Apparently, ignorance hasn’t changed much since the 19th century, and is as
pervasive now as ever 若若 藍
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> On May 7, 2021, at 7:13 AM, weave...@usermail.com wrote:
>
> “Updated 19th century technology” made me laugh. I drive an updated
> technology - it no longer has hooves
I guess I missed out. Never had a formal course. No drafting in high school,
and no drafting during undergraduate and graduate EE at Rice in the 60s. A
straight edge and logic element templates in various sizes, were all the
drafting skills needed. Board layout and a few other things were
The other option if you don’t want to go through a REF CAL, is to simply tune
to the NCS. Use the dial display to get close, and then, like the old days,
ignore it and tune a few Hz until the NCS sounds right.
Grant NQ5T
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> On Mar 23, 2021, at 2:35 PM, Fred Jensen
Looks like the added K4 Q session on the virtual hamfest that Eric mentioned
earlier for 4:00pm EDT today didn’t make.
There’s another one on the calendar for 9;00 am PDT tomorrow.
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At least they just grumbled about your review.
I once posted to a reflector about (what was well known) buggy control firmware
in a (non-Elecraft) radio. (The “radio" part of the radio was fine, but
sometimes you never knew what pressing a front panel button would break next).
I almost
Obviously the Virtual Hamfest is having some issues.
I was always able to get to everything except the lobbies and booths. Got an
email last night, instructing an email to supp...@qsotodayhamexpo.com if there
was an issue. Did that. Received a reply quickly that it was fixed. But it
The scam that just keeps on giving … it’s already back up.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Elecraft-K-Line/133677987551
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This is not a bad joke. You're pointing fingers in the wrong place. As is
typical with this scam (which has been ongoing for years now), the listed
seller’s account has been hacked by a malevolent third party. You can pretty
well guarantee that the listing is fraudulent, and has not been
Also here:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/collection-Marine-chronometer-847-A-Lange-Sohne/313435822886?hash=item48fa3b1b26:g:akgAAOSw309gOowL
>
> Seems they like high-end technical gear.
>
>
> Ron WA2EIO
>
>
>
> On 2/27/2021 1:38 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
&g
The eBay fraud crew is back in full force.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Elecraft-K-Line/313435863056
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> On Feb 24, 2021, at 4:12 PM, Robert Hand wrote:
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Glad you got this figured out. I was hit the same way on a WTB ad.
Fortunately, the payment instructions in the offer to sell just didn’t smell
quite right. And sure enough, I contacted the supposed seller, and he didn’t
know what I was talking about.
It’s a “buyer beware” world out there
on positive peaks,
and adjust mic gain for something approaching 100% modulation.
Grant NQ5T
> On Feb 4, 2021, at 3:26 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
>
> On 2021-02-04 3:12 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>> Actually, that assumes that peak to avg is exactly 4. Which it
Actually, that assumes that peak to avg is exactly 4. Which it rarely (never?)
is with a real human voice.
Aside from the legal (and oft disputed) aspects of AM power limits, you’re
better off being conservative and setting drive levels for something under 375W
carrier from the amp. Maybe
Elecraft already has a reasonable return policy. It’s on the website. 30 days
and a 10% restock fee (which may be more if you’ve bunged it up), since they’d
most likely at least have to clean off your fingerprints and lord knows what
else, refurbish and then resell it at a discount. And if
I display, whether physical or logical (e.g, a quadrant of a real display),
only supports a single input — it has no means to “window-ize” multiple inputs.
Thinking about this some more, it seems it should be possible, eventually, to
put a piece of remote software on the same machine that runs
This question was addressed during the recent Zoom presentation/Q The
answer is no — except.
Some displays supports multiple video inputs that can be assigned to quadrants
on the display. So you could assign the K4 video stream to a quadrant
(essentially a logical dedicated display), for
On the website, go to Support/Firmware Pick the K-Line on the list,
and then K3S. Scroll down.
It’s used for firmware upgrades, configuration save/restore and several other
useful things, such as filter assignment by mode, etc.
Grant NQ5T
> On Jan 24, 2021, at 1:53 PM, NJMike wrote:
>
>
This refers to the RF bandpass filters in the receiver front end.
Geant NQ5T
> On Jan 19, 2021, at 12:43 AM, RVZ via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> I believe there are no crystal Roofing Filters in the standard K4 model. Yet
> the manual talks about "one set of receive filters". Please advise the
Can we stop this crap already? Enough is enough :-(
> On Jan 18, 2021, at 11:26 AM, Joseph Shuman via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> Too much said already.
> Free speech is under assault.
> A government that militarizes its seat of power fears its citizens.
> Bottom line, expect your transmissions to
I’m not at all surprised the FCC felt it necessary to make the statement they
did. And it certainly wasn’t limited to amateur radio licensees.
Anyone who has ever had a good chuckle or eye-roll over the “interesting QRM”
Wayne referred to, should know why. That QRM, more and more often, also
Wayne said they’d get it posted this morning. It’s only 6:30am in CA. GIve
‘em some time for a final read through, and to put it up :-)
Grant NQ5T
> On Jan 18, 2021, at 9:26 AM, ke9uw wrote:
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> Page 40 is blank. Says (In Progress)
>
>
>
> -
> Chuck, KE9UW
> --
> Sent from:
Do you have a computer somewhere else? Connected to the internet? You will be
able to, I think, download the firmware, put it on a USB thumb drive, and
update the K4 from the thumb drive.
Grant NQ5T
> On Jan 14, 2021, at 10:02 AM, Bill Frantz wrote:
>
> It sounds like I might be in trouble
U … I think PST. Daylight time won’t be back until March. Better check
your clocks :-)
Grant NQ5T
>>
>
> Note the time is listed as "Register for our K4 Webinar on January 22 and
> 5:00 PST"
> but I suspect PDT.
>
> ~R~
> 72/73 de Rich NE1EE
You have to REGISTER in order to get the Zoom meeting information, a slot for
the meeting, and a link to sign on.
Go to the Newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/elecraft/dec-2020-newsletter
Scroll down to "News and Updates", and you will see a brief description of the
seminar and a blue
It’s Friday week. The 22nd.
Grant NQ5T
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> On Jan 13, 2021, at 6:50 PM, Ken B via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> What meeting on Friday ?
>
>On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 05:47:36 PM EST, Paul Van Dyke
> wrote:
>
> I would say that is a question for the Zoom meeting
Yes, please. Hepefully Eric or Wayne will step in and shut this “I’m the
genius and you’re not” garbage down. Honest to g*d. There are just too many
folks around here who know better than anyone else, and want to make sure you
know it too. And even when they’re right, they’re not very
Hi, Wayne …
Not a biggie, but the release notes posted to the web indicate the date of this
release as 12-4-2018. Couple of years off :-) Nice to see an improvement in
AM power level management also.
Grant NQ5T
> On Dec 28, 2020, at 3:35 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>
> KX3 version 2.95
Had you posted something else, or responded to another post on the list?
Another possibility, unless the email was clearly directed personally to you,
is that a list responder hit “reply to” instead of “reply to all”, so it only
appeared to be directed personally to you instead of the list.
Ummm ..don't have a good answer for your specific question. The last time I
did it, I used an XG3 and calibrated each filter on each band (there are
actually per-band phase/gain settings for each filter).
If you used an XG1 did you calibrate on the 40M fundamental, or was there
enough 2nd
I can’t help but think we’re over-thinking this.
I think the original post was regarding ‘portable' operation. When I go
portable I don’t carry a large antenna with lots of wire or weight. I usually
carry a 41’ (non-resonant) wire with a 9:1 unun rated at 300w watts, and a
throwing line and
Press (not press-hold) CMP. The will change the display between SWR/RF and
CMP/ALC. You must be in SSB (or AM) mode, not CW, FM, or DATA.
Se the manual, on page 15.
Grant NQ5T
> On Dec 12, 2020, at 1:44 PM, Greg Herman wrote:
>
> Still can not get SWR/RF meter to display. Stuck on CMP
The introduction the KXFL3 manual described these filters.
(https://ftp.elecraft.com/KX3/Manuals%20Downloads/E740165%20Elecraft%20KXFL3%20Option%20Rev%20A3.pdf)
They are not IF filters in the sense you may be used to. In the KX3, selective
filtering is done in the DSP. These are roofing
That’s the best simple statement of fact I’ve seen on-line all day!
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> It's a radio, not a computer
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
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See SW TONE function on page 50 of the manual.
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> On Dec 4, 2020, at 4:58 PM, David Little wrote:
>
> When I depress any selection on my KX2 - I get CW telling me what selection I
> pressed. How do I stop or restart this?
> I can’t kind it in the manual.
> Dave Little, AF5U
I suppose the question is why not rebuild it if the capability (or an upgraded
capability) remains of consequential value to the scientific community and
there is no existing capability that can be cobbled together elsewhere to match
it. I don’t know what it would cost, but consider that one
Perserverance …. :)
> On Nov 9, 2020, at 2:21 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote:
>
> Is there a secret trick for getting replacement earpads installed smoothly
> onto the headphones?
>
> I bought a pair of Sony pads for my MDR-7506, but try as I might, as I get
> one side into the groove on the
We all have different head and ear shapes. I purchased a pair of MDR-7506
headphones based on some raves on this list to give them a try. Although they
sound fine, I couldn’t wear them with their original ear-pads for more than an
hour at a time. They mashed my ears, hurt, and were tiring.
The easiest way to do this is simply to save the preferred/standard
configuration using K3 utility. And after other fingers have been at the
radio, restore that saved configuration. There’s no reason to have to look
through individual menu settings.
Grant NQ5T
> On Nov 2, 2020, at 9:57 AM,
Pick up the phone and call them.
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> On Oct 30, 2020, at 12:23 PM, Stan Mason wrote:
>
> I received my new factory-built KPA500 last Thursday and unfortunately it has
> a couple of problems - loud chassis buzz on CW and HV drops out of acceptable
> range with less than 10 watts
it appears to be an independent TV station in San Diego.
Grant NQ5T
> On Oct 28, 2020, at 9:34 PM, Eric Norris wrote:
>
> KUSI is literally fake news--there is no such entity registered with the
> California Secretary of State's office, either as a corporate name, or
> other business
While I realize that precision in statements is important … this is cutting a
mighty fine point. OF COURSE it’s the digital processing that causes the
delays. It’s perfectly reasonable to assume in this group that we know what we
mean when we say that a “wireless” headset introduces delay,
Even if you could do that, it might not be as useful as you expect.
Sections/topics are linked from a main page and keywords, but not paginated.
And there’s no page numbered “index” to help you get around. This is more of a
greatly expanded “help" function than a typically organized manual.
I believe Rose posted previously that she would not be making soft cases for
the K4. That may have changed, though.
While I have both KX3 and K3/P3 DX cases from Rose, I’m probably going to
purchases a Pelican or similar for the K4.
Grant NQ5T
> On Oct 8, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Jim H via
If you can’t send posts with ‘K4' in the title or text to the trash, then
there’s something wrong with your mail client's filter. I’m not familiar with
Thunderbird, so maybe there’s an issue there.
I routinely read maybe 20% of the posts I receive from the many (20+?)
reflectors I subscribe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umAatw_VKss
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> On Oct 2, 2020, at 10:13 AM, giwag...@k5kg.com wrote:
>
> A few weeks ago a presentation surfaced on this reflector about 3d modeling
> software that is used for equipment design and development at Elecraft.
>
> Please send me a link
I think actually that he said they were “going to” develop for Windows 10. I
haven’t heard anything about progress on that, unless I’ve just missed it.
What they’ve been using in the demos is running under Linux on the tablet.
Grant NQ5T
> On Sep 28, 2020, at 11:29 PM, K5WA wrote:
>
> Now
Have you looked at the manual? You can follow the installation instructions in
reverse …. might give you a hint.
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 5:26 PM, Tom Fitzpatrick via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me the secret to pulling the KAT3A tuner card out of a
> K3? I changed it out once
You can’t really compare an NIR-12 to a more current implementation. The
KiwiSDR algorithm runs on a BeagleBone processor with virtually no discernible
artifacts. The artifacts were the achilles heel of the NIR-12. I had one for
a while. Never liked it.
Presuming Elecraft delivers what
I’ve recently been exploring quite a few of the many SDR receivers on KiwiSDR.
One of the (many) features of this system is an option to select spectral
subtraction NR.
I’m now really hyped about the fact that this will be available at some point
on the K4. It works exceptionally well. So
Somewhere in the dim past (that would be anything over a few weeks ago),
Elecraft has said they will provide some recommendations for suitable
wired-to-wireless dongles.
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> On Sep 9, 2020, at 1:28 PM, Joseph Trombino, Jr wrote:
>
> Howdy Gang.
>
> Need someone with a bit of
There is an auto-mode for opposite sideband nulling to calibrate the KXFL3.
I’d have to look at the manual to remember the specific keypresses for this,
but it does show progress in the display (phase and gain) while running through
the procedure. It is described in this document:
Have you done/redone the Power Output Display Calibration? See Appendix B in
the manual.
Grant NQ5T
> On Sep 7, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Terry Brown wrote:
>
> I have noticed over the past weeks that my KXPA100 will not put out any more
> than 70-80 watts when I am running my KX3 showing 100 watts
There are going to be a lot of nice little radios. This may be a really good
radio. Do you know that? I don’t.
Personally, I wouldn’t touch this thing with a 10 ft pole. No battery; no ATU;
unknown specs; unknown, if any, support; non-standard connectors that won’t fit
anything else; and
Do you have TECH MD turned on in the menus? It must be on to see these
entries.
Grant NQ5T
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> On Sep 1, 2020, at 10:53 AM, Ian Liston-Smith wrote:
>
>
> Been trying to install the KXFL3 filter today in my new KX3. I do not have RX
> SHIFT or SMTR MD in the menu to
That specific video is available on the Elecraft YouTube channel ….
Grant NQ5T
> On Aug 30, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Tom Azlin W7SUA wrote:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> I missed the 3D modeling on the KX2 presentation and perhaps lost the bubble
> on watching it. So being able to watch that presentation via
I think a comment I made started this discussion.
I don’t have any problem with anyone setting up a group for anything they want.
If K4 users want a distinct group, that’s fine. I’m a subscriber, too.
What happens more often than not, though, is that everything gets cross-posted
anyway. And
Sounds like you have RF getting in somewhere. Given that the PC sometimes
loses it’s mind, I’d look there first. Do you have ferrites on the various
connections going to the PC?
Grant NQ5T
> On Aug 27, 2020, at 12:41 PM, David Haines wrote:
>
> Here are more details:
>
> All seems to be
11:37 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>
> There’s a K4 group on groups.io. There’s nothing specific to those in
> shipping group 1.
>
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There’s a K4 group on groups.io. There’s nothing specific to those in shipping
group 1.
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> On Aug 26, 2020, at 11:29 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
>
> David, I'm just going to hazard a guess. I believe is those of us that are
> in the 1st wave of the K4 orders.
>
According to a post by the organizers, there was even some cheating done to
rack up scores to win a prize. And those results had to be ferreted out and
removed from the picture. Sadly not surprising …
Grant NQ5T
> On Aug 22, 2020, at 5:53 PM, Gary Peterson wrote:
>
> Agreed. Much better
I thought the Expo was excellent overall. I visited all of the booths, and
watched maybe 80% of the presentations, both during the live event and
afterwards. Couldn’t have cared less about trying to earn points and winning a
prize. And of course the Elecraft events.
It was unique. And
Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 20:13 Grant Youngman wrote:
> I just bought a Teknet wireless keyboard from QRPWorks, that works fine on
> the PX3. It replaced an older Anker, that worked fine with the PX3, but did
> not work with the QRPWorks Sidecar Extrem
I just bought a Teknet wireless keyboard from QRPWorks, that works fine on the
PX3. It replaced an older Anker, that worked fine with the PX3, but did not
work with the QRPWorks Sidecar Extreme ...
Grant NQ5T
> On Aug 19, 2020, at 8:06 PM, HB via Elecraft wrote:
>
> I recently bought a PX3
I recall that Eric answered a question about that during one of the two 90
minute Q at the Expo.
I think he said it may be available at some point, but indicated it was
possibly over ethernet (?) rather than USB. But I could be mistaken, since I’m
lucky to remember my name unless I look at my
Wayne’s KX2 3D model tour is up on the Elecraft YouTube channel, if you missed
it during the live expo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umAatw_VKss
Hopefully one or both of Eric’s 90 minute K4 Q’s will show up there soon,
also.
Grant NQ5T
According to a note on the Expo website, the Q’s will be post "in a few
days”. They were all being recorded,
Grant NQ5T
> On Aug 10, 2020, at 7:47 PM, w4sc wrote:
>
> Was Q and A from Erics talk captured and posted?
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
>
Both of the 90 minute Zoom calls hosted by Eric were informative. There was a
lot of information overlap, but there was something new in each of them.
I haven’t heard whether these recorded Zoom calls will be available for
playback or not, and if so, where they’ll be posted.
Grant NQ5T
> On
That announcement was made in the Zoom Q that followed, and during the 2nd
Zoom K4 presentation Eric gave later in the afternoon.
It sounded like it might be well into or end of October to get the entire first
order group out the door, give or take. Partly dependent on supply chain,
partly
be
> quite enthusiastic. The part I wasn't worried about was stage fright (year of
> playing guitar for large crowds, solo :)
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
>> On Aug 8, 2020, at 10:30 AM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>>
>> If you missed it this morning, be
If you missed it this morning, be sure to check it out tomorrow.
Great presentation!!! Thanks, Wayne ….
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Except for the indoor flea market, ability to knob twiddle, photos and a beer
with friends, and the profuse sweat generated from trekking through the outdoor
flea in 100 deg weather, 4 times, it’s starting to look like this Virtual Expo
is going to be a great event. Especially at the Elecraft
Champion 300 or even
a Globe Scout he’d likely be completely mystified, and wonder where the RS-232
interface and keyer speed control was. THAT might take some training videos,
or at least an elmer :-)
Grant NQ5T
> On Aug 5, 2020, at 2:22 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> On 8/5/2020 10:40
It seems to me that if you need training classes or training videos to
effectively use a radio, then that’s a problem — either with the radio’s owner
(and I mean no disrespect to anyone) or with the radio.
Elecraft will no doubt release some user tips for certain aspects of operation,
just
Good stuff.
Grant NQ5T
> On Aug 4, 2020, at 1:12 PM, Josh Fiden wrote:
>
> I see Elecraft has a youtube channel with 3 videos uploaded in the last few
> days. If we all subscribe to their channel that will be good incentive for
> them to produce content!
>
>
I’ve tried several powered speakers on my KX3. Currently, I use a
(discontinued) Sony SRS-X33 I bought at Best Buy when I got the KX3 a few years
ago. I use it wired. Plays really well if you EQ out all the low end. It
isn’t large, but it is relatively heavy. Last year I dropped almost
This is what you want …
https://proaudioeng.com/products/pae-kx33-low-rfi-ac-power-supply/
Grant NQ5T
> On Aug 2, 2020, at 8:51 PM, Bill Lederer wrote:
>
> Friends:
>
> I like to use my KX2 in my office with a wire out the window to a tree,
> largely for listening, e.g. to ARRL code
When I was 12 in 1957, trying to decide what receiver I wanted, that’s how I
evaluated them — count the controls and switches. The more of those, clearly,
the better the radio :-). :-)
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 31, 2020, at 4:02 PM, Douglas Zwiebel wrote:
>
>
It acts much like the roofing filters in the K3. Sherwood measured the
difference in dynamic range at 2Khz spacing as being an improvement from 96 dB
to 104 dB. There’s some degradation noted at 1 KHz spacing limited by opposite
sideband rejection, but the footnote isn’t clear whether this
This isn’t a bad idea. It’s the primary reason I normally don’t use VOX —
especially with a headset mic, when you can’t turn away from the microphone for
a cough, sneeze, or worse. With a headset, I most always use a handheld PTT
switch or foot switch.
In the days I had a substantial AM
the 8 volt supply and the AF line,
> and that is where the 10ma is used to power the electret elemant.
> The 10 ma. used by the microphone has nothing to do with the total current
> available from pin 6.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 7/26/2020 8:05 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>
I have the same question about the current available for the 8V at the mic
connector. Is it limited to 10ma, or will it actually support a somewhat
higher continuous current draw safely. Not just for the k3, but also the K4.
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 26, 2020, at 7:46 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>
>
Mike ..
This has come up before, at least once. I think I’d try giving it a spritz of
DeOxit and then working it a few times. One suggestion was to run about 1ma of
dc current through it and switch it a few times to clean it. (I’m not sure I’d
go that far, but it might work).
You can
The blinking red light is normal. Indicates the onboard processor is working.
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 25, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Michael Gillen via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> My P3SVGA board is acting up and there is a blinking red light on the board
> (did not notice that before because the lid was
If the cable is shielded, and the garbage is on the PC's USB signal lines, an
external ferrite won’t do any good. I don’t know if the cable is shielded or
not, but if it is, then the garbage may not be on the shield … and perhaps the
USB isolator might be worth a try. Maybe. I don’t know
I think there’s a problem with the instructions. I could not hear a signal
when the VFO was set 16 KHz above the KX3 frequency with RIT off as you say.
But you will hear it with RIT turned on.
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:02 PM, Mike Parkes wrote:
>
> I am trying to perform only
Glad to hear you got the problem solved, Ronnie,. A properly seated TMP
connector isn’t like to just pop out, even with the rigors of shipping. So
it’s a better than even bet it wasn’t properly seated to begin with. If
shipping actually did that to a seated TMP connector, you probably
Six weeks or so ago, I put up a couple of posts asking if anyone had had an
issue with opposite sideband null on their KX3. I was having a problem getting
a good null when FL3 was selected, although I had very deep nulls with FL2 or
FL1. I wasn’t motivated to check because of a perceived
Have you turned up MONitor volume ….??
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 16, 2020, at 2:36 PM, Doug Daniels wrote:
>
> I'm having the same issue with the KX2, what would be the adjustment on
> that? Is that the Transmit Gate?
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 1:03 PM John Stengrevics
> wrote:
>
>> When I
The battery supports the real time clock only. You won’t lose any other
settings if you replace it.
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 14, 2020, at 11:23 AM, Steef PA2A wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> has anyone already changed the CR2032 backup battery in a K3? Under the
> carton cover the battery has started to
That’s definitely true. Although I do have a gripe (is it FT4?) with the
software that has arbitrarily plopped its users down in what was just a few
months ago the home of mostly CW QRP activity on some bands. There does seem
to be a need for coordination.
Of course, I’m also old enough to
This procedure (manual, or automated via the KX3 Utility) applies only to 160-6M
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 11, 2020, at 10:05 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote:
>
> On 7/11/20 1:19 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>> As a start, I’d recommend running through TX GAIN calibration using the
As a start, I’d recommend running through TX GAIN calibration using the KX3
Utility …
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 11, 2020, at 3:42 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote:
>
> Always something else I remember just after hitting send.
>
> The KX3 is running off the Pro Audio Engineering PAE-Kx33 power supply,
Even if that’s the case, it’s quite straightforward to redact elements of a
photograph.
I just hope that when it arrives it doesn’t come with some of those pesky
“Warranty Void if Seal is Broken” things on it :-)
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 7, 2020, at 12:06 PM, hawley, charles j jr
> wrote:
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>
Nifty Guides are 3rd party products. If there was a Nifty Guide for the K2, it
is no longer shown on their website as available.
Grant NQ5T
> On Jul 6, 2020, at 3:47 PM, Mike Kopacki wrote:
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> Denny, can’t you download and print it out from the Elecraft website?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike NJ2OM
>
The connections may be tight, but how many are there? Are you running straight
from the power supply to the radio without any intervening junction points, Rig
Runners, etc.?
Grant NQ5T
> On Jun 30, 2020, at 5:32 PM, Mike Kopacki wrote:
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> Don...
>
> The power supply is an MFJ 13.8V/25A
McMaster-Carr …
> On Jun 21, 2020, at 11:53 AM, Eric KG6MZS wrote:
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> Hello All,
>
> I’ve had two antenna connectors fail in the last year because the cheap
> hardware store screws and connectors get rusty.
>
> What is a good source for high quality stainless steel hardware like bolts,
>
That makes it sound like there’s a problem with the antenna port …
I don’t recall how the internal jack is situated for the antenna line — but you
may want to be sure on all of these that when you inserted the TMP cable you
didn’t miss the center of the socket and pushed it back instead of
I think a 500W-class amp is a good thing to keep in the product line, whether
it’s the current KPA500 or KPA500A, or whatever. Not everyone necessarily
wants or needs a KPA1500. The 500 watt amp is right in line with vintage gear
like the 30L-1/SB200 — both VERY popular in their day (and
Can anyone confirm whether or not Elecraft is currently providing support
services for the KX3? As of 5/11, they weren’t issuing RSAs for the KX3, but I
wonder if they are currently providing email support or support through the
“contact” web-form? Trying to determine if support is
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