Thanks to all that responded.
Peter, AC7SB, was a great help. As it turns out the CW sidetone source was
selected to U6-25. That is where the data has to come from. Moving it back to
U8-4 in the ST L menu did the trick. Now my only mystery is when/how/why did
it change from default in the
From: Fred Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
... None of my 3 K-rigs [KX1, K2, K3] has enough audio *for me*. I'm
nearly deaf and have been since one night 40 years ago on the other side of
the planet.
Those who need more audio, there is not only AF GAIN HI. Don't forget also
the audio
John-483 wrote:
Ken
Does it happen in the bypass mode?
I wonder if there may be a little SWR left after the tune cycle, and
when you key, the ATU tries to take it out.
John
k7up
But the KAT3 shouldn't try to tune unless you press the button, should it?
-
Julian, G4ILO
I noticed a couple of posts re N1MM and erratic cw performance and low audio
with Heil Pro Set + headphones.
Re the N1MM; I suffered a similar problem during IARU least weekend - K3,
Linear at ~ 400W, dipole partly above my shack at ~ 30 feet. Symptoms were
mainly long dashes. Also, whilst
I keep checking the website as to when new releases are going to be available
for the K3. Right now there are three Beta release in the offing. Any time
line when these are going to be moved to production?
Lee - K0WA
In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If
Bill,
I am not sure that Heil is continuing to sell the Proset Quiet Phone. When
I was at Dayton I found out that they had reliability problems with the
electronic/mechanical interface to the control device. I have one and had
this problem. They are apparently using their remaining stock
From: H. Cary III
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:54 AM
To: 'elecraft@mailman.qth.net'
Cc: H. Cary III
Subject: K3-100 for Sale
FOR SALE: K3-100, #178 with KAT3 Internal ATU and standard 5-pole 2.7 kHz SSB
and KFL3A-500 Hz CW filter, plus MH2 Hand microphone.
On air maybe 6 hours since early
I have no audio on the speaker or external speaker. The headphones work just
fine. I replaced the headphone jack, but still no audio.
Any ideas?
Mike
Mike Short
AI4NS
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At 02:29 AM 17/07/08, you wrote:
John-483 wrote:
Ken
Does it happen in the bypass mode?
I wonder if there may be a little SWR left after the tune cycle, and
when you key, the ATU tries to take it out.
John
k7up
But the KAT3 shouldn't try to tune unless you press the button,
Mike,
Do you have the speaker wires interchanged? - check the colors against
the manual. If the wires are swapped, it will ground out the audio
except for the headphones.
Do you have the speaker cable plugged into J5 on the RF Board? There is
a J5 on the Control Board that I have seen
I am seeing an approx. 20% reduction of peak SSB power after pressing ATU
TUNE. This occurs at both 50 and 100 watts into a high-quality dummy load
as indicated on the K3 RF bar display and my external LP-100A wattmeter.
Bypassing the ATU does not restore the peak power, so I don't think it's
This applies to all HF rigs ;-)
While you're sitting around waiting for the next big solar cycle, you might
enjoy checking out this story from NASA about old Sol. This was passed onto
me by my buddy Mychael, AA3WF (the toroidguy):
I've not specifically noticed that problem Chuck, but I do notice a
strange behaviour when running AF data modes...
If I start off relatively low in power, around 15 to 20 Watts, then try
to increase the power level it refuses to increase until I reach around
100 Watts then it only increases
Chuck, I had a quite similar problem. My K3 was qrp waiting for the KPA3.
When pushing tune I had full power (12W). Talking SSB I had full 12W but
when I touched the power knob, even reducing 0.1W caused the power to drop
to 8W peak. I had to retune to resume full power. I checked the LPA twice
Just because the sun has no spots does not mean it is inactive. Lately there
have been some coronal mass ejections which have fed the Heaviside layer with
much needed ions. Aurora have come as far south from the magnetic north pole
as Washington. Twenty meters has been open at odd times too.
Is there a mono option? That is where the sub and main rx audio appears in
both ears?
If no antenna tuner, must one install the BNC connector? I don't see ever
needing to connect the sub rx antenna to any but the transmit antenna. The
firmware makes one choose either BNC or antenna tuner.
Wow, a contrarian view of the solar cycle from a NASA physicist,
standing firm against the growing buzz in lay and academic circles.
Or is it.
Since the recent clarification of Administrator Michael D. Griffin's
heretical view on global warming the number of NASA people who are
willing to
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:15:14 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
In this case Eric is saying there may be a leakage path through a relay.
Right. Almost all problems have more than one component. In problems like
this one, the sum is the algebraic sum of all of the leakage paths.
Relays DO have
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:11:35 -0700 (PDT), alsopb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a mono option? That is where the sub and main rx audio appears in
both ears?
If no antenna tuner, must one install the BNC connector? I don't see ever
needing to connect the sub rx antenna to any but the
Is sensitivity very low below about 1000khz in the BC band or is it just me?
It really drops off there and I can only pick up a couple of really strong
stations below that. I did install the KBF3. Does that attenuate the BC
band?
I did make sure the ATU was in bypass.
Steve Ellington
[EMAIL
If no antenna tuner, must one install the BNC connector? I don't see ever
needing to connect the sub rx antenna to any but the transmit antenna. The
firmware makes one choose either BNC or antenna tuner. There is no choice
for none.
This is for specifying the alternate antenna input for the
I noticed the output level was quite low compared to the speaker so I went
ahead and ordered the Proset-2 thinking it was just a problem with my old
headset/boom mic. Guess I will find out if I wasted my money when it all
arrives in September.de gary, kd9sv
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From: Tom Childers, N5GE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub rx audio, etc.
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:11:35 -0700 (PDT), alsopb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a mono option? That is
Great article, Ron. Nice to see were we fit in the recent cycle.
It was interesting that the graph of sunspot numbers doesn't show even a
hint of the biggest solar storm of the past millennia (Aug 26-Sep 4, 1859).
There weren't a LOT of sunspots, but there were some really BIG ones. Naked
Eye
K3/100
Filters 2.8, 1.8 .250
KAT3, KBPF3, KXV3, KTCX03-1
Ordered 2/25/08
Katiegram 7/9/08
Shipped 7/10/08
Arrived in PA 7/17/08
Now to clear off the workbench (no small task) and let the games begin!
Ron W3ZV
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I have noticed what you describe below with all versions of firmware. I have
verified that it occurs both on transmit and receive. At the most you could
be 99Hz off of your displayed freq. If you were at say 14.200099 in the fine
mode and then switched to coarse display of 142000 you would
...there is a cure for poor band conditions: a new K3. Even if there are no
signals I can switch the NR on and off. Amazing. I wish every rig had NR
like the K3. I bet that would put a few more people on the bands.
73,
Drew
AF2Z
---
I find the low frequency bands (160,
Three of us locals got to discussing our K3's.
I got chosen to ask the dumb question.
None of us have the faintest idea what the Transmitter Gain calibration
does.
There is nothing to tweak (or if so what to tweak or it's left out of
manual).
So what does it do?
What if the power on an
I don't know whether it's my system or a website glitch, but if I click on
the Elecraft site's software page display:
K3 Firmware FTP page (Just for direct viewing of the current K3 firmware
files.)
nothing happens, but if I right click, selecr properties and copy and paste
the URL into
that is why the Top Ten AB antenna switches use two relays to gain isolation...
bill
At 02:04 PM 7/17/2008, Jim Brown wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:15:14 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
In this case Eric is saying there may be a leakage path through a relay.
Right. Almost all problems have
Hey All,
Well my wait is finally over! About 4.5 months.
K3/100 kit # 1264 w/KAT3 ATU
Ordered Feb 22 - Paid in full
Katiegram July 8
UPS Notice July 10
Delivered Today July 17 (just in time for my birthday on 19th!)
6K AM filter on backorder
_Serial number watchers!_ This number was
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:32:20 -0700, Lyle Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If no antenna tuner, must one install the BNC connector? I don't see ever
needing to connect the sub rx antenna to any but the transmit antenna. The
firmware makes one choose either BNC or antenna tuner. There is no
Some time ago, I replaced the K2's main tuning knob, complete with finger
dimple, with another more user-friendly knob from the (*S!) Yaesu
stable,
In a fit of admiration of my new K3, it occurred to me that the original K2
knob might very well make a handy substitute for the K3's VFO B
Steve: The K3's PIN diode T/R switch displays quite a bit of attenuation in
the broadcast band, especially below about 1 MHz (I've measured 18 dB
attenuation at 500 kHz).
The only solution I'm aware of is to install the KXV3. With the external
antenna input provided on this interface (which
One of my pet peeves is people who refuse to admit they are wrong even
when presented with irrefutable evidence. Well, I've recently seen some
irrefutable evidence so it's time to admit I was wrong. :=)
I had claimed that US AM broadcast stations must not have an audio
bandwidth greater than
It sure seems that the KRX3s are shipping at a snail's pace. So far I've only
seen radios up to S/N in the 100s getting theirs. Did I miss some or what? It
looks like I'll get mine about a year and a half after ordering it. (on
5/27/2007)
Dave N8AG
K3 # 414
I was surprised to work DX on 10m over the weekend. Several countries
in Europe on 10m, as well as Morocco. Portugal on 6m, my first 6m
contact.
David Wilburn
K4DGW
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
...there is a cure for poor band conditions: a new K3. Even if there are no
signals I can switch
Wow. Thanks Scott. That made all the difference!
I have a real problem here with WHAS on 840khz. This is a 50kw station and
it totally overloads the K3. I use an ICE BCB filter inline with the rig
just so it can be used on HF. Some rigs are less affected by this station
but not the K3. What I
I received my KRX3 Katiegram last Friday - KRX3 shipping in the next week or
two. This was for my K3 ordered May 2, 2007 (no deposit) and K3 received end
of January 2008.
Phil - AD5X
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I bored out my K2 knob to fit the 1/4 shaft on my K1. I used a drill
press and a 1/4 Dremel bit. I don't remember which one, but it was
not a twist drill bit. The K2 knob is 6mm. 6mm is 0.236 in. so you
need to remove .007 in. of brass from the wall. Since the knob would
be hard to
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