I don't need a radio to talk to friends, and in fact I could argue
pretty persuasively that I have more varied and interesting friends
outside of ham radio than within it. Ham radio does, however, give me
the opportunity to learn more about electronics ... and antennas ... and
propagation
My response to the earlier posting was going to be ...this hobby has a ton
of different facets ...ragchewing is fine ...I'm just not that chatty in
real life to begin with ...let alone on the air ...Took to CW real quickly
because of that I guess ..
For some of us ...our interest is in what a lot
This new P3 Beta Noise Blanker feature works very well for me here.
I am plagued by electric fence clicks and while the K3 NB does a great job
of eliminating the audible clicks I could always see them on the P3,
displayed as horizontal lines in the Waterfall and base line jumping in
sync with the
Just a short note to thank for all your replies. This mailing listing is
wonderful and I have learnt a lot from you.
TNX 73
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Hi everyone!
Is there a reason why you can't save the P3 settings using the P3 Utility, like
we do in the K3 Utility?
Also, not sure if anyone saw this but would it be possible to keep the last
used label highlighted on the screen?
When you press any of the FN* buttons - to keep the label lit
Hi all!
What do you guys use for an external monitor when using P3/SVGA?
I saw a video on YouTube of a guy using a small touch screen with the
Lp-Pan/NaP3, but that can't be done with a P3, right?
Can't really use a touch screen because there's no such functionality in the P3.
So in that case
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I use nvis mode frequently. I too tried my buddipole but ended up using its
mast and versatee to support wire cut for 7mhz. Works great and allows
coverage for most of the west coast. i am in northern california.
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Hello,
Is there a way using the P3 Utility program to save the captured scan to
disk, as opposed to a screen shot then saving and editing that shot? I
would like to be able to grab a shot from the P3, and save just that
shot to disk.
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For equipment, and software setups and
After you click capture image, click File on the menu bar (top left), Save
As, and type in a file name and click save.
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Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 6:10 AM
To:
Hi Dave,
The best way to do what you want is to use the USB port on the P3 SVGA
adapter. You can attach a Flash drive and save a screen to it via the
SVGA menu. I do this a lot, and just leave an old 128 MB unit
connected most of the time. I only pull it out once in a while to
dump the screen
Alan,
Nice work -- thank you very much for implementing this! Prior to this,
even though the K3 NB was very effective at eliminating the powerline
noise, the P3 was pretty much useless since the signals were not visible
below the noise. No longer the case!
Will you also be implementing this on
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:30:55 -0400
From: PHILIP GRAITCERpgra...@me.com
Subject: [Elecraft] Going 2014 with my K2
I love my five year old K2, and although I have a K3, I?d like to keep using
the K2 for the field and digital. ...
2. Digital modes. Don has a nice solution to digital
I've heard it said that a wire on the ground as a reflector improves NVIS
coms if the ground is poor. I can't model this, but perhaps someone could
comment. I'm inclined to think that it might take several wires on the
ground to make a difference. It's an interesting idea to play with.
I've heard it said that a wire on the ground as a reflector improves NVIS
coms if the ground is poor.
A single wire under the dipole doesn't do much. Less than a dB according to
EZNEC. Any parasitic effect is muddled by the reflector being on the ground.
It's mostly about height. About
Such renderings are very useful. I think it was done very nicely. I
would personally place my order the instant I heard such a version was
available. I might add the ability to switch bands with a single button
push like many other rigs do, as well as triple band stacking. But a
fully
I was responding Not to the original poster but to the one (Bill) saying the
thread should stay right where it is.
As for the Moaning and Griping as you put it.
I personally have had in my last three orders missing parts, and one was sent
to the wrong address; Is this normal?
Now
Before work begins on the K4, I would like to see (after, this is a wish list
right?):
1. P3 TX monitoring (although, this is not critically important to me but it
is often requested).
2. 2-meter 100-watt amplifier to go along with 2-meter KX3.
3. Distribution Hub.
This thing I am calling
Hi,
I picked up a 15 Dell LCD monitor at my local Thrift store for $15. Works
like a champ and I like the size. I find the 15 is about perfect and it sits
on top of the K3/P3 very nicely.
BTW, I actually prefer the old 4:3 aspect over the 16:9 because I think the
P3 display is better having
A kind person pointed out that there was a Save As' in the drop down
dialog box under FILE. I just assumed there was not one when I did not
see it in a right click dialog box
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Ah, if only we could get a K1 with a DDS VFO!
Everything else remaining the same, because
it is the perfect radio!
I have a KX3, but I miss my K1, should have
kept it..
Gil.
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Yes, that's a plus of the KX1, with the 3080
option it has RX from 1.0 to 16.5 or so MHz. Handy
at times.
73, Phil w7ox
On 4/25/14, 9:22 AM, Gil G. wrote:
Ah, if only we could get a K1 with a DDS VFO!
Everything else remaining the same, because
it is the perfect radio!
I have a KX3, but I
Elecrafters,
the K3 all of a sudden shut down twice during my vacation/portable
operation. I thought i had identified the problem by tightening a loose
wire in a 220V-outlet of my /p home.
Now it shut down a third time (i believe the refrigerator turned on the
same moment) and this seems to
On 4/25/2014 5:46 AM, Slava Baytalskiy wrote:
What do you guys use for an external monitor when using P3/SVGA?
I saw a video on YouTube of a guy using a small touch screen with the
Lp-Pan/NaP3, but that can't be done with a P3, right?
Can't really use a touch screen because there's no such
I am unable to try this at this time. Are you saying this only shows up on
the built-in monitor and not on the external SVGA monitor?
Keith
Alan,
Nice work -- thank you very much for implementing this! Prior to this,
even though the K3 NB was very effective at eliminating the powerline
Do you have a Dummy Load?
By transmitting into a DL, you will eliminate or confirm
the presence of Common Mode Current, or any Antenna
related problems.
You also have the DMM, you can check for Voltave drop.
Best of luck.
73 Milverton.
On Friday, April 25, 2014 11:50 AM, Martin
On 04/25/2014 06:28 AM, d...@lightstream.net wrote:
Will you also be implementing this on the SVGA side as well?
It's on the list.
Alan N1AL
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Very interesting. I didn't have a lot of noise to try it with (my
antennas have been taken down in preparation for a move, so I just stuck
a wire in the K3 antenna jack), but I think it's going to be a help.
Two things that would make this more useful:
1) SVGA support
2) Have it turn on
Just let your contest logger do it with a macro. N1MM has that built in as
does many others.
Keith
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Dear Elecraft OMs and Yls,
I know this is a bit over the top but is there any chance that the
KX3 and maybe K3 utility programs might eventually be available for the
Kindle OS 3.0 operating system. This is a real stab into futility for which
I beg your forbearance.
There was
I took the KX3 manual into the smallest room in the house for a few
minutes this morning, and was quite dismayed by what I read under the
heading of Grounding and ESD Protection.
The manual says A ground system using buried rods and/or a ground
counterpoise (wires radiating out from the
Doug,
I am not sure about the Kindle but the Mac versions of the utility program
should be reasonably easily modified to run on the iPad (or, even the iPhone).
Doing it right may involve a design of new views and thus new view controllers
and such but all the basic underlying logic may still
Hi Chris!
I'm terribly sorry that you've had to message me about your order!
I spent the better part of last week in hospital having major unexpected
surgery ... a hysterectomy and related issues.
Then OM Ken ended up in hospital to have a seriously failed gall bladder
removed. Surgeon said
Ah, if only we could get a K1 with a DDS VFO!
Absolutely NOT!!! True, a DDS VFO adds crystal-like frequency
stability, and frequency-change agility. But it also adds many
spurs on its output that increase spurious emissions on transmit
and spurious output of the receiver local oscillator to
These paragraphs demand a serious and immediate rewrite.
There's no chance that you are being just a little pedantic, perhaps?
73,
Mike / KK5F
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What is the latest serial number for the KX3. Ballpark ?
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Seriously pedantic!
Phil w7ox
On 4/25/14, 1:53 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
These paragraphs demand a serious and immediate rewrite.
There's no chance that you are being just a little pedantic, perhaps?
73,
Mike / KK5F
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Jim IS correct though and it would be preferable to use the correct term
rather than those that are bandied around in conversations we hear on air
often.
Gary
On 26 April 2014 06:53, Mike Morrow k...@earthlink.net wrote:
These paragraphs demand a serious and immediate rewrite.
There's no
Dave,
I'm pretty sure it's somewhere north of 8000 now. -Bruce, N1RX
What is the latest serial number for the KX3. Ballpark ?
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In the pursuit of truth, there is nothing wrong with being pedantic!
73 Stephen, G4SJP
On 25 April 2014 22:01, Gary Gregory vk1zzg...@gmail.com wrote:
Jim IS correct though and it would be preferable to use the correct term
rather than those that are bandied around in conversations we hear
There is a difference between emailing Elecraft and voicing your concerns
privately vs going on the public mailing list and blasting them in front of
their customer base.
Just my 0.02.
Frank
KG6EYC
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Gary Gregory vk1zzg...@gmail.com wrote:
Jim IS correct though
We used the term ground a bit loosely in the manual; this seemed justified
since we were aiming for pragmatic suggestions to help new hams, not scientific
precision. But the text could be updated to be more technically accurate
without loosing is information value, and Jim has offered to
Hi Phil,
Your preaching to the choir mate...:-)
I think the P3 remote sensor has probably been shelved as I have asked
several times directly and never even got a reply so my assumption is this
device has been placed in the too hard basket and perhaps Elecraft see it
as a limited return on
... but that's what the internet is for -- so you can tell 50,000 of
your closest friends about the slightest little problem.
Of course, nobody notices when things go right.
On 4/25/2014 2:05 PM, Frank Precissi wrote:
There is a difference between emailing Elecraft and voicing your concerns
Since the vast majority of radio amateurs are not engineers is it
possible that it is preferable to use the terms that amateurs are
familiar with in the way that they are familiar with, rather than the
correct engineering terms?
73,
Scott, N9AA
On 4/25/14 5:01 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:
Jim
That may be. But we're thick-skinned around here, and we revel in a good
technical skirmish now and then. Jim is a worthy combatant.
Wayne
On Apr 25, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Frank Precissi vad...@gmail.com wrote:
There is a difference between emailing Elecraft and voicing your concerns
privately
Frank,
I don't think Jim's comments would be considered blasting by Elecraft. I
believe they know Jim quite well and Jim has provided a lot of input and
support over an extended time.
I know Jim has taught me to look carefully at my own station installation
and the lessons learned have been of
Jim is quite correct that a radial or a counterpoise should not be
referred to as 'ground'. To do so further confuses the use of ground
by many hams.
At least the English use words to differentiate between earth and
ground (but there is still the lack of differentiation for
counterpoises and
After rereading Jim's comments I agree that using the term ground to
refer to any kind of radial or counterpoise isn't the best terminology.
That usage might not demand an immediate and total rewrite of the
manual, but it certainly isn't optimal.
73,
Scott, N9AA
On 4/25/14 5:01 PM, Gary
No, but many are, or aspire to be, Engineers and prefer correct engineering
terminology.
This is so much more useful than the propagation of ancient Ham Law or
god forbid, CB nonesense.
I vote for pedantry...
73, F5VJC
On 25 April 2014 23:12, Scott Manthe scott.man...@gmail.com wrote:
Since
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Gary Gregory vk1zzg...@gmail.com wrote:
Frank,
I don't think Jim's comments would be considered blasting by Elecraft. I
believe they know Jim quite well and Jim has provided a lot of input and
support over an extended time.
I know Jim has taught me to look
I completely agree, Mike. A DDS would add nothing to the K1, but would
destroy one of its better features--smooth continuous tuning. Step
tuning is annoying and fatiguing. I never got used to it on the KX1.
Eric
KE6US
On 4/25/2014 1:45 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
Ah, if only we could get a K1
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On 4/25/2014 1:53 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
There's no chance that you are being just a little pedantic, perhaps?
REPLY:
Pedantic is in the eye of the beholder. Jim is dead on.
73, Bill W6WRT
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On 4/25/2014 2:12 PM, Scott Manthe wrote:
Since the vast majority of radio amateurs are not engineers is it
possible that it is preferable to use the terms that amateurs are
familiar with in the way that they are familiar with, rather than the
On 4/25/2014 1:53 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
There's no chance that you are being just a little pedantic, perhaps?
None at all -- it is exactly errors like this that have led to
widespread misunderstandings about how these things work.
And I posted it to the reflector hoping to cause readers to
I don't think so. The continued use of incorrect terms will lead to
further confusion, and does not give the reader sufficient reason to
grow in an amatuer's learning path. The correct terms are not just
engineering terms, they exist for a reason - not all that is referred to
as ground are
While they're at it, I'd suggest getting rid of antenna tuner and its
ATU derivatives.
AMU would go far in helping a new ham understand why he needs to push
that button.
As it is, many erroneously believe the antenna itself is being tuned.
73,
Kent K9ZTV
Elecrafters,
thank you for your replies.
It turned out the faston plugs did not make a good contact to the
circuit breaker. So rocking them a little cured the problem.
Phew!
For those who asked: The serial number is 2878. I built this radio in
2009 .
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How come we can transmit out to 4K but can only receive to about 3.5K. Seems
strange to me. I would like to hear as wide as I can transmit. Yes I know I can
shift the center frequency, but by doing that the low end is diminished and I
don’t like that either. Couldn’t this be done in a future
I enjoy my K1 and its LC VFO, but always liked the idea of a 15 or 20 turn
LC to allow a slower tuning rate with the wider band coverage.
Robin
KA5QQA
On Apr 25, 2014 11:23 AM, Gil G. g...@keskydee.com wrote:
Ah, if only we could get a K1 with a DDS VFO!
Everything else remaining the same,
I just received notification from the powder coater that your CoolerKX heat
sinks are ready for pick-up. Those of you who wrote me asking to be notified
when they were ready to ship- the time is now. FYI, there is only one
uncoated unit still available at this time. Cheers, Fred.
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On 4/25/2014 3:06 PM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote:
As it is, many erroneously believe the antenna itself is being tuned.
REPLY:
Please don't get hung up over tuning vs matching. The word tune in
English is widely used to mean adjusting something to reach
Hi all,
The KX3’s PWR control can be used to directly set the KXPA100’s power output,
assuming the KX3 and amp are connected by a control cable, and PA MODE = ON.
However, the PWR setting is an estimate based on factory calibration at 75 W;
actual output varies with load impedance, supply
From: Wayne Burdick
That may be. But we're thick-skinned around here,
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I'm glad to see you folks are Thick skinned.
I know I can come across as harsh but It's better to have a friend tell
The term ground has always been used to refer to the common tie point
in a circuit. For example the shape on the schematic with the three
little horizontal lines is referred to as a ground symbol.
But that has caused no end of confusion. Contrary to widely-held
belief, in 99% of cases it is
I know Jim very well and he is technically correct of course. That
said, I can make the case that the goal of the manual is to communicate
to a very large audience on the set-up and use of the radio. For many
of them [most?], the term ground can mean the chassis connection, the
negative
Years ago [many] they were usually called antenna couplers which is
somewhat closer to fact. I was once told by a trucker with a radio and
no license that the purpose of the gizmo in the cables to the co-phase,
coil-boosted antennas on his mirrors was to block the SWR's from the
radio. I
I took the KX3 manual into the smallest room in the house for a few
minutes this morning
NOW!
Is there anyone in the audience, who still has doubt about some of the most
Earth shattering
thought processes ever to evolve from that Small Room.
These thoughts are so Electrifying that
And your efforts -are- appreciated, Jim. At least by some. Please keep up
the fight. Not to be overly dramatic but evil only requires good men to do
nothing. Misconceptions and incorrect terminology should be corrected
regularly or they become common knowledge.
73
Bruce, N1RX
There's no chance
I am afraid that I don't think Jim is pedantic. What he said is factually
correct and it is nothing wrong for him to tell us the fact in the mail listing.
The best part of Elecraft is having real thick-skin. I always criticise them
openly in this mail listing. Although I am their loyal user,
I'm with Frank. His remark is right on the money, IMHO.
Robert
K5TD
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 25, 2014, at 4:05 PM, Frank Precissi vad...@gmail.com wrote:
There is a difference between emailing Elecraft and voicing your concerns
privately vs going on the public mailing list and blasting them
Used correctly, THAT symbol is specifically Earth ground. As opposed to
the 'sideways E' (chassis ground) or triangle (signal) ground symbols.
Lots of room for confusion, and very often they seem to be used
interchangeably. Using them correctly conveys useful info!
I vote yes for pedantic!
Hi Folks,
We're in direct contact with Jim on this issue, so lets end the thread at this
time in the interest of keeping list traffic under control.
Now back to our regular mayhem.. ;-)
73,
Eric
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Given the subject matter, I believe Jim's comments are quite in order to
assist in educating the hams on this reflector.
Should that post been proceeded by a private email to Wayne and the
other authors of the manual, that is a different matter entirely, it may
have been done, but we will never
U wouldnt the correct term be Return
when talking antennas
Bob K3DJC
On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:04:13 -0700 Josh Fiden j...@voodoolab.com
writes:
Used correctly, THAT symbol is specifically Earth ground. As opposed
to
the 'sideways E' (chassis ground) or triangle (signal) ground
I am new to having a P3 (with SVGA).
I loaded the new beta and now there is a red background while in data mode
Is that the Transmit cursor (I do not recall seeing it before)?
I noticed on the VGA monitor the Red will go from Low intensity Red to High
intensity Red when you change the Waterfall
On 4/25/2014 5:08 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Should that post been proceeded by a private email to Wayne and the
other authors of the manual, that is a different matter entirely, it
may have been done, but we will never know about that.
If I had discovered a serious fault (or even a minor one)
Jim wrote:
These paragraphs demand a serious and immediate rewrite. Yes, we've
seen serious errors in equipment manuals for as long as I've been a ham,
but we expect more from Elecraft. It is yet another example of confusion
and muddled thinking resulting from using the word ground when other
Mine too. Not in CW mode but in data mode. Didn't check SSB.
73,
Rick wa6nhc
Tiny iPhone 5 keypad, typos are inevitable
On Apr 25, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Harry_Yingst via Elecraft
elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote:
I am new to having a P3 (with SVGA).
I loaded the new beta and now there is
One change in the beta firmware is to make the width of the transmit
cursor in Data A mode equal to 2.7 kHz. The reason is that in Data A
mode there is no way for the firmware to know what the actual bandwidth
is - it can be whatever is coming out the PC's sound card. So rather
than assume
Wow, when you guys get your teeth into something, you really chew.
73, Dick, W1KSZ
On 4/25/2014 4:24 PM, Milverton M. Swire via Elecraft wrote:
I took the KX3 manual into the smallest room in the house for a few
minutes this morning
NOW!
Is there anyone in the audience, who still has
The K3 receives perfectly well all the way to 4 KHz (200 - 4200,
100 - 4100, 50 - 4050 [if you can stand the growl]) as long as one has
a suitably wide roofing filter. I regularly see 100 to 4100 Hz in data
modes using the FM roofer (I did not bother with a 6 KHz filter). The
response is
The question on weather or not it is a bug is the change in intensity of the
Red on the
External monitor when going from default to Grey scale (I may have not made
that clear).
From: Alan Bloom n...@sonic.net
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday,
I had kind of sworn off of beta releases after a fiasco with Firefox,
but this sounded good, and it was Alan's, so I installed it.
Really cool Alan! Lots of electrified fences around here [two are
mine], it's spring and the weeds grow up under them at about 12/day it
seems, and I have a lot
And we chew on it for the edification of all hams that may be listening.
There are myths and misinformation that I hear everyday on the ham
bands, and to a lesser extent on reflector postings.
We can all learn from posts of the nature that Jim presented. I have
echoed several derivatives of
Me, too, Fred. But this is sounding too good to
wait on.
73, Phil w7ox
On 4/25/14, 7:26 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
I had kind of sworn off of beta releases after a
fiasco with Firefox, but this sounded good, and
it was Alan's, so I installed it.
Really cool Alan! Lots of electrified fences
Works great here.
Anything above 11 seems to add artifacts (hash) to the waterfall. Probably
just a side-effect of the high NB setting.
Frank
KG6EYC
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Phil Wheeler w...@socal.rr.com wrote:
Me, too, Fred. But this is sounding too good to wait on.
73, Phil
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