Re: [Elecraft] Digital mode power handling for KAT3

2023-10-13 Thread Bill Frantz
I have frequently used my K3 at 100 watts with FT8 and RTTY. I haven’t had anything which would indicate that components are getting overstressed (e.g. bad smells). Now, I don’t think I have given a full 100 watts when something isn’t connected in the antenna system, although the KAT3 does “ma

Re: [Elecraft] A Good Headset For A K3

2023-08-08 Thread Bill Frantz
When I had my radio set up about 20 feet from the kitchen, I used a foot switch so my replies to my wife didn’t go out over the air. When I moved to New Hampshire and my shack moved into an isolated room, I started using VOX, which works very well on my K3. VOX definitely eliminates one piece

Re: [Elecraft] A dumb question about lightning

2023-08-04 Thread Bill Frantz
While you are trying to make sense of the best practices lightning protection documents: N0AX’s ARRL book “Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur” Motorola’s STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNICATION SITES https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/Lands_ROW_Motorola_R56_2005_manual.pdf

[Elecraft] SSB 20M net for June 25, 2023

2023-06-25 Thread Bill Frantz
SSB Nets all are on Sundays, US timezones: 1800Z 14.303.5 Alternate 14.310 1900Z7.280 2000Z Zoom meeting. Contact Carl K8NU for the link 9:00 PM Eastern US time zone (follows US daylight savings) 3784 kHz Everyone is welcome to join the nets Hope to see you on one or more of the nets

Re: [Elecraft] problem with K2, KAT100 and K2100PA combo

2022-07-12 Thread Bill Frantz
I’m with Jim on this one. I particularly like that they are hermaphroditic, so I can not worry about which end is providing the current. Helps with battery charging for example. The only failures I have had is when the metal “pins” are not fully inserted in the shell. (The curve at the end of t

Re: [Elecraft] COM port problems

2022-07-03 Thread Bill Frantz
I have not had the problem of devices “moving” on the Mac. I think the Mac uses the FDTI serial number to keep them straight. When I was using a RS-232 protocol analyzer on to chase a problem, I had 4 Elecraft FTDI RS-232 <—> USB cables hooked up. Two for the two directions of the analyzer, one

Re: [Elecraft] 20 years of the Elecraft CW Net

2022-06-05 Thread Bill Frantz
Amen. It has been a pleasure to check into the net and exchange emails with Kevin. His nature reports are always welcome Thanks Kevin - 73 Bill AE6jV > On Jun 5, 2022, at 22:47:31, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > We were reminded by Dave, W8OV, that today marks the 20th anniversary of the > Elecraf

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 reduces power as it gets warmer?

2022-06-05 Thread Bill Frantz
It’s actually better than that. FT8 only transmits for 12.6 seconds giving a duty cycle of 42%. The 7.4 seconds left over are used for decode so you can have an answer to send in the next transmit slot. 73 Bill AE6JV > On Jun 5, 2022, at 11:18:23, Ken K6MR wrote: > > Worst case duty cycle on

Re: [Elecraft] Sherwood Receiver Tests

2022-04-28 Thread Bill Frantz
From what I’ve heard about the K4D, its advantages over the K3 are in areas that probably aren’t tested in Sherwood’s receiver tests. For example: I have heard people say the RX audio is cleaner. People say the UI is better. There are more antenna input/output connections. The voice compr

Re: [Elecraft] Shipping via UPS - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way

2022-04-11 Thread Bill Frantz
> On Apr 11, 2022, at 19:23, Jim Brown wrote: > > I save bubble wrap and re-use it. The paper starts my fireplace. Here we can recycle bubble wrap. Trex recycles plastic film to make outdoor furniture.

Re: [Elecraft] Boom mounted Mike for a KX3

2022-04-06 Thread Bill Frantz
I recently bought a CM-500 from B&H Photo (a recommended vendor). They were advertising it as having a dynamic microphone, but that was wrong. The CM-500 still has, as it always has had, an electret microphone, which is well supported by the KX3 (and many other Elecraft radios. It even comes wit

Re: [Elecraft] K3s, KPA500, FT8 and 6 meters

2022-03-30 Thread Bill Frantz
It sounds like that signal was a harmonic of your primary signal. If it was 1KHz off, it might have been the second harmonic of a 1KHz audio tone. These harmonics are almost certain if you are overdriving the audio chain, so checking the drive is the first thing. Your drive to the radio at 4 bar

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 faults

2022-03-03 Thread Bill Frantz
I will add that 240 volt wiring frequently uses what we 120v people would think of as wimpy wire sizes. If you do the math, they give the same wattage as we get with our #12 or #14 wore at 120v. Or at least that’s what I’ve seen when I’ve looked at the house wiring in 240v land. 73 Bill AE6JV

Re: [Elecraft] failed K3

2022-02-27 Thread Bill Frantz
I fully agree. When I have had a problem with my K3, mostly ones with my installing upgrades, I have gotten excellent support from Elecraft Support. They have told me how to signal trace through the radio, and I have been able to effect the necessary fixes my self. As I remember, the most recent

Re: [Elecraft] PSK31 on KX3

2022-02-17 Thread Bill Frantz
I have run PSK31 on my KX3 using a USB sound “card” that I got for about $5 from Amazon. I also used the standard rig to computer RS232/USB cable that came with the radio for controlling the radio, PTT, etc from the computer. With the sound card, I had to include a pad in the radio to microphone

Re: [Elecraft] KX2s

2022-02-17 Thread Bill Frantz
If the MH3 is what’s delaying your radio, the KX2 is quite usable with its internal microphone. You could ask them to send it now and then have the microphone sent when it becomes available. 73 Bill AE6JV > On Feb 17, 2022, at 10:09, James Cizek wrote: > > But I noticed that the MH3 mic was

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 wattmeter adjustment

2022-02-06 Thread Bill Frantz
Having taught in a number of ham crams, I am aware that there are many individual ways of learning. For me, knowing the theory is basic. I know such factoids as E=IR, P=EI, 1 meter is 40 inches (useful for the length of a 2M antenna). Others just memorize the answers. I also have to memorize the

Re: [Elecraft] RPN Calc App For Android

2022-02-06 Thread Bill Frantz
OK, you forced me to open my desk drawer all the way and find out what I had. After climbing over a bunch of mix 31 toroids, a set of Rapidograph pens, two mechanical drawing sets, ballpoint pens etc., I got to the last slide rule in the very back of the drawer. I ended up finding my old 6 inc

Re: [Elecraft] RPN Calc App For Android

2022-01-30 Thread Bill Frantz
I have an HP-11 bought when they were new, which is an old and reliable companion. I have “Retro 15C” on my iPhone which also works well. While I generally don’t program them — I like the self-documentation of a real programming language for anything complex enough to need a program — they work

Re: [Elecraft] SVGA Board For K3

2022-01-20 Thread Bill Frantz
If it is an FPGA, you will need to get Elecraft to program it. 73 Bill AE6JV > On Jan 20, 2022, at 9:03 PM, Ken K6MR wrote: > > The FPGA is a Xilinx XC6SLX9 in a FTG256 1.0 mm pitch BGA package. > > Ken K6MR > > > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net on >

Re: [Elecraft] On ground - in ground radials

2022-01-17 Thread Bill Frantz
3 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| Concurrency is hard. 12 | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | out 10 programmers get it | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | wrong. - Jeff Frantz | Peterborough, NH 03458 ___

Re: [Elecraft] Output power being eaten

2021-12-31 Thread Bill Frantz
open wire or ladder line, so theories based on those feed lines don't apply. Thanks to everyone who replied. This list is a wonderful resource. 73 Bill AE6JV On 12/27/21 at 2:48 PM, fra...@pwpconsult.com (Bill Frantz) wrote: I didn't have a good night in the K1USN Slow Speed Test. I

[Elecraft] Output power being eaten

2021-12-27 Thread Bill Frantz
r. Even more so, avoid the situation in the future. 73 Bill AE6JV ------- Bill Frantz| There's nothing so clear| Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | as a design you haven't | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.c

Re: [Elecraft] Net times & frequencies?

2021-12-20 Thread Bill Frantz
12/19/21 at 11:17 PM, kev...@coho.net (kevin) wrote: Elecraft SSB Nets ...  3.775   MHz  0100Z  ( 6 PM PDT Sunday) ... --- Bill Frantz| "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the 408-348-7900 | in

Re: [Elecraft] Net times & frequencies?

2021-12-19 Thread Bill Frantz
--- Bill Frantz|"Web security is like medicine - trying to do good for 408-348-7900 |an evolved body of kludges" - Mark Miller www.pwpconsult.com | __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] Best Portable Wire

2021-12-19 Thread Bill Frantz
Bill AE6JV ----- Bill Frantz| Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like 408-348-7900 | a fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a www.pwpconsult.com | moment should it

[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB net for Monday, December 13, 2021

2021-12-12 Thread Bill Frantz
numbers of K3s and K4s were tied. k1nd Jan mi k4 kpa500 kn3y Bob va ft450d wm6p Steve ga k4 ve7edz Ron bc ft1000 wb8hro Tim mi k3 kpa500 n8sbe Dave mi k4 ae6jv Bill nh k3 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz

[Elecraft] 80M SSB net 3.775 0200z

2021-11-28 Thread Bill Frantz
--- Bill Frantz| When all else fails: | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | Voice and CW. | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | | Peterborough, NH 03458

Re: [Elecraft] Need K3 Board

2021-11-28 Thread Bill Frantz
emission days it was common. Today you need magnification and sometimes a hot-air solder station but it can still be done. --- Bill Frantz|"After all, if the conventional wisdom was working, the 408-348-7900 |

Re: [Elecraft] Using KX3 Utility to decode CW, RTTY

2021-11-26 Thread Bill Frantz
be losing something along the way.  The PX3 seems to display what is on the KX3 text display, but often adds a lot of characters.  Has anybody had success using the KX3 Utility Terminal?  Fred Cady recommends it. --- Bill

Re: [Elecraft] Background Noise with Mike Plugged in to Rear Mike Jack

2021-11-23 Thread Bill Frantz
placements. I've never had a problem with the ear pads. My failures are all broken cables, primarily because I've always been a real klutz. -------- Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics refer t

Re: [Elecraft] Forty Meter SSB

2021-11-23 Thread Bill Frantz
tends to congregate or appear? I ask this for antenna tuning purposes. Cheers, Richard — W4KBX A half-wave dipole tuned to resonate in the middle of the band will have very manageable VSWR over the entire band. - B

Re: [Elecraft] Nets?

2021-11-14 Thread Bill Frantz
AE6JV On 11/14/21 at 7:14 AM, gordon.lapo...@gmail.com (Gordon LaPoint) wrote: > When and what frequency are the Elecraft nets on? ----- Bill Frantz| The first thing you need when | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | us

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net preliminary propagation results

2021-11-11 Thread Bill Frantz
v...@coho.net (kevin) wrote:  14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday  (3 PM PST Sunday)   7047 kHz at 0030z Monday  (4:30 PM PST Sunday) with me on by 0015z --- Bill Frantz| "The only thing we have to | Periwinkle (408)348

Re: [Elecraft] Configuring DXLabs Suite, Win4K3 and K3 for FT8 etc.

2021-11-10 Thread Bill Frantz
3:26 PM, j...@audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote: Don't tell WSJT-X to configure your operating mode, do that manually. Set Split to Fake It. All you need rig control to do is set and read TX frequency. ------- Bill Frantz| Since th

Re: [Elecraft] what soundcard for K3 and Mac

2021-10-30 Thread Bill Frantz
73 Bill AE6JV -------- Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics refer to 408-348-7900 | reality, they are not certain; and insofar they are www.pwpconsult.com | certain, they do not refer to re

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Expert 1.3

2021-10-04 Thread Bill Frantz
experience with this amp? Cabling issues, band tracking, etc.? Thanks in advance. Mike K4QU --- Bill Frantz|"We used to quip that "password" is the most common 408-348-7900 | password. Now it

Re: [Elecraft] PX3 kit tips?

2021-09-30 Thread Bill Frantz
arriving tomorrow. Does anyone have any assembly tips besides what's in the manual? ------- Bill Frantz| I like the farmers' market | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | because I can get fruits and | 150 Ri

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Power Level

2021-09-18 Thread Bill Frantz
is another transceiver not covered under their warranty. --- Bill Frantz| "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the 408-348-7900 | intelligence. There's a knob called "brightness"

Re: [Elecraft] MH3 mic case

2021-09-03 Thread Bill Frantz
I removed the screws and added more epoxy around the studs for additional strength. I also epoxied in the broken cable retainer. Just make sure you don't put epoxy where it might interfere with the electrical parts of the cord. -

Re: [Elecraft] Ground Wire & Coax

2021-08-25 Thread Bill Frantz
r the winter. 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| Concurrency is hard. 12 | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | out 10 programmers get it | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | wrong. - Jeff Fra

Re: [Elecraft] K3S audio quality issue

2021-08-19 Thread Bill Frantz
! --- Bill Frantz| Since the IBM Selectric, keyboards have gotten 408-348-7900 | steadily worse. Now we have touchscreen keyboards. www.pwpconsult.com | Can we make something even worse? __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] T1 Tuner Question ?

2021-08-16 Thread Bill Frantz
T1 > also via QRZ turned out to be a scam. So enough, just ordered a brand new > T1 in kit form. If it doesn't work, we'll know why. It's a fun build, and a rugged little box to have when you finish. 73 Bill AE6JV -----

Re: [Elecraft] Off topic - musical composition

2021-07-25 Thread Bill Frantz
else. I play mostly folk style and say to people that I don't know any song that you do. I have written a number of songs over the years. I play only acoustic instruments. My XYL is scared of me having an amp. 73 Bill AE6JV -

Re: [Elecraft] In Line Power Pole Fuses

2021-07-22 Thread Bill Frantz
t load, the voltage drop at the radio should be less than 0.5 volts. ---- Bill Frantz| Art is how we decorate space, 408-348-7900 | music is how we decorate time. www.pwpconsult.com | -

[Elecraft] Li-ion vs. LiFePO4 was Re: K2 alive again, yay!

2021-07-21 Thread Bill Frantz
e: Agree, but the consequences of mismanagement can be more, uh, consequential.  If not for their easier management and fewer hazards, what's the point of much lower energy density LiFePO4 batteries? ------- Bill Frantz

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Kit

2021-07-18 Thread Bill Frantz
hains --- Bill Frantz|"Web security is like medicine - trying to do good for 408-348-7900 |an evolved body of kludges" - Mark Miller www.pwpconsult.com | __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] Connectors

2021-07-12 Thread Bill Frantz
N-X is for. --- Bill Frantz| Privacy is dead, get over | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | it. | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com |- Scott McNealy (1999) | Peterborough, NH 03458 __ Elecra

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 issue (power surge?)

2021-07-10 Thread Bill Frantz
spect true. --- Bill Frantz|"Web security is like medicine - trying to do good for 408-348-7900 |an evolved body of kludges" - Mark Miller www.pwpconsult.com | __ Elecraft mai

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on wsjt-x

2021-07-03 Thread Bill Frantz
ptt works ok. When I call cq the transmitter is keyed but no power is sent out. I think I’m in the wrong mode. Any suggestions. I cannot get it to “data a”? HELP --- Bill Frantz| When an old person dies, a

Re: [Elecraft] FTDI driver on Win10

2021-07-03 Thread Bill Frantz
) w/o having to install drivers. Quite generally, my modus operandi with stuff like this is to just plug it in and try it before investigating possible additional required actions. - Bill Frantz| The first thing you need

Re: [Elecraft] Case-maker Rose's OM K0PP, SK

2021-07-01 Thread Bill Frantz
NDLbkgZGzsWgVeg0v4-WCWl5wQAYuduF4AZH8Ch3q8BO0WXaeAkw/photo/AF1QipNlr5vWtuf8ibE-G7gK_DQIZfFhr22K0zbpo2UZ?key=YzRkTHdCTnRLeVBwdzVkYzFxSDI5QkJVQm95bkZn> ----- Bill Frantz| When it comes to the world | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | around us, is t

Re: [Elecraft] HOA Crap

2021-06-29 Thread Bill Frantz
he station is not mine, simple). ------- Bill Frantz|The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle (408)348-7900 |is there are so many to choose| 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com |from. - Andrew Tanenbaum| Peterborough, NH 03458 _

Re: [Elecraft] HOA Crap

2021-06-29 Thread Bill Frantz
tion building. 73 Bill AE6JV ------- Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security: 408-348-7900 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is *not* the www.pwpconsult.com | first to reac

Re: [Elecraft] 80 Meter Net Sunday Night

2021-06-27 Thread Bill Frantz
B > >Come Join the Fun > >73 > >Paul Van Dyke - KB9AVO > > 80 Meter Net > > --- Bill Frantz| There's nothing so clear| Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | as a design you h

Re: [Elecraft] Gurus

2021-06-10 Thread Bill Frantz
On 6/10/21 at 1:29 PM, rmcg...@benlomand.net (Bob McGraw) wrote: > The acronym for that is RTFM. Which a tech writer I worked with insisted expanded to Read The Fine Manual. 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| When all e

Re: [Elecraft] Giving Up

2021-06-09 Thread Bill Frantz
- Bill Frantz| Airline peanut bag: "Produced | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | in a facility that processes | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | peanuts and other nuts." - Duh | Peterborough

Re: [Elecraft] P3 freezes

2021-06-07 Thread Bill Frantz
ns. THANKS. --- Bill Frantz| "The only thing we have to | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | fear is fear itself." - FDR | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | Inaugural address, 3/4/1933 | Pe

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Lore

2021-06-04 Thread Bill Frantz
73 Bill AE6JV -------- Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics refer to 408-348-7900 | reality, they are not certain; and insofar they are www.pwpconsult.com | certain, they do not refer to re

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K4 now in Rob Sherwood's RX performance table

2021-05-28 Thread Bill Frantz
PM, n...@elecraft.com (Wayne Burdick) wrote: While the decision is of course highly individual, there are many good reasons to upgrade to the K4. --- Bill Frantz| Since the IBM Selectric, keyboards have gotten 408-348

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

2021-05-22 Thread Bill Frantz
ally monitor TX audio with headphones on either radio.) I do tune RTTY via the monitored audio. 73 Bill AE6JV ------- Bill Frantz| Since the IBM Selectric, keyboards have gotten 408-348-7900 | steadily worse. Now we h

Re: [Elecraft] Funny K4 Story

2021-05-16 Thread Bill Frantz
Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| Security is like Government | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | services. The market doesn't | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | want to pay for them.| Peterbo

Re: [Elecraft] K3 s/n 2274 update to new synthesizer board

2021-05-10 Thread Bill Frantz
--- Bill Frantz|"We used to quip that "password" is the most common 408-348-7900 | password. Now it's 'password1.' Who said users haven't www.pwpconsult.com | learned anything

Re: [Elecraft] OT: High school drafting class, ~1975

2021-04-26 Thread Bill Frantz
AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| Re IOT: "How many access control systems does it take www.pwpconsult.com | to change a light bulb?" - Dean Tribble __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] RUMlog controls K4

2021-03-30 Thread Bill Frantz
If you're a RUMlog expert waiting for your K4 and want to discuss, feel free to contact me directly. I won't say I'm a RUMlog expert, and I'm waiting for the K4 kit, but if I can help, please let me know. 73 Bill AE6JV -------

Re: [Elecraft] WSJTX settings

2021-03-22 Thread Bill Frantz
for K3, correct port, 38400, 8-1-none, CAT, Data/Pkt, split none. Is there a menu item somewhere on the K3 that I need to check and alter? Mode is set to DATA. --- Bill Frantz| Privacy is dead, get over | Periwinkle

Re: [Elecraft] PSK31 with a KX2

2021-03-09 Thread Bill Frantz
probably won't run on my Mac.) Can you decode signals using the internal PSK31 on the KX2? If that works, then you have decodable audio being sent to your computer. 73 Bill AE6JV ------- Bill Frantz| Ham radio contest

Re: [Elecraft] KAT-500 Unreliable Tuning

2021-03-08 Thread Bill Frantz
re OK, low power or amplified. If I cycle the power to the KAT500, it is OK for a while and then it has trouble again. The problem appears intermittent. Wondering if anyone has had this same problem. Thanks de dave WB7ELY --- B

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Digital modes: proper ALC for full output power?

2021-03-04 Thread Bill Frantz
to the firmware reducing output power from heat, but it's proportional: if I ask for 10 W, I get 7; if I ask for 5, I get 3, and so on. It also doesn't always happen! Any ideas? 73s, Julie --------- Bill Frantz

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Shipping update?

2021-03-01 Thread Bill Frantz
e I missed any K4 shipping updates or have there just not been any lately? --- Bill Frantz| Concurrency is hard. 12 | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | out 10 programmers get it | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.c

Re: [Elecraft] status of bugs on existing Elecraft models?

2021-03-01 Thread Bill Frantz
problem go away, but this allows accidental transmitting on antenna ports that are not connected. --- Bill Frantz| My subscription to Life | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | expired, but I still have a | 150 Rivermead Rd

[Elecraft] Fwd: [wsjt-devel] Elecraft K4

2021-02-27 Thread Bill Frantz
ssage == Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics refer to 408-348-7900 | reality, they are not certain; and insofar they are www.pwpconsult.com | certain, they do not refer to reality.” -

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Bluetooth audio?

2021-02-25 Thread Bill Frantz
ency" but this is not aptX. See here for more info: > https://www.aptx.com/aptx-low-latency ------- Bill Frantz| When an old person dies, a | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | library burns. - Joe McGawon |

Re: [Elecraft] K3-FT8

2021-02-24 Thread Bill Frantz
ade a contact.  It seems the time was off. Thanks to all that responded. --- Bill Frantz|"Web security is like medicine - trying to do good for 408-348-7900 |an evolved body of kludges"

Re: [Elecraft] An FT8 Radio- just dreaming

2021-02-22 Thread Bill Frantz
ferent but do things differently.     Has anyone else had any thoughts?    Doug K6JEY --- Bill Frantz| Can't fix stupid, but | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | duct tape can muffle the| 150 River

Re: [Elecraft] Reminder of the 80 Meter net tonight at 0100 UTC on 3.815

2021-02-21 Thread Bill Frantz
they let us have it... 73 Paul KB9AVO --- Bill Frantz|"We used to quip that "password" is the most common 408-348-7900 | password. Now it's 'password1.' Who said users haven&#

Re: [Elecraft] K3 assembly issue

2021-02-14 Thread Bill Frantz
checked > for loose boards, bad connections, etc. with no success. Anyone have any > ideas how I should proceed? > Do I just replace the regulator? Do some other debugging? --- Bill Frantz| Re IOT: "How

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Maximum CW speed from manual key

2021-02-06 Thread Bill Frantz
n excess of 300 WPM. Possible? -- theis.k...@gmail.com --------- Bill Frantz| When it comes to the world | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | around us, is there any choice | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | b

Re: [Elecraft] Can I rent a K4?

2021-02-03 Thread Bill Frantz
t that way.   Even then I suspect that Elecraft wouldn't want the hassle of offering that ... maybe somebody else would. --- Bill Frantz| Security is like Government | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | services.

Re: [Elecraft] K2 w/ KAT100 PC control

2021-02-01 Thread Bill Frantz
using the KAT100 with the K2 aboard the USS Slater. Anyone recall any pitfalls or DB9 connectors to avoid? Amazon has some cheap ones but reviews are that they are, well, cheap. --- Bill Frantz|"We used to quip tha

Re: [Elecraft] Signals wild...signals caged

2021-01-28 Thread Bill Frantz
described as a singular blend of yodel and kazoo. ------- Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | over lies and hate. | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com |

Re: [Elecraft] K3S/USB Cable/Mac mini/WSJT-X

2021-01-26 Thread Bill Frantz
take another look this afternoon, but this is getting spooky. ANY and ALL ideas and suggestions will be MOST welcome, up to and including (if absolutely necessary), replacing the driver. --- Bill Frantz|&quo

Re: [Elecraft] Difference between a K3 and a K3S

2021-01-25 Thread Bill Frantz
. Kinda a Premi-K3s Warren Merkel, KD4Z --- Bill Frantz| Privacy is dead, get over | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | it. | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com |- Scott McNealy (1999

Re: [Elecraft] Replacement Manuals

2021-01-25 Thread Bill Frantz
comcast.net (Richard) wrote: I loaned my K3s user’s manual to a friend and it got lost in the mail on the way back to me. Can I get a replacement from The Company? ----- Bill Frantz| Government is n

Re: [Elecraft] Different focus

2021-01-25 Thread Bill Frantz
tissa) --- Bill Frantz| There's nothing so clear| Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | as a design you haven't | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | written down. - Dean Tribble| Peterbor

Re: [Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Again

2021-01-23 Thread Bill Frantz
On 1/23/21 at 12:32 PM, fra...@pwpconsult.com (Bill Frantz) wrote: I had similar problems to yours until I purged my system of all non-Apple drivers. Digging deeper into Richard's issue, I found this note I wrote myself when I had a problem very similar to his: FTDI Driver Issues on

Re: [Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Again

2021-01-23 Thread Bill Frantz
river? --- Bill Frantz| If I lose, you’ll never | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | see me again. - Donald | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | Trump, September 19, 2020 | Peterborough, NH 03458 __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] Was the Jan 22 K4 demo recorded?

2021-01-23 Thread Bill Frantz
the Piscataqua ------- Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | over lies and hate. | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | - Vaclav Havel | Peterbo

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Receive Filter question

2021-01-19 Thread Bill Frantz
lights and a fancy screen, I want performance. ------- Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | over lies and hate. | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | - Vac

Re: [Elecraft] Automatic lightning protection for radios, an off the wall idea

2021-01-19 Thread Bill Frantz
oo.com (Joe Pugliano) wrote: Check out this Paradan antenna disconnect. Paradan Radio Antenna Disconnect Actuators P-ADA-1 --- Bill Frantz|"Web security is like medicine - trying to do good for 408-348-7900

Re: [Elecraft] Waaay OT: A new kind of QRM to be aware of ... warning issued by FCC today

2021-01-18 Thread Bill Frantz
ions go, I vote for our newsletter article about using the K4 pedestrian mobile.) --- Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | over lies and hate. | 150 Riverme

Re: [Elecraft] Automatic lightning protection for radios, .... an off the wall idea

2021-01-18 Thread Bill Frantz
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Re: [Elecraft] Automatic lightning protection for radios, .... an off the wall idea

2021-01-18 Thread Bill Frantz
structure. --- Bill Frantz| gets() remains as a monument | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | to C's continuing support of | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | buffer overruns. | Peterbo

[Elecraft] Automatic lightning protection for radios, an off the wall idea

2021-01-17 Thread Bill Frantz
wered when the radio is off. If it can't be protected, it could be made easily field replaceable. It would be neat if there's enough room inside a K4 to put this kind of protection "under the covers". 73 Bill AE6JV -----

Re: [Elecraft] How to download firmware into K4

2021-01-14 Thread Bill Frantz
er or Ethernet switch, then software updates may be downloaded on demand direct from the Internet by tapping Fn > UPDATE and following the prompts. --- Bill Frantz| If you want total security, go to prison. There you&#x

Re: [Elecraft] Head Phones

2021-01-13 Thread Bill Frantz
erformance. Any recommendations? 73 Paul w2eck ------- Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security: 408-348-7900 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is *not* the www.pwpconsult.com | first to r

Re: [Elecraft] 80 meter net

2021-01-12 Thread Bill Frantz
--- Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security: 408-348-7900 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is *not* the www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground. - Terence Kelly

Re: [Elecraft] Does a K4 need an external sound card for FT8?

2021-01-04 Thread Bill Frantz
ustment is simple. There is no advantage whatsoever to using an external sound card. The K4 also has analog line in/out for backwards compatibility, and supports digital audio streaming over Ethernet as well. --- B

Re: [Elecraft] External sound card advice needed to attach to, K3

2021-01-01 Thread Bill Frantz
t was while in high school in 1960.  I guess that makes me an old f**t as well. --- Bill Frantz| If the site is supported by | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | ads, you are the product.| 150 Rivermead Road

Re: [Elecraft] External sound card advice needed to attach to K3

2021-01-01 Thread Bill Frantz
art of the environment, in the US; same as telephone 'hold' music in an autopatch; traffic noise etc.) and certainly includes the 'musical' sounds from most OS (they offer no communication). ------- Bill Frant

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