Re: [Elecraft] stereo channel output balance

2014-03-25 Thread Gary Hinson
I've had a distinct channel imbalance problem developing slowly, I suspect, for about a year or more on my K3. I discovered very recently that it is being caused, or substantially worsened at least, by the AFX audio effects function. I am almost entirely using CW through headphones, listening to

Re: [Elecraft] Homebrew power supply

2014-01-16 Thread Gary Hinson
Google knows several! Here's one for starters: http://electronics-lab.com/projects/power/002/ 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Cooper Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 10:41 To:

Re: [Elecraft] Portable antnennas

2014-01-13 Thread Gary Hinson
How about making a homebrew multiband vertical for $not very much at all, one that will literally fit in your pocket? Use a steel tape measure as the vertical radiator, with the body of the measure lofted into the sky using a very low tech bit of string hanging over the branch of a tree. Run

[Elecraft] S79 call + KX3

2013-12-28 Thread Gary Hinson
= lots of fun http://qrz.com/db/S79ACR 73 HNY Gary ZL2iFB -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB PTT Switch

2013-12-14 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi Bryan. The best footswitches I have found have been either electric sewing machine or Dictaphone (audio transcription) foot controllers, picked up for $next-to-nothing in junk shops (or ask a sewing machine repair shop for a cast-off). They are solidly built, the size of a paperback book, and

Re: [Elecraft] CW Pitch Resolution

2013-11-03 Thread Gary Hinson
The next thing you know, someone somewhere is going to claim that Elecraft radios soldered with 63/37 solder sound superior to those soldered with a different blend. I used silver solder in the audio section, of course, but now I'm concerned. Should I have used it in the RF sections too? My

Re: [Elecraft] K3 -Advice: how to configure APF for least ringing

2013-05-11 Thread Gary Hinson
I use APF only as a last resort, Robert. It can sometimes help me dig out and record very weak 10m beacons under QRM from adjacent beacons, with CW filters on turbo, sometimes also using the manual notch filter to try to kill the worst QRM. It takes time to peak the desired signal precisely on

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Eric Co.... Please relocate the Link/UnLink button.

2013-03-07 Thread Gary Hinson
My name's Gary and I'm a DXer. I can't recall accidentally LINKing VFOs for a good year or more, not since I started using macros to drop into and out of split mode, set up the audio and filters etc. Couldn't the issue of DXpeditioners accidentally LINKing VFOs, or perhaps tuning the wrong VFO

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Settings

2013-03-03 Thread Gary Hinson
I guess it would be possible to set some (if not all) of the configs on any K3 using a suitable macro. Might be handy in a multi-station K3 contest setup too I guess. 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net]

Re: [Elecraft] K3 'REPEAT' display when using SUB rx

2013-02-27 Thread Gary Hinson
I understand what you're saying, Rich, and it makes sense, but personally I use N1MM's CQ repeat function instead of the K3's. In N1MM, I know the key combinations to turn repeat on/off, change the repeat period, and cancel sending from the keyboard: I'd struggle to do those things on the K3 in a

Re: [Elecraft] K3: SP 2 switches back to SP 1 during RX in Split

2013-02-24 Thread Gary Hinson
I've had something similar. The cause on my K3 (SN 2887) appears to be some sort of intermittent problem in the current-sensing circuit. The K3 presumably detects excess current, assumes it is the stereo audio chip being shorted by a mono speaker (it isn't!), and switches itself to mono to

Re: [Elecraft] Bridging L-R of stereo Line Out for single channel diversity RTTY

2013-02-18 Thread Gary Hinson
I guess this could be done in software these days. It is possible to feed left and right channels to two separate RTTY decoder instances and interpolate the decodes by eye at the level of the decoded text, but I'd have thought some cunning software ought to do a better job of comparing/combining

Re: [Elecraft] Adapter to use KXUSB with the KPA500

2013-02-18 Thread Gary Hinson
Something vaguely similar to this, perhaps: www.G4iFB.com/W2_programming_lead.jpg I appear to have misplaced the Elecraft-supplied serial programming lead for my W2 wattmeter - no big deal until I came to change the SWR alarm settings. So I made one up from junk-box bits. All I need to do now

Re: [Elecraft] The connector below the front panel

2013-02-13 Thread Gary Hinson
It's the Mojo Injector Port. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2013 4:59 a.m. To: stew...@g3ysx.org.uk Cc: K3 List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The connector below the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 in CW action from CY9M

2012-08-03 Thread Gary Hinson
Notice also they are running preamp and attenuator! 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of wb6r...@mac.com Sent: Saturday, 4 August 2012 10:34 a.m. To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft]

[Elecraft] K3: Unstable current voltage on RX

2012-07-30 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi guys. Any idea what would be causing the K3's built-in ammeter to constantly fluctuate around 1-3A, and the voltmeter to constantly fluctuate between 13.3 and 14.0V on receive? I occasionally notice HI CURR warnings, and the rig resets itself from SPKRS=2 to SPKRS=1. The PSU itself is fine -

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Issues

2012-06-09 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi Kent. It could be an RFI issue but it could also be a faulty connection somewhere that won't pass enough current for high power. Do the KPS's SWR LEDs light up like a Christmas tree when you operate barefoot at about 100W with the KPA in standby? If so, you clearly have a problem with

Re: [Elecraft] A Success Story

2012-04-28 Thread Gary Hinson
Elecraft makes very few mistakes in the first place but when they do the response is cheerful, immediate and always helpful. OK so where are the firmware fixes for the K3's CW-in-SSB QSK bug, and the CW-during-PTT-release bug? Not exactly an immediate response ... 73 Gary ZL2iFB

Re: [Elecraft] Keypad for frequency entry

2012-04-23 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi Bill. Using Logger32 (and probably others - I'm pretty sure N1MM does this too), I just type the frequency into the callsign entry field, hit return, and the rig QSYs instantly. Easier, more accessible, and less fiddly than the K3 front panel 'freq ent' malarkey, and one less gadget on the

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Assembly Question

2012-03-19 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi Dave. I can't say for sure but the original screws for the plate were a fraction too long, causing pops when the PA heated up due to thermal expansion. Some of us simply filed a fraction off the original screws to seat the plate more tightly, and that solved out problem.In other words,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 question

2012-02-29 Thread Gary Hinson
It is surely possible with an external RF changeover relay, switched from the PTT line. Don't know if it can be done within the K3 though. 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kjeld Holm

[Elecraft] RQRE: K3: CW in SSB mode broken?

2012-02-08 Thread Gary Hinson
to 0. 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: Frank R. Oppedijk [mailto:fr...@qrd.nl] Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 1:22 a.m. To: Gary Hinson; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: k3supp...@elecraft.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: CW in SSB mode broken? Hi Gary, group, Elecraft support

Re: [Elecraft] Any need for the handle?

2012-02-07 Thread Gary Hinson
You can tell that your K3's handle has the Elecraft Mojo Core if it has a slight curve in it, due to being hand-carried through airports and ports to some exotic DX QTH, where the Core gets downloaded over the air from other Elecrafties in the pileups, using the Elecraft Mojo Transfer Protocol

[Elecraft] FW: K3: CW in SSB mode broken?

2012-02-01 Thread Gary Hinson
Resent as the original didn't appear - sri if this is a dupe Mmm, interesting. Prompted by other comments, I tested CW-in-SSB band-by-band. Starting at 10m and working systematically down to 160m, the K3 would go into transmit mode but produce no power out on any band. However, after moving

Re: [Elecraft] K3: CW in SSB mode broken?

2012-01-31 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi Frank. I have the same problem: CW in SSB no longer works on K3#2887 running firmware 4.39. I raised this on the reflector some months back and went around the loop changing config settings, PTT, QRQ etc. I did manage to fix it temporarily by restoring the K3 firmware configs, but annoyingly

Re: [Elecraft] K3: CW in SSB mode broken?

2012-01-31 Thread Gary Hinson
Mmm, interesting. Prompted by other comments, I tested CW-in-SSB band-by-band. Starting at 10m and working systematically down to 160m, the K3 would go into transmit mode but produce no power out on any band. However, after moving 'down' from 160m to 6m, it mysteriously started working again

Re: [Elecraft] [W2] Waterproofing the sensor

2012-01-28 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi David. I haven't waterproofed the sensor head but I did experiment with a ~30m long Ethernet cable to see whether I could locate a second sensor at my remote antenna switch plus the one near the rig, to check the feeder loss. It didn't work out. Looking at the schematics, I think there are

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Loss of main audio when sub turned on

2012-01-22 Thread Gary Hinson
Do you have the audio balance control set 100% to sub instead of, say, 50/50 sum main? Or the config setting on b--MIX--b instead of A--MIX-b? BTDT! 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of

Re: [Elecraft] Use of K3 voice keyer

2012-01-22 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi George. Sounds to me like you are using VOX, and it is too sensitive. Try turning VOX off (e.g. press a PTT footswitch when you want to transmit live audio - the voice keyer automagically asserts PTT when triggered for the duration of the message) or at least turning down the VOX sensitivity.

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Heat Expansion Pop

2011-12-08 Thread Gary Hinson
Mine pops or clicks too. In my case, it sounds like a relay switching. I thought at first it was something sensing the temperature and changing the fan speed, but the pop doesn't (often) coincide with a change in fan speed, so I think that's a red herring. Another ZL told me his KPA does the

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Heat Expansion Pop

2011-12-08 Thread Gary Hinson
RR The amp was totally silent for the first few weeks of its life. The clicks only started happening after a mains brown-out here (the mains went down and back up several times in rapid succession as they tried to clear a fault in the local grid, I guess). I wondered if that event might have

[Elecraft] K3 CW-in-SSB mode no power out

2011-10-30 Thread Gary Hinson
What am I doing wrong? If I hit the paddle when in SSB mode to send some CW, the rig keys and the sidetone sounds as normal, but there's no RF output. I'm pretty sure it used to work, so what have I broken? 73 Gary ZL2iFB __

Re: [Elecraft] K3 tune button

2011-10-25 Thread Gary Hinson
External pulser here is a paddle for my keyer - gives dots and dashes in any pattern on demand. TUNE's plain carrier is handy though. 73 Gary -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Walter WA3A Sent:

[Elecraft] KPA500 alternating TX/RX display

2011-10-25 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi. Is there any way to make the KPA500's LCD display one thing on receive but automatically show something else when transmitting? For example, I'd like to see the power out when transmitting but the band when receiving. 73 Gary ZL2iFB

Re: [Elecraft] K1HTV Re: K3 DVR anomaly

2011-09-21 Thread Gary Hinson
I have done it accidentally a few times by fat-fingering the buttons, normally on the PC (using K-Keys) rather than on the K3 front panel itself. Funny how it only happens when the DX is finally calling me! 73 Gary Zl2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 RF output wiring

2011-09-11 Thread Gary Hinson
Sure. Twisted pair is a VERY effective transmission line, and that is what is needed ... Hey Jim, what kind of twisted pair could I use to feed my [mostly 50 ohm] HF antennas? Coax is expensive in ZL so I'm willing to try alternatives. I'm even thinking of homebrew balanced line with baluns

Re: [Elecraft] What your mother didn't tell you about transmission lines

2011-09-11 Thread Gary Hinson
Thanks guys. I've made open wire/ladder line before and will be doing so again for a planned vee-beam array, but I've never tried twisted pair other than UTP for Ethernet (most people call it Unshielded Twisted Pair but I guess Unified or Uniform would make sense too). Years ago I used copper

[Elecraft] K3 AGC attack rate

2011-08-22 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi Elecrafties. Is it possible to alter the K3's AGC 'attack rate' (for want of a better phrase)? Specifically, I'd quite like to stop the AGC-S on SSB from dropping the gain so markedly in response to a short noise spike. 73 Gary ZL2iFB K2 K3 W2 and mojo

Re: [Elecraft] RF gain sweet spot

2011-07-21 Thread Gary Hinson
Don, when the RF gain is fully cw ( max ) I have 3 bars on the S Meter, when I slowly reduce the RF gain control I watch the S Meter and when I get it just past the 9 o'clock position the S Meter will reduce to only 1 bar showing. ??? As I gradually reduce the RF gain on my K3,

[Elecraft] K3 VFO episode

2011-04-04 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi guys. This morning while calling some DX - split - on 30m, it sounded as if the DX suddenly drifted about 100Hz LF. I thought at first I had knocked my VFO but no, the frequency on the display was the same. However, having accidentally QRMd the DX (oops!) I noticed that the K3 had fallen

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Bug in firmware found?

2011-04-04 Thread Gary Hinson
... While you're at it, the VFO Lock function doesn't block QSYs using the band button, or sent from the logging program, or using the XIT, and perhaps other ways too. It would be nice if it actually locked the VFO frequency, please Wayne. This *may* account for the occasional small TX frequency

Re: [Elecraft] K3 transmit/amplifier relay

2011-03-11 Thread Gary Hinson
It's 'normal' Sy, unfortunately. It has been reported before but not yet fixed. 73 Gary ZL2iFB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Sy Botan Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2011 9:41 AM To:

Re: [Elecraft] K3

2011-02-26 Thread Gary Hinson
I have to send my new K3 to the Elecraft Dr. Since its assembled (100 wt and sub receiver not installed yet)and no box, I'm thinking of generous amount of bubble wrap box then in another box with peanuts. Generous bubblewrap in a decently strong box, well taped up, is *probably* enough by

[Elecraft] W2 SWR alarm

2011-02-25 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi. I finally figured out how to set, adjust the level and reset/clear the SWR alarm on my new W2 wattmeter. I had been trying to command the W2 to change the alarm setpoint simply by sending a [ or ] from the command tester in the W2 utility, but inputting [ or ] followed by enter always

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?

2011-01-25 Thread Gary Hinson
Many countries have lower limits ... 400W in G, VK, and ZL, I think Almost right, Fred. We Kiwis have the luxury of a whole dB more, or 500W out in old money, but since it's measured at the transmitter output rather than measured or calculated at the antenna feed point (as in the UK), some of

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Observations during NAQP CW

2011-01-12 Thread Gary Hinson
Yes, my experience is that 200 Hz is MUCH too narrow when running. I normally use 350 or 400 Hz DSP with the 400 Hz roofer. So long as the band is not totally chockablock with wall-to-wall sigs, I quite often listen across 2.7kHz width on CW and occasionally I hear people calling me towards

Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Naked - Other Orifices

2010-12-19 Thread Gary Hinson
On the serious side of this, I highly recommend wearing glasses or safety glasses when soldering. And one of those nostril clips that divers use. Don't ask me how I know. The smell of burning flesh became noticeable after the sizzle and the yelp subsided. Not a patch on Phil's story

Re: [Elecraft] Sad News!!! *SCAM* pls ignore it

2010-09-25 Thread Gary Hinson
_BUMMER!_ Don't worry Guy, it's *definitely* a scam, a very common one at that with minor variations. I see it roughly once a month, usually (like this one) from someone on one of the many work/hobby email reflectors I monitor. If you receive something like this, are concerned and want to

Re: [Elecraft] Dual Soundcards

2010-09-13 Thread Gary Hinson
On my machine running WinXP Pro, Windoze identifies the two different sound cards separately, and most sound software also has an option somewhere to select the sound device. Only one of my programs doesn't let me choose the device and I can't remember which one that is - I guess it just picks

Re: [Elecraft] travel with a K3

2010-08-14 Thread Gary Hinson
1] What to pack it in [the built in handle is nice but I think I need a case to protect front and rear panels] I use an aluminum flight case, meant for cameras etc. It has a dense foam insert that holds the rig securely in place on all six sides, and is within the size limit for

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW bug-ettes

2010-08-02 Thread Gary Hinson
It's easy to test. Just program a memory keyer (etc.) and crank up the speed. In my opinion it has to do with the CPU being busy. Mmmm, I hear what you mean by toggling QRQ mode on/off while sending. Around 44wpm and up, the dots become shortened in normal mode but sound fine in QRQ+ mode.

[Elecraft] K3 CW bug-ettes

2010-08-01 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi! I've noticed some weeny bugs - or rather things that don't seem quite right to me - in K3 firmware v4.03, DVR v1.03: 1. The new QRQ QSK mode works nicely aside from the known limitation of no RIT. However, this limitation still seems to apply when I change from full break in to semi break

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW bug-ettes

2010-08-01 Thread Gary Hinson
The QRQ option works in semi-QSK mode as well. It allows you (or some machine!) to send clean code at higher speeds. I've noticed that without the QRQ option -- even in semi-QSK mode -- when the speed gets above about 35 wpm it starts to have timing issues. After about 45, it is

Re: [Elecraft] Balun Questions

2010-07-23 Thread Gary Hinson
1:1 baluns are dead easy to make: simply wind a few turns of the antenna end of your coax feeder around a suitable toroid core before connecting it to your balanced antenna. I use the FT241 cores from Amidon Associates, the k type for 160-40m bands or 61 mix for the higher HF bands. I can easily

[Elecraft] FW: OT Carrying radios on commercial flight

2010-07-23 Thread Gary Hinson
I quite recently flew to Europe from California, and back, with a KX1 and an HT and Buddipole (in suitcase). I put a copy of the QRP Quarterly in my backpack, as it has a big ad for the KX1 in it, but they didn't look. Five of us flew to 9L for CQ WW CW last year, hand-carrying three

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Disabling VOX on CW.

2010-07-07 Thread Gary Hinson
On my K3, with the VOX set to off, the K3 still keys the PTT line out to my amp when I hit the paddle. It doesn't actually transmit any CW unless I hit the PTT footswitch, but it seems to key the PTT line for some odd reason. 73 Gary ZL2iFB PS Hi Ian! -Original Message- From:

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The use QRP

2010-05-13 Thread Gary Hinson
You might choose not to answer, but the station signing /QRP is breaking no laws. Dead right Tom. I will work (almost) anyone who calls me, and do my level best to log exactly what they send me as their callsign (plus or minus sending errors, receiving errors and typoos of course - we are

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW/CW-REV config option

2010-04-30 Thread Gary Hinson
I prefer CW-R and only occasionally use CW if there is some close-in sig on the high side that I'm having trouble filtering away. In Logger32, I have configured the Setup bands modes CW options to read CW-R, which works fine when QSYing on DXCluster spots etc. The only thing it doesn't fix

[Elecraft] K3 PTT dropouts on CW

2010-04-21 Thread Gary Hinson
I often use a footswitch to hold the PTT closed during an over, mostly to stop my clunky old amplifier dropping out until the end of the over. However if I release the PTT footswith while still sending CW (relying on the rig's VOX to continue holding the PTT), the K3 drops part of the morse

Re: [Elecraft] RTTY using DATA mode on K3

2010-04-18 Thread Gary Hinson
Something that caught me out once or twice is that the PC's audio output should be close to the K3's tone settings on RTTy (can't remember if this is DATA or AFSK modes - possibly both). With MMTTY, it's possible to net the TX tones to the RX tones anywhere on the watefall, but if the TX tones

Re: [Elecraft] monitor delay

2010-01-15 Thread Gary Hinson
Lyle said: ...Most people do not notice... Maybe most people simply don't complain? I have lots of friends with K3s (I mean LOTS) and I am not aware of even one who does NOT notice the delay. Of course, all my friends are contesters, so maybe we are a picky group. :-) I also notice the

Re: [Elecraft] Contesting with logging software on a PC (not MAC)

2010-01-06 Thread Gary Hinson
One thing I would recommend is to run your log/db on a USB flash based device, this way if your PC decides to act up or even worse the drive dies then your log will be safe. Errr, not if the flash drive dies, unless you meant to use the flash as a backup. With no moving parts, flash

Re: [Elecraft] Contesting with logging software on a PC (not MAC)

2010-01-06 Thread Gary Hinson
No actually I meant use the flash for the actual live log. Flash based drives are far more reliable then traditional platters. True, probably. Flash has a life expectancy for ~10K read/writes far less then what would be used in a 24hr contest :) Is that so? I have had many platter

Re: [Elecraft] Let me build a K2 for you

2010-01-04 Thread Gary Hinson
I'm building my K2 with two assistants...one 7 years old...one 3 years old... My 7 year old is in charge of holding the solder. My 3 year old is in charge of the pliers to clip the lead while assisting me in holding the soldering iron. Of course, it takes about three times as long to

Re: [Elecraft] K3_CW_Data_Mode

2009-12-30 Thread Gary Hinson
A while back, I made a suggestion to Wayne that perhaps the TX inhibit pin on the ACC port could be given another purpose - to invoke TUNE. I envisaged a new config setting like CONFIG:TX INH = HI=Tun or LO=Tun. Wayne seemed to think it wasn't a bad idea, but would be very low

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-28 Thread Gary Hinson
Does CW benefit from diversity reception? Can anyone relate any experiences with such improvement and some details on their setup including filters/settings? Absolutely Jim! Diversity helps on ALL MODES. The main thing I notice is that it fills in the dips, in other words when a signal

Re: [Elecraft] More on K3 wiki site

2009-12-26 Thread Gary Hinson
So, if you are interested in K3 info, it looks like this site is a good one to use. If you would like to add info to it, as the wiki writes, ... feel free to make changes to any existing pages with respect to accuracy in content, spelling, or grammar. Just click on the 'discussion' tab

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Carry-on Pelican 1510

2009-12-26 Thread Gary Hinson
If I am going to carry the radio onto the plane again, I would get a case that's not so heavy - it only has to be protected from the other passengers cases, and no bouncing around in flight. I used a shiny alumin[i]um flight case meant for transporting camera and electronics gear, from a

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Line Out level

2009-12-26 Thread Gary Hinson
have found that a line output level of 50 is pretty good. Hi James. I use Audacity with the Lame MP3 plug-in to record beacons and intruders. With the PC sound card mic level at max, I need the K3 Line out at about 20 to get enough audio for Audacity. Can't hear any distortion but I'm

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

2009-12-24 Thread Gary Hinson
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 beep and the text message unlock V-M Nice idea

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB-CW feature fails

2009-11-07 Thread Gary Hinson
Note that you must use the internal keyer via the PADDLE jack, not external keying via the KEY jack. Is that true, Rick? I use an external keyer plugged into the KEY jack. With firmware 3.52, my K3 appears to send CW in SSB mode using the key input, judging by the output power following

[Elecraft] Assigning macros to keys: need names

2009-10-29 Thread Gary Hinson
Like many here, I'm still having fun experimenting with the key macros. Once I figure out how to code the A-MIX-B audio mixing, I'll be happy! I wonder if it would be possible to show the macro name on the K3 display when assigning macros to keys, please? IN the CONFIG The display reads

Re: [Elecraft] K3 potentiometer dead spots?

2009-10-28 Thread Gary Hinson
I have James. The Width encoder [not a pot as such] on K3#2887 doesn't always respond while turning. Elecraft sent me a replacement part though I haven't actually soldered it in yet - too busy using the radio! FWIW I've just had another failure of the little AF knob. All four nested knobs

Re: [Elecraft] TMp Cable and Allen Wrench Envelope

2009-10-28 Thread Gary Hinson
I am a proud new owner of a K3, which was handcarried by a friend to Europe. After a week or so he sent me two little envelopes, one with a TMP cable, one with a Allen wrench. I couldn't find a hint what to do with these little parts, are they a sparepart/tool for just in case or did I

[Elecraft] K3 Instant-split macro

2009-10-27 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi all. I'm having fun configuring my instant-split function, and an undo, to my personal liking, feeding off ideas from others on this reflector and trying them out via the K3 Utility. It works well but the really cool part is that we can each have our own settings without pestering the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Receiver slow to recover ?

2009-10-20 Thread Gary Hinson
Using 3.44 beta, since installing I seem to have a problem when going from transmit back to receive. Not all the time but often enough to notice. Me too. Like you, I thought the amp relay was playing up but sometimes the audio level slides down just after the rig goes to RX, whereas with a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Split reminder

2009-10-19 Thread Gary Hinson
There is just so much any manufacturer can do to protect an operator from him or herself. The K3 already has the delta f light, the SPLIT indicator on the display (TU W2ZK - I'd forgotten that) and frequency readout for both VFOs. As one who has made his share of errors with the K3 and

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - KDVR

2009-10-14 Thread Gary Hinson
By the way, I since found out that the RX; command is sent to the K3 on hitting Esc[ape] iff the COM port configuration has Radio PTT via command checked. This has the nice effect of canceling DVR playback on hitting Escape. Thanks Iain. Works like a dream when I figured out that I simply

Re: [Elecraft] Any solution to the audio blast issue yet ?

2009-09-25 Thread Gary Hinson
I wonder what the status of the audio 'artifact' or blast is. Hi Enno FWIW I have been installing and using the latest Betas as they are released. I use headphones at the rig many hours a day and have yet to experience the blast. Whatever it is, I'm not triggering it [so far] on K3 #2887.

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Will I Lose the 120 Watt Max If I updateTheSoftware?

2009-09-21 Thread Gary Hinson
Most 3-500 based amplifiers with 2800 V (no load) on the plates require 120 Watts or so for legal limit output. That's about 11 dB gain. Even with 3 x 3-500s in my LK550 and 2,900V no load, I only need about 25-40W input depending on band to reach our legal limit: 500W. Which is plenty,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Quantizing...

2009-09-21 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi Tony. As a very active CW op, I would find what Wayne has just mentioned a backward step. Quite often I find occasion to ask DX to move up 1 when they call me as I finish a QSO I had initiated by responding to a CQ - in other words - I need to move my intending QSO away from the

Re: [Elecraft] Strange sound

2009-09-19 Thread Gary Hinson
I've never seen this situation written about but I've just come across a very strange sound on my K3 - S/N-1068. With the dial on 29.492.6 USB I get a continuous CW sounding signal. It alternates a dot, then a dash then a space. If it were truly CW is would be considered poorly sent

Re: [Elecraft] #3408

2009-09-16 Thread Gary Hinson
Elecraft K3 ser#3408 came into existence today September 14, 2009! Well done Robby. Welcome to the Elecraft family. Hae fun with your new toy. 73, Gary ZL2iFB K2 #1770 K3 #2887 PS Yes I know it's not a toy. It's a figure of speech. Lighten up.

Re: [Elecraft] Band changing/mode changing

2009-08-14 Thread Gary Hinson
But . In the heat of switching back and forth you must be VERY careful to use the VM button - do not miss and use the VM button because you will end up losing one of the memories and have two memories the same. There is no safeguard on VM . That is supposedly on the list to

[Elecraft] K3 sudden power loss

2009-08-11 Thread Gary Hinson
Hi all. Yesterday afternoon my K3 #2887 was merrily transmitting 33% at 5W on 17m for WSPRnet as normal when by chance I noticed the external wattmeter was showing no power out on transmit - none at all, not a squeak. The internal wattmeter is also showing no power out, aside from the first bar

Re: [Elecraft] Off-Topic - Straight-key speed cpontrol -- Ergonomics

2009-08-08 Thread Gary Hinson
I think maintaining a loose linkage in the wrist, elbow and shoulder really helps to relax. I like to fidgit around a bit while sending CW; can't do that with my arm glued to the table. YMMV, of course! Whatever works best for you. I recently bought a Natural keyboard from Microsoft which

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Tuning knob resistance to tight

2009-08-07 Thread Gary Hinson
Back then others reported great success replacing the felt washer with a leather washer cut from an old belt or other scrap leather piece. No fuzz and they said it provided great friction control. Since the K3 uses similar felt washers for both VFOs, is it worth us making this change now,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Audio Level

2009-08-06 Thread Gary Hinson
I have mentioned in the past that I have noticed, fairly frequently, that sometimes when first powering up my K3 the received audio sounds weak. This evening I was listening to a 20M QSO between an LU and an LA, both S9. I had the distinct notion that for the af gain setting the audio was

Re: [Elecraft] Noise with KUSB

2009-08-05 Thread Gary Hinson
K3 KUSB PC communicating with K3: +10dBV K3 RS232 cable KUSB PC communicating with K3: +0dBV I wonder if physical proximity of the USB-serial adapter to the rear of the K3 is the cause of the problem? Maybe a magnetic coupling into the RX?? I'm guessing. 73 Gary ZL2iFB

Re: [Elecraft] Magnetic Loops

2009-08-03 Thread Gary Hinson
I'd like to be clear when I wrote earlier that a small transmitting loop is very inefficient. And I'd like to emphasise that this thread is about physically small magnetic loops, not fullsize quad or delta type loops which are efficient radiators with relatively high radiation resistance, in

Re: [Elecraft] K3 160M Diversity Users

2009-07-24 Thread Gary Hinson
I am about to order filters for the K3 and need some final advice. Hi Mike. I have a pair of 400Hz and a pair of 250Hz 8 poles in my K3. I'm pretty active, 99% CW, and rarely use the 400Hz (maybe once a day) and very rarely the 250Hz (once a week). The DSP works extremely well. So of

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Diversity Rocks!

2009-07-13 Thread Gary Hinson
Just how much of an improvement do you find with diversity reception? Is it possible to quantize? Hi Doug. I'm not (yet) on topband but reckon that diversity is worth a few dbs (up to maybe 5 dB?) on the other bands, particularly on 30m where my RX antenna (a 30m fullwave wire loop)

[Elecraft] K3 quick reference guide

2009-07-03 Thread Gary Hinson
Dear Elecrafties, Some years back I came across a neat little quick reference guide for the K2 and it has served me well over the years, reminding me how to do stuff without having to drag out the manual. I printed it out and laminated it to sit in my 'K2 suitcase set' until needed. Well now

Re: [Elecraft] Right side runs warmer after KRX3 install

2009-06-19 Thread Gary Hinson
100% normal -- not to worry. If the entire panel starts to glow, reduce CW speed. A dull orange seems OK Wayne but smoke from the paddle is hurting my eyes. 73 Gary ZL2iFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] What are you guys using for external speakers?

2009-06-06 Thread Gary Hinson
I had two old 4 1/2 speakers I picked up at a yard sale ... Many of us have decent hi-fi speakers sitting there on the desk already - in my case a lovely set of Bose PC speakers, a fantastic present from my YL. PC speakers (other than Bose anyway!) are cheap. They are amplified, have a wide

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Help! Wierd bandswitching problem.

2009-05-16 Thread Gary Hinson
Good job, Drew! I repeated your steps and confirm the same result: 40m is mapped out. Now that it's repeatable it can be fixed. (BTW, I'm running FW 3.11) Same here on FW 3.14 73, Gary ZL2iFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Kit - 1/2 nuts on front panel

2009-04-30 Thread Gary Hinson
OK - what kind of wrench can be used on the 1/2 front panel nuts (AF, RF, etc) to NOT scratch the panel? A metric socket worked OK for me, provided it's deep enough to fit the wrench into the socket without fouling the pot shaft (sometimes need to just place the end of the wrench into the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 switching to split freq question

2009-04-30 Thread Gary Hinson
There is a more direct method than the one you used. Press BSET (Set VFO B) and then use the MODE button, tap the A/B button to exit BSET - that will retain the frequency for you. Alternately, tap the A/B button to swap VFOs and then tap the MODE button to change the VFO B (now in VFO A

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Kit - foam light blockers

2009-04-30 Thread Gary Hinson
Are the foam pieces supposed to stick down to the second layer of LCD or wedged all the way down to the switch substrate? I had the same question a couple of weeks back Terry! Ron told me: That step of the assembly procedure says it all: The blockers should be nearly flush with the front

[Elecraft] K3 speakers not quite muted

2009-04-27 Thread Gary Hinson
Has anyone else noticed quiet audio still coming through the external speakers when the headphones are plugged in? The level is well down from normal but not totally muted. 73 Gary ZL2iFB K3 #2887 __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

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