[Elecraft] K3-PWR knob

2011-05-01 Thread philippe . trottet
Dear Elecrafters, Is it possible to increase the speed of the the PWR knob ? To move from low to high power and vice versa on my K3 #3616 is quite long. Thanks for ur advises. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3-PWR knob

2011-05-01 Thread philippe . trottet
Many thanks to Gary, Jim and Paul for their kind advises. Macros has been assigned for that purpose and it exactly fit my needs. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI Quoting philippe.trot...@ties.itu.int: Dear Elecrafters, Is it possible to increase the speed of the the PWR knob ? To move from low to

[Elecraft] K3 MIC COMP

2011-01-20 Thread philippe . trottet
Dear Elecrafters, From the beginnig I put my K3#3616 on the air, mid november 2009, Firmware 3.53, I have noticed on ssb to obtain 10 on the CMP bargraph I'm obliged to increase the CMP knob to 20 to see the bargraph +/- 10. I know it is only approximative but is any adjustment available to

Re: [Elecraft] Delivery in France

2010-11-19 Thread Philippe Trottet
Le club des Elecrafters Francais s'agrandit. Bienvenue 73's Philippe A65BI (F5LTB) ex-9Q1TB, 2003-2008 K3#3616 F8EZE f8...@orange.fr 19-11-2010 23:54 Hi Folks, La Poste dear Georges. Enjoy your K3 ! F8EZE Jean K3 #998 -Message d'origine- De : elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] K3 rev 4.22 Beta Release: Improved APF (CW); all SSB anomalies fixed

2010-11-16 Thread Philippe Trottet
4.22 beta release installed Not noticed on my side. Filters on use on my K3: 6, 2.8, 1.8, 1, 0.4 (Same for SUB RX) 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us 16-11-2010 5:33 Wayne, I do still hear a noticeable 'tick' on CW when going from 150 to 100 Hz and back again. It seems to

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware failed to load, again

2010-11-16 Thread Philippe Trottet
Try to use a FTP server to download the zip file of Beta versions. I'm using Filezilla Client from Mozilla, never get a problem to download from Elecraft. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI James Sarte (K2QI) k2qi@gmail.com 16-11-2010 19:47 Dr Martin, I have not had this experience with any of the

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Unable to download 4.22

2010-11-16 Thread Philippe Trottet
FileZilla Client from Mozilla is also free and works ok. 73's Philippe A65BI Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO w5...@cybermesa.net 17-11-2010 1:49 Just as an FTP suggestion -- If you are using Mozilla Firefox as a browser (which IMO everyone should be), there is an FTP client plug-in called FireFTP. It

Re: [Elecraft] K3 MCU 4.17 (APF beta) kills SSB output?

2010-11-06 Thread Philippe Trottet
problem. 73, Wayne N6KR On Nov 4, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Philippe Trottet wrote: Same thing to me, I was noticed it when put my Amp w/GU84B on, need 20w+ to obtain 500w in ssb instead of my normal 16w... __ Elecraft mailing list Home

Re: [Elecraft] New K3 Beta Release: APF for CW, Fast Monitor improved TX gate for voice modes

2010-11-06 Thread Philippe Trottet
Even the mic dynamics came back to normal compare to 4.17, I confirm the same difference between 4.18 and 4.14 and about the APF if moving the Shift to 1khz a big click then nothing. Need to go down to 280 HZ to restart the APF. 73's Philippe A65BI Geoffrey Downs geoffre...@madasafish.com

Re: [Elecraft] K3 MCU 4.17 (APF beta) kills SSB output?

2010-11-05 Thread Philippe Trottet
close to approaching to get 1KW out. It's great to hear that you guys are on this new glitch so quickly. Tim On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: We're working on the SSB problem. 73, Wayne N6KR On Nov 4, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Philippe Trottet wrote: Same

Re: [Elecraft] K3 MCU 4.17 (APF beta) kills SSB output?

2010-11-04 Thread Philippe Trottet
Same thing to me, I was noticed it when put my Amp w/GU84B on, need 20w+ to obtain 500w in ssb instead of my normal 16w. MH2 Mic dynamics was also affected and obliged to increase the Mic gain consequently. When back to NOR Dual PB features it comes back almost to normal power but seems a bit

Re: [Elecraft] K3 APF Adjustable Q

2010-11-01 Thread Philippe Trottet
I agree with the comments about the use of the DPB filter who act as a APF with wider Q. May be the suggestion is to give more flexibility to the DBP filter in order to let the K3 user choosing what would be the best in its own suppressing noise environment. 73's Philippe A65BI The Smiths

Re: [Elecraft] List SPAM SCAM

2010-09-25 Thread Philippe Trottet
Received also and junked it. 73's Philippe A65BI David Guernsey mooo1...@yahoo.com 25-09-2010 14:49 I also received an email with subject Sad News 73s de Dave Guernsey KJ6CBS __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] NCDXF/IARU Beacons

2010-09-08 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dear Elecrafters, How to decode almost correctly the NCDXF/IARU beacons with a different pitch than 700~800Hz I'm using a pitch of 450Hz in order to use less bandwidth and it is more softer to my ears, especially on long runs. I can hear clearly the beacons with the 450Hz but even I'm shifting

Re: [Elecraft] Big box K3

2010-09-06 Thread Philippe Trottet
K3 has been primarily designed for portable use/dx-speditions field days and honestly I'm more focused and impressed from the results than the design. Everything is functional and easy to access even with my big fingers and for those who are lack of space (it's not my case) it would be an

Re: [Elecraft] K3 : SSB modulation

2010-08-20 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi James, I'm using MH2 also for Field day opertions and almost same as you, set MIC=2 COMP=20 TX equalizer has been adjust to my loud voice given preferential to medium high audio. Great 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 k2qi@gmail.com 20-08-2010 18:54 Who uses the Elecraft hand mic? I do

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Repair

2010-07-04 Thread Philippe Trottet
Fully agree with your comments Don, And I want to take the opportunity to encourage every Ham to pay more attention to protect our lovely K's and all ellectronic devices in the house. I've seen so many locations who are facing huge lightings storms and this does not happen only to others,

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3 fan noise, part XXLIV

2010-05-31 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Dave, For the test I progammed the fan to max, after the test I put them back to auto. I would have mentioned it. Tks Philippe A65BI Dave Hachadorian k...@arrl.net 30-05-2010 20:32 --- From: Philippe Trottet trot...@unhcr.org Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:40 AM To: n

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3 fan noise, part XXLIV

2010-05-30 Thread Philippe Trottet
Following the discussion, I made a full power test with my K3/100 on the dummy load, and no noise in the room...My wife 4 years old son were away ! PA temp was rising up to 55ºC, the 2 fans were not audible from my chair. I could heard barely if I put my ears very close to them and feel the heat

Re: [Elecraft] K3:DSP Upgrade well worth it

2010-05-23 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Craig, Fully confirm your impression. Seems superior and weak signals ssb/cw more readible and less agressive to my ears. Using an old Sony MDR7505 Headset Bst 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 Craig vk...@yahoo.com 23-05-2010 15:34 Hi folks I just completed the DSP upgrade board swap. I would

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Announcement

2010-05-23 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dear Phil, I will attempt to be there, 17:45Z Philippe A65BI Phillip Shepard ph...@rio.com 22-05-2010 22:25 Hi guys, The weekly SSB net will meet tomorrow (5/23) at 1800z on 14.314 MHz. I will be net control from western Oregon. We'll try to pull in other NW stations that I can't hear. See

Re: [Elecraft] K3:Noise blanker Chinese radar?

2010-05-20 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi John, Do you check all possibilities of the NB and no-one of those are able to block this Radar ? We are facing time to time in my area such problem and had always founded a reliable position to minimize it, but may be the today's NB is less effective, I have no experience on it and I'm

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Announcement

2010-05-15 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Phil, Will be normally there starting 17:45 to contact some Elecrafters who could do the qsp for me. 73's Philippe A65BI Phil Shepard ph...@rio.com 15-05-2010 21:41 Hi guys, The weekly SSB net will meet tomorrow (5/16) at 1800z on 14.314 MHz. I will be net control from western Oregon. See

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Report for May 9th, 2010

2010-05-10 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Roger, Was a real pleasure to contact u for the 1st time. (no directional antenna on my side, only a 84m loop) Apreciated the long chat with Brendan EI6IZ at the end of the net. Will Call again 17:45Z next Sunday for qsp. 73's Philippe A65BI http://www.qrz.com/callsign/A65BI Roger Stein

Re: [Elecraft] 2.1 kHz filter - K3

2010-05-09 Thread Philippe Trottet
In addition to the 2.8 Khz, I'm using the 1.8Khz (starting 2.1) , and also the 1khz (starting 1.6khz) used both in ssb cw. Sure with some little alteration of the voice but it is really a must in severe qrm environment as mine (no directional antenna and a lot of pirates, fishermens

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Announcement

2010-05-08 Thread Philippe Trottet
Will be there, starting to call 17:45. In advance tks for the qsp. 73's Philippe A65BI Phil Shepard ph...@rio.com 08-05-2010 8:19 The weekly Elecraft SSB net will meet this Sunday (5/9) at 1800Z on 14.314 MHz. Roger, K7SJ, will be NCS with help from Gus, KD0QH. Join them. 73, Phil, NS7P

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Announcement

2010-05-01 Thread Philippe Trottet
Normally I will show my presence around 17:45Z. In advance thanks for the qsp from Bob VE3XM or Tony VE3QF. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI Phil Shepard ph...@rio.com 02-05-2010 3:05 The weekly Elecraft SSB net meets tomorrow (5/2) at 1800z on 14.314 MHz. I will not be available to be NCS. If

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB net results (4-25-10)

2010-04-25 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Phil, Things are coming better even with a low SFI. I was listening a bit your voice when calling me but still no strong enough to get up to my ground noise. W7WLL was also heard for few seconds with clear audio ! Thanks again to tony VE3QF for the qsp and happy to contact Wolf DK1IP with

Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

2010-04-23 Thread Philippe Trottet
Really nice looking but what would be the effects of the extra weight on the axis after extended use ? 73's Philippe A65BI Tom W8JI w...@w8ji.com 23-04-2010 2:17 Maybe I'm missing something??? Doesn't just sliding the K3 knob on so it just kisses the felt washers do the same thing? The K3

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Expert 1K-FA

2010-04-21 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Franco, Fully agree Arie's comments, I'm not using an auto Amp. only a manual one with a Russian tetrode, and only checked on the K3 that the time delay corresponds to the amp specs and that's all. With my K3-100, most of the time I'm driving it with 12W and the output with my amp is ±350W

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Expert 1K-FA

2010-04-21 Thread Philippe Trottet
the specs before testing any new equipment and have costly equipment in my pro lab to monitor it, that is not the case of most of Hams. So again mea culpa. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 By Hams, for Hams...What else ? Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United

Re: [Elecraft] World Amateur Radio Day

2010-04-17 Thread Philippe Trottet
FYI 73'S Philippe A65BI K3#3616 EARS e...@ears.ae 16-04-2010 8:17 Dear All : We are pleased to invite you to participate us in our celebration with World Amateur Radio Day in our HQ on Sunday 18 April 2010 With special call sign A6WAD Best regards EARS 73

Re: [Elecraft] DSP Upgrade and Serial Number

2010-03-13 Thread Philippe Trottet
MENU- CONFIG EXTD, TECH MD=ONturn the B knob until SER NUM. or Download the K3_EZ SOFTWARE then go to K3 info, ur S/N will be showed 73's Philippe A65BI Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com 13-03-2010 12:31 So where is the SN stored in the K3? The people who received new upgraded DSP

Re: [Elecraft] K-3: Best filter for SSB Contesting?

2010-03-12 Thread Philippe Trottet
The 1.5k is out of stock and not be sure it will be availble from INRAD anymore. http://www.inrad.net/product.php?productid=299cat=140page=1 Personally I have ordered the 1K as it starts at bw60= 1.650 and will program it at 1.6K to use it for both cw ssb

Re: [Elecraft] K-3: Best filter for SSB Contesting?

2010-03-11 Thread Philippe Trottet
Do not hesitate: 1.8khz then with the K3 utility you modify the start point to 2.1, you will see the improvement in strong interferences. 73s Philippe A65BI K3#3616 r...@aol.com 12-03-2010 7:37 Hi Guys, For SSB contesting: if your K-3 radio had the stock 2.7khz filter and you could only

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] LPF DSP modification

2010-03-08 Thread Philippe Trottet
James, I've received the lpf module within 2 weeks following the order and installed it two days ago. Very simple to install. Use a thin cutter for airplane mock-up, soldering iron with fine tip. Do not forget the wrist strap w/1Megohm resitor. Just follow step by step,10 pages, the installation

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] LPF DSP modification

2010-03-08 Thread Philippe Trottet
Forget: DSP Board C James, I've received the lpf module within 2 weeks following the order and installed it two days ago. Very simple to install. Use a thin cutter for airplane mock-up, soldering iron with fine tip. Do not forget the wrist strap w/1Megohm resitor. Just follow step by step,10

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - 'High Isolation Headphones'

2010-03-02 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dears, I'm using a SONY MDR 7505 since 2003 with various rigs. Not a noise cancelling headphone but great comfort, with a very clear audio on cw, ssb am/fm. Power (mW):1000 Impedance: 24 Ω Frequency response: 10Hz - 25Khz Sensibility (dB / W / m): 106 Weight: 220g without cable 73's Philippe

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (2-21-10)

2010-02-21 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Phil, Hope to put my name on the list soon as cycle 24 seems to start...finally like an albatross who need some distance to take off. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI Phillip Shepard ph...@rio.com 22-02-2010 8:50 We had a very good net today. Signals were generally good, and we had 37 participants

Re: [Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes

2010-02-17 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Eric, Good to know, I will order one when we will be able to place the on-line order for the P3. 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 *Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ? Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft e...@elecraft.com 17-02-2010 22:05 your K3 will need to have the KXV3 or KXV3a for IF

Re: [Elecraft] P3

2010-02-16 Thread Philippe Trottet
P 130 is blank on the pdf document ! 73's Philippe A65BI Kok Chen c...@mac.com 16-02-2010 14:16 On Feb 16, 2010, at 12:39 AM, turnbull wrote: When you write the manual for the P3 would you please include a good explanation of the use of waterfall displays. I have one on my OII but do

Re: [Elecraft] Testing my DSP

2010-02-16 Thread Philippe Trottet
Yes hector but you mentioned on the previous your AGC for cw is off. When AGC is off the NR is deactivated on the K3 Am I wrong ? 73's Philippe A65BI K3#33616 *Elecraft, by Hams for Hams...What else ? Hector Padron ad4c2...@yahoo.com 17-02-2010 8:16 You can hear my DSP working in CW on this

Re: [Elecraft] Kenwood's Future

2010-02-15 Thread Philippe Trottet
May be, Others 3% ! KE4INM ke4...@gmail.com 16-02-2010 0:07 I may be mistaken, but I don't see Amateur Radio in there future. Check out the JVC-Kenwood Holdings Website. http://www.jk-holdings.com/en/corporate/strategy/index.html __

Re: [Elecraft] I'm having a bad day.

2010-02-15 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Ken, We can filter the subject as I do, some external subject do not appear on my list. Best regards to Rose. 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 Ken Kopp k...@rfwave.net 15-02-2010 23:09 Hello Larry, No, you've seen same the posts to the reflector as the rest of us. The number of posts about

Re: [Elecraft] I'm having a bad day.

2010-02-15 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Ken, We can filter the subject as I do, some external subject do not appear on my list. Best regards to Rose. 73's Philippe A65BI Ken Kopp k...@rfwave.net 15-02-2010 23:09 Hello Larry, No, you've seen same the posts to the reflector as the rest of us. The number of posts about

Re: [Elecraft] P3 at Orlando hamfest pictures and movies

2010-02-15 Thread Philippe Trottet
Ah Ah... P3 must have a bidet with a rotary jet and brakes on the spare wheel !! Next time some will ask for planet diversity. 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 * Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ? n...@tx.rr.com 16-02-2010 1:49 My major disappointment is that, in my admittedly non-expert

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Competition

2010-02-14 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dear Bob, Welcome to the club I answered you outside the Elecraft list about my mic settings and small trick learn when joined the Army in the early seventies. We are all surprised at the starting point because we have do to our own setup as the majority of parameters are adjustable and compare

Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident

2010-02-13 Thread Philippe Trottet
Some relaxation time in this world of brutes have never harmed a person. It's a hobby first ! Cheers Philippe A65BI K3#3616 *Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ! Radio Amateur N5GE n...@n5ge.com 10-02-2010 19:26 On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:16:02 EST, k...@aol.com wrote: Enough. This is

Re: [Elecraft] Considering K3

2010-02-13 Thread Philippe Trottet
: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International Humanitarian City Office Building Nº3 - Room 2, 1st Floor Doha Street PO BOX: 506013 DUBAI - U.A.E. Dubai time: GMT +4 W: Sunday to Thursday HQ

Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident

2010-02-11 Thread Philippe Trottet
Great !!! We will see soon a 3D-SP movie picture scenario Hi ! 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 *Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ! k...@aol.com 10-02-2010 15:16 In a related incident, another ham-radio enthusiast, Hezekiah Bambershoot, of Ft Jackson, was arrested at police headquarters

Re: [Elecraft] P3 Panadapter for the K3 at Orlando Hamfest this weekend

2010-02-10 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dear Eric, As I think you'll start with an appeal price in Orlando Hamfest, how a far foreigner can take advantage of it ? Bst 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 *Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ? Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner

Re: [Elecraft] AGC DSP Rain Dance

2010-02-09 Thread Philippe Trottet
rigs, professionally and on the Ham side. Bst 73's Philippe K3#3616 By Hams, for Hams...What else ! Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International Humanitarian City Office Building Nº3 - Room 2, 1st Floor Doha Street PO BOX

Re: [Elecraft] AGC DSP Rain Dance

2010-02-09 Thread Philippe Trottet
rigs, professionally and on the Ham side. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 By Hams, for Hams...What else ! Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International Humanitarian City Office Building Nº3 - Room 2, 1st Floor Doha Street

Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized

2010-02-09 Thread Philippe Trottet
Great... and there is still a kernel of truthHi !! 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 *Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ! Mike n...@nf4l.com 10-02-2010 3:54 ROTFLMAO!!! 73, Mike NF4L Al Lorona wrote: MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO Southland County Morning News

Re: [Elecraft] AGC DSP Rain Dance

2010-02-08 Thread Philippe Trottet
Fully agree ! Race cars need fine (and often) tuning to get their best for each races, K3's are the same. But my main main thing is to enjoy and have a lot of fun to chase the weak signal, specially in big pilups in SSB with my exotic callsign. Using for ssb FC: 0.95 and Width: 1.6k (6k, 2.8

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC and Apparent Noise and Signal Distortion

2010-02-04 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Paul, ON4UN, one of the masters of low bands sold out his 2 x Orions almost two years ago, replaced by 2 x K3's !! It convincing me definitively to move from my Icom limousine to the K3 Indycar ! Thanks to him, great rig and top after sale service. I'm proud today to be a Elecrafter Bst

Re: [Elecraft] Rose's Covers Cases

2010-02-04 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Rob, I've ordered some of them, still on the way to me Please find attached the pricing info and links. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ! k...@baymoon.com 05-02-2010 2:52 The covers look interesting but I didn't find any pricing info. Is there

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft web page

2010-01-27 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Gary, I was travelling when I passed my order last October and it has been done from an internet Cafe founded on my way. 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 rfenab...@gmail.com 27-01-2010 14:11 Hi, Does anyone know how to get rid of the website frames? The order page will not show the complete

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Rev. 3.76: Per-band/per-mode NR; FM/repeater/xvtr changes; delayed MV; message erase

2010-01-25 Thread Philippe Trottet
For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3 We can add: Elecraft...By Ham's, for Ham's...What else ! Thanks for the release, already downloaded, great ! 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 Hector Padron ad4c2...@yahoo.com 26-01-2010 6:08 Cool,!! downloaded and working already in my K3,was

Re: [Elecraft] Fw: My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread Philippe Trottet
And Nigeria is one of the well known countries for hackers and crooks. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI VE3GAM Allen McRorie ve3...@rogers.com 17-01-2010 19:37 I am 100% sure that this did not come from the station indicated, in the message properties, the originating IP address is from Lagos,

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Want to buy a K3

2010-01-12 Thread Philippe Trottet
configured the 1.8 kHz SSB filter to kick in -- and why. Bill W5WVO -- From: Philippe Trottet trot...@unhcr.org Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:05 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Want to buy a K3 Fully confirm

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Want to buy a K3

2010-01-11 Thread Philippe Trottet
Fully confirm this assessment ! The 1.8Khz 8 pole in a congested environment is a must. I have it in addition of the 2.8Khz. Considering the H polar of my 40m antenna receiving signals from the close East, most are regular Ham's from ex-USSR area and also very active pirates on that side, up

Re: [Elecraft] K3 how often do you use it?

2010-01-09 Thread Philippe Trottet
when Wayne and Eric will be retired but no doubt they will find somebody in the pure Ham spirit as they are. 73's Philippe A65BI (F5LTB) http://www.qrz.com/callsign/A65BI Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Thinking return to K3.

2010-01-05 Thread Philippe Trottet
parameters in order to take the best of that rig. Hope you will join back the Elecrafters soon. May be one day on the air ! Happy New year 2010 to you and your family. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 http://www.qrz.com/callsign/A65BI Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United

Re: [Elecraft] Disgrunteled Japanese

2010-01-04 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hum ! Did Yaesu, Icom or Kenwood are sending their products straight on line and provide such attention to their customers ? One more reason to be confident with Elecraft, a proud US company ! Great part of the succes is quality of service and Elecraft is on the way to carve out a crupper to

Re: [Elecraft] NR Revisited (trying again in plain text mode)

2009-12-30 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dear Wayne, Its great ! Many thanks for your efforts. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com 30-12-2009 21:54 We're going to make NR per-mode in the next firmware release, too. This should eliminate the need to hunt for the ideal setting each time you change modes.

[Elecraft] AM 6K filter

2009-12-30 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dears, Just installed the 6K filter and used the K3 utility. Can hear the difference on AM mode but, when pressed on XFIL it indicates normally 6.00 but if using the width knob, it indicate maximum 5.00 at the edge. I missed something in the configuration ? Your advises are welcome Bst 73's

Re: [Elecraft] Filters for K3?

2009-12-27 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dear Martin, I've ordered some days ago... and received yesterday the 6Khz for AM ESSB and the 1.8K for SSB. So I installed them yesterday evening. Considering my antenna, delta loop for 40m and the huge signals received for the ex-USSR side, 59+30 up is common, the 1.8k in addition to the

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Announcement

2009-12-26 Thread Philippe Trottet
One more time propagation is not on my side. Short path 20m to K4, best spot expected 13:30 ~ 14:30Z, SNR only 14dB / 100w 73's Philippe A65BI (F5LTB) K3#3616 ph...@rio.com 26-12-2009 20:13 The weekly SSB net will take place on Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 1800Z on 14.314 MHz. I will

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

2009-12-23 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dear Eric and Wayne, Considering all improvements done in 2009 it would be useful to update the K3 user guide in order to have quick acces to all new parameters easily. I take the oportunity to wish a merry Xmas and a very happy New Year 2010 to both of you and your really supportive team, all

Re: [Elecraft] Noisy K3 receiver

2009-12-19 Thread Philippe Trottet
. Vibroplex for normal use and hand key for contest that's real Ham sport ! Best 73's Philippe A65BI Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International Humanitarian City Office Building Nº3 - Room 2, 1st Floor Doha Street PO

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Latest Beta update

2009-12-11 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi Terry, It works with mine. When AGC OFF if you have a huge sig, i.e 59+ it block and you can't hear it any more, only see the bargraph. You need to use the RF knob and adjust in order to hear it agn. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 Terry g4...@sennen-cove.com 10-12-2009 18:40 Sorry I have

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Broken AF knob and bad service to get anreplacement.

2009-12-03 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dears, Even for me, my K3 has been ordered on 27, Oct. 09 and be on my hands in Dubai on 10, Nov 2009. Very sorry to learn such a problem. May be elecraft will provide an full knobs set in the order list for replacment in the future... who can be helpful in case of breaking one of them

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Yaesu

2009-11-23 Thread Philippe Trottet
...and expensive toys. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI (F5LTB) Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International Humanitarian City Office Building Nº3 - Room 2, 1st Floor Doha Street PO BOX: 506013 DUBAI - U.A.E. Dubai time: GMT +4 W

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Yaesu copies K3's design

2009-11-22 Thread Philippe Trottet
Hi, It makes me remember when Honda came to Motorbike competition in the sixties with a copy of British engine design, but with better steels... and win the Championship. Certainly Yaesu engineers bought K3's and worked on it but I do not think they can compete with the Elecraft prices.

Re: [Elecraft] My Proposed K3 Configuration so far...

2009-11-20 Thread Philippe Trottet
Lionel, Don't worry the cable works perfect, I've received my K3 two weeks ago with the KUSB option. Only to go to the Electraft website and download the usb utility depending your driver that's all. 73's Philippe A65BI / F5LTB K3#3616 Lionel Lhermitte f6...@orange.fr 20-11-2009 17:12 Hi all,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ERR BP2

2009-11-19 Thread Philippe Trottet
Same symptom for me w/ ERR BP4 when power on. It appears after downloading the 3.59 update yesterday ?? 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 Iain MacDonnell - N6ML a...@dseven.org 20-11-2009 4:20 Hi Fred, Check CONFIG:KBPF3 - it should be not inSt if you don't have the KBPF3. I changed mine to rF

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3 S Meter

2009-11-18 Thread Philippe Trottet
to stay younger ! Thanks to Elecraft ! Bst 73's Philippe A65BI / F5LTB (and ex 9Q1TB many others...) Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International Humanitarian City Office Building Nº3 - Room 2, 1st Floor Doha Street PO BOX: 506013

Re: [Elecraft] OFF topic-DX Summit

2009-11-17 Thread Philippe Trottet
Yes, few days ago and I was obliged to check the cluster via HB9DRV website. Today apparently no problem on my side 73's Philippe A65BI Phillip Buckholdt k8mb...@wadsnet.com 17-11-2009 15:58 Anyone having a problem with DX summit? Phil K8MBY

Re: [Elecraft] K3 S Meter

2009-11-17 Thread Philippe Trottet
Dears I've seen on the manual S9 /50 microvolts is adjusted with Preamp ON . As a new Elecrafter I need some explanations, because with my previous rigs, I use to calibrate S9 without the preamp. Thanks Philippe A65BI K3 #3616 Bill W4ZV btipp...@alum.mit.edu 17-11-2009 22:25 Geoffrey

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (11-15-09)

2009-11-15 Thread Philippe Trottet
serving the Civil Defense (FNRASEC) Call: F8RSF Bst 73's Philippe A65BI / F5LTB (Ex 9Q1TB) K3 #3616 Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International Humanitarian City Office Building Nº3 - Room 2, 1st Floor Doha Street PO BOX

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (11-15-09)

2009-11-15 Thread Philippe Trottet
that or simply start your own. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS -Original Message- From: Philippe Trottet trot...@unhcr.org Sent: Nov 15, 2009 10:48 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net, Phil and Christina ph...@rio.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (11-15-09) Dears, I would like

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (11-15-09)

2009-11-15 Thread Philippe Trottet
make it a little narrower I could hit further into Asia more easily. GL and 73, Kevin. KD5ONS -Original Message- From: Philippe Trottet trot...@unhcr.org Sent: Nov 16, 2009 12:02 AM To: Kevin Rock kevinr...@earthlink.net, elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft