Do not use the KX3 tuner when using a mag loop. Set the tuner to bypass. A mag loop is the tuner. In order to gain resonance, adjust the mag loop's capacitor to hear maximum noise at the frequency you want to start working. Mag loops are high Q, resonant in a very narrow range of frequencies. That said, once it's resonant, tune around or use the PX3 to see other stations. However, before transmitting, repeat the tune for noise procedure. Also, if you shift receive frequency in the band, you will find that the capacitor needs to move just the very smallest amount to gain resonance, as indicated by highest noise.
You will find the "tune for noise" procedure in any mag loop manual. I have reached eastern Europe from eastern Massachusetts with a KX3 and an Alex loop, while indoors in a wood frame building. If you use a conventional antenna tuner, such as the one in the KX3 with a mag loop, it just won't work. Geoff W1GCF -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 3:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Elecraft Digest, Vol 226, Issue 3 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: No stations being heard on K3 (DC) 2. Re: KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". (Lee Hiers) 3. Re: KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". (Walter Underwood) 4. Re: KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". (Mike Dodd) 5. Re: No stations being heard on K3 (Gary K9GS) 6. Re: Elecraft 80M SSB Net Report (Dave New, N8SBE) 7. Re: No stations being heard on K3 (David Hachadorian) 8. Re: KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". (K9ZTV) 9. Re: KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". (Jim Brown) 10. Elmers, not proofreaders (Walter Underwood) 11. Re: KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". (JEROME SODUS) 12. Re: KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". (David Gilbert) 13. A few words about the CP1 bidirectional coupler kit (John Harper) 14. FS: KX2, KXPA-100, Begali Adventure key (Ron KF7ZN) 15. Re: FS: KX2, KXPA-100, Begali Adventure key (Rich WC3T) 16. Re: A few words about the CP1 bidirectional coupler kit (John Oppenheimer) 17. I'm So Glad... (Lee Hiers) 18. Re: KX2, KXPA-100, Begali Adventure key (Ron KF7ZN) 19. Re: [Elecraft-KX] Peter Martinez And The CW-To-PSK31 Feature (Tony) 20. Re: [Elecraft-KX] Peter Martinez And The CW-To-PSK31 Feature (Wayne Burdick) 21. Re: [Elecraft-KX] Peter Martinez And The CW-To-PSK31 Feature (Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 08:34:22 -0800 From: DC <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No stations being heard on K3 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed I have had similar problems a couple of times over the years and it was the coax connectors on the synthesizer board.? Simply unplugging them and re-installing them fixed the problem.? However, the last time I also put a small amount of Deoxit on the connector. Richard, K6VV On 2/6/2023 8:19 AM, Gary K9GS wrote: > I checked several things this morning.?1. RX antenna is NOT selected.2.? RF gain is not turned down.3.? I swapped to antenna 2 port on the radio and switched to antenna 2. Same behavior as before.4.? I connected my antenna analyzer to the coax coming out of the back of the radio. All readings look normal.I inspected all of the connectors.? All look good.? The coax is RG8X from DX Engineering with crimped and soldered DX Engineering connectors.? ?No physical damage to the cable that I could see.? I inspected the whole length.5.? I answered a FT8 CQ. Received an immediate reply with +11 report. Several RBN spots of my signal.6.? I am hearing some signals on 14074 but they are weak and not showing much of a signal on the P3.7.? When I switch to the unused antenna 2 port I hear nothing...just like I should.8.? The receiver sounds exactly like and performs like the attenuator is turned on;? it is NOT, however.?9.? Listened on other bands which should be filled with signals this time of day....same as on 20m.I'm stumped and suspect something opened up.? I don't recall making any configuration changes to the radio.? Maybe something loose inside like a TMP connection??Any ideas what additional to check?73,Gary K9GS > -------- Original message --------From: Jim Brown<[email protected]> Date: 2/6/23 3:41 AM (GMT-05:00) To:[email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No stations being heard on K3 On 2/5/2023 10:19 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:> I have a K3, not K3S.? A couple days ago I noticed a lack of signals heard.? I'm hearing static/ band noise just no signals.? I've listened on several bands.. same regardless of band.I went up in the digital portion of the band where there are always signals...I was able to decode a few but the band should have been filled with signals.Hi Gary,Thinking of things that have happened to me where there's nothing wrong with the radio -- is it possible that you accidentally hit the button for the RX antenna? RF gain turned down? Something in the antenna system?Old hands on email reflectors say that the antenna system is the first thing to check, and that includes every cable, every connection. Are there any no-name connectors or adapters anywhere i n your system? When I got back on the air in 2003 I bought a lot of no-name adapters that turned out to be junk, and that caused me no end of failures that were hard to trace. REAL connectors and adapters say Amphenol on them (and aren't cheap), or have a MIL spec part number stamped into them (they're what I look for at hamfest flea markets, where they ARE cheap, because they aren't new and shiny).How about the antenna(s) themselves? Do you have (or can you borrow) an antenna analyzer? Try disconnecting the coax connector from the radio connecting it to the analyzer, and making measurements. If you're borrowing the analzyer, you probably also want the guy who loaned to you to make the measurements -- the user interface most analyzers nowadays can be varying degrees of user-unfriendly if you haven't studied the user manual.What happens if you transmit? What's the indicated SWR?? Do you have a watt-meter in line? I'd try with something like 5 W or 20W -- with 20W, it's very l ow power from the 100W stage.73, Jim K9YC______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp:http://mailman .qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost:mailto:[email protected] list hosted by:http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 delivered [email protected] -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 11:36:27 -0500 From: Lee Hiers <[email protected]> To: JEROME SODUS <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". Message-ID: <CAEEr=7MM2_HcqqyVFdiF-8QZ8Gr-yNZoOpPGnQ=efzdkthw...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" CW = continuous wave, an unmodulated carrier CW <> Morse code, although many take it to mean that these days. One doesn't "learn CW", one "learns Morse code". Do you have a watt meter between the KX3 and the loop? 73 de Lee, AA4GA On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 11:14 AM JEROME SODUS <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > My question is about the "TUNE" selection (half second hold of the XMIT > button). > > The manual's wording is.... > "TUNE is used to put out a CW signal at the power level selected by the __ > PWR control.". > > Normally, "CW" means morse-code. > But, in this instance, am I correct in thinking it stands for "continuous > wave" or, in other words, an unmodulated FM signal (constant carrier and > amplitude)? > > The reason for my email is.... > I am setting up a Magnetic-Loop-Antenna that has a "remote tuning" > capability and that "remote tuning" set-up is not going very well for me. > If the KX3 is putting out a continuous wave, then there is a serious > problem with the "remote tuning" box. > > TIA for any reply. > 73 jerry km3k > KX3 #6088 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 delivered to [email protected] > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 08:42:08 -0800 From: Walter Underwood <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii You are correct, it puts out a plain carrier, CW with the key held down. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Feb 4, 2023, at 10:46 AM, JEROME SODUS <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > My question is about the "TUNE" selection (half second hold of the XMIT button). > > The manual's wording is.... > "TUNE is used to put out a CW signal at the power level selected by the __ PWR control.". > > Normally, "CW" means morse-code. > But, in this instance, am I correct in thinking it stands for "continuous wave" or, in other words, an unmodulated FM signal (constant carrier and > amplitude)? > > The reason for my email is.... > I am setting up a Magnetic-Loop-Antenna that has a "remote tuning" capability and that "remote tuning" set-up is not going very well for me. > If the KX3 is putting out a continuous wave, then there is a serious problem with the "remote tuning" box. > > TIA for any reply. > 73 jerry km3k > KX3 #6088 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 delivered to [email protected] ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 11:43:29 -0500 From: Mike Dodd <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 2/4/2023 1:46 PM, JEROME SODUS wrote: > Normally, "CW" means morse-code. > But, in this instance, am I correct in thinking it stands for "continuous wave" or, in other words, an unmodulated FM signal (constant carrier and > amplitude)? Yes; "CONTINUOUS wave." It's not really an unmodulated "FM" signal; it's an unmodulated carrier. There's no reason to assign an arbitrary modulation designation -- why not say it's an unmodulated FSK or PSK signal? --- Mike N4CF ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:01:31 -0500 From: Gary K9GS <[email protected]> To: DC <[email protected]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No stations being heard on K3 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Thanks Richard.? That's probably going to be my next step.I'm at my FL qth so only one radio and 1 antenna.? I'm hoping to get this fixed so I can work Bouvet.73,Gary K9GS -------- Original message --------From: DC <[email protected]> Date: 2/6/23 11:34 AM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No stations being heard on K3 I have had similar problems a couple of times over the years and it was the coax connectors on the synthesizer board.? Simply unplugging them and re-installing them fixed the problem.? However, the last time I also put a small amount of Deoxit on the connector.Richard, K6VVOn 2/6/2023 8:19 AM, Gary K9GS wrote:> I checked several things this morning.?1. RX antenna is NOT selected.2.? RF gain is not turned down.3.? I swapped to antenna 2 port on the radio and switched to antenna 2. Same behavior as before.4.? I connected my antenna analyzer to the coax coming out of the back of the radio. All readings look normal.I inspected all of the connectors.? All look good.? The coax is RG8X from DX Engineering with crimped and soldered DX Engineering connectors.? ?No physical damage to the cable that I could see.? I inspected the whole length.5.? I answered a FT8 CQ. Received an immediate reply with +11 report. Several RBN spots of my signal.6.? I am hearing some signals on 14074 but they are weak and not showing much of a signal on the P3.7.? When I switch to the unused antenna 2 port I hear nothing...just like I should.8.? The receiver sounds exactly like and performs like the attenuator is turned on;? it is NOT, however.?9.? Listened on other bands which should be filled with signals this time of day....same as on 20m.I'm stumped and suspect something opened up.? I don't recall making any configuration changes to the radio.? Maybe something loose inside like a TMP connection??Any ideas what additional to check?73,Gary K9GS> -------- Original message --------From: Jim Brown<[email protected]>? Date: 2/6/23? 3:41 AM? (GMT-05:00) To:[email protected]? Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No stations being heard on K3 On 2/5/2023 10:19 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:> I have a K3, n ot K3S.? A couple days ago I noticed a lack of signals heard.? I'm hearing static/ band noise just no signals.? I've listened on several bands.. same regardless of band.I went up in the digital portion of the band where there are always signals...I was able to decode a few but the band should have been filled with signals.Hi Gary,Thinking of things that have happened to me where there's nothing wrong with the radio -- is it possible that you accidentally hit the button for the RX antenna? RF gain turned down? Something in the antenna system?Old hands on email reflectors say that the antenna system is the first thing to check, and that includes every cable, every connection. Are there any no-name connectors or adapters anywhere in your system? When I got back on the air in 2003 I bought a lot of no-name adapters that turned out to be junk, and that caused me no end of failures that were hard to trace. REAL connectors and adapters say Amphenol on them (and aren't cheap), or ha ve a MIL spec part number stamped into them (they're what I look for at hamfest flea markets, where they ARE cheap, because they aren't new and shiny).How about the antenna(s) themselves? Do you have (or can you borrow) an antenna analyzer? Try disconnecting the coax connector from the radio connecting it to the analyzer, and making measurements. If you're borrowing the analzyer, you probably also want the guy who loaned to you to make the measurements -- the user interface most analyzers nowadays can be varying degrees of user-unfriendly if you haven't studied the user manual.What happens if you transmit? What's the indicated SWR?? Do you have a watt-meter in line? I'd try with something like 5 W or 20W -- with 20W, it's very low power from the 100W stage.73, Jim K9YC______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp:http://mailman .qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost:mailto:[email protected] his? list hosted by:http://www.qsl.netPlease? help support this email list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage? delivered [email protected]? > ______________________________________________________________> 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 delivered [email protected]? -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software.www.avg.com________________________________________________________ ______Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:[email protected] list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to [email protected] ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:41:11 -0600 From: "Dave New, N8SBE" <[email protected]> To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Report Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Karl, We usually do have a pre-net call up, sometimes as much as 15 minutes early, and several of the stations last night were running 'barefoot' (100W), some into EFHW wire antennas, so please don't despair. Since I was having antenna issues last night, I ended up running barefoot myself, and most stations could still hear me. I'm using an inverted Vee configuration of a ZS6BKW dipole which is fed with window line and coax, and tuned at the far end by the tuner in my K3s (or KAT500 when running the KPA500). We also have a couple or more stations that are looking out for stations to relay into the net, one of which is in northern GA, so he should be able to hear you. Please give us another try next Sunday, and we'll try extra hard to listen up for weak signals. The band was pretty quiet last night, and if that keeps up, we should be successful. See you next week, -- Dave, N8SBE On 2023-02-06 09:45, Karl W Hubbard wrote: > Hi Dave, > I finally rigged up a Buckmaster 7 band OCF dipole to replace the > inadequate 80m low band coil vertical hoping that I could make a QSO. > The problem is my KX3, KPA100 and PX3 at 100W get steamrolled by all > these KPA500s and 1500s out there. I can receive but get lost in the > pileup and don't know if my sigal is even strong enough. Is there any > way you could reserve a brief "quiet period" call out where only those > running portable and/or 100W or less could try to call in before > opening up the net to the big guns? Maybe 5 minutes before 9:00 for > example? The best I can hope for is to see if you could at least > receive my call sign, as obvioulsy I could not sustain any QSO anyway > and I think there would be very few call-ins in this "category" > > 73's > Karl AF5LQ (costal NC) ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 10:41:28 -0700 From: David Hachadorian <[email protected]> To: Gary K9GS <[email protected]>, Reflector Elecraft <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No stations being heard on K3 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Maybe something here will be helpful: https://marc.info/?l=elecraft&m=145323127930319&w=2 Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ On 2/6/2023 9:19 AM, Gary K9GS wrote: > I checked several things this morning.?1. RX antenna is NOT selected.2.? RF gain is not turned down.3.? I swapped to antenna 2 port on the radio and switched to antenna 2. Same behavior as before.4.? I connected my antenna analyzer to the coax coming out of the back of the radio. All readings look normal.I inspected all of the connectors.? All look good.? The coax is RG8X from DX Engineering with crimped and soldered DX Engineering connectors.? ?No physical damage to the cable that I could see.? I inspected the whole length.5.? I answered a FT8 CQ. Received an immediate reply with +11 report. Several RBN spots of my signal.6.? I am hearing some signals on 14074 but they are weak and not showing much of a signal on the P3.7.? When I switch to the unused antenna 2 port I hear nothing...just like I should.8.? The receiver sounds exactly like and performs like the attenuator is turned on;? it is NOT, however.?9.? Listened on other bands which should be filled with signals this time of day....same as on 20m.I'm stumped and suspect something opened up.? I don't recall making any configuration changes to the radio.? Maybe something loose inside like a TMP connection??Any ideas what additional to check?73,Gary K9GS > -------- Original message --------From: Jim Brown<[email protected]> Date: 2/6/23 3:41 AM (GMT-05:00) To:[email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No stations being heard on K3 On 2/5/2023 10:19 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:> I have a K3, not K3S.? A couple days ago I noticed a lack of signals heard.? I'm hearing static/ band noise just no signals.? I've listened on several bands.. same regardless of band.I went up in the digital portion of the band where there are always signals...I was able to decode a few but the band should have been filled with signals.Hi Gary,Thinking of things that have happened to me where there's nothing wrong with the radio -- is it possible that you accidentally hit the button for the RX antenna? RF gain turned down? Something in the antenna system?Old hands on email reflectors say that the antenna system is the first thing to check, and that includes every cable, every connection. Are there any no-name connectors or adapters anywhere i n your system? When I got back on the air in 2003 I bought a lot of no-name adapters that turned out to be junk, and that caused me no end of failures that were hard to trace. REAL connectors and adapters say Amphenol on them (and aren't cheap), or have a MIL spec part number stamped into them (they're what I look for at hamfest flea markets, where they ARE cheap, because they aren't new and shiny).How about the antenna(s) themselves? Do you have (or can you borrow) an antenna analyzer? Try disconnecting the coax connector from the radio connecting it to the analyzer, and making measurements. If you're borrowing the analzyer, you probably also want the guy who loaned to you to make the measurements -- the user interface most analyzers nowadays can be varying degrees of user-unfriendly if you haven't studied the user manual.What happens if you transmit? What's the indicated SWR?? Do you have a watt-meter in line? I'd try with something like 5 W or 20W -- with 20W, it's very l ow power from the 100W stage.73, Jim K9YC______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp:http://mailman .qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost:mailto:[email protected] list hosted by:http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 delivered [email protected] ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 11:47:18 -0600 From: K9ZTV <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Let's get our nomenclature right ... CW never means Morse Code. It means continuous wave or carrier wave (used interchangeably). Morse-type Code occurs only when a continuous wave is turned on and off to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation according to a given language's agreed upon chart of correlation. CW is a mode of transmission. Morse Code is an application using that mode. 73, Kent K9ZTV > On Feb 6, 2023, at 10:15 AM, an Amateur Extra wrote: > > Normally, "CW" means morse-code. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 11:05:13 -0800 From: Jim Brown <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 2/6/2023 9:47 AM, K9ZTV wrote: > CW never means Morse Code. It means continuous wave or carrier wave (used interchangeably). > > Morse-type Code occurs only when a continuous wave is turned on and off to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation according to a given language's agreed upon chart of correlation. Kent, You're technically correct, but for the 67 years I've been a ham, "CW" has meant Morse code on the ham bands. This has, indeed, led to misunderstandings about the bandwidth of Morse transmission. A constant carrier has near zero bandwidth. Morse transmission occupies hundreds of Hz in a GOOD transmitter. And Morse operation on the ham bands is 100% amplitude modulation of a carrier by a train of rectangular waves, which in poorly designed rigs produces intermodulation distortion in the RF signal chain, sidebands that are heard as key clicks. In general, the strength of sidebands is proportional to the speed of the transitions from on to off and off to on -- the faster the transition, the stronger the clicks. One of the many virtues of Elecraft rigs beginning with the original K3 is that these transitions are carefully shaped to minimize clicks while maximizing readability. 73, Jim K9YC ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 12:27:06 -0800 From: Walter Underwood <[email protected]> To: K2 <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] Elmers, not proofreaders Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 A ham asked a simple question about the TUN function and got a bunch of criticism about terminology. There was only one post (mine) that actually answered his question helpfully. That is not a good look for this list. Let?s try to be Elmers and dial back the negative stuff. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 13:03:46 -0500 (EST) From: JEROME SODUS <[email protected]> To: Lee Hiers <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Please disregard my post as I have "re-found" the answer. Long story short...I started this activity some six months ago and had to stop for personal reasons. I had simply forgotten that Ray K2ULR had provided the answer back then. When I realized it, I tried to stop my post but Keith WE6R emailed me that there is no way to do that. Apologies for taking up the bandwidth. 88 jerry km3k > On 02/06/2023 11:36 AM Lee Hiers <[email protected]> wrote: > > > CW = continuous wave, an unmodulated carrier > > CW <> Morse code, although many take it to mean that these days. One doesn't "learn CW", one "learns Morse code". > > Do you have a watt meter between the KX3 and the loop? > > 73 de Lee, AA4GA > > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 11:14 AM JEROME SODUS <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > My question is about the "TUNE" selection (half second hold of the XMIT button). > > > > The manual's wording is.... > > "TUNE is used to put out a CW signal at the power level selected by the __ PWR control.". > > > > Normally, "CW" means morse-code. > > But, in this instance, am I correct in thinking it stands for "continuous wave" or, in other words, an unmodulated FM signal (constant carrier and > > amplitude)? > > > > The reason for my email is.... > > I am setting up a Magnetic-Loop-Antenna that has a "remote tuning" capability and that "remote tuning" set-up is not going very well for me. > > If the KX3 is putting out a continuous wave, then there is a serious problem with the "remote tuning" box. > > > > TIA for any reply. > > 73 jerry km3k > > KX3 #6088 > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:26:40 -0700 From: David Gilbert <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 manual page 14 regardincg "TUNE". Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed That was needlessly snide and nit picky. Dave?? AB7E On 02/06/2023 11:36 AM Lee Hiers <[email protected]> wrote: CW = continuous wave, an unmodulated carrier CW <> Morse code, although many take it to mean that these days. One doesn't "learn CW", one "learns Morse code". 73 de Lee, AA4GA ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 16:52:29 -0500 From: John Harper <[email protected]> To: Elecraft list <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] A few words about the CP1 bidirectional coupler kit Message-ID: <CAPHmH=OzU3Wnbdt622aCrFZSuj2=4tdbgyt3serhzliwi_y...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Well, maybe a few hundred, plus 3 photos: https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-utility-of-elecrafts-cp1-bi.html If you're one of the many who now have a tinySA... 73, John AE5X ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 16:31:36 -0700 From: Ron KF7ZN <[email protected]> To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] FS: KX2, KXPA-100, Begali Adventure key Message-ID: <CABVxxD2nW9rMjyt8dJMFqqyfuNKZqGLs2A-mPV=s-gvy86+...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Life certainly can change quickly. My wife and I had plans in place for the outdoors, camping, mountains, mountain bikes, KX2, etc. but health changes for my wife means that we will be enjoying the hobby and our time together in other ways, so I have a KX2, KXPA-100 and Adventure paddles for sale. The KX2 was only used once when I started it to test it out, same with KXPA amp and Adventure has never been used. Never been outside of the shack. Original boxes and manuals, KX2 includes Fred Cady book, If interested please contact me with my QRZ.com email. KX2-F_KX2 Transceiver-Assembled KXAT2-F_KX2 Antenna Tuner Assembled KXBC2_External Lithium-ion Fast Charger for KXBT2 KXBT2_KXBT2 Lithium Ion Battery Pack 11v 2 6ah ? 2 KXIO2-F_Real-Time Clock and General-Purpose Outputs Installed E980262_Power Cable, 3ft, APP to 2.1MM connector Selling for 1225.00$ KXPA100-AT-F_KXPA100-AT 100W Ext Amp with KXAT100 100W ATU, Factory Assemble KX2ACBL_KX2 Accessory Cable KXPACBL_KXPA100 Integrated Cable Selling for 1500.00$ Begali Adventure Dual KX2 Mounting Bracket Basic Desktop Selling for 300.00$ I will pay shipping in Continental US *Have a nice day!* Ron Wilcox KF7ZN RN, BHS, BSN, CCM Ham Radio Volunteer Examiner Davis County Assistant Emergency Coordinator (ARES) Vice President Utah DX Association ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 18:47:35 -0500 From: Rich WC3T <[email protected]> To: Ron KF7ZN <[email protected]> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FS: KX2, KXPA-100, Begali Adventure key Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" ------------------------------ Message: 16 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 18:42:03 -0600 From: John Oppenheimer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] A few words about the CP1 bidirectional coupler kit Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi John, good read, thanks, John KN5L On 2/6/23 3:52 PM, John Harper wrote: > Well, maybe a few hundred, plus 3 photos: > https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-utility-of-elecrafts-cp1-bi.html > > If you're one of the many who now have a tinySA... > > 73, > John AE5X ------------------------------ Message: 17 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 20:04:45 -0500 From: Lee Hiers <[email protected]> To: Elecraft Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] I'm So Glad... Message-ID: <CAEEr=7mscq8izdizlwcfhzthv5wav5mxine6ttsvbuyaf-s...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" ...the Elecraft list police are out in force - I can sleep easier tonight. de AA4GA ------------------------------ Message: 18 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 19:13:50 -0700 From: Ron KF7ZN <[email protected]> To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2, KXPA-100, Begali Adventure key Message-ID: <cabvxxd2o4kqo-+sx0zabouf57uertnqouzaxvnyaayw19_d...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I apologize for bringing in personal items to the reflector but I have had numerous friends and associates responding to my email, in retrospect I probably should have either given more info or no info. My wife is doing really good, and I have an update on my QRZ.com site for any questions , thanks. Ron Wilcox KF7ZN RN, BHS, BSN, CCM Ham Radio Volunteer Examiner Davis County Assistant Emergency Coordinator (ARES) Vice President Utah DX Association On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 4:31 PM Ron KF7ZN <[email protected]> wrote: > Life certainly can change quickly. My wife and I had plans in place for > the outdoors, camping, mountains, mountain bikes, KX2, etc. but health > changes for my wife means that we will be enjoying the hobby and our time > together in other ways, so I have a KX2, KXPA-100 and Adventure paddles for > sale. The KX2 was only used once when I started it to test it out, same > with KXPA amp and Adventure has never been used. Never been outside of the > shack. Original boxes and manuals, KX2 includes Fred Cady book, If > interested please contact me with my QRZ.com email. > > KX2-F_KX2 Transceiver-Assembled > KXAT2-F_KX2 Antenna Tuner Assembled > KXBC2_External Lithium-ion Fast Charger for KXBT2 > KXBT2_KXBT2 Lithium Ion Battery Pack 11v 2 6ah ? 2 > KXIO2-F_Real-Time Clock and General-Purpose Outputs Installed > E980262_Power Cable, 3ft, APP to 2.1MM connector > Selling for 1225.00$ > > KXPA100-AT-F_KXPA100-AT 100W Ext Amp with KXAT100 100W ATU, Factory > Assemble > KX2ACBL_KX2 Accessory Cable > KXPACBL_KXPA100 Integrated Cable > Selling for 1500.00$ > > > Begali Adventure Dual > KX2 Mounting Bracket > Basic Desktop > Selling for 300.00$ > > I will pay shipping in Continental US > > *Have a nice day!* > Ron Wilcox KF7ZN > RN, BHS, BSN, CCM > Ham Radio Volunteer Examiner > Davis County Assistant Emergency Coordinator (ARES) > Vice President Utah DX Association > ------------------------------ Message: 19 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 23:22:11 -0500 From: Tony <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft-KX] Peter Martinez And The CW-To-PSK31 Feature Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Wayne: Re: CW-To-Data Feature I'm glad you thought of it! It must have taken a while to get from concept to production. I would imagine that it's not that simple to add other data modes -- the foundation is there but my guess is that it would require more code crunching? Thanks for all. Tony -K2MO ------------------------------ Message: 20 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 20:36:05 -0800 From: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft-KX] Peter Martinez And The CW-To-PSK31 Feature Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Tony, I had the function in mind, then cajoled Lyle into doing the hard part -- the demodulator. Somehow he figured it out in just a few days. The key idea that led to the PSK31 and RTTY decoders was this: that a ham receiver should be able to demodulate all commonly heard signals and display them on the front panel, without resorting to a computer. That was around 2005, though. Since that time many new data modes have been added that made this less practical, but RTTY and PSK31 are still in widespread use (you can hear them every day) and operating in these modes using the radio itself is still compelling for many of us. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Feb 6, 2023, at 8:22 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wayne: > > Re: CW-To-Data Feature > > I'm glad you thought of it! It must have taken a while to get from concept to production. I would imagine that it's not that simple to add other data modes -- the foundation is there but my guess is that it would require more code crunching? > > Thanks for all. > > Tony -K2MO > > > _._,_._,_ > Groups.io Links: > You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#74733) | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute This Topic | New Topic > Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [[email protected]] > _._,_._,_ ------------------------------ Message: 21 Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 10:46:50 +0200 From: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft-KX] Peter Martinez And The CW-To-PSK31 Feature Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed When I got my K3, one of the first produced, I made a couple of RTTY and PSK contacts with the CW-to-digital feature, virtually my first non-CW QSOs since the 1980s. I think they wondered why I sent them 5NN reports, though. 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel Formerly K2VCO CWops no. 5 http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ On 07/02/2023 6:36, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Tony, > > I had the function in mind, then cajoled Lyle into doing the hard part -- the demodulator. Somehow he figured it out in just a few days. > > The key idea that led to the PSK31 and RTTY decoders was this: that a ham receiver should be able to demodulate all commonly heard signals and display them on the front panel, without resorting to a computer. That was around 2005, though. Since that time many new data modes have been added that made this less practical, but RTTY and PSK31 are still in widespread use (you can hear them every day) and operating in these modes using the radio itself is still compelling for many of us. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > >> On Feb 6, 2023, at 8:22 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Wayne: >> >> Re: CW-To-Data Feature >> >> I'm glad you thought of it! It must have taken a while to get from concept to production. I would imagine that it's not that simple to add other data modes -- the foundation is there but my guess is that it would require more code crunching? >> >> Thanks for all. >> >> Tony -K2MO >> >> >> _._,_._,_ >> Groups.io Links: >> You receive all messages sent to this group. >> >> View/Reply Online (#74733) | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute This Topic | New Topic >> Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [[email protected]] >> _._,_._,_ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 delivered to [email protected] ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must be a subscriber to post. 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