Re: [Elecraft] [K2] ALC and power control on 40m SSB in K2/100

Don, The KPA100 is new -from Elecraft in September 2010 - and it therefore is the new design with the blue toroids @L16/RFC1. The shield is installed as instructed, using the 2 solder lugs to the SO-239 socket. I took the KPA100 off the top of the rig, as you suggested, but there is no differenc

[Elecraft] (K3) APF Access Suggestion

APF works well I think and its button access is properly placed on the front panel. What would make access easier for those who think changing between APF and Dual PB on the fly is necessary, would be to make the Config Menu remember its last setting after a power cycle. One could then leav

Re: [Elecraft] (K3) APF Access Suggestion

Just info how I am using APF on/off: I am not using XFIL/DUAL PB button for APF activation/deactivation during standard operation. I have pre-set NORM I as 400Hz roofing w/o APF and NORM II as 1khz roofing with APF. So only switching between NORM I/II activate/deactivate APF, then I can change w

Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 output power issues

Hi, I tried to drive an external linear PA with my K2/100 (no tuners installed) and I have some issues with the output-Power: I used a DIAMOND SX20C and a 50 ohms dummy-load for my measurements. I also used a Elecraft W2/2K. I think, the 2K-coupler is not the best choice but the tendency is the

Re: [Elecraft] (K3) APF Access Suggestion

And this will also even work when config DUAL BP is switched to normal. You will have APF on/off on I/II and Dual BP on Long Press of XFIL. That's how I use APF. 73 de Roland, DC1RS - K3/100 #1243, KFL3A-2.8K, KFL3A-2.1K, KFL3A-400, KRX3, KFL3A-2.8K, KFL3A-400, KAT3, KXV3A -- View this mes

Re: [Elecraft] (K3) APF Access Suggestion

Wow! Will try - thanks for this idea, very useful! Thanks, 73! L. -dst- Dne 9.11.2010 12:46, DC1RS napsal(a): > > And this will also even work when config DUAL BP is switched to normal. You > will have APF on/off on I/II and Dual BP on Long Press of XFIL. That's how I > use APF. > > 73 de Rolan

Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 output power issues

Holger, There is the possibility that the wattmeter in the KPA100 is not properly balanced and calibrated, and deserves to be re-checked. Calibrate the wattmeter at 80 watts rather than at 100 watts for best results. You can expect some variation in the response of the wattmeter diodes wit

[Elecraft] [K3] KDVR3

Re-transmitting (on-the-air) an SSB signal that has been recorded on-the-air results in a very "pinched" audio through the DVR monitor and a slightly pinched audio reported by those receiving the play-back. The re-transmission is no longer the faithful reproduction it used to be. However, the

[Elecraft] [K2] ALC and power control on 40m SSB in K2/100

John: The values I used are in the 1st link I sent, if you dig down far enough. "I put a 1k resistor in series with the base of Q1 in the KSB2 and put 3.3k in parallel with R9. It's pretty fiddly work on this compact board, but doable. This is in the middle of the range for R9 suggested

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] ALC and power control on 40m SSB in K2/100

John, At this point, check the audio drive and the SSBA menu parameter - which should be at 1 for the MH2 (or other electret microphone). SSBA = 2 and SSBA = 3 are both the same and are normally not used with these microphones. If you have any audio preamplifier installed, remove it for use

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KDVR3

Yes, this has been a problem here since I got my K3 about a year ago. Others have noticed it when their audio is played back to them making playback on the air almost useless for quality reports. I have reported this problem but nothing has been done to solve it. Hopefully the problem will be fi

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KDVR3

I think I posed this question before. Does the DVR audio recording get passed thru the TX EQ currently set? Or does the TX EQ get set temporarily to "0 0 0 0 0 0 0)? I think this would be the best IMHO. I have made recordings with two different mics, and then they were played back, they did

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KDVR3

The DVR is AFTER the receiver filters (so ti records what you hear) and BEFORE the tramsmitter filters (so your voice sounds the same as if you were using amicrophone). Thus Rx EQ, notch, APF, etc affect what you record, and Tx EQ, compression, etc., affect what your transmit. 73, Lyle KK7P/

[Elecraft] KX1 problem

Hi, I have a problem with my KX1, I notice that if apply some minor force to the covers my audio level will vary. This sometimes appends if I tap the main knob. I did a full soldering rework and still no solution. Any ideas please. Best regards, Pedro Correia, CT2GET

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KDVR3

A quick and easy search of the archives brought up this reply from Lyle dated June 22 to an earlier post: "The DSP treats all TX audio sources the same: FP MIC, RP MIC, Line In, and DVR. TX EQ and/or CMP will be applied if active in the current mode." 73, Dave AB7E On 11/9/2010 8:50 A

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - KAT2 QRP Tuner in EC2 - Elecraft K2 line ;-)

hi Bob, Bob Nielsen schrieb am 8 Nov 2010 um 18:09: > The K2 top cover has enough room for a KAT2, KBT2 and KIO2 all at the same > time. Have you installed something else in that space? yes - a TRX PTC Pactor controller. http://oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/bilder/trxptc_innen_fertig.jpg 73! de

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KDVR3

My view is that the RX situation is fine i.e. you want to record what you hear. However, I think on TX it would be useful to have the option of either:- a) Replaying exactly what you heard - e.g. for other station audio b) Replaying through the EQ, Compression etc - e.g. for contests 73 Stewart G

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 problem

Pedro, Do you have the KXB3080 (or KXB30) option installed? If so, be certain the wires on the top of the option board have been flush cut and the square pads are in place. If the transistors under that board are not down flat against the main board, they will not allow the KXB3080 board t

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Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KDVR3

OK, sorry I missed that in the archives. Maybe this question is covered before as well, but here goes. When recording with the mic to make a recording to re-TX, is EQ applied to this? I'm trying to determine if the EQ is applied twice, or just once. Maybe I should make the recordings with TX

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Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KDVR3

The DVR RECORDS pre-Tx filtering and playes back Pre-Tx filtering. 73, Lyle KK7P > ... When > recording with the mic to make a recording to re-TX, is >EQ applied to > this? I'm trying to determine if the EQ is applied >twice... _

[Elecraft] KDSP-2 Boot up Problems

I have had my Elecraft K2 for about 3 years now with no problems. Now I am having the KDSP-2 module not properly booting up ( the LED remains on ) some times when turning on the K2. When it does boot up it works perfectly. Often it doesn't boot which results in no audio out but when I power the

[Elecraft] K3 CW decoder

I didn´t get the point yet. The manual says to try change the THR from Auto to 5. The speed is right but even strong sigs it´s hard to find the point and decode it. Also the manual says to move the WIDTH from.50 to 100-200hz but Any trick ??? Tnx a lot PY2ADR / ZY2C __

[Elecraft] P3 not displaying any signal {wexp3}

Greetings Fellow Elecrafters, With great anticipation I finally got around to assembling my P3 (SN 211) last weekend. Assembly went great and power on tests were encouraging. Unfortunately, it fails to display any output from the IF output port on my K3. Nothing. Every function seems to work

Re: [Elecraft] P3 not displaying any signal {wexp3}

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Re: [Elecraft] P3 not displaying any signal {wexp3}

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Re: [Elecraft] [K2] KXV60 - Cannot initiate channel scan

OOPs, that should have read K60XV. Gary KJ7RT Sun City, AZ Fists #14460 NAQCC #3709 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth

Re: [Elecraft] P3 not displaying any signal {wexp3}

Ron Forgive the implication of stupidity :-), but you are connected to the correct bnc connector on the back of the P3 are you? Stephen G4SJP On 09/11/2010 20:40, "Ron Hahn (EI2JP)" wrote: > > Greetings Fellow Elecrafters, > > With great anticipation I finally got around to assembling my P3

[Elecraft] I have a new Yahoo! email address

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[Elecraft] K2-10 problems

Hello Hello I have just finished building a K2-10 and am having a bit of a problem getting it to work. The control board and front panel work fine, but the RF board just doesn't seem to be there. I can change all the bands,Go through all the menus, go to the freaquendcy counter, volt meter,and abou

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW decoder

The most important thing is to make sure that the CWT is lineing up in the EXACT center. In other words, make sure the little black bar that indicates when your CW is in the Center of the IF is lined up in the CENTER of the graph on the display. The next more important thing is to make sure t

Re: [Elecraft] KDSP-2 Boot up Problems

Dave, Behavior like that is "by definition" intermittent (sometimes it works, sometimes it does not), and usually can be traced to some connection. Do not ignore the connectors. Usually, they will wipe off any oxidation by simply removing and re-seating, but at times, more drastic action is

Re: [Elecraft] K2-10 problems

Scott, We will have to narrow things down a bit to be helpful - so we need more detailed information. You say you can "change bands", but you also say that the relays on the RF Board do not operate - those two statements are not consistent - the relays must operate to actually change bands.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW decoder

On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:37:58 -0200, "Adriano" wrote: Adriano, You may be trying to decode someone who is sending with their right foot (sending bad CW ). When using decoders the characters must be formed correctly. That is, the Dahs, Dits and spacing must be in the correct proportion or very clo

[Elecraft] K144XV receive gain

After seeing several postings about the K144xv gain and experiencing issues myself, I did some testing. Comparing a K3/K144XV on 2m vs 6m. On version 3.97 firmware, on 6m -87dbm yielded a S9 signal with the PR6 preamp in but the internal preamp off - best setting. On 2m, this yielded a S9+5 sig

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV receive gain

Hi Terry, Thanks very much for posting of those figures. Although I do not have test gear that can back those numbers up I can say that from my extensive on air testing that indeed, the 2M gain reduction was overdone and to somewhere in the region your figures are showing. The local (60+Km away)

[Elecraft] HF after 2M is changing the HF Power setting with A/B

Hello All, I have a problem with the power being reduced to 1 watt output after A/B is selected when HF has been on the sub-receiver and 2M on the main receiver. The HF power was originally set to 100 watts and is being reduced to 1 watt output.  The 2M is through the K144XV module.  The sub-re

Re: [Elecraft] HF after 2M is changing the HF Power setting with A/B

Hi Fred, Goto Config > PWR SET and change it to Per Band. That'll fix it. 73, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF Innisfail, QLD, Australia Elecraft K3# 4257 - Original Message - From: Fred Lozo To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:47 AM Subject: [Elecraft] H

[Elecraft] New e-mail addy test

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Re: [Elecraft] K144XV receive gain

I can certainly confirm this receive gain overcorrection problem on 2m. The "cpu sleep on rx" upgrade really helped cut back on the birdies. Thanks! But the overcorrection of the 2m gain compensation stands out like a sore thumb, particularly when one can actually see the relative amplitude of

[Elecraft] Manual notch In K3

Hello Group, I attempted to manual notch a strong carrier adjacent to a weak station.  Although I was able to notch out the strong carrier (from the audio), there was no reduction in S meter level caused by that strong carrier.  In other words, the weak station did not pop out from the noise be

Re: [Elecraft] Day 1: Fried something already?

Hi Don - I've just had a look at K12 and I think it may be the culprit. First I turned the K2 on, tuned it to 40m, then turned it off and unplugged everything. I'm not positive I've got the pin numbering right, but no two adjacent pins on a side have continuity right now, so I think the di

[Elecraft] K2/100 output power issues

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Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 output power issues

Dear Don, I removed the cover on the on the right-hand side and then I unplugged only the connector at P6 AUX RF. All other connectors are still plugged in and for supply I used the power-pole connector. Here are the measeurements at the BNC-conector at a supply of 12V (starter battery). MH