Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Question - Manual Mode Light is Flashing

2021-02-12 Thread Irwin KD3TB
Andy, I kept the KAT500 in auto tune mode & I think I solved the problem...1) a loose plug in the back of the KAT500 & 2) probably snow or frozen participation on the antenna connection. Not sure what finally solved it, but all seems to be well During the contest so far. Tnx , Irwin KD3TB On

[Elecraft] KAT500 Question - Manual Mode Light is Flashing

2021-02-12 Thread Andy Durbin
"When I have the Tuner in By-Pass Mode for an antenna with a low SWR, even when making small changes in the frequency, the Tune switches to MAN (Manual Mode) and the MAN light is flashing. How do I get it to stay in By-Pass Mode." One reason for flashing MAN is that KAT500 has entered auto tune

[Elecraft] Antenna and Propagation class notes

2021-02-12 Thread kevinr
http://www.ihe.kit.edu/img/studium/ARC_Main.pdf As usual I was looking for something else when I found an interesting document. This is an introduction to antennas and propagation without too much mathematics.  It ranges from analyzing wire antennas to patch antennas.  There is a good

Re: [Elecraft] K2 filter optimisation

2021-02-12 Thread kevinr
I was curious so I searched for alternatives.  I used the search string "spectrum audio graphing application for macintosh linux OS" and found a number of applications you could use to tune your K2.  I have not used any of them.  I simply wanted to see what was out there.  Options are

[Elecraft] KAT500 Question - Manual Mode Light is Flashing

2021-02-12 Thread Irwin KD3TB
Set up: Flex 6500 with KAT500 & KPA500 using Elecrafts recommended settings When I have the Tuner in By-Pass Mode for an antenna with a low SWR, even when making small changes in the frequency, the Tune switches to MAN (Manual Mode) and the MAN light is flashing. How do I get it to stay in

Re: [Elecraft] K3S CW Optimization

2021-02-12 Thread MaverickNH
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Re: [Elecraft] K2 filter optimisation

2021-02-12 Thread Dan Presley
Let me know what you find out about Mac options. Thanks Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com n7...@arrl.net > On Feb 12, 2021, at 11:44, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > Ian, > > Spectrum Lab runs on Windows and Linux, but Mac is not specifically > mentioned. Google for it and read for

[Elecraft] KX3 Transmit Bias cal procedure question

2021-02-12 Thread John Evans
This is a resend since I did not see any response to my question the first go around. Greetings,   I'm going through the cal procedure for transmit bias.  Once I tap XMIT, it seems to stay there forever with the current bouncing around between .04-.06 A but it never seems to complete.  Am I

[Elecraft] problem with k3 in data mode

2021-02-12 Thread NK6A-Don Minkoff
I seem to have a new problem with my K3 and RTTY mode.  I set up, as I have been doing for over ten years, DATA mode , AFSK, 1275 -170.  I have never had a problem using MMTTY or N1MM with MMTTY.  Now, all of a sudden my power slowly goes down after starting up where I set it. If I set the

Re: [Elecraft] Powering down K3 using DXLab Commander

2021-02-12 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
The K3/K3S does not have any provision to turn on via the RS-232/USB interface. When it is powered down the processor is not running so there is nothing there to interpret commands. The only way to perform a remote power on is to pull the "power on" line of the ACC connector to ground for at

Re: [Elecraft] [DXLab] Powering down K3 using DXLab Commander

2021-02-12 Thread David F. Reed
Thanks Ian, that did it! 73 de Dave, W5SV On 2/12/2021 19:57, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:46 AM David Reed wrote: I need some help figuring this out; I can do the power down from the Elecraft Utility (using command "PS0;") In trying to get it to run from

Re: [Elecraft] [DXLab] Powering down K3 using DXLab Commander

2021-02-12 Thread iain macdonnell - N6ML
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:46 AM David Reed wrote: > > I need some help figuring this out; I can do the power down from the Elecraft > Utility (using command "PS0;") > > In trying to get it to run from Commander, I have done the following (but no > results); other than this, Commander is

[Elecraft] Powering down K3 using DXLab Commander

2021-02-12 Thread David F. Reed
I need some help figuring this out; I can do the power down from the Elecraft Utility (using command "*PS0;*") In trying to get it to run from Commander, I have done the following (but no results); other than this, Commander is working fine. User -defined Command Sequence:     Note:          

Re: [Elecraft] K2 filter optimisation

2021-02-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Ian, Spectrum Lab runs on Windows and Linux, but Mac is not specifically mentioned. Google for it and read for yourself. If you have a Windows machine, you can use Spectrogram. Download from my website www.w3fpr.com - Scroll to near the bottom of the home page to find the links. 73, Don

[Elecraft] K2 filter optimisation

2021-02-12 Thread Ian Maude
Hi all, It’s been a while but good to be back. I have just resurrected my K2 and had to do a reset due to not having any sidetone. This meant a certain amount of realignment. When I originally aligned this (back in 2004) I was able to use Spectrogram to align the filters well. Is there a modern

[Elecraft] K3S CW Optimization

2021-02-12 Thread Frederick Dwight
Bert, as stated there is not one correct answer. I have been a CW ham op for 67 years with some maritime CW ops also. In the old days we needed to use our brain filters, since any receiver we could afford was wide as a barn door, and even the more expensive ones had filtering far inferior to