Re: [Elecraft] KX3 FD Operations?

2015-06-29 Thread Rick Tavan N6XI
K7MS was a KX3+KXPA100, the GOTA station alongside 2A K6NV, making about 300 GOTA QSOs, I think all SSB. I was in the main station and wasn't allowed to use the GOTA station but the GOTA guys were all smiling. /Rick On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 5:44 PM, James Bennett wrote: > Wondering how many ops

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 50 MHz - noise and possible harmonics

2015-06-29 Thread Steve Lund
I have all these spurious signals in my K3, too. They are caused by my wireless router. But are the result of using wired connections to my office computers. When I remove the LAN cables these signals disappear, along with many on the hf bands. I have received the ferrites recommended by K9YC. Th

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 50 MHz - noise and possible harmonics

2015-06-29 Thread KD7PY
If you are unlucky as me and live in the city you will have a high noise level. during the morning hours my noise level is S1 with the 2nd bar just blinking with the preamp in the K3 on. later in the day when everyone is home the noise goes to S3>S4 as the load on the power grid goes up. I checked

[Elecraft] Screensaver

2015-06-29 Thread Aaron Scott
I tried to download the screensavers from the Elecraft website but they are in the wrong file format. Is there another place to get these screensavers for Windows 7? Aaron Scott K5ATG __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/

Re: [Elecraft] QRP RTTY

2015-06-29 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,6/29/2015 6:04 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: Jim is right about this one. However, there was a huge gap between the RTTY world and the PSK world and it wasn't the technical differences in the modes. Thanks, Bill. That's sort of what I was expecting. I ran 1A QRP Battery Solar with W6JTI and W

[Elecraft] K3, KX3, and FD

2015-06-29 Thread Dauer, Edward
I used the K3-KPA500 on 10-15-20 during the day and the KX3-KXPA100 on 40 overnight, and so had a good chance to compare them, albeit subjectively and on different bands at different times. Both setups performed flawlessly, and the K3¹s new synths were impeccable at QRQ. While the K3 is clearly ca

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

2015-06-29 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
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Re: [Elecraft] KX3 FD Operations?

2015-06-29 Thread Bob N3MNT
Our club ran all Elecraft equipment 4 KX3's and a K3 running 5 watts battery/solar. Did not do as well as last year but still a good wknd. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-FD-Operations-tp7604457p7604466.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive

[Elecraft] K3 on 50 MHz - noise and possible harmonics

2015-06-29 Thread Chris Hallinan
I've been playing around with 50 MHz USB/CW down at the low end of the band with a plain ol' dipole. I'm curious about noise and birdies and other people's experience, as I really don't know what to expect. I have a steady S3/4 noise level at all frequencies with the preamp off, jumping to solid

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 FD Operations?

2015-06-29 Thread Scott Simpson
Ran my KX3, KXPA100, and PX3 off generator and worked digital on 15 and 20m. Club was 5A. Maybe I'll try to do 5 solar powered QRP contacts next year to get those bonus points! scott sasimp...@gmail.com On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Arthur Peters wrote: > I too ran KX3 and KXPA100 off Bioe

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 FD Operations?

2015-06-29 Thread Arthur Peters
I too ran KX3 and KXPA100 off Bioenno LiFePO4 batteries. Antenna was a 490’ loop tuned by iCom AH-4 using homebrew interface (powered by LiFEPO4 battery. I logged 142 Q’s on 40,20,15, and10 (SSB, CW, RTTY, and PSK). What an amazing radio! I am only beginning to scratch the surface of what th

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

2015-06-29 Thread Joe Moffatt
I had almost the exact same experience. A lot of times I have to remind myself that the K3 is so good, I need to give more room in the normal passband because I can't hear strong guys right next to me. I have an Afedri SDR on my IF for my PAN, and I see that a lot. Joe AB5OR From: Elecraft

[Elecraft] K3 FD report in high RF (K3 vs Flex 6xxx)

2015-06-29 Thread Joe Moffatt
Guys, I just had the very fortunate (for me) experience of operating my K3 in a 4F category with some good operators. My CW station was My K3, and the other was an Orion 1. The 2 SSB stations were a Flex 6500 and a 6300. Due to space limitations, this is a very high RF environment. We used

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 FD Operations?

2015-06-29 Thread Amy Wilhelm
I set up at a park but I'm afraid I wasn't really up to being out much... And work and plans Saturday interfered, and I hid inside from dry lightning on Sunday after visiting the Seattle ACS setup. I mostly tuned around 20m, tried SSB and PSK31 a bit but didn't have any luck on either of those

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 FD Operations?

2015-06-29 Thread Ray Sills
Yours truly ran his KX3 at 5 watts (battery) feeding an AlexLoop for antenna. And, it did seem to me that band conditions were not that good, especially on 20 meters: skip was short and there seemed to be noise and QSB. I spent most of my time on 40, even though the antenna is -least- eff

Re: [Elecraft] QRP RTTY

2015-06-29 Thread Bill Frantz
Jim is right about this one. However, there was a huge gap between the RTTY world and the PSK world and it wasn't the technical differences in the modes. On field day you expect to find all levels of experience, from the seasoned contest op to someone using a radio for the first time in a GOT

[Elecraft] KX3 FD Operations?

2015-06-29 Thread James Bennett
Wondering how many ops on this reflector had a KX3 station running this past weekend in Field Day? I had mine running five watts, along with a PX3, set up on our back patio. Ran a LiFePO4 battery and solar panel, along with a half-sized G5RV in inverted Vee mode, apex up 25 feet. Conditions wer

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

2015-06-29 Thread John Santillo
We (Sussex County ARC W2LV) in NW NJ ran a 5A operation and had a couple of K3's on hand. We thought conditions were flat on Saturday but a little better on Sunday. We were well protected under a large circus tent with perimeter tarps from the wind and the rain. The cold (low 50's) was the bigge

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

2015-06-29 Thread Dave Olean
I used a K3 with the new synthesizer and it workerd great, but with just five watts QRP on battery power, I found condx were pretty bad. The nor'easter that blew into northern New England did not help. We had high winds buffeting the tent and a pretty substantial river developed right under the

Re: [Elecraft] QRP RTTY

2015-06-29 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,6/29/2015 2:56 PM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote: I think the correct answer to your question on QRP RTTY is to compare the eff of it to other modes of digital modulation? No, it's a different question. In the context of Field Day, effectiveness is defined by the number of QSOs in the

[Elecraft] fixed was Re: problem KRX3

2015-06-29 Thread VE3NFK
Hi I like to see the resolution of problems.. so here goes for mine.. With the expert help of Howard at Elecraft; 3 phone calls and 2 emails later; the problem was Synth2 not working ... the fix was to remove it - look at it :-) and replace it. Now the sub RX works great. 73 John VE3NFK

Re: [Elecraft] QRP RTTY

2015-06-29 Thread Mel Farrer via Elecraft
Bill, Interesting thread.. I think the correct answer to your question on QRP RTTY is to compare the eff of it to other modes of digital modulation?  That is, what is the bit error rate of it to other modes at threshold levels Not to negate RTTY, just make the comparison on energy used to co

Re: [Elecraft] QRP RTTY

2015-06-29 Thread Bill Frantz
To follow up: Many messages, both on and off list, indicated I should give RTTY a good try during field day. My results this year were a total of 201 digital QSOs with 21 RTTY QSOs. I had 3 dups between RTTY and PSK. (RUMPed seems to consider RTTY & PSK separate modes and I didn't manually dete

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

2015-06-29 Thread Ray Sills
My local club decided to call off their FD plans, due to the bad WX in our area. They were going to use a new site, which is located on elevated ground... normally a good thing. But the possibility of lightning was in the forecast, so perhaps discretion was the better call. So, I set up

[Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

2015-06-29 Thread Blair Bates
Had the opportunity to operate two, different K3 transceivers, both with the new KSYN3A boards, during FD. A few CW observations: 1. The only way I became aware of a station moving close to me was when my "rate" dropped. A glance at the P3, or opening up the receiver bandwidth, always revealed t

Re: [Elecraft] K2 INFO 232 error with PLL

2015-06-29 Thread Dick Lamb
Don, I changed the setting to "Y," and it instantly jumped back on frequency and everything is fine again. As always, I really appreciate your expert and responsive help. Dick, K0KK On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Dick, > > With the K60XV installed, do your have the menu

Re: [Elecraft] K2 INFO 232 error with PLL

2015-06-29 Thread Don Wilhelm
Dick, With the K60XV installed, do your have the menu for d10 set to "Y" - i needs to be that way or CAL PLL will fail as you stated. The initial frequency for CAL PLL is in the 12,960 to 12.990 range. Your TP1 reading also says that the frequency the K2 is trying to tune to is near 6350 kHz

Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST

2015-06-29 Thread Jim Brown
On Fri,6/26/2015 6:54 PM, Robin Moseley wrote: most EME stations There are several good applications that do this. I've used NetTime for several years. http://www.timesynctool.com/ It runs in the background, can be set to sync at intervals that make sense for your PC. BTW -- the accuracy o

[Elecraft] K2 INFO 232 error with PLL

2015-06-29 Thread Dick Lamb
On a K2, the freq display is way, way off; e.g., on 40 meters it's really receiving about 0.5 mHz lower. I tried to run CAL PLL but get INFO 232. The PLL process appears to start, momentarily displaying 11,27164 mHZ, then aborts in about a second with the INFO 232 error. I'm absolutely positive

[Elecraft] Sub RCVR RF Gain dropping

2015-06-29 Thread K4ia via Elecraft
I have noticed that the RF gain on the Sub RX will often drop way down. I recall it happens when the SUB RX is first engaged. But twisting the knob a bit brings it right back up. This happened at FD when I was using the Sub Rx to S&P listening between CQs. Ideas? -- Buck, k4ia DXCC Honor R

[Elecraft] K2 FOR SALE

2015-06-29 Thread KM4VX
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Re: [Elecraft] FS: K3 KFL3B-FM 13 kHz FM filter

2015-06-29 Thread n1ix
The FM filter is sold. Thanks Dave N1IX -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of n...@n1ix.com Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 1:53 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] FS: K3 KFL3B-FM 13 kHz FM filter I have a KFL3B-FM 13 k