I took my first FCC exam in 1960 for the General (and did not pass
the CW exam). This was in Detroit in an old office building with
austere gov't issue "everything", including the examiners. The CW
test was the old five random character test of which 1-minute must be
perfect copy.
Many years
Hi to the group
Just to report a problem I had very recently.
My K3 is used with a Turner +3 microphone and had been working very fine since
the beginning.
Yesterday, barefoot at 90 W or at 350 W with my PA, I had very bad modulation
reports on 40 m.
I switched on the monitor, and indeed modul
Looks and works perfect. $65 shipped paypal or money order. Just bought a XG3.
Contact me off list.
Thanks
Tim
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Gil - ATU on the K1 shouldn't make a difference.
Only thing that comes to mind other than proper alignment is it sounds like
a problem I had during construction of my K2. Post follows:
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Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:22:31 -0400
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
From: Andrew Moore
S
Hello Gil,
The ATU in your K1 could be making the difference. It will or should
transform the impedance presented by the 33.5 ft wire and 13 ft counterpoise
to 50 ohms resistive, which is the source impedance which the K1's receiver
likes to see. The K2's receiver would also like to see a 50
Clarification - when I said the K1 ATU wouldn't make a difference, I mean
"just as an installed option" and wasn't considering it actually inline at
the time
--Andrew
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
> Hello Gil,
>
> The ATU in your K1 could be making the diffe
Gil,
It is difficult to make a definite answer without some additional data.
Yes, the atu in the K1 could make some difference, but not an extreme
difference on receive.
The most likely guess is that you missed a solder connection somewhere
in the receive section of the K2. Go over the board
Have the KAT500 units started shipping? Any updates appreciated.
73, Rich, K3VAT
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Is it possible to make the s meter unaffected by rf gain. I suppose it's not.
73
Mike R
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I also use the Logitech 360, Bob, and have had perfect results. I was not
pointed to that model by anyone, just saw it in the local big box store and
brought it home. My P3 loves it too!
Terry, W0FM
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Sent: Wednesday, August 29,
Hello Andrew,
Thanks for the clarification, you had me wondering :-)
73,
Geoff
LX2AO
On August 30, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Andrew Moore wrote:
> Clarification - when I said the K1 ATU wouldn't make a difference, I mean
> "just as an installed option" and wasn't considering it actually inline at
>
Saturday is Sept !. I know the tentative shipping date is early Sept.
Any news ??
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Hello ALL,
Everyone seems to be using the Delta 44 sound card for
SDR receivers, is there something supper about the Delta 44?
I noticed there are other 24 bit sound cards,
Will any of those cards work?
I don’t need a USB sound card, PCI slot would be fine.
OFF line would be fine
Last week, thanks to some very diligent field testing, we discovered a
way to significantly reduce LC network losses on the highest bands
(especially on 6 meters).
We just redesigned the PC board to take advantage of this, so you'll
be getting a better ATU. This will push the production sche
Further to the attached, since the shipping date is getting close, will the
interconnect documentation be available soon?
What cables (and lengths) will be provided with the unit? Are longer
lengths of the XCVR & AMP control cables also available?
73, VE3MV
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Last week, thanks to some very diligent field testing, we discovered a
way to significantly reduce LC network losses on the highest bands
(especially on 6 meters).
We just redesigned the PC board to take advantage of this, so you'll be
getting a better ATU. This will push the production schedu
On 8/30/2012 2:54 AM, Georges Ringotte F6DFZ wrote:
> Thank you for the Elecraft support team, and also for the fine advice on this
> reflector.
And say thanks to the late Neil Muncy, who first published his research
about The Pin One Problem in 1994, and who told me in some intense bar
convers
There well may be others that work well, but the Delta 44 has a long track
record as one of the best and lots of info available and happy users.
bill nr4c
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From: Ken Roberson
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2012
The Creative Labs EMU-0202 and -0204 seem to have a following too.
Matt Zilmer, W6NIA
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Conkling
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:18 AM
Those two don't work very well with Win 7 though.
73,
Tim Herrick, KQ8M
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Thanks for that, Tim. I'm still using XP. No worries with that o/s.
Matt Zilmer, W6NIA
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:34 AM
To: Matthew Zilmer; 'Bill Conkling'; 'Ken Roberson'; elecraft@mailman
The Delta 44 has low internal noise making it it ideal for an SDR.
73,
Barry
K3NDM
On 8/30/2012 11:22 AM, Ken Roberson wrote:
>
> Hello ALL,
>
>
>
> Everyone seems to be using the Delta 44 sound card for
>
> SDR receivers, is there something supper about the Delta 44?
>
> I noticed there are o
I don't believe that the M-Audio Delta 44 has been available for quite
some time ... I'm pretty sure it has been discontinued. M-Audio does
make other cards, though.
N8LP (the guy who makes the LP-Pan) has a page on his website that shows
the results he got with a few of the better currently
Today K144XV safely arrived from FAIRS Hq., Floyd VA
The European 144 MHz championship is held this weekend.
Started to install the module and found no IF connectors on my KXV3-1 (2008)
board.
Can someone let me know where to go next and connect the IF?
Really hate missing the major annual VHF co
If you're trying to install it internally, you'll need the KXV3A.
73,
Scott, N9AA
On 8/30/12 1:20 PM, Vic Goncharsky wrote:
> Today K144XV safely arrived from FAIRS Hq., Floyd VA
>
> The European 144 MHz championship is held this weekend.
> Started to install the module and found no IF connector
Vic,
The K144XV is the internal transverter, and you must have the KXV3A to
connect it.
If you call right now and beg them to ship it overnight, you may have it
in time for the weekend.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 8/30/2012 1:20 PM, Vic Goncharsky wrote:
> Today K144XV safely arrived from FAIRS Hq., Floy
Ouch! You need a KXV3A instead of the KXV3 board you have, Vic. I thought
there was a note about that with the K144XV ordering info on the web site,
but I can't find it now.
I don't know of a work-around using the board you have. You might call
Elecraft and ask them and they might be able to get
Overnight from WA (USA) to the Ukraine (Eastern Europe) including customs
affairs? I'll bet that will never ever work, not even with UPS paying a
fortune ...
@Vic:
You could temporarily connect the both IF connections from outside the K3 to
your KXV3 transverter BNC inputs if you can make up th
That is really not true. The 0204 is Win7 compatible out of the box (or at
least claims to be, I don't own one). The 0202 has beta drivers for Win7
that have been working just fine for me on Win7 Ultimate 64 bit for over a
year now and I just picked up another for portable operation and loaded the
Hi Mike,
Yes - it is possible to do as you suggest - use the absolute S-Meter mode. For
a long time I resisted switching to absolute mode for no good reason other than
not wanting to deviate from a default setting.
Because I usually keep RF gain at about the 1 o'clock position, for a long time
On 8/30/2012 10:58 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> If you call right now and beg them to ship it overnight, you may have it
> in time for the weekend.
Notice his call -- US5WE. Somehow I doubt it. :)
73, Jim K9YC
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I'm sorry but it is true. I have 2 0204's and neither work for crap on Win 7. I
have been on Creative's forums and read all of the
big audiophile's that used the 0204 on XP but cannot get it to work worth dung
on Vista or Win 7. I have tried. Go to Creative's
website and see if you can download d
Thank you folks.
Well, it will not work overnight as it took 9 days from VA by registered air
mail.
It was fast with no customs HI.
I was just wandering if there any way to put the IF in and out.
Need to look at schematics myself then.
73 Vic
From: Oliver
Thought England and Italy had sources for all things Elecraft.
Might have that wrong
73,
Rick W3BI
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From: Vic Goncharsky
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:42 PM
To: Oliver Dröse
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K144XV (Urgent)
Thank you folks.
K5DNL wrote
>
> Everyone seems to be using the Delta 44 sound card for
>
> SDR receivers, is there something supper about the Delta 44?
>
> I noticed there are other 24 bit sound cards,
>
> Will any of those cards work?
>
> I don’t need a USB sound card, PCI slot would be fine.
> OFF line wou
The 2496 works very well on Win 7 also. Asus Xonar Essence ST's and DG's also
work very well with XP and 7.
Yes, I am using all of them. I have 4 computers, each running 3 soundcards
each. 3 XP's and a Win 7. They are being used with SDR-IQ, SoftRock receivers
and also a K3 with LP-Pan. Using
Hello,
Here it is: http://radiopreppers.com/index.php/topic,120.0.html
Gil.
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While I agree that the Delta 44 sound card does seem to be de facto choice,
there are a few, some current and some not,
also described on the LP PAN web page as possible choices.
I ended up using an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI card for my K3 into IF PSDR and
LP PAN.
The previous box, which
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM, KQ8M wrote:
> Those two don't work very well with Win 7...
--
Actually the Emu 0202 works perfectly with Win 7. However, it is no longer
made and in fact has not been made for quite a while. Apparently the 0204
does not work so well. For a lot of int
I shouldn't answer this w/o looking it up in the manual, but I haven't used
any bandwidth in awhile, it seems to me that we have to re-calibrate if we
change it to absolute. Right/Not??
Rich, n0ce
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [El
Absolute mode keeps a true S reading the same regardless of preamp or
Attenuator settings. I use it also in my K3.
The OP is asking about RF gain, if you defeat RF gain then S will rise
regardless of your absolute setting.
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I thought he was referring to the s-meter segments "filling up" as you
turn down the RF gain control, which happens with absolute mode as
well as default mode. I forget what the benefit of this action is
supposed to be except that it mimics conventional receivers.
73,
Drew
AF2Z
On Thu, 30 Aug 20
I had not tried absolute mode. It is perfect. I use attn and no pre amp on
lower bands. Nothing changes. Reducing rf gain as always will increase the
floor of the reading up to 50 over, or thereabouts.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
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The S-meter reading is normally derived from the AGC voltage, and the AGC
voltage controls the RF Gain. When AGC is on, the knob "RF Gain" simply
manually overrides the AGC voltage.
So, when you turn the RF gain down manually you are mimicking what the AGC
does in the presence of a signal. The st
>From an operational standpoint I suppose it is useful (i.e., the
segments filling up when you turn down the gain) so that you can
adjust it visually to the approx level of the background noise by
reducing it until the flickering stops.
Probably everyone adjusts RF gain by ear though; I mean thos
When using my computer to decode PSK and other digital modes, I
use the RF gain to control AF overload as reported by the
computer software (cocoaModem).
Cheers - Bill, AE6JV
On 8/30/12 at 13:56, drew...@verizon.net (drewko) wrote:
>Probably everyone adjusts RF gain by ear though; I mean those
I complained to the seller that my adapter was getting too hot to touch
in a little over a minute and the seller offered to refund what I paid,
including shipping. I accepted his offer.
Jim - W4BQP
On 8/29/2012 2:14 PM, Jim Campbell wrote:
> I purchased this item on a whim. It arrived Monday. I
Elecrafters,
Thank to all ( 12 ) who responded to my question about
The Delta 44 sound card.
All had good info. I think that’s all the info I need.
Thanks for the Bandwidth.
73 All K5DNL
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What is the conclusion on this if Windows 7 OS is used?
Thanks
Tom, wb2qdg
On 8/30/2012 5:32 PM, Ken Roberson wrote:
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> Elecrafters,
>
>
>
> Thank to all ( 12 ) who responded to my question about
>
> The Delta 44 sound card.
>
>
>
> All had good info. I think that’s all the info I need.
>
The phrase " Requires a KXV3A for internal XV conn. and switching" is on
the order from in red right under the description for the K144XV.
73,
Eric
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On 8/30/2012 11:16 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Ouch! You need a KXV3A instead of the KXV3 board you have, Vic. I thought
> t
Thank you everyone for your suggestions.
I did have one bad solder joint on TR7, fixed it by soldering one lead on top.
Maybe the problem is related to that.
Tuning L34 doesn't seem to do much of anything. There was no 3.3pf capacitor
for C22 on the RF board, but I had one 2.7pf left over after
Gil,
Hopefully you are not being confused by the amount of audio reserve.
The audio in the K2 is adequate, but limited, while the K1 has an LM386
audio driver followed by an LM380 amplifier and has lots of reserve audio.
It is difficult to tell what you are describing without some form of
mea
You used the correct capacitor for C22. See page 1 of the RF board parts
list. The value varies from 2.7 to 3.3 pf.
73, Ron AC7AC
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gil G.
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:36 PM
Well, I will stick with my 0202's anyway. When I was installing the second
0202 on my netbook this morning the installation software asked if I was
installing an 0202 or an 0204. Of course I said an 0202. This is not the
driver only package, but a whole installation set. Have not had a chance to
pl
For all of us who have KAT 500s on order it is time to reflect on what we
were taught by loving parents during our formative years:
1. All good things come to he who waits
2. You can't be that hungry, you just had lunch
3. Dinner will be on the table when it is ready
4. Clean your plate, some
I'm not sure what problems you're having, but the 0202 and 0204 in my tests
perform better than any of adozen cards I have tested except the E-MU 1212m.
The 0204 has the edge over the 0202 in terms of flexibility when it comes to
win7/64. If you don't need 192kHz, I highly recommend the M-Audio Aud
I'm sorry, Larry, but I have to totally disagree with you about the 0204. Yes,
it works well on an XP machine but why have they only
released beta drivers for it when it was first manufactured but have failed to
build any newer drivers? Why is it you cannot
download ANY drivers for this from thei
Factory Assembled Elecraft K3/100 in Excellent Like New Condition.
.
Moving to Condo so down sizing station.
Serial #3992
The following options are installed:
.
KAT3 Antenna Tuner
KRX3 Sub receiver
K144XV 2 Meter Module w/K144RFLK
KXV3A RX ant, IF out & Xverter Interface
KTCXO3-1 Hi Stability Ref
Umm, the EMU-0204 works just fine with Win7. I've used mine with the
following and it worked flawlessly:
SoftRock40
SoftRock Ensemble RX/TX
Genesis G59
K3 with LP-Pan
Currently, it is my main sound card as my on-board sound card audio
output died.
73,
Joel - W4JBB
On 8/30/2012 11:33 AM, KQ8M
Tim,
You're confusing the 0202 and the 0204. There are definitely Win7
drivers for the 0204 - I have them. They're included with the card when
you buy it. I'm looking at them right now in my hand. They are in the
envelope labeled "Installation Kit."
73,
Joel - W4JBB
On 8/30/2012 8:14 PM,
I hope that the RF Sensor for the ATU is very sensitive so we Qrp folks can
also utilize the KAT500 when not QRO.
Sid KC2EE
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My amp has shipped and will be here in a week. I have a question for
those of you using the KPA500 AUX connection with the FT-950 linear
interface connection on the rear panel.
The KPA500 manual I downloaded says pin 8 (TX INH) and pin 3 (GND) from
the FT-950 must be connected together then co
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