Hello,
When I hold NR button to adjust noise reduction, I get levels F1, 1 to 4, then
F2 1 to 4, up to F4.
Clearly, 1 is least, 4 is most, but what do the F's represent? (Can't find any
reference to this on page 24 of the manual.)
I wondered if F refers to filter, if so then why not 5?
Thanks fo
I just reread the rules. Looks like FP activity will be on 7044 kHz.
Hopefully that means 7045 kHz will be free to use for ECN. Am I reading this
correctly?
Kevin. KD5ONS
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>From: Larry Makoski W2LJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: May 17, 2008 11:29 PM
>To: elecraft@m
This Sunday night is the night for May's Run For The Bacon.
If you're returning from Dayton; I hope you'll still have enough energy to join
us!
As always, the details for this funfilled 2 hour QRP Sprint can be found at:
http://www.gentzow.com/fpqrp/fpqrprun.php
73 de Larry W2LJ
FP# 612
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Good Evening,
For those of you who have not wilted in the heat nor gone to Dayton there
will be a couple nets tomorrow. Today it only got to 91 here but in the valley
it was much warmer. The breeze has kicked up so it feels better but the fire
danger is skyrocketing. My poor daffodils were
I'm having trouble with hi-current shutdowns at higher power settings on all
bands below 20 meters (30,40, and 80) . 20 meters and above work fine.
I bought and built a W1 wattmeter which when connected to the notebook is
really neat. output watts shown on W1 are a bit lower than shown on
David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
O. Johns
wrote:
Also, 740.0 is within a fraction of a Hertz of a correctly tuned
(well-tempered tuning) F#. So there is good reason to have the
increments of sidetone pitch be 10 Hz rather than 50 Hz.
Might it not be better to use a logarithmic scale (e.g. equal
take a look at
http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/PDF/144-28ECK.pdf
i know a few stations that use one to drive microwave transverters with
144MHz. It puts out 100mW which is ample drive and heat generation is not an
issue
Dave
ww2r
Hello all.
An idea I gor recently was to order another K2 an
Hello,
I plan on going out on the Appalachian Trail on 18 May 2008. I have to run
into work to turn pumps off, then I am going to the AT.
I hope to be on the air sometime between 11:00 and 12:00 UTC. I will start
out on 7.030 +/- QRM. I will also try 30 and 20 meters a little later. I
curren
I now have version 1.96/1/73 and still having this problem. I have just
finished building the XG1 test oscillator and have checked the S-meter
calibration. 1uV shows S3 and 50uV shows S9, sometimes S9+5 with both
1.78/1.58 and the 1.96/173 firmware versions. So the calibration doesn't
seem to be t
5/16/08: Received KatieGram
12/23/07: Placed order
- 73, John, W0JFR
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Thanks to all for your responses. I now know that the bandwidth can be saved
as follows:
1.) Change WIDTH knob to the desired bandwidth
2.) Push SHIFT knob until <--SAV--> shows
3.) While <--SAV--> shows rotate SHIFT knob to left or right to save the
desired bandwidth to either ALT1 or A
What held me back from completing my K3 order was the small
front panel. I played with one in Aptos and decided that while I'd much
prefer
a larger panel with more space between the knobs, the K3 would work.
I've most recently owned an Orion, an Omni VI+ and an Omni VII.
I tend to like big
It works on mine (using the current Beta firmware). However, I had to
read the errata addition in the instructions 3 times to get it.
SUGGESTION: I think it would be more useful to have it edit what NORM
means so that one press of NORM would give me my preferred setting(s)
of I/II.
For e
I forgot one item in my list. Please add the following:
2a) Do the first 3 steps from page 5 of the KXB3080 manual (cut the PC
trace and add the wire).
Sorry - I have added it to the list below for anyone who wants a
complete set of steps.
73,
Don W3FPR
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Yes, it can be
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFuy01zZR4g
>> WOW am I ever underwhelmed!
Now wait a minute, it's got gaskets and appears to be
bolted to a knobby tread or something. Very stylish.
And although Ashley may be verbally challenged, quite
some eye candy there. Points to Icom.
The fair test w
It has been talked about before, and I was under the impression it was
off the table as for as future availability. Your discussion with
Wayne indicates otherwise.
The connector is used for testing and equipment interaction when they
build the unit at the factory. Others can add more. I had
Ed,
That connector is currently only used in the factory test. There was
talk of a keyboard for it last year at Dayton, but I have heard nothing
more. Your conversation with Wayne indicates that there is still hope.
73,
Don W3FPR
Ed Berbari wrote:
I have been monitoring this reflector for
Yes, it can be done - I do that all the time, but then I have done many
many of these kits and know where to look when something goes wrong.
Unfortunately, you likely do not have that background with the KX1.
If you attempt to do everything together, there is no opportunity to
give it the int
I have been monitoring this reflector for over 3 months as I have making up
my mind about getting a K3. Arrived at this decision with an unusual point
of view - I will save this for another post. I ordered a well equipped K3
on May 6 presumably ahead of the Dayton rush.
Anyway I still have
Thomas,
Yes, you would have to sacrifice the speaker and the external speaker jack.
I believe the XV144 board would fit, but nothing else.
73,
Don W3FPR
Thomas Snare Knutsen wrote:
Yes, the heatsinking of the powermodule migth be an problem, but
mounting the transverter upside-down would cure
Hi David,
I buildt the KX1, tuner and the 30/80m module all at the same time without
doing it in stages. I had absolutely no problems and everything works like a
charm. I can't think of any particular things to watch out for.
But is is TIGHT!!! Pay a lot of attention to getting the leads as sho
GM DE VE7TTJ
I have purchased a KX1 kit along with the 8030 board and ATU kit. I
want to do initial assembly incorporating the 8030 board (why put
things in just to take them out?) I have built five other single-band
rigs over the years so it's not a skill-testing question, just
wondering if
In any case (of upper limit) 10Hz step will be better for personal
settings and for special weak signal tracking.
Hope this will be on thi list for some future release of firmware.
73!
Lexa, ok1dst
K3/10 #727
O. Johns napsal(a):
David,
The well-tempered scale is logarithmic, in a sense. Eac
What you're seeing there is a new "market driver" that will produce a host
of HF radios that require very little expertise to operate them for a much
broader market than Ham radio.
The "driver" is the Global Marine Distress Safety System (GMDSS) that is
used on vessels of all sizes around the glo
Yes, the heatsinking of the powermodule migth be an problem, but
mounting the transverter upside-down would cure this.
Is the size of the transverter PCB so that it could fit inside the K2?
The best would be If the speaker could be left alone, but I think that
is impossible?
I guess that I don't
David,
The well-tempered scale is logarithmic, in a sense. Each semitone
frequency is gotten from the just-lower one by multiplying by the
twelfth root of 2. That way 12 semitone steps automatically make a
perfect octave (factor of 2 in frequency). If you're gonna have
twelve notes in
Thomas,
I have thought about that too in the past, but I discarded it.
There are mechanical problems to be solved - such as the heat sinking
for the XV144. It might work if the XV144 were mounted upside down
inside the K2 lid.
My final opinion on it was that the transverter stacked under the K
H. M. Motley Jr. wrote:
I have a chance to buy a rather early K2 in unbuilt kit form. It's
serial number 192. It has the SSB adaptor, Noise blanker, Audio
filter, a set of pre-wound toroids and the Revision B boards and
parts and updated manual. In doing some research on the WWW, I see
there hav
Please forgive me for jumping in without having fully followed this thread
so if this has been mentioned already, I apologize.
I have a visual zero beat indicator on my K2 which was supplied by Tom
N0SS. Works great uses the 10th LED of the S/RF meter to tell when a signal
if in the middle.
Hello all.
An idea I gor recently was to order another K2 and incorporate an 2M
transverter in to it. Would this be possible, or am I crazy just
thinking about it?
I guess that the Auxbus would be avaible inside the transceiver so that
the control should not be any problem.
Does anyone know if
Are,
The 'wierd' symptoms you report could be normal depending on the output
characteristics of your signal generator. The capacitors C7 and C8 in
the 40 meter bandpass form a voltage divider that is intended to match
the high impedance of the filter parallel tuned circuits down to a lower
i
WOW am I ever underwhelmed!
Doug W6JD
-- Original message --
From: Lou Aguilar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFuy01zZR4g
>
> This japanese company has a new radio with a good looking amber/orange
> LCD display.
>
> ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFuy01zZR4g
This japanese company has a new radio with a good looking amber/orange
LCD display.
KN1w
On May 17, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Dave Agsten wrote:
I was wondering about any Dayton news also. I was guessing that Ico
Are,
Do you have anything attached to J13 (Xverter Interface)? If not a
resistance measurement between pin 7 of one of the relays K1, K2 etc and
ground with the K2 switched OFF, and W6 removed, should read a very high
value, I would expect > 1 Megohm.
There is also the remote possibility th
Puck,
If the price is right, you can end up with a K2 that is an exact equal
of the current shipped K2s.
You did say it has the Rev B boards included, and that is the current
ship level for the boards.
I know you will need to order the Keying Waveshape Mod and a couple
1N4148 diodes over and a
I recently completed my K2 and everything seemed to work OK. All tests are ok
with exception of a slightly low 8V regulator output (7.59V).
The sensitivity seems low however (my KX1 is much better at this point).
Tracing the receiver revealed that sensitivity is top notch at certain
points. This
A few years ago I purchased an unbuilt K2 from eBay. It had a serial
number in the 1300s. One of the best pieces of advice I got was to
order a current (new) main PCB, and to incorporate all of the
recommended upgrade kits during the build. The updated circuit
board kit allowed me t
Hi guys.
Just received my K3 carry case from Rose Kopp (N7HKW).
Very well made. Holds the K3 (#253) securely and safely.
No financial interest, just a very satisfied customer.
Email her at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
73
Ken WB2ART
www.unpcbs.com
www.wb2art.com
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Yes, Elecraft some dedicated K2 owners have the data on line. Elecraft has
upgrade kits to bring your vintage K2 up to the current configuration and
performance. For a list of the various upgrade kits for the K3, see:
http://www.elecraft.com/order_form_parts.htm#K2Parts
If you want to review eac
It is a matter of price.
It can be built to be current.
You may need some new parts from Elecraft.
Look at LA3ZA's Unofficial Guide to Elecraft K2 Modifications.
You can find it on Elecrafts website.
You will get a feel of what you are up against.
George
Works OK here.
73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Sat, 17 May 2008 12:02:33 -0400, Roy Morris wrote:
> I would like to know if the SAV function has been temporarily
disabled in firmware.
> This is the function that sets the bandwidth in memory and is
accessed by pushing in
> the SHIFT knob for approx 3 seconds.
I was wondering about any Dayton news also. I was guessing that Icom might be
trying to unload PRO IIIs with the 7700 out now. I've sure seen lots of PRO
IIIs up for sale. I got rid of mine just in time. Only American made rigs from
now on. Elecraft, Flex, Alpha and Dentron.
73,
Dave N8AG
I would like to know if the SAV function has been temporarily disabled in
firmware. This is the function that sets the bandwidth in memory and is
accessed by pushing in the SHIFT knob for approx 3 seconds. These memories are
set through <--NOR--> selection. Presently I cannot SAV new bandwidt
K3/100 Assembled, KAT3, KXV3, 2.8K, 500.
Ordered Dec 21, 2007
Katiegram May 16, 2008.
KRX3 Sub Receiver and KFL3A-2.8K back ordered.
"scheduled to ship about three weeks from confirmation"
--Tim
N9IW
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I thought I would pass on the results of my testing the absolute S-meter
mode using the XG2 signal generator as reference source.
I am using beta FW 01.96/00.02/0.173
The VFO-B help menu for Smtr scale says that the S-meter is calibrated with
preamp on, and AGC on. It looks from my data that my un
hi,
I uploading yesterday the new firmware MCU 01.88, FPF00.01, DSP1/DSP2 01.70
in my K-3 nr 576, now I see a very low output abt 15 watts in SSB on 40m
band and lower. 20m and higher works normaly with output 100 watts. CW is
also no problem with 100 watts on all bands.
Hope somebody can help
I have a chance to buy a rather early K2 in unbuilt kit form. It's serial
number 192. It has the SSB adaptor, Noise blanker, Audio filter, a set of
pre-wound toroids and the Revision B boards and parts and updated manual. In
doing some research on the WWW, I see there have been a number of
cha
Order placed Dec 23. Katiegram arrived late yesterday (Friday).
Other than for ironing out a couple of discrepancies I am totally
ready to take delivery of that K3.
Garry/Ve7ajj
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Did you stay up all night playing with it??? ;)
Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982
K3/100 - S/N 766
"For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will
never know."
Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
It's a TAP or HOLD switch
J. Edward (Ed) Muns wrote:
I agree with Joe's summary. Note that the "250" Hz 8-pole filter is
really about 370 Hz at the -6 dB point. Any of the current "500",
"400" or "250" Hz crystal filters will be fine for RTTY. With any of
them, the DSP can be narrowed to 300 Hz without rolling off th
Brian, exactly !
If it is such a chore to zero beat a CW station, how did we ever do it when
we did not have all these "aids". I do in fact ponder a bit in zeroing an SSB
station sometimes on a net freq when it seems to me he may be 10 cycles or so
off. But CW is just no sweat.
I am am
Dave,
I don't agree with your conclusion at all. It just takes practice. If
you're having trouble crank the filter width of the DSP to a narrow
setting and tune until the signal peaks. That will be close enough.
The extraneous signals from other stations and noise within wide filter
s
Tom Childers, N5GE wrote:
In the Army they taught us to turn on the spot signal and tune the spot against
the received signal. When you hear the warbling stop, you are zero beat on the
RX signal.
That's easy if you are trying to tune against a continuous carrier, but
you are normally tuning
O. Johns wrote:
Also, 740.0 is within a fraction of a Hertz of a correctly tuned
(well-tempered tuning) F#. So there is good reason to have the
increments of sidetone pitch be 10 Hz rather than 50 Hz.
Might it not be better to use a logarithmic scale (e.g. equal tempered
semi-tones) or a ne
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
It's a TAP or HOLD switch (all four of those knobs there do that) and in
this case you should be HOLDing it - just long enough until both CMP &
PWR leds go out. You don't have to hold it while you turn (as opposed to
some of the filter functionality introduced lat
It's a TAP or HOLD switch (all four of those knobs there do that) and
in this case you should be HOLDing it - just long enough until both
CMP & PWR leds go out. You don't have to hold it while you turn (as
opposed to some of the filter functionality introduced later where you
HOLD & TURN at
For those of you following this, Katiegram received today for a K3/100 kit,
ordered 24 December just as Santa was flying overhead! Estimated shipping
date two weeks ahead.
Yabadabadoo!
Stephen G4SJP
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David Cutter wrote:
>
> I gave my firm's address, so it came all the way by UPS and what's more
> they
> didn't want the VAT in advance, it just went on the monthly VAT import
> bill
> to my firm, so I got more time to pay and no delay. This is probably a
> tip
>
Today I got a letter from P
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