BillC wrote:
Long story short: I was licensed in '87 at 14, I operated day and night CW
on an IC-761 for about 3 years got burned out and then joined the service,
got married had kids and now 18 years later about to order a new HF and
throw up an antenna. Well, alot has changed in the
Hi Guys,
This XML idea is great...I could make a webpage and application ( hosted on
my server (or Elecraft's)) where you could go to a webpage, upload your
config, mess about with it and download
it, then, instead of having loads of programs all over the world - possibly
needing updates, if the
Reflector stuff wrote:
I have a Asus eeePC 4G.
Great little laptop - little is the key word!
It came with Linux - Xandros derivitive. Fairly difficult to install
other
software on it. I was going to put Ubuntu on it, but the first disk I
came
across was the XP CD, so I stuck a
When the memory channel CAT is defined I'll add this and other new features
to HRD.
I agree 100% that XML is the way to go, would be great for interchange.
As soon as Wayne specs the CAT let's define the XML. I'm using XML
exclusively in my new software and will convert HRD over to XML when I
K3KO wrote:
Heck no. Go with ASCII.
I don't know why people want to complicate the dickens out of things.
We're not talking about graphics. Simply numbers and text.
KISS see your common sense quote below
DE Brian/K3KO
But XML is simple to use, Brian. Any decent programming
KRX3 - as Julian says, lets you listen to both the Tx frequency of the
DX and the pile up of all the people trying to work the DX op, when
they are working split. That's important, especially these days, since
most (if not all) Dxperditions work split and since so many people
call and
Hi Everybody:
Well it looks like I've managed to get some really good discussion
on the UTILITY topic. After participating in events like Field Day,
I'm appreciating the ability to change 00-99 Memory to suit the various
uses for K3. Ultimately, being able to manage the Configuration
I think you guys have to look at some recent history. Even in this day
and age ASCII like files are use extensively--even for new applications..
For example ADIF and Cabrillo files (LOTW and contest logging programs)
These are not necessarily small files. ADIF files do have the tags
people
The end user should have no need to look at the XML file, the software you
use will do this for you via a fine user-friendly UI irrespective of the
platform you are using.
An XML file is very easy to edit with Notepad or the editor of your choice.
On http://mannindustries.net/hrd/Junk/ I have
The porkiness of XML is only a factor with large volumes of data.
It would be entirely appropriate to use in this application.
73,
Steve
On 7/2/08, John King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would vote for XML as well. It's porky, but it's
human readable, it's universal and well supported
by
Hi,
My K3 is on the air! Ordered on the 14th of February, and received on June 30th.
73 's Steef PA2A
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Tom -
A speedy recovery wish from a fellow ham and grateful reader of the Elecraft
reflector.
Monty Shultes K2DLJ
Spring Hill, FL
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Morse code legends for button pushes would probably be very useful to
those who have vision problems (I don't).
But ergonomics counts for an awful lot, too. Especially during long
sessions at the rig. Being able to access functions without
consciously searching for the buttons and then having to
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Hello Bob,
The software situation for Ham Radio in Linux vs Windows isn't very good
~ and it's not the fault of the OS. Linux is the superior operating
system. The problem is, with a few notable exceptions like Dave Freese
W1HKJ, not that many Hams
there have been some threats where the K3 was called a little noisier as an K2
due to K3´s DSP
with newest Firmware try dual BP and maybe NR (3.1)
you will get the same or better soft audio as with an K2
I am very impressed and happy...
now waiting for 2nd receiver
73
OE6KYG
KX1 244
K2
Bill and All,
I would primarily just echo Julian's comments. He did a
pretty good job of answering your query. A few additional
thoughts though.
First of all, regarding the Pro III. I really think the K3
is superior, but so many folks out there rave about their
Pro III's that, if you
Exactly. You have my vote. XML (data) should be totally transparent to the
end user. Hosting a simple editer makes life easy for everyone and as you
said, no program need be distributed. All data is stored locally on the
client's computer.
Tom, AK2B
David Reid-9 wrote:
Hi Guys,
This
Looks like the majority of us agree that XML is the way to go on the project.
I loved the porky comment. Yes, it is porky in large applications and can be
quite large. But, XML is really perfect for this application.
Now, what would cool is if we could come up with a way to share these
First let's start with XML for memories and configuration. At the moment the
configuration is not a great CAT interface but it does work, if we can later
select a configuration entry directly from software (example:
Brightness=Medium, AudioLevel=LedZep) then we're really in business.
In 10
And David's software could run on laptops etc.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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Exactly. You have my vote. XML (data) should be totally transparent to the
end user. Hosting a simple editer makes life easy for everyone and
The problem is, with a few notable exceptions like Dave Freese
W1HKJ, not that many Hams are developing software for Linux. There is no
Visual Basic in Linux.
There is a Delphi though. It's called Lazarus. It's a superb development
environment. Unfortunately like many complex open source
David Yarnes wrote:
but I don't--at least not routinely. I really only get
about 2:1 there, and that tells me watch out! If you
can't get something close to 1:1 using the ATU, you probably
need to be cut the power back a little or a lot...
I would think the SWR protection circuitry in the
Yes, SWR foldback was introduced in version 1.87/1.69. The release notes say:
Power rollback begins at about
2.5:1 at 100 W (and of course much higher SWRs are tolerated at lower
power settings).
Bob NW8L
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Bill W5WVO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Yarnes wrote:
I have an unbuilt KX1, with the 3080 kit. Should I try to build it all
at once, or is it better to unsolder things and add the 3080 after the
KX1 is running OK? I would have hoped for a manual describing the build
INCLUDING the 3080. Is there one around?
Ron KB6GK
Thinking of building a six meter preamp to test. On the KXV3 antenna in and
out jacks, is the preamp put in series with these two jacks? Do you have to
press the RX ANT to get the preamp in line? I want to use the preamp with the
same antenna as I transmitt on, no separate receive antenna
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have an unbuilt KX1, with the 3080 kit. Should I try to build it all
at once, or is it better to unsolder things and add the 3080 after the
KX1 is running OK? I would have hoped for a manual describing the build
INCLUDING the 3080. Is there one around?
Ron KB6GK
Ron,
While the KXB3080 *can* be installed during the initial build of the
KX1, I would discourage it for all those who have not built one or two
KX1s previously.
The KX1 requires careful workmanship by itself, and the KXB3080
(particularly the Low Pass Filter) requires even more careful
I apologize for the bandwidth, but I really trust the sources of info here
and it may help someone else starting out like me with specific K3 info and
antenna theory.
I've been playing around with my K3 in a portable capacity out in my yard.
Here is the setup:
-K3 running @ 5W
-Antenna: 66'
Hello Joe,
i have the same problem here. At first there was always full power out at
all levels. In my first debugsession i found that D16 and D17 were dead,
also the swr-bridge in the KAT. After replacing
the diodes i have the same problem like you now, will fix it in my next
debugsession. The
Dave,
Yes, the law of reciprocity applies on both TX and RX, but the K3 has a
better receiver, so it is entirely possible for you to hear ones that
you cannot work. His signal report to you indicates that is likely the
case.
Try your antenna without the balun - you should not notice
G4ILO wrote:
So choosing to run Linux in your shack is not a decision to be taken on a
whim. It needs to be thought through, and part of that consideration should
be choosing a version that will run whatever software you need. If you ever
think that you might want to run HRD then forget it - I
Dave, W8FGU:
Your questions are most appropriate, Elecraft and Amamteur Radio related.
Dave wrote:
Now my questions:
1 - with my antenna setup tuned with the KAT3, knowing that we were both at
5 watts, is it possible for the antenna to be more efficient at receiving
than transmitting? I guess I
No apologies needed Dave. Based on the posts here over the past decade, your
question is *very* list-appropriate.
Don's comments are right on as always. Any warming of the balun is RF
energy that was never radiated. At low powers, any noticeable heating is
likely a big chunk of your power.
And
Bill and All,
I would think (hope?) it would. My concern is that it takes
the ATU a while to achieve the 2:1 match on 160. When I do
it, I do it at reduced power, so that the K3 is hopefully
not working too hard in the process. This may be done
automatically now, but I was under the
Dragging this slightly away from the topic - I've seen this said
before, so would like some explanation please.
I plan on using a doublet of non-determined resonance with my K3
portable. the arms are 18.3m and fedd with ~ 12m of 300 ohm ribbon (TV
type), supported by a 10m telescopic
K2 6442 is working fine and I was able to make a number of contact on Field
Day using an antenna hung from a crane at 103 feet. However, success at
home has been frustrating as I am in a hole, in a valley, at the low end of
the sun cycle, in a community that does not allow antennas. Currently,
Vic K2VCO wrote:
There *is* one thing that might help which I haven't heard mentioned.
There's something called WINE (which stands for Wine Is Not an
Emulator). WINE translates Windows system functions into Linux
equivalents so that, sometimes, a Windows program will run under Linux.
A half-wave doublet center-fed with a quarter-wave of hi-Z feedline is a
worst case scenario.
A 66' doublet would be close to a resonant antenna on 7.0 MHz. Accounting
for the thin wire, would expect a 70 ohm center-feed impedance, even at that
height. It would appear that the length of the
At the moment HRD doesn't work with Wine. Quite a lot of the program does
run, just not the radio control part :-(
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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I recall that MixW crashed horribly when I tried it. Has anyone been brave
Other than W1HKJ's programs, and jLog - a Java based cross
platform logging program - I don't know of any Linux ham software
that is being actively developed.
H
http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/software.html
And that's just me. :-)
And precompiled Linux binaries (unlike Windows
.EXEs)
Chris,
Installing the KPA100 and KAT100 together in an EC2 enclosure is really
easy. Order the KAT100-2 and you will have all the components needed to
connect the KPA100 into the KAT100 board. You will need a cable to
connect from the KIO2 to the KPA100 (or the KAT100) DE9 AUX I/O
Ordered: February 13 (kit)
Katiegram: June 24
Delivery: July 1
It spent four days at an UPS distribution center near
Chicago for adverse weather conditions.
To repeat the mantra, Now the fun begins. I've just
finished building the LP-PAN, now I need to build the
kit to which it interfaces.
As reported by others, changing it to reverse doesn't change the polarity.
This causes upside down RTTY with my HAL DXP38 TNC.
The normal fix, to invert the transmit polarity in the software program, is
problematic.
If you don't believe this, consult the list of several byte hexidecimal
control
I have replaced the fiber speaker washers on the internal K3 speaker with
neoprene flat washers, and the results were dramatic. The audio is now good
with and without NR. There are now no resonances, shrill or otherwise, with NR
turned on. This has made a ton of difference with noise
Hey Don,
Thanks for the reply. I forgot to mention in the first post that I used this
last year in a slightly different spot and it was fed with 33' of open
feedline. I fed it directly from my K2 without a balun and it tuned up great
80m - 10m. To get 1:1 SWR on 20m I added 6' of feedline.
After
Greetings, all :--
Got the long-awaited Katiegram for the KRX3 ordered 4/27/07, due
to be shipped within 2 weeks, etc.
Yaay
73, Van W1WCG
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Hi Ron,
As I replied to Don, I had a slightly different setup last year and did
indeed eliminate the balun and feed it directly with my K2 (at the urging of
both you and Don BTW). And it seemed to work great.
This year, I moved the antenna slightly higher and after researching some
things on
Exactly, the ergonomics of the K3 have been well thought out.
Just RTFM!
G4ILO wrote:
After the first couple of times, you learn to check for things like that.
Nobody should expect to be able to operate anything as complex as a K3
flawlessly without first spending some time learning how to
We had 2 K3s as our main stations in a 2A effort from K5WA in South Texas.
The GOTA station had a K2/100. We had 1650 HF CW QSOs and 1 SSB QSO. (We
REALLY don't like SSB in our club ;-) )
We stood up 2 60' Rohn 25 towers and had a 2 element 40M delta loop pointing
NE, 2 separate 40M
Chris -
I built up the KPA-100 / KAT-100 combo earlier this year. I second
Don's comments, and have a few more:
Build and test the KAT-100 first. Get the KAT-100-2 version which has
the larger enclosure.
If you are installing the KAT-100 and the KPA-100 in a separate
enclosure,
Ahh - ya' gotta love them spell checkers. In the paragraph about
mounting the PA transistors, I of course meant mounting surface, not
counting surface.
Jim, KL7CC
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Tim:
The choke you already have is the right one. I came across the same
problem, contacted Elecraft and they confirmed that the green body version
of this choke has the orange stripes look more like brown. So, I went ahead
with my green body choke and it works perfectly.
73 - Kristinn, TF3KX
I ordered a KK7uq IMD meter from USINTERFACE several weeks ago
Paypal made the payment on 12th June but I have not received the
'thing' yet. I have emailed Glenn W3GWW @ usinterface.com several times
without getting a reply.
I'm contrasting this very poor service with the superb service /
Chris -
I also remember something about increasing the current carrying
capabilities of the RFC on the KIO2 board. I think the recommendation
was to build a new choke from several turns of #24 or #26 wire threaded
through a spare toroid core. You will probably have one laying around
Jim,
The short RF Input coax on the KPA100 is still needed, it plugs into the
KAT100 board to receive the input RF that is attached to the KAT100 Aux
RF input. The BNC to BNC cable is entirely on the outside and connects
to the KAT100, not the KPA100. The KAT100 Aux RF input is only used
Hallo,
In less than 48 hours we (DL6RAI, DL2MLU, DD1LD, DK7MCX, DD5FZ) will be
leaving Munich to start our journey to Suðuroy, the southern most island
in the Faroe Islands (OY).
After a long drive from Munich and even longer stay on the ferry from
Denmark to the islands, we should be
First of all thanks to Tony (K2ZLS) for his initial posting which gave me
the chance to post my ideas i am working on.
Also thanks for all the constructive input.
Please let me explain what my idea is, to prevent any misunderstanding...
;o)
What this should NOT be about, is to work against
Hi Dave,
I know I should also model this thing in EZNEC, but have not taken the
time
to learn how to use it yet. Seems a little daunting when I look at it.
When you do have the time to try EZNEC you will find that it is quite easy
to use. Transmission line programs are also very useful
Thanks, and please keep the KRX3 advisories coming so I can predict when my
September 2007 order is likely to ship.
Nelson, KU0A
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Thanks to all who replied. Next month I will have to time to start the
build, and after reviewing the replies, I have decided the best route
seems to be to build the basic KX1 and then to do the mod. I will take
my time, and that usually results in a successful job. I have built
many qrp
I am using the Elecraft XG1 signal generator to calibrate my K3's S meter. I
followed the instructions (pre-amp on, filters broad, etc) but the best I do
is calibrate to S-7 for 50mv. When I turn the XG1 down to 1mv the S-meter
reads 1 instead of 2-3 S units. I noticed that I had to add about
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