On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 12:12 -0800, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
There were some microphones produced for the communications market back
then such as the famous Astatic D-104 which had a microphone element with a
shaped response showing a distinct hump around 3 kHz, rolling off slowly at
lower
Taking things a step further - it would not be at all difficult to allow
other programs to send K3 commands to / from the K3 through another program.
This program (server) controls the serial comms and supports an unlimited
number of clients. The clients speak to the radio using the radio's
Has anyone in the UK/EU a Proset-K2 they would like to sell? If so I would
appreciate hearing from you offlist.
73 to all
Geoff
G3UCK
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Early birthday present - My IC-7000 will be here either Friday or Monday.
My 706MKIIG is up for sale. It's several years old, in great shape, has
never been in a smoking environment and just snagged Ducie island on 160
meters this morning. It comes with the original stuff (power cord, mounting
Thanks for posting your interesting comments Brendan.
Within the context of SSB useage in ham radio I believe that the 'hype about
audio' could lead to another related problem, if not already existing, which
is poor use of the HF spectrum available to us. Given the proven fact that a
SSB
I have tried several mics with my K2 and the best reports are from an old
Midland CB hand mic that I got free at a hamfest. It's an ugly old black
thing but it works.
Ian J Maude wrote:
I cannot keep quiet any longer! :)
What is all the noise about microphone compatibility? We are radio
I've heard it said that some contest stations deliberately transmit a
wider-than-necessary signal to keep competitiors away from their channel.
David
G3UNA
Within the context of SSB useage in ham radio I believe that the 'hype about
audio' could lead to another related problem, if
Yes, Simon is describing what I had in mind - a software solution that can be
implemented in the near future. Lacking such an RS-232 server program,
we're left only able to run one CAT-capable program at a time. Unless your
contest logging program implements its own version of cw skimmer or
Those K3's on Ducie sure sound good...they have very nice keying
characteristics and are
obviously not having any problems vacuuming up signals either. Great stuff!
The K3
certainly would seem to be the rig of choice for DXpeditions
John K5MO
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've heard it said that some contest stations deliberately transmit a
wider-than-necessary signal to keep competitiors away from their channel.
Ahmust be one of those advance the technology things that justify
contestsgood for everyone.
Worked VP6DX this morning on 160...
I was running my K2/100 (about 90 watts to the tuner
due to some foldback issues) thru the KAT100 into a
55' piece o' wire with a few radials, none any longer
than 40'. It was a solid no repeat QSO.
Those folks have good ears and they were a solid copy
without
I've heard it said that some contest stations deliberately transmit
a wider-than-necessary signal to keep competitiors away from
their channel.
I personally would not intentionally transmit a wide signal during a
contest. It would, imho, be counterproductive, apart from any other
I know that there has been lots of responses to the microphone compatibility on
this forum but let me comment on this subject on a different light.
When I first became licensed back in 1957 we were expected to, at the very
least, be able to read and interpret schematics, wire up our own rig
At 08:28 AM 2/14/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote...
This is why you want to have a signal with a very high average power
level, but one which is also not wider than necessary.
That sounds like CW. :-)
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I was waiting for them this morning on 40 meters in Kansas...but could not hear
them around 5:30 am to 6 am. I checked 80 meters CW and there they were loud
and clear on the grey line. Nice signals too on 80 meters which surprised me.
I kep telling myself I was hearing a K3. Nice ARe
KD1NA We need more of your kind of attitude and true ham spirit.
73, Jerry K3BZ
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Subject: [Elecraft] Microphones
I know that there has been
It's already off the market.
Thanks for all the interest.
Jim - W0EB
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Yes! They were solid 599 in WA. Worked them RTTY yesterday using the CW
paddles.
Too cool!
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Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
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K3#0009
On Wed Feb 13 19:31 , Lee Buller sent:
Got VP6DX on RTTY this evening. Heard them on 20 CW, but the band died.
I noticed that too. While the anomally was consitant, it was only happening on
the first element upon keydown and it did not
happen every time. In fact I could listen for 5-10 minutes without hearing it
and then it might occur a couple transmissions
in a row. I was thinking a power supply
I havn't used it yet. But it seems to work on the audio output from the radio.
If
that's the case it seems it would only decode signals that are in your RX
filter BW.
Isolating the signal you want and narrowing down the filter should give you
what you
are looking forI think. :)
I did say _some_ newly licensed...
Congrats on the three Elecraft rigs and 20wpm CW; your enthusiasm is to
be commended. I look forward to working you.
Thanks, David, and sorry, all, for letting that rash message slip into
our oasis of civility. It was a frustrating day all around
I can guess at 2 possibilities - one is that there was something sticky
on the shell of that mono plug which adhered to the wiper in the paddle
jack - it only takes a bit of something like the adhesive from
electrical tape to do that.
The second is that somewhere along the dash signal line,
MGFoster Wrote:
I turned on the K1 tested to see if the problem still existed - it
did. Turned off the K1 unplugged, exposed the bottom of the RF
board. Powered up inserted a bent component lead into the Dits
Ground - OK. The same on the Dash Ground - OK! Plugged the paddles
back in it
I'm in the process of building a K1, I'll be sure to check the key
jack carefully. I guess it would be best to wire the straight key,
which is all I use for now, to a stereo plug anyway.
73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:22 AM, crstrode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
MGFoster
Lots of mike comments have caused me to remember that
I have a D-104. And am waithing for a K3.
Has anyone put a Radio Shack electret element into a
D-104 and used it on a K3?
I want to plug into the rear mike jack.
Tips anyone?
Thanks.
73, Ty, W1TF K1 #1423
Ty,
I have not tried an electret element, but I have a Heil HC-5 element in
my D-104 frame that I have been quite pleased with. I made my own
'filling' for the much smaller sized element, but Heilsound does sell a
kit for just that purpose.
Just use connectors for the AF and PTT that mate
K3/KPA #241 is operational. When transmitting cw, if VOX is active it works, if
VOX and QSK are active it works, but if QSK is active without VOX it keys but
no indication of power out. The Op Manual seems to say VOX must be on, but I
thought with qsk VOX would not be necessary (semantics?).
VOX has to be engaged in order to QSK. This is an old issue, but I'm
not sure it's a bug or not. Greg, AB7R, would know that.
matt, W6NIA
k2 #2810, k3 #24
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:31:58 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
K3/KPA #241 is operational. When transmitting cw, if VOX is active it works,
if
Hi Joe,
Your K3 is working normally. When in CW mode you must have VOX turned ON to
enable CW output power while keying regardless if QSK is selected or not.
In this case, while in CW mode, it is semantics. On my 7800 Icom makes a
distinction. When in SSB mode it's called VOX and in CW mode
That is correct.
With VOX off, you have to assert some source of PTT (footswitch, XMIT
button..etc).
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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
K3#0009
On Thu Feb 14 10:31 , Joe sent:
K3/KPA #241 is operational. When transmitting cw, if VOX is active it works,
if
Agreed Dave! Hams are not necessarily electronics technicians or engineers.
Many simply want to operate with what they feel is the best commercial gear
their budget will allow.
They are just as much Amateur Radio Operators as the guy who designs his own
rigs from scratch.
We've always had that
Brendan wrote:
Heil sound plot their curves on a different log scale but after accounting
for that the similarities are remarkable.
http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/products/hc4/index.htm
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Thanks Brendan. I looked for response curves under specifications for the
Heil Mics
Agreed... You only get so much area under the curve so why waste it with
width when its height that gets you heard?
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Just worked them on 20 RTTY the same way! They are really
putting out great sigs on most bands now.
I've been trying to snag the guys in Suriname--K8DD, W5JAY,
etc. They are using PZ5DD, PZ5AY, and PZ5WW, the latter of
which will be their call in the contest. They are using
K2's. So far
Congratulations, Julius! That pretty much parallels my own experience. I
got them on 160M CW with my K2/100 into a top-loaded sloper. When they came
back to me, I was not 100% sure whether they sent CFM or QRM.
Fortunately, it was the former, and I showed up in their online log. :-)
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I have not tried it on the K3, but I have done this many
times in the past with other rigs. I know W5JAY has played
around with that also on his Pro III, and got very favorable
comparisons with his Heil microphones. All you need to do
is find some old microphone housing, put in the RS
I very seldom post to this list - taking up even more bandwidth doesn't seem to
be what the list needs lately Hi, but this thread sparked a response so I
thought I'd share it.
Although I was into CB in a big way back in the day (when it was as polite
and compliant as we sometimes wish amateur
Completed assembly and all was well until problem showed on Tx. It was drawing
too much current at 5 watts. Also would not go above 5 watts. I'm not worried
about that problem right now as I caused another problem. I removed the
control board as suggested in 065 of the guide. Heard relays
Rich,
I suggest you look closely at the connectors between the control board
and the RF board for a poorly soldered or unsoldered connection.
Especially pins 35 and 36 of control board P2 and RF board J7. Also
pins 1, 2 and 5 of control board P3 and RF board J8. These latter AF
control
Greg - AB7R wrote:
I havn't used it yet. But it seems to work on the audio output from the
radio. If
that's the case it seems it would only decode signals that are in your RX
filter BW.
Isolating the signal you want and narrowing down the filter should give
you what you
are
you might be able to place an electret element in the case and leave
the original element in there You'd have to rewire since the
astatic has a 3 conductor
plug on the mic housing. I have placed an electret ( small ) in
front of a dynamic AKG element in my current station microphone,
I am also interested if the K3 will be on display at the Charlotte hamfest
this year. If so, that would be a compelling reason for me to go! 73 de
Ken - N4OI
John Davidson-3 wrote:
Was wondering if Elecraft will be at the Charlotte, NC hamfest coming
up March 8,9??? Hope to eyeball
Yes, the group's CW signals on 20m and 17 during the day have been solid --
but my efforts to grab this new one have not been rewarded with a QSO yet.
I was hoping the team would show off the K3's receiver by purposefully
pulling the small signals like mine out of the frey. (I did get a good
I've run into a minor glitch in the assembly of K3 #379. I made it
up to the point of doing the 5W Transmitter Gain calibration without
a problem. That went fine on every band but 60M, there I get no more
than 0.4W and a ERR TxG message when I exit Tune. The installation
of the 100W amp and
Per an earlier post by Greg AB7R, try to calibrate on one of the 60 Meter
channels such as 5403.5 kHz.
Al
WB6HPF
Michael E. Dobson wrote:
I've run into a minor glitch in the assembly of K3 #379. I made it
up to the point of doing the 5W Transmitter Gain calibration without
a problem.
The mojo is real. I'm a believer.
Got Ducie Is. on 17m with the first call and 10W SSB. K3 with MH2 mic.
Neal WA6OCP
K3/10/305
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ES 73 DE KEN - N4OI!
N4OI wrote:
Yes, the group's CW signals on 20m and 17 during the day have been solid
-- but my efforts to grab this new one have not been rewarded with a QSO
yet. I was hoping the team would
nz0t wrote:
I have tried several mics with my K2 and the best reports are from an old
Midland CB hand mic that I got free at a hamfest. It's an ugly old black
thing but it works.
I got one like that from Maplin several years ago. You could run over it
with a truck and it wouldn't harm
W4TV continued:
CI-V also allows for multiple controllers, though I
have yet to see any other application that appears
to properly implement its CSMA/CD protocol.
There is no carrier switching or collision detection in the
CI-V protocol. The data packets do not carry any checksum
or
After a small e-mail issue, my K3, serial number 414
arrived today, February 14th. Ordered on May 25 with
50% deposit.
73,
Dave N8AG
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
Several of us have worked Dulcie Island (VP6DX -- seven K3s!) in RTTY
mode using the K3's CW-to-RTTY feature. This would be an auspicious
occasion to give it a try, if you haven't already. It's quiet easy to
do, as explained in one of our Operating Tips. See:
Hopefully you won't think I cheated, but I put a message
in one of the memory cells to use for calling. Working a
pile-up can get a bit tiresome sending by hand all the time.
So I put DE W7AQK W7AQK W7AQK K K K in memory to do my
calling. Then when VP6DX came back (after several tries) I
Hi Dave,
David Yarnes wrote:
Hopefully you won't think I cheated, but I put a message in one of
the memory cells to use for calling.
We planned it this way :) I also recommend that you insert an IM
prosign (..--) at the end of any message used in DATA modes to truncate
the usual
Many DX load a set of memory freqs. spread over their announced listening
spread and then punch the memory button after each contact, insuring that the
DX will not hear a second caller on the same freq. 73Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:54:46 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: wayne burdick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: T. David Yarnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer
Hi Dave,
We planned it this way
Dave,
There's a growing Operating Tips page on the ELecraft website. :)
73
Greg
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Subject: [Elecraft] Re:
W4TV further continued:
CI-V does have collision detection, as every device can
see the serial bus as it sends. That also makes a
checksum unnecessary.
CI-V can only see the data it is sending. Depending on the
hardware, it is entirely possible for two devices to be
sending on the bus at
Steve
I measured this a couple of years ago and put the info in my notebook.
As you mention, 8R transitions 15 ms before rf output. It doesn't
transition back again until 5 ms after rf has stopped. The timing
is completely independent of the t-r value set in the primary menu. I
tried
The Astatic crystal element exactly fits the lollipop housing. It's THAT
big! But it's no problem to remove and rewire. The lollipop top even unplugs
from the stand.
Unlike a lot of modern desk and hand mics, the D-104 was designed around
the element, rather than coming up with a design for the
you can just put you call into the memory space with the IM...
then hitting it several times, as many as you need for repeat
( chaining ) ... the display even tells you it's chaining the
memory hits together;
then take over with the paddle...
got ducie rtty today ... on 20 ...
I
Worked Ducie on 7MHz SSB and CW, great signals ! 0500-0530 UTC
73, Deni
F5VJC
K2 1188 K3 325
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I read years ago that speech processors like pre-emphasized audio
(louder highs, quieter lows). And the heavier the processing the more
pre-emphasis is optimum. Does anyone know if the K3 speech processor
does that automatically?
Al N1AL
On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 01:52, Brendan Minish wrote:
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