Hi guys
having a little problem with my set up. I dont know if its just an age
thing or my brain is not functioning properly, or maybe I'm trying to do
something which cant be done.
I have 2 radios, 2 Microham USB Microkeyers and 1 PC.
I have both interfaces plugged into seperate USB ports,
Jim Brown wrote:
On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:58:58 +, Brian Alsop wrote:
I'm wondering about a UPS supply that's attached to the computer. Do
they only kick in when power goes out
That is nearly always how they work. BUT -- if the transformer is
The sort of UPS that would be used by a
I have a dream.
A high quality 20W SSB-output from K3/100.
When the quarantee now is over, modifications become possible.
100W PA might give 20W very low IMD output.
A separate higher rail voltage and class A ??
But the question is also of the driving K3LPA stage.
20W would be sufficient for
Hi All,
I would echo Joe's comments. I use pretty much the same
setup as he does. I only have the one PAR EFHW (the
10/20/40 model), and it works very well. For example, at
Ozarkcon last year, I used it from my motel window to a
parking lot light pole, and had excellent results using my
Hi Don,
It does not appear to have anything to do with the power setting. The LO P
message is there at any power setting for 80m and 160m since the 160m module
was added last night.
I am assuming that LO P is a status that is read from the RF Product
Detector circuit at the output the of low
My K3 will no longer turn off. The LEDs on the front panel won't go
off, and all the
lettering on the Liquid Crystal Display will disappear but the LCD will
still be backlit.
I've traced it down to the 15pin accessory plug; all I have attached to
it is a 1 transistor
keying circuit to key FSK
For shortened antennas such as the MP-1 there is a wonderful information
resource in the yahoo hfpack group. They have run a lot of comparisons of
portable antennas including MP-1, Buddipole, etc, as well as absurdly
shortened versions. They make somewhat serious antenna range comparisons
to
David is correct.
You really need to look hard to find an inverter type of UPS in the
consumer market. All of the consumer grade UPS's I know about (APC,
Tripp-lite, etc) are switching types and have been known to cause
problems.
David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
Jim Brown wrote:
On Mon, 02
Thanks to all who replied, I will make the nessessary changes and start
assembly of my K2.
Bets 73s
Dave Anderson, K4SV
Tryon, NC
828 777-5088
www.K4SV.com
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My 1000MP runs perfectly. The K3 runs fb on ssb/cw with
CAT control, but I do not hear ANY audio in rtty/psk.
By hear, do you mean in the speakers or in the MMTTY waterfall?
I am running ONE copy of MMTTY as an engine within Logger 32.
It works FB with the MP but does NOT appear to
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 07:28:12 -0500, Matt Palmer wrote:
I've been thinking of building one of these to play with, do you have
any ideas on how to stress relieve the point where you solder the wire
to the coax? This seems to be the weak link in the chain.
I use the inexpensive dipole insulator sold
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 01:53:19 -, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
Yes, I take your point. It is the fine tweaking of phase that I find easier
to do with a capacitor!!
Please tell me how you would do that with this antenna! :) The tweaking
involved requires nothing more than looking at my
My K3 will no longer turn off. The LEDs on the front panel
won't go off, and all the lettering on the Liquid Crystal
Display will disappear but the LCD will still be backlit.
I've traced it down to the 15pin accessory plug; all I have
attached to it is a 1 transistor keying circuit to
Hey all! Anybody loking to sell their KX1? I need one!
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Hey Gang, Just interested in a guess-timation.
How many are running the KPA100 amplifier as an external box?
Thanks
Duane
N1BBR
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I have just upload a major update to K3_EZ.
The Frequency Stack panel now includes mouse click access to most of the
K3 Front Panel controls. The program runs significantly faster, a new
Command Utility function, and other goodies.
Find it here:
http://home.roadrunner.com/~n2bc/
Follow
Joe W2KJ wrote:
I've been using two PAR EFHW (End Fed Half Wave) antennas in portable ops
for several weeks now with excellent results.
I have the 20/40M and the 10/20/40M antennas that I use at the local park.
What I like about these antennas, besides the fact that they work very
I have a K3 carrying case from Ken and his XYL and I love it.
One thing I did notice is it is soft throughout the case. I had my wife make a
stiffener from plastic canvas used for knitting. this is available at craft
stores. My wife cut the plastic canvas material the same size as the bottom of
Jim Brown
On Tuesday, March 03, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Jim Brown wrote.
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 01:53:19 -, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
Yes, I take your point. It is the fine tweaking of phase that I find
easier
to do with a capacitor!!
Please tell me how you would do that with this
Let's wrap up this discussion in the next 2 of hours. (2130 UTC) There
have been 26 posts in the last 24 hrs on this, which is hitting the
overload threshold ;-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ
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Just as a thought, but has anyone tried using a Pelican hard case? I have a
Pelican for my camera gear, and the quality is top-notch.
73,
James KC2UEE
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM, David Robertson dar...@comcast.net wrote:
I have a K3 carrying case from Ken and his XYL and I love it.
One
Bill W4ZV wrote:
Dale Par W4OP is extremely responsive and all his products are top quality
One more comment on the Par End-Fedz before Eric shuts the door on this
thread. There are 225 reviews on eHam for the SWL, mono-band ham and
multi-band ham versions of this antenna...with an
I use both 1700 and 1800 series Pelican cases for my K3, Winkey, paddles, power
supply, Heil headset and laptop. Complete station in a box less antenna. USPS,
UPS the airlines and customs haven't been able to break anything...yet.
Terry
I burned up a 20M one using a IC706 at high duty-cycle with an ice-load on the
wire, but it was repaired. I have about a set and a half of them, and
have used them a number of places. The power limitation is the only
down-side that I have experienced.
73, doug
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:42:22
Here is a link to some pics of my K3 in a Pelican case. It does cost a little
more than I wanted to spend, but it does protect my stuff very well.
http://w8fgu.home.comcast.net/~w8fgu/k3pelican.html
73,
Dave W8FGU
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I worked in the 160m SSB contest last week. K3 did great and DVR was
especially useful. I used N1MM logger with KUSB and Vista.
A few times callsigns being written into the QSO field in N1MM were
automatically cleared before the complete callsign was in. It concided with
frequency change in the
Hi Dave,
Great looking case you have there. I like the way everything is neatly
organized. Question; did you cut the foam to fit, or was this the pluck
foam insert where you can just take out pre-cut blocks?
73,
James KC2UEE
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Dave Van Wallaghen
Jim,
The middle layers of foam have serrated 1/2 cubes. I laid everything out to
where I was happy with it and then put toothpicks in the corners of stuff to
mark where to cut. I then used a bread knife to cut out the blocks.
Non-square items are a little more challenging, but you'll get it
Can anyone using this combination with automatic band switching tell me
if the pull up resistor mod on the band data lines is necessary?
Ron W3ZV
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I don't understand where this urge for glueing toroids comes from. To have
the toroids firmly in place, do the following:
- Leave something like 1/2 of wire extending from each end of the inductor
before mounting it.
- Route these wires through the PCB holes, grab them at the other side and
I run the kpa remote, in the EC2 case with the kat100 100 watt tuner.
Seems to be a real neat setup!
Brett
N2DTS
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Hi Leigh:
The new Nabble web interface is great! Having the K2 and its accessories, I
have been feeling sort of lost among all the K3 messages on the Nabble page
- most of which are not designated as K3 subjects up front. Scanning
through the K2 section now I just found a few useful messages
I own s/n 1997 and am currently using the Heil Proset mic/headphone on the
front with a Kenwood cable. It works fine.
I'd like to connect my HM-10 Heil mic with the 4/5 cartridge on the rear of
the radio. I'm sure someone has done this. I am going to make a cable with
a 4 pin female XLR
Thank you Kristinn. It's not as great as it looks, though, because
messages that are sent by email (not from Nabble) show up in the main
topics lists, so you still have to look there. However, as more people
use Nabble and post through the K2 page there, more stuff will show up
there.
Ron, I just bought a second user Heil Goldline GM5 mic today. The
previous owner had ripped off the 8 way Kenwood connector and I
couldn't find one quickly, so I just made off a short lead to a 3.5mm
mono jack plug and covered the joint in heatshrink. I already use a foot
switch wired into the
John Hoaglun wrote:
I am assuming that LO P is a status that is read from the RF Product
Detector circuit at the output the of low pass filter rail.
There is only an envelope detector there, but I would have thought, if
you have the KAT2, that it was the forward power from the SWR bridge.
Hi --
I'm seeking advice on a feedback problem.
Scenario:
PC line out - microKeyer - K3 mic in (Note 5)
PC line in - K3 line out. (Note 1)
Note 1: microKeyer is bypassed so that stereo gets delivered to the
computer for archival recordings.
Note 2: K3 CONFIG: LIN OUT can be
Thanks, Joe, Lyle and Tim (KT1D). It was indeed the Playback Line In
control being un-muted. Now on to the next problem.
The tip to update the Router presets was especially valuable!
on 09 Mar 03 19:27 Joe Subich, W4TV said the following:
I suspect (but do not know) that it is the PC mixer
I am not sure if this is a bug or a feature ;)
Start out with the rig in SSB, and the VOX off. Then go to CW mode
and the VOX is on. Good so far.
Then go to RTTY. VOX is off. In my case, I need VOX on, so I turn it on.
Now I go back to SSB where I started out, and VOX is on. Which I
When the frequency is changed in N1MM by 500 Hz or so, the callsign in the
input windows is wiped clean.
So if the frequency of K3 was changed by 10 KHz but the update in N1MM was
by 1 Khz/s, anything one typed in one second disappeared the next second.
Ignacy
W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
MY
Hi All,
OK, so have the logger(RUMped) now keying the DVR in the K3 directly
(very cool), next question is is there a way to send an abort to the
K3 through the serial line to stop the DVR while its playing? Just
like if you tap the M1 to play a canned CQ in SSB then tap the RIT
button to
Just tap (almost) any key to abort DVR playback; same model as the CW
memory playback. I use the REC key since it's nearby the M1 - M4 keys
and The Finger is in the neighborhood anyway
matt
On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:18:36 -0500, you wrote:
Hi All,
OK, so have the logger(RUMped) now keying
Lee J. Imber (WW2DX) wrote:
Hi All,
OK, so have the logger(RUMped) now keying the DVR in the K3 directly
(very cool), next question is is there a way to send an abort to the
K3 through the serial line to stop the DVR while its playing? Just
like if you tap the M1 to play a canned CQ in
Perfect, that looks like it works, I kick off the M1 then send a
k31;swt37; and it stops :)
Thanks again!
Lee
-WW2DX
On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:39 PM, Bill Coleman wrote:
Lee J. Imber (WW2DX) wrote:
Hi All,
OK, so have the logger(RUMped) now keying the DVR in the K3
directly (very cool),
The opposite is also true. If you turn off VOX in RTTY, it
stays off, regardless of previous settings in SSB mode.
I suspect it is because DATA A and AFSK A are special cases of
SSB. You will find that FSK D and PSK D are special cases of
CW as well. The VOX status is maintained
Lee J. Imber (WW2DX) wrote:
Perfect, that looks like it works, I kick off the M1 then send a
k31;swt37; and it stops :)
Thanks again!
Lee
-WW2DX
On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:39 PM, Bill Coleman wrote:
Lee J. Imber (WW2DX) wrote:
Hi All,
OK, so have the logger(RUMped) now keying the DVR in
I always used the internal keyer in my Elecraft rigs. I recently built the
Winkey USB keyer from K1EL and use it with n1mm logger for contest operations.
It's a pretty good standalone keyer as well. Since the K3 has provisions for
both a paddle and straight key I use a Bencher paddle to the K3
Dear K3 reflector-
I have a question regarding my new to me K3- 100 with ATU. Although it seems
to work well, when I turn it on, I hear a fairly loud high pitched motor-like
almost hissing sound, lasting for about two seconds. This sound is not always
the same loudness, but is nearly always
Separate voice/data VOX is on the firmware list.
tnx
Wayne
N6KR
On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
The opposite is also true. If you turn off VOX in RTTY, it
stays off, regardless of previous settings in SSB mode.
I suspect it is because DATA A and AFSK A are special
I would like to know if someone could give me the MOD to XG1 or XG2
or both to allow
me to calibrate the S meter to S9 and S9+40. I don't have any test
equipment. Most receivers
have calibration methods that use min S0 and max S9+40 or higher, but
I would limit mine to
S9+40 to
Dear group,
At first I thought I did not have any noticeable birdies, but now it seems
that I have developed a few. It's probably from moving cables and such
around inside the rig.
When I tune quickly through a band, I can hear solid tones that change in
pitch as I move up or down in
What you're hearing aren't birdies. If they go away when you remove
the antenna, then obviously they're signals being picked up by the
antenna from some source outside the radio. Do you her them on
another receiver connected to the same antenna?
Grant/NQ5T
On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:22 PM,
Got my K2 to the very first power on test stage. Talk about scare the
crap out of me when I turned it on and wasn't ready to hear all those
relays clicking for the first time. Just about said oh crap!!! hi
hi...All is fine though. Whew...Just the normal relay clicking on
sequence when the
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