Lee, glad you got it sorted.
Just a note - don't ever use a drill on through-plated holes - you
will probably remove the 'plating' and disconnect the 2 sides - not so
much a problem if it's just a double-sided board, you can solder each
side (unless one side has a protective coat).
But on
Hi All,
When I went to bed last night, everything was A O K. This morning, I turned
on the K3, and got an error message--no ATU! Sure enough, the ATU would not
trigger. K3 menu is set for ATU, and cycling the power on and off a few
times didn't seem to help. However, perserverance wins,
Hi All,
For what it's worth, Buy.com currently has a Keyspan USB Serial Adapter on
sale for $25 (reg. price $40). It's the model USA-19HS. I don't have one
of these (I use a couple of Belkin adapters), but I've seen other posts by
folks who are using some Keyspan model successfully to
Hi, Group,
I have a website called SWLing.com that is designed to teach people
(in simple terms) how to operate a shortwave radio. I recently got an
inquiry from one of my website guests that has really taking a shine
to shortwave radio listening. He started by buying a Sony portable,
then
As I noted earlier it may be dependent on the O/S you are using.
I am using Windows Vista 64-bit and had to go for a serial interface PCI
card, that solved the problem.
73
Len
SM7BIC
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To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday,
Hi,
In fact, USB serial adapter is very cheap in Hong Kong. For only US$7, you
will get a high quality one. Whenever you visit Hong Kong, try to buy some
electronic products, the prices are far cheaper here.
73
Johnny Siu VR2XMC
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寄件人:
Just to add my 2 cents - the 'openess' of the K3 and it's supporting software
to the Mac and Linux has been a real boon. I happen to use Cocoamodem for
digital modes on a mac, and the ability to use the K3's utility program on that
platform was a selling point for me. The same would be true of
Hello
K3 # 2450 arrived this morning as a companion to K 2 # 0937. Was ordered
Dec. 11th
Congratulations to the gang at Elecraft's !
Happy New Year to all
Jacques de F9OJ
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I believe the digital gods like to toy with us. My K-3 has largely behaved
itself but several weeks ago it suddenly stopped producing RF when tune was
pressed. Turning it on and off, etc., did not entice it to work. It
however was working in all other respects, including producing RF when keyed
For sale is my as new E-MU 0202, LP-PAN, original boxes, interconnect cables,
etc, etc, etc.
The LP-PAN was factory assembled.
$300.00 delivered in lower 48...will ship to Europe for additional shipping
cost.
Paypal OK with you covering their 3% fee.
Cosmic rays.
Regards,
Mike VP8NO
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From: Bruce McLaughlin bmcla...@bex.net
To: 'Dave Yarnes' w7...@cox.net; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:33 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU
|I believe the digital gods
During the past week I have noticed my K3 drifting during the first 20
seconds after power up. I hadn’t noticed this previously in my three month
old K3 (SN 1672), so I’m wondering if this is normal? With winter here it
is colder in my basement shack (maybe down 55 F), so perhaps that could
Lee,
One thing that I have found works well for removing solder quickly
and 'cleanly' is inertia..
I place a small bit of scrap carpet on the edge of my workbench to
act as a PCB stop pad, so as not to damage the board. Add a little
solder to the thru hole you are working on until it bridges
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Following several recommendations on the list I purchased the Keyspan
interface after having nothing but problems with a Prolific 2303 (of
which I have several, and which have otherwise always worked fine for
various ham radio applications -- Orion, GPS freq. standard, et al).
I had
I have noticed no drift with my K-3. I would think that if the ambient
temperature did have any effect it would have to be a lot colder than 55.
Bruce-W8FU
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Ah ha, that must have been it or possibly, ET played with it when he was
here!
Bruce-W8FU
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Harris
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:05 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Gosh, you certainly have been having a hard time. Several years ago we had a
bad storm around here and I had no electricity for slightly less than 24 hours
but that was more than enough! The temperature inside the house got down to
38° and I was seriously considering a bailout to a Red Cross
Knowing what a gamble it is buying a switched mode PSU for ham radio use I
hope no-one will mind my passing on a recommendation for one I got today. It
is Maplin code L11BQ (http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=48517)
and it is on special offer at £19.99 until 20 January. Not a bad price
Knowing what a gamble it is buying a switched mode PSU for ham radio use I
hope no-one will mind my passing on a recommendation for one I got today. It
is Maplin code L11BQ (http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=48517)
and it is on special offer at £19.99 until 20 January. Not a bad price
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As I noted earlier it may be dependent on the O/S you are using.
I am using Windows Vista 64-bit and had to go for a serial interface PCI
card, that solved the problem.
73
Len
SM7BIC
--
I recently switched to Vista 64 on a new
I'm looking for information about the following coaxial-metal-ceramic tube:
4635 / NSN 5960-00-195-4554
Dimensions: 160mm x 165mm x 160mm
Weight: 9 kg
Google didn't help - amazing as that sounds. Does anyone know this tube?
Tnx es Happy New Year es vy 73 de toby
PS: There is at least one
I've used the Keyspan as well as an Ethernet/serial adapter to connect
a laptop to the K3. Both work fine, but the Prolific (KUSB) adapter
seems a bit faster on program loading and bulk data - the
configuration settings, for example..
The only purpose for using the Ethernet adapter was to
Hi Andreas -
IIRC = If I recall correctly. That means, I wasn't certain about that.
So you made me go look. Yes, the Norcal 40 has AGC. I also see notes that
its characteristics have been changed over time to make it a bit more
aggressive.
Thanks for questioning my comment. I copied the
Grant and All,
As a follow-up, I just received an email from Buy.com with their latest
specials. They have a Keyspan USB Serial Adapter, model USA 19HS, on sale
for $25 with free shipping. The regular price is supposedly $40. There may
be better bargains out there, but I do see a lot of
Cycle 24!! Not...:(
Adam - ka7ark
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boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Harris
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 7:05 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A
Hello,
Is it possible to use the rear line input with USB/LSB modes?
K3 #1212
An Happy New Year!
73 QRO fr Rudolf, HB9ARI
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I bet this will add some punch to your Top Band QRP signal.
http://www.ok1rr.com/news.php
Scroll down a bit. It is difficult to imagine the scale, so read a
little about it.
de Doug KR2Q
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Hi Rudolf,
Have a look to the manual and you will be quite happy !
73
Luc/HB9ABB
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Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:11 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Rear Line Input
Hello,
Is it possible to use the
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:20:58 -0500, you wrote:
I bet this will add some punch to your Top Band QRP signal.
http://www.ok1rr.com/news.php
Scroll down a bit. It is difficult to imagine the scale, so read a
little about it.
de Doug KR2Q
[snip]
That's insane!
And... I'm insanely jealous!
I think those guys probably are scrapping the bottom of the Ham Purity
Test.
We join our Elmer on question 168:
168: Have you climbed a tower?
169: For a 80m beam?
170: For a 160m beam?
171: Have you climbed on a boom?
172: Inside a boom?
173: for a purpose other than adjusting the
When all I have available is a hot soldering iron I have had good luck
removing solder from plated through holes by heating the solder and then
lightly banging the PCB on the bench to accelerate the molten solder from
the hole. Of course, the PCB has to be able to withstand the shock and
that's a
YEARS AGO... Prior to changing out the unmatched crystals for
matched ones in my K2, I decided that it was time to buy that
solder sucker ... The HAKKO 808... the handheld powered vacuum
sucker... I was concerned about the number of desolderings involved
on the main board. AND IT was a
Heck Guys,
I took mine down last week. Thinking of something to put up that is bigger.
Lee K0WA :)
GRIN
In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't
have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find
any Common Sense, ask for
Tom wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:20:58 -0500, you wrote:
I bet this will add some punch to your Top Band QRP signal.
http://www.ok1rr.com/news.php
Scroll down a bit. It is difficult to imagine the scale, so read a
little about it.
de Doug KR2Q
[snip]
That's insane!
And... I'm
I took mine down last week. Thinking of something to put up that is bigger.
With that much work and cost involved, it's good that the antenna is located in
an isolated area. Can you imagine installing that system, only to find S9
noise from an uncooperative neighbor's plasma television?
Hi Dana,
Right know the FN command that sets the four multifinction encoders is not
operational. Recently, Wayne has released a separate MG command for mic
gain, and CP command for compression in MCU release 2.73.
But I don't see a command for monitor level yet.
Steve, W2MY
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Hi Steve,
I have not noticed anything like this. In fact yesterday I did some
measurements of drift in order to see if the 1 ppm TXCO would be a
worthwhile upgrade. I used spectrogram to measure the drift while tuned
to WWV. From a cold start, until warm up, the Front panel temperature
rose
I have a K9AY receive loop to connect to my K3. The K9AY box needs a RCA
phono plug. I'm afraid I don't recognize what the plug is on the KXV3 aux.
antenna board.
Can someone tell me what it is (maybe a BNC)? Does anyone know a source of
a phono to the mystery connector cable? if not,
Gentlemen,
This I'm sure has been thought about by many individuals for many years
especially myself.
Do you think that by cycling a rig (turning it off and on) for years has
anything to do with it's
LIFE, especially since with that process the internal components would be subject to current
Jim:
I keep my K2 on 24/7 in the hope that it will extend its life.
73,
Steve Kercel
AA4AK
JIM DAVIS wrote:
Gentlemen,
This I'm sure has been thought about by many individuals for many
years especially myself.
Do you think that by cycling a rig (turning it off and on) for years
has
The K3's receiver antenna in connector is a BNC connector.
You might find an adapter at Radio Shack. You don't need a gold-plated one
for this application, but Radio Shack part # 278-303 is a gold BNC to RCA
phono adapter. You could fasten that to the K3's back panel and plug an RCA
Dan wrote:
...hams ... helped me set up the HI-Q-Antenna 380 TAD ... and then we
tried a $5 home made 20M dipole between two trees oer a shed that was
“significantly” louder on both the K2 and Norcal. The NorCal 40A and
K2 are being switched back and forth in the same setting and
Dear Bruce,
The K3 is, among other things, a computer. So the computer rules
apply: First turn it off, unplug it, count to 20, and turn it back
on. If that fails, reset it. The reset routine is on page 61 of the
Owner's Manual (it's called Parameter Initialization).
Before trouble
Jim,
The K3 (K2 and many other transceivers) use an external power supply, so
the answer depends a lot on the behavior of your power supply. If it
produces momentary overvoltages or spikes when it is turned on, that
will shorten the life of any devices that connect to the 12 volt input
I have turned on my K3 and immediately initiated PSK31 contacts without
missing a burble. For my practical purposes there is no drift. Then again
here in Florida we are pretty much temperature compensated in the house!
Monty K2DLJ
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Dear Dave,
I'm using exactly that unit with my K3. Works flawlessly. You'll
need a straight-through serial cable to connect it to your K3. Be
sure you have the latest driver for your OS. (I use OSX here) Get
the driver at http://www.keyspan.com/downloads.
--Oliver W6ODJ
On 30 Dec
Hi Joe:
Grove Enterprises has an excellent assortment of adapters at low prices and
only $3.00 shipping. I think you are looking for the ADP01 for $1.50.
I'm currently using an F female to BNC male (ADP09) on the AUX RF input to
the sub receiver. I received it about 2 days after I ordered.
It is a BNC Joe.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Tue, 12/30/08, Joe Hoffman hoffmaninvestme...@adelphia.net wrote:
From: Joe Hoffman hoffmaninvestme...@adelphia.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Receive antenna connection
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 12:31 PM
I
Paul Christensen wrote:
I took mine down last week. Thinking of something to put up that is
bigger.
With that much work and cost involved, it's good that the antenna is
located in an isolated area. Can you imagine installing that system,
only to find S9 noise from an uncooperative
Jim,
If you aren't using digital modes, you probably don't need to worry about
stability, but...
* Before I got a K3, I mostly used a TS-570 for digital modes, with somewhat
limited success. It turned out it was drifting way too much, even during a
quick qso. Transmitting would raise the
steven.zabarn...@notes.udayton.edu wrote:
During the past week I have noticed my K3 drifting during the first 20
seconds after power up. I hadn’t noticed this previously in my three month
old K3 (SN 1672), so I’m wondering if this is normal? With winter here it
is colder in my basement shack
In response to Tom’s question, I offer the following, which may be
controversial. But, the probably shouldn’t be as the differences I noted
were not major.
I have 4 radios that I provided with the same antenna at the same time. I
tuned in a strong AM shortwave station and then a weak AM
Guys, I -think- he's asking about the female TMP connector
for the KRX3's input jack, and not the BNC on the rear of the
K3's cabinet.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all and ...
73! Ken Rose
elecraftcov...@rfwave.net
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We used to wear out rigs by wearing out the tuning gears on the tuning
capacitor. Lately, it by display readouts going obsolete and the rice box
manufacturers not offering a replacement part. It will probably be the push
buttons or the display on the K3 if Elecraft does not continue to stock
If I have done what you say I shouldn't , meaning take a hobbyist drill to
widen a solder-filled hole, how do I check if I have broken the connection
between top side and bottom side?
Thanks for help,
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A few observations regarding the successful installation of the KRX3.
As another poster said, organize! I used a plastic drawer liner
with slots for forks. knives, etc. I made little partitions to
create more spaces. Anything similar will do the trick.
Inventory! This cannot be over
I still rather prefer the push buttons on the K2 over those on the K3.
Moot point.
Doug KR2Q
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JIM DAVIS-11 wrote:
It seems that in our hobby why in the heck would any individual really
need a TCXO or whatever
in the first place? As most ovens are only switched on when the rig is
instead of being
on CONTINUOUSLY whether the main rig is ON or OFF!!! Ovens really don't
make that
Well, if the board is clean and free of components, then you should be
able to measure resistance 9or lack of it) between the pads on either
side.
For double sided boards, this may not be a big problem, just make sure
you solder whatever lead is going through the hole on both sides.
73 de
Jim,
You look at the schematic and find *all* the paths connected to that
component location - then you check for continuity from the potentially
damaged pad to all the other locations. Even if you don't know how to
read a schematic sufficiently to identify the circuit function, it can
Gary KI4GGX Wrote:
I was considering getting the “KTCXO3-1” for my K3 and appreciate your
observations.
Unfortunately, without knowing on which frequency you were listening to
WWV, it’s difficult to gauge your K3’s temperature stability. Were you
listening on 5, 10, or 15 MHz?
Hi Gary,
Yes,
Julian, G4ILO wrote:
The 1PPM TCXO of the K3 is supposed to support the ability to be
calibrated
over a range of temperatures so it doesn't need the rig to be on all
the
time to improve stability. Unfortunately, unless I missed it in one of
the
updates, the firmware support for this is still
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:16:41 -0800 (PST)
Julian, G4ILO julian.g4...@gmail.com wrote:
JIM DAVIS-11 wrote:
It seems that in our hobby why in the heck would any individual really
need a TCXO or whatever
in the first place? As most ovens are only switched on when the rig is
instead of being
on
Jon Kåre Hellan wrote:
Paul Christensen wrote:
I took mine down last week. Thinking of something to put up that
is bigger.
With that much work and cost involved, it's good that the antenna is
located in an isolated area. Can you imagine installing that system,
only to find S9 noise from
The 1PPM TCXO of the K3 is supposed to support the ability to be
calibrated
over a range of temperatures so it doesn't need the rig to be on all the
time to improve stability. Unfortunately, unless I missed it in one of the
updates, the firmware support for this is still on the list.
Just
I would like to add a comment on removing solder from SMT via holes. There are
three methods and the first two have been discussed. I have found as the
technology gets better, smaller, the plated through holes also get really
small. Like 0.020 or smaller. Solder suckers have a very
Mel,
Despite all the exotic methods, one thing is true - solder suckers of
all types work much better when there is a lead in the hole to be
de-soldered (the lead conducts heat through the hole). Clearing the
hole after the lead is removed is a different matter entirely. For my
part
At 07:53 PM 12/30/2008, Mel Farrer wrote...
I would like to add a comment on removing solder from SMT via
holes. There are three methods and the first two have been
discussed. I have found as the technology gets better, smaller, the
plated through holes also get really small. Like 0.020 or
FWIW, My K3 is connected to an iMac with a 2GHz Duo Core Intel. I am
using one of two different USB to Serial adapters I bought on eBay.
They were less than $10 each. Both use the Prolific USB drivers, and
they both work great with the latest Mac OS (10.5.6) and the latest K3
Utility
Hello Group,
If you have the above surplus to your requirement (built or unbuilt), please
let me know your price. I shall be interested in taking them.
I previously worked in US and maintain a bank account in US. Payment will be
straight forward.
Happy New Year to you all!!
73
Johnny Siu
Hello and Happy New Year to everyone.
I have owned K2 serial no. 3980 for about five years and it has worked
flawlessly. A couple of days ago it stopped tuning properly. Instead of
tuning across a signal, it now acts like a crystal controlled radio that tunes
in discrete steps of
Group : Has anyone experienced a problem with the head phone jack of a K2?
Serial number 4869 worked fine until yesterday. Now when a headset is
plugged
into the jack the speaker is no longer muted. I get audio through the
headphone
and the internal speaker at the same time.
Guess I will need
Dave,
Yes, do check U5, but ignore the voltages on pins 1, 2 and 3 because
they are digital and the active state may not correspond with the
voltage measured with a DMM.
U5 pin 8 must have 5 volts DC for the chip to work - if that is not
true, stop (all other tests are futile).
Next monitor
Glenn,
That is opposite of the usual headphone jack failure. Normally one has
headphone audio, but no speaker audio.
However, the switch in the headphone jack can fail in either position,
so I am not surprised to hear your situation (it is just not the most
common one).
Yes, I would
Is there any way of using a foot switch to activate a constant tone for either
tuning a external
antenna tuner or tuning up a linear amp instead of PUSHING IN THE XMIT/TUNE
BUTTON???
I've got a Heil Foot-switch and headset but even when in CW mode depressing the
FS only activates
the xmit led
Don,
Thanks for the quick response!
I do have the 5 volts on pin 8 of U5, but a constant 0 volts on pin 7 even
when tapping the Band + and Band - switches. But I'm just looking at it with a
Digital Voltmeter, not a scope so maybe I'm missing it.
Pin 5 of U6 is 4 volts, so at least
I'd like to see that too. That's about the only feature from my FT-2000
that I miss. I used a momentary switch hooked to my FT-2000 and it sure
made tuning an amp a lot easier, at least for me.
Roger, W1EM
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Hi,
I've been using the KUSB in my Vista 64-bit PC and it works flawlessly.
I had some trouble to install it but I found a driver somewhere that made it
work perfectly, at least with the K3 utility and LP-Bridge/PowerSDR, the
softwares I've tested so far.
73,
André, PT7AT
Lennart
Maybe I am missing the point
Can not one simply hook up a footswitch via a Y connector to the KEY
IN on the back? The other half of the Y connector going to your key
(or keyer output). Of course, you'll have to be in VOX on cw.
Is that what you mean?
de Doug KR2Q
Hi Tom,
Congratulations for the nice website.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the K3/10 for SWL/DXing. I've here some
nice receivers, like the ar7030 and nrd-535, and I can say that the K3 is
even better for really tough dx. On MW it could have a better sensitivity,
however.
I received a
Jerry, W4UK, gets a Kewpie doll for noticing that such a DMM would not be
very good, measuring a 1k resistor at just a bit over 1 ohm!
So what's a comma vs a decimal point between Hams?
Ron AC7AC
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We've had several dust-ups here from people convinced their DMM was
How about using a data mode and hitting PTT(the footswitch)?
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Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:53 PM
To: 'JIM DAVIS'
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE:
For sale is my as new E-MU 0202, LP-PAN, original boxes, interconnect
cables,
etc, etc, etc.
The LP-PAN was factory assembled.
$275.00 plus shipping in lower 48...will ship to Europe for additional
shipping cost.
Paypal OK with you covering their 3% fee.
For AM SW listening be sure to get the FM filter (13 kHz). It gives
you the width you need for the audio bandwidth you expect. The normal
SSB filter (I have the 2.8) is too restricting for AM.
However, I find that switching mode from AM to SSB reduces severe
fading and distortion, much
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