The West Valley Amateur Radio Association returned to Mora Hill
above Los Altos, Ca for field day. We used K6EI for our main
call and W6ZZZ for GOTA. This year we were 14A, QRP, battery and
solar panel powered. We had the luxury of lots of panels, so we
were able to have a 120V utility for
I bought two KPODs right away Ed. I’m a DXer and have always enjoyed busting
pileups … especially the big ones that take up lots of bandwidth. IMHO the K3
VFO B knob has always been rather klunky …. Doesn’t spin easily…. Small, etc…
so has always been awkward to use it while searching
Is anybody using the KPOD and if so, seeing it’s benefit?
73,
Ed NI6S
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Hi David,
My description of our W3AO Field Day antenna configuration was
simplified to illustrate the benefits of a North/South straight line of
antennas.
We actually installed twelve 48 foot masts in two 950 foot North/South
straight lines separated by 150 feet. We couldn't fit 22
Elecraft Service is on the case, the K3S is making the trip back to the
mother ship.
I forgot to mention, K2 #7006 worked flawlessly as it always does during
Field Day.
73, David AJ4TF
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This was it! The screw heads protrude a tiny bit from the back side of the
housing. The protrusion is a VERY small amount--probably less than a
millimeter, but that's enough to make contact with the case when tightened
securely.
I had already left for my camping trip when I received your
Hi Don,
I know this is OT, I apologize. I have at least three of the bright yellow
meters from Harbor Freight and I love them. I have checked them all against
NIST certified meters at work and they are all accurate to all digits shown.
Not bad for a 3 to 6 dollars (or 0 as you indicate)
What is KPA3 set to in your K3S?Perhaps your 100w amp (if one is installed)
is bypassed.
John KK9A
From: German Duran [mailto:hk3j...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 12:50 PM
To: j...@kk9a.com
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Microphone in 12 Watts
My problem is that my transceiver
Don,
I am glad to hear that you solved your problem.
Some DMMs (but very few) reverse the polarity of the red and black probes.
I trust you were using a modern DMM as opposed to an older VTVM or VOM.
Those older meters have voltages when measuring resistance that will
turn on semiconductor
Ok, I’m confused. But I have an excuse (I’m old). I remeasured and both pins
were > 20K! Problem solved it’s self.
I should have known that touching the probe tips would change the resistance,
because I have a lot of resistance especially
When the wife “tells me” tp do something! I also played
He already knows this. He asked if it was USB 1.0 or 2.0 compliant.
I am sure it’s USB 2.0 compliant. I don’t know why anyone would sell a USB 1.0
or 1.1 cable today. They are backwards compatible I think.
Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill
> On Jun 25, 2018, at 2:26 PM, Paul Ferguson
Greetings!
I am new to ham radio. I studied and passed the “extra” class. I am now
building my first radio, a K2. This is my first post to the reflector, too.
I am on page 38 of my build (serial 7818) and just completed the resistance
checks. Two of the test points have a lower resistance
I discovered a problem I had never had before. Because I recently had minor
skin surgery on my head, I was not using my headphones as usual for CW on my
KX3. Instead I hooked my SP3 speaker into the headphone jack on the KX3.
Volume was fine for the actual signal but the monitor sound level
Hi,
It looks like since a recent windows 10 release that my Elecraft K3S USB
Audio Codec input is seen as a "microphone" not as a "line in".
The result is that it is not any longer stereo but mono.
The default USB audio driver seems to be missing to give win 10 the necessary
info to force a
On 6/25/2018 11:29 AM, donov...@starpower.net wrote:
No, they are all pointed in exactly the same direction.
Right. The concept is to make them "colinear," so each antenna is in the
other's null (off the end). We have done exactly that for our CQP county
expeditions, where we run K3/KPA500
I was part of the W7LT Portland (OR) Amateur Rdaio Club effort again this year,
and had a blast. We were 4A all qrp at 5 W on a local park that’s on an old
volcano (Kelley Butte) with elevation and tons of trees. I used my KX3 for
40,20 and 15 CW coupled to a rhombic/loop antenna copied from
Hi John,
I forgot to answer your question about the receiving antennas at my
W3LPL multi-multi contest station. T hey're all verticals. 36 of
them located one 1000 feet south east of my transmitting antennas.
Three 8-circle vertical arrays for 160, 80 and 40 meters and Three
4-square
Note that Frank's reply was to a FD (W3AO) setup question.
Frank's W3LPL station has a much different matrix of antennas.
73
jim ab3cv
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 2:31 PM wrote:
> Hi John,
>
>
> No, they are all pointed in exactly the same direction.
>
>
>
> To eliminate all interference between
Hi John,
No, they are all pointed in exactly the same direction.
To eliminate all interference between multiple K3 transceivers
operating in the same band, all W3AO HF antennas are deployed in
a 10 00 foot long straight line running north-south with all of our
3 element HF Yagis and 2
Art,
The USB cable needs a Type-A connector on one end and a Type-B
connector on the other end.
73,
Paul
K5ESW
> Is the USB A to B cable needed for the connection to the Utility a
> standard USB or USB 2? I need to order a longer one to accommodate
> where the amp will be placed relative to
What does tip to tip mean - pointing 90 degrees apart?
Don't you use verticals for your mult stations at W3LPL to minimize in
band interference? How far are they from the Yagis?
John KK9A
Frank Donovanf W3LPL wrote:
We routinely operate three or more K3 transceivers on the same band
at W3AO,
Hi all,
Our OCRA (Orange County Radio Amateurs) club ran 9A once again as W4EZ
this year, trying for a repeat or improvement on our 3rd place national
effort of last year. Here was our layout (well, almost):
https://groups.io/g/OCRA-DFMA/photo/39174/1?p=Name,,,20,1,0,0
Installing that many
Thanks to Rich, VE3KI, I got the Windows 10 privacy settings fixed to
where WSJT-X and MMTTY can now access the K3S internal sound card.
Turns out Microsoft forced a huge upgrade on all their users but never
adequately explained that they shut off access to some things for
"privacy" reasons.
Is the USB A to B cable needed for the connection to the Utility a standard USB
or USB 2? I need to order a longer one to accommodate where the amp will be
placed relative to the computer.
Thanks.
Art KZ5D
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Used a K3/100 and microham MK-II this past weekend at our FD site. Sunday
morning
the MK-II got some RFI into it and hung-up for about a minute until I reset
the logging
software and cycled the MK-II. The setup worked without flaw for the entire
weekend
otherwise.
Did anyone else eat way
A recent update to Win10 - v1803 - changed the permissions and security
surrounding "devices" including the microphone. You have to change setting to
allow the "microphone" to access apps since Windows thinks all sound cards are
microphones. This little "upgrade" drove me nuts for days before
We routinely operate three or more K3 transceivers on the same band
at W3AO, four on the band our GOTA station is operating. Not only
is there no damage to the K3s and no HI SIG warnings, we don't hear
any cross-station interference at all!
The trick is to use horizontally polarized antennas
BINGO! Thank you very much Rich I knew it had worked before
Microshaft had forced the recent "improvement" on me. Microphone was
ON, but APP access to it was NOT. Very subtle change and that's why I
hadn't figured it out.
All works well now
Jim - W0EB
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I have decided to keep my K2-100 stock, so I'm selling this kit. The
combination is no longer available since Elecraft has stopped selling the EC-2
enclosure. This "-2" tuner kit comes with replacement front and rear panels to
fit the EC-2. It can be mounted in the enclosure by itself, or with
Oops. Mine is a K780.
Note that a keyboard using BLE/Bluetooth won’t work with the P3SVGA, even with
a BLE dongle due to the lack of the Bluetooth stack on the P3SVGA card.
Thus you must use a keyboard with a Unifying or similar dongle to communicate
with the keyboard.
73!
Jack, W6FB
> On
You mean that in WSJT-X's Settings window under the Audio tab, it won't let
you select the K3S's USB Audio Codec for input or output? That's not how I
read your message, but if that is the case, then you may have fallen victim
to a recent Windows 10 "improvement".
In the Windows 10 Settings
On the rare occasions that I program more macros, I use an old wired
keyboard and a 10" external monitor.
Dave, did you say they have a 64 key version out now?
I also have a Pigknob I am thinking of attaching to the side of the
keypad. That would accommodate all my tuning and VFO needs
Hi Don,
the answers to your questions were already answered but Yes, the CODEC
is configured for both input and output, nothing is plugged into the
back of the K3s and mic is set to LINE
I stated that in my previous posts.
I have tested the transmit audio with the K3S in TEST mode and I'm
Nope, it's in DATA A. WSJT-X's CAT control works fine with the K3S,
setting frequency and DATA mode to DATA A (I forgot to mention that,
sorry). The problem has NO relation to the filter controls or any of
the other stuff.
Thanks Rich, but I already have WSJT-X set up the way you suggest
Subject: Re[2]: [Elecraft] FT8 using internal USB sound on the K3S
Nope, it's in DATA A. WSJT-X's CAT control works fine with the K3S,
setting frequency and DATA mode to DATA A (I forgot to mention that,
sorry). The problem has NO relation to the filter controls or any of
the other stuff.
Jim,
Do you have WSJT-X configured to use the USB CODEC for both input and
output?
Do you have anything plugged into the LINE IN jack on the back of the
K3S? Anything plugged in there will take priority over the internal
soundcard.
Is the MIC SEL menu set to LINE?
73,
Don W3FPR
On
It sounds as though you are putting the rig into USB mode. I believe you
would be better off putting the rig into DATA A. Set the rig's mode to DATA
and the data submode to DATA A. With the rig in DATA A, adjust the K3's
filter controls to put the Lo-Cut at around 0.20 and the Hi-Cut around 2.8.
Logitech keyboards work very well with the P3SVGA. The Logitech Unifying
receiver plugs into the P3SVGA’s USB port
and just work.
Recent keyboards such as the K380 give you additional features - you can also
use the keyboard with up to two additional devices.
This can be used to control both
Are you in DATA mode? MIC SEL should be Line In.
MIC (Line In ) level abt 30.
Bob, K4TAX
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> On Jun 25, 2018, at 9:33 AM, Jim Sheldon wrote:
>
> For some reason I can't get WSJT-X to pull the input sound or send output
> sound to the K3S through the USB port. I know I
See the link in my original post... There are 20 or so macros I use
every day on the K3/P3.
73s and thanks,
Dave
NK7Z
https://www.nk7z.net
On 06/25/2018 07:59 AM, Buck wrote:
What Macros are people putting in the P3? I only thought they were
helpful if you were operating remotely.
Buck,
Device: P3
Requested new feature:
The ability to build and test a macro, assign it a memory number within
the P3, and then upload this macro to the P3 directly out of the P3
Utility software.
Reason for request:
The macro capability of the K3/P3 seems very underused. In general it
is an
What Macros are people putting in the P3? I only thought they were
helpful if you were operating remotely.
Buck, k4ia
Honor Roll
8BDXCC
EasyWayHamBooks.com
On 6/25/2018 10:52 AM, Dave Cole (NK7Z) wrote:
I have not found a way to pre-load macros either, but alas, it is the
same, with or
I have not found a way to pre-load macros either, but alas, it is the
same, with or without the Genovation. The Genovation just forces you to
load a lot of macros at once, so it feels like it is related. I think,
no matter how you use the P3, with or without the Genovation, you always
need
Still the biggest problem in using the Genovation or P3 macros in
general is the clunky keyboard interface that requires hand typing in
all the macros directly into the P3. I may have missed something but
have not seen any method where you can create macros, test them, then
transfer to the
For some reason I can't get WSJT-X to pull the input sound or send
output sound to the K3S through the USB port. I know I have some K3S
parameter(s) set wrong, but so far I haven't been able to figure out
which ones or how to change them.
I had this working before so not sure what I did to
Thanks for the tip, Marc. Can't wait to try this out. Hadn't even
considered it. :)
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 10:01 AM Marc Veeneman via Elecraft <
elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> To conserve desk space, I’ve purchased “compact thin” wireless keyboards
> for the P3SVGA and for the PX3. They
To conserve desk space, I’ve purchased “compact thin” wireless keyboards for
the P3SVGA and for the PX3. They all seem to work well.
And don’t forget the P3/PX3 ability to trigger macros from the function keys on
these keyboards. Very handy and I’m pleased Elecraft saw fit to include that.
As long as the keyboard appears to be a dumb keyboard it should work...
I have a Genovation 64 Key programmable keypad working that fires macros
into the SVGA, at the push of a single button. See:
https://www.nk7z.net/adding-external-keypad-k3/
I fire all sorts of prebuilt macros into the
Ken,
I use a Logitech K360 wireless keyboard with my P3. It works great.
I've used it to make many RTTY QSOs.
73,
Mark, WB9CIF
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On
Behalf Of N4OI - Ken
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 12:29 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject:
Ken,
It will work with SOME wireless keyboards. Best if you can try them
before buying. It must be a PC keyboard, those for the Mac will not work.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 6/25/2018 8:29 AM, N4OI - Ken wrote:
I have a P3 and will be ordering the P3_SVGA. I assume this will NOT
support a
I have a P3 and will be ordering the P3_SVGA. I assume this will NOT
support a wireless USB keyboard, but just thought I would confirm before
buying one... On the topic, any favorite keyboards I should consider - or
avoid? Thanks for your input!
73
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Oakville ARC VE3HB (Ontario, Canada) ran an all KX2 QRP Battery Field Day this
year from a a country back yard. Lots of rain but good times.
Quite a positive education for all, esp the hardcore CW ops accustomed to 100
Watt contest stations. Ended up logging on iPads (Hamlog) syncing to a
Thanks for the inputs on and off list. It appears that during FD we may have
had two rigs on the same band inadvertently. I'll be talking with support
this week. By the way, I got a personal message from Wayne on this topic.
Do you think that would happen with Yacomwood?
David AJ4TF
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