Suddenly, I can't hear the sub-receiver in the right headphone unless I use
the Ab-b option on the L-MIX-R menu item. (FYI, the b-Ab option also
does not work.) I used the A-b option for years. Any clues as to what I
may have inadvertently changed to cause this?
Brian K1LI
I would like access to the I/Q signals produced by the DSP modulator on
transmit. Are these signals available on the rig's I/Q outputs?
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I am the builder and non-smoking sole owner of K2 s/n 3070 (rev B) with
these options: KPA100 (also provides RS-232 computer interface), KSB2,
KNB2, K160RX, KAT100 external autotuner with crossover cable and Yaesu
MD-100A8X desk mic.
This rig has provided years of faithful service without a
I need an internal wattmeter for a homebrew, legal limit, solid-state amp.
Except for the fact that the W1 only takes up to 140W without modification,
it looks like a great solution. I'm thinking about using a surplus bridge
from an industrial ISM generator and padding the DC output by 12-dB
I'm hoping someone else has experienced this, because it's too weird for me
to figure out.
When I QSY to 17m phone and begin to speak into the mic, I get very low
output power. The only way I can get to full output is to switch to CW and
begin transmitting, during which I see the output power
I'm posting this only to add to the reflector's knowledge base of solutions
to mic problems. I do not claim that this problem occurs with all electret
mics. This information will come as no surprise to Jim, Tom and other
frequent contributors. While the solution falls into the realm of good
The K3's APF feature formalizes behavior that I used to implement by mixing
the audio from the main and second RX with the two receivers set to
different IF and DSP bandwidths. The first few times I tried the APF, I was
not impressed; I thought (mistakenly) that it was not meant to work with
the
with finding the posting by Eric that you mentioned?
I am not finding it in the archive search or my search topics are off.
Rich
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If others had the same Field Day experience we had, then Elecraft should
prepare for an orders onslaught.
We used three K3s and three tribanders (plus an 80m dipole and 40m beam) at
W1MOO. In years past, we had terrible inter-station QRM with *other* radios,
despite bandpass filters at all
Are both the primary and secondary RX muted when in transmit mode, even if
the KRX3 gets its RF from the AUX input? Can this be disabled so that the
KRX3 can listen on a separate antenna during transmit on ANT1 or ANT2?
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I want to do some experiments placing ferrite beads on the TMP cables that
carry so many signals around the inside of the K3. I can't find the
dimensions of the SP060022 connectors on the cables and I don't have a set
of calipers to make an accurate measurement. Does anyone know the location
of an
a great learning vehicle.
In response to other queries as to what might go wrong, I can't imagine why
putting ferrites on the outside of the coax would affect the signals
traveling on the inside of the coax. If someone can illuminate me, I'm all
ears.
Brian K1LI
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Brian
I used my K3 as J7Y in the recent ARRL DX SSB contest. Since I've seen some
discussion of the merits of the DVR in the age of PC-recorded audio, I
wanted to drop a line here about my experience. I use an extremely
comfortable headset with an electret mic that needs bias from the K3, so I
can't run
Tony,
I second your desire to have separate monitor levels for the DVR and the mic
and for exactly the same reason. Perhaps the Elecraft gang will put it on
our wish list.
Brian K1LI
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 1:02 PM, N2TK, Tony tony@verizon.net wrote:
If there was one wish it would be that
I received a Clarity Aloft headset as a gift. I am very impressed with the
quality of RX and TX sound and they are very comfortable to wear. The
headset and boom comprise a continuous wire frame that gently but firmly
grasps the head, while the earbud material and transducers are derived
from
Doug,
I have owned and used my K2/100 on SSB and CW for almost 10 years, but it
has been relegated to second radio duty since getting my K3 a year ago.
I've been getting the K2 ready for a DXpedition for the last few days and I
have noticed a similar symptom to what you describe, as part of a
Stewart,
I had this problem a while ago and thought it had been cleared up, but it's
ba-ack, perhaps because I started using Ab-Ab with Sub and split again
recently. Doesn't matter if I use CW or SSB.
I'm running the latest beta FW.
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Bill,
I more than doubled last year's score without doubling QSOs, which means
that I had a greater percentage of non-US QSOs. I originally attributed this
to improved conditions and was surprised to hear from other nearby
stations that conditions for them were not as good as last year.
I had
Wow, Don, the effect of setting the AGC THR is dramatic!
I live in a very rural location that seems relatively free of man-made
noise. With antenna connected, the K3 S-meter shows about S-5 background
noise. (S-0 with no antenna!)
Surprising to me, turning *down* the AGC THR to 002 (was set to
Merv,
I noticed some of the raspy or buzzy quality you heard, but for me it
was not on all signals. I have also noted that quality on signals for the
past week or so; perhaps it is atmospheric.
For the first time, I turned on the K3's ATT and found that I was even
better able to separate
Ron,
This topic has been discussed over just the past few days here on the
reflector.
Apparently, people are having different experiences. My K2 works by plugging
the K2's ** serial cable ** into the end of the KUSB cable and setting
up the application software to run at 4800 / N / 8 / 1.
I have a condenser mic that is not on the list of known mics in the docs
or on the Elecraft web site. I'm trying to decide whether to simply short
the +5V to the AF when connecting my condenser mic to the KSB2, or to place
a resistor in between. I am more concerned about potential long-term
will
effectively bypass all the audio to ground. For AC signals, a power rail is
jst the same as ground because there are large bypass capacitors on the
voltage rail.
73,
Don W3FPR
Brian Machesney wrote:
I have a condenser mic that is not on the list of known mics in the docs
Eric,
I am using the KUSB with my K2 and N1MM Logger. I plugged the K2's serial
cable into the end of the the KUSB adapter. I am running at 4800 bps, no
parity, 8 data bits and no stop bits.
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Eric,
Yes, I did search the archives to find out why you can transmit through
some filters and not through others before posting this question to the
reflector. The only authoritative information I found information was this
from July 2008:
Until further information to the contrary is available from
I am getting transmitted RF feedback into the K3 when running high power
with a headset that uses a condenser element. With an otherwise identical
setup, I don't have any problems with either of my two headsets that have
dynamic mic elements, using either the front- or the rear-panel mic jacks.
I
I've searched the archives and found that use of a filter other than 2.7kHz
for SSB TX seems to be forbidden. One selects a non-standard filter for
ESSB; why can' t this filter be the 2.1kHz or 1.8kHz filter?
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Mike,
I have used my K3 and A91b successfully on all bands from 160 through 10
meters for over a year. No problems with SSB on any bands. I have run full
output on 160 and 80/75, both SSB and CW. Net: I can't think why you're
having trouble.
I do have one problem on the low bands that I do not
http://www.rt66.com/~hypoxic/K2stuff/ultreject.html
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
gm4...@btinternet.com wrote:
Duane,
Can you remember the web-site of this K2 owner?
73,
Geoff.
GM4ESD
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I sold a big rig in deference to the K3. Many of the big screen features
of the big rigs - and more, I'll wager - will be provided by the P3 at a
price which will *begin* to put the K3+P3 combo in the same league as the
big rigs but still with the performance advantages that many Elecraft
owners
Keith,
I wonder why you believe that all DSPs would amplify harmonics. When
properly designed, a DSP behaves in a linear fashion - i.e., it does not
produce the harmonic distortion you describe. The criteria for proper DSP
design include limiting the bandwidth of the input signal to prevent
This seems like a potential application for the KRC2. Could it not be
co-located with a relay-controlled array of matching components? I know that
one of the big concerns is the length of the AUXBUS cable; perhaps BCD
control via something akin to rotor cable would be more appropriate.
Yes, the
To get the IF Out signal?
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I would like to be able to lock the V-M front panel key.
In what must surely be the latest evidence of my brain's declining function,
I constantly confound the V-M and M-V buttons, inadvertently writing
over the memory contents. Pressing the V-M button while it is locked
would produce an audible
Phil,
You can see the T-R switching circuitry in the schematics available on the
Elecraft web site. Just search for t-r and you'll find the circuitry for
both the 10W and 100W PAs.
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On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Phil Hystad k7...@comcast.net wrote:
I noticed from
I second Don's comment, re: If you build the K3, fears about adding
options, doing upgrades or performing any maintenance later on will be
minimized because you know how it 'goes together'.
The ability to add features as requirements change and money becomes
available is a major feature of
Gents,
On the flip side, I - and, apparently, many other operators from whom
we've heard on this and other reflectors - have run the K3 for 30+ hours out
of a 48-hour contest and not experienced the fatigue you describe. Such
fatigue would make any rig an intolerable chore to use and would
Clint,
I don't know all your constraints, but since you are considering putting up
multiple individual antennas to work in opposite directions, you may want to
consider reversible wire beams or reversible Moxon rectangles. There is a
wealth of information at www.cebik.com (free to create a
Dave,
I think that's a good idea, particularly since I've heard some hams comment
that they bought one rig and not another because of the ability to operate
it remotely (couldn't transmit, of course - no control op). This demo could
tip the balance for that segment of the market.
Brian K1LI
On
Julius,
Do you want to amplify 10 watts to 150 watts, or 100 watts to 150 watts? The
former is nearly 12dB- about 2 S-units - while the latter is less than 2dB -
about 1/3 of an S-unit, a difference which would be very difficult to
discern on the air.
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2009
Now that I'm enjoying SWLing again, I'd like to try to decode Digital
Radio Mondiale. Has anyone succeeded in doing this without buying a
purpose-built DRM receiver?
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Wayne,
You wrote, What I do is set up the per-band quick memories for different
modes
and starting points on each band. In the case of 80 m, tapping MV /
M1 gets me to CW mode at 3540, M2 is LSB at 3900, M3 is AM-SYNC at
3870, and M4 is PSK31 at 3580.
Does one have to already be somewhere in the
N1MM Logger and DX Lab Suite both give you the option. On N1MM Logger, open
the Configuration panel, choose the Other tab and check the Use Reverse CW
box in the lower right-hand corner.
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Ralph Parker ve...@dccnet.com wrote:
I've tried
Stewart,
I'm starting a new thread on this subject because your post reminded me to
write in on the subject.
Since a key click is an impulse of signal to the RX, perhaps they could be
reduced by a noise blanker type of function. That will make it even more
impossible to know that you're close to
Steve,
In addition to being bad for your radio, the dry air that's allowing the
static charges to build up on your skin aren't good for the rest of your
body (sinuses, skin, etc.). We use a whole house humidifier that sits on
the floor near the wood stove (Vermont crude is a lot cheaper than the
Pretty self-explanatory from the subject line. Seems that AGC must be
enabled to get audio out. Doesn't seem right and not the same behavior as
before, unless someone can tell me what I've inadvertently set incorrectly.
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Anyone ever listen to Cheech and Chong's Big Bambu album back in the 70s?
I feel like Sister Mary Elephant responding to Lyle's correct answer: Thank
you.
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Lyle Johnson k...@wavecable.com wrote:
...unless someone can tell me what I've
I was among those who experienced audio blast with a previous release when
operating QSK and subRX together. I've been working DXpeditions split for
the past few hours and don't hear anything untoward with this release.
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Dennis Watkins
Eric,
force the PA on even at low power to keep things cool
I don't know about that, but you can force the PA fans on by:
- Press the POWER button to turn the K3 on
- Hold CONFIG to select the Configuration menu, then turn VFO B to KPA3
- Turn the VFO A knob to PAIO ON... further to PAIO
Since installing v3.56 and continuing with v3.57, the front panel BAND
control always takes me to 5.975 MHz in AM-S when I try to QSY to 40m. I can
get to 7.xxx MHz frequencies via keypad and logging programs, but not via
BAND control.
Any ideas on what's going on?
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Steve,
Thanks for your suggestion - BND MAP was, indeed, the culprit. I had
disabled 60m, but it somehow got re-enabled.
73 -- Brian -- K1LI
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.comwrote:
Go to config/BND MAP. Scroll through the bands and make sure 7.0 is IN.
I was just reading about the differing levels of success that people have
with active noise cancelling units. It occurred to me that one should be
able to achieve the same kinds of results using the second RX and separate
antenna in the K3 - with the addition of control over the phase (delay) of
The issue(s) that I'm facing are being dealt with fully in the other
thread re: K3 SWR accuracy. I would like to abandon this thread.
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for the amp (giving a non-50 ohm resistive load to the K3).
73,
Don W3FPR
Brian Machesney wrote:
I'm feeding a double L antenna on 160m (visualize a vertical dipole
with
the top and bottom legs bent to form something like a capital C and
fed in
the middle
I'm feeding a double L antenna on 160m (visualize a vertical dipole with
the top and bottom legs bent to form something like a capital C and fed in
the middle of the vertical leg). The SWR bridge on the K3 shows 1:1 SWR, but
when I fire up my Alpha 91B, I see significant reflected power.
I
It may seem obvious, but be sure that you also routed one of the TMP cables
to the AUX connector!
K1LI
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Arie Kleingeld PA3A p...@xs4all.nlwrote:
Don't forget to hold the sub button so that the diversity mode kicks in.
73 Arie PA3A
-Oorspronkelijk
I'm considering a KRC2 purchase. Can the KRC2 control outputs based on the
TX VFO?
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I have the 8-pole 1.8-kHz filter for phone contesting, but it's on the
border of intelligibility for my ears. I want to overcome this by mixing in
a small amount of wider-bandwidth audio from the linked sub-RX with a wider
filter. While I can set SPKRS to 1 to accomplish this, it seems that with
Call me stubborn, but I believe that it should be possible to *make* the K3
and a logging program work together as SO2R-in-a-box. This probably
involves external, switched bandpass filters, might involve an external
antenna switch and/or applying a context swtich via the logging program,
but it
Ed,
Getting frustrated is no fun! In addition to just getting on the air, you
might want to try one of the Morse training programs listed here:
http://www.ac6v.com/morseprograms.htm#CWT
Does anyone on the reflector have experience with a Morse trainer that they
can recommend to Ed?
73 -- Brian
Can anyone help the team on Fiji?
Rys - I will follow up with a response from the reflector if I see it.
73 -- Brian -- K1LI
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Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:04 AM
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Wayne,
Thanks for that suggestion - it worked!! One starts to wonder if there is
any thing that this radio can't do!
73 -- Brian -- K1LI
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote:
The K3 has a CONFIG menu entry called AFSK TX. If you set it to FIL
ON, a 400-Hz
After enjoying my K3 for about nine months, I was recently alerted to
audible 60-Hz hum on my transmitted audio signal. After reading the many
hum related posts on the reflector, I began investigating. Step 1 was to
remove all connections to the rig except the DC power and the coax to the
external
Fred,
I use KUSB with K3 and have no trouble sending CW from N1MM using RTS and
DTR from a WinXP laptop. Just letting you know that it *can* work.
73 -- Brian -- K1LI
Snip:
I was surprised the KUSB from Elecraft doesn't work for the logger-rig
interface. I guess all USB-Serial adapters are
If you don't want power output when you hit the key, turn off the VOX while
in CW mode - the rig responds with PTT in the message area. To get power
out with VOX off, you must press the XMIT button or active the PTT (with a
footswitch, for example) while keying the paddles.
Depending on what you
I have a problem which, as far as I can tell, is unique to 17m operation.
Regardless of what I do with the PWR control, I can't get more than a few
watts out in either SSB mode (i.e., USB or LSB). I can get full power out by
switching to CW mode, transmitting a few characters, and returning to SSB
I have run into an item - I won't call it a problem or bug because I
don't know that the function is not intended.
With the bands the way they are, I scan a lot. Of course, you have to load
the min and max scan frequencies by a M-V operation. But this doesn't work
unless VFO A and VFO B are
I can't get the K3 to transmit using audio supplied to the LINE IN jack. I'm
working in DATA A mode. I CAN transmit with audio supplied to both the
front- and rear-panel MIC jacks. I have tried selecting the main MENU MIC
SEL = LINE IN as well as the MIC+LIN = ON setting, but no go. Any
I pressed and held the K3 power switch until the MCU LD message appeared -
that was over a half-hour ago. How long should this take to complete?
Trying to solve the low sub RX audio problem.
Brian K1LI
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Bob,
That fixed the problem. Thanks for the suggestion - the master reset is
always the last resort!
73 - Brian - K1LI
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Robert Ansell robert-ans...@msn.comwrote:
Hi Brian, yes I've experienced this and for me the fix was to do a hard
reset but do not under
Don,
I am a digital mode neophyte. Is it possible - or, is it considered to be
too much of a kludge - to receive a digital mode (be it PSK or RTTY) via PC
soundcard and send CW to the K3 for translation into the digital mode? It
seems that this would avoid some of the pitfalls associated with
I echo Dave's remarks, though I have the 8-pole 400Hz filter.
Being in VT made me the focus of several spot pileups, but I
experienced none of the desense issues that someone reported on the
reflector. There were numerous wide stations, which caused me to
tailor the RX EQ settings in an effort to
Johnny,
The beautiful thing about Elecraft products is that you don't have to make
the final decision now. You can purchase the rig without the second receiver
and buy it when you figure what you need it for.
That said, I think the question you want to ask yourself is, What could I
do if I had
Lee,
I usually have trouble with my DSL connection when I operate high power on
160 and 80, even though the antenna is 200 feet from the shack. I have been
attributing it to RF pickup by the long-ish phone lines and AC wiring in the
house.
This weekend, I had trouble with my amp, so I moved it
Pardon my density, but I can't figure out how to realize the function
depicted in figure 3 of the K3 Owner's Manual: routing a signal from the
ANT2 connector to the KRX3 through the KAT3. I don't see anything in the
FAQ. Can someone, please, tell me how to configure the rig so that K1 and K3
are
Pardon my density, but I can't figure out how to realize the function
depicted in figure 3 of the K3 Owner's Manual: routing a signal from the
ANT2 connector to the KRX3 through the KAT3. I don't see anything in the
FAQ. Can someone, please, tell me how to configure the rig so that K1 and K3
are
Don,
Thanks for the help, but I'm still not with you. I want to operate in SO2V
mode with the main and sub receivers on different bands using different
antennas connected to the ANT1 and ANT2 connectors.
I have the TMP cable connected between the KAT3 and the KRX3 input. The TMP
cable from the
FOUND IT
In order for the KRX3 to get its input from the ANT2 connector, the KRX3
input must come from the KAT3 **AND** one must set the KRX3 to ANT2 using
the B_SET button.
Whew!!!
Brian K1LI
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Brian Machesney nekvts...@gmail.comwrote:
Don,
Thanks
After installing the KRX3 module, I get an ERR IF1 message when I
power the radio on (this is the only error message); the manual
indicates a problem with KNB3. Further, holding LEVEL produces IF
N/A in the VFO B area of the display (the DSP NB function appears
to operate correctly based on
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