Re: [Elecraft] General Coverage Question - K3

2010-03-20 Thread Brett Howard
Get your PA in! I just wanted to make sure you were able to move on as quick as possible... Have fun!!! ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 19:28 -0500, Don Cunningham wrote: > Well, I was doing it all right, but didn't see the "return icon" on the > keypad. I'm getting too old, Brett, I do

Re: [Elecraft] General Coverage Question - K3

2010-03-20 Thread Don Cunningham
Well, I was doing it all right, but didn't see the "return icon" on the keypad. I'm getting too old, Brett, I don't do icons well at all, hi. Thanks once more. I will read the manual, after I finish the build and play, I promise!!! 73, Don, WB5HAK

Re: [Elecraft] General Coverage Question - K3

2010-03-20 Thread Brett Howard
Oh yea and don't forget to press the enter button on the bottom right of the keypad when you've completed the frequency you wish to enter. ~Brett On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 19:17 -0500, Don Cunningham wrote: > Brett, > You are a genious, it worked and the KBPF3 lives, hi. That was too simple, > I ju

Re: [Elecraft] General Coverage Question - K3

2010-03-20 Thread Brett Howard
Entering a direct freq is easy... Press FREQ ENT (red button high right from the knob). Then use the red numbers to enter the freq (and you can abbreviate). You can put in 14.2 or you can enter 142 and both will put you on the same freq. ~Brett On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 19:17 -0500, Don Cunningham

Re: [Elecraft] General Coverage Question - K3

2010-03-20 Thread Don Cunningham
Brett, You are a genious, it worked and the KBPF3 lives, hi. That was too simple, I just didn't try tuning out of the ham bands!!! I still have yet to figure out how to do a lot on the rig (like entering a direct frequency), so now I can finish the build with the KPA3 amp. Thanks for your ins

Re: [Elecraft] General Coverage Question - K3

2010-03-20 Thread Brett Howard
I've not got one in my radio but you should be able to hear it click in as you tune well out beyond the edge of a ham band. So maybe put it into really coarse fast tune mode and head off the top end of the 80 meter band until you hear it click into place? You could also pick a frequency way betwe

[Elecraft] General Coverage Question - K3

2010-03-20 Thread Don Cunningham
Well, I have completed K3, s/n 4076 and all checks well at the low power level with one exception. I can't figure out how to put the K3 into "general coverage" mode so I can see if the KBPF3 is recognized and working. All else I have found, which in itself is amazing to me, hi. I want to chec