Eric,
What's the status of a K4 to K4D conversion kit?
Thanks and 73,
Ted Roycraft, W2ZK
On 1/12/2023 22:25, Eric Swartz wrote:
We've been working hard to get the K4 & K4D backlog down and I'm now
pleased to announce that it has been reduced significantly. Whew!
We are now contac
Care to explain? It worked well when there was a backlog of orders for the
K2, why not for the K4?
Ted, W2ZK
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 6:00 PM Nr4c wrote:
> Not going to happen.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
> > On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:50 AM, Ted Roycraft
&g
I assume that all K4's being shipped now are to those in Group 1. So, it
would be very informative and interesting if Elecraft could post the
order date of the K4s going out the door most recently as they did with
K2's twenty years ago.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 1/5/2021 10:17, Mark Musick wrote:
Well K9FD, thank you for letting us know "what" you are.
On 10/13/2020 20:20, K9FD wrote:
Boy it fits the person asking the question.
There are reams of files and court filings against Hir-onono for
harassment
when she ran or owned a company out here many moons back, she a dike
as all the
policy would cut way down on the
unnecessary emails coming to this mailing list asking "when am I getting
my K4".
Best regards,
Ted Roycraft, W2ZK
On 9/1/2020 12:47, Wayne Burdick wrote:
Hi Björn,
The programmer's reference is mostly complete, but I still have to separate out
When they do start shipping it would be very interesting if they publicize
the date that the shipped orders were placed.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 7:19 PM Nr4c wrote:
> Not the END yet!
>
>
>
> But close.
>
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>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
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>
>
> > On Aug 26, 2020, at 1:53 PM,
I received the Elecraft July Newsletter tonight. It supposedly contained a
K4 Update but the only thing I saw in this “update” was a reference to a
talk that Eric will be giving in early August at the Virtual Ham Expo where
he will give the actual K4 Update. Did I read that wrong? Will we be
Lou, Inrad still lists them on their website but I thought I heard they
were not making them anymore. It wouldn’t hurt to check with them.
https://www.inrad.net/home.php?cat=140
73, Ted, W2ZK
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 1:51 PM Lou W0FK wrote:
> Anyone?
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>
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> --
> Sent from:
Walter Maxwell’s interesting book, “Reflections”, has an in-depth
discussion on non-resonant antennas and tuners. Highly recommended.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 10:05 AM Lyn Norstad wrote:
> Exactly.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: W2xj [mailto:w...@w2xj.net]
> Sent:
If that's the way you feel, why don't you ask for your money back?
Ted, W2ZK
On 7/16/2020 13:55, Tox wrote:
Given lead times, if the Dec/Jan ship date was not BS, then parts would
already have already been in transit before primary covid impacts were in
place. OK, that was missed.
I
I imagine that there is no one who wants the K4 out the door more than
Elecraft does. It makes no sense to think that they are intentionally
dragging their feet.
73, Ted, W2ZK (eagerly awaiting the delivery of my K4 too)
On 7/16/2020 13:33, Dave Cole wrote:
Lets see, solved pre COVID, then
Maybe it’s apples and oranges but does anyone know how long field testing
went on for the K3 before the first shipments were made to purchasers?
73, Ted, W2ZK
On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 12:58 PM Ed Muns wrote:
> Field Test is charging ahead with internal and external Elecraft users.
> 100% focus
Jim,
The K3 manual downloaded tonight, on page 69 says ...
==
ERR EE2
==
External EEPROM read/write test failed
EEPROM may be defective (front panel).
Tom,
I use Win4K3Suite which can reproduce K3 serial data and send it to other
applications that would ordinarily expect to connect directly to the K3.
Win4K3Suite works in conjunction with the free utility, com0com, a virtual
comport utility to “connect” com ports to each other. The
Or maybe pick up a used K3.
On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 8:44 AM W0FK wrote:
> The KX3 allows you to add roofing filters (KXFL3 option), wherease kx2 does
> not.
>
> “ The KXFL3 is actually 4 different filters that are shared between Phone
> and CW modes. Containing 2 filters for each mode, the
Thanks Tom, it really is a small world. It was a very important event in my
17 year old life in 1964. I guess that’s why I have a vivid and wonderful
memory of the whole event and David Popkin had a starring role In it. I
lived in Morristown, NJ at the time and my friend Ron, WA2MNQ, now N0RR,
I took the test for Extra administered by an FCC examiner, David Popkin,
in NYC in 1964. So there were still FCC examiners then. Funny that I
still remember David Popkin's name but I can't remember what I had for
dinner last night.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 4/29/2020 12:27 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On
Where did this May rumor come from? Yes, the kit version is supposed to
come out months later but the Elecraft web site still says that the first
shipments of the K4 are targeted for January 2020.
Ted, W2ZK
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 8:43 PM Keith N6JPA wrote:
> Don't worry. I have it on good
Tom,
Do you have the latest K3 firmware? The firmware release notes for MCU
5.50 say this.
*
K3 MCU 5.50 / DSP 2.87, 5-17-2016*
** K-POD BUG FIX:*Eliminated "ERR KP1" messages (K-Pod parity errors)
that were occurring when the
Take a look at
http://www.arrl.org/Radio-Frequency-Interference-rfi
There are several links there that may help you. I’ve had some success
using ferrite toroids.
73, Ted, W2ZK
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Why not ask the author of CWSkimmer, Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA what his
plans are? I would think he would be a central character in making
CWSkimmer compatible with the K4. Wayne, N6KR, has already said that K4
baseband I/Q signals would be provided over the ethernet which is all, I
believe,
Sorry for the somewhat off-topic post but this is the first time I have
heard the Eico 720 mentioned in decades. I happen to have one if anyone
is interested in buying it.
Ted, W2ZK
On 8/12/2015 11:06 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
Not if you're looking at an Eico 720. It will be difficult to
I am Comcast's customer. Not Netflix. I pay more for a higher grade of
service (higher speed). I'm paying for the pipe. How I use it is my
business. Comcast shouldn't further tax the other end of my connection
or slow it down because the other end isn't paying Comcast anything.
Have you
I ordered two on February 13'th and they arrived yesterday.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 2/25/2015 10:02 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
No, a week ago this past Saturday - as in February 14. My assumption
was that an order early Saturday afternoon would be in queue before
the slackers on the left coast
This sounds like a harmless change and might even do some good. I wish
there were a good way to measure its effect, however, because I'm
betting it won't make a bit of difference in errors in using split. You
have to look at the K3 display for it to be effective and I believe that
is the
One way you can drop out of SPLIT is this. If the SPLIT SV menu
item is OFF, and you are operating split, if you switch to another band
and turn SPLIT off, then come back to the original band, SPLIT will be
OFF. Turn SPLIT SV ON to fix this. That way, the split status per
band is
Bingo! No amount of flashing on the K3 screen is going to correct poor
operating habits. Nothing can substitute for good operating practices
which become habits. It takes 2 seconds to check the K3 status before
sending. Make a habit. If you don't do that, you won't see anything
flashing
http://www.findchips.com shows that Arrow has them for $0.55 in
quantities of 1.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 8/16/2010 3:47 PM, Brent Sutphin wrote:
I am in need of three 1N4108 zener diodes. I have not been able to find
them unless I want to buy hundreds of them. Seems everyone has minimum
orders.
Al,
The problem that I reported being unable to connect LP_Bridge to the K3
passing through the P3 when it the P3 was powered on seems to be fixed
in the P3 V0.31 beta firmware.
Thank you!
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 8/7/2010 5:31 PM, Ted Roycraft wrote:
I tried to connect LP_Bridge passing through
being
responded to by the P3, not the K3.
Hopefully, that was the problem.
73,
Alan N1AL
On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 11:16 -0400, Ted Roycraft wrote:
Thanks Gary,
I have an LP-PAN and will continue to use it even though I have the P3.
It is still needed if you want to run CWSkimmer. Even
-Bridge installed
for what ever reason, the P3 doesn't mind so long as you do what one always
has to do: set up the virtual ports first.
73,
Gary, VE1RGB
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ted
Nevertheless, it's not transparent. Maybe we should allow it to be
translucent? :-)
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 8/8/2010 12:22 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
... Maybe it is a nit on my
part but the RS-232 port on the P3 is supposed to be transparent to apps
connecting to the K3 via RS-232 and it
application I've thrown at it except for initializing LP-Bridge.
To me that implies an issue with LP-Bridge - perhaps an excessive
sensitivity to timing - not an issue with the P3/K3.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 8/8/2010 1:21 PM, Ted Roycraft wrote:
Nevertheless, it's not transparent. Maybe we
I tried to connect LP_Bridge passing through the P3 to the K3 (the P3 is
supposed to be transparent to apps connecting to the K3 I understand)
and LP_Bridge failed to connect to the K3. Everything is set up to run
at 38400 baud and it worked fine without the P3 there. After fooling
around
John,
Are your filters installed in descending bandwidth with the widest
towards FL1 and the narrowest toward FL5. The manual says this is a
requirement.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 8/3/2010 8:28 AM, john wrote:
On 8/3/2010 5:51 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote:
john-61 wrote:
I have a k3 with the
My K3 is having a problem on 30 meters but is fine on all other bands.
While transmitting into a 50 ohm dummy load and verifying that the SWR
is better than 1.1:1, if I set the output power level above 80 watts on
30 meters, I get a HI CUR message. When that happens, the K3
indicates that
That's the filter width at the 3db point. From the filter plots it
looks pretty close.
At least it's not like buying a 2 X 4 which isn't close to being 2 X 4.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 7/14/2010 10:47 PM, Radio Amateur N5GE wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:01:30 -0700 (PDT), Bill W4ZV
Holding the VOX button toggles vox. Is that what you mean? I'm
guessing you must mean something else.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 7/7/2010 4:53 PM, G0AFH wrote:
Hi
I would like to disable VOX in CW mode so that when I touch the key the
rig does not go into transmit. Is this possible?
My primary
You can also disable VOX on power-up by going to the CW WGHT menu
option and tapping 4. See the CW WGHT menu item in the K3 manual.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 7/7/2010 4:53 PM, G0AFH wrote:
Hi
I would like to disable VOX in CW mode so that when I touch the key the
rig does not go into transmit. Is
Apparently this advertisement is the work of some UK vendor and not
Kenwood so let's hold off blaming Kenwood for this.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 7/3/2010 9:55 AM, Hector Padron wrote:
I downloaded that pdf and saw it,only thing I see is a very unprofessional
and gross way to do business,I wonder is
The Elecraft web site still says Ships starting 7/15. I'm not sure
how much effort it would take to connect the P3 to the K2. It won't be
simple plug-in as it is for the K3 though.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 6/30/2010 1:02 PM, Tom Boag wrote:
Haven't heard anything re the P3 lately. Was thinking
I also thought that Wayne put it on the feature request list sometime
last fall. I hope he did. CW REV seems natural to me and with some
effort I got Logic 8 to handle it but it would be so much easier, at the
risk of confusing some individuals, if there were a configuration entry
to flip
Jack,
I the section on Sub Receiver Band Independence, the K3 manual says ...
If the two receivers are sharing the main
antenna path, putting the sub receiver on a
higher-frequency band than main may result in
signal loss in the sub. This is due to sharing of the
main receiver’s low-pass
LS,
There are some good videos on youtube that show different panadapters in
action and should give you an idea of their capabilities. To get you
started, look at ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Fom1QwNa4feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Fom1QwNa4feature=related
You can
FWIW, in December, Wayne Burdick made this recommendation about speakers
for the K3 ...
On 12/17/2009 3:46 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
Richard,
The K3's external speaker output requires a stereo plug. Also set
CONFIG:SPKRS to 2.
Hum pickup is a very common problem with some powered speakers,
You're making too big a thing about this. It doesn't have to change the
way you operate. It doesn't suddenly make you pounce up 1 without
listening. It just gives you a different perspective of the environment
around the DX's frequency. It doesn't have to change the way logging
programs
Well LS, if the K3 is already setup _ideally_ for working split, as
you say, then case closed. Forget I said anything.
By the way, I'm not in a hurry to hit the key. I can also do arithmetic
in my head. As I said, it gives you a different perspective on the
environment around the DX. If
That might do it Guy. Let me road test it in a pile up if conditions
ever improve.
Thanks,
Ted, W2ZK
On 4/11/2010 12:47 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Hmm,
Anybody try these things out first?
Double tap AB. HoldSPLIT. Tap XIT. Current XIT setting
displays briefly. Change XIT to split
I think it might be useful at times if the frequency of VFO B could be
displayed as an offset from VFO A (optionally of course). For example,
if VFO A is set to 10.113.28 and VFO B is set to 10.114.34, then, if
that option were turned on, instead of displaying VFO B's frequency as
10.114.34,
That option to save the split state per band is already there. Turn
SPLT SV to YES.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 4/7/2010 12:01 PM, Richard Zwirko wrote:
I wonder what other K3 users think about having this SPLIT option available
on the K3. Like many K3 users, chase DX stations and DXpeditions. Many
Steve,
Go to ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/K3/firmware
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 3/20/2010 4:29 PM, W0SZ wrote:
I am unable to find the file for version MCU 3.79. Can anyone help me find
the new firmware? 73, Steve
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Julian,
To really make the analogy fair, you would have to assemble the K3 from
a kit while in the field. Sure, there's setup for the flex but it's
basically a one time thing - as building the K3 is.
73, Ted, W2ZK
On 2/19/2010 7:34 AM, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
Bob Naumann wrote:
Let's be
Eric,
That's good but two questions...
1) If you purchase a P3, do you also have to purchase a KXV3A or will
one be included?
2) In addition to the buffered K3 IF feedthrough, will the inphase (I)
and quadrature (Q) audio components of the downshifted IF be provided as
an additional output
Why do you say that these photos and videos demonstrate why the integral
P3 is a winner over a PC based panadapter? I came to the opposite
conclusion but I'm willing to wait for more information. If you want
to run anything else on the PC based on the K3 IF output, CWSkimmer for
example,
Toyotas and glitzy in the same sentence ... interesting.
BMW not glitzy???
On 2/15/2010 11:49 AM, NZ0T wrote:
Talk is cheap...But the fact is, Kenwood, Icom, and Yaesu have had the
ability for a long long time to make receivers with good close-in blocking.
But they always seem to put the
I had the IC756PRO series from 2001 to last August and at first I was
impressed with the scope function but in a short time I found that it
was not terribly useful but was fun to look at. It was lacking a
waterfall capability which the P3 (as well as PowerSDR-IF) had which
makes all the
Why don't you ask the fellow Randy?
Randy Downs wrote:
I'm a bit confused about an email I received. A fellow said The
TS870S is probably still in your shack because of its INBAND IMD
performance. The ARRL does not do the inband IMD test anymore. Many of
the complaints about the K3's receiver
Jack,
It is not identical to most monitor connectors. I have a half dozen
monitor cables and all of them are missing a pin 9 connection (I think
it's pin 9 - it's one of the BAND pins in any case). If you don't plan
to use the BAND signals, then you might be able to get by with a
computer
Hi Ken,
For narrow DSP filter bandwidths (100 Hz or less I think) you have the
option of using a FIR filter (default) or an IIR filter. IIR filters
can ring which sounds like it might be what you are experiencing.
That may be your problem - that you are using an IIR filter. You can
toggle
Chris,
Do you think you may have switched to another band and then back again
before the split did the unsplit thing? The default behavior of the
K3 is to undo the split if you switch to another band even if you go
back to the original band. To preserve the state of the split per band,
set
Gary,
I have both also and pretty much agree with what has been said. The
only thing I can add is that the K2 has been capped and you can't expect
much if anything in the way of new features from Elecraft while the K3
is under active development and there seems to be something new every
. The
developer for the radio is awfully busy doing other things, but he has
assured us the dream is still very much alive and the ideas are there!
Jack Brindle, W6FB
On Nov 4, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Ted Roycraft wrote:
Gary,
I have both also and pretty much agree with what has been said. The
only
John,
What kind of amplifier is it?
73, Ted, W2ZK
John Lally wrote:
How do you connect a K3 to antenna rotator, a computer, a transceiver
controlled amplifier and a stepper transceiver controlled antenna via the
one serial port on the K3?
Thanks.
John
W7JJL
Joe,
You might want to ask your questions on the PowerSDR/IF Google group.
See http://groups.google.com/group/powersdr-if-stage?lnk=srg
73, Ted, W2ZK
JOSEPH MARION wrote:
I did not realize that sdr 1.19 was not compatable with the 64 bit operating
system. I have not been able to get any
Joe,
If this helps isolate the problem ... I tried your scenario (and others)
and I can't reproduce the problem.
My configuration:
-Sub receiver (but turned off)
-Firmware:uC: 3.44
d1: 2.38
d2: 2.38
fl: 1.04
Also, just above the B frequency display, there is a circled indicator
that says SPLT.
73, Ted, W2ZK
wb6r...@mac.com wrote:
On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:49 AM, vidi wrote:
How about, in addition to the TX arrow pointing to B, also
flash the [B] VFO sign at say 2/sec to show and remind that
Barry,
Yes, the K3 can save the split state per band if you like. Set
Config:SPLT SV to YES. When I first got the K3, the same thing
annoyed me.
73, Ted, W2ZK
Barry Pfeil wrote:
In the year I have had my K3 I have used it mainly for contesting and hardly
ever operated in split mode.
I was beginning to think that I was the only one who never looks at the
S-Meter :-)
73, Ted, W2ZK
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
Adding the XG2 signal generator the K3 is not only f/w. It would require
a major h/w change. We will not be doing that in the near future due to
both cost
I don't know - call me a Ludite but it seems that the design team at
Elecraft is very small and definitely a limited resource. I would rather
they not be spread too thin. My preference would be for them to
concentrate on performance improvements of the K3 (or Kx if you prefer)
rather than
I looked through the K3 Programmer's Reference manual but I can't find a
command to retrieve the sidetone pitch frequency. Does anyone know of a
way to do that either directly or indirectly?
Thanks,
Ted, W2ZK
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Perfect! Thanks Matt!
73, Ted, W2ZK
Matt Zilmer wrote:
Ted,
The sequence to read sidetone pitch into a PC:
Send the SWH42; command,
Read back the contents of VFO A's display using the DS; command,
Convert the string to an integer. The frequency shows as three digits
starting at the
Yeah, I guess that sometimes we forget what the role of a beta tester
is. It's not to be the first one to have the new software. When you
are a beta tester, which you are if you load beta software, your role
and responsibility is to report problems and not to complain about
them. No
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