Re: [Elecraft] P3

2010-02-14 Thread Brett Howard
We buy a few of the headless pieces of equipment... But usually the price delta isn't great enough to warrant inconvenience. ~Brett On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 22:02 -0800, Alan Bloom wrote: On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 09:12 -0800, Richard Thorpe wrote: Could the P3 be offered without a screen? and I

Re: [Elecraft] K1 VFO Range Question

2010-02-16 Thread Brett Howard
I really like the ability to get up higher and also like the fast qsy ability that the wider range gives you. Some feel that its a bit fiddly and you have to turn the knob a bit too finely but I honestly kinda like the speed of the knob and I also like being able to pick up WWV to verify my

Re: [Elecraft] P3 Price?

2010-02-19 Thread Brett Howard
650~700 bucks. On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:49 -0800, Jim Brown wrote: In all of the discussion, I haven't seen a price. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] W9OY on P3

2010-02-19 Thread Brett Howard
I think there is a lot more important things in there other than 1 or 2 CPU's. Architecture means quite a bit more. How much L1/L2 cache, and caching algorithms. memory bandwidth, video memory bandwidth, which ties in with FSB speeds. Pipelining structures and how well each application

Re: [Elecraft] W9OY on P3

2010-02-19 Thread Brett Howard
So I have a question about the P3... Whats the screen look like when you're in a white tent on a sunny day? ~Brett __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm

Re: [Elecraft] W2 Wattmeter wish

2010-02-22 Thread Brett Howard
Larry Phipps at Telepost inc also makes the LP-100A that does just what you want as well... You get a two line display with a VFT display that is very high contrast. You get one line for power and one for SWR. You can also change that to be FWD and REF power if you want. You also get a LOT

Re: [Elecraft] W2 Wattmeter wish

2010-02-22 Thread Brett Howard
Its only $465 for an LP-100A if you build it yourself... and its plenty accurate if you just use it out of the box. You can even calibrate it yourself if you've got a few dummy loads. ~Brett On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 20:54 -0500, k2zls wrote: Ken, Thanks for the heads up, but I've already

Re: [Elecraft] K3 needs survey -- firmware and application software

2010-02-22 Thread Brett Howard
You can set the radio to tune on 5 watts automatically. You can go to the TUN PWR menu in CONFIG and rather than NOR set it to 5 watts. Then whenever you enter the tune mode it will put out 5 watts. Then when you are done tuning you'll still be set at whatever power you were before. ~Brett

Re: [Elecraft] hi sig

2010-02-24 Thread Brett Howard
Disconnect everything from all of its antenna ports and turn it on again... Do you still get that message? ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 14:15 +0100, f9oj.7 wrote: My K3 refuses to go any further than : HI SIG when I switch it on. No control works, and if I want to switch it

Re: [Elecraft] Need to select a dummy load for K3 TX calibration...(advice?)

2010-02-24 Thread Brett Howard
If you're in a hurry you've already bought the MFJ from HRO. If you want to be a little more frugal you can get an adequate one here for 12 bucks! I know it says its a 75watt load but it will do 100 for long enough to get the job done and the K3 only calibrates at 50 any way...

Re: [Elecraft] Need to select a dummy load for K3 TX calibration...(advice?)

2010-02-24 Thread Brett Howard
but it's about $9 to ship it so total will run about $21 ... still a good deal! Thanks Brett! -Original Message- From: Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com To: Jeff Hall, W6EZY w6...@arrl.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wed, Feb 24, 2010 11:41 am Subject: Re

Re: [Elecraft] K3 auto spot function

2010-02-25 Thread Brett Howard
Why aren't you willing to give the SPLIT option a try... Rather than asking someone to code something up for you when someone gave you a fairly viable option why not try to give that a chance? I think you could probably get very close to what you want. Heck when hearing this I thought it

Re: [Elecraft] Determining best roofing filter with DSP??

2010-02-25 Thread Brett Howard
I see the best bet is to get the 2.8Khz rock to start with. Just pony up the upgrade price and start there... Trust me if you decide you want to use 5 pole filters instead I GUARANTEE you that you can sell the 2.8 and you'll find plenty of people willing to sell you a 2.7K 5 pole filter (as they

Re: [Elecraft] K3 auto spot function

2010-02-25 Thread Brett Howard
See the problem is going to be in implementation. Do you press RIT then CWT to make it CWT via the RIT? Do you have CWT always move the RIT only if RIT is enabled? What does it do if XIT is enabled? I guarantee you that you have answers to these questions. I also guarantee you that there are

Re: [Elecraft] K3 auto spot function

2010-02-25 Thread Brett Howard
The problem is that there are several thousand people who are used to it working the way it does. What if those people like it the way it is and they don't want it to only move their RIT? Now they have an extra menu option. That just not simple you're over complicating it. ;) Leaving it the

Re: [Elecraft] New K3 -- speech reception is all distorted (SSB)

2010-02-25 Thread Brett Howard
Man I should have sent that... I read this post earlier and I wondered if thats what you were doing but I was too afraid that asking you that would offend you... ;) ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 21:51 -0800, Jeff Hall, W6EZY wrote: Well it appears I may have had the wrong sideband mode

[Elecraft] K144XV Reviews

2010-03-01 Thread Brett Howard
I'd like to hear some more reviews on the K144XV. I've got mine on order and hoping it arrives before the P3 is shipping. But heck I'd love to setup both at the same time. Anyone who has had theirs long enough to warrant an eham review I would love to read your thoughts. So far only one person

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV Reviews

2010-03-01 Thread Brett Howard
You can post reviews here: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8717 On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 00:23 -0800, Brett Howard wrote: I'd like to hear some more reviews on the K144XV. I've got mine on order and hoping it arrives before the P3 is shipping. But heck I'd love to setup both at the same time

Re: [Elecraft] K3DSPLPF Low Pass Filter

2010-03-01 Thread Brett Howard
Makes the radio sound a lot quieter and less fatiguing to me. Honestly I feel much more comfortable for long periods of time behind the K3 after installing the filter. I should state that I changed the filter and several of the output caps at the same time. I even tried to do some filters in

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV Reviews

2010-03-01 Thread Brett Howard
Jeff kb2m On 3/1/2010 2:23 AM, Brett Howard wrote: Also if someone has recently gotten theirs I'd be interested if you could mention when youu ordered. mailing list __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Stainless Steel Exterior Hardware Kit available

2010-03-02 Thread Brett Howard
I've got a stupid question... I don't think I've the 3 extra screws that will be used for mounting the K144XV in stainless versions... Any chance that users who have already bought the stainless kit can get stainless black screws in their K144XV kit? ~Brett On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 16:39 -0800,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 trouble in Uruguay

2010-03-03 Thread Brett Howard
Turn the RF Gain knob up... ~Brett On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 15:01 -0800, DALE LONG wrote: We have a new K3 in Uruguay, but it the s-meter is registering S-9 across every band irrespective of signals. What setting is likely to be wrong? Thanks Dale - N3BNA

[Elecraft] RTTY via FSK-D

2010-03-04 Thread Brett Howard
So I'm thinking about wiring up the FSK IN pin on the AUX connector to do RTTY TX properly. I'm curious of a few things before I take the time to make the cable. First off how do people usually drive this signal? I assume its usually taken off of a serial port... I've tried a few RTTY apps

Re: [Elecraft] Chirp on K3

2010-03-05 Thread Brett Howard
Do we still need to do the 56 ohm resistor? Is there an expected rework posted to the site? ~Brett On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 09:09 -0800, Lyle Johnson wrote: This only affected a few very specific frequency combinations, and the latest Beta firmware release addresses this: *Synthesizer PLL

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Purchase Recommendations??

2010-03-05 Thread Brett Howard
I'll agree here... I've got 2 1.5Khz filters in my radio and spend a lot of time using them and have no problems using them. They pass the voices quite nicely and are very intelligible. I find that having them engage at 1.6Khz works best for me. I find I'm usually using 1.6Khz for my SSB work

[Elecraft] Audio dropouts while tuning in SubRX

2010-03-06 Thread Brett Howard
What is the story behind the audio breaks when tuning in the sub rx... Right now I get a break anytime I tune from and to the following frequencies: 7.060.99 - 7.061 7.069.99 - 7.070 7.078.99 - 7.079 7.085.99 - 7.086 7.086.99 - 7.087 There are more but thats an example of them... Its just a

Re: [Elecraft] ERR TXF

2010-03-06 Thread Brett Howard
What filter do you have your radio set to transmit trough? ~Brett On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 21:14 -0200, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: Hello, I have a ERR TXF message in the display of the K3 when I hold TUNE or when I press XMIT. Also I cannot do the calibrate transmitter gain in the

Re: [Elecraft] Looking for additional K3 firmware testers

2010-03-06 Thread Brett Howard
I'd consider it a privilege to help you test! I plan on staying up late tonight playing if you're ready... Thanks! ~Brett On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 17:57 -0800, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi all, I'd like to find some new firmware field-testers. Our latest release, in particular, could benefit

Re: [Elecraft] Looking for additional K3 firmware testers

2010-03-06 Thread Brett Howard
oops... Didn't mean to send that here too... ;) ~Brett On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 18:44 -0800, Brett Howard wrote: I'd consider it a privilege to help you test! I plan on staying up late tonight playing if you're ready... Thanks! ~Brett On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 17:57 -0800, Wayne Burdick

Re: [Elecraft] Keying K-3 DVR on SSB with N1MM

2010-03-07 Thread Brett Howard
You can send the ASCII commands to the K3 using the K3UTIL manually and prove that if you wanted... ~Brett On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 18:09 +, Jim McCook wrote: Thanks, Greg. Good observation. Since I only use the K-3, I'm SO2V. With or without the A makes no difference. I'll try putting

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - KAT3 question

2010-03-07 Thread Brett Howard
yes it does... On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 14:55 -0600, WB5BKL wrote: I know that the KAT3 remembers matches by band, but does it distinguish between the ANT1 and ANT2 positions? Just curious. cln WB5BKL __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - KAT3 question

2010-03-07 Thread Brett Howard
Essentially if you have an antenna that is resonant on 20 but you have to tune it to make it work on 40 then you can have the ATU bypassed on 20 but enabled on 40. When you're on 40 it will automatically recall the settings on a per band/antenna basis but it will also remember that on 20 you wan

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Purchase Recommendations??

2010-03-08 Thread Brett Howard
I think its because the tuning is a bit more fiddly and you have to be right on them. Its the difference between running a 100Hz filter and a 500Hz filter. As long as you're not being blown out of the water you're going to hear more people better with the 500Hz filter as the 100Hz filter is

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SO2R Question

2010-03-08 Thread Brett Howard
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/K3%20rx%20protection%20mod,%20rev%20B.pdf That document explains a mod that you should definitely make sure is in place in your radio if you're worried about this condition. I had one of Q8 and Q9 blow in my radio after too much power came back in from another

Re: [Elecraft] Question on filters/ possible problem

2010-03-08 Thread Brett Howard
Are you sure you've got the 400Hz filter in the slot that you told the radio you put it into? If you've only double checked check two more times! ;) ~Brett On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 20:10 -0600, John Harper wrote: I just finished my K3, at least to the point of doing the pre 100W PA alignments:

Re: [Elecraft] Question on filters/ possible problem

2010-03-08 Thread Brett Howard
- Original Message - From: Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com To: John Harper j...@ae5x.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Question on filters/ possible problem Are you sure you've got the 400Hz filter

Re: [Elecraft] Sub-Audible Tones for the K144XV2

2010-03-09 Thread Brett Howard
Page 29 in the manual... On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 17:43 -0800, bruce whitney wrote: Just got my radio back with the 2 Meter xvrter. Anybody programmed tones for the repeaters in it yet? I don't see how it is done yet... Bruce W8RA

Re: [Elecraft] K-3: Best filter for SSB Contesting?

2010-03-12 Thread Brett Howard
I'd select the 1.5K filter ~Brett On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 22:37 -0500, r...@aol.com wrote: Hi Guys, For SSB contesting: if your K-3 radio had the stock 2.7khz filter and you could only select one optional roofing filter for SSB contesting, would you select the 2.1khz or 1.8khz?

[Elecraft] DSP Upgrade and Serial Number

2010-03-13 Thread Brett Howard
So where is the SN stored in the K3? The people who received new upgraded DSP boards in the mail; did you get the serial number of the guy who had that board before you? When I got the upgraded DSP board I sent my board in and had it reworked so all my info was the same but the swaparoo makes me

Re: [Elecraft] USB to serial angst

2010-03-13 Thread Brett Howard
All one needs is a TI PCM2902 and a FTDI USB to RS232 chip and a little support analogy bits and poof you can have all that. Heck I'd even bet it could be put onto a board small enough you could fit it inside your K3 and you'd also have full support for all of the OSes you wish! ~Brett On Sat,

Re: [Elecraft] USB to serial angst

2010-03-13 Thread Brett Howard
Actually its exactly that simple... I'm not sure that people would consider that an improvement as the only thing it does is move the USB to RS232 adapter into the radio rather than an external adapter but I think if everyone was using FTDI adapters there would be a lot fewer complaints about the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP Board LP and LF Mod Rev D

2010-03-15 Thread Brett Howard
So what are your thoughts after all the upgrades were in place? I've put in all of mine as they rolled in... Was the LPF update a big one for you or did it not seem to make a lot of change? ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Craig D. Smith cr...@powersmith.net wrote: I had

[Elecraft] EQP

2010-03-15 Thread Brett Howard
I'd like to thank everyone who worked me REALLY slowly during the EQP and everyone who heard my 1 watt. I didn't spend a lot of time running but it was fun being how low key it was and the fact that people would slow down for me and work to dig out my signal. ~Brett (KC7OTG)

Re: [Elecraft] KRC2 trouble shooting

2010-03-16 Thread Brett Howard
From what I read in the K3 manual pin 6 is DIGOUT0 which the manual states will be 0V when you select TRN or HF-TRN and are in low power mode. At all other times that pin is Hi-Z. So no connecting to that pin would not have broken anything in your KRC2. Looks like the only LED in the system is

Re: [Elecraft] {K-3} K144XV

2010-03-18 Thread Brett Howard
I too would be curious to know the answer to this one. ~Brett On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 18:58 -0400, Phillip Buckholdt wrote: Finished install of my K144XV this AM. All works OK but, when I try to use it with the sub receiever it is deaf. I have the sub set to Ant=Atu. Itried using Ant=BNC but

Re: [Elecraft] {K-3} K144XV

2010-03-19 Thread Brett Howard
Moller KG6KSL K3 #3496 Brett Howard wrote: I too would be curious to know the answer to this one. ~Brett On Thu... __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm

Re: [Elecraft] {K-3} K144XV

2010-03-19 Thread Brett Howard
Like has been mentioned before it looks like you can only have the sub on 2M if both RX paths are tied to the same antenna port (meaning that the MainRX is on 2M along with the SubRX). It also states in the datasheet that if you have the sub receiver installed that you can tune HF-6M with the Sub

Re: [Elecraft] {K-3} K144XV

2010-03-19 Thread Brett Howard
for I think... ~Brett On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com wrote: Like has been mentioned before it looks like you can only have the sub on 2M if both RX paths are tied to the same antenna port (meaning that the MainRX is on 2M along with the SubRX).  It also

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV spurious in receiver

2010-03-19 Thread Brett Howard
Yea I'm hearing quite a few spurs from 144.0 to 144.004 and then of course it repeats from 146 to 146.004... ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Robert P. Ward ward...@comcast.net wrote: Hi group                I've just installed a K144XV in my K3 and using 2.77 firmware.

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV spurious in receiver

2010-03-19 Thread Brett Howard
of the HF receiver. 20 over would seem to be approximately right. -70 is 3 db over S9. 73, Guy. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com wrote: Yea I'm hearing quite a few spurs from 144.0 to 144.004 and then of course it repeats from 146 to 146.004

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Kit #4076 Arrived Safely

2010-03-20 Thread Brett Howard
You get to solder something when you install the K144XV... You shimmy a single pin connector into a tight spot and then go zip tack ok thats in Guess I get to pack up and put the soldering iron away again :) I wasn't about to bring the soldering iron out of its storage bin for one

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Kit #4076 Arrived Safely

2010-03-20 Thread Brett Howard
I just got a comment and so I thought I'd add... Yes I did put in a fuse on the outputs of the K3 switched power box... ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 02:46 -0700, Brett Howard wrote: You get to solder something when you install the K144XV... You shimmy a single pin connector

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

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

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 don't

[Elecraft] RG58U vs RG58A/U

2010-03-21 Thread Brett Howard
So I went to come up with a quick run of coax to get a j-pole outside and looked through three 50 foot chunks I had. Two of them were RG58U and one was RG58A/U. I had nice ties on the RG58A/U and the RG58U had tape on it that had gone sticky and I was going to have to clean up. So because of

Re: [Elecraft] The no-serial port conundrum

2010-03-21 Thread Brett Howard
Get a USB to serial interface with a FTDI chipset. There are a lot of these devices out there however the FTDI chipset will just simply cause less headaches than the others. I did a quick search for USB to Serial FTDI on google and clicked the shopping link. One of the better prices for what

Re: [Elecraft] RG58U vs RG58A/U

2010-03-21 Thread Brett Howard
Well that tells me that over a 50 foot run (which is the max of what I'll have to do) I'm looking at a delta between the cables of a little under a dB. I don't have a ton of ends around and I've already slapped onto the lesser cable so I'll probably just go with that for now. Later I plan to

Re: [Elecraft] New K144XV/KXV3A - problems on 2M - 1 milliwatt calibration ERR TXG and 'Unexpected response DB 0.56 MW; to DB; State 153'

2010-03-23 Thread Brett Howard
You look at page 69 in the Elecraft K3 Owners Manual http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Owner%27s_Manual_Rev_D6sm.pdf ~Brett On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 17:12 -0600, david feldman wrote: Partially fixed - I had set XV1 ADR to TRN1 instead of INT TRN1. Once I changed that, I found many problems

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] dual-voltage electronics (charger units)

2010-03-23 Thread Brett Howard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-mode_power_supply No matter if you're talking about a wall wart or a dc to dc regulator the are very similar. There are variations such as internal fet external fet. Some need the catch diode some don't... If you want to get into looking at the plethora of

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] FT-5000 vs. K3

2010-03-23 Thread Brett Howard
I think I'd like to hear more of the lower frequencies on the K3 like the FT5K. I had it in one of the versions of released software on my K3 and I really wish that I could have the ability to choose that sound again if I were so inclined. ~Brett On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 08:05 -0700, Hector

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] FT-5000 vs. K3

2010-03-23 Thread Brett Howard
This is true. I've heard a few where people take direct recordings and then we're actually talking. I usually watch the videos and then when I hear this audio was directly recorded... Then I reach over and grab a pair of headphones. Beyond that my laptop speakers will do justice to the level

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Noise Blanker icon

2010-03-23 Thread Brett Howard
Its clearly outlined on page 25 of the manual in the section titled Noise Blanking. Look for the info icon. http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Owner%27s_Manual_Rev_D6sm.pdf ~Brett On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 21:31 -0400, Ron W3ZV wrote: My noise blanker was blinking randomly and intermittently. I

Re: [Elecraft] Adding options later for the K3

2010-03-23 Thread Brett Howard
Welcome to the list. Pleasure to have you here. There really isn't anything that is too difficult to install after the fact. I'd say that the hardest stuff to get into is the back panel area. So if you feel the need for the KXV3A then you could get that out of the box but honestly its not that

Re: [Elecraft] Adding options later for the K3

2010-03-24 Thread Brett Howard
2T Gen Kit? I think he'd be better served with an XG1 or XG2... Granted its nice being able to do an gain calibration however its not required. ~Brett On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 23:36 -0700, Fred Atchley wrote: Hi Mike. You might get things needed for building the K3 ahead of time, like a static

Re: [Elecraft] KAT3 Automatic Antenna Tuner

2010-03-24 Thread Brett Howard
That depends heavily on the Q of your antenna. Many high Q antennas are NOT calibrated across the band with a single press of the button. However you can use K3_EZ to have it automatically set all of the memory locations and that is usually pretty good. However also some antennas (especially

Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack ESD mat doesn't meet spec

2010-03-25 Thread Brett Howard
The issue is that ESD often doesn't immediately kill components. More often it simply shortens their lifespans. ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 20:59 -0400, Mike wrote: My antecdoctal evidence says it worked for me, both on the initial build and on the removal and re-installation of

[Elecraft] KBPF3

2010-03-27 Thread Brett Howard
Maybe I've missed it or forgotten where it was but is it documented somewhere what the RX performance is with and without the KBPF3? I've seen where it says that you get 500Khz-30Mhz and 48-54Mhz but it then says KBPF3 required for general coverage But how wide are the ham band filters and

Re: [Elecraft] 5 watt calibration fails - help

2010-03-27 Thread Brett Howard
Make sure you're not in TX TEST mode ~Brett On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 23:28 -0400, Alfred Frugoli wrote: Hello everyone, Putting together K3 SN 4094, and running into the following problem when trying to complete the 5 watt transmitter calibration procedure from within the K3 Utility.

Re: [Elecraft] Using Low Pwr on K3

2010-03-28 Thread Brett Howard
It only does that if you have it set to a TUN PWR if you have it set to NOR then it uses what you are currently set to... ~Brett On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 13:40 -0500, Radio Amateur N5GE wrote: On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:00:08 -0500, john jmc...@km5ps.com wrote: I believe the K3 auto tuner uses the

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] T32 IOTA Dxpedition K3 problems

2010-03-28 Thread Brett Howard
In conjunction with the things to check that Frank provided also turn on the current monitor or better yet externally monitor current. Is there a meter on your supply or something that you can use to measure that? ~Brett On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 08:59 -0800, DC1RS wrote: Found on the T32 website:

Re: [Elecraft] scopeing filters for eventual diversity receive.

2010-03-28 Thread Brett Howard
Why use the S-Meter for this? Depending on where you are in that S-Unit that can make you miss the center. What you need is a relative dB measurement. Turns out that the only piece of test equipment that you need is a K3. Center the signal in the passband. Then hit disp and use VFO to get

Re: [Elecraft] disabled controls during TX

2010-04-01 Thread Brett Howard
There are changes starting to take place in this area. At the moment with the most recently released firmware you can turn the RX antenna on and off while transmitting. I'm sure that was a test case to prove that things work as they should. You'll start to get more and more opened up to you

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

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:

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 w3...@embarqmail.com wrote:

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 A

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

2010-04-17 Thread Brett Howard
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 br...@livecomputers.com To: GM0ELP dcmaxw...@sky.com Cc: elecraft

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

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 btipp...@alum.mit.edu wrote: Glenn VK4FZ wrote: My K3 (S/N 544) is no longer turning off properlythe 12v

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 w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: but the K2 (and K3)

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

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

Re: [Elecraft] Possible USB 2.0 mod

2010-05-23 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,

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

2010-05-23 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 w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Those making a mod of that nature to a K2 (or any other radio) take on a new

Re: [Elecraft] K3 gain changes with filter selection

2010-05-23 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 rhaen...@q.com wrote: I have a K3 with

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

2010-05-23 Thread Brett Howard
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 out of the box... Again, not the case

Re: [Elecraft] Possible USB 2.0 mod

2010-05-23 Thread Brett Howard
releases (i.e.; Vista, Win 7) but there are still software issues that may need to be resolved. 73, Bob W5OV P.S. Congrats on your new call Brett! -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brett Howard Sent

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 through the

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

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

2010-05-29 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 li...@subich.com wrote: The graph shows some interesting data for

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 was

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 - 200kc

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] RX Attenuator value, and COR activation level.

2012-06-13 Thread Brett Howard
the ATTN is 10dB. Not sure where the CORs activate however. I do know that I've hit them before though.. :) Not sure if this helps you but I do also know that you can get to +20dBm and as long as you have the extreme signal protection mod done to your radio (or it was built after 9/1/2009)

Re: [Elecraft] k3exref dependencies?

2012-10-22 Thread Brett Howard
You do not need the TCXO in order to have the external reference. I've got my radio setup in this manner. ~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:41 AM, John D'Ausilio jdausi...@gmail.comwrote: Do I need k3tcxo3 to be able to use k3exref? Either I'll have a good 10MHz source, or I won't be

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 LC settings recall -- complete explanation

2012-12-26 Thread Brett Howard
i bought one a while back for about 70 bucks. Its an IO Gear GUCE50. I've had varying success with it. Currently I use it to extend my USB from my media server into the living room to allow for connection of a IR receiver. For a while I was also using a USB to fiber optic sound card so based

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 HV concerns

2013-01-06 Thread Brett Howard
My KPA500 sits at about 69-70V at idle. On TX it drops to about 49-50V. In my home that circuit sags a good bit under load. When I go to the green tap I get about 83V at idle and sit around 59-60V under TX. Based on this I believe that you'll be just a tad over if not right at 85V when you go

Re: [Elecraft] Multiple Ghost Image CW Decodes While Using CW Skimmer a K3

2011-02-28 Thread Brett Howard
What do you have your Line out setting set to? Do they get better as you turn the Line out level down and turn up the line in level on the PC? ~Brett (N7MG) On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:54 AM, KC0W cq...@aol.com wrote:  Been toying around with CW Skimmer, kinda an interesting program.  Anyway,

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