Dietmar
The K3 will only operate on or near the amateur radio bands and cannot
be "opened up". It does however work well on Pactor up to at least P3.
A more suitable transceiver for use on a yacht would be a Kenwood
TS480SAT, the remote head makes for a neat installation. The ALC, CW
keying envel
The K3 can be opened up, but I believe you must have a USA ham
license before Elecraft will give you a way to do it. Contact
Elecraft Support about it.
73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:26:43 +, Dave
wrote:
>Dietmar
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>Th
You just need a good reason, not a US ticket. However, I'm not sure that
Elecraft would endorse marine operation!
I was sent a file to open mine for 60m use some years ago.
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 21 January 2013 12:50, Tom H Childers wrote:
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> The K3 can be opened up, but I believe you must ha
Blimey, they will want us foreigners to have a green card next...
Best regards, Tim Hague
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On 21 Jan 2013, at 12:50, Tom H Childers wrote:
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> The K3 can be opened up, but I believe you must have a USA ham
> license before Elecraft will give you a way to do it.
Hi Dietmar,
4, 6, 12, and 16 MHz should work fine. For the K3, the range of 7.5
to 9 MHz is locked out for TX and isn't very sensitive on RX. This
range is too close to the 8.2 MHz IF to use. The KX3 has no such
restriction, however, being a Zero-IF architecture. The KX3 TX range
is wide open
FWIW, the utility also does not unlock 27MHz, for hopefully obvious
reasons, although I imagine if you had a documented need to use the few
MARS frequencies in that band, they'd work with you to make that happen.
Also the KBPF3 is required if you're going to operate too far away from the
amateur ba
Hi guys, there is a keyboard connector and another USB connector on the rear of
the P3 when fitted with the VGA card. I have read through the documentation on
the Elecraft website, the KE7X book and the 2011 QST review but I can see no
mention of their capabilities.
So exactly what can one do w
They will not unlock 27MHz.
73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
NAVMARCORMARS Member
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:18:17 -0500, Michael Adams
wrote:
>FWIW, the utility also does not unlock 27MHz, for hopefully obvious
>reasons, although I imagine if you had a
Phil,
I use a K3 with internal transverter for 2m driving a LDmos power amplifier to
good effect. If buying a commercial amp then consider a BEKOHLV series that
uses the freescale device with full protection. Taking the amateur route
building one is relatively easy and there are kits and
This is true. There is a smallish guard band around the US CB 27 MHz frequency
range; no TX inside of that range. It's something like 26.8 MHz to 27.5 where
no TX is ever permitted.
Elecraft's standard unlock utility program unlocks TX outside the Amateur bands
from 2 to 25 MHz. The region
On 1/21/2013 8:13 AM, Peter Torry wrote:
May I suggest that before buying an amp that you review the system that you
intend to use as money spent on a good antenna and low loss feeder are a better
investment than an amp.
Excellent suggestion, Peter.The difference between 5 watts and 160 watts
Good advice, Peter.
Nothing less than LMR600 should be used for feed lines at 2m and
70cm. Naturally if you're really interested in VHF/UHF work, some
sort of hard-line is better.
Another thing I recommend:
Never, ever use a regular multi port switch box for VHF/UHF. Make
one your self usin
Yes, although I did not indicate this earlier, getting a high-gain antenna is
first on my research and shopping list. I know more about what I want there
and where to find it. It is the amplifier part of the problem that I was
asking here. Also, just in case someone wants to raise the issue,
Andy,
The USB adapter is for a keyboard. With the P3SVGA and correct firmware
revision installed, you can send data mode through the P3SVGA-attached
keyboard. I'm afraid I don't remember which firmware revision allows the
functionality. Maybe someone else on the list can provide that informatio
For the cost of LMR-600 you can find excellent used hard line removed from
cell use etc.
I used to buy it from the tower installers for 1.00 ft. most of it was
new end of
spool stuff even.
Shop around, its there, even the junk yards have it many times if your
in a
large populated area. A 12
I have two K3's, with P3SVGA's connected to each. I haven't done
any firmware upgrades in many months, so I decided to do it all
last night.
Downloaded and installed K3 Utility 1.12.12.17
Downloaded and installed P3 Utility 1.12.10.4
Downloaded and installed K3 firmware 04.61 - no problem
Downl
Hi,
* Installed Beta release MCU 1.36 / DSP 1.05 a few days ago - all
worked fine.
* Today i had absolutly no receive in CW and DATA modes. SSB, AM and
FM worked well.
* Reloaded Beta release MCU 1.36 / DSP 1.05- CW and DATA still didn't work
* disconnected internal batteries, wated
After I did the upgrade, it is impossible to QSY the rig by clicking
on spots in the Internet Cluster window of DXBase2007.
I discovered that if I turn of SVGA data, it works normal.
Looks like the SVGA data option is locking up the RS-232 port.
Com port is configured to 38400/8/N/1
I have test
I added a tab for P3 menus to my Excel file of K3 main and config menus. I
just copied and pasted the material from the current manual to enable an
owner to record the menu selections used without needing a paper copy. I
added a row for the new menu items that aren't included yet in the current
(
Dieter,
I suspect that the Elecraft radios will not open up like older
radios from Icom or Kenwood. However, that should not be a problem with
email over HF if you use the Winlink network and Winmor vice an SCS
modem and Sailmail. Getting onto the marine SSB frequencies might be a
problem.
I owe the discovery to K3KO, who, while visiting me today and after seeing
the "failure" made the suggestion that I look at VFO-B in the KX3. I did
and found that it was set to PSK-D. VFO-A was in USB mode.
Now, the failure did not occur on 15 and 10, so I checked VFO-B on those
bands and
Hello Phil,
If the price isn't issue I would go for THP (Tokyo Hy Power) or BEKO.
I have THP HL-160V25A, no problem driving it to full power with K3/XV144
combo. Getting clear signal without problem. The same with HLV-1500 from
BEKO. Just see the EHAM.NET reviews, for those company, the rev
I'm wondering about the latest KXBC3 shipping status. The shipping status
page on the web site has had pretty much the same information for the KXBC3
for a while -- is there any news?
Thanks,
Jeff
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Hi all,
I have received tons of E-mail and am in the process of responding to them.
Have a little bit of patience. The MFJ-929 autotuner (two of them actually)
are definitely sold. The remote antenna switch (two of them actually) most
likely, pending funds. I can still use bids for the manual Vers
Shipping form stock. :-)
73,
Eric
elecraft.com
On 1/21/2013 1:52 PM, Jeffrey Otterson wrote:
I'm wondering about the latest KXBC3 shipping status. The shipping status
page on the web site has had pretty much the same information for the KXBC3
for a while -- is there any news?
Thanks,
Jeff
I do not run the Elecraft transverters but have had a series of VHF
amps by Mirage, Klitzing, and RFConcepts. The last is my favorite
and I have two 2w/35w linears that need repair and my second 30w/170w
RFConcepts linear. I finally blew up the first one by being
long-winded on FM, though I r
hanks for any comments.
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Hey got my Isolation transformer today works FB. One problem I cant get the
notch filter to work on HDSDR. Any ideas? Left clicking like the instruction
say but no notch filter shows up.
From: Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) [via Elecraft]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:38 PM
To: W9TTW Tabb Adams
I just go a KX3 and love it. The first couple of days I played with various
knobs and buttons I found that I could change the NR settings with the knob
above the button. I lost that ability when I loaded the latest beta firmware.
I inquired at Elecraft how I could restore the ability to chang
Yes, I do
I use my k3 2mtr option to drive a home built amp using the I0JXX 500w 2m
module with PIC control/monitoring and an LCD display, see
http://g4fre.com/500w144pa.htm
Just about to upgrade to an F1JRD 1kW module using the MRFE6VP61K25H device
that was in DUBUS
Dave
Ww2r
From: Phil Hyst
This sounds good on the surface, but has the potential to be a disaster.
New end-of-spool heliax is fine. BUT...Avoid used heliax like the plague
unless you have the equipment to scan it (like a good Time Domain
Reflectometer). The longer the heliax is on the tower, the higher the
percentage that
Hi Andy,
The information about attaching a keyboard to the USB connector is described
in the latest SVGA manual for the P3. Here's a link:
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740170%20P3SVGA%20Manual%20Rev%20D.pdf
You'll need to try it out for yourself to get the hang of it but many folks
are using t
Hello Everyone,
I have redesigned Pigtail to be a lot smaller. There's a link to a demo
video below if anyone is interested.
http://youtu.be/m5rBF_9A7x4
http://pignology.net/piglet
73,
Nick
N3WG
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For those interested in this topic, I would like to point out that I too
have been frustrated at finding a good linear 100 W amplifier to make folk
hear me as well as I hear them with my internal K3 2 m transverter. The ones
we have tested tend to be better for FM and CW use.
We have an article pr
All,
IMHO, no amateur series transceiver should ever be used
as a safety-of-life marine transceiver. Only marine style
radios should be used for same.
The main reason is the highly corrosive environment in
which the radio lives. Most amateur radio sets are not
sealed in the same way t
As a Ham and commercial radio operator with experience in Marine
communications, I'd never rely on a Ham rig.
In an emergency, my first choice would be an Emergency Position Indicating
Beacon (EPIRB). Modern EPRIBs are quite small. They can be activated by
hand, or activate automatically if dropp
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