Me too... or mine too.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 11/16/2018 8:57 AM, Michael Blake via
Elecraft wrote:
My KPA500 does not power up in operate. It always powers up in Standby.
73 - Mike - K9JRI
On Nov 16, 2018, at 8:52 AM, Michael Walker wrote:
I have the
Check BAT MIN in the Config menu.
Default is 11 Volts but is adjustable
On 3/4/2018 8:33 AM, Barry wrote:
Was playing around in the contest last night and noticed BAT LOW momentarily
flash across the screen. I'm using a 70A Astron supply with very little
else on it. Power connector is tight.
You are not the only one, Mike.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 2/7/2018 6:20 AM, Mike Harris wrote:
G'day,
Am I the only one being bombarded by
old posts? 50+ turned up this morning,
some going back to 29th January.
Regards,
Mike VP8NO
That is the KPA100 manual. Sorry for
possible misdirection.
73, Ken K3IU
On 5/19/2017 8:29 AM, Ken Wagner K3IU wrote:
Have you done the temp calibration?
Check manual about page 49 or so.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 5/19/2017 8:01 AM, N4KS via
Elecraft wrote:
I
Have you done the temp calibration?
Check manual about page 49 or so.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 5/19/2017 8:01 AM, N4KS via Elecraft
wrote:
I recently added the KPA100 to my K2. The heat sink gets VERY hot at any
power level above 11 watts (that's when the amp kicks
Thanks, Jim:
I should have mentioned that I am using
non-amplified speakers.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 3/7/2017 4:09 PM, KK1W wrote:
You might try tapping "1" when in CONFIG>SPKR+PH to display
"PH.R SW-". That fixed mine so that when SPKR+PH was YES,
plugging
Ah, yes... now I recall that. Thanks...
73, Ken K3IU
On 12/11/2016 12:44 PM, Tom wrote:
From page 20 in KAT500 manual:
1.
Idle Sleep
In some installations a 28004.5 MHz signal may be heard from an
oscillator in the KAT500. If this is an
I have K3 #202 and over the years I
replaced all of the pin connectors that
were recommended by Elecraft. I have had
no issues after installing the
replacements connectors.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 4/20/2016 8:27 AM, David Robertson wrote:
Everyone,
I have
It is in great shape and fully
functional to original specs and has
been well maintained over the years with
all known official mods and updates
applicable to this serial number.
Additionally, it has the new and
improved synthesizer board(KSYN3A) and
Interface module (KXV3B) installed (Same
You might have luck communicating with
pa...@elecraft.com.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 2/17/2016 1:05 PM, Clay Autery wrote:
But the original question remains: "What are the pins on the ANT1 and
ANT2 lead ends that plug into the PCBs called?"
Have a great day!
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The only thing that comes to mind, Mark,
absent a failed component someplace, is
perhaps one of the ribbon cables is
incorrectly installed. Good luck!
73, Ken K3IU
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On 11/15/2015 3:24 PM, Mark Goldberg wrote:
I will contact Elecraft tomorrow, but
I received notification of shipment today.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 2/17/2015 2:42 PM, Hans H Vollmer wrote:
Hi
is there a shipping status for the
KSYN3AUPG ?
73 de Hans, DF5SR
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There is quite a bit of information in
the K3 Utility Help file concerning
firmware loading problems.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 1/29/2015 9:34 AM,
haircut...@verizon.net wrote:
Hello Folks,
trying to load software to my K3. port ok and downloaded latest
G'morning, Dave:
My purpose in the posting below was to
correct an error I had made earlier.
You are probably not missing anything,
but IMHO this subject is far more
germane to the purpose of this reflector
than many postings which result in
extraordinarily long lives here.
73, Ken K3IU
You're welcome, Hank. Happy to be of
help! Glad your problem is fixed.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 8/20/2013 9:53 PM, Hank Garretson wrote:
Ken, K3IU hit the nail on the head in
his Sunday email.
I talked with Howard at Elecraft
service first thing Monday morning.
Perhaps you should click on Reply All
rather than Reply.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 1/6/2013 6:30 PM, AG0N-3055 wrote:
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:09:19 -0600, Bill K9YEQ wrote:
Looks like communications really
aren't working between devices.
Why is it this list
I suggest you run the TX Gain
Calibration procedure on the K3. That
worked for me.
73, Ken K3IU
On 12/27/2012 8:24 PM, Bill Hammond wrote:
Seasons Greetings Ellecrafters,
KPA500 faults on first dit at times
It doesn't happen all the time and I can't pin
Yes. I suggest that when you reply you
include something related to your
question so we may know what you are
asking about.
73,
Ken K3IU
On 5/26/2012 11:12 AM, Gene N4FZ wrote:
No suggestions?
--
View this message in context:
Chris:
This information is posted on the
Elecraft website.
73, Ken K3IU
On 4/29/2012 8:47 AM, Chris Hembree wrote:
What is the last firmware ver. that is just for the K3? I don't have a P3 or
Amp. But I would like to keep the radio up to date.
Thanks
Chris W7CTH
I think that you have put the screws in
the wrong way. See page 8 of the
Assembly Manual, particularly the bold
type sentences.
73, Ken K3iU
On 3/27/2012 2:42 PM, Dave Anderson,
K4SV wrote:
Hi All,
Still assembling my KPA-500 SN 436
I am at the stage of installing the transformer and
Oops... sorry, Dave. I see now that you
said that the interference is with the
head of the screw which is correctly on
the inside of the bottom cover. I have
assembled 2 of the amps and have noticed
this problem.
73,
Ken K3iU
On 3/27/2012 3:08 PM, Ken Wagner K3IU
wrote:
I think that you
G'morning:
If you address this problem to K3Support
@ elecraft.com, I'm sure that a solution
will be provided.
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 12/21/2011 6:17 AM, Ricardo Navarrete
wrote:
*Hello,*
*I'm having some problems with some of my K3 knobs, I have the AF knob
You might try doing a TX Gain
Calibration. It is in the K3 utility
program.
73,
Ken K3iU
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On 10/26/2011 1:08 PM, Peter Quick wrote:
I have fairly new K3 KPA500. They both are running the latest
software. When on CW I typically call a station with my RX filter
No Problem here at 4:41pm EDT. Here is RI.
73, Ken K3IU
On 9/16/2011 4:06 PM, Mark Stennett wrote:
After a very long pause, I got this:
Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /.
Reason: Error
Tom,
And... it (KPA500) also senses the
frequency of the incoming RF and makes
sure that it is on the correct band. It
doesn't need the band data outputs.
73, Ken K3IU
On 8/21/2011 9:16 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Tom,
The KPA500 reads the band data output of
Make sure that you turned on the Aux Bus
in the KPA menu.
73,
Ken K3IU
On 8/12/2011 11:41 PM, D Joyce wrote:
Group: I'm checking out a recently completed KPA500 (#234) running FW V1.11
with a K3/10 running FW Ver 4.36. The K3/100 with which it will eventually
be used is otherwise tied up
And... make sure the K3 CONFIG:PWR SET
is on Per Band.
Does the KPA500 really have Firmware
version 1.11???
73, Ken K3IU
On 8/13/2011 6:42 AM, Ken Wagner K3IU
wrote:
Make sure that you turned on the Aux
Bus in the KPA menu.
73,
Ken K3IU
On 8/12/2011 11
From an April email...
Also, there is a KAT500 in the works for release later this summer if
all goes to plan. Stay tuned!
73, Eric WA6HHQ
73, Ken K3IU
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On 6/21/2011 12:04 PM, Charles wrote:
Can we have an indication as to when the KAT500 will
My order was confirmed about 6 minutes
after the order book opened and I have
heard nothing yet, so don't get your
hopes up.:-)
73,
Ken K3IU
On 6/6/2011 12:14 PM, Robert Redmon wrote:
Great idea, Rob! (Hamcom delivery) If this is possible, count me in,
too. (order confirmed 4-8)
73, Bob
Nope... as I said earlier, I mis-read
his email and responded before I
realized he had said KX3 and not K3.
You didn't miss anything.,Leigh.
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 6/3/2011 2:21 PM, Leigh L. Klotz Jr
WA5ZNU wrote:
Ken K3IU wrote:
This is what
So YOU are the cause of this mess!!! :-)
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 5/28/2011 11:35 AM, Tony Estep wrote:
Unfortunately, the ionosphere has staged a sick-out, and so far the
much-anticipated WPX is something of a fizzle. The clusters are spotting
mostly K/W, and I
Jack:
They started taking orders on the 6th of
April and indicated that they would
start shipping factory assembled KPA500s
on April 15. If you didn't order until
about the 15th then you are probably
pretty far down the list.
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 4/19/2011 12:24
G'morning, Tony:
With the NR turned ON, I experience a
momentary reduction in audio when
turning the SubRx ON. With NR turned
OFF, there is no reduction in audio when
turning the SubRx ON.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 12/13/2010 9:55 PM, Tony Estep wrote:
On Mon,
I would think the firmware makes that
determination. It always starts out
using 5 watts and I see it jump to 10
watts just before finishing.
KenK3IU
On 10/4/2010 7:29 AM, Sam Morgan wrote:
I see in the manual, under CONFIG TUNE
it says:
Note1:
What I learned at the Elecraft booth
at Boxboro Convention is that there is
no ATU built in to the KPA500. I do not
know it there will be an external ATU
appropriate to that power lever. No info
on the expected price.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 9/8/2010 3:12 PM, K4SC
It doesn't flash until you actually
transmit at the new freq.
73, Ken K3IU
On 8/29/2010 7:07 PM, Gary Dezern wrote:
Then I'll jump into the middle of the voice portion of the band where I've
previous tuned up, but no flashing.
Am I missing something?
-
and still no flashing. It appears
that the tuner IS pulling in new
settings (as the SWR doesn't jump up),
but again - no visual indication.
73 - gary / k3wow
On Aug 29, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Ken
Wagner K3IU wrote:
It doesn't flash until you actually
transmit at the new freq
Not working here in southern New
England this morning.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 8/22/2010 9:04 AM, Ken Kopp wrote:
I've not been able to log onto QRZ.com since
yesterday (Saturday).
73! Ken - K0PP
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Same here.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 8/10/2010 2:30 PM, David Pratt wrote:
I am getting an error message when attempting to open Rev A3 of the P3
Manual (10 August 2010) saying that the file is corrupt. I've tried
several times. Do others find the same?
David
ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/P3%20Owner%27s%20man%20Rev%20A1.pdf
On 7/31/2010 5:19 PM, John Merrill wrote:
Yes, where is the manual? :-
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G'morning, Phil:
After taking a look at the response curves for the filters, I chose the
5 pole 200 Hz filter to accompany the 8 pole 400 Hz filter. I find it
useful in the crowded bands during the contests.
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 2/17/2010 9:52 AM, Phil Hystad wrote:
I'm not sure. When I spoke to Gary, he said there had been quite a few
instances of failure of this and/or the capacitor in this IF frequency trap.
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 1/6/2010 8:37 AM, Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote:
I've not seen such an issue with
I don't know about most but I built 12 K2s beginning in early 2000 and
sold 11. Still have #5413.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 1/4/2010 1:39 PM, Conway Yee wrote:
W1HYV writes:
Are most K2 users people who buy it prebuilt?
tnx.
Conway Yee, N2JWQ
Do you have CONFIG:Spkrs set to 2???
73, Ken K3IU
On 12/27/2009 11:34 AM, W4GRJ wrote:
Sounds like I have a problem. Will contact Elecraft next week, radio was
just received last week.
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
All one has to do is go to the CONFIG menus, select the parameter, and
tap Display and be told what the Default value is for that parameter.
It's easy. It takes less than a minute to do all of the AGC parameters.
That's pretty short.
73, Ken K3IU
On 12/19/2009 12:02 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Hi Lionel:
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of the KUSB option in use. They do
work. If you get one and it, in fact, doesn't work, then I'm sure that
Elecraft will allow you to return it. I have successfully used one on
two different machines with three different operating systems and,
Suggest that you download the KSB2 manual from the Elecraft web site.
73, Ken K3IU
john wrote:
hi everyone, does some have a pinout available for a kenwood mic for the
k2? I have a heil mh-1 but am misunderstanding mic wiring a little here,
wanting to try a different mic with pre-amp, and
I believe that the boot up detection is only to determine whether the
jumper is installed, not whether it has been activated by a strong
signal. I really don't see a need to report that the jumper is installed
on the display since one would surely remember if the jumper has been
installed.
in CW and Data modes.
So whatever happened overnight was corrected by restoring the last
backup. Of course, I haven't a clue as to what was wrong and what in the
restore fixed it, but K3 #202 is back to normal ops now.
73.
Ken Wagner K3IU
K3 #202
Portsmouth, RI
Check the Release Notes for the firmware
73, Ken K3IU
Ken Roberson wrote:
Hello All,
The Owner's manual on the Elecraft web site dose not Have info
on Config: PB Ctrl.
I would appreciate any info.
TU 73 Ken K5DNL
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Conway Reef is going to be up with 3D20CR in the first 10 days, or so,
of October 2009. The web site says:
3 Elecraft K2s and 3 Elecraft K3s.
http://www.conwayreef2009.de
73, Ken K3IU
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Oms:
It is only available to a few PRE-beta testers at the moment.
73, Ken K3IU
py5eg wrote:
Hi Folks
Somebody could inform me where can I find the new beta version 3.23?
Regards
Oms PY5EG
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G'morning Brett:
Check the release notes for what you are asking. I think it was about
v3.0.4 that added this feature.
73, Ken K3IU
Brett Howard wrote:
Is there a way to make the K3 forget all of the prior antenna tuner
settings for when one switches antennas? I've searched and not been
able
If he is going to be operating *split* then he can only transmit on the
SubRx Frequency(VFO B) and listen on the Main. You cannot transmit on
the main and listen on the Sub in Split mode. At least I haven't found a
way. :-)
73, Ken K3IU
David Gilbert wrote:
He wants to hear the subreceiver,
There is a mod on the website to fix this problem. Check out the K3
Enhancements and Application Notes page and look for K3 AF OutPut Mod
Kit. A simple installation of 2 resistors.
73, Ken K3IU
W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
I guess I will have to
That's not what I meant! Not tap the *BSET* button; press/hold the
*SPLIT* button to get it out of split. Obviously I wasn't awake when I
sent the previous email. Sorry...
73,
Ken K3IU
Original Message
Subject:Re: [Elecraft] K3 Split Release
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008
#202 puts out 120 watts when 120 watts is selected and 100 watts when
100 watts is selected.
73,
Ken K3IU
Gary Smith wrote:
Hello,
I am wondering what the measured watts out are from the K3 as opposed
to the published specs. Is it 100W or greater or lesser than?
Thanks
Gary
KA1J
G'morning(here), Keith:
You can look at an email from Wayne on this subject here.
http://n2.nabble.com/re%3A--ARRL-K3-review-for-Apr-QST-posted--TX-IMD--td462836.html#a462836
73, Ken K3IU
Keith Bainbridge wrote:
A friend has commented that in the ARRL test the IMD figures for the
tx chain
Received invoice/notification that KRX3 will ship within next week or 2.
73, Ken K3IU
K3 #202
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The only requirement in the instructions is that the filter width go
from widest to narrowest from FL1 to FL5. There is no requirement to
have a filter in FL1. I'm not sure about the FM filter... it MAY have to
be put in FL1. I originally had FL1 empty, and the 2.8 in FL2, 1.8 in
FL3, etc, and
Check the help file of the utility.
Ken K3IU
ab2tc wrote:
Can somebody please tell me how to downgrade to the last stable firmware
version, I believe it is 1.78/1.58? The utility will apparently not let me
select an older version of the firmware for downloading in spite of the fact
that I have
I recall a long time ago that Tom Hammond, N0SS, reported that he
originally had an unexpected birdie with his Field Test K3. I believe
that he stopped the birdie from signing by tightening up a screw on the
side panel... perhaps the one that secured the left side panel to the
internal shield.
The K3 manual (rev C) shows 8v on pin 6 of the mic connector. See page 13.
73, Ken K3IU
Paul Christensen wrote:
The standard Kenwood wiring has the 8 volts or so on a different pin
than the Elecraft uses. I think the Kenwood is pin 5, and the
Elecraft is pin 6--or maybe I have that backwards.
I would like to add my opinion to this issue... just in case anyone is
keeping score :-) .
I would recommend that this NOT be incorporated into the K3. There are
at least 4 places that I'm aware of on the existing K3 where PTT can be
manually asserted while in SSB mode. On the Front Panel one
Except that the grounding post is part of the KAT2 ATU which may not be
installed.
73, Ken K3IU
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Roger Stein wrote:
Yes, good RF/safety practice, to the ground post on the back of the K2 provided
for that purpose.
Roger
WA7BOC
k2 755
k3 75
-Original
Oops... I just noticed that you had already mentioned that.
Sorry...
73,
Ken K3IU
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Ken K3IU wrote:
Scott:
You might also check to see that the shorting block on P7 on the
Control Board is in the correct position. If you have it in the EXT
position, then, if I remember
I'm sitting at my laptop... not connected to the K3... and the K3
Utility Program starts perfectly normally. No problems.
Perhaps you should try re-installing it???
73,
Ken K3IU
K3KO wrote:
That may be as you say.
However, if you wait, nothing ever happens. The hour glass disappears and
G'morning David:
Check the firmware release notes for v1.58.
73,
Ken K3IU
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David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
Lyle Johnson wrote:
div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixed The
question I have is What is the effective shape factor of the K3
DSP?
Wayne published something a while back that if you push the tune
button very quickly after the first tuning stops, it will try again with
another algorithm that might result in a lower tuned SWR. This from the
release notes for firmware 1.75.
* ATU MATCHING Improved: If you tap ATU TUNE a
They are probably not providing assembled for the same reason that they
don't provide it with the K2/100... it's a kit. It is NOT necessary to
buy the expensive crimping tool. There are instructions contained in
each KIT describing how the connectors can be assembled without using a
crimp.
This is from the KPA100 Parts List...
Q9 - 1 - Transistor, HEXFET, 500 V, IRF830 or IRL620, TO-220 (tab may be
cut)
It keyed my SB-220 with no problem. If I remember correctly, that is
about 100VDC.
73,
Ken K3IU
Bill Stacy wrote:
Message: 12
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:15:41 -0700
From: Phil
I guess I didn't say... my K3 is #202
73,
Ken KIU
Don Ehrlich wrote:
That was me .. My actual measurement was 0.985 microfarad when I
checked the RF board in S/N 195 I rounded it up to 1 microfarad in
my earlier report.
Don K7FJ
Someone else here mentioned that C222 was 1 uF, but I
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