Thanks Matt:
I will try and do some experimenting this weekend. I have place your
site in my bookmarks, now need to fnd some spare time. Tnx,
73 De Mike
VE3YF
http://www.ve3yf.com
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It's not about copying CW. It's about spotting the guy a dx station is working
in a 30 kHz wide pileup when a hundred other guys are calling out of turn. A
human can only copy a few calls within a few kHz at the same time, while the
skimmer can get all of them.
Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO
On Feb 6,
While CW Skimmer may be about spotting the guy calling ...
CW Get and/or the CW text decode capability in the K3 are
*certainly not* about spotting the calling station in the
pile-up. Their only purpose is as a crutch for those who
are either unable due to hearing loss or too lazy to learn
to
A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on some
bands. I wrote about this to Howard, K6IA, at Elecraft service, who
wrote back and suggested that one or more of the three screws that
attach the LPA board to the lower cover of the radio might have loosened.
Sure enough
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I will add my two-bit opinion. CW text decode as a crutch when copying
by ear also is a big negative. Whenever I am using CW Decode, my own
copying by ear performance drops a bit because too much leaning and dependence
on the CW decode display for my translation.
I say -- if you are learning
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Larry Libsch llib...@bellsouth.net wrote:
For those who are so disabled as to require an external crutch to
copy their own call and 5NN, it is a simple matter to reverse channels
in the sound card (at most it requires a reversing cable) to decode
audio on the
Ah, the old CW snobbery!
I see others have answered your misinformed opinions - appropriate to
someone who has never had the privilege of really learning CW or never
had to prove the ability to really use international Morse. However,
just one further point ... I've yet to see a
That's an old fix for many radios
Open them up and tighten down all the screws
From: brian als...@nc.rr.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or The Turning of the
Screw
Makes you wonder how
Makes you wonder how they know such seeming impossible-to-know things.
Are there also magic potions and incantations available?
73 de Brian/K3KO
On 2/6/2015 20:55 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on
some bands. I wrote about this to
Looking just at CQWW, both CW and SSB participation is increasing. SSB appears
to be increasing a bit faster than CW.
http://www.cqww.com/stats.htm
Though I just added to the length of this thread, I expect we are getting
off-topic from Elecraft equipment. I tried to add facts and no opinion,
Please provide some references for CW contest participation is
declining. My recollection from various magazines is that contest
participation #'s are up for all modes ( no reference provided either).
73 de Brian/K3KO
On 2/6/2015 21:38 PM, Larry Libsch wrote:
For those who are so disabled as
Time to close this portion of the thread.
In general, arguments and statements like pro/con comments on CW operation,
contesting etc are best taken elsewhere as they are way OT and outside of the
list guidelines.
73,
Eric
Moderator for life.. (Oh No!)
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On 2/6/2015 1:38 PM,
Thanks.
Dick, n0ce
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For those who are so disabled as to require an external crutch to
copy their own call and 5NN, it is a simple matter to reverse channels
in the sound card (at most it requires a reversing cable) to decode
audio on the sub Receiver.
Ah, the old CW snobbery! When is the notion that paddle
I had a fellow bring an R-390 to me.. that he said he had tightened all the
screws up.. they were
loose and sticking up, way above the cans they were supposed to be holding
down when he
turned it back on.. it couldn't hear any more.. can't be much.. he had just
gotten everything tightened
On 2/6/2015 3:36 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
That's an old fix for many radios
Open them up and tighten down all the screws
Unless they are on trimmers or in IF cans. :)
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton
Like Fred my hearing loss is associated to my military career, from
standing near V2 and other large rocket firings at WSPG and a 4'
lanyard firing of a 120 mm AA gun, to the firing of very adjacent
155mm howitzers, and other very loud noises etc.
However when later doing very weak signal
Not a good idea for the screws sticking out of capacitors and transformers.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ Trustee N5BPS
From: Harry Yingst via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
To: brian als...@nc.rr.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent:
This is a fascinating remark, because I recently noted that I could copy
a weak signal in the middle of a lot of noise better by holding the
phones in my hand with the ear cushions together and putting the
cushions up to my ears.
Something is going on here that is worth pursuing.
On 6 Feb
Do a quick search. Lots of threads on backpacking, power sources, cases,
antennas and SOTA activations.
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Yes CW skimmer works great. One caveat though with listening on vfo b. Many
people use the built in decoding of cw on the k3 or use software such as cwget
to assist them. This only works on the main receiver so you lose that
functionality.
Two things would be great here. One, having decoding
Hi Joshua,
This is one of the primary uses we had in mind for the KX3. If you include the
internal ATU and battery and the attached keyer paddle, it's fully
self-contained -- just add antenna wire. If you also want to minimize the size
of your mic, try one of these (or similar):
I use it this way too, and agree it is very helpful. I wish there were a
way to either expand or contract the frequency range displayed sort of like
Rocky does to be able to get the big picture first and then home in in a
more detailed search.
73, Ken, NU4I
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From:
Hi all,
I freely admit it: this K3 field-test firmware (rev. 5.10) has nothing but
minor changes and bug fixes. Ho-hum at best. But, like any firmware release, it
still needs dedicated testing in battlefield conditions to make sure I haven't
caused any embarrassing side effects.
Are you
Has anyone taken your KX3 on a backpacking trip? I'm looking for tips as
this was part of the reason that I chose the KX3 and not some other base
rig. I will be hopefully getting back into backpacking and will be looking
forward to using the KX3 trail side...
Thanks in advance!
73,
Joshua Gould
I just ordered my KX3. I have a few things to get before it shows up, but
it has been ordered and will be shipped to my place of business.
Now I have a different type of impatient waiting...
73,
Joshua Gould
K8WXA
EM89pn
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On 2/5/2015 10:42 PM, RIchard Williams wrote:
John,
Yes, just push and hold the BSet button (the number 1 on the
keypad). The main VFO will now say b SEt, and the S meter is reading
the sub receiver (also make sure the sub receiver is turned on to do
this).
Dick, K8ZTT
CW Skimmer is a great tool for cracking the K1N pileups because it
decodes the calls of folks calling as well as who just sent 599, and you
can click on the relevant decoder dot to move instantly to that
frequency. I'm using it with an LP-Pan in what Skimmer calls the
Softrock-IF mode.
One
Of course there's the option of learning to copy CW .. (; -)
73
Ken - K0PP
On Feb 6, 2015 8:57 AM, Tom Blahovici tom...@videotron.ca wrote:
Yes CW skimmer works great. One caveat though with listening on vfo b.
Many people use the built in decoding of cw on the k3 or use software such
One caveat though with listening on vfo b. Many people use the built
in decoding of cw on the k3 or use software such as cwget to assist
them. This only works on the main receiver so you lose that
functionality.
For those who are so disabled as to require an external crutch to
copy their
This isn't actually true. You can configure OmniRig to treat the K3
VFOs as two separate rigs and open two windows of CW Skimmer to monitor
each. I haven't used mine that way for a couple of years so I can't
readily explain the details, but I've done it before and it works fine.
It
It is less about copying code and more about spotting, Ken. ;)
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