I haven't built mine yet, but the manual states on pg14 that the local
oscillator power can be controlled in 3 ways:
LO goes off when power is turned off or K2 (K3) is switched to different band
LO is on when power is on and if used with K2, when it's power is on, even if
the Transverter band
Sorry, let me qualify that - this is the XV144 we are talking about.
The original question was about the XV144 and someone here misunderstood that
to be K144XV.
MY post (below) refers to the XV144.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108
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Hi Roger,
Many thanks for the response, it certainly is very frustrating. I have the
Crystal Oven option installed, so would have to take things apart to see the
crystal markings.
In the manual it says:
Y1 Crystal, 116 MHz 5th Overtone Series Resonant (116.000)
Did the ones Elecraft sent you
Dick,
The K3 will display higher values of SWR if you use the TUNE mode (hold the
XMIT/TUNE button). That will transmit a carrier and display the SWR in the
VFO A display area.
I don't know what the upper limit of this SWR display is, but I just tested
it into a deliberately mismatched load and
I've seen 25 and 33 before and both matched when tuned :-)
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108
On 30 Dec 2010, at 10:54, KU4AF wrote:
Dick,
The K3 will display higher values of SWR if you use the TUNE mode (hold the
XMIT/TUNE button). That will transmit a carrier and display the SWR in the
VFO
Doug
The crystals originally supplied by Elecraft for the 2m Transverter were
stamped 116.01Mhz so they were always going to be problematic and
off frequency. The ones they replaced the originals with were also
116.01MHz and I really don't know why they were sent unless it was a
Jim,
FYI, when I downloaded the 'spectrogram.exe' file from your site I got a
message from my Norton Security software that it contained TROJAN.ADH. I
checked its definition and came up with:
Trojan.ADH or Heuristic.ADH is a very harmful Trojan that will infect
executable files on the
Up to date copy of Kaspersky scans the .exe at Jim's link location as clean.
73, Guy.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Rich - K1HTV k1...@comcast.net wrote:
Jim,
FYI, when I downloaded the 'spectrogram.exe' file from your site I got a
message from my Norton Security software that it
If anyone has the manual for this accessory, I would appreciate being refreshed
as to tuning the 2 pots on the circuit board to match the radio.
Thanks and HNY de Al, W5IZ
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I'd like to share 100% what David said : it's simply amazing ! Like him Santa
(my wife HI) brought P3 to me (assembled but's the same) and since the first
time I switched it on ... I'm keeping on surprising about how much is useful
this device connected to my k3 ! Thanks to Elecraft one more time
Hi Doug,
When I built my XV144 about a year ago I had exactly the same problem! I
replaced the crystal with a 116MHz one I stole from another transverter I
have and it worked OK. Elecraft sent me a replacement crystal very promptly
but I never got around to trying it.
Roger - G4BVY
I would try contacting K0QVF. Both the Idiom Press site and his site
http://k0qvf.com/ says he repairs these units. He should have a
copy.
David K0LUM
At 7:06 AM -0800 12/30/10, Al Baker wrote:
If anyone has the manual for this accessory, I would appreciate
being refreshed
as to tuning the
For some reason the noise level was higher than normal at my QTH last
night on 40m. I struggled to pick out the signals at all--but heard a
faint CQ around 7.117 MHz. I fiddled around with the stock crystal
filters as well as the KDSP2's filters but was only able to hear the
signal well after
I subscribed to this reflector to give me some support in resisting my urge
to replace my aging ft1000 field. I thought maybe if I read some negative
remarks the urge would subside. Using the same philosophy as when I get the
urge to replace my truck I ask people who own the model I am looking
I'm the proud builder / owner of K2 No 3314 which I built in the
evenings at the start of my retirement.
The reality was that I replaced one full time job with four part time
occupations, two of which involve global travel.
No regrets. Never thought I would be able to visit Mongolia at
* On 2010 30 Dec 11:47 -0600, Joe wrote:
I subscribed to this reflector to give me some support in resisting my urge
to replace my aging ft1000 field. I thought maybe if I read some negative
remarks the urge would subside. Using the same philosophy as when I get the
urge to replace my truck
I would not dream of describing myself as an Elmer, but is this what you
are looking for?
http://www.qslnet.de/member/la3za/K2/modAny.html
73 de David G4DMP
In a recent message, Robert Cochrane robert.a.cochr...@btinternet.com
writes
Can one of the Elecraft Elmers point me in the right
You won't be sorry you did it.
matt W6NIA
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:44:07 -0500, you wrote:
I subscribed to this reflector to give me some support in resisting my urge
to replace my aging ft1000 field. I thought maybe if I read some negative
remarks the urge would subside. Using the same
Thanks for the alert, Rich, and for your report, Guy. I would
appreciate any others. If it turns out to be real, I'll take it down.
73, Jim K9YC
On 12/30/2010 5:42 AM, Rich - K1HTV wrote:
Jim,
FYI, when I downloaded the 'spectrogram.exe' file from your site I got a
message from my
Or perhaps the list of K2 mods from the Elecraft order page? They
list K2 serial numbers that began including each and you should be
able to check them off:
http://www.elecraft.com/order_form_parts.htm#K2%20Parts
73, Byron N6NUL
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:24 AM, David Pratt
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Many thanks to you both - the combination of the two is close to what
I was looking for. I had already made a list from the Elecraft
component pages but was not sure it covered all the changes.
73 de Rob M0RAC
At 18:31 30/12/2010, Byron Servies wrote:
Or perhaps the list of K2 mods from the
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... my urge to replace my aging ft1000 field
Joe, I did almost the same thing, replacing my Mk V. Of course, Yaesu is the
company people love to criticize, but the Mk V is a terrific radio and some
version of the FT1000 has probably put more hams on the Honor Roll than any
other rig.
Hello:
I am unable to get my Windom in the air due to weather conditions, snow,
etc., so I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with any indoor antennas
that at least would allow me to have a few QSO's even if they're relatively
close. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
I know from my friends who are still in the business that Norton is
not held in high regard. If Kaspersky, AVG and some of the others
find no problem it would cast doubt on the Norton result.
David K0LUM
At 10:30 AM -0800 12/30/10, Jim Brown wrote:
Thanks for the alert, Rich, and for your
Chuck...
I have a Buddipole that works inside (20/15/10 meters), and I suspect a
half-wave wire dipole or a 300-ohm twin-lead folded dipole would work
well if tacked to the room molding at ceiling height. I have used both
of the latter in compromised situations and have had QSOs without
I'm brand new to digital modes (other than CW, and packet from the 80's).
Is anyone up to helping me get the K3 configured with FLDIGI and Signalink?
FLDIGI can receive fine.
FLDIGI can transmit according to my in-line power meter, with the
power set to 25 Watts, but nobody can hear me.
I've
No problem at this end, I use AVG.
/James
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On 2010-12-30 19:30, Jim Brown wrote:
Thanks for the alert, Rich, and for your report, Guy. I would
appreciate any others. If it turns out to be real, I'll take it down.
73, Jim K9YC
On 12/30/2010 5:42 AM, Rich - K1HTV wrote:
Jim,
KIS 8.0 has no issues with it either.
matt W6NIA
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:38:22 +0100, you wrote:
No problem at this end, I use AVG.
/James
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On 2010-12-30 19:30, Jim Brown wrote:
Thanks for the alert, Rich, and for your report, Guy. I would
appreciate any others. If it turns out to
this is the same problem that VOAPROP discusses here:
http://www.g4ilo.com/voaprop.html
down the page where it says DOWNLOAD
Trojan warning! Some third rate virus scanners claim the installer used by my
programs is a virus or a trojan. It is not a trojan it is a false alarm. If you
choose to
Paul,
There's a zillion questions we need answers to in order to help. Here's a few
to get the process started:
Can you hear your transmitted signal? Does it sound right for whatever mode
you are using? Even just turning up the monitor on your K3 and listening to
your audio would be
I've seen forum posts from network guys who consider Norton security
software to be worse than the malware it purports to find.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 12/30/2010 5:42 AM, Rich - K1HTV wrote:
Jim,
FYI, when I downloaded the 'spectrogram.exe' file from your site
I got a
message
There's a reason why Norton comes free with many computers (guess why?).
The program is, IMHO, junk...and it is the first thing that comes off
of any commercial box I or my wife buy. There are at least two problems
with it...(1) it steals 'way too many clock cycles, and (2) it has a
tendency
On 12/30/2010 2:51 PM, Chuck Teeter KE9CE wrote:
I am unable to get my Windom in the air due to weather conditions, snow,
etc., so I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with any indoor antennas
that at least would allow me to have a few QSO's even if they're relatively
close.
If your
I recently changed from Norton to AVG on two computers.
The laptop with 1.4 GHz Pentium M and running XP had N1MM installed on it in
the spring of 09; no update since.
AVG said that N1MM was malware; I let it move the file (I think it was the
main executable) to some quarantine location.
It
I have used AVG PRO for over 10 years and have never had a virus get through
it.
Phil
Philip LaMarche
LaMarche Enterprises, Inc
p...@lamarcheenterprises.com
www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com
727-944-3226
727-937-8834 Fax
727-510-5038 Cell
www.w9dvm.com
K3 #1605
CCA 98-00827
CRA 1701
W9DVM
Let's end this OT area for now.
73, Eric
Elecraft List Moderator
On 12/30/2010 1:53 PM, Phil LaMarche wrote:No problem. :-)
Have fun with your K3!
73, Eric
On 12/30/2010 11:58 AM, Joe wrote:
Sorry for the confusion. I originally sent this email yesterday to the
wrong address. It was
On 12/30/2010 1:55 PM, Jack Colson wrote:
No problem here using AVG 2011, runs fine.
Thanks for all the input. I'm leaving the software there for anyone who
needs it.
73, Jim K9YC
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Hi Jim,
I just ran the version of spectrogram from your site through virustotal.com
which checks any submitted file with 43 different commercial anti-virus
products. None of the 43 virus checkers reported any problem with the file.
73
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On Dec 30, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Jim Brown
Hi again friends
sorry for my annoising questions hi
but I'can't understand how to get mono output in hearphones.
I tried to change L-mix-R menu but it do not change at all.
happy new year to elecraft community
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I'm in the final stages of testing/adjusting a newly built KAT1 board in
a 2-band K1 (RF Board rev E). In the SWR Bridge adjustment task, I'm
not seeing any voltage change beyond what seems to be random noise. I'm
using a plastic adjustment tool and a DMM.
I'm concerned I may have installed
I believe it goes up to 99:1 (don't ask how I know this).
I think the step you are missing is to turn off the ATU, then press tune
(hold the XMIT button) to see the mismatch. I keep the tune power set low
in case I transmit into the wrong antenna with a 99:1 match.
73,
Joe W8JH
K3 1713
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You're gonna like it. Welcome to the clan.
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On 12/30/2010 12:44 PM, Joe wrote:
I subscribed to this reflector to give me some support in resisting my urge
to replace my aging ft1000 field. I thought maybe if
Rob.
You don't have that much to add to bring it up to level.
*E850138 - The temperature compensation for the PLL Reference Osc.
**K2KEYMDKT - The Keying Waveshape Mod (also requires updated firmware)
The Extremely Strong Signal Handling Mod - see application notes - no
kit, but requires only
Paul,
Did you set the Line-in level according to the K3 instructions? In TX
TEST mode, drive the ALC indicator up to 4 bars with the 5th bar
flickering. Then use the K3 power control to set the power output level.
Many interface manuals will tell you to adjust the transceiver power
using
I'm working on keying an external amp with my K2. I'm using this
example circuit from the Elecraft site:
http://www.elecraft.com/Apps/Amp_keying_ckt.htm
The amp is a Tokyo Hy-Power HL-45B. In addition to closing the STBY
and GND pins on its accessory jack to key the amp, it also has an ALC
For Windows, there is yet another choice that is both good and free of
cost - Microsoft Securities Essentials.
It seems to work in the background and so far has produced no false
positives, nor has it let any viruses into my computers. It does want
to do a scan occasionally, and updates
Rich,
You have the capacitor mounted correctly, the narrow end is flat while
the broad end is rounded.
You are also correct to adjust it with a non-metallic tool - both sides
of the capacitor are above ground and will be de-tuned if you touch
either of the plates.
I suspect your problem is
Owen,
The short answer is NO.
The correct longer answer is that you should use the transceiver power
level to control the output of the amplifier and not depend on the
amplifier ALC. Using the amps ALC to control the power level of the
transceiver is an invitation to distortion and
Bob,
Any radio can be over driven or mis-adjusted and made to sound bad, not just
the
Flex 5K. It's usually the operator and poor setup.
73,
Tony W7GO
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:22 AM, riese-k3...@juno.com wrote:
gang
a friend of mine has one and Dick plays with the software loads. I
If I remember correctly, there is a procedure in the K3 manual for manually
setting the L and C values in the ATU. However, if all you're really interested
in is getting the VSWR readings, then all you need do do is turn your power way
down (2-3 W is enough), set the ATU to bypass (press and
Hi Rich,
Have you remembered to move the RF jumper to the KAT1 position? I
made that mistake.
73, Byron N6NUL
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Rich NU6T reh...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
I'm in the final stages of testing/adjusting a newly built KAT1 board in
a 2-band K1 (RF Board rev E). In the
Good points Greg.
While you are quite correct, changing tips often is a pain, so I usually
settle on a 3/32 inch screwdriver (chisel) tip. It has enough heat mass
for most jobs, and the side of the screwdriver tip can be used in
situations where a conical tip would actually be better. If I
I came home from work and turned on the K3 and the P3 and then switched to the
CW zone of the 40 meter band. The VFO was about 7.009 as left from my last
visit yesterday. I turned the VFO up just a tiny bit and this strong, like S9+
broadband noise came through. Funny because I remember
Next time you see something like this, take a look at the VCO control
voltage (PLL1 or PLL2) using the DISP meter function. If the K3 goes
out of lock, it puts out all sorts of garbage audio and the PLL (VCO)
voltage moves around randomly.
I've had this happen on 5 MHz when working with
Phil
I have seen the same kind of thing twice, only over roughly twice the
frequency range you describe. However on both occasions the only solution
was to do a recalibration of the VCO from the config menu. Simply turning
the K3/P3 off and on did nothing in my case. I recall that on both
On 12/30/2010 4:50 PM, Erik Basilier wrote:
Another computer, a new and fast one running Win 7, recently came up with a
message from AVG saying that the registry was messed up. I was offered to
get it fixed one time free, and to pay for it in the future. I declined,
deciding to use other
I'm in the process of upgrading my K2/10 (SN 1057) to a K2/100. I am also
finishing up the KAT100 tuner and have a question. The tuner instructions state
to remove C44 from the K2 control board. I have a Revision A control board
without a C44. It also states that if this is the case, a
John,
R7 is needed for the base K2 current sense. You should have changed it
to 1.78 k when you did the A to B upgrade. OTOH, C44 is not used, if
you have any capacitor (to ground) installed that connects to the
emitter of Q11 and one end of R7, remove it, but leave the resistor in.
73,
I have my K2 up and running nicely now for several months and now want to build
and install my ssb and automatic tuner modules. Any suggestions which to do
first?
I don't want to have to remove one to install the other.
73
Dan
Daniel Grizzard
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Jim,
Just downloaded the file and scanned it with AVG which said it is okay.
Take pride in the USA. 73
Jim, W0EM
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:30:50 -0800
From: Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] spectrogram
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Message-ID:
After some heavy winds last night, I woke up to find out that I won't be
participating in the NAQP contest this weekend. Or the one on the
following weekend for that matter.
If you would like to see what my tower looks like today, you can click on
the link below for a couple of pictures.
Dan,
Not to worry, those options are independent of each other. Do them in
whichever order suits your fancy.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 12/30/2010 8:28 PM, Dan Grizzard wrote:
I have my K2 up and running nicely now for several months and now want to
build
and install my ssb and automatic tuner
Bryon, while I have neglected important things like that before, not
this time grin.
Thanks.
Rich
NU6T
On 12/30/2010 4:05 PM, Byron Servies wrote:
Hi Rich,
Have you remembered to move the RF jumper to the KAT1 position? I
made that mistake.
73, Byron N6NUL
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:42
Thanks, Don. I'll re-check the bi-filar toroid.
73
Rich
NU6T
On 12/30/2010 3:50 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Rich,
You have the capacitor mounted correctly, the narrow end is flat while
the broad end is rounded.
You are also correct to adjust it with a non-metallic tool - both
sides of the
I noticed that the width of this noise seemed to be the width of the pass band
since when I changed modes (CW, USB, etc.) the width of the affected frequency
spread changed. It also changed when I adjusted the filter width.
On Dec 30, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Stephen Prior wrote:
Phil
I have
updated 12/30/10
http://www.sherweng.com/table.html
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In case it isn't obvious what has changed, note the TS-590 entry
(ninth entry in the table).
Wayne
N6KR
On Dec 30, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Ed Schuller wrote:
updated 12/30/10
http://www.sherweng.com/table.html
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Actually there are two entries in the table, one for 20 meters and one
for 17 meters. Rob needed to do this because the TS590 uses down-
conversion (higher performance) on about half the bands, and up-
conversion on the others, including the WARC bands.
There are question marks entered for a
There are question marks entered for a couple of the measurements on
17 m. I won't speculate; perhaps Rob can give us an explanation.
The question mark is foot-noted -- in the ninth column, the measurement is
phase-noise limited.
Paul, W9AC
- Original Message -
From: Wayne Burdick
Paul...
Good session on gotomeeting this afternoon...I found it quite
instructive. Here is what Don W. wrote me some time ago:
On 7/17/2010 6:44 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
...Use the power knob to set the power you wish to use, and increase
the audio drive until you get 4 to 5 bars on
I hate to ask a stupid question, but how does one activate the new APF that is
available with the new version of the firmware. Any help will be much
appreciated. Mark KB3Z
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Mark,
There are -no- stupid questions.
Push and Hold XFIL. You must be in CW mode.
73!
Ken Kopp - K0PP
elecraftcpv...@gmail.com
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:48 PM, pastor...@verizon.net wrote:
I hate to ask a stupid question, but how does one activate the new APF that
is available with
Paul...
Here are my settings for WSJT/FSK441 on the K3 for 6 meters:
K3 with SignaLink USB -- I am using the high audio setting on the SL,
as Don W. suggests.
Set K3 at 50.260 for 6 meter MS-- this is the calling frequency, not for
QSO's*
*Set K3 LinOut ~20-30 with SpecJT set for 0 dB
Mark,
1. Assuming you have MCU version 4.22 installed, set CONFIG:DUAL PB to APF.
2. Hold the DUAL PB (XFIL) button to toggle the APF on/off.
See the release notes for firmware version 4.22 for more details.
73,
Rich VE3KI
KB3Z wrote:
I hate to ask a stupid question, but how does one
Luca,
The CONFIG:L-MIX-R setting does not do anything unless you have a KRX3
and it is turned on. If the subRX is off, I believe you cannot change
the L-MIX-R setting.
If you don't have a subRX or if it is turned off, then are you using the
AFX pseudo-stereo effect? You can turn that off
Hi all,
I have been tweaking on my K2 for the last several days trying to get
the transmit power up to snuff on 10 meters. Right now, the best I
can squeeze out is about 8.5 Watts. I'm in pretty good shape on 12
meters, about 10 Watts there, with max output of 14 Watts on 40m. I
have
U are more or less there.
73 Johnny vr2xmc
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Mike and Alicia Fanning fann...@hiwaay.net 於 2010年12月31日 下午12:36 寫道：
Hi all,
I have been tweaking on my K2 for the last several days trying to get
the transmit power up to snuff on 10 meters. Right now, the best I
can
Hi Ed
It will be interesting to see where the FT2000 places with the new
AC0C Network Sciences filter. This radio with the new filter might be bargain
if it does perform well. I dont know if Sherwood will be testing
this new filter radio combination.
I wonder how such a high performance
just downloaded an older computer w/ the software in question and had no
problems it has norton 360 w/ all bells and whistles. no notices about trogen
s/tony rowland
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