Re: [Elecraft] Blinking amber Light

Hey Jim!! Thank you! I appreciate the time you took for answer me I was really concern about that led blinking.Now I may sleep ...hahahaha Greetings from Venezuela, and 73's George YV5WZ -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] Blinking amber Light

Hi The led is part of the battery charger/RTC circuits. It tells you the clock is running. The was a more complete explanation a long time ago on the Reflector when the charger/RTC was started to be shipped. 73 Jim H K7SSS In a message dated 4/9/2016 7:51:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

Re: [Elecraft] Operating remotely via Direct TV satellite provider

Yes, the signal has to travel ~22,300 miles x 2 (up and down). 73, Cliff K3LL/6 -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Gilbert Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 8:53 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Operating

Re: [Elecraft] Operating remotely via Direct TV satellite provider

Not sure about the audio, but I think latency would be the bigger issue. I had satellite internet (essentially Hughes. net) for about three years before a wireless ISP opened shop in our area. My typical pings were on the order of 1300-1500 msec. I don't think you'd want to live with that

[Elecraft] Ignore my previous post on Satellite Internet

DSL internet is available at my remote site.It is only 10MBPS speed. I believe that is the minimum speed for remote radio so might not work that well at that speed. Don W0EAR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] When do I need atten or preamp?

This statement may not be true if you are using the weak signal modes which allow reception to as much as 20 dB below the noise floor. With these modes, you will still need to receive the signal. (These modes work because the signal isn't random but the noise is. By averaging the signal and

Re: [Elecraft] Operating remotely via Direct TV satellite provider

The main problem is latency. It can affect audio spending on how it is buffered. Doug -- K0DXV On 4/9/2016 8:23 PM, Don Strom wrote: Is anyone operating their K3 remotely using a satellite provider. I believe I heard that is not possible with satellite internet at the remote site?

Re: [Elecraft] Bogus ERR KEY Conditions?

I'd look at the resistance to ground through the opto-isolator with power off. I have seen some that are rather "leaky" - it is just a transistor after all, one that is biased on by light instead of current. Obviously if it has detectable leakage it could be convincing the K3 that a key line is

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 144, Issue 12

The Pi and BB can indeed run Java and pretty much anything else that normally runs on linux. Doug -- K0DXV On 4/9/2016 1:50 PM, Dave B via Elecraft wrote: On 08/04/16 23:36, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 12:08:49 -0600 From: Ken G

[Elecraft] Operating remotely via Direct TV satellite provider

Is anyone operating their K3 remotely using a satellite provider. I believe I heard that is not possible with satellite internet at the remote site? Something to do with the way the audio is passed via the internet connection. Don W0EAR Sent from Mail for Windows 10

[Elecraft] When do I need atten or preamp?

I ran several simulations of the K3 receiver using Genesys (from Keysight Technologies) to find out how to use the attenuator and preamp optimally. An article by Jim Fisk W1HR appeared in October 1975 in ham radio magazine where he gave the acceptable noise figure (NF) for a receiver on each HF

[Elecraft] Blinking amber Light

I am newbie with KX3Mine doesnt have keyer paddleso It has two little hole for screws to fit the KXPD3 ...I got surprise cause After turn KX3 off .I can see a little ambar light bliking through left hole.is it normal? -- View this message in context:

[Elecraft] Bogus ERR KEY Conditions?

Sometimes when I power up my K3 with my YCCC SO2R Box powered down, the K3 comes up in ERR KEY mode, disallowing transmission and other functions. Usually, powering up the SO2R Box and power cycling the K3 clears the problem. I assumed (erroneously, it turns out) that I had an issue with an

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Setting RF gain & AGC correctly

I left all of Bill's post below for context. Full disclosure - 95% CW My experience parallels Bill's for much the same reasons. My K3 [#642] has had two EEINIT's, and I haven't changed the AGC settings since the second one, 4 or 5 years ago. The K3 AGC parameters are many and have

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Setting RF gain & AGC correctly

Note that to change some of the AGC settings you must have Tech MD ON. I tried these settings and went back to the stock settings. I think the reasons were: I don't run pileups. I am mostly a S contester, and always in the pileup rather than working it for DX. (Just how many people need

Re: [Elecraft] New KX3 S/N 8769 with a question

You know, I think the first KX3 I built had that same issue. Mine was because of some extra PCB material left on the PCB but I thought that issue had been resolved. Regardless, I’d wait and see what the tech support folks say. 73, Joel - W4JBB > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 5:03 AM, Phillip

[Elecraft] K3-Front Panel switches

Thanks to all for the advice, I made a list of things that I will do first, beginning with some archive lookups. Removal/re-install front panel [after some De-Oxit on the pins will be next. We'll see how this goes. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the Cal QSO Party

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

No one said anything about a warranty fix, in fact I mentioned a few days ago that Elecraft might be discovering a profit center... Please expand on just exactly what is so telling? -- 73's, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) For software/hardware reviews see: http://www.nk7z.net For MixW support see:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 144, Issue 12

On 08/04/16 23:36, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 12:08:49 -0600 From: Ken G Kopp To:elecraft@mailman.qth.net,k...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft Utilities Message-ID:

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

My perspective comes from the early days of home brewing PC's. In the "good old days" with soldered BIOS EEPROMS and manufacturer approved command line flash utilities it was entirely possible to trash a motherboard. Lose power during a BIOS update or a cosmic ray takes out a section of the

Re: [Elecraft] New KX3 S/N 8769 with a question

IIRC, I had a similar problem and ended up basically ignoring it. I tried a bunch of times, but could never quite get it to work the way the instructions expected. I've not had any issues... so I've just left it as is. I am just careful when installing the (rechargeable) batteries to make sure

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

If it works it's not likely to brick the K3. The Utility program has nothing to do with the firmware. Either the connection to the K3 works or it doesn't. Once it works, loading the firmware is not complicated. An awful lot of linux programs have been successfully recompiled to work on the

[Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

Well said, Kevin! This was my initial intent when I started this thread, but you've done a better job of stating the obvious. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Kevin Stover wrote: > And who gets to fix the radio, under warrantee of course,

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

And who gets to fix the radio, under warrantee of course, when this home brewed command line utility bricks the radio? Through this whole discussion I've heard very little from proponents of open sourcing the utilities on this minor little point. Telling isn't it. This could be a profit

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Codecs and Remote Desktop

My question is "What is the difference between the Spectra-Vue codec and the K3 codac? Why is the audio available on the SDR-14 but not on the K3. RF Space audio is data within the program DLL - there is no hardware CODEC (you can't see SDR-14, SDR-IQ, etc. as a "sound card" in Windows Device

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

I think that all most of us would need would be a command line utility that can be used to update firmware and perhaps back up settings. Either making this open source or just releasing the protocol spec would be all that's needed. This would not require the firmware to be open sourced, it would

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Codecs and Remote Desktop

Most likely, the software device for the K3 sound card doesn't support Remote Desktop. It looks like doing things like remote rendering of sound requires specific support in the application on the server side via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and using the Remote Desktop API. Apparently this

Re: [Elecraft] [k3] Isotropic Antenna

Years ago, a local ham who was acting as an Isotron distributor brought the 80 meter version to the club's Field Day. I discovered I got out a lot better by unscrewing the shield of the coax connector and just using the feedline as an antenna. :=) Alan N1AL On 04/09/2016 07:17 AM, Doug

[Elecraft] K3 Codecs and Remote Desktop

After installing the KIO3B, I had no problem passing audio to and from my W7 PC. The speaker and microphone codec appear in the Sound Control panel. When I try to use Remote desktop, the codecs a are gone and there's no sound on my Dell laptop. When I check the Sound Control the only sound

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

After reading a half-bazillion posts on this I feel compelled to add my two cents worth. I've been around computers a very long time, starting my career back in the days of IBM's "big iron" mainframes. Have had my share of Windows-based PCs at work and at home, and ten years ago converted to

[Elecraft] Wanted K3

I am interested in finding a used K3/100. Please contact me off list with specs and price. Must have at least 100w, one 8 pole 2.8 kHz filter, DVR, and ATU. Doug NA1DX __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

X86 processors are now being placed on Arduino sized boards. There are also full X86 computers as small as an over sized dongle. The Raspberry Pi is a beautiful piece of engineering. But, it is only a matter of time before you can buy an X86 in a similar package running Windows 10.

Re: [Elecraft] [k3] Isotropic Antenna

The issue was June 1998. The article was focused on how to construct one. 73 (Wayne Green) wasn't interested in all the tables of performance data. He also wasn't interested in an excellent interview I did with Wayne and Eric early on. In so many words he was pretty clear that unless

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Setting RF gain & AGC correctly

Agree, even I figured out how to twiddle the AGC settings once I found them. They're not hard to find, just scroll until you see something that starts with "AGC..." hi hi. If I can do it, anyone can. As for the defaults, IMO, the K3/K3S AGC is plenty good enough to live with them for quite a

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Setting RF gain & AGC correctly

I totally understand what your talking about but you have to be aware of the fur ball that happened on this list when the K3 was introduced. "It doesn't sound like my (insert favorite Japanese Radio here)". There were people running around on different message boards claiming the K3's audio

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Setting RF gain & AGC correctly

So... Elecraft almost completely rewrites the AGC support in their firmware... and that's a lack of follow-through? lots of hi hi's and smileys here.. but seriously, I totally agree that the wrong AGC settings can make the APF almost unusable. I personally have found that it works the best with

Re: [Elecraft] New KX3 S/N 8769 with a question

Phil, I used the tip of a drill bit the same size as the screw heads and -gently- turned it with my fingers to countersink the holes in the battery holder. Use caution, as a sharp bit can bite into the plastic and end up going all the way through. 73 Ken Kopp - K0PP On Apr 9, 2016 06:06,

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

Well Elecraft have decided to do neither for the time being so On 4/9/2016 3:20 AM, Andy McMullin wrote: Don, Just to clarify. The Raspberry Pi uses a range of completely standard Linux operating systems EXCEPT that it does not use the X86 range of processors. It uses the ARM range

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Utilities

This goes back to the unbeatable product support we get from Elecraft. I can honestly say that had I not received some really great support from the "home office" - I would not be the happy K-Line owner that I am today. That level of support is not available from any other ham radio

Re: [Elecraft] K3 front panel switches

Fred, Give the techs at Elecraft a call. They're REAL good at diagnosing problems, and suggesting fixes. If you don't feel comfortable doing the work, send it in. 73, Mike NF4L > On Apr 8, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > > My K3, S/N 642, has been slowly developing

[Elecraft] New KX3 S/N 8769 with a question

I just completed the build on my new KX3 last night and have it up and running but ran into one problem with the build. My kit had the errata sheet with the change in screw length to 2-56 X 1/4 in long for the battery holders. I could not get the screws started on both ends of either battery

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Utilities

Reading this thread, I wonder how many actually do recognize this! I was a field tester for the K3 and therefore also for the K3 utility. I'm a retired software developer, and I had great respect for the developer of the K3 utility as I watched him great pains to develop a robust program with

Re: [Elecraft] S: Re: Elecraft Utilities

Don, Just to clarify. The Raspberry Pi uses a range of completely standard Linux operating systems EXCEPT that it does not use the X86 range of processors. It uses the ARM range instead. It does not need to “emulate” Linux in all aspects — it IS Linux in all aspects. Applications that are

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Setting RF gain & AGC correctly

To clarify what Don and Al have said, I don't take any position in the "Bad Audio" discussion. I doubt if any of us truly understands what the other guy means by "bad audio" anyway. My comments were specifically about the so-called "pileup mush" that results from the poorly chosen default AGC