Eric and Wayne,
To optimize desktop space I suggest the upcoming KAT500 be designed so that
its tilt stand arm can be installed in either the front (normal) or back of
the unit. That way if I set it atop a front tilted KPA500 I could raise the
back of the tuner to offset the tilt, which would a ni
No go.
Hooked the radio up to a gel cel battery and we're still getting the 12Khz
junk coming from something and the clicking between TX and RX.
I made a longer recording of the 'junk' and posted it. Cycled between TX and
RX a few times using the manual TX button on the front. Then finished off
w
> Has Elecraft mentioned the physical size of the forthcoming (someday)
> of the KAT500 ?
I believe Wayne mentioned the P3 form factor.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 6/30/2011 11:50 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
> Experts --
>
> Has Elecraft mentioned the physical size of the forthcoming (someday) of the
This is a brand new K3 that I assembled about a month ago. The Serial Number
is 5517.
I have been using an Astron SS-25A power supply with this which is indeed a
switcher. I have a battery that I'll be hooking up to it to see if this is
still a problem.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Guy Oling
Al,
I believe the Grade 7 educational level is "standard" for tech writing.
I recall that when I was at IBM evaluating tech documents, that was the
level they were written for. It seems as though a technician educated
in his field is not expected to be able to comprehend the English
language
Experts --
Has Elecraft mentioned the physical size of the forthcoming (someday) of the
KAT500 ? Is it the same as the K3 and the KPA500?
I am starting to plan a new arrangement for the K-line which will ultimately
be: K3+P3+KPA500+KAT500+KBEAM.
OK, I just sort of threw that KBEAM in there b
Reading the various emails on this subject, I can't help but put in some
of my memories. At age 17 in 1940 I got my ticket with the call W8VHF in
Detroit, MI. Have never used VHF. Learned the code by using a 2-tube
regen rcvr to listen to cw on 40 and 80m and by listening to some naval
stations
#110 received yesterday (Wednesday) on the air tonight. Easy build, pay
attention to use the right screws. 4 hours or so to build from opening the
box. One washer missing, Stephanie did a great job of picking/packing all
the parts. Ordered 4/6/11 at 1:06 PM.
73, Mike W1USN
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On 6/30/2011 5:56 PM, Al Gulseth wrote:
> Being a Minnesota farm boy, dad assumed that everybody knew what
> screwdrivers, pliers, etc. were and initially started out
> apologizing for having to go through all the "basics.". However,
> he quickly found out that a lot of the "city boys" had no idea
On a related note, since it's been a long time since I asked, is there a
possibility of offering a bare enclosure to match the P3? That size would
be pretty good for accommodating a speaker and a power supply capable of
driving the K3. Sure would look nice alongside the K-line, too.
--Andrew, NV
I am almost ready to retire. a few more months. I am going to treat myself to
a elecraft complete station. I thinking a fully loaded K3 and KPA500 and a
P3. I wish elecraft made a matching power supply and desk microphone. I
found a paddle that has the name on it. I would like to own a complete
Ele
I am getting ready to retire. I am going to treat myself to a new elecraft
station.
K3 fully loaded and a new KPA500 amp and P3. I really wish they made a power
supply to match and a desktop version of a microphone. I saw a keyer that
had the name on it.
Any thoughts of them ever producing a powe
Dave,
The reason they told you to write for a Grade 7 educational level was probably
because they heard about some of the students my dad dealt with when he was a
junior level radio instructor in the Coast Guard in WWII. From his
description it sounded like he was teaching a basic "shop" (tool
And mine was almost 2 days later, on 4/9...
Guess I will have to wait a little longer!
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Ordered my kit on 4/7 at 12:17pm, and just received the "pre shipping
confirmation of order" request from Elecraft. The usual ready to ship
out your KPA500 order within the next 3-5 business days.
73, John KH7T
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On 6/30/2011 1:32 PM, Tony Estep wrote:
> Ah, the CW test. I still remember the beginning of the text from my General
> exam in 1958: "Turning westward, 300 aircraft blanketed the horizon..."
My favorite tape was the 13 wpm one with "The launching of the
four stage rocket..." I still use tha
Big Brown brought KPA500-K #114 this afternoon, all neatly boxed in
inimitable Elecraft style. Going through inventory slowly now, savoring
every moment. Resolved to get a commercial Nema6-15P to IEC320 type
cable (cables.com SKU C13615p10--the 10 denotes 10ft, $15) recommended
by others so I
For the last few years, some of the traffic handlers in California have been
running a trivia game, conducted via the NTS. For a short while, "tough
copy" got taken to somewhat of an extreme. Try "NAME THE ICELANDIC VOLCANO
WHOSE ASH CLOSED AIRPORTS IN EUROPE IN 2010." Or "WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC
Years ago, Chuck Bender W1WPR, chief operator at W1AW, was giving the
Novice exam to young Jamie White, son of a couple HQ staffers. He
didn't want to make the 5 wpm CW test too easy for fear of being accused
of going easy on the ARRL kid. The text included:
"McKeesport is situated at the conflu
While I find pursuing perfect spacing with a hand key a fun activity, I
don't find perfect CW fun to copy.
Machine perfect (keyer or keyboard sent) CW is, to me, like listening to
computer-generated speech.
I love a fist with personality - even when that personality makes some a
little hard to
I've been following the recent posts about CW and would like to share an
epiphany of sorts.
A couple of hours ago, I got my Begali CW Machine. One of the
facilities it has is a 'training' facility. Within this training
facility is the ability for the machine to evaluate the sender's code
and
A repeated 12 kHz would be echoed all over the room and lose a lot of
it's pulse nature. This continues to look suspiciously like crap from
a 12 volt switching power supply that is somehow finding something
mechanically resonant in the K3.
Back to asking for 12 volts from a linear supply (transfo
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Chuck Smallhouse wrote:
> ...ended up taking the CW test three times
Ah, the CW test. I still remember the beginning of the text from my General
exam in 1958: "Turning westward, 300 aircraft blanketed the horizon..."
Tony KT0NY
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To John and all the "Old Timers" with their great historical stories.
My three high school buddies and I were studying the code and theory
for our Ham licenses under a great mentor, our AZ SCM. Tucson was in
the never, never land that only got visited no more than twice a year
by the FCC exami
Chris,
You can reduce the AF voltage at the input of the zero beat indicator
with a simple series resistor between the AF Gain pick-off point and the
indicator. Size it so your ambient noise does not make it blink with
full RF Gain, so you may have to experiment a bit to get it where you
wa
You're bringing back some memories. One of the questions in the pool of
my 10 schematic drawing or other short answer
questions was:
Draw a schematic diagram of a maritime battery charging system containing a
six pole double throw switch such
that each of a pair of batteries is either connected t
In the Petro Chem bidness we would say "Any time you think you have made it
fool
proof, some damn fool will proove you wrong!"
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
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I like **some** iambic keyers.
The important thing in any discussion of iambic keyers is WHAT MODE(S)
does it use. When an iambic dit-dash sequence is being sent, mode B
keyers send a dit if the paddles are released during a dash, or a dash
if the paddles are released during a dit. In contrast
6. Re: Tech Writing (Dave KK7SS)
Snip:
Dave,I believe you.A very good friend of mine once told me anyone can idiot
proof anything, butcan they manager proof it? The basic answer was NO WAY!
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Like we used to
Vic, I wonder if this is a special skill or an example of some normal human
ability which has not been suffocated at an early age by some poor teaching
process, at school for instance,
In the world of music some of our friends, and many others of course, can
listen to a short work which they ha
I looked at the MP3 file using Goldwave. It appears to me that the "12 KHz"
component is present only during the tics, not continuously.
The tic period is roughly 270 msec (I have no idea what the tic is of
course). I zoomed in to a single tic (see PDF of images at the link
below). It appear
Testing. Please ignore.
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Having worked on two separate occassions with folks from
that area of the world on site, I can relate to the second
story. I will never forget my first encounter with a Saudi
Men's Room.
OK, one from me before the plug gets pulled.
On my first sojurn out of Broadcasting in 1980, I became a
partne
On 6/29/2011 9:06 PM, Duncan Carter wrote:
>
> I'm a leftie who was forced to be right handed in elementary school.
>
Same here only it didn't work with me. I reverted to left-handed
printing as soon as I hit middle school. While there, my new found
Elmer [a leftie] told me "We will learn to se
Jack Brindle wrote:
>
> Make sure that DIGOUT1 is turned OFF from the K3. Turning it on disables
> the KPA. Note that this is a per-band function, so it needs to be turned
> off for each band you wish to use the KPA500.
>
> Jack Brindle, W6FB
>
Just for completeness, it's per-band x per-ANT1/A
On 6/30/2011 11:17 AM, Tony Estep wrote:
>
> ===
> Very cool. As we all know (or should know), Jimi Hendrix's guitar was strung
> the standard right-handed way.
>
No, it wasn't. He used a right-handed guitar, but it was strung in the
standard left-handed way.
73, Ross N4RP
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Hi Geoff, below...
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Geoff Wolf AB3LS
wrote:
> And, for even more information, I analyzed the audio that I recorded and the
> squeal is right around 12Khz. It peaks at -48dB (louder than the QSK relay
> clicking)
>
> http://imgur.com/V8o5t - image of the analysis
>
>
> On 6/30/2011 7:37 AM, William Ravenel wrote:
> ...Bought a paddle and decided to learn to use it with my left hand so my
> dominant right hand could take notes. I also decided to set the paddle up
> with dits on the left
===
Very cool. As we all know (or should know), Jimi Hen
Just work K6YRA on 20m who is using a K3 as well
TNX & 73,
Johnny VR2XMC
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I've installed the K6XX zero beat indicator on my K2. It's a real
improvement, for me, over the "Spot" button action. Alas, it blinks
distractingly on the no-signal condition with the RF gain at max.
(Reducing the RF gain, fixes this, but I'd rather let the AGC do the
gain control.)
Is ther
I've heard several stories like this. It's a special skill, which is different
from what
most of us who learned the code as hams have developed. The text goes into the
brain,
where it is buffered, and then out the fingers.
In some cases the people who can do this may not be able to tell you th
Hi, Phil;
Good story. Since you were an examiner, I thought I'd pass this along. I
took my 2nd Class Telegraph examination in Oklahoma City in 1978. My mother
had to drive me from Enid, OK because I didn't have a driver's license.
There were probably 70 people standing in the hallway waiting fo
Sorry. I shouldn't have said QSK relay.
I took out the KPA and popped the 10W jumper back in. The 12Khz squeal is
gone. I hear a little bit of clicking coming from the LPA board but nothing
that I would suspect is abnormal. Here's the slightest clicking I'm hearing
without the KPA installed (
http
Will...
Yours is an amazing and wonderful story! CW learning is not only
the learning of a new skill, but also the ability to use an amazing
weak-signal technique!
I was 13 years old when I took my "Class B" in 1946 -- and I was
very scared about the 13 wpm code test. I took the "Cla
Geoff,
How are you hearing any "QSK relay clicking" in the K3? There are no
relays changed between receive and transmit, it is all silent electronic
switching. If you are hearing something that sounds like a relay click,
then that needs to be investigated - it should not be.
Sorry, but I c
And, for even more information, I analyzed the audio that I recorded and the
squeal is right around 12Khz. It peaks at -48dB (louder than the QSK relay
clicking)
http://imgur.com/V8o5t - image of the analysis
AB3LS
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Geoff Wolf AB3LS
wrote:
> Forgot to mention,
Chuck,
Using CW and CW reverse is really a good procedure. I have used USB/LSB when
WWV was transmitting a tone with the same effect. Your method doesn't require a
modulated tone as you are using the actual carrier. The only issue with our
calibration procedures is you have to have good pitch he
Forgot to mention,
That recording was made using QSK CW in the TX Test mode.
AB3LS
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Geoff Wolf AB3LS
wrote:
> I haven't had a chance to try to run the rig off a battery.
>
> However, I was able to record the sound using my iPhone.
>
> I have uploaded the audio fi
Good for you Will!! I have been doing CW for 59 years and having tried RTTY
and all of the digital modes, I still think CW is a truly FUN part of the
hobby which so far, digital cannot replace.
73,
Tom - W4BQF
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I haven't had a chance to try to run the rig off a battery.
However, I was able to record the sound using my iPhone.
I have uploaded the audio file here:
http://alien.liltechdude.com/files/Recordings/kpasqueal.mp3
I made sure the fan power cables weren't touching the fans/each other.
AB3LS
O
I passed 13 wpm to pass General in the early 80s and never made a single CW QSO
- didn't even use a key to practice. But when I passed the no-code Extra in
2007 I decided to work CW until I could copy at least 20 wpm. Bought a paddle
and decided to learn to use it with my left hand so my dominan
The plan for Pin 11 (I understand) is to eventually inhibit the KPA500 when
pressing TUNE on the K3 so that you can tune a manal or auto-tuner at low power
without having to remember to manually put the KPA500 in standby first. My
understanding is that this will be in a future K3 firmware relea
Before Wayne or Eric cuts this topic off, I'd like offer a bit of humor.
In the 70's when the cold war wasn't, between two middle east
countries, i worked for an aerospace company in Silicon Valley that
had a large equipment design and installation contract with one of
them. One of our other c
Dear All,
The below mail also be of interest:
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