Hi James,
Wayne,
My intentions certainly weren't to insult the designers.
Not taken this way, either! Like I've always said, I learn more from
critique than praise.
However, there's
only so much that can be done quality-wise at a certain price point
- I
understand that. It's true
Hi Wayne and all,
Put me down for a set, not everyones cup of tea but I would love to
dignify my K3 in such a way.
It sure is the radio of my (30 year) amateur career.
Cheers,
Glen VK1FB
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On Jul 28, 2009, at 9:09 PM, richard gilley wrote:
I recently completed my K2. And was thinking of adding DSP.
As a CW op only, would the KDSP2 be a good addition?
For CW-only, perhaps not so much. I owned a KAF2 originally, and
swapped out to the KDSP2.
I never used the filtering
i knew there was a reason to buy those old Wavetek generators for $
20...at the club auction. one works... one dead ,,,but what a supply
of nice machined knobs.
The fit the shafts ...perfectly... a tad big and gray
Look around your piles of stuff, you might find something that fit
Don,
I tried re-soldering but nothing has been changed.
Q9 itself might have broken so that I would try to replace new one next.
Let me close this thread once and I will tell you results.
Thank you 73,
Hideki
JF1KGX
- Original Message -
From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com
To:
I have noticed what I think is small but inexplicable change in my K3 shift.
Up until a few weeks ago (when I had some other odd issue with the sidetone
going to zero hz, thus the crystal filter not seeming to work...)
my shift centre frequency was 60.
That is, that is where I think the
You probably inadvertently set your PITCH to 610. Try resetting it to
600 and see if that solves your problem.
73, Ken K3IU
Brian Pepperdine wrote:
I have noticed what I think is small but inexplicable change in my K3 shift.
Up until a few weeks ago (when I had some other odd issue with the
Good suggestion Bill! I'll have to rummage around myself.. never know what
I'll find in my junk pile.
73 de James K2QI
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Bill NY9H n...@arrl.net wrote:
i knew there was a reason to buy those old Wavetek generators for $
20...at the club auction. one works...
I discovered both AF knobs on my K3 #2555 had split just a couple of days
ago. I received not one set but 2 sets in the mail yesterday. Thanks
Elecraft! I suppose the new ones look sturdier. I wouldn't want to replace
them with anything else.
73,
John N1JM
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Well last month looking at my radio shop for junkies,I found we had a very old
Motorola service monitor,model 2400 that was lost in a big floding we had years
ago with one of the hurricanes but I kept it and guess what,it has lots of
machined metal knobs,some of them also concentric and then I
Hi Wayne,
Just to clarify - those knobs were 14 per pair from Mouser. So about 7
bucks each if you look at it from that perspective. If you do decide to
offer machined knobs, wouldn't it be easier just to order from a company
that already specializes in machined knobs? Capital investment and
Does anyone make a rack mount kit for the K3?
k4...@aol.com wrote:
Yes, the extended side panels are a good alternative to some type of
front cover. I have them for my K3 and K2. Mine were made by David
Saylor (forgot the call) at www.saylorsmachine.com (select the link for
capabilities).
Greetings!
How can I write memory frequencies to the various K3 memory storage using
software rather than the K3's menu input? Thanks, Bob AA6RK...
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Steps!
I'd also be interested in a machined set of aluminum knobs for the K3 (fit,
feel ergonomic considerations generally being no small part of how we gauge
value in terms of a premium product). Of course, fit and feel take a definite
back se
Sent from my iPhone
I've gotten quite a lot of interest from Elecrafters about tonight's
operation of 4U1UN. I might as well make it official:
I'll be operating 4U1UN again tonight, probably beginning around 1930-2030Z
depending on how early I can leave the office. Now's a good time to try if
you need the contact
I will be looking for you tonight on 20M and I will be pushing up the amp to a
KW to make it easy for you,73
AD4C
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits..
-- Albert Einstein
--- On Fri, 7/31/09, James Sarte k2qi@gmail.com wrote:
From: James Sarte
Quick update: will try to operate 6m for the first stint due to several
requests. After which, I'll QSY to 20m.
James K2QI
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:17 PM, James Sarte k2qi@gmail.com wrote:
I've gotten quite a lot of interest from Elecrafters about tonight's
operation of 4U1UN. I might
Maybe today if you decide to operate split maybe you could listen
to the QSX frequency before sending your callers there.
Yesterday you sent them to 14.245, which was right on top of IY1NGM, a Marconi
commemorative
operation.
--- On Fri, 7/31/09, James Sarte k2qi@gmail.com wrote:
Wow. Didn't realize. My apologies to the commemorative station. I had
listened for a while to see if 14.245 was clear. Not hearing anyone, that's
where I directed people to go. Thanks for the reminder though; it's always
good to be diligent in checking.
73 de James K2QI
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009
i think i may have just drank the kool- aid. i placed my order for a k3. dale
is a most helpful gentleman!! i am coming to the k3 from a ft one. my first
question to the list is where in the world can a fellar get an anti-static mat?
i have looked at digikey and mouser both. i am either looking
Google is great!
http://www.apogeekits.com/anti-static_products.htm
-
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
On Fri Jul 31 11:43 , travistowns...@sbcglobal.net sent:
i think i may have just drank the kool- aid. i placed my order for a k3. dale
is a
most helpful
Believe it or not, I found my anti-static mat at Amazon.com
Cost I believe was less than 25 dollars. Mat is of good quality as well.
Congratulations and welcome to the group!
73 de James K2QI
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:43 PM, travistowns...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
i think i may have just drank
BTW, this is why I couldn't work split when I was sitting on 14.204; either
side 5kc's up or down were occupied..
Anyway, thanks again for the reminder.
James K2QI
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Wes Stewart n...@yahoo.com wrote:
Maybe today if you decide to operate split maybe you could
Oh Yyya!! ((Que Koolaid guy busting through wall)
I got my mat at Radio Shack
David Wilburn
NM4M
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This is where I got mine:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=487731
From: travistowns...@sbcglobal.net travistowns...@sbcglobal.net
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:43:11 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] kool-aid
i think i may
where in the world can a fellar get an anti-static mat?
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102871
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Big Bear Lake, CA
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Thanks to my Bro. in Christ Randy N4TVC, who did a great job building the
#2543 K-1. The rig does a better job on CW than the IC-735 ever did. My
ant. is full size G5RV at only 40 FT. in Ht. I only work CW @QRP levels.
I am looking forward to SKN and QRP to the field. In Christ, 73, Mike
Mix up your favorite flavor of Koolaid, leaving out the sugar and put it in a
spray bottle. Cover your work surface with a sheet of heavy paper or light
cardboard and spritz it with the Koolaid. (Just a little and repeat as
necessary)
There is your antistatic surface. As the guy who
Greg (AB7R),
Thanks! At those prices, I just ordered a six foot long mat to cover
my operating desk in front of all of the equipment. Nice. One touch
and no static sparks to my equipment during operation, especially
during the winter, and a whole desk mat to work on my K3s and other
Having recently gotten the K3 going with the 2nd receiver, I would
like to try listening and then
TRANSMITTING with the 2nd rx using a separate antenna. Obviously, a
relay to open the rx antenna
feedline or shorting the input would do the job. Where would you
locate these relays? Is controlling
Alan Bloom wrote:
Many years ago, a friend was listening to a couple of the QRQ boys on
the low end of 40 meters having at it at 70 wpm. Chuck recorded them on
the reel-to-reel tape recorder at 7-1/2 inches per second and later
played them back at half speed. He said that during the entire
Fred wrote:
50WPM is fast enough for me.
20WPM is fast enough for me Fred. CU in October for the CQP.
73 (Wow, we must be the same age too. just kidding) Fred, AE6IC
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Here is what you need...
http://www.iceradioproducts.com/reconly.html#rflimiter
On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 13:43 -0700, Allan Taylor wrote:
Having recently gotten the K3 going with the 2nd receiver, I would
like to try listening and then
TRANSMITTING with the 2nd rx using a separate antenna.
Fred,
Please share what you learn with others here on the list. Thanks.
- Tony -
N3ME
Tony McClenny
118 Ashwood Street
Bethany Beach, DE 19930-9699
(302) 539-5638
Website: www.n3me.net
DX Telnet Cluster: dxc.n3me.net
-Original Message-
From:
Looking for some assistance in setting up SDR-IQ. I ran the setup and
connected the IQ and it is receiving sigs from the K3's IF.
The problem is I cannot get it to communicate with the K3 to follow
frequency changes from the radioor when clicking on a signal to
have it change the
Start up SDR. Then push the setup button and the cat submenu button when it
comes up. You'll then see a choice of which com port you wish to use along
with the other parameters that are necessary to be set up. That should do
the trick.
Bruce-W8FU
-Original Message-
From:
Thanks Bruce. It didn't but that's because I don't have the K3
connected directly to the SDR-IQ.
What I had to do after some trial and error was to go to the USB
device properties and tell it to set up a virtual com port (in device
manager). Then I set LP-Bridge to the same port and
Greg K2UM wrote:
One touch and no static sparks to my equipment during operation, especially
during the winter, and a whole desk mat to work on my K3s and other
equipment.
-
If you want to discharge the static with a touch you need to touch a real,
bare-metal
So gentlemen what is the real difference between LP-PAN and the SDR-IQ?
Seems like the main diff that I'm seeing is that one has the sound
card built into it
Any other thoughts?
On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 15:55 -0700, Gregory Fischer wrote:
Thanks Bruce. It didn't but that's because I don't
Indeed, some commercial stations required the operators use company-provided
bugs with the weights welded on the pendulum to hold the speed down in the
15 WPM range.
The reason was money. More traffic could be handled at 15 WPM than at high
speeds in a given amount of time, thanks to far fewer
I think you guys are talking about 2 different products. SDR-IQ is made by
RF Space. It's not an LP-PAN. It would be nice to have an in depth
comparison between these units. I do know that the IQ has no direction to
the K3's comm port and no dedicated sound card but that's about it.
Steve
N4LQ
thanks to all who postsed info on the anti-static mats. located one at radio
shack!! thanks again !! i have been reading on the reflector here for a while.
what a wealth of knowledge and help! i think i will enjoy radio once again i am
looking forward to trying some of the digital modes out.
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
but they were operators on some rare, private, closed circuit
[Apologies to all for this off-topic rambling]
I was the R/O on the SS Tampa Bay (KNJA), one of the last of the US Flag, all
CW, banana boats. Most of the US Flag ships had long since gone to SITOR or
Howdy!
I am using the Heil headset with the K3, and have the mic connected into the
rear
panel (the front panel connection was having RF distortion) with the HIGH bias
level.
The Mic gain is less than 5 and the compression is 10. The ALC is never
out of
the indicated range.
With the
Try adjusting the noise gate level up until the crackle disappears. If
you have it set too low, it doesn't seem to close quickly enough with
high background noise levels.
I had the same problem with a cooling fan behind me at an angle. Works
fine now. The level here is 18. Of course, YMMV.
You
I've been reading the posts about knobs for several months, and I was trying to
resist the temptation to voice my objection to the knobs on my K3 (#3020).
After all, I decided on the K3 because of it's advertised and acclaimed
performance, not the cosmetics or knobs.
The situation though,
Lance,
If that is a standard Heil headset (with a dynamic mic element like the
HC4 or HC5), then you should *not* have bias turned on. If you have the
Proset K2 (with an electret mic element) or a Proset with an -iC (Icom)
suffix, that also has an electret element and will require bias.
The
Hi Don,
TNX for the email.
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Lance,
If that is a standard Heil headset (with a dynamic mic element like the
HC4 or HC5), then you should *not* have bias turned on. If you have the
Proset K2 (with an electret mic element) or a Proset with an -iC (Icom)
suffix, that
Hello Matt,
TNX for your email!
Matt Zilmer wrote:
Try adjusting the noise gate level up until the crackle disappears. If
you have it set too low, it doesn't seem to close quickly enough with
high background noise levels.
I will continue to experiment with it, but it seems that I still have
I'm happy to report that K3/100 #3294 is running superbly. This is my
second K3 - the first was #77. The 756Pro3 is now back it its box and
in the storage room. I must say, though, that the spectrum display on
the pro is excellent. I feel sort of blinded without it. Being able to
actually
I have K3 #1029. The nested knobs are perfectly concentric to my eye.
The Shift/Width knobs don't fall off and are not too short. None have
cracked in one year of almost daily service.
Perhaps there have been some incompatible production variations along
the way. I don't doubt you are having a
For the past few days the audio has been switching off then comes back on.
Actually not just the audio but the also at the same time the S meter bars
also drop off. I can sometimes switch the power off, wait a few seconds and
turn it back on and everything is normal for a while... other times it
Hello Allan,
IRC makes a receiver protection device that will meet
your needs. I have two of them and they've served me
well. The model is #196.
They're available through Array Solutions, and probably
other vendors.
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
elecraftcov...@rfwave.net
First, I believe this is on topic because it relates to good Amateur
practice on the air.
You are quite right, Doug. I was talking about the guys who report they ran
a 50+ wpm day after day, sometimes faster. I understand that is true in a
select number of circuits, but definitely was not common
Allan,
The K3 subRX is protected with a C.O.R. when connected to a separate
antenna - so the protection is built in.
OTOH, if you want to silence the clicking of the C.O.R. (it *is* a relay
clicking), then take other means to isolate the RX antenna from the TX
antenna - filters or separation,
Some find that they can copy faster using long-hand
instead of printing.
73! Ken - K0PP
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