Re: [Elecraft] Config: ADC REF (revisited

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
Well use your DMM and measure the resistance of your power cord. Then look at the current consumption of the K3. Then multiply these values together. Good ole ohms law (v=i*r). If you end up getting about .16V then there is your drop... ~Brett On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 22:38 -0700, Robin Diane Go

Re: [Elecraft] P3 Display

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
On my wishlist would be for an option to KEEP the fonts nice and small as they are now. This would allow for a high resolution get more info on the P3 screen mode... For those of us who still have acute vision I much prefer to use very high resolution screens and take advantage of the performance

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 headphones

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
The Etymotic's are actually a really good price point for the quality. You're not paying for a name like Klipsch who is literally just implementing technology that Etymotic sells to them. Ety doesn't make active noise cancelling products for audio heard. Technically their not really doing active

Re: [Elecraft] K3 connector

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
That is the test port which allows for working with the software and what not... There has been talk of Elecraft designing some sort of keyboard that may be able to be plugged in there but at the moment that has yet to materialize. So for now just consider it a "test" port for the software design

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 headphones

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
Yes I was referring to something very similar to this... If you end up ever owning a pair of Etymotic ER-4's then you can get Westone to make you a set of these to give you a custom fit: http://www.westone.com/content/194.html Also note that if you to go style No. 7 you can get a custom fit for

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Voice Software? Ham with K3 loosing his eyesight.

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
Wasn't there some sort of thought that the DVR could be used to do this all built into the rig a long time ago? On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 17:06 -0700, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > I'm currently working on K3 Voice support to speak configuration menu > selections. > > Dick, K6KR > > > -Original M

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ATU tutorial help

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
You have to manually tune it throughout the band for it to learn the settings to be recalled. You can either do this by tuning about every 20kc or you can download K3_EZ and then you can click a button and it will automatically do the tuning for you. It just tunes qsy's tunes qsy's again until it

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 headphones

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
If sensitivity isn't specified often impedance is and the lower the impedances usually result in higher efficiencies. ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 22:27 -0700, Erik N Basilier wrote: > Thanks all for the suggestions! > Not having fallen yet for the fashionable pocket music players, I was

[Elecraft] OT: Paranoia Software (FUNNY)

2009-08-20 Thread Brett Howard
This is a real application for blackberry smart phones... Just thought the guys here would appreciate this one! ~Brett (KC7OTG) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.ne

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 headphones

2009-08-21 Thread Brett Howard
e $99 for the Aurvana > unless I could try it for comfort first. > > 73, > Erik K7TV > > - Original Message - > From: "Brett Howard" > To: "Erik N Basilier" > Cc: "David Woolley (E.L)" ; > > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:39 PM &g

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Noise Blanker

2009-08-21 Thread Brett Howard
Have you configured your sub rx to have a noise blanker? I think you have to go into the menu for the KNB3 and then hit sub and turn that on. Then I'm not sure if you have to also use BSET to enable it or not but this is at least a thought of something to check. ~Brett On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 07:0

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Channel Hopping

2009-08-21 Thread Brett Howard
You know you can use the RIT knob as a fast band move knob with a simple menu setting so that it works like the M.CH knob does on the Kenwoods. ~Brett On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 19:53 -0400, Luis V. Romero wrote: > No rocks need to be hidden under. > > As a former TS850 owner and a current TS570 own

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Channel Hopping

2009-08-21 Thread Brett Howard
That is at least for quick in band moves. Not for memory scrolling. ~Brett On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 19:53 -0400, Luis V. Romero wrote: > No rocks need to be hidden under. > > As a former TS850 owner and a current TS570 owner, in addition to my new > K3/100, I would agree that this functionality is

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Cooling

2010-04-06 Thread Brett Howard
I don't get why it needs to generate any papers or studies or anything. Its a really easy experiment to do. Transmit into a known load and plot temperature rise vs time. Do it under the same conditions and better yet do each experiment several times and average results. Then all you have to do i

Re: [Elecraft] 2.7 vs 2.8 vs 1.8 & 2.1

2010-04-13 Thread Brett Howard
Before you plunge have you seen that there are 1.5's available? ~Brett On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 14:56 -0500, Bill K9YEQ wrote: > Skip my question should have read the archives first. I have my > answer... 1.8 for me. > > Bill > K9YEQ > > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun..

Re: [Elecraft] P3

2010-04-16 Thread Brett Howard
Also it should be noted that the P3 is going to bring about a whole new realm of possibilities in the way of K3 UI enhancement. Such as more decode area for digital modes, better menu visibility and what not... ~Brett On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Jay, > > I have a "gray

Re: [Elecraft] K3 600Hz shift when A/B pressed (cw/ssb)

2010-04-17 Thread Brett Howard
You have the auto shift feature turned on. This makes the radio QSY by your pitch setting when you go to and from CW mode. ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 01:42 -0800, GM0ELP wrote: > If I have different modes (cw/ssb) in A and B VFOs, when I press A/B the > frequency being passed to VFO

Re: [Elecraft] K3 600Hz shift when A/B pressed (cw/ssb)

2010-04-17 Thread Brett Howard
ot 600Hz so this > still seems wrong? Also I am not switching between modes on a single VFO, > I'm swapping VFOs (A/B). Why should auto shift kick in for this action? > > Doug GM0ELP > > - Original Message - > From: "Brett Howard" > To: "GM

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3DSPUPGD or K3DSPLPF

2010-04-17 Thread Brett Howard
Not to mention gentelmen... If you took good ESD precaution why not try to hold onto your own board rather than risking getting one from someone who was less careful... ~Brett On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 16:55 -0400, Larry - K2GN wrote: > I got tried waiting for theexchange. > Guys were not returning t

Re: [Elecraft] K3 not turning off

2010-04-28 Thread Brett Howard
Or you may need to perform the mod that fixes this issue... http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/KPA3_12V_Sense_Modification_Rev_B.pdf ~Brett On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote: > > > Glenn VK4FZ wrote: >> >> My K3 (S/N 544) is no longer turning off properlythe 12v sense mod is >>

Re: [Elecraft] K2: PSK-31 Power Settings

2010-04-28 Thread Brett Howard
4-5 bars of ALC is essentially the point where the ALC will begin to engage and is thus the same thing as what Don is referring to. ~Brett On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 21:52 -0600, Bob Cunnings wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > > but the K2 (and K3) control the output le

Re: [Elecraft] tuning range 80 khz or 150 khz?

2010-04-30 Thread Brett Howard
Mine is setup for the wider range and I greatly appreciate the tuning speed. It allows for quickish QSY as well as fine tuning. Granted I'm a knob turner at work often too and I've got steady hands so I'm a bit used to it... But there are some old guys who love to get a chance to play with the K

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AM TX - Questions and Observations

2010-05-12 Thread Brett Howard
Yes I'm also hoping/waiting for AM TX to be allowed on an FM filter. I've yet to try it but I'm sure if I lie to the K3 it'll work... As to how clean and w/in spec it'll be that would take some looking... ~BTH On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 07:19 -0600, Duncan Carter wrote: > Using the FM filter for AM t

Re: [Elecraft] Possible USB 2.0 mod

2010-05-22 Thread Brett Howard
Keep in mind that buying this rather than simply using a FTDI chipset based USB to RS232 cable will negate the ability to use the P3 or KPA500 properly... But I suppose this could be installed into the P3 or KPA500 instead ~Brett (N7MG) (Previously KC7OTG) On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Ma

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Built in USB interface for K3

2010-05-22 Thread Brett Howard
Pretty much any current OS out there at the moment supports the FTDI USB<->RS232 adapters out of the box... ~Brett (N7MG) (Previously KC7OTG) On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Those making a mod of that nature to a K2 (or any other radio) take on a > new responsibility. > > I

Re: [Elecraft] K3 gain changes with filter selection

2010-05-22 Thread Brett Howard
Have you re-run the RF-Gain calibration recently? Perhaps rerun it? Maybe the battery died in your signal generator in the middle of the last time you ran the cal? ;) ~Brett (N7MG) (Previously KC7OTG) On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Richard Haendel wrote: > I have a K3 with three filters, 2.7

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Built in USB interface for K3

2010-05-23 Thread Brett Howard
t are sold in the 100K a year range. ~Brett (N7MG) (Previously KC7OTG) On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 13:00 -0400, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > On 5/23/2010 2:21 AM, Brett Howard wrote: > > Pretty much any current OS out there at the moment supports the FTDI > > USB<->RS232 adapters ou

Re: [Elecraft] Possible USB 2.0 mod

2010-05-23 Thread Brett Howard
...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brett Howard > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 1:13 AM > To: mzil...@verizon.net > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Kevin Rock > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Possible USB 2.0 mod > > Keep in mind that buying this

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Sub-receiver use

2010-05-25 Thread Brett Howard
Can the P3 at least show where the sub RX is and its BW and what not if its on the same screen full of where the Main RX is? ~Brett On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 21:25 -0700, Alan Bloom wrote: > Yes, the P3 assumes it is connected to the main receiver's IF output, so > if it is actually connected to the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 memory loss

2010-05-25 Thread Brett Howard
I remember it by thinking that the main board in the K3 is called the RF board. So thus the main RX is the RX on the RF board. ~Brett (N7MG) (Previously KC7OTG) On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:02 +0100, Stewart wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010 09:20:26 -0700, Lyle Johnson wrote: > > > >> While going throug

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3 fan noise, part XXLIV

2010-05-28 Thread Brett Howard
Well go ahead and put me down for having the UTEC fans in SN#1116. I'd say that the fans are perfectly reasonable yet they are clearly audible when they are running. When they step up into high gear they are very clearly heard and this is in a room full of computers with several fans in each one.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Which headphones for stereo cw work?

2010-05-28 Thread Brett Howard
After doing a bit of looking I think the very low THD numbers on these is also a big benefit. I've since looking ordered a set for Field Day. ~Brett (N7MG) (Previously KC7OTG) On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > The graph shows some interesting data for both impedance

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Which headphones for stereo cw work? Summation

2010-05-29 Thread Brett Howard
I just did a bit of researching and considered many of these models and ended up getting the Sony MDR-V6 based on reviews but a big consideration for me was the THD plot on when compared to other products. I also ordered the Beyerdynamic velour replacement pads for their headphones that also fits

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Which headphones for stereo cw work? Summation

2010-05-29 Thread Brett Howard
I worked for a company that made the Bose Pro audio equipment. Essentially their pro audio rack mount stuff was fairly decent (actually it was only our product rebranded). But we always felt that BOSE stood for "Bring Other Sound Equipment" or we'd say "No highs no lows it must be Bose". It w

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ATU

2010-05-30 Thread Brett Howard
This functionality has been in the radio since firmware release 3.03 on March 17th of 2009. Essentially the radio keeps memories of the ATU settings. The spacing of these "memories" are different depending on what band you're in... 160 - every 10kc 80 through 12 - every 20kc 10 - 50kc 6 - 200k

Re: [Elecraft] Heil GM-5

2010-06-05 Thread Brett Howard
All you need is a Kenwood connection cable and you're good to go. Works great! ~Brett On Sat, 2010-06-05 at 20:38 -0700, Chris Hembree wrote: > How well does a GM-5 work on a K3? This is the Mic that I have now and would > like to use when I order my K3 in July. > Chris W7CTH > > > >

Re: [Elecraft] KDVR

2010-06-07 Thread Brett Howard
To my understanding as its been explained before the KDVR records the audio to the memory before the processing but when you play it it is then injected into that same place in the chain and is thus sent through the processing. Therefore you can make changes to the processing settings and replay t

[Elecraft] AUX_RF vs RX_IN

2010-06-09 Thread Brett Howard
I'm mulling something over in my head while writing some micro code on way too little sleep... Anyway last year at FD I had some issues with my COR in the SubRX activating when we were doing diversity receive. Sometimes it was activating when we transmitted on our antenna and sometimes it was acti

Re: [Elecraft] AUX_RF vs RX_IN

2010-06-09 Thread Brett Howard
epends on how you have the KRX3 antenna TMP cable > plugged). > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Brett Howard wrote: > > I'm mulling something over in my head while writing some micro code on > > way too little sleep... Anyway last year at FD I had some issues wi

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2010-06-09 Thread Brett Howard
When was your K3 shipped? If it was shipped before Dec 22, 2008 you may need to apply this modification to your radio: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf ~Brett (N7MG) On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:02 -0400, Gary Smith wrote: > Hi, > > Haven't been on the a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2010-06-09 Thread Brett Howard
If you're careful you can get the synthesizer boards out of the radio without removing the subRX. I just got done installing the stiffeners onto my synthesizers and didn't have to remove the subRX to do so but you do need to remove the 2 Meter internal transverter if you have that. Also when you

[Elecraft] MMTTY FSK

2010-06-11 Thread Brett Howard
Ok so I've never done RTTY via true FSK only audio modes... I have to put in a fence this weekend so I won't be able to play this weekend but I'm trying to get ready for FD... So I've made an interface that consists of a couple opto couplers (one for FSK and one for PTT)... I've got the radio

Re: [Elecraft] MMTTY FSK

2010-06-11 Thread Brett Howard
Greg wrote: > Brett > > Go into device manager and change the COM number to something unused and > other than "3". As you know, many computers reserve or use COM3 in the > background for such things as modems. > > 73 > Greg > AB7R > > > On 6/11/201

Re: [Elecraft] MMTTY FSK

2010-06-11 Thread Brett Howard
and I was blown away by how simple it is, and > less complicated to set up. AFAICT, FSK offers no advantage. > > 73, Mike NF4L > > Brett Howard wrote: > > Ok so I've never done RTTY via true FSK only audio modes... I have to > > put in a fence this weekend so

Re: [Elecraft] MMTTY FSK

2010-06-12 Thread Brett Howard
Its not more difficult just more fun cause I got to pull out the screwdriver and soldering iron. That and it was harder for me cause that method I'd not used before. I like using fsk and made a few contacts with it last night so I can now say Ive make both ways work successfully. ~Brett (N7MG) On

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware Rev. 4.03: "CW+" mode (Ultra-fast break-in; VOX-CW up to 100 WPM)

2010-06-14 Thread Brett Howard
I tried it over the weekend when the RTTY contest was going on and used FSK for the first time... Was able to get a few to come back to me then had to rush back out and get back to work on the fence... ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 15:45 -0700, Julian, G4ILO wrote: > Has anyone tried the b

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3: REF IN

2010-06-14 Thread Brett Howard
This is very interesting! I'd not heard about this board but I did see all the extra connection holes in the K144XV shield! I'm very interested to get the feature to be able to use the subRX on 2M while the main is not! This is one of the things I was hoping to be able to do with the unit. Shou

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Seperate Rx Antenna

2010-06-14 Thread Brett Howard
When you say that it didn't work what did it do? If you have an RX_ANT_IN on the back of your K3 then you do have the KXV3 or KXV3A installed in your radio. When you pressed the button did you get an RX on the display? Also make sure that you have enabled the KXV3 in the config menu. If you've

[Elecraft] K3 FSK Interface the clean way...

2010-06-15 Thread Brett Howard
Ok so I just got an idea on how to make my FSK interface cleaner... I ended up with something very similar to the W3YY interface on my first attempt. You can see their interface here: http://www.w3yy.com/fsk.htm Anyway I had a box and two cables coming out of it with a DB9 on one and a DB15 on t

Re: [Elecraft] KTCXO3-1

2010-06-17 Thread Brett Howard
So you bought the TCXO because you wanted to be able to say that it was further temperature compensated by firmware? Because what was promised was that it would get to 0.5PPM via additional firmware correction. Well it turns out that the oscillators already do that out of the box. Thus implement

Re: [Elecraft] KTCXO3-1

2010-06-17 Thread Brett Howard
her the world is being run by smart people who are > putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. > -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) > > On 17 Jun 2010, at 19:37, Brett Howard wrote: > >> So you bought the TCXO because you wanted to be able to say that it >>

Re: [Elecraft] LDG

2010-06-17 Thread Brett Howard
Actually the K3 can sell a LOT less than 100Million and be on par with the number of IKY's sold. While Elecraft is a Ham Radio only organization IKY make a lot of money selling communications products to completely unrelated sectors. ~Brett On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:32 PM, wrote: > You can't

Re: [Elecraft] Heil Goldline on K3

2010-06-17 Thread Brett Howard
Yep just get the Kenwood adapter cable and it'll plug right in and work like a champ! ~Brett (N7MG) On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Robert Mitilieri wrote: > Has anyone used a Heil Goldline mic with a K3? I would like to use the Heil > with my soon-to-arrive K3. It works  great with my soon-to

Re: [Elecraft] KTCXO3-1

2010-06-17 Thread Brett Howard
gs happy sleep, so life well used brings happy > death. -Leonardo da Vinci, painter, engineer, musician, and scientist > (1452-1519) > On 17 Jun 2010, at 21:46, Brett Howard wrote: > > You can input the information via the K3 utility.   It is then stored in the > radio... >

Re: [Elecraft] KTCXO3-1

2010-06-17 Thread Brett Howard
Thats a feature. No matter what you enter you'll always get the 0.5PPM that you paid for. ;) ~Brett On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Grant Youngman wrote: > The current OS X version of Utility does not have the feature.  YOu have to > use the Win(doze) version. > > The RADIO -- you know, the K

Re: [Elecraft] KTCXO3-1

2010-06-17 Thread Brett Howard
a frequency counter and did the best I could to > zero-beat it. > > > so thanks for your comments, they have helped me understand this better. > 73 de M0XDF > -- > It is not how old you are, but how you are old. -Jules Renard, writer > (1864-1910) > > On 17 Jun 2010, a

Re: [Elecraft] LDG

2010-06-17 Thread Brett Howard
I had the pleasure of helping out at the Elecraft booth at SeaPac recently and I also took a bit of time to go and listen to how Icom's booth was going... The Icom booth guys seemed to be marketing guys who don't really do a lot of ham stuff. The Elecraft booth was being assisted by customers w

Re: [Elecraft] tx gain calibration

2010-06-18 Thread Brett Howard
No you're just able to have the dummy load on either port when you do so. ~Brett (N7MG) On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 20:35 -0400, Gary Lee wrote: > Must I do this for each antenna port? > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.ne

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ref osc calibration question

2010-06-18 Thread Brett Howard
Perfect! The higher the frequency you use the better! ~Brett (N7MG) On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 21:12 -0400, Andrew Moore wrote: > I ended up using WWV at 20.0 MHz. > > Works great. > > Problem was that the freq must really be known -- i.e. the XG2 won't cut it, > unless I know its exact frequency..

Re: [Elecraft] FS: K3/100 with many options

2010-06-19 Thread Brett Howard
So why exactly are you selling a K3 to buy a K3? Is it just that you didn't build this one and you want one that you built? ~Brett (N7MG) On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 13:58 -0400, NZ8J wrote: > I have a K3/100 (serial no. 2255) with many options I would like to > sell. > > It has the following optio

Re: [Elecraft] No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade K3

2010-06-19 Thread Brett Howard
Do you have mono plugs on any of your speakers? ~Brett (N7MG) On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 11:13 -0700, K3PIN wrote: > I just upgraded the firmware in my k3(#2453) and now there's no audio from > the internal speaker or the external speaker I have. I can get sound from > the phone outputs. I think the F

Re: [Elecraft] Band specific PTT outputs from the K3

2010-06-20 Thread Brett Howard
Huh... I'd have never thought to use a PIC for something like this... I swear one of these days I really should look into PICs but I've always been the type to solve things with programmable logic or to go all the way to an ARM based solution. Recently did a project where cost was king and was ab

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Vox settings per mode

2010-06-21 Thread Brett Howard
Hold down DATA MD and make sure that you are in a AFSK mode. ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 20:01 -0700, Brandon673 wrote: > Is there something I'm missing? I am unable to setup my K3 to use VOX anytime > its in digital mode without it changing my SSB modes also over to VOX. I > only use V

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Vox settings per mode

2010-06-21 Thread Brett Howard
I'd have to go check but I'm pretty sure that VOX is remembered per band/per mode so you just have to set it that way and it should remember it. ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 20:36 -0700, Brandon673 wrote: > So no solution? I want VOX to be on no matter what band im on when i select > Data

[Elecraft] Help finding an RF adapter

2010-06-22 Thread Brett Howard
I need to find an adapter to allow me to use a really low loss cable that I have... The cable has one male and one female RP-TNC connector and I need to get PL259 (UHF) connectors. So I need male-RP-TNC->UHF and female-RP-TNC->UHF adapters from a place that can 2nd day air ship... I'm hoping to

[Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-22 Thread Brett Howard
I'm trying to find the specs on this chunk of coax that has the RP-TNC connectors on it... I'm not having a lot of luck but perhaps someone is more familar with it than I... Its just says Amphenol TWO 6001 9G Then the box just says its a Cisco Systems Ultra Low Loss Coax Assembly... And being Ci

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-22 Thread Brett Howard
I think I found a sheet that says its "LMR600" or at least its in a grouping that makes me think it might be LMR600. OD on the stuff is .591 by my measurements. >From my calculation a 5:1 mismatch on 100 feet of LMR-400 would still get me 75watts out the antenna at 30Mhz and things only get bette

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-22 Thread Brett Howard
I know I'm about to sound completely nuts to everyone but I'm just doing all this stuff for FD... ;) I'll probably end up using the 100' or 50' chunk of LMR400 that I have laying around here depending on how far away the antenna has to be from the tent... Being that I'm going to be running 40 ra

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-22 Thread Brett Howard
s it > in the LMR600 class, < 0.5 dB attenuation per 100 ft at 30 MHz. > > Bob NW8L > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Brett Howard wrote: > > I'm trying to find the specs on this chunk of coax that has the RP-TNC > > connectors on it... I'm not havi

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-23 Thread Brett Howard
Yea I know I'm going way overkill and I was doing all the calculations by hand of total loss and at a 7:1 SWR (which is entirely possible on this 43 ft vertical) the loss at 30Mhz can get kinda ugly... I've not modeled it fully but on all bands but on 20 meters its 7:1 and on 40 meters its 3:1...

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-23 Thread Brett Howard
I was starting to look at connectors when comparing getting adapters to use the LMR600 that I have to that of using LMR400 that I have with the right connectors on it already... >From what I've seen in other models I'm expecting 7:1 SWR on 20 and 3:1 SWR on 40 with the 4:1 UNUN that DX recommends

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-23 Thread Brett Howard
. I just can't see the logic. Sam kf4yox -- From: "Phil Kane" Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:10 AM To: "Brett Howard" Cc: "elecraft" Subject: Re: [Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K3SYN3 with and without shielding

2010-06-23 Thread Brett Howard
Couldn't hurt as its going to have all the latest mods. That is a stiffener and not really a "shield". Go to the mod kits and parts section on the elecraft website and you can read the installation instructions on that stiffener and even buy one to upgrade your other synth if you wish... ~Brett (

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-23 Thread Brett Howard
with him today. ~Brett (N7MG) On Jun 23, 2010 7:22 AM, "Radio Amateur N5GE" wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:19:03 -0700, Brett Howard > wrote: > > Ditch the 43 foot vertical! The 43 foot vertical craze is a joke, as > you can see by the figures, Tom, W8JI, gives you in

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Loss Figures

2010-06-23 Thread Brett Howard
Actually I did one better... I found a great power point presentation and read that whole thing... Really dug being able to see the SWR plot that you had in there and that gave me a lot more confidence that I was going to be able to use my internal ATU in the K3 to get enough swing to get the job

[Elecraft] Antenna Separation for Diversity

2010-06-24 Thread Brett Howard
So I know I'm going to shoot for as wide as I can get things... But for two main antennas on a k3 one being a Carolina Windom and the other being a 43 foot vertical. How much separation would one expect to be needed in order to prevent the COR's from switching during TX @ 100Watts? ~Brett (N7MG)

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Separation for Diversity

2010-06-24 Thread Brett Howard
ursday, June 24, 2010 6:00 AM To: Brett Howard; elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Separation for Diversity Brett, No one can answer that question for you, because both antennas are unpredictable in nearfield performance. Also the layout of the antenna and what is around, under, and between

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Separation for Diversity

2010-06-24 Thread Brett Howard
y, June 24, 2010 7:30 AM To: Brett Howard Cc: Tom W8JI; elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Separation for Diversity > Huh... Broadside to the vertical provided minimum coupling? Apparently so. See the article by K6STI in the Sept. 1995 QST "A Receiving Antenna that Rejects L

Re: [Elecraft] Diversity receive and isolating antennas

2010-06-24 Thread Brett Howard
This just gave me a great idea... If any of you have a LP-100A you can connect an antenna directly into the back of the unit (where the couplers normally connect) and the unit can then be used as a field strength meter and it will give values in dBm... Thats totally how I'm going to determine if

Re: [Elecraft] Clock Accuracy

2010-06-24 Thread Brett Howard
I feel cheated! The 18,000 dollar Agilent scope I have on my bench doesn't have a clock in it... However the 60,000 dollar Agilent scope we just bought has windows on it and that syncs up over the net so that one remains fairly accurate... ;) ~Brett (N7MG) On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 18:05 -0600, Cra

[Elecraft] Ok what am I doing wrong? Low power out

2010-06-25 Thread Brett Howard
I've not looked for too long but things were working earlier... However now even though I have PWR set to 100 Watts I only get about 8 out and the K3 PWR meter only shows 1 bar being highlighted. ~Brett __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http

[Elecraft] PA No worky...

2010-06-26 Thread Brett Howard
Ok well I'll provide a bit more information. I've pulled the PA and taken a look at things and nothing looks like its gotten hot at all. Nothing is obviously wrong at all. I've checked all my filter settings (which hadn't changed since it was working a few minutes ago) and they all still seem to

Re: [Elecraft] PA No worky...

2010-06-26 Thread Brett Howard
HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters > Member RSGB, GQRP 9838, FISTS 14077 | K3 #455 > http://www.amateurradiotraining.org > > > On 26 June 2010 09:11, Brett Howard wrote: > >> Ok well I'll provide a bit more information. I've pulled the PA and >> taken a look at things and not

Re: [Elecraft] Poor RX on SSB

2010-06-27 Thread Brett Howard
Check your filter settings... Being that you are receiving narrower signals ok but not wider ones I suspect that you have a problem with a filter offset setting (make sure you put in the - if you have a negative offset) Let us know if you figure anything else out or have any further questions.

Re: [Elecraft] P3: Possible potential?

2010-06-27 Thread Brett Howard
I will say that its not implemented yet or even announced but if you've been lucky enough to see a P3 at a hamfest there is a port which can allow one to plug in a W2 coupler. ~Brett (N7MG) On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 17:55 -0700, juergen wrote: > Hi > > A friend emailed me this link for a new produ

Re: [Elecraft] Bad start to FD - smoked a K3!!!!

2010-06-27 Thread Brett Howard
You may look into checking Q8 and Q9 in the post amplifier. You can see what I'm talking about in the top right section of page 8 on the schematics (here): http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Schematics_Jun_2010.pdf Also check the resistors around that area for stuff that looks like it got hot...

Re: [Elecraft] Bad start to FD - smoked a K3!!!!

2010-06-27 Thread Brett Howard
I should also add that you can find these components if you pull the bottom front cover off (the one with the bail on it) and look toward the right side when the radio is sitting on its top... ~Brett (N7MG) On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Brett Howard wrote: > You may look into checking Q8

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Memory Recall

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
Actually the K3 can do this! You just have to setup the K3 to not do delayed memory updating. Go into the CONFIG:MEM 0-9 menu entry and press the 1 button to select M>V NOR. Now when you're in the memory mode you can turn the VFO and the memories will be gone to in real time. M>V DLY is somethi

Re: [Elecraft] Anderson Power Poles?

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
I just bought a rigrunner from HRO and also bought some extra APP connectors... The APP's that came with the rig runner did not have roll pins but the HRO branded extras that I bought did have them. So there are still places where you can get your hands on them. ~Brett On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 09:

Re: [Elecraft] Another (stupid) Clock Question

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
When you're displaying Date or time or whatever (there are several other things that can be shown in DISP mode). Simply turn the VFO B knob to change to the other values... The K3 is VERY consistent in that if something is displayed in the top line of text the VFO A knob adjusts it and if it is d

Re: [Elecraft] PR6 SubRec and two bands at once on K3

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
How are you selecting to enable your PR6? Are you using the DIGOUT line? If so you should be able to see what is going on by looking at the DIGOUT line. You will need the RX ant enabled in order to use the PR6. The PR6 is inserted into your RX_ANT loop when its enabled. Otherwise it simply pas

Re: [Elecraft] K3 & QSK

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
Yes this is correct as long as PTT is applied you won't switch back into RX mode between elements. Its working on VOX is how things should go! ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 13:22 -0400, Mike wrote: > When I send CW from the computer, I don't hear anything until the string > of characters

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest Skins?

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
I actually had a similar experience however our guys were using the K3 an LP-PAN and PowerSDR I/F. They'd go to enter the callsign and the number of the call would send you off to that frequency. Not to mention that we were in a white automotive tent which made it quite bright inside there and it

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest Skins?

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
e lot of that when I saw it in Seaside but there weren't a lot of signals all over just the 4 that were in the recorder... ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Brett Howard wrote: > I actually had a similar experience however our guys were using the K3 > an LP-PAN and PowerSDR I/F.

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest Skins?

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
> 73, > Frank - W6NEK > > - Original Message - > From: "Brett Howard" > To: "Lyle Johnson" > Cc: "Elecraft Group" > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 12:57 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest Skins? &g

Re: [Elecraft] playing back the voice recorder

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
Hold the MON button (on the PWR knob) then turn the MON level up and try it again... ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Jed Barton wrote: > Hey guys, > > Alright, trying to figure out why i can not hear the recording when i record > with the dvr. > Here's what i do. > press the recor

Re: [Elecraft] adjusting the transmitter unkey time

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
Hold the bottom left knob of that quad pack and when you get into that mode adjust the knob to set the value where you want it to be... ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 20:37 -0400, Jed Barton wrote: > Hey guys, > > Alright, got the power thing figured out. > Here's a question, how do i set t

Re: [Elecraft] PR6 SubRec and two bands at once on K3

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
use the Sub Rec and the 6 meters and be able to switch back > and forth to transmit on any 160-6 meter freqs. > > Bill > K9YEQ > > > -Original Message- > From: Brett Howard [mailto:br...@livecomputers.com] > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 1:35 PM > To: Bill

Re: [Elecraft] Wish List

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
There is an application called K3EZ that will allow you to do just that if you wish... ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 21:05 -0500, Robert Mitilieri wrote: > Ok, it's only been a few days since I've built my K3 #4411 and I have > something for the wish list. > > I would like to see multiple

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest Skins?

2010-06-28 Thread Brett Howard
> > The P3 automatically re-sets averaging (and peak hold) whenever the K3 > frequency changes. So you see an un-averaged signal immediately after > tuning and then the signal smooths out as the averaging memory is > refreshed. But at least the signal never goes away. > >

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