Appreciated... I've been off the reflector for a bit and just haven't
been paying very close attention... Glad to hear there are no unforseen
issues with that...
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 04:31 +0100, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
lots of people have done that.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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Power
Well I just placed the order for the SubRX today so I should be getting
that cable in the box. Here's hoping that all goes well with the
install as I won't have much time to get replacement parts from Elecraft
before FD if there are any issues.
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 08:52 -0700, Bill W4ZV
Edward Dickinson III wrote:
Hi Bill and thanks for the reply.
I'd like tuning as usual in 10 kHz steps, but would like to able to shut
off
the display of the 10Hz digit.
But if the 10Hz (and 1Hz for that matter) digits are actually not zero then
the radio would be displaying a
K3 s/n 679 100W factory assembled unit
13,6,2.8,2.1 and 400 filters
Auto tuner, band pass filters, DVR etc. No 2nd rcvr.
Will ship worldwide at buyers cost
Offers to my email address only.
Unit is in excellent condition with 3.11 FW and no known issues.
Gary
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Hi Lyle,
You might try adding an attenuator between the K3 IF out and the LP-PAN
IF in and see if the overloading disappears. If so, it might indicate
the LP-PAN system is overloading rather than the K3.
73,
Lyle KK7P
PS - The K3 blocking dynamic range is 20 to 30 dB better than PC-based
I like that idea.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
K2 #35; KX1 #35; K3 #1744; mini mods
ATS-3B
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Julian, G4ILO
Edward Dickinson III wrote:
Hi Bill and thanks for the reply.
I'd like
Sheldon, and others using Google's gmail.
There's a semi-obscure, but rather cool feature in gmail that lets you
create an unlimited number alternate e-mail addresses in the fly.
All you do, when providing your gmail address, is to add + and then
additional characters to your existing address.
The K2 display is a soldered-in LCD that sits over a (soldered in) diffuser
that is illuminated by LEDs incorporated into the diffuser. To change colour,
it would be neccessary to desolder both. That's a tall order for a frail LCD
display if you don't have the necessary skills and equipment.
I have identified an easy way to switch between various TX EQ settings
using N1MM or Logger32 thanks to information kindly supplied by Bill
Coleman N2BC, author of K3_EZ.
The method involves using the macro functions in each program to set
compression and TX EQ bands. For example, flat with no
Hi Bill,
Me too!
73 QRO de Rudolf, HB9ARI
K3#1212
Bill K9YEQ wrote:
I like that idea.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
K2 #35; KX1 #35; K3 #1744; mini mods
ATS-3B
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Julian, G4ILO
OT quiestion
Does anyone know how to do this in Win-Test?
What kind of command string is required to send various CAT commands from
Win-Test to K3?
73, Nick
ve3ey
Subject: [Elecraft] TX EQ setting
I have identified an easy way to switch between various TX EQ settings
using N1MM
And the rogue mixer could be our old friends Rusty Bolt, Anode and Cathode.
David
G3UNA
Of course, the device or transmitter generating this signal at 6980.36 kHz
might in fact be operating at a sub-harmonic frequency e.g. a MF BC station,
*and the rogue mixer itself is generating the
Sorry, that should be mn009; for TX EQ - mn008; is of course RX EQ.
Can't see a way of doing it in Win-Test, Nick. One of the reasons why I
abandoned my (paid for) Win-Test in favour of N1MM.
Peter Connors wrote:
I have identified an easy way to switch between various TX EQ settings
using
There are macro programs that can run outside these applications can can take
any key sequence and make these changes. The important thing is to not use a
key sequence that your logging program is using.
Terry
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Yes indeed as both you and Joe, W4TV, have suggested before. Nickel plated
coax connectors can create similar problems.
Geoff
GM4ESD
David G3UNA wrote on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM
And the rogue mixer could be our old friends Rusty Bolt, Anode and
Cathode.
David
G3UNA
Of
I think the logger EQ macros are probably most useful where a station is
switching modes often and needs to tailor the response appropriately.
Logger32 has up to 36 macros available so there is plenty of room for
them in there. N1MM appears to have less space and as you rightly point
out,
Universal radio lists the radio as having
104dB dynamic range and +30dbm 3rd order intercept point .
Maybe it will soon make the top of Sherwood's list.
However, I do not see any mention of diversity receive.
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I'm about to add the K60XV to my K2 #337 and am reviewing the assembly
instructions. At the top of p. 16 it says However, a future application note
will explain how to modify the KPA100's 80-meter low-pass filter to work on 80
and 60 meters. This would provide much better rolloff if needed. I
Thanks Bill.
Under the 10Hz steps on the K3, I think the 1Hz digit is zeroed as soon as
the tuning knob is turned. You can check this by tuning to something other
than X.XX0, tapping the fine button, turning the knob and taping the fine
button again. Someone close to Elecraft may have a better
Thank you Peter
I was actually interested in possibility of running KDVR3 Contest Voice
messages from Win-Test F(*) keys which appears to be possible from N1MM.
Perhaps this would be a better question for Win-Test authors given the ever
growing popularity of the K3.
73, Nick
ve3ey
FYI, this should work with any decent email program or service;it's been around
for years. I used it for a bit in 1998.
George(N3YSA)
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] new address
From: S Sacco nn4x.st...@gmail.com
Date: 06/16/2009 7:50 AM
Sheldon, and others using Google's gmail.
Unlikely since thy use a high first IF with their narrowest roofing
filter at 3 kHz. signals inside that filter will overload the first
mixer and subsequent stages, well before any later crystal or DSP
filtering can do any good.
73, Eric WA6HHQ
HowardZ wrote:
Universal radio lists the
I have a 1964 vintage Drake R4A which suffered from faded blue gel
filters. I tried blue LED lamps as sold by a Stateside amateur. While
they worked well and as advertised, the intense blue of the LEDs was
very distracting... I eventually went back to filament lamps with a new
set of gel filters.
The IC7600 was reviewed by Peter Hart, G3SJX, in June's RSGB RadCom. The
receiver performance is mediocre, only at 50 KHz signal spacing does the
7600 have 104 dB of dynamic range. At 3 KHz spacing it was noise
limited, at 5 KHz spacing Peter squeezed 87 dB by using the 15 KHz
roofing filter, but
No doubt the K3 performs better but there is one feature on the 7600 that is
nice, the USB port. You can run digital modes from the pc with only one USB
cable which handles serial commands plus audio in/out. The sound card
connection is no longer needed. Several users are running MixW in this
Yeah...at what spacing?
From the ARRL pages, for the IC7800 (I don't think anyone is saying
teh 7600 is better than the 7800, but I could be wrong)
At 2kc, 3rd order dynamic range for 7800 =86 db; for the K3=103db
At 2kc, 3rd order intercept for 7800 = 21 dbm; for the K3=28dbm
At 20kc
Hi All,
I was just wondering about the 40 m and started to listen to the AM
broadcasts.
I also found the nasty noises, but when I checked on the LP-Pan, I found the
signal was ok.
Of course, when I turned off the noise blanker it went away.
Yet another senior moment.
73
Tim gm4lmh
Tim Heasman wrote:
Of course, when I turned off the noise blanker it went away.
In many cases you can use the DSP noise blanker instead of the IF
blanker. The DSP blanker has the advantage of the narrow crystal filter
ahead of it, and in many cases this will eliminate wideband intermod.
Or
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
Unlikely since thy use a high first IF with their narrowest roofing
filter at 3 kHz. signals inside that filter will overload the first
mixer and subsequent stages, well before any later crystal or DSP
Icom may be the master of misleading
I still for the life of me can't understand why the K3 didn't
Come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port. That is
One reason I have not bought one yet. Maybe in a future mod
They will address this.
Dan N0DT
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
That feature can be had on almost any radio, K3 included. I have got
Microham MicrokeyerII and now I can do with just one USB connection to
computer. That includes audio, CAT, PTT,CW,FSK. In addition Microkeyer has
winkey built in and PTT sequencer to deal with external RX and TX amps.
73,
Dan Copeland wrote:
can't understand why the K3 didn't
come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port.
The KIO3's digital I/O module could be replaced with one that has USB
rather than RS232 -- or better yet, both. We planned for this.
The reason we went with RS232 initially is
Errr...How do U get the audio from the rig to that microhammicrokeyertwo
Igor om?
Steve Ellington
n...@carolina.rr.com
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From: Igor Sokolov ua9...@gmail.com
To: Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:14 PM
Subject:
Because an RS232 port is much more nearly universal. Because it's pretty
easy to add USB support to a serial port and a problem to add
serial support to a USB port. And, if you really want a USB port with
sound card included, design one, or get one of the several vendors of
standalone boxes that
On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 13:11 -0500, Dan Copeland wrote:
I still for the life of me can't understand why the K3 didn't
Come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port.
I am so glad it doesn't have USB. I have a drawer full of USB devices
that are now unusable because their vendors stopped
can't understand why the K3 didn't
come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port.
I can't speak on behalf of Elecraft but for the majority of us, it's a
simple matter to convert from serial to USB and more difficult to convert in
the opposite direction.
USB ports are not nearly
FYI. The 7600 also has the serial C1-V for those who need it.
Steve Ellington
n...@carolina.rr.com
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From: Brendan Minish ei6iz.bren...@gmail.com
To: Dan Copeland n...@mchsi.com
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3
Physical properties aside, USB's advantage is speed. We are running the K3's
serial port at 38kb while USB can run 400,000kbJust a tad faster and
that allows audio and video transfer. True, USB jacks are flimbsey little
things, if it were mounted on an option board like the current RS232
Greetings,
One more question on roofing filters, specifically about using identical BW
filters in adjacent slots. Lots of roofing filter blurbs on the reflector, but
I could not find anything specific to this question.
In reading the owners manual, it states that roofing filters are to be
Icom's USB (if it's similar to that on my IC-R1500 in any
case) is simply serial CI-V (*)done over USB with a
proprietary USB sound-card on top, If Icom's drivers work for
you great, if you run Linux / mac etc you may be out of luck..
The USB CI-V/Audio support in the IC-7200 and 7600 is
Hi folks:
I´m using N1MM/MMTTY for RTTY with the K3, and would like to know what is the
most convenient and efficient reception configuration on the K3 - Filters and
others.
Thanks in advance
Oms PY5EG
PY5EG
Atilano de Oms
py...@iesa.com.br
No doubt the K3 performs better but there is one feature on
the 7600 that is nice, the USB port. You can run digital
modes from the pc with only one USB cable which handles
serial commands plus audio in/out. The sound card connection
is no longer needed.
You can accomplish the same
I understand the desire to have a blue backlight for any LCD. They're very
popular in many devices. Most of these I see, such as my NUE-PSK modem, have
white characters against their blue backlights. Wouldn't the K3's LCD remain
black when converting the backlight to blue? It would seem a
The KX1 I just bought and built, #2219, is hitting 5W on the external
12vdc PS. This setting returns 1.5W on 40M, when using the brand new
AA internal batteries.
If I set it to 4W with the 12vdc supply then, when I am on the internal
battery pack I only have 1W on 40M and 500mW on 20M.
I
Personally, I'd not want to change the amber color of the LCD in either of
my rigs. I feel there's an excellent reason for that.
Blue light provides the greatest visual acuity. That's why sunlight, which
is very blue, is so good for detail work and why my work table lights are
5800K (sunlight
Hello everyone,
I had a chance at Dayton this year to chat with the Elecraft honchos,
and had every one of my K3 questions answered. Thanks, gentlemen.
Meanwhile, a few hours ago, Wayne had written:
{While I'm on this topic, I'd also like to suggest using a minimum of
both RX and TX EQ. The
What I would like to know is just what the ACTUAL response curves of
the K3 transmit and receive audio are (when all EQ settings are set to
'0',
Flat means the EQ does not add or subtract to the filter response dialed
in by the operator with the SHIFT/WIDTH/HIGH CUT/LOW CUT controls. The
...And, for transmit, is the internal RF
speech processor applied pre or post of the frequency response
shaping circuitry?
Frequency shaping (Tx EQ) is done at audio, speech processing is done at
I.F.
73,
Lyle KK7P
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Walter V. Gilles wrote:
Is it possible, albeit perhaps not terribly beneficial at first glance, to
put another 0.40 roofer in the next downstream slot from my current 0.40
roofer? Would the F/W even accept that setup? If it would allow that
configuration, would the F/W just select the
I'm not the definitive source for the answer to this question, but I'll
hazard an educated guess.
The firmware probably wouldn't mind if you put two identical width filters
in adjacent slots.
The firmware would pick one or the other as you dialed the bandwidth to the
appropriate values. I don't
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
I'll guess that 5 poles is often enough, 8 poles is almost always plenty
and
the benefit gained by going from 8 to 16 poles wouldn't often be very
important.
Don't forget that the roofing filter is cascaded with the DSP filter, which
is typically equivalent to
Hello Gentleman,
It is interested in reading all your comments. Just look at another side of a
coin. If you post the same question K3 vs IC7600 in the mail reflector of
IC7600, perhaps you will get another set of answers.
73
Johnny Siu VR2XMC
--- 2009年6月17日 星期三，DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
Sounds like a good plan to put the question on the 7600 reflector.
73,
N2TK, Tony
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Johnny Siu
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:58 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re:
First let me say that I once owned and Icom IC-211. It was such a POS (using
solder bridges between IC pins instead of circuit traces for example) that I
gave it to a friend who also had one. I often said that it was a measure of
his character that he accepted the gift and we still remained
My query is answered.
I found the answer buried on page 72 of the current KX1 manual. It
states Maximum power output from the
final stage (Q6) is about 4 to 5 watts, depending on the supply
voltage.Q7, in the receive band-pass filter, limits the signal
voltage that can reach the receive
Hi Wes,
The difference is that we can go to as low as 200 Hz for our first IF
filter ahead of the 2nd mixer, limiting what it sees for strong off
frequency signals. The 7600 can only get down to 3 kHz (measured by
Sherwood closer to 5 kHz) before its 2nd mixer, which is as wide as a
barn door
can't understand why the K3 didn't
come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port.
You don't want a USB port if you want to do anything circuit wise external
to the K3 using CTS/DTR leads not used for serial signal. If the ONLY thing
you EVER want to do with the serial port is
Hello all,
Two weeks ago, in my friend's shack I compared K3,IC7700,IC7800(by ear
ONLY), since there are no major contest in that day, so I can't say
anything about dynamic range or something like that.
IMHO, ic7700's DSP is best, 7800 DSP also better than K3. [A/B compare
NR NB and
Hello David,
I also have all these 3 rigs on my shack and doing comparison everyday. Your
observation does not surprise me. However, I would like to mention that I am a
99% voice mode operator.
73
Johnny Siu VR2XMC
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Hi Steve,
The audio from the rig is analog. I have just said there is one connection
to the computer but sure there are several lines going from Microkeyer to
the Radio (sound, ptt,cw,cat). Still there are other advantages like the
ability to create Y connection to the CAT of the trx similar to
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