Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

Hi Phil IMO the only reason to prefer the KX3 is compactness and light weight for portable operations. 73, Carl WS7L On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 1:59 PM Phil Hystad via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Looking for advice… > > I am considering which of my two rigs to keep, the K3+P3 or

[Elecraft] K2 #7997 is alive

I'm 20 years late to the game but I finally built a K2. What a satisfying project to build, and a delightful rig to operate. It doesn't have all the performance and features of my fully-updated K3, but it's a great little radio nonetheless. I finished the final alignment and test Tuesday and have

Re: [Elecraft] Building a K2

Sorry to hear of your problem, Ted, but I bet the K2 was cheaper than physical therapy. Hope it helps. I’m in phase 2 of the RF board, and having a blast. I can’t wait to fire up the synth and receiver. 73, Carl WS7L On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 11:46 AM wrote: > Carl – > > > > Just saw your note

[Elecraft] Another way to pass time waiting for my K4 - building a K2

I was late getting in the queue -- I ordered it after I flew home on the Tuesday after Dayton 2019. It'll be interesting to see when it comes and what serial number I get. So I bought a K2 and am now building it. I was on the verge of doing that in 2007 when the K3 was announced so I built the K3

Re: [Elecraft] K3 cw rise time

Hi Tony. According to the K3 mod page, this was introduced at about s/n 280 so you're good to go. You made me wonder why I hadn't heard of it! I have K3 #486 and I've done almost every mod that they have come up with.. 73, Carl WS7L On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:35 AM Tony - KM0O wrote: > Hello,

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 with a straight key.

My spidey sense tells me to mention that you have to use a stereo plug into the KX3. 73, Carl WS7L On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 8:02 AM rich hurd WC3T wrote: > Either a very pithy post, or HTML. :) > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 08:39 Ian Pryke wrote: > > > > >

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 power per frequency bin

Regardless of how it would have to be implemented, Hank hit the nail squarely on the head here. As I go up and down the band (especially low bands where the antennas are skinny and every increment of power is to be treasured) I have to either dial back my power when the KPA ATU is working harder,

Re: [Elecraft] K4 RX routing?

Further on this: Please include a comprehensive description of RX antenna routing in the K4 manual. I could never understand the K3 with much confidence until I read Fred Cady's KE7X (SK) book, and sadly Fred will not be writing a K4 book. Just try figuring out what "RX Ant Out" does by reading

Re: [Elecraft] More than you ever wanted to know about solar cycles

When the financial crisis hit in 2008 I stopped opening my 401(k) statements for a couple years. I think I might do the same with propagation forecasts. Don't worry, be happy! 73, Carl WS7L On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 6:56 PM kevinr wrote: > I found this paper and thought some of you would be

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) CQWW CW band noise

I guess it depends on your location. Here in Oregon we had phenomenal low bands at W7RM @ K2PO. We even had Europeans calling in while we were running 160. This is a highly unusual experience from here! Nothing to write home about above 20 meters though. 73 -- Carl WS7L On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at

Re: [Elecraft] POWER LOCKED

Another thing to try: Press and hold the Menu button for a second to enter the Config menu. Rotate the VFO B knob until you see the PWR SET entry. Tap '1' and see if it unlocks your power control. This is a feature that was introduced to keep other ops from messing with transmit settings. It

Re: [Elecraft] AF Balance

Yes, but... I believe the original question was about L/R balance while listening to the main Rx only. This got kicked around on the wish list years ago as there are many of us with one weak ear. I don't recall hearing that it was ever done. Don't need a knob for it ... it could go in a menu

[Elecraft] K3 ERR 12V fix, not so bad

At the ripe old age of nine my K3 developed the ERR 12V problem (in the middle of a contest, of course). I've seen posts here where owners had some trepidation about the difficulty of the fix, which is to inspect and replace some connectors using parts from KPA3CONMDKT. Relax. It's a bit tedious

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WSJT-X Split operation.

Hi Dany. This scared me a little bit too until I figured out what it was for. This is not just for expeditions. It's for everyone to use whose rig can handle it. Your TX frequency will still be as indicated on the FT8 screen. The software will raise the audio tone frequency by the same amount

Re: [Elecraft] NVIS HF vs VHF line-of-sight & CB

True dat. Once I accidentally worked Mexico on a dummy load from here in the valley below Kevin's mountain in NW Oregon. 73 -- WS7L On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 1:40 PM, kev...@coho.net wrote: > ... just remember any antenna can make contacts. >

Re: [Elecraft] Data Received on Mac Transmitted by K3S

If you're running Windows 10, it might be the source of your problem. It has a habit of changing the default audio device when it thinks it's trying to "help" you. My windows 10 PC has an internal sound adapter and I've always used an external USB device for radio play. As soon as I unplug the

[Elecraft] K3 sidetone puzzling malfunction

After years of using the same* station configuration, for the last couple weeks I have a weird thing that I haven't been able to explain or isolate a cause for. Using one of my headsets, the sidetone decreases in volume by at least about 10 dB during a transmission. Usually it happens quickly but

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - communication failure after KIO3B upgrade

Steve AD7OG graciously permitted me to tear his K3 apart and swap boards. KIO3B main board is bad and Elecraft is sending a replacement. 73 - WS7L, whose K3 #486 after 8 years of service just keeps getting better! On Tuesday, July 19, 2016, Carl Clawson <clawso...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - communication failure after KIO3B upgrade

rded message -- > From: Barry Simpson <vk...@optusnet.com.au> > Date: 17 July 2016 at 13:03 > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - communication failure after KIO3B upgrade > To: Carl Clawson <clawso...@gmail.com> > Cc: Lyle Johnson <kk7p4...@gmail.com>, elecraft <

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - communication failure after KIO3B upgrade

Thanks Lyle. I tried those things. If it's a cable problem then I must have TWO defective cables, because feeding RS232 to the P3 and connecting the single-headed cable to the K3 also results in no communications to the K3. And yes, I put the K3 in RS232 mode at 38400 baud when I tried that. --

[Elecraft] K3 - communication failure after KIO3B upgrade

Maybe the combined wisdom of the group will be able to help before I send this to Elecraft support. I installed the KIO3B upgrade in my K3. The USB interface from PC to K3 works but only if you don't plug a cable in the RS232/P3 jack. The RS232 connection to the P3 isn't happening -- no frequency

[Elecraft] P3 (+SVGA) freeze update

One observation: I too have found the newest firmware to be much better. But I had it freeze once and it didn't seem like it was ever coming back. I didn't time it but it must have been stuck for at least 10 or 15 seconds. I tapped my foot switch to briefly flick the K3 in and out of transmit,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Keyer to use with Tascam interface

There's one good reason that I know of. The VOX on/off setting is shared by AFSK, DATA A, and SSB. Having VOX left unintentionally active on SSB is very bad -- it leads to amp faults and unintended transmissions I've asked a few times for this to be fixed and swore to myself that I would never

[Elecraft] K3 QRQ improvement suggestion

It would be nice if QRQ mode would engage when RIT is enabled with an offset of 0.00. This is a common operating condition. My log software zeros RIT after every contact and it stays there until someone calls me way off frequency. 73 and thanks for listening, Carl WS7L

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 fan shut down problem

Todd: Yes, I had that problem. It was solved by replacing a defective power supply board after I contacted supp...@elecraft.com. 73, Carl WS7L K3 #486 and more On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 7:40 AM, T Gahagan wa7...@gmail.com wrote: I’m wondering if anyone else has had this problem? When I shut

Re: [Elecraft] Experience with KXPA100

Really depends on the gauge and length of wire you're using. Find your wire data, for instance at http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm. You'll be shocked at how much voltage you can drop at 100 watts using a few feet of what you thought was heavy gauge wire. Example: 12 gauge wire is 1.6

Re: [Elecraft] [P3] Dead P3!

Hi Todd. Look up Parameter Initialization in the manual. That oughta clear it. 73, Carl WS7L On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka ht...@twofifty.com wrote: Sorry about the missing subject line. On Tue, 24 Jun 2014, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: Well that was pleasant. I was

[Elecraft] W100AW/7 with Elecraft at Sea Pac

If you worked us on CW, that was my K-Line. K3 #486, still banging out the QSOs after 6 years on the air. Funny that the subject of hats came up on the reflector. Thanks to Lisa for preserving my prized Tilley hat that I accidentally left at their booth overnight. I removed it while I was showing

[Elecraft] K3 VOX per mode

OK, Elecraft staff, since you say you're not done with f/w updates to the K3. This got kicked around on the reflector a couple years ago but I don't see that it ever got a definite answer whether it will be taken care of: The VOX setting is the same for SSB and for AFSK/DATA A. This is wrong. VOX

[Elecraft] K3/KPA500/KAT500 revs 4.83/1.38/1.58

All working smoothly except: On a couple occasions, after manually initiating a tune, the tune completed satisfactorily and then the KPA500 indicated a fault right at the end of the tune cycle. Pretty sure it was a soft fault but I habitually hit the button to clear it ... will observe more

Re: [Elecraft] Dual Pass Band

If a digimode decoder is good enough then it can only be hurt, not helped, by additional pre-filtering. This is because in the presence of noise there is a statistical limit (optimal detection) to how faithfully you can extract the desired signal. Which is why I've said before: If the dual filter

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Filters for digital work

My first thought on seeing that was If that filter is such a great idea, wouldn't it be built into the RTTY demodulator to begin with? 73, Carl WS7L On Friday, November 29, 2013, Jim Brown wrote: Thus, I was quite wary of using the double humped response provided by the K3.

[Elecraft] OT: Crimped PL-259s, recommendations?

Several posters have mentioned proper connectors and tools for crimping PL-259s but I am lacking specifics. Do you have recommendations for brands/models of connectors and tools? If it's affordable, I'd consider trying it. Unlike 90% of hams, I don't worship solder. I'm prepared to believe that

Re: [Elecraft] Importance of good coaxial jumpers

I guess I'm contrary, but I find that a 40 watt Weller iron with a 1/4 inch tip does just fine. If your tip is too big you just make a mess trying to get it down into the holes. I filed down the tip on a 100 watt iron so that it fits, but it doesn't work any better than the 40 watt iron and it's

Re: [Elecraft] New KPA500/KAT500 with my old K3)

Hi Bruce. Check CONFIG:PWR SET on the K3. I'm pretty sure that you need to have it set PER BAND. The KPA500 manual should say this, but I didn't see it in there when I looked. GL/enjoy 73, Carl WS7L On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 7:32 PM, WILLIAM DAVIS bruceda...@me.com wrote: However, for the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 RX Audio

Yes, please! Irritating when I've been on speaker and then put on headphones and blast myself with my own sidetone. A fixed L-R balance adjustment somewhere in a menu would be great too, for guys like me who have one weak ear. Can't find a headset that I like that also has individual volume

Re: [Elecraft] Seeting digital RX levels - was: ARRL Field Day

Indeed. For instance, my neighbor Ernie, K7EAJ, showed up on 80 m with a PSK31 signal so horrible that I could not copy it at all. Splattered all across the band. Why? He's too close! Once I turned my RF gain way down, his signal was fine. 73, Carl WS7L On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Bill

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Keyer vs. Winkeyer

Another great advantage of the WinKeyer is that it integrates the paddles nicely with the computer. You have one speed control for the computer and the paddles, and if you don't like what the computer is sending (which happens) just hit the paddles and take over by hand and it'll cancel the

Re: [Elecraft] KAT-500 Antenna Tuner question

I'll second Dick's request ... was figuring to post the request myself until I saw him pipe up. I have multiple antennas on some bands, switched outside the shack. They don't need the tuner, but with it on auto their tunes are different enough that I do in fact need to run a tune or manually put

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] SO2V?

Great tips, John and Rich! I've used SO2V quite a bit but can't add anything to what you said, except: The one thing that would make it PERFECT would be for the P3 to have a VFO B tracking mode. Because sometimes there's life in between the spots, and even if not it's good to know what the

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 REFL HI Message - With Dummy Load

Do I understand right that high power is the key. In other words, you can run low power through the amp with the amp in bypass? The first thing I look for when this happens is something arcing under high power. Check your connectors. Once you arc a connector it will often have a carbon trace on it

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Headphone audio.

I hate to belabor this rather minor issue but since there have been a couple I don't get it responses, here's why you haven't noticed it: Speakers vary widely in their drive requirements. If you have speakers that match your phones, lucky you. Mine don't. I use a set of bookshelf size hi fi

Re: [Elecraft] K3 headphone audio

Please do as Jerry asks and implement a headphone volume reduction in a menu. In addition to saving eardrums it keeps the CW monitor level correct. A left-right balance would also be great for those of us who have one ear that's much worse than the other. 73 and thanks for listening, Carl WS7L

Re: [Elecraft] Fusing the K3 Power Line

A better way to say it would be A good fuse is one that meets its written specifications. They aren't all guaranteed to ever blow at their rated current. Some are, some aren't. Looking one up at random on littelfuse.com just now, I found time to open specified as: 150% of rating, max 30 minutes

[Elecraft] [K3] KPA500/K3 software suggestion

When the KPA500 enters Operate mode, shouldn't it do the following? 1) Set the K3 to PWR SET = PER BAND, so that the remembered KPA500 drive settings take effect. 2) Turn off the ATU in the K3 73, Carl WS7L K3 #486 __ Elecraft mailing

[Elecraft] [K3] KPA500 glitch - firmware bug?

The other morning I powered up the station to have a listen but left the KPA500 off. The rear panel power switch was left on and I had powered the amp off the night before by the front panel switch. There was no signal getting from the antenna to the K3, evidenced by absence of band noise on 160

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KPA500 glitch - firmware bug?

I had not intentionally been using other antenna ports on the K3. When I shut the system off the night before, I had been receiving on the transmit antenna just fine. It's possible that I inadvertently hit some button on the K3, but whatever state I got into, it got fixed when I turned on the amp.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Minor question

Fred, did you happen to tune across a frequency where you had earlier removed a birdie with SIG RMV? That causes the passband to jog a bit and you can hear it in the sound of the noise, especially at narrow bandwidths. Tune across it again slowly and watch the P3 carefully. Sometimes you can see

Re: [Elecraft] Subject: KX3 CW from computer

It looks like there's a good opportunity here for a KX3 accessory that Elecraft or some third party could make: a custom serial cable that plugs into a serial port at the PC and terminates in plugs for PTT and key at the KX3. The required circuitry could be built into the connector shell. You

Re: [Elecraft] Amazing!

Not apropos to transmitting, but no discussion of receiving loop antennas is complete without reference to N6RK's illuminating paper from Pacificon 2008: http://www.n6rk.com/loopantennas/pacificon.pdf Cheers, Carl WS7L K3 #486 __

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Speaker Plug

I could infer from this discussion that 3.5 mm and 1/8 inch are two different types of connector but I find no evidence of that. The terms are used interchangeably by manufacturers. Switchcraft, for instance, titles their products as 3.5 mm but goes on to say all products are 1/8 inch. On their

[Elecraft] [K3] Macro enhancement suggestion

I set out to make four macros so that I could select either of two mics (CM500 HC4) in either of two modes (contest/DX net/ragchew). This involves setting mic HI/LO and bias ON/OFF that toggle by a keypress, so you can't be sure whether you need to do a keypress unless you know the initial

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] KPA500 screw math

Heh. My high school algebra teacher was mainly a sports coach. Whenever a hard question came up in class, his gaze would drift over toward my direction, seeking for a little help... In California, mathematics is used as punishment for failing teachers. They are forced to teach math classes,

Re: [Elecraft] Iambic Keying (WAS: Straight key first?)

Another advantage of iambic keying is that it's easy to send with your non-dominant hand, leaving the other hand free to write without juggling the pencil. Think about stringed instruments -- CW is music, after all. One of my elmers suggested this decades ago and I've been sending left-handed ever

Re: [Elecraft] What made you decide on purchasing an Elecraft transceiver?

It was love it first sight. Kevin, KD5ONS, dragged me over to the Elecraft booth at the 2007 Sea Pac convention after I mentioned that I was looking for a new HF rig and was considering a K2, among other choices. This was shortly after the K3 had been announced and I hadn't heard of it yet. Oh,

[Elecraft] [K3] reverse CW quirk (bug?)

Firmware version 4.25 I find that when I switch to reverse CW by holding ALT, it copies the current filter settings to VFO B. This is odd and really not desirable...I frequently use different filter widths in the two VFOs and I switch between reverse and normal depending on which direction I'm

[Elecraft] [K3] Diversity quirk (bug?) with A-B

Firmware version 4.25. If I'm using the subreceiver in diversity mode I can set its PRE and ATT settings indpendently of the main receiver using BSET. But if I double-tap A-B to copy all to VFO B, the main receiver PRE and ATT settings get copied to the subreceiver. This is very weird. These are

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Mods missing from web page

I'll provide a little more of an answer to my own question: Having browsed through the mod kits order page, I was reminded of the DSP upgrades K3DSPUPGD/K3DSPLPF. These are also missing from the app notes page. That's all I can come up with. Thanks 73, Carl WS7L K3 #486 I'll get it fixed on

[Elecraft] [K3] Mods missing from web page

I'm preparing to go into my K3 and do some mods while I have it open to install new filters. I see mods listed at http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ but the list is not complete. One that I notice to be missing is the KSYN3 stiffener mod. The app note is stored near the manual but is not linked

Re: [Elecraft] Thought for possible feature - Do you want to updatethis setting Y/N?

Make that a triple no. And let me point out that it really wouldn't help with the problem. Haven't you noticed with things that always ask for a confirmation, that you get so used to hitting the confirmation every time that it becomes automatic? And you only realize after hitting the fatal Yes

Re: [Elecraft] New antenna (Definitely OT)

There's another warning sign in the text accompanying the video. My pseudoscience alarm went off when I read the following: SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific has developed a technology that uses the magnetic induction properties of sodium chloride (salt) in sea water to create UHF/VHF/HF antenna.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough

Nice writeup, Don. Thanks! But the one thing I haven't seen mentioned in this month's installment of the noisy K3 discussion is setting the RF gain control. I got into the habit long ago of using the RF gain to quiet the band noise to a reasonable level -- after setting pre-amp, attenuator, and

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough

of gain suppression in that circumstance...but then my imagination runs amok quite frequently. 73 and thanks for listening, Carl WS7L K3 #486 -Original Message- [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Carl Clawson Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 8:54 PM Nice writeup, Don

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Why do they still use 1/4 inch phone jacks?

Absolutely. The real question ought to be: Why do we put up with the crummy little ones? Almost every radio I've had, including the K3, has had trouble with connections at the 3.5 mm jacks. I have come to think that the choice of plug matters. Some just seem to work better than others. In the

Re: [Elecraft] Problem with my K3

A fairly common occurrence. Those of us with cats or small children get in the habit of clicking off the VOX any time we walk away from the radio. But it's not a bad idea for everyone. Kids are grown up now, still got the cat. 73 -- Carl WS7L Assuming I don't get written up for transmitting

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Bad COM port made K3 not work

@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Bad COM port made K3 not work Strange! How can K2LE be a nice guy when he acts like he does? / Jim --- On 2010-05-03 22:14, Carl Clawson wrote: groaner! I don't know if my Yaesu friend - who's a really great guy BTW - has done the click

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Bad COM port made K3 not work

suspect this is more a case of computer confusion than a K3 bug. (I probably forgot to stop WSPR). 73, Ed - KL7UW -- Message: 14 Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 11:24:33 -0700 From: Carl Clawson carlclaw...@verizon.net Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] Bad COM port made K3

[Elecraft] [K3] Bad COM port made K3 not work

I arrived at a friend's station for the 7th area QSO party at the crack of dark yesterday morning and they were pulling hairs out over a misbehaving K3. F/W V3.79. None of them knew the K3, whose owner hadn't arrived yet. It had been working fine the previous evening as they were prepping for the

[Elecraft] [K3] diversity ATT/Pre settings bug

When I double tap A-B to send all settings to B, the ATT and PRE settings are transported from the main to the subreceiver when in diversity mode. This is not appropriate because the subreceiver is NOT using VFO B settings. It should be independent of the main and stay put where it's set by BSET.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 needs survey -- firmware and application software

I second the motion. 73, Carl WS7L I don't know if anyone has requested it yet, but how about a pulse tuning function for those of us who use tube amps? 73 and Merry Christmas to all! James K2QI __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] C# Code for reading and sending to serial port

Tom, The general idea is to use the framework's Ports class to discover the available ports and use them. You need version 2 or newer. In version 1 the only way I could find was to dig up a copy of the old MSCOMM32.ocx control and use it. There is an example in VB.net at:

[Elecraft] [K3] Minor XIT/RIT display glitch with band change by RS232

This happens using N1MM logger V9.10.3 and K3 V3.6.3. I don't have any serial snooper tools handy so I can't give the exact RS232 command sequence, but it appears as if N1MM tries to turn off RIT/XIT on band change. To reproduce: Go to a band and turn RIT or XIT on. You'll see the annunciator on

Re: [Elecraft] Tuning Rate Change

I have to agree with the need for the radio to be smarter about changing it's tuning rate automatically.  This is a software change that would be helpful to most of us and is great on the Icoms. I guess I'm the odd man out on this preference. I used an ICOM 735 for 20 years so I'm used

[Elecraft] [OT] VOAProp hangs when off the net

I love VOAProp, but when I'm portable and away from the Internet I can't get it to work. Even if I uncheck Auto Update it will start up, display the current band's propagation map, then go comatose with the message Checking for current solar data update... and never wake up. If I'm quick, I can

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] VOAProp hangs when off the net

I love VOAProp, but when I'm portable and away from the Internet I can't get it to work. Of course, as soon as I post the question I think of something else to try and got it: Go into voaprop.ini and change Solar Data URL to some nonsense thing. Just deleting it won't work. I wrote: [Solar]

Re: [Elecraft] Oscilloscopes

What is the rating of my Techtronics 475? We used them at work for required adjustments to tolerances of 2/10 nanoseconds. Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP For any common model you can easily find info on the web if you aren't sure. Bandwidth for scopes is like horsepower for a performance

Re: [Elecraft] dBi dBd correction

The reg is the reg, Absolutely! So let's read the reg and see what it says. Most arguments about the rules can be resolved quickly by doing this. When reading regulations, contracts, or other legalese, it's important not to read between the lines or interpret. Read exactly what the words say,

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Key out (was CW sideband)

ps: the first thing that drives me crazy about the K3? The fact that the radio (and the amp) key when I'm playing with my paddles and just wanna hear my own CW. Me too. I guess it must be done this way for people who send the key first to their amp or antenna switch, and then get their PTT

Re: [Elecraft] My K3's hissy and noisy audio

It's commonly misunderstood saying. It uses an almost-obsolete meaning of the verb prove which means test. (As in proving grounds.) The exception tests the rule. 73, Carl WS7L --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com wrote: The exception proves the rule. And what's

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] amp tune

I've noticed a similar inconvenience. The problem for me is that Tune will not activate if PTT is asserted at the rear panel. In my station I don't have the amp hooked up to the Key Out of the radio. I have a foot switch that asserts PTT to the K3, puts the amp in transmit, and switches the T/R

Re: [Elecraft] K3 phones - separate left/right volume adjustment?

Elecraft: my vote is yes, please! As Bill mentioned, there is a balance control only if you are using the subreciever. I also have a hearing imbalance and would greatly appreciate a left/right balance control that operates regardless of whether the subreceiver is on or off. With subreceiver on,

Re: [Elecraft] ECO for Headphone MIX

I would like to suggest that there be an additional menu choice (either in the Headphone/speakers or AFX menu) that allows for a MIX mode. This mode would allow for 100% Main receiver in the left ear, WITH 50% Sub receiver in the left ear as well. And 100% Sub receiver in the right ear,

Re: [Elecraft] Filters for weak signal 160 meter CW and crowded contest bands

-Original Message- I wish I could vary the pitch of a signal directly while listening to it, instead of having the sidetone cover it up. 73, Drew AF2Z Me also. I use different pitches depending on what I'm doing. Higher for casual QSOs, lower for contesting pileups. It

RE: [Elecraft] why the K3 is my favorite rig

And while we're on the wish-list for a follow-on rig, let's add: A contest-grade keyer. My biggest disappointment with the K3 is a built-in keyer that I can't use with contest software. (It speaks very well for the radio that this rather minor issue is my biggest one.) This left me with the

[Elecraft] [K3] CW monitor tone adjustment presents difficulty

I've been using some stereo speakers that require a high volume setting, which means turning up my sidetone a lot higher than I would like for phones. This causes a problem when I switch from one to the other. I start keying and it's either way too loud or I can barely hear myself sending. This

RE: [Elecraft] Two K3's, Same Band, Same Time?

Dan, you should be fine. On Field Day W7OTV had two K3s, one on CW and one on digital. Antennas fairly non-directional, about 500 ft apart. A CW op was tuning up the band and crossed into digital territory, and didn't even notice the other K3 until he was almost right on top of him. It was a

RE: [Elecraft] KRX3 no audio

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nelson Wittstock I just installed my new KRX3 and I do not have any audio. There is no hissing sound as there is when I use the main receiver. In the Config menu I have set ANT=BNC as I

[Elecraft] [K3] MIC+LIN gain control suggestion

Talking to a friend about setting up audio inputs for his K3, I remembered this from the release notes: When MIC+LIN is in effect, rotating the MIC control shows MIC GAIN. The op has to set MIC SEL to LINE temporarily to set LINE IN gain. How about having the Mic knob toggle between MIC and

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] Filter Cascade Effect

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Right on! BUT -- one good way to deal with this when you already own the narrower filter is to tell the K3 that its bandwidth is wider than it is. For example, I have tell the K3 my 400

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Wish List

I'm with Roy. If I have a system in state A and I fiddle with it and get it into state B, I want to be able to get back to A. Even if the difference is trivial and doesn't matter in the slightest. Is there a good reason for this? No. It's likely a mild form of obsessive compulsive disorder. I

RE: [K3] [Elecraft] Software suggestion: a more prominent TESTindicator

Julian does make a good point, and regardless of the rig that you're running you should always keep an eye on your power and SWR indicators to make sure you're putting out the signal you expect. At my home station I use an external meter because the flicking needles grab my attention a little

RE: [Elecraft] Field Day in Oregon

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rock Here in Western Oregon we had a Field Day event with two K3s. Luckily it was only a few miles away and not too difficult to beg my way in. Kevin is being modest. He didn't have to beg. We would have begged

[Elecraft] [K3] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

It's just too easy to miss the little blinking TX annunciator if you've left your K3 in test mode. How about once in a while doing something more dramatic like scrolling TX TEST across the VFO A display, or flashing the display, or making the SWR and power meter displays flicker in some obnoxious

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Field Day Note: QRO/Battery

Don't underestimate the voltage drop in your battery cables. My old ICOM 735 shipped with a ten-foot #12 battery cable, which I used on Field Day without thinking. Later I realized that I was losing more than half a volt in the cable. That's a lot when you're running from batteries with a rig

[Elecraft] [K3] Nit-pick about the TX LED

TX flashes when I hit my paddles, even in the absence of VOX or PTT. Shouldn't it flash only when the rig is really transmitting, or pretending to in TX TEST? Also, the ALC shows an indication if you have that on the meter display. There. I feel better now. Thanks for listening. 73, Carl WS7L

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] CW pitch can go to zero Hz (RS232 problem)

More info: The evil mode is not cleared by cycling power, restoring a configuration, or reloading firmware. So I still don't know what causes or relieves the problem. I also observed the problem on V1.96. Sometimes, but not always, the CW speed will change when the tone goes to zero. The speed

[Elecraft] RE: CW pitch can go to zero Hz (RS232 problem)

Thanks, Wayne. I was unaware of the AC feature. I'm using it as a STOP in a logging program; would've said so had I known about the other usage. -- Carl From: wayne burdick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The character '@', when embedded in a KYtext CW keying packet, will do one of two things:

[Elecraft] [K3] CW VOX stuck on, v1.99 and later.

I keyed my K3 several times into an open connector before I noticed the HIGH SWR warning! I really hate it when that happens. Funny, I had made sure VOX was off and there was no external PTT before I started warming up the fist on the paddles. And yes, the PTT setting in the config menu is

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Keying software improvement suggestion (was: Logging programs and internal keyer)

Thanks again to all who responded on- and off-line to this subject. Two things I learned here: There are external keyers that provide superb support for high performance contest software, but also, great software can indeed produce great CW over serial or parallel ports without the extra

[Elecraft] [K3] Logging programs and internal keyer

Are there any contest logging programs out that support the internal keyer on the K3? This seems the ideal way to go, just one more serial command that has to be coded to go to the radio. Otherwise you either: 1) Have the computer generate the CW and waggle some lines to the radio. This is

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