Re: [Elecraft] I'm Thrilled with my new K4

2021-12-28 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
lol He didn’t promise a technical paper, just relating his pleasure with the rig. Happy New Year 73/Gary W2CS > On Dec 28, 2021, at 11:05, David Gilbert wrote: > > > "This is the best rig I've ever used" > > That's a bit vague. Which other rigs are you comparing it to, and what > spe

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Manual Link Broken?

2021-05-27 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
one (831) 763-4211  > Mobile (831) 601-6983  > Email br...@elecraft.com  <mailto:br...@elecraft.com> > Website www.elecraft.com  <http://www.elecraft.com/> > > On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 12:13 PM Gary J Ferdinand <mailto:g...@w2cs.org>> wrote: > I’m try

[Elecraft] K4 Manual Link Broken?

2021-05-27 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
I’m trying to access the “K4 Operating Manual” on the K4 support page on the Elecraft. I get a page not found. Is there an alternate link? Tnx. Gary W2CS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Pricing Posted

2020-10-04 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
Well, let’s think about this one a bit. I for one was not disappointed with the pricing; I think they did a super job. I have a K4D on first-group order for $4700. The new price adds $300. I’m ok with that due to the extreme circumstances involved with getting parts, etc. But there’s anothe

Re: [Elecraft] Fixed--P3 Utility Help Please

2020-08-11 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
Clearly, ignore my last, Hank. Congrats on the fix. Gary W2CS > On Aug 10, 2020, at 4:01 PM, Hank Garretson wrote: > > Ooops! Another goof. > > Dick, K6KR fixed me up. > > 73, > > Hank, W6SX > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 12:55 PM Hank Garretson wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 9, 2020

Re: [Elecraft] P3 Utility Help Please

2020-08-11 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
Hank, you probably already did this but if not, uninstall the P3 utility. Reboot Windows 10. Reinstall the P3 utility from the Elecraft site. Pray. Try again. 73/Gary W2CS > On Aug 9, 2020, at 11:16 PM, George Thornton > wrote: > > When something strange like this happens another s

[Elecraft] K4 remote

2020-08-01 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
The doc for the K4 talks about K4:K4 remote or from computers. Right now I and others are using RemoteRig boxes to have K3S:K3S. Is there a means to do a K4:K3(s) using RemoteRig? Or is a K4 required on both ends? Might you flesh out the K4 remote configuration capabilities a bit for us? Tnx

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 faulting on 6m; SWR issues

2020-05-31 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
Rule out or in the feed line. Put the amp into a dummy load and see if it trips. Good Luck. 73/Gary W2CS > On May 31, 2020, at 12:54 PM, Jim Miller wrote: > > I run 1500w for JT65 EME. No problems. My antenna measures 1.4:1 on the > KPA1500 swr meter and therefore never engages ATU. > > Have

Re: [Elecraft] [K3S] intermittent RF path interruption

2020-05-01 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
Excellent job, Ben. Back in NASA Apollo days I recall the honor of “steely-eyed missle man” was given to someone who did a superb piece of work. You, sir, are a steely-eye ham! Great doc too. Thanks for writing it up. 73, Gary W2CS > On May 1, 2020, at 1:19 AM, Ben Gelb wrote: > > And

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Update and the K3 USB Audio

2019-07-30 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
I have had a different experience here. Windows 10 Pro is one of the systems I use. Recently, I discovered that, while I was getting the usual windows updates, those updates would cease in September. Upon further reflection it seemed that the base Windows system was at a level of March 2018

[Elecraft] Fwd: KPA1500 F/W 2.17 Install Hang

2019-04-03 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
Never mind. While the reboot of macOS did nothing, cycling the amp off then on seems to have gotten by the verification hang. Firmware installed successfully. 73/Gary W2CS > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Gary J Ferdinand > Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 F/W 2.17 Install

[Elecraft] KPA1500 F/W 2.17 Install Hang

2019-04-03 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
Not my first rodeo, but I must have fouled something up. I have the 2.17 folder (containing the .hex and .rtf files) in the local folder for the KPA1500 utility. The utility says it can talk to the amp. I tell it to download the files. I get the usual firmware download window, but it hangs o

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 PA Current

2019-03-17 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
ur 1.2 SWR resulted >> in a load impedance of 42 Ohms, the current could go up 20 percent. On the >> other hand, 55 A into 50 Ohms sounds a bit high. Make sure the voltage isn’t >> dropping more than a couple Volts. >> >> 73, >> Scott K9MA >> >&g

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 PA Current

2019-03-15 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
power? > The first thing I would suspect is a balun that is heating, or a connector > that is not quite tight enough. > > Those kind of problems will not show up at lower power, but at 1500 watts may > become troublesome. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 3/15/2019 3:25 PM,

[Elecraft] KPA1500 PA Current

2019-03-15 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
I’m in the process of checking out my amp. I have two dipoles (40 and 80). At resonance both show a 1.2:1 SWR with ATU totally bypassed. With ATU on, it remains bypassed on 80, but shows only the ATU ON LED on 40. In both cases the resultant SWR is 1.2:1. SWR measurements are from the KPA1

[Elecraft] Fwd: P3 SPAN Instability

2019-03-10 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Gary J Ferdinand > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 SPAN Instability > Date: March 10, 2019 at 11:43:06 AM EDT > To: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP > > That was an excellent suggestion! I hadn’t thought of the factory reset. I > did as y

[Elecraft] P3 SPAN Instability

2019-03-10 Thread Gary J Ferdinand
Various searches dredged up nothing helpful. I recently developed a P3 problem. The SPAN does not get saved. Whenever I change bands to a band I had set it, say, to 50 kHz, the SPAN resets itself to 5 kHz. Sometimes I can even watch the display as it cranks down the bandwidth. This is a P3