K2 lovers, please your input.
There is a rather high chance that I will loose my vision due to health issues
that sofar have proven to be irreversible. I am attempting to make the best use
of the time while I am still able.
Am a CW addict and do not care about SSB. Had a good look around and
Frank,
Start out with the basics, but there are a few things we must know about
your K2 to help you. For starters ---
Do you have the K160RX option installed? (look to see how many BNC
jacks are on the lower rear panel - if there are 2, the K160RX is
installed). If installed, the receive
Hello,
The Full Hunter Moon in October starts the beginning season for the Polar
Bear Moonlight Madness Events. The Polar Bears go out on the designated
dates to operate from the Great Outdoors near the Full Moon date.
At the present time we have a total of 14 polar Bears that will be out on
Hello all,
Listen for Scott, N3SW and Ed, WA3WSJ operating from the Appalachian
Trail starting Friday evening and ending Sunday Morning. We will hike
the AT from Pine Grove Furnace S.P to Caledonia S. P. here in PA. We
both will operate our Elecraft KX1s while at the shelters. Look for
WA3WSJ and
Mine arrived yesterday. Ordered with my K3 in November. I don't know
the serial number. (How do you tell?)
Al N1AL
On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 13:33, LB3SA wrote:
> It's been a while since I last saw anyone report a KRX3 arrival. Does anyone
> know what the current status is?
>
> I ordered mine al
Hi all,
I see the lack of crossband A/B switch as a real shortcoming of the K3. I am
used to using the A/B switch for a quick excursion to another band to check
for band conditions. I realize that with crossband *split* operation, full
QSK is not possible because of the many relays involved, but
Hello Julian!
That's correct. It was done intentionally.
If so, fine. But why?
The PSK decoder's "sweet spot" is closer to 1010 Hz than it is to 1000 Hz.
Your next question is probably," Well, why not move the sweet spot?"
The answer to that is quite lengthy. Trust me, doing so is not tr
Arthur,
I believe you are on the right track in suspecting the firmware. I
would simply obtain a replacement chip from Elecraft and change it -
that is the only way to be certain unless you have access to a digital
'scope that can record the latching pulses for the latching relays. It
is ve
Greg - AB7R wrote:
>
> That's correct. It was done intentionally.
>
If so, fine. But why?
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Hello Curt!
This K3 works well at home, but I am having some trouble using it at
the KH6LC station...
I don't know of any incorrect assembly step that might result in this.
I'm sending you a private email to see about some steps to take and to
try and help you solve this mystery.
73,
Lyle
Chen,
That's it!
The radio has come back to life. I don't remember ever hearing about using
PITCH and being able to change the frequency for the RTTY tones so I'm
pretty sure the K3 side of things wasn't changed. The one thing I forgot to
mention, of course, was that I was having trouble trying
This is a high priority and Wayne is working on it now. But it is NOT a
trivial matter
and requires a lot of code. When it's ready it will be announced on the
reflector.
-
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
On Tue Oct 14 13:22 , "Igor Sokolov" sent:
>What a
That's correct. It was done intentionally.
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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
On Tue Oct 14 12:49 , "Julian, G4ILO" sent:
>
>I just put my K3 into PSK D mode and adjusted the shift of the filter and it
>shows the center frequency as * FC 1.01 . Not 1.00 but 1.0
Is there a difference in the power supplies at the two stations? I had a
very similar bad CW report when I first got my K3 which was due to a
switching power supply that I was using. The note was bad at all power
levels on several bands. I bought an Astron RS-35A and the reports were
good. I s
DX is always there but at the solar minimum just a bit harder to work.
Requires patience and diligence.
Case in point, yesterday at 2230Z I worked the guys on Willis
Island-VK9DWX with my trusty K3 on 20m phone barefoot with a Carolina
Windom. (I think I heard that they are running K3's there
Interesting problem. It would be helpful if you told us more about
operating mode, band, type of antenna, etc and, most important, a complete
list of the things you have already tried. I'm sure you have already ruled
out the usual culprits (power supply, rf in the microphone or keying
circuit
Are
The KRX3 for #900, ordered 16 Nov last year, left Aptos for the UK on
the 8th.
Pete G4PLZ/F5VNB
LB3SA wrote:
It's been a while since I last saw anyone report a KRX3 arrival. Does anyone
know what the current status is?
I ordered mine along with my K3 March this year. The K3 arrived in
Are
KRX3 for K3s #870 and #871 (both ordered late Nov 2007) expected to
arrive Friday according to UPS.
Best 73
Eric NO3M (ex. NI3S)
LB3SA wrote:
It's been a while since I last saw anyone report a KRX3 arrival. Does anyone
know what the current status is?
I ordered mine along with my K3 Mar
It's been a while since I last saw anyone report a KRX3 arrival. Does anyone
know what the current status is?
I ordered mine along with my K3 March this year. The K3 arrived in August
but I haven't heard anything about the KRX3 yet. Looking forward to it
however!! :)
73,
Are - LB3SA
KX1, K2, K3
Curt Knight wrote:
So I wonder if there is an assembly error that might be a contributing
factor. What I'm looking for is some internal part that should be
grounded but isn't, or vice versa. Before I dig into it I'm hoping
that those of you with more K3 experience than I have can suggest a
Initially this KAT2 worked well, switching between ant1 & ant2. During
a lighthouse portable weekend, in hard driving rain, it may have
suffered from a precipitation static discharge via the connected
antenna. Since then, ant2 is always connected. The K-2 (#6155)
otherwise operates normally
What a surprise! Cross band operation with 2 VFO is implemented even in my
IC7000. I thought it is available in K3 as well especially with 2 complete RX
build in.
Well I hope it will not take long to update the firmware to implement this
feature because my K3 with KRX3 is on the way here and I w
I have K3 SN 469, a kit K3-100 with transverter interface, tuner,
several filters, and a recently added subreceiver. It's updated with
the latest beta firmware.
This K3 works well at home, but I am having some trouble using it at
the KH6LC station. Those of you who operated the Cal QSO Party and
Hi Julian
I don't use the mode myself so hadn't noticed, but I've just tried it and
it's the same with 2.46/1.92.
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 14/10/2008 20:49, "Julian, G4ILO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I just put my K3 into PSK D mode and adjusted the shift of the filter and it
> shows the ce
I just put my K3 into PSK D mode and adjusted the shift of the filter and it
shows the center frequency as * FC 1.01 . Not 1.00 but 1.01! Running f/w
2.38/1.90.
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Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222.
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Is there any update on the availability of the variable bandwidth roofing
filter module? I am on the quest for some narrow CW roofing filters and not
sure whether to wait for the variable bandwidth model or just bite the bullet
and purchase the fixed bandwidth filters. Anyone know the latest?
I would say : signal tracing, as explained in the owner manual. The K2 ist the
perfect rig to do this kind of job : its design and construction are simple and
access to the components is easy. Have a look to the "dirty signal tracing" on
the elecraft site.
73
Luc/F6HJO
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Just got K2 s/hand ser23---(i'm very green on K2's)
prev owner said perf ok, but I find onlytx/ rx on 80and 20mtrs all other bands
dead,has all latest up dates fitted,been through all menu's,also fault on rf
gain, cuts out when turned up (no audio at all but returns when backed off.
Tnx FrankG6YA
Just got K2 s/hand ser23---(i'm very green on K2's)
prev owner said perf ok, but I find onlytx/ rx on 80and 20mtrs all other bands
dead,has all latest up dates fitted,been through all menu's,also fault on rf
gain, cuts out when turned up (no audio at all but returns when backed off.
Tnx FrankG6YA
Make sure the K3 PITCH value matches the MMTTY MARK value. The rest of your
settings below seem OK. Sometimes, a discrepancy will show up as the two
tones offset from the two yellow lines in the MMTTY FFT display.
73,
Ed - W0YK
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Who says the bands are dead??
Those who listen but do not transmit.
:-)
73,
Lyle KK7P
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Roger,
What is the Mark frequency in MMTTY vs. the Mark Frequency
in the K3?
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Hello,
I am on vacation this week and I finally got a chance to play radio today.
Just worked LZ1ND on 14013.5 @ 16:26 UTC with my K2 @ 5w and a beam.
Who says the bands are dead??
72 and Thanks,
Ron Polityka
WB3AAL
www.wb3aal.com
www.n3epa.org/
K1 - SN 01011
K2 - SN 01392
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I've been fooling around with RTTY for a few days on my K3. It was working
fine yesterday. I even made a contact and was told I was loud and clear,
but today I'm having a problem on receive. The K3 is in DATA mode and set
to FSK D. It was in this mode yesterday. I have the DUAL PB turned on.
I
Space Weather News for Oct. 11, 2008
http://spaceweather.com
NEW SUNSPOT: A "new-cycle" sunspot belonging to Solar Cycle 24 is
emerging near the sun's northeastern limb. This is the third time in
as many weeks that a new-cycle sunspot has interrupted the year's
remarkable run of blank sun
Bummer.. Oh well back to the drawing board thanks guys
73 de Tom
GM4FDM
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
no you need the 2nd receiver
-- Hofstadter's Law: The time and effort required to complete a
project are
always more than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's
no you need the 2nd receiver
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Hofstadter's Law: The time and effort required to complete a project are
always more than you expect, even when you take into account
Hofstadter's
Law.
On 14 Oct 2008, at 14:52, Tom Wylie wrote:
With my MP I can have main VFO in left ear and Sub-VFO in right
With my MP I can have main VFO in left ear and Sub-VFO in right ear.
Do I need the 2nd RX board to be able to do this with the K3, or have I
forgotten to check something?
Tom
GM4FDM
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So I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his
name, it's P something T somethin
Ted,
It has always worked like that. If you previously had VFO A and VFO B
showing different bands, I would think you had a display problem.
Currently even with the KRX3 installed, cross-band operation is not yet
implemented in the current firmware, but is being addressed as a planned
future
Jim,
The effectiveness of the NB and NR will depend on the type of noise you
encounter - that is why the K3 implements both.
The NB works best on impulse type noise. It will have little effect on
noise that makes more of a 'frying bacon' sound. The way it works is to
detect the noise early i
I have to say, I haven't been able to tell a great deal of difference,
but I think that is because I don't have that kind of noise at my QTH.
I do find NR works really well though :-)
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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intelligence!
On 14
Assembly was uneventful. All standard tests passed, 10W yesterday and 100W
today.
Thanks Elecraft!
Erik K7TV
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