David,
The below statement is absolutely true. I am an industrial psychologist
(really), and we have made some discoveries about why certain industrial
processes sometimes work and sometimes don't. One of our earliest
discoveries was the answer to the question: How may psychologists does
it
Barry,
Main computer works. Netbook works. Main computer uses USB wifi, so I
would not be looking at the reflector if USB were broken. Netbook has
full function, including USB devices.
73,
Jan, KX2A
On 8/9/2016 3:58 AM, Barry Simpson wrote:
Hi Jan
Are you sure that your computer is not f
I asked for help with my K3 to computer connection on this reflector,
and then asked for a used set of KIO3 boards. John, KH7T, was nice
enough to send me his old set of KIO3 boards for free. I replaced my
boards, and, while I was at it, looked at the original set for fried
chokes (they taste
I am the ham who asked for replacement KIO3 boards. At the present
time, I have received several offers of boards at different prices, and
several offers of free boards. I am in communication with a ham with
free boards now, and I will let this reflector know how that went.
Meanwhile, I urge
I had a power surge in my home (along with everyone else in the zip
code), and it looks like my KIO3 boards took a hit via the computer. I
tried a new serial-USB converter, and that does not fix the problem.
Elecraft suggests that the next step be a new set of I/O boards, but, of
course, they
at is happening. A null modem loopback cable can be
helpful if you have to proper driving software application for that
testing. I did that during my years of PC modem testing, but that was
more than 30 years ago and the software ran under DOS - not helpful now.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/18/2016 6:36 PM
I have a K3 that lost communication with my computer. It uses an
Elecraft serial-to-USB converter and cable. This probably happened
during a known power surge. I also lost communication to my MDS rotor,
which uses a built-in USB cable, which I believe may also be a
serial-to-USB arrangement.
In the new spirit of posting irrelevant or non-technical posts, I have
decided to contribute my own.
I am pleased to state that I received the first KX2, out of the first
batch of 26, in 1982, and have used it successfully for the past 34
years. I currently use it with my Elecraft K3 to work
Gerry,
I use a K3 with an AL82. I suspect that the K3s is like the K3.
The setting for semi-break-in is to put the K3 into CW mode and then repeatedly
press & hold the QSK switch until you see the word SEMI in the display.
The connector for key out to operate the linear is an RCA female label
This is a wrap-up post to the discussion about RFI feedback into the
audio of my K3.
First, I want to thank everyone who offered suggestions, most of which I
tried to follow up.
After numerous failures, I managed to lure a local guru--a ham who makes
his living getting RF and audio things to
George and Jim,
8 minutes after my post hit the reflector, I received the following two
e-mails.
George: "Now that you have a KAT-3, you have 2 antenna ports. Is there
any chance that the wrong one is selected for those bands?"
Jim: "Antenna selection is per band. Perhaps you have the wro
My K3 has been having RF feedback problems with an 80 meter antenna. In
order to resolve things, I built an 80-meter dipole to use as a test
antenna. While all this was happening, over the past few months, I also
added a used KAT-3 tuner and a KXYN3A to replace the original synthesizer.
Afte
I hope that this is the last message in this thread, although I suspect
that there will be a bunch of I-told-you-so's. I resolved the RFI and
distortion problem with my 67 foot vertical on 75/80 meters. The
difficulty was, as some suggested, with the station ground. I should
have realized th
I will continue to try solutions, but they seem to be getting random.
I found my long 50-ohm coax run to the 80-meter vertical. It ends in a
DX Engineering 1:1 balun with terminals. I have tried this before. I
connected one of the terminals to the vertical and the other to the
ground base.
I have followed Joe's directions: I found a two-conductor-plus-shield
cable in the junk box (aka hamshack) and wired it as he instructed. It
works properly as a microphone, but still has extreme RFI on 75 phone.
I rechecked my other microphone, a Ten Tec Model 705 with a home made
adapter fro
Joe and Bob,
I decided to chop things up to see what was inside. I found a
surprising result:
The microphone wire is a two-conductor wire, consisting of a single
insulated conductor and a shield. At the microphone XLR end the single
wire is connected to pin 2. At the rig end, this same wi
your coax cable. Always
better to locate
them outside the shack
73
John
On 23 Nov 2015, at 1:02 AM, Jan Ditzian wrote:
I have a problem that appears to be changing, but I could use some help. The
problem is RFI in the audio input (microphone input) when I use my vertical
antenna on 40 meters
I have a problem that appears to be changing, but I could use some
help. The problem is RFI in the audio input (microphone input) when I
use my vertical antenna on 40 meters. Here is a rundown of what has
happened:
I have a 67-foot elevated vertical that I can use on 80 and 40, and it
works
Brian,
Do you have a schematic on the web for this, along with the other
technical details? It was only yesterday that I found myself wishing
for this capability.
Jan, KX2A
I really miss extra programmable buttons on the K3. To remedy this, I
created a "button box" that has 20 programmab
I have a K3-100 with KIO3 and KXV3, an Ameritron AL-82 amplifier, and a
Heath SB-610 RF display scope. The SB-610 is currently able to monitor
the K3 and AL-82 outputs during transmit, displaying either the
sinusoidal output or an RF Trap.
Has anyone used the K3 as an input to the SB-610 on r
I would like to thank Dick and Iain for their help in resolving this
problem.
The answer is in the K3 Utility Help for Commands Macros, under "Macro
assignment procedure overview." I also found that it is important to
TAP for a tap memory and HOLD for a hold memory. I was uncertain about
w
I would like help in programming the four buttons (M1-M4) that are in a
circle at the right of the K3.
I have the K3 Utility, and I have gotten it to label one of the buttons
and to get it to set the power. The button labeled M3 appears to
correspond to Macro 1. If I label it 10W, that show
The major audio volume problem turned out to be the one that N5GE
mentioned--there was a crack in the knob, so fine that I did not see it
until I used a flashlight directly on the knob. The folks at Elecraft
told me to look, and there it was. I have new knobs now, all is well.
I do not know w
I suddenly came up with several problems related to audio volume on my
K3, MCU 4.51.
I was listening on USB with slow AGC and I noticed that the volume would
suddenly drop and remain low until I hit the T/R button, whereupon it
would come back again, and then disappear. I switched to fast AGC
I use Logger32 for logging and one-click QSY to DXCluster spots.
Logger32 employs MMTTY or MMVARI for RTTY, PSK31, and other digital
modes. It has a built-in telnet program for spots, plus CW and voice
sending routines. It tracks a number of awards (DXCC, WAS, and
others). It can output ADIF
CW works in SSB mode only if Vox is on because you have not used the
PTT. This is exactly parallel to the procedure for CW, where you can
only send without PTT by turning Vox on.
Jan, KX2A
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