Re: [Elecraft] Transmitting low power through the PA

2008-10-05 Thread Julian, G4ILO
works well for most situations. > Okay, but if you are more concerned with reliability than the cost of the electricity bill, wouldn't it be better to run all the components conservatively well within their ratings, than endure the constant heating up and cooling down of the low power PA co

[Elecraft] Transmitting low power through the PA

2008-10-05 Thread Julian, G4ILO
is the sort of thing you want to leave running all day, I'd prefer the 100W PA with its big heatsink and pair of fans to take most of the strain. Is this possible? - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directo

RE: [Elecraft] Power too high in PSK31 / S

2008-10-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
I have the K3/100 but it simply never occurred to me to wind the power up to 100W. I don't see the point in getting the PA so hot so quickly. I never set it to more than 40W, and at 25W it runs noticeably cooler and doesn't seem to make much difference to the signal report. - Julian,

Re: [Elecraft] Power too high in PSK31 / S

2008-10-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
o a certain extent. Everyone should use an IMD meter or something like it. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context: htt

RE: [Elecraft] Power too high in PSK31 / SSB

2008-10-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
operate at the "sweet spot" in the center of the passband. The wonderful program Fldigi has a handy QSY button that shifts whatever signal you are receiving to that point, so you can then dial in a narrow filter and get the best possible copy. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. htt

[Elecraft] [K3] Chaining CW memories

2008-10-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
would send DE G4ILO5NN (for example) instead of DE G4ILO 5NN. Also, at the moment I press the second M button, quite often a dot or dash or two gets dropped from the message being sent (playback speed only 24wpm). - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http

RE: [Elecraft] Power too high in PSK31 / SSB

2008-10-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ears are complaining that they can't accurately set the output so they can't overdrive them. It seems to me that how much power the K3 puts out depends on what mood it's in. :) - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-di

[Elecraft] [K3] Serious bug in K3 firmware calibration logic?

2008-10-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
it. By the way, if anyone wonders why I had the KAT3 active when using an external tuner as for the magnetic loop, the reason is simply that one of my antennas needs the KAT3 and one doesn't, and the K3 provides no way to link the KAT3 in/out with the selection of ANT 1/2. - Julian, G4IL

RE: [Elecraft] Power too high in PSK31 / SSB

2008-10-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
actually measure ALC, but signal level, and should be adjusted to a steady 4 or 5 bars to ensure adequate drive. I will try the most recent release of the firmware to see if it makes a difference. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-direc

[Elecraft] [K3] Power too high in PSK31 / SSB

2008-10-03 Thread Julian, G4ILO
been specified. On SSB at 100W the internal meter seems to be at full scale most of the time as well. Has anyone else experienced this, and what is the solution? - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - 60M channel storage and recall

2008-10-03 Thread Julian, G4ILO
y other than to use a TS570 or TS480, > etc. > > If you used my KComm software, you could make shortcuts for the channels. In fact, on the KComm web page, there is a set of shortcuts I made for the UK 60m channels, that you can download and import into the program. - Julian,

Re: [Elecraft] K2 question

2008-10-03 Thread Julian, G4ILO
grade notes linked from that page to decide whether it's really worth doing. Mine is still running on firmware that's possibly even older than that. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://w

Re: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - interfacing to N1MM Contest Logging software

2008-09-30 Thread Julian G4ILO
Would you lop off the ? *after* clicking the button to start sending the confirmation? If yes, then it would be a problem, because the software would have sent the whole confirmation to the radio as soon as you clicked the button. Otherwise it wouldn't. Julian, G4ILO G4ILO's Shack: www

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - interfacing to N1MM Contest Logging software

2008-09-30 Thread Julian, G4ILO
d key and the transmission being finished they are a hell of a lot quicker on the keyboard than I am. The KY command is simply an alternative to external memory keyers or the message memories built into radios like the K2 and K3 that are not modifiable in any shape or form during the time-frame o

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - interfacing to N1MM Contest Logging software

2008-09-29 Thread Julian, G4ILO
previous occasions when I have questioned why it is not used, the trouble is that the K2 and K3 are the only radios that implement this in a properly thought-out way, so developers of general purpose software are not interested in doing the necessary work to exploit it. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #3

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - interfacing to N1MM Contest Logging software

2008-09-29 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ut it would be worth bearing in mind that that configuration may not work with a different adapter. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View th

Re: [Elecraft] Immediately Exit in Rtty with Terminal

2008-09-29 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Comm program is capable of using terminal mode to send RTTY and PSK31 but because of the inability to do end the transmission quickly, or send newline characters, or differentiate between upper and lower case (not important for RTTY, obviously) it isn't a useful capability at the moment.

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Propagation

2008-09-26 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ou an idea of who is actually working what at any given time. An interesting variation on that is the Reverse Beacon Project http://skimmer.dxwatch.com/ which plots stations heard by people using the CW Skimmer software, however there are far too few users (and Skimmer is prone to mis-copy calls) for it

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital audio out ?

2008-09-05 Thread Julian, G4ILO
en though it would entail an unnecessary D to A and back to D again step. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context: http://n

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital audio out ?

2008-09-05 Thread Julian, G4ILO
hat plugs in to the RS-232 port and line in and out jacks on the radio side, and ethernet on the other. You'd need an on-board sound card, of course, to digitise the audio. Using Hamlib for rig control, the device could work with any radio, so the market for it would be much bigger than j

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital audio out ?

2008-09-05 Thread Julian, G4ILO
to the K3 with streaming audio. That would work over a LAN or across the wider Internet, whatever you wanted. At present, though, the only solution appears to be to get a Ten-Tec Omni VII. I think Elecraft missed a trick in not designing the K3 so a web based interface like the Omni VII could hav

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] Harmonic Distortion

2008-09-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
elated to the signal. That is probably higher than most of us can hear, which is why there have been few complaints about it. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital audio out ?

2008-09-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
7;s the end of it. :( - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Digital-audio-out---tp8388

Re: [Elecraft] K3: using data modes with MixW

2008-09-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
not simply the frequency of the suppressed carrier, as it does in SSB. But it will not actually change the transceiver frequency switching from LSB to RTTYR. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital audio out ?

2008-09-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
#x27;t imagine why it would be illegal in the US. Doesn't one of the Ten-Tec rigs have an Ethernet port that allows full remote control with streaming audio already? - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Direct

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Harmonic Distortion

2008-09-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
so on mine I have used the RX equalization to cut the topmost frequency by -16dB and the next one down by -8dB, which to my ears gives a much more restful sound. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4il

Re: Re[Elecraft] ading/Posting to Elecraft list?

2008-09-04 Thread Julian, G4ILO
read messages" and if I go away then I don't have to download hundreds of messages that I'll probably never have time to read when I get back. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.

RE: [Elecraft] E-mail Warning ...

2008-09-03 Thread Julian, G4ILO
the only way to stop such attempts. Perhaps the one used by QTH.NET is particularly dumb, but I don't think any spam filter is 100% accurate. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm

Re: [Elecraft] E-mail Warning ...

2008-09-03 Thread Julian, G4ILO
control the format of the digests, asked in another post.) I believe that Eric can whitelist individual members whose postings are being bounced, so the answer is to drop him an email direct, stating the problem. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack htt

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Harmonic Distortion

2008-09-02 Thread Julian, G4ILO
y to check for - just move the radio as far away from the PSU as it will go. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Harmonic Distortion

2008-09-01 Thread Julian, G4ILO
an audiophile quality hi-fi output stage. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Harmo

Re: [Elecraft] Data modes

2008-08-31 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ll the same mode really (they are reported as the same mode to logging software as well.) So it remembers just one filter selection. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KCo

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - DSP ringing on CW & SSB

2008-08-30 Thread Julian, G4ILO
not hearing an even distribution of noise across the whole audio spectrum, but a narrow segment of noise whose amplitude distribution follows the shape of the filter. In other words, I think it's normal. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ha

Re: [Elecraft] K3 FSK RTTY

2008-08-30 Thread Julian, G4ILO
SB to serial driver has probably not been written to cope with the idea of the serial control lines being used for a purpose other than hardware flow control. Why not just use AFSK? Alternatively, get a PCI serial port board (assuming you aren't using a laptop.) - Julian, G4ILO.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Software

2008-08-30 Thread Julian, G4ILO
My guiding principle has always been "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Since nothing is broken for me that the latest firmware builds fix, I'm sticking with the version I'm using. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Transmiter IMD figures

2008-08-30 Thread Julian, G4ILO
he speech compressor was not being bypassed when the control was turned to 0. This added sufficient extra distortion to cause the -27dB figure that was quoted rather than the -30dB that Elecraft expected. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.h

Re: [Elecraft] K3 & LOGGING SOFTWARE

2008-08-29 Thread Julian, G4ILO
functionality. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-LOGGING--SOFTWARE-tp791425p791769.html

RE: [Elecraft] K3 - Keeping the dust out..

2008-08-28 Thread Julian, G4ILO
doberman wrote: > > How about the dust covers someone suggested a few or so posts ago?? > > Reviewed here: > > http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/7387 > > Or ask your xyl to make a dust cover for your K3, like mine did. :) - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #2

Re: [Elecraft] K3 #1456 - data modes setup

2008-08-28 Thread Julian, G4ILO
s in the K3 or the on-board Realtek sound chip in my shack PC, but it does warrant further investigation. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -

Re: [Elecraft] K3 #1456 - data modes setup

2008-08-27 Thread Julian, G4ILO
have to configure a menu option to select the line input for data) at about 20 to get 5 bars on the "ALC" reading. On receive I actually get an adequate drive for the CW Skimmer program into the line input socket with the K3 Line output level set at just 2. Other software seems to need

RE: [Elecraft] Prospective K3 Owner

2008-08-27 Thread Julian, G4ILO
gs in a couple of the cups. When you have used all the parts you are probably ready for a snack. :) - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- Vi

Re: [Elecraft] Prospective K3 Owner

2008-08-27 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ous signs of wear after all those years. It seems to be impossible nowadays to buy tools of any sort that are not cheap cr*p made in China from poor quality steel that gets chewed up at the first tough job it encounters. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack

RE: [Elecraft] Prospective K3 Owner

2008-08-26 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ve its own compartment. :) I did find it seriously useful to have labelled compartments for each size of screw, nut etc. They had to be sorted out at the inventory stage, so to mix them back up together and then sort them out again when needed makes no sense to me, and just adds another source of er

Re: [Elecraft] RS-232 and USB with Elecraft.

2008-08-26 Thread Julian, G4ILO
tware that will print out a trace of everything that's sent and received through a COM port? (It might also help me find out why Fldigi RigCAT support doesn't work reliably with the K3 under Windows.) - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http:/

Re: [Elecraft] Software Development Goals

2008-08-26 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ent writing and testing code. We're getting there, most people are happy now, but the nature of ham radio is that users have widely different priorities, and some will always find something to grumble about. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 competition from Icom?

2008-08-25 Thread Julian, G4ILO
#x27;d also like to have streaming audio in and out of it. Being able to remote control a radio is not a lot of use unless you can get audio in and out as well, and if you need a computer to handle that then you might as well use it also to handle the CAT commands. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #

Re: [Elecraft] K3 competition from Icom?

2008-08-25 Thread Julian, G4ILO
e drivers are no longer available but that is not something I want to do with a $4000 radio. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this me

Re: [Elecraft] UK Elecraft net report for Sunday 24th August

2008-08-24 Thread Julian, G4ILO
seem to be running 400W, which is never going to be an option for me with indoor antennas. The frequency Dave picked, 3630, is better for me because the Q of my antenna is quite sharp and it's resonant at about 3600 so I can use it on data modes and CW. The SWR at the top of 80 doe

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and USB1/serial interface

2008-08-24 Thread Julian, G4ILO
(including mine until I found that one worked just as well on real serial ports, and also worked with USB ones) may use two for the K3 as well. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/

Re: [Elecraft] Nabble identity help please

2008-08-23 Thread Julian, G4ILO
red with the reflector, so it keeps on putting up this message that you have to register each time you try to post. I tried re-registering in the (forlorn) hope it would stop doing that, and I guess that's why you did, too. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO&#x

[Elecraft] Which sideband on data mode?

2008-08-23 Thread Julian, G4ILO
I'm trying to figure out some code to center a PSK signal in the filter passband. In order to do this, I need to know which sideband is being used in data mode, so as to know which way to change the transceiver frequency. The K3 appears to use USB, but what does the K2 do? - Julian,

Re: [Elecraft] K2 3 amps on receive

2008-08-23 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ow, so it could well be something else. It could be failure of the device that switches the supply to the TX stages, so the TX side is getting power during RX when it shouldn't be. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Buffer Mod

2008-08-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
amplified by the time it gets to this point. So the noise will be attenuated as well as the signal. Perhaps it won't be as sensitive, but the loss won't be as much as 17dB. I find it hard to accept your implication that Elecraft designed an IF output that is effectively useless. - Ju

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CAT noise

2008-08-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ght through the noise, so it's not an operating issue, but > it's distracting. > > Has anyone else come across this? What was the resolution? > > I remember this coming up once before. I believe it was a problem with grounding the shields of the cables between the rig and t

[Elecraft] FlDigi for Windows

2008-08-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ally locks up. Often it freezes when clicking the Initialize option as well. Fldigi apparently works best with Hamlib, but that appears to be a Linux only thing, at least I can't find a Windows version of it. So if anyone has got this program to work I'd like to know how they manag

Re: [Elecraft] Nabble

2008-08-20 Thread Julian, G4ILO
t of it. This page http://www.nabble.com/help/Answer.jtp?id=36 explains how it's done. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View t

[Elecraft] ANN: KComm 1.3 for Windows now released

2008-08-19 Thread Julian, G4ILO
. - Experimental integrated soundcard CW decoder added. - Support for CW Skimmer added. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directoryhttp://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in co

Re: [Elecraft] K3 noise blanker

2008-08-18 Thread Julian, G4ILO
e I experience, which is a bit like a close-up recording of frying, like a chorus of 100 switched mode power supplies. I hoped the much-vaunted DSP NR would have an impact on this, but it just makes the voice sound distorted and narrow. Perhaps I'm expecting too much as well. - Julian,

Re: [Elecraft] Virtual Elecraft Users Net anyone?

2008-08-17 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ne "one" would need to be a "conference" node, this would require someone to set up a server for it so it's not something we can just go ahead and do. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message

Re: [Elecraft] Virtual Elecraft Users Net anyone?

2008-08-16 Thread Julian, G4ILO
platform, as long as you have installed Java. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Virtual-Elecraft-Users-Net-anyone--tp726815p727655.html Sent fro

Re: [Elecraft] Virtual Elecraft Users Net anyone?

2008-08-15 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Jim Brown-10 wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:32:56 -0700 (PDT), Julian, G4ILO wrote: > >>I find myself horizontally >>polarized, unable to access the shack, bored, > > Sorry to hear of your polarization. For boredom, have you considered > reading? >

[Elecraft] Virtual Elecraft Users Net anyone?

2008-08-15 Thread Julian, G4ILO
the system has a virtual DX cluster we should be easy enough to find. Even if no-one is interested in the idea of a net, if you are intrigued enough to install the HamSphere software and you see me on, I'm probably bored and would appreciate a chat. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.

Re: [Elecraft] UK Elecraft net?

2008-08-10 Thread Julian, G4ILO
would need to be no more than about 40 feet end to end to fit into my attic without doubling back. Anyone know of something like that which is commercially available? All I could find was the G3OJV 80plus2 which is just over 50 feet long, and I am not sure if it would fit, or work, in my attic.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Audio

2008-08-09 Thread Julian, G4ILO
I don't have an oscilloscope so I can't be sure if the problem is occurring in the K3 or the input to the sound card. Skimmer seems happy at the low setting, but it is too low for my PSK31 software. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.co

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Microhpone

2008-08-09 Thread Julian, G4ILO
s than ideal conditions and audio with some treble emphasis does that better, regardless of whether or not it sounds natural. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Mi

Re: [Elecraft] Paddle for K3

2008-08-08 Thread Julian, G4ILO
would not have thought the same potential for incompatibility existed with a paddle. :) My Kent paddle looks like it was made for the K3. The black hammer finish base matches the K3 paint colour perfectly. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ha

Re: [Elecraft] K2 power setting for SSB QRP?

2008-08-07 Thread Julian, G4ILO
3 for that matter) to 5W then the peak power should be limited to 5W, plus or minus the limits of error of the power metering and the ALC. Personally I set my K2 for 10W for SSB, and with the compression at 3 could light up all the green segments on speech peaks. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4il

Re: [Elecraft] u want nice audio?

2008-08-06 Thread Julian, G4ILO
x27;t see the point in paying all that when the K3 has a perfectly good speaker. Anyway, Real Hams Use Headphones. If I want hi-fi I'll go downstairs and listen to music on the stereo. :) - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Heil Microphones

2008-08-06 Thread Julian, G4ILO
EQ, though to be fair there have been a lot of firmware revisions and audio improvements since then so perhaps it would be easier now. Anyway I'm pleased with the Heil mic and the ability to just flip a switch to get the DX setting is easier than going into menus. - Julian, G4ILO http://

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Heil Adapter, which one?

2008-08-06 Thread Julian, G4ILO
at - good audio reports and plenty of drive. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Heil-Adapter%2C-which-one--tp676288p677154.html Sent from the Elecraft ma

Re: [Elecraft] UK Elecraft net?

2008-08-06 Thread Julian, G4ILO
antennas I only have a slinky dipole for 80m, but I'll make a note to have a listen. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/UK-Elecraft-net--tp6769

Re: [Elecraft] Beta Software Download Problem

2008-08-03 Thread Julian, G4ILO
t go to the Elecraft home page and navigate to the beta software download page from there? Home Page -> Software -> K3 Software & Downloader -> Beta release instructions -> FTP link. If that still doesn't work, either your firewall is blocking FTP or you need a better web browser (

Re: [Elecraft] ESSB Works Well

2008-08-03 Thread Julian, G4ILO
particular contact when circumstances permit, and then turn off when that contact has ended. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/ESSB-Works-Well-tp666449p666824.html Se

[Elecraft] K3 FPF Load failed

2008-08-02 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ld have done without. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-FPF-Load-failed-tp666390p666390.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing l

RE: [Elecraft] K2 USB interface

2008-08-01 Thread Julian, G4ILO
orks fine for CW keying using MixW, but also functions as a PTT in other modes, though as has already been stated, most programs that can talk to the radio can send RX and TX commands over the serial protocol so for that purpose the additional control line isn't necessary. - Julian, G4

Re: Re: [Elecraft] New K3 Manual

2008-07-31 Thread Julian, G4ILO
e can do A4 or A5. He has authorized me to post this offer to the list, as the reflector is blocking him as a spammer. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/New-K3-Manual-tp66

Re: [Elecraft] New K3 Manual

2008-07-31 Thread Julian, G4ILO
wb8yqj wrote: > > Great job guys - filled in the new CONFIG table and a > fine index to boot. vy Fb... > Is it available in hard copy to purchase? Alternatively, does anyone know of a service that can print and bind a PDF file in the UK? ----- Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] FSK Help

2008-07-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
one a comparison, but if true I would have thought it was due to a deficiency in the decoding software. I would have thought that DSP was capable of doing a better decoding job than any analog frequency discriminator circuit. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.

Re: [Elecraft] K2 KIO2 Serial Data causes RX Interference

2008-07-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ause low level wide band interference. I once had the bright idea of using a cheap USB soundcard as an extra audio input for a second receiver - the noise it generated more or less wiped out the signals I was trying to decode. So my guess is that your USB to serial connector is the culprit. - Ju

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Momentary breaks when tuning down

2008-07-22 Thread Julian, G4ILO
3 gets there the other station has gone back to 144.300 wondering > where you went. This is of course how I noticed the last digit issue > above. > Why not use the RIT control for fast QSYing? - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - shipping size?

2008-07-21 Thread Julian, G4ILO
for shipping by insured courier, the risk of loss or damage just isn't worth the saving. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3---shipping-size--tp575070p

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW in SSB mode option to disable on 60m feature request

2008-07-21 Thread Julian, G4ILO
r aren't allowed to use something, then just don't use it. We're licensed amateurs, we know what the rules are, we don't need our radios playing nanny to make sure we don't do anything we're not supposed to. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack

Re: [Elecraft] Viewing current firmware details

2008-07-18 Thread Julian, G4ILO
a talent > for smashing Windows. It would be a first. though, to know it wasn't my > system. > > No problem here using Firefox under Linux. :) I'm not suggesting you should switch to Linux to solve this, but why not try Firefox? - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 antenna tiner related question

2008-07-17 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ne unless you press the button, should it? - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-antenna-tiner-related-question-tp532568p532908.html Sent from t

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Bug

2008-07-15 Thread Julian, G4ILO
narrowest. But I had an empty FL1 slot for several months while I waited for the FM filter to become available and never noticed the problem that is being reported. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this messa

Re: [Elecraft] OT code practice w/MP3 and iPod?

2008-07-14 Thread Julian, G4ILO
mbers, simulated QSO overs, or you can feed it a text file and it will send that as code. - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/OT-code-practice-w-MP3-and-iPod--tp527381p527500

RE: Re: [Elecraft] Issues with cw keying line in N1MM with K3?

2008-07-13 Thread Julian, G4ILO
ges, which are short and sent pretty quickly anyway. The K2 certainly has a maximum length of 24 characters you can send at one time. I have never checked if the K3 accepts a longer string. But again I would have thought most contest exchanges, even CQs, could be accommodated within 24 characters.

Re: Re: [Elecraft] Issues with cw keying line in N1MM with K3?

2008-07-12 Thread Julian, G4ILO
the main contest logging programs use it. (In fact I think my program KComm, and possibly HRD, are the only ones that do.) - Julian, G4ILO http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Issues-with-

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Julian, G4ILO
he latest version of Windows. Give me a thin client that can run Firefox and I can do just about anything. The only place I still need a real PC is in the shack, because for logging, data modes and most other ham radio activities you still need real applications and I can't see that changing.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 XMIT in SSB modes

2008-03-21 Thread Julian G4ILO
rmware. > However for your desk mic, wouldn't a foot > switch be more use? Not for long overs. I move my feet about to much. -- Julian, G4ILO Member: RSGB, ARRL QRP Station: Elecraft K3 #222, K2 #392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com ___ E

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - New Radio Excitement

2008-03-10 Thread Julian G4ILO
mind paying a bit more anyway just for the convenience. -- Julian, G4ILO Member: RSGB, ARRL QRP Station: Elecraft K3 #222, K2 #392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com On 10/03/2008, David Ferrington, M0XDF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > at the end of the day, would it be worth Elecraft&#x

Re: [Elecraft] Shack PC and/or portable use

2008-03-07 Thread Julian G4ILO
that David mentioned, that's called wine, and it does run some Windows programs OK, including most of mine, such as VOAProp. Others, such as MixW, crash. Perhaps it would be better to continue this thread in the forum mentioned above, since it's a bit off-topic for this list? -- Julian

Re: [Elecraft] K3 #272 QRV in style

2008-01-29 Thread Julian G4ILO
Do you drink whisky, bourbon, vodka? Ice cube trays work quite well for the small components (and the problem of not having ice to go in your favorite tipple gives an extra incentive to get that K3 finished quick!) Cheers! :) -- Julian, G4ILO Member: RSGB, ARRL QRP Station: Elecraft K3 #222, K2

Re: [Elecraft] Err TXF

2008-01-17 Thread Julian G4ILO
x27;t sound the same to me when monitored on-air. I've monitored the transmission using both the K2 (which isn't really a good tool for this since its opposite sideband responses aren't identical either) and the FT-817 which has a fairly wide standard SSB filter and sounds the same on

Re: [Elecraft] RE: not about technical issues (was Shipping Status Page)

2007-12-07 Thread Julian G4ILO
ave a perfectly good K2. And at this point I wonder why I need a hobby pursued by people who can think of nothing better than hurl insults at others who express opinions they just don't agree with. I'm out of here, too. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www

Re: [Elecraft] RE: not about technical issues (was Shipping Status Page)

2007-12-07 Thread Julian G4ILO
ing the frustration of waiting. It's human nature. These shipping discussions are only going to be replaced by technical ones when more people have actual K3s to discuss and fewer people are kicking their heels waiting for them. You'll just have to get used to it. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/

Re: [Elecraft] K2Net remote control

2007-12-07 Thread Julian G4ILO
ore likely, since I have never had any reports of the display being garbage, and if the data itself was corrupted the program would probably misbehave or crash. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf On 06/12/2007

Re: [Elecraft] Shipping Status Page

2007-12-07 Thread Julian G4ILO
ack full of other radios, are not planning on going anywhere and are in good health and not significantly past retirement age. But that still leaves a lot of others, I'll bet, who need at best a promise, but if not that an *accurate* prediction of when their order will be met. -- Juli

Re: [Elecraft] Shipping Status Page

2007-12-06 Thread Julian G4ILO
ho are guilty of nothing more than wanting to get their hands on a very exciting new radio some slack too? 73, -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf ___ Elecraft mailing li

Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] Contesting with the KX1 on CQWW CW

2007-12-05 Thread Julian G4ILO
r give password access to your friends. I tried this with PA3CW a couple of years ago and it was very interesting seeing how my signal sounded over there, or comparing what beacons he could hear at his QTH with what I was hearing from mine. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ???

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