Re: [Elecraft] UK Elecraft SSB Net

2009-11-22 Thread AD6XY
Thanks Ian I was busy last week but hope to attend today. Mike Ian Maude wrote: > > Hi all, > Just a reminder that the net will be run as usual on 3658 +/- QRM at 09:00 > tomorrow. I hope to see you there. We had a good discussion on several > topics last week and it would be good to get yo

Re: [Elecraft] Protective zener diode failure

2009-11-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
David Olean wrote: > > I have a K3 and for the second time, the protective zener diode has > shorted out for no apparent reason. The first time, I sent it back under > warranty, but I was charged for the repair. It died again today with the > voltage set at 12.4 vdc at the power supply, (an Aco

Re: [Elecraft] K3 xmit problem

2009-11-22 Thread Mike
Thanks, Tom. The ATU was in bypass. Turning it on, tuning into the DL, and then putting it back into bypass cured it. As I said before, I don't understand that behavior, but if it worked, I'll just accept it. Tom Hammond wrote: > Mike: > > Is ATU in BYPASS? If not, have you 'tuned' it into the

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] K2 signal tracing progress and questions arising

2009-11-22 Thread Paul Fletcher
Don Wilhelm-4 wrote: > > A drop in signal at the receive output of the LPF could also be caused > by a T/R switch problem. > Update so far. Having terminated the LPF's in a 50 ohm resistor I can definitely confirm all of the LPF's are fine. I measured swr and monitored in / out on the scope

Re: [Elecraft] Protective zener diode failure

2009-11-22 Thread David Olean
Hello Matt and Julian, It is D-28, the big fat zener. I had two K3's running off the same supply. I have not had any failures of this type with other gear in the past. I think I will put some logging software on the output of the supply and look at the results. Both failures happened when I was

[Elecraft] K2 lost power out on SSB in Nov Sweeps

2009-11-22 Thread Ivin Flint
I am concerned what might be a problem. I lost all power out when working the Nov Sweeps SSB last night. The receive was fine. I could hear the audio stop and ALC reading drop to nothing when I pushed PTT, but there was no power out when I spoke. This happened very suddenly. I started the e

Re: [Elecraft] Protective zener diode failure

2009-11-22 Thread Bob Allen
Dave, Does the PS have a high voltage protective "crowbar" circuit? I have never examined the reactive speed of the circuit (I have them in Astron linear supplies I own) so I don't have any idea if they would be fast enough to protect you but you would think it would trip on overvoltage if

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] K2 signal tracing progress and questions arising

2009-11-22 Thread Don Wilhelm
Paul, Rather than trying to do your proposed test, I would suggest you look carefully at the T/R switch area first. Typical problems are diodes oriented wrong (check against the Parts Placement diagram in the back of the manual). A broken lead (or unsoldered, poorly tinned, etc.) of RFC3 cou

[Elecraft] KUSB Adapter Alternative

2009-11-22 Thread k7hbg @dslextreme.com
Hi Everybody; As the KUSB discussion thread continues on, I'd like to suggest an alternative. All motherboards, except 40 year old ones, sport a PCIE port or two. There exists a whole bunch of converter cards that ride the PCIe bus and convert to serial ports, parallel ports, printer ports and mos

Re: [Elecraft] KUSB Adapter Alternative

2009-11-22 Thread Phil Hystad
"...never a USB problem again!" Actually, I don't think there are USB problems. USB is a very good standard that supports a large variety of devices and configurations. The specification allows for simple point-to-point interface as well as hub/hosting, device sharing, and a number of other u

Re: [Elecraft] KUSB Adapter Alternative

2009-11-22 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
> USB is good technology and it only needs a few little > improvements in future revisions to specifications. And, if > vendors always support backward compatibility on USB then we > are in fat-city. USB is another example of technology ignoring marginal applications. 1) There is, to my kno

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] K2 Repair person

2009-11-22 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Email supp...@elecraft.com . We provide repair services for all of our rigs. 73, Eric Mike Donovan wrote: > Who has a good reputation as a repair person for the K2. I have a K2 (new to > me) which had a few options stripped out of it before I bought it > (KSB/AF/K100/External Antenna Tuner). I

[Elecraft] KUSB Adapter Alternative

2009-11-22 Thread Matt Zilmer
I've been experimenting with a serial server that resides on the LAN here: http://www.serialgear.com/Ethernet-Serial-Servers-NETCOM-411.html. It's a 4-port and can handle any baud rate needed. I've had no problems with the server, but it's not as fast as the KUSB even with the cascaded hubs here.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 xmit problem

2009-11-22 Thread Mike
I've got a note in to K3 support. Tom Hammond wrote: > Hi Mike: > >> The ATU was in bypass. Turning it on, tuning into the DL, and then >> putting it back into bypass cured it. As I said before, I don't >> understand that behavior, but if it worked, I'll just accept it. > > Yeah... I saw your (l

Re: [Elecraft] KUSB Adapter Alternative

2009-11-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote: > > >> USB is good technology and it only needs a few little >> improvements in future revisions to specifications. > > With its plug and play features, USB is very handy for consumer > toys and games but it is severely lacking in many other ways. > > Joe is ab

Re: [Elecraft] Beta Firmware-download, the easy way

2009-11-22 Thread Dr. Werner Furlan
To add another possibility, I use Total Commander (www.ghisler.com) It is a decent filemanager and has an FTP Client built in (in addition to many other goodies) I had to setup the Elecraft FTP site once, choose the beta firmware directory, choose my download directory, save all. The rest is o

Re: [Elecraft] KUSB Adapter Alternative

2009-11-22 Thread Phil Hystad
Interesting comments... I have never had any problems with any USB device over the years. I might add that I have only used two devices with my ham radio gear and they are both microHam products which Joe knows all about. Other USB devices I have used have always been designed for the various

[Elecraft] K3 and IC-PW1?

2009-11-22 Thread David F. Reed
I assume there are some K3 users that are driving an Icom PW-1 amplifier out there... have any of you solved the band change tracking issue? If so, how? It would be nice to have the PW-1 "think" its just another Icom transceiver talking to it... 73 de Dave, W5SV _

Re: [Elecraft] KUSB Adapter Alternative

2009-11-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Phil Hystad wrote: > > But, I think the comment below, if I understand the point being made, is > that a > problem with USB is in emulating a serial port on a computer or a serial > device. > > I agree with that, I think that the day that USB stops trying to emulate > some old > technology we

Re: [Elecraft] KUSB Adapter Alternative [Thread ending]

2009-11-22 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Let's wind this thread down today. We've passed the max post qty threshold ;-) 73,Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.h

[Elecraft] K3 DSP

2009-11-22 Thread Phil Hystad
Can someone describe which features are supported by DSP. Guessing from the block diagram, I am guessing voice compression on TX and maybe some filtering and IF-shift on RX but I will stop guessing there. phil, K7PEH __ Elecraft maili

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 22nd & 23rd, 2009

2009-11-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The new net times helped a great deal. A bright sunshine filled day greeted the opening of the first net. The second net had a guest critter. There was a doe present right outside my window for the entire time. The sun was just setting when I got the first check in simultane

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and IC-PW1?

2009-11-22 Thread W0FK
Dave, here is a thread on this topic from last year. I don't believe that anything has changed. http://n2.nabble.com/K3-with-a-PW-1-td1437483.html#a1437483 I drive a PW-1 with my K3, and decided to stay with "manual mode" to change bands. 73, Lou, W0FK David F. Reed-2 wrote: > > I assume

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and IC-PW1?

2009-11-22 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
One update to that particular thread Although the PW-1 has an input for the stepped "band voltage" on the ACC connectors, it is not connected anywhere inside the amplifier. The only way for the PW-1 to bandswitch with the K3 is by using a CAT translator (Elecraft/Kenwood to Icom). The

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP

2009-11-22 Thread Lyle Johnson
> Can someone describe which features are supported by DSP. All modulation (SSB/CW/AM/FM/Data), demodulation (SSB/CW/AM/FM/Data), post-roofing-filter filtering, notch, denoiser, Tx monitoring, equalizers, speech processing, VOX detection, Tx Gate, DSP NB and so forth. There is tight coupling wi

[Elecraft] K3: Yaesu copies K3's design

2009-11-22 Thread juergen piezo
Hi It looks like Yaesus new FT5000 has copied the K3's architecture The K3 will be getting a serious run for its money in the next few months. Yaesu looks like it has done some serious competition analysis. Features... 9 mhz IF Not up conversion Narrow roofing filters 99 db 3rd dynamic ra

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Yaesu copies K3's design

2009-11-22 Thread Ross Primrose
Which Yahoo group??? 73 Ross N4RP juergen piezo wrote: > Hi > > It looks like Yaesus new FT5000 has copied the K3's architecture > > The K3 will be getting a serious run for its money in the next few months. > Yaesu looks like it has done some serious competition analysis. > > Features... >

[Elecraft] K144XV now shipping

2009-11-22 Thread David Pratt
According to the Shipping Status I see that the K144XV started shipping last Saturday (11/21 US). Would someone please point me to the on-line Manual? Many thanks 73 -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK -- __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Yaesu copies K3's design

2009-11-22 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi, It makes me remember when Honda came to Motorbike competition in the sixties with a copy of British engine design, but with better steels... and win the Championship. Certainly Yaesu engineers bought K3's and worked on it but I do not think they can compete with the Elecraft prices. Consider

[Elecraft] K3 and Yaesu

2009-11-22 Thread rfenabled
Ah, it seems again they have rushed into production another radio. I wonder how many design faults the first production run will have. They are going with a 200W PA, smart move, but I wonder about the filtering and more importantly the FW. Wonder if it will have a USB port? Maybe even have