Re: [Elecraft] Black Friday

2016-11-24 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
John, Nice catch. Typo fixed! (anwhere --> anywhere) 73, Eric elecraft.com _..._ > On Nov 24, 2016, at 6:06 PM, wrote: > > I think that they will adjust your shipping charge when your order is > processed. The following is shown on the Elecraft website under

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA Firmware Download Problem

2016-11-24 Thread Dauer, Edward
Dick and David -- Thanks for your good counsel; I do appreciate your taking the time to help. I’ve solved the problem but in a way that defies explanation. On a hunch I decided to reload the F/W in the KX3. I know that was up to date, but because I use the KXPA PC connection to connect the

Re: [Elecraft] Black Friday

2016-11-24 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Mike, We noted with the Black Friday and K3S Bundle specials on the order form that those items would get free ground shipping to North America and that we would adjust out the shipping for those items when the order came in. (We do not charge the credit cards until we double check the

Re: [Elecraft] Black Friday

2016-11-24 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
The sale runs through Nov 28, so you still have time. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hisashi T Fujinaka Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 7:56 PM To: Nr4c Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Black

Re: [Elecraft] Black Friday

2016-11-24 Thread Hisashi T Fujinaka
Wow, another email from Elecraft that never reaches me. I never get the firmware announcements either. On Thu, 24 Nov 2016, Nr4c wrote: Read the whole email from Eric. Freight will be adjusted later but you won't be charged. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill On Nov 24, 2016, at 9:06 PM,

Re: [Elecraft] One problem solved. A new one appears.

2016-11-24 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
I would guess that you have a piece of coax and/or connector going bad. Will be something common in the path from amp to antennas, including a remote coax switch. Something is arcing Cables and connectors are forever going bad. Especially the ones we've used forever and just keep reusing because

[Elecraft] One problem solved. A new one appears.

2016-11-24 Thread Carl Yaffey
I recently posted: > KAT500 utility: can’t connect (KAT500 not responding) > > KPA500 utility: connects at 38400 no problem but no info shows in the operate > tab. firmware N/A. I try to load firmware and it fails. I tried to force a > load (per the manual) with no luck. I solved this by

Re: [Elecraft] Black Friday

2016-11-24 Thread Nr4c
Read the whole email from Eric. Freight will be adjusted later but you won't be charged. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Nov 24, 2016, at 9:06 PM, wrote: > > I think that they will adjust your shipping charge when your order is > processed. The

[Elecraft] Black Friday

2016-11-24 Thread john
I think that they will adjust your shipping charge when your order is processed. The following is shown on the Elecraft website under Black Friday Sale: "Free Ground Shipping on these items anwhere [sic] in North America. Shipping cost will be reduced at the factory after order is placed" John

[Elecraft] Black Friday

2016-11-24 Thread Mike Weir
I went online this evening to order some items for the Black Friday price. It says free shipping in North America but in the checkout I am being charged 46.00 for shipping? I'm in Canada and that's North America so how is the shipping free?? Mike VE3WDM

Re: [Elecraft] Paddle Wiring

2016-11-24 Thread K9MA
Duh, if I'd just thought about it for a second, I'd have realized that rotating the paddle swapped sides. And, of course, I never tried it in the right-handed position. I suppose some lefties send that way (dots with thumb), but I don't. I know about the menu item, of course, but I got tired

[Elecraft] FOR SALE: KX3 PX3 KXPA(AT)

2016-11-24 Thread Mike Gusky
Selling my KX3 line. All 3 pieces are factory assembled and in excellent condition. The KX3 (7xxx s/n) includes the dual passband roofing filter. Also included are the cable kits KPACCL and KX3-PCK. Comes with the XG50 freq standard and 2 Nifty stands for the KX3 and PX3. Non-smoking environment

Re: [Elecraft] Paddle Wiring

2016-11-24 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Hello Scott: It depends upon which way you have the paddles "pointed", to the left or to the right. That reverses the dot and dash paddles. To get the dot and dash functions on the desired paddles once you have them positioned as you like, just enter the MENU and select INP, then choose between

Re: [Elecraft] Paddle Wiring

2016-11-24 Thread K9ZTV
Naw... It's a simple menu choice totally unrelated to wiring or the owners' genetics. Page 65, menu item INP. Set it anyway you want. 73, Kent K9ZTV > On Nov 24, 2016, at 2:06 PM, K9MA wrote: > > When I built my KX1, I discovered that the paddle (KXPD1) was wired

Re: [Elecraft] [K3} Setting K3 and WSJT-X levels?

2016-11-24 Thread Nr4c
I find the following to work for me. Set computer output level to about 50%. Now check radio ALC with K3(s) in TEST mode. Observe adjustment of rig to 4bars solid and fifth flashing. If computer is too high, you wind up with 7 bars or none. If ALC setting is low like 2-5, you usually can't

Re: [Elecraft] Narrow Gaming Keyboard and Giant Mouse Pads - K-Pod

2016-11-24 Thread Kevin - K4VD
​I enjoy shack shots and this batch was great Max. I particularly liked the 1899 photo. I don't have a K-pod but something similar for my Flex setup (FlexRemote). I keep it on the left side so I can keep my right hand on the key or mouse. Kev, K4VD

[Elecraft] Paddle Wiring

2016-11-24 Thread K9MA
When I built my KX1, I discovered that the paddle (KXPD1) was wired so the default setting was that the paddle was pressed to the LEFT for dits, just the opposite of the way bugs have always been made, and the way most people wire their paddles, as far as I can tell. I'm left-handed, but I

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA Firmware Download Problem

2016-11-24 Thread David Fleming via Elecraft
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } If the Utility shows 1.35 is "Available", then it has already been downloaded. You just need to send it to the KXPA. David,

[Elecraft] Narrow Gaming Keyboard and Giant Mouse Pads - K-Pod

2016-11-24 Thread M. George
I thought I would share the following. I have been using a narrow gaming keyboard for years now and really like it. It has cherry mechanical keys and nice options on the back lighting. The real reason for the post here is related to my K-Pod and the positioning of the K-Pod in relation to the

[Elecraft] KXPA Firmware Download Problem

2016-11-24 Thread Dauer, Edward
The latest production F/W revision for the KXPA is 1.35. The KXPA utility, however, which correctly notes that 1.35 is available, will not download it for me. I get the message “Your folder has the most recent . . .” But what I have is 1.32. Version 1.35 requires the latest KXPA utility,

[Elecraft] KAT500 and KPA500 utility program ptoblems

2016-11-24 Thread Carl Yaffey
My current setup is K3S, P3, KPA500, KAT500 I recently replaced my K3 with the K3S. I was able to run all the utilities with no problem when I had the K3. Now, the K3S and P3 utilities are fine. But not so withe the KAT and KPA ones. Both take several minutes to come up and run. KAT500 utility:

Re: [Elecraft] Multiple rig control and logging using a single Macbook Pro

2016-11-24 Thread Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft
I'm running a mid-2015 MacBook Pro, but have just one K3 and one P3.However, I do have a powered USB hub to which I've attached an externalsound card (Asus Xonar U5) and three serial lines. The one cute thing aboutthose serial lines (which use the "real" FTDI FT232R devices) is that theyeach

[Elecraft] Elecraft Black Friday & Weekend Sale

2016-11-24 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We'll, we have finally given in to the Black Friday Sale hysteria.. ;-) The Elecraft Black Friday Sale begins 11/24/16 (today) and ends at midnight (PST) on Monday night, 11/28/16. You can get the details at: http://www.elecraft.com/BlackFridaySale.htm Our order form also has the K3S Bundle

[Elecraft] Multiple rig control and logging using a single Macbook Pro

2016-11-24 Thread Thomas Donohue
Hi to all: I posted the following on the MacloggerDX site and got a partial response, so thought I would try here also. I have been using a Macbook Pro running the El Captan operating system and the MacloggerDX program for rig control and logging of a K3 for several years now and all is

[Elecraft] Elecraft KAT500 when powered up generates noise in RX

2016-11-24 Thread Brian Hemmis
I searched online but couldn’t find an answer to this. Perhaps someone in the group has a suggestion. When powering up the KAT500 tuner (used with KPA500) the static level on my Icom 7300 raises to as much as 7 S units of a pulsing ignition-like sounding noise. At first I thought it was a

Re: [Elecraft] [K3} Setting K3 and WSJT-X levels?

2016-11-24 Thread Richard Ferch
You don't want either control to be too close to either end of its range. If the sound card level is so high that the gain control in the rig has to be set to only 1 or 2, the granularity of the rig's control becomes a problem (e.g. set it to 1 and get zero or one bar, set it to 2 and get six

Re: [Elecraft] [K3} Setting K3 and WSJT-X levels?

2016-11-24 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
On 11/24/2016 1:34 AM, Don Putnick wrote: What I've yet to find anywhere is a discussion on whether to favor the sound card output or the mic gain. In other words, is it better to have a lower sound card output and a higher mic gain, or vice versa, or does it matter? And why? In general, one

Re: [Elecraft] Reported RX Frequncies in WSJT-X?

2016-11-24 Thread MaverickNH
I might take a measure of variability at different frequencies to see if the range size is correlated to frequency. Bret/N4SRN -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Reported-RX-Frequncies-in-WSJT-X-tp7624182p7624211.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list