Re: [Elecraft] Possible P3 UI Improvements

Here is a macro that I use to get into "Pileup Mode." This one is for small pileups of 5 kHz or less. I also have defined macros for 10 and 20 kHz pileups. The last two instructions are for the P3. Note that you have to use a program of some sort to send the instructions, because the p3 doesn'

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 user

Doesn’t it feel good! I was very happy over the years to snag a KX1, K1, and then a K2. What beautiful rigs. Then I was able to buy back my first TenTec Argo 515. nothing sounded so sweet to my ears. Then stumbled on a second 515.. couldn’t turn it down as they are so rare anymore (h

[Elecraft] [K3 / K3s] Both TX Inhibit and Remote Power On ability?

Given:  CONFIG: TX INH I would like to be able to control TX Inhibit externally from a my custom antenna controller, yet retain the ability to power up the K3 via the RCForb RemoteHams method. Given that the TX Inhibit and the Remote Power On features share the same ACC pin 7 and are mutuall

Re: [Elecraft] Possible P3 UI Improvements

I found the same, so I put together a process of using an external keypad to control the K3. I use a Genovation 64 key keypad, and can fire macros at the K3/P3 using it. See: https://www.nk7z.net/adding-external-keypad-k3/ I also have a spread sheet about half way down, under "Tips", that ha

[Elecraft] KXPA100 Input Current vs Output Power

Is there a chart or formula that describes the input current required for a KXPA100 amplifier at various power output levels? In a battery operation scenario I'm curious about the current draw at say 50W output vs. 100W output. Tim N9PUZ

[Elecraft] K3S Sub Receiver stopped working

Hi All, I need some suggestions on where to start trouble shooting. I looked at Nabble and I have checked all that is listed there and no luck. The sub receiver was working perfectly. I took the radio apart to add some new filters to the sub receiver. It originally had two of them; configured a

[Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

If you're a new owner of a K3, K3S, KX3 or KX2 -- or if, like most of us, you never quite made it all the way through the owner's manual -- you might not have tried our FSK-D mode. This is one of our favorite features. It gives you an amazingly simple way to dabble in amateur radio's original ye

[Elecraft] OT: RTTY Nostalgia

I had a Teletype Model 26 attached to a BC-610E. Cat slept on top for warmth. 73 ! K0PP On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 10:15 AM Wayne Burdick wrote: > If you're a new owner of a K3, K3S, KX3 or KX2 -- or if, like most of us, > you never quite made it all the way through the owner's manual -- you might

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 Input Current vs Output Power

Is measuring it out of the question? Regards, Mike VP8NO On 22/03/2019 11:51, Tim N9PUZ wrote: Is there a chart or formula that describes the input current required for a KXPA100 amplifier at various power output levels? In a battery operation scenario I'm curious about the current draw at s

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

I used my k3s in the bartg RTTY contest using "internal" decoding/encoding and also my trusty PK-232sc+ connected to the the K3s's FSK port using DXLAbs-WinWarbler. Was asked during the contest if I had a real baudot clicker! Hank K4HYJ -Original Message- > From: "Wayne Burdick

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Sub Receiver stopped working

This is probably a "101" level thing check, but can you confirm that the sub-RX setting of "MAIN" has stuck? It's happened to me several times in the past that it's changed to AUX seemingly on its own. I thought I had killed my Sub-RX just a couple of weeks ago and this was indeed the case. - p

Re: [Elecraft] OT: RTTY Nostalgia

Back in the early 80s, i got into RTTY and had Model 15s and a Model 19. A lot of the fun was taking a unit that was not wo eff king and getting it to clatter out a message pr pic. Great fun! Looking foreard to some RTTY contacts with my new KX3 #10835 that i received yesterday.Nice read Wayne a

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

My first was a model 14 strip printer. It was also in the early 70s. Very 73 - Mike - K9JRI > On Mar 22, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > If you're a new owner of a K3, K3S, KX3 or KX2 -- or if, like most of us, you > never quite made it all the way through the owner's manual -

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Sub Receiver stopped working

No blank slots allowed between filters Buck, k4ia Honor Roll 8BDXCC EasyWayHamBooks.com On 3/22/2019 11:59 AM, KE8G wrote: Hi All, I need some suggestions on where to start trouble shooting. I looked at Nabble and I have checked all that is listed there and no luck. The sub receiver was worki

[Elecraft] OT: RTTY Nostalgia + Trivia

The cat slept atop the '610. Not the Model 26. (;-) There was a 5 KW PA made in an almost identical cabinet. Sold my '610 to an off-shore navigation company in Louisiana for $300. They sent a man in a PU to Oklahoma to get it. Last heard it was operating 24/7 in the 2 mHz just above 160M. Stil

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 Input Current vs Output Power

Measuring it would be a perfectly acceptable and desirable solution. Except I do not have the amplifier here. Tim N9PUZ On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:35 AM Mike Harris via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Is measuring it out of the question? > > Regards, > > Mike VP8NO > > > > On 22/03

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

My Model 15 took a lot of 3-in-1 oil to keep it running back in the late 1970s. I can still smell the warm oil. I worked Antigua on 20M and that QSO started RTTY DXing for me. -- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!" > On Mar 22, 2019, at 10:01 AM, Michael Blake via Elecraft > wr

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

And the purple ink! Golly, some memories George W3HBM On 3/22/2019 1:25 PM, Mike Flowers wrote: > [This message came from an external source. If suspicious, report to > ab...@ilstu.edu] > > My Model 15 took a lot of 3-in-1 oil to keep it running back in the late > 1970s

Re: [Elecraft] OT: RTTY Nostalgia

I remember that from my Army days in the AN/GRC-26. No cat though! 73, Roger On 3/22/2019 12:26 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: I had a Teletype Model 26 attached to a BC-610E. Cat slept on top for warmth. 73 ! K0PP __ Elecraft mailing lis

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

Wayne, your write up takes me back to growing up in the late 40s when my dad worked for Ma Bell and would take me into the 'office' occasionally. The most fascinating I ever saw was the print head on the TTY machine bobbing around printing out lines of text. Thanks for the FSK D capability. I'

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Sub Receiver stopped working

Since when can there be no empty slots between filters? Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Mar 22, 2019, at 1:10 PM, Buck wrote: > > No blank slots allowed between filters > > Buck, k4ia > Honor Roll > 8BDXCC > EasyWayHamBooks.com > >> On 3/22/2019 11:59 AM, KE8G wrote: >> Hi All, >> I n

[Elecraft] KPA500 FT8 on 17m anomaly

I have a FlexRadio 6400 driving my KPA500 with a 43' vertical antenna and an MFJ-988RT tuner at its base. I do a lot of FT8 on different bands, Everything works great on all bands except 17m. There if I run the FlexRadio barefoot at 80w, everything is fine. But if I turn on the KPA500 and set t

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

My early RTTY experience was with Model 28 machines when I was working for ITT ( not ATT) in the early 1960s. I had a secretary who could type much faster than the tape could be punched and that frustrated her no end! Several years later I worked overseas and used European teleprinters where I di

[Elecraft] (no subject)

You do not need to run 250w on ft8 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please

Re: [Elecraft] (no subject)

Remember FT8 is a weak signal mode not a low power mode. A perfect example this morning working a ZL on 80 meters I decoded him at -24. I started at 200 Watts no reply. At 400 Watts no reply. I continued replying increasing power in 200 Watt increments. Finally at 1200 Watts he gave me a -18 and

Re: [Elecraft] (no subject)

Actually if you are trying to work a station who is -24 and that station is running 1500 watts then you probably won’t work him with 250 watts. It is a weak signal mode. Run power appropriate to what is needed to make a contact. Now if that station at 1500 watts is +10 then you can work him o

[Elecraft] K3S Sub Receiver stopped working - Now Fixed

Hi All, I created a new email and changed the subject line to reflect the fact that I now have the sub receiver functioning perfectly. It turns out to be an error with the seating of the pins on the board. Thanks for all the suggestions, 73 de Jim - KE8G __

Re: [Elecraft] (no subject)

Tom, Where did you come up with one does not need to run more than 250 W using FT8??  I have never read that anywhere in the literature I have read about FT8. How many countries have you worked on 160M using 50 or so watts?  I have worked more than one country on 160M using 1500 watts feeding a p

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 Input Current vs Output Power

Whilst I can't give you quantitative answers, I would expect there to be a constant term and a square root power term, so my guess is that 50W would take about 80% of the 100W current and 10W about 38-40%. These are peak envelope currents. -- David Woolley Owner K2 06123 On 22/03/2019 14:51,

Re: [Elecraft] FT8 Power Level thread..

Folks - The pro/con appropriate power level discussion on FT8 is a repeat of a huge prior thread. (Search the nabble archive at: https://elecraft.com/pages/community  ) Let's end the thread for now to avoid this one expanding any further. Unlike FT8 we need a fairly high signal to noise ratio

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Sub Receiver stopped working

I thought I remembered seeing that in the instructions. If I was wrong, my apologies. Buck, k4ia Honor Roll 8BDXCC EasyWayHamBooks.com On 3/22/2019 1:40 PM, Nr4c wrote: Since when can there be no empty slots between filters? Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill On Mar 22, 2019, at 1:10 PM, B

[Elecraft] K3/K3s filter setting with the K3 Utility

It seems as intuitive, the filter you use is the value you select in the K3 utility under filter configuration. I.e. a 1.8 filter is set at 1.8 in the utility. Considering there is DSP simultaneously occurring at the same time; Is there any advantage to setting the 1.8 above, say as 2. in th

Re: [Elecraft] (no subject)

I strongly agree with this. Years ago, I had a similar experience with JT65 on 160M in a sked with a station in ND. He decoded at -12 and said he was running 40 or 50W, so I called him at that power level. No response, so I increased power in 2X (3dB) steps until he answered. I had to get to th

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

Wayne, Please consider adding a feature in the next KX3 (and others) update-the ability to turn diddle on or off during during idle input from the paddle or terminal. Please, please! 72 Howard Kraus, K2UD Wayne Burdick wrote: > If you're a new owner of a K3, K3S, KX3 or KX2 -- or if,

Re: [Elecraft] (no subject)

Debunked too many times to mention. On 3/22/2019 11:03 AM, TJ Campie wrote: You do not need to run 250w on ft8 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post

Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3s filter setting with the K3 Utility

There can be reasons to configure a roofing filter differently from its nominal bandwidth. For example, I have a "250 Hz" filter. According to the filter plots on the Elecraft web site, the 6 dB bandwidth of this filter is actually closer to 375 Hz. I configured my filter to switch in at 350 Hz, w

[Elecraft] OT: RTTY Nostalgia

The KX2 will fit in a pocket. The KX3 will fit in, er, a bigger pocket. You hardly know they are there. Neither one requires oil or paper and barely make any noise. My old 28ASR fit in the back of a pickup and weighed 260 lbs. How do I know that? 72 Howard Kraus, K2UD

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

On 3/22/2019 9:14 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: I waited until all of the frenzy subsided and bought myself a K3 back in '08 IIRC.  I was using a TS-870SAT primarily on SSB at the time and frankly, I was disappointed in the K3, particularly from an ergonomic point of view.  So in looking for a use

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

Sorry about the cut and paste.  Clearly Wayne didn't write the top part, I did. On 3/22/2019 3:19 PM, Wes wrote: I waited until all of the frenzy subsided and bought myself a K3 back in '08 IIRC.  I was using a TS-870SAT primarily on SSB at the time and frankly, I was disappointed in the K3, pa

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

Howard, That is already implemented. End the message when paddling with IM sent as a prosign (no space between the I and M. If you are creating messages to be used, end the message with a "|" character. It will be ignored on CW, but will stop the 'diddle' on digital operation. 73, Don W3FP

Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3s filter setting with the K3 Utility

I muffed the last part of my previous message, didn't I? Still, there are some higher-order effects that might push someone into configuring a roofing filter ti switch in at a slightly narrower setting than you might at first expect. 73, Rich VE3KI _

Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3s filter setting with the K3 Utility

Earlier I gave an example of a situation where you might choose to enable a roofing filter at a bandwidth wider than the bandwidth marked on the filter. I also gave a poor example of enabling a filter at a narrower bandwidth. Here is a better one: You use a variety of digital modes with different

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

On 3/22/2019 3:29 PM, Wes wrote: DXCC certificate that actually says "RTTY" on it. Today it's harder to find new ones, but I have 254 confirmed now with my modest station. Congrats on that.  I too am quite happy with AFSK. It's great fun and even though it's a "digital" mode, operator skill

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 FT8 on 17m anomaly

Thanks to Bob, K4TAX, I found my problem. It was RF on the short cable between the remote tuner and my 43' vertical antenna, Some good snap on chokes fixed the problem. MIchael KM6LHD -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ _

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

Sadly, ARRL doesn't offer the  "RTTY DXCC Award" anymore. Since 2011 they have combined it with other digital modes, it's now called "Digital DXCC". On July 25, 2011 the word “Digital” began replacing “RTTY" on these DXCC certificates. CQ magazine's WAZ (worked all 40 CQ zones) still has separa

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

On 3/22/19 at 9:14 AM, n...@elecraft.com (Wayne Burdick) wrote: There are also a number of RTTY contests, in addition to stations operating in RTTY mode during Field Day, etc. For a calendar of events, see: https://www.rttycontesting.com/records/ If the contest exchange is simple (non-serial

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

I know about FT8 DXPedition mode.  I have used it a couple of times just for the hell of it but I never claim DXCC credit for FT8 contacts.  I also know that 14080 isn't one of the "recommended" frequencies for FT8. I would argue about the efficacy compared to CW.  I know it reports all of thos

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

The issue is simply that DXPeditions mostly don't recruit quality RTTY operators. A quality/experienced operator with proper software (GRITTY and/or a "broadband"/multi-channel decoder) can run rates comparable with CW or SSB. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2019-03-22 8:45 PM, Wes wrote: I know abo

Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3s filter setting with the K3 Utility

Since we are on this topic.  I have a question regarding the 500hz filter.   From what I have read it is rated at 525hz.   So would it be best configured to come on at 500hz or should I set it to 550hz.  I do not think you can set it to 525hz Thanks in advance Rich K3RWN On 3/22/2019 17:58

Re: [Elecraft] K3s won't connect to PC

Jim, It sounds to me like your computer has corrupted driver files - maybe caused by some glitch in the computer or its power. Download and install the FTDI drivers. Then disconnect (not just power them down) the WinKeyer and all other other gear. See if you can connect using K3 Utility. If

Re: [Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

I concur. There have been some great RTTY ops at times, but more Dxpeditions had it as an afterthought and it showed in their rates. I've always hated RTTY pileups as a DXer. You need to have two active windows and a lot of luck finding the 599 on the second one, especially in a lidfest where no

Re: [Elecraft] K3s won't connect to PC

Hi Jim, even if you haven't changed any settings before I would check the COM Port settings like Baud rate etc. at the N1MM+ Check the settings at the K3S too. Next should be the connection from K3S to PC. If you have another cable. Give it a try If you boot the PC make sure the K3S is alre