Frank, Dave, all
Jim AB3CV referred somewhat cryptically to my website
http://www.hanssummers.com yesterday in this thread. What he I think
*meant* to refer to was QRP Labs Ultimate3S "U3S" transmitter kit page
http://qrp-labs.com/ultimate3/u3s .
WSPR Lite does only WSPR and does not include a
Lenny,
Are your IF filters aligned so a 550Hz signal is within the passband.
With the K2, simply setting STP for 550 Hz will not do it, you must do
CAL FIL to make 550Hz appear well within the receive passband.
A properly tuned K2 will typically have a good response to a -140dBm
signal from
Again, I'm not sure about this, but aren't all the boards the same
except for the frequency determining parts (toroids and caps)? If so,
you could just swap out those parts on your 20/30 board. Pretty sure
the caps and cores would still be available somewhere, and somebody is
bound to have
Given the preponderance of FT8 users on 6M, a quick check of
https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmapn.html will tell you what paths are open, be
they sporadic-E, tropo or whatever.
I also donate and subscribe to https://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php? To get
email alerts of 6M openings.
I'm a moderator for a 4000-plus subscriber mailing list. My philosophy on
my list is to moderate with a light, careful hand. If there are others on
my list who wish to express their opinions as list subscribers and the
opinions are treading on the border of moderation, so be it. I draw the
line
Perhaps it depends on the type of operating you're doing. In a contest no
one cares how much power you are running they just want to copy your
callsign and report as quickly as possible. Sometimes "QRP" is the only
thing that is copiable and it becomes frustrating that the QSO cannot be
completed
I suggest to one other to visit the local auto window tint place. Get
a scrap of light green window tint, cut it to size and put it on the
plastic overlay for the display. Or if you know someone in the
performance theater circles, get a piece of light gel which they use on
spots. Easy
/QRP often, but not always, indicates a field operation, and they're
sort of fun to work, at least for me. Having survived trying to move to
AM in the mid 50's as a teenager and finding out the OT's did not like
the invasion they said we were creating ["End of Ham Radio As We Know
It"], I
Me too.
XJ was way out of line.
And short-sighted to boot.
Ted, KN1CBR
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Message: 18
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 18:11:48 -0700
From: kevinr
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Any advice,
Well, when I started working QRP I decided never to sign /qrp, but at least
once I wished that I had.
Martti, OH2BH, was on 20 phone and there was a gigantic pile. Finally he
started working by call areas, and when he came to the Zeroes, I finally
got my call through. So far, so good -- but he
Well, you're close Grant, probably close enough. The Strawberry Full
Moon in June was on 28 June at 0453 UTC. The Buck Full Moon will occur
on 27 July at 2021 UTC. I have no idea were these names, other than
"Full Moon,," come from. If the Sturgeon Full Moon comes with a fish, I
think I'll
Don't recall what band(s) you are working but.I find it amazing
on the lower frequencies to add in 10 to 15 dB of attenuation and reduce
the RF gain a bit provided marked improvement in the ability to pull
weak signals out of the noise.
The idea advanced to me by others in the know is
To each his own. Apparently there’s some compassion for the little guys out
there ;)
Wayne
N6KR
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 6:44 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> On 7/1/2018 6:29 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> I have found that signing "QRP" is more effective on SSB than it is on CW.
>> But it depends on the
If I did’t know better I’d swear there’s a full moon hovering over the list
tonight, in several threads ….
Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
>>
>>
>
> I find it a "lidism," the equivalent of "please copy."
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On 7/1/2018 6:29 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
I have found that signing "QRP" is more effective on SSB than it is on
CW. But it depends on the attitude of the listener at the other end.
Some are encouraged by QRP, but others are turned off by it.
I find it a "lidism," the equivalent of "please
On 7/1/2018 7:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always pop
up in the low end of the band. We could use a lot more of these during
sporadic-E seasons.
Only if they are clean and don't give grief to neighbors, and I've heard
some
Wayne and all,
I have found that signing "QRP" is more effective on SSB than it is on
CW. But it depends on the attitude of the listener at the other end.
Some are encouraged by QRP, but others are turned off by it.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/1/2018 8:27 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com [KX3]
Before we get carried away, there is a simple point involved. Different people
use these various lists differently. I see nothing wrong with links. If you
don’t like them, don’t click on them. Please don’t try to moderate if you’re
not the moderator.
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 1, 2018, at
Wunder,
Thanks for the expaination. I was thinking K3, and you were referring
to the KX3 - yes, I know about the digital/analog ground in the KX3.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/1/2018 8:48 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
The KX3mic jack provides both mic bias and logic bias. A two-conductor mic
plug
I care what Don wishes because he is one of the most useful
resources available on this list and I want to keep him here. A
also agree with him. (I often read email with no Internet access.)
73 Bill AE6JV
On 7/1/18 at 5:01 PM, w...@w2xj.net (W2xj) wrote:
AFIK you are not the moderator so
Indeed, my tongue is bleeding right now.
Kevin. KD5ONS
On 07/01/2018 05:52 PM, riese-k3...@juno.com wrote:
WOW K3DJC
On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 20:01:19 -0400 W2xj writes:
AFIK you are not the moderator so who cares what you wish.
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:51 PM, Don Wilhelm
Good Evening,
Yes, the bands were more quiet and in both of the ways I had
suspected they would be. QSB was mild but present with an S2 variance
at the greatest. Twenty meters was more quiet so I was able to reach
past the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers. However, spanning the Red
WOW K3DJC
On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 20:01:19 -0400 W2xj writes:
> AFIK you are not the moderator so who cares what you wish.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:51 PM, Don Wilhelm
> wrote:
> >
> > wunder,
> >
> > How do you achieve "cleaner mic bias" - the mic bias is either
>
The KX3mic jack provides both mic bias and logic bias. A two-conductor mic
plug will short the mic bias to the logic bias. The logic bias is not filtered.
I realized that a stereo splitter would separate the logic bias to one channel
(where it could be used for PTT) and a mic could be plugged
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
I want to thank everyone for all the response on the lo and hi filters
I tried your advice and they work wonders.
My radio usually runs a s9 with noise and I was able to pull out signals hidden
in
It.
This is really an amazing radio
Thanks again for all the
Gorgeous day here in Northern Cal, so off I went on a mountain bike trip to the
bay, with the KX2 and a home-brew multi-band whip in my sling pack. I found a
log to sit on, in the shade (a luxury at the beach), then deployed the station.
Within a few seconds I heard K2K in New Hampshire calling
I think the solution to that particular problem is called the TS590.
Unfortunately it comes with some other compromises.
That said, I think a green display on the K3 would be awesome.
In a similar, slightly humorous vein I wanted to replace some dial lamps
on an old Yaesu with LED's. I had
AFIK you are not the moderator so who cares what you wish.
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:51 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>
> wunder,
>
> How do you achieve "cleaner mic bias" - the mic bias is either turned on or
> turned off. The bias voltage comes from the K3.
>
> Sorry, but for
wunder,
How do you achieve "cleaner mic bias" - the mic bias is either turned on
or turned off. The bias voltage comes from the K3.
Sorry, but for purposes of this email reflector, I do not wish to read
your entire links - often with links like that, there is no content of
value. Put the
W2JX,
Thanks for the reply.
Looks like the PDF paste was stripped off my post. Part 97.203(d) states
unattended beacons are allowed on 50.060 to 50.080 MHz. Also states frequency
limitations on other bands from 28MHz on up.
This is in response to the earlier comment on people wanting to have
Elecrafters,
from the point of view of a european 6m user, the main activity is in
the range of 50.080 - 50.110 CW and 50.110 - 50.200 phone. If the band
is REALLY crowded, it etxtends to - say- 50.300.
Nowadays there are digital modes above 50.250 or so including FT8 on
50.313 .
Below
Context?
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 5:48 PM, KC7QY wrote:
>
> A quick check of Part 97 says:
> Under 97.203 Beacon Stations
>
>
> Jim KC7QY
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> Home:
Hi, Joel!
If you "train" the KAT500 with your resonant antennas, it should discover
and store the "bypassed" ATU setting. Even though the MODE LED says "MAN",
the ATU settings stored are the "bypassed" settings. You can see this in
the KAT500 Operate page - Try "ATU TUNE" for your resonant
A quick check of Part 97 says:
Under 97.203 Beacon Stations
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I occasionally pose this question. Is there any way to make the K3S display
green like the K2?
Vy 73 de Bert
WA2SI
-Original Message-
From: Don Wilhelm
To: Frank Krozel , elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 12:02
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 display
Frank,
The K2 had
Hi Joel,
I think you probably need to go into the KAT500 Utility to the Antenna
Configuration screen. You can check and uncheck the antennas needed for each
band. I don't have my station set up at the moment but something like this
might work:
Select Band 17 and 12, check Ant 1 and click
Hi Lenny,
In the past I've used the "Measuring Receiver Sensitivity" found in the
XG3 manual:
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740154%20XG3%20Owner%27s%20Manual.pdf
to be rather close to published K2 numbers.
John KN5L
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I don't think my KAT500 (FW 01.75) is old enuf to suffer from the kind of
memory problems I have, but it doesn't seem to do what I expect it to do. I
was just changing my antenna lineup and I have three antennas connected to
the rear:
Ant 1 -- a 17/12 m coupled resonator dipole -- wants to be in
THEN, read it a THIRD time with the device in your hands and go through
every feature, knob, switch, and connector Don't need to learn it
ALL, but marrying what you read the first two times with the actual
device will make things "stick" and make it easier to remember 1) what
is IN the
Yes, and if you are working phone, really follow the “Basic Voice Mode Setup”
section. I tried to do it by twiddling knobs and got very confused. Elecraft
transmitters work a bit differently than other amateur equipment. The audio
drive and power output are independently controlled.
Also for
I dragged my HP8640B out of the "lab" (basement) to the second floor
shack to do some antenna testing about a week ago. Before dragging this
50 lb instrument back down two flights of stairs I decided to do a quick
MDS measurement on my K2 and got some results I'm a little concerned about.
I've gotten the new laptop to send CW with the KX2, but I'm baffled by
the following:
For the K3, I have a CW function key macro:
F10 TU,TU *{LOG}
It sends the TU K9MA, then logs the contact. This works fine. (I use it
when I don't want to send the corrected call, usually because I sent it
Along with reading the manual, if you have questions, ask here.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 7/1/18 at 11:41 AM, jpc-ra...@outlook.com (J Chester) wrote:
I am reliably informed, by USPS, that a new KX3 has made it
across the Atlantic to beautiful Wales, via New York and
London. I hope to be opening the
Use a sharp knife to cut the tape. “Life” leaking all over the various parts
makes for a messy assembly
And, oh yeah, “Read the MANUAL, again!”
Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 2:46 PM, G4GNX wrote:
>
> RTFM. :-D
>
> 73,
>
> Alan. G4GNX
>
> -Original
RTFM. :-D
73,
Alan. G4GNX
-Original Message-
From: J Chester
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 7:41 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Any advice, please?
Hello list,
I am reliably informed, by USPS, that a new KX3 has made it across the
Atlantic to beautiful Wales, via
Yes, download the manual from the Elecraft site ..print it out
and read it, cover to cover, and word for word, at least twice.
It is amazing how much info is covered in the manual and available to
all hams.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 7/1/2018 1:41 PM, J Chester wrote:
Hello list,
I am
OK, I may try paralleling R10 with something. I never operate at night
with green electrons, here in the shack, while the K3 is in the Elecraft
hospital, I'm on thoroughly brown electrons from NV Energy. This may
solve my seeing problem.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe
Hi Joe,
#1 suggestion: read the manual. You can find it on our website and be better
prepared than most when it arrives :)
73,
Wayne
N6KR
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 11:41 AM, J Chester wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> I am reliably informed, by USPS, that a new KX3 has made it across the
> Atlantic
Read the manual … :-)
Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 2:41 PM, J Chester wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> I am reliably informed, by USPS, that a new KX3 has made it across the
> Atlantic to beautiful Wales, via New York and London. I hope to be opening
> the box soon.
>
>
Hello list,
I am reliably informed, by USPS, that a new KX3 has made it across the Atlantic
to beautiful Wales, via New York and London. I hope to be opening the box soon.
Before I do, I thought I’d ask you guys if you have any advice for a
newbiebefore I open the box,
Joe-can’t-wait,
Ken,
May you rival Olivia de Havilland in longevity. She is 102 years old
today.
- 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, Past President - NCDXC
> -Original Message-
> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
> On Behalf Of Rose
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 10:37 AM
> To: Elecraft Reflector
Skip,
The backlight is intentionally dim to conserve current draw. You could
reduce Front Panel R10 a bit to make it a bit brighter.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/1/2018 12:51 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
Is there any way to brighten it up a little? I built #4398 100 years
ago, and it's always seemed a
After decades as W5TKI beginning in 1951, a move to FL brought WA4HAA.
A Miami area 2M repeater was WB4HAA. With the tropo ducting common in FL
much confusion resulted.
(In those days a 2x3 call was sure sign of a "newbie".) Sigh ...
A current confusion factor is being a "zero" in the 7th call
Hi,
That's it! Wouldn't that be nice to have a 6 meter beacon like that...
It is so small that every year folks could break it out, put up a
beacon, then loose it and buy a new one the next year!
73s and thanks,
Dave
NK7Z
https://www.nk7z.net
On 07/01/2018 09:39 AM, donov...@starpower.net
For most speech formants there is a gap above about 1000 hertz. If one is
depending on only the F1 formant, then a cutoff of about 1000 hertz is
appropriate. Another rule that applies is the 450,000 (or 500,000) rule.
Multiply the highest frequency by the lowest frequency and the product should
Is there any way to brighten it up a little? I built #4398 100 years
ago, and it's always seemed a little dim. I can read it fine outside
[backlight off] but in the shack in the daytime, it's pretty dim.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 7/1/2018 9:02 AM, Don Wilhelm
WB6JJJ?
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 7/1/2018 8:52 AM, Charlie T wrote:
And yes, when I moved to Virginia I held a secondary location call, WA4LJQ
(could it get much longer for CW?), with k3ICH still assigned to my parents
house in Forestville MD where I was
May I raise a word of caution and suggest that you carefully consider
the frequency of any beacon in view of the international use of the band.
50.000-50.030 MHz reserved for a Synchronised Beacon Project
*Region-1: *50.000-50.010; *Region-2: *50.010-50.020; *Region-3:
*50.020-50.030
https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/
73,
Alan. G4GNX
-Original Message-
From: Dave Cole (NK7Z)
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 5:07 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons
That is a good suggestion, someone in EU has something like that for
Hi Dave,
This is the device you're referring to. It transmits 200 milliwatts
on every WSPR segment in every ham band from 630 through 6
meters. 200 milliwatts is amazingly effective when using two
minute WSPR transmissions.
https://dxengineering.com/parts/sbm-wsprliteflex
73
Frank
I heard from a couple of ops that the weak-signal community would prefer
beacons be located higher in the band, say above 50.150.
According to published references I’ve seen, beacons reside from 50.060-50.090,
and that is where I have found them (for many years). If this is a problem,
someone
I have a script that announces openings, based on scraping my DX Cluster.
If it sees DX stations spotting US stations from my CQ zone, it
announces that band as open. I am converting it to Grid square, as I
want more resolution. I will probably just look at the first two
characters of the
That is a good suggestion, someone in EU has something like that for
WSPR. Little box that is self contained, does CW ID, and then does
WSPR. About the size of a candy bar.
73s and thanks,
Dave
NK7Z
https://www.nk7z.net
On 07/01/2018 08:33 AM, Walter Underwood wrote:
Hmm, sounds like a
Thank you Don,
I was probably thinking of the K1.
Have a good Sunday
Frank KG9H
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>
> Frank,
>
> The K2 had backlighting since Day 1. You could turn on/off the backlighting
> by selecting the menu LCD Nite or Day.
> For the K1, it was an option
Frank,
The K2 had backlighting since Day 1. You could turn on/off the
backlighting by selecting the menu LCD Nite or Day.
For the K1, it was an option that was developed some time after the K1
was announced.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 6/30/2018 12:15 PM, Frank Krozel wrote:
Trying to recall (I
Hi Wayne and list,
You could also monitor 6m FT8, this is another good propagation
indicator as well. Then jump back on CW.
73!
Tom - KB2SMS
On 07/01/2018 10:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always pop
up in the low
I know it's no longer a requirement, and I especially can't argue the point,
BUT, I would ask that any proposed 6M beacon use a call sign appropriate for
the location of the beacon.
Yeah I know, the grid square should be sufficient, but years ago, there was a
6M beacon in the Washington DC area
http://www.hanssummers.com/
73
jim ab3cv
On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 11:34 AM Walter Underwood
wrote:
> Hmm, sounds like a good idea for a kit…
>
> wunder
> K6WRU
> Walter Underwood
> CM87wj
> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>
> > On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> >
> >
Hmm, sounds like a good idea for a kit…
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>
> When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always
> pop up in the low end of the band. We
Clay,
We are not talking about shifting the pitch of the signal by 50 Hz, we
are talking about enlarging or restricting the pitch at only the low
frequency end or the high frequency end by 50 Hz.
The LowCut and HiCut controls are like the Bass and Treble controls on a
car AM/FM radio. Think
When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always pop
up in the low end of the band. We could use a lot more of these during
sporadic-E seasons. If you have a 6-meter-capable QRP rig gathering dust and an
antenna to put it on, you might consider joining in. In addition
I don't have "perfect pitch", but do have extensive music experience if
that matters
Single tone, single voice, or an orchestra 50Hz off freq. is enough
to make me want to drill holes in my head. I can easily distinguish
below 10 hz, and sometimes 5 Hz and my ears are damaged
Just as another observation... My Low Cut on SSB in Norm I is set to
0.015 by default. I can dial it UP by 0.1, 0.25, 0.35, etc.
OR, if I dial it down to 0.05 as long as the starting point is above
0.05. Cannot dial in 0.05 from 0.00.
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(318) 518-1389
I apologize. I’ve dumped the digest, so it won’t happen again.
I was hoping we could poke around and maybe find new, old stock parts that
might meet the specs for the 4-band board. If that doesn’t pan out, I think
I’ll see if someone is willing to part with a 2-band 40/80 board.
Regards,
On SSB a change of 50Hz bandwidth is usually insignificant.
Those who are blessed with perfect pitch may differ when listening to a
single tone, but for communications effectiveness, I just don't see the
point.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/1/2018 9:34 AM, ab2tc wrote:
Hi,
You don't have to do any
Randall,
Wayne was referring to the 4 band board which had 16 wide range trimmers
with a low temperature coefficient.
The 2 band board does not have that limitation. All the capacitors are
fixed and the ones in the frequency determining circuits are C0G or NP0
types.
Please do us all a
What do the numbers displayed after the Tune State mean? The right hand three
digits seem to be the tuned SWR but I can not decode the other digits.
For example only, my last Tune State numbers for a 3.710 mHz solution are 0 6
76 1.14
The tuned VSWR was 1.14, the Capacitance was 180pF and
Hi,
You don't have to do any math to do this. Just go to shift/width and change
the width one click (either direction.). Then switch back to HiCut/LoCut. To
reverse the process, do the same thing again.
AB2TC - Knut
Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote
>> One question: On my K3S I cannot set the LO CUT to
I’m really hoping to get 40/80 coverage. My K1 i likely to tart being used at
night more often.
Wayne,
Do you have the temp coefficient of the previous capacitors?
Regards,
Randall
AE8RS
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 1
> Date:
One question: On my K3S I cannot set the LO CUT to .35KHz it only
steps in .10 increments not 0.05 increments is there some CONFIG
item I need to change?
Temporarily switch to Shift/Width and set Shift to a value that,
when divided by two results in a value of X.X5. Now switch back
to Hi/Lo
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