[Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

I have switched over to Linux for my shack computer but have observed an issue affecting some programs that use the serial port including the Elecraft K3 Update Utility. These programs populate a list of COM ports available to use and only allow you to use one of them. Under wine this list is

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

Hallo Julian, could be made a bit less strict in this area to allow its use under Linux / wine? Afaik, using a Wine/Linux combo is likely to be a problem because the K3 utility reconfigures the serial port as needed. I'm fairly sure that this is not easily doable, when running Wine. Wine

[Elecraft] [K3] Bias Settings.

I bought the Heil Proset to go with my K3 - I'm very pleased with it and would like to use it with my FT-857 on 2m (until I've got my XV144 built). Can anyone give me information about the bias settings of the K3? And possibly suggest how I go about biasing this with the FT-857. I can make an

[Elecraft] MH2 handmicrophones

Just wondering, Is there any difference between the old Elecraft MH2 (with Heil-label on front) and the new Elecraft MH2 (with Elecraft-label on front) ?? Don't want to take them apart to see if the mic-element is identical. Ron. K2 #01194, K3 #00201, both with MH2

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is correct. I banged my head against this for a month or so trying to get MixW work with Wine/Debian. I'd manually enter the serial port info only to have it erased. The windows API, more correctly the Wine implementation of the WinAPI, doesn't

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

Julian, The Linux version of the K3 Utility is forthcoming. It should be ready for testing sometime this coming week. The serial port routines I'm using do not always identify -all- of the serial ports on a Linux system (eg USB to Serial adapters). So if the active serial port is not listed in

[Elecraft] Dayton Orders - We're up next

I think I was about buyer #4 or so on Friday in Dayton last year, (18 May) and I was emailed yesterday evening that my K3 kit would be soon on its way (:-) Boy, those folks at Elecraft sure put in some late hours on weekends... I added to my order and heard back from Lisa almost immediately

Re: [Elecraft] MH2 handmicrophones

I too am interested and will add a second part to that question. I noticed on my invoice that the item code was MH2-R. Does this mean it's the revised MH2? :-) Neal WA6OCP K3/10/305 PE8E wrote: Just wondering, Is there any difference between the old Elecraft MH2 (with Heil-label on

[Elecraft] K2 Part II Alignment and Test

When I run the cal fctr on tp3 I get a rapidly changing reading in the 2250 range. I checked d16, d17,c84, c85 and L31 per problem 235 on Appendix E page 8. The solders look good and item values are correct. I have rechecked solders on all boards and things look good (how many times have you

[Elecraft] MH2 handmicrophones

Ron - somewhere way back (months ago) there was a comment by one of the Elecraft folks that the new HM2 has been improved in terms of interior mechanical construction. From that comment, I inferred that electrically they are the same. Barry, WK2S

[Elecraft] K3 Invoice Confirmation

I received an email from Lisa Jones yesterday, Saturday, 1/26/08 stating my K3 will be shipping soon. My NO DEPOSIT order was placed May 8, 2007. It looks like Lisa and others at Elecraft are working overtime on the weekends to get these orders out. Thank you very much, Lisa. Roy Morris

Re: [Elecraft] MH2 handmicrophones

Ron, The new microphone may or may not have the identical element, but the audio response and electrical behavior will the same. They are electret elements and need bias on the AF pin (1). 73, Don W3FPR Ron - PE8E wrote: Just wondering, Is there any difference between the old Elecraft MH2

RE: [Elecraft] Dayton Orders - We're up next

Thanks for the shipping update, Dick. It's nice to see Dayton orders are being filled. Eric implied that once Dayton orders were shipped, they would fly through the summer orders pretty quickly. Please keep posting shipping dates so that I can estimate when my September order is likely to arrive.

Re: [Elecraft] F/S -- K2/100 W/KAT100-1

REDUCED to $1100.00 shipped Rick-94 wrote: I have for sale my K2/100 KAT100-1. Serial# 5250. The K2 includes -- K2,KPA100,KSB2,K160RX,KNB2,MC-43 mic and KAT100-1. I will even throw in a N-gen. The build went very smooth and the rig, tuner combo works great. The only things that would

RE: [Elecraft] Dayton Orders - We're up next

Ordered mine on 15 May, no deposit. Received an email yesterday (Saturday) from Lisa indicating K-3 will ship in 3-5 days. 73 de KE4WY Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wb7ond Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:53 AM To:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

G4ILO wrote: I have switched over to Linux for my shack computer but have observed an issue affecting some programs that use the serial port including the Elecraft K3 Update Utility. These programs populate a list of COM ports available to use and only allow you to use one of them. Under wine

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] Bias Settings.

David, You will need a special RJ-45 to Foster adapter. Add a 1 uF capacitor in series with the hot lead of the mic (Pin 1 of the Elecraft connector) and connect a 3.3 - 4.7K resistor (not critical) between the +5V pin of the RJ45 and pin 1 of the Foster. Foster

[Elecraft] K3 filter performance

Sorry to ask this of the list, but there's been so much comment on K3 filters, I seem to be going round in circles trying to find where, if anywhere, evaluations have been done on the 5-pole filters. I'm resigned to never getting my detectve's badge, Sherlock. HI! Elecraft have (most of?)

[Elecraft] K3 Invoice Confirmation

It looks like Lisa and others at Elecraft are working overtime on the weekends to get these orders out. And the orders that they are putting out are thoughtfully assembled. Mine is now playing, it was 100% complete, all parts in order and in perfect conditon (you should see the finish on

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Bias Settings.

Wow - that's pretty damn specific info Joe - thanks very much On 27/1/08 17:02, Joe Subich, W4TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: David, You will need a special RJ-45 to Foster adapter. Add a 1 uF capacitor in series with the hot lead of the mic (Pin 1 of the Elecraft connector) and connect a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

David Fleming-2 wrote: Julian, The Linux version of the K3 Utility is forthcoming. It should be ready for testing sometime this coming week. The serial port routines I'm using do not always identify -all- of the serial ports on a Linux system (eg USB to Serial adapters). So if the

[Elecraft] K3 filter performance

As I have not seen 5 Xtal filter Pass-Bands, I tried some home-brew methods. They are here in files section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elecraft_K3/ You have to sign in, but it is not a big effort. I got 2 .jpeg-figures drawn on 8 Xtal Inrad filter plots: -estimation modelled with AADE

RE: [Elecraft] K3 filter performance

I believe Eric will be posting plots for the 5-pole filters this week sometime. 73 Greg AB7R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Lankshear Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:11 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 filter

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

The Windows K3 Utility, like many Windows programs that obtain the machine's inventory of serial ports, enumerates the registry values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM. In an upcoming revision the utility will not display entries whose names are winachsf0 which seems to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

R. Kevin Stover wrote: I banged my head against this for a month or so trying to get MixW work with Wine/Debian. I'd manually enter the serial port info only to have it erased. The windows API, more correctly the Wine implementation of the WinAPI, doesn't know /dev/ttyS0 from Sunday. It

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

Dick Dievendorff wrote: The Windows K3 Utility, like many Windows programs that obtain the machine's inventory of serial ports, enumerates the registry values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM. Yep, that's the way I did it, too. That registry key does not exist under

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

I'll see what I can do. But I can't go down a long road of resolving issues with Wine software that I don't have the time or test machines available at home to test. Our plan is to port the code to Mac/Linux rather than use an emulator. That way the Mac app looks like a Mac app, etc. Dick,

[Elecraft] No Deposit K3 - 15 May Order to ship

All: Received a message from Lisa late on Saturday afternoon letting me know that my K3/10, ordered on 15 May without a deposit, is slated to ship. Wrote a quick thank you note - and received a nice acknowledgment from Lisa - late on Saturday. They do seem to be working quite late in Aptos to

[Elecraft] KFL1-4 wishes

Even though I'm sure that design work for the K1 is pretty far from almost everyone's mind... I've got a new-to-me K1 (s/n 735) and it's got both 4-band (40/30/20/15) and 2-band (80/17) boards. Those are pretty good combinations at a higher point in the solar cycle - but right now, I find that

[Elecraft] Push to Talk

Hello Group, Here's a CW nut who wants to hook up a Heil Pro-Set Plus to his K2. He has the Heil adapter for connecting to the K2, including a 1/4 female socket for a foot switch. He understands about VOX and PTT, and holds the MODE/VOX to cycle through the SPCH parms which allows the VOX to

[Elecraft] K1 #2500 QRV... almost...

Well. I just tested my 4-band K1, s/n 2500 on 30M and received a nice signal report. :-) :-( But, I am having a problem with 20Meters. I am not able to hear a signal at all on that band. I did the Cheap and Dirty Signal Tracing for the K1 having success with all of the test points except for

Re: [Elecraft] KFL1-4 wishes

Chris, Sorry, but the Low Pass Filters are shared between 2 bands on the 4 band board. So 80 and 40 are not possible since 40 meters is the 2nd harmonic of 80 meters. You could change the 2 band board to an 80/40 board (or just buy a new one) and save a lot of swaps. The only problem with

Re: [Elecraft] KFL1-4 wishes

Chris FB on your band collection. While I remember some at ARRL HQ were trading 2-band modules back and forth when the K1 was 'new' -- it wasnt designed for that kinda band changing. If you really want to qrp on 80m, maybe another QRP project is in order. But no kit single banders come to mind

RE: [Elecraft] K3 filter performance

David, Some time ago I did a numerical comparison using the published -6dB and shape factor values. Perhaps these will help until the official lab results are published. 200 250 400 500 - - 6dB 224

[Elecraft] Transverting

Hi all, I have the XV144 on my K2 and I wondered how it connects to the K3? Obviously it uses the transverter interface but on the K2 it uses the serial interface. How does that work on the K3 with the XV3 interface? 73 Ian -- Ian J Maude, G0VGS SysOp GB7MBC DX Cluster Member RSGB, GQRP

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

Dick Dievendorff wrote: I can't go down a long road of resolving issues with Wine software that I don't have the time or test machines available at home to test. Entirely understood. But at least this small change would make it possible to see if it would work or not. - Julian, G4ILO

[Elecraft] Fw: Where is Elecraft on Google Maps?

- Original Message - From: Jim Stoneback To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:40 PM Subject: Re.: Where is Elecraft on Google Maps? Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:24:11 +1300 From: Paul ZL3IN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Elecraft] Where is Elecraft on Google Maps?

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

The very best way to determine the list of COM ports is to use GetDefaultCommConfig(). If you can get info, it exists, that's it. There are more advanced solutions, these require functions in SETUPAPI.DLL such as SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo() and is not for the faint of heart. With this interface

[Elecraft] Push to Talk

Thanks Toby and others. I looked at the referenced page and saw a note that I could just push my dit paddle closed to initiate PTT. Works for me, so I don't think I want to monkey around with the mic pins and jumpers on the control panel. It is a temporary thing, anyway. While I am a CW

[Elecraft] K3 s/n 285 is on the air

Got K3 kit s/n 285 (QRP version) on the air yesterday and have been playing with it most of today. Superb radio and well worth the wait. Everything on it works correctlytoo much to go into but just an excellent rig and worth every penny. Considering selling my Orion and getting a K3/100

[Elecraft] Proset - tell me I'm not going mad

Can someone please confirm (or deny) to me that the Elecraft Heil Proset-K2 http://www.elecraft.com/MD2/proset.htm Does indeed have an electret mic? 73 de M0XDF / K3 #174 -- Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labour.

[Elecraft] K3 QRV

It's QRV, it's fantastic, and now the only problem is training the operator. I want to thank all the gals and guys at Elecraft for a superb product. While putting this together, I constantly marveled at the precision with which everything went together. It's one thing to build some

[Elecraft] K3 Receiver Performance

A summary of what is to follow - Wow!!! This radio was designed and advertised as a contesters radio and it certainly meets all the requirements. Ergonomics are excellent, all the necessary controls are well placed and what's more, work! I spent sometime in CQWW 160 CW this weekend, not a

Re: [Elecraft] Transverting

Ian, The transverters cannot be directly connected to the K3 like they can on the K2. There are signals in the K3 ACC connector that can be used if you want to be creative, but without that, the K3 can be connected to the transverters like a non-Elecraft transceiver. In the future you may

Re: [Elecraft] Proset - tell me I'm not going mad

Yes, it does have an electret mic element. 73, Don W3FPR David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: Can someone please confirm (or deny) to me that the Elecraft Heil Proset-K2 http://www.elecraft.com/MD2/proset.htm Does indeed have an electret mic? 73 de M0XDF / K3 #174

[Elecraft] Proset - tell me I'm not going mad - thanks, I am sane after all

Thanks to everyone who confirmed the ProSet-K2 does indeed have an electret mic. -- There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it is a plan for. - Fred Hoyle ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must

RE: [Elecraft] K3 filter performance

--- Joe Subich, W4TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a died in the wool RTTY DXer, a steep sided 270 - 300 Hz filter would be nice instead of 370 Hz from the 250 Hz filter. Over the years I've spent a lot of time looking at this issue. My interest is primarily digging weak RTTY DX out of the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 filter performance

Larry, You are quite correct that all filters are not created equal. For digital modes, the group delay is just as important (if not more important) than a flat passband and steep filter skirts. In fact, those filters with steep skirts often sacrifice group delay to achieve the steep

[Elecraft] K3 #272

I went to bed Saturday night after staying up 30 minutes late to complete my K3. I sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] just before bed. I woke up, cleaned up, turned on the computer and an answer was waiting for me. (Sunday morning !!). The radio is an absolute dream and here is why. On my

[Elecraft] K3 Sub-receiver

I just read Wayne's 1/16 update concerning progress made toward the release of the K3 sub-receiver where he states in part: Isolation between the receivers is critical to usability. For example, if you're listening to an extremely strong signal on one receiver, none of it should leak into the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Sub-receiver

I don't know the answer to that question Paul, but I am an engineer. My best guess is that no one knows the answer for sure until the problem is solved. I am confident that they will do their best to confine the changes to the sub-receiver module, but the best laid plans of mice and men often go

RE: [Elecraft] Fw: Where is Elecraft on Google Maps?

This should put GoogleEarth's crosshairs on the roof, which is where Eric and the Hq gang spends their days unless he's having lunch with one of them under the green umbrellas next door. 36.974526N 121.889407W Ron AC7AC --- I have been amusing myself by trying to find Elecraft

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 27th 28th, 2008

Good Evening, That was fun! The forty meter net was very well attended due to the good conditions we experienced. I had some help from Kent, K9ZTV, too. With practice he may become as good at NCS as Tom; I don't have a snowball's chance :) Seems like QSB was most everywhere with

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Invoice Confirmation

I received my email Wednesday night, and my K3 shipped Thursday (ordered 4-30, no deposit). Another guy received his notice Wednesday night as well, and his shipped Friday (ordered 5-5, no deposit). Both our emails were received in the evening (his at almost 11pm), so that confirms that they

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Receiver Performance

Chris In the crowded band conditions, did you notice a definite change as you went through filter sides? David G3UNA This morning around sunrise when the band peaked it was great to hear the W5s booming in, it was fantastic to be called during a run of Europeans by W6XI in Arizona, but the

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updater under Linux / Wine

MSDN documents that function as being available on Windows 2000 and up. I'm supporting Windows 98 SE. YMMV I'm using exactly the technique that the .Net frameworks uses, for similar reasons. Dick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon

Re: [Elecraft] Transverting

In a recent message, Ian J Maude [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... I have the XV144 on my K2 and I wondered how it connects to the K3? Obviously it uses the transverter interface but on the K2 it uses the serial interface. How does that work on the K3 with the XV3 interface? Ian (and others) - I