Re: [Elecraft] Sherwood's receiver performance table updated

Phil, in reality having a touch screen is not all that bad as you make out. You really need to try it. An advantage is that it reduces the clutter on the front panel of a rig, by assigning knobs/buttons to the display screen. The one used in the IC-7300 is really good - sensitive to the touch,

Re: [Elecraft] Sherwood's receiver performance table updated

Jim, you don’t have to use your finger, you can use a stylus if you are pedantic about accuracy :) and if you are a few hertz off, it just takes a gentle nudge of the VFO to get it spot on. 73 John On 26 Apr 2016, at 9:45 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: The P3 also has far

Re: [Elecraft] Sherwood's receiver performance table updated

I own Elecraft, Flex and for the past few weeks an IC-7300. Yes, Jim, it is a fine radio, I have personally experienced this and own a KX3 and 3 Flex rigs to compare it with. And, for what it costs, it is a damn fine rig. I don’t know of any other rig currently available that is such good value

Re: [Elecraft] IC-7300 video - things to come

I paid for my IC-7300 a few weeks back, and it has arrived with my dealer in the UK. I am flying to the UK in two weeks time to fetch it. Super excited……but I am keeping my KX3 :) 73 John On 28 Mar 2016, at 5:02 PM, Bill wrote: I am amazed at what the touch screen

[Elecraft] KX3 anomaly, birdie transmitted

I have a newish KX3 factory built. I just noticed something odd with my KX3. I usually use my KX3 for portable use so its not often in the shack, but yesterday I had my Flex radio’s connected to my SteppIR beam on 15, and I hooked up my KX3 to an EFHW wire which is about 100 ft away from my

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 anomaly, birdie transmitted

that's the LO leaking out the antenna jack of the KX3. Set a menu function to RX ISO or some such. Myron WVØH Printed on Recycled Data Original message From: John Kramer <jkra...@iafrica.com> Date: 3/16/2016 8:20 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Elecraft list <Elecraft@mailman.q

Re: [Elecraft] 75m

The ham population is merely a representation of society. It is not better or worse than any other group. It is a chunk of about (in the case of USA) 400 000 (I think) people grouped together out of the general population. The ham fraternity was never, and will never be any better OR worse

Re: [Elecraft] New release of Win4K3Suite...set your clocks!;

Just my personal opinion with experience of both There is not much difference between the paid version and the latest free version of HRD, Both compliment each other and work together - W4K3 works with HRD, so I would go with the latest free version of HRD and ALSO the W4K3. They do overlap

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Fwd: Yaesu 817ND vs Elecraft KX3 Differences for Portable Use

Interesting read Wayne. So to sum up, the only areas the FT-817 beats the KX3 is that it has a better speaker and you can change the colour of the backlit display :) That would be easy - put a better speaker in the KX3, and give it an adjustable blue/green or amber backlit display…and then the

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Yaesu 817ND vs Elecraft KX3 Differences for Portable Use

I have the three - FT-817ND, IC-703 plus and the KX3. I would say the IC-703 plus presents more of a formidable competition to the KX3 than the FT-817. The IC-703 gives 10 watts, built-in ATU, big display (similar to the KX3) features where the FT-817 falls short. When I go outdoors, it is

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 power supply

peril - it may work, but it taxes the regulators and other devices. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/18/2016 3:43 PM, John Kramer wrote: > Someone on this reflector suggested a power supply off eBay, that could be > used > with the KX3 about 2 months ago. It is intended for Toshiba laptops. So

[Elecraft] KX3 power supply

Someone on this reflector suggested a power supply off eBay, that could be used with the KX3 about 2 months ago. It is intended for Toshiba laptops. So I bought one, this is the one…

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 power supply

Thanks for the info Bob, and it’s reassuring to see that the KX3 has protection for over voltage. One caveat with this PSU - I just tried to insert the DC plug from this PSU to the KX3, and I see it is too large for the KX3. Not a big deal, I will just cut it off and fit the correct size DC

Re: [Elecraft] K5P Palmyra Dxpedition on the air with Elecraft rigs

I’m really happy they took omni directional vertical antennas along. For most DXpeditions that use directional antennas, they never beam to my direction (understandably, as we are thin on the ground in Africa). We at last have a fighting chance to get in the log, and it levels the playing field,

Re: [Elecraft] 30% discount on KE7X books at Lulu 12/31 only

Rats ! I tried to purchase the eBook version of the KX3 book. I live in Africa, and shipping more than doubles the cost of the printed book, so I wanted to buy and download the PDF version. I entered your code, but it tells me that the discount is only applicable to the printed version. I was

Re: [Elecraft] OT: B & W antenna

I would not touch any antenna that uses a resistor. That is what a dummy load is after all - great SWR but the losses are huge. I built a T2FD when I was newly licensed back in 1984 (when I didn’t know any better), from an article in Practical Wireless. I used the specified resistor and built

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

I can suggest an antenna by www.myantennas.com Look for their antenna called an EFHW 80-10. It will take 1 KW, and has a low SWR on all bands 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 bands. It is a half wave design, that I have had tremendous success with as a second antenna to my SteppIR beams. It is easy and

Re: [Elecraft] RFI in audio chain

Jan The easiest, quickest and cheapest method is to wind yourself an “ugly balun” in your coax cable line. It must be located OUTSIDE your shack to choke the common mode currents from entering the shack. Wind about 15 - 20 turns of your coax on a 6” PVC pipe. This will give you about 2500

Re: [Elecraft] Bands are more open than usual today

Wayne So good to see a radio manufacturing boss that is so active and involved in our hobby. I think it is very beneficial to Elecraft as a company, and also to us the customers, as you are in touch with what goes on in our hobby and what is required in our transceivers. Call it market

Re: [Elecraft] P3 vs SDR-IQ

Dale See, there are limitations to both tracking and fixed modes. 1. Yes, in tracking mode you don’t lose your waterfall - BUT you lose your averaging when you tune. 2. If you want averaging to stay on all the time - tuning or not, then you can choose “fixed”, but then the limitation with that

Re: [Elecraft] P3 vs SDR-IQ

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Re: [Elecraft] P3 vs SDR-IQ

On 7/31/15 8:03 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: It’s difficult to see a station, and find where you are trying to tune to, when the display loses itsaveraging. As a long time user of the P3, I strenuously disagree with that assessment. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2015-07-31 9:57 AM, John

Re: [Elecraft] P3 vs SDR-IQ

mention this to our panadapter design staff and see if it might be possible to preserve the averaging data in tracking mode. In any case, I hope you can observe a P3 in action sometime. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jul 31, 2015, at 1:13 AM, John Kramer jkra...@iafrica.com wrote: I think I know what Joe

Re: [Elecraft] P3 vs SDR-IQ

Eric Thanks for that info, I would like to try that out - I must have missed that in the manual….unless it was incorporated in the new firmware, and I didn’t see it in the release notes. Thanks for the heads up 73 John, ZS5J On 31 Jul 2015, at 9:20 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] P3 vs SDR-IQ

I think I know what Joe is getting at….and I agree with him, if I understand him correctly. When he refers to “noise floor” he means that he loses averaging when he tunes, resulting in the crazy spectrum display (what Joe refers to as noise). I haven’t seen or used a P3, but I bought my first

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] PX3 display not sensitive

I bought a new KX3 and PX3 factory built, 3 weeks ago. It is a great pair, but there are several annoying things. The one thing that I have issue with is the very poor “sensitivity” of the PX3. I have 59 plus 10 signals on my KX3, however, on the PX3 waterfall the trace is very faint and

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] PX3 display not sensitive

the gain settings there are not sane. 73, Matt VK2RQ x-apple-data-detectors://0 On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:32 AM -0700, John Kramer jkra...@iafrica.com mailto:jkra...@iafrica.com wrote: I bought a new KX3 and PX3 factory built, 3 weeks ago. It is a great pair, but there are several annoying

Re: [Elecraft] Is there a good reason to buy a K3S instead of a used K3 ?

My uneducated guess, is that on paper there will be a big difference….but in the real world, listening on air and trying to compare the difference, it would be hard to tell them apart. We (and I include myself in this) are too paranoid about every db or dBm that is reported in a test. I guess

[Elecraft] Elecraft user suggestions

Hi all Two weeks ago I bought a new factory assembled KX3 and PX3. Serial numbers #7972 and # 1307 respectively, which I will be using for the great outdoors. My main radios in the shack are Flex radio’s. I have been playing with the KX3 and PX3 and have a number of suggestions for firmware