Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

2019-11-19 Thread Andy Durbin
"Yes, ALC that really worked well with an amplifier would make the above unnecessary, but I don't think anyone has figured out how to do that. Until someone does, a slow feedback loop adjusting drive power would solve the problem above, not introduce any distortion, and save us operators the bo

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

2019-11-19 Thread K9MA
Gain control within the KPA1500 just wouldn't be practical. It would require addition of some sort of high power variable attenuator. Slow feedback to the K3, however, only requires some added firmware. No, it wouldn't work with other transceivers, but that's life. Perhaps someone would like to

[Elecraft] Disparity between KPA500 remote utility downloads

2019-11-19 Thread DAVID INGEBRIGHT
Attaching a couple of screenshots of two different KPA500 remote operating screens, a plain one and a great one. I want to download the great one into my l#2 win7 PC and cannot seem to get the one I want. Are there two KPA500 remote utilities? This is what I get upon downloading the KPA500 utili

Re: [Elecraft] K4 RX routing?

2019-11-19 Thread Wayne Burdick
This topic, like others, will be covered more extensively than in past manuals. Wayne N6KR > On Nov 18, 2019, at 1:13 PM, Doug Turnbull wrote: > > Dear OMs and YLs, > Carl is absolutely right. The K4 and its different variations is a > complex radio. We need someone to write a "Lady Bi

Re: [Elecraft] K4 RX routing?

2019-11-19 Thread Wayne Burdick
Jim, Here's a short answer for now. As I posted earlier, the manual will cover this in detail. Bottom line: you won't need any external splitters. There are two RX antenna inputs (RX IN 1 and RX IN 2) on the K4. Either can be used with the main receiver, sub receiver, or both. Also, one of the

[Elecraft] SPAM test

2019-11-19 Thread Joseph Trombino, Jr
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 RX routing?

2019-11-19 Thread turnbull
Elecraft is the home of champions.   73 Doug EI2CNSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Wayne Burdick Date: 19/11/2019 16:06 (GMT+00:00) To: Doug Turnbull Cc: Carl Clawson , Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 RX routing? This topic, like

Re: [Elecraft] Disparity between KPA500 remote utility downloads

2019-11-19 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Dave, These are two different programs. The first one you show in the jpg, with less color, is the KPA500 utility, which is primarily designed for downloading code to the 1500 and reading back status etc in real time. It also has very basic remote control. The KPA500 Utility is downloaded

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

2019-11-19 Thread K8TE
Another issue not explicitly mentioned is using an external antenna switch with different conjugate matches already trained withing the KPA1500 ATU. Those different matches mean when one selects a "new" (different) antenna than already selected on a particular frequency (same band or not), the KPA

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Monitor on Line Output

2019-11-19 Thread K8TE
We in the Elecraft world are very fortunate in that they allow us to update our electronic (PDF) manuals, unlike the big three Japanese manufacturers. Open the manual in Adobe Acrobat Reader, select the text box icon (third from the right), highlight a portion of the text you want to annotate, and

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

2019-11-19 Thread Lyn Norstad
Now you've done it ... created a whole new category of products to wish for ... at least for those of us in the frozen North: THE ANTENNA DE-ICER! Imagine, if you will, a device that would initiate a series of super slow CW (“Testing + + + ”) transmissions at full legal power combined with

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

2019-11-19 Thread K9MA
Bill is touching on an issue I've raised before: A way to select multiple ATU settings for the same frequency and antenna output. I had to build a tri-band tuner to switch between my two tribanders so they would both present the amplifier with the same impedance. The internal ATU would have bee

[Elecraft] N4GM 444.6 MHz Repeater on Oak Island

2019-11-19 Thread Edward Kuebert
This afternoon K4JCS, Curt, and I replaced the aging Kenwood repeater with a System Fusion Repeater that will be run in the Automatic mode - digital in digital out, analog FM in Analog FM out. Analog users may hear the dreaded digital noise, but this can be avoided. The repeater will output an 8