I was a little concerned after installation of the Noise blanker board
as it did not sit level to the RF board.
I thought that the standoff I had installed was a little short.
Measuring it, it was correct as per the manual. . .
I added a third split ring washer to the assembly sotherre are
That's been my rant for at least 5 months now.
73 de WA6VNN sn31 and ready for your next prod.
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From: Simon Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 9:31 am
Subject: Re: [Elecraft_K3] K3 Product Launch
I'm taking a lot out of c
I agree what you said for a $300 million? business. I have been in management
of projects that have a 5 year budget in that area. But Elecraft is far from
that. I see many plusses from announcing the product when they did. Add in a
little enthusiatic optimism coupled with the knowledge they have
In a message dated 11/5/2007 4:58:02 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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Did any of you see the ARRL bulletin about Motorola buying Vertex? It has
been a long time since I have seen a U.S. company buying a foreign company.
John [K7SVV]
Maybe now we'll be able to get t
In a message dated 11/5/2007 12:29:53 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A minor correction to your minor correction.
My statement was that Elecraft AS A COMPANY is inexperienced dealing
with contractors.
It's clear from what's happened with the K3 that even if an
indiv
In a message dated 11/3/2007 10:21:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi,
Interesting, but that jumble of toroids on the rf board is just plain
ugly. I like 'em neatly lined up like on my K2.
In SN 31 the toroids look more aligned and orderly. What I did note is the
In a message dated 11/2/2007 9:24:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Al,
Are the peanuts white or pink? This is important has it has to do with ESD.
TNX,
Gary KI4GGX
I hear you! They are the garden variety white, and a mix of different types.
Be assured everythi
In a message dated 11/2/2007 9:00:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sorry to bother you, but ...
When was it ordered
Enjoy the build!
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
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Thanks for note. Order was placed late in the day on Sat 4/28 at DX
C
K3 SN 31 consists of a kit version K3 with antenna tuner KAT3 with a
KPA3 and several filters.
1. When taking delivery - first inspect shipping container for any obvious
damage. SOP
2. Package contains a number of items - a shipping document, approximately
300 packing peanuts and three
Shipped: 10/31/07 2100Z Aptos, CA
Received: 11/3/07 0130Z Goleta, CA
Don't bother me - I'm busy!
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Open and honest answers served on a plate of humble pie.? In my case it was
usually a tutorial on lessons learned.? The ability to keep clients updated on
a current basis has a lot to do with the size of the organization. I had a
staff that could keep up and I usually only had one customer to de
Well . . . maybe. I haven't seen the run 2 dates revised as the run 1 dates
have been slipping away. I suspect they are having problems receiving a
critical component that they are happy with. Could be anything from a critical
board component to an acceptable front panel. I'm not excusing what's
In a message dated 10/18/2007 5:25:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have all but about the 1st 20 QST's, so can supply a
quality copy if that will help.
Will need the issue to locate the article.
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
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I bet you could pick up an RCA Volt-Ohmyst (SP?) for next to nothing.
Probably one of the most popular bench top meters of all time.. . . next to
the
Heathkit jobs. I just saw a post a few days ago for a digital with an analog
combined. I wouldn't bother if the analog part is a bargraph.
"MPU's or other IC's are fazed out and no longer made by the manufacture.
They will usually spec a replacement but it is usually not pin or software
compatible. . ."
OTOH, I was able to buy a kit to repair the dead display on an FT107 (also
fits 901 and 902). The original display driver was
We used to have a Gaffers and Sattlers Range back in the 70s that had a 110V
gas valve relay. It made a horrendous hash noise for the duration of a
firing, between 10 and 30 seconds depending on the temperature setting, and it
was
longer when first turned on. My point is - check for AC line
It seems a constant reminder is again in order:
The good guys could have waited until next week AFTER half of us spent our
annual ham budget on an Orion or FT-2000,etc and put up an ad "Flash>>>New K3
from Elecraft has arrived. Order yours now for immediate delivery, just
$2299 + tax and
I teach electronics to high school students. School district budgets are
puny. School kids are great beta testers for tool vulnerabilities. I've used
Flukes here for 20 years and at the aerospace plant where I worked for 25
years. Need I say more? They have models under $100 - check the ca
I'd sure try out the NB in the K3 and letting the rest of us know how it
does with the noise prob. Do you have a good handle on the source of the
noise?
( I used to live 100yds from the main steel towers (270KV) going into Los
Angeles, and they were about S7 when clean)
Al WA6VNN
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NCCC) was a strong advocate of the CW PTT, esp if running the linear.
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That stuff is sold as shelf and drawer liner, and is available at just
about everywhere kitchen supplies are sold. (Mine came from that mecca of
capitalism, Wal-Mart.) It works great. Having never
I got a small swatch of a rubberized waffle like padding - you can see
through the mesh like a screen - and it stops the 'scoot' really great. I've
had
it so long that I can't remember where it came from, and I'm not even sure it
was intended for use with a key. The one I have is blue, quite
I can think a few reasons, in addition to the aforementioned reduction in
inventory costs and shipping charges.
It makes for smaller PCB assemblies - less copper/solder, etc. smaller
packaging means less resources. If the foundries don't need to produce huge
volumes of plastics, ceramics an
In a message dated 9/15/2007 9:51:23 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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_http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=451_
(http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=451)
That's a nice looking package at a reasonable price. With a sati
in 1971 210,000 would have been pretty close to actual number, in US.
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You have probably experienced a common failure in the front panel phone
plug. Order a new jack from Elecraft and replace the broken one. It's a small
plastic part that slides back and forth to engage the headphone or speaker. it
splits in half and cannot be returned to closed when the headph
As far as I know you're correct. The intended way to do iambic keying is to
make both contacts simultaneously.
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I'd like to see a Orion II manual. I do some tech writing from time and
would like to see the manual as i set my standards high. Would you please post
the URL for that manual?
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Was that the one in the ARRL Handbook around 1958 - 1961? I built one and
used it for years. I had to make my own key for it, took two J-38 paddles and
mated them back to back and re configured the contacts etc. A key came on the
market called (get this) an ElKey, and I bought one. Used it
I am so glad the day has arrived that the rigs are small enough to fit in
the car and light enough to carry from the den to the family room. My SX101
and HT32B had to have their own Desk with shelves for the other equipment, and
the KW (now in the garage gathering dust) is in a 19 in. rack
Puzzles me that some would see the negative side of competition. If you
think the kids at the local schools can't deal with competition or somehow
shun
it, just go to the local high school football game on a Friday night - that
cheering is coming from the stands! They are competing right al
Take into consideration the fact that the "old" version is an actual photo
of the rig and the "new" version is a CAD generated image. The differences were
obvious in the Web views of the rig from front and the rear view.
So, as Elecraft is doing their best to keep us up-to-date on changes, le
Well stated, Fred. I'd like to add a comment that has thus far gone unstated
and deserves mentioning.
I have a K2 and my K3 is on order since the first announcement. I want to
thank the crew at Elecraft for allowing me to place a deposit with the
expectation of owning an extremely fine tr
I will plant 10 new trees in my orchard (Avocados) to offset the carbon
deficit caused by all the K2 and K3 cooling fans in the world. It's sad that I
will also need to replant a few dozen more trees that were rendered lifeless
by
last winters record freeze in Ventura/Santa Barbara CA. I ke
If it's just a small bit of surface rust - try a little coca-cola on a
'Q-Tip'. Then rinse with clean water and follow up with an alcohol swab. The
Coke has just enough Phosphoric acid to be effective and after the water swab
rinse - the alcohol will dry it better than a paper towel to keep
With the increasing popularity of using headsets with computer sound output
there is a vast surplus of sound systems built for computers, that were
usually packaged with the computer, that are gathering dust in garages
everywhere.
I've got so many lying around I usually haul them to the loca
Good sounding speakers need good cabinets - usually big enough to support
the speaker and it's bass response. They used to sell matching speakers for
this
reason, but they didn't sell enough of them to justify the cost. In either
case - headphones are superior but tiring and large speakers c
By non-contester would you include DXer? A second receive channel to
monitor the pack when your calling a dx station on an offset is essential.
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It rarely happens because a lot comes into play, humidity, proximity of
certain clothing, walking on carpet,etc. If Humidity is up around 60% or
higher,
not wearing wool or synthetics, and not a lot of foot traffic on the wool
carpet next to your workspace, you have probably nailed down 99%
I thought that's what we were doing here on the web. Besides the bands being
so pitiful this has been a great diversion. I bet when the K3's start
shipping we will only see some one word messages. . ."WOW!"
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I taught classes using heathkit resources for many years until 1999 when
they gave it up. In the end they still shipped some kits as part of their
educational effort and I had my students building hundreds of their kits. They
were
by far the best choice for education. After taking a break f
Some of the e-mails in this thread exhibit some disregard for the fact that
the shield side of a coax cable feedline is as much a part of the antenna as
the center conductor. Simply disconnecting the coax from the rig doesn't
necessarily prevent it from drawing hundreds of amps of Megavolt el
Maybe, but I experience the same phenom and do the same thing with key, It
hasn't really been an issue, though. Would be interesting to know what does it
though, I suspected something to do with the flow of info on data bus. I'd
rule out antenna connection in my case because I have seen it o
Maybe you've heard the old saying "Too many Chefs spoil the Broth" or words
to that effect. Many years of developing highly sophisticated space hardware
taught me and many in my field that nothing can compete with a compact and
highly motivated development team. In fact the best ones depend
In a previous post I stated that I had a set of bits that were designed
specifically for this purpose.
I dug the kit out of my PCB toolkit and have the following information.
Note: The reference to the company that made the kit yielded only one
reference
on Google and a post on kkn.net arch
Don't lose sight of the original intent of the system as originally
explained. It was for the Developers and the Beta Testers to have a readily
available
method of staying in sync with each other. From what I have read I don't
see any indication that by the time we need an update we won't
I used to stick a blob of plumbers putty on mine so the kids could practice
their CW at first.
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Satellite internet can be expensive for individuals, but for small
communities why not get together and provide a single link with a well planned
wireless network. Our club ( www.sbarc.org ) has a wireless site set up on an
offshore island, 26 miles away, that it is linked to one of our land
This was a very popular method of breadboarding about 20-30 years ago. There
was a company the sold the special Bits for cutting the lands (pads) with
holes in them. different sizes, but all round. By Correct positioning you
could
create rows of holes with lands and then xacto knife and pee
This brings up an interesting question in my mind. I have noticed in many
flash upgrades for computer bios that the upgrades often involve changes that
I would not necessarily want to make to the BIOS. Some manufacturers would
require (force) the change if you wanted to install any version
This (video) sounds like a project for an enterprising individual or group
to document and produce as a video dvd/tape.
I may make inquiries among the video production class at the high school
where I teach technology.
I wouldn't put this task on the back of the staff at Elecraft unless I
Likewise, it would be nice to have the manual online as soon as it is
complete. Add the time it takes to produce printed copies and ship to far off
destinations, I'd at least like a chance to have a look while waiting.
Not to mention there's no need to hold up hardware deliveries while the
bo
My original Hallicrafters SX101MkIII had that sound, which I haven't heard
for over 20 years. It was so easy to adjust the pitch and had a remarkable
filter on it's 50Kc IF. That's 50 KHz for the younger hams ;)
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Very Witty! The thought then struck me! I have about 3 old rigs (Yausu
etc) that I deemed not worth enough to sell that had pretty nice tuning knobs
on
them. I pulled a couple and found to my delight that not just one, but two
had very nice knobs - counterweighted and "dimpled" - that fit
Southgate what country? We have a fairly large city in So.California named
Southgate , but I think they know about the FCC.
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The tool you are referring to was a design originally made by T&B (Thomas
and Betts) and for many years it has been an industrial standard. It works
bets
with T&B crimp terminals and it provides crimping by embossing a deep
impression on the back side of the terminal port. It is important to
Gold plated surfaces are tricky to solder. They are excellent to get wetting
and a superior solder job, but gold is a metal that will dissolve in solder
as well as many other metals. That is why platers use a nickel flash over
copper to plate gold that won't dissolve into the copper. In space
The numbers look kind of low don't they? These are for DC continuous duty
cycle. Many manufacturers of mobile and 100W tranceivers ship a 12 GA power
cablke for DC operation. I consider this too small and prefer a minimum 10GA. I
run 6 or 8 GA in my mobiles ( also using silver plated with m
You could go to the Elecraft Web Pages and look up the manual for the
standard KAT100, identify the cabinet components that are needed and order them
as
spare/replacement parts. The manual assembly instructions should give enough
detail on what these parts are and what's needed. I'm sure som
Anyone remember the token typewriter the FCC always had on hand for code
copy? I looked at that relic Remington and was thankful I could write faster
than I could type. : -)
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When I took my general in 1961 at the LA Federal Building, I had to draw a
schematic of a Colpitt's Osc.
They weren't specific if it had to be solid state or Vacuum tube, so I drew
the solid state version I thought I knew best.
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Most of the posts, so far, have dealt with the K2/K3 cost differential on a
basis of fun to build and production manufacturing economics. In the SMT vs
PTH/discreet component examples cited there was limited mention of the vastly
expanded capabilities and somewhat improved performance - not
The term may have been 'officialized' by the article, but I remember K6MJX
offering to be my 'Elmer' when I was 14 years old in 1958. I asked him then
where the term came from and he said he didn't know - it was like Ham which
had
fuzzy origins. The term was in usage here and there well bef
Also, any AOL users who don't already know, the default reply mode is HTML.
To defeat this and reply in plain text, right click the mouse cursor in the
text window (but not on the text) and select the menu item at bottom of list
"Compose in Plain Text". Works for v9.x, haven't tried older v
I suspect that's a typo. The only place I'd use 26AWG for an antenna is a
stealth op. #10 - #16 is most recommended for HF antenna low radiation
resistance. Plus, the #26 could get iffy with a little more power and some
SWR.
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Interesting question. Where I worked for many years we had very specific
shelf life manuals on things organic like epoxies and paints and plastics. I'm
not sure if I recall any shelf life on resin core solder. I have had rolls of
the stuff that were 25 years old before they were used up, and
That's how we knew the band was open! Then we'd disassemble the xtals and
soak em in acid for a few minutes to tweak them up 3 or 5 KC. I had a whole
cigar box full ( I think I still have them) Actually I used the ARC5
receiver.
I had a transmitter but the PS was more work than I wanted a
Maybe you don't remember, but 40 years ago when the ARC5s were still around,
they were used mostly by Novices who had a few legal requirements to meet -
75Watts Max, CRYSTAL controlled xmtr freq PLus, the ARC5s were very cheap and
easy to pass on to a friend. The most common XTAL I remembe
Mr wizard was such a strong influence on most of us growing up in the 50's
and into 60's it's worth mentioning here. FYI all listening to George
Nauri(sp?) he did an interview with Don two years ago when he was 87yrs old.
George
rebroadcast the interview a few nights ago - very good. Also me
There are lots of guys out there looking for spare parts, including control
heads. He could recover some cost when the time comes. For the VHF/UHF there
are several replacements that work fairly well and worth trying. It's the HF
that's a bugger. One problem for all these type rigs is the siz
I belong to a few other lists. One notable list is the Yaesu FT100/D group.
If you have never visited, they are a Yahoo group list. I have an FT100 and
its a terrific rig in many ways. In Some ways it is similar to the K2 size
power, etc but in no way resembles the K2 as a receiving tool.
Alinco makes some very nice handhelds - low cost and highly functional.
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Think Buckeye State and
http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/genrel/university.html
I just learned what a buckeye is, too. And my parents were from Iowa and
didn't know.
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Foils OK if you don't snag a bit on a sharp pin and short something later.
Also don't use foil if there are any batteries involved. You can kill a
computer motherboard if you wrap it in foil with the battery installed.
Check
http://www.esdbagsonline.com/General_purpose_esd_bags_.php
for
Start thinking notebook, with tactile screens. That's what's going to make
these things truly fun to use.
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I run the entire hamshack on 4 EV-1 pullouts and 3-55W Solar panels. I
estimate the batteries will run two rigs and the computers for about 2-3 weeks
if
I include the TiVo.
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I just replaced the connector on my K2 #4887 because the internal bypass
switch that is supposed to connect the speakers when the headphones are
unplugged wasn't making contact. Check continuity across the bypass switch
contacts
with the power off and the headphones unplugged. If it's not a
It's called PLANNING!
Also, top notch engineering! Have you ever wondered how many of these ham
radio companies, including the brands that do hugh volumes of commercial radio,
actually have hams designing their radios? I remember when the guys at Drake,
Hallicrafters, Collins, Hammerlund, J
The 63/37 is what is called eutectic solder because it has a very sharp
melting temp dip at the eutectic temperature of tin/lead alloy. It can be
difficult
to solder with because it has almost no pasty state going almost directly
from liquid to solid. Its primary use is for rapid soldering proc
Some builders prefer other alloys that contain silver, etc. Be aware that
they do not all have the same melting temperatures. This could lead to
frustration, damaged boards/components, or also a better solder job. Just check
the
characteristics - all are published on company web sites - befor
Something I thought might be helpful for builders and other techy/service
types.
Last week I was working with a student in one of my computer classes and we
were involved in fixing a MB that was having a thermal shutdown problem with
the CPU.
It is a late model device with an Intel P4 3GHz t
FWIW - I wish I had my early production AC Cobra but the college education
it paid for is still worth slightly more than that car is worth today
>$250,000. It was the SN that got the $$$. But I do agree with you that we
>get
pretty silly at times. I bought the K3 for the value of a super ra
Quick Answer: See This months (JUNE 2007) QST Page 28. I could add a lot to
the article from a MIL-SPEC suppliers point of view, but then it would be
grossly overstated.
Check the Elecraft Web Pages for more also.
A good wrist strap and common sense will go a long way.
Good luck with the proje
Sorry fellas: The YF (XYL with call) KF6DZP has the K3 announcement from the
DX convention magged to the refrigerator. Worst scenario, I might have to
buy 2 !
Suggestion for the Tee shirt: Headset taking a rap on the forehead with the
text "I could have had a K3!"
(apologies to Campbell Fo
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