you, > > it > might > > even put you in a higher RF field. > > > > However, if you are able to use the internet to remotely operate a > friends > > radio across town, that could be a way forward. > > > > John G4ZTR > > > > -Original Message- > > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KQ8M > > Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 15:34 > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability > > > > I see the Pigremote is out of stock. Is there any idea when they may > become > > available again? I will be using it with my K3. > > > > > > > > I just had a heart transplant along with a new pacemaker and the > > docs > want > > me to stay away from the transmi
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability
Hi Don, Presently I can barely afford the pigremote let alone another k3 or k3/0. I would mainly be using it from home in the in-house network but if I end up in the hospital again I would like to be able to operate from there also. Trying to cover all bases within my means. 73 de Tim, KQ8M -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:donw...@embarqmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 10:54 AM To: k...@kq8m.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability Tim, I don't know about PigRemote, but another K3 operating in TERMINAL mode as well as the KX3 will give you that capability - as will the K3/0 and K3/mini. Since you will be operating "remote" but only on your local network, you can operate without RemoteRig, just an ethernet connection. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/4/2018 10:34 AM, KQ8M wrote: > I see the Pigremote is out of stock. Is there any idea when they may > become available again? I will be using it with my K3. > > > > I just had a heart transplant along with a new pacemaker and the docs > want me to stay away from the transmitter till everything shakes out > so I am hoping to control my rig from another room. Itching to get back on > the air. > I have been in the hospital since Nov 20th. > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability
Hi John, It's my way of placating the doctors and being compliant. Before this I I have gone through 4 ICD's and had no trouble but I would rather not rock the boat too much. No there is no problem with RF in the shack even full legal power. 73 de Tim, KQ8M -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of j...@kk9a.com Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 10:56 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability I understand you being cautious however I am curious, is there RF inside the shack (assuming quality coax and common mode chokes)? John KK9A KQ8M wrote: Jan 4 10:34:09 I see the Pigremote is out of stock. Is there any idea when they may become available again? I will be using it with my K3. I just had a heart transplant along with a new pacemaker and the docs want me to stay away from the transmitter till everything shakes out so I am hoping to control my rig from another room. Itching to get back on the air. I have been in the hospital since Nov 20th. Thank you for any help. 73 de Tim, KQ8M Kq8m at kq8m.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 k...@kq8m.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] OT: Pigremote availability
I see the Pigremote is out of stock. Is there any idea when they may become available again? I will be using it with my K3. I just had a heart transplant along with a new pacemaker and the docs want me to stay away from the transmitter till everything shakes out so I am hoping to control my rig from another room. Itching to get back on the air. I have been in the hospital since Nov 20th. Thank you for any help. 73 de Tim, KQ8M k...@kq8m.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] Yet another scam
Charles, I have one problem with a statement here. QRZ.com is NOT an official callbook. Only those that sign up or others who have signed up for someone else are listed. Also, emails change and may not be updated. Basing someone's credibility on QRZ.com is not a good thing. 73, Tim, KQ8M -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Charlie T Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 9:12 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Yet another scam Very first thing to do is look up the call on QRZ.COM. IF there is no email address listed, consider that a yuge RED FLAG, since the perps look for people who do NOT list their email on QRZ. Then they apply for a new email with Joe.Blow.W1XXX@ freebie email .com, such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. They then open a Pay-Pal account using the fraudulent email address and accept payment until thing get a little warm, then they go back to QRZ.COM for a new sucker. Ryle-of-thumb.Always list your email address on QRZ. It's no more secure than your first name, so don't worry if someone knows. Also, always look up the seller's call and verify that their listed email address IS in fact the one you're using for a pay--pal account to send money. 73, Charlie k3ICH __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] OT: Postal rates
Or hold them for the inevitable rate increases to come in the future. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.homedns.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 4:34 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Postal rates I ship a lot of USPS Priority Mail too. Yes, USPS Priority Mail rates did increase recently, but 1st class mail letter postage stayed the same. I am seeing that the rate for 1st class mail was going to be reduced - I have no confirmation about Priority Mail, but I expect that it stays the same as it is right now. So use up all your "Forever" stamps that you paid $0.49 each when you bought them before the rate reduction goes into effect - they will be worth only $0.47 after April 10. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/7/2016 4:14 PM, Rose wrote: > I ship (worldwide) daily via USPS. There was a recent rate -increase-. > > __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] TX3X K3/KPA500 DXpedition to Chesterfield Islands onthe air
Well, unfortunately here in the east, the solar flares have really made it difficult to hear them. I do not believe it is operator fault. Just unlucky that the sun decide to burp at the beginning and keep the A and K indexes up high. Now this may be a problem. I worked them on 12 CW and the QSO never showed. I did not work them on 10 SSB yet it shows a QSO there. So I have worked them finally both bands and now 12 CW shows but not 10 CW although they were worked 40 minutes apart. Oh well, maybe next time. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.homedns.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ae...@carolinaheli.com Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 4:05 PM To: 'Jack Brindle'; ae...@carolinaheli.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TX3X K3/KPA500 DXpedition to Chesterfield Islands onthe air The issue is likely because my dipole is oriented towards EU.. I need to lookup the bearing from SC and probably move the ends of my dipole (not easily done). Jer -Original Message- From: Jack Brindle [mailto:jackbrin...@me.com] Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 3:51 PM To: ae...@carolinaheli.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TX3X K3/KPA500 DXpedition to Chesterfield Islands onthe air They are on. The Elecraft rigs sound great (of course, I’m a bit biased)… I worked them on 21285 SSB a short time ago. They are presently very readable here in Northern California. Propagation conditions are much better today than yesterday with much lower QRN caused by solar conditions (geomagnetic storming). Keep trying. They are weak but workable. The K6TU propagation charts accessible from the TX3X web site are definitely a help. Stu has done a great job with his propagation site, worth checking out. 73! Jack, W6FB > On Oct 10, 2015, at 12:16 PM, ae...@carolinaheli.com wrote: > > Not hearing them at all > > > -Original Message- > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of > Gary > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 2:43 PM > To: Wayne Burdick; Wes (N7WS) > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TX3X K3/KPA500 DXpedition to Chesterfield > Islands onthe air > > My kinda lifestyle:-) > > -Original Message- > From: "Wayne Burdick" <n...@elecraft.com> > Sent: 7/10/2015 4:16 AM > To: "Wes (N7WS)" <w...@triconet.org> > Cc: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TX3X K3/KPA500 DXpedition to Chesterfield > Islands onthe air > > Maybe the TX3X team actually has a life? (Snorkeling, beer, group > sing-a-longs, sleeping, leisurely brunch, more beer) > > Wayne > > > On Oct 6, 2015, at 11:08 AM, "Wes (N7WS)" <w...@triconet.org> wrote: > >> Rolling along? Twelve ops, seven complete 500W stations and ton of antennas >> and 21K Q's in 6 days. >> >> E6GG with seven ops and four radios made ~ 49k Q's in 12 days. >> >> Just sayin' >> >> >> >> On 10/6/2015 10:22 AM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: >>> TX3X on the the Chesterfield Islands is rolling along with their K3s and >>> KPA500s. >>> >>> See: www.tx3x.com >>> and >>> http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/?dx_calls=TX3X >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Eric >>> /elecraft.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 > vk1zzg...@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 > je...@carolinaheli.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 Me
Re: [Elecraft] I wonder how many folks have had buyers remorse on a K3/K3S purchase?
What does this have to do with the subject? Start your own thread! 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.homedns.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chester Alderman Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 9:05 AM To: 'Marc Veeneman'; 'David F. Reed' Cc: 'elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I wonder how many folks have had buyers remorse on a K3/K3S purchase? Marc, In my opinion, you have no one to blame except yourself. I doubt seriously the K3 keying program in the K3 Utility was designed, not only to be used on the air, but certainly not for QRQ operating. I have been a QRQ operator for about 40 years, running speeds from about 60 wpm up to around 125 wpm. I can tell you from experience that NOW the K3 will key and maintain full QSK up about 95 wpm with both weight and spacing held constant. But, in my opinion, you MUST have an external PC program capable of sending at speeds in excess of 50 wpm while maintaining weight and character spacing. That I am aware, everyone who operates QRQ has a PC on their desk, but there are very few programs available that will do it correctly. N1MM Logger Plus is a contest program, but it's keying program will run my K3 at 95 wpm and do it well. The only other program that I have used is named YPlog, written by VE6YP but unfortunately not supported for over 15 years. YPlog generates CW using Windows internal audio generation, primarily to eliminate the normal 'stutter' by PC I/O ports. High speed CW requires correctly spaced and correctly weighted generation of CW and there is no one, that I know of, who can do that by hand, so a PC is imperative. I, also, have spent the past 40 years working with computers and just consider them as another tool to be used as I see fit. Not wanting to use a PC anymore, in my opinion, basically eliminates you from getting into one of the most fun parts of our hobby, QRQ! Your choice BUT putting the blame on the K3 and the K3 Utility shows you really mistook the purpose of the K3 Utility. If you are interested I can send you the YPlog program, but you will have to build an audio full wave bridge plus a keying transistor to key your K3 at speeds. 73, Tom - W4BQF -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Marc Veeneman Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 5:23 PM To: David F. Reed Cc: elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I wonder how many folks have had buyers remorse on a K3/K3S purchase? Maybe I can offer a counterpoint, I do regret my K3 purchase. But I will not be selling it. That was the summary. Here, at great length, is the detail: I had a KX3 with KXPA100 and liked it very much. I'm a CW operator and hope to join the QRQ gang some day soon. But I spent the past 40 years working with computers and I don't want one in my shack. I prefer to have minimal equipment at the operating desk. With that in mind, I saw the pictures of the PX3 with the word Keyboard stenciled over a USB socket. I ordered the PX3 and separately order a folding wireless keyboard to match. The PX3 arrived and it changed my operating for the better. Seeing the entire band instead of slowly tuning for CW signals adds a whole new dimension to my hobby. But the Keyboard USB socket was useless and the sort-of-promise that the keyboard option would be ready by Christmas went sort-of-unfulfilled. Meanwhile, the K3/P3/SVGA combo has a keyboard option and my CW speed is increasing so I ordered the K3 combo. It cost a lot more than the KX3 had. As soon as the gear arrived I set it up with my yet-unused wireless keyboard and commenced to play with it. Trouble. Letters, and sometimes whole words went missing. CTRL-S has to be hit every so often to force a buffer dump. And sporadically there are pauses of several seconds when sending just stops and CTRL-S fails. However, the buffer dump might resume on its own. My phone call to Elecraft gave me bad news. My wireless keyboard was not approved by Elecraft so there would be no support for it. I ordered a USB keyboard, waited for its arrival, and discovered no difference. I still had all the same problems with the wired, approved keyboard. Then more bad news from Elecraft: operating the keyboard without a VGA monitor is not approved. If you recall, I wanted minimal equipment in the shack; in fact that's why I wanted the keyboard option instead of the KX3 (now K3) Utility program for sending CW. Now I learned that I have to have a screen on the desk as well. I purchased a VGA monitor and tried again. Still all the same issues. So Elecraft asked that I send the P3 with keyboard to them to find out what might be wrong. I did so. After the normal UPS transit time, 5 days each way, and a sufficient time
[Elecraft] [K3} Side tone gone.
I hope someone can help. I am supposed to be operating W1AW right now on CW but when I went to send CQ with Wintest there was no side tone. I go to the paddle and keyer and no sidetone. Go to the internal keyer and no sidetone. Yes, I have the Mon set to 36. What could have happened to the sidetone? I have used my K3 for 2 years now and never had this happen. Anyhow I am in a hurry to get on. Please help. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.homedns.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 __ 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} Side tone gone.
Thanks to all that have replied. I started running 1AW with another receiver as a monitor. Then during the run I bumped my head phones and the monitor started working again even though I had no problem with the receive audio. Crazy.. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.homedns.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike K2MK Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 2:16 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3} Side tone gone. Hi Tim, If you have a SUB RX and it is activated the sidetone comes through on the left channel. Sidetone is independent of volume settings, however, if you have somehow totally disabled your left channel you won't hear the sidetone. 73, Mike K2MK KQ8M wrote I hope someone can help. I am supposed to be operating W1AW right now on CW but when I went to send CQ with Wintest there was no side tone. I go to the paddle and keyer and no sidetone. Go to the internal keyer and no sidetone. Yes, I have the Mon set to 36. What could have happened to the sidetone? I have used my K3 for 2 years now and never had this happen. Anyhow I am in a hurry to get on. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Side-tone-gone-tp7592396p7592407.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 Message delivered to k...@kq8m.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] P3SVGA
I agree with Gerald. I have used Win4K3 in place of the HRD rig control software. It not only works much much better but also has shared con ports for other software to also control the K Line. Plus he responds to any problem with a much more professional attitude than others do. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.homedns.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gerald Manthey Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 2:45 PM To: Tom Blahovici Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA I use Tom ' s software. It is stable and controls the elecraft line like no other. There are a few issues that he has told us about and did say elecraft was notified and later I recheck and he did not hear back from them. This software should be on the elecraft site. It controls the K-Line as well as the KX3 and has a terminal window. I hope this issue gets resolved as the Win4k3suite is outstanding. Hoping for a fast solution Gerald - KC6CNN __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] RM-11708 proposal to FCC threatens CW and digital modes
The worst part of the quote from the yachtsman that really ticks me off is where he says: Its a great service because all of the other available Internet services cost money. Really? We end up with this QRM so boaters don't have to pay for internet services? In my comments to the FCC I stated that if there is an emergency and the faster communications is needed then the FCC has the ability to declare an emergency and allow otherwise unauthorized modes. Just like they do when they set aside a certain frequency. This is not an emergency nor is the guy checking his email a reason to change rules to suite them! The proponents say this will not cause problems. What I see is the interference this will cause to these stations amongst themselves in there narrow bandspace, they will then start moving out from each other taking up more and more bandspace! Moving other modes out as they do so. This is a disaster waiting to happen. BTW, this affects ALL amateurs so this crosses in to the on topic line. If this comes to fruition there will be a mass exodus of regular hams and this will affect not only Elecraft but all ham radio manufacturers! 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Sandy Blaize Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 10:59 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RM-11708 proposal to FCC threatens CW and digital modes think my comments on RM-11708 went thru. This is very serious to ANYONE who wants to retain narrow band digital communications like JT9 and PSK31 and RTTY!! Also to CW Dxers and contesters! If this passes, it will change amateur radio as we have known it forever. There will be no weak signal operation possible with the onset of digital noise in the analog receiver. IF THIS IS REALLY A NECESSARY DIGITAL MODE, it belongs somewhere in a segment of the phone band sub-band and NOT THE narrow band digital and CW band. I think this is REALLY a back door attempt to silence Continuous wave telegraphy..really! I hope the old timers and the newbies who are still hanging on to CW will write comments against this sneaky move ARRL is backing to satisfy mostly the Yacht crowd who want to access the internet via HF radio! It will violate the 300 baud or less rule of keeping wideband digital OUT of the narrow band digital space! Don't rely on the FCC to nix this RM as there isn't any real engineers at the FCC anymore, just lawyers, bean counters and political hacks running things there now. Proof of this is higher authorities bypassing FCC and making rules that stand now in the new 60 meter band. Please add your voices to the protest against RM-11708! 73, Sandy W5TVW On 6/23/2014 8:13 AM, jsdroys...@nc.rr.com wrote: Perhaps others like me are unaware of this proposed FCC rule that would allow digital communication modes 2.8 kHz in width to be used robotically in the CW and data sub-bands without regard to interference. ARRL supports this and evidently initiated it. http://www.arrl.org/files/media/News/RM-11708%20Briefing%20Memo.pdf However, information on websites savecw.com and saveRTTY.com indicates it would cause grave interference with CW and narrow digital modes. There is evidently a short window of opportunity to submit comments to the FCC about this, and there are instructions on the noted websites for how to do this online within just a few minutes. If you google for RM-11708 you can read some well-reasoned comments submitted by other hams to the FCC electronic docket. I can't evaluate the claims being made about ARRL's motivation but it seems important not to allow such bad interference, so I submitted a comment. Julie KT4JR __ 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 ebj...@charter.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 k...@kq8m.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - newest release of HRD
I use Win4K3. It works extremely well in rig control for the K3 and you don't pay for all the fluff nor have to pay a yearly fee for ongoing updates. If you use the entire package then it is a very nice program in my opinion but awful expensive for just rig control. Actually I use Win4K3 for rig control and connect the rest of the package to access the K3. It works much better than the one that comes with HRD. Plus it allows several applications to use it at the same time. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill W2BLC Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:31 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 - newest release of HRD Anyone using the latest version of HRD - 6.2? Their advertising says there in K3 and Kx3 support. Can anyone tell me what they have improved? I am still running an old 5.xx version that only partially support the K3. When/if HRD fully supports thatK3 I will immediately purchase an up-to-date version of HRD. I only use HRD for rig control, so all the other stuff is just fluff to me. The older versions, and I am told the more recent versions also, do not fully support the K3's controls or indications of control selections. Any comments? Thanks, 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 k...@kq8m.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] Limit topics in email
Count me as keep it as is, please. Very easy for me ti filter out things I don't want with my email client. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 11:55 AM To: EricJ Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Limit topics in email I'm only posting as this thread is becoming a de facto poll. My choice would be to leave the list alone. Eric KE6US I vote too as well to leave the list alone. No changes needed. I will vote frequently, count each of my votes -- the way we do it up in King County (Seattle area). :-) 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 Message delivered to k...@kq8m.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] Them
My Parents would watch Outer Limits and I hide behind my mother a lot. It scared the heck out of me. Then when I was a teenager I would watch the B movies on Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday afternoons. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 __ 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] Contest QRM
I am always amazed at those that point to a chart and say there are contests every weekend. I only operate the big contests of which there are 5 a year that affect each mode that I can think of. The rest are small and occupy very little band space if you even notice them at all. If that really bothers you then I feel sorry for you. It must be tough that things bother you to that extent. Plus, as Jim says, the WARC bands are contest free zones. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:16 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Contest QRM On 4/30/2014 5:53 AM, AG0N-3055 wrote: They are just another boring noisy weekend when you can't enjoy the bands. Contests always avoid the WARC bands, and most contests are a single mode -- CW or SSB or RTTY -- leaving lots of space for those who don't enjoy them. 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 k...@kq8m.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
I'm sorry but just because a band is not full of signals does not make it right to have a poor signal. In fact, I don't see anywhere in the FCC regulations that states you can do whatever you want as long as you don't bother someone else. To the other gentleman, I would like to ask for a link to the study that shows 98% of contesters have poor audio. CQ magazines contests are now disqualifying stations with poor audio or signals on CW. That has been a bug in the bonnet of most contesters for some time. So, again, I would like read the study that proves that 98% of contesters are operating poorly and purposely as you intimate. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of GRANT YOUNGMAN Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 10:56 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Is there a reason the receive is so Skinny You can find some ESSB around 7230 daytimes, and 14.178 give or take. I haven't heard the 20M guys for a while, but I haven't been there listening either. Some of the guys on 40 do exhibit the false carrier artifact that Joe referred to. But the band isn't crowded during the day (or hasn't been) so it seems the question is SO? They're not bothering anyone except the bandwidth police who complain about a 6 or 8 kHz wide AM signal, too, as being horrible on 75 meters when the band is otherwise DEAD. (ESSB sounds darn good on a receiver with wide bandwidth and good audio response, and the AM community in general are good neighbors on the bands). We have enough trouble with HOA's beating us up - why do we insist on beating up on our fellow hams who might enjoy some aspect of ham radio that we don't? I don't understand it, other than reflecting some drive to be IN CONTROL of what others are allowed to do, not because it affects us personally, or is even good for the hobby, but just . because . control. I rarely bother to even turn on the radio when the ever increasing number of contests ruins the bands for me - but I also don't spend all of my time trying to outlaw contests . We each have points of view. But there's a tendency to treat this whole bandwidth nonsense as a religious war (I know, I'm guilty, too) - which isn't a good thing. Grant NQ5T On Apr 27, 2014, at 9:20 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: Since I don't casually frequent the SSB sub-bands, where and when would I be likely to find ESSB? I'd like to see what it sounds like. I have an FT-847 which is pretty broad in SSB, might be fun to compare it to the K3. And, sadly for Milverton, I will admit to being a somewhat casual contester, mainly CW and some RTTY, not a lot on SSB since I can't hear it all that well. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 4/27/2014 7:09 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Hardly - most contesters are focused on keeping their audio tight for maximum efficiency. Yes, some overdrive an amplifier and splatter but heavily compressed (low peak to average) audio is not wide and does not cause interference. Unlike intentionally wide audio with excessive low end that rings and creates a false carrier to the point the SSB can be demodulated as AM. __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] Text Decode Issues
I'm sorry but I have not yet seen a CW decoder that can copy faint signals very well. Any noise will cause an erroneous character. I think Gary's intent is don't be dependent on a CW decoder to copy for you. If you don't get that L the first time listen for the next time. Personally I wonder how many of the bad spots that come out for DX stations are due to CW decoders rather than a miscopied call sign. Then there are those lemmings that would rather fall off the cliff than copy the call themselves and continue to spot the wrong call. How many of those count on the decoders to copy a station and since they are getting all kinds of junk just echo what the saw on the cluster. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of HREFAB Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:36 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Text Decode Issues AG0N-3055 wrote On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:32:59 -0400, Stephen Roberts wrote: Dumb question time. Why don't you just learn to operate CW the way most people do? CW is supposed to be a manual mode. It is an ART. Copying CW is a part of the tradition of amateur radio. If you have to have perfect CW to be decoded, it's the same as or worse than RTTY. Your brain can decode CW with missing characters and elements quite nicely. Use your head! Gary -- THAT'S A pretty ridiculous statement Gary. We're talking about a FEATURE on the radio, NOT my ability or inability to copy or send. The Decode function is more than just Tell me what he said. It is useful for picking up faint stations that might be missed, and to verify what my ears hear. Of course, I'm not as skilled an operator as you obviously are, but then again, I embrace technology rather than being afraid of it. I'm not worried about MISSING characters, rather I am concerned that the characters that I send PROPERLY are being miss-sent because of a flaw in the software. Telling me to Learn how to operate... is akin to you telling me to Buy a Stick when I mention that my automatic transmission is having a problem. I spent a not inconsiderable sum of money for this radio and have a reasonable expectation that all features work properly. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Text-Decode-Issues-tp7587553p7587596.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 Message delivered to k...@kq8m.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
Personally I am enjoying this discussion and am looking forward to the contest station settings. Anything to help improve the performance of my K3 is welcome. I am not the brightest bulb in the pack so always am grateful for any help. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 4:54 PM To: XE3/K5ENS; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 M/M Contest stations Folks - please tone down the discussion. Keith was just voicing an opinion, not making an attack. -All- technical opinions are welcome here. And there is no need to defend the K3's honor. It does pretty well on its own ;-) Now back to our hopefully more substantive, and polite, topics.. Your always enthusiastic list manager, Eric elecraft.com Yes, I -do- frequently make Tpyos -- I'm just typing (er, thinking) too fast! === On 4/14/2014 1:24 PM, XE3/K5ENS wrote: AND my money is that none of these radios are stock out of the box settings! Settings are settings and some have been changed. That's all I said. Keith, XE3/K5ENS __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] Side Effects of QRQ On The K3
Am I led to believe, then, that because you and Toby don't like the subject that it shouldn't be discussed. That sounds good. I don't like SSB, no one should talk about it! 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chester Alderman Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:22 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Side Effects of QRQ On The K3 To All: First, please keep in mind that this is our hobby. Being our hobby, you all know there are many aspects of it that, not all, but some of us enjoy and there has been a small percentage of us, Toby, myself, and others that have enjoyed running CW speeds in excess of 50 wpm. It should be quite obvious that as you get higher in CW speed the need for accuracy in sending code becomes more important. And obviously very few hams can use a hand key and send correctly formed and correctly spaced Morse letters at speeds exceeding about 40 wpm. Thus the vast majority of us use PC programs and keyboards for talking with each other using CW. When operating at higher speeds in the non-QRQ mode, the K3 starts sending choppy characters above about 35 wpm. In the QRQ mode, as Toby stated, the K3 loses some useful functions such as RIT, XIT, split, etc., however it will produce (on my K3) correctly formed CW characters up to about 94 wpm. This subject has been discussed on this reflector for the past 3 years and the Elecraft response has been 'we are working on it'. However those of us who would love to have the QRQ capability without the loss of any useful functions, now pretty much understand that it is not going to happen, thus Toby's and my conclusion that it is not a worthwhile subject for discussion any longer. 73, Tom - W4BQF -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 11:35 AM To: Stephen Prior Cc: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Side Effects of QRQ On The K3 Hopefully I will find some time to do more experiments this afternoon (maybe not, it will be a sunny day) but sending at 30 wpm is always error prone for me and it takes more effort that is not that comfortable. I too am best in the 20 to 25 zone. I think my error rate goes up substantially above about 28 wpm and also when the speed is dropped below about 16 wpm. Going slower also throws my timing way off. I use a Begali Magnetic Classic paddle and I love it. I have a Bencher for the pickup truck mobile and portable ops with KX3. 73, phil, K7PEH On Apr 13, 2014, at 7:53 AM, Stephen Prior eastbrantw...@gmail.com wrote: I just tried sending a string of V's at 30 wpm. Normally my maximum comfortable sending level is between 20 and 25wpm, so this is certainly out of my comfort zone. I am using a Begali Expedition and iambic mode B. With QRQ off I was about 75% accurate in my sending of strings of V's, with QRQ on, it was nearer 90%. I'm just listening to the sidetone. That was with the delay set to zero. With the delay at 0.06 I cannot see any difference between accuracy of sending with QRQ on or off, again at the 30wpm level. I must concur with previous comments that I have found the K3 to be a wonderful rig to use on CW, but I'm no racer, and never will be! 73 Stephen G4SJP K3 #980 On 13 April 2014 15:34, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com wrote: Which brings another question --- just when should the QRQ be enabled. I have sent at 30 wpm and that is about the limit of my sending speed and all mistakes are my fault -- but I have never noticed anything choppy or unusual and I have never invoked QRQ. Reason for not invoking QRQ is that I didn't think I needed it and I thought QRQ was meant for something faster than 30 wpm. Question: is this something you hear on the side-tone monitor? Is it the same as sent? 73, phil, K7PEH On Apr 13, 2014, at 7:03 AM, Toby Pennington w4c...@centurylink.net wrote: Fred, I was the one who first started this thread. I think perhaps it may be not affecting that many people, as there was not much support on here about the QRQ deficiencies. I have been running QRQ at around 30 wpm, because IF I don't, I will notice some choppiness in the sent CW. If you operate the rig at speeds greater than 30wpm, then you will notice the choppiness in the cw that is being sent. ( without the QRQ turned on..) When QRQ is ENGAGED, you lose the use of the RIT, Shift, Hi cut and Lo Cut. It appears as though nothing has been done to improve on this situation by Elecraft, as they would would have chimed in with a comment about the QRQ issue. I believe
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Microsoft Outlook Email Spam-Filter False-Positives Bug -- 2 of 2 Test Messages
Don't know what to tell you. I did the updates and yet I got both of your emails in outlook. No problem. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary W. Hvizdak Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 2:49 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Microsoft Outlook Email Spam-Filter False-Positives Bug -- 2 of 2 Test Messages All, In the past 24 hours Microsoft distributed more than a dozen security updates, and even though none of them had Outlook in the title, it appears that Microsoft has resolved their recently introduced false positive spam-filter bug, which had been plaguing my callsign as well as many others. Keep in mind that this fix will only work for you, if the recipient of your emails has installed these latest updates. --- - - - --- Hey! I just got an idea! I'm going to submit this post twice, once signing with my callsign spelled using a phonetic alphabet and a second time with just my callsign. If you only receive one copy of this message, then your spam filter is misidentifying my callsign as spam! If your email client is Microsoft Outlook and you received this (2nd) copy, then your spam filter is up to date. 73, Gary KI4GGX __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] [OT] Microsoft Outlook Email Spam-Filter False-Positives Bug -- 2 of 2 Test Messages
Ok I was under the impression you were getting one email sent to the spam file due to content. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary W. Hvizdak Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 3:13 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Microsoft Outlook Email Spam-Filter False-Positives Bug -- 2 of 2 Test Messages A moment ago I posted ... If your email client is Microsoft Outlook and you received this (2nd) copy, then your spam filter is up to date. To which KQ8M replied ... Don't know what to tell you. I did the updates and yet I got both of your emails in outlook. No problem. -- You should have gotten both of them Tim. (That was the whole point of the test.) 73, Gary __ 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 k...@kq8m.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] Powerpole police here....
Yea, well, my power pole and beat up your power pole. :-) 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of GRANT YOUNGMAN Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:53 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here I kind of hope that Eric comes in and kills this thread. I have NEVER had the power poles fall out of the back of my K3. That said, I don't pick up my radio and try to throw it across the room, I don't have my cables arranged where I can easily get them tangled in my feet and pull them loose, and I don't rearrange my desk (apparently nearly as frequently as most) by sliding the radio to and fro daily. It is true that if I were to pull the radio off of the front of the desk, the power poles would pull out. It is also true that if I threw a brick at a window, it would likely break . Grant NQ5T On Mar 13, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Roger D Johnson n...@roadrunner.com wrote: Ok...Let me ask YOU. Do you own a K3 and have you done this? 73, Roger On 3/13/2014 2:22 PM, Art Bross wrote: Careful, Bill. You're about to be flamed by the Power Pole Police! You know, those that insist that insist that it takes 2700 lbs of force to disconnect PPs or that you, in your stupidity, have assembled the connectors improperly! I've had them come apart several times when futzing around the back of my desk sending my K3 into never-never land! 73, Roger Powerpoles done right are wonderful. (I drink the Powerpole koolaid) Properly done they are one of the least expensive 30 amp connectors at $1 per connector. A simple tie- rap, piece of large solder, short 'U' made of 14G wire, or even 1/2 inch staple between the holes will keep the from coming un-done. Refrain from futzing around the back of the desk! Art - KC7GF __ 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 release of HRD
Willi was a paid user of HRD. 6.2 is nothing but bugs. They call it a public release. They have now released the next Beta release which is supposed to fix some of the K3 problems. When I asked what they fixed I received absolutely no response. The 6.2 release is not compatible with LP-Bridge whereas previous versions were. I stopped upgrading at that point. A lot on their bug list has been there for some time and they seem in no hurry to fix anything. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 9:42 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - new release of HRD It appears that a public beta has been released for paid users. If you want to know what is in it - beyond the short list on the web site - I suggest you become a paid user to gain access to the software: http://www.hrdsoftwarellc.com/downloads/default.html 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/2/2014 9:19 PM, Bill W2BLC wrote: Of course they are always making changes - it is my understanding that Beta 6.2 has recently been released. As you are on the company test team, you are uniquely qualified and informed as to what changes, specifically, have been made to correct the deficiencies in HRD/K3 operation (using 5.xx versions)? Changes that will have me clamoring to purchase the latest version of HRD. For example: Are there more button assignments available? Same question for slider controls? Also, in the past, some button selections did not result in the button lighting while others did - do they now all light when selected? Thanks, Bill W2BLC 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 __ 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] W4SMT K3 S-Meter
I'm sorry. I googled this but only get messages in forums with only one link which only goes to an eye glasses company. Could someone pass along a URL for the download? 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 10:30 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] W4SMT K3 S-Meter OK, I tried this. Fairly cool! Doesn't work in contests when N1MM owns the CAT, but all the other times, it just does work. I'm pretty much CW, I pretty much run the CWT, so I see nothing on the S-meter above S9. Now, I've been in this hobby for 60 years, I know none of this really matters, but seeing an S-Meter that looks vaguely like the one on my SX-28 as a teenager is sort of cool. Still trying to figure out what the dB/uv scale under the S-scale means. I calibrated my K3 S-meter to S9 = -73dBm using my service monitor which hasn't been calibrated in at least 2 decades. Hey, this is amateur radio, just having fun here. P3 tracks with the K3 S-meter which is reassuring. If W4SMT is listening, would be great to be able to fool with the averaging, like the P3. On the other hand, I couldn't do that on my SX-28, so nothing lost there. Google W4SMT S-meter, you'll get a lot of posts [probably including this one], but the app is in there somewhere. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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
Re: [Elecraft] Go Hawks
I was rooting for SF. Mainly for Phil Dawson. He kicked for the world's worst team, Cleveland, for most of his career. He deserved a Superbowl. But oh well. At least he didn't lose it for them. BTW, I am a Cleveland Browns fan. But Phil was such a class guy we in Cleveland only wish him the best. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick Johnson Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 11:10 AM To: Phil Hystad; Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Go Hawks Lets see how they do now without the 12th man. 73, Rick W3BI -Original Message- From: Phil Hystad Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:21 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Go Hawks Seahawks in the Superbowl -- Go Hawks! __ 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] (no subject)
That's great now if it only supported Elecraft radios. Heck, would be nice if it supported many of the well-known and used radios. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick Johnson Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 3:36 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] (no subject) I saw this in another group I am on. Finally, GBCAT - Computer Aided Transceiver v1.0, a new Windows software for controlling amateur radio devices through a COM/USB port or through a TCP/IP network, with the ability to transfer a 2-way audio signal over a TCP/IP network, is born!The GBCAT installation package also contains: Remote Desktop Connection, IPCOM Server/COM2IP Redirector, and Audio Server/Client.Hardware requirements:At least a single core processor PC, (recommended CPU clock is 1.7 GHz or higher), 2 MB RAM, a COM or USB port (USB to COM adapter if required), TCP/IP network card (for wired or wireless operation), and any of the supported radios connected to the COM port by a suitable cable/adapter.Software requirements:Any of the following operating systems: Windows XP(tm), Windows 7(tm), Windows 8(tm). Installed Microsoft(tm) .NET Framework v4.0 Client Profile.Supported radios: Kenwood TS-2000, Yaesu FT-857/857D, Yaesu FT-817/817ND, Yaesu FT897D, Icom IC-706MKIIG.GBCAT development has been ongoing for two years, and takes all of the author's free time; nevertheless, GBCAT is free of charge, only the simple registration (Name and Call) is required.I want to thank the all members of the GBCAT Beta Test team, who were testing GBCAT in the Beta phases, helping me to achieve GBCAT looks and works the way it does in version v1.0: Mike N7NMS, Kevin KG0MN, Jim K5LAD (also lecturer/proofreader), Sandor KG4FET, Brian KB3ORS, John G4IAL, Ian M1EHI, Drasko 9A4HP, Dzenan E77DD, Mladen 9A6DAC, Oto 9A4OP, Zlatko 9A6SJZ.You may download GBCAT v1.0 free of charge from:http://www.9a2gb.net/download-gbcat-computer-aided-transceiver/GBCAT Documentation in English:http://www.9a2gb.net/gbcat-doc-in-english-ep/GBCAT Support: http://www.9a2gb.net/forum/Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year 2014!73 de Ivan9A2GB 73,Rick W3BI __ 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] Completely OT (On Target)
Yea, well, my K3 is bigger than your KX3. Na na nana na 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Selberg Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:51 PM Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Completely OT (On Target) Lynn, You haven't seen my KX3 thoughjust saying.. :) 73, Steve KS6PD On Tuesday, September 17, 2013, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: We can't have a post without controversy can we? My KX3 is cooler. On 9/17/2013 8:05 AM, KQ8M wrote: I love my K3! That's all. Back to your regularly scheduled email. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com __**__**__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth. net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://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] Completely OT (On Target)
I love my K3! That's all. Back to your regularly scheduled email. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 __ 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: Beware
It is not just west coast. Have been getting them for months here in Ohio. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard Kendrick Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:06 PM To: k6...@foothill.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Beware That might be a fun call for me because I have a Mac. On Sep 4, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: While OT, still important. There is a new scam, prevalent on the US west coast but might be elsewhere. You receive a phone call from a fast-talking dude who obliquely purports to be from Microsoft. His pitch goes something like, blah blah this is windows support, we're getting error messages from your computer. Can you get to your computer now ... blah ... we can solve it ... it's all very secure ... blah, at which point I hung up. Have now had 3 more of them. While there's probably no one on this list who would fall for this, it might be wise to advise less-technically inclined family members of this and to hang up immediately. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org On 9/3/2013 9:08 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Be safe and be aware, call the phone number on your billing account for your ISP before sending email to any requests like that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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] 20 and 17 rcv low
I just noticed yesterday that my receive on 20 and 17 is extremely low. For a while I have been running JT65 so have not had the sound on. My noise level locally here is quite high and usually around s5 without preamp. On all bands but 20 and 17 it is still s5 but it is s1-2 on those bands. Signals are also proportionally weaker. At first I thought it was conditions with all of the flare we have been happening but the difference in noise level has me concerned. Any ideas? Any more info you need? 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 __ 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] FW: [K3] 20 and 17 rcv low
Sorry in my previous post I should have stated it was a K3. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KQ8M Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 11:17 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] 20 and 17 rcv low I just noticed yesterday that my receive on 20 and 17 is extremely low. For a while I have been running JT65 so have not had the sound on. My noise level locally here is quite high and usually around s5 without preamp. On all bands but 20 and 17 it is still s5 but it is s1-2 on those bands. Signals are also proportionally weaker. At first I thought it was conditions with all of the flare we have been happening but the difference in noise level has me concerned. Any ideas? Any more info you need? 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 __ 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] RepetitiveK on 7.039.3 question
I found this on wiki: Cluster beacons A group of radio beacons with single-letter identifiers (C, D, M, S, P, A, M and K) have been regularly reported in small spectrum segments centered around 3594, 4558, 5154, 7039, 8495, 10872, 13528, 16332 and 20048 kHz. The term cluster beacons is frequently used for them, as these beacons transmit in parallel on frequencies only 0.1 kHz apart. These beacons transmit only their single-letter identifier in standard CW (A1A) using morse code. The following callsigns and frequencies of cluster beacons have been reported recently in NumbersOddities newsletter, Utility DX Forum and ENIGMA-2000: ID letter Channel Frequencies (kHz) L (21) -0.87038.2, 7041.8(23), 8494.2, 8497.9 D -0.33593.7, 4557.7, 5153.7, 7038.7, 8493.7, 10871.7, 13527.7, 16331.7, 20047.7 P -0.23593.8, 4557.8, 5153.8, 7038.8, 8494.8, 10871.8, 10872.8 (21), 13527.8, 16331.8, 20047.8 S -0.13593.9, 4557.9, 5153.9, 7038.9, 8494.9, 10871.9, 13527.9, 16331.9, 20047.9 C 0.0 3594.0, 4558.0, 5154.0, 7039.0, 8495.0, 10872.0, 13528.0, 16332.0, 20048.0 A +0.13594.1, 4558.1, 5154.1, 7039.1, 8495.1, 10872.1 13528.1 16332.1 (10) F +0.27039.2, 8495.2, 10872.2, 13528.2, 16332.2 K +0.34558.3, 5154.3, 7039.3, 8495.3, 10872.3, 16332.3 M +0.45154.4, 7039.4, 8495.4, 10872.4, 13528.4, 16332.4 Occasionally some cluster beacons (especially F and M) have been reported transmitting on frequencies different from their regular channel for short periods. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David G4DMP Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 1:56 PM To: Dave KK7SS Cc: elecraft_mailman. qth. net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RepetitiveK on 7.039.3 question In a recent message, Dave KK7SS kk...@frontier.com writes For at least the last 5 hours, there has been a station sending the letter K on 7,039.3 CW once every second non-stop. Can anyone tell me what it is for?? Direction Finding of fishing buoys: C - Moscow, European Russia 37.58E 55.75N D - Odessa, Ukraine 30.70E 46.48N F - Vladivostok, Asiatic Russia 131.85E 43.14N K - Khabarovsk, Asiatic Russia 135.10E 48.50N L - St Petersburg, Eur. Russia 30.33E 59.92N M - Magadan, Asiatic Russia 150.83E 59.63N O - Moscow, European Russia 37.58E 55.75N P - Kaliningrad, Eur. Russia 20.50E 54.72N R - Ustinov, S - Archangel, European Russia 41.00E 64.66N U - Murmansk, European Russia33.08E 68.97N V - Tashkent, X - Prague, Czech Republic 14.43E 50.08N yu - Kholmsk, Asiatic Russia142.08E 47.66N (yu is di-di-dah-dah) -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | David M Pratt, Kippax, Leeds. | | Website: http://www.g4dmp.co.uk | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + __ 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] TX5K
I also got them QRP on 12meters SSB yesterday with my K3. When I said I was running 5w the op was thrilled. Well so was I! lol 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Zilmer Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 2:19 PM To: Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft; Tony Estep Cc: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TX5K Well, OK then. On 30m, using my KX3 at 5W, worked them this morning. Dual RX helped A LOT! 73, Matt Zilmer W6NIA Pecca Fortiter -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 11:12 AM To: Tony Estep Cc: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TX5K Clipperton is definitely ok to post about. Especially, since they are using K3s.. ;-) 73, Eric elecraft.com _..._ On Mar 5, 2013, at 8:41 AM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Dyarnes w7...@cox.net wrote: ... lots of folks are working the Clipperton gang.. I'm delighted to see such interest in DX on this reflector. Once when I posted the QRV of an Elecraft-powered DXpedition, I got a strange email from a reflector lurker saying that DX-related posts were off topic. However, it's clear that there's a lot of interest -- some casual, some hard-core -- among reflector users. After all, there is no radio better designed for DXing than a 2-receiver K3, and a lot of them are sold to DXers for exactly that reason. For whatever reason, Clipperton has brought out a lot of commentary, much more than, say, the Comoros, Swains Island or Conway Reef, or the numerous other rare and juicy expeditions in the recent past. It's great to see the activity that their expedition has stirred. BTW, if you haven't read their documentation, check out their website at http://www.cordell.org/CI/CI_pages/CI_Main.html To see just how meticulously this was organized, see: http://www.cordell.org/CI/CI_Documents/CI_Project_Description_3.8.pdf And when you work 'em, don't forget to watch the DXA page to see your call appear on their map and real-time log. 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 __ 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] RBW of CW Skimmer?
To be of the engineering sense then everyone would have to have exactly the same gear and exact same noise level. Only the location could be different for signal comparisons. These are unobtainable. What the RBN does give you is an idea on how you sound in whatever part of the world is hearing and with what equipment they use. K1TTT is going to hear much better than KQ8M because of his antenna advantage BUT KQ8M does occasionally hear stations better that K1TTT due to propagation. If you're a strict number cruncher then stay away but if you want to know if you are being heard elsewhere and an idea of how well then use the RBN. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Lorona Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:54 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] RBW of CW Skimmer? Thanks for the answer, Fred. Very surprising. I was only asking because the *main purpose* of the RBN seems to be the reporting of the SNR of your signal at a distant point... but if you are saying that there's no real way to compare and assess these numbers, then that renders the RBN far less useful than I thought! I'll take your advice and take the numbers with a large grain of salt. Al W6LX I doubt seriously that the S+N/N reports are accurate and comparable in the engineering sense. __ 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] Why did I purchase this antenna for the KX3?
Actually there was a loop advertised and reviewed by QST as an antenna that works and had a very good flat SWR. Turns out it had a 50ohm resistor across the connector sealed inside. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mel Farrer Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 5:38 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; David Gilbert Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Why did I purchase this antenna for the KX3? Didn't I see an allband DC to Daylight portable antenna for sale in the 60-70's. It did infact radiate, but oh my the eff numbers were that of a dummy load. You can't fool mother nature and physics. Mel --- On Thu, 11/29/12, David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com wrote: From: David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Why did I purchase this antenna for the KX3? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 2:25 PM I sincerely hope nobody takes you seriously. It may radiate something, but the manufacturer's claims for this antenna are simply ridiculous. Dave AB7E On 11/29/2012 3:07 PM, Philip G0ISW wrote: You may be surprised with the results. My Miracle Whip antenna was used by me extensively on holiday in France with a Yaesu FT-817 and I was working all over Europe on it with 5 Watts on SSB speech. My best DX with the Miracle whip was indoors from home on 14 MHz when I worked Venezuela in South America again with 5 Watts SSB speech. Hope that encourages you to use it. 73 de Philip G0ISW http://www.qsl.net/g0isw __ 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 Skimmer K3
Brian, do you have a website. I get a couple of million other references to IBSS. I presently use Skimscanner but would like to check this one out. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Alsop Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:48 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Skimmer K3 The +/- 12 KHz limit can be overcome by a program called IBSS. It lets you define segments for each band and how long you want SKIMMER to spend listening in each segment. Author is: W3OA @ roadrunner.com (delete spaces). Used it many contest weekends. With SKIMMER on VFO B reporting spots and IBSS, you can have a robot operator scanning the band looking for new ones. I use a Softrock SDR. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 11/28/2012 18:23, David Gilbert wrote: That's good news ... the Softrock has surprisingly good performance and is certainly an inexpensive way to get involved with SDR applications. Thanks for the correction. 73, Dave AB7E On 11/28/2012 11:09 AM, Sam Morgan wrote: here is the direct link to Tony's site called five dash inc where he *IS_STILL* selling the SoftRock needed for the K3 if tap: http://tinyurl.com/br28abo snip On 11/28/2012 11:54 AM, David Gilbert wrote: That's still limited to ± 12 KHz for use with CW Skimmer. By the way, I thought I read somewhere recently that the Softrock Lite for use with the K3 IF was no longer offered by Tony although I could be wrong, about that. If anyone knows for certain, please correct me. Dave AB7E __ 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2629/5424 - Release Date: 11/28/12 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2629/5424 - Release Date: 11/28/12 __ 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 Decoding - Your Brain is best
I challenge anyone using strictly software to copy CW to beat me in the next CQ WW WPX CW contest. I will use software only for logging and sending. I will copy CW myself. Mundane exchanges. I bet the Software messes up so many exchanges it gets disqualified. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of M5FRA - Colin Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 2:38 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Decoding - Your Brain is best I wonder what constitutes a QSO on some digital modes. Using Opera you can click the auto QSO button and even automatically upload the 'QSO' to eqsl. The op does not have to do anything much other than watch the screen. You could get your DXCC by just leaving the computer running long enough. Thing is who would get the award, the computer or the OP? No contact with other human beings and minimal effort. Buy a radio, an antenna and a PC, download the software, add you details to the prog and let it run? Is that what the hobby has come to? Colin - G8FRA/M5FRA m5fra.org.uk http://www.m5fra.org.uk -- Original Message -- From: Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com To: 'Jim Dunstan' jduns...@tbaytel.net;elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: 08/11/2012 22:49:12 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Decoding - Your Brain is best I'm one who doesn't enjoy digital modes none of them CW included it's just a tool to make contacts with is all it is. Computers are made for digital modes and have brought them a long way with the JT65 modes to where we can work stations that could never be worked on CW and even with QRP. I enjoy speaking to someone on the phone for only for so long then I want to hang up also. __ 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 Fan Noise
Actually, I for one would like to know how you did it. Just because a select few don't care some of us do. Please share with us all. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of donehrl...@q.com Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 5:34 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 Fan Noise Toby, I am far more sensitive to fan noise than most folks and have spent a lot of time making my KPA500 much quieter by modifying it and by other means. This topic is probably not of interest to most on this list because, compared to most amps, the KPA500 is NOT loud (and many have said it is much quieter). Contact me off list and I will be happy to share my experience with you. Don K7FJ I have had the amp now about a year. The cooling fan is just fine when using SSB, but when on cw and running a while at full output, the fan comes on and sounds like it is going to take off from the table. It is really loud I have the fan speed set to 1, but wonder what others are doing to quieten the fan a little bit, or what fan speed you have the amp set to. OR WHATEVER 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 __ 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] SDR_Sound_Cards
Bill, Thank you for relaying that for the rest of us. I guess I am one of those Larry was referring to. Larry, Thank you for doing the extra work amidst my insistence the card was crap. I will give your instructions a try and connect one up to my Win 7 machine again. I have never used the 0204 to listen from. It has only been used for the input from the SDR/LPan. I will give it another shot nevertheless. The best thing about Win 7 is having the ability to set the cards parameters from within the sound applet through the Control Panel. Unfortunately there is no such thing in XP. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of billr...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 1:00 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards Thanks to N8LP for the info he posted below. One happy discovery that might help eliminate some E-MU 0204 USB soundcard driver angst for Win 7 64 bit users: Windows 7 64 bit has an E-MU driver resident in the operating system. This driver will *not* automatically install when the 0204 card is first plugged in, but is easily installed from Device Manager via the Update Driver utility. Win 7 will find the driver and install the 0204 card in about 5 seconds. The driver does not seem to have a graphical user interface, but works fine on my system with NaP3 for sampling rates up to 192K. This driver is dated 11-12-2010 and is version 6.6.1.1 by Creative Labs. Follow Larry's instructions for defaulting the sample rate to 192 K in Windows mixer setup and set the output to something other than the EMU 0204 in NaP3 setup and it should work well. Bill, WA4KBD -- FYI to all reading this thread: The 4GB RAM issue only appears to affect playback. The problem is that the audio will break up/lose sync after a period of time. This only applies, of course, if you actually listen to the output of the SDR. If you select another sound card in the Output selection in NaP3, it will be fine. You really don't need 192kHz for playback, since the widest filter is 10kHz. So any sound card will do just fine, including a built in one. You can still select the E-MU for Input and use 192kHz sampling for input. Therefore, you don't need to give up your extra RAM. I have updated my system requirements page with this info... http://www.telepostinc.com/sysrequirements.html 73, Larry N8LP __ 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] SDR_Sound_Cards
I have 16 Gb ram. That means I have to shut off 12Gb every time I want to use my sound card? Yes, that makes sense. I guess the drivers work fine. I think not. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Alan Hawrylyshen Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 6:27 PM To: billr...@comcast.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards Bill, good advice all around, but what is the rationale for this one? (below) Thanks Alan K2ACK Sent from my mobile device. On Aug 31, 2012, at 18:45, billr...@comcast.net wrote: 2. If your computer boasts over 4 gig of RAM, you must throttle it back to no more than 4 GB. This is done via the msconfig utility. Hit the Windows 'Start' icon, type msconfig and hit enter. This brings up a system configuration screen. Select the 'boot' tab and then 'Advanced options...' Now, in the screen that comes up, enter 4095 as the maximum memory and hit 'OK'. When your computer is rebooted, it will have 4 GB of RAM at its disposal. __ 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] SDR_Sound_Cards
Those two don't work very well with Win 7 though. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Zilmer Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:19 PM To: Bill Conkling; Ken Roberson; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards The Creative Labs EMU-0202 and -0204 seem to have a following too. Matt Zilmer, W6NIA In status quo voluntas non sufficit -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Conkling Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:18 AM To: Ken Roberson; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards There well may be others that work well, but the Delta 44 has a long track record as one of the best and lots of info available and happy users. bill nr4c Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid -Original message- From: Ken Roberson kwrober...@yahoo.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 15:22:18 GMT+00:00 Subject: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards Hello ALL, Everyone seems to be using the Delta 44 sound card for SDR receivers, is there something supper about the Delta 44? I noticed there are other 24 bit sound cards, Will any of those cards work? I don’t need a USB sound card, PCI slot would be fine. OFF line would be fine Thanks for your help Ken K5DNL __ 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] SDR_Sound_Cards
I'm sorry but it is true. I have 2 0204's and neither work for crap on Win 7. I have been on Creative's forums and read all of the big audiophile's that used the 0204 on XP but cannot get it to work worth dung on Vista or Win 7. I have tried. Go to Creative's website and see if you can download drivers for an 0204 for ANY Windows platform! 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 From: Jim Rhodes [mailto:jimk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:21 PM To: KQ8M Cc: Matthew Zilmer; Bill Conkling; Ken Roberson; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards That is really not true. The 0204 is Win7 compatible out of the box (or at least claims to be, I don't own one). The 0202 has beta drivers for Win7 that have been working just fine for me on Win7 Ultimate 64 bit for over a year now and I just picked up another for portable operation and loaded the drivers on a netbook running Win7 Starter 32 bit. So yes, the drivers won't automagically load, but it took me about 5 minutes to find, download the drivers (and that includes working around a server error on Creative's server) and install them. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com wrote: Those two don't work very well with Win 7 though. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Zilmer Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:19 PM To: Bill Conkling; Ken Roberson; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards The Creative Labs EMU-0202 and -0204 seem to have a following too. Matt Zilmer, W6NIA In status quo voluntas non sufficit -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Conkling Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:18 AM To: Ken Roberson; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards There well may be others that work well, but the Delta 44 has a long track record as one of the best and lots of info available and happy users. bill nr4c Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid -Original message- From: Ken Roberson kwrober...@yahoo.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 15:22:18 GMT+00:00 Subject: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards Hello ALL, Everyone seems to be using the Delta 44 sound card for SDR receivers, is there something supper about the Delta 44? I noticed there are other 24 bit sound cards, Will any of those cards work? I don't need a USB sound card, PCI slot would be fine. OFF line would be fine Thanks for your help Ken K5DNL __ 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 -- Jim K0XU j...@rhodesend.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] SDR_Sound_Cards
The 2496 works very well on Win 7 also. Asus Xonar Essence ST's and DG's also work very well with XP and 7. Yes, I am using all of them. I have 4 computers, each running 3 soundcards each. 3 XP's and a Win 7. They are being used with SDR-IQ, SoftRock receivers and also a K3 with LP-Pan. Using CWSkimmer with all. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill W4ZV Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:51 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards K5DNL wrote Everyone seems to be using the Delta 44 sound card for SDR receivers, is there something supper about the Delta 44? I noticed there are other 24 bit sound cards, Will any of those cards work? I don’t need a USB sound card, PCI slot would be fine. OFF line would be fine See N8LP's excellent summary for sound cards actually tested by him with LP-PAN: http://www.telepostinc.com/soundcards.html PCI is actually preferable if CPU usage is an issue. I use the Audiophile 2496 with an old 2.8G Pentium 4 XP and CPU usage is typically 20-30% running CW Skimmer and N1MM in contests. 73, Bill -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/SDR-Sound-Cards-tp7561844p7561863.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] SDR_Sound_Cards
I'm sorry, Larry, but I have to totally disagree with you about the 0204. Yes, it works well on an XP machine but why have they only released beta drivers for it when it was first manufactured but have failed to build any newer drivers? Why is it you cannot download ANY drivers for this from their own website? I will search tomorrow but I will find the posts in Creative's own forums from people that used it in real hard core audio apps. The box snaps, crackles and pops and drops out. I could not even get it to work for longer than an hour on 96kHz. Yes, that is a HUGE complaint among the audiophiles. I do agree on the 2496. It is a very good stable card. I have found the ASUS cards to work pretty well also. The Xonar Essence and the Xonar DG have been running here very well for 6 months. I still have not been about to get the 1212m PCIe to work but have not spent a lot of time on it. It seems to me none of the creative cards work very well. They always have some sort of mirror image. I am judging these cards using CWSkimmer. With that application you cannot have any mirror image or it spots those mirror images erroneously. Most people can get away with mirror images that are down from the main signal as they would never know they are there. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of N8LP Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:52 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards I'm not sure what problems you're having, but the 0202 and 0204 in my tests perform better than any of adozen cards I have tested except the E-MU 1212m. The 0204 has the edge over the 0202 in terms of flexibility when it comes to win7/64. If you don't need 192kHz, I highly recommend the M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI card at $75. The ASUS cards are good at 96kHz, but fall apart at 192kHz. The Delta 44 was once the best card out there, and it's still decent, but I haven't used one in several years, whereas I have the others all still installed on my shack PC. 73, Larry N8LP KQ8M wrote I'm sorry but it is true. I have 2 0204's and neither work for crap on Win 7. I have been on Creative's forums and read all of the big audiophile's that used the 0204 on XP but cannot get it to work worth dung on Vista or Win 7. I have tried. Go to Creative's website and see if you can download drivers for an 0204 for ANY Windows platform! 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters kq8m@ AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 From: Jim Rhodes [mailto:jimk0xu@] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:21 PM To: KQ8M Cc: Matthew Zilmer; Bill Conkling; Ken Roberson; elecraft@.qth Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards That is really not true. The 0204 is Win7 compatible out of the box (or at least claims to be, I don't own one). The 0202 has beta drivers for Win7 that have been working just fine for me on Win7 Ultimate 64 bit for over a year now and I just picked up another for portable operation and loaded the drivers on a netbook running Win7 Starter 32 bit. So yes, the drivers won't automagically load, but it took me about 5 minutes to find, download the drivers (and that includes working around a server error on Creative's server) and install them. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM, KQ8M lt;kq8m@gt; wrote: Those two don't work very well with Win 7 though. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters kq8m@ AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-bounces@.qth [mailto:elecraft-bounces@.qth] On Behalf Of Matthew Zilmer Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:19 PM To: Bill Conkling; Ken Roberson; elecraft@.qth Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards The Creative Labs EMU-0202 and -0204 seem to have a following too. Matt Zilmer, W6NIA In status quo voluntas non sufficit -Original Message- From: elecraft-bounces@.qth [mailto:elecraft-bounces@.qth] On Behalf Of Bill Conkling Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:18 AM To: Ken Roberson; elecraft@.qth Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards There well may be others that work well, but the Delta 44 has a long track record as one of the best and lots of info available and happy users. bill nr4c Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid -Original message- From: Ken Roberson lt;kwroberson@gt; To: elecraft@.qth Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 15:22:18 GMT+00:00
Re: [Elecraft] FCC exams
I was under the impression that a station license must have a US Address where they can be contacted. I have sent mail to several of these licensee's and received my mail back as addressee unknown. Is this not a violation of the licensing regulations? If so why do we continue to give non US citizen's with non US addresses, licenses and continue to license them? I see many many KH0 callsigns but sure don't see much activity with all of those Ham stations in KH0. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Kane Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 2:02 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FCC exams On 8/29/2012 11:09 AM, David Cutter wrote: My only experience with the FCC exam is at my club here in the UK: we are one of the few places in the world outside the USA that offers exams on demand. We had a candidate in from the UAE last week: he made the trip, added a little site-seeing then flew back. That's dedication. As a now-retired long-term FCC field manager I have personal reservations about a non-US citizen who is a non-US resident going to a non-US location to get a US ham license. I know that it's done (particularly by JAs) but something just doesn't sound right to me. Then again, what do I know? They didn't listen to me much when I was on board and found such anomalies either.. I have a long-expired license from what was then a DX country where I was a multi-year resident on a job assignment with their Ministry if Communications, their equivalent of the FCC. On my last visit some years ago the Ministry told me that they will not reactivate it unless I immigrate, even if I come for visits. But then again, they have never reissued the call sign either -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon __ 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] USB sound dongle
Unfortunately the 0204 does not work very well with Win 7. The only drivers they have come out with are beta and they have never finished them. It cuts out and has to be restarted. Also the audio is very poor for the 96/192 modes in W7. Mine works fine with XP though but wouldn't work very well on my W7 box. I have seen a lot of complaints by the audio people about the lack of support. Also, I was lucky to find one but have had a hard time trying to find a replacement. It seems the 0404 is the replacement. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:14 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] USB sound dongle However, this card is not current; I think the 0404 replaces it. Someone can address this for you. The current version is eMU 0204 - approximately $125 at places like BH Photo Video. You really do want a 24 bit card and not 16 bit one. Unless you need the high sample frequency for wide panadapter service, any well designed 16 bit/48 KHz USB sound device will provide all the performance you need at less than 1/4 the price of something like the eMU 0204. The other thing is that that card should have low internal noise; This is *the most important* determinant of performance. Internal noise dramatically reduces the effective dynamic range of the sound card. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/20/2012 4:40 PM, Barry LaZar wrote: Howie, The dongles I have seen are not spectacular. They are about on par with your average stereo laptop soundcard, OK but not great. I use a E-MU0202 from Creative Labs. This card is a 24 bit card that can sample beyond what Elecraft recommends. However, this card is not current; I think the 0404 replaces it. Someone can address this for you. You really do want a 24 bit card and not 16 bit one. The other thing is that that card should have low internal noise; the high end Creative Labs card meet this as does several others. There are a number of software packages around that you can use. I use NaP3 because it can control the KX3 and allows me to use VAC so that I can pipe the output to FLDIGI for reading the digial modes. I have essentially a full up computer controlled SDR that I can take out for Field Day and operate portable with knobs and a battery. It's the craziest!. I think, once you have it all lashed up, you will really have some fun. Good luck and do use a good card with ASIO drivers for best performance. 73, Barry K3NDM On 8/20/2012 12:37 AM, Howard Hoyt wrote: Hi, I have been following the fun on this reflector while awaiting my KX3 (next Friday!). I am very interested in using the IQ outs to interface with my laptop, and as many have noted, you need a good, compatible sound device to have a usable panadapter display. Does any one have experience with a 192k sampling USB sound dongle for their laptop? TIA! Howie Howard Hoyt - WA4PSC CE - WXYC-FM 89.3 UNC Chapel Hill, NC www.wxyc.org 1st on the internet __ 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] odds and ends...
Not really following this thread but I must have some really bad cards from creative, asus and m-audio as my 96KHz cards only get 96Khz total, 48KHz either side of center and my 192KHz cards only get 192KHz total, 96KHz either side of center using my K3, LP-Pan and PowerSDR. Or with any of my SDR receivers and CWSkimmer. Or with any SDR receivers I build and test with Rocky, HDSDR, WinSDR etc. I know of no known low cost sound card that will provide 384KHz of total audio bandwidth. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:54 PM To: WB4JFI Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] odds and ends... I don't know the advertized numbers, but Mr. Nyquist aside, there is a reason that two independent experts with panadapter displays (Joe Subich W4TV and Larry Phipps K8LP of LP-Pan fame) state that a soundcard with a 48 kHz rate will produce a 96 kHz span on the pan display. I do not doubt Nyquist, but I think the treatment of the numbers are a bit different (factor of 2) Could it be due to the two channels? I really don't know the answers and do not have the energy to investigate such things anymore, I just choose to trust the experts who deal with this I/Q stuff on a daily basis. I guess my scientific curiosity has declined with advancing years - it is no longer enjoyable to argue on the basis of observations vs. theory to sort out the differences - that was fun mind games many years ago. but today it is no longer a challenge. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/19/2012 5:45 PM, WB4JFI wrote: Mr Nyquist would be happily surprised at that. With IQ samples at 48kS/s each, you get a maximum of 48kHz, or one-half the total bandwidth. Not 48k+48k. So, with a 48k sample rate, you will get plus and minus 24k from center. Sent from tfox iPad On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: The sound card's maximum sampling rate will determine how wide your panadapter display can be (in kHz); for example, a sound card capable of sampling at 48 kHz can display slightly less than 48 kHz of spectrum. If you want a wider display, you will have to ensure that your sound card can sample at higher rates. A sound card capable of 48 KHz sample rate can display slightly less than 96 KHz. With I/Q inputs and 48 KHz sampling you get +/- 48 KHz. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/19/2012 4:20 PM, Richard Ferch wrote: Jeff, In addition to the cable, you will also need to be sure that your laptop's sound card accepts stereo input. Panadapter software requires stereo input (I and Q channels). Some laptop input jacks will only accept mono signals, even though the laptop's sound card itself is stereo. My newest laptop, for example, has a TRRS jack for the sound card with a single input line, two stereo output lines, and ground. I have no way to get stereo input into this sound card. An older laptop I have has separate input and output jacks, but while the output jack is stereo, the input jack is mono. If your laptop is like either of these, your only recourse may be to get an external USB sound card with stereo inputs. The sound card's maximum sampling rate will determine how wide your panadapter display can be (in kHz); for example, a sound card capable of sampling at 48 kHz can display slightly less than 48 kHz of spectrum. If you want a wider display, you will have to ensure that your sound card can sample at higher rates. Note that if you need to use an external (e.g. USB) sound card, it may or may not have 3.5mm inputs. For example, I have one with dual RCA phono jacks for its line inputs. With one of these cards, you would need to go from 2.5mm stereo for the KX3's RX I/Q jack to two separate RCA phono plugs for the sound card's input. I don't know whether Radio Shack has the specific cable you would need, but I am sure that they have cables and adapters that could be combined to achieve the desired result. 73, Rich VE3KI WW6L wrote: Per the manual Iit looks like I would need one of these A cable with a 2.5 mm (3/32) plug on one end and a plug that matches your sound card input on the other end (typically 3.5 mm [1/8] stereo) is required. If I want to see a panadapter display on my laptop. Where do I get it? __ 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 lost comm with K3Util
Joe, are you trying without the logger connected? You can't connect more than one program to a port without special software such as VSPE. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W8JH Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:30 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 lost comm with K3Util I will answer all the helpful questions below. What I still don't understand is that the logger program can listen to the K3 (it knows the frequency and mode) and talk to the K3 (will change freq. when I click on a packetcluster spot). Yet still no Comm with K3Util for some reason. On to the questions. The computer is plugged in. I have tried two FTDI adapters and one Prolific. All seem to work with the logger but not the utility. There is no P3 or LPbridge involved. It does NOT pass the K3 utility test (with exception below). It keeps trying to connect at all speeds without luck. The K3 is at 4800 for what it is worth. Without passing the port test I am not surprised to see all question marks listed when I look at the Firmware tab. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Utility did not help. Dick's other suggestion gave me a confusing result. Even though I know (based on the working logger program, perhaps a faulty assumption) the K3 is on Com10 at 4800 bit/s the Util can't find it there. At his suggestion I tested all the other ports that show up in the drop down window. They were Com 3, 10, 11, 17 and 18. K3Util thinks it is connecting to the K3 on Com 3 at 38400 bit/s as indicated in the Port tab. When I then click on the Firmware tab it still has ??.?? listed for all firmware versions in my K3. I also noticed that the terminal tab is greyed out and not working so I suspect the Util is not really communicating with the K3. Another suggestion that just came in is to Uninstall all the port drivers in Win7 device manager and reinstall them. Not something I am looking forward to but can try. I feel I will fix it or break it real good trying that. I am still confused why the logger works and Util doesn't. Thanks for all the suggestions. - 73, Joe, W8JH K3 1713, KPA 132 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-lost-comm-with-K3Util-tp7559310p7559320.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] Foot switch recommendation?
I have used a 2 speed sewing machine foot switch for the past 40 years. I used the first switch so I don't have to push very much. The only thing I have had to do was change the cable twice because they rotted but the switch keeps going and going and... 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Thomas Horsten Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 4:59 PM To: Jim Miller Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Foot switch recommendation? Hi Jim, I'm using a footswitch I bought off eBay from a tattoo supplies account or something like that, it cost me $5 plus shipping and does a great job, all I had to do was change the supplied 1/4 jack to a phono plug. It's solid construction and works a treat, it doesn't have to cost a fortune to be workable :) 73, Thomas M0TRN On 15 July 2012 23:30, Jim Miller jtmille...@gmail.com wrote: I'm getting my K3 equipped for SSB and I think a PTT foot switch would be useful. I think a metal rather than plastic unit would be desirable. Offlist recommendations please. I'll summarize and repost. Thanks Jim __ 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 - panadapter or subreceiver
I do not have a P3 but I do have the subreceiver in my K3. I have found it totally indispensible. How many times have you hit the wrong VFO when going back and forth in a split pileup only to draw the ire of half of the world and being called many descriptive adjectives? Being able to have the second receiver in my right ear and the main one in my left is extremely nice. Listening to the DX station and having the ability to immediately tune the second VFO to where the DX is listening is priceless. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce McLaughlin Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 10:24 AM To: Keith Heimbold Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; eric manning Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - panadapter or subreceiver I tend to 2nd that recommendation. I have both the P3 and a 2nd receiver in my K-3. I have the same filters for the sub receiver as the main receiver, although, I have never used diversity receive. I think the P3 is particularly helpful to check on band activity before you decide whether or not to switch to that band. For that, the 2nd receiver can obviously be useful. However, as far as actual operating is concerned. If I encounter a DX station using split I find that using RIT is sometimes quicker and faster than setting up a 2nd receiver and using split. Of course, if the split being used is wider than what is available with RIT then, of course you have no choice. All of this depends upon your operating habits. But I think it is a good idea to consider a P3 1st and then the 2nd receiver if you find that could be useful. By the way, I find the P3 much more useful than LP pan. It does not tie up the computer which I can then use for other things such as logging or station co ntrol. Part of that preference was caused by the fact that I did not make the If gain modification to my K-3 and so the LP display showed very low amplitude signals which were often not very useful. That of course was my fault. I find the P3 has enough gain that the if was not required. That is not an issue with newer K-3s which already have the higher gain Incorporated on the board. Bruce-W8FU On Jul 3, 2012, at 8:02 AM, Keith Heimbold wrote: I am a newbie ham and I have both in my one K3 Serial 1391 and I find both useful but I definitely use the Panadapter with NAP3 more than the second receiver. One of my closest friends who is a non ham calls it my fish finder. It is super awesome for 6m fish finding when band props are sporadic. I wouldn't operate 6m without it. I use the second receiver on 6m with my new SteppIR 6m passive and my 6m stack because I can have the antennas pointed in different directions which is super cool. If I had to choose between one or the other I would go with the Panadapter or P3. Keith AG6AZ __ 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] OT - station pistol size
Injection of a little humor from time to time is not a bad thing. Well, for most of us. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Morrow Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 7:26 PM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - station pistol size And this exercise serves what purpose? Mike / KK5F Non-PhD -Original Message- From: Robert G. Strickland rc...@verizon.net Sent: Jul 3, 2012 2:39 PM To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] OT - station pistol size Hello, all... I made a comment in another thread that my station was a little pistol. That got me thinking and wondering about how to size a ham station. Big Guns are rather obvious. Now, how about a small gun, a big pistol, a little pistol, and finally bow and arrow? Clearly, this is very subjective, For example, my station: in the city on a small lot, SkyHawk at 60ft, 80/40m compromise wires, nothing on 160m, 500w amp, and K3. I can jst get into the top 10 in the CQWWcw from WNY [most of the time], I've worked 335 DX on assorted bands, 5Band-DXCC is forever waiting on 80m, and it's generally hard to hold a run frequency when a band opens strongly. What size is this station? Anyone who comes up with pea shooter will be so noted g. How about your station? Happy 4th. ...robert -- Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net Syracuse, New York, USA __ 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] Qrz Down?
Yup, it's back up. Guess they have power back. They must have fed the poor gerbil. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ronald Nutter Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 2:10 PM To: Jim Lowman Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Qrz Down? Just tried. QRZ is responding for me. Ron On 6/30/12 11:36 AM, Jim Lowman wrote: Yes. I just tried and it's down. 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW On 6/30/2012 8:27 AM, km5ps wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with QRZ.com? It has been down for me since last night? John __ 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 just goes off - SOLVED
I do agree with Mike but to be safe I always solder. Murphy lives in my shack! 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 12:35 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: 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 k...@swbell.net To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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 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] More Bass?
Yup, Perch and Walleye are my favorites. They are s good. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 2:06 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] More Bass? I keep seeing all the email about more bass but wonder why you never go fishing for perch or walleye. Each of those can be fun too. Or the lowly bluegill. You can catch a lot of them, they are tough to clean, but they are fine eating. Expand your repertoire and include some other excellent fish. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ 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] ZN-SLR
Thank you for that info, Gary. I am also going to look it up. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 3:26 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ZN-SLR Bruce, N7RR has 15 articles available through the ARRL. His two part series on 'Popular Dual-Lever Keyer Paddles' (May and June 2010) may be the one Dave suggested. Bruce has also written other QST articles on keys as well as several on Elecraft products. If you search his call in the ARRL periodicals archive search tool you'll find them all. Gary N6LRV -Original Message- Do you remember the date of the QST that you mentioned? I'd like to read that article on paddles. 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW __ 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] Openness on the reflector
That's because of the default reply of the list. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 1:51 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Openness on the reflector Simple: Two responses to my post here and five others in my mailbox. Thanks for asking, 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 __ 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] KX1 ant. and cntpse. ques.
You can connect all at once. The ones for the band you are on will be resonant where the others will not. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Flynn Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 4:11 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KX1 ant. and cntpse. ques. Good Day Everyone, I was noodling around some KX1 topics on Nabble and found this posting by W2XS from 7/08: For 40, 30, and 20 meters, I use a 42-foot wire with a large nut on the end. The wire is thrown over a tree branch. A Pomona BNC-to-Bindng Posts adaptor is used. Three counterpoise wires cut to one quarter wave for each band (approx. 33', 23', and 16.5') are connected to the ground binding post. My question is whether *all three* counterpoises are attached to the binding post *at once*, or is he talking about changing the out the counterpoise as he changes bands? I've been using a one-size-fits-all counterpoise and was wondering if I've missed something basic and very useful. Thx es 73 John KK4BOB -- John Flynn Tallahassee, Florida USA __ 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] AC Log - Forum
He is just asking if there is another group more appropriate to the discussion. No need to jump on him. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Lowman Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 7:48 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] AC Log - Forum And your quoting of an entire digest added what value to this list? 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 6/4/2012 4:15 PM, W0UCE wrote: Is there not an AC Log Forum to communicate about such issues versus here on Elecraft? __ 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] INTERNET PURCHASING
In the state of Ohio internet tax is required. The company may not charge it but it is up to you to pay it. Also if a company has a presence in your state the tax will be taken out at the time of purchase. Also to the large extent, the schools are funded by property taxes and taxes received from the lottery. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Downs Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 5:02 PM To: KENT TRIMBLE; Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] INTERNET PURCHASING Dear Kent, Internet sales are not tax free in the UK. Nor, I believe, in the rest of the EU. We do not have local sales taxes in the UK but we pay national Value Added Tax of 20% on purchases of all goods (with some exemptions) whether from local businesses or from internet vendors - even on purchases direct from from Elecraft. This is 20% of not only the purchase price but also the shipping costs. 73 to all Geoff G3UCK -Original Message- From: KENT TRIMBLE Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:26 PM Subject: [Elecraft] INTERNET PURCHASING Internet sales are almost universally tax-free __ 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] Rev 4.51 firmware - what AGC settings worked on big pile-ups with loud AND weak signals in the WPX?
Did anyone notice more than normal hum on signals? I don't think it was the new settings as some stations had it, most didn't but I would just like to make sure it wasn't just me. I also run with the gain wide open and while running stations would get the loud one that would blow my ear drums. I didn't' try returning the settings to defaults. But I am still searching for good settings. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robby.VY2SS Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 8:27 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rev 4.51 firmware - what AGC settings worked on big pile-ups with loud AND weak signals in the WPX? I had limited time available for the WPX and operated as VF2A. I loaded v4.51 beta before the contest to try it out. I tried the settings mentioned above before the contest. I cannot imagine using them. I cannot imagine spending the entire contest with my hand on the gain controls to prevent serious ear damage. I run my RF gain wide open. Always. I finally changed my settings to the defaults in my owners manual. I contested with both hands on the keyboard. I worked the weak stations with no difficulty and the strong ones with no pain. I do not expect every improvement to be useful to me. Everyone configures and uses their K3 differently. I am very impressed that Elecraft is able (and willing) to keep improving our equipment. I have never regretted buying anything from them. -Robby VY2SS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Rev-4-51-firmware-what-AGC-settings-worked-on-big-pile-ups-with-loud-AND-weak-signals-in-the-WP X-tp7556676p7556740.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] Rev 4.51 firmware - what AGC settings worked on big pile-ups with loud AND weak signals in the WPX?
I thought about that and kept it turned off most of the time. Oh well, I guess it was just me. Probably need to clean my ears out. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Vic K2VCO Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:06 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rev 4.51 firmware - what AGC settings worked on big pile-ups with loud AND weak signals in the WPX? The noise blanker can roughen up signals. On 5/29/2012 6:19 AM, KQ8M wrote: Did anyone notice more than normal hum on signals? I don't think it was the new settings as some stations had it, most didn't but I would just like to make sure it wasn't just me. I also run with the gain wide open and while running stations would get the loud one that would blow my ear drums. I didn't' try returning the settings to defaults. But I am still searching for good settings. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ 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 remote keypad option
Please, where did you buy this from. I went through a number of vendors they send you to for their products but have yet to find one that sells the 684 RS232 version. Thank you, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of bill ny9h Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 9:54 AM To: Brian Alsop; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 remote keypad option i bought genovation rs-232 programmable pad to go into the k3,,, no computer,,, they have ps2/usb # 683 or rs 232 versions intended to put modes frequeicies cw data ssb ,,, into the PAD... as complete commands,,, now all i need to do is use the pad to trip all the memories I've programmed into the k3 same freqs are loaded into the Kx3 as well... ( that was handy)one set of memories,,, http://www.genovation.com/progkeypads.htm bill __ 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 office
I still bow to the Goddess of Elecraft: Vikki! She has always been fantastic. Wayne and Eric are OK but Vikki is the best. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of JP O'Connor Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:35 PM To: Robert Galambos Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] elecraft office Amen, brother! To a man - and woman - the Elecraft staff are always efficient, effective, fast, and friendly. Even though a few people are very impatient about when their new widget will ship, it is amazing to watch the process unfold and see, in the example of the KX3, how a prototype of a very complex and bleeding-edge device turns into a shipping product in about a year that has such a low failure/defect rate that certain larger competitors should blush. Getting one advanced new radio working well is hard... scaling up volume and getting hundreds of them out the door and working well when they leave is quite another matter! The vast majority of us (99.9%) are VERY thankful that Elecraft sticks to their guns and does things the right way, not the quick I want it now way. I don't know how Wayne, Eric, and other participating Elecraft staffers stay so calm and polite in the face of some of the posts we see here, and especially as are seen on the KX3 Yahoo group. The fine folks who answer the phones and emails are certainly to be commended as well. Thank you all! 73 de WF4Z (Hopefully this OT thread will not get too long. After a few posts, the point will likely have been made.) __ 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) 7O6T and OQRS
Go to: http://www.yemen2012.com/log.php . Enter your call at the bottom. Scroll down a little and select request QSL. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of stan levandowski Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:49 AM To: k...@centurytel.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (OT) 7O6T and OQRS Last thing on the QSL page is point number 7, Mike. No hot keys anywhere down there! This is getting interesting... Perhaps you might send me the URL directly? 73, Stan WB2LQF On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Mike Sanders wrote: Bottom of QSL page is a hot key for request your QSL. Hit it and follow the instructions. Just did mine yesterday. 73, Mike Sanders KOAZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of stan levandowski Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:23 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] (OT) 7O6T and OQRS 7O6T has a very detailed QSL policy on their site but no hyperlink to where their OQRS provider is. I tried Google but came up empty. Can someone please tell me how to get there? 72,73, Stan WB2LQF HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years! www.wb2lqf.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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2425/5017 - Release Date: 05/23/12 __ 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] PLease stop OT threads
Here here!!! Well said. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bert Craig Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:30 PM To: dukl...@broadpark.no; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PLease stop OT threads Like this one? Telling people what and/or what not to discuss is not only not your job... It is contrary to one of the very principles that we hold so dear. Having said that, I do recognize that this is a private forum so it is the job of the digital landlord, i.e. Wayne Eric, to decide what content may reside on their servers. (Which brings us back to my first statement.) Censorship is usually the first little step down a slippery path to a particularly ugly place. It is the first chosen tool of the ignorant in an attempt to make others ignorant. While I acknowledge that there is a difference in censorship vs. moderator duties, might I suggest we be ever so cautious. I would be more than willing to pay a stipend to Elecraft in order to subsidize the cost of increased server space. This might allow some additional leeway so that those who DO read and benefit from what others may perceive as OT may continue to learn and enjoy... And those who do NOT wish to read such post may exercise the right to do what I am about to do right now... Hit the 'Delete' key. As always take care es... Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI ...and all the pieces matter. -- Det. Lester Freamon, BPD Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone - Reply message - From: Hjalmar Duklæt dukl...@broadpark.no To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] PLease stop OT threads Date: Wed, May 23, 2012 10:44 __ 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] Running Mac on Windows
Thanks for the tip, Kevin. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:42 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Running Mac on Windows I have found Virtual Box is great at testing and using various OSes from one machine without rebooting. I have one box running eight different OSes when I want them. Linux in its many flavors, Windows of various generations, Mac OSes of various eras, and my latest find: Haiku. For those of you familiar with BeOS Haiku will be a pleasant foray into the past. After Be went out of business many programmers decided not to let to OS die. So they, like Linus Torvalds, took it upon themselves to rewrite the code in open source form. Haiku is their model of BeOS. It works surprisingly well and mounting all of my NTFS files is automatic. It runs well under Virtual Box too. Please install and try Virtual Box on your machines to allow you to use legacy code on each of your boxes. Kevin. KD5ONS __ 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] Rig Colors
I think the problem with white is it will readily show all kinds of dirt including something as minor as skin oils. This will end up discoloring the rig around the knobs and switches. With, black, green and grey they are not as readily visible. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Markowski Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:14 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Rig Colors Around 1990 an audio company, Adcom, that at that time time was well regarded (no longer the case, I'm told by audio enthusiasts at work) had a line of audio gear that came out in both black and white. Apparently the white sold well in California but not the rest pf the US. Outside of CA you could get the white gear for about $100 less - and still didn't fly off the shelves. Maybe the ham companies are simply giving customers what they want? Yet it would be interesting to see a white K3! 73, Mike ab3ap On 05/20/2012 11:58 AM, Bill wrote: For years many were light grey. Yaesu even had an elegant looking almost white rig. TenTec was tan. Of coure Heath was green. My only thought would be that the black rigs represent something heavier - military tough - official looking. Black also shows dust more readily - FWTW. 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 __ 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] Don't see Firmware on site
Was just looking on the Elecraft site and still don't see the beta firmware for download. I sure would like to give this a spin. Was it not supposed to go up tonight? Is there a hitch? Thanks and 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 __ 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] Off topic. Logging programs and K3
I have been using DXBase for many years and with its apparent demise I am looking for another logging program. Preferably one that will read both VFO's when split and log them as well as spot the QSX freq in the comment section of the spot. I have looked at DXLabs, Ham Logger32. What are some of the other recommendations from you guys? Again preferably with what I said above and also with the new LOTW application format. Thank you all. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 __ 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] PACTOR iii
Please tell me, what constitutes a clear frequency? No activity for a preselected time period? What if a DX operator goes to the John and takes 5 minutes? There are others on the frequency to say the frequency is in use until one of the digital boxes says, wait it's been 5 seconds, the frequency must be clear so I can start transmitting and ignore all those telling me it is in use! Lord knows how many times I have seen that happen and you are hoping this pacwhatever will shut up long enough that you can hear the DX. Also, just because the Pacbox doesn't hear a signal does not mean the frequency is not in use. The station on the frequency can be weak but some with antennas can hear them and BAM BRAP...BRRR. WTF. There goes that contact. I'm sorry. This unattended operation really has to be revoked until it can be controlled properly. That's my 2 cents and I am sticking by it. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Pitts Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:49 PM To: li...@subich.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PACTOR iii Joe, It's my understanding that the semiautomatic stations wait until there is a connect request before transmitting, and that Pactor is bugged because it ignores existing activity on the frequency, unlike Winmor which won't transmit unless the frequency is clear. Matthew Pitts N8OHU -- On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 8:19 PM EDT Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: However that said, Pactor III is a godsend for us hams that are cruising on our boatshere in the south pacific, I can send/rec email, and get all kinds of weather charts/info to make my sailing safer. Pactor III may not be for you, but it is for me And commercial or quasi-commercial traffic should be conducted on commercial frequencies not on top of amateur users whenever the damn PACTOR-bots decide to start transmitting. As one of the twelve who were on the ARRL committee that formulated the automatic and semi-automatic control concepts nearly 30 years ago, allowing *any* form of automatic control is one of the biggest mistakes in nearly 100 years of amateur radio - right up with phone patches in the amateur service. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 4/29/2012 7:20 PM, ussv dharma wrote: eVERY ASPECT OF HAM radio is not for all hams.I do not do jf65However that said, Pactor III is a godsend for us hams that are cruising on our boatshere in the south pacific, I can send/rec email, and get all kinds of weather charts/info to make my sailing safer. Pactor III may not be for you, but it is for me If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM USSV DHARMA __ 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] solder iron correct temp in C for K3
Randy, I must make a comment about a couple of your statements. One, we are age challenged not OF's. Come on got to be PC. Eh? The other is the parts aren't actually getting smaller. We have to hold them farther away cause of our glasses so they look smaller! OK, it was all tongue in check. The blasted things are getting so darn small even magnifying glasses don't work for this OF's eyes! Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Randy Farmer Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 2:15 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] solder iron correct temp in C for K3 It won't work for SMD stuff, but over the years I've had great success using a classic Ungar 27W cartridge (which I seem to remember was around 850°F) with a screw-ON 1/8 screwdriver tip for just about everything but the heaviest jobs. This includes lots of building stuff with standard through-hole DIP components. I never overcooked anything. The beauty of a big hot iron is it lets you get in, heat the work and get off quickly. Low wattage irons just cook the components and the board. Nowadays, like everybody else, I use a very small iron that produces a 750°F tip temperature for the small parts and dense connector pins, but I still use the old one for most everything else. It's the curse of the OFs: our eyesight continually gets worse as the parts continually get smaller. 73... Randy, W8FN On 04/26/2012 18:26, W9HAK wrote: I have a new solder iron that is temperature controlled in degrees C. What temp should I set the iron for work on the K3? I am using 60/40 rosin core, small diameter solder. While using solder wick to clean out the holes from the 12 dc mod kit I used 300c and dipped the wick in solder flux. I pulled the solder wick across the land when the solder was liquid, it cleaned the holes on the first pass. Smith Bradford __ 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 kit status update
If you send me the parts and manual I will build it. Hi hi Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 9:27 PM To: Elecraft Reflector; k...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 kit status update Our tech writer just completed the first full draft of the KX3 kit assembly manual, incorporating the latest hardware and procedural changes. Several of us have to review it in detail, then we'll have someone build the radio using these instructions. Getting closer Wayne N6KR __ 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] KRC3 Progress
Yes, it sure does. I have the KRC2 and use it with my K3. I purchased an Ameritron RCS-8v 5 port remote antenna switch and just paralleled the control box with the KRC2. It is so nice not having to worry about what antenna you are on. It is totally automatic. 73's Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 AR-Cluster V6 Kq8m.no-ip.org Port 23, 7373, 7374 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 2:14 PM To: n...@n5ge.com Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KRC3 Progress No problem Tom. The KRC2 works perfectly with the K3 too. 73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 3/13/2012 10:59 AM, n...@n5ge.com wrote: I'm sorry Eric. I thought at one time there was talk about having a newer version of the KRC2. I must have misunderstood. Tom, N5GE On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:34:22 -0700, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft e...@elecraft.com wrote: Hi Tom, KRC3? We do not have a product with that name in development. What kind of product are you thinking of? 73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com [snip] __ 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] Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Sounds like they have no clue on how to improve Windows other than the bling. So it is going to be a service pack for win7 that is going to cost you 200 bucks. I'll pass. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ron Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:31 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows 8 Consumer Preview On 03/04/2012 10:43 PM, Gary wrote: Chances are good. From the Windows 8 product guide: Behind the bold, new look of Windows 8, is the rock-solid foundation you've come to expect from WindowsR 7. Immerse yourself in the exciting features of a new generation of PCs while enjoying the full power of Windows. In addition to the sleek, new look of the start screen, Windows 8 incorporates the desktop that you're already familiar with. In the desktop, you'll see that the settings, devices, and features you used in Windows 7 are still there. You can run older apps, too. oh good grief . ron, wb1hga __ 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] Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Why would you want to use something that you don't even know will work? Personally, with Windows releases, I always wait for the gotta have the newest and best people to work out the kinks. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of hawley, charles j jr Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:41 PM To: elecraft...@yahoogroups.com Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Windows 8 Consumer Preview What're e chances that if I upload and run the new Windows 8, that all my Elecraft Utilities will run ok? Chuck Hawley KE9UW __ 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] Heil Proset Headphones
My type of mic didn't need the bias so I used the same adapter for my IC746 Pro with my K3. The only difference I could see was I could not use the PTT through the adapter as the pinout was different for PTT but the mic pins were the same. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 2:32 PM To: Tom Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Heil Proset Headphones Tom, Since you have the Icom adapter now, I must ask - Is that a Proset-Ic? You can find the Ic designation in the end of the microphone tube that attaches to the earphone. If it is an Ic type, it has an electret microphone element which requires bias. I believe the Kenwood adapter has a blocking capacitor that will prevent the bias voltage from reaching the mic element. If you are using this with a K3, just plug it into the rear panel jack, no need for an adapter. If you are using it with the K2, rewire the Microphone Configuration Header to match your Icom adapter. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/24/2012 1:58 PM, Tom wrote: I have the headset with the adapter for my Icom 756Pro. Which Heil adapter do I need to use the headset with the K3? AD-1-K? Tom KQ5S __ 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] DXCC map
Here's a suggestion that will never fly: If they are giving out free maps at Dayton, how about mailing registered owners of the major Elecraft equipment one each? I could go for that since I don't go to Dayton due to health problems. Well, it was a thought. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary K9GS Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 10:47 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] DXCC map An excellent idea! I can picture a problem though. It's already nearly impossible to get near the front of the Elecraft booth at Dayton. If they were handing out free maps you couldn't even get in the building. Maybe Elecraft could rent a portion of the flea market parking lot and set up a beer garden? They could hand out maps there. I volunteer for bar tending duties. They could also set up an operating area to demo radios. Just thinking out loud... On 2/20/2012 4:27 PM, István Szabó wrote: My map is so obsolete, that there is USSR, East Germany and so on on it. It would be great to have an Elecraft map as the next one. Any source or plan? 73' István Szabó HA4ZD __ 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 -- 73, Gary K9GS Check out K9NS on the web: http://www.k9ns.com Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.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] Annoying contests
In answer to your suggestion, there already are areas. 3.600-3.650, 7.100-7.125, 14.100-14.150, 21.100-21.150, 28.100-28.150. During even the biggest contests those areas are usually free of contesters. There are maybe 10 weekends out of 52 that major contests take place. And they always take place the same weekend of the year, year after year. That leaves 42 weekends for non contest activities. Sure there are other smaller non major contests but they do not take up the whole band but just a small portion of it. Also there are no contests during the week. I am at a loss at those that hate contests as to why their will has to be imposed upon all. Your sched on 14.050 does not have to be etched in stone. Unless you are using a really antique radio, there are things on the radio called knobs and dials. Usually the biggest one will tune your radio to other frequencies. Plan ahead. Oh Jack, I see there is a major contest next weekend. How about we meet on 30/17/12 meters? Or another day. Or, heaven forbid, we miss one. In the case of the ECN net, it is just a check in, my temp is and we got 20 inches of snow. That can also be done on a WARC band. Emergency communications in the case of major storm or earthquake or whatever is always taken into account by the contest community. If a set area in the band is set aside for the big one when it hits California, if it is a contest weekend, it WILL be avoided by the contest community. It has happened in the past and will happen again in the future. Out of all of the possible things to do in amateur radio my likes are DXing and Contesting. That doesn't mean I am going to knock SSTV guys or Satellite guys or moon bounce guys. That is what they enjoy and more power to them. Okay off my soap box. 73's Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Erik Basilier Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 1:50 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Annoying contests Contests can be great fun (when one has time for them). However, if I want a regular qso, I usually find even the high end of the cw bands to be too crowded in the case of major contests. I have to argue against letting contests take over the entire non-WARC bands, for one reason only: Emergency communications. Although 30m is often good for low power operation, that is not always the case, and not every portable rig covers it. Quite often in portable operation only a single band works well enough that you can make a contact with low power and a mediocre antenna; that band is very often not a WARC band. Here is an idea: Carve out a section of each non-WARC band, for a given contest, where contest operation is not allowed. It would have to be a section where most licensees are allowed to operate, in most countries. If the contest organizer receives multiple reports saying that a contest participant operated in the non-contest window, that participant would be penalized. There could be multiple windows carved out in a given contest, to satisfy different license classes and countries. The contests would be more crowded? Yes, but the non-contest windows could be small, and crowding in contests seems to drive great improvements in equipment to compensate. WARC bands deserve more use, and it would truly make sense to conduct some nets there. Flame away! 73, Erik K7TV snip The high end of the CW portion of the bands aren't that crowded. And there's the WARC bands sitting there doing almost nothing!!! snip Larry/K2GN - http://k2gn.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] RST Reports
Actually I believe that has been under discussion in the contest community for quite a long time. Just like the DX pileup where you are supposed to copy your signal report for a good contact, the same is supposed to be used in contests. Since it is always 599, I agree, it should be removed as part of the exchange in both contests and DXing but I do believe the powers that be that run the various contests and DX awards are stuck in the past and think it should always be a requirement. Nostalgia is such a wonderful thing. 73's Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:05 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] RST Reports Interesting to see several posts on this subject. My input: Why, in all contests including Marathon and BW, do we hear nothing but 599??? I would appreciate honest reports, so I know the condition of the band, and the most favorable directions for picking up zones, etc. If we are not going to give real reports- not pre-programmed into a CW memory- why don't we just eliminate them altogether as part of the exchange? __ 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 toroid windings
Nitpicking. They don't have to be evenly distributed. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert G. Strickland Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:30 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] K3 toroid windings I just received my K3 kit and looking at the main RF board I notice that on some of the toroids the windings are not evenly distributed around the toroid circumference. Is it okay to move the windings around to even them out or am I being nitpicking? ...robert -- Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net Syracuse, New York, USA __ 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] Radio Control via HamLog on iPhone
When you get this finished for iPad is there a chance for a port to droid? Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick Garner Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:56 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Radio Control via HamLog on iPhone Hello Everyone, Over the years that HamLog (http://goo.gl/BMFzM) has been available on the various mobile platforms out there, I've had several users ask me for a way to get radio information into the app automatically, both at home and/or out in the field, portable, dxpeditions, etc. In the past few weeks I've put something together that allows HamLog to talk to radios for both command control and state retrieval. Below is a link to a demo of it working with an iPad and a K3. The video should answer a lot of the questions you might have. This is all entirely beta at the moment so it might not look like this in the first release. Demo Video (about 9 minutes): http://goo.gl/N8JK7 Take a look and let me know what you think! If you're interested in having one, please visit the following URL and enter your call sign and email address. There is no obligation and I'm not asking for any type of deposit; I just need to gauge the demand for the initial run. Interest Registration: http://pignology.net/ptainterest I envision a KX3 stashed in a backpack (HF Pack style) being fully controlled by an iOS/Android device while walking down the trail, all the while logging the contacts you're making. 73, Nick N3WG/6 P.S. You might see this email cross-posted on some of the various portable/QRP interest groups out there, please excuse the duplication. __ 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
I was licensed also in 1974 (WN8JSQ) and the K3 was my first new rig. I have never had a radio with 2 receivers till I got the K3. I first had the experience, though, with dual receiver radios at the contest station of K8AZ. I just had to have one. I wear headphones, so I have the DX in my left ear and transmit freq in my right. Oh what heaven it is. I can find the DX's listening Freq. so much faster and easier. Tim Herrick, KQ8M, ex WB8JSQ, WN8JSQ North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of n...@n5ge.com Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 12:21 PM To: k...@att.net Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] sub receiver You're gonna love it! Tom, N5GE licensed 1976 as WN5QGE The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. George Washington. On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:40:02 -0600, k...@att.net wrote: I've had my ticket since 1974 (WN4IKG) I have owned over 25 rigs but never had one with two receivers. I 've always worked split with two VFOs but after a few emails from you guys and thinking about it (brain taxing) I can see where the second receiver would be useful. When I was working the HK0NA group, I just transmitted where they said they were listening but they had about a 10 kHz spread so it was a guess whether they would hear me or not. It would be nice to know exactly where they are listening. Thanks for the advice. Love the reflector. Shipped my K2 off this morning and sold my IC 7000 last weekend. I am sans rig until this afternoon when UPS comes! I haven't been without a rig in I don't know how long! Its lonely. John KE4D My K3/100 kit arrives tomorrow. I did not order the sub receiver. I have only a vertical here and have some antenna restrictions (height) I use a SteppIR BigIR and it works great for me with my height restriction. So, unless one of you can explain to me why I should have the sub receiver with only one antenna, I'm leaving it the with one! I'm sure I don't understand receiver diversity since I never heard of it until recently. Guide me! John KE4D K3 SN [snip] __ 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] DX list
Look on the ARRL website and look for here http://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Jeanne Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:29 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] DX list Where can I find a printable listing of the call prefixes and country names worldwide in the internet that I can print out. Thanks Dave KD1NA __ 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] spam
Well, that will cost you 50 Elecraft points. Shame shame. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dan Mees Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:24 PM To: K2 Subject: [Elecraft] spam sorry folks... dont know what happened but somehow a spam got originated at my station. I didnt send it! maybe a worm got into my mac. I gotta check this thin out... tks 73 DANNO Hard work pays off in the future, but laziness pays off now. __ 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] spam
Barry, Your email address is rejecting my attempts to contact you. Geez, get a real email. hi hi Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com -Original Message- From: Barry Garratt [mailto:bgarr...@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:24 PM To: 'KQ8M'; 'K2' Subject: RE: [Elecraft] spam That's a bit harsh for a 1st offence isn't it Tim? Especially cuz it wasn't his fault. :-) Barry KS7DX (VE3CDX) -Original Message- From: KQ8M [mailto:k...@kq8m.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:55 AM To: 'K2' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] spam Well, that will cost you 50 Elecraft points. Shame shame. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dan Mees Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:24 PM To: K2 Subject: [Elecraft] spam sorry folks... dont know what happened but somehow a spam got originated at my station. I didnt send it! maybe a worm got into my mac. I gotta check this thin out... tks 73 DANNO Hard work pays off in the future, but laziness pays off now. __ 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 spurious radiation?
Just an FYI, the W3LPL spots are not his skimmer. He has special code that re-spots skimmers that are sent to the Reverse Beacon Network. He has a skimmer system but the ones you see on the clusters is not that network. The skimmer operators only dump their decodes to the RBN. Well the ones that know what is going on do. During contests, the big gun stations have a local network of skimmers that they connect to to help with locating DX. These are also not seen by the general public. Some of us cluster operators also have a local skimmer or are connected to a skimmer but these spots are only seen on our nodes. Mine only has my local skimmers. These can also be filtered out. I am running the beta code of V6 ARCluster which allows connecting to a skimmer and only allowing the spots locally. Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary K9GS Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:49 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 spurious radiation? I've seen this happen before and it has also happened to me. Once I was on the low end of 40M and the W3LPL skimmer spotted me just below 7100. go figure. If you watch skimmer spots you'll often notice weird things showing up. One of the JA skimmers regularly spots T2DE on 40M. There is not, to the best of my knowledge, a station from Tuvalu licensed at T2DE. I've seen other skimmers spot the same callsign when there was no way there was a propagation path. On 1/24/2012 7:08 AM, John/K8AZT wrote: I have not been monitoring this mail list much recently so I apologize if this subject has been discussed previously. I like to monitor the reversebeacon.net website while calling cq or just monitoring looking for a qso. Recently I have discovered a situation which has me puzzled and I am hoping someone here might be able to give me some insight what might be happening. When calling cq (CW) on 7.0 MHz cw, I see several hits on the reverse beacon website on 7.0 MHz, however I have also seen a couple stations allegedly hearing me on 10.1 MHz (2 occurrences) and a station hearing me on 28 MHz bands (1 occurrence). I am hoping this is a problem with the skimmers, but want to check out if there is anything which might not be right with my K3 and/or antenna which might be generating unwanted radiations. At the moment I do not have exact frequencies where I was being monitored. I just thought someone might have a suggestion where do I proceed. At the moment I do not have access to a frequency analyzer, but hope I can find one to borrow locally. Thank you for any suggestions/comments anyone in the reflector might have. 73, John/K8AZT K3/ SN 1693 __ 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 -- 73, Gary K9GS Check out K9NS on the web: http://www.k9ns.com Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.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 #6150
I just mentioned that on the reflector a week or so ago and a large number of people said the same thing; contact Elecraft and let them know and you will get new knobs in a few days. I had the same problem as you with the K3 I built a few months ago and just kind of lived with it till I was told to get new ones. Problem solved. 73's Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of NZ8J Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 1:04 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 #6150 K3/100 kit sn 6150 arrived yesterday just in time for the weekend. Took my time today and it went together in about 8 hours, with no significant issues. Everything worked according to the manual as I expected. There is one issue that is somewhat irritating though. The AF and RF knobs cannot be nested as they should be to fit properly. In order to be able to turn the AF gain or RF gain without having them catch on the larger respective SUB knobs they have to be pulled out so they won't catch. They are visibly out of alignment. A quick search of the archives revealed a rather long 2 /1/2 year old thread about some defective knobs. The gist of the thread was not so much about them cracking or breaking as some had experienced, it was because they were off center and would not allow for a proper installation. Apparently whatever the issue was, it is still there 2 1/2 years later as the one I received yesterday has the same problem. It's hard to understand how a product can be so well designed and the manufacturing tolerances so close (take the cabinet parts and pieces as one example) but yet something as seemingly simple as a plastic knob some 2 1/2 years after an in-depth discussion that Elecraft was part of are still being manufactured and delivered out of tolerance. I don't have a problem with the intended look or feel of the knobs, I think they are fine, just the fact they turn out so badly in many cases and detract from the end product. I was having a lot of fun putting this together today until I got to the part where I installed the knobs, big disappointment! I have a set of the Mouser machined aluminum knobs and although they are smooth and have a nice feel they just don't match the rest of the knobs to my liking, I wonder if anyone has come up with an alternative to the Mouser knobs? Tim NZ8J K3 - 6150 P3- 1775 KPA500 - 618 __ 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] Amazing!
Can someone direct me to construction guides besides the Ant Handbook. That thing drives me nuts. hi hi I would like to build one for 40/80 mtr receiving. Possibly others for 30 on up. Thank you, Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of stan levandowski Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:19 PM To: n7...@bresnan.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Amazing! I have had some surprising results with a 40M mag loop I built from hardline (real cheap) as well as an *all out* (that means big bucks blown) 20 meter mag loop that I built from 1.5 copper pipe, a Jennings vacuum variable, and a 1 rpm motor from Edmunds Scientific. My best DX so far (confirmed) is UA1CE on 900 mw on 20M with my KX1 for about 6500 miles. The darn thing was sitting on my driveway about 3 off the ground. My personal findings: Superb receive antenna; lousy transmitting antenna; highly directional; Incredibly quiet compared to my doublet; extremely narrow bandwidth. It's presently sitting in the garage. I haven't given up on it but I much prefer my doublet and end fed half wave toys at this time. But frankly, for someone - anyone - who has *severe* antenna restrictions to contend with, the mag loop is most certainly worth reading up on. It's not a toy! 73, Stan WB2LQF On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Gary D Krause wrote: Ignacy, I agree. That's why I like mag loops. I've built three of them and I'm getting ready to build a forth. They are quieter than my home brewed 30' multi-band vertical and I can pick out signals a little better when band conditions aren't so great. Add the quiet K2 and signals pop out of nowhere. Gary, N7HTS On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:25:12 -0800 (PST) Ignacy n...@arrl.net wrote: The mag loop performance can be surprisingly good if the surrounding objects are not attenuating. Excellent performance next to wooden objects, better and quieter than a low dipole. Also multi band operation without a tuner. But not good when surrounded by brick/concrete. Ignacy -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Amazing-tp7151103p7152245.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
