Re: [Elecraft] KXFL3 - How to Use It
Have you tried APF to help weed out signals?: https://ftp.elecraft.com/KX3/Mod%20Notes%20Alerts/Using%20APF%20for%20weak%20signal%20CW%20work%20the%20K3%20and%20KX3.pdf 73 DE W0AO Bob On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 04:13:09 PM PST, John Overbaugh wrote: Ok every field day, I complain about loud signals stomping on me. Everyone says “then get a roofing filter,” so I bought, installed, and configured the KXFL-3 in my KX3 recently. And I have NO idea how to use it. The Cady book explains what it does and how to configure it but don’t really cover when and how to engage it. The Elecraft install instructions do as well. I’m led to believe that it kicks in automatically, could that actually be the case or am I missing something? TL;DR: can anyone point me to interwebz or printed content on how to use the KXFL3 roofing filter, in time for WFD this weekend? Thanks again, John O. K7JTO Salt Lake City, Ut, USA KX3 with built-in tuner, KXPA100 with built-in tuner __ 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 rm_kimbr...@yahoo.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] KXFL3 - How to Use It
It is automatically switched in as the passband width is narrowed. The XFIL icons on the display show which filters are in use. It won’t change anything inside the passband, but if strong signals outside the passband are causing problems, it will reduce them. Search for “xfil” or “roofing filters” in the KX3 manual. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jan 26, 2023, at 4:11 PM, John Overbaugh wrote: > > Ok every field day, I complain about loud signals stomping on me. Everyone > says “then get a roofing filter,” so I bought, installed, and configured > the KXFL-3 in my KX3 recently. And I have NO idea how to use it. The Cady > book explains what it does and how to configure it but don’t really cover > when and how to engage it. The Elecraft install instructions do as well. > I’m led to believe that it kicks in automatically, could that actually be > the case or am I missing something? > > TL;DR: can anyone point me to interwebz or printed content on how to use > the KXFL3 roofing filter, in time for WFD this weekend? > > Thanks again, > > John O. > K7JTO > Salt Lake City, Ut, USA > > KX3 with built-in tuner, KXPA100 with built-in tuner > __ > 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 wun...@wunderwood.org __ 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] KXFL3 - How to Use It
Ok every field day, I complain about loud signals stomping on me. Everyone says “then get a roofing filter,” so I bought, installed, and configured the KXFL-3 in my KX3 recently. And I have NO idea how to use it. The Cady book explains what it does and how to configure it but don’t really cover when and how to engage it. The Elecraft install instructions do as well. I’m led to believe that it kicks in automatically, could that actually be the case or am I missing something? TL;DR: can anyone point me to interwebz or printed content on how to use the KXFL3 roofing filter, in time for WFD this weekend? Thanks again, John O. K7JTO Salt Lake City, Ut, USA KX3 with built-in tuner, KXPA100 with built-in tuner __ 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] KX3, FLDIGI, SignaLinkUSB - Not Exiting XMIT Mode
Big thank you to Hank K4HYJ who mentioned Data A is a little different from SB when it comes to the XMIT function. I believe I’ve been operating PSK in USB till now, and just… put it into Data A mode. Changing the Mike PTT to off fixed it in Data A mode, and it works as usually in USB mode. I really appreciate this group. I don’t often reach out, but every time I do, I get the right answer in a matter of hours. I do have a follow up question. I will start a new thread on that. On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 12:12 PM John Overbaugh wrote: > I have a KX3, running through the KXPA100, connected via Serial USB to > a Windows 10 machine. I'm using Win4k3 2.0.4.0 and com0com to share > out the COMPort. I have N3FJP's Amateur Contact Log running, as well > as FLDIGI v 4.1.18 in normal mode. > > When I run a macro in FLDIGI, the macro engages the XMIT mode, sends > the data via PSK, and disables TX mode, and I can hear a switch flip > in the KX3, but 1) the transmit light is still red and 2) there is no > RX. If I manually press the XMIT button, the light goes off and RX > begins again. > > This is a new development which started earlier this morning as my > Elmer was running PSK for VOTA (W1AW/7). No apparent changes were made > to configuration. > > I've reviewed the Cady book on PSK settings, and double checked > connections from the KX3, Signalink, and KXPA. No obvious issues. > > Has anyone seen this in the past? > > 73 de K7JTO > John O. > Salt Lake City UT USA > __ 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] For Sale: K3 and P3 Set
Selling my K3 and P3 with the following installed: KPA3 KAT3 KIO3 KXV3 KSYN3AUPG Also has the following filters: KFL3A-2.7K KFL3A-400 K3 700Hz 8-pole inrad roofing filter KFL3C-200 P3 has the: P3SVGA Adapter P3TXMON This was my dads before mine after he passed and was built by him from a Kit and well taken care of. I have only used it a few times but everything worked as it should . I’m happy to take pictures and send them separately to anyone who’d like to see them. Will come with all the cables needed to connect the K3 and P3 together. It does not have a hand mike with it. I can throw in the manuals I’ve printed for it if you’d like. Asking $2700 for the pair sold as is with no returns (Part Swappers). I will Include shipping. Sold as a pair only. I will do PayPal friends and family or any certified payments once cleared, radio will ship with tracking and all. Will also meet locally(zip 17970) as well if anyone’s near me. Any questions let me know. I will answer them as best I can. Email questions or comments to jeffreycolem...@gmail.com Jeffrey Coleman N2BC -- 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
Re: [Elecraft] MH3 Mic recieved
Delayed and dialed in beats prompt but flaky! Thanks for the continued focus on quality. 73, Julie On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 16:24 Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Again, apologies to you and others for the long delay. Our supplier had > their own supply chain problems, thanks to the pandemic, and they had to go > through two sets of prototypes to get everything dialed in. > > Let us know how the mic works. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > On Jan 26, 2023, at 11:19 AM, Richard Hill wrote: > > > > FYI: My long ago ordered MH3 mic arrived today. Feels good, but I have > not > > used it yet. > > > > Thought some would like to know that they are shipping. > > > > Rich > > NU6T > > > __ > 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 ju...@juliatuttle.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] MH3 Mic recieved
Will do, thanks! No worry here, Wayne. Will be able to give it a try tomorrow. Rich NU6T On Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 1:23 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Again, apologies to you and others for the long delay. Our supplier had > their own supply chain problems, thanks to the pandemic, and they had to go > through two sets of prototypes to get everything dialed in. > > Let us know how the mic works. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > On Jan 26, 2023, at 11:19 AM, Richard Hill wrote: > > > > FYI: My long ago ordered MH3 mic arrived today. Feels good, but I have > not > > used it yet. > > > > Thought some would like to know that they are shipping. > > > > Rich > > NU6T > > > __ 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] MH3 Mic recieved
Hi Richard, Again, apologies to you and others for the long delay. Our supplier had their own supply chain problems, thanks to the pandemic, and they had to go through two sets of prototypes to get everything dialed in. Let us know how the mic works. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Jan 26, 2023, at 11:19 AM, Richard Hill wrote: > > FYI: My long ago ordered MH3 mic arrived today. Feels good, but I have not > used it yet. > > Thought some would like to know that they are shipping. > > Rich > NU6T __ 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] MH3 Mic recieved
FYI: My long ago ordered MH3 mic arrived today. Feels good, but I have not used it yet. Thought some would like to know that they are shipping. Rich NU6T __ 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] Keying the K3s
My previous post under this thread elicited a private response from Kent, K9ZTV who noted the same concern expressed by others publicly about using the TUNE button with the PWR control set ** exactly ** at 5.0 W or 50 W. I thank Kent for piquing my curiosity about this issue because I had not experienced any inadvertent resetting of TX GAIN parameters as a result of a decade of QRP operation with the PWR control set at exactly 5.0 W. Other posters also alluded to not having any apparent triggering of the TX GAIN calibration, which made me even more curious and sent me back to the K3s manual. For context, I have a K3/10 with the internal KAT3 ATU rather than the K3s. My K3 has the last issued firmware updates for that model. I use one, sometimes two, wire antennas on multiple bands via the internal ATU. While I frequently use the ATU TUNE button to adjust the ATU for changes in apparent feedpoint impedance (I use window line, which is subject to rain and snow-induced changes in its characteristic impedance), I never use the TUNE button, which may in part explain why I've not inadvertently launched the TX GAIN calibration routine. Re-reading of the K3s manual led to this summary: -- the ATU TUNE button activates the ATU adjustment process at a fixed TX PWR level, either 5 or 10 watts depending on whether the 100 watt PA module is installed. The current PWR control setting is ignored by the ATU TUNE button. -- the TUNE button activates a CW transmission at the current setting of the PWR control ** unless ** the per-band TX power control parameter has been configured for that option. If the TUN PWR has been set to NOR (Normal) in the CONFIG parameter menu, the present setting of the PWR control is the value used. As others have commented and Elecraft personnel have confirmed, activating TUNE with PWR set ** exactly ** at 5.0 W or 50 W launches the TX GAIN calibration process, and doing so into an antenna rather than a good dummy load will result in erroneous resetting of TX GAIN parameters. Since I have yet to use an external power amplifier, I have not had occasion to use the TUNE button, and I've confirmed that my K3 has set the TUN PWR parameter to NOR(mal), so it would be subject to inadvertent launching of the TX GAIN calibration if I hit the TUNE button and the PWR control was left at its customary 5.0 W setting. This thread has made clear that different station configurations (e.g. whether the internal ATU is used, whether an external power amplifier is used) may or may not result in the inadvertent triggering of the TX GAIN calibration process. The advice that others have given and Elecraft has confirmed about not pressing the TUNE button when PWR is set ** exactly ** at 5.0 W or 50 W is germane ** IF ** one has left the TUN PWR parameter set to NOR(mal) in the CONFIG menu. It does not mean that one cannot send CW (or SSB) at exactly 5.0 W or 50 W in routine operation for fear of triggering the TX GAIN calibration. 73, Mike, K8CN __ 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 (Parts and info)
Just a note to commend the staff at Elecraft (Rob) who helped me obtain some parts for my K2 and provide info on getting help in the repair from a tech providing service work ! Thanks , Jerry Uhte K9UT __ 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
