Geoffrey,
I am in the process of setting up my K3 with two LP-Pan feeding a
M-Audio Delta-44 dual-channel soundcard. The reason for the LP-Pan
is to provide I-Q signals to a computer so that custom SDR sw may be
used (or developed). The K3 has an internal MCU with Elecraft's
proprietary sw,
Geoffrey Wolf AB3LS wrote:
I noticed that there isn't an Elecraft enthusiast forum. There seems to be
some
Elecraft oriented discussion on the QRZ forums. I was wondering if anyone
had
set up their own Elecraft discussion forums.
I also wanted to add that I have some relatively free
Oh hey, thanks for mentioning the Nabble page!
This is pretty much what I was looking for!
73
Geoffrey Wolf
AB3LS
On Mar 27, 2011, at 4:35 AM, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
Geoffrey Wolf AB3LS wrote:
I noticed that there isn't an Elecraft enthusiast forum. There seems to be
some
Elecraft
Thanks for pointing to the Nabble page, that's the way I prefer to view
posts too
David G4TUP.
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Perhaps a little off topic for the Elecraft list, but an interesting thread.
I am so dominantly right handed that even thinking about doing something with
my
left hand feels awkward in my mind. But a couple of years ago I wanted to
learn how to use a bug. I had heard from others that
At 3/27/2011 04:22 AM, Edward R. Cole wrote:
Geoffrey,
I am in the process of setting up my K3 with two LP-Pan feeding a
M-Audio Delta-44 dual-channel soundcard. The reason for the LP-Pan
is to provide I-Q signals to a computer so that custom SDR sw may be
used (or developed). The K3 has an
I am trying to do the tx gain. I get the error code ERR TXG which says to
call tech support.
Just received this back from factory and added 100 watt and sun receiver. It
was said to have been all set to go.
Am I missing something ? Everything else seems ok.
Serial number 5185
The message
Sorry folks... I COMPLETELY FORGOT to include a link to my web site
in my previous e-mail regarding availability of the Hakko 936 info...
my only excuse is that I was more tired than I thought and wasn't
thinking clearly (locals accuse me of that regardless of my
physical/mental state).
The
Barry,
I just went through the process of setting up my K3 with a new mic. I had
the same question, re: DVR vs. live mic audio, so I tried an on-air test.
Receiving stations couldn't tell the difference between the mic and the DVR
audio.
73 -- Brian -- K1LI
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View this message in context:
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Brian
This is correct.*
*
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*The DVR is 'Post' EQ settings etc.*
*
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*73's*
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*Gary*
*
*
On 27 March 2011 22:04, K1LI nekvts...@gmail.com wrote:
Barry,
I just went through the process of setting up my K3 with a new mic. I had
the same question, re: DVR vs. live mic audio, so I tried an
Make that three :-)
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 27/03/2011 03:23, Don Cunningham d...@martineer.net wrote:
Richard,
To answer your original question (which nearly NEVER happens on this
list),
mine does the same and hasn't blown up. I wouldn't worry about it as we
know two do it.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
K1LI wrote:
Barry,
I just went through the process of setting up my K3 with a new mic. I had
the same question, re: DVR vs. live mic audio, so I tried an on-air
test. Receiving stations couldn't tell the difference between the mic and
the DVR audio.
73 -- Brian -- K1LI
Thanks for
Thanks Ron. 0.690 is 160M? I can understand remembering the ham bands, but
their
advertisers are gonna get miffed if I were to transmit there.. If I
could... =-O
73, Mike
On 3/26/2011 10:57 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Simply go to that 'band' and enter a frequency within the actual
Us the radio's memories for broadcast stations.
Works great.
de W5OV
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 7:44 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Band
Of course, I didn't see the original message - and you already do that.
Sorry for being redundant.
Don't hit the M-V button or the memory content will move to your VFO which
will result in your 160 band being set to the AM broadcast freq.
-Original Message-
From:
But if I can't recall a memory (MV), there's very little value in creating
one, is
there?
Mike
On 3/27/2011 9:27 AM, Bob Naumann wrote:
Of course, I didn't see the original message - and you already do that.
Sorry for being redundant.
Don't hit the M-V button or the memory content will
I *KNOW* it's science fiction when entertaining is used to describe
mathematics... :-D
73, Mike NF4L
On 3/26/2011 10:47 PM, Kevin Rock wrote:
I watched the movie about a month ago. The special effects hold up
well and the story is interesting. I remember the first time I saw it but
Mike,
Do a Direct Frequency Entry to a frequency in the 160 meter band, and
then do a band change. That should resolve your situation.
After straightening it out, then the quick memories will work and take
you to the last used frequency on that band.
If you want to use memories to access
Hi Robert,
I think you'll be a lot happier with the K3. It's nice to be in the Elecraft
family!
I really really really really dislike web-based forums. I find them to be
awkward to
navigate, and the threading incomprehensible. I prefer NNTP based lists like
this
one. I have a couple of
NF4L wrote:
But if I can't recall a memory (MV), there's very little value in creating
one, is
there?
I think the programmable memories are a red herring. The point here is
that there are eleven de facto scratchpad memories associated with the
amateur bands - the BAND button rotates you
I have to agree about the herring, Rich.
This is the second desing decision I disagree with, an astonishingly small
number,
given the total. While I can certainly understand the K3's attractivness to the
SWL,
it is an amateur radio transceiver. Maybe someday an option to limit the
rotation
Aw, c'mon, nothing brings a smile to one's face like a good Hessian matrix.
Tony KT0NY
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Mike n...@nf4l.com wrote:
I *KNOW* it's science fiction when entertaining is used to describe
mathematics... :-D
73, Mike NF4L
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Tom Hammond n...@embarqmail.com wrote:
The link to my web site is: www.n0ss.net
.
Tom, thanks for posting the Hakko schematic. I never thought about what's
inside my little beauty -- there's more to it than I realized.
Tony KT0NY
Is that the battle formation used by German mercenaries?
Mike
On 3/27/2011 11:30 AM, Tony Estep wrote:
Aw, c'mon, nothing brings a smile to one's face like a good Hessian matrix.
Tony KT0NY
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Mike n...@nf4l.com mailto:n...@nf4l.com
wrote:
I *KNOW* it's
On 3/26/2011 11:25 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
...
The only way I have found (with several email clients including Outlook 2010)
is to click Reply All, and then delete the originators address from the
list.
I usually do not bother with that, so the originator receives two copies of
my reply -
When the first production firmware updates started, the point about
in-band or any-frequency came up. After much FT discussion, Wayne
decided to leave it any-freq. Logically, the HF spectrum is divided
up into the named (80m, 60m, 40m, etc.) ham bands.
Being a Navy-Marine Corps MARS op, this
Does anyone know if Elecraft will be at the big NEARfest
fleamarket in Deerfield, NH, April 29 30 ?
73,
Gene K1NR
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Hello all,
It looks like it may have been several years since I said anything here. so
I built 5087 and the tuner as well as an AMQRP Micro908 in late 2005, I think.
After some cavorting with a stray ground line on an Icom VHF hand mike, I was
up and running - getting my tech, General and 5
The K3 has 11 bands that are cycled through with the up/down Band switch.
Each band permits reception on a range of frequencies and transmission on the
ham band located within each of these ranges.
While this might be (probably is) published someplace, I empirically determined
the following:
How hard would it be to add a general coverage band (for K3s so equipped)
where the last used non-ham band frequency, mode, and filter setting is stored,
rather than have it overwrite the possibly important data stored for the
nearest ham band?
--
Moe - AB8XA
ARRL LOTW, eQSL, Fists #13020, SKCC
In retrospect ... tried to use the Elecraft wiki a couple of times,
but found the moderator(s) to be heavy-handed and wanting
to edit or simply wouldn't wouldn't allow some postings. Never
came back.
But, it -was- their wiki .
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
I tought myself to eat left-handed so I could write with my right at
the same time. A Chinese friend and I once went out for a writing session
over Vietnamese soup. When I picked up my pen in the right, and my
chopsticks in the left and proceeded to eat and write at the same time,
she
My computer does wonderful CW.
George, W6GF
--- On Sun, 3/27/11, Jessie Oberreuter joberreu-elecr...@moselle.com wrote:
From: Jessie Oberreuter joberreu-elecr...@moselle.com
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] paddle key training
To: Kate Hutton katehut...@gmail.com
Cc:
Date: Sunday, March 27, 2011,
RE Learning new ways to send: The primary problem with sending perfect
or near-perfect Morse with either hand and/or paddle configuration, even
with the latest keyers, is the fact that we all send the dits and dahs,
and we always have, when, strangely, they don't really matter. It's the
I would like to put my K2/100 back to a basic K2 as part of debugging some
problems I've had around power and RFI distortion. I have the K2, KPA100,
KSB2, and KNB2 installed. My plan is to only remove the KPA100 at first to
see if that corrects the problems I've been having.
As I understand it,
Have had my K3 and P3 since the day before Christmas and I've been on the air
almost daily with them. Mostly using CW and RTTY. At first I was constrained
to simple wire antennas (quarter wave inverted L on 160 and a 40/20 meter
single feedpoint fan dipole).
On 160, 80, 40, 30 and 17
I'll address this one more time and then let it rest.
SDR = Software Defined Radio. (i.e. the software defines it). The
software is in fact the radio.
It has been a long tradition of ham radio to being able to build
it, yourself. For SDR that includes the software. If a commercial
SDR is
We interrupt this contest to bring you a very OT topic on
the Elecraft List...
The Day the Earth Stood Still... A very well made film
created by very talented professional filmakers! It was my
senior thesis film in Cinema Production in college (Soap
Opera production was my TV Production thesis
Thanks Wes. Nice chart.
73, Mike NF4L
On 3/27/2011 12:43 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
The K3 has 11 bands that are cycled through with the up/down Band switch.
Each band permits reception on a range of frequencies and transmission on
the ham band located within each of these ranges.
While this
Jon,
You have the KPA100 removal steps correct, but I suggest that you do not
do that yet.
Instead do a quick test - remove the APP connector from the KPA100 and
power the K2 from the coaxial power jack.
Then set the power at 5 watts and measure the power output with your
external wattmeter
Tom,
Very nice web site.
I like your tower cable lubricant catcher, I'm going
to make one. I have been trying to figure out a good way to
catch the side spray, this is the ticket !
I am interested in the corrugated box organizing tray (from Heathkit days)
for Elecraft kit parts, but the
I've noticed one inconsistency with my P3 so I guess this is a
request for addition to the P3 wishlist. It's a small thing and if it
were never changed I'd still be as happy as a clam at high tide
with my K3/P3 setup. I realize that even mentioning it is like
complaining about the shape of
That's a nifty knob, Jim. But how do you achieve 2-axis control with it like
a mouse or trackball? The web site simply says does everything a mouse
does...
Wishes like yours are how many product improvements (and bugs) are noted and
handled, provided they're Elecraft issues and not in the
Don,
Thanks as always for your reply.
But you don't seriously believe that my problems with electronic equipment
could be THAT simple, do you?? After all, I'm the guy whose dog ate one of
the ICs while I was building the K2 (no joke).
I ran 5 watts and 2.5 watts, and ran each test five times
John,
I believe after you replace diodes D16 and D17 in the KPA100 (both are
1N5711), you will find the problems go away. What appears to be
happening is that they are not fully open nor shorted, but are at some
state in between, so you do get some control, but it is just not right.
Replace
OK, thanks Don.
I'll order the diodes (local Radio Shack doesn't carry them anymore). In
the meantime, I think I will remove the KPA100 anyway to see what impact
that has on the RFI problem.
Do you think that this is also impacting the SWR reading that I'm getting in
tune? Both the MFJ and the
Of course it is Jon, one diode rectifies the forward power and the
other the reverse power.
BUT - I hope you do not have the KAT100 in line between the KPA100 and
the external wattmeter when you make that evaluation - if it is, you
should first put it in CAL mode using the K2 menu.
73,
Don
With all this talk of forums I had another thought. What about seminars
or tutorials? We go through many email cycles on the list but how about
more directed sessions?
1) Set up for your K2, K1, KX1, or K3 on CW for DXing, contesting, or
ragchewing.
2) Set up for your K2, K1, KX1, or K3
have you tried with the AL1 or AL2 box checked
on the virtual port you are using for the PowerMate knob?
I don't have one, but I thought the AL1 and AL2
had something about feed through of commands.?
can't rem for sure, might try it just for grins,
might have to restart and re connect
*Edward,*
*
*
*Now that the contest is over the bands should return to normalcy and by
this I mean clean clear signals will again be heard.*
*
*
*I wonder how many contesters were using SDR radios?*
*
*
*Listening to absolutely horrible audio and distorted CQ calls then a voice
change when you
*Kevin,*
*
*
*That seems to me, on the surface at least, a great idea.*
*
*
*I hope someone more learned than I takes it on.*
*
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*Grin*
*
*
*73's*
*Gary
*
On 28 March 2011 07:38, Gary Gregory garyvk...@gmail.com wrote:
*Edward,*
*
*
*Now that the contest is over the bands should return to
Is there any reason I shouldn't make a Y connector so my CW paddle can
be input to the K3 and another radio (or external keyer)? Yes, only one
will be on at any given time.
Tnx,
Barry W2UP
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I did not do a lot in the contest but just had some fun.
I really had to tighten down the filters to hear anything.
What I noticed is that you really had to be on the exact frequency when
the filters are tight to hear anything clearly. I did notice that
folks were trying to call back and
When I got my K3 kit, that was my very first experience of APP
connectors. Yes I've been playing with radios since the late 1940s .
Initially it looks a somewhat flimsy device and after soldering the wires
carefully I found the plugs were very easy to pull out, in fact virtually
fell out.
I use a paddle plugged into the paddle and an extenal keyer plugged into the
key input. No Y needed. If you want 2 paddles or 2 external keyers or a
straight key and bug then a y is quite appropriate.
73 de Dick, K6KR
On Mar 27, 2011, at 14:50, Barry w...@comcast.net wrote:
Is there any
Duh! Sorry, I wasn't thinking when I asked that.
The KAT100 is out of the circuit completely. All my testing has been with
the MFJ-941E.
I just removed the KPA100 and tested. My power levels are as commanded
(usually a little better, but not double) AND my PSK31 signal looks like a
Barry,
You'll either need to look at the key line input section of the schematics
for the two transceivers, or give it a shot. In the past, I've used low
voltage-drop Schottky diodes to steer and isolate two transceivers. I now
use a W8ZR StationPro II (SPII) and no longer have these
Is there any reason I shouldn't make a Y connector so my CW paddle
can be input to the K3 and another radio (or external keyer)?
Yes. Most rigs have a logic level input with pull-up. Some are CMOS
(12V) others are TTL and all have some voltage that could cause
issues for another radio.
If
The problem with wire Y's in your situation will be that the keying
voltage from one rig will be across the circuitry of the other. This
is most likely an issue whether both rigs are turned on or not. It can
simply act as a shorted line to the paddle input, or it can be
destructive. Bad idea.
I'd rather have the mailing list. 73, tom n4zpt
On 3/27/2011 12:36 AM, Geoffrey Wolf AB3LS wrote:
Okay. Looks like I was testing the waters here a bit. I didn't mean to try to
take away anything from this mailing list. I guess, for myself anyway, would
be
more willing to join a discussion
This idea has been brought up before but I suspect it hasn't been done
because it's labor intensive and needs a devoted and experienced developer
to keep the audience glued to their screens.
Gary
N6LRV
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Jon,
Your 1/3 rule is right for continuous duty data modes like RTTY, but I
understand (and have not tried to figure out the details for myself)
that plain PSK31 does not come up to a full duty cycle - something about
the coding, so you might go up to 1/2 the normal rated power - 6 or 7
at which point, if I remember correctly,
someone brought up the idea that,
to not over burden any one individual,
why not try an open source styled 'wiki like' platform
and build the tutorials as a community effort
many said yea and agreed (in theory),
others felt it could get out of hand
On freq does matter. Resisting the urge to mash the PTT instantly by a
couple of seconds also works well. I thought a long time before giving
this secret away on the list :-)
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org
On
Let's end this thread.
As noted, the nabble archive of the Elecraft list does an excellent job of
providing a web based searchable and organized real time copy of this list.
Searchng on 'forum' will yield alethora of past discussion on this topic ;-) We
will not be changing the format of the
Folks,
Please change the subject line when replying to the list on a different topic
the from the original thread subject line.
The multiple off-topic posts under the 'Forums' subject were probably missed by
many who just deleted the messages after seeing the 'Forums' subject line.
Also,
Is anybody using a Heil Goldline with the HC-4 and 5 elements with their K3.
If so is it working well?
73 Larry K1ZW
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Larry, yes. It is the best TX audio combination I've come across.
Narrow setting has a tremendous presence and wide almost sounds like
hi fi.
73,
matt W6NIA
K3 #24
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:08:39 -0400, you wrote:
Is anybody using a Heil Goldline with the HC-4 and 5 elements with their K3.
If
Yes, and Yes. I leave it in 5 most of the time. When working Europe last
fall on 75 I did switch to 4 and increased compression while running 1500
watts. That did the trick. At the time and band conditions it was quite the
trick.
Bill
K9YEQ
K2 and KX1 field tester, K3, P3, K1 and modules
A couple of other points to consider:
1. I find that my K3's finals get hotter in PSK31 at 50% power than they
do in RTTY at 100% power, but that's very likely due to the fact that my
RTTY QSOs are in contests, with very short transmissions, whereas my
ragchew-style transmissions in PSK31 last
Hi Larry,
Yes, I have the Goldline with the HC5 element. I generally leave the switch in
the wide position. I found that using the default transmit equalization
settings on the K3 resulted in too much bass with my voice. I used the K3
transmit equalization settings to reduce the bass until I
I've been trying to find if there is a way to do this but have been
coming up blank... Is there a way to send DTMF tones with the K3?
~Brett (N7MG)
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Currently, use of a DTMF-equipped microphone or generating the tones
with an attached device. The K3 does not generate DTMF tones,although it
could in a future firmware enhancement.
73,
Lyle KK7P
I've been trying to find if there is a way to do this but have been
coming up blank... Is
You could try using a standard DTMF microphone wired to suit 8 pin round plug
Kenwoods.
I cannot see why that would not work.
Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
Elecraft K3 # 4257
- Original Message -
From: Brett Howard
To: elecraft
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:27 AM
Subject:
I'd really love to see this as an addition to the radio... I've got a
Heil Goldline which is a nice mic but its well overkill for what is
actually necessary. I kinda like the mic stand and all... I gotta
admit when I went to try and bring up the command mode on a repeater
after finally getting
I would also prefer that BAND function as a striclty ham bandswitch,
even though I do a lot of SWLing also. Or perhaps it is bacause I do
both hamming and SWLing that I find BAND a little annoying; if you
stick to either ham bands or SWBC bands you are probably happy with
the arrangement.
What
I found some LiFePO3 batteries that fit well within the KX1 case, and
thought I would share:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=14075
These are a different Lithium chemistry (same as A123 cells) than the more
common LiPoly cells. Their fully charged voltage is 3.6
I think the PowerMate must be using UP and DN commands to tune the K3 up
and down. Currently the K3 does not send updated frequency information
to the P3 when receiving those commands. This is on Wayne's bug list.
Alan N1AL
On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 15:06 -0500, jpk5...@cox.net wrote:
I've
On 3/27/2011 7:02 PM, Chip Stratton wrote:
I found some LiFePO3 batteries that fit well within the KX1 case, and
thought I would share:
I wouldn't put any high energy density battery inside any of my radios.
The probability of a problem is very small. The impact if the
probability becomes
Fred's concern's noted. Consider however how infrequently laptops and cell
phones catch fire and explode compared to the numbers in use - and almost
all now use LiPoly or the less common (but safer) LiFePO4 technology. With
any rechargeable Lithium technology proper charging techniques and
I would like to use the Heil Proset that I currently use with the K-3 on my
Kenwood VHF/UHF TM-G707. Plugging the stereo audio plug from the Proset into a
stereo/mono adaptor, and then into the external speaker jack on the back of the
Kenwood gives me good audio. Now I need to find a way to
Call HRO they will have the Kenwood adapter you need.
On 3/27/2011 9:27 PM, Ron Smith wrote:
I would like to use the Heil Proset that I currently use with the K-3 on my
Kenwood VHF/UHF TM-G707. Plugging the stereo audio plug from the Proset into
a stereo/mono adaptor, and then into the
Good Evening,
Those were two tough nets. The first had good signals for the most
part but from only a few areas. The second had a lot of noise and a
couple stations interfering with us. I don't think they could hear me at
all but they were quite loud to some of the check in stations.
Well, LiFePO4 is a much safer technology than lithium ion or lithium poly.
There are quite a few YouTube videos on LiFePO4. One interesting one in
which a big flat pack LiFePO4 battery is hacked with a sheet metal cutter
while it continues to operate. This is from Tenergy a manufacturer of a
Those are 6.6v, so I guess you use a pair?
I've been using LiFePO4 in a lot of things, but haven't seen these that fit
in the KX1. At 700mAH they're a bit small, but the constant operating
voltage is nice.
You might take a look at these, which are available at Fry's and Amazon:
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