Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net

2011-04-30 Thread Adi Andrei
I agree with you on the the fact that there are nice traditions outthere, kept on going by true enthusiasm (rather than public money) such as Amateur Radio, and I wish there were more like it based on cooperation and unconditional help between people. We might have to rediscover or create them,

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Hi-Fi audio amplifier kit

2011-04-30 Thread Sverre Holm (LA3ZA)
Be aware that class-D (digital) audio amplifiers like this, in combination with long loudspeaker wires, don't always go so well with amateur radio. Sometimes they radiate well into the lower short-wave range. Unless of course, you turn off the stereo whenever you turn on the radio ... Phil

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Hi-Fi audio amplifier kit

2011-04-30 Thread Thomas Horsten
A low-pass filter on the output works well, and is easy to construct if the power is reasonable! A 3-pole Chebyshev filter works well. In the datasheets for these amplifiers there's usually a recommendation to do as much unless the cable to the speaker is very short (ie. built into the unit). 73

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net

2011-04-30 Thread R. Kevin Stover
I never got it in the first place. Wifey got up at three AM and watched it. She then proceeded to gripe about the coverage the rest of the day. She said some unkind things about Katey Couric and questioned her heritage a couple of times. Seems the wife was interested in the sites and sounds, the

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net

2011-04-30 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
You might try looking at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - lots of coverage there 73 de M0XDF -- Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, For you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! On 30 Apr 2011, at 12:08, R. Kevin Stover wrote: I never got it in the first place. Wifey got up at three AM

[Elecraft] Let me build a K2 for you.

2011-04-30 Thread Alan Price
I have built more than 260 K2's to date. Let me build your K2. My prices are reasonable, and you receive a new radio with the options you want. Please respond of off the reflector. 73 Alan W1HYV

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net

2011-04-30 Thread Monty Shultes
The coverage on BBC America was outstanding, and NBC wasn't too bad. Monty K2DLJ On Apr 30, 2011, at 7:08 AM, R. Kevin Stover wrote: I never got it in the first place. Wifey got up at three AM and watched it. She then proceeded to gripe about the coverage the rest of the day. She said some

[Elecraft] ERR IO3

2011-04-30 Thread Robert 'RC' Conley
I'm getting this notation on my K3 3212 when powering up. The Manual says it may be defective. If it is DEFECTIVE would this prevent the K3 Utility from working? How can I get a replacement? -- RC KC5WA http://www.qsl.net/kc5wa __

Re: [Elecraft] ERR IO3

2011-04-30 Thread Monty Shultes
My manual says the KIO3 may be defective, not the K3. Read the instructions there about operating without KIO3. Monty K2DLJ On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Robert 'RC' Conley wrote: I'm getting this notation on my K3 3212 when powering up. The Manual says it may be defective. If it is DEFECTIVE

[Elecraft] ERR IO3 AGAIN

2011-04-30 Thread Robert 'RC' Conley
Tue night severe T'storms came through the Monroe, LA area. I lost my computer the the Comcast link. After that is when the ERR IO3 made itself known. I'm sermising I receive a spike through the RS232 cable. Is this possible? My antenna were disconnected along with power. -- RC KC5WA

[Elecraft] KPA-500 shipping status?

2011-04-30 Thread T Gahagan
I received an order confirmation for the KPA500 on April 6th and have not heard anything since then. Just wondering if folks who ordered around that time have received their amps or if anyone knows what the shipping status is? Thanks, Todd-WA7U

[Elecraft] ERR IO3 more!!

2011-04-30 Thread Robert 'RC' Conley
Here is all that I found: I lost my computer Tues night through the Comcast cable link. When installing the K3 Utility in the new computer I found that it is not commuicating with the K3. I have ERR IO3 on K3 3212 on power up. The N1MM contest logger does not communicate with the K3 either. I

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net

2011-04-30 Thread Geoffrey Downs
Just to put another view about about the royals and without going into detail on moral and historical issues, not everyone in the UK currently shares Adi's sentiments. Probably not the hundreds of thousands who turned out to watch the wedding in person or the millions who watched on TV in the

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net

2011-04-30 Thread Dave Sergeant
On 30 Apr 2011 at 14:56, Geoffrey Downs wrote: Probably not the hundreds of thousands who turned out to watch the wedding in person or the millions who watched on TV in the UK and that's without mentioning billions worldwide That much quoted figure of 2 Billion watching it on the TV is

[Elecraft] K3 synthesizer spur?

2011-04-30 Thread Robert Redmon
I have recently noticed an unusual spur on 20 meter ssb (enters the passband at about 187.3 and exits at about 187.4). It is apparently a synthesizer spur as it tracks with vfo knob movement except in the opposite direction and in steps x10 the tuning increment. Have a similar spur on 50

Re: [Elecraft] ERR IO3 more!!

2011-04-30 Thread adriano.perazio
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[Elecraft] KIO3 problem solved here

2011-04-30 Thread adriano.perazio
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Re: [Elecraft] ERR IO3 AGAIN

2011-04-30 Thread Jim McDonald
Besides other grounding and lightning protection, which have been covered very thoroughly here several times, I have a last line of protection on the RS-232 input to the K3. It's manufactured by (for?) Tripp-Lite and sold as a model DB9. I'm not suggesting that it replaces any other lightning or

Re: [Elecraft] ERR IO3 AGAIN

2011-04-30 Thread John Ragle
In my experience, a wide variety of things is possible. For example, last summer (2010) I lost one channel of my router (out of 4 in use) to a lightning strike, and my wife lost her entire computer (fried MoBo) to the same strike, even though she was unplugged from the mains...she was plugged

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net

2011-04-30 Thread Dave
on the satelite, BBC america coverage was good but the local pbs station in dallas showed the BBC UK program uninterupted Pity i left the UK wednesday, i could have been using GR4FRE Dave ww2r, g4fre Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:36:30 -0400 From: Monty Shultes mon...@mindspring.com Subject: Re:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 synthesizer spur?

2011-04-30 Thread Richard Ferch
This is what the CONFIG:SIG RMV feature is for. Take a look at the firmware release notes (hfwnotes.pdf or hfwnotes.rtf file) under MCU 3.03, New Feature: Spurious Signal Removal. 73, Rich VE3KI K5SM wrote: I have recently noticed an unusual spur on 20 meter ssb (enters the passband at

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net

2011-04-30 Thread Edward R. Cole
Two Billion people watched! So did my wife and I (midnight to 4am in Alaska). It was an interesting show of pagentry that is probably not going to be around much longer with all the insurrection going on around the world. Nice show! (or Jolly Good! in British). Wish them well. My ancestor

[Elecraft] anyone have a KX1 or k1 that is excess

2011-04-30 Thread Leroy Marion
looking for KX1, 40/20 is fine. Auto tuner nice but not absolute. K1 would also work. email me off list please Roy AB7CE __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] ERR IO3 AGAIN

2011-04-30 Thread Bill W4ZV
Robert 'RC' Conley wrote: Tue night severe T'storms came through the Monroe, LA area. I lost my computer the the Comcast link. After that is when the ERR IO3 made itself known. I'm surmising I receive a spike through the RS232 cable. Is this possible? My antenna were disconnected along with

Re: [Elecraft] ERR IO3 AGAIN

2011-04-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 11:13 AM, John Ragle tpcj1...@crocker.com wrote: ...a wide variety of things is possible Ain't that the truth. In 2005 lightning struck a tree across the street from our house, and traveled through the crown of the nearby trees and across our roof. Stuff that was

Re: [Elecraft] ERR IO3 more!!

2011-04-30 Thread Don Wilhelm
RC, Yes, it does sound like you zapped the RS-232 interface in the K3 along with the computer. Contact with k3supp...@elecraft.com is in order - they can give you your options for getting it fixed. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/30/2011 9:55 AM, Robert 'RC' Conley wrote: Here is all that I found: I

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net [END of Thread - Royals Disc.]

2011-04-30 Thread Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
I just did ;-) Let's end the royal wedding discussion. A little too far afield. 73, Eric List Modulator www.elecraft.com _..._ On Apr 30, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Dave Sergeant d...@davesergeant.com wrote: That much quoted figure of 2 Billion watching it on the TV is clearly WAY WAY too much when

Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net [END of Thread - Royals Disc.]

2011-04-30 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
Eric just stepped on my hat.. On 4/30/2011 12:11 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote: I just did ;-) Let's end the royal wedding discussion. A little too far afield. 73, Eric List Modulator www.elecraft.com _..._ On Apr 30, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Dave

[Elecraft] Heil IC mic

2011-04-30 Thread don Swetzig
I just hooked a hand held Heil with the IC element I just purchased. nbsp;I got this one as I liked the performance of the Heil headseat with this element that I purchased with the rig from Elecraft. Now after getting it connected it seems like a dead mic compared to the headseat. nbsp; I have

Re: [Elecraft] Heil IC mic

2011-04-30 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
I think the Icom elements require the bias. On 4/30/2011 12:35 PM, don Swetzig wrote: I just hooked a hand held Heil with the IC element I just purchased.nbsp;I got this one as I liked the performance of the Heil headseat with this element that I purchased with the rig from Elecraft. Now

Re: [Elecraft] Heil IC mic

2011-04-30 Thread Don Wilhelm
Don, Did you turn on the bias? That mic needs it (as do all microphones with an electret element). See the main menu MIC SEL - tap button 2 to toggle the bias. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/30/2011 2:35 PM, don Swetzig wrote: I just hooked a hand held Heil with the IC element I just

[Elecraft] SSB net announcement - note frequency change

2011-04-30 Thread Phillip Shepard
I got a handful of replies about the SSB net frequency. They ranged from those that say they can't check in due to noise on 14.316 to those that routinely check in and say don't change it. I'm willing to try a different frequency. I have been monitoring the band around 14.305 (suggested as an

[Elecraft] rfc sub on kx60

2011-04-30 Thread John Cooper
my k60xv did not come with the 15uH chokes (brown-green-black) can I substitute what I do have some brown-green-browns? At least until I get the right ones in? __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 synthesizer spur?

2011-04-30 Thread ab2tc
Hi, I have them both although the exact frequencies differ a little bit. They are both very weak and the one on 20m is inaudible with a real antenna connected. BTW these are by no means the only internal birdies of this nature on the K3. I'll start worrying about them when I have gotten rid of my

Re: [Elecraft] Heil IC mic

2011-04-30 Thread don Swetzig
Yes bias is on same as the head set. nbsp; Could it be a cable issue? KD8NNU Sent from my Palm Pre on the Now Network from Sprint On Apr 30, 2011 2:47 PM, Don Wilhelm lt;w3...@embarqmail.comgt; wrote: Don, Did you turn on the bias? That mic needs it (as do all microphones with an

[Elecraft] P3 external monitor...

2011-04-30 Thread John Ragle
Would some kind soul remind me what the status is (if any), for the putative external monitor mod for the P3? John Ragle -- W1ZI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] P3 external monitor...

2011-04-30 Thread Alexander Sack
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 5:45 PM, John Ragle tpcj1...@crocker.com wrote: Would some kind soul remind me what the status is (if any), for the putative external monitor mod for the P3? I asked this question i *think* 2 weeks ago, got no response. @Elecraft (Eric/Wayne/Alan etc.): Can we just

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-04-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I hope your weather is warmer than mine. A few more days of snow this week was not pleasant. An inch on the ground one day with a little more the next. Supposedly spring is at hand but only a few signs of it are showing. Flowers are very confused. I have trilliums

[Elecraft] K2 Control Cable Question - Recap

2011-04-30 Thread Jim Campbell
A while back I asked a question about physically splitting the K2 serial control cable so that I could have one half of the cable talk to CW Skimmer and the other half talk to MixW. I got some good suggestions for which I am thankful. First it was suggested that I do an internet search for

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Control Cable Question - Recap

2011-04-30 Thread Tony Estep
Jim, you might try a virtual serial port program called Com0com. It is open source and free. I have installed it and tried to get it to work, but haven't fooled with it long enough to give it a full critique. It does install and it does create pairs of virtual serial ports. The ports do appear in