Moe wrote:
Being a connoisseur of the various grades of Loctite, frustration with
the loosening of the KXPD1 thumbscrew tempts me to use a drop of #242,
know as, and the color of, blue. This is the removable grade. My
question is, has anyone here (especially W3FPR) used this successfully?
The
K8AC wrote:
How about just making the SPLIT button one that can be programmed via
macros. Seems more reasonable than the current situation that often
results in calling on top of a DX station when you meant to be split.
I would strongly support that proposal: for a config option[1] to
Mark n2qt wrote:
Is there a way to zero the RIT control when tuning the main tuning knob?
During the rtty contest I would ride the RIT control while running and then
forget to
zero it when changing to SP.
I've looked through the K3 manual and programmers reference along with
looking
through the
Tony Estep wrote:
Nobody commented on my question last night, but I'd still like to hear from
your collective wisdom, so here's a repeat: I set up my sub-rx to listen on
transmit antenna B while the main is listening and transmitting on A, and to
listen on A while main is listening and
Jack Smith wrote:
BPS makes a small grid prototype board that will mount a variety of SMT
parts - one board accommodates different size parts.
http://www.busboard.us/pdfs/BPS-MAR-SP3UT-001.pdf
A small British company is now making RF prototyping boards that have
square pads on a 0.1in grid,
David Gilbert wrote:
That's no guarantee of anything. It doesn't address the issue of
instantaneous static dissipation from the component to the muffin tin
itself (which has capacity to its surroundings and acts as it's own
charge sink).
Muffin tins are no problem if they are treated in
David Pratt wrote:
In a recent message, Kjeld Holm k...@kh-translation.dk writes
I am about to install my subreceiver and would like to finish before the
weekend but I have no ESD work place. How can I best protect the parts? Or
do I have to wait until I can get the needed ESD equipment?
Wear
David Gilbert wrote:
OK, but that still doesn't address decay or slope ... parameters I
might want to quickly change dependent upon the amount and type of band
noise (such as when changing to the low bands or when thunderstorms are
active) or the number (not only the level) of signals (pileup
Don Wilhelm wrote:
On 12/6/2010 7:04 AM, Tom Williams wrote:
Of all the available buttons, I'd still like to know why XFIL-DUAL PB
was chosen and not some other that had no secondary function that
could be used on CW.
Because it is most like Dual PB, and it cannot be used if Dual PB is in
John Lemay wrote:
TMP connectors can easily be made up with nothing more than a soldering
iron (for the centre pin) and pliers (for the outer). It's a one-way
trip - they're not designed to be undone.
If you have an intermittent I think it's a fair bet that one of the
pins looks like it is
Eric wrote:
Gary Surrency (g...@elecraft...) in our support group is ill and will be
off-line for at least a week. Dale, Richard and several others will be
handling the increased load on all new support emails for this period.
But if you have sent Gary an email in the last several days, you may
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE wrote:
Yes.
Here's how you do it...
Sorry Tom, I was changing to a different (but related) question: how to
leave the speaker on for receiving but mute the speaker when
transmitting, to avoid feedback when monitoring the outgoing
transmission?
It is always bad
N5GE wrote:
Sorry Tom, I was changing to a different (but related) question: how to
leave the speaker on for receiving but mute the speaker when
transmitting, to avoid feedback when monitoring the outgoing
transmission?
Sorry I misunderstood.
I don't believe I've ever seen a rig that would do
N5GE wrote:
There is no switch to turn the monitor on or off. If you don't want to
here it set it to zero.
There are many situations such as club, contest and special event
stations where a loudspeaker is needed for RX, while the operator also
needs a low-level monitor signal into the
N4BP wrote:
Reviving this thread, because I don't think we ever got a comment from
the mother ship. The ability to feed monitor audio to LIN OUT without
having it in headphones or speaker is very useful for contesters. Most
SO2R ops prefer never to hear their own CW, but recordings that
John Chappell G3XRJ wrote:
I'm planning to pick up a P3 kit while in US soon.
From the point of view of space saving and protection of the screen I
plan on bringing it through the TSA in kit form.
Has anyone done this ?
Not specifically, but I have brought lots of electronics and other odd
Yesterday morning, I wrote:
After the K3 had been running for a few hours yesterday evening, just
listening to the bands, it stopped working with ERR PL1 (and PL2). These
were genuine hardware errors - neither of the two VFOs would tune and
both receivers were dead. Attempts to re-calibrate the
After the K3 had been running for a few hours yesterday evening, just
listening to the bands, it stopped working with ERR PL1 (and PL2). These
were genuine hardware errors - neither of the two VFOs would tune and
both receivers were dead. Attempts to re-calibrate the VCOs ended with
ERR VCO
Brendan Minish wrote:
On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 21:58 +0100, David Cutter wrote:
But it is for the built version
According to certain consumer device manufacturers it seems that CE is
just a little sticker you buy on a big roll that you stick on when
shipping to Europe ;-)
Californian Export
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Wayne Burdick wrote:
Very rugged relay-switched L network. Probably about the size of a P3,
and usable at the base of the antenna or indoors. Probably 4 antenna
jacks.
That's all for now :)
If it's still possible at this stage in the design process, please
consider a bare (or minimally
Johnny Siu wrote:
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Please keep that stuff OUT of this discussion.
We now return you to the topic of outdoor ATUs.
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Wayne Burdick wrote:
If it's still possible at this stage in the design process, please
consider a bare (or minimally enclosed) packaging option for the
ATU, which can then be installed in the user's own weatherproof
enclosure.
This is exactly what we plan to do.
Many people may want
Bill N3KKM wrote:
The K3 manual indicates that the Sub Receiver's AUX antenna must be
well-isolated from the transmit antenna to avoid activating the sub's
carrier carrier-operated relay. From a practical, real world
standpoint, what is well isolated?
The easiest way to make sure is to check
L. T. Stem wrote:
A very fair and true statement.
Although there is a large something left out.
Some 7,000 strong ops who are K2 owners should be included as well.
A good point - I should have mentioned the important segment of K3
owners who particularly want *their* K3 to be a
Edward Dickinson, III wrote:
I'd like to offer that my favored types of operation do not fit what
are seemingly the foci of many of the participants that seem to
constitute the Elecraft fan base. I am not a DXer, Contester, QRPer,
CW or Keyboard Operator. In short, I am a nearly 100% SSB HF,
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
It's always a good idea to check the Elecraft web site to see if you
have the latest manual and errata just in case an update occurred after
your kit was in transit.
The easy way to check for recent updates to all Elecraft manuals is:
Pete Smith wrote:
Experimenting with the RF gain control, and with the RX equalizer. I
have discovered that the setting of the equalizer to emphasize CW beat
notes and de-emphasize the highs makes a tremendous difference in the
perceived noise level and strength of the audio on CW. One thing
Ken Kopp wrote:
There's often a laptop along in many situations involving multiple
operators ... FD, contests, etc. When I have a guest OP I save my K3's
personality to a file so it can be restored easily. This is usually
faster than figuring out what the curious or harried OP has done,
Jim Brown wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:08:16 +0100, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
However, the AIM4170 is a higher-level instrument that is capable of
being re-calibrated to include the effects of an attached test fixture
(which then becomes part of the instrument). With care, it seems that
the 4170
David Cutter wrote:
I like measuring things in the lab and doing the calculations, so we
can avoid blowing things up, wasted time and disappointment, but I also
like to put the thing into practice and do relevant measurements in situ.
I'm building yet another current meter (others have grown
W5OV wrote:
I don't own an AIM, but I've seen choke measurements made by an
AIM that had serious errors. A good common mode choke should
have a high resistive impedance at the frequencies where it is used,
and the AIM is best suited for measuring impedances relatively close
to 50 ohms (that
CUTTER DAVID wrote:
Ian
Our friends over the pond (K9YC etc) extoll the virtues of type 31
material but I have yet to see this in European stocks, (I was
disappointed to see none at Friedsn) do you know of an easy source?
Some UK suppliers do stock beads in #31 material but mostly not the
David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
If you have to use a UK source, have you considered Rapid? They are
more consumer purchase friendly than RS/Farnell, and they have not gone
the way of Maplin of becoming a high street boys' toys merchant.
Further information on a very wide range of UK component and
Jim Brown wrote:
I can't help with identifying distribution channels, but Neutrik, an
excellent connector manufacturer based in Liechtenstein, makes both male and
female cable-mount 1/8-inch connectors of decent quality that can be
purchased through audio distributors in the US. Perhaps there is
Lyle Johnson wrote:
As you turn the knob faster, the step size increases. When you slow
down, the step size is back to normal.
Coming soon to SHIFT, WIDTH, RIT and XIT?
Makes it much easier to make large changes while retaiing control for
small changes.
Couldn't have said it better...
David Cutter wrote:
I would use a current-limited power supply to connect up ANY equipment
for the first time. No fuse is as fast as electronic limiting.
Even the fastest semiconductor fuses require a huge overload to achieve
a sluggish response. Busman 25A fuse: 340A^2t. I'm not an expert,
Don Wilhelm wrote:
I can't help with eliminating the ATT hold button.
But Elecraft could. How about this?
CONFIG:HOLDDLY. Increases the HOLD time required to activate secondary
functions of push buttons and knobs. Minimum (and default) is 0.5
seconds. Further option: for extra-long HOLD times
john wrote:
On 8/3/2010 5:51 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote:
john-61 wrote:
I have a k3 with the standard 2.7 filter and a 400hz cw filter
installed. The 2.7 is in slot FL3 and 400hz is in slot FL4. My
question is when you are adjusting the width of the filter should the
filter 3 number change when
David Woolley wrote:
Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
However, contesters are always looking for an extra edge, and a true
250-270Hz 8-pole filter with a steeper transition from the passband into
the stopband would be the next step to try.
At that sort of bandwidth you are going to be clipping a non
Wayne Burdick wrote:
It *is* difficult to build very narrow 8-pole filters with low loss.
That's one reason Elecraft offers a 5-pole, 200-Hz unit.
5 poles is entirely adequate at these narrow widths. Our 2-kHz IMD
dynamic range using the 200-Hz filter is outstanding.
Of course it is; but this
for a
range of users in heavy QRM.
Now let's see if Inrad or Elecraft take the bait :-)
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On 7/14/2010 5:05 PM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
Bill W4ZV wrote:
Gary Hvizdak wrote:
If instead you think that there might be a greater demand for some other
Bill W4ZV wrote:
Gary Hvizdak wrote:
If instead you think that there might be a greater demand for some other
bandwidth 8-pole INRAD roofing filter, please email me (off-Reflector) to
let me know that width and include your reasoning for desiring that other
width.
I'd be interested in a
Robert Kirkland wrote:
Am now using K3 rear panel mic connector. Front panel mic connector has
an unfinished look and is open to dust and other stuff. Does anyone
know where possibly a knurled screw on cover may be obtained.
Remove the ring nut from a spare mic plug, then blank off the opening
Wayne wrote:
We switch the KPA3 out at lower power levels to optimize the drive,
ensuring a high carrier-to-noise ratio at lower-level stages.
In any case, IMD should be quite respectable on 6 m even with the LPA
by itself.
Understood; but the simple term IMD covers a wide range of issues. It
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Phil Debbie Salas wrote:
I just received a few Ohmite thick film power resistors for an
attenuator I'm making,
rated 20 watts. They are 15mm x 10mm x 3mm. Obviously they have to be
heat-sunk
(heat-sinked?) if they are going to dissipate that much power.
FYI - Both
Ian Maude wrote:
Hi all,
Unfortunately, my stand-in for this week cannot make it so the UK Net will
not run on Sunday. My apologies for this but I am involved with National
Mills Weekend. Normal service will be resumed next week.
Of course if anyone feels they can run the net, please feel free
From: Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com
Obviously I haven't tried it (!) but I suspect that the
external magnetic field from a
toroidal transformer is much less extensive than that of the
usual laminated type.
Tom W8JI wrote:
Don't bet on it. :-)
Tom and I discussed this on the AMPS reflector, back
Brian Alsop wrote:
Why don't we encourage the use of new technology rather than trying to
still hold the Olympics in the nude with sticks and stones as the
technology?
For exactly the same reasons that we recognise running, cycling, horse
riding and motor racing as completely separate
DAVID GROPPER wrote:
Watched the video of Wayne's interview re the P3. The zooming in and
out almost got me G
You ain't seen nothing yet! Elecraft have pulled the whole thing back
for a major rewrite of the screen displays. They'll be re-launching it
at Dayton as the P-3D.
Early orders will
David Windisch wrote:
It's a process, it's easier than you think, and there is plenty of room
for creativity. I don't pretend to know it all; this works for me.
BASICS:
Light up the work area.
Get comfortable seating.
Buy a pull-down magnifier. Don't skimp here. I use OPTI-VISOR, 3X
Matt Zilmer wrote:
The instructions have you clipping one SMT resistor and then removing
the pieces.
I've did a trial of this method on a junk PCB here.
At least on the board I used, there apparently is some kind of adhesive
under under the chip. The clipping process seems to remove the solder
David Pratt wrote:
In a recent message, Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com wrote ...
Any chance of getting the old one archived out there? I didn't look too
terribly hard in the FTP server for it... But it would be nice to be
able to compare and see how the enhanced mic audio and what not are
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
2) The anti-static mat that Radio Shack sells should be fine. Connect
the mat to a wrist strap and connect the wrist strap to you. If you set
the envelope on the mat and then open it while you have the wrist strap
on, and the chassis is also sitting on the mat, then
Alan Bloom wrote:
On most radios, the term RF Gain is actually a misnomer. The control
should really be called IF Gain.
This includes the K3; manual RF gain control or AGC are not applied to
any stage ahead of the first mixer.
The RF Gain control operates on only one stage, the 8.215MHz IF
DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
Well, if this can be a user selection fine. But I really like the
tiny steps below 12 watts. Please retain that.
If this area of code is to be revisited, the gap in available power
settings on 50MHz also needs to be addressed.
The maximum available power without the
is that a gap of 60% in the available power level, from
any transmitter, on any band, simply ain't elegant.
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Wayne Burdick wrote:
If this area of code is to be revisited, the gap in available power
settings on 50MHz also needs to be addressed.
This is on my firmware list.
Thank you, that's what I was hoping to hear.
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AD6XY wrote:
Indeed very generous - thank you Eric.
We will find out on Wednesday our fate for the next year in the budget
statement. It is likely to be tough.
To set Eric's mind at rest, the VAT rate from 1st January will
definitely be 17.5%. Any tax rises announced in next week's budget
David Pratt wrote:
Page 17 of the K3 Owner's Manual (Rev D2) shows an SMA connector for
Input for external standard frequency reference for which a KREF3-EXT
option purports to be available eventually. I understand from what has
been said earlier is that this will be for a 10MHz standard so
Paul Christensen wrote:
The 'RC rise/decay' wave shape that was in the handbooks for many years
is actually a *bad* shape because it has a very sharp corner on key-up.
Ian, *bad* may be a bit too harsh. The League's optimized envelope was
described during a time when only simple R/C values
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
Clicks are a function of a FAST RISE TIME and DISTORTION, not
keying speed.
Not quite ... keyclicks are often a second derivative effect.
They occur when the rate of change of the rate of change is
high - specifically at the corners of the waveform (a abrupt
change in
Ian Maude wrote:
Yes, VAT was dropped to 15% last year for the recession. It goes back
up in January and I very much doubt it will be 17.5% as before!
VAT will go back to 17.5% on January 1st - that's official.
What it will go up to after the election a few months later (regardless
of which
Paul Kirley wrote:
The K3 is capable of displaying frequencies to 1 Hz. It can
be calibrated to somewhat less than 1 Hz against WWV (method 2).
Because I wanted to see if my K3 serial 1322 was capable of
measuring frequency to its displayed precision, I decided to
attempt the November 11/12 ARRL
Chris M0PSK wrote:
On a small number of occasions recently I've been working (what I believed
to be) split on CW, and been embarassed to find that I've transmitted on the
DX frequency. At first I put this down to senior moments, but now that I
have had the same thing happen on RTTY, I am
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
Just a snippet from November RadCom, in the article about NFD and on
page 43 in the section 'Equipment and Antennas' ...
... it appears that the long supremacy of the FT1000 series as an NFD
rig has finally passed. The most commonly appearing transceiver in
2009 was
Wayne Burdick wrote:
The main application I had in mind for this was various splits. The
macros would all be the same, but VFO B might be moved up 1 kHz by
doing PF1+1, up 2 with PF1+2, etc.
Macros requiring multiple key-presses will be fine for some functions,
but please let's remember that
David Gilbert wrote:
juergen piezo wrote:
A 2nd option could also be a dummy load using one of those very cheap
RF film resistors. This would have to be mounted onto the case for a
heatsink.
John
Metal film resistors are notoriously fragile. They will typically meet
their published
rfenabled wrote:
Does anyone know the MTBF of the K3...?
Mean Time Between Firmware ?
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Egads. All the riga-marole! Turn on the sub and put it on his
transmit freq. Tune the A which will be your transmit to where the
other guys are hollering at him. I use a headset and track the calling
mob with the A ear and listen to when he's transmitting with the B ear.
Why worry about
Bruce Meier wrote:
I have been chasing Midway Isl (K4M) and using my sub-RX to follow the
pack. When K4M was not real loud I would turn the Sub off to get the
audio in both ears then back on. After doing that several times
(perhaps 10 - 15) the Sub-RX turns on (according to the front panel
Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote:
. AB is the perfect feature in this application. If the
menu option made the VFOs equivalent in all VFO parameters (AB) when it
invoked SPLIT, that might make sense. In the vast majority of times I go
into SPLIT, I want to tap AB first
toby wrote:
I am sure that it will work as implemented, but transmitting a 500ms
beep every time one starts to transmit would be overkill. Generally FM
rigs here have an extra button for transmitting the 1750Hz tone to
activate the the repeater
On the old Yaesu FT-221/225 series, the 1750Hz
Wayne Burdick wrote:
I plan to eliminate the need for these meta-commands in a future
release. Commands that are modal, such as FW, will be replaced with
non-modal commands.
Do those plans include unambiguous reporting of SPLIT status, and
commands to control audio routeing for SO2R/SO2V
Richard Ferch wrote (quoting beta release notes):
Note: If you make frequent use of this feature, you may want to
use CW reverse on bands where you use USB, and CW normal on bands where
you use LSB. This results in perfect pitch matching when listening to a
CW signal and switching from SSB to
Alan Bloom wrote:
It's an easy mod. Just remove one surface-mount resistor (cut it in
half with side cutters
That is a very risky technique - cutters apply a very large and
uncontrolled force which can easily tear up the solder pads.
It is much safer to melt the solder at both ends of the
Dave G4AON wrote:
Bill W4ZV wrote:
When the mod was first published I asked:
Just checking to see if this is a typo. 13K or 12K?
Bob Friess N6CM (the 1st mixer designer) replied:
13K is a standard 5% value and is correct.
I took the 5% tolerance to mean the value is somewhat critical.
There
Eric Swartz -WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
Lyle just figured this out and corrected a typo in the dsp code.
Wrong spelling of def ?
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Two new modifications have been quietly released at:
www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_app_notes.htm
* K3 VFO Noise Mod
* K3 Extreme Signal RX Protection Mod
Both modifications are presently 'preliminary' and require beta firmware
release 3.24, but the latest public version is still at 3.19.
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Jim Kvochick wrote:
I had a chance to play with my new K3 over the weekend. The one little
feature that I have enjoyed with many other rigs is a band edge beep from
the rig. Does the K3 have something like this, and I just missed it while
learning the rig?
Band edges very between countries; but
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Greg K2UM wrote:
One touch and no static sparks to my equipment during operation, especially
during the winter, and a whole desk mat to work on my K3s and other
equipment.
-
If you want to discharge the static with a touch you need to
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Ian, if you read my message you'll find that we agree on all but one point.
Having re-read the whole of the ESD section in the K3 Assembly Manual, I
wouldn't disagree with a single word.
But each of us is now trying to condense this whole subject into an
exchange of
James Sarte wrote:
I had a similar issue, except my encoder noise was most noticeable
around 5MHz. After testing and discussions with Wayne, it appears to
be due to hot synthesizers.
I do not notice this problem in the 6m band.
I notice it sometimes while tuning the bottom 50kHz of 6m for
Kevin Rock wrote:
Wayne flat refused my request to make a TARDIS
Too bad... but the K9 development program is well under way.
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David Pratt wrote:
In a recent message, Dave G4AON elecr...@astromag.co.uk writes
I have now done all the hardware mods to my K3, none were particularly
difficult to do. I even did modifications that are of no use to me, such
as the -ve ALC and pull up resistor mods... At least my K3 is close to
James Sarte wrote:
At first I thought I did not have any noticeable birdies, but now it
seems that I have developed a few. It's probably from moving cables
and such around inside the rig.
We could really use a detailed set of photos of cables behind the synth
board(s), showing the
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I've had the cables all over the place. There seems to be only one
cable whose placement has a significant effect on birdies. That's the
long (10/25cm)cable running from J84 at the bottom of the Auxiliary
KSYN3 board to J85 on the KRX3 RF module. It should be dressed as
W0FK wrote:
Having a quick split feature would be great! My IC-7800 has that, and
I miss it on the K3. Hold split, enter the up split frequency (up 1,
up 5, etc.) and the seconnd VFO is there. No counting or adding.
Quick split - otherwise known as auto split or pileup split - is
an option
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
I have to disagree ... quick split would cause too may
other problems like losing the frequency if one has
already set VFO B (subreciever) to the desired place.
Except for actions explicitly designed to change frequency
(tune the VFO, change band, recall a memory, etc.),
As a stronger warning that the K3 is in TX Test mode, would it be
possible to flash the orange Delta-F LED as well as the tiny TX icon?
(Think of it as an extension of what Dick already does in the K3
Utility, to signify that the rig is not available for use.)
Reason for asking: Experienced
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
As a stronger warning that the K3 is in TX Test mode, would it
be possible to flash the orange Delta-F LED as well as the
tiny TX icon?
Instead of doing that, why not simply hijack the VFO B display and
flash TX TEST when in test mode? The display is already there
wayne burdick wrote:
On Jan 30, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
When Independence Day arrives, will there be facilities to scan one
receiver independently of the other, on a different band?
Scanning and text decode/display will still be usable only with the
main receiver
Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU wrote:
I wanted to set the KRX3 to one frequency and the main RX to another.
So I had the SUB RX set and wanted to set main, so I used M-V M1 to
recall a frequency for main, but that set SUB RX to some random
frequency I happened to have in VFO B the day I programmed M-V
Bill W4ZV wrote:
***Nobody is forcing you to use the supplied cable. A battery jumper
cable should work nicely if you can figure out the connections. If
everyone in the UK is so paranoid, you can probably start a thriving
business making special connecting cables ;-)
We aren't all
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
As Wayne's often mentioned here, the advanced up-conversion design of
the K3 is superior for HF but makes incorporating VHF a real challenge.
No challenge at all... had it been thought about at the design stage.
Since the K3 is top-of-the-line in so many other respects,
Don Wilhelm wrote:
To connect the subRX auxiliary input to the non-transmit KAT3 antenna,
the TMP cable from the KAT3 to the subRX antenna input must be in place
(instead of the TMP cable from the BNC).
Factory built K3s with the subRX installed have the BNC cable installed
and a separate TMP
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
The program is called K3 Filter Tools and can be downloaded
free from: http://mysite.verizon.net/ks7d
Mike, KS7D
Note: when using Mike's software, AUTOINF must be set to NOR.
Anyone who normally has AUTOINF=1 (e.g. for a SteppIR antenna)
will need to manually reset
Verizon Mail wrote:
I fixed the problems related to PTT and the program not releasing the
serial port in some cases. You can download the updated program from
my web site: http://mysite.verizon.net/ks7d/
I am working on the Configauto problem reported by Joe and improved
user help. I hope to
My old FT-1000MP has two Inrad 8.215MHz filters that I would like to
move over to the K3. Is it possible to buy the plug-in adapter boards as
a separate item from either Elecraft or Inrad?
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Peter Connors, F5VNB wrote:
Absolutely not! When conventional rigs are generating ALC
their final amplifiers are ALREADY in compression and they
are generating IMD in the PSK31 signal.
A bit sweeping, Joe. Surely any sane engineer would put the onset of
system ALC at a level *before* the PA
Julian, G4ILO wrote:
I seem to have read this before - perhaps in one of your RadCom
columns?
Yes; the first discussions were here, sometime around March 2008.
Then you saw it again in my May 2008 column in Radcom, although that
article was specifically about the deficiencies of normal
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