Nah. It takes a few hours for the rush to subside. Then you can crash.
Rick
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> On Mar 13, 2015, at 6:26 PM, VE3GAM wrote:
>
> great story, those guys must have been so tired by the end of the 24 hours tho
>
> Al
>
> --
When the K3 is set to a transverter band, its BAND outputs on the AUX cable go
to all zeros.
This is described on page 19 of the K3 manual. The KPA will see this as a
switch to the
60m band, and thus will go to that band, displaying 5.3. Thus the behavior you
guys
describe is the correct one for
Mine does the same
Maybe a feature request to have the display in the KPA500 to show AUX?
From: "k...@arrl.net"
To: 'Jim Miller' ; 'Elecraft Reflector'
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KPA500] Front panel AUX button?
The AUX button on my KPA500
> Can someone clue me as to how to chase this down?
The easiest, most accurate way is to actually measure sensitivity using
an XG-2 or XG-3 signal generator. You can check the S-meter on 80 and
160 compared to 20 meters and calculate the MDS on each band following
the method in the signal gener
I have a K3 that works fine on all bands except 75/80 and 160. I have
a backup rig, an IC-730 from the 1980's, that has 75/80 but not 160. I
did an A/B with the two rigs on 80 meters, and both the S-meter and my
ears tell me that signals are 5-7 S-units weaker on the the K3. S/N is
clearly
Looking for a used W2 Wattmeter with 2000 watt HF coupler.
Richard
K7SD
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Some of those connectors can be a bit finicky, wanting to be snugged up
a little more than common.
Ask me how I know... wiggle, snug, wiggle snug.
Rick NHC
On 3/15/2015 4:04 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
Mike;
It is definitely a cable problem. If the asterisk is not being displayed on
key-down,
Mike;
It is definitely a cable problem. If the asterisk is not being displayed on
key-down, then the
amplifier is not going to go into transmit. recheck the cables all the way from
the K3 to the KPA
to see what came undone. Find and fix that and the KPA will come back to life.
You might want to
No, the asterisk on the KPA is missing. Nothing appears on the left of the
KPA LCD. I understand that to mean the KPA is not receiving a valid PA KEY
signal. I am using Elecrfat supplied AUX cables from the K3 to the KAT500
and another one from the KAT500 to the KPA.
I did recently change my anten
Ted,
the K3 remembers the state of RX ANT per band! So there's no need to
manually switch it on and off all the time you change bands! My 6 m
pre-amp is on all the time but the RX ANT state of the K3 is only put in
on 6 m, not the other bands. This has nothing to do with the cabling.
The cabl
There is also a KX3-specific Yahoo group that you might want to check out.
73,
BILL GERTH, W4RK
Jefferson City, MO
First Licensed 1954
CWOPS #459
4 States QRP Group
KX3 (S/N 112)
On Mar 15, 2015, at 4:53 PM, bs usb wrote:
> I am a new comer to the list.
>
> I have been mostly reading the mail
On 3/15/2015 2:53 PM, bs usb wrote:
I see a lot of traffic about the K3 and very little regarding the
KX3.
Patience, just wait.
I am wondering why that is.
Is the KX3 just that much more problem free or is the K3 that much
more popular?
Neither. Elecraft has an impressive portfolio of pr
The K3 is more complicated and has more options. The KX3 has four internal
options — charger/clock, ATU, roofing filters, and 2m module. The K3 has far
more than that. Also, the K3 is commonly used in complex base stations, with
multiple antennas, external power amplifiers, and so on.
So, more
Elecraft is always providing some improvement to their radios. For a long
time much of the "action" was with the KX3. A few months back you would
have made the opposite conclusion. Recently lots of changes have been
going on with the K3, so much of the traffic is related to that.
The KX3 is WIL
The K3 makes the determination. With RADIO set to K3, the BAND buttons simply
send a command to the K3 that says which button was pressed.
The K3 then does something. In the case of the AUX button, the K3’s decision is
based on what features are installed. If a 2 meter module
is installed, the K3
Those of us with KX3s are having so much fun operating that we don't
have time for emails.
73, Stan WB2LQF
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 05:53 PM, bs usb wrote:
I see a lot of traffic about the K3 and very little regarding the KX3.
I am wondering why that is.
Is the KX3 just that much more problem
When you key the K3, does an asterisk show up on the left side of the KPA’s
LCD? If not, check the AUX or PTT connections to the KPA500.
Otherwise, let me know so I can follow up with you to get you going.
- Jack Brindle, W6FB
Elecraft Engineering
> On Mar 15, 2015, at 10:02 AM, mike wrote:
>
I am a new comer to the list.
I have been mostly reading the mail for about four weeks.
I see a lot of traffic about the K3 and very little regarding the KX3.
I am wondering why that is.
Is the KX3 just that much more problem free or is the K3 that much more
popular?
The PR6 staying on and inhibiting the use of a separate pass through RX antenna
has come up several times. The solution is to use a DB15 M/F gender changer and
twist off pin 11. Or if your don’t care about the future use of pin 11 in the
cable in the ACC line to the KPA500, twist off pin 11 on t
Ahhh, the "one-tap SPLIT" function? Both my K3 and KPA500 go to 10
meters with AUX.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org
On 3/15/2015 12:29 PM, k...@arrl.net wrote:
The AUX button on my KPA500 switched my K
I do it without the Y cable as well; but there is one drawback to having
the preamp ³always on² - when it¹s in the circuit on 40 and 80 it actually
degrades the K3¹s performance (or at least mine does). So, when switching
down to those bands I have to remember to toggle RX ANT off, then back on
go
The AUX button on my KPA500 switched my K3 to 144.200 mHz, and itself to 5.3
MHZ. Whatever that's good for...
73 Jeff kb2m
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Miller
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 14:27 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subj
Besides, it gives the panel symmetry.. :o)
Rick nhc
On 3/15/2015 12:13 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
I believe so. The question was asked and answered here when the
KPA500 first arrived and I think that was the answer.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of
I believe so. The question was asked and answered here when the KPA500
first arrived and I think that was the answer.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org
On 3/15/2015 11:27 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
What purp
What purpose does the front panel AUX button serve on the KPA500? Reserved
for future use?
Not mentioned in the user manual.
73
jim ab3cv
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Mike,
I recently had a similar problem with my KPA500. A couple of components in
the low frequency T/R filter blew out. The amp made a trip back to the
Watsonville. I suggest checking with Elecraft support on this issue.
Hope this helps.
73 de,
--Ian
Ian Kahn, KM4IK
Roswell, GA EM74ua
km4ik...
Would be nice to add 630m to the band definitions as well so a band down from
160 would go there.
On Mar 15, 2015, at 1:04 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
This is probably a bug. Now on the list.
Wayne
N6KR
> On Mar 15, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
>
> Does the K3 now accept frequency com
This is probably a bug. Now on the list.
Wayne
N6KR
On Mar 15, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
> Does the K3 now accept frequency commands to direct the new synths to e.g.
> 472Khz?
>
> DXLabs will send messages from Commander fine for as low as 490Khz but
> fails at 489Khz and below. Tryi
I was on a net this morning thinking I had my amp on (it did show OPER),
however I found it was only putting out 30 watts. Moving to STBY I was
putting out 95 watts with the K3 alone, but in OPER the KPA500 only put out
30. My per band setting showed the normal 24 watts (with the asterisk) but
inst
Does the K3 now accept frequency commands to direct the new synths to e.g.
472Khz?
DXLabs will send messages from Commander fine for as low as 490Khz but
fails at 489Khz and below. Trying to figure out where the problem lies.
Thanks
Jim AB3CV
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I suppose I should have read the entire digest before replying; glad that Joe
solved his deaf sub rcvr problem soon after he posted it here. FWIW, my
problem had nothing to do with the RX ant switch settings AFAIK---it was the TX
gain calibration which brought it back to life. Perhaps others
Hi Joe; Don't despair---I once had the same problem with my sub rcvr going out
after operating split one time. Diagnosis was tough and I don't think anyone
ever figured out what happened; after a good number of helpful but fruitless
emails from Aptos I removed my sub and shipped it off to Elec
I had RFI problems trying to use the y cable, so I did a work around. Since I
have RX antennas I sometimes need to use through an MFJ 1026 to fight my
local noise problems. So I built a little box with a switch in it. I use 12v
power from an external source (not the back of the K3) When I want to r
I also have the PR6-10, The KPA500, and The KAT500
Elecraft makes a Y cable but even with that it appears that a line in the
KPA500 is pulling the DIGOUT1 Line low so the Pre-amp is always on.
One possible cure is to get a 15 pin Port-saver and remove the DIGOUT1 pin.
Then connect the Port-sav
On 2015-03-15 10:24 AM, W0CP wrote:
What about the rs-232 connection? I am using the RS232 port on the k3 to link
to my logging program. The manual says to connect to the P3 using this port.
Do you just use an rs232 splitter cable to resolve this?
No, the computer connects to the input of the
On 2015-03-15 9:28 AM, Ian White wrote:
It really does seem perverse... and you probably know what I'm going
to say next ;-) The only reason why anyone might want to adopt such
a poor, counterproductive strategy is to avoid being caught out by
the K3's dysfunctional SPLIT control.
*Don't go the
What about the rs-232 connection? I am using the RS232 port on the k3 to link
to my logging program. The manual says to connect to the P3 using this port.
Do you just use an rs232 splitter cable to resolve this?
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Nothing wrong except the firmware. A recent version (5.08 or 5.10) disabled
the dual band audio filter. I had the same problem. Check and see if the APF
is active when you push and hold the DB FIL button while in CW mode. It
should be active. Solution is to upgrade to 5.13.
K1WHS
- Original
A good analysis ... the P3 compliments the KRX3 and vice versa.
Like Dave I have very modest antennas - an N6BT Q51 dipole at
6 meters for 20-10, an R5 or R7, and a 160/80/40 trapped inverted
V at 12 meters. In many cases the P3 allows me to see quickly
where the DX is listening, offset just sl
What helps me a lot in cw pileup situations, is to set the filter width of
the 2nd rx to as wide as it will go (2.8 KHz in my case), and tighten up
the filter on the main receiver listening to the DX station. The wide
filter on the pileup makes it much easier to quickly find the station
currently b
Complete K line system including K3 100 ,P3 with vga,amplifier, tuner,
external display for p3.Rig is 3 months old, tuner is brand new. Amp is a
year old, W2 is 2 months old. Rig s/n is 8683. All items are 100% functional
and 100% cosmetically excellent. Non smoking home.Options list is below. I
do
>
>Vic try putting the sub rx on the dx and tune with the main vfo. You
won't
>need split and the dx is probably not going to move.
>
If "DX" holds any of its original meaning of "DX = Distant, DX =
Difficult", then listening to the DX station on VFOB is a very bad idea.
Although the K3's two r
Complete K line system including K3 100 ,P3 with vga,amplifier, tuner,
external display for p3.Rig is 3 months old, tuner is brand new. Amp is a
year old, W2 is 2 months old. Rig s/n is 8683. All items are 100% functional
and 100% cosmetically excellent. Non smoking home.Options list is below. I
do
Hello to the Group
I also agree with this assessment of the two they like many other "things"
in one's tool box can be and are quite useful at different times. As taught
me by my mentor K0AZ it is knowing "when" and "what" tool to use at the
proper time to make a contact is what counts. Too bad t
Save the money, Ian! Configure it as always on (jumper) and just
activate it thru the RX ANT button.
Of course this is only an option if you do not want to use any RX
antennas for other bands connected to the PR6-10 ...
73, Olli - DH8BQA
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