Re: [Elecraft] K3: machined concentric knobs from Mouser

Hi James, Wayne, My intentions certainly weren't to insult the designers. Not taken this way, either! Like I've always said, I learn more from critique than praise. However, there's only so much that can be done quality-wise at a certain price point - I understand that. It's true

[Elecraft] Elecraft machined knobs

Hi Wayne and all, Put me down for a set, not everyones cup of tea but I would love to dignify my K3 in such a way. It sure is the radio of my (30 year) amateur career. Cheers, Glen VK1FB __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] KDSP2

On Jul 28, 2009, at 9:09 PM, richard gilley wrote: I recently completed my K2. And was thinking of adding DSP. As a CW op only, would the KDSP2 be a good addition? For CW-only, perhaps not so much. I owned a KAF2 originally, and swapped out to the KDSP2. I never used the filtering

Re: [Elecraft] K3: IN STOCK machined concentric knobs

i knew there was a reason to buy those old Wavetek generators for $ 20...at the club auction. one works... one dead ,,,but what a supply of nice machined knobs. The fit the shafts ...perfectly... a tad big and gray Look around your piles of stuff, you might find something that fit

Re: [Elecraft] K2/KPA100: External Amplifier Keying Test (PA Key) Problem

Don, I tried re-soldering but nothing has been changed. Q9 itself might have broken so that I would try to replace new one next. Let me close this thread once and I will tell you results. Thank you 73, Hideki JF1KGX - Original Message - From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com To:

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Shift is at *61, not where it was before

I have noticed what I think is small but inexplicable change in my K3 shift. Up until a few weeks ago (when I had some other odd issue with the sidetone going to zero hz, thus the crystal filter not seeming to work...) my shift centre frequency was 60. That is, that is where I think the

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Shift is at *61, not where it was before

You probably inadvertently set your PITCH to 610. Try resetting it to 600 and see if that solves your problem. 73, Ken K3IU Brian Pepperdine wrote: I have noticed what I think is small but inexplicable change in my K3 shift. Up until a few weeks ago (when I had some other odd issue with the

Re: [Elecraft] K3: IN STOCK machined concentric knobs

Good suggestion Bill! I'll have to rummage around myself.. never know what I'll find in my junk pile. 73 de James K2QI On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Bill NY9H n...@arrl.net wrote: i knew there was a reason to buy those old Wavetek generators for $ 20...at the club auction. one works...

Re: [Elecraft] K3: machined concentric knobs from Mouser

I discovered both AF knobs on my K3 #2555 had split just a couple of days ago. I received not one set but 2 sets in the mail yesterday. Thanks Elecraft! I suppose the new ones look sturdier. I wouldn't want to replace them with anything else. 73, John N1JM -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] K3: IN STOCK machined concentric knobs

Well last month looking at my radio shop for junkies,I found we had a very old Motorola service monitor,model 2400 that was lost in a big floding we had years ago with one of the hurricanes but I kept it and guess what,it has lots of machined metal knobs,some of them also concentric and then I

Re: [Elecraft] K3: machined concentric knobs from Mouser

Hi Wayne, Just to clarify - those knobs were 14 per pair from Mouser. So about 7 bucks each if you look at it from that perspective. If you do decide to offer machined knobs, wouldn't it be easier just to order from a company that already specializes in machined knobs? Capital investment and

Re: [Elecraft] K3: machined concentric knobs from Mouser

Does anyone make a rack mount kit for the K3? k4...@aol.com wrote: Yes, the extended side panels are a good alternative to some type of front cover. I have them for my K3 and K2. Mine were made by David Saylor (forgot the call) at www.saylorsmachine.com (select the link for capabilities).

[Elecraft] K3 Input Memories through Software

Greetings! How can I write memory frequencies to the various K3 memory storage using software rather than the K3's menu input? Thanks, Bob AA6RK... **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps!

[Elecraft] K3 Machined knobs

I'd also be interested in a machined set of aluminum knobs for the K3 (fit, feel ergonomic considerations generally being no small part of how we gauge value in terms of a premium product). Of course, fit and feel take a definite back se Sent from my iPhone

[Elecraft] OT: 4U1UN tonight

I've gotten quite a lot of interest from Elecrafters about tonight's operation of 4U1UN. I might as well make it official: I'll be operating 4U1UN again tonight, probably beginning around 1930-2030Z depending on how early I can leave the office. Now's a good time to try if you need the contact

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 4U1UN tonight

I will be looking for you tonight on 20M  and I will be pushing up the amp to a KW to make it easy for you,73   AD4C   The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.. -- Albert Einstein --- On Fri, 7/31/09, James Sarte k2qi@gmail.com wrote: From: James Sarte

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 4U1UN tonight

Quick update: will try to operate 6m for the first stint due to several requests. After which, I'll QSY to 20m. James K2QI On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:17 PM, James Sarte k2qi@gmail.com wrote: I've gotten quite a lot of interest from Elecrafters about tonight's operation of 4U1UN. I might

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 4U1UN tonight

Maybe today if you decide to operate split maybe you could listen to the QSX frequency before sending your callers there. Yesterday you sent them to 14.245, which was right on top of IY1NGM, a Marconi commemorative operation. --- On Fri, 7/31/09, James Sarte k2qi@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 4U1UN tonight

Wow. Didn't realize. My apologies to the commemorative station. I had listened for a while to see if 14.245 was clear. Not hearing anyone, that's where I directed people to go. Thanks for the reminder though; it's always good to be diligent in checking. 73 de James K2QI On Fri, Jul 31, 2009

[Elecraft] kool-aid

i think i may have just drank the kool- aid. i placed my order for a k3. dale is a most helpful gentleman!! i am coming to the k3 from a ft one. my first question to the list is where in the world can a fellar get an anti-static mat? i have looked at digikey and mouser both. i am either looking

Re: [Elecraft] kool-aid

Google is great! http://www.apogeekits.com/anti-static_products.htm - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Fri Jul 31 11:43 , travistowns...@sbcglobal.net sent: i think i may have just drank the kool- aid. i placed my order for a k3. dale is a most helpful

Re: [Elecraft] kool-aid

Believe it or not, I found my anti-static mat at Amazon.com Cost I believe was less than 25 dollars. Mat is of good quality as well. Congratulations and welcome to the group! 73 de James K2QI On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:43 PM, travistowns...@sbcglobal.net wrote: i think i may have just drank

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 4U1UN tonight

BTW, this is why I couldn't work split when I was sitting on 14.204; either side 5kc's up or down were occupied.. Anyway, thanks again for the reminder. James K2QI On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Wes Stewart n...@yahoo.com wrote: Maybe today if you decide to operate split maybe you could

Re: [Elecraft] kool-aid

Oh Yyya!! ((Que Koolaid guy busting through wall) I got my mat at Radio Shack David Wilburn NM4M --Original Message-- From: travistowns...@sbcglobal.net Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net ReplyTo: travistowns...@sbcglobal.net Subject:

Re: [Elecraft] kool-aid

This is where I got mine: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=487731 From: travistowns...@sbcglobal.net travistowns...@sbcglobal.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:43:11 AM Subject: [Elecraft] kool-aid i think i may

Re: [Elecraft] kool-aid

where in the world can a fellar get an anti-static mat? http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102871 Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Big Bear Lake, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] K-1 #2543 alive and in service!

Thanks to my Bro. in Christ Randy N4TVC, who did a great job building the #2543 K-1. The rig does a better job on CW than the IC-735 ever did. My ant. is full size G5RV at only 40 FT. in Ht. I only work CW @QRP levels. I am looking forward to SKN and QRP to the field. In Christ, 73, Mike

Re: [Elecraft] kool-aid

Mix up your favorite flavor of Koolaid, leaving out the sugar and put it in a spray bottle.  Cover your work surface with a sheet of heavy paper or light cardboard and spritz it with the Koolaid.  (Just a little and repeat as necessary) There is your antistatic surface.  As the guy who

[Elecraft] Anti-Static Mats

Greg (AB7R), Thanks! At those prices, I just ordered a six foot long mat to cover my operating desk in front of all of the equipment. Nice. One touch and no static sparks to my equipment during operation, especially during the winter, and a whole desk mat to work on my K3s and other

[Elecraft] simplest way to protect subrx from high RF on RX antenna?

Having recently gotten the K3 going with the 2nd receiver, I would like to try listening and then TRANSMITTING with the 2nd rx using a separate antenna. Obviously, a relay to open the rx antenna feedline or shorting the input would do the job. Where would you locate these relays? Is controlling

Re: [Elecraft] About the K3 cw speed

Alan Bloom wrote: Many years ago, a friend was listening to a couple of the QRQ boys on the low end of 40 meters having at it at 70 wpm. Chuck recorded them on the reel-to-reel tape recorder at 7-1/2 inches per second and later played them back at half speed. He said that during the entire

Re: [Elecraft] About the K3 cw speed

Fred wrote: 50WPM is fast enough for me. 20WPM is fast enough for me Fred. CU in October for the CQP. 73 (Wow, we must be the same age too. just kidding) Fred, AE6IC __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] simplest way to protect subrx from high RF on RX antenna?

Here is what you need... http://www.iceradioproducts.com/reconly.html#rflimiter On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 13:43 -0700, Allan Taylor wrote: Having recently gotten the K3 going with the 2nd receiver, I would like to try listening and then TRANSMITTING with the 2nd rx using a separate antenna.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - MT63 Setup

Fred, Please share what you learn with others here on the list. Thanks. - Tony - N3ME Tony McClenny 118 Ashwood Street Bethany Beach, DE 19930-9699 (302) 539-5638 Website: www.n3me.net DX Telnet Cluster: dxc.n3me.net -Original Message- From:

[Elecraft] SDR-IQ users?

Looking for some assistance in setting up SDR-IQ. I ran the setup and connected the IQ and it is receiving sigs from the K3's IF. The problem is I cannot get it to communicate with the K3 to follow frequency changes from the radioor when clicking on a signal to have it change the

Re: [Elecraft] SDR-IQ users?

Start up SDR. Then push the setup button and the cat submenu button when it comes up. You'll then see a choice of which com port you wish to use along with the other parameters that are necessary to be set up. That should do the trick. Bruce-W8FU -Original Message- From:

Re: [Elecraft] SDR-IQ users?

Thanks Bruce. It didn't but that's because I don't have the K3 connected directly to the SDR-IQ. What I had to do after some trial and error was to go to the USB device properties and tell it to set up a virtual com port (in device manager). Then I set LP-Bridge to the same port and

Re: [Elecraft] Anti-Static Mats

Greg K2UM wrote: One touch and no static sparks to my equipment during operation, especially during the winter, and a whole desk mat to work on my K3s and other equipment. - If you want to discharge the static with a touch you need to touch a real, bare-metal

Re: [Elecraft] SDR-IQ users?

So gentlemen what is the real difference between LP-PAN and the SDR-IQ? Seems like the main diff that I'm seeing is that one has the sound card built into it Any other thoughts? On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 15:55 -0700, Gregory Fischer wrote: Thanks Bruce. It didn't but that's because I don't

Re: [Elecraft] About the K3 cw speed

Indeed, some commercial stations required the operators use company-provided bugs with the weights welded on the pendulum to hold the speed down in the 15 WPM range. The reason was money. More traffic could be handled at 15 WPM than at high speeds in a given amount of time, thanks to far fewer

Re: [Elecraft] SDR-IQ vs LP-Pan

I think you guys are talking about 2 different products. SDR-IQ is made by RF Space. It's not an LP-PAN. It would be nice to have an in depth comparison between these units. I do know that the IQ has no direction to the K3's comm port and no dedicated sound card but that's about it. Steve N4LQ

[Elecraft] thanks to all!

thanks to all who postsed info on the anti-static mats. located one at radio shack!! thanks again !! i have been reading on the reflector here for a while. what a wealth of knowledge and help! i think i will enjoy radio once again i am looking forward to trying some of the digital modes out.

Re: [Elecraft] About the K3 cw speed

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: but they were operators on some rare, private, closed circuit [Apologies to all for this off-topic rambling] I was the R/O on the SS Tampa Bay (KNJA), one of the last of the US Flag, all CW, banana boats. Most of the US Flag ships had long since gone to SITOR or

[Elecraft] K3 Crackling audio with Noise Gate running

Howdy! I am using the Heil headset with the K3, and have the mic connected into the rear panel (the front panel connection was having RF distortion) with the HIGH bias level. The Mic gain is less than 5 and the compression is 10. The ALC is never out of the indicated range. With the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Crackling audio with Noise Gate running

Try adjusting the noise gate level up until the crackle disappears. If you have it set too low, it doesn't seem to close quickly enough with high background noise levels. I had the same problem with a cooling fan behind me at an angle. Works fine now. The level here is 18. Of course, YMMV. You

[Elecraft] Knobs

I've been reading the posts about knobs for several months, and I was trying to resist the temptation to voice my objection to the knobs on my K3 (#3020). After all, I decided on the K3 because of it's advertised and acclaimed performance, not the cosmetics or knobs. The situation though,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Crackling audio with Noise Gate running

Lance, If that is a standard Heil headset (with a dynamic mic element like the HC4 or HC5), then you should *not* have bias turned on. If you have the Proset K2 (with an electret mic element) or a Proset with an -iC (Icom) suffix, that also has an electret element and will require bias. The

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Crackling audio with Noise Gate running

Hi Don, TNX for the email. Don Wilhelm wrote: Lance, If that is a standard Heil headset (with a dynamic mic element like the HC4 or HC5), then you should *not* have bias turned on. If you have the Proset K2 (with an electret mic element) or a Proset with an -iC (Icom) suffix, that

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Crackling audio with Noise Gate running

Hello Matt, TNX for your email! Matt Zilmer wrote: Try adjusting the noise gate level up until the crackle disappears. If you have it set too low, it doesn't seem to close quickly enough with high background noise levels. I will continue to experiment with it, but it seems that I still have

[Elecraft] New K3 Running beautifully

I'm happy to report that K3/100 #3294 is running superbly. This is my second K3 - the first was #77. The 756Pro3 is now back it its box and in the storage room. I must say, though, that the spectrum display on the pro is excellent. I feel sort of blinded without it. Being able to actually

Re: [Elecraft] Knobs

I have K3 #1029. The nested knobs are perfectly concentric to my eye. The Shift/Width knobs don't fall off and are not too short. None have cracked in one year of almost daily service. Perhaps there have been some incompatible production variations along the way. I don't doubt you are having a

[Elecraft] K3 Audio switching off / on

For the past few days the audio has been switching off then comes back on. Actually not just the audio but the also at the same time the S meter bars also drop off. I can sometimes switch the power off, wait a few seconds and turn it back on and everything is normal for a while... other times it

[Elecraft] Fw: simplest way to protect subrx from high RF on RX antenna?

Hello Allan, IRC makes a receiver protection device that will meet your needs. I have two of them and they've served me well. The model is #196. They're available through Array Solutions, and probably other vendors. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP elecraftcov...@rfwave.net

Re: [Elecraft] About the K3 cw speed

First, I believe this is on topic because it relates to good Amateur practice on the air. You are quite right, Doug. I was talking about the guys who report they ran a 50+ wpm day after day, sometimes faster. I understand that is true in a select number of circuits, but definitely was not common

Re: [Elecraft] simplest way to protect subrx from high RF on RX antenna?

Allan, The K3 subRX is protected with a C.O.R. when connected to a separate antenna - so the protection is built in. OTOH, if you want to silence the clicking of the C.O.R. (it *is* a relay clicking), then take other means to isolate the RX antenna from the TX antenna - filters or separation,

[Elecraft] K3 cw speed - A brief off-topic comment

Some find that they can copy faster using long-hand instead of printing. 73! Ken - K0PP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: