For me, there are MUCH better uses of time when running during a contest
than fooling around dancing with the AGC DSP settings. Further, dancing
with the AGC DSP simply isn't neccessary
Totally agree! We hams should not be experimenting with our equipment, we
should just buy a radio and
Hi Paul,
Where is the Ham spirit, even if we are not able today to do our own
equipment as during the past.
Modern Hams became lazzy because technology give us everything on a
plate without any efforts !
May be I'm jurassic but Elecraft waked up my Ham spirit after decades
of using commercial
Hi Paul,
Where is the Ham spirit, even if we are not able today to do our own
equipment as during the past.
Modern Hams became lazzy because technology give us everything on a
plate without any efforts !
May be I'm jurassic but Elecraft waked up my Ham spirit after decades
of using commercial
Hi Johnny
Elecraft could become a killer company if it was very aggressive.
Products that I think would be a huge success if Elecraft put their name behind
them would be these.
A SDR receiver like the SDR-IQ/QSR1/Perseus with better interfacing for ham
radio use. Besides hams low band AM
As I recall from my 1960's USAF military electronics days, tests were made
comparing FSK versus the then new AFSK. The result was that at the
receiving end both were equal, and you could not tell which mode was being
used.
Vy 73, Bob DJ0MBC/WU5T
Guys,
I'm in the process of doing this. I'm no expert. There seems to be no
single source tutorial anywhere. One has to be willing to do a lot of
GOOGLE searches to overcome problems you encounter along the way.
Several of the PVRC guys have these up an running. It isn't as simple
as it
Ah, you mean a BIG company, with a large RD department, large amount of
staff; 18 Lyles, 32 Waynes, 65 Katies, lots of bureaucracy, too many
products and costumers to give adequate attention to ?
One thing I agree upon: Direct Sampling SDR (in two-way form) is very soon
going to be the most
You can find the build instructions here: http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/. No need
to join a Yahoo group.
If you are using a 30m or 40m SoftRock then there are some slight changes
that I think Don W3FPR sent me in an email (which I can't find now having
updated the printed out instructions.)
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pd0psb wrote:
One thing I agree upon: Direct Sampling SDR (in two-way form) is very soon
going to be the most common HF technology, but pleasewith knobs and
without Windows! :-)
You mean, like the ADAT? http://www.adat.ch/
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Yes Julian, though I don't think I like its hospital-look :-)
I'm quite sure all companies are breeding on a DS SDR TRX right now, besides
the high specs achievable it is also very cost-efficient technology.
73'
Paul
PD0PSB
2010/2/9 Julian, G4ILO [via Elecraft]
Kevin Luxford wrote:
I have recently received a spam using the address that I only use for
mail to and from the Elecraft reflector. So I am wondering if the list
of email addresses is secure. Anyone else have this problem? Anything
that can be done about it?
The reflector itself
Maybe I'm not awake yet, but I'm trying to figure out what the differences
are between a KXV3A, and a KXV3 with the KXV3 RXA board. I'm getting close
to receiving a K144XV board (ordered at Dayton) and need to know if I need
the KXV3A_UPGR to work with it, or will the KXV3 with the KXV3 RXA board
Having been in the business world for many years semiconductor and then
later IT, my experience says Elecraft management must, like any other
company, sit down with each new product proposal and make decisions. If I
devote resources to development and tool a product (read $$$), based on
K2 #66XX for sale, Includes:
KPA100 100 Watt PA
KSB2 SSB Option
KNB2 Noise Blanker
K160RX 160m / 2nd RX Antenna Option
KIO2 Host Control, Aux I/O
KDSP2 DSP Option
FDIMP Finger Dimple
It also includes RS232 cables and all Documents.
This K2 is in mint condition and works great. I will ship to
Well Rick and Don
For 18 years as a ham,I always was in the search for the best performance radio
in the market and owned more than 100 radios from the main three Japan brands
up to $3k and never was satisfied wth any of them,then switched to TT and owned
the Orion,still not
Phillipe
Mine has 6.0, 2.8, 1.8, 1.0, and 500hz
I keep dxing every night on 40M with the 1.8 roofer engaged and the DSP set at
same BW with the width at 1.0 and what impress me the most is how I can be at
just 2Khz away from a signal of 20db over S9 and still be able to pull a 55 to
57
Hello Kevin
I have recently received a spam using the address that I only use for
mail to and from the Elecraft reflector. So I am wondering if the
list of email addresses is secure. Anyone else have this problem?
Anything that can be done about it?
The list is ASAP (as secure as
Jon Perelstein wrote:
Is there any chance that Elecraft will develop a data jack add-on kit for
the K2?
I do a lot of PSK and other digital modes with mine, and it's a pain to
use
the mic plug and headphone jack as my connection points to the radio (if
for
no other reason than the
Kevin,
The thought that you can do anything to totally avoid ever getting a SPAM
email - short of never sending out an email yourself is just not realistic.
Use a good spam filter along with up to date virus protection and ignore
them.
73,
Bob W5OV
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Yes Julian, though I don't think I like its hospital-look :-)
Looks alright to me, but it needs about a 4 or 5 dB reduction in price. This
all digital stuff is supposed to be less expensive, not more.
I'm quite sure all companies are
Actually, I think Paul was just joking ;-)
73
Barry N1EU
Philippe Trottet wrote:
Where is the Ham spirit, even if we are not able today to do our own
equipment as during the past.
Modern Hams became lazzy because technology give us everything on a
plate without any efforts !
pd0psb
You tuned in correctly :-)
73'
Paul
Actually, I think Paul was just joking ;-)
73
Barry N1EU
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Jeff,
I am not certain what you are referring to as a KXV3 with the KXV3 RXA
board. If you are referring to the RX Antenna, I believe that always
has been a part of the KXV3. If there was a different KXV3 RXA version,
would someone please inform me.
Yes, the KXV3A is required to install the
Looks alright to me, but it needs about a 4 or 5 dB reduction in price.
This all digital stuff is supposed to be less expensive, not more.
Correct, but only after developping, testing, federal allowancetests,
patenting, marketing, sourcing sufficient part amounts, future component
predictions,
Seems like a moot point, as it appears there are no kits available for sale.
Mike NF4L
Julian, G4ILO wrote:
You can find the build instructions here: http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/. No need
to join a Yahoo group.
If you are using a 30m or 40m SoftRock then there are some slight changes
that I
There *was* a board available to provide higher level fixed audio out of
the K2 - look at the K2 Specific Files on Tom Hammond's website
www.n0ss.net - you are looking for the W3FPR Fixed Audio Output
information. Tom no longer has boards, but will send you the board
image to allow you to
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Keep checking at http://www.kb9yig.com/. Tony replenishes his kits from
time to time.
73,
Don W3FPR
Mike wrote:
Seems like a moot point, as it appears there are no kits available for sale.
Mike NF4L
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Be worth stating which kit it is Buck. Tony's mod kit for the K3 which I've
had for some months is for modding the Softrock Lite 6; I'm using an
original Softrock v6.0 and there are differences particularly the input
filter and component numbering around the oscillator.
I starting off following
Agree 100% with Bob. There are MANY Amps out there to compete against.
My Alpha 87A Follows my K3 Flawlessly. And its operated remotely from 1200
miles away.
k9uwa/w4
my experience says Elecraft management must, like any other
company, sit down with each new product proposal and make
Thanks, Don--I do have the same symptoms when I connect paddles and hit the
dot paddle in SSB mode--I'll try the adjustment you recommended and keep
working at it.
73 de aa0ms
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Doug,
Start with the easy things first - it
E-mail Tony directly. A note on another list indicates that he
has difficulty keeping the web site up to date due to the time
spent kitting, packing and shipping.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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Bill -
I have built and am actively using a Softrock Lite II for K3 IF kit.
These kits are not currently being sold by Tony, but the kit is a Softrock
Lite II for 40 m with a different crystal and several other small changes in
caps and toroid windings. I do have the Instructions for the
It's known as a loss leader Phil. Been around in retail marketing for
years. Advertise Pepsi at an unbelievably low price hoping to draw
customers into the store that might just pick up some Doritos or other
products in that aisle at a decent enough profit margin to keep the bottom
line in the
JMO,
There're only a limited number of improvements you can make to a mouse trap
before you start getting diminishing returns. For the task of bouncing HF
sigs off the ionosphere, at some point more and more technology on that
isn't going to lead to any improvement.
It's sort of like high
Terry,
Yes, and as I explained to someone else, I too have been involved in this
sort of thing for decades. Only our business was not a packaged product like
Pepsi, it was software. As everyone knows, giving away software as a means
of generating interest in other revenue producing products is
Nabble hides the email addresses of senders, but the QTH.net archive which
has been there since the list begin, does not.
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Nabble hides the email addresses of senders
Yes it hides the email address of senders, but not if it appears in the text
that someone quotes. And some people use email clients that quote like:
Fred, G9ABC (g9...@gmail.com) said: ...
It used to be only death
Hello
As of the start of the New Year I have gone Full Time QRP here at my home
QTH using my FT-817nd. While the 817 is indeed small, it fits so nice in
it's new home that I am now looking for a KX1 for portable use.
I would prefer a built (eyes and hands are not what they used to be)
I have had the same problem. It is most annoying to see the K2 picture
(ain't she pretty!) on the HRD webpage and not get mine to work with my XP
machine over the serial-to-USB converter.
After a lot of tests, I have concluded that there is something amiss in the
converter and the HRD software.
I just finished building and installing a Softrock panadapter for my K2 and
it works beautifully - all the info that you need to build the softrock is
on the softrock files web page. Info on using it as a panadapter is on Jack
Smith's Clifton Laboratories web site... probably much more than you'd
Did you try 1 stop bit in the COM port settings? I think the K2 manual says 2
stop bits but I have had problems using 2 stop bits that went away when I
changed to 1.
The double flash probably means the data is being fragnmented. I wouldn't
have thought HRD would assume that a response from the
On 2/7/2010 3:21 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote:
High isolation headphones below means ~30 dB isolation from ambient noise.
Heil does not make any in this range and most active noise reduction
headphones (e.g. Bose) only have 10-15 dB. Here are some examples of what
Barry meant:
Thank you all for your replies.
I should have known that Don Wilhelm already has a solution to the problem!!
As I understand it, all this is happening in audio frequencies versus radio
frequencies. Am I correct that I could breadboard all the necessary
circuitry outside the rig and not have to
I assembled my K3 less then a week ago, and I don't see where you have to
dance around at all. There are certainly a lot of different settings, and I
am sure I will spend quite a bit of time finding the right settings for
certain conditions. But that is a good thing. Flexibility is good, and once
Interesting. That's not what I see. I wonder what conditions cause
nabble to cloak the addreses behind links and what conditions disclose
them.
For example, in this message, it ironically cloaks the addresses:
http://n2.nabble.com/Email-addresses-td4481606.html#a4481606
Leigh/WA5ZNU
Leigh
Has anyone received and installed a K144XV since they started delivery in
late January ?
I am surprised there's been no mail about it!
What about you ?
73
Jacques de F9OJ
( ordered a 144XV in sept 2009)
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I ordered at the end of May, and there's been no word yet.
I'm worried more about getting something other than a 19 whip mounted on a
bookcase, which probably won't happen until it warms up a bit in the spring.
So I'm not overly concerned about delivery schedule if all I have is a dummy
We had a -huge- wave of K144XVs ordered in May and we are working
through that pile of orders right now. Our shipping rate is increasing
each day, so stay tuned!
73, Eric WA6HHQ
On 2/9/2010 10:38 AM, Grant Youngman wrote:
I ordered at the end of May, and there's been no word yet.
Jon,
Yes, it is audio, so the only problems with breadboarding is the
possibilities of inadvertent ground loops and/or RF pickup by the
circuit(s). Remember that mic levels are quite low, and that level is
what you will be driving the K2 with.
So the answer depends on just how rough *your*
Certainly there is no good reason to start a company selling a 100
Watt
kit SSB/CW rigOTOH Elecraft bet it could and it would appear that they
are successful.
There are some flaws in the logic. The K2 wasn't just another 100W HF and it
still isn't today.
A base K2 was and is a CW QRP
I don't know. Look at this one,
http://n2.nabble.com/K3-and-FSK-RTTY-td459747.html at the bottom of
the page the reply from Simon Brown. Google finds my address in
several Nabble pages.
On 09/02/2010, Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU [via Elecraft]
ml-node+4542910-1214868...@n2.nabble.com wrote:
Having worked (contract) for several small companies that having a great
product, like Topsy, just grew
They got bigger, brought in the Bean-counters, which meant cost reduction
(aka cheaper) and the quality went down.
I strongly suspect that's what has happened to Toyota with their
Thanks Don.
As always, you are a treasure.
Jon
KB1QBZ
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Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:56 PM
To: jperelst
Subject: Re: DATA Jack for K2??
Jon,
Yes, it is audio, so the only problems with
There are several threads on the N1MM logger reflector that relate to
a weakness with Prolific drivers/chip for USB/serial converters,
perhaps exacerbated by operating system level. I don't have the
specifics, but it has something to do with not responding to delayed
replies to queries. Just on
I don't have much of an idea of what Elecraft's thinking is on high power
other than the available history. From postings here it would seem there is
some variance in what users might want or accept in an amplifier.
It is hard for me to discern what proportion of the community those who post
I just recently built a K1 serial # 2821. Very nice rig. I have noticed
that when I am working a station with a very strong sig that when I stop
sending and he starts to send that his first character is very loud. I tried
changing C31 to 1uf as suggested elsewhere. It is an improvement. I
Thanks, Guy.
What’s so interesting is that one of the converters has the Prolific chipset
and works fine with Logger32 but won’t work with HRD. I’ve not tried it with
N1MM but will definitely try it tonight.
73, Clark KE4RQ
From: Guy, K2AV [via Elecraft]
Julian, G4ILO schrieb am 9 Feb 2010 um 4:20:
Some years ago Pauli EA3BLQ (SK) developed a board that did exactly what
you are asking for. I have never understood why Elecraft did not adopt it
and put it into production as an official K2 option as they did with the
DSP board. I am sure there
MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO
Southland County Morning News
Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County Hospital today
suffering from anxiety over what he perceived as serious problems with his new
radio, authorities reported Tuesday.
Irv Stumpo, 55, of East
Too good!! :-)
Grant/NQ5T
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Lorona
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:23 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH
ROTFLMAO!!!
73, Mike NF4L
Al Lorona wrote:
MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO
Southland County Morning News
Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County Hospital today
suffering from anxiety over what he perceived as serious problems with his
new radio,
I heard he was a former Toyota QC man that kept mumbling
electromagnetic interference until they finally let him go.
73, Gary NL7Y (K3, there's a better road ahead!)
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Grant Youngman wrote:
Too good!! :-)
And too true!
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The RXA mod had nothing to do with the transverters. It increased the isoation
of the receive antenna on the KXV3 board.
Jeff, you need to get the KXV3A, and there is an upgrade purchase price that
gives you a break and you have to send your old KXV3 back to Elecraft.
Stan Rife
W5EWA
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Hilarious!
Ken KE3C
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mike B kw...@comcast.net wrote:
Grant Youngman wrote:
Too good!! :-)
And too true!
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Thanks very much! I haven't had that good a laugh in a very long time.
73, Todd
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Absolutely hysterically funny and to the point!
Knut - AB2TC
N3PSJ-2 wrote:
Hilarious!
Ken KE3C
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mike B kw...@comcast.net wrote:
Grant Youngman wrote:
Too good!! :-)
And too true!
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Spoken like a true sales guy. In some businesses (including the one I managed
for several years before I retired), that is indeed a viable business strategy.
But it's a brainless strategy to use indiscriminately, and lots of companies
have sunk their ship by not understanding how and when to
This is funny stuff.
And a lesson. Learn how to use the PRE, ATT, and RF Gain knob, and save your
health. :)
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Sounds like a bad case of Obsessive AGC Disorder! Been a lot of it going
around lately. 8-)
73 - Ken
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Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Well it compels us to buy even more perfect STUFF. That really helps the
economy!!! 73 Geo/W2BPI
From: k.alexan...@rogers.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net, alor...@sbcglobal.net
Sent: 2/9/2010 21:13:10 Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Re: [Elecraft]
I Enjoyed that.
(Maybe you should consider giving up the day job.)
Bryan, Zl1NI
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Lorona
MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO
Thought I'd drop a line to let folks know I found a local ham with a
receive-only downconverter (Microwave Modules 432/28) for USD$30 (nice
find).
Works beautifully for the purpose at hand.
Thanks to those that responded with ideas/offers. I appreciate the
effort.
73,
-- Dave, N8SBE, K3 ser
Please, what currently available Pan adapters are compatible with the K3.
Thank you de W0WOI
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N1MM works fine. Logger32 works fine. HRD doesn’t work.
I know HRD is solid piece of code and is in use by many people with Elecraft
rigs. I’m inclined to think there is a setting somewhere in HRD that is amiss
but I can’t figure out where that might be. There is very limited control of
Hi, Julian.
Yes, I changed the Stop Bit on the USB to Serial Port to 1 and set the speed
to 4800 baud. I can find nowhere in HRD where the Stop Bits can be set or
changed; am I overlooking something? At the K2 end there is no flexibility
in settings (unless there is a hidden menu I'm not
How many additional K3's do you think Elecraft would sell
(pull-through) because they marketed a high power amplifier?
And how many less would they sell, if there were major problems with some
very expensive amps, causing a lot of negative talk?
We all know Elecraft has some fine engineers.
Great... and there is still a kernel of truthHi !!
73's
Philippe A65BI
K3#3616
*Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else !
Mike n...@nf4l.com 10-02-2010 3:54
ROTFLMAO!!!
73, Mike NF4L
Al Lorona wrote:
MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO
Southland County Morning News
Many do it with an SDR like the softrock, but it isn't plug and play.
I beleive the method with the lowest effort is the LP-Pan. But the kit is
$175 and assembled is $225. For software, there is a special version of
PowerSDR, PowerSDR-IF. I do know that the LP-Pan gives you the ability for a
Nicely stated Dave. Just because loss leader works in retail does not
make it a cure all. Elecraft is not retail by our mainstream standards. It
is sort of retail, but more likely a niche vendor. It cannot be
compared to Pepsi, Doritos or any other main stream retail products. That
was not my
The 2010 ARRL Handbook was Elecraft's Loss Leader...not that it didn't get
them capital in other areas.
73,
Dick - KA5KKT
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It may be a dance, but hopefully careful intelligent musing
over the matter is convincing people that they should get the
ambient well down in the analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
operating range. If they do, a -99 threshold is a -109
threshold, and further backing off RF gain can make
Joe,
Can you elaborate your reasons for this suggestion. I had come to
believe that the best situation is to place attenuation before the first
mixer to give the greatest amount of dynamic range (headroom).
Yes, I agree that the AGC Threshold could be raised in the K3 and would
be
Not being facetious, but you can take the IF output from the K3 and feed it
to the antenna of an IC756P3 or IC7600, etc. Just tune the Icom to the IF
freq of the K3. An expensive panadapter - yes. Just make sure the Icom
never transmits or the K3 will be history. I guess this has been done with
I also think that the current max AGC threshold is too low, but I have another
question. Why is it necessary for the K3 AGC to have such a sharp elbow at the
point where the AGC kicks in? The Clifton Labs plots show such a sharp bend
that it seems multi-signal in-band intermod is
I kept my old 756Pro when I upgraded to a K3, and I've done exactly that. It
works, of course, but there is no comparison in performance to what you would
get from an LP-Pan or even a Softrock. The 756Pro spectrum display is
interesting to look at, but the resolution is really poor for
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