Alan Bloom wrote:
2) The IIR filters have slightly steeper skirts, but ring more. The FIR
filters ring less but are not quite as sharp.
I believe the IIR filters ring more BECAUSE they have steeper skirts.
As I explained in a previous message, FIR and IIR filters have similar
ringing
Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote:
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Thank goodness for Wayne Eric!
Translation by Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
The manufacture of the PT-8000 product line has been discontinued.
Due to the constant obstacles which we
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sounds like they didn't piece off the right bureaucrats. It must take
some serious bakshish to get a new product through that multi-country
regulatory maze.
Well, products don't need certification at all in the EU/EEA, actually. They do
need a declaration of
To all NR 'confusees',
Since getting my K3 #145 I've seen the discussion about Noise Reduction
go round the block 2 or 3 times and I have to wonder if folk bother
reading the FAQ which I've copied below...
How does the Noise Reduction work?
NR depends on correlation of the present input
This PT-8000 must have cost Hilberling a few million euro at least. Three
stands at the big Friedrichshafen show (I am sure they were there in 2006),
development and salaries and... I am sure Hilberling's company can afford
this, it has a very high reputation and he holds some very fine
When I make keydown at the 120 Watt level on 20 meters, the message HI CUR
appears after about 10 seconds and the power goes to 106 watts. I did not
see that before.
73 's Steef PA2A
k3 #1184
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From: Steve Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
I also think that when you take a long hard look at the market for such
a high price transceiver, given the mixed reception given to other
manufacturers
high end offerings, reality kicked in, also I guess the success of the K3
along with
Rob Sherwood's measurements would make any
K3 arrived today.
Took UPS express 34 hrs 14 mins from Aptos,CA to Barendrecht,NL.
(NL = Netherlands, Europe)
73,
Arie PA3A
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The message is spend time just listening to the band and get a feel of the
many aids available to achieve the very best performance that will suit
you style of operating, it took me 6 months to master my Orion and I think
with the continued development of the K3 we need to take note of
I happened to tune across John ON4UN on 40 meters working a JA this
morning(his evening). John was soliciting opinions from the JA on the audio
quality of a K3.(he sounded great) It will be interesting to hear what John
thinks of his? K3.
Can anyone confirm that John owns one, or maybe
In a recent message, Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ...
I happened to tune across John ON4UN on 40 meters working a JA
...
Can anyone confirm that John owns one,
If he does have a K3 he has not yet got round to entering his details on
the Elecraft Owners' Database at
Hello Group,
While I built more than 10 K2 in the past, K3 and XV144 etc, I could not resist
the attraction of kit building. Then I have recently started to build a K2
again (may be my 15th one).
For the K2 builders, perhaps, you will remember that all the resistors are
packed in an order
I happened to tune across John ON4UN on 40 meters working a JA this
morning(his evening). John was soliciting opinions from the JA on the
audio quality of a K3.(he sounded great) It will be interesting to hear
what John thinks of his? K3.
Can anyone confirm that John owns one, or maybe
David Pratt-2 wrote:
If he does have a K3 he has not yet got round to entering his details on
the Elecraft Owners' Database at
http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/elowners.html
Probably because like me, also a K3 owner (580) he can't be bothered to
create yet another account to fill in or look
Does anyone know what the shipping status is for K3 parts? For example XV
Module, Broadcast RX board, PA module, ATU, Filters etc?
This info is not shown on the shipping status page.
--
View this message in context:
http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Shipping-Status-for-parts-tp582380p582380.html
Sent
It's generally all in stock
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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If all is not lost, where is it?
On 25 Jul 2008, at 13:50, AD6XY wrote:
Does anyone know what the shipping status is for K3 parts? For
example XV
Module, Broadcast RX board, PA module, ATU, Filters etc?
This info is not shown on the
I have noted that my Elecraft daily digests are being truncated more
frequently lately. I don't know if this is an issue with my Comcast.net
server or some Outlook setting. Anyone else have this problem? I really
don't want a continuous stream of individual messages. Please reply offline
I've tried using the dual PB capability of the K3 on RTTY but can never
seem to get a RTTY signal through it to be able to decode (I am using
MMTTY). No problem without using the DPB filters. So if someone has the time
might you walk me through the settings you use for the K3 and RTTY? Roofing
K2 #3766, a kit I bought a few years ago and let sit on the shelf for a
while - I'm finally threatening to finish it.
All has gone well up to the VFO Linearization step in Alignment where
the CAL PLL menu item is supposed to be run. I've followed the
instructions to the letter, but when I go
Now that I have two K3's on my desktop, waiting for next CQWW Contest, I was
wondering if someone could advice on the Power Supply that is RELIABLE
enough to take the heavy duty 48 hours SO2R non stop contesting CW and at
the same time PORTABLE enough to take on the airplane to Madeira (CT3NT).
I've tried using the dual PB capability of the K3 on RTTY but can never
seem to get a RTTY signal through it to be able to decode (I am using
MMTTY). No problem without using the DPB filters. So if someone has the time
might you walk me through the settings you use for the K3 and RTTY? Roofing
That is great news Tom, very pleased to hear that.
Take it easy.
Battered stomarch - sounds a bit like haggis!
HiHi
You continue to be in my thoughts.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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intelligence!
On 23 Jul 2008, at 15:26, Tom Hammond
WAYNE - I have received several replies indicating I am not alone in
receiving truncated Daily Digests. Comcast pleads innocence. Would it be
possible to put a size limit on Digests? In my case, some digests get
through - many do not. Last digest was 227kb. Perhaps they could be
released in 50
I was wondering if someone could advice on the Power Supply
that is RELIABLE enough to take the heavy duty 48 hours SO2R
José Nunes
José, I bought this one in DL for 70 Euro to go with my K3:
http://www.wimo.de/bilder/ms-1228-vorne.png
http://www.wimo.de/bilder/ms-1228-vorne.png
Not too heavy
I thought all you Elecrafters out there would find this interesting:
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By MARCIA DUNN
The Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Scientists have exposed some of the mystery
Jose, I have a Jetstream JTPS28M Switching Power
Supply that I have been using for over 18 months with
two transceivers, including several 48 hour contests.
It weighs 4 pounds, is compact, has two meters. I
bought it from RL Electronics for $99.95. I am not a
DX station and probably do not
Bob,
Have you first checked the PLL range? With the probe in TP3 (you may
have to remove the KDSP2 or KAFT2), and menu in CAL FCTR - what is the
frequency when you tap the BAND+ button? What frequency when you tap
the BAND- button?
If you have a good PLL range, then the frequency should
...The PTCIIex, for example, expects USB so you have
to issue TONES 3
Oops, TONES 4. But in any event, consult the documentation of the
device you are using.
73,
Lyle KK7P
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Sorry for the off topic query but a few years ago I saw on this reflector a
link to a site which showed a design for a system of two poles and cords
which was used to drop a weight over a tree bow and get further up the tree
by stages.
I cannot use a projectile since there is a house immediately
Help please.I killed w8uvz's K3 while trying to download current firmware.
The computer attempted to download three times and then became
non-responsive. I could not power down the K3 so I turned off the power
supply. When re-applying power the TX light is blinking and only MCU LD
appears on the
I have had this on a number of occasions :-
*** DON'T PANIC ***
The Bad News is that something got screwed up on the recent
firmware download.
The Good News is that no harm was done, and your K3 is sitting
there ready to try again.
My advice would be to restart your computer, check your COM
The radio is in a state where it's waiting for you to load software.
Either try the same version, or back up a version or two and put that
in. Make sure that your serial cable is plugged in properly before
beginning.
Chad WE9V
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Gary Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do any of the rig control tools adjust the menu / equalizer settings?
I have had a difficult time making adjustments in the small window
available in the menu screen. Any suggestions are appreciated.
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-Original Message-
Sorry for the off topic query but a few years ago I saw on this
reflector a
link to a site which showed a design for a system of two poles and cords
which was used to drop a weight over a tree bow and get further up the
tree
by stages.
I cannot use a projectile since
I do this regularly as part of testing the K3 Utility.
Just reload the firmware using the K3 Utility.
Use a computer with a real RS-232 serial port if one is available.
73 de Dick, K6KR
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Nichols
Val-12 LZ1VB wrote:
There was a message from M0EDX on another ham forum yesterday. ON4UN has
told him in a QSO, that he likes K3 he is using, and going to keep it as a
main rig.
That other forum is in Russian, but here's a Google translation (2 pages
worth!):
All you need is a dog, a cat and a rifle.
Steve Ellington
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Martin Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:46 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft Antennas in trees
Sorry for the off topic query but a
Man, this dude sums up my feelings EXACTLY!
[quote...sort of...given the google translator thing]
Maybe going banal, but I vsetaki speak: the K3 nekazisty design, it
looks like something krivovato.
[endquote]
Looks like something krivovato: I'm going to take a wild guess
here, but I'm betting
Hi Martin,
By any chance are you thinking about the method I use? We discussed it a few
years ago, please contact me off-List if you think that it might be. I have
since 'refined' the hardware used to get up 100ft plus pine trees in roughly
25ft stages, which also allows accurate positioning of
Thanks to all who answered.tried the suggestions on page 42 and still having
problems. I am getting the msg
K3 did not respond to firmware load request. I had disconnected power and
re-applied power and pressed power on which caused the TX led to blink and
MCU LD is on the screen but still
Here's some good new Roger.
It is already working at 1ppm. So if that's your goal, you were there when
you installed the TCXO-3. The method 3 calibration is for the FW to enhance
the result to .5ppm. It's high on Wayne's list but I cannot say when it
will be done.
73
Greg
AB7R
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And silly me I prefer the smaller rig with the fewer buttons. Not to
mention that you can use the memories to get separate band buttons using the
keypad if needed.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of S Sacco
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:05
Thanks to all who responded to my plea for help. It seems the problem was
the brand new 15 ft DB9 serial cable I had bought just for this purpose so I
didn't need to move the radio close to the computer to upgrade. I put
together a 6ft 25pin cable with adapters to get to 9 pin male/female and
To each their own, eh Brett?
Regarding the memories - I don't want to have to remember what memory
# tracks with what band. I want to push the 40 or 7 button to go
to that band.
It wasn't a big enough deal for me to prevent me from ordering my 2nd
K3, which is in transit. I voted with my $$$.
S Sacco wrote:
Regarding the memories - I don't want to have to remember what memory
# tracks with what band. I want to push the 40 or 7 button to go
to that band.
If you follow KR2Q's memory programming suggestion below, you only need one
more press to do what you described:
MV
Glad to hear you ordered a second!!!
I wonder if you used one of the newer label makers and printed up labels on
a clear background how annoying they would look stuck over the buttons...
Or you can always make it relatively easy to remember by using something
like:
2 - 20 Meters
3 - 30 Meters
7
Bill W4ZV wrote:
S Sacco wrote:
Regarding the memories - I don't want to have to remember what memory
# tracks with what band. I want to push the 40 or 7 button to go
to that band.
If you follow KR2Q's memory programming suggestion below, you only need
one more press to
Steve, you missed :)
Krivovato actually means crooked
But the computer translation isn't much closer at all :)
Val LZ1VB
Looks like something krivovato: I'm going to take a wild guess
here, but I'm betting that krivovato means a radio that really
should be larger, with buttons for each
How silly this thread has gotten to while the Subject line does not match.
Come on people.
Now thenON4UN is a nice guy, great ham, etcbut I don't care if he has
one or not.
Gee, I wonder if KR7WEX has a TS2000?
Lets drop this ...
Lee - K0WA
FLAME SUIT ON
In our day and
Hello,
I am not sure what your signal source is for your calibration and I have not
researched this topoc on this reflector so it may be covered in detail by
others. I will convey what I have found about S meter calibration.
SMTR SC and SMTR OF affect each other so if you change on you have
Franki
It looks very nice. How about FAN ? Is it always running ?
73
aki ja1nlx
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From: Franki ON5ZO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:14 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Power Supply for K3 for Contest DXpeditions
I was
Whatziz this off line stuff Geoff? I'm sure a number of us are
interested. I know I am.
Don't be afraid of the self-appointed list cops. There's only one
moderator and he's heartily endorsed such digressions within reason.
Experience shows that if it's something an Elecraft rig owner might be
Lee Buller wrote:
...
Now thenON4UN is a nice guy, great ham, etcbut I don't care if he has
one or not.
I paid attention when John replaced his FT1000D transceivers with
Ten-Tec Orions. He claimed that the improvement in receiver performance
was reason enough to make a change in
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 00:34, Jon K Hellan wrote:
I do not believe the requirements are more onerous in Europe than in the U.S.
I believe that's more-or-less true for radiated and conducted
EMISSIONS. However, I believe Europe also has SUSCEPTABILITY
requirements which the FCC does not. That
We are not really talking about stability here. Generally, we are talking
about variations is existing functions between versions that some weren't
expecting. If there was a setting that got bumped accidentally during an
upgrade, well, that's the way it is sometimes. Not a big deal and it gets
I like:
1 = 10m
2 = 20m
3 = 30m
4 = 40m
5 = 15m
6 = 60m
7 = 17m
8 = 80m
9
0 = 160m
I use band down or band down to go to 6m or 12m.
73,
John W2XS
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Brett wrote: Or you can always make it relatively easy to remember by using
something
like:
2 - 20 Meters
3 - 30 Meters
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 00:09, David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
FIR filters cannot ring in the full sense of the word. What they can do
is to generate a finite pulse of a particular frequency, but that pulse
is never longer than the filter length. Long filter lengths result in a
delay in the
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Damn, I thought it was caused by magic.
Jim Wiley-2 wrote:
I thought all you Elecrafters out there would find this interesting:
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SATELLITES: Magnetic explosions in space trigger the dancing displays.
By MARCIA DUNN
The Associated Press
John,
No matter what 'system' a particular person uses, he will get used to it.
I have mine set:
1 = 80m 2 = 40m 3 = 30m --- the low bands
4 = 20m 5 = 15m 6 = 10m --- the high bands'
7 = 17m 8 = 12m 9 = 6m --- the WARC bands (almost)
0 = 160m
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From: N0QO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: S meter calibration
Through trial and error using my 8640B sig gen, I found
that if I played with different values of SC and OF that
I
Don has it right. It doesn't matter how you set it up, as long as it
is logical to you.
My long time partner in crime and contest buddy Steve says he wants
40 and 20 etc. That''s okay, but probably won't happen in the
near future.
But I have to tell you, that when I had a rig with that type of
Yes, Don, I agree completely. Forget about the labels entirely and
just learn them by key position. However, I went with a vertical
scheme vs your horizontal one...
The first keypad column (1,4,7) is 160, 80, 40. Second column is 20
to 6 (6m stands apart way down there on the zero key); third
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 13:29 -0700, Alan Bloom wrote:
However, I believe Europe also has SUSCEPTABILITY
requirements which the FCC does not. That is a good thing for radio
amateurs, or anyone who operates a transmitter.
In Europe we do have ingress limits for consumer equipment and indeed
they
So EU has all these rigid standards...are those only applicable for
products manufactured in the EU? How can all these other ham radio
manufacturers meet the specs but a well respected German
manufacturer, already in the business, can not?
Methinks there is more afoot than meets the eye.
Doug
Bill,
My values are as follows but I am not sure how applicable they will be to
another radio.
I did the calibration with SMTR MD in the ABS setting so that the preamp in
or out would not have an affect. I found that for the best accuracy it was
necessary to do the calibration whichever SMTR
The announcement did *not* say that they did not meet standards, nor did
they say that the standards were too high - they did say that they did
not expect to meet the standards in production units at a cost they
considered reasonable (whether those are EU compliance standards or
internal
It still sticks in my craw that I have 5 single press
buttons on the front panel that I'll never use.
Elecraft - please make these available for use as
single press BAND buttons.
M1 M2 M3 M4 REC
80 40 20 15 10
That way we get into the ballpark with a single press
and can band up or
Don, here's another idea...
Right now, the RIT knob has the option of being used as a coarse VFO
tuner when RIT and XIT are off. Perhaps people would like the option
of using it as a band switch instead? (I am pretty happy with the
numeric keypad system myself.)
73,
Drew
AF2Z
On Fri, 25 Jul
Drew - as I see it (past owner of OMNI VI+ and
IC756Pro) there is simply no substitute for single
button press band changes. It's a big deal. YMMV.
[Elecraft] Band Button gripe - was ON4UN has a K3?
drewko1 at verizon.net drewko1 at verizon.net
Fri Jul 25 21:54:09 EDT 2008
Don, here's
I ordered covers for my K2 and K3 from Rose Kopp, N7HWK. They arrived
yesterday, and they are beautiful. I had mine made with the black material and
gold Elecraft embroidery. Her workmanship is really good, and I highly
recommend her covers. Roy Morris W4WFB
And take away my CW memory buttons? That's madness!
I've got more band changing methods than I can keep track of already.
73- Nick, WA5BDU
Don Rasmussen wrote:
It still sticks in my craw that I have 5 single press
buttons on the front panel that I'll never use.
Elecraft - please make
I have many e-mail accounts and use a variety of e-mail softwares. One of
the features of many of them sets the maximum size of e-mails that it will
receive. Eudora is one that has that feature. Check your e-mail software
settings
or preferences/options for setting size of e-mails it'll
And take away my CW memory buttons? That's
madness!
No Nick - You keep your CW memory buttons - no madness
there. Simply add one setup option for those of us
that own external keyers (CMOS4 in my case) that if it
is changed from the default will allow the single
touch keys to be band switchers
Its also quite nice that CE requires you to pass some ESD requirements
as well...
On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 01:45 +0100, Brendan Minish wrote:
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 13:29 -0700, Alan Bloom wrote:
However, I believe Europe also has SUSCEPTABILITY
requirements which the FCC does not. That is a
There are times that a design engineer has to slightly degrade the
performance of a product in order to meet these requirements.
Especially since in order to meet the requirements over manufacturing
you actually have to beat them with good margin. Engineering is ALWAYS
a tradeoff.
On Fri,
Just what is the big deal about pushing a single
button instead of pushing two buttons in sequence to
get to the band and mode you want?
Hey Doug - You hit the nail on the head, contestors
have the optimal solution with the stock K3. But
modest stations, what I'll call condo class or
dipole
Or you can just use an up/down and get done the working up the bands and
scanning with the dial...
Hell our forefathers had to tune up for quite some time to change bands.
Now we've reached the point where using and up/down button set is too
slow for us. Then god forbid we actually have to
Idea
Why not make an additional set of control buttons and use the secret
connector on the bottom right side of the K3. Just a small panel that would
fit under the K3 and would give you numerous programmable buttons. Then, you
could set up the button on the little add on panel.
Or, for
The only reason I mention the labels is because it seems lately if you
ask someone to press two buttons to get something done or to actually
learn/remember something they look at you like you stole their favorite
blanket. I love the whole press for one option and hold for another to
get rid of
Why not sit down in front of the options that you're interested in and
form an opinion of your own rather than go by someone else? Each
persons operating style is different and if you don't operate the same
way this guy does perhaps a rig that he just offloaded is the perfect
companion to the way
These ideas make much more sense than trying to remap front panel
buttons. I think the field testers did a great job of defining how the
ergonomics are to flow.
~Brett
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 20:43 -0700, Lee Buller wrote:
Idea
Why not make an additional set of control buttons and use
Most people deal with WAY more than that on their cell phones every day.
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 14:36 -0700, Alan Bloom wrote:
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 00:09, David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
FIR filters cannot ring in the full sense of the word. What they can do
is to generate a finite pulse of a
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