[Elecraft] Best add on for K3
I have a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need anymore filters so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I got it and I added the tuner and filters that is all. What would be the best next add on for it? Thanks for reading and any suggestions. Wayne AA5JJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
> "Wayne" == Wayne writes: Wayne> I have a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need Wayne> anymore filters Wayne> so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I Wayne> got it and Wayne> I added the tuner and filters that is all. What would be the Wayne> best next Wayne> add on for it? Wayne> Thanks for reading and any suggestions. Well, you don't say what your preferences are, so not much that I can suggest you. I have the 100W ampli in mine, I added also the general coverage bandpass filter (for those rare times that I want to listen to some volmet or similar). The KXV3A is an obligatory step if you want to give yourself the P3, or even just to add the PR6 if you like the 6m band. Pf -- Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
*He didn't say what he had but if not installed already I would order the DVR. Calling CQ is never easier, contesting is easier with the DVR to do the calling. You can record incoming audio for review..you can even play recorded audio back to the station but I find this pretty useless unless you set you EQ Tx/Rx to flat and therefore I am not a user of this feature but others have a different view of course. I use mine daily and wouldn't be without it. * On 23 May 2012 17:55, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > > "Wayne" == Wayne writes: > > >Wayne> I have a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need >Wayne> anymore filters >Wayne> so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I >Wayne> got it and >Wayne> I added the tuner and filters that is all. What would be the >Wayne> best next >Wayne> add on for it? >Wayne> Thanks for reading and any suggestions. > > > Well, you don't say what your preferences are, so not much that I can > suggest you. I have the 100W ampli in mine, I added also the general > coverage bandpass filter (for those rare times that I want to listen to > some volmet or similar). The KXV3A is an obligatory step if you want to > give yourself the P3, or even just to add the PR6 if you like the 6m > band. > > Pf > > > > -- > Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 KAT-500#?? Living the dream!!! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
> "Gary" == Gary Gregory writes: Gary> He didn't say what he had but if not installed already I would Gary> order the DVR. Gary> Calling CQ is never easier, contesting is easier with the DVR Gary> to do the Gary> calling. True. I forgot about that. I've added it recently and it has become so natural using it that I give it for granted. Definitely an useful add on, not just for contests, but for general dx too. -- Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
The 2nd receiver would be my first choice Randy N1KWF On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:06 AM, Wayne wrote: > I have a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need anymore filters > so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I got it and > I added the tuner and filters that is all. What would be the best next > add on for it? > Thanks for reading and any suggestions. > > Wayne AA5JJ > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Randy Lake N1KWF 73 Gunn Rd. Keene,NH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
I was in several conversations on this topic at Dayton discussing how often owners found the P3 helpful vs the KRX3 second receiver option. It ended up being some of each. Contesters tended to find more frequent use for the P3, some DXers, having used a 2nd receiver, never want to be without it again. Dick, K6KR On May 23, 2012, at 0:06, Wayne wrote: > I have a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need anymore filters > so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I got it and > I added the tuner and filters that is all. What would be the best next > add on for it? > Thanks for reading and any suggestions. > > Wayne AA5JJ > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
Interesting recon. Of course many end up with both. W http://www.elecraft.com On May 23, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > I was in several conversations on this topic at Dayton discussing how often > owners found the P3 helpful vs the KRX3 second receiver option. It ended up > being some of each. Contesters tended to find more frequent use for the P3, > some DXers, having used a 2nd receiver, never want to be without it again. > > Dick, K6KR > > On May 23, 2012, at 0:06, Wayne wrote: > >> I have a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need anymore filters >> so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I got it and >> I added the tuner and filters that is all. What would be the best next >> add on for it? >> Thanks for reading and any suggestions. >> >> Wayne AA5JJ >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
Wayne AA5JJ, asked about favorite K3 add ons. My personal favorite added after initial purchase was/is the KDVR3 Digital Voice Keyer. It's the cat's meow if you are a phone contester. Messages can be activated by macros from your logging software and the best part is you eliminate the audio cable from the computer and also have zero concern about matching the message audio with the "live" mic audio. I know many who need more than four messages (the KDVR3 limit) and/or who spend a lot of time tweaking their computer-stored messages and I know that works to their benefit, but for KISS crowd (that includes me) I think the KDVR is great. It sounded like you meant internal add-ons, but if you include external equipment, the P3 has to be the first choice, IMHO. 73, Barry K6RM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
On 5/23/2012 12:06 AM, Wayne wrote: > ve a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need anymore filters > so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I got it and > I added the tuner and filters that is all. What would be the best next > add on for it? It depends a bit on your operating style. I have both the P3 and the second RX, and would hate to be without either, but I find the P3 especially useful. The second RX lets you HEAR what's on your TX frequency when operating split. The P3 lets you SEE the entire pileup and think about how to place your call. The P3 also lets you look at the bandwidth of various signals, chase RF noise sources, look for activity on a dead band (like openings on 6M and 10M), and so on. If you can only buy one, my first choice would be the P3. 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
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The KDVR3 has eight (8) message memories. They are stored in two banks of four. To toggle between the banks, HOLD the REC button. Use M1..M4 to access message memories 1..4 (bank 1) or 5..8 (bank 2). 73, Lyle KK7P > ... I know many who need more than four messages (the KDVR3 limit) ... __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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You may want to add the 100 watt amp. Kevin. KD5ONS On 5/23/2012 12:06 AM, Wayne wrote: > I have a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need anymore filters > so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I got it and > I added the tuner and filters that is all. What would be the best next > add on for it? > Thanks for reading and any suggestions. > > Wayne AA5JJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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I would be extremely interested in seeing what the CAT commands or N1MM macros look like if both banks are in use. That kind of knowledge might postpone the day when my wife decides to murder me for being too noisy during a phone contest. :) -- Michael D. Adams (AB1OD) Poquonock, Connecticut | m...@ab1od.org On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Lyle Johnson wrote: > The KDVR3 has eight (8) message memories. They are stored in two banks > of four. To toggle between the banks, HOLD the REC button. Use M1..M4 > to access message memories 1..4 (bank 1) or 5..8 (bank 2). > > 73, > > Lyle KK7P __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Best add on for K3
It is as Wayne said, many like me that chase DX AND contest besides general operating, find that, after using the 2nd receiver along with the P3, would be lost without them. Seriously, the K3 is the first transceiver I've owned that had an auxiliary receiver installed that was identical to the main one. The only drawback in my setup is that I have to use the same antenna for both receivers and have to put up with a 3db reduction in signal strength due to the internal splitter. This can be a bit of a problem when trying to hear a weak DX station come back to you on the main while using the sub RX to find out just where he is listening in the pileups. (Especially with all the "UP cops QRM'ing the frequency.) Unlike some of the big gun stations, I don't have the real estate to put up a useful second antenna dedicated to the sub receiver, so I have to live with the 3db degradation of signal when it's on. Small price to pay for the versatility. Jim - W0EB > Interesting recon. Of course many end up with both. > W > http://www.elecraft.com > > On May 23, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Dick Dievendorff > wrote: > >> I was in several conversations on this topic at Dayton discussing >> how often owners found the P3 helpful vs the KRX3 second receiver >> option. It ended up being some of each. Contesters tended to find >> more frequent use for the P3, some DXers, having used a 2nd >> receiver, never want to be without it again. >> >> Dick, K6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Of course many end up with both = If your main interest is chasing DX, you just have to have 2 receivers, because you gotta listen to the pileup. Now let's say you're tuning through the pile, looking for the guy he's working -- where is he? Hard to find him because the pile is so wide. This is where a bandscope is valuable. The wider the pile, the more potential value the bandscope offers. Sometimes you can spot the guy right away, get the subreceiver on him, and hear him, and boom! The scope can be invaluable when the pile is very wide and you are tuning and tuning but never finding the station who is working the DX. However, the bandscope alone will not do this job; you gotta hear what's going on. You can't tell just from looking at the pips who is doing what. So the second receiver is a must. OTOH, in a contest you can tune through the pile with the RIT, because everybody is packed together. Then the bandscope is more valuable, especially for search & pounce, because you can just cruise along the band spotting signals and picking 'em off. Receiver #2 doesn't necessarily add anything that you can't get with RIT. For the best of both worlds, get both. 73, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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On 5/23/2012 11:51 AM, Jim Sheldon wrote: > so I have to live with the 3db degradation of signal when it's on. Although I have multiple antennas, I often have the second RX on the same antenna as the main RX. I've never run into a situation where adding the load of the second RX made it more difficult to copy the DX. For this to be true, internal noise would have to be as great as noise coming in on the antenna. My QTH is fairly quiet, but it isn't that quiet. :) Perhaps the attenuator is on and you don't know it? Or the preamp should be turned on and it isn't? 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
Re: [Elecraft] Best add on for K3
The bestby far... add-on I have gotten for my K3 is the KPA500.. ;c ) 73, Rick W3BI > Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 09:44:01 -0700 > From: j...@audiosystemsgroup.com > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Best add on for K3 > > On 5/23/2012 11:51 AM, Jim Sheldon wrote: > > so I have to live with the 3db degradation of signal when it's on. > > Although I have multiple antennas, I often have the second RX on the > same antenna as the main RX. I've never run into a situation where > adding the load of the second RX made it more difficult to copy the DX. > For this to be true, internal noise would have to be as great as noise > coming in on the antenna. My QTH is fairly quiet, but it isn't that > quiet. :) Perhaps the attenuator is on and you don't know it? Or the > preamp should be turned on and it isn't? > > 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 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
