The KX2 money would go to a PX3 for home. Need to sell my IC-703 to pay for
that, come to think of it.
I’ve shaved a lot of backpacking weight — I have a 1.5 pound two-person tent
and a two-pound pack. But I don’t mind carrying the KX3.
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunde
Hi Dave,
There’s really no advantage unless you’re looking to have more control
over battery maintenance. My personal preference is to have a maximum
amount of control over the maintenance of my batteries. This means
charge monitoring (with digital readout from the charger) that’s
configurabl
That exactly proves my point about takeoff angle being an inappropriate
measure. If you study the plots of my NEC models, it becomes clear that
raising the antenna does much more than moving the peak of radiation
lower -- it also increases the field strength at most angles below
that. See my f
Jerry:
Here’s an approach that I use for K3 remote operation (including control of the
KAT500) that you may find appropriate for your needs as well.
I use my K3 almost exclusively through the K3/0-Mini. The radio site is in
Southeast Georgia and my primary residence is in Massachusetts. I’v
HiFirst thing I would do is check your firmware on your radio as well as all
peripherals like a p3 etc. If you have old firmware there's likely to be a
delay. Second make sure that you have the radio set to show all digits of the
frequency down to hz. The mouse wheel should work instantaneously
I understand that when tuning and the relays are rattling like crazy, the
KAT500 can draw peak currents well over 1 ampere. Add to the P3 and SVGA
running...
73 Ron AC7AC
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Wheeler
Sent: Wednesd
Dave,
Aside from the issue at hand, and perhaps sans the
"misguided", I'm certain this "our hobby has
several generations of very misguided members who
have squandered millions of dollars." is true ;-)
73, Phil W7OX
On 7/13/16 5:48 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
I've played around with VOACAP a
Re: ...But I do need to get out the cheat sheet out in order to get the
KXPA100 cabling correct. I really should label those cables.
...or get a KX2 for portable use!!! That would be a lot more fun than making
labels.
Mark,
KE6BB
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I think each operator has his/her own reason(s) for wanting a KPod . and
it's likely that those reasons will vary considerably. In my case, I want
it for DXing. I'm a serious DXer .. And am in hog heaven when I'm trying
to break one of those huge major DXpedition pileups .. Not the little
pileup
Jim,
I suggest that you have better antenna efficiency alternatives than the
hamsticks.
Since you have a 33 foot mast - I assume non-conductive - I would
support a 32 foot wire from the top of it for 40 meters. Add one or
more 32 foot counterpoise wires (radials) along the ground.
Then for
Played hooky from work today (skipped the company picnic) and activated SOTA
peak W6/NC-209 (Sierra Morena). After a couple of navigation errors, it was a
very short climb. I made three contacts on HF, including a summit-to-summit,
then begged on the local wide-coverage repeater (N6NFI) for some
I've played around with VOACAP a lot in the past. Possibly you want to
argue with it's validity, but I can tell you that the percentage of time
it shows signals optimally arriving at 45 degrees is much less than the
percentage of time they arrive closer to 10 degrees ... certainly for
any ki
Thank You the PX3 keeps getting better.
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Alex, I've sent you three more emails from sjl...@optonline.net and
apparently none of them have reached you. I know of no technical
problems on my end.
Apparently you can email successfully to me but my messages don't reach
you.
Please check your mail handler and advise.
Thank you,
St
Waiting for my KX2. Plan to use for camping and stationary mobile.
Initially, the antenna for stationary mobile will be hamsticks (40 & 20m)
mounted
to roof rail on suv.
Thinking about trying a 16-17' mfj whip on the roof rail mount. Should be a
1/4 wave on 20m.
With a couple of wire radials i
PX3 Beta firmware, version 1.45 is now available for download from our PX3
beta firmware directory (ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/PX3/firmware/beta)
This version adds USB MSD (thumb drive, flash drive) support, additional new
features and bug fixes. The BETA release zip package includes a new PX3
Progra
You don't have to play with that 15 pin acc. or anything else. There is
a program on the Elecraft site that you host to the control site. Just
pecking a button in the program will turn it on/off. I used it for 3
mos, 1200 miles away from here.
73 Dwight NS9I
On 7/13/2016 5:40 PM, Jerry wrote
Not really. I totaled the current draw of all the relays when pulled, added the
microcontroller current and it was a tad over an amp.
73 de Dick, K6KR
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Wheeler
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1
I guess since the thread is still alive, and because I use my Elecraft rigs
with said tower :) I'll wade in here, because I spent a fair amount of
time researching this two years ago before reinstalling my Wilson TT-45, which
is very similar.
Everyone is right, one way or the other. The to
On 7/11/2016 3:58 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Ugly things can happen if the neutral gets involved or used as a ground.
The 1996 Code revision required that the neutral (white wire) be carried
as well and installed on an appropriate three-wire-plus-ground
receptacle on new installations and any subst
I am wondering if there is a more direct command to toggle between the MIC
SEL FP and MIC SEL RP other than having to use the UP/DN command? These are
the two command statements I am using to switch between the two with FP.H
being the normal home position.
To switch to RP (Bias and H already ac
Jim, I've looked at your stuff in the past.
But, "improvement" is in the eye of the beholder. The ionosphere determines the
optimum TOA, not the antenna. Taking heroic measures to get the max TOA down to
10 degrees (a near impossibility over dirt) when the signals are arriving at 45
degrees i
Probably. Sounds like old data.
On 7/13/2016 4:29 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
I wonder if this "Do not take this power from the K3’s 12 VDC output
connector, even if it has been upgraded for 1 Ampere" is because, at one time,
the KAT500 had to be powered on before the K3 was powered on?
73, Phil
I can’t contribute to this from my own knowledge; but if it helps there are two
sections of ON4UN’s “Low-Band DXing” that might be of interest. In Chapter 5
(with consulting author, Lew Gordon K4VX) at pages 5-5 and 5-6 appears to
illustrate significant effects from sloping terrain; and at pag
I wonder if this "Do not take this power from the
K3’s 12 VDC output connector, even if it has been
upgraded for 1 Ampere" is because, at one time,
the KAT500 had to be powered on before the K3 was
powered on?
73, Phil W7OX
On 7/13/16 2:28 PM, John E Bastin wrote:
On Jul 13, 2016, at 17:10,
Not at this time, but they are the world's easiest macros:
Turn RIT on: RT1;
Turn RIT off: RT0;
73, Ron AC7AC
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W0FK
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:22 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [El
No. And, the KAT should be running when you turn on the K3(S). Mine stays on
all the time.
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...nr4c. bill
> On Jul 13, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Jerry wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
>
>
> Is it possible to be able to power on and off the KAT500 through the K3?
>
>
>
> Best reg
I have a couple of theories on this.
One is that a lot of owners will have already filled macros 1-8 for use with
the K3 front panel, so the K-Pod tap keys should begin with macro 9.
The other theory is that the functions you're likely to want to initiate on
the K-Pod should be hold-type to avo
You might want to check out you tube. This video by K7AGE describes how
he built one. I'm sure there are other
videos on you tube as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5Vj6wtpE0
73
On 7/13/2016 6:41 PM, John Saxon via Elecraft wrote:
Many thanks for all the nice responses.
I didn't giv
This is a perfect application for the K-Pod macro buttons. If the K-Pod had
dedicated controls that satisfied most users, it would be a K3 front panel.
As is, the K-Pod is small so it can be conveniently located and completely
user-definable for each individual's needs of their most critical K3
Not thru, but if you control a power supply from the K3, that will do it. I
bought but haven't yet installed a West Mountain Rig Runner model 4020S+ that
switches power to other outlets when one "master" device is switched on.
Or use the K3 back panel RCA 12V connector to activate a relay that
I leave my kat500 on 24/7JackW4GRJ
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Original message From: Jerry Date:
7/13/16 18:40 (GMT-05:00) To: 'Rick WA6NHC' ,
elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 question
Thanks Rick and John,
I asked the question because I ha
Thinking about the answers already received, allow me to ask the question in a
different manner. Is it possible to control the KAT500 power on\off via
programming macros in the K3 PF2 button?
Best regards,
Jerry, W1IE
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.
Many thanks for all the nice responses.
I didn't give the background of my request...I have built lotsa wire dipoles.
However I wanted to build a rigid 6m dipole. And if someone else has done it
with accompanying explanation and diagram, I can build it without having to
think...always a good
Thanks Rick and John,
I asked the question because I have just bought the K3/0 Mini remote and I
would like to be able to turn ON and OFF the KAT500 when I am about 1 thousand
miles away. I know that I can do control the on.off on the KPA500 by
connecting the 8 pin line on the 15 pin ACC conn
The KE7X book on the K3 covers numerous options on this and many other
details
about the K3.
73!
Ken Kopp - K0PP
elecraftcov...@gmail.com
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
> Thanks all. You've given me good ideas.
>
> 73
>
> Jim ab3cv
>
> On Jul 12, 2016, at 10:02 PM, Jim Mil
I know this is the Elecraft reflector but it seems to be a de-facto Win4K3
site as well.Been trying out the Win4K3 demo (which I heard about here). My
mouse/trackball
pointer wheels don't seem to have much effect. If I spin them really fast,
sometimes
something moves a bit.
This effect is
Good question. I ordered one and will find out when I try to put it in.
I could find no instructions but have not written back to see if they
have any.
73, tom w7sua
On 7/13/2016 2:51 PM, Sverre Holm (LA3ZA) wrote:
The QRP shop IF buffer amplifier looks spot on, but does anyone have any
exper
I would be interested in the website / picture from anyone on this thread.
I was given an older Wilson version of the MA40, and am working on the install
now. Any advice or input would be appreciated.
Niel
WA7SSA
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 13, 2016, at 05:01, Mike K2MK wrote:
>
> Hi Ter
On Wed,7/13/2016 12:03 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
Ok, but I'm unclear about what "improves radiation pattern" means.
Wes,
Take a look at the links I posted to my NEC studies. There can be no
doubt as to the meaning of "improves radiation pattern."
BTW -- I do NOT agree that elevated radials ha
Hi Mike,
I don't know where the 3 SQ-FT comes from. US Tower does not publish ratings
for the MA series any longer. I have had an MA-40 since 1982 and at that time
the rating was 10 SQ-FT @ 50 MPH winds fully extended. I have confirmed this
with US Tower in the past. I was also told at that
But you can via the utility, if that can apply to your needs.
Rick nhc
On 7/13/2016 2:28 PM, John E Bastin wrote:
On Jul 13, 2016, at 17:10, Jerry wrote:
Greetings all,
Is it possible to be able to power on and off the KAT500 through the K3?
Short answer: No.
From the KAT500 manual:
The QRP shop IF buffer amplifier looks spot on, but does anyone have any
experience with it? The information is a bit sparse, but says "Small Kit do
provide the K2 with a buffered IF Output. Installation with or without
Noiseblanker possible. "
It seems like it fits in the connector of the noise b
I'm using the following:
RIT toggle on/off - SWT45;
XIT toggle on/off - SWT47;
Toggle between course and fine (.XX) tuning - SWH49;
Although I'm not using it, if you want to toggle between fine (.XX) and
"superfine" (.XXX) - SWT49;
Lou, W0FK
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W0FK wrote
> When I put the KPOD rocker switch in the RIT/XIT mode, unless I press the
> RIT or XIT switch on my K3S turning the knob does nothing. That's not
> surprising, but is there anyway to control RIT and XIT on/off on the KPOD
> - without writing a macro? Shouldn't that be built into the f
On Jul 13, 2016, at 17:10, Jerry wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
>
>
> Is it possible to be able to power on and off the KAT500 through the K3?
Short answer: No.
From the KAT500 manual:
"Connect to the station 11 to 15 VDC power supply with the white striped lead
to the positive terminal. Do
Hi Hajo,
You may want to consider a product from QRPworks. The SideKar and Ham
Central Terminal are made to work with the KX3, KX2, K3, and K3S.
It talks to the KX3 using one cable (provided) and has a logger for 1000
QSOs. I use it all the time activating a national park here for NPOTA.
- it
When I put the KPOD rocker switch in the RIT/XIT mode, unless I press the RIT
or XIT switch on my K3S but turning the knob does nothing. That's not
surprising, but is there anyway to control RIT and XIT on/off on the KPOD -
without writing a macro? Shouldn't that be built into the firmware?
Lou,
Greetings all,
Is it possible to be able to power on and off the KAT500 through the K3?
Best regards,
Jerry, W1IE
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It is correct. Hold F1 through F8 launches the macros in locations 1 through
8 while tapping F1 through F8 launches the macros in locations 9 through 16.
(Don't ask me why. I'm just the messenger ;-)
73 Ron AC7AC
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]
Start with 9.4 feet of wire. That should be a bit "long" considering the
loading effect of the support, nearby objects, etc.
Open the radiator at the middle and connect 50 ohm coax. (Yes you can use a
transformer - "balun" - but don't bother.)
Check SWR and shorten the wire until you get the low
On a slightly different take, controlling the vertical pattern, ie minimizing
the minor lobes, will have a significant effect on gain as the major lobe now
gets all of the energy. Elevated radials have more to do in establishing the
actual TOA above ground. This is not easy. Try modelling the
Lowering takeoff angle.
Regarding the other part, I've stated it as clearly as I can about three
times now. If you disagree or can't follow the point, I don't think
anything else I might say will change that.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 7/13/2016 12:03 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
Ok, but I'm unclear
geezs google 6 meter dipole
cut a piece of wire to length and tape to a piece of
plastic water pipe or just string up a dipole as high as you can get it
favor east / west to cover Europe etc
have fun
Bob K3DJC
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:08:43 + (UTC) John Saxon via Elecraft
writes:
> I want
Forgot to mention: No need of a computer when running the K3 (except
when programming the key pad).
Bill W2BLC K-Line
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I am using both the 48 key Genovation and the K-pod. Everything to do
with tuning is on the K-pod along with a mute macro also. All other
things are on the keypad - including direct frequency entry, some
operational macros, and a few net frequencies. I only touch the K3 when
turning on/off.
B
Ok, but I'm unclear about what "improves radiation pattern" means. To paraphrase
your other premise, "I'm not sure if it does or doesn't but if it does, I'm sure
it's big" has me wondering. But I wonder about a lot of things...
On 7/13/2016 10:38 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
No, I didn't mean t
My K-Pod arrived on Monday and I am currently working on building Macros.
When I tap the F1 function key on the K-Pod it reads macro 09 on the K3S;
when I hold the F1 key, it reads macro 01 on the K3S. All the the function
keys seem to behaving the same. For example, tapping F4 = macro 12, while
h
On 7/13/2016 2:21 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> Don't worry about finding that article -- it's purely a mechanical
> design problem.
Absolutely ... a much easier design is a non-metallic conduit box
with cover, a couple of fittings, a 10' piece of 1/2" or 3/4" *aluminum*
conduit, a dowel that will f
But maybe phrased another way.
I'm just a few years into HAM with a General license, and continuing to
explore CW, contesting, digital, etc., using my Yaesu FT-897D.
The major upsides for the KX3 vs K3S are portability and cost - a Full Monty
K3S-100/P3 vs Full Monty KX3/PX3/KXPA100 is about $430
On Wed,7/13/2016 11:08 AM, John Saxon via Elecraft wrote:
Recently I read an article describing a homebrew 6m dipole. The author had
constructed a simple dipole using aluminum flat stock and rods, along with some
u-bolts. I can not for the life of me find that article.
Don't worry about fin
John,
Not sure if this is what you meant, but take a look at this.
http://www.hamuniverse.com/6mdipolekk5id.html
73,
Art WB8ENE
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 2:08 PM, John Saxon via Elecraft <
elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> I want to start giving 6m a try, since my K3 is the first rig I have ha
I want to start giving 6m a try, since my K3 is the first rig I have had that
covers 6m. Recently I read an article describing a homebrew 6m dipole. The
author had constructed a simple dipole using aluminum flat stock and rods,
along with some u-bolts. I can not for the life of me find that a
On Wed,7/13/2016 10:29 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
I have no idea how or to what extent terrain affects a vertically
polarized signal. I am, however, pretty certain that if it does at
all it would be worth more than 1 db.
N6BT presented excellent experimental work on the effect of terrain on
ve
Hi,
1. my handwriting is bad
2. and I hate to struggle transfering databases of a CW-Logging program
between different computers.
3. On the other hand I would miss to look up calls I have already worked.
4. We have so fine machines that it is a pitty that we have to work with
big computers just to
No, I didn't mean that.
If sloping ground improves radiation pattern, it's going to be worth
more than 1 db. Pattern changes of any sort typically have significant
effect, whereas one db is almost trivial (notwithstanding my own
experiments on that on my website). I'm not saying that slopin
Hi, Brian.
I have no idea how or to what extent terrain affects a vertically
polarized signal. I am, however, pretty certain that if it does at all
it would be worth more than 1 db. That's just the nature of proximity
effects in general. I suspect that one possible effect of sloping
groun
Jeff,
I'd like to hear/see the advantages as well. I've been using a
batteryspace.com battery for the past
4 years now on many SOTA activations, a handful of NPOTA activations,
and just all around
out in the field operating. I have two 10W roll up solar panels fed
into the buddipole charge
I hope you meant much less than 1 dB.
On 7/13/2016 1:49 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
Agree on the coax losses, but totally disagree on both of your other comments:
1. Elevated radials will ONLY help reduce near field ground losses ... they
will do nothing to help radiation pattern. The effects
Don - thanks for the info, helpful.
73Paul
From: Don Wilhelm
To: KC2NYU ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: K-pod uses
Paul,
If you are completely comfortable with mouse tuning and Win4K3, then you
may not find any advanta
IMHO, the primary advantage of the K-Pod is the weighted knob and
corresponding 400-count ball-bearing
optical encoder. It's the exact same knob / encoder used with the K3. You
can tune the K3 remotely (up to the length of the cable) with the exact same
"feel" as if you were turning the VFO A kn
How about this one?
https://sage-shop.com/epages/qrp-shop.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/qrp-shop/Products/Vk2zfadapterBest%C3%BCckt
A K2 IF adapter kit from QRP shop
https://sage-shop.com/epages/qrp-shop.sf/en_GB/
??
73, tom w7sua
On 7/13/2016 5:06 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Tom,
The answer is "y
Paul,
If you are completely comfortable with mouse tuning and Win4K3, then you
may not find any advantage for the K-Pod.
I do not like mouse tuning, and am more comfortable with a tuning knob.
Having the knob next to the keyboard is especially nice if you are
mainly using the keyboard - you do
I am trying to decide on ordering the K-Pod but struggling to sort out the
possible overlap between the K-Pod, and using a Genovation keypad or a
software suite like Win4K3. Using the keypad in conjunction with a P3 allows
me to activate many macros with the touch of one key. I also can program
man
Thanks all. You've given me good ideas.
73
Jim ab3cv
On Jul 12, 2016, at 10:02 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
I can't figure out what RX Ant Out does. The K3s users manual is pretty sparse
in it's description.
It appears that the "normal" e.g. Ant1/2 is presented to RX Ant Out when the RX
antenna
Dear OMs and YLs,
When using the AlexLoop one always at a minimum starts out with the
antenna tuner bypassed and normally you leave it that way. I have had
occasion to use the AlexLoop mounted atop a steel reinforced concrete wall
and found that the minimum SWR was not good enough so I used
Tom,
The answer is "yes" and "maybe".
The P3 can tune to the K2 IF easily enough (menu setting) - in fact it
can be tuned to anywhere between 455kHz and 21MHz.
The problem is getting the IF out of the K2. To accomplish that, a
buffer amplifier is needed to keep from loading the K2 IF.
Clif
Hi Terry,
I'm moving and I've just sold my MA40 with the MARB40 tilt over/rotator
base. It's a fine tower for small loads. Be careful, it's only rated at
3sqft load when the tower is cranked down to the 21 foot level. I had a 2
element SteppIR yagi on it and I would crank it down if winds over 20
Hi Dave.
Care to comment on how much benefit vertically polarized antennas might
gain from terrain sloping away from vertical?
For horizontally polarized antennas, where ground reflection gain is up
to 6 dB, the sloping terrain can lower the effective take off angle a
lot- 10's of degrees.
My goal was extended, off-grid, portable capability with LiFePO4 and solar
charging. I believe I have achieved this with the Bioenno 4.5 Ah battery,
PowerFilm R28 rollable solar panel and Genasun GV-5 solar charge
controller. (This combination works, but there are some caveats that I
won't get in
Agree on the coax losses, but totally disagree on both of your other
comments:
1. Elevated radials will ONLY help reduce near field ground losses ...
they will do nothing to help radiation pattern. The effects of ground
conductivity determine far field pattern (given a particular profile)
Can the P3 display unit be used with a K2? If so, are mods necessary for
either the K2 or P3?
Thanks, Tom Taylor KE7TT
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