[Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Phillip Buckholdt
Anyone installed the K144XV yet ? Comments Phil K8MBY # 609 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Bruce Beford
Phil K8MBY asked: Anyone installed the K144XV yet ? Comments I asked the same question earlier this week. No one responded. I note that the K144XV firmware update utility mentioned in the docs has not been posted yet. Perhaps the shipment schedule has slipped again. Some word from Wayne or

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Wayne Burdick
Firmware is finished. K144XV PC utility (for loading firmware) is also finished. A small number of units have been shipped and a lot more are about to be. Early reports have been very positive. I suspect some may show up on the reflector any day now. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jan 7, 2010, at

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We're shipping K144XVs. :-) There are a lot of early orders as part of a very large backlog. We're working through confirming and shipping those right now. The K144XV specific utility hasn't been posted because there is no need for it yet. We haven't released any firmware updates to the basic

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread AD6XY
I am intrigued. Why does the K144XV need any firmware apart from on/off like the XV-144? Can it do other things? I have been meaning to ask for a while, how will it control my 2m PA which is not the same as the HF PA, and will it allow a delay for the relays and pre-amp like the XV144 does? Is

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Correction to my posting: Dick, Our download Utility author, just told me we actually will release the K144XV utility as a separate downloader form K3 Utility. that's what we are using now in-house. All my other comments though are correct. ;-) Running too fast this afternoon! 73, Eric Eric

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Bruce Beford
Thanks, Guys. I appreciate the updates. I am one of those who ordered early (within minutes of the page going up). I appreciate the passion you guys (and the whole staff) pour into all the Elecraft products. 73, Bruce N1RX (K1, KX1, K2, K3... Yada, Yada)

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Matt Zilmer
I installed a production K144XV recently. It's been in K3 #24 for about 10 days, and there haven't been any real issues with it. Mechanical installation went according to plan, and takes about 60 minutes. There is one power pin that needs to be soldered down to a pad on the RF Board to power

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Wayne Burdick
On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Matt Zilmer wrote: I installed a production K144XV recently. It's been in K3 #24 for about 10 days, and there haven't been any real issues with it. Mechanical installation went according to plan, and takes about 60 minutes. There is one power pin that needs to

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Matt Zilmer
Mechanical installation went according to plan, and takes about 60 minutes. There is one power pin that needs to be soldered down to a pad on the RF Board to power the module. This step take more time than all the rest. This has already been added to production RF boards, but those with

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Samuel Strongin
@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV I installed a production K144XV recently. It's been in K3 #24 for about 10 days, and there haven't been any real issues with it. Mechanical installation went according to plan, and takes about 60 minutes. There is one power pin

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft[K-3] K144XV

2010-01-07 Thread Wayne Burdick
On Jan 7, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Samuel Strongin wrote: If sensitivity is less -140dbm on 2 meters it is DEAF!!! Sam kf4yox\ I already posted a correction to this. It's about -144 dBm. Matt didn't have a signal generator that could go lower than -125. 73, Wayne N6KR