[Elecraft] Summary: Genovation keypad & K3/K3S

2018-08-14 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
I did get one reply on this topic. Dave NK7Z has already documented nicely on his website how to connect a Genovation keypad to the P3. The question was how to connect it directly to the K3/K3S, if possible at all, in order to free the P3’s USB-port. A pre-Genovation "button box" was hooked up

[Elecraft] Genovation keypad & K3/K3S

2018-07-29 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
Taking the P3 discussion one step further: Based on the positive experience of other K3/K3S users I have ordered a Genovation CP24 keypad to implement band buttons and change AGC settings on the fly. Now, as I understand the P3 cannot handle more than one USB device and if Elecraft ever adds mou

[Elecraft] USB mouse support for P3SVGA -- please don't neglect the scroll wheel

2018-07-29 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
N6TV writes: > When Elecraft adds mouse support to the P3SVGA, please use the scroll wheel > for fine tuning after the click, as one does on an SDR. You're can almost > never tune in someone perfectly just by clicking, and you shouldn’t need > two hands to tune in a station, one on the VFO knob,

[Elecraft] Survey and summary: Elecraft K3/K3S panadapter solutions

2018-07-26 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
My teammate and I decided that we wanted to have a panadapter with mouse support and point & click functionality for WRTC 2018. Unfortunately we did not find the time to build and test alternative solutions to the P3 and consequently decided against an Elecraft K3S as our radio. However, the K3/

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 Fan Noise - measured (sort of)

2018-06-04 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
Hello Bob, Thanks for the measurements! Was this with the Alpha’s auxiliary fan on or off? You will find this fan and its belonging switch on the amplifiers back on the right side where the power supply transformer sits. 73, Stefan DL1IAO, SA3CWW/SM9A -- Stefan v. Baltz dl1...@contesting.co

Re: [Elecraft] To the Icom fans ...

2018-05-19 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
Hello Ken & Bob (callsign?), I’m very sorry that you and others seem to feel annoyed because of the K4 discussion. This was not my intention but I’m a bit disappointed that this quickly drifted off into a 'so why did you buy an Elecraft product' debate instead of discussing things more objectiv

Re: [Elecraft] K4

2018-05-19 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
Now that Eric is at the Hamvention we can not annoy him too much with mail overflow on this list ;-) - I would like to see Elecraft revising the NR-function. While you can achieve nearly infinite noise attenuation with the K3’s NR it comes at the cost of signal intelligibility. At least I have

Re: [Elecraft] K3 to K3S Upgrade Opinions

2018-05-19 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
Hello Frank, As of recently I have both a K3 (without upgrades) and a K3S. The improvements which stick out for me are the improved CW timing of the new synthesizer at speeds above 32WPM or so, the easiness and ruggedness of the new internal soundcard when setting up digital modes, the selectab

[Elecraft] KPA1500 Review on eHam

2018-01-22 Thread Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
Good to see the first reviews! Can someone comment on the drive requirements? The FCC document lists a worst case of between 75 and 80W input for 1500W output on some bands. This might be close to the limit of some exciters in RTTY. However, this is still less than the PowerGenius XL which seem