Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility and OS X Lion

2011-07-23 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
You can also click the 'Go' menu on the Finder and hold down the Option key (alt key) and it will so the Library as an option (doesn't matter if you hold Option before or after you display the menu). Once open you can put it on your sidebar. Lots of other possibilities to get at Library,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility and OS X Lion

2011-07-23 Thread AB8XA
Here's another happy Lion user who took maybe two days to get used all the new things. Although you can set many things, such as reverse scroll and Mail.app's appearance back to the way they used to be, I left them as is and got used to them. Now I'm glad I did. I even bought a Magic Trackpad

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Heatsink temperatures

2011-07-23 Thread R. Kevin Stover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I put a 4 computer case fan on my K2/100 heatsink. I run digimodes in addition to CW with my rig so needed the extra cooling. I installed the fan with some double sided foam tape on the corners of the fan. I installed the fan so it blows up, pulling

Re: [Elecraft] XV-144 Receiver RF Amp Bias Adjustments

2011-07-23 Thread Don Wilhelm
Dave, Yes, you should read 6.8 volts to ground at the C4 D3 junction. Make certain you have voltage at both ends of R15. If you do, then check the soldering carefully in the upper left quadrant of the board. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/23/2011 1:00 AM, KJ4YQK wrote: R13 is not adjusting anything. 0

Re: [Elecraft] XV-144 Receiver RF Amp Bias Adjustments

2011-07-23 Thread KJ4YQK
Hi Don, Tnxs for the reply. I broke a resister R14, lifting one end to read. It check good before the lead broke off. Head to Radio Shack to pick up a new one. I did not get the 6.8 volt at the C4 D3 Junction. I will retouch the solder joints with the iron to see if it comes back.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility and OS X Lion

2011-07-23 Thread Charles Johnson
Here's a problem I've found with Time Machine and Lion: If you use a Time Machine server, such as Seagate's BlackArmor NAS drive, or any of a number of NAS drives that support Time Machine, Apple has changed the protocol it uses for connection to such devices in Lion. Most, if not all of these

[Elecraft] k3 and mmtty setup

2011-07-23 Thread km5ps
Hello- I am trying to get MMTTY and my k3 working. I have found a setup page for k3 and mmtty and have went threw the pages twice and have all of the setting as stated at http://www.n3me.net/elecraftk3andmmtty.htm. My rig will key, but not for sure if it is transmitting rtty. The pwr meter

Re: [Elecraft] XV-144 Receiver RF Amp Bias Adjustments

2011-07-23 Thread Don Wilhelm
David, If you found zero volts at D3, then R12 is not fully soldered. OTOH, if you found close to 12 volts, D3 is not doing its job. Good luck on finding parts at RS if it is anything like the store in my area. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/23/2011 9:38 AM, KJ4YQK wrote: Hi Don, Tnxs for the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility and OS X Lion

2011-07-23 Thread Ray Sills
I've made it a policy to hold off upgrading an OS unless and until a key software element or application will no longer function with the older OS. It's the old If it ain't broke, don't fix it idea. 73 de Ray K2ULR __ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] k3 and mmtty setup

2011-07-23 Thread iain macdonnell - N6ML
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:08 PM, km5ps jmc...@km5ps.com wrote: Hello- I am trying to get MMTTY and my k3 working.  I have found a setup page for k3 and mmtty and have went threw the pages twice and have all of the setting as stated at http://www.n3me.net/elecraftk3andmmtty.htm. My rig will

[Elecraft] FS: Microham MKII Keyer with K3 cable assembly

2011-07-23 Thread Craig Maxey
I have FOR SALE a NEW IN BOX MicroHam MKII Keyer with the K3 cable assembly. It is less than 30 days old and the reason for selling is that I have hooked up my RigBlaster instead. FREE SHIPPING, discounted $329. Craig, AH8DX ah...@msn.com

[Elecraft] Want to Buy: P3

2011-07-23 Thread Phil LaMarche
Anyone want to sell their P3? Going to buy one, used or new. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc mailto:p...@lamarcheenterprises.com p...@lamarcheenterprises.com http://www.lamarcheenterprises.com/ www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com 727-944-3226 727-937-8834 Fax

Re: [Elecraft] k3 and mmtty setup

2011-07-23 Thread Don Wilhelm
John, I just looked at the instructions on that link. One thing that is not mentioned on the K3 setup is that you must set the K3 mark frequency and shift to match the mark frequency and shift settings in MMTTY - to do that, while in DATA A mode, hold the PITCH button and rotate VFO A to

Re: [Elecraft] k3 and mmtty setup

2011-07-23 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
On 7/23/2011 2:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: I believe those instructions have an error - it seems to tell you to set Ways to send to Character out - which would send KY commands with ASCII text to the K3. I believe Ways to send should be set to Line Out instead. This is a case where English

[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB net announcement

2011-07-23 Thread Phillip Shepard
The weekly Elecraft SSB net will meet tomorrow (7/24/11) at 1800Z on 14.3035 MHz +/- QRM. I will be net control from finally summery Oregon, and we'll try relays to pull in the stations that I can't hear. See you there. 73, Phil, NS7P

Re: [Elecraft] k3 and mmtty setup

2011-07-23 Thread Don Wilhelm
Yes and thanks for noticing, I did mean AFSK A, sorry for the confusion - the mark frequency will not show in DATA A. I am copying the reflector on this email so all can see the correction. On 7/23/2011 3:13 PM, K2MK wrote: Hi Don, Don't you mean AFSK A for RTTY, not DATA A. 73, Mike K2MK

[Elecraft] K3 utility - RestorePower: Unexpected response 'PC008; ' to 'PC; '. State 87

2011-07-23 Thread Shane
I'm doing the calibration step in the TX Gain Calibration section. I hook my mac up to the K3 via the serial to USB cable, attach the dummy load, run the K3 utility (Calibration-Calibrate Transmitter Gain), and get the following results. --- Starting 5 watt calibration. Calibrating at 1.900 MHz

Re: [Elecraft] K3 utility - RestorePower: Unexpected response 'PC008; ' to 'PC; '. State 87

2011-07-23 Thread Shane
Nevermind. I ran it a second time with advanced and verbose logging and it worked fine. Thanks, On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Shane software.research.developm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm doing the calibration step in the TX Gain Calibration section. I hook my mac up to the K3 via the serial to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 utility - RestorePower: Unexpected response 'PC008; ' to 'PC; '. State 87

2011-07-23 Thread Andrew Moore
I had a similar problem but I just ran it again (and maybe again) and it worked. By the way TX mode test/normal is the transmit disable/enable toggle, which you work by holding down the right side of the MODE switch (upper left of K3 front panel). Test disables the transmitter (so you can

[Elecraft] P3 for other uses

2011-07-23 Thread Merv Schweigert
Has anyone used the P3 for an external signal finding or noise finding tool? I was wondering if a tuned circuit for 1.8 mhz fed into the input with the IF set for 1.8 would be enough to show any signal? I need to locate a signal on 160 meters that is caused by two BC stations mixing due to a

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Temperature

2011-07-23 Thread Dave
Having run 3 RTTY contests this year already with the KPA500 i have had no issues running it at the 500W output. No derating was needed. when the manual said 500 watts output it meant it... without any fine print exclusions Dave ww2r Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:02:58 -0700 From: David Yarnes

[Elecraft] MKII SOLD TNX.

2011-07-23 Thread Craig Maxey
The Microham MKII I had for sale is now sold. Tnx to all that replied. Craig Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-07-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weather has gotten warmer. After tomorrow I will have had 5 days above 70 degrees. The forecast was for 80 degrees but that has been revised downward to 76. It got all the way up to 75 today with a lot of sun. Very warm now. However, on Monday the temperature goes

Re: [Elecraft] k3 and mmtty setup

2011-07-23 Thread km5ps
On 7/23/2011 1:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: John, I just looked at the instructions on that link. One thing that is not mentioned on the K3 setup is that you must set the K3 mark frequency and shift to match the mark frequency and shift settings in MMTTY - to do that, while in DATA A mode,

[Elecraft] RF gain sweet spot

2011-07-23 Thread Edward R. Cole
I'm guessing this effect is an artifact of the AGC parameters and the level of ambient noise. I would love to see a chart of AGC level, K3 gain, and RFG bias voltage. I see a flat zone between RFG at maximum and at 3-o'clock position when I either have no preamps activated and when I activate

Re: [Elecraft] P3 for other uses

2011-07-23 Thread Vic K2VCO
Yes, it would probably work. But I recall reading a note from Eric that there is no static protection for the 'antenna' input and it is /very/ easy to blow the front end connecting it to external things -- so be careful. On 7/23/2011 2:56 PM, Merv Schweigert wrote: Has anyone used the P3 for

[Elecraft] K3s at ST0R

2011-07-23 Thread Tony Estep
The K3 gives out a great new one to the deserving. Here's one of the pix on their website: http://www.dxfriends.com/SouthernSudan2011/photos/preparations/Testing_K3.jpg The pileups are monumental! Bill, W4ZV, posted some cool tips for tracking down the listening freq using CW Skimmer. I was lucky

[Elecraft] Could the be the basis for the KPA-1500?

2011-07-23 Thread Gary K9GS
There has been an ongoing discussion on the AMPS reflector regarding the Freescale LDMOS devices currently on the market. A pair of these in an HF amp with a 48V SMPS would be an excellent start.(hint, hint...KPA-1500).I wish I was retired and had some time on my hands :) Check this

Re: [Elecraft] P3 for other uses

2011-07-23 Thread n5ge
I have considered using the P3 with my mobile K3 for noise hunting, but my thought was to use it with a K3, not with a direct input to the P3 from an antenna. I think that might be a good idea if you ran across a strong signal. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA

Re: [Elecraft] Could the be the basis for the KPA-1500?

2011-07-23 Thread Jack Chomley
We do NOT need any more big amplifiers, they are the reason the sunspot cycles have been worn out :-) 73, Jack VK4JRC On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Gary K9GS garyk...@wi.rr.com wrote: There has been an ongoing discussion on the AMPS reflector regarding the Freescale LDMOS devices

[Elecraft] P3 on top?

2011-07-23 Thread Georgek5kg
Phil, I don't think that putting a P3 on top of a K3 is a good idea for a couple of reasons. First of all, the P3 is more than half the width of a K3, so having it on top will block the speaker and the K3's vent slots. Secondly, I don't think it will be convenient to watch. Your eyes

Re: [Elecraft] RF gain sweet spot

2011-07-23 Thread K7WIA
Hi Ed..I just did a check using the XG3. tap the disp button to display AFV I do not see a drop in voltage untill I turn the RF knob to about the 3:00 o'clock position. so it seams that untill the RF knob gets to there, there is no gain reduction untill we get past that point. and at