[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report
Good Evening, Propagation was fairly good. QSB was both fast and slow while QRN was low. No thunderstorm noise is nice. Weather reports were mild for mid January. Only a little snow. I saw a doe browsing her way through between nets. She was soaked and did not look happy. Wind storms have ripped lichen from the trees so she was harvesting her fill. It must have high food value because they will clear an area of it before they eat anything else. On 14050.5 kHz at 2300z: W0CZ - Ken - ND NO8V - John - MI K0DTJ - Brian - CA NS4V - David - NC AB9V - Mike - IN K4JPN - Steve - GA On 7047.5 kHz at 0100z: W0CZ - Ken - ND KG7V - Marv - WA K0DTJ - Brian - CA WM5F - Dwight - ID K6PJV - Dale - CA W8OV - Dave - TX Until next week 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - Ye who love the haunts of Nature, Love the sunshine of the meadow, Love the shadow of the forest, Love the wind among the branches, And the rain-shower and the snow-storm, And the rushing of great rivers Through their palisades of pine-trees, And the thunder in the mountains, Whose innumerable echoes Flap like eagles in their eyries;-- Listen to these wild traditions, To this Song of Hiawatha! __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Report
3784 kHz, 9PM ET Sunday (0200Z Monday). Thanks to the following check ins (w), and relays (r): Call State Radio/Amp Name 1 K8NU OHFTdx101d Carl (w) 2 WB9JNZ ILFTdx101d Eric (w),(r) 3 WM6P GAK4DSteve (w),(r) 4 N8SBEMIK3sDave (w),(op) 5 NA4C TNK4 Vollie (w) 6 WY3T FLK3sTim (w) 7 W4CBSFLK4 #1120 Don (w) 8 KG9NGWIKX2/KXPA100Sam (w) 9 KC8WHOHK3s/KPA500 Mike (w) 10 K5PDTXK4 Pete (w) 11 KB9AVO INK4 Paul (w) Good conditions on 80M tonight. Net control could hear all stations, although a couple couldn't hear me, so thank you to the relays for pulling them into the net! Of note was the serial number of Don W4CBS's K4, 1120. Anyone else heard any later serial number on the air, yet? Hope to see you next week, and tell your friends! 73, -- Dave, N8SBE __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Anyone been successful doing this?
Good advice, especially the caution on the keying current of older amps! Also notice that Jim did not say to connect the ALC, just watch your K3 drive level. John KK9A Jim Brown K9YC wrote: On 1/15/2023 9:46 AM, Tom & Barb Valosin wrote: > How did you do it? That is, what connections are required other that the > K3 RF out to the amp RF input? Study the manuals for both units. For all the amps I've used (three different Ten Tecs, an ACOM, both KPAs), Key Out from the K3 to Key In for the amp was all I needed, but it depends on the positive/negative logic of the amp. In a well-designed amp, the Key Input will drive a transistor, so very little current. You may also need to set a longer delay in the K3 do allow for the amp's T/R relay(s) to pull in. I remember a longer setting being required for an Ameritron I encountered at a contest multi, but that was from an FT1000MP. There's a menu setting. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] FTDX3000 and PowerCombo
I have a Yaesu FTDX3000 and I am about ready to put in an order for the KAT/KPA500 combo and the CBL-YAE-BKDA15 cable. Right now, I have a mAT-30 tuner from Vibroplex. After having tuned all the bands I use, the tuner recalls the setting from memory as I spin the tuning knob. So, the relays click and clack and the tuner is ready before I transmit. I’ve read the Elecraft application notes for interfacing Yaesu rigs to the PowerCombo, nevertheless, I am not sure if the PowerCombo will follow the 3000 band and frequency changes prior to keying: looks like that is enhanced mode which would not be available to me. So would I be operating in enhanced mode or intermediate mode? Since the 3000 has the BCD info available, doesn’t make sense to me that it would not be enhanced mode? What do you all think? Best, David, W2MZ __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Win4K3 - Virtual COM Ports on Windows 10
Have you contacted Tom VA2FSQ for support? com0com is his recommended program. 73, Lou W0FK Lou Laderman Sent from my mobile device On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 8:27 AM John Overbaugh wrote: > > I'm trying to set up my KX3 on a new Windows 10 computer using Win4K3. > Has anyone found a satisfactory solution to com0com's test driver > issue? Windows 10 enforces signed drivers; because com0com is a test > driver Windows doesn't trust it. I don't want to disable secure boot > and allow unsigned drivers, so the work-around isn't acceptable to me. > > Has anyone found a driver they like which creates virtual com ports? > > 73 de K7JTO > John O. > Salt Lake City > __ > 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to marklgoldb...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Anyone been successful doing this?
I upgraded the relay in my AL-1200 which is faster but I still set the TX delay up a little. Keying cable is all you need after that. > On Jan 15, 2023, at 5:21 PM, DC wrote: > > I have an Ameritron 1500 and the only thing I did is set the transmit delay > up a bit on the K3 because those clunky relays in the 1500 are so slow. I > use it on FT8 with reduced power on occasion. > > Richard , K6VV > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jan 15, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Tom & Barb Valosin wrote: >> >> I have a K3 and recently acquired an Ameritron AL-80A from an estate. Has >> anyone been successful interconnecting these two items? >> >> How did you do it? That is, what connections are required other that the K3 >> RF out to the amp RF input? >> >> Reply either through this site or contact me directly at valo...@midtel.net. >> >> Thanks, Tom, WB2KLD >> >> __ >> 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to vetteresto...@gmail.com > __ > 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to h...@optilink.us __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Win4K3 - Virtual COM Ports on Windows 10
I'm using VSPM, which K5FR provided free to hams. http://k5fr.com/DDUtilV3wiki/index.php/VSP_Manager It does not do port splitting if that is what you need, and it has been a few years since I heard from him, but he was blogging as late as last July, so it is worth a shot to contact him. 73, Mark W7MLG On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 8:27 AM John Overbaugh wrote: > > I'm trying to set up my KX3 on a new Windows 10 computer using Win4K3. > Has anyone found a satisfactory solution to com0com's test driver > issue? Windows 10 enforces signed drivers; because com0com is a test > driver Windows doesn't trust it. I don't want to disable secure boot > and allow unsigned drivers, so the work-around isn't acceptable to me. > > Has anyone found a driver they like which creates virtual com ports? > > 73 de K7JTO > John O. > Salt Lake City > __ > 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to marklgoldb...@gmail.com __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Anyone been successful doing this?
I had Ameritron 80B with K3. Use only keying cable, RF. Do not use ALC cable. I used semi-break-in CW. Worked fine. Clark / WU4B On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 5:22 PM DC wrote: > I have an Ameritron 1500 and the only thing I did is set the transmit > delay up a bit on the K3 because those clunky relays in the 1500 are so > slow. I use it on FT8 with reduced power on occasion. > > Richard , K6VV > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jan 15, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Tom & Barb Valosin > wrote: > > > > I have a K3 and recently acquired an Ameritron AL-80A from an estate. > Has anyone been successful interconnecting these two items? > > > > How did you do it? That is, what connections are required other that the > K3 RF out to the amp RF input? > > > > Reply either through this site or contact me directly at > valo...@midtel.net. > > > > Thanks, Tom, WB2KLD > > > > __ > > 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to vetteresto...@gmail.com > __ > 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to clark.macau...@gmail.com -- Sent from Gmail Mobile __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] 40 meter SSB net, 7.280 1900Z
Great net. Some strong signals, some not. WM6P STEVE GA K4D/KPA1500 NETCONTROL K8NU CARL OH FTDX101D (For now.) W4DML DOUG TN K3 KB9AVO PAUL IN K4D Welcome back. W9EJB ED IN K4D WY3T TIM FL K3D NK9A STAN MI FT710 N8SBE DAVE MI K3S K1NW BRIAN RI K4D AE6JV BILL NH K3 KE3KQ BEN PA K4D WN8A JIM MI K3 W9PCS PAUL WI K4D K2VJK NY VERN K3S WB9JNZ ERIC IL FTDX101D W5COG SCOTT OK K3 __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Anyone been successful doing this?
I have an Ameritron 1500 and the only thing I did is set the transmit delay up a bit on the K3 because those clunky relays in the 1500 are so slow. I use it on FT8 with reduced power on occasion. Richard , K6VV Sent from my iPad > On Jan 15, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Tom & Barb Valosin wrote: > > I have a K3 and recently acquired an Ameritron AL-80A from an estate. Has > anyone been successful interconnecting these two items? > > How did you do it? That is, what connections are required other that the K3 > RF out to the amp RF input? > > Reply either through this site or contact me directly at valo...@midtel.net. > > Thanks, Tom, WB2KLD > > __ > 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to vetteresto...@gmail.com __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K2 "serial" connector and PA KEY output (was: KPA1500 and K2)
[Submitted this earlier today with a picture attached of "how I made
mine", however it seems the picture is causing the message to bounce, so
now sending w/o picture]
Is your K2 one with a PA Key out? If so, just an RCA cable and a coax
jumper.
If your K2 is a K2/100 then it will have PA key out as the KPA100
provides it. If your K2 is a K2/10 (without KPA100), then, to ponder:
On
https://ftp.elecraft.com/K2/Mod%20Notes%20Alerts/K2%20Amplifier%20Keying%20Circuit.pdf
there is an application note from Wayne on how to build a simple circuit
to get this PA KEY output. The application note suggests adding a small
PCB inside the K2.
Notice that the connector of the KIO2 ("do not connect a straight
through cable") has all the signals that Wayne's circuit needs. So, it
is possible to build this PA key out circuit on a small PCB that fits
inside the hood of a DE9 connector, the one that connects to the KIO2
connector.
Hence, it is possible to build a "KIO2 special cable" that houses the PA
KEY circuit, and also provides connectivity to pin 2, 3, 5 (only these
pins!) so that a RS232 device can be connected, and not make any change
to the K2 itself.
And there would not be a need to drill a hole in the K2 casing, find
place for Wayne's circuit - it all fits in the cabling that connects to
the K2, and, at the same time, protects the non-RS232 signals of the
KIO2 connector.
In my "special cable dongle", sharp eyes will see some deviations: I did
not connect the RS232 pins because my transverters don't need it, but I
did add a 3rd transistor (2nd 2N) and a LED to indicate when the PA
KEY circuit is activated. A red LED now lights when the K2 activates the
TX PA circuit.
And if you have done the Unspeakable and connected a RS232 device via a
full-wired straight cable, then you may find
http://folk.uio.no/sverre/LA3ZA/blog/K2/N0SS/k2_wrong_ser_cbl_damage.pdf
of interest. Note that updating a K2 to the "B" revision makes a number
of changes that, at least in theory, should reduce some of the damage
done. It is still best to NEVER make this mistake, though.
73, Geert Jan PE1HZG
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Re: [Elecraft] Anyone been successful doing this?
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[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Announcement
Please join us on 3784 kHz (NOTE THE NEW FREQUENCY), 9PM ET Sunday (0200Z Monday). 80M has been good at that time of the evening, with strong signals and little QRN from thunderstorms these days. Your net control this week will be Dave, N8SBE. I operated in the NAQP CW contest yesterday, and found all bands 10M-80M open and full of CW signals. Next will be the NAQP SSB contest. Hope the great propagation holds out. SFI as we type this is 228 and the MUF and Boulder is over 30 MHz! Hope to see you this evening on the net. 73, -- Dave, N8SBE __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] FS: Elecraft K3 Transceiver
I am selling my K3 transceiver with the following: KAT3 Tuner,KPA3 100 watt PA,KXV3 interface,KIO3 interface,2.7 Khz filter,Power cord,Original manuals. It is in excellent condition. $1350 plus shipping 73 Randy __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Anyone been successful doing this?
On 1/15/2023 9:46 AM, Tom & Barb Valosin wrote: How did you do it? That is, what connections are required other that the K3 RF out to the amp RF input? Study the manuals for both units. For all the amps I've used (three different Ten Tecs, an ACOM, both KPAs), Key Out from the K3 to Key In for the amp was all I needed, but it depends on the positive/negative logic of the amp. In a well-designed amp, the Key Input will drive a transistor, so very little current. You may also need to set a longer delay in the K3 do allow for the amp's T/R relay(s) to pull in. I remember a longer setting being required for an Ameritron I encountered at a contest multi, but that was from an FT1000MP. There's a menu setting. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KXPA 100 Hi Dissipation Fault on 15 Meters
I tried this with a KX3, serial # 050, & a KX2 using a OCF & 2 element HyGain beam also dummy load & did not experience fault on 15 meters. Output was 100 watts on each antenna & dummy load. No antenna tuner was used as antennas are resonant. Serial # of KXPA100 is 1296. Reed W4JZ __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Anyone been successful doing this?
I have a K3 and recently acquired an Ameritron AL-80A from an estate. Has anyone been successful interconnecting these two items? How did you do it? That is, what connections are required other that the K3 RF out to the amp RF input? Reply either through this site or contact me directly at valo...@midtel.net. Thanks, Tom, WB2KLD __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Win4K3 - Virtual COM Ports on Windows 10
I'm trying to set up my KX3 on a new Windows 10 computer using Win4K3. Has anyone found a satisfactory solution to com0com's test driver issue? Windows 10 enforces signed drivers; because com0com is a test driver Windows doesn't trust it. I don't want to disable secure boot and allow unsigned drivers, so the work-around isn't acceptable to me. Has anyone found a driver they like which creates virtual com ports? 73 de K7JTO John O. Salt Lake City __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Price increase Alert
We will be increasing prices across all of our product lines at the end of this month, on Jan. 31st. Our on-line order forms will update with the new pricing at that time. All orders placed with us -prior- to the increase date of January 31st will be charged at the lower current pricing, even if they ship after the price increase date. What will the effect of the price increase be to the long-rumored-but-not-yet-orderable-and-hence-I-cannot-order-before-jan31 KXIBC2, the new charger that allows charging w/o removal of the battery of the KX2? Geert Jan __ 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 support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
