[Elecraft] K4D USB ports

2023-10-02 Thread Oscar Staudt
I was thinking to plug in a USB powered WiFi bridge into the back of my K4D. The unit requires 1Amp. How much 5v current can the K4 USB ports supply? I couldn't seem to find that in the documentation. __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] K4 and Yamaha CM-500 Mic?

2023-07-30 Thread Oscar Staudt
When I got my K4D a month ago, I unplugged my Yamaha CM-500 mic and headphones from my K3, and plugged them into the back of my K4. I set the mic input to rear, and mic bias on. I expected the mic to perform like it had in the K3. I attempted to get 3-5 bars of ALC by turning up the mic gain

[Elecraft] K3 DVR, Speakers, and feedback

2013-06-21 Thread Oscar Staudt
I always use a headset with my K3 at home. I have the Mon level at 1 or 2 so I can hear the DVR output. As I'm preparing for Field day, I remembered last year we tried to use the DVR while running external powered speakers on the K3. Unless the Mon level was turned down to 0, we would get audio

Re: [Elecraft] K3 doesn't boot when KAT500 is unpowered

2013-01-29 Thread Oscar Staudt
Normal Operation. See note on page 11. This one got me too, Tom. The KAT500 must be powered up first, then the K3. Oscar, WB5GCX On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Thomas Lindner dl2...@t-online.de wrote: Hi, my KAT500 works fine without any problems. It is connected to the K3 via the

Re: [Elecraft] YALB

2013-01-16 Thread Oscar Staudt
Was just thinking similar thoughts: KAT500 on top makes the k-line non-symetrical in height. Another KAT500 sized box would even it up. I was wondering about such a box with a set of good quality speakers (for stereo). Of course, this then begs the question of what to stack on top of the P3 :)

Re: [Elecraft] KX3-MIC COMP Setting / Metering

2012-09-12 Thread Oscar Staudt
Well, maybe some KX3s react a bit differently. I, also, noticed the phenomenon Jim described. With the KX3, and either the MH3 or my Yamaha CM500 I couldn't seem to talk at a volume to get 5 bars ALC (or 4, or 3) by raising and lowing my voice volume level even with mic gain up near 40 (and comp

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?

2012-08-09 Thread Oscar Staudt
Bob, Not sure why you'd need a boost regulator. The K3 is one of the very few HF transceivers that specifies it will work fine down to 11v. I've used mine for years from a 12v SLA with no problems at all. Use 100AH SLA(wheelchair battery) at home (use Powergate to charge/control voltage), so

Re: [Elecraft] P3/SVGA 1920x1080 Resolution Beta Firmware

2012-06-07 Thread Oscar Staudt
Paul, The fix works great on my 27 Asus VK728Q monitor. Works fine in both full screen and picture in picture. Prior to this, I was having to use 1440 x 900. Good work! The only slight complaint I have is waterfall part of the display on the large monitor. The waterfall

[Elecraft] P3 current usage

2012-03-16 Thread Oscar Staudt
I occasionally take my K3 portable and operate on 12v battery power (no computer or monitor). I was also planning to sometimes take my P3. After I install my P3SVGA board, will my P3 battery current usage go up at all times, or can the P3SVGA be disabled/turned off, so the P3 has only the older,

Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 Headset

2012-02-16 Thread Oscar Staudt
The plug that comes on the microphone works just fine on the rear K3 plug. Plug and play... Oscar, WB5GCX On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Keith Hamilton tu...@zoominternet.netwrote: Just one thing I wanted to check on. The microphone plug on the CM500 is a stereo 1/8 plug. The mic-in jack

[Elecraft] KAT500 - ...and a long wire inverted L

2011-12-17 Thread Oscar Staudt
Although I'm not very good with antenna theory, I've enjoyed reading the discussions of where what type balun should go, or not go, etc. in the KAT500 discussions. I still don't know how I would go about connecting my current antenna to a KPA500, so I thought perhaps some of you would have some

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Info ...

2011-09-01 Thread Oscar Staudt
I'm wondering if the unit will offer all features remotely (far end of 100' coax) if I can enclose it in something weatherproof. Will it require additional power/control cable(s)? thanks, Oscar, WB5GCX On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: There's serious

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 and KAT500 Ports

2011-07-13 Thread Oscar Staudt
Good summary, Jeff. I'd like to also emphasize that there are a good number of us out here with deed restriction/covenant situations that have to use a single HF antenna (175' inverted L here) with an external, outdoor tuner. We are all waiting for an external option or version of the KAT-500.

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 carrying case question

2011-03-04 Thread Oscar Staudt
Rose, I'll buy one when I get the amp. However, because my SGC-230 autotuner can't handle the power, I probably won't buy the amp until Elecraft releases the new autotuner and I have one of those. Oscar, WB5GCX On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Rose elecraftcov...@gmail.com wrote: I'm about

[Elecraft] [K3][P3] No data decode in K3 Utility?

2010-10-05 Thread Oscar Staudt
When P3 is turned off, I start the K3 Utility, and I will see my text decode data (both CW and PSK) in the VFO B window, and in the K3 Utility Terminal window. However, when the P3 is turned on, the data is still shown in the VFO B window, but does not show up on the K3 Utility Terminal screen.

[Elecraft] [K3] Power Changing in CW

2010-08-19 Thread Oscar Staudt
Posting for a friend (Sam, W5CU) who's at work right now. New, factory built K3 - about a week old. Situation description: -- I was running a CW net tonight and experienced two separate incidences of the power going from the normal 100w down to 10w. In both cases, I turned the radio

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Low and High Power Cmd

2009-12-23 Thread Oscar Staudt
This might work for you: You can set the TUNE function to always work at a separate fixed power level (I use 8 watts) that is not dependent on what power level you have dialed in for normal ops. Configuration Menu: TUN PWR Page 60 in my user manual. This is perfect to let my antenna

Re: [Elecraft] a cool software Idea

2009-06-08 Thread Oscar Staudt
Probably lots of them out there. One very nice package (if you're a Mac person) is MacloggerDX. Not only does it show the station on a map, but will turn your beam to the correct heading, etc. http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html Oscar On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:08 PM, dw

[Elecraft] KX1 Parts Question

2009-05-05 Thread Oscar Staudt
Maybe I'm being a little paranoid, but since everything else in the instructions is SO precise, I wanted to ensure a slight part variation was intended. - L9 (4.7uH) is specified as a micro size -- the smaller size - in both the instruction text (page 31) and the parts inventory - The only