Hello David, I was wondering if you could send me copies of my SA302 for the two last financial years please.
Thanks. Best regards, Richard Hubbard Tel: +44 (0)1380 723853 Mob +44 (0)7500019709 Email: [email protected] > On 24 Mar 2019, at 17:25, [email protected] wrote: > > Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Elecraft digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: K1 VFO problem (Tom Johnson) > 2. Elecraft CW Net Announcement (kevinr) > 3. Re: Bouvet (Dave) > 4. Re: K1 VFO problem (Tom Johnson) > 5. Re: K1 VFO problem (Tom Johnson) > 6. Re: Bouvet (Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft) > 7. Re: K3/K3s filter setting with the K3 Utility (Gary Smith) > 8. DXCC, Remoting and Moving Around (Dauer, Edward) > 9. 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Re: Will there be a K4 (Macy monkeys) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 20:11:45 -0700 (MST) > From: Tom Johnson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 VFO problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Sorry, Mike! I'm obviously not fully cognizant of how the reflector works. > I thought the original message I was replying to would be included in the > string. It was back from 2013. > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 20:26:16 -0700 > From: kevinr <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Good Evening, > > ? Yesterday I drove from where there was still snow with my snow drops > just poking through.? At my neighbor's house about 600 feet lower theirs > were blooming.? At about 600 feet below that the daffodils were just > opening.? Another 600 feet and I was in downtown Buxton where the > daffodils were everywhere and tulips were starting.? By the way, the top > of the mountain is about 400 feet above me and the snow is continuous on > the north side facing me. > > ? I took a walk on my land enjoying the period where it's warming up > but there are still no biting flies.? Soon the fern will be six feet > tall or more but now the forest is very open.? I could not find the SW > corner post.? I know I was close but I think a tree grew around it.? The > pileated woodpeckers were making noise but you can hear them for miles.? > Especially when they are taking a tree apart.? I did hear a few > unfamiliar calls; probably passing through on their way north. > > ?? The solar flux is higher than I have seen it in over a year. > Hopefully that means better propagation instead just more noise. We > shall see. > > > Please join us tomorrow on: > > 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) > ?7047 kHz at 0000z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday) > > 73, > Kevin. KD5ONS > > _ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:28:54 -0400 > From: Dave <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bouvet > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Rick said it well. > > I have modest antennas compared to big gun stations but I have been able to > get 8 band DXCC and 311 countries worked since 2006. All are from my home > QTH. I?d be cheating myself if I used a West Coast station to work into Asia. > > I do operate remote. My home station while on vacation or from my office > during lunch. But it is still using my QTH. > > I helped my friend set up his station in Hawaii for remote operation and I > have operated his station both while there and remotely. I maintain a KH6/ > log for those contacts. I have worked Laos from there but never from home. I > was thrilled the time I worked Viet Nam from my NJ QTH. > > They don?t call it Honor Roll for nothing. > > Dave wo2x > Vice President > North Jersey DX Association > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 23, 2019, at 10:17 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Agreed Rick and well said. I occasionally operate W7RN [a west coast >> superstation] remotely. Any DX contacts made will not be claimed for DXCC. >> The station is close [50 km or so], and it would certainly be within the >> letter of the rules, but it doesn't feel right. Fortunately, this is all a >> moot issue for me since, >> >> 1. My occasional operations are usually for specific purposes [not DX] and; >> >> 2. So far, I haven't worked any DX; >> >> 3. And, I may never get around to submitting my claim for a DXCC upgrade >> from LoTW+cards. >> >> The radio world has changed dramatically since DXCC was invented. I'm really >> glad I don't have to make/update the rules. >> >> 73, >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County >> >>> On 3/23/2019 3:24 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote: >>> While the ARRL has accepted remotes as 'legal' for DXCC credit (a dubious >>> decision) IF the user is within the same entity as the rest of the DXCC >>> entries on the application, it then becomes a moral issue. It's faster >>> than driving around the entity for better propagation, also entirely >>> 'legit'; or owning several stations scattered about (also legal for DXCC >>> and brings up the argument of 'buying' the DXCC, ignored for the moment). >>> >>> Ultimately, all operators must live with the moral choices they've made... >>> no one else can shame or praise them as much as they do to themselves; >>> presuming that each is honest to ones self. >>> >>> I can say with certainty that every entry in my log was made with my radio, >>> using my antenna(s) that I put up personally (sometimes with assistance in >>> this arena). Since I don't really compete against others and my fiercest >>> competition, is me. That is the (moral) choice one must use; to be true to >>> self. I refer to any DXCC standings, simply to see how I'm doing in the >>> overall 'game'. Using my station remotely while traveling, doesn't affect >>> that; it's still MY station. >>> >>> In fairness, not everyone can have a station these days (HOA, budget, >>> space) so there is a place for a remote station... I'm not belittling that. >>> But HOW it's used, is again, a moral choice. For me, having a selection of >>> rented stations about, just to use the best propagation, violates my >>> ethics. Choose wisely, you have to live with yourself. >>> >>> 73 >>> Rick NHC >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 20:48:05 -0700 (MST) > From: Tom Johnson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 VFO problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Sorry, Mike! The referred post was from David L DuPuy, March 04, 2013. I > think you answered him and that's where I saw your name. I'm obviously not > adept at using the reflector - I just discovered there were a string of > replies to David I didn't read. > > 73 > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 20:49:24 -0700 (MST) > From: Tom Johnson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 VFO problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Sorry, Mike Morrow! The referred post was from David L DuPuy, March 04, > 2013. I think you answered him and that's where I saw your name. I'm > obviously not adept at using the reflector - I just discovered there were a > string of replies to David I didn't read. > > 73 > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 22:32:25 -0700 > From: Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft <[email protected]> > To: Elecraft list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bouvet > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Folks, > > This remote station dxcc (or contesting) operation ethics and policy pro/con > thread is now closed. > > As regularly noted here previously, OT amateur radio policy, ethics, and > related topics, even though they generate passionate opinions, are to be > discussed elsewhere. These are endless pro/con discussions that can consume > an incredible amount of list bandwidth from a limited number of posters, > overloading our other list readers > > In the interest of keeping the Elecraft list readable, without posting volume > overload, and interesting to the vast majority of our over 7000 direct > subscribers and users of Elecraft gear, these topics are better pursued on > other forums. > > 73, > Eric. WA6HHQ > Moderator, even occasionally late at night.. > elecraft.com > --- > Sent from my iPhone 6S > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 02:10:56 -0400 > From: "Gary Smith" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3s filter setting with the K3 Utility > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Rich, > > Interesting food for thought. I just > received my 1.8 for the sub RX and was > wondering what others found most helpful > seeing as there are the options to custom > tailor the settings. At the same time, I > really make great use of the narrow filter > on CW and am always looking for something > I can do with what I have that is better > than I have been doing. > > Thanks for your reply. > > 73, > > Gary > KA1J > >> There can be reasons to configure a roofing filter differently from >> its nominal bandwidth. >> >> For example, I have a "250 Hz" filter. According to the filter plots >> on the Elecraft web site, the 6 dB bandwidth of this filter is >> actually closer to 375 Hz. I configured my filter to switch in at 350 >> Hz, which makes it much more useful to me than it would be if I had >> configured it to switch in at 250 Hz. >> >> If this filter is configured to switch in at 250 Hz in agreement with >> the label, then when you set your DSP bandwidth to 300 Hz or 350 Hz, >> you will be using the next wider filter in your receiver. Strong >> signals outside the DSP bandwidth but inside the wider roofing >> filter's bandwidth can still have bad effects, whereas if the filter >> is configured to switch in at 350 Hz, you can take advantage of its >> ability to reduce those unwanted signals with relatively minor impact >> on signals within the DSP bandwidth. >> >> Of course, if the bandwidth of the 250 Hz filter really was 250 Hz, >> configuring it to switch in at 350 Hz would render the 300 Hz and 350 >> Hz settings of the DSP filter somewhat less useful, since the actual >> bandwidth of the filter combination would now be close to 250 Hz >> regardless of what the DSP control said. >> >> There might be reasons to go in the other direction as well, i.e. to >> configure a filter to switch in only at a narrower bandwidth than the >> bandwidth marked on the filter. For example, if you had 500 Hz and >> 1000 Hz filters and often used a digital mode whose bandwidth was, >> say, 750 Hz, you could configure the 1000 Hz roofing filter to switch >> in only at 700 Hz and below. This would give you better filtering >> between 500 Hz and 700 Hz than without the 1000 Hz filter, while still >> permitting the 750 Hz mode signals to pass through at DSP settings of >> 750 Hz and above without being restricted by the roofing filter. >> >> 73, >> Rich VE3KI >> >> >> KA1J wrote: >> >> Is there any advantage to setting the 1.8 >> above, say as 2. in the utility. >> >> Or to have the 200Hz filter engaged at say >> 250? >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:20:07 +0000 > From: "Dauer, Edward" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] DXCC, Remoting and Moving Around > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > It is reported that Glanville Williams, a now SK Professor of Jurisprudence > at University College London, once quipped that, "The difference between a > difference in kind and a difference in degree is almost always a difference > in degree." I can't verify that, but it's a well-cited legend in my field. > > The problems of remoting and moving raised for DXCC, whose rule is all-too > simple, were inevitable in an Internet environment and really ought to be > updated. But how? > > I began again as Jim did when I moved from Connecticut, at ocean's edge, to > Colorado on mountain's peak, although under the DXCC rules my official > standing -- which isn't much anyway -- combines the two. I didn't move for > that purpose; but that shouldn't matter. > > Remoting is more subtle. My fixed station is at my mountain QTH, 100 miles > from Denver. My Denver home is HOA-limited and due to foil-backed insulation > in every wall is effectively a Faraday cage. I am looking into remoting by > Internet over that 100 miles. If I do that, I personally would be > comfortable adding any new ones to the ones I got while sitting on the > mountain. But there is no way I would feel right about adding an ATNO I > snagged if I rented a station on the Atlantic or Pacific coast for the > occasion and remoted from Denver to there. Is that a difference in kind, > because I own one and don't own the other? A difference in degree because > one's 100 miles and the other is over 1,000? How about if I had a summer > place on Nantucket and I personally owned the equipment there, operating it > remotely from Colorado? A difference in kind, or a difference in degree? > > Again, and as others have said, I compete for me and against me, and I know > from where I snagged what. But some hams compete against other hams and that > is, generally speaking, to the good as well. So what should the rules be? > The WAS rule, I believe, says within a 50 mile radius. I am one QSL short of > 5BWAS because NE on 10 from my side of the Continental Divide in CO has > eluded me for more than a decade. I could drive to the CO/NE state line with > a KX3 in the car but that would be a rule violation, so I haven't. Should > there be a radius limit for DXCC as well? Should remoting be a separate rule > of some sort? > > I think Professor Williams, who so far as I know was not a ham, would have > enjoyed this imbroglio. > > Ted, KN1CBR > ------------------------------ > > Message: 22 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 19:17:21 -0700 > From: Fred Jensen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bouvet > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I wonder sometimes if DXCC has become an oxymoron of magnitude similar > to NTS?? When originally conceived, actually contacting 100 "countries" > was a huge endeavor.? Even making transoceanic contacts between the > largest of stations was very difficult.? Today's world is so very very > different.? When So. Sudan showed up, a new-ish ham said to me, "I've > never seen such pileups!"? I told him, "ATNO for everyone and those who > sit at the top of the list with 'all' of them need to keep their seats." > > After I worked BS7H, I showed my wife a photo of W6RGG at one of the > positions.? She said, "You count that rock as a country?"? I started to > explain and then passed, the rock is claimed by more than one country of > course and I'd already been through it with her over VP6DI. > > As I said when I started this, I just wondered recently while in the > shower. > > 73, > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > On 3/23/2019 6:52 PM, Jim Brown wrote: >> ?On 3/23/2019 2:34 PM, ab2tc wrote: >>> But if I work Bouvet using this remote, can I really claim >>> DXCC credit for myself for it? >> DXCC rules say that you can count a QSO made from any STATION location >> (that is, where RF is transmitted and received,) anywhere in the lower >> 48 states. >>> It would seem exceptionally unfair. Doesn't >>> ARRL have a rule for as how far you can move from place to place and >>> still >>> claim accumulated DXCC credits? >> >> Yep. >> >>> I find this highly troubling. >> >> Me too. When I moved from Chicago to NorCal 12 years ago I started >> over with DXCC. There's a guy who takes pride in being at/near the top >> of DXCC on 160M, but he started in CO, then moved to NC.? I strongly >> approve of operating remotely from a station that is close to you, >> especially if you built the station!? I view with contempt those who >> would use remote operation of a station much much closer to DX than >> their own, or even rent that station and travel to it, and count QSOs >> made from that station for DXCC. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 08:40:30 -0400 > From: Bill <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I have been under the assumption that this group existed as a technical > support center for owners/users of Elecraft equipment: A place to ask > questions and learn about the operation and use of said equipment. > > I see no reason for long discussions regarding DX/contest operations, > the rules, politics, or other trivia of same in this group - a group > supporting the technical issues of owners/users. > > Am I correct that this is a technical group? Or, is posting space to be > taken up by non-technical discussions of which many users have no interest? > > Bill W2BLC owner/user > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 08:55:06 -0400 > From: jrquark <[email protected]> > To: Bill <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Yes and yes, plus many of us are quite practiced in using the delete key. > > I own a K3s and I have no difficulty in skimming through the comments that > are beyond my interests. But, I have found interesting, informative and > instructive topics, often not related to my K3s. > > Your milage may differ? > > James Forsman > [email protected] > https://jrquark.smugmug.com/HamRadio > > > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 8:40 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Am I correct that this is a technical group? Or, is posting space to be >> taken up by non-technical discussions of which many users have no interest? > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 09:57:09 -0400 > From: Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > I have no interest in most of the technical discussions. > > Roger N1RJ > > On 3/24/2019 8:40 AM, Bill wrote: > >> >> Am I correct that this is a technical group? Or, is posting space to be >> taken up >> by non-technical discussions of which many users have no interest? >> >> Bill W2BLC owner/user >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:10:44 -0700 (MST) > From: Bill W4ZV <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Possible OT: Bouvet Island again > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > ab2tc wrote >> PS. I am guessing if they have any Elecraft equipment we would have heard >> about it here. > > I don't know but Dom 3Z9DX bought a K3 from me in May 2017. I had upgraded > to an 86XX S/N and sold him my 47XX S/N. > > 73, Bill W4ZV > > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 10:14:08 -0400 > From: W2xj <[email protected]> > To: Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Nor do I but I think this group is excessively over moderated. OT discussions > are usually the most interesting but causes the moderator to have issues. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 9:57 AM, Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have no interest in most of the technical discussions. >> >> Roger N1RJ >> >>> On 3/24/2019 8:40 AM, Bill wrote: >>> >>> Am I correct that this is a technical group? Or, is posting space to be >>> taken up by non-technical discussions of which many users have no interest? >>> Bill W2BLC owner/user >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 10:46:53 -0400 > From: Bob Lightner <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Inquiry > Message-ID: > <calhubhht0ncpg+k6m6yzrcj-37f-hg6uwp41rs8cbpyi0t1...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > My High School club station, K4WTL, uses a K3 for CW. It works great! > Recently we tried to transmit on SSB. The radio doesn't seem to want to > transmit audio. The Elecraft hand mic is plugged into the front and the > menu confirms that. The Mode is correct and the firmware is up-to-date. We > have substituted microphones and nothing seems to solve the problem. Have > any of you had similar problems??? Bob/W4GJ, trustee for K4WTL. > > -- > > Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this > world to another. > > Plato, The Republic > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:04:44 -0400 > From: Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> > To: Bob Lightner <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Inquiry > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Bob, > > Is the MIC SEL set to "FP.L bias"? > If bias is not applied, there will be no audio from that mic - it uses > an electret type element. > The default is bias OFF - because the bias could harm dynamic type > microphones. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 3/24/2019 10:46 AM, Bob Lightner wrote: >> My High School club station, K4WTL, uses a K3 for CW. It works great! >> Recently we tried to transmit on SSB. The radio doesn't seem to want to >> transmit audio. The Elecraft hand mic is plugged into the front and the >> menu confirms that. The Mode is correct and the firmware is up-to-date. We >> have substituted microphones and nothing seems to solve the problem. Have >> any of you had similar problems??? Bob/W4GJ, trustee for K4WTL. >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:07:43 -0400 > From: Kevin der Kinderen <[email protected]> > To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group > Message-ID: > <CAFA9ujvb=d5y2bfs-fdvshdon0ut3kvkpzi1pxqvkqbr0oi...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > A little flexibility in the content keeps it interesting. Delete key works > fine. I probably delete 90+ percent of all the emails I receive from the > few groups I follow. Maybe an odd thing but I like to follow the OT > comments on the weekends. > > If strict content control is a requirement consider a book, newspaper or > magazine and skip the editorials and opinion columns. They usually stay on > topic and don't allow the conversation to stray. > > OT stuff has a pretty short life here. Apparently not short enough for some. > > 73, > Kev K4VD > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 10:14 AM W2xj <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nor do I but I think this group is excessively over moderated. OT >> discussions are usually the most interesting but causes the moderator to >> have issues. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Mar 24, 2019, at 9:57 AM, Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I have no interest in most of the technical discussions. >>> >>> Roger N1RJ >>> >>>> On 3/24/2019 8:40 AM, Bill wrote: >>>> >>>> Am I correct that this is a technical group? Or, is posting space to be >> taken up by non-technical discussions of which many users have no interest? >>>> Bill W2BLC owner/user >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:10:33 -0400 > From: Nr4c <[email protected]> > To: Bob Lightner <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Inquiry > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Most likely problem is: the Elecraft mic (MH2 or MH4) is an electret mic and > requires that a bias voltage be present on the audio pin. The MicSel should > read ?fPL bias?. If ?bias? is not shown, press the ?2? button on the panel to > right if display to toggle the bias. > > If MicSel shows fPH, press the ?1? button to toggle H/L. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 10:46 AM, Bob Lightner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My High School club station, K4WTL, uses a K3 for CW. It works great! >> Recently we tried to transmit on SSB. The radio doesn't seem to want to >> transmit audio. The Elecraft hand mic is plugged into the front and the >> menu confirms that. The Mode is correct and the firmware is up-to-date. We >> have substituted microphones and nothing seems to solve the problem. Have >> any of you had similar problems??? Bob/W4GJ, trustee for K4WTL. >> >> -- >> >> Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this >> world to another. >> >> Plato, The Republic >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:23:05 -0400 > From: W2xj <[email protected]> > To: Kevin der Kinderen <[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I have every list email I have received since 1992. I have been able to > re-build list archives. I have never understood this ?bandwidth? or size > limit garbage. Most have nearly unlimited bandwidth and more storage than > needed for email. I find digests and web views more offensive. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 11:07 AM, Kevin der Kinderen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A little flexibility in the content keeps it interesting. Delete key works >> fine. I probably delete 90+ percent of all the emails I receive from the >> few groups I follow. Maybe an odd thing but I like to follow the OT >> comments on the weekends. >> >> If strict content control is a requirement consider a book, newspaper or >> magazine and skip the editorials and opinion columns. They usually stay on >> topic and don't allow the conversation to stray. >> >> OT stuff has a pretty short life here. Apparently not short enough for some. >> >> 73, >> Kev K4VD >> >>> On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 10:14 AM W2xj <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Nor do I but I think this group is excessively over moderated. OT >>> discussions are usually the most interesting but causes the moderator to >>> have issues. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Mar 24, 2019, at 9:57 AM, Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have no interest in most of the technical discussions. >>>> >>>> Roger N1RJ >>>> >>>>> On 3/24/2019 8:40 AM, Bill wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Am I correct that this is a technical group? Or, is posting space to be >>> taken up by non-technical discussions of which many users have no interest? >>>>> Bill W2BLC owner/user >>>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 19 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:32:18 +0000 > From: "hawley, charles j jr" <[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > The first post wasn?t technical... > > Chuck Jack > KE9UW > > Sent from my iPhone, cjack > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 10:08 AM, Kevin der Kinderen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A little flexibility in the content keeps it interesting. Delete key works >> fine. I probably delete 90+ percent of all the emails I receive from the >> few groups I follow. Maybe an odd thing but I like to follow the OT >> comments on the weekends. >> >> If strict content control is a requirement consider a book, newspaper or >> magazine and skip the editorials and opinion columns. They usually stay on >> topic and don't allow the conversation to stray. >> >> OT stuff has a pretty short life here. Apparently not short enough for some. >> >> 73, >> Kev K4VD >> >>> On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 10:14 AM W2xj <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Nor do I but I think this group is excessively over moderated. OT >>> discussions are usually the most interesting but causes the moderator to >>> have issues. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Mar 24, 2019, at 9:57 AM, Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have no interest in most of the technical discussions. >>>> >>>> Roger N1RJ >>>> >>>>> On 3/24/2019 8:40 AM, Bill wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Am I correct that this is a technical group? Or, is posting space to be >>> taken up by non-technical discussions of which many users have no interest? >>>>> Bill W2BLC owner/user >>>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 20 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:37:03 -0400 > From: "Peter Dougherty" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] K3s/P3 with SDR Play, Win4K3 & Skimmer > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello all. > > > > I would like to know if anybody is successfully running their K3/K3s with > (specifically) an SDRPlay, Win4K3 software, and CW Skimmer, and if so, how > did you hook it all together? > > > > My thought is to start reading up now, and then buy the hardware and > software at Dayton this year and play with it over the summer before contest > season starts. > > I'm specifically curious about getting RF into the SDRPlay. Do you use the > IF connection out from the P3, or something else? I have three antennas > coming in to my K3s at the moment: the primary TX/RX feed on ANT-1, a K9AY > receive antenna on RX IN, and an untuned vertical wire connected to the AUX > antenna port, which is used only for diversity reception. The radio is > connected via the USB interface exclusively, with no analog sound > connections at the moment. > > I don't plan to use this configuration for normal day-to-day operating. I'm > quite happy using the K3 as a conventional radio and just using the P3 as a > bandscope. This will be exclusively for CW contesting, and CW Dxpedition > pileups. > > One final question for those who have accomplished this successfully, which > model SDRplay are you using, and is there a specific reason for recommending > one version over another at this point? Thanks again! > > > --------------------------------------------- > 73 and Good DX > Peter, W2IRT > > > > President, North Jersey DX Association > > DXCC Card Checker > Letter O Manager, ARRL Incoming 2nd District QSL bureau > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 21 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:41:39 +0000 (UTC) > From: Ken Roberson <[email protected]> > To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 - 630 meters > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > Hello K3 owners, > > For sale 630M 100W power Amp designed to work with K3 or K3s. > > 1 mw from the transverter output will drive this PWR-AMP to 100Woutput. > > More info on my web-site k5dnl dot com. > > 73 Ken K5DNL > > ? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 22 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:40:46 -0400 > From: "Gary Smith" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3s/P3 with SDR Play, Win4K3 & Skimmer > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > I can only speak to Win4K3Suite. > > There are two components to be installed > by the user, the program and com0com, the > latter is used to assign ports so > Win4K3Suite can utilize the multi virtual > port feature. > > It is simple to do both but you must > follow the directions which are laid out > well. > > There are many features of it that I don't > use but to everything I use it for with > the K3s & K3, it is perfect. > > 73, > > Gary > KA1J > >> Hello all. >> >> >> >> I would like to know if anybody is successfully running their K3/K3s >> with (specifically) an SDRPlay, Win4K3 software, and CW Skimmer, and >> if so, how did you hook it all together? >> >> >> >> My thought is to start reading up now, and then buy the hardware and >> software at Dayton this year and play with it over the summer before >> contest season starts. >> >> I'm specifically curious about getting RF into the SDRPlay. Do you use >> the IF connection out from the P3, or something else? I have three >> antennas coming in to my K3s at the moment: the primary TX/RX feed on >> ANT-1, a K9AY receive antenna on RX IN, and an untuned vertical wire >> connected to the AUX antenna port, which is used only for diversity >> reception. The radio is connected via the USB interface exclusively, >> with no analog sound connections at the moment. >> >> I don't plan to use this configuration for normal day-to-day >> operating. I'm quite happy using the K3 as a conventional radio and >> just using the P3 as a bandscope. This will be exclusively for CW >> contesting, and CW Dxpedition pileups. >> >> One final question for those who have accomplished this successfully, >> which model SDRplay are you using, and is there a specific reason for >> recommending one version over another at this point? Thanks again! >> >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> 73 and Good DX >> Peter, W2IRT >> >> >> >> President, North Jersey DX Association >> >> DXCC Card Checker >> Letter O Manager, ARRL Incoming 2nd District QSL bureau >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 23 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 09:44:23 -0700 (MST) > From: ab2tc <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] DXCC, Remoting and Moving Around > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, > > The following snippet is from a recent posting by Ted, KN1CBR: > > "So what should the rules be? The WAS rule, I believe, says within a 50 > mile radius. I am one QSL short of 5BWAS because NE on 10 from my side of > the Continental Divide in CO has eluded me for more than a decade. I could > drive to the CO/NE state line with a KX3 in the car but that would be a rule > violation, so I haven't. Should there be a radius limit for DXCC as well?" > > Adopting the 50 mile radius for DXCC as well as WAS seems a very reasonable > idea. It seems to be manageable for WAS so why wouldn't it be for DXCC, too. > I wasn't aware of the 50 mile radius for WAS. I have multiband WAS all done > from one location. > > AB2TC - Knut > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 24 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:16:15 -0500 > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] Will there be a K4 > Message-ID: <F3A646C4D3E8475D87A22FA8A0DA3BE4@MININTMC1HLDC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Before I spend money on a K3S, I?m just curious.. is a K4 in the planning > stages? I bought my K3 and unpackaged it and just days later the K3S was > announced. I was livid.. LOL > > so.. what say Elecraft? > > Ronnie W5SUM > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 25 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:22:34 -0500 > From: Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Will there be a K4 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Wait and see or roll the dice ? > > Bob, K4TAX > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 12:16 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Before I spend money on a K3S, I?m just curious.. is a K4 in the planning >> stages? I bought my K3 and unpackaged it and just days later the K3S was >> announced. I was livid.. LOL >> >> so.. what say Elecraft? >> >> Ronnie W5SUM >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 26 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 10:25:22 -0700 > From: Macy monkeys <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Will there be a K4 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > It will be announced just after you unpack your new K3S :) > > John K7FD > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 10:16 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Before I spend money on a K3S, I?m just curious.. is a K4 in the planning >> stages? I bought my K3 and unpackaged it and just days later the K3S was >> announced. I was livid.. LOL >> >> so.. what say Elecraft? >> >> Ronnie W5SUM >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > You must be a subscriber to post. > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > End of Elecraft Digest, Vol 179, Issue 34 > ***************************************** ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
