Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread David Pratt
In a recent message, Tom-N2YTF thomastum...@yahoo.com wrote ... It would be great if there was a macro you could insert into a cw memory that sent incremental numbersfor example, store XXX 5NN TU de N2YTF In M4 and have the K3 automatically send 001 5NN TU de N2YTF and the next time M4 is

[Elecraft] Spare 2.7 khz filter

2009-05-31 Thread Jim
Anyone have a spare 2.7 Khz filter for the K-3 they would like to sell please reply to me off the list with your price shipped. Thanks de KE4WY Jim __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] UK Elecraft net report for Sunday 31st May

2009-05-31 Thread Dave G4AON
The net ran on 3627 KHz from 0900 to 0940 hours local time (0800 - 0840 UTC). The weather was too nice to be in the shack for long, especially those of us with linear amplifiers. Subjects covered this week included my KXV3 connected 6m pre-amp problem (it appears to have been damaged when the K3

[Elecraft] K3 - CW decode and agc decay...

2009-05-31 Thread Stewart Rolfe
Yesterday I was playing with the cw decode feature for the first time in WPX CW and I noticed that the agc decay was significantly slowed while the decode (and the CWT) was in operation. Is this normal? More an observation really rather than a problem as I don't normally use it; sometimes

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - CW decode and agc decay...

2009-05-31 Thread Bob Cunnings
It's documented in the D2 manual, page 33, in the CW Text Decode Tips section: The K3 uses slow AGC during CW text decode, overriding the selected AGC setting. So it's normal. Bob NW8L On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Stewart Rolfe gw0...@btinternet.com wrote: Yesterday I was playing with

Re: [Elecraft] K3 EZ and .NET FRAMEWORK 2.0

2009-05-31 Thread Radio Amateur N5GE
On Sat, 30 May 2009 13:23:04 -0700 (PDT), Jessie Oberreuter joberreu-...@moselle.com wrote: I'm not sure about that, but I do know for sure that .NET 3.5 includes the .NET 2.0 library. I think Vista would consider .NET 2.0 built in. On Sat, 30 May 2009, Radio Amateur N5GE wrote: On Sat, 30

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread David Wilburn
Everyone is 59(9) in a contest. There are keyers out there that handle serial numbers. As one example; http://www.idiompress.com/K5.html I am sure there are more. Signal reports only have relative value, especially in a contest. The fact that a contest station down the street with stacked

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread Phil Duff NA4M Ann Duff
Don't all the mainstream contest logging software packages support sequential serial number generation that precludes the need to generate them in a keyer either outboard or in a radio? 73 Phil NA4M David Wilburn wrote: Everyone is 59(9) in a contest. There are keyers out there that

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread R. Kevin Stover
Phil Duff NA4M Ann Duff wrote: Don't all the mainstream contest logging software packages support sequential serial number generation that precludes the need to generate them in a keyer either outboard or in a radio? 73 Phil NA4M Yes. I've got the Logikey K3 and it'll do everything

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with

2009-05-31 Thread The Smiths
I'm sorry, but I'm actually Sickened by the idea that our hobby has come to the point where someone has such little will to actually participate in the actual contact. I mean, if you can't even be bothered to send your own contact information, RST and call sign, why even bother being a Ham

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread David Pratt
So why bother with sending reports in contests if they are meaningless, Dave? I remember as a new young licensee in the 1950s we used to work in contests to get reports to see how well we were getting out. One of the contest rules of the day was that any station consistently getting tone

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
David Pratt wrote: So why bother with sending reports in contests if they are meaningless, Dave? Yes. What ended interest in contesting for me was the demise of the signal report (Actual here's how I hear you signal report

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread Iain MacDonnell - N6ML
David Pratt wrote: So why bother with sending reports in contests if they are meaningless, Dave? It serves as a marker in the exchange - when you hear that . -. -. or fi-ni, you know that what's coming next is the stuff you need to copy and log. Also, isn't an exchange of signal reports

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread westalto
Ah, yes, the days of the surplus tank radios! Doug W6JD - Original Message - From: Iain MacDonnell - N6ML a...@dseven.org To: David Pratt da...@g4dmp.fsnet.co.uk Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:11:40 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Factory-assembled K3/100 for sale

2009-05-31 Thread Kr01a
A trade hs been accepted for the K3. Thanks to everyone who was interested. 73, Mac, KR0I **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps!

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Doug, W6JD wrote: Ah, yes, the days of the surplus tank radios! - Heh, heh, used one of those briefly on 80 meters in the 1950's. From a WWII Russian tank, no less. Too much chirp and drift. But more than rigs have changed. Back then contesting was

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with

2009-05-31 Thread R. Kevin Stover
The Smiths wrote: I'm sorry, but I'm actually Sickened by the idea that our hobby has come to the point where someone has such little will to actually participate in the actual contact. I mean, if you can't even be bothered to send your own contact information, RST and call sign, why even

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with

2009-05-31 Thread Nick-WA5BDU
Me too. I was having such fun in the contest, I had not idea it could be causing such pain in others. 155 Qs, 61 countries and a nice little test drive for the K3 ... 73- Nick, WA5BDU R. Kevin Stover wrote: I apologize for the stomach upset.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 31st June 1st, 2009

2009-05-31 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Bands were tough today. First the WPX folks were everywhere and they moved right on top of me at times. Luckily I could close the filters down to where they were not dominant. The second net was filled with a lot of dead air. I programmed the rig to call CQ and read for a

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with

2009-05-31 Thread David Wilburn
Awesome Job! Congrats. I just jumped on a few times and hunted around for something interesting. Dave Wilburn NM4M Nick-WA5BDU wrote: Me too. I was having such fun in the contest, I had not idea it could be causing such pain in others. 155 Qs, 61 countries and a nice little test drive

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

2009-05-31 Thread David Wilburn
As a less experienced CW operator, the various portions of the exchange (especially during the more complicated exchanges) act as markers so I know what to listen for next. In that sense it is more important than a signal report. The signal report is a standard, a tradition. That being said,

[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (5/31/09)

2009-05-31 Thread Phil and Christina
We had a short SSB net today (1800Z) on 14.316 MHz. The signal levels were terrible. A couple of stations were S7/8, but most were S5 or weaker. Probably half of the check-ins required net control to run the gain wide open to (barely) copy. We had 14 participants including net control and ran

Re: [Elecraft] Spare 2.7 khz filter

2009-05-31 Thread Jay Bromley
Hi Jim, I should have one in a few days. What say you? 73 de jay.. - Original Message - From: Jim ke...@zoomtown.com To: 'Elecraft Reflector' elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 4:18 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Spare 2.7 khz filter Anyone have a spare 2.7 Khz filter