Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Bob
Kenwood? On the TS-930 clockwise is widest in CW, counter clockwise narrows. In this case I think it is just as logical to state that, just as I reduce the volume by going counterclockwise I also reduce the bandwidth by going counterclockwise. Neither way is right or wrong it is just a lear

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 7th & 8th, 2011

2011-08-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Two decent nets today. Twenty meters was fairly open and I could hear most folks really well. One guy from the Northwest Territories was booming in while only running 10 watts, VE8RT. Two were ESP but I dug them out: K0DTJ and WB3AAL. Ron was much worse than Brian but I

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Merv Schweigert
Not true at all, I have a FT-1000D sitting here and the shift and width control both operate the same direction as the K3. Counterclockwise. 75A4 switch works counterclockwise also, left to narrow. That covers quite a span of years. Merv K9FD/KH6 > No, no, no...every filter control I've ev

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread W2RU - Bud Hippisley
On Aug 7, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Sam Morgan wrote: > I see no conflict > for a *FILTER* knob > if turned to the right (clockwise) towards the plus sign > the filter widens (as indicated by the display on the radio) No, no, no...every filter control I've ever used (until the K3) narrowed the filter

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Control & Front Panel Resistence Checks...Do my numbers jive?

2011-08-07 Thread Don Wilhelm
David, Sorry to be crass, but if you do not understand ">" (greater than) or a range of allowable resistances, I cannot be of much help. I examined the first 6 of your readings and found them to be within the values that are specified in the manual. I do not desire to go any further and chec

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Sorry, Lu ... > I am quite familiar with spectrum analysers. And I can understand > the issue you raise, because in spectrum analysers, yes, SPAN > functionality as its illustrated on the P3 makes sense... within the > context of a spectrum analyser! The P3 - or any panadapter - is precisely a s

[Elecraft] K2 Control & Front Panel Resistence Checks...Do my numbers jive?

2011-08-07 Thread David Dietrich
Evening Everyone, I am totally done with the control panel, and right at the resistance check part of the front panel on my K2.  On some of my readings, I am not getting a reading at all.  I have a Meterman multimeter.  When the probes are crossed, 0.4 or 0.5 Ohms are considered "zero" or "grou

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Sam Morgan
I see no conflict for a *FILTER* knob if turned to the right (clockwise) towards the plus sign the filter widens (as indicated by the display on the radio) for the *SPAN* located on the P3 after the Span button is tapped the the P3's knob if turned to the right (clockwise) the span widens/increase

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Luis V. Romero
Don: Do you understand TV waveform monitors? When you look at a NTSC transmitter output waveform, the white level is on top and the sync tip is at the bottom. This is upside down, as the sync tip is peak transmitter modulation and white is low modulation. But the graphical representation was de

Re: [Elecraft] K3-KPA500 Pelican Case

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
The K3 just barely fits in the 1510. If you take the carrying handle off you would get a bit more room. I was planning on putting my KPA500 in a separate case that the XYL will unhappily drag with her on the plane! I see now that United is charging for overhead baggage space with a get on the

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Sam Morgan
I like it the way it is also but to be fair about this Luis's request was that: Any hope that this can be made a *user* *selectable* *behavior* so we can all have our cake and eat it too? not that it be changed forcing everyone to do it his way. GB & 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan On 8/7/2011 6:

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Bruce Beford
I agree with Don on this function. SPAN on the P3 is (and should be) the SPAN or width of the -total spectrum displayed-. It is not the APPARENT width of a given signal. This is as it should be. I am perfectly comfortable with it in it's current implementation. 73, Bruce, N1RX __

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Don Wilhelm
Lu, I am sorry, but you will have to divorce your concept of width with the SPAN of the P3. Instead of looking at the width of the signal, look at the range of the display - that is what SPAN has meant for many years to those familiar with spectrum analyzers - it is the difference between th

[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (8/7/11)

2011-08-07 Thread Phillip Shepard
The propagation was weak with high QRN and deep QSB. Only a few stations were easy copy. Oddly, Lyle, KK7P, was as strong to me as he has ever been. We had some QRM at the beginning, but that QSO ended fairly quickly. There was no discussion after the check-ins today. We had 25 participants over

[Elecraft] P3: Span control logic

2011-08-07 Thread Luis V. Romero
Hi all, especially the K3 Product Management folks: I now have some time behind the combination K3-P3, It is a wonderful combination. Like fishing with a fishfinder! Now my neighbor has definitive proof in writing (a screen snapshot) that he is indeed 6.5kHz wide when he cranks up that Macho Bas

Re: [Elecraft] Yet Another KPA500 Question

2011-08-07 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Yup, 270v times .707 = 191v to get max RMS RF properly blocked. Using E squared divided by R, gives you 728 watts blocked by 270 VDC on diodes for a well matched 50 ohm load. Various tricks increase this range, but that explains the order of magnitude. 73, Guy. On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Do

Re: [Elecraft] Yet Another KPA500 Question

2011-08-07 Thread Don Wilhelm
Bill, I don't know about "faster switching", but normally in a T/R switch, the diodes must be reverse biased with a DC voltage higher than the peak RF voltage to be encountered. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/7/2011 3:25 PM, Bill wrote: > Since there does not seem to be any schematic diagrams posted yet fo

Re: [Elecraft] Yet Another KPA500 Question

2011-08-07 Thread Richard Squire - HB9ANM
You are right, Bill: the 270V are required for the T/R switching through the PIN diodes. 73 - Richard Bill - K6WLM wrote: > > Since there does not seem to be any schematic diagrams posted yet for the > KPA500 I am wondering what the 270 volts from the power supply is used > for.  My guess woul

[Elecraft] Yet Another KPA500 Question

2011-08-07 Thread Bill
Since there does not seem to be any schematic diagrams posted yet for the KPA500 I am wondering what the 270 volts from the power supply is used for.  My guess would be that it maybe used for the T/R swithching and the higher voltage insures faster switching but that is just a guess.  Don or any

[Elecraft] NAQCC Sprint Tuesday night!

2011-08-07 Thread NAQCC
NAQCC Sprint Tuesday night! Our August sprint is this coming Tuesday evening local time (8:30-10:30 p.m. E.D.T.), which is Wednesday, August 10, 0030-0230z. I will refer you to the proper URL: http://naqcc.info/sprint201108.html There you will find all the details as to time, frequencies and o

Re: [Elecraft] [P3] P3 and K144XV

2011-08-07 Thread Tom Azlin N4ZPT
Thanks Alan, I will go back in and check the initial set up for the K144XV as well as the P3 and K3. Certainly some sort of widely different gain setting on 2m. BUT looking at the IF out the signal levels are "proper" as I did not have to change the scale very much on the SDR pan display. 73,

Re: [Elecraft] K3-KPA500 Pelican Case

2011-08-07 Thread Ralph Parker
>...which Pelican case works well for toting the K3 and the KPA500... Depends on whether you intend to carry it on board, or give it to the airline baggage handlers to throw around. IMHO, if you carry a K3 on board, Rose's cases are the best. I have yet to do research on a shipping case for eithe

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Question

2011-08-07 Thread Don Wilhelm
Stored in EEPROM - no need for a battery. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/7/2011 1:25 PM, r miles wrote: > Had mine 2 months& love it. Curious abt. one thing. Programed the > barefoot/amp setting for all bands. My question is about the memory for > that function. Not had power failure of the mains yet. Is th

[Elecraft] KPA500 Question

2011-08-07 Thread r miles
Had mine 2 months & love it. Curious abt. one thing. Programed the barefoot/amp setting for all bands. My question is about the memory for that function. Not had power failure of the mains yet. Is the setting stored in a battery back- uped internal memory? I found no mention of an internal b

Re: [Elecraft] K3-KPA500 Pelican Case

2011-08-07 Thread Lane
Tom - This won't be much help, but I can say it won't fit in the Pelican 1510. I have a Pelican 1510 I've been building up for mobile. That's the "approved by the airlines" compartment version. If it weren't for the knobs on the front of the K3, it and the P3 would fit fine. It's about an inch to

[Elecraft] K3-KPA500 Pelican Case

2011-08-07 Thread Tom Meier
Does anyone have experience with which Pelican case works well for toting the K3 and the KPA500 to a DX location? 73 de Tom (K7ZZ) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.ne

Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub receiver - kit vs assembled

2011-08-07 Thread Al Dynarski
Thanks to all who responded both online and direct. The order for the kit version will be sent out shortly. And Arie, that is a great video! Well done... 73 Al W7SYK >Message: 15 >Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:32:43 +0200 >From: Arie Kleingeld PA3A >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub rec

[Elecraft] ot-test agn

2011-08-07 Thread kf4clo
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[Elecraft] Ot-test message.

2011-08-07 Thread kf4clo
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Re: [Elecraft] 6 meter RTTY & Oink oink...

2011-08-07 Thread Edward R. Cole
I'm a bit behind reading the digest so bear with me. I would recommend trying several of the WSJT digital modes. JT65a is designed for eme but JT6m was designed specifically for 6m. Look around 50.200 for digital modes and specifically 6m-eme. FSK441a is the meteor scatter mode (50.560). To