[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello
It's me again. As you can tell, I'm in over my head
with the K3. Can you turn off the receiver input and
tramsmitter output with a menu item? If so how do you
turn it back on?
I have receiver noise, but no receive signals and
the transmitter keys in cw mode and
Simon (HB9DRV) wrote:
Agreed - unlike WinKey with KY you have no idea how many characters are
inside the radio waiting to be sent. It's OK for sending CQ DX ALL NIGHT
LONG etc. but for anything else it's not a good option.
I'm sorry, but I really don't get this argument in the context
I've altered a call on the fly during the over. For instance I might send
G3UNA? on the first over, then lop off the ? during the confirm transmission.
Not sure if this is what you mean, tho.
David
G3UNA
From: Julian, G4ILO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/09/30 Tue AM 09:38:06 BST
To:
Would you lop off the ? *after* clicking the button to start sending the
confirmation? If yes, then it would be a problem, because the software would
have sent the whole confirmation to the radio as soon as you clicked the
button. Otherwise it wouldn't.
Julian, G4ILO
G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com
At 01:19 PM 09/29/08, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I'm deeply sorry to hear about the Amateur operators who clearly couldn't be
bothered with a distress call until they were asked. They are not qualified
to be Hams and should have lost their licenses.
I believe that as there is less and less
No.
David
G3UNA
From: Julian G4ILO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/09/30 Tue AM 11:13:38 BST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - interfacing to N1MM Contest Logging software
Would you lop off the ? *after* clicking the button to start
The K3 requires a firmware mod that Elecraft will give you upon request and
verification.
[OT]
HF MARS frequencies are many and distributed from 2 mHz to 28 mHz. This
makes dynamically moving the net to the critical frequency possible. So you
must be frequency agile. When I applied to MARS I
Thanks Gary,
I redid the power calibration and the tuner tunes the dummy load all ok.
It still struggled with the 40 dipole (native swr, as measured by the
K3, is 1.6:1) and would only get a match of 1.4:1. But I put in a short
length of coax as you suggested and now it can find a 1.1:1 match,
Ken wrote:
It seems ... to me anyway ... that attempting to keep MARS
frequencies secret is terribly silly!
It is Monty Python silly. MARS frequency/net information has no
security classification. The only repercussion to MARS frequency
disclosure is aggravation of some folks for whom an aura
Agreed - unlike WinKey with KY you have no idea how many characters are
inside the radio waiting to be sent. It's OK for sending CQ DX ALL NIGHT
LONG etc. but for anything else it's not a good option.
I'm sorry, but I really don't get this argument in the context of contest
operating at
You have obviously not used N1MM Logger or Writelog as the
user can edit calls or other information in the entry window
and have the update reflected in macros already in process.
That is a function of the software - and works with either
direct (PC generated) or Winkey CW generation.
The
Yes Mike, I -do- hear the Silly Police coming (:-))
Having belonged to all three branches of MARS in the
past ... over a span of many years ... I can agree that
your appraisal is dead-on.
Some would argue that MARS is detrimental to amateur
radio. My Elmer (W5ADC) was a dedicated
I was running in a local SSB Contest on the weekend and was trying to scan the
band with the Sub-RX while
calling CQ on the main RX-frequency.
I noticed that when tuning the Sub-RX while transmitting the frequency display
would change but apparently the
RX frequency wouldn't.
E.g. My CQ
Greetings,
I just purchased a new computer (with Vista) as my old computer finally
died. Is there driver support for the KUSB cable and if so, where can
I download them? I noticed that the Prolific web site mentioned something
about not supporting Vista.
Thanks,
- Bill
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I'd guess it's built into Vista now?
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft and the only one
that can be mass produced with unskilled labour.
-Wernher von Braun, rocket engineer (1912-1977)
On 30 Sep 2008, at 14:55, KB1PXD wrote:
Prolific
Any Prolific Vista driver will work. Vista may have one ready to install
when it senses the KUSB.
There are 4 manufacturers mentioned on the Prolific website. Elecraft could
post a driver on its website as a vendor of a Prolific-based adapter, but
has chosen not to do so.
Monty K2DLJ
Never mind. It appears the Microsoft drivers are adequate. I've loaded
the drivers and I'm in the process of updating the K3 firmware.
- Bill
KB1PXD wrote:
Greetings,
I just purchased a new computer (with Vista) as my old computer finally
died. Is there driver support for the KUSB
Is there driver support for the KUSB cable and if so, where can
I download them?
Please see the USB to Serial Adapter Troubleshooting topic in K3
Utility Help.
73,
Lyle KK7P
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You must be a
I also worked the contest briefly. I wasn't contesting, but I was looking for
Wyoming. I used my K3 along with the LP-PAN panadapter, and PowerSDR,
LP-Bridge, MMTTY and Ham Radio Deluxe software. This let me set the RTTY DTF
filter on the K3 and click on signals in the panadapter spectrum to tune
Don,
I also had problems with my arrl.net address... it turns out that the ARRL has
handed off their email handling to Yahoo Mail... just watch the spam go up!!
I no longer use that particular address...
Dave G.
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ARRL uses Interbridge, not Yahoo:
$ host -t mx arrl.net
arrl.net mail is handled by 10 ganymede.interbridge.net.
arrl.net mail is handled by 10 callisto.interbridge.net.
arrl.net mail is handled by 10 mimas.interbridge.net.
Bob, N7XY
On Sep 30, 2008, at 8:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
You have obviously not used N1MM Logger or Writelog as the user can
edit calls or other information in the entry window and have the update
reflected in macros already in process.
The aim is to respond immediately to the station that has just called.
Both contesting
Hello folks,
I have the KRX3 installed and been playing around trying to get it at the
same gain level as the main RX.Can anyone share there settings.
Thanks
Don...w2xb
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I am curious as to the experience of others on the list concerning the KAT3.
Mine works find, but never finds that 1.0 to 1 match. It will find 1.2 or so
(which is OK I know) but does not seem to find anything better. Yes, I do the
tune procedure twice within 5 seconds. Latest firmware.
I have the KRX3 installed and been playing around trying to get it at the
same gain level as the main RX.Can anyone share there settings.
Are you using the latest firmware? There was a gain imbalance issue
that was corrected in MCU 2.36/DSP 1.90 on the first of September.
73,
Lyle KK7P
I've used the CW to PSK-31 function and I've had reports from others that
some of the characters being sent are chopped off and not displayed on the
receiving end ??? I have no idea what is causing that or how to fix it.
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Lee,
I had the same problem. I redoing the Wattmeter 5 and 50 watt Calibrations
and the Transmitter Gain Calibrations (for all bands) fixed the problem.
Background: KAT3 worked after initial install. 1.0 SWR into a 40M dipole
resonant in the CW end but tunable thru the SSB end and 1.0 into a
Ken Kopp wrote:
It seems
... to me anyway ... that attempting to keep MARS
frequencies secret is terribly silly! Do the MARS leaders
actually think they aren't / can't be heard by anyone who wants
to listen??!! What's the rationale?
Am I missing something?
Probably not :-) US
I distinctly remember an ARRL announcement to the effect that they were no
longer hosting
and/or administering email accounts on arrl.net
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I distinctly remember an ARRL announcement to the effect that they were no longer hosting
and/or administering email accounts on arrl.net
Probably. As long as I've been around (not long), it's been a
*forwarding* service only.
~Iain
I do not think they ever hosted email accounts. They provide email
forwarding for members. I just verified that it is working.
Monty K2DLJ
I distinctly remember an ARRL announcement to the effect that they were no
longer hosting
and/or administering email accounts on arrl.net
I usually get 1.0 to 1 on a variety of antennas including my 160 sloper cut
for 1.947 down on the CW portion of the band. Sometimes it's not quite as
good but that's when I'm trying to make a really bad match work.
Bill NZ0T
Lee Buller wrote:
I am curious as to the experience of others on
Folks,
I am having some trouble getting my K3 to work digital modes running HRD
and DM780 software and a RigExpert Standard as the interface.
I am curious what I might be doing wrong.
As far as sound selection, I am using the USB audio codecs, and it is
receiving fine, (RTTY and MT63), and
Hello Guys/Gals
Found out what the problem was with my KRX3 not recieving and tons of white
noise.
Never followed the instructions on page #41. Setting Sub Reciever Antenna
Selection.
Boy getting old isn't for sissies. I went right by it. Now all is working
fine. Both the Main and the Sub
Hello to the group.
K3 01684 'factory built' was delivered last week, and I've only found time
to power it up today... It's a K3/10 with the KXV3.
I'm stuck on getting power out on SSB. It took a little while to figure out
the CW section, and that now works fine. I've gone over the manual a few
John asked me to post this additional useful info.
-- Enno
=
I wanted to report back to you on the noise I was encountering with my K3.
I was not aware of this but changing the RX EQ settings other than default
will cause excess noise when changing to the cw mode. When I cleared
Ken Kopp wrote:
It seems ... to me anyway ... that attempting to keep MARS
frequencies secret is terribly silly! Do the MARS leaders
actually think they aren't / can't be heard by anyone who wants to
listen??!! What's the rationale? Am I missing something?
I suspect this is more about
Dave,
I don't know the answer, but one guess is that the output of the
RigExpert may be pre-set for mic level (reduced to about 1/10 of
soundcard normal output). The line input of the K3 needs a 'line level'
signal (about the same as soundcard output).
You can try plugging the RigExpert
Andy,
You did not say what you were using for audio input, and we know it is
not coming from the Microham interface yet.
Do you have your microphone input set correctly? There are 2 inputs -
front and rear. Do you have an electret microphone? If so, you need to
turn bias on. With high
Thanks Don, your email was just a few seconds behind one that also mentioned
the Bias setting. I have the MH2 mic, and the bias was off.
I'll have a look at the microham tomorrow as it's getting late and mistakes
are easy when tired...
Cheers,
73
Andy
http://gd0tep.com
-Original
Hi Mark - the algorithm used in the K3 to convert what you send on the
paddle (CW) into what goes out on the air as either PSK-31 or RTTY is VERY
UNFORGIVING! If you are just a bit sloppy in using the paddle (and I am)
the CW will be converted into gibberish for the fellow on the other end!
This
I just sent out thousands of e-mails to the ARRL members in the Great
Lakes Division (I'm running for Vice Director). The forwarding
service is definitely working. :)
73, Dan KB6NU
On Sep 30, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Monty Shultes wrote:
I do not think they ever hosted email accounts. They
Folks,
I did not mean to start any panic about the arrl.net forwarding
service. Of course, the arrl.net forwarding has been working (and even
working well for me), but for some reason, I have been getting notices
of failed mail delivery - someone has been spoofing my arrl.net email
address
Fellow Elecrafters,
are there any of you using the LP-Pan?
I am looking for some help getting it set up...
I got in my LP-Pan, and hooked it up to my K3 using the E-MU 0202 USB.
I seem to be dead in the water getting a panoramic or any other display
going running Power SDR-IF v. 0.92
Dear Wayne and Lyle,
In the original specs for the K3
(and even now in the Tech Specs page: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/K3_specs.htm
)
the sidetone range was, quote, CW Offset/Sidetone: 300-1000 Hz,
adjustable.
But the newer manuals, and the K3 itself I presume, have the range
limited to
Is the N1MM protocol for communicating with Winkey made public
anywhere? For us MCU programming CW enthusiasts?
73--Nick, WA5BDU
That's correct - we have already passed the Point Of No Return on this
one. There is no point in software developers attempting to support
several fragmented
Sorry for the duplicates. Evidently emails to Wayne and Lyle get
forwarded automatically to the reflector.
73,
Oliver Johns
W6ODJ
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Per the Owners Manual Version D, page 51, ESSB mode has it's own TX
equalizer, indicated by TX*EQ when setting the equalizer bands. I've got
ESSB enabled (CONFIG:TX ESSB ON), but there is no * indication in the EQ
setup display (MAIN:TX EQ).
Is this not yet implemented, or did I just not
Per the Owners Manual Version D, page 51, ESSB mode has it's own TX
equalizer, indicated by TX*EQ when setting the equalizer bands...
Not yet implemented. Currently, there is but one TxEQ across all modes
that use audio for Tx (SSB, ESSB, AM, FM, DATA A, DATA AFSK).
73,
Lyle KK7P
The WinKey programming interface is available - see K1EL's website.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
- Original Message -
From: Nick-WA5BDU [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is the N1MM protocol for communicating with Winkey made public
anywhere? For us MCU programming CW enthusiasts?
K3 beta-test firmware revision 2.45 (with DSP rev 1.92) is now
available. Highlights:
* transmit noise gate feature for voice modes
* a change in the way the transmit inhibit (TX INH) function works
* many new remote-control commands for software developers
Other details appear below. Be
- Original Message -
From: wayne burdick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
many new remote-control commands for software developers
There will be a new K3 beta with support for the new commands later this
week.
Programming all night is great fun, only wimps sleep.
Simon HB9DRV
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:54 -0700 (PDT), W2XB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Guys/Gals
Found out what the problem was with my KRX3 not recieving and tons of white
noise.
Never followed the instructions on page #41. Setting Sub Reciever Antenna
Selection.
Boy getting old isn't for sissies. I
I got my K3 kit this afternoon (3 mos + 21 days from order). Hopefully
serial number 1826 will be on the air soon. My K2 is looking on with
interest as I sort the parts.
Phil Shepard
NS7P
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Why not use 700 Hz - it's less that 2 Hz from F4 (698.45 Hz) ...
or 740 Hz (F#5 - 739.99 Hz)? 780 Hz is only 3.99 Hz from G5.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O. Johns
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:34 PM
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Hi All,
I just have to say that, notwithstanding all the sticky
problems we've seen in production, it's pretty darn amazing
that we are getting close to having 2,000 K3's out there.
And apparently demand is still pretty strong. Let's see,
2,000 K3's at an average cost of $2,000, that's
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