[Elecraft] Wall st journal article about dxpeditions

Complete with a pic of a K3. https://www.wsj.com/articles/post-pandemic-travel-for-ham-radio-fans-as-far-away-as-possible-11620312400?st=vb0vgz9a268gjgk=article_copyURL_share 73, Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Copying CW and Pitch

On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 5:45 PM Jim Brown wrote: > like most of our > senses, hearing is logarithmic both with respect to frequency and > loudness. This means that our discrimination of one frequency as > compared to another increases with decreasing frequency this is the Weber-Fechner

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna and Propagation class notes addendum

On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 11:11 AM kevinr wrote: > ...I found a few Bessel functions which still give me pause... === Yep. 73, Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Signals wild...signals caged

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 12:14 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > each CW signal arriving from a distant land was unique. > == Yep, I remember the thrills of hearing my first DX signals, many eons ago. And there's still a certain adrenaline pop associated with hearing your

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] A Very Quiet Day

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:53 PM Al Lorona wrote: > Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood...radio was amazing > yesterday for six glorious hours. > == Well, here's the flip side. My old qth was noisy enough, but the real eye-opener came when I toted my KX3 to

Re: [Elecraft] [K4] Shipping??

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:21 AM Wayne Burdick wrote: > ...This past few weeks has been very difficult for California and the Bay > Area in particularforests all over the West vulnerable...We had > employees evacuated due to fires burningair quality has been > horrendous...

Re: [Elecraft] "On Second Thought, I'll Take The Stairs

> > > ...Even using CW it is infinitely easier to work > DXCC on multiple bands these days than back in the fifties, well maybe I > will make an exception for the 1958 era > = Ha ha, yep. I worked DXCC as a Novice in 1957-58, all on 15 CW. It's true that signals were popping in

Re: [Elecraft] Wayne's Story - "On Second Thought, I'll Take The Stairs

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 3:52 PM Jim Ewing wrote: > ...people who can express their love and > talent for cw... = Yep. Well, we all have a life history with radio. Mine began with a real-life crystal set, the kind with a chunk of galena and a whisker and a coil wound over an oatmeal

Re: [Elecraft] Adventures with a KX2 near Mono Lake, California

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:51 AM Paul Gacek via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > ...Most of the pictures are with a iPhone except the sunrise which I used > a Canon DSLR Those are marvelous pictures, Paul. I've passed through that area a few times on

Re: [Elecraft] Off-Topic: Your advice/suggestion about antenna

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 5:11 PM David Gilbert wrote: > > ...I model EVERYTHING > before I try to build it and I guarantee it has saved me hours of wasted > effort and lots of dollars of wasted money. I can also categorically > state that I have learned FAR more about antennas from modeling than

[Elecraft] Sorry -- reposting previously unsigned For Sale post

Daggone it, I did it again -- sent a post with no signature. I'm sorry!! A terrific radio that has served me well and will do the same for you. Always in non-smoking home, in excellent condition. K3/100-F Serial number 4905 KAT3-F ATU KBPF3 General Coverage RX Module KFL3A-400 400 Hz, 8 pole

[Elecraft] For sale K3, 2 rcvrs, heil headset, atu, more

Hi folks, A terrific radio that has served me well and will do the same for you. Always in non-smoking home, in excellent condition. K3/100-F Serial number 4905 KAT3-F ATU KBPF3 General Coverage RX Module KFL3A-400 400 Hz, 8 pole filter (also contains standard 2.8 filter) KRX3-F 2nd RX KUSB Univ.

[Elecraft] K3 for sale

Hi folks, I have the following goodies for sale. This radio has made thousands of DX contacts, but I am assured that it still has many more left in it. K3/100-F Serial number 4905 KAT3-FATU KBPF3 General Coverage RX Module KFL3A-400 400 Hz, 8 pole filter (also contains

[Elecraft] KPA500 for sale

Hi again everybody, I also have a KPA500, serial number 0121, for sale. Both it and the K3 are in like-new condition, non-smoking home, no scratches or anything else. $1700 I pay shipping in US 48 states. 73, Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft

[Elecraft] K3 for sale

Hi folks, I have the following goodies for sale. This radio has made thousands of DX contacts, but I am assured that it still has many more left in it. K3/100-F Serial number 4905 KAT3-FATU KBPF3 General Coverage RX Module KFL3A-400 400 Hz, 8 pole filter (also contains

Re: [Elecraft] K3 as WSPR transmitter

On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 3:55 PM HP wrote: > I see the lore is that the LPA does not care for long key down periods... > === I often transmitted on WSPR with my K3. A long keydown can't hurt anything when you're only running 2 watts. Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] Analysis of a CW COMMUNICATION

On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 6:44 PM EricJ wrote: > ...At 45 wpm, most ham ops need you to send your call three times or > more... > === Yeah, it's pretty obvious that sending a call faster and more times isn't an automatic way to improve end-to-end communication -- you could send it a lot

Re: [Elecraft] Clock Accuracy

I don't know Meinberg, but I use Dimension 4. It starts when my computer boots. From pressing the On switch to full operation is about 1 minute, and the computer time is set within 0.1 second. Anybody can do the same, no problem. Tony KT0NY T T

Re: [Elecraft] K4HD

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:29 PM Dave New, N8SBE wrote: > ...in 2009. ...I was put off by the Flex, both for lack of QSK CW... > === If you were thinking of using a Flex for CW in 2009 and you didn't do it, you saved yourself a LOT of heartache. Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] K4

It's pretty funny to talk about "made-in-USA" products on a chat group conducted on computers, which are connected by routers and switches and display their output on LCD or LED monitors. Presumably those who stick to domestically-made products don't have phones, TVs, or cars. Probably don't have

Re: [Elecraft] Sensitivity - Was K4 Observations

On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 12:06 PM Jim Brown wrote: > ... FT8 can work about 10 dB deeper into the noise than CW with good > radios and very good operators > on both ends. I've worked a lot of both modes. > > On 5/19/2019 6:50 AM, Wes wrote: > > FT8 reports negative SNRs number but we both know

Re: [Elecraft] Why not a KX4?

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 11:20 PM Steve Sergeant wrote: > ...my KX2 seems more frequency stable than my KX3 on WSPR... == Yep, becuz it has a different scheme for generating the osc freq (if I'm not mistaken, synth vs VFO). So that's one of my wished-for improvements.

[Elecraft] Why not a KX4?

Actually the KX3 is pretty hard to improve, but the one obvious consideration is that the internal batteries should be LiPo. Another possibility would be a different way to generate the oscillator freq to ensure super-stability; even after the refrigerator procedure mine drifts -3 or -4 Hz in a

Re: [Elecraft] Why are the batteries internal to the KX3?

On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 6:13 PM hawley, charles j jr wrote: > ...Interesting option to use the KX2 battery > I have some LiPo batteries (3S, 11.1V, 3200 mAH) used in electric RC planes. I hacked off the plug from a wall-wart that fit the KX3, wired it to a connector that mates with the

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 No meter indication when transmitting digital

meter. > > Don't forget about the POWER slider in WSJT-X. It is not a power > control at all, it is just another audio level control. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 3/15/2019 11:49 AM, Tony Estep wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 9:36 AM Don Wilhelm > wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 No meter indication when transmitting digital

. If I could figure out what is happening with the ALC display I think I could get everything going properly. Any more thoughts? Tony KT0NY On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 10:01 AM Tony Estep wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 9:36 AM Don Wilhelm > wrote: > >> ...you should be using DATA

[Elecraft] KX3 No meter indication when transmitting digital

I have been operating with FT8 and WSPR lately. Both use an audio-generated digital signal just like any AFSK mode. I tune up my transmitter to show 4-5 bars on ALC. Everything seems to work at first, but after one or two transmissions the display shows only one bar on the left and one on the

Re: [Elecraft] Hub4Com

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:18 PM Gwen Patton wrote: > I use the Virtual Audio Cables from VB-Audio > === Yep, gotta have those too, although I use the ones from Muzychenko. To have a full-house setup you might need VACs, virtual serial ports, and a fan-out hub. If you use

Re: [Elecraft] Hub4Com

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:01 PM Dave wrote: > ... Virtual Serial PortEmulator ... > == I used VSPE + LP-Bridge in my previous installation and it worked okay. I may go back to that arrangement if this doesn't work out. I'll soon know. 73, Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] Hub4Com

> > Aha! After much chasing my tail, I found the following page: > http://www.rei-labs.net/connecting-multiple-virtual-serial-ports-together/3/ and on that page is a link which leads to a SourceForge page that I couldn't find any other way. On that page is the correct .zip file, containing the

Re: [Elecraft] Hub4Com

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 6:08 PM Brian Moran via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Hub4Com binaries are available with a little snooping around in the > com0com sourceforge location... === That location is where I found all the source files but no matter how much I snooped

[Elecraft] Hub4Com

Hi folks, I'm trying to configure my setup so that one serial port out can talk to two serial ports in. I downloaded Com0Com, which works fine, but needs Hub4Com to fan out the output as desired. Fine, I downloaded the Hub4Com files from SourceForge -- but lo and behold, they are only source

Re: [Elecraft] Craziest / most rewarding QSOs

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 8:53 PM Fred Jensen wrote: > You should have been a teen in the run-up to Cycle 19... = Ain't that the truth. I had a homebrew Tx and a Hallicrafters SX-96 in 1957 and 1958 as a novice (KN0LTB). I had a pretty good antenna and 15 meters was open nearly

Re: [Elecraft] Vanity call question

I like my call. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] QSO of the week (and a re-learned QRP SSB tip)

Well, when I started working QRP I decided never to sign /qrp, but at least once I wished that I had. Martti, OH2BH, was on 20 phone and there was a gigantic pile. Finally he started working by call areas, and when he came to the Zeroes, I finally got my call through. So far, so good -- but he

Re: [Elecraft] Weird or wierd - OT

Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 10:15:57 -0700 > From: Fred Jensen > > ...a Royal Lao Air Force officer asked > me if I would assist his daughter with English... I've tried to teach English to students from 19 different countries, although not Laos. No

Re: [Elecraft] New wierd K3s behavior

On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 9:00 AM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: > “I" before "E" except after "C" ... From a story in the Washington Post: "...Merriam-Webster once facetiously tried to account for all exceptions

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - FT8

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 8:01 AM, Alan Ibbetson wrote: > ...I now see that this is a well known and widespread problemdiscussed > for example here > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dither > > ...On 14/05/2018 12:52, Gordon LaPoint wrote: > >> The problem was discussed in this

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] The Ultimate List of Hobbies for Men

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > ...our hobby is listed at #2... > https://www.artofmanliness.com/2016/01/25/the-ultimate- > list-of-hobbies-for-men-75-ideas-for-your-free-time/ = I note that lock-picking is ranked higher than BBQing.

[Elecraft] Bouvet expedition aborted

> > ...the Bouvet Island DXpedition is now officially aborted = Here's a link to the news: http://www.bouvetdx.org/news-and-updates/ Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Time Syncronization

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 7:48 AM, rich hurd WC3T wrote: > I second the Dimension 4 nomination. Just works... > === Based on the recommendation by WC3T and others, I downloaded Dimension 4. Installed in seconds, synced immediately, and as far as I can tell works FB. 73, Tony

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

Whenever the topic of HF propagation comes up I remind everyone of this site: http://www.voacap.com/area/index.html You set your QTH, choose your band, antenna, and power. Then a single click will show you the probabilities of various-quality propagation to every spot in the world. You can save

Re: [Elecraft] Beam antenna question

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Ian wrote: > ...have you consider one of > the many hex-beams that are available? ... I have a 5-band model... === What Ian said! I put up a 5-band hex-beam on my chimney, 21 feet off the ground. The results were terrific. My model

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 update utility download removed (i.e. blocked) by Norton Internet Security in Windows 7

On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Jim Brown wrote: > On Fri,3/17/2017 10:52 PM, Oliver Barrett wrote: > >> Any suggestions on how to get around this? >> > > Easy. Dump Norton. I see repeated issues with that software screwing up > ham software. > > 73, Jim K9YC

Re: [Elecraft] Augment KX3 or buy K3?

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:02 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > ...Those ICOM radios are vastly inferior to either the K3 or KX3 Maybe he doesn't care about the radio's actual performance. The Icom does sorta look cute. Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] EFHW

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Kevin - K4VD wrote: > ...The end fed is only 10% efficient (did I get that right)... == No, that's not right. The radiation pattern and gain of an end-fed halfwave are little different from a center-fed dipole. The efficiency of an

Re: [Elecraft] EFHW

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: A halfwave dipole is a halfwave dipole whether fed at the center or at an > end or somewhere in between. > The radiation pattern and efficiency is the same. > This is 100% correct. Two minutes spent with

Re: [Elecraft] Paper Tape CW sender

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:49 AM, W5RDW wrote: > When I took my 13 wpm General Test at the Houston FCC office in 1961, > they used a tape fed code machine. Ah yes Roger, I remember that at my General test in 1958. I still remember the first sentence:

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] The Way We Rank Receivers (long)

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > ...S2 noise was silent, even on a wilderness peak > === Nothing new. John Keats noted this in 1816, when he and his fellow SOTA ops: "...looked at each other in wild surmise, Silent upon a peak in

Re: [Elecraft] Skimmer and the K3S

> > I’m finding out by attempting to get a working Skimmer system > functioning on my K3S. One should not have to jump through as many hoops to > achieve this... -- As many have posted here, it's not hard to do. But even though it's easy enough to set up and use, I didn't

Re: [Elecraft] Skimmer and the K3S

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > It is not LP-Pan... === As all the others have pointed out, the problem here has nothing to do with LP-Pan. Using NaP3, for example, you can have a birdie-free display of 96Khz on either side, if your

Re: [Elecraft] Clock accuracy and JT-65

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 4:30 PM, John R. Lonigro wrote: > that accuracy is required in the computer doing the encoding/decoding, > not the radio > Correct. There are various automated schemes for making sure that the computer clock is accurate; some have

Re: [Elecraft] Zombie Amplifier? (was Re: KPA-1500 needed)

Zombies don't need amps -- they have a different form of waves, and a different form of propagation. But it only works when the whole path is in darkness. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote: > The peak was actually late December 1957 (Solar Flux = 375 and sunspots = > 355). > I was very lucky to be QRV then and made the first Novice DXCC: > http://www.novice.bappy.com/about_21.html > Yep, those

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] KX2 - KX3

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > ...doing our part for higher education :) > And CalTech is as high up the higher education scale as you can go! Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 10:49 AM, lmarion wrote: > Check power supply is No 1 on every trouble shoot chart. > That's the truth! A couple of years ago, my K3 would start, everything seemed to work FB, but when I would turn on my computer the K3 would shut off. Of course I

Re: [Elecraft] kt0ny

Hi Bill, Sorry, I did not notice that your original email referred to the K3 until I had already sent a reply. I'll be darned if I know why the database isn't reflecting your transmissions with the K3, since drift is essentially zero (at least with mine). I assume you're xmting on the right

Re: [Elecraft] KX2 on JT65 & JT9 ??

> > > Issues with not being able to communicate with JT65 have nothing to do with > frequency stability === Actually, frequency stability is the key issue with JT65. The transmit frequency can not drift more than about 8 hz during transmission, or the receiving station will probably

Re: [Elecraft] OT Looking for PC advice.

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 4:26 PM, VE3NFK wrote: > Hi Deni > > ...Win 10 c'est bonne avec Classic Shell... == et aussi avec Stardock 10, qui donne les fonctions d'ancien desktop familier, juste comme Classic Shell Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] [RESOLVED] Audio via USB for the K3S?

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Bob Darlington wrote: > You definitely do NOT need to be in data mode. I've never switched to > data... > Correct. You can transmit and receive data just fine in SSB mode. It's good that you fixed your problem, but that wasn't

Re: [Elecraft] Bonito RadioCom 6

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:23 PM, W B McCarty wrote: > ... I should share my opinion that RadioCom is one of the > hardest programs to configure and among the least reliable contemporary PC > programs I've used = A few years ago I bought and tried a Bonito

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Build - What have I forgotten

Andrew, You probably just need to turn on the bias for the mic. Tony KT0NY On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Andrew Hebden wrote: > Hi, > I have completed my build following the manual and everything seems to work > fine until I started to try and set it up for SSB. I can

Re: [Elecraft] Sherwood's receiver performance table updated

> "25+ years Screens are not for touching..." H. By one estimate, there were more than 2.5 billion smartphones in use last year (and more today, of course), all with touchscreens. If each screen is used just for a few minutes a day, the total usage-years is in the hundreds of millions.

[Elecraft] Linux mint hacked

A recent distro of Mint has a backdoor in it. If you are a Mint user, check the Mint blog to see if you might be affected. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website back up today for Verizon FiOS & DSL customers

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft < e...@elecraft.com> wrote: > .Verizon was very slow to correct the problem... == Once something happened to a local Verizon node here. I was able to connect to the internet, but for days I couldn't get such sites as NBC

Re: [Elecraft] Analog vs. Digital Front Ends

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > noise power ratio testing hides the fact by not providing MDS values > under each > test condition *and* fails to indicate that even with *no preamplifier* > the total noise signal is more than 10 dB *less*...

Re: [Elecraft] K3 to Pro III, my thoughts to Jeff, wb0m

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 3:23 PM, James Bennett wrote: > ...one of the VERY FEW who have preferred the Icom --- Well, the Icom doesn't have much to recommend it electronically, but it is heavy and sorta official-looking, which some find likable. And if all you want to

Re: [Elecraft] Icom IC-7300

I note that it has only one tuning knob, which in turn probably means you can't do the standard dx-split operating technique. If that's the case, then no matter what fancy gizmos it may boast, it would be of no interest to me, and some others might feel the same. Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] Icom IC-7300

Doesn't mean a thing. You need 2 tuning knobs and independent receivers. On Sep 2, 2015 8:05 PM, "Ken Alexander" <k.alexan...@rogers.com> wrote: > There's a button right on the front panel that says SPLIT. > > 73, > > Ken Alexander > VE3HLS > > > > O

Re: [Elecraft] If it plugs in, then it should work

On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 5:33 PM, bs usb bs...@k5dkz.com wrote: George Danner wrote: Once you start down the path to Idiot-Proofing equipment, you will soon learn that the average idiot is much more clever than you ever imagined! = The local Micro-Center store sells T-shirts

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Hams and payment - Rose's experiences

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Ken G Kopp kengk...@gmail.com wrote: She uses both as displays on her convention display table === ROFLMAO! Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] diversity and combining

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Uwe Pobel dk...@gmx.net wrote: http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee360/previous/lectures/lecture11.pdf http:\\www.dk5ya.de/newtower14.html = Now THAT was an outstanding post!! 73, Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] I wonder how many folks have had buyers remorse on a K3/K3S purchase?

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Mark Bayern plcm...@gmail.com wrote: ... for an RPN calculator on Android there is RealCalc... == Well, there are also apps that replicate the HP11C and HP12C. I have both, and both are excellent. Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 3:56 PM, David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com wrote: ...properly built coils aren't nearly as bad as you say === True, but even with a high-Q coil a typical base-loaded antenna inevitably has low efficiency. This is the consequence of the fact that a

[Elecraft] Those who requested antenna info

I'm getting a package of info together and will respond soon. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This

Re: [Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Richard, Two properly spaced and phased radiators = I have a terrific wire-beam antenna that rolls up into a package that weighs only a couple of pounds. However, it requires one rope into a tree or other

Re: [Elecraft] QRP signals from Pathfinder probe (off topic)

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Edward R Cole kl...@acsalaska.net wrote: = -146.5 dBm = Very good, Ed, thanks. I'm sure they use some sort of FEC encoding like that of the JT software. If I understand that correctly, such a signal can be decoded if it's a couple of s-units,

Re: [Elecraft] Audio mixers

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Wes (N7WS) w...@triconet.org wrote: Nose, KH6IJ (SK) would just keep the last three or four contacts in his head... === Yeah, and he could send with one hand and log with the other. A legend! Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST

I think the main point is that for the last several versions of Windows you haven't needed to, and probably shouldn't, use a 3rd party program to sync time. You can set up a regular sync with a few clicks from the home screen. If your machine's clock needs more frequent sync, one way to set the

Re: [Elecraft] K3: LP-Pan 2 and the Blob

Clark, set the audio driver to ASIO. Tony KT0NY On May 25, 2015 3:54 PM, engineercm clark.macau...@gmail.com wrote: Today I set about to get my new sound card/K3/LP-Pan 2/NAp3/new shack computer working in harmony. Alas, it was not to be. I've got the levels set correctly (thanks to Larry)

Re: [Elecraft] Question K3 ALC w/SPE Expert 1.3K-FA amp

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Milverton M. Swire via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: Joe was just being Joe. His reply had nothing to do with the OP original question So true. The question had to do with setting the K3's drive level. The off-topic posturing on

Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] Rig release history

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Tom McCulloch th...@att.net wrote: Looks like July 3, 2017 at 6:00PM PDT:-) = Yep. By then you'll be able to get a DAC with specs 10x better than today, plus a programmable gate array that can contain most of the transceiver circuitry and will cost only a

Re: [Elecraft] Is there a K4 on the horizon? MAYBE

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 12:57 PM, bill n...@arrl.net wrote: ...their usual leapfrog technology... Seems to me that a new design would only be justified if it added some missing functionality. But at least for me, the current radio does everything I would want it to do. The only

Re: [Elecraft] Computers for the K-Line

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Dauer, Edward eda...@law.du.edu wrote: ...the forthcoming ³Chromebit² - a computer on a stick² by Google = There may never be any K3 software that will run in a Chrome browser, so this won't be much use for your purpose. The Hannaspree gadget

Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware update failure

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:02 AM, GDR k...@charter.net wrote: ...This is the same computer I have been using all along with all of my Elecraft equipment and it worked last time,,, I had a Windows 7 laptop that ran my station perfectly for years. Then one day it would

Re: [Elecraft] How Accurate of 50-Ohm Dummy Load for 50 Watt TX Gain Calibration?

Phil, Your 20-watt dummy load will work with the automated procedure, and it is the best one because if the SWR is over some threshold you'll get a SWR too high, calibration failed message. The 20-watt load is very unlikely to overheat; my 10-watt load did not overheat, because the 50-watt

[Elecraft] Power supply fan

I run my K3 from a Pyramid ps21kx power supply, a linear supply which has done a great job for a couple of years. But it has a fan, and when there is nothing going on in the shack, the fan is audible. So I got a temp control gadget on eBay for 15 bucks shipped from the U.S. I opened up the power

Re: [Elecraft] AUTOINF Auto 1 Anomaly

Rick, obviously if it worked before, and it's working now, your hookup can not be the problem and never could have been. One possible cause: The communication chips that send and receive this sort of message have a little bit of on-board memory, which is used as a ring buffer. Sometimes, due to a

Re: [Elecraft] Don't have a 50W dummy load

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: ...you can definitely use a 10-W dummy load == Yep, you can. Worked perfectly. Thanks to Wayne and again thanks to the others who actually understood my question and provided answers. Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] Fw: Fw: Don't have a 50W dummy load

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 8:11 PM, riese-k3...@juno.com wrote: ...at some point elmers all used a lamp for a dummy load back in the day with Pi tuning... - Yep, back in 1958 I loaded up my first home-brew transmitter (6146, of course) with a 100W bulb and I am one of the many hams

Re: [Elecraft] Don't have a 50W dummy load

For those who may be wondering, I received some off-line emails which actually tried to answer my question. The winner was the suggestion that I rubber-band my little resistor array (which is actually good for 10W, not 5W as I said before) to a baggie filled with ice. Thanks to all who provided

[Elecraft] Don't have a 50W dummy load

Well, now I downloaded the new firmware, only to discover that I have to do the 50W calibration. I have a 5W dummy load, but no 50W. The 5W calibration went okay. So do I have to get a 50W dummy load before I can use the K3 again? Or should I back down to the previous firmware? Or what? KT0NY,

Re: [Elecraft] Don't have a 50W dummy load

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote: Well, now I downloaded the new firmware, only to discover that I have to do the 50W calibration. I have a 5W dummy load, but no 50W. The 5W calibration went okay. So do I have to get a 50W dummy load before I can use the K3

Re: [Elecraft] Don't have a 50W dummy load

Aha, I did have all the files for version 4.83. Tony KT0NY On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm, I am trying to restore 4.86. I have haux0283.hex, hdsp0283.hex, and hmcu0486 and hmcu486b. However, the utility says I don't have some of the files I need

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AM Performance

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:41 PM, jim jbol...@outlook.com wrote: ...a better CW code reader would be a better use... == Well, it's true, the CW reader gets complaints on here, but I have a different take. I had never tried it until a couple of nights ago -- in fact, I had to look in

Re: [Elecraft] New Product to help many K3/KX3 users

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Rick WA6NHC happymooseph...@gmail.com wrote: The blue one is reserved for UP cops... === Yeah, actually I have been working on an Artificial Intelligence add-on that checks the band and the cluster to see if the guy you are calling is working split. Then if

Re: [Elecraft] WRTC 2014 Documentary Video

That was great! Thanks for posting, Dale. 73, Tony KT0NY On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 5:04 PM, d...@lightstream.net d...@lightstream.net wrote: Very interesting; even to (me) a non-contester. There are a few K3's here too :-) https://vimeo.com/119947598 73, Dale WA8SRA

Re: [Elecraft] Flex VS K3

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: ...investing the serious amount of money a Flex gets and then running it on an antiquated computer. = One of the various things that conspired to kill the previous version of the Flex

Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV k2av@gmail.com wrote: ...internet is a national resource. No one should be able to corner it == Unfortunately, so-called neutrality means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Stephen Prior eastbrantw...@gmail.com wrote: ... polarity is to do with the direction in which the loudspeaker cone moves for a given direction of audio frequency current (Fleming's left hand rule etc.). So if two speakers have the same polarity then they

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