I would be pleased to hear from anyone who has had success in using
either the Kenwood MC-59DM or the Icom HM-98S mics on the K3.
I am attempting to use either of these on the K3/K144XV to send DTFM
tones on 2m to access my local internet linked repeater.
Although both of these mics have an RJ45
Thank you Rick for pointing me in the right direction for portable
speakers for the KX3. For the benefitof UK owners of KX3's these
speakers can be obtained from Maplins at a cost of £7.99order code
A27LC. I purchased mine yesterday (Sunday 02/17/2013) and it certainly
improves the audio
Hi Mike,
I have the same Q-52 and am beginning to experience the same issue on 20m.
Did you get the issue resolved? Where exactly was the problem? Any help
would be appeciated.
Mike
VK1OO
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Mike
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Lyle,
Tnx fer the KX3 SSB DVR functionality ...I waited a long time for this
so was eager to use it and I just had a /P trip to CT and it worked
great as CT7/M1KTA/P when on the beach however I noted an odd bit of
behaviour...
The repeat function, sometimes it would run and send (I was
Many on this reflector may know Willy, UA9BA, (UK9AAN) (UP2L) He is
probably one of the most well known Russian hams..He and I have been
friends since 1977. Here is the return email I received from him regarding
his
Vladimir Umanets
Feb 16 (2 days ago)
to Paul
Hey buddy!!!
Yes we're ALL fine!
I
Thanks for the link - ordered mine from Newegg and should arrive this week.
Ariel NY4G
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 17, 2013, at 3:52 AM, Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com wrote:
Thanks for the link I just ordered one for myself, if I don't like it on my
KX3 will use it on my iPad.
73,
Fred/N0AZZ
Paul thanks for posting that.
Fred/N0AZZ
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Subject: [Elecraft] Meteor explosion in Chelyabinsk,
Gave the KX3 a workout in the ARRL International DX contest this past weekend.
I hooked it up to the KPA500 and with the KX3 set to 5 watts out, I got between
130 and 138 watts out of the KPA500 which, naturally varied between bands with
130 out on 10 and just shy of 140 on 160.
Bands were in
Paul,
Thanks for the posting. Was great to read and glad to hear he and his
family are all safe.
Scary stuff eh?
73
Gary
On 18 February 2013 23:40, Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com wrote:
Paul thanks for posting that.
Fred/N0AZZ
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Used the K1 in the ARRL DX INTERNATIONAL and had a INCREDIBLE time 304 Qs
, 141 multipliers , for a claimed score of 128,592. 50 countries on 40 meters ,
46 countries on 20 meters and 45 countries on 15 meters. My only wish would
have been a filter like 100hz instead of 200hz as the
Jim, fantastic results with the KX3. Have not had the chance to use one
yet, but had a great time with my K3(758) the KPA 500 and the P3 in the
contest. Age is 73 so can't sit in the op chair very long anymore, but did
manage 600 qs, 190 multipliers and 342,000 pts in about 14 hrs of S P
only.
Hi ! I'm having crazy (probably that) idea : should it be possible to use
P3/Svga in DxLab WWW as if it was an external device such as KAM or PK232 or
whatever similar ?
I'd like to leave k3 decoding and encoding PSK31 or RTTY FSK and having and
external software/suite it would mean IMHO to be
I gave Lp Bridge a try Got it to work fine but its not really what I
am looking for.
I want a totaly hands off option as was the VSPE application.It
started at boot up and sat quietly in the systray.did not need K3 on
to launch didn't have to think about order of launching and
I was wondering about the Performance of the KPA-500 in AM mode of operation?
There are no spec's on the web site that I have seen as of yet. Does anybody
have any experence using it in this mode or can shed some light?
Dave Purola,
N8NTA
Hi Dave, I have used my KPA500 on AM, I keep it down to around 200W on
modulation peaks and I've had some superb quality reports, you can't do better
than a good class A amp!. Remember not to rag chew for hours as it will get
warm...
Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ
Skype m0afj.Tim
Sent on my
This is an issue for the author of DXLab Suite (Commander/WinWarbler).
You may want to take it up with him on his list. Use of TB/KY is
certainly something that can be done in Commander/WinWarbler.
From previous discussions, I know that he will not pursue it as long
as the transmit tail is
Giorgio,
I think you are asking for a general purpose computer inside the P3
running some OS that can execute DxLab.
I don't think that is going to be possible. The P3 does have a
dedicated processor but it is not a general purpose computer.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 2/18/2013 9:45 AM, ik1bxn
Look into ComOcom with Com4Hub and/or DDUtil. Both are multi-port
splitter/combiners but take some fiddling to make work. Alternatively,
the commercial Eltima Serial Port Slitter is very good but expensive
($99 for a single user license). These products are not easy to
develop and maintain so
George wrote:
Used the K1 in the ARRL DX INTERNATIONAL and had a INCREDIBLE time
304 Qs , 141 multipliers , for a claimed score of 128,592. 50 countries
on 40 meters , 46 countries on 20 meters and 45 countries on 15 meters.
That's an impressive report. Regardless of the bells and
Thanks Joe and Don for answer.
No Don, I think to a terminal data exchange between p3 and an external
application that can manage/integrate current date. The encode/decode job is
inside k3 and inputs/result are available on the serial port. Something like
a modem.
Into other words the pc running
Hi,
searching on Google I found the following software, which appears to be
free also for x64 users:
http://www.hhdsoftware.com/free-virtual-serial-ports
it seems interesting.
I will try downloading and testing it when I'll be back home.
In the meanwhile, if you try it please let us know what
Are there any Elecraft folks who also have an Alpha 8410 amplifier? I'm
trying to find you.
I've had mine for three months and use it daily with under 50 watts to get the
full 1500 output. It's very linear
and can handle the full duty cycle found with PSK 31 or RTTY.
73
John, W1QS
Yesterday, during the CW contest, I noticed that my K3-100 (#474) suddenly
began to stutter during CW transmissions on the low end of 40 meters. I
hadn't noticed this before, including Saturday, the first day of the contest.
My CW transmission had a chattering sound something like the
Wow, I remember the call UK9AAN well as I have his card from May 1976. I worked
him QRP using 2 watts SSB with a TenTec Argonaut on 20 meters no less. Here is
the best part; it was a pile-up and I only gave him one call. I had just
installed the rig. Man, was I elated. Thank you for that
Would it be possible to place main RX audio on *both* channels of
Line Out when the Sub Rx (Dual RX/Diversity) is *not* selected
without resorting to LIN OUT=PHONES?
I don't see a downside to having main Rx there and doing so will
make it easier to configure dual receive by avoiding the need to
Roger saith:
When I had the I/O printed circuit board out of the case, I noticed
that the earth planes for the power supply section and RS232 section are
separated by a zig zag gap.
Ouch! That indicates that whoever laid out the board had no idea that
'gapping' the board is a BAD IDEA(tm).
Spent the Big bucks and registered VSPE seems to be the best option
I know it works
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Obviously something has changed. One element of your system can't handle the
higher RF.
Note: use of the internal K3 tuner completely negates the accuracy of the
external power/SWR meter since it is 'downstream' and not at the expected 50
ohms resistive.
I'd start by replacing the patch
What does the zig zag gap look like and what is the issue with it? Or...how
does it contribute to the noise?
Thanks,
Sent from my iPad
Chuck, KE9UW
(Jack for BMW motorcycles)
On Feb 18, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Dave New, N8SBE n8...@arrl.net wrote:
Roger saith:
When I had the I/O printed
Terry,
I suggest you look for something arcing or otherwise breaking down at
some power level in your antenna system.
The K3 is showing you the SWR achieved at the input to the internal tuner.
Your LP-100 is showing you the actual SWR of the antenna.
The only reason your MFJ-269 would
John, I had an 8410 for a year with my K3 but sold it when I found I was
using my KPA500 95% of the time. I used 40 watts in for 1500 out of the
8410 which is a very nice linear but needs a 3 minute warmup. I have
another high power instant on amp I can use when needed. I never did see
the grid
Could you be more specific as to what is and is not working? I have a k3
and a KPA 500 but not a KAT 500. The amplifier works perfectly with my K-3,
using the AUX cable. I did have a problem at first which was entirely due
to my own stupidity. The amplifier was factory assembled and I did not
Over the years, I have noticed a number of requests for recommendations for
speakers that work well with the K2 and K3 radios.
Having tried and, for various reasons, returned a number of speakers, I
would like to recommend the Bose Companion 2 PC speakers for use with
Elecraft radios. For the
I have an LDG AT-1000 ProII for sale. It is in LIKE NEW condition. Only
used a couple of times until my Elecraft KAT500 arrived.
Comes with the original box, manual, packing material, and unused power
cord.
Asking $480 shipped to CONUS. PAYPAL only.
Mike AC6JA
Thank you Paul.
I appreciated hearing it first hand. I am glad he and his family are all
okay. Hoping for the best for all those that experienced it.
Thanks
Gerald- KC6CNN
On Feb 18, 2013 11:26 AM, Richard Fjeld rpfj...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Wow, I remember the call UK9AAN well as I have his
K3 [#642] w/P3 in FixTune mode [cursor moves, ends of screen are fixed].
K3 has the resistor mod to increase the 8 MHz IF output. I see them
on CW, I haven't tried SSB.
I've got a pair of weak, steady spurious signals ~14.5 KHz above and
below the VFO A cursor. They tune with the VFO [i.e.
Hello Fred,
I see a very similar thing on my IC-7700. Different frequency spacings but
pretty much as you described.
They're visible on the band scope but that's it. I can't detect any I'll
effect from them. They're so far down to be of no consequence. I write
them off as images in the DSP
+1
I've been meaning to request this for a while, as I use line-out audio
in my remote setup, and in order to get the main RX audio in both ears
of my remote headphones when not using the sub-RX, I've had to build a
switch box. It'd be nice to not have to use that
73,
~iain / N6ML
On
The point is that splitting the ground planes in an attempt to isolate
them, often makes the situation the PCB designer thought they were
fixing much worse. It's a case of knowing where the actual return paths
are, and minimizing the length of those return paths. The other half of
the EMC
On 18/02/2013 20:57, Peter Lambert wrote:
Hello Fred,
I see a very similar thing on my IC-7700. Different frequency spacings but
pretty much as you described.
They're visible on the band scope but that's it. I can't detect any I'll
effect from them. They're so far down to be of no
I'm wondering if diversity receive might help with RTTY decoding, to
reduce deep fades.
I shorted together the left and right channels from the Line Out jack
on the back of the K3, and fed them to right input of computer sound
card. (The left input of sound card is connected to a TS-850, for
Fred and I discussed this problem off line a couple of weeks ago as I
have the same thing here. I did wiggle and re-seat my BNC cable but did
not try another one.
I will try that first thing in the morning when I get home as I found
wiggling the cable did alter it a bit.
Thanks Ian,
Dave
Classically, in ye olde days of mechanical printers, diversity combing
was done post detection in the modem. Two receivers feeding two modems,
and the detector outputs of the two modems were combined with a
switching device that selected the output with the best SNR.
With CW, the operator's
We all know that in AM mode the K3 sets carrier power at 25% of the power set
with the PWR control. Can anyone confirm that the K3 switches in the 100W
PA in AM mode when the PWR is set at 13 watts or greater even though the
actual carrier power is limited to approximately 25% or 3+ watts? I
Chuck,
The power knob is set to the PEP value, not the carrier power.
Since you hear the relay click, the 100W PA is switched in. The AM
carrier level and sideband level is controlled by the math functions in
the DSP so that the PEP is the same as the setting on the power knob -
yes, the
Which will come first the KX3 2 meter board or the 100W amp?
R Thorpe K6CG
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Direct from one of the Elecraft Twins: We prioritized the amp ahead of it
(same engineer on both projects).
I'm guessing we'll be field-testing 2-meter modules around Dayton, assuming
all goes well. (Did I mention this thing is incredibly small?)
73,
Wayne
N6KR
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:30
Help,
I am posting this again. Is there some way to program the PF buttons on a
K3 to control a KRC2 connected to the AUX bus?
I would like to be able to use the PF buttons to manually select antennas on
a remote switch and control other items at my remote location with the PF1
and PF2
I would add further noise to the noise concerns... during the process of
repairing PC's/Macs/etc. it is very apparent there are a plethora of
pathetic power supplies and converting devices in the shack. My P3 detects
them very well. The great thing about the P3 is I can disconnect and find
the
So, which one is the evil twin?
- Jim,KL7CC
Direct from one of the Elecraft Twins: We prioritized the amp ahead of it
(same engineer on both projects).
I'm guessing we'll be field-testing 2-meter modules around Dayton, assuming
all goes well. (Did I mention this thing is incredibly small?)
Bruce,
I have noted this as well. I rarely use the RF gain. I am a SSB user. The
Attenuator elevates the noise level. I prefer to use it to eliminate the
noise level. I see a level increase of ~ +3 db. as it appears on the P3.
Audible noise also appears to increase but I have not measured it.
I guess this could be done in software these days. It is possible to feed
left and right channels to two separate RTTY decoder instances and
interpolate the decodes by eye at the level of the decoded text, but I'd
have thought some cunning software ought to do a better job of
comparing/combining
Craig,
What specifically do you want to do?
The KRC2 does select different outputs according to the band the K3 is
on, so the band outputs can operate your antenna selection on the remote
switch. The KRC2 configurator program can assist with the which
band(s) selects which KRC2 output.
I have just completed the firmware upgrade on the KAT500 and found it a
breeze with the supplied KXUSB cable.
It got me wondering why nobody has come up with an adapter (so it could be
used with the KPA500) by mounting a 3.5mm stereo socket in the back of the 9
pin serial connector and wiring the
The one that didn't give you what you wanted first...:-)
Chuckle
Gary
On 19 February 2013 13:37, Jim Wiley jwi...@gci.net wrote:
So, which one is the evil twin?
- Jim,KL7CC
Direct from one of the Elecraft Twins: We prioritized the amp ahead of it
(same engineer on both projects).
Something vaguely similar to this, perhaps:
www.G4iFB.com/W2_programming_lead.jpg
I appear to have misplaced the Elecraft-supplied serial programming lead for
my W2 wattmeter - no big deal until I came to change the SWR alarm settings.
So I made one up from junk-box bits.
All I need to do now
More like this ..
http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/file/n7570128/P1020502.jpg
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The KRC2 ACC outputs are very explicitly available through the K3's ACC menu
control. what Craig needs help with is some way to access that control using
macros.
So the question is how to access that menu setting in the K3. Any ideas?
JackB, W6FB
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