Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: Tracking Elecraft Feature Requests

Except that you explicitly and repeatedly whined every time you brought it up that Elecraft wasn't willing to do those things, and in my opinion they have zero obligation and little practical reason to do so. If you want someone to maintain such a database, do so yourself (or talk somebody

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: Tracking Elecraft Feature Requests

> It's important that we have visibility not only into features in the > pipeline, but also proposed features which have been rejected. Why? [js] {hypothetically} I have an idea for a new feature, P3 mouse support. Before proposing the feature on the Elecraft mailing list, I first go to the

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] K2 for Sale

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Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

I said below: "To get back to one button, I've put PF1 on K-Pod PF3" I did misspeak when I said, referring to the K-Pod, PF1 & PF2, I meant F1 and F2.:-) On 2/16/2017 8:55 PM, Cady, Fred wrote: Although it doesn't guard against accidentally holding KPod F1 or F2, another thing you can do

Re: [Elecraft] P3 product suggestion

Add me to the list. 73, Bill, K8TE Message: 8 Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:50:29 -0600 From: "Jim Cox" > To: "Dauer, Edward" >, >

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) CW Resonant Speaker

That is really an excellent video Stan. That's a pretty effective speaker, I will be digging thru my plumbing supplies tomorrow! Gary N7DXT On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 6:14 PM, stan levandowski wrote: > For those with interest I just put up a video comparison of a standard >

Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

Although it doesn't guard against accidentally holding KPod F1 or F2, another thing you can do is assign your recursive or self programming macros (now Macro 1 and Macro 2?) to be activated by a hold of PF1 and then make another macro say Macro 16 that holds PF1 (SWH45). That does use up

[Elecraft] KPA500 ALC Voltage

Hello all, My backup KPA500 has an issue with the ALC connection. As soon as I apply power to the amp, the ALC voltage on the connector goes to -5.2vdc. It is a “hard” problem, not effected by any tapping or poking around that I have done so far. It takes about 3 seconds for the voltage to

Re: [Elecraft] Feature Request: improved internal keyer and CW PTT behavior

If it were only a chip change to add a winkeyer 3 inside my K3 I would do it in a heart beat. > On Feb 16, 2017, at 6:51 PM, Kevin wrote: > > Using the Winkey is not a requirement. It's just a much better keyer than the > Elecraft keyer. > One chip and some extraneous

Re: [Elecraft] High SWR/Low Power out on K3S

Loose connection between the so239 and the tuner board? Original message From: Dean Blair Date: 2017-02-16 8:02 PM (GMT-05:00) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] High SWR/Low Power out on K3S Hi, Just curious if others had this issue

[Elecraft] K3 with switching power supply??

I have made thousands of QSOs using the Powerwerx supply powering both a K3S and a KAT500. John KK9A Bob Steding said: Mon Feb 13 15:33:02 EST 2017 Is there a problem using the Powerwerx to power both the K3S *and *the KAT500, or would I need a second Powerwerx?

Re: [Elecraft] High SWR/Low Power out on K3S

Dean, It sounds like you have an intermittent connection somewhere. Contact K3support for the best analysis. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/16/2017 8:02 PM, Dean Blair wrote: Hi, Just curious if others had this issue and could resolve it. My K3S had suddenly started showing High SWR faults with

Re: [Elecraft] K3 with switching power supply??

On Thu,2/16/2017 5:04 PM, Jack Colson wrote: Ii have been using the Astron SS-25M for 7 years with my K3 (s/n 11xx) and notice no issues with noise. The same is true with my VHF and UHF transceivers. Whether or not you hear a noise source depends on the nature of THAT source, in what

Re: [Elecraft] Tracking Elecraft Feature Requests

I agree with Kevin's "Why" Tell me of another amateur radio manufacturer who maintains such a list. This is *not* open source programming. If such a list exists for any other amateur radio manufacturer, they would come out with an "improved" new radio (Mark VI) version and if you wanted the

[Elecraft] (OT) CW Resonant Speaker

For those with interest I just put up a video comparison of a standard "communications speaker" vs. the "CW Resonant Speaker" detailed in the article of the same name in the February 2017 QST, page 43. Included for Elecraft KX product owners is the amp necessary to use the headphone jack

Re: [Elecraft] K3 with switching power supply??

Hi Jack, Your RS-25M be trouble free for many years as long as you don't allow the heat sink to get very hot. 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Jack Colson" To: "Kevin" Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, February

Re: [Elecraft] K3 with switching power supply??

Ii have been using the Astron SS-25M for 7 years with my K3 (s/n 11xx) and notice no issues with noise. The same is true with my VHF and UHF transceivers. 73, Jack, W3TMZ > On Feb 16, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Kevin wrote: > > If the Astron ain't broke keep it. There would have to be

[Elecraft] Fwd: Re: Tracking Elecraft Feature Requests

Yes Joe, why should you be privvy to proprietary Elecraft information? K0PP _ Why? On 2/14/2017 10:56 AM, Joe Stone (KF5WBO) wrote: > [js] It's important that we have visibility not only into features in the > pipeline, but also proposed features which have

[Elecraft] High SWR/Low Power out on K3S

Hi, Just curious if others had this issue and could resolve it. My K3S had suddenly started showing High SWR faults with resulting low power out due to rollback even when the autotune reads 1.0-1. Different dummy loads, antennas, and coax jumpers change nothing. I upgraded the firmware to

Re: [Elecraft] Tracking Elecraft Feature Requests

Why? On 2/14/2017 10:56 AM, Joe Stone (KF5WBO) wrote: [js] It's important that we have visibility not only into features in the pipeline, but also proposed features which have been rejected. Joe KF5WBO -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H ARRL FISTS #11993 SKCC #215 NAQCC #3441 --- This email has

Re: [Elecraft] Feature Request: improved internal keyer and CW PTT behavior

Using the Winkey is not a requirement. It's just a much better keyer than the Elecraft keyer. One chip and some extraneous parts...problem gone. On 2/14/2017 9:53 AM, Chester Alderman wrote: First, I admit to not understanding the problem! I do run QSK and VOX during contest and during

Re: [Elecraft] K3 with switching power supply??

If the Astron ain't broke keep it. There would have to be a real good reason, like parts becoming unobtainable, for me to consider getting rid of my Astron. If they break they are dead simple to diagnose and fix and no chance of making noise like a switcher. On 2/13/2017 12:51 PM, NOEL

Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

I have two re-programming macros, Split + 1 and No Split in Macro 1 and Macro 2 respectively. in my K3S. In the radio these are assigned to PF1. Hold PF1, go to Split; hold it again, cancel split. Now, to avoid disasters, using the K-Pod, I must program both tap and hold of PF1 and PF2

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

Well, I used the starter motor on my car -- certainly a technological artifact -- this morning. I don't think there have been significant changes to the design of starter motors in my 72 year lifetime. There have probably been incremental improvements in things like metallurgy and insulation,

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

Given the lag between the turning tuning knob and movement on the VGA display with the P3, there may be an issue with having the mouse cursor track with the mouse movement in a usable maner. I frequently move the frequency too far turning the knob and watching the VGA display. 73 Bill AE6JV

Re: [Elecraft] K-Pod Macros

As I sit and look at my station and my K-Pod, just remember Dayton is not that far away, and Wayne, Eric and the rest of the crew have been very very quiet. Remember they're very good at blowing people out of the water remember there was a radio that came out last year that caught everybody

[Elecraft] Elecraft products

Hello to all Elecraft users, l have a K3S 100w with ATU installed and a P3 and would like to say that I am very happy with them, I have today picked up a SP3 speaker to complement my station, it is just quality, a big thank you to Wayne and Eric ! 73 Alex M0KVA. Sent from my iPhone

[Elecraft] K-Pod Macros

According to the manual, through a future firmware upgrade, the K-Pod will be able to function as a USB HID (Human Interface Device) such as a keyboard or mouse. Conceivably, the eight K-Pod tap and hold switches could be mapped to 16 P3 / PX3 macros. You could even implement three “banks” of 16

Re: [Elecraft] OT: PC dependence - log book

I would be interested in something like that, but the log file on the shack computer has more than 30 years of logs on it. Not really wanting to clog up my laptop with that, so I just do the adif thing with the portable logs then import them to main log when I get home. Jim Rhodes On Feb 16,

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

For a moment it sounded like the K-Pod was being criticized [js] I didn’t mean to criticize the K-Pod. I’m simply speculating as to why Elecraft hasn’t added P3 / PX3 mouse support. [js] Last time I checked, the K-Pod isn’t capable of functioning as a mouse (and keyboard). However, according

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

When I read posts like this (both tone and content) I can't help wondering a lot of things. Probably not the same things you wonder about, though. Dave Ab7E On 2/16/2017 10:26 AM, Joe Stone (KF5WBO) wrote: When I see Elecraft dodge a trivial firmware change like this year after year, I

Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

Easier said than done; Hold the tap too long and it messes up the reprogramming macro. It should not be a problem for Elecraft to expand the macro area to hold more macros,providing they had the foresight to use a chip with a larger programming space. Point is there is room for improvement

[Elecraft] Mayday K3 no receive power output solved

Z3 board came loose and probably damaged. Removed and soldered a jumper re Elecraft support. We have power. Nothing on receive yet. Triple checking on the tmp cables etc as I have had the radio apart many times. AGC, pre amp seem to have no effect. Receive on the xvter board is also

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

The Kenwood TS-480 has been around as long. Although it is low priced, it is by no means junk and there are thousands of very happy owners - self included. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

Harry, So use only 8 of them on your K-Pod - the other 8 can be used as self-programming (just don't use the buttons relating to self-programming buttons on the K-Pod unless you want to confuse yourself by not knowing which state they are in). The point is that 8 was sufficient in the past,

Re: [Elecraft] OT: PC dependence - log book

Hamlog. On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 12:37 PM Harry Yingst via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > A quick google search for - android tablet ham radio logbook > > brought up PicoLog that looks like it outputs to an ADIF file that can be > imported to your logbook, uploaded to LOTW etc > >

Re: [Elecraft] OT: PC dependence - log book

A quick google search for  - android tablet ham radio logbook brought up PicoLog that looks like it outputs to an ADIF file that can be imported to your logbook, uploaded to LOTW etc From: dw To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 12:45 PM

Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

I am well aware that there are 16. But since they are all assigned to the K-Pod they are no longer useful for self reprogramming Macros. From: Don Wilhelm To: Harry Yingst ; "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent:

Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

Limited Macros ??? Just a bit of information: The number of macros was 8. It was increased to 16 to support the number of buttons on the K-Pod. Just because the K-Pod buttons can access the macros does not mean that those macros are dedicated to the K-Pod. The fact that they are stored

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

Elecraft is a business, I believe some erroneously elevate them to near god like status. I choose to spend my money (that represents hours of my life in labor) with business I believe are worth while.  As long as Elecraft stays in-tune with their customers I will continue to spend my money

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

Well-said, Doug!  Ken - K0PP On Feb 16, 2017 10:39, "Doug Turnbull" wrote: > Dear OMs and YLs, > To me this is harsh indeed. Who provides better service for the Ham > Radio community? Do we think that we are the directors of Elecraft? > For > a moment it sounded

[Elecraft] R: Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

Well said Doug! I agreeIan IK4EWX Messaggio originale Da: turnb...@net1.ie Data: 16-feb-2017 18.39 A: "'Joe Stone (KF5WBO)'", Ogg: Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY Dear OMs and YLs, To me this is harsh indeed. Who provides

[Elecraft] OT: PC dependence - log book

This is an off topic question Does anyone know of a good solution for electronic device having synchronized copy of current log? Perhaps for mobile CW operation? TNX! N1BBR :-] -- bw...@fastmail.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] R: Mouse-n-Click QSY

One year ago I bought a new K3S with P3, K-POD, SP3 and 500 and 200hz filters. I bought it becouse I dont needed a bell and whistles rig but a solid radio with great CW rx performance and tx with great qsk, for dx-ing, contesting and ragchewing.It satisfie all my needs.I would like only a

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

> > When I see Elecraft dodge a trivial firmware change like this year after > year, I can’t help but wonder if they have ulterior motives. Maybe Elecraft > plans to introduce a $250 wired remote control knob. Maybe they hope > someday the knob will control the P3 / PX3. Maybe they feel adding

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

On Thu,2/16/2017 9:26 AM, Joe Stone (KF5WBO) wrote: When I see Elecraft dodge a trivial firmware change like this year after year, I can’t help but wonder if they have ulterior motives. Perhaps they know more about the limitations of the hardware that stand in the way of implementing a

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

Dear OMs and YLs, To me this is harsh indeed. Who provides better service for the Ham Radio community? Do we think that we are the directors of Elecraft?For a moment it sounded like the K-Pod was being criticised - well this is worth a lot to me and I have one on each of my K3 radios.

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

When I see Elecraft dodge a trivial firmware change like this year after year, I can’t help but wonder if they have ulterior motives. Maybe Elecraft plans to introduce a $250 wired remote control knob. Maybe they hope someday the knob will control the P3 / PX3. Maybe they feel adding a few

[Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

I have to agree about watching the tech slowly pass us by, I have also been thinking the same thing lately. Yes I also love my K3, P3, etc but there are a few things that make it show it's age. On the P3 lack of Mouse support and the inability to connect a USB hub to allow for a keypad and a

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Mayday K3 no receive no output

Ken, first-aid idea (as you said both RXs dead and Cal failed...) : 1. Turn ON K3 2. On the K3 front panel, hold CONFIG menu and turn tech mode on (CONFIG: TECH MD ON). 3. Tap MENU to exit the menu and then tap DISP on the K3 front panel. 4. Rotate the VFO B knob to display SYN1 in the VFO B

[Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY

This is just what I was thinking about. If you can prove the concept, I see no reason as to why Elecraft can't build this into the P3. The K3 is now 10 years old; while the performance is certainly there, the basic design is now long in the tooth. When was the last time you saw a tech product

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY (was P3 product suggestion)

Joe, I must have missed this as I do think that would be a significant upgrade to PX3, perhaps consider left click Marker A and Right click Marker B for splits when working DX? 73, Art/K0ACP On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Marc Veeneman via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > > >

Re: [Elecraft] Mouse-n-Click QSY (was P3 product suggestion)

> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32PbJY60Uk > > http://www.wickedstone.com/KF5WBO/Mouse-n-ClickQSY.pdf > > > Any of this of interest? How would you use a mouse (other than to QSY the > rig's VFO frequency)? > > Joe > KF5WBO > > It'd be useful to change KX3 keyer speed as well,

[Elecraft] Wow! Early Morning QRPing on 80 Meters

Hi all, While Ed AB8DF is on vacation I am stepping in until his return at the end of the week to keep this great thing going and growing. Today was another fun day and conditions were ok till about 5:45AM then got noise for QRP. I worked 3 stations from my qth in Manitou Springs, CO this