Re: [Elecraft] Japanese speaking KPA-500 owners?

2020-11-12 Thread Jim Brown
On 11/12/2020 1:42 PM, weave...@usermail.com wrote: I have a friend that is not confident with his English skills that is thinking about purchasing a KPA-500. Elecraft production engineer Bob Wolbert, K6XX, has long been married to a Japanese woman, and speaks Japanese, although I don't know

Re: [Elecraft] Procedure for setting Bias on K3 LPA FETS

2020-11-12 Thread wa8wzg
Thanks for all the replies !! I appreciate it from everyone,, 73's Tom N7GP ex Wa8WZG On 2020-11-12 19:48, wa8...@wa8wzg.net wrote: To All... I have had to replace the 2 FET's Q4 and Q5 on the LPA,,,'I cant not find the info on setting the Bias..on these devices,, Can some one point me in

Re: [Elecraft] Japanese speaking KPA-500 owners?

2020-11-12 Thread Keith Onishi
Hello Bill, Your friend may contact to Electro Design Corporation which is the import agent of Elecraft products and providing optional support services in Japanese. Japanese users who are not confident with their English skill usually buy Elecraft products through the company. 73 de JH3SIF,

Re: [Elecraft] Sony MDR-7506 replacement pads?

2020-11-12 Thread john
All of these MDR-7506 posts reminded me that I purchased OEM pads for my Sony MDR-7506 many months ago but I never installed them. I had some free time this evening and I was still able to find the ear pads in my "stuff" so I thought I would give it a try. It was quite easy to remove the

Re: [Elecraft] Procedure for setting Bias on K3 LPA FETS

2020-11-12 Thread Scott
Tom, The procedure below is what I received from Elecraft Tech support back in July of 2019. It worked for me after changing the LPA FETs in my K3. 73, Scott AD5HS === You'll need this sequence for setting bias after the fix: *Here is the

[Elecraft] K3 transverter connector question

2020-11-12 Thread Chris Cox
Good day. I am considering recrystalling my 2m transverter with a 118MHz rock replacing the existing 116MHz crystal, thereby permitting full two metre band coverage with a 26-30MHz I/F. Does the K3 need to be widebanded to enable low-level 26-28MHz RF on the transverter transmit port or is

[Elecraft] Japanese speaking KPA-500 owners?

2020-11-12 Thread weave...@usermail.com
I have a friend that is not confident with his English skills that is thinking about purchasing a KPA-500. Are there any Japanese speaking KPA-500 owners on the list that he can bounce questions off of? thanks and 73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Remote Power Switch

2020-11-12 Thread PAUL GACEK via Elecraft
This might be a source https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html Paul Gacek > On Nov 12, 2020, at 12:47 PM, K9MA wrote: > > A friend in Europe is setting up a K3 and KPA500 for remote operation. Does > anyone know of a suitable 240 V EU remote power switch? > > 73, > Scott K9MA > >

[Elecraft] KPA500 Remote Power Switch

2020-11-12 Thread K9MA
A friend in Europe is setting up a K3 and KPA500 for remote operation. Does anyone know of a suitable 240 V EU remote power switch? 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington --- via iPad __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Procedure for setting Bias on K3 LPA FETS

2020-11-12 Thread wa8wzg
To All... I have had to replace the 2 FET's Q4 and Q5 on the LPA,,,'I cant not find the info on setting the Bias..on these devices,, Can some one point me in the right direction... Thanks again!! Tom N7GP EX WA8WZG __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] OT question about receiving loop antenna

2020-11-12 Thread Alan - G4GNX
May I suggest checking all your PSUs. I had the same issue once and it turned out to be the PSU running a tuner. I binned the PSU and installed a tried and tested new one. No more issues. 73, Alan. G4GNX -- Original Message -- From: "Victor Rosenthal" To: "Elecraft Reflector"

[Elecraft] OT question about receiving loop antenna

2020-11-12 Thread Victor Rosenthal
I have an RF Pro 1b receiving loop antenna which I use for diversity reception on my K3. It used to be sold by Pixel Technologies, and now it is handled by DX Engineering. If there is someone else who has this same antenna, please contact me off list. My antenna seems to be producing a strong