I noticed that you said you were running at 100W. That may be your
problem. RTTY is a 100% duty cycle mode and I believe your rig may be
overheating to the point of self-protection (shutdown).
When I run data modes, I normally reduce power to 25W. I have never had
the same problem you
of the Line In.
--
73 de Dick, ka1oz
Elecraft K3/100(K) #859
G5RV Doublet
Titan-DX Vertical
On Sat, 2012-09-01 at 23:05 -0700, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Dick Roth--KA1OZ raro...@gmail.com wrote:
Finally waded into digital modes with FLdigi, but have a K3
Finally waded into digital modes with FLdigi, but have a K3 question
regarding Line Out control. From what I could tell from the manual,
Line Out to my PC ought to be a level adjusted by Config: Line Out.
However, each time I turned down the AF control, the signal to FLdigi
went away. What am I
Going up to the Custom House in the oldest part of Boston was always
faced with great trepidation. The FCC examiners were men of very few
words. They just passed out the written exams and turned on the
terrifying Code Machine and didn't say much else!
I had to visit the place three times to
I have two furry family members who often visit me when I'm
operating...and often come into the shack when I'm not there.
Naturally, being cats, they climb all over the place including my
operating position.
Heres a tip: if you leave your radio on when you aren't present, engage
Tx TEST to
Competing with viscous, vulgar qrm. I doubt that the foul-mouthed idiot
kept his rig down to a kilowatt. He was 40 over in Eastern Mass.
I could hear net control once in a while just over the noise when the
qrm wasn't there, but today just wasn't my day.
--
73,
Dick KA1OZ
Middleborough, MA
Jim, W4RKS, relayed for me. Thanks, Jim!
--
73,
Dick KA1OZ
Middleborough, MA
Radio: Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
Antenna: Titan-DX
pen4...@aol.com wrote:
Hello everyone. Here is the Elecraft SSB net report for Jan. 9, 2011. Band
conditions were not great and we experienced some QRM. We
I just noticed last night that my K3 #859 wasn't decoding CW. I'm
running 4.22 firmware. I might go back to 4.17 to see if the function
returns.
--
73,
Dick KA1OZ
Middleborough, MA
Radio: Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
Antenna: Titan-DX
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
Hi, Ben!
My Elecraft K3
Strangest thing!! Could not get CW decode to work under 4.22. Loaded
4.18 and it decodes like a champ. Reload 4.22 and the champ is still
there! Go figure!
--
73,
Dick KA1OZ
Middleborough, MA
Radio: Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
Antenna: Titan-DX
Dick Roth, KA1OZ wrote:
I just noticed
Generally, when one purchases a product, its value depreciates almost
immediately in a downward spiral. Elecraft is proving that the reverse
can be true. The usability of the K3, terrific from the start,
continues to improve with each new firmware update (I'm discounting the
little
Seems to me that adjusting the Pitch to one that most comfortably
stands out from others and then using Spot ought to accomplish the
same thing. No?
--
73,
Dick KA1OZ
Middleborough, MA
Radio: Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
Antenna: Titan-DX
Bruce Beford wrote:
Sam wrote:
isn't that kind of
Once again, I'm afraid I heard nothing. I started listening to 14.314
from 1745 and continued until 1815 and I heard nothing but atmospherics.
During that time I qsy'd up and down to be sure I wasn't missing
anything. My antenna is a vertical and there is a rise in the land to
the west of
Was working earlier, but down now. I tried an nslookup and DNS couldn't
find qrz.com! Very strange.
Paul VanOveren wrote:
Blank QRZ is working ok here in SW Michigan
NF8J
Paul VanOveren
5911 Snow Ave.
Alto, Mi
616-868-7149
Couldn't hear anything but S7 noise in eastern Mass.
Phil and Christina wrote:
East coast stations were not very strong today, and we had no California
check-ins. Lyle using his prototype KPA500 was S9+10 into the side of my
quad - not bad for less than 300 miles! The net only ran 20 minutes
I had S3 noise with barely SSB signals underneath, and those that I
could barely make out were at 14.313. Even with NR, I couldn't resolve
any signals to the point of understanding.
Hope to try again next week.
Phil and Christina wrote:
Propagation to the east from Oregon was nearly
There is a routine in the K3 Utility that allows you to edit the start
up banner. Under the Configuration tab of the Utility will be Edit
Power On Banner.
Jeffrey A. Steinberg wrote:
How do you change this? I bought my K3 used and can't
find it in the manual config menus.
[snip]
--
73,
Mixing is a general term for combining any two or more signals through
the process of heterodyning.
Intermod is a specific form of mixing which combines harmonic products
of two RF signals: the desired receive signal and an undesired,
accidental signal, yielding a series of harmonically
Regarding Intermod, I misspoke when stating that there was a harmonic
relationship. I meant to say a relationship between the sum and
difference frequencies that yield products up and down the band spaced
these difference frequencies.
Sorry,
Dick
Mixing is a general term for combining any
Greetings fellow Elecrafters--
I was chasing RF in the shack, which had been causing cqrlog to lock up.
I was using the loudness of the hum coming out of my PC's outboard
stereo speakers to gauge how much raw RF there might be.
Well at one point the shack got very quiet and I thought that I
Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Here's a gut guess...
Something in the Titan has gone sour. You read 300 watts on the
Diamond because the line SWR is so high. Whatever is causing the high
SWR from the antenna is causing all kinds of problems with RF in the
shack. There is something the matter with
I heard K7SJ before 1800, but he faded just as he was announcing the QSY
and I lost him and the net for the day. I hunted around, but no joy.
W4CCS wrote:
Moved to 14.310..
W4CCS
On 1/17/2010 1:27 PM, Terry Schieler wrote:
Heard no trace of the SSB net today. Listened from 1750 till
Mark C. Killmon wrote:
Elecrafters,
Phil, NS7P, our regular NCS was away this week.
My thanks to Bill, NZ0T for calling back east to assist me, as well as other
relays. Signal strengths were varied, with moderately deep QSB.
W4GRJ had the highest SN (3746) on the net today. VE3QF
wa6riv wrote:
1972 and 13 years old,
WN6EDW, First transmitter OX-2 ICM kit, true QRP. My rcvr was a Ten Tec RX-10.
Ted WP4CW
[snip]
I was WV2LBV in 1960 and amazingly young at 16! Built the novice rig
featured in the Handbook (if I remember correctly) with a 6146 as both
oscillator and
Mark C. Killmon wrote:
Phil, NS7P, was away this week.
We began the net at 18:00Z, which was an hour earlier today after the time
change, on 14.314.
We closed the net at 18:40 with the following 16 check-ins + NCS. I
apologize if we missed east coast stations as I did not ask for a
://www.elecraft.com
On Oct 8, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Dick Roth, KA1OZ raro...@comcast.net wrote:
Len, K3LJ wrote:
Dick, I tried it with my K3 #892 with no problems during TX Test. I am
running the latest Beta version of HRD. I have no problems using HRD
to do
CW or using the built in keyer in the K3
Wayne Burdick wrote:
Dick,
What version of HRD are you using?
tnx
Wayne
On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:28 AM, Dick Roth, KA1OZ wrote:
This is a very plain vanilla setup. I'm using an iambic paddle
plugged into the paddle input and my straight key into the key input.
Other than my KUSB
Greetings--
I discovered tonight, having downloaded and installed 3.41 a few nights
ago, that when connected to HRD, my K3, #859, has problems with the
keying circuit, regardless if I'm using my paddle or my straight key.
While in TX Test mode, when connected to HRD, dits and dahs become
than that.
Len, K3LJ
Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
Greetings--
I discovered tonight, having downloaded and installed 3.41 a few nights
ago, that when connected to HRD, my K3, #859, has problems with the
keying circuit, regardless if I'm using my paddle or my straight key.
While in TX
Jim Harris wrote:
Hi,
I've had my K3 (S/N 3431) up and running about two weeks. It arrived with
version 3.30 installed. I'm understanding from reading here on the reflector
that version is beta and is not available for download by K3 owners due to
some unforeseen difficulty. Two
[snip]
I use the Proset 5 (HC-5 element) with good results and comments. Even
though I normally use hearing aids when out in the world (but not when
hamming) I find that Audio Gain set to Lo is fine for me.
I also use the Heil HM-5 when not wearing the headset.
I'm told that audio sounds
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
Hi Roy,
As of today, we have made the following enhancements to all K3s leaving
the factory:
K3 VFO TUNING NOISE REDUCTION (requires f/w 3.25 or later)
K3 AUTOMATIC FRONT END PROTECTION (1 wire mod)
K3 IF OUTPUT BUFFER GAIN MOD (For the P3, LP-PAN
Tried listening for the Elecraft SSB net at 1800. There was a
heterodyne or other interfering signal on 14.316. I tried to use
Auto-Notch, but nothing changed. Then I went to manual and notched it
out completely.
Hope I'm not adding too much noise to the FW discussion!
--
73,
Dick ka1oz
of occasions where that fixed weird
problems in the past.
73 from just down 24 a bit...
Ken K3IU
K3 #202
Portsmouth, RI
``
Dick Roth, KA1OZ wrote:
Tried listening for the Elecraft SSB net at 1800. There was a
heterodyne or other interfering signal on 14.316. I
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Strange - it works just as described in the Owner's manual here: auto notch
on SSB, manual (only) on AM/CW/DATA.
Is it possible your AGC was turned off?
Ron AC7AC
-Original Message-
Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
Tried listening for the Elecraft SSB net
Dick Roth, KA1OZ wrote:
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Strange - it works just as described in the Owner's manual here: auto notch
on SSB, manual (only) on AM/CW/DATA.
Is it possible your AGC was turned off?
Ron AC7AC
-Original Message-
Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
Tried listening
Hi All--
A strangeness: on a couple of occasions, when turning on my K3 (FW
3.14) instead of the banner that I programmed with the K3 Utility, the
word FREQ appears in the VFO position. The only way I've been able to
remove it from the display is to turn off the radio and turn it back on
James Sarte wrote:
I don't recall ever seeing that come up with 3.14
Try reinstalling the firmware. Or better yet, update it to the latest
release.
73 de James K2QI
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Dick Roth, KA1OZ raro...@comcast.net
mailto:raro...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi All
I'm afraid I cannot stop myself from making a comment. It's a cheer.
It's a remark for a remarkable situation.
Never before in my life within amateur radio or any other venture, have
I seen such easy flow of information and feedback up and down (or is it
in and out of) the interface between
eric norris wrote:
Today, as I was dealing with the fourth idiot in a row (between 2 hours of
total hold time over 4 days) at customer support for a large ISP that I won't
name (sounds like burp dink), it struck me how great it would be if I had
Elecraft DSL instead; I could drive to work
in all, I love my K3. I'm an engineer, and I've been on the
air for over 40 years. The K3 is a real gem.
73,
john WA1ABI
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]on Behalf Of Dick Roth, KA1OZ
Sent: Saturday, January 03
Hello and Happy New Year!!
Was doing some testing and discovered Ant 1 signal on Ant 2. Ant 1 is
my GAP Titan-DX and Ant 2 is a 100W dummy load.
I was just reading the mail on 75 meters and switched to Ant 2 to test
power. When key was off, I heard part of the QSO that was going on.
While
Jeff Maass wrote:
I have three Heil headsets, each with the HC4 element. These are *not* the Icom
iC
versions.
Which is the correct Heil adapter for the front panel connector? Kenwood?
I've been sorting through the archives, and have not found a clear answer.
73, Jeff K8ND
wayne burdick wrote:
Dick just announced his latest revision of K3 Utility (see below), which
will automatically perform all of the steps involved in K3 transmit gain
calibration. I'm posting, too, just in case his subject line didn't your
attention.
This is a real labor-saver. It can safely
aa1o wrote:
Yesterday for the first time Elecraft came to the Northeast to the ARRL
Convention in Boxboro MA.
The booth was hosted by Eric an Lerma and it was my personal pleasure to
meet some real people from Elecraft after being a happy customer for many
years.
The booth attracted a good
Gary Bartlett VE1RGB wrote:
I have been noting with great interest the comments about which way
to rotate the WIDTH control to narrow the filters. Logic may tell you
that clockwise should be wider, but some other instinctive force greater
than that always wants me to turn it clockwise to
Hi All--
The last you heard from me, I had just replaced the front panel to cure
a balky radio (wouldn't turn on). Well since replacing the front panel
this rig has proven to be very reliable...no unpleasant surprises.
The whole package really seems to me to be a great value. I just love
Brendan Minish wrote:
On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 11:14 +0100, David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
Brendan, this was way too simple! I found that I had to execute k3util
as root, otherwise it wouldn't open the ttyUSB0 port.
I cannot think of any good reason why this would be necessary, and as a
matter of
Hi there--
My main pc runs a variant of Red Hat Linux (CentOS 5.1). Has anyone
been able to properly install the KUSB (drivers) on a Linux box? The
Prolific site has a driver that I've heard only works with the 2.4
kernel. Has anyone had any luck using the KUSB with a 2.6 kernel?
ttfn
than regular mail, at
your expense, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and let him know.
-Gary
Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
Gary Surrency wrote:
Hi Dick,
Sorry to hear those things were not successful.
We can send you a new front panel, if it seems likely it was the
problem all along.
I'll enter
Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
Greg wrote:
Try this...
Starting with the power OFF. Turn it ON but HOLD the power button for
about 10 seconds...till you see MCU LD on the LCD. The LCD will not
be lit. This is a forced MCU load state. No using your K3 utility
program in advanced mode, load JUST
Hi all--
I've been having a terrific time getting to know #859. My antenna party
is tomorrow and I'll be on the air in a couple of days.
Last night while reading the mail, the front panel began flashing. The
LCD display lamp turned off, the LEDs flickered and turned off and I
lost control of
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
It's a TAP or HOLD switch (all four of those knobs there do that) and in
this case you should be HOLDing it - just long enough until both CMP
PWR leds go out. You don't have to hold it while you turn (as opposed to
some of the filter functionality introduced
Hi Folks--
I finally got to reading parts of the Owner's Manual and tried to set up
the rig to monitor my mic audio while in Test Mode. I can't get either
front panel Heil HM-Pro or rear panel Heil Proset 5 to pass audio. I
made sure I wasn't in Split and that the mode (USB) made sense.
Gary Hvizdak wrote:
Dick,
A curious question … are you using a Heil manufactured adaptor
cable, and if so, which one? Kenwood, Icom, Yeasu/Ten-Tec, other?
Gary KI4GGX
P.S. TTFN?
*Dick Roth
a check just in that
box, nothing else. Then click on send checked items to K3.
After the MCU file loads and the radio resets, then upload the DSP1, FPF
and DSP data table files.
Standing by
- Original Message - From: Dick Roth KA1OZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent
I think I might have brushed on past a comment for another Elecrafter
that the fan panel may be flipped (crackle finish side inside). I think
he's right. It looks like the wrong side was up when the panels were
stamped.
Am I correct?
--
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA
K3/100(Kit) SN
Greg wrote:
hahahaha... No problem Dick. Good night.
Sounds like you may be OK now. Start using your new rig but let us know
if the power problem creeps back in.
73
Greg
AB7R
- Original Message - From: Dick Roth KA1OZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL
Jim Miller wrote:
Is the power switch itself flakey? 73, Jim
{snip}
It doesn't appear to be flaky. Each an every time I press it, there is
a change of state of a relay somewhere in the rig, and each and every
time I press it, the power supply shows a draw of an amp or so. Its
just
Greg wrote:
Dick. Any luck on this yet? If not, you may need to adjust the
spacking of the L1 winding on the SYN board that is attached to the DSP
shield. If that's the case, when we hear back (please use reply all)
and Gary or I will send you exactly what to do.
Greg
- Original
Greg wrote:
Dick,
Even though the FP LCD does not light up, Do you see anything on the display
like MCU LD?
Greg
-Original Message-
From: Dick Roth KA1OZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:04 PM
To: Greg; Elecraft Reflector
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ERR
Greg wrote:
Don made a good point. When you assembled the power pole, did you make sure
when inserting the pins that you heard a distinct click? If not, they may
not be completly seated. Try pushing them in more to see if they click.
Greg
-Original Message-
From: Dick Roth KA1OZ
Greg wrote:
Dick. Any luck on this yet? If not, you may need to adjust the
spacking of the L1 winding on the SYN board that is attached to the DSP
shield. If that's the case, when we hear back (please use reply all)
and Gary or I will send you exactly what to do.
Greg
- Original
My K3 will not turn on. It was semi-alive last night. When I press the
Power button, the power supply meter reads about 2 amps and its
lighted meter glow brighter, but the K3 front panel lies lifeless.
I have been troubleshooting what appears to be a problem: when
attempting to calibrate
Of Dick Roth KA1OZ
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:49 AM
To: K3 Support
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Something happened behind my back!
My K3 will not turn on. It was semi-alive last night. When I press the
Power button, the power supply meter reads about 2 amps and its lighted
meter
It's 0444 EDT and I think it's time to go to bed. I'm just short of the
first power on test and I'm going to get some rest before taking that
step. Tomorrow is another day.
I didn't realize that items of this quality were available to
consumers. Fit and finish are remarkable. There's
It's been many years since even touching an HF radio (last one was
National NCX-3). Things that used to be familiar are now strange and
new again.
To wit...doing the first calibrations. The synthesizer cal appeared to
complete correctly, but when I hopped from band to band, there is a
The doorbell rang at noon straight up! A brown box greeted me as I
yelled something incoherent, but full of joy.
The radio was ordered on 11/22/08 and I received my Katiegram on 4/28.
The fun begins!
--
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA
K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
Titan-DX (to come)
Ordered 11/22/07
KRX3 and 1.8 kc filter are back ordered.
I am now in a race to erect my new Titan-DX vertical before the K3
arrives. I am psyched!!
--
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA
Breathlessly awaiting my K3 to bring me back on the air after 30 years.
Bill W5WVO wrote:
Björn and Alexandr,
This is not only important on UHF and above... It is important on VHF as
well! Granted nobody cares about this on HF, but 6m and above, it is
tremendously useful -- one could even say crucial. Björn, you described
the FT-897 capabilities very well, and
Hi there--
Since folk are offering opinions, I've just bought a Heil HM-Pro Handi
Mic. I meant to get the HM-5. Does anyone have a good opinion? It has
a 6kc bandwidth. Would the TX equalizer be able to handle this? Also,
I believe the Z=600 ohms.
Returning it is a 100 mile drive to
Hi List--
In anticipation of receiving my K3 sometime this spring (I only just
ordered it a couple of weeks ago), I bought a Bencher paddle. I've
never used an electronic keyer or bug, for that matter. I haven't been
on HF for over thirty years!
Is there a way to use the keyer in the
Thanks to all who pointed the way. This is a very helpful list! I'm
glad I've joined.
Happy Holidays to All
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Dick,
That is one purpose of the TEST mode see the Owner's Manual page 25.
73,
Don W3FPR
Dick Roth KA1OZ wrote:
Hi List--
In anticipation of receiving my K3
Did I hear you say Linux?? My pet penguin just started jumping for joy!
I just hate having to break out the winderzs machine just for updates.
Great community...great work!! I'd offer to beta test, but I just
placed my order the other day and, well, you guys are way ahead of me.
David
Actually, I'm just getting back on track with my hobby after 30 years or
so away from HF (haven't even been on 2m for many months!). I've never
had a shack in this house, so I'm starting from scratch. Besides my K3
order, I've been sending coupons to HRO for stuff including an Astron
SS-30M
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