Re: [Elecraft] Portable Ops with KX3 along with KXPA100

FWIW, we had problems with noise from a Generac ix 800 (800 watts) generator when we were running a special event station. It just covered the P3 with noise. 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| Privacy is dead, get over

Re: [Elecraft] Portable Ops with KX3 along with KXPA100

Any currently available Honda generator would certainly be adequate--even the EU1000 model. I've run similar setups to what you describe from several different Hondas. My own generator is a Yamaha 2400 watt model, but it's more than I need for just that. In the past I've even used a small

Re: [Elecraft] Running stations with k3

Analog filters have phase delay. That would be stronger with a narrower filter. Also, the on-off CW signal has sidebands (the harmonics of the square wave). Maybe a narrower filter sounds “softer”? I have no idea what “full-bodied CW” means, of course. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj

Re: [Elecraft] Running stations with k3

It wasn't my term. But I think "full-bodied" cw means a slightly wider I-F to establish background noise that some ops want to hear, particularly if the receiver has exceptional gain distribution and in-band IMD, which the latest Icoms do have. This gives articulation to cw signal outs of a

[Elecraft] K3S and FSQcall

Anyone using the K3S and FSQcall. I can get the audiocodecs to load from the K3S to FSQcall but can't get the rig to key up and transmit. I checked the CAT file and set it to correct com port and baud rate but no joy. Any suggestions? n7wwa -- View this message in context:

[Elecraft] K3S - Storing Configurations for Operating Conditions

So, having gotten my K3S configured to run WSJT-X/WSPR-2 Mode, what way(s) can I use to store the configuration so that I can simply store and recall the configuration rather than working all the menus and buttons, after going off on other settings? I'll read the manual until I fall asleep

Re: [Elecraft] OT: K2

Will, Thank you for your fine words. They are appreciated. I continue to help where I can. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/20/2016 8:39 PM, WILLIE BABER wrote: Hello Don, You may never know how many folks you have helped-out who are K2 owners. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I didn't finish my

Re: [Elecraft] OT: K2

Hello Don, You may never know how many folks you have helped-out who are K2 owners. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I didn't finish my K2/100 until very recently, serial number 0086.four years after I retired! So, as you know, I had to do lots of mods. I think I got them all. Your

Re: [Elecraft] Running stations with k3

A very long time ago (1950's) we called 'em "California Kilowatts" knowing that their driver stages were running a kilowatt at least and then the big amp following... On A.M. (not so much SSB then) 100% modulation was a starter. 150% produced a nice splatter that told everyone across the band

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

Jim, Go ahead and update your K3 with the latest level firmware! K3 Utility has the capability to interrogate your K3 and determine which modules are to be loaded. Yes, there are K3S unique firmware modules, but K3 Utility sorts all that out so you get the latest for your K3 configuration. The

Re: [Elecraft] OT: K2

Eric, I do repairs, alignment and calibration and upgrades of the Elecraft legacy gear (K2, K1, KX1 and XV series transverters), and I am as busy as I want to be (sometimes more than I want to be). So there is still a lot of interest in that gear, but you are right, most of the posts are

[Elecraft] For sale K3-100 factory built and updated mods with ATU

I want to purchase a K3s and will have filters moved along with other add-ons. This lightly used K3 will include the tuner and mods added to the original unit. I have the documentation and we can work with the factory to help you decide if you would like to add additional updates at your own

Re: [Elecraft] K3s USB com port issue

Howard, How is the K3S RS-232 menu parameter configured. If you are using the internal USB port in the K3S, it should be set to "USB" If you are using an external USB to serial adapter, set the parameter to 38400. The COM port that is assigned by your PC should be the one you need to use. A

Re: [Elecraft] K3s USB com port issue

HiWhy not set the baud rate in the k3s to 38300  and be done with it?It's a menu option under rs232.Just set it and your software to 38400 and you will never worry about ut again.73 Tom va2fsq.com  Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Howard Sherer

Re: [Elecraft] Running stations with k3

This is the degeneration of Amateur radio, yes really, it's true. These signals from Eu are invariably the dirtiest worst you will ever hear on the bands, spewing crap all over the band. Below... "The "full body" (whatever that means) CW technique will NOT work in a DX test I've been in (Will

[Elecraft] K3s USB com port issue

I have delayed posting this as I was hoping that I would see the same issue posted by another user. I am running a K3s and the issue is with the USB com port. First, the com port assignment is com 27 which seems strange for my simple PC set up. I have tried to go into the Windows control panel

Re: [Elecraft] Running stations with k3

For one thing, you would hear more clicks with the broader filter. You would, of course, also hear MORE signals. 73, Jim K9YC On Tue,9/20/2016 2:08 PM, Matt Murphy wrote: Can anyone explain why zero beat CW would sound more "full bodied" with a 2.7 KHz IF than with, say, a 400 Hz IF

Re: [Elecraft] Anti-static Pads

G=1/R as I remember it. Yes, I wanted to reply to Alan's method, but I have been away. I wanted to re-read it to see if he allowed time to determine if a cap was leaky first. It was a clever idea. I have two Simpson's so I should be able to duplicate the test, if I can round up exposed

Re: [Elecraft] Running stations with k3

Interesting! Can anyone explain why zero beat CW would sound more "full bodied" with a 2.7 KHz IF than with, say, a 400 Hz IF bandwidth? It would seem that the CW signal was typically narrower than either one, so there would not be any information lost on a zero beat signal. Is there some sort

[Elecraft] I'll ask again

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Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] OT: AC wiring, grounds

On Tue,9/20/2016 9:24 AM, Alan wrote: I recently have been having extensive electrical renovation done on my early 60s era house. We found wires spliced in the middle of a wall (3 different places), wrong wire sizes, a dead bat in the main meter panel, and my favorite: a 220V circuit with

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] OT: AC wiring, grounds

My previous house was a homestead house built in 1955. It had three different foundations, a nearly flat roof, and the back half of the house wired with two conductor wiring (no U ground outlets). I bought it in 1996 and FHA gave me a waver on the wiring and also a non-standard indoor door

Re: [Elecraft] Portable Ops with KX3 along with KXPA100

If you are in a very quiet location with antennas close to the Honda and haven't brought other noise sources to pollute your environment, you WILL want a serious common mode choke on the AC line. We use Honda 2000i with K3/KPA500 for our county expedition to a rare county for CQP (California

Re: [Elecraft] Portable Ops with KX3 along with KXPA100

Phil - N9FN and I have operated portable in various state QSO parties using his Honda EU2000 with no RF noise we could detect. We often used his KPA500 and that generator handled it quite well. The Honda 1KW unit is lighter and would certainly handle the gear you are talking about. I have heard

Re: [Elecraft] Running stations with k3

The killer for that wide roofer approach is that loud enough stations can pump the hardware AGC before the signal gets to the DSP. The "full body" (whatever that means) CW technique will NOT work in a DX test I've been in (Will knows where) with that 45 over S9 Italian station running 15 kW and a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

Everything is backwards compatible. Features you don't have just won't work. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date > with all the mods until

[Elecraft] OT: K2

I had recently stopped monitoring the reflector as I only have a K1 and two K2's. Everything is K3 and subject lines rarely reflect that anymore so it's hard to filter them. But I had a K2 problem and rejoined. Got a response with solution within an hour! And discovered that I miss the OT

Re: [Elecraft] Portable Ops with KX3 along with KXPA100

It runs on 13.8 volts. Any portable supply will work if it supports a standard 100 watt transceiver like a K3 or TS 480. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Sep 20, 2016, at 12:48 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: > > I use my KX3 primarily for operating portable at various

Re: [Elecraft] Anti-static Pads

Simplest way I know: Conductivity = 1 / Resistance. All you need is a slide rule. :-) But seriously, Alan's method ... charge a capacitor to a known voltage, discharge it through the mat to a lower voltage measuring how long it takes, and use the RC time constant to calculate the resistance

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] OT: AC wiring, grounds

Perils of an old house. Ours in Auburn CA was started in the mid-20's, added onto by everyone who lived there, including us ... twice. With sheetrock gone, we found the reason why doors wouldn't close and windows were stuck--headers over them were spliced in the middle. Barn out next to the

[Elecraft] Portable Ops with KX3 along with KXPA100

I use my KX3 primarily for operating portable at various locations, usually outside but not always. Sometimes, I do have grid supplied power, most other times I do not. Usually I operate using two LiFePo batteries which usually gives me all the QRP power I need for a few hours. But, I am

Re: [Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

This is very good advice. My TXEQ settings are similar -- I'm using more low cut and about half as much HF boost. My friend Fred, K6DGW, has severe hearing loss, probably a result of his military service. Knowing my experience in pro audio, he asked my advice for his K3. I recommended RXEQ

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] OT: AC wiring, grounds

I recently have been having extensive electrical renovation done on my early 60s era house. We found wires spliced in the middle of a wall (3 different places), wrong wire sizes, a dead bat in the main meter panel, and my favorite: a 220V circuit with each phase on a separate single breaker,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

This is not true. The K3/K3S firmware is designed to determine which modules are installed in your K3/K3S and use what it finds. There is no “lock-in”, you can use the latest code in your K3 (as I and many others do). To put it another way, we did not obsolete the K3. It is great radio and

[Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date with all the mods until then. I remember seeing that I could not load some level unless I had the new synth boards. I suspect I cannot load any more code updates after that. Does the code yet recognize where I am and

[Elecraft] OT: AC wiring, grounds

My house ... built mid-60's ... had "modern" 3-wire receptacles throughout ... and was wired with single conductor "knob and tube" wiring. To add to the difficulty, the boxes were mounted halfway between the studs on 1 x 3 boards. Terrible rework required! No idea how it passed inspection for

[Elecraft] KPA500 Max Pwr in StandBy

I just read in the KPA500 manual not to exceed 100W in StandBy mode Woops.I sometimes run 150W to 200W digital when connecting to Winlink with KPA500 in StandBy I won't do it again will limit to 100W However, curious if anyone know why the limitation to 100 watts? Thanks, Jack W4GRJ

[Elecraft] Ref: Noise on K3 When keyed

Thanks to all who replied to my call for help on my problem with noise on transmit on my upgraded K-3. I found the problem to be the way my external speaker was connected. The new KI03B board didn't like the way I had it connected, I guess. I still do not understand why it did't work the way

Re: [Elecraft] DSP/Audio upgrade for K3

The FAQ for the K3s indicated that these K3S DSP boards "May be available later in 2016..." for use as a retrofit to the K3. I think key word there being "may". I would expect that once production needs are fully met and excess becomes available they will be offered as an upgrade for the K3. I

Re: [Elecraft] Anti-static Pads

The person who needs a piece of you mind is the Electrical Inspector who didn't do his job Fred On 9/20/16 10:37 AM, Terry Schieler wrote: > Don wrote, > > your house. You can use a banana plug in the round pin of an electrical > receptacle, but before you trust it, get one of the

Re: [Elecraft] Anti-static Pads

Don wrote, I built a new home in 1996. After living there a few years I noticed an intermittent issue with an outlet on the first floor. Upon opening up the outlet box I discovered the green "safety ground" coiled up, disconnected in the back of the box. I fixed that. Then I used a

[Elecraft] Pig Knob Sold

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Re: [Elecraft] DSP/Audio upgrade for K3

The upgrade DSP (K3DSPUPGD) is not the board being referenced. Here is link to the information as to status and boards offered for use in K3. http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3S-FAQ%20rev%20C9.pdf Ben W4SC __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

On 9/20/2016 7:59 AM, brian wrote: > I seem to recall this advice (from Elecraft?): Use the attenuation sides of the equalizers and not the gain side if at all possible. Yes, this came from Lyle, KK7P who designed the DSP. > This begs the question. If gain is bad to use, then why is it (up

Re: [Elecraft] Noise when K-3 keyed

Monitors, Supplies, poorly constructed LED light supplies (built into bulbs) in my personal experience are great sources of noise. I find them easy to figure out using my P3 when the level is low and then one by one eliminated potential sources. An LED lit TV used as a monitor is one of the low

Re: [Elecraft] DSP/Audio upgrade for K3

The K3DSPUPGD is the Rev D upgrade for earlier K3’s, which I’ve had for a long time (well, actually a Rev C with the LPF board). The upgrade I’m referring to is the the K3S DSP board (with updated audio amps for reduced IMD). When the K3S was announced, the indication was that this newer

Re: [Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

I seem to recall this advice (from Elecraft?): Use the attenuation sides of the equalizers and not the gain side if at all possible. This begs the question. If gain is bad to use, then why is it (up to +16 db) included as a choice. Why not limit it to some small value? It would seem this

Re: [Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

Important question. Could the designer from Elecraft please answer? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2016, at 6:12 AM, f1gwr wrote: > > Question for the K3s DSP programmer(s): > > After reading the "audio" thread and trying to optimize my audio equalizer, > my questions are:

[Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

Question for the K3s DSP programmer(s): After reading the "audio" thread and trying to optimize my audio equalizer, my questions are: what is the headroom over the 0 dB equalizer? Or does the DSP has its own normalizer/AGC to avoid overload? Found a satisfactory setting, with maximum values

Re: [Elecraft] Audio Ground Loop Isolation XFRMR?

I bought an ac line isolation transformer for my workbench at work some years ago. The building had a horrendous ac line noise and ground faults which mgmt was not willing to pay to correct, so this got the test equipment grounds isolated to avoid discharges into open ckts when using test

Re: [Elecraft] XG3 Calibration from 10MHz Standard?

I've used the XG3 as signal source for testing/aligning VHF to mw gear and do not worry about its accuracy/stability. Instead I use my EIP538 counter which is good to 26.5 GHz using either the internal TCXO or my Rb source into the counter reference port. At turn-on the XG3 drifts quite a

Re: [Elecraft] OT - JT65 on 2m

Kjeld, here's what you were looking for. http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/spectrum-and-band-plans/vhf/2-meter 144.489 is a bad choice since this is the beacon allocation in Europe and region 1. Try 144.170 instead and find the DX guys at the ON4KST chat for skeds.

Re: [Elecraft] DSP/Audio upgrade for K3

Hi Grant It is the K3DSPUPGD board. It is buried away but only on the Spare Parts and Mod Kits page on the Elecraft website. I got one a few months ago when I upgraded my K3 with all the other new boards as well. 73 Barry Simpson VK2BJ On 20 September 2016 at 10:19, GRANT YOUNGMAN