Would someone please post some more info about this, like web site of
unit etc?
I think I must have missed any original post.
I found http://www.piengineering.com/xkeys/xkpro.php
which might be the keypad, but nothing about the interface or software.
TIA
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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The universe is
That's the right site. Try 'Support', 'X-keys Support' and then 'X-keys
Macroworks II (for PC)' for lots of information. The Mac link probably
does the same, in pastel colours ;-)
These look to be useful units but it seems to me that all they do is
generate macros that can be programmed into
This is what has disturbed me - I have turned on ESSB (set to 4 khz), and I
have selected the 6 khz filter, but in no case do I get 4 khz in any mode.
specifically, in Data A with DSP set wide open at 4 khz, the waterfall always
cuts off at 3500 hz in any software I use. I do not understand why
I am thinking about a K3 for RTTY. What do you think the best filter
configuration should be.
Here is the post I made to the RTTY reflector yesterday in response to the
same question ...
I'm considering purchasing a K3. Which filter do I want for RTTY
(both DX contesting)? 200 Hz
Wes Stewart N7WS wrote:
I'm still playing with my new K3 and finally got around to listening on
6-meters. There are so many birdies as to make it unusable.
At first I thought they might be external, and some were generated in my
Lenovo laptop, but shutting it down and terminating the K3
A day or two ago I mentioned something about an difficulty getting
ESSB to work when using the Elecraft Configuration software. I was
suggested to look at the release notes in the utility.
The utility has no search feature so I highlighted all the text in
the release notes (under Help K3
Dave,
Your measurement on SCK is correct - the manual is wrong for that one.
If you look at it with a 'scope, you will see negative going pulses when
the clock is active (turn the VFO knob to generate a few pulses.
I believe your problem is with the /DAC2CS signal which I just verified
as 5
No - but as soon as Wayne adds a few extra firmware commands I know of one
program that will have the support.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
- Original Message -
From: Jim Miller j...@jtmiller.com
Has any third party PC software been developed which can edit/load the
Allan,
If you can hear all the other relays, yes, you may be concerned.
As a *real* test, check continuity from the RF input solder pad to the
center connector of the ANT1 and ANT2 jacks. The path having continuity
should agree with the ANT1/2 annunciator.
73,
Don W3FPR
Allan Glasdam wrote:
I recently had the same problem. The following worked for me:
ACC Pin 2 - Auxbus: connect to green wire - Pin 6 on DB-9
ACC Pin 7 - K3 on signal: connect to red wire - Pin 8 on DB-9
ACC Pin 10 - Keyout: connect to black wire - Pin 9 on DB-9
ACC Pin 5 or 12 - Gnd: connect to bare wire - Pin 1 on
Phil,
Since this is primarily a check for shorts on the paddle input lines, I
do not think you should be concerned - continue building.
73,
Don W3FPR
Phillip Heller wrote:
Everything checks out per the Control Board resistance checks, though
U6 29 30 to Ground show 95-97k ohm (dependent
Thomas Bingenheimer wrote:
I have turned on ESSB (set to 4 khz), and I have selected the 6 khz
filter, but in no case do I get 4 khz in any mode. . . Does anyone see
4khz in the waterfall, and with the ability to xmit across the range?
Thomas, I believe what you are seeing is normal -
I haven't tried the data modes; I am mainly a CW guy.
But what I would like to be able to do is this: when I'm on CW and a
RTTY station fires up on top of me, I'd like to just hit a switch and
send a preprogrammed RTTY QRL message to the RTTY op. Is this
possible? If there was a dedicated
hi all,
I am also suffering from birdies especially (but not only) on 6m.
I have them on the main receiver and on the subreceiver, but on different
frequencies. (found them on 40m and 20m too)
Many of them are low volume and don't bother me in real life, but some are
really loud (up to S6)
I have added an ESSB index entry to K3 Utility Help (it's in K3 Utility
version 1.2.1.6) to index the existing sentence the Crystal Filter
Configuration Dialog Help page that says ESSB uses the AM filter for
transmit.
You can use the Crystal Filter Configuration Dialog to set the AM transmit
3 buttons...
mode to Data
Mx where you have the message saved
mode back to CW
This assumes you already have data mode set for FSK-D.
If you have your K3 Utility program up and running you can probably program a
macro
to do it all in with one click.
-
73,
Greg -
Dana,
The answer is - 'yes' or 'maybe'.
You can use 'relay logic' to obtain many combinations with the KRC2.
You can easily select up to 3 antennas per band using the AC1, AC2, and
AC3 outputs. Using additional decoding logic of the ACx outputs can
yield up to 8 combinations (but that
Dave,
Using 1 serial port (a real one, not a USB) I have no problems using both HRD
and Digital Master 780 at the same time on my K3. I have not tried this with a
usb port yet but it may work.
First you have to be sure that your K3 is being controlled by HRD. Then you
have to enable the IP
-Original Message-
Sandy said:
We CW casual QSO people do have trouble with RTTY people all over the
place.
Huh? CW is allowed on all HF frequencies (except 60). If RY (or
contesting or whatever) is in the way, just move up the band.
de Doug KR2Q
Easily said,
Ok, thanks Greg. That seems to work well enough. I don't think I need
the macro now.
73,
Drew
AF2Z
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:13:20 -0500, Greg - AB7R wrote:
3 buttons...
mode to Data
Mx where you have the message saved
mode back to CW
This assumes you already have data mode set for
I read the digests, so I won't quote all of the helpful responses I've received
on this topic but will add on here.
Let me restate, the K3 was operated without an antenna and just a 50-ohm
termination on the antenna connector. The only other piece of equipment
operating in the shack was the
Ron,
It's interesting that this debate seems to be perpetual in nature. I've read
complaints in magazines back into the 1950s about contesting and spectrum
usage.
I think your first line aptly describes the situation, the few versus the
many. Although, I would postulate the one should include
Some birdies are unavoidable in a high-dynamic-range, down-conversion
design. We worked very hard to keep them out of the ham bands, and in
the case of 6 m, we focused on keeping them out of the portion of the
band typically used for weak-signal work. (The Orion has a similar
conversion scheme
Wes, try it with a 6M antenna attached. I have found with a number of 6M rigs
over the years that absent an external 6M antenna (or one not properly
connected, i.e. a loose PL259), I hear all kinds of birdies on 6M. I have
the same situation with my 2M rig. Once the antenna is connected however,
I had some birds using a switching Power supply.I have no birds, with a
linear Power supply.
I have also noted some birds if cover has removed.
73
Giuliano I0CG
K3 # 1814
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hi all,
I am also suffering from birdies especially (but not only)
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I finished my Control board last night too, and had the same exact values
for those test points.
All the other test points were good according to the table too. I start
the next phase tonight.
K2 #6665 is on my bench, but it doesn't know it's a 6665 yet. ;-)
I saw Don's reply.
-jeff
--
Hi Dana
I can think of several ways to do what you want,
but they will take a little bit of building. One way
would be for you to make a small relay box that would
connect your 40m antennas to ANT1 and ANT2
of the KAT3 ATU. On other bands, you could
have whatever other antennas you use connected
Apart from using the aux outputs, which is probably the best method, you
might also be able to fool the K3 that there are two 40m bands by pretending
there is a transverter with a 40m IF that needs 100W of drive, has a 0MHz LO
and is connected to the main antenna. Then use the KRC2 transverter
wayne burdick wrote:
3. Specific birdies due to VHF harmonics can sometimes be shifted out
of harm's way just by shifting the passband (SHIFT control) or
selecting a different crystal filter. The reason for this is that it
moves the synthesizer (1st LO).
I forgot to mention that in CW mode,
excuse me if this question was already answered:
how can I record a QSO with my own over? I can record and playback the
received audio with vy good quality but when I talk into the microphone I
have an empty space in the recorded audio.
tnx,
73! de Werner OE9FWV
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The programmer's reference for K3 remote control commands has just been
updated to revision B17. Here's the link:
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Pgmrs_Ref_Rev_B17.pdf
See the last page for change history.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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David et al:
Here is a repost of some info you may find useful.
PIEngineering ( http://xkeys.com/xkeys.php ) offers a line of computer
accessories, some of which are interesting to radio operation. Tom, K8TB got
me interested in developing background application software that permits the
K2 or
I think the answer is that it isn't supported at present, but will be
in a future f/w release.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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combination is locked up in the safe.
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On 7 Jan 2009, at
Thanks for that, but I'm a Mac OSX man myself :-)
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
-- Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you to recognize a
mistake when you make it again. -Franklin P. Jones
On 7 Jan 2009, at 21:00, Mike McLendon wrote:
David et al:
Here is a repost of some info you may
A minor usability issue...
Tapping NOTCH once engages auto mode, then a second tap goes to
manual, then a third tap turns notch off. That's all OK... except when
I tap once to auto, then, a short while later, the lid who was
throwing a carrier goes away, I tap the button again, and expect it to
IIRC, holding the button brings up the Notch Edit mode where you get to
pick the manual freq.
Having a user interface that is modal can be very frustrating. If a
button does one thing at one time and another some time later it can
represent a moving target for learning and leave people confused.
YES, Ian, YES!
I support your idea and when thinking of itanother one about the
Notch controls.
The situation now is, that when the manual notch is switched on, and the
notch freq is on the VFO B display, I cannot move the VFO A!!
I first have to tap the DISP button or the Notch again. In
RF Space SDR-IQ with Spectra Vue software and USB cable, less than one month
old, $435 shipped to lower 48. Contact me off list. Too much for me. Cheers,
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While on the subject of the K3 notch, the notch is quite crude compared
to the capabilities of the notch in my SDR receiver. I accept the SDR
has a powerful PC to assist, but the K3 notch is lacking in the
following areas:
On the 80m QRP frequency there is an annoying carrier often present some
Darwin, Keith wrote:
Or maybe a cool mod would be to add a config setting that would allow
you to set Notch to Manual, Auto or Both for SSB. That way, you could
bypass the Manual mode if you never use it and the Notch button could be
a simple On/Of switch. And then, if you held it down, it
While we're opening the notch topic, how about a truely narrow notch for
CW-- maybe about 30Hz.?
The present one is far too wide for most CW situations.
One is running stations and another station starts up too close on one
side. A narrow notch could be one more tool.
Alternatively,
Has anyone successfully carried out Method 3 of the Reference Oscillator
Calibration described on Pg 49 of the manual? The functionality of keys 1, 2
and 3 described in the procedure doesn't seem to work (I've got the 1ppm
TXCO btw). When I bring up REF CAL in the menu I see the osc freq but
Method 3 is not yet available in firmware. See omissions in the owner's
manual errata:
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_owner's_man_errata_D1-6.pdf
Dick, K6KR
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of VK5ABQ
Sent:
This is the current state of the radio :
the 6 khz filter is in FL2, the 2.7 khz filter is in FL3. ESSB is on, and set
to 4.0, complete with the '+' displaying in the right of the display when
USB/LSB is used (note that it is off during DATA modes). AM TX is set to FL2,
SSB TX is set to FL3
Thomas,
I will not answer your questions directly,
BUT
From an operational standpoint, using a wide bandwidth for data modes
is *not* the best way to do it.
The reason is AGC in the radio. Any signal in the receiver passband can
activate the AGC - and that is fine *if and only if* the
I simply disable AGC when I wish to run a wide receive bandwith with
PSK31 for point and click tuning - precisely to avoid such a
problem.
Bob NW8L
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Thomas,
I will not answer your questions directly,
BUT
From an
Bob,
That will do the trick in an analog only receiver, but a receiver like
the K3 has an analog front end followed by an ADC and DSP processor.
The trick is to keep from overloading the ADC - should that happen, the
copy will be garbage.
That situation is not limited to the K3 - overload of
Disabling the AGC in the K3 certainly does do the trick in terms of
preventing strong signals in the passband from reducing receiver gain
and thus affecting the weaker signal I'm decoding - that's exactly why
I do it.
As for ADC overload -that's a risk I'm well aware of but most of the
time it's
I guess my basic answer, is that should be my choice, not the radio firmware.
If I want to run 4 (or say, 10khz) into my computer (and out) that should be my
choice. After all, how is an SDR all that different. Again, I suspect this is a
oversight in the firmware, not a design choice. Why
Thomas,
I believe you are mis-interpreting my response. It is not a limitation
of the K3 that I am concerned about. I just believe that it is
adverturesome to run with an extremely wide bandwidth 'just because it
is possible'. I prefer to use a narrow bandwidth because it avoids a
lot of
I guess my basic answer, is that should be my choice, not the
radio firmware. If I want to run 4 (or say, 10khz) into my
computer (and out) that should be my choice.
The K3 does not support an audio bandwidth higher than 4.2 KHz
in ANY MODE. If you do some checking you will find the DSP's
I would like to at least get the 4.2 khz mentioned - but in fact, I do not. My
chief concern is that I should at least be able to use the full 4 khz waterfall
that I can, in fact, get out of most other radios.
--- On Wed, 1/7/09, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote:
From: Joe Subich,
My next project is to install the 14 crystals in the K2KSB2XTLS package
==
K2KSB2XTLS
Matched Filter Crystals (14)
For existing K2 and KSB2 combinations.
==
any one have any pointers, gotcha's, or other comments about this mod
they would like to share before I get the
Jeff Wandling W7BRS-2 wrote:
I finished my Control board last night too, and had the same exact values
for those test points.
All the other test points were good according to the table too. I start
the next phase tonight.
K2 #6665 is on my bench, but it doesn't know it's a
I would like to at least get the 4.2 khz mentioned - but in
fact, I do not.
I don't know why you can't get 4 KHz if you have a 6 KHz
roofing filter enabled for receive in the DATA modes. I
see 200 Hz to 4200 Hz with my audio spectrum analyzer software
on the Line Out port (although the
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:24:22 +, you wrote:
While we're opening the notch topic, how about a truely narrow notch for
CW-- maybe about 30Hz.?
The present one is far too wide for most CW situations.
One is running stations and another station starts up too close on one
side. A narrow
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