Wayne Burdick wrote:
Rob Sherwood, NC0B, an independent and well-known receiver performance
specialist, has completed his K3 receiver tests. We're pleased with the
results, which will place the K3 at the top of his comparison chart.
Rob will be updating his web site in a few days. For now,
I couldn't possibly tell you if my K3s SSB was punchy etc. I don't have
enough operating experience (4 yrs operating, with just an FT-857 before the
K3, what a great radio for an inexperienced op).
I can tell you everyone who hears it, says it is GREAT audio and better than
the K2, normally they
Rich, when you get a resolution, please mail me it, so I can go and update
the Wiki (
http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/Firmware_Error_codes#ERR_PL1.2F
2) with the resolution.
Sorry, I don't have any suggestions other than the troubleshooting shown in
the owners manual and the Wiki
David Pratt-2 wrote:
In a recent message, G4ILO [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
One problem seems to be that when the RX; command is sent, the TX sends 3
or
4 seconds of idle before going to RX.
Julian -
You need to send di-di-dah-dah at the end of your transmission. It will
then go immediately
At this point I'm entertaining the idea of a full PA rebuild. Considering the
fact that it keeps getting worse and today, I faintly heard a sizzle
somewhere... possibly one of the electrolytic caps.
I've now clocked more time troubleshooting the PA then building the whole K2
kit!!!
This
OK...a local pushed me to try it out and I was curious anyway, so I
did the CW Paddle to RY thing. Works pretty well! I did have to
remember to send the IM after every over to shut off the idle.
I worked just over 100 guys in very casual and very interrupted
operating over a couple hours. I
In a message dated 2/10/2008 3:17:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
New IF DSP designs [can] seriously
exaggerate transient noise on weak signals... Some DSP radios make QRN
much worse.
I certainly felt that way when listening on the Orion. The AGC was never
right.
Good day Gang, I have a question to you all that have a K3 and use it on 50mhz
for weak signal work. Eric showed me yesterday where to hook up and external
preamp, but I failed to ask him what kind of gain should I acquire.
For those of you that are currently using the preamp can you e mail me
FWIW, my initial listening isn't hearing much difference between the Orion
and K3 on transient response. So far, static bursts are sounding pronounced
on both radios to my ears.
73,
Barry N1EU
K4IA wrote:
In a message dated 2/10/2008 3:17:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL
Yes, the Orion (II) is a little unpleasant to listen to unless one perhaps
adjusts RF gain down. I enjoyed the excellent filtering on the Orion II when
comparing the modified FT-1000D and Pro III, but the Orion II felt unfinished
for the year and a half I had it. Yes, can maybe blame the agc,
Hi,
I am fully satisfied with my K3 s/n 181, in every respect, it exceeds my
expectations, thank you Elecraft and company. I am puzzled by the reference on
page 9 to Nom S9=50microvolts, preamp on, and for the setup of [MAIN] SMTR SC.
As arrived the settings gave me S9 as 50microvolts, preamp
Bryan
You can set the S-Meter to whatever you want, given that most other HF
transceiver S-Meters are nowhere near as accurate as that in a K3. The
recommended setting with firmware ver 1.66 is SMTR SC=14 and SMTR OF=24
(from the firmware notes), whether you calibrate yours with the pre-amp
Outside of Aptos, Sunnyvale CA may have the most number of K3's of any city. I
must admit to a limited database, but I personally know of at least three in
Sunnyvale.
Come guys and gals, can any city top that?
I have no doubt that this will spur sales, but at the current rate, how
No, I think you'll find the socket has a blanking plug there
On 8/2/08 00:30, John Glascock [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
I am currently installing the KXV3 in my K3 (#364). During the installation
I noticed the part in the picture on page 11 of the installation guide has
all the pins. Mine is
I am currently installing the KXV3 in my K3 (#364). During the installation
I noticed the part in the picture on page 11 of the installation guide has
all the pins. Mine is missing the 3 pin from the right as you look at the
picture.
Is this a problem?
John Glascock, N0IB
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Julian:
N6KR and I have discussed this. He knows of the need of a way to send CR,
LF, EOT and EOT immediate through characters in the KY command. Look for
ways to do this in a future firmware revision. It's on the list...
73 de Dick, K6KR
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Group , I am suppose to align the 160 module using CAL PLL.
I have the band on 160 with the VFO at 1800.1.
Using CAL PLL at TP1 I get the INFO 232 message that CALL PLL should be done
on 40 meters.
Need help.
Glenn
K5ZE
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Glen
Look for an errata sheet for the K160RX.
Turns out that the CAL PLL is done on 40m only these days.
Good luck and 73
Bob N6WG
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From: Glenn Haffly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K160RX
Group , I am suppose to align the 160 module using CAL PLL.
I have the band on 160 with the VFO at 1800.1.
Using CAL PLL at TP1 I get the INFO 232 message that CALL PLL
should be done
on 40 meters.
Need help.
Glenn
K5ZE
Hi Glenn!
K160RX manual rev D states:
The following step is only
Been having a ball with the CW-RTTY feature in the WPX contest, so far
getting over 30 countries from scratch! On transmit I can cut off the
last 4 sec of dead time by sending (.._ _) at end of message, as per
manual. But if I send my call say 2 x, apparently there is no space
between calls
K2 #6358 passed all test and alignment steps in Part II with flying
colors! It was pretty cool to actually hear an SM this morning on
40m.
The only thing that I noticed was that the s-meter zero did not seem
to 'stick' when I switched modes from cw to lsb and usb. It was zero
in cw but changed
Doug wrote:
Too bad you have to use the internal keyer (paddles input)...it would be a
lot more fun to have it do this from the external keying source by
recognizing the dits and dahs coming into the KEY input.
Guess what? It's on the list to add FSK-D and PSK-D from the key input as
well as
Hi Dave,
I am curious what version of firmware you're running in your K3. My K3 (SN
312) is running the latest firmware (MCU 1.66 DSP1 1.52). I have CONFIG
menu SMTR OF = 024 SMTR SC = 014) with PRE AMP on. As expected my
S-Meter reads S9 with 50uv applied from a XG1 signal generator.
Geoff,
What version of firmware are you using? This was a problem a couple
versions back but was fixed.
73
Greg
AB7R
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G3XGC
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 9:35 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Yes, again about the H-Mode Mixer but this time A High
Dynamic Range Front-End by Martein Bakker, PA3AKE.
Martein has just released a complete update of his
High performance Down Conversion Front-End design
based on the G3SBI H-Mode Mixer. All the information
and measurements from 160m to 6m are
Just a tipwhen making adjustments to either the RX or TX EQ, if you want
to reset them to 0 dB, press the CLR button normally used for RIT control.
It will reset all the EQ settings to 0 dB and you can start from scratch.
73
Greg
AB7R
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Brett wrote:
Is there ay reason you cant make the K1 tune higher in freq
by tuning the knob clockwise?
That's the way the K1 works, unless the leads to the VFO pot
have been mis-wired.
I think the manual said it tunes the other way...
The frequency of the VFO does tune *lower* as the VFO pot
Hi Frank
I too am running MCU 1.66 and DSP 1.52, however I have modified the AGC
as per the hardware AGC modification from Elecraft which may make a
difference. The modification will probably soon be published by
Elecraft. I was sent the information as part of extended testing of ARQ
modes
I'm in Palo Alto with K3 #23.
Doug
W6JD
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From: Neal Enault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Outside of Aptos, Sunnyvale CA may have the most number of K3's of any city.
I
must admit to a limited database, but I personally know of at least three in
In a recent message, Geoff Cottrell G3XGC [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
But if I send my call say 2 x, apparently there is no space between
calls (e.g. G3XGCG3XGC, rather than G3XGC G3XGC etc...). Anyone know
what the spacing character is?
No problem with version 1.66 firmware, Geoff.
73
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David
The rush-rush noise I hear in my headphones while on RTTY is indeed
WriteLog polling the radio and not ET trying to call home. I haven't
figured out how it is getting into my cans yet. I use TR-Log on a
different computer for CW contests and it doesn't happen there so I'm
thinking it's
Rob Sherwood wrote:
Subject: SSB passband.
When one uses the PBT function, does the DSP work in such a way as to
keep the filtering centered in the roofing filter window, or do you
start to run up against the edge of the roofing filter?
In SSB modes, the DSP passband is always virtually
Ian wrote:
Did Rob comment on pops and transients generated in the AGC and DSP?
That was the subject of his presentation at Dayton 2007, where he gave
many examples to show that New IF DSP designs [can] seriously
exaggerate transient noise on weak signals... Some DSP radios make QRN
much
Ken Kopp - K0PP
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I had my first weekend with the new K3 and bumped into a strange problem. It
actually took me a while to figure out what was going on. When keying up
with the amplifier in line on 160 I was not able to run more than 400 watts
before the SWR protection in both the amp and SWR meter kicked in, it
Lyle and I have been watching the discussion about SSB transmit
characteristics, and we're anxious to dig into the firmware and make
whatever improvements are needed. But Lyle is on vacation (reading the
mail from Spain), and I'm burning both ends of the soldering iron on
the subreceiver, so
Geoff:
This SHOULD have been corrected in a firmware release... actually
probably SEVERAL
releases ago... have you been updating your K3 firmware?
Cheere,
Tom N0SS
At 11:34 02/10/2008, you wrote:
Been having a ball with the CW-RTTY feature in the WPX contest, so
far getting over 30
We've added COM5 through COM7 support this weekend for
those that need it.
73,
Don
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W6NEK wrote:
Hi Dave,
I am curious what version of firmware you're running in your K3. My K3
(SN 312) is running the latest firmware (MCU 1.66 DSP1 1.52). I have
CONFIG menu SMTR OF = 024 SMTR SC = 014) with PRE AMP on. As expected
my S-Meter reads S9 with 50uv applied from a XG1
Just got home from our local club station.
For my first ever shortwave RTTY and my VHF RTTY experience is a couple
decades old, i.e. before packet radio, I must say I am very happy how
easy the K3 could be set up and how well it worked. Especially as an
almost absolute beginner in this mode,
Bill W4ZV wrote:
Only one other Field Tester (W0YK) responded to a query about my odd SMTR
OF reading and both of his units were 22/14 and 24/14, which leaves me
wondering if there is something wrong in mine. You comments make me think
I may not be the only one with some sort of
Toby,
I was operating RTTY AFSK mode. Driving K3 from my
computer sound card. I was using VOX or PTT.
At the start of transmission the output power of the
K3
would jump to 50W. However the power of K3 was
adjusted to 25W level. So, K3 would put out 50W at
first and than quickly go back to proper
Did Rob comment on pops and transients generated in the AGC and DSP?
That was the subject of his presentation at Dayton 2007, where he gave
many examples to show that New IF DSP designs [can] seriously
exaggerate transient noise on weak signals... Some DSP radios make QRN
much worse.
Hi Mark,
...would jump to 50W...
I haven't noticed anything like it, and we haven't had any problems with
interfacing the K3 to various amps. Both my K2s do this just a little
but not my K3.
Maybe you you should double check your audio levels? Could be the
AGC/ALC not reacting fast enough
mark roz wrote:
Toby,
I was operating RTTY AFSK mode. Driving K3 from my
computer sound card. I was using VOX or PTT.
At the start of transmission the output power of the
K3
would jump to 50W. However the power of K3 was
adjusted to 25W level. So, K3 would put out 50W at
first and
Thanks for the info Bill,
That puts my mind at ease knowing that what I observed (below) is normal
given the current state of firmware development. No problem, I'll just wait
for the future firmware correction. By the way, my rig has the HAGC
hardware mod installed.
Best 73,
Frank - W6NEK
K3
This coming Tuesday evening will be the monthly NAQCC Sprint for February, 2008.
I will refer you to the proper URL:
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel//sprint200802.html
There you will find all the details as to time, frequencies, this month's
Special Award, etc.
This is a monthly event that
Hello All:
Just to let you know K2, s/n 6301 is now complete! Final Tuning of filters
and Antenna Tuner to be completed this week, when my elmer returns from
Orlando. It will be several weeks for me to put up a G5RV and perfect my
cw. But I hope to be on the air by March 10.
Over the past
Good Evening,
The sun acted up recently; it was quite obvious on each band. The noise
level was high enough to cover the weaker stations. Luckily I had N0SS and
K9ZTV to help me from Missouri. Thank you for your help. I could hear K2HYD
but I would not have been able to work him. There
Bill,
Congrats and welcome to the world of the Elecraft Mojo. You are no longer
non-technical if you built this fine radio. I have #5099 and enjoyed all
aspects of building, testing and operating the K2. You will no doubt have
many fun hours with your K2 and enjoy the learning process of not only
This coming week we are headed to Suriname in northern South America.
The dates we will be on the air are Feb 13 - 18
In the past when we go to the DX side of radio for a major contest I make
it a habit of reserving Thursday evening for 40 Meter 2XQRP. So. I will
be on approximately 7040 plus
I received my K3 S/N 339 on Feb 6th. It is a 100W modular kit ordered
at Dayton on May 19th 2006 with a deposit . It was the 134th radio
purchased at the show. Inventory of parts made today, Feb 10th all FB.
73
de
todd
WB2ZAB
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Wiring up my K2 for data modes - recall seeing a post from someone who had done
an easy mod to get audio out (i.e. line out) which is not affected by the AF
gain control. Have looked through the archives in vain - can anyone help please?
73 Nick G3RWF
wayne burdick wrote:
Ian wrote:
Did Rob comment on pops and transients generated in the AGC and DSP?
That was the subject of his presentation at Dayton 2007, where he gave
many examples to show that New IF DSP designs [can] seriously
exaggerate transient noise on weak signals... Some DSP
Been having a ball with the CW-RTTY feature in the WPX contest, so far
getting over 30 countries from scratch! On transmit I can cut off the
last 4 sec of dead time by sending (.._ _) at end of message, as per
manual. But if I send my call say 2 x, apparently there is no space
between calls
Hi Rich,
I had the error but after sleeping on it over night I re initialised the
following morning and all was ok.
Max ZL4VV
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It's not just vhf contesters who have a problem, we also have 59+60 to 66dB
signals from broadcast stations on 40m (and don't forget those nasty
sidebands)
-10 to -5dBm is not unusual from a high dipole.
David
G3UNA
snip from AD6XY:
This is excellent news, especially that -138 dB phase
wayne burdick wrote:
Lyle and I have been watching the discussion about SSB transmit
characteristics, and we're anxious to dig into the firmware and make
whatever improvements are needed. But Lyle is on vacation (reading the
mail from Spain),
Essential pool-side reading: 'Speech Processing
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