Had the same symptoms when SA-1, the surge arrestor on input 1 went out. There
is an SA-2 on input 2. Could tune the beam to 1.5:1 but the SWR would jump all
over the place when I transmitted. It's a through hole part, so it's easy to
replace. $3.30 at Mouser, part number is 871-N81-A350X.
You might try the Buddipole users list, which you'll find at
http://buddipole.com/documentation.html
The Buddipole is (usually) a shortened, high-efficiency antenna, which means
that it is relatively narrow-banded. It's fed off-center to bring the real
component of the impedance up, but on the lo
Well to start off a couple of days ago i loaded 3.77 into the radio. Then i
hooked a 10 db preamp into the line coming from the 6 meter beam to the radio
into ANT 2. Definitly brought up the noise level anyway. No signals to hear
but at least i know the preamp works.
Tonight before the local
Hello,
The K3 have enough protection itself to prevents large amounts of RF getting
into the AUX input?
I am looking for a switch for RX antennas, to connect to both RX ANT IN and
AUX RF in the K3.
I did a search in www and there´s two very interesting device.
One is the DX Pedition
It is important to use an anti-static mat to prevent damage to
electronic devices when working on solid-state equipment. Since
Elecraft is heavily kit-oriented this is a topic of interest for
Elecrafters.
Quite some time ago I did some testing on the Radio Shack portable
anti-static mat and found
I assume you have properly installed and activated the ATU.
To operate the ATU you tune the radio to the band and frequency you
intend to use and then press ATU tune to operate the tuner. Make sure
you have the antenna attached and selected first. The ATU must also be
turned on.
The ATU is pr
I have just gotten my radio set up thanks to W3DVX. It has both the internal
ATU and 100W power amp options in it. I was wondering if any of you have
some tips on how to operate a Buddi Pole Deluxe antenna system? If you have
any suggestions or some past experience, please advise.
Here are some o
Thanks David. The PCB inside does have the LOAD and INPUT connectors labeled.
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73, Gary AB7MY
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Gary, you are right, but if you forget to look at the PC Board,it is easy to
put the cover on backwords.73Dave KD1NA
Everyone,
I am sending this to the forum as well as Elecraft support for everyone's
information.
After receiving and assembling the W2 I decided to look inside the 1-2000 HF
head to see what is there. Clearly impressed I reinstalled
the cover to the head and hooked it up to the station. when I
This could be pretty handy for us to pass around memory files for 6m
"indicators"
;-) VY 73, Lance
On 4/7/2010 5:09 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Our PC software engineer, Dick (K6KR--not to be confused with N6KR :)
> has completed the first release of the K3 Frequency Memory Editor.
Great, real fun! Thanks N6XVT 73
On Apr 6, 2010, at 4:28 PM, Don Rasmussen wrote:
> This one might hit close to home. ;-)
>
> http://www.zerobeat.net/wb8yqj/TheKnack1.mpg
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I probably just don't have the kext installed right. Trying to brute force it
from bash with kextload yeilds errors related to authentication/permissions.
So it's most likely neither the driver's nor the adapter's fault and more
likely just mine hi hi. I'm not that skilled with kext's, so that st
You could use one of the "Output" ports in LP-Bridge to drive the K2.
It's a one-way port, but the K2 should follow the K3 in this mode. You
will need a null modem adapter at the PC end of the cable to reverse the
serial lines. The K2 end uses custom wiring as shown in the manual. Set
the K2 to
Hi all,
Our PC software engineer, Dick (K6KR--not to be confused with N6KR :)
has completed the first release of the K3 Frequency Memory Editor. It
is Windows-only at present, but we hope to provide Mac and Linux
versions in the future.
This application helps you maintain your K3's frequenc
>You can also use the KAT3 to provide two antenna connectors for diversity
>(with a sub receiver), with the main Rx on ANT1 and the sub Rx on ANT2 if
>you've decided not to invest in a KXV3A.
This is my set up. I have a vertical on antenna 2 and inverted V on antenna
1. I can tell immediately whic
After having numerous issues with drivers and listening to suggestions on
website, I found two of my cheapies failed! They weren't that old but the
chips headed to the poles. I stepped up to the plate and bought new brand
name chips, the Elecraft with with the prolific chip, and a Keyspan which i
Also, the RX IN connector is very handy as a way to inject a test signal
without worrying about blowing up your signal generator if you transmit
by accident.
Al N1AL
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 02:29 -0800, Bill W4ZV wrote:
>
> Jack Regan-2 wrote:
> >
> > If I do not have a sub receiver, Xverter or
Many Thanks Ted. Guess after the many reads of TFM I still missed it :-).
I'm heading off to my K3 to set the SPLIT option now. Thanks again.
73,
Rich - K1HTV
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From: Ted Roycraft [mailto:w...@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 12:11 PM
To: Richard Zwi
That option to save the split state per band is already there. Turn
"SPLT SV" to "YES".
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 4/7/2010 12:01 PM, Richard Zwirko wrote:
> I wonder what other K3 users think about having this SPLIT option available
> on the K3. Like many K3 users, chase DX stations and DXpeditions. M
I wonder what other K3 users think about having this SPLIT option available
on the K3. Like many K3 users, chase DX stations and DXpeditions. Many of
them working split, listening on a different frequency. With many radios
that I have used, when a band switch is made, not only are both the 'A' and
Interesting doesn't load at all for me on my Macbook Pro (10.6.3) in
either 32 or 64 bit mode. The original driver off Sourceforge (0.3.1, 10.4
Universal) works fine tho.
Could be my adapter, a Bill-n-Ted's Excellent USB->RS232 from BestBuy. But
I'd think it'd be the same chipset and should w
Sam,
Why not just adapt the Softrock to the K3's IF output?
You would get what you are looking for with less complexity...
--Dave, W5SV
Sam Morgan wrote:
> David Cutter wrote:
>
>> Sam
>>
>> Is one of your aims to achieve diversity reception? If so, I don't
>> think you can with 2 separate
Gary,
There is one mod that raises the IF output (by 10 dB?). I believe
this mod was developed specifically for panadapters and should be in
place to use the P3. That statement isn't in the mod notes, it's from
my memory.
matt W6NIA
K3 #24
On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:35:45 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
David Cutter wrote:
> Sam
>
> Is one of your aims to achieve diversity reception? If so, I don't
> think you can with 2 separate receivers like this.
>
No, I want to use the K3 for TX and RX
I only want to use the K2 for the Panadapter display
that I already have have setup on the k2
using the
Sam
Is one of your aims to achieve diversity reception? If so, I don't think
you can with 2 separate receivers like this.
David
G3UNA
>I want to use both my K3 and my K2
> at the same time, on the same frequency and antenna.
> I wish to TX and RX on the K3.
> I also wish to use my K2,
> whic
FYI May be old news, but i stumbled across this driver posted two weeks ago.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/drivers/prolificpl2303driverfor64bitmacosx.html
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Sam,
To listen with both the K2 and K3 at the same time and with the same
antenna, You could use something external to the K3 - think SO2R setup,
or at least a subset of SO2R.
With the KXV3, there is the RX ANT Out connector - but that is only
connected to the antenna when the RX ANT is select
My K3 (#1001) has performed flawlessly so I've not found reason to install
the various hardware updates--or since I do not feel comfortable working
with SMT, had the updates installed. Is there any wisdom or information
regarding whether any of these modifications are necessary for the proper
ope
For got to include, the K3 is a bare bones QRP model with NO KXV3A or KAT3
Sam Morgan wrote:
> I want to use both my K3 and my K2
> at the same time, on the same frequency and antenna.
> I wish to TX and RX on the K3.
> I also wish to use my K2,
> which has a softrock being use with PowerSDR/IF as
I want to use both my K3 and my K2
at the same time, on the same frequency and antenna.
I wish to TX and RX on the K3.
I also wish to use my K2,
which has a softrock being use with PowerSDR/IF as a panadapter,
as just that, a panadapter on the same frequency using the same antenna.
I'm sure this i
Jack Regan-2 wrote:
>
> If I do not have a sub receiver, Xverter or a P3 is there any reason to
> install a KXV3A?
>
>
>
> The only thing I could come up with was the possiblty to use seperate
> transmit and receive antennas under certain conditions.
>
That's about it Jack...but one other
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