Good Evening (can't really say Good Night but that is true in this case),
Seven hours ago I laid down for a nap. Wow! I must have been tired. It
may have been the day filled with whumping sounds. I awoke at six this morning
to find the house and land covered with another seven inches of sn
In a recent message, David and Dianne on Comcast
wrote ...
>Can you please elaborate on unpublished changes especially those with
>the PA section?
If you compare the early schematics with the latest versions you can see
quite clearly what changes have been made since the K3 was first
launched
>> I want to get a K3 and wonder if I'm as well off buying an older K3 as
>> getting the latest and greatest straight from elecraft.
Brother Dave - Great job of turning this guy away from our exclusive ultra low
serial number K3 fraternity. Not many know that later serial numbers are vastly
inf
Re audio on tx
Bob W5OV and others commented on the variations of the tx eq setting
My K3, when first used on air SSB with local 80m net produced reports of
"terrible basy audio, "woolly", "muddy" etc
I use the standard MH2 mic . Evetually the following setting produced
acceptable (g
I have firmware 3.84 installed here. It's a beta. 73, Guy.
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:51 PM, David Windisch wrote:
>
> Hi, Trev:
> Fw release is 3.84, which is a beta. Both of my K3's do this.
> Brgds,
> Dave, N3HE
> - Original Message -
> From: GW4IMC [via Elecraft]
> To: David Wind
Hello Elecraft,
I am trying to assemble the tilt stand piece. The problem is the
metal stand piece doesn't fit even when the second oval foot is out.
Is it the wrong size, uncertain how to proceed.
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Best regards,
Foxjazz mailto:fo...@foxjazz.net
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Jim,
> Joe - I went back and did the calculation again for both
> conditions. I had made a small mistake in calculating the
> combination previously.
Thanks. The PR-6 only should be good for most activity
and the cascaded configuration saved for times when there
are no strong signals on th
Hi, Trev:
Fw release is 3.84, which is a beta. Both of my K3's do this.
Brgds,
Dave, N3HE
- Original Message -
From: GW4IMC [via Elecraft]
To: David Windisch
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: K3 AGC changes from SLOW to FAST on scan/stop transition
Hi Da
Thanks Guy I appreciate the support. Elecraft Listen to your customers. It
is best to be safe and don't play with your computer while updateing your K3
firmwhare. It is only 15 minutes max.
73
Dave KD1NA
K3 #934
- Original Message -
From: "Guy Olinger K2AV"
To: "Dave & Jeanne Robertson
Hello,
It´s possible to listen in the sub receiver in both ears in the headphones?
I am listening in both rears in the MAIN, but when I tap SUB and I increase
SUB AF, I listen only in right side.
Thanks,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W
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The K3 would still be a better radio with advanced technology. I came from
a Flex 5000 and am hooked on SDR and so happy I can control my K3 that way.
If I'd never experienced SDR, I wouldn't know the difference. Isn't it sweet
to be able to do as you wished?
Philip LaMarche
LaMarche Enterpri
And if you had a naked K3 without an LP-Pan how would they compare?
--- On Sat, 4/3/10, Phil LaMarche wrote:
> From: Phil LaMarche
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Older Serial# K3
> To: d...@w3fpr.com, "'Grant Youngman'"
> Cc: "'Elecraft Reflector'"
> Date: Saturday, April 3, 2010, 6:39 PM
>
> I j
I just sent my K3 back to have the 144 module installed and asked that all
hardware mod's be made to bring it up to the current serial number. I'll
have it back Tuesday. That's what make Elecraft so great. S/W mod's take
care of them self from you station. While the K3 was gone, I used a frien
Hi gang,
The weekly Elecraft SSB net will meet tomorrow (4/4) at 1800Z on 14.314 MHz.
I will be back as net control from Oregon. I look forward to hearing you
all. Join us.
73,
Phil, NS7P
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> "There have been several changes to the K3 and not all of them published.
> The early PA and driver were
> replaced around Jan 2008..."
There have been, and will continue to be, ongoing improvements to the
K3. This is normal in the life of any product. My s/n 2 K3 has its
original
Grant,
I don't think the point is to kill the used market. If I were to see a
used K3 priced a bit below the price I am willing to pay for *my* K3 and
the options I want - I certainly would be tempted, but if there were
options that I did not want included with the used K3, I still would not
Sorry, Dick
Plenty of others have had that "killed it by starting a browser"
experience, including myself. It WAS a P4 with memory being stretched
by security patches, etc.
I now have a PC based on a quad-core Intel I7 920 with 6 gig of almost
cache speed 3 channel memory. I don't worry about i
"There have been several changes to the K3 and not all of them published.
The early PA and driver were
replaced around Jan 2008..."
Dave,
Can you please elaborate on unpublished changes especially those with the PA
section?
I am an owner of an early serial number K3 and have been tryin
Let me know if the LPF turns are the problem. If not, I will have to
ask you to use an RF Probe (or preferrably an oscilloscope) to make some
comparative Signal Tracing reading between a band that works and one
that does not.
73,
Don W3FPR
Conway Yee wrote:
>> If the low power and high curren
> If the low power and high current are only on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and
> 10 meters, then check the number of turns on the Low Pass Filter
> toroids.
It appears to be 80,40,10,12 only. 15 and 20 are OK. I am in the middle
of checking the turns.
tnx.
Conway Yee, N2JWQ
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 15:49:56 -0500, Grant Youngman wrote:
>Huh?
I think the point is that as far as resale is concerned, a used K3 is worth
less than a new K3. Why is that a surprise? In what way is that different
from the car or HDTV or computer that I just bought? All drop in value the
minut
Dick,
Thanks for the input and I stand corrected. I myself have never had a
problem with an up-date. However, I still maintain that be safe when
up-dating by leaving the system alone during the process. Having worked on
software operated atomic particle accelerator systems and having the
soft
So .. I guess the point of this thread is to kill the used market for the K3.
That's seems a bit like pointing a gun at once's own head.
Obviously if some guy has attempted to do hardware mods with a Black Beauty
soldering iron or a blow torch and a pair of vice grips you have a problem. Or
Unpublished mods?
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave, G4AON
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 10:55 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Older Serial# K3
Gary, I would go with a brand new
Gary wrote: I want to get a K3 and wonder if I'm as well off buying an older
K3 as getting the latest and greatest straight from Elecraft.
End snip.
Gary I also believe a new kit is best for all the reasons this list has
given. In addition, buying new gets you a factory warrantee. That said, use
Pete,
First, make certain the ATU menu in the K2 is set to CALP, then check
again. I am guessing that the tuner may have been tuned for a
particular antenna - and since the K2 remembers the tuner settings per
band, you may be trying to drive a very bad SWR at the antenna input.
The CALP and
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
>
> There should be no data corruption caused by using other programs while
> the
> K3 Utility is sending firmware to the K3.
>
I hate to disagree with the author of the K3 Utility but the only time I
ever had a firmware update fail was when I was surfing with Firefox w
Most good rig control software can do PTT by sending TX; and RX; commands so
you can turn the RTS and DTR options off in the K3 and avoid this problem.
-
Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222.
* G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com
* KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html
* KTune - http://www.g4il
Gary, I would go with a brand new kit. There have been several changes
to the K3 and not all of them published. The early PA and driver were
replaced around Jan 2008 with no accompanying mods, there are quite a
few changes since then and not all owners of the early K3 will have done
a neat job
Hi Guys
Have been checking the power output of a K2 that I have
acquired and found the following results;
1.9mhz.2w.
3.6mhz.20w.
7.08mhz...6w.
10.103mhz...5.5w.
14.13mhz.15w.
18.1mhz...15w.
21.04mhz.14w.
24.92mhz.
Gary,
Others have hit right on the head the two main reasons I selected buying the
new K3. 1. I could select only the options I wanted and not buy things I
won't use, BUT still have the option of adding them later if I changed my
mind. 2. The price of used K3's is not low enough yet to entic
There should be no data corruption caused by using other programs while the
K3 Utility is sending firmware to the K3. Closing the K3 Utility during a
firmware update (which should cause an "are you sure" sort of dialog) will
require that you send that firmware file again, and if it's the MCU, the
On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:50:23 -0500, Bill K9YEQ wrote:
>I want to work more 6m signals and need to know the testing method. If
>signals are that better then I need to add the external unit.
As often happens, this thread has gotten way out of hand, with Busby
Berkeley swarms of angels dancing on t
Hi Gary,
Whether it's the same or not depends on whether the previous owner
kept up with the hardware mods that Elecraft has published (see
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_app_notes.htm)
. Depending on how old the K3 is and what mods might have already
been done to it, there could be up to 15
I suggest you get a brand new K3 kit. Building the kit (no soldering) is a
very good exercise to know how to add options or even hardware updates at a
later time since you will be familiar with the internals.
Older equipment though can always be updated but from what I gather by reading
this f
I want to get a K3 and wonder if I'm as well off buying an older K3 as getting
the latest and greatest straight from elecraft.
If I get an older serial# and make sure all firmware updates are in place is it
essentially the same radio as the newer version?
Thanks,
Gary Slagel/N0SXX
When Windows is started, The operating system checks the Device Manager to see
what is set up on your system. When it sees the serial ports (both real and
USB to Serial) Windows exercises all the output lines of all the serial ports
on the system to test them. This can result in a very quick ke
That's a good point, which I'll second. When I was building my K2, I didn't
have issues severe enough that I had to use elecraft support (mostly just
problems with my 6th grade education that Don took care of right away), but
with my K3 I have used elecraft support for one or two things (email).
T
True, BUT - K3 Utility's Port tab contains a "Test Communications"
button that works very well to confirm that the computer is connected to
the K3 and the right port is selected on the computer.
Yes, HRD will do that verification too, but it is much more involved to
set up than K3 Utility. If
Phil,
It is very important that you be certain that whatever you use to get a RS232
connection from your computer to the K3 is good.
Running HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) is a good test. Have your K3 set at the highest
baud rate it can do because that is what the K3 utility is going to use.
When upgr
>Hello Elecraft,
> figure 5-15 doesn't look anything like the front panel assembly
> elecraft k2.
>
> Also the gree led cover double-sided tape was 1 sided second part
> didn't peel off. So I used glue.
>
> I don't understand how the front panel is attached to the control
> board.
>--
>Best
Nuff Already...it's been beaten to death...
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Gary
VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile
K3 #679
For everything else there's Mastercard!!!
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I would sign portable (or mobile) if I was and I wouldn't say "stroke
portable", but if I was F/M0XDF, I would sign "foxtrot stroke mike zero xray
delta foxtrot" or more likely "fox stroke mike zero xray delta fox"
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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It came to me that reform should begin at home, and sinc
Thankyou so much for your clear explanation Edward, I really appreciate it.
I am going away for 12 days to go house / shack shopping (I am moving
interstate here in Australia) and as soon as I come back, my order for a K3
with a PR6, the ATU, the second receiver AND the 2M internal transvertor wi
I'm not sure that stroke is much better. Certainly using slash in a long
contest such as CQWW is asking for trouble :-)
73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 08:44:26 + (GMT), alan wrote:
> Greetings all
>
> The word slash has another unfortunate slang meaning in UK English as shown
> by an e
Greetings all
The word slash has another unfortunate slang meaning in UK English as shown by
an event at an ITU Radiocommunication Meeting.
As can happen the floor was getting quite involved in the fine meaning of text
and punctuation. Should we have a parenthesis, a colon, a semi-colon, a hyp
Very good inquiry into how much improvement the PR6 preamp will provide.
I suspect that the average ham is not very familiar with calculations
of noise figure, MDS, etc.
One common error is to think that preamp gain has the sole effect on
minimum detectable signal (weakest signal one can hear).
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