Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

Paula, Your problem may be as simple as bad cable connections between the K3 line in and your soundcard. I had the same problem that recurred several times and drove me nuts. I was getting audio out of the soundcard when going to transmit. (I also the problem with AFSK-A RTTY.) I finally

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

Oops, adding my call. Mark, W7MLG On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 11:44 AM Mark Goldberg wrote: > I'd be interested to hear how it does in the presence of close in strong > signals, especially SSB. I was operating a KX3 on SSB in close frequency to > someone that was far away, but they had all the

Re: [Elecraft] KX2 Paddle question

Ken, I don't own a KX2, but perhaps tiny applications of one of the various 'threadlockers' on the market would be perfect. The thread lock comes in small tubes and is available in several "strengths." Use only the lowest strength -- the high strength can be virtually permanent! 73, Roy

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

W3PIE on 14.080 FT8 was splattering prettybad yesterday morning. Spikes up and down the passband. Surely an overdrive issue with audio levels. Dave wo2x Sent from my iPad > On Jun 24, 2019, at 3:09 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > > > There isn't a rig on the planet that will take out actual

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 won't go above 10W

On 6/24/2019 12:59 PM, Mark Goldberg wrote: Go with LiFePO4 cells Yes. This ham-friendly company sells a wide range of LiFePO4 batteries. Charge before you leave home (all Li batteries require a charger designed for their specific chemistry, voltage, and capacity), connect to your KX2/3

[Elecraft] KX3 won't go above 10W

I have looked at the power issue (even though I'm not yet a KX3 owner) and with NiMH cells at 1.2 V, the 8 cell internal battery holder would only be 9.6 V. I'm considering an external battery pack with (2) 6 cell holders for 12 cells total. That would be 14.4 V total. A single series diode

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

Great update Wayne Well it's all relative. Saturday, I got to FD, 2.5 hours from home, to a sister Clubs operation, they invited me to come down and work some cw. When I arrived, they were running an American rig (not Elecraft) on CW station, I operated it for a few hours. I asked if they

Re: [Elecraft] All knobs at max ...

I was just thinking, they should give 100 points for a positive report from a Volunteer Monitor. Because Field Day clearly needs more ways to get points... wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jun 24, 2019, at 1:43 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > >

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

PIE or MIE ? I was at W3MIE, IC-7300, very little ALC deflection, but would sure like to know if it was us Sent from my iPad > On Jun 24, 2019, at 4:05 PM, Dave wrote: > > W3PIE on 14.080 FT8 was splattering prettybad yesterday morning. Spikes up > and down the passband. Surely an

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

I'd be interested to hear how it does in the presence of close in strong signals, especially SSB. I was operating a KX3 on SSB in close frequency to someone that was far away, but they had all the knobs up to 11 and was maybe S9+20 and about 10 kHz wide with lots of splatter. I could hear anyone

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 won't go above 10W

Go with LiFePO4 cells. Four cells will keep the voltage between 12 and 14.4 V from 10% to 100% state of charge and most of the time the voltage is between 13 and 13.5 V. I use small ones (3 AH )for backpack portable operation, 20 AH for fixed portable and my RV has 400 Ah to run the rig forever!

[Elecraft] All knobs at max ...

Such offensive behavior is an age-old ploy to maintain a clear frequency, especially when the operator's call is hidden by the use of a club / seldom used call, such as on FD. I'm -NOT- advocating such offensive behavior ... merely stating the obvious. 73 K0PP

Re: [Elecraft] All knobs at max ...

ARRL always does its best to keep me from copying the FB Bulletin. I finally fooled them this year. I actually removed them from my estate plan after getting to much grief some years ago from the FD guru at headquarters after I simply asked that the schedule also list the times in GMT.  I'm

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

Thanks to the many people who responded to my post, it is much appreciated. I was thinking Joe's recommendation below was my last option. But then a strange thing happened. In doing some last checks before exploratory surgery on the K3's IO board, I decided to unplug the Phones jack of my

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

And if memory serves, it was around 08:30 Eastern yesterday on 14.080 Dave wo2x -Original Message- From: WW3S Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 5:03 PM To: Dave Cc: David Gilbert ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report PIE or MIE ? I was at W3MIE, IC-7300,

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

There isn't a rig on the planet that will take out actual splatter, although you MIGHT be able to filter out some of it at audio depending upon the offender's voice characteristics.  If the trash is truly within your passband at RF you are going to hear it. Most of that occurs due to sheer

Re: [Elecraft] All knobs at max ...

There is w too much of that on the air today.    I'll be glad to see the day in which Riley Hollingsworth gets the VM program up and running. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 6/24/2019 1:59 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Such offensive behavior is an age-old ploy to maintain a clear frequency, especially

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 won't go above 10W

Thank you. Gigaparts is local to me and I see they have the Bioennos in stock!! Chris > On Jun 24, 2019, at 4:35 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > >> On 6/24/2019 12:59 PM, Mark Goldberg wrote: >> Go with LiFePO4 cells > > Yes. This ham-friendly company sells a wide range of LiFePO4 batteries. >

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

Definitely W3PIE I kept sending W3PIE CK LEVELS but guess they didn't know what they were looking at. You could see the spikes across their whole TX passband and noise floor rise. Dave wo2x -Original Message- From: WW3S Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 5:03 PM To: Dave Cc: David Gilbert ;

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

We were on cw then...l Sent from my iPad > On Jun 24, 2019, at 6:14 PM, rocke...@gmail.com wrote: > > And if memory serves, it was around 08:30 Eastern yesterday on 14.080 > > Dave wo2x > > > -Original Message- > From: WW3S > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 5:03 PM > To: Dave > Cc:

[Elecraft] Low Power Output on 160 and 6 meters

I have three K3S and over the week-end I connected each of them to my Bird watt meter, with a Dummy load. Each of K3S were updated to the current Firmware and each had the 5 and 50 watt calibrations run. What I found was all 3 showed from 80 to 90 watts output on 160 meters and on 6 meters I

Re: [Elecraft] AX-1 Tripod Adapter

I just got one, and it happens to fit my camera tripod. The tripod attaches to a camera using a smaller plastic piece that screws onto the camera (or the antenna) and snaps onto the platform. There’s just enough clearance for the BNC connector. You might try something like a flash holder to get

Re: [Elecraft] (no subject)

Internal NiMH?Eneloop Pro. On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 19:27 Ron Bell via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Best KX3 batteries? > > My old rechargeable batteries are failing. Recommdation for replacements? > __ > Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 batteries

I've brought the 3 Ah ones on aircraft multiple times and had no issues. I brought a copy of the UN safety certification that I got from the battery company but have never been asked for it. The batteries did save me from having my bag checked once though. I put my bag in the overhead. Someone

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 batteries

Right, Eneloop Pro get 500 cycles instead of 2000 for regular Eneloop. But I’m OK with 500 charge cycles and getting 2550 mAh instead of 2000 mAh. The Wikipedia page for Eneloop is fairly informative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eneloop wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj

[Elecraft] (no subject)

Best KX3 batteries? My old rechargeable batteries are failing. Recommdation for replacements? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

[Elecraft] More than you ever wanted to know about solar cycles

I found this paper and thought some of you would be interested. Warning: things look grim from 2019 to 2055 since we'll be in a grand solar minimum.  Looks like the next three 11 year cycles will not be too good.  Better prepare space for your 160 m antennas. Oscillations of the baseline of

[Elecraft] K3S glitching on startup

This evening I used my new K3S for a normal session of FT8 (K3S connected to computer via a single USB cable for both CAT control and audio transfer), then powered it down. When I powered it up later, the following occurred: -- It did not display the normal startup message -- It rapidly

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

You might try a drop of Deoxit on the plug and then insert and remove several times Paula.  I've had to do that with my K2 a couple of times. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 6/24/2019 3:05 PM, Paula Uscian wrote: Thanks to the many people who responded to my post,

Re: [Elecraft] Low Power Output on 160 and 6 meters

From the K3S manual dated 2016: TRANSMITTER * Output Power K3S/100: 0.1 W –100 W typ. Suggested max from 51-52 MHz, 85 W; 52-54, 70 W. K3S/10 (or K3S/100 with PA bypassed): 0.1 W –12 W, HF-10 m; 8 W max on 6 m. XVTR OUT: HF, -10 to +1.8 dBm; at 472 kHz (630 m), -3 dBm (see pg. 41). K144XV: ~10

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 182, Issue 34 (Low power out put on 160 and 6 Meters)

I have three K3S and over the week-end I connected each of them to my Bird watt meter, with a Dummy load. Each of K3S were updated to the current Firmware and each had the 5 and 50 watt calibrations run. What I found was all 3 showed from 80 to 90 watts output on 160 meters and on 6 meters I

[Elecraft] KX3 batteries

Panasonic Eneloop Pro >Best KX3 batteries >My old rechargeable batteries are failing. Recommdation for replacements? John AE5X https://ae5x.blogspot.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 batteries

IIRC, the Eneloop Pro has fewer recharge cycles than do the regular Eneloops. K4TO On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 7:57 PM John Harper wrote: > Panasonic Eneloop Pro > > >Best KX3 batteries > > >My old rechargeable batteries are failing. Recommdation for > replacements? > > > John AE5X >

Re: [Elecraft] (no subject)

Most people use the Eneloop Pro batteries for the internal set. They have good capacity, low self-discharge, and are unlikely to leak. $33 for an eight-pack at Amazon. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MXCIK32/ wunder K6WRU Walter

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 batteries

The FAA rules on taking batteries on airplanes can be found in the document "Batteries Carried by Airline Passengers: Frequently Asked Questions" at www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ash/ash_programs/hazmat/passenger_info/media/Airline_passengers_and_batteries.pdf "Lithium ion

Re: [Elecraft] Low Power Output on 160 and 6 meters

Everett, I saw a similar thing when I sent my K3 in for updating. It came back with an indicated power out of 90 watts max, while it went in to the shop showing 106 watts max.  It was explained to me that since it met all specs, 90 watts was good. I don't like it but that's what I was left

[Elecraft] CW decode speed?

Looking for the instructions on how to indicate the speed of a received station on my K3. Looked in the K3 manual but cannot find the speed indicator. anyone? de Frank KG9H __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] CW decode speed?

OK figured it out. After decoding signals (first step) then select TEXT DEC (0) then use “B” to select WPM CHK. Pretty cool. de Frank KG9H > On Jun 24, 2019, at 6:35 AM, Frank Krozel wrote: > > Looking for the instructions on how to indicate the speed of a received > station on my K3. >

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] SPOT failure

I don’t think Mitch works in CW. When ON it would notch out the signal. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Jun 24, 2019, at 11:34 AM, Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS wrote: > > Hi all, > > did someone noticed that SPOT function is failing (or better say failing > quite often) when NTCH filter is

[Elecraft] KAT500 VSWR Threshold for key interrupt

Elecraft has revised the KAT500 utiity to fix this problem. VSWR threshold can now be set to 1.60 for all bands (but is reported as 1.59 due to rounding issues mentioned in the help documentation). New firmware is available here - https://elecraft.com/pages/firmware-software Thanks Dick.

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

Is VOX turned on? K5MWR On June 24, 2019 8:29:50 AM CDT, Paula Uscian wrote: >I suspect I may have an issue with the Line In port of my K3, as my >ability to TX in any digital mode has gone away. > >Setup: >1. Using a Tascam US-122 MKII outboard sound card. >2. MIC SEL is set to Line In on the

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

Check L4 and L5 on the KIO3 Audio Input board. They are in series with the Line IN audio and return lines and have been known to open. The quick fix is to simply bypass them with jumpers. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2019-06-24 9:29 AM, Paula Uscian wrote: I suspect I may have an issue with

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

No, VOX is turned off. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: David Box Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 8:36 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Paula Uscian; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port? Is VOX turned on? K5MWR On June 24, 2019 8:29:50 AM CDT,

[Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

I suspect I may have an issue with the Line In port of my K3, as my ability to TX in any digital mode has gone away. Setup: 1. Using a Tascam US-122 MKII outboard sound card. 2. MIC SEL is set to Line In on the K3. 3. Digital software, e.g., WinWarbler and WSJT, have the Tascam selected for TX

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

Paula, Have you verified that you have audio out of the soundcard? Plug headphones or amplifier computer speakers into the soundcard line out jack and do a "transmit" from the software. Do you hear audio tones? If not, you have a soundcard problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/24/2019 9:29 AM,

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

Have you tried with VOX ON? K5MWR On June 24, 2019 8:39:52 AM CDT, Paula Uscian wrote: >No, VOX is turned off. > >Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > >From: David Box >Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 8:36 AM >To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Paula Uscian; elecraft@mailman.qth.net >Subject: Re: [Elecraft]

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

If the red TX LED comes on, that is not the problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/24/2019 11:02 AM, David Box wrote: Have you tried with VOX ON? K5MWR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] [KX3] SPOT failure

Hi all, did someone noticed that SPOT function is failing (or better say failing quite often) when NTCH filter is turned ON? The same happends also on K3... - 73 - Petr, OK1RP "Apple & Elecraft freak" B:http://ok1rp.blogspot.com MeWe: https://bit.ly/2HGPoDx MeWe: https://bit.ly/2FmwvDt

Re: [Elecraft] new dead K3s still not fixed

Just to be clear, were these two radios recently purchased directly from Elecraft, or were they "pre-owned" when you bought them? 73, Charlie k3ICH -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of KD7PY Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 11:19 PM To:

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

Paula, Although you said 'it worked before', take a look at the ALC meter. With digital modes, you should have enough audio to drive it to 4 bars with the 5th bar flashing. See the article on my website www.w3fpr.com. Can you transmit in SSB mode? If so, the K3 audio is fine and you can

Re: [Elecraft] Possible issue with K3 Line In port?

Try changing the bar graph on the K3 from power to ALC by doing a hold of the DISP button then transmit. Check to see if the level is set properly, i.e. 4 bars with the fifth flickering. If not try setting the line-in gain to that level. GL 73, Brian, K0DTJ

[Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

George (KJ6VU), John (KJ6K) and I operated a basic K4 for several hours as the 20 meter CW station at the Bay-Net Field Day site east of San Jose. This was the K4's first outdoor shake-down. The stakes were high, since the K4 has to pick up where the K3S/P3 leave off, fulfilling a dual role as

[Elecraft] KX2 Paddle question

Hi I’ve recently bought a KX2 and am enjoying it. I have an annoying problem with the KX2 Paddle. The contacts continue to get loose. I have them adjusted so that there is very little play. I set them up this way to keep the mechanical clacking noise down and liked it so much that I changed

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

Hopefully there will be a lot of them in users hands by then (MINE)!! Thanks for the update. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Jun 24, 2019, at 1:11 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > George (KJ6VU), John (KJ6K) and I operated a basic K4 for several hours as > the 20 meter CW station at the