Pat,
If you were aware enough to "not install" the missing capacitor at the
C2x location, then you can move on to the following tests except for
anything related to 160 meters. OTOH, if you hsd one of the C3x
locations blank, you will have to wait until Elecraft ships you a
replacement capacit
I went through everything with a "fine tooth comb" and this cap was not in the
parts bag, nor had it worked itself out of the bag and into the general box.
It is also a rather large cap as disc caps go so not as easy to hide in
something.From: andrew.n...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:
I too have the same problem with the same error print out. It passed
all THREE TX GAIN calibration tests just fine when I built the radio
last year. Subsequently I received an on air report the transmitter was
off freq by a small amount. S, I ran the TX gain calibration. It
passed lo an
I just completed assembly of my KPA500 shipped last week. To everyone
discussing problems with the fit of the top cover and distortion of the
chassis.none found here. Top cover is perfectly flat WRT the front
panel. Everything as usual for Elecraft products. I followed the
instructions
Hello David,
I learnt a lot from this reflector even for 'OT - off topic" subjects. I once
asked for tourist information of New York City last year.
Back to KPA500, I do find the power indication in the linear amplifer does not
agree with my LP100A. Since the difference is small, I just don
So, Elecraft is coming out with CW --> SSB. I never knew that and I can't
wait.
But, I hope they do this right. I mean, SSB by itself would not be as useful
as choosing the target language for that SSB. I can see where English is
obvious but I might want to try my hand at Spanish, or maybe
I agree! This is the most helpful reflector around. Don't let one or two
people discourage you from here. Lots of good people and knowledge on here.
On Feb 12, 2012 5:35 PM, "David Poplewski" wrote:
> I want to take this opportunity to apologize to anyone on the reflector
> that I may have offen
Just for kicks thats all I use for RTTY contacts, approaching 100 DXCC just
using the paddle.
I am not a RTTY operator, so working them with the paddle is just what the
Doc ordered. Just a spare time endeavor..
I agree when I can use the paddle for SSB QSOs I may QSY to the nose bleed
section of
Joe,
I believe the CW in SSB feature is "fixed" with no effort on the part of
the folks at Elecraft.
Do not attempt to use it if you have QRQ mode turned on - it will not work.
Turn QRQ off and it will work just fine.
There are other limitations to QRQ mode, but for operating convenience,
some
Bill Cotter wrote
>
> I prefer keying the K3 and letting it control the amp, rather than
> keying the amp and letting the amp key the K3.
>
Key the K3 and use Key Out to key the Titan III. Ten-Tec amplifier keying
loops are very idiosyncratic and tend to work only with Ten-Tec radios.
Barry
On 2/12/2012 7:05 AM, Bill Cotter wrote:
> I prefer keying the K3 and letting it control the amp, rather than
> keying the amp and letting the amp key the K3.
I have verified that doing that works FB, even with full QSK, with the
K3 driving a Titan 425 (original Titan) and Hercules II. One great
Just finished the CQ WPX RTTY contest. Not a serious effort but
interesting. I used the K3 CW > DATA feature to work 130 Qs. I wonder how
many others have tried this. The hardest part was copying the calls as they
flashed across the K3 display. After a few Qs it becomes easier.
Now when the
The only person who was "out of line" in any way was the guy who sent you
the personal criticism.
73, and have fun.
Ron AC7AC
-Original Message-
I want to take this opportunity to apologize to anyone on the reflector
that I may have offended with my previous request for PWR ADJ number
Hi,
I wanted to follow up on this problem.
In response to my original post (below) a number of people responded that they
were not seeing the behavior I described. After some more experimentation I
found that the problem occurs primarily on 160 meters. On 160 meters, with my
K3/KPA setup,
I want to take this opportunity to apologize to anyone on the reflector
that I may have offended with my previous request for PWR ADJ numbers on
there amplifiers.
Apparently one individual thought I made my request with an arrogant
attitude and he took me to task for it. I'm sorry if I may have
Latest firmware, just did TX cal a few weeks ago, same things happens whether on
antenna or dummy load, PS not dropping, mine drops to essentially zero output
above about 88 watts.
anyoneBuehleranyone?
On Sun Feb 12 15:05 , sent:
>Mine just started that behavior yesterday as
Mine just started that behavior yesterday as well.the oddest thing...any
ideas, guys?
John
On Sun Feb 12 13:38 , r_zerr sent:
>I began having problems this morning when I went to check into the Elecraft
>Net. I had my output set at 100W, and I did not have any output. By turning
>it dow
Just opened my KP100 to start construction, while doing inventory, I have found
that I am missing Part# E530098 Cap. 220fF ("221") 5% 1Kv Disc 0.2 LS. I have
carried on with the construction as far as I could since this is the weekend,
and did not figured I could get a part orded till Monda
Hello Group;
I am considering a KPA 100 for my K2. I am especially interested in putting it
into the EC2 enclosure so as to keep my K2 QRP lightweight and "pure". If I do
this, could I then use the KPA 100 as a stand alone QRP amp and use it with
other non-Elecraft rigs like my FT 817?
I'm gu
I began having problems this morning when I went to check into the Elecraft
Net. I had my output set at 100W, and I did not have any output. By turning
it down to around 70 watts, I could transmit.
I went through the transmit gain calibration on 20M and the Wattmeter
calibration, with apparent cha
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I've been attempting to calibrate my new 100 watt amplifier that I just added
to my K3. I am in the 5 watt calibration and on 160 meters and I receive
this error: "No response to Query VFO A and Basic Icon Read (DS)". Has
anyone seen this error before so I can have a clue what I didn't connect?
We had a big net today with good propagation. There was no discussion, but
we had 40 participants over a 30 minute period, including two from AK and
one from Hawaii. One treat was Bob, K6XX, checking in with KX3 s/n 005. He
was driving the KPA500 to 250+ watts with the KX3 and sounded good. Have
630 mV pk-pk would be exactly 0.224 Vrms.
matt W6NIA
On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:52:06 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Thanks for this info. Now, please pardon my total ignorance in using
>these instrument. If the scope has an input impedance of 1 Mohm, do I
>still need to use the probe, or can I just use the B
Ok, I'm a step further now. I did the manual calibration as described in
the manual. Now the automatic one only fails on 50 MHz. I'm now going to
check with the miniVNA if the dummy load is indeed 50 ohm at 50 MHz,
just in case.
> "Don" == Don Wilhelm writes:
Don> Even if the scope
Even if the scope has a 1 Mohm input, it has considerable capacitance,
so yes, you need a 10X probe.
is needed to display the proper amplitude of an RF voltage.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 2/12/2012 1:52 PM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> Thanks for this info. Now, please pardon my total ignorance in using
>
Thanks for this info. Now, please pardon my total ignorance in using
these instrument. If the scope has an input impedance of 1 Mohm, do I
still need to use the probe, or can I just use the BNC T ? I have the 50
ohm dummy on the other side of the T of course.
With the scope directly connected, I
I also have the same problem. I got this information from Elecraft
support, but I have not been able to test yet since the radio is remote
(Running K3 Twin with Remoterig). See below:
Connect a bnc tee to the XVTR OUT jack, and a 50 ohm load or resistor to
one side of the tee.
Then use an RF p
I got it. I'm at 76 Volt on the HV now. It appears that I did not have
one of the ribbon cables aligned properly.
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Timothy Eklin wrote:
> I just assembled my KPA500. I'm using it on 240 VAC line and have the
> fuse configured for this set up. The "Yellow" wir
I do have the same problem with TX Gain Calibration, 5w and 50w calibration
goes well, but 1mW calibration fails, I am getting the error something
like: "Power set to 0.1 mW, 1.9 MHz, TX gain calibration failed because
transmit power did not reach the expected value".
I did reload FW, EE INIT, se
Chuck,
Did you rotate the big transformer a little to get a better fit?
The toroid is wound with big wire, which overlaps. This creates the
irregularities you see.
73 de Bob, K6XX
Chuck - AE4CW wrote:
>Well, here what I discovered that is causing or contributing to the top cover
>protrusion
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I just assembled my KPA500. I'm using it on 240 VAC line and have the fuse
configured for this set up. The "Yellow" wire in on the TAP and when I did
the initial test, I'm showing 16.8 Volts on the HV meter which is along way
from 65 to 85 Volts as expected. Ideas as to what's wrong?
73 W8JJ
__
Did you forget to cut the jumpers when you installed the KXV3A?
73,
Don W3FPR
On 2/12/2012 11:22 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> I get the following error when trying the 1 mW calibration for a freshly
> installed KXV3A:
>
> Starting 1 milliwatt calibration.
> Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
> IsSamplin
I get the following error when trying the 1 mW calibration for a freshly
installed KXV3A:
Starting 1 milliwatt calibration.
Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
IsSamplingComplete: Unexpected response 'DB 0.10 MW;' to ''. State 220
Calibration power settled at ' 0.10 MW;'
1 milliwatt calibration failed.
Elap
I had a Samsung SyncMaster 24" which was very susceptible to RFI on
80M. It would turn off whenever I transmitted. The antenna is an
inverted Vee, less than 1 wavelength from the monitor. I was able to
stop this problem by wrapping 6 turns of the AC power cable around a
big clamp on ferrite. (T
Fair-Rite 2631803802 from Mouser 104 gr. Bought about half year ago.
73'
István Szabó
On 2/12/2012 8:41 AM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
> F5vjc wrote:
>> I have just opened a Mouser account in France and ordered a quantity
>> of, 2631803802 = FT240-3 Fair-Rite.
>>
>> I hope they're OK. Thanks for
CW ops:
Has any one coupled their K3 to a TenTec Titan III (or,
Hercules-II, Titan-II) for QSK using the TX-out and TX-enable
keying loop?
If so, did you use any of the K3 configuration settings to get the
QSK timing correct?
I prefer keying the K3 and letting it control the amp, rather than
This is similar to how I connect the K3 with KAT3. Port ANT-2 goes to
my antenna switch and port ANT-1 goes to my dummy load. When the K3 is
powered down, it is in the ANT-1 position, so I get a measure of
protection when I switch off the rig.
73-
Nick, WA5BDU
On 2/11/2012 5:13 PM, Don Wilh
Twice last night I experienced a short lived loss of (rf) power. Everything
just went very quiet on receive and there was no rf output either. It was
the same on both receivers, all antenna inputs etc and there were no error
messages flagged.
Makes me suspect the 49MHz reference on the KREF3 board
Sent from my spy ring
Amateur/Ham Radio KE5GBC
HF & Echolink mobile
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Mike Rodgers
> Date: February 12, 2012 1:45:26 AM CST
> To: elecraft...@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: W2BLC
> Subject: [K3] re. Taming the ssb receive dragon.
>
> I second the notion of using hi/l
The KX3 has a single BNC antenna connector output for HF. The KX3-2m
transverter is to have a separate sma antenna connector. In both
cases it appears that one will need an interface between the KX3 and
a transverter.
IN the case of a transverter (like the KX3) using a 28-MHz IF, I
suggest t
Hi Ian,
Yes I have long wanted to have the availability of Mouser components.
There is FREE shipping over a minimum amount (around 80 Euros, I
think), I made this up easily by ordering 15 toroids and some push
button caps for my KPA 500.
73, Deni
F5VJC
On 12 February 2012 08:41, Ian White GM3S
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