when I switch it from
Stby to Oper, the level of received signals drops by around 5 or 6 s
points. It still transmits fine and there are no adverse SWR indications or
loose co-ax plugs. It does the same on all bands.
Sounds like bad PIN DIODE situation, but I'll let those who are more
Hint: Don't turn knobs like audio or power fast. Each pulse from the knob
is sent as a UDP packet...
I'm late to join this thread, but was curious so read a couple before
deleting. What I bring up below may have been discussed before.
I'm not much of a network person, but I believe UDP
On Mon, 2 Jun 2014 06:05:22 -0700 (PDT), Harry Yingst via Elecraft
wrote:
You could always try replacing the fan with a quieter fan.
I would consider that myself, but only with one recommended by the good
people at Elecraft. The fan in the KPA is VERY loud when it hits the
last two speeds.
Am I missing
something here or is this normal?
Sounds normal for mine. I've recently had mine on 52.525 in an FM QSO. I ended
up at about 250W with short transmissions. That didn't surprise me much at all,
because my KPA seems to produce quite a bit of heat on six meters anyway. Hit
the
Using Digest will generate just as many messages, the only advantage
is that it comes combined in one or two emails a day rather than as
individual emails during that time, and I don't consider that a real
advantage.
Not only that, but it creates much more work for you if you see
It is funny how cw seems to have far more activity now then when it was
forced.
What gave you that idea? The bands were crowded back then. You had to
look around to find an open spot, unless you were on 80 during the day
or something like that. These days, there's all sorts of room on the
I know this thread is going to get tossed soon, but I'll throw this one
in, possibly under the wire. In 1965, we had two AN/FST-2 computers at
our radar site. Look that one up on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_AN/FST-2_Coordinate_Data_Transmitting_Set
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Between attending college and
other work related responsibilities, I'm not sure that is going to happen
before I get my KX3.
Do it while you're young. I suspect it would be very difficult to do
when you get older and are retired. I know my brain is really fried
when it comes to learning
The 3 element is infinitely tunable and will give you near perfect
performance on all bands 40 and above.
You will need a rotor. You don't need a huge investment however, they
work well with the commonly available Ham IV rotors. Lots of reliable
and attractively priced used ones on the
Is there a tremendous difference between legal limit and about half of it
One third, not a half. The KPA is 500W. Legal limit is 1500W.
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:49:18 -0500, Kevin Stover wrote:
Maybe if the big contest guns did the same we wouldn't have the visceral
anti-contest attitudes displayed, and get more people involved.
You're talking to one of the anti crowd. It has nothing to do with
speed. It has to do with the
On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 09:16:18 -0700, Jim Brown wrote:
Contests always avoid the WARC bands, and most contests are a single
mode -- CW or SSB or RTTY -- leaving lots of space for those who don't
enjoy them.
That's not bad, unless it is the weekend for your favorite mode, OR the other
mode
On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:32:59 -0400, Stephen Roberts wrote:
Yes, and it's curious that there are clearly better decoders out there.
I built an Open QRP rig last year and the decoder was phenomenal...
much better than the KX3, so assuming this is a software issue, is this
something that the
So short chassis-to-chassis bonding combined with a bond from
one of those chassis to the common point is the safest from a lightning
safety point of view, because it
minimizes the loop area.
You've got a good point, Jim. However, I would prefer a combination of
both methods. I'd run a
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:08:46 -0800, Phil Hystad wrote:
I have seen some comments recently about six meters and I have never operated
six meters. I don't really have a descent antenna for six meters, just my
80-meter (ladder line fed) dipole or my hex beam that I can at least tune to
six
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:07:53 -0800, Wayne Burdick wrote:
We're getting excellent reports from several customers who are testing new
KAT500 and KPA500 firmware. (The changes mainly pertain to fault indications
and incorrect re-tuning.) We hope to get this code to beta early next week.
Wayne,
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:27:59 -0600, Dave Perry wrote:
Steve,
My KPA500 also has the clicks and pops as it heats up and expands.
I'm rather curious about this clicking people are talking about. I have
SN 1255 and have heard none of what is being described. I've purposely
heated it from cool
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:35:46 -0700, Gary McDuffie mcduf...@actcom.net
wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:53:01 + (UTC), amsct...@comcast.net wrote:
Commercial vehicles, in fact almost all modern over-the-road vehicles, emit
all kinds of RF noise. OEM's primary noise concerns relate to
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:33:35 -0700, Gary McDuffie mcduf...@actcom.net
wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 07:09:42 -0500, Bill W2BLC wrote:
I have talked to a couple of local hams with K-Lines about the problem.
They have experienced the same KAT500 retuning problem, but wrote it off
as the tuner
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:15:45 -0500, Bill W2BLC wrote:
I have all kinds of proper crimpers. They do a good job in many cases.
I have never been a fan of crimped RF connectors for VHF/UHF, however,
most commercial installers use them with great success. Remember, those
connections usually
On Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:41:31 -0500, Jim - KE8G wrote:
I am curious what external speakers folks are using with the K3/RemoteRig
combination. Currently, I am using a set of Radiosport headphones, but
ther are times I would like to monitor things with having to sit in front
of the radio.
I
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 04:12:54 -0500, W4GRJ wrote:
I live in Florida and as a fishing guide, the 4 group 27 AGM batteries on my
boat have performed perfectly now for over 4 years of almost daily use. I
have almost every piece of marine electronics and radios running on the boat.
Which has
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:40:02 -0500, Tommy wrote:
If you want to know something
about antennas/feed lines, try www.towertalk.com which is the correct
place for this PL259 thread in the first place. If you don't know where to
look for information, ASK!
Ah! But, just how many of those young
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:59:14 -0500, W2RU - Bud Hippisley wrote:
If a transmission line is lossy, the SWR will get progressively lower as you
move closer to the transmitter. In an extreme case (such as 1000 feet of old
RG-58 or worse, at high enough frequencies), there will be so much loss
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:23:37 -0800, Frank Precissi wrote:
Glad this topic came up, because im about to redo all my pre-made cables
and its one of those topics that people like me are afraid to ask because
they are sorta newbie-ish (cue the You should have learned this before you
got your
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:49:35 -0500, Eugene Balinski wrote:
The 25W do not work well and tend to melt the center
conductor.
Melt the center conductor? If you mean melt the dielectric around the
center pin in the coax, you are using the wrong connector. It should
not melt or sag when hot!
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:21:02 -0500, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote:
The big
Weller D550 guns (250/325 watt) are not temperature controlled but can make
heat a lot quicker.
That's my weapon of choice too.
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:00:41 -0800, Vic K2VCO wrote:
The trick is to remove the outer insulation carefully without damaging the
braid and then
tin it BEFORE trying to cut it. A large soldering iron (not a gun) makes it
easy to tin
without disturbing the braid or melting the insulation.
On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 22:14:17 -0600, Chris Ishmael wrote:
Does anyone know specifically where I can download Spectrogram? All the
downloads
I find just lead to pop-ups to third party download sites with unrelated
garbage
software. I can't even find Spectrogram's website, is it even a current
On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:18:33 -0700, k6xt wrote:
Get rid of the virus called Norton Anti-Virus. Install the free version
of Avast or AVG. That'll do it, and protect you as well. Also use
Malawarebytes.
Not bad advice. Norton is extremely hard to remove by yourself.
Add/remove does not do
On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 08:22:32 -0800, Rick Tavan N6XI wrote:
If a ping fails
to respond, the switch counts failures until a user-set number that
suggests the network is down. At that point it cycles power on a designated
outlet.
This is a very nice feature, and could easily be worth the bucks
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:27:53 -0700 (PDT), W5UXH wrote:
I tested first with ^FC3; since that is the highest
minimum speed I want and at first thought it did not work because of other
noises in the shack. But ^FC5; left no doubt!
But why not let the thermostatic controller do its thing? And,
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:27:13 -0400, Claude Du Berger wrote:
Irwin, I ran mine at 500W for 20 hrs. 1268 QSO fan speed fixe at 4
and no problem. 60% of the time in RUN/CQ mode.
FYI, that is NOT a fixed speed. It is just the minimum speed that it
will run instead of ramping down to the lowest or
On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:48:52 -0500, Richard Thorne wrote:
Hows the KPA-500 holding up under contest conditions for SSB and CW?
I've read the reviews on eham but there was only one that referenced
performance in contest conditions (and it was favorable).
I'm curious if the temp stays down
On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:50:43 -0700, Phil Hystad wrote:
Question: is this accurate or does the proximity of ground (maybe two feet
high)
so strongly affect the SWR reading that the measurement is not accurate.
Not accurate at all. Most manufacturers say to stand the beam up so it
is pointed
On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 10:48:46 -0700 (PDT), Gene N4FZ wrote:
wow it just now started
displaying again. What could be causing this?
What did the factory say?
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On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:24:57 -0400, W2RU - Bud Hippisley wrote:
Basically, the English language should prevail. Reply clearly refers to
the sender, not the medium. Reply All means exactly what it says. I hope
the list moderator will keep it just the way it is.
eoaThis is dead wrong and
On Tue, 28 May 2013 20:06:02 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Fantastic looking 813 amp Vic. I'm jealous!
Same! Loved my old carbon plate 813s back in '64. They would take the
abuse for sure!
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On Mon, 27 May 2013 09:31:23 -0400, Richard Gillingham wrote:
IMPORTANT: Provide at least 2 inches (5 cm) clearance behind the
fan and above the amplifier for proper air flow.
Nuf said.
Roger that! And yes, the fan makes PLENTY of noise when it kicks up to
high speed. It isn't enough
On Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:05 -0500, Mike Schultz wrote:
I wonder if schematics are
published like the K3's are. I don't see them on the website. If not
published, are they at least supplied with the kits?
I bought a KPA500. There was no diagram on the web site, and none was
supplied.
On Sun, 19 May 2013 22:59:50 +0200, Ralf Wilhelm wrote:
Obviously the counterpoise was missing (or in my words the capacitance of
the case to ground was not high enough). I could not test if plugging the
headphones in and using them is sufficient to increase the capacitance
sufficiently
On Tue, 7 May 2013 09:24:00 -0700, Chris Rutkowski wrote:
This behavior is mildly annoying and doesn't seem right.
Just for the record, I recently had a one-time occurrence of this sort
of thing. It was on 6 meters and the reflected power into the TS-590
was quite high. That was something I
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:59:39 -0700, Hank Garretson wrote:
Andy, K0SM has a very nice look at the K3 reduced-bandwidth FSK keying.
(Now available to all as Beta DSP rev. 2.8.)
http://www.frontiernet.net/~aflowers/k3beta/
I'm not a K3 owner, but that is quite impressive. Very well done.
Had to forward this again due to the stupid reply to that assigned on
this list. :o(
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:50:54 -0600, Gary McDuffie mcduf...@actcom.net
wrote:
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:12:45 -0700 (PDT), k2np wrote:
I had the exact same issue. It looks like pins in the manual are probably
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:39:46 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Tighe, there should be no problem with leaving them as they are. That's just
a power connection to the fans, and as long as everything fit physically
leaving a little pin exposed is fine.
Several people reported this situation on
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:51:46 -0700 (PDT), Bill Wiehe wrote:
I believe the issue you describe is the same one I am in the process of
correcting in that the power connection for the fan would not seat properly.
I called Elecraft and spoke with a tech and we determined that the pins had
an
On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:32:12 -0800 (PST), Bill Wiehe wrote:
Any advantage to using 220V vs 110V to power the KPA500?
Absolutely. Less current through the wires, lower current in the xfmr, lower
impedance power source, etc. If it is available, use the 230 line.
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:25:37 -0700, Gary McDuffie mcduf...@actcom.net
wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:17:54 -0700, RANDY DIDDEL wrote:
To clarify, I just would like to be able to switch to/from Barefoot at
the K3 without having to reach way over and down every time.
I don't understand how/why
On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:23:40 -0700, AG0N-3055 wrote:
On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 19:51:09 -0800 (PST), John K3TN wrote:
I thought 40M signals sounded kinda low, and the noise floor on the P3 was
down - but then noticed when I turned the KP!500 from OPER to STBY, signals
came about 15db. No fault
On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:08:15 -0500, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote:
This is normal as the KPA500 is designed to attenuate signals the further
you go below the 160M band in order to protect the T/R switching diodes
from BC band overload.
Thanks, Eric. Interesting. Is there a way to
On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 19:51:09 -0800 (PST), John K3TN wrote:
I thought 40M signals sounded kinda low, and the noise floor on the P3 was
down - but then noticed when I turned the KP!500 from OPER to STBY, signals
came about 15db. No fault indicated. TX power seems fine. Any thoughts?
I'm
On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:59:00 -0600, Richard Fjeld wrote:
I built a box with an AC relay that locks up through it's own contacts.
Did the same thing, except that the path also goes through a timer relay
that doesn't energize the AC path relay until power has been on for at
least 30 seconds
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:43:35 -0800 (PST), tnny...@yahoo.com wrote:
OPENING suspecting LINKS is giving the spammers the ability to use your
address book as they wish.
With some people, Milverton, they don't know enough to know that
something is suspect! Some are too trusting, and assume that
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:42:04 -0700, Erik Basilier wrote:
Erik,
My questions for the group: Do you have whole house surge protection
installed, especially with a high leg electrical system?
My answer won't help you a bit, because, as you already know, you have
an abnormal installation.
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:52:29 -0500, Bill Clarke wrote:
Replies to posts should be to the group - NOT sent as private emails.
Private emails are not seen by the group, hence no one in the group can
learn anything or hear what is being said on a particular subject.
Absolutely. Apparently
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:57:26 -0900, Edward R Cole wrote:
It may surprise you to know that dial-up internet access is still
prevalent in many areas of Alaska (also no internet access along with
no telephone or cell phone and no roads are also prevalent but this
is where humans are also not
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:09:19 -0600, Bill K9YEQ wrote:
Looks like communications really
aren't working between devices.
For the OP, upload to the KPA takes a minute or two. I didn't time it.
The progress bar just kept moving, so I was happy. It's not making it
if it takes a long time. Did
On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 01:30:37 +, Wright, Robert wrote:
My recent factory assembled KPA500 has a hole in the front panel between the
power button and the fault light. I can find no mention of this in the
manual or on the forums.
Does anybody know what this is? Perhaps a hard reset?
On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 01:30:37 +, Wright, Robert wrote:
I can find no mention of this in the manual or on the forums.
Check the construction manual...downloadable from the site.
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On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:09:19 -0600, Bill K9YEQ wrote:
Looks like communications really
aren't working between devices.
Why is it this list insists on responding to the poster and not the
list EVERY TIME I reply, it goes to a single person and has to be
reposted for the group.
For the
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:58:46 -0500, Ken Wagner K3IU wrote:
Perhaps you should click on Reply All
rather than Reply.
In 20 yrs of email, I've never needed to use reply all, and I don't
intend to begin now.
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On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:12:31 -0500, Ray Sills wrote:
I don't expect Eric or Wayne will change the list policy.
Apparently not. They haven't answered my question about it last week.
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I received my KPA recently as a kit. Assembly has gone well to this
point. However, I cannot get the fan connector to slide down over the
very long pins on the PC board. They insert and feel like they should,
and like they are engaging properly with the pins, but it lacks 5mm of
going on flush
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:51:52 -0800 (PST), Bayard Coolidge wrote:
I mentioned the issue
to my XYL to see if she'd seen any black fingernail polish, and she
wondered why clear polish (e.g., Sally's Beauty Supply Hard As Nails)
wouldn't be more feasible/desireable...
I've used clear for
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:58:35 -0500, Brian Alsop wrote:
The first rule in troubleshooting is to unplug everything that isn't
absolutely necessary to the equipment being diagnosed.
In this case all that would be needed is power, ant/dummy load and the K3.
Absolutely. Make sure you use good
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