Re: [Elecraft] low pass filters

2019-02-18 Thread W2xj
OTA TV is growing rapidly which is why cable companies are hurting. I’ve been exclusively OTA for over 10 years. Also, with the repack a number of stations are being moved back to VHF. Sent from my iPad On Feb 18, 2019, at 11:41 PM, K9MA wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 4:26 PM Don Wilhelm

Re: [Elecraft] low pass filters

2019-02-18 Thread K9MA
On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 4:26 PM Don Wilhelm wrote: Low pass filters come from a past era when the FCC requirements were not as stringent and TVs responded to those higher order harmonics from amateur transmitters. That is no longer the case. Here, Don is talking about external low pass filte

Re: [Elecraft] Inrad W1 Headset and K3

2019-02-18 Thread Jorge Diez (CX6VM-CW5W)
Hi Jim I bought several MC500, I am happy with them, but not good isolation when doing multi on SSB And the foam is shelled very quickly 73, Jorge Enviado desde mi iPhone El 18 feb. 2019, a la(s) 19:56, Jim Brown escribió: > On 2/18/2019 5:02 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: >> I used mine this

Re: [Elecraft] Inrad W1 Headset and K3

2019-02-18 Thread Jim Brown
On 2/18/2019 5:02 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: I used mine this weekend, I am very happy with them. The headset has a 1/4 stereo phone plug that is quite robust when compared with a 3.5 mm plug and an adapter. The cable is long and seems sturdy. Very comfortable over the ear phones with good

Re: [Elecraft] Inrad W1 Headset and K3

2019-02-18 Thread Dick Dievendorff
I used mine this weekend, I am very happy with them. The headset has a 1/4 stereo phone plug that is quite robust when compared with a 3.5 mm plug and an adapter. The cable is long and seems sturdy. Very comfortable over the ear phones with good isolation. Has a boom mike that I can push out

[Elecraft] Inrad W1 Headset and K3

2019-02-18 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
hello anyone use the new Inrad W1 Headset with K3? What´s the headset connectors, both 3.5 mm like CM500? thanks for the info! -- 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft H

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shutdown and Power up problems.

2019-02-18 Thread Don Wilhelm
Bernie, Do you have a saved configuration file for that KX3 from a time it was working properly? If so, you can do an EEINIT (Reset to Factory Defaults) - see the manual for the procedure. The reset will lose the calibration data and any menu settings that you have added. That is why the

Re: [Elecraft] Searching for Noise (i.e., Samples Thereof)

2019-02-18 Thread donovanf
Don't forget to turn off all uninterruptable power supplies too... 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Bob McGraw K4TAX" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:36:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Searching for Noise (i.e., Samples Thereof) One of th

[Elecraft] KX3 Shutdown and Power up problems.

2019-02-18 Thread BERNARD COLLINS via Elecraft
My KX3 has developed a problem after a power interrupt/restore carried out by my mistake. With batteries fitted it will no longer fully power down, it stays orange with (7) *** stars showing on screen and Delta f light on and OFS and B green lights on. I have to disconnect all power to the u

Re: [Elecraft] Searching for Noise (i.e., Samples Thereof)

2019-02-18 Thread Jim Brown
On 2/18/2019 12:36 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: One of the first things to do is isolate the noise to two sources in general.   (a) inside the house, (b) outside the house. My approach is to use the 12V battery off of the lawn tractor to power the transceiver.  Use the antenna and band which pr

Re: [Elecraft] Searching for Noise (i.e., Samples Thereof)

2019-02-18 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
One of the first things to do is isolate the noise to two sources in general.   (a) inside the house, (b) outside the house. My approach is to use the 12V battery off of the lawn tractor to power the transceiver.  Use the antenna and band which provides the worst noise.  Then pull the main bre

Re: [Elecraft] Searching for Noise (i.e., Samples Thereof)

2019-02-18 Thread John Simmons
Dave, Yeah I'd like to see that too. I'm lucky that my nearest neighbor is 300 feet away and we have underground power. EVERY noise I've heard on either HF, VHF or UHF has originated on my premises. 73, -John NI0K Dave New, N8SBE wrote on 2/18/2019 12:23 PM: I've always wanted to better und

Re: [Elecraft] Searching for Noise (i.e., Samples Thereof)

2019-02-18 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
I've always wanted to better understand the tweaks/handles that we have in the noise blanker/noise reduction algorithms in the K3/K3S. I can 'frob the knobs', until I see some reduction in noise, but I felt it would be much better to not be flying blind, and be able to know just what the various m

Re: [Elecraft] Searching for Noise (i.e., Samples Thereof)

2019-02-18 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
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Re: [Elecraft] low pass filters

2019-02-18 Thread Ken G Kopp
OT: A caution related to external low-pass filters … Many were made with cutoff frequencies -below- 6M and these exhibited high reflected power above 10M. Trivia, FWIW 73! Ken - K0PP On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 4:26 PM Don Wilhelm wrote: > A low-pass filter will not change RFI either coming int

[Elecraft] P3TXMON

2019-02-18 Thread Tom Doligalski via Elecraft
This last fall I installed the P3TXMON in my P3, using the DCHF-200 coupler. I guess I never checked this on 40M, but this weekend during the CW DX contest I found that I could not use 40M: I got so much RF entering the PC via the USB port that my logging program locked up and I had to reboot th

Re: [Elecraft] Looking for a way to switch an antenna input to the KAT500

2019-02-18 Thread j...@kk9a.com
W2VJN and N3RD from Top Ten Devices are great helpful guys. I have been using their band decoders for decades and we have both operated from the same station in St Croix. I also have a Top Ten 6 way antenna relay box that I only use only on contest expeditions with a single radio. It is small, ligh