Re: [Elecraft] Mac OS X and K3 Utility Opinions?
RUMlog does not need MySQL. It installs easily and works out of the box. As Tom is a K3 owner, I would expect to see more stuff coming up for the radio. It is already very nice to use with some simple little features that come in very handy. Like being able to disconnect and reconnect the K3 in runtime so you can fire up the K3 utility or something. Well worth looking at. 73 Ian -- Ian J Maude, G0VGS SysOp GB7MBC HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters Member RSGB, GQRP 9838, FISTS 14077 | K3 #455 http://www.amateurradiotraining.org On 1 May 2010 19:17, David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk wrote: I couldn't get MySQL to install either and gave up on RumLog - I have MLDX anyway and understand Aether is good now, but haven't tried it. Not sure about SkookumLogger yet, you can find it athttp:// web.me.com/wlmyers/K1GQ/SkookumLogger.html I got put off at the beginning because it needed a WinKeyer to key morse, but I should take a look sometime. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- Life is an eternal challenge, a variant on Maeterlinck's theme that the Bluebird of happiness is by the side of each and everyone of us, always within reach, yet, if pursued to catch and possess is beyond our grasp. - Donald Campbell, CBE. (1921-1967) On 1 May 2010, at 18:58, Peter Wollan wrote: I never got Rumlog running, because I had trouble installing MySQL -- I'm sure persistence would have overcome this, eventually. What's this Skookum Logger? Google doesn't find it. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Mac OS X and K3 Utility Opinions?
Yep, I meant RUMped too :-( And I remembered why I wasn't so keen on SkookumLogger - it doesn't support microHam devices (but so few do anyway), so I have to switch to my KUSB, not really a problem though. however, it is supposed to support a lot of contests, so I should look deeper. Have a friend just purchased Aether and he seems impressed, so I'll check with him on the confirmations bit. thanks 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. --John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) On 1 May 2010, at 20:33, Rick Prather wrote: David, As noted above, you don't need SQL to run RUMlog. Also, since Tom has added so many nice features for the K3 in RUMlog it is definitely something to check out. I also use MacLoggerDX and run it along side RUMlog. I have found no reason to run Aether. I can't imagine the use of a logger that won't keep track of confirmations and entities worked. Rick K6LE #3727 On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:17 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk wrote: I couldn't get MySQL to install either and gave up on RumLog - I have MLDX anyway and understand Aether is good now, but haven't tried it. Not sure about SkookumLogger yet, you can find it athttp://web.me.com/wlmyers/K1GQ/SkookumLogger.html I got put off at the beginning because it needed a WinKeyer to key morse, but I should take a look sometime. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Mac OS X and K3 Utility Opinions?
Strange, works here, I just clicked it, you email line didn't wrap did it and break the link? 73 de M0XDF -- Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. -Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BC) On 1 May 2010, at 23:32, Ross Primrose N4RP wrote: On 5/1/10 2:09 PM, John Merrill wrote: You probably mean Rumped that runs with mysql(which runs fine for me). Rumlog doesn't require mysql. Go here http://web.me.com/wlmyers/K1GQ/SkookumLogger.htmlfor SkookumLogger. That link gives a 404 not found error for me... __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] knobs
Perhaps to you, but maybe not for everyone else. ;-) 73 de James K2QI -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Pratt Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 1:57 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] knobs No! No! Not knobs again, please! The original knobs on the K1, KX1, K2 K3 are all aesthetically and ergonomically perfect. -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK -- __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Strange problem last night in my K3
Did you have some program like HRD running while the K3 was connected? I've noticed on a few occasions that HRD captures K3 control after some period of time, and no actuation of front panel buttons causes any action. I haven't noticed this in some time on my unit, but it may be worth investigating on your end. 73 de James K2QI -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ramiro Aceves Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:12 PM To: mzil...@verizon.net Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Strange problem last night in my K3 Matt Zilmer escribió: Sounds like you might've had LOCK engaged. Did you check that? thanks Matt, I checked that but I think LOCK was not engaged 73 Ramiro, EA4NZ matt W6NIA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] A few thoughts on the K3 as an AM SWBC receiver
Bill, Thanks for that website ... and wouldn't you know it ... of the dozens of languages, the one I wanted wasn't listed! For those of us trying to listen to broadcast using the Internet, http://www.radio-locator.com/ provides similar help. Not nearly as much fun as the K3. Guess I'll need to put the KBPF3 and AM filter on my wish list! Cheers, Alan Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40) 570-321-1516 http://WilcoxEngineering.com Williamsport, PA 17701 Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO wrote: I originally ordered my K3 a couple years ago with the general-coverage KBPF3 board, having the intention (When I Got a Round Tuit) to put up some kind of SWBC band resonator-optimized wire antenna. Well, I finally got around to it. And wow, what a SWBC DX receiver the K3 is! Here's a few things I've been discovering the past few days: First, the world of SW broadcasting has changed immensely since my salad days of SWLing in the 1960s. Used to be, when you heard a station you could identify as Radio China, for example, you could be highly confident that you were hearing a radio signal from China. Not so any more! Many countries now lease out powerful, strategically located short-wave broadcast transmitters/antennas to the highest bidder, with the program material sent directly to the transmitter site by satellite from the country of origin. Last night I was listening to Radio China International broadcasting in English to North America -- but from Spain, not from China. And I listened to Vatican Radio broadcasting to Africa in African-accented English -- but from Madagascar, not from Rome. The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) makes all this clear, after a fashion, but you have to look in three or four different places in the book to sort it all out for any given broadcast. (There are also many websites that are very useful in making sense of all this. See below for an example.) The K3 offers a lot of options for listening to AM broadcasts. Synchronous AM mode, which allows you to listen just to the upper or lower sideband (selectable using the SHIFT knob), is a huge benefit over conventional double-sideband envelope detection. But my favorite is still USB/LSB, because I can tailor the LO-CUT and HI-CUT on either sideband to get just the right selectivity for maximum intelligibility of the audio envelope. This is highly dependent on the announcer's voice characteristics, as well as on band conditions and interference sources. Setting VFO CRS to 5.0 kHz is also convenient, as the K3 remembers this setting for the SWBC band-mode combinations. I tune the standard 5 kHz SWBC channels with the RIT knob (VFO OFS=ON mode). If a station is off-frequency, I can use the main VFO A knob to tune it in. An amazing website I discovered for the SWL is http://www.short-wave.info. On this site, you can type in a frequency in kHz, click a button, and the site will report all SWBC stations currently on the air on that fequency (+/- 10 kHz), both in graphical map and tabular formats -- the map showing the radio information (actual transmitter locations and frequencies), the table showing the programming information (country of origin, language currently being broadcast, and program start and end time intervals). The database appears to be updated weekly. This is just WAY TOO COOL. :-) SWLing with the K3 is a whole different experience than with earlier-generation receivers. With the right adjustments, you can hear and actually understand a weak station 5 kHz up or down from a 40-over-9 monster station. Adjacent-channel QRM is now a thing of the past. If you haven't tried SWLing since you were a kid, you should get the KBPF3 board installed, if you don't already have it, and check this out. Too much fun. Bill W5WVO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] A few thoughts on the K3 as an AM SWBC receiver
Interesting post Bill, and thanks for the url. I also enjoy listening to SWBC. I don't have the K3 general coverage module nor the 6k filter. I listen to SWBC with my Radio Shack DX-394 receiver. I've thought about using the K3 for SWLing. I wonder how the K3 would perform compared to the DX-394? Also, I'm currently using a non-resonant dipole of about 200 ft in length. I switch this back and forth between the K3 (with internal ATU) and the DX-394 (kind of a pain). How does your dedicated SWL antenna differ? And lastly, do you use an antenna tuner with you K3 SWBC listening? Thanks and hope you don't mind the questions. chuck af4xk -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/A-few-thoughts-on-the-K3-as-an-AM-SWBC-receiver-tp4990061p4992917.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
One of the most used controls in my K3 is the CW speed. The most missed permanent information on the display is the speed too. This is because the ham politeness demands always to call somebody at his speed. It's easy to tell the other station's speed, but often I dont remember where I have set mine the last time. Then I have to touch the control to see the value, and to adjust it if needed. Not a big deal, but this lead me to an idea for Auto CW speed function. When turned ON, it would match the keyer speed to the received CW signal speed. In SEMI position, it would do the same not permanently, but on tapping the speed control knob. A shortcut from the wpm meter, already embeded in the text decoder, toward the internal keyer would add some artificial intellect to K3, and would contribute to more courtesy on the bands :). 73 Val LZ1VB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] knobs
Just like kids jacking up their cars, cutting holes in the hoods, and painting flames behind the wheels. THEY think it looks neat but later they can't even give the goofy looking thing away. I like my tuning knob to spin too so I just built it not touching the felt. I scan with my finger or thumb just touching the face of the knob, not in the dimple, they don't work for me. Works just fine. Does not need to be heavier, bigger, shiny, lighted, flashing, heated, pink, or polka-dot. 73, de Jim KG0KP - Original Message - From: David Pratt da...@g4dmp.fsnet.co.uk To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] knobs No! No! Not knobs again, please! The original knobs on the K1, KX1, K2 K3 are all aesthetically and ergonomically perfect. In a recent message, eric manning eric.mann...@engr.uvic.ca wrote ... I put the knob from my defunct ICOM 740 on my K2. Very nice in every way altho it hides one of the little ^ symbols on the display. -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK -- __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] knobs
Tastes vary, the subject is to do with Elecraft products and we have a delete keys. In time the thread will terminate. 73 Doug EI2CN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2/Indiana QSO Party
WOW! I used my K2 for the first time in the Indiana QSO party. I got it too late for last years event. My K2 is QRP only and it performed GREAT! I know it has been said but everything works so well in it. Noise blanker, Audio Filter, and Auto tuner, along with the stock stuff. I have my personal highest claimed score this year even with band conditions pretty down last night thanks to a FANTASTIC receiver. My only issue/glitch was on SSB the screen read High Current (I think that is the wording) once in awhile. Does that mean I have my gain set too high? Or do I have some small problem? No complaints though. I just want to share my JOY! Ivin W9ILF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] knobs
Can't come soon enough...[?] 73's Gary On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Doug Turnbull turnb...@net1.ie wrote: Tastes vary, the subject is to do with Elecraft products and we have a delete keys. In time the thread will terminate. 73 Doug EI2CN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
Now this is a feature I'd support too Over the years I've gotten reasonably good at guessing speeds, but I still tend to overestimate this. I was working some of the stations in the 7QP contest last night with my K3 and RUMLog and on several occasions estimated their speed at around 30wpm. But when I adjusted the keyer to their speed it was closer to 25wpm. It'd be pretty cool if the rig had the option to figure out the character speed and be able to adjust the keyer accordingly. Tho if the sending station is using Farnsworth weighting, you might still want to do this manually As for a permanent display of keying speed, yeah I can see how the lack of real estate on the display is a problem here. But I'd support that too (tho RUMLog for example always displays the keyer speed in the keyer dialog) 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-QSK-thumps-tp4992064p4993362.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/Indiana QSO Party
that little RX is really something especially on a crowded band, isn't it? The HI CUR reading is probably just because the default setting for when this comes in is kind of low. My K2 seems to draw the most current on 15M for some reason and I was always getting the warning when I turned up the power on that band. I just set mine a bit higher and that got rid of it. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-Indiana-QSO-Party-tp4993130p4993374.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
If this feature existed I think I would still choose to set my speed manually. Changing keyer speed by large amounts is always something that takes me a few moments to get used to. For example, if I hear a guy CQ'ing at 15 wpm and I am operating at 25 wpm, if I were to immediately go to 15 wpm I would be making lots of mistakes, such as dropping out dots and dashes which is my usual mistake for such a move. 73, phil, K7PEH On May 2, 2010, at 8:54 AM, lstavenhagen wrote: Now this is a feature I'd support too Over the years I've gotten reasonably good at guessing speeds, but I still tend to overestimate this. I was working some of the stations in the 7QP contest last night with my K3 and RUMLog and on several occasions estimated their speed at around 30wpm. But when I adjusted the keyer to their speed it was closer to 25wpm. It'd be pretty cool if the rig had the option to figure out the character speed and be able to adjust the keyer accordingly. Tho if the sending station is using Farnsworth weighting, you might still want to do this manually As for a permanent display of keying speed, yeah I can see how the lack of real estate on the display is a problem here. But I'd support that too (tho RUMLog for example always displays the keyer speed in the keyer dialog) 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-QSK-thumps-tp4992064p4993362.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
... and the next step would be that the K3 is looking automatically for cw qsos in the speed you choose ? IMHO, there are some other things to improve in the K3, for example increasing the possible max cw speed from 50 to at least 60 wpm or more. Martin DK4XL -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-QSK-thumps-tp4992064p4993361.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
Of absolutely no interest to me. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
One of the most used controls in my K3 is the CW speed. The most missed permanent information on the display is the speed too. Me too! Phil - AD5X It's easy to tell the other station's speed, but often I dont remember where I have set mine the last time. Then I have to touch the control to see the value, and to adjust it if needed. Again - me too! Phil - AD5X Not a big deal, but this lead me to an idea for Auto CW speed function. When turned ON, it would match the keyer speed to the received CW signal speed. In SEMI position, it would do the same not permanently, but on tapping the speed control knob. I think this is a good idea. Phil - AD5X __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
Ah, very good point when using paddles I do this too. Tho I just always make mistakes with the paddles anyway hi hi. But if you're using a keyboard, I can see how it could be useful. Oh well, not something I'll get rid of my K3 for if it's never implemented but seems like it could be neat to have. Finally got my Macbook Pro back from the repair shop. And it's way quieter in terms of RFI/EMI than my Macbook so I'm likely not going to be using paddles very much in any event 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-QSK-thumps-tp4992064p4993491.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] A few thoughts on the K3 as an AM SWBC receiver
Chuck, The antenna I'm using is the Alpha-Delta DX-SWL sloper. It is 60 ft long and has two strategically placed resonators (coils) which cause it to be resonant in or near the SWBC bands down to 90 meters. Because our ham bands tend to be right next door to SWBC bands (40/41 meters, 30/31 meters, 20/19 meters 15/16 meters, etc.), it's also easy to load it up using the K3's KAT3 unit, and I use it to work 30 meters CW mostly. Also loads up on all other HF ham bands except for 160. The KAT3 is a recent addition to my K3, and it's a wonderful little autotuner. The DX-SWL isn't a real efficient ham transmitting antenna for these bands, but it does load. My primary ham interest is 6 meters and I have stacked yagis on that band, so this little wire antenna is mostly for SW listening -- but it does work as a TX antenna, and seems to work best on 30/40 meters. When using it for SWBC listening, I either put the KAT3 in BYPASS mode, or just leave it tuned up on the closest ham band. I see no difference in signal strength either way. There is, to the best of my knowledge, no way to tune the KAT3 outside the ham bands. If there is a way, maybe somebody would like to share that. :-) Bill W5WVO -- From: callen1155 callen1...@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 7:14 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] A few thoughts on the K3 as an AM SWBC receiver Interesting post Bill, and thanks for the url. I also enjoy listening to SWBC. I don't have the K3 general coverage module nor the 6k filter. I listen to SWBC with my Radio Shack DX-394 receiver. I've thought about using the K3 for SWLing. I wonder how the K3 would perform compared to the DX-394? Also, I'm currently using a non-resonant dipole of about 200 ft in length. I switch this back and forth between the K3 (with internal ATU) and the DX-394 (kind of a pain). How does your dedicated SWL antenna differ? And lastly, do you use an antenna tuner with you K3 SWBC listening? Thanks and hope you don't mind the questions. chuck af4xk -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/A-few-thoughts-on-the-K3-as-an-AM-SWBC-receiver-tp4990061p4992917.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
I can see how a display would be nice, but with the busy LCD that is not easily modified I don't know where they would put it. I don't see how auto speed would be possible unless you always worked strong signals and never try to dig one out of the QRM. Personally I use Bugs and Straight Keys most of the time and prefer my WinKeyer to the one in the K3. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ From: Val v...@vip.bg To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sun, May 2, 2010 8:38:45 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed One of the most used controls in my K3 is the CW speed. The most missed permanent information on the display is the speed too. This is because the ham politeness demands always to call somebody at his speed. It's easy to tell the other station's speed, but often I dont remember where I have set mine the last time. Then I have to touch the control to see the value, and to adjust it if needed. Not a big deal, but this lead me to an idea for Auto CW speed function. When turned ON, it would match the keyer speed to the received CW signal speed. In SEMI position, it would do the same not permanently, but on tapping the speed control knob. A shortcut from the wpm meter, already embeded in the text decoder, toward the internal keyer would add some artificial intellect to K3, and would contribute to more courtesy on the bands :). 73 Val LZ1VB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] knobs
Some threads should be labeled Zombie Threads You just can't kill 'em.. Rick K6LE On 5/2/2010, at 8:37 , Gary Gregory wrote: Can't come soon enough...[?] 73's Gary On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Doug Turnbull turnb...@net1.ie wrote: Tastes vary, the subject is to do with Elecraft products and we have a delete keys. In time the thread will terminate. 73 Doug EI2CN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] A few thoughts on the K3 as an AM SWBC receiver
Thanks for the reply Bill. I also have the KAT3 auto tuner. I have read about SWL listeners using antenna tuners but I'm unclear as to what it buys you... just fishing for info. I'd be interested to know if others on the forum use their K3 for SWLing and their experience/opinion of the K3 in that capacity?? thanks again. chuck -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/A-few-thoughts-on-the-K3-as-an-AM-SWBC-receiver-tp4990061p4993543.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
Since you use cocoaModem, one work around for this is use it to copy the CW. I sometimes do that for a backup and it will display the incoming CW speed. Rick K6LE On 5/2/2010, at 8:54 , lstavenhagen wrote: Now this is a feature I'd support too Over the years I've gotten reasonably good at guessing speeds, but I still tend to overestimate this. I was working some of the stations in the 7QP contest last night with my K3 and RUMLog and on several occasions estimated their speed at around 30wpm. But when I adjusted the keyer to their speed it was closer to 25wpm. It'd be pretty cool if the rig had the option to figure out the character speed and be able to adjust the keyer accordingly. Tho if the sending station is using Farnsworth weighting, you might still want to do this manually As for a permanent display of keying speed, yeah I can see how the lack of real estate on the display is a problem here. But I'd support that too (tho RUMLog for example always displays the keyer speed in the keyer dialog) 73, LS W5QD -- __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
The K3 CAN display the incoming cw speed , it's in the CWT text reading menu. you can have it up all the time. Turning the knob to set your speed isn't that hard once you know where you should be. I don't belive there's a need for auto setting on this. Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 08:54:20 -0700 From: lstavenha...@hotmail.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed Now this is a feature I'd support too Over the years I've gotten reasonably good at guessing speeds, but I still tend to overestimate this. I was working some of the stations in the 7QP contest last night with my K3 and RUMLog and on several occasions estimated their speed at around 30wpm. But when I adjusted the keyer to their speed it was closer to 25wpm. It'd be pretty cool if the rig had the option to figure out the character speed and be able to adjust the keyer accordingly. Tho if the sending station is using Farnsworth weighting, you might still want to do this manually As for a permanent display of keying speed, yeah I can see how the lack of real estate on the display is a problem here. But I'd support that too (tho RUMLog for example always displays the keyer speed in the keyer dialog) 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-QSK-thumps-tp4992064p4993362.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
On May 2, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Rick Prather wrote: I sometimes do that [using cocoaModem] for a backup and it will display the incoming CW speed. Should probably qualify it with roughly the incoming CW speed when the SNR is good, and the guy sending the Morse is not afflicted by some weird swing :-) :-) That said, it is definitely much easier for a machine to guess the Morse speed than for it to guess what characters were sent. HI. 73 Chen, W7AY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
Yes, I never use the cocoaModem display for setting speed. Just mentioned it as a workaround if someone feels they need it. I usually am able to guesstimate the speed close enough to get a QSO going and can trim from there. About the only time I use the display in ccM is when I want to get an idea how fast some smoking dude is going. Rick K6LE On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Kok Chen c...@mac.com wrote: On May 2, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Rick Prather wrote: I sometimes do that [using cocoaModem] for a backup and it will display the incoming CW speed. Should probably qualify it with roughly the incoming CW speed when the SNR is good, and the guy sending the Morse is not afflicted by some weird swing :-) :-) That said, it is definitely much easier for a machine to guess the Morse speed than for it to guess what characters were sent. HI. 73 Chen, W7AY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 RS-232 Interface
I've read the KIO2 operating instruction for use with the K2 but I am not clear on the following: Does the K2 put out VFOA frequency information on the pin 2 TXD and pin3 RXD lines continuously? Does it need to be polled to obtain this info? I want to use it with a Steppir interface that works perfectly with the K3!! Thanks for any responses, 73 Elliott WA6TLA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K3] Bad COM port made K3 not work
I arrived at a friend's station for the 7th area QSO party at the crack of dark yesterday morning and they were pulling hairs out over a misbehaving K3. F/W V3.79. None of them knew the K3, whose owner hadn't arrived yet. It had been working fine the previous evening as they were prepping for the contest. It would power up but as soon as you hit any button it would send a continuous side tone. I don't know if it was actually transmitting but the user interface would become mostly non responsive. You could turn it off with the power button and that was about it. There was no ERR KEY or ERR PTT display, so it doesn't seem like it was just a problem with the radio keying up. We were using VOX and not the COM port for PTT, but I forget if VOX was on. We couldn't have turned if off if it had been. There was one of the ERR BP# codes showing because the CONFIG menu wrongly had the KPBF3 installed. I don't know how that happened but I suspect someone got into the CONFIG menu and did that by mistake. Likely that's an unrelated fact. Also, this was a real COM port, not a USB adapter. There wasn't any radio control software running on the PC, although N1MM had been running OK with the K3 earlier. The Yaesu guy in the crowd loudly gloated that this was yet more evidence that the K3 is a flaky radio. I tried to ignore him while I worked on it. I unplugged it from its COM port and suddenly the radio was fine. Something with the port was seriously disrupting the radio firmware. We proceeded to use a different port. No problem now, just a war story and something rather odd that I don't think I've heard before. I'd be interested if anyone had a clue what might have caused it. Details are sketchy and/or missing because I was doing this under pressure to get up and running in the contest, with a Yaesu guy yelling in my ear. 73, Carl WS7L K3 #486 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Bad COM port made K3 not work
caused it. Details are sketchy and/or missing because I was doing this under pressure to get up and running in the contest, with a Yaesu guy yelling in my ear. Them darn Yaesu guys really hang in an exclusive group. You should have asked him if you could join his little click. :-) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] P3 Questions concerning measurement
Hi all. While waiting for the P3 I have a few questions on setup and measurement. Since I have never used LP pan or similar devices I'll need some Elmering. Specifically there are two capabilities listed in the Elecraft P3 page that I need help on: 1. Adjustable reference level and amplitude range scaling 2. User calibration of the display to show absolute signal level in dBm Number 1 suggests two parts. It has an adjustable reference level. Question: WRT what reference: 0 dBm, the bottom of the spectrum display baseline or some particular value? The other part adds amplitude range scaling. Is this a separate function or is part 2 the conclusion of the process? My second question concerns the use of the absolute signal level in dBm. If I am assisting a Ham friend in adjusting his signal, will this capability allow me to evaluate such things as his BW and compression? I know that I can do that now by ear but will the P3 give me a visual clue WRT onset of changes over-the-air? I have an HP Spectrum Analyzer that I have used to check my own K3 on- the-bench. So the phrase over-the-air is the big question. These questions do not pertain to the main reason I am looking forward to the P3 (I.e. operating) but rather to the other useful possibilities. I appreciate the group's Elmering. 73, Fred, AE6IC, K3 #2241, P3 #? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Help needed on K2/100
Hi... The PTT feature quite working on my K2/100. I've checked the circuit up to U1 on the SSB Adapter and it appears OK. In receive, pin 6 has approximately 6 volts on it and with PTT activated on the microphone, it drops to zero. However, no relays click and no RF out appears in the display. The rig continues to receive any signal it is tuned to but I can hear my own audio over that signal if I talk into the Mic. So, I conclude the SSB Adapter is processing the audio signal from the mic, but where do I check next to see why it isn't triggering the transmitter? Any ideas appreciated. BTW, Tune works fine with output matching whatever level the display is showing. Ron W0LPZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Help needed on K2/100
Is is possible the output power is set to zero? Is the rig set to CW-TEST mode? Mark AD5SS On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:21 PM, RONALD R FREEMAN rfreema...@msn.com wrote: Hi... The PTT feature quite working on my K2/100. I've checked the circuit up to U1 on the SSB Adapter and it appears OK. In receive, pin 6 has approximately 6 volts on it and with PTT activated on the microphone, it drops to zero. However, no relays click and no RF out appears in the display. The rig continues to receive any signal it is tuned to but I can hear my own audio over that signal if I talk into the Mic. So, I conclude the SSB Adapter is processing the audio signal from the mic, but where do I check next to see why it isn't triggering the transmitter? Any ideas appreciated. BTW, Tune works fine with output matching whatever level the display is showing. Ron W0LPZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Help needed on K2/100
Ron, Because you can hear your own audio when you talk into the mic, I suspect that you could have the K2 menu set to SSBA bAL - it will do exactly that with the menu setting, it feeds part of the signal back into the receiver. It is usually used for nulling the carrier balance. Also check to see if the display L or U is blinking - if so, you have inadvertently set the K2 to VOX - Hold the VOX button several times until you see Ptt in the display. If neither of those conditions exist, then please tell us and ask again. 73, Don W3FPR RONALD R FREEMAN wrote: Hi... The PTT feature quite working on my K2/100. I've checked the circuit up to U1 on the SSB Adapter and it appears OK. In receive, pin 6 has approximately 6 volts on it and with PTT activated on the microphone, it drops to zero. However, no relays click and no RF out appears in the display. The rig continues to receive any signal it is tuned to but I can hear my own audio over that signal if I talk into the Mic. So, I conclude the SSB Adapter is processing the audio signal from the mic, but where do I check next to see why it isn't triggering the transmitter? Any ideas appreciated. BTW, Tune works fine with output matching whatever level the display is showing. Ron W0LPZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 PTT problem
Hi Don: The SSBA is set to 3 and not to BAL. Good hint and I had to go check it. The VOX is set to PTT. I've tried all the options there. I still feel it is something stupid I did in the menu, but I sure can't find it!!! 73's Ron __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
...this lead me to an idea for Auto CW speed function. When turned ON, it would match the keyer speed to the received CW signal speed... Go get him, Joe... VE7XF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] ECN/20 relay requester?
During the 20 meter Elecraft Net I was being QRMed by someone asking for a relay. No call sign or I could have checked him in. Whoever you are you were 579 to me. All you really needed to do was stop sending on top of my calls so I could hear you better. Plus sending your call would have facilitated my checking you in. I don't think anyone else heard you except me. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 PTT problem
OK Ron, Now we get a bit more complicated, the easy stuff is out of the way. Go to CW mode and see if you can key the K2 with the mike PTT button. Depending on how you have the INP menu set you may get either a string of dots or a long key-down. If that works, the problem is not with the base K2 firmware, but might be with the KSB2 (if that test above does not work OK, then you have a bad input on the K2 firmware chip - U6 pin 30. If and only if the above checked OK, then switch to SSB mode and hold the PTT Button in while checking KSB2 U1 pin 26 to see if it goes to a high level (it should) Also check U1 pin 15 which should also go high during PTT. (A high level is greater than 4 volts, but will likely be about 6). Also make certain the OP1 filter is selected for SSB receive and check KSB2 U1 pin 21 - it should be high during receive and drop to close to zero during transmit (or PTT depressed). If all check OK, then the KSB2 firmware chip is getting the proper inputs and doing its proper function for PTT and SSB transmit and receive, so if that is the case, we will have to look for something more obscure. If all those checks on the KSB2 board do not work out, then plan to replace the KSB2 firmware chip. 73, Don W3FPR RONALD R FREEMAN wrote: Hi Don: The SSBA is set to 3 and not to BAL. Good hint and I had to go check it. The VOX is set to PTT. I've tried all the options there. I still feel it is something stupid I did in the menu, but I sure can't find it!!! 73's Ron __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Bad COM port made K3 not work
W8JI wrote: caused it. Details are sketchy and/or missing because I was doing this under pressure to get up and running in the contest, with a Yaesu guy yelling in my ear. Them darn Yaesu guys really hang in an exclusive group. You should have asked him if you could join his little click. :-) ROFL Tom! For any who missed it...click = clique and is a wordplay on Yaesu's 15 year history of key clicks (FT-1000D thru Mark V). 73, Bill -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Bad-COM-port-made-K3-not-work-tp4993938p4994772.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] P3 Questions concerning measurement
Hi Fred, The amplitude scale on the P3 shows the signal level in dBm at the K3's antenna connector. As the K3 attenuator and preamp are turned on or off, the P3 automatically adjusts its internal gain so the display always reads the correct signal level. The reference level and scale can be adjusted from the P3 front panel. Reference level is the level in dBm at the bottom of the display. Scale is the difference in dB between the top and bottom of the display. So, for example, if the REF LVL is -120 dBm and the SCALE is 80 dB, then signal levels between -40 dBm and -120 dBm can be seen. One complicating factor is that the P3 automatically adjusts its DSP sample rate proportional to the frequency span. As a consequence, the noise level drops as you narrow the span. (That works both for thermal noise and band noise coming in the antenna.) There is a MENU option to have the REF LVL change automatically as you vary the span to keep the noise level at the same point on the display. In this way you always get the best possible dynamic range. On my to-do list is to add a calibration routine, similar to the S-meter calibration in the K3. The signal level at the K3's IF output connector changes somewhat from band to band and from unit to unit. The accuracy should be plenty good enough for giving signal reports on the air, but for those who want to do more accurate measurements it would be nice to be able to calibrate it. Even without calibration, the RELATIVE amplitude accuracy is excellent, limited only by the display resolution. So if you tell Alex that his signal is 7 dB weaker than Monica's, he will have no grounds for argument. :=) 73, Alan N1AL On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 13:12 -0700, Fred Atchley wrote: Hi all. While waiting for the P3 I have a few questions on setup and measurement. Since I have never used LP pan or similar devices I’ll need some Elmering. Specifically there are two capabilities listed in the Elecraft P3 page that I need help on: 1. Adjustable reference level and amplitude range scaling 2. User calibration of the display to show absolute signal level in dBm Number 1 suggests two parts. It has an “adjustable reference level”. Question: WRT what reference: 0 dBm, the bottom of the spectrum display baseline or some particular value? The other part adds “amplitude range scaling”. Is this a separate function or is part 2 the conclusion of the process? My second question concerns the use of the absolute signal level in dBm. If I am assisting a Ham friend in adjusting his signal, will this capability allow me to evaluate such things as his BW and compression? I know that I can do that now by ear but will the P3 give me a visual clue WRT onset of changes over-the-air? I have an HP Spectrum Analyzer that I have used to check my own K3 on- the-bench. So the phrase “over-the-air” is the big question. These questions do not pertain to the main reason I am looking forward to the P3 (I.e. operating) but rather to the “other” useful possibilities. I appreciate the group’s Elmering. 73, Fred, AE6IC, K3 #2241, P3 #? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Auto CW Speed
I see more use for the CW/CW-Rev config option than I do for Auto CW Speed. In fact, auto CW speed is of no use at all here. 73, Dave N8AG __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 2nd 3rd, 2010
Good Evening, Both bands had QSB and some noise. I was hearing you all much better than most of you were hearing me. I had one station calling for a relay who was very good copy. Too bad he did not send his call sign while I was not calling. As I mentioned last week my database crashed. The blanks in the reports will gradually be filled in as I rebuild from an old backup. None of the monthly back ups survived until I got back to March of 2008. I dug around the house and found all the paper documents from then until now. All I need to do is build the system again and reinsert all the data for all the nets over the past two years. I am not sure how long that will take so the numbers won't be right until it is done. On to the lists = On 14050 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 KL7QOW - Mike - AK - K? AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 On 7045 kHz at z: K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K? N0TA - John - CO - K3 NO8V - John - MI - K3 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 If you had your rig before two years ago and checked into the nets then I have your current data. If not then I will find it and insert it over time. I do not know how long it will take until I have everything back again but bear with me. It will get done. The hard drive is gradually eating itself so I am now working on a spare computer. I need to buy a hard drive tomorrow so I can Ghost everything which survived onto a new one. Then I reformat this one and see if it is worth using it somewhere else. Only days before the crash I thought of making a copy on another computer but something came up. Now I can repent in leisure ;) Currently the wind is blowing pretty well and the forecast is for 40 to 50 mph winds tomorrow. Only the dead, hanging branches are of any concern because the wind storms routinely clear out any weak ones. Now to continue banging away at the keyboard to recreate what I lost. When I scanned the drive there were no orphan files to recover. For some reason the simple act of opening Star Office overwrote the file. I have no idea how that happened. The routine backups getting zapped is also surprising. But since I have a network future backups will be distributed to at least two other computers. Two years of data is too painful to recreate on a regular basis. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
