[Elecraft] K3 to K3S Upgrade Opinions

I have a K3 with dual receivers that I purchased 5 years ago at Dayton.  It is the best radio I have ever owned hands down.  My main use for the radio is chasing DX. I have read all the marketing materials about the improvements the K3S has over the K3.  On paper and in the lab the radio is

Re: [Elecraft] K4

On 5/18/2018 7:43 PM, Ed W0YK wrote: There are ham reasons for this request,  which I made to Wayne 2 years ago.  We need a bit more RX/TX bandwidth for the combined JT65/9 modes. With WSJT, the upper end of the JT9 audio range is not available on the K3. Hi Ed, FWIW, I regularly copied

Re: [Elecraft] K4

Yes a new K4 with integrated pan adapter would be cool. But I would not expect one anytime soon. The K3S is not going be out done in the near future. What I would like to see is a 30-watt portable rig. When 5 watts is not enough, 30 watts often is as good as 100 watts. A small 30 watt rig would be

Re: [Elecraft] K4

On 5/18/2018 4:38 PM, Richard Lamont wrote: On 19/05/18 00:15, k...@roadrunner.com wrote: What features would your K4 have? Compared to the K3S: RX maximum audio bandwidth increased from 4 kHz to 6 kHz. Why?  It's a ham transceiver.  If you want a "short wave" RX to listen to broadcast,

[Elecraft] KPA1500 Delivery Time

Reading the mail with envy about the arrivals. With the advice and counsel from a number of people on this reflector, Jim Brown K9YC notably among them for the time he devoted to my follow-up questions, I have worked out how to get the 240 VAC safely where I need it -- and so, last Monday, I

Re: [Elecraft] K4

Some solder smoke, a Raspberry Pi, and modern 'retro' computing! http://udel.edu/~mm/pidp8i/ :-) 73, Mike ab3ap On 05/18/2018 05:13 PM, Michael Gillen via Elecraft wrote: I cut my programming teeth on a VAX-11/780 - sure brings back some great memories… thanks! Michael KK6RWK On May

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 WS power resolution

It seems that at least one person was confused by my data. Let me try again, this time including data for each step rather than just the data that bracketed the WS power transitions: LP-100A WS 24.9 00 25.8 10 26.4 25 28.7 25 29.8 30 33.4

[Elecraft] KPA-1500

First question: Ant1 selected both the ATU in and ATY ByPass led are on. Richard *W7ZR* ex:5C5Z, CN2ZR, K2JSP, W6SBZ, W7KXR, K9ZIJ, W9KNF, W0KDF, W0MQU, J68ZR, KC6ZR, PJ4/W7ZR, KH2,W7ZR, KH6/W7ZR, V31ZR, VK4AAZ, XE2DV *Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer*

Re: [Elecraft] K4

And better NR like Icom N2TK, Tony Sent from my iPhone > On May 18, 2018, at 7:38 PM, Richard Lamont wrote: > >> On 19/05/18 00:15, k...@roadrunner.com wrote: >> >> What features would your K4 have? > > Compared to the K3S: > > RX maximum audio bandwidth increased

Re: [Elecraft] K4

On 19/05/18 00:15, k...@roadrunner.com wrote: > What features would your K4 have? Compared to the K3S: RX maximum audio bandwidth increased from 4 kHz to 6 kHz. More macro buttons. Higher resolution S-meter (more bargraph segments). 1/4" jacks instead of 3.5mm ones. Longer 13.8V power cable

Re: [Elecraft] K4

What features would your K4 have? In mine, it would be satellite-ready: full duplex, 2 & 435. Interfaceable to common satellite programs. 72 Howard Kraus, K2UD mark roz via Elecraft wrote: > Wow. No K4 at Dayton? >

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 160 delivered today

Bill, My KPA1500 also defaulted to FAN SPEED MIN = 0, but that is not fans off (at least not on my amplifier). My fans engage at 60c (low), 65c (medium) and 70c (egads). Is there a menu explanation somewhere about the start/stop temps and speeds? I would like a little more hysteresis in the

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 160 delivered today

Bill, default setting is fan "0" -- then they remain off until needed as amp heats up with use. All automatically. So you hear no noise while you're just listening to receiver, etc. RoyK6XKIowa After having played with mine extensively last night, I was under the impression that the

Re: [Elecraft] K4

But Jim, this is America, we need to "up the ante", the new K3, Super-SDR, Multiband, multi-mode, non-QRP, 100 watt radio will be for sale... Oh-- wait, it's called the K3s... :) 73s and thanks, Dave NK7Z https://www.nk7z.net On 05/18/2018 01:41 PM, Jim Brown wrote: When your topline rig

[Elecraft] KPA-1500

#0179 Delivered and installed today. It powers up.reports later. Richard *W7ZR* ex:5C5Z, CN2ZR, K2JSP, W6SBZ, W7KXR, K9ZIJ, W9KNF, W0KDF, W0MQU, J68ZR, KC6ZR, PJ4/W7ZR, KH2,W7ZR, KH6/W7ZR, V31ZR, VK4AAZ, XE2DV *Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer*

Re: [Elecraft] K4

I cut my programming teeth on a VAX-11/780 - sure brings back some great memories… thanks! Michael KK6RWK > On May 18, 2018, at 2:04 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > > I consider the K3S to be what Gordon Bell called a “mid-life kicker”. That is > a technology upgrade

Re: [Elecraft] K4

I consider the K3S to be what Gordon Bell called a “mid-life kicker”. That is a technology upgrade with small changes to the design. It extends the life of a product without the cost of a major redesign. It can be a very smart move. For example, the VAX-11/785 was the same as the VAX-11/780,

Re: [Elecraft] K4

When your topline rig are is at or near the top of Rob Sherwood's list of the best receivers and of the cleanest CW transmitters tested by ARRL, and your super-portable rigs give most desktop rigs a run for their money on performance, and when you've got first-rate power amps at the 100w,

Re: [Elecraft] K4

I asked Eric if there were any new products and he said just the new amp and the little portable antenna. On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 3:36 PM, mark roz via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Wow. No K4 at Dayton? > __ > Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Factory Power Calibration of the KPA-1500 - question

ALC is adjustable but it is recommended to just set your per band drive level for desired output.  You can set the ALC thresholds fairly high to not allow ALC to affect your output unless under extreme condx. BillK3WJV On Sunday, May 6, 2018, 10:24:43 AM EDT, James F. Boehner MD via

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 160 delivered today

After having played with mine extensively last night, I was under the impression that the fans would come on automatically when the temp reached a certain degree.That is not the case.  Mine was defaulted at fan speed zero, which is fans off.  You have to change the menu item for fans to one of

[Elecraft] K4

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Re: [Elecraft] K3 spurs

If you have an older K3 there was a problem with them generating a spur.  I had the problem when a friend reported hearing me on a 2nd freq.I'm guessing nobody still has an older K3 though with this problem. We have determined that a small number of K3/100s and KPA3s left the factory earlier

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 WS power resolution

Sorry, there was a typo in the table. It should read: WS pwr LP100 pwr 0024.9 1025.8 2526.4 < 2528.7 3029.8 3039.6 4040.3 73, Andy k3wyc From: ANDY DURBIN

[Elecraft] KPA500 WS power resolution

The KPA500 provides the ^WS; serial interface interrogation which returns output power and SWR. The power and SWR are reported for STBY and OPER modes. In OPER mode the power seems to have a resolution of 1 Watt. In STBY, if I increment my drive power in 1 Watt steps the power reported by

[Elecraft] WTB: HP/Agilent/Symmetricom 58517A Distribution Amplifier

Need one of these: *HP/Agilent/Symmetricom 58517A Distribution Amplifier (8 port)* Ideally... actually definitely need the one with the external DC power input with DC blocks on all 8 ports. I have a 4-port, but it's going to be full by the end of the week. 73, Clay, KY5G

[Elecraft] PR6-10 SOLD

Sold. Jim Leder ... K8CXM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help