Re: [Elecraft] P3 suggestions
Feature 1 is something that is being actively talked about with P3 field testers... Feature 2 already happens with the latest P3 firmware the reference level is remembered per band. As for feature 3 you may be able to get by with what you want using the peak hold feature. The freeze feature is almost what you want but you can't move markers while in that mode. ~Brett (N7MG) On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:06 -0700, Andy Faber wrote: Hi Al, I finally built my own P3 yesterday (#152) and it seems to work great. I'd like to revive three suggestions that I think I made earlier after using a prototype at P49Y in WPX CW. These are all based on features of the Icom 756 Pro 2 bandscope, that I think are desirable: 1) Can a FN key be set to go to a preset span? It would be very nice to be able to do so, instead of having to fiddle with the span knob each time you want to look wide or narrow. How about allowing a cycling among several preset spans? 2) When one changes bands, it would be nice if the P3 automatically set its reference level, so it didn't need manual adjustment. 3) The Pro has a hold feature that freezes the display to allow you to move the marker to a signal that may have disappeared. I realize to some extent the waterfall display allows that also, but it would be nice to be able to do so with the spectrum display also. As before, congratulations to you and Elecraft on a fine piece of gear! 73, Andy, AE6Y __ 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] TX Gain Calibration Error?
Hi everyone, I am attempting to do a TX Gain Calibration and every time that I have attempted it so far, I get the following response from the K3 Utility. Starting 5 watt calibration Calibrating at 1.900 MHz Calibration power settled at 13.5 V ; Elapsed time: 12 seconds Tx Gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the expected value 5 watt calibration failed I get the same error if I bypass the 5 watt test and go straight to the 50Watt test. I have tried it with the radio running on a battery and with a regulated power supply. I am using the latest version of the K3 utility. Any idea's? Jeff Cochrane VK4BOF East Innisfail QLD Australia __ 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] TX Gain Calibration Error?
Problem Solved! I had to do a hard reset of the K3. (Power on whilst holding the NORMAL button) and then reloaded my saved configuration. I was then able to go through the whole TX Gain calibration procedure. Ain't it marvelous what you can do when you read a book! :) Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF wrote: Hi everyone, I am attempting to do a TX Gain Calibration and every time that I have attempted it so far, I get the following response from the K3 Utility. Starting 5 watt calibration Calibrating at 1.900 MHz Calibration power settled at 13.5 V ; Elapsed time: 12 seconds Tx Gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the expected value 5 watt calibration failed I get the same error if I bypass the 5 watt test and go straight to the 50Watt test. I have tried it with the radio running on a battery and with a regulated power supply. I am using the latest version of the K3 utility. Any idea's? Jeff Cochrane VK4BOF East Innisfail QLD Australia __ 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 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/TX-Gain-Calibration-Error-tp5549584p5549702.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] TX Gain Calibration Error?
I've not seen this, but your VFO B area is probably showing power supply voltage when a power level is expected. Can you save your configuration with the K3 Utility, then perform parameter initialization (EE INIT) then restore configuration? EE INIT is described in the K3 Owners manual. Dick, K6KR Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2010, at 1:50 AM, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF vk4bof.elecr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I am attempting to do a TX Gain Calibration and every time that I have attempted it so far, I get the following response from the K3 Utility. Starting 5 watt calibration Calibrating at 1.900 MHz Calibration power settled at 13.5 V ; Elapsed time: 12 seconds Tx Gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the expected value 5 watt calibration failed I get the same error if I bypass the 5 watt test and go straight to the 50Watt test. I have tried it with the radio running on a battery and with a regulated power supply. I am using the latest version of the K3 utility. Any idea's? Jeff Cochrane VK4BOF East Innisfail QLD Australia __ 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] TX Gain Calibration Error?
Thanks Dick, Thats exactly what I did do, EE INIT followed by restoring my configuration. All seems to be fine now. Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF Innisfail, QLD, Australia Elecraft K3# 4257 - Original Message - From: Dick Dievendorff To: Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TX Gain Calibration Error? I've not seen this, but your VFO B area is probably showing power supply voltage when a power level is expected. Can you save your configuration with the K3 Utility, then perform parameter initialization (EE INIT) then restore configuration? EE INIT is described in the K3 Owners manual. Dick, K6KR Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2010, at 1:50 AM, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF vk4bof.elecr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I am attempting to do a TX Gain Calibration and every time that I have attempted it so far, I get the following response from the K3 Utility. Starting 5 watt calibration Calibrating at 1.900 MHz Calibration power settled at 13.5 V ; Elapsed time: 12 seconds Tx Gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the expected value 5 watt calibration failed I get the same error if I bypass the 5 watt test and go straight to the 50Watt test. I have tried it with the radio running on a battery and with a regulated power supply. I am using the latest version of the K3 utility. Any idea's? Jeff Cochrane VK4BOF East Innisfail QLD Australia __ 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] P3 firmware 0.36 experiences?
I'm considering installing the 0.36 P3 firmware, but am not in the habit of using beta versions of the K3 firmware, which is required for total support of 0.36. I do not use HRD or have any other known response/latency issues. Also no immediate plans to use the function key implementation of QSY tap/hold. Release notes indicate that these are the main improvements in 0.36. My question for folks who have tried it is: Are there any other benefits of 0.36 that I would notice or enjoy? Thanks and 73Craig AC0DS __ 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] CW keyer issues
For many years, I've used the Island keyer II (in CMOS Superkeyer III emulation mode), the CMOS Superkeyer III, and prior to that the VVF Accu-keyer. I find with the K3 keyer, I tend to miss trailing dits, particularly with iambic character like C, presumably due to differences in timing, such as the dot memory. I guess the solution is going back to my external keyer. Wonder if many others have had this experience? Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Lakewood, CO __ 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] CW keyer issues
I find with the K3 keyer, I tend to miss trailing dits, particularly with iambic character like C, presumably due to differences in timing Have you tried both Iambic A and Iambic B settings on the K3, via the configuration menu? __ 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, KAT2 and P6
I'm slowly working my way through the assembly of my K2 (serial no. 6905) and got to page 74, Other Option Component Installation (optional) near the bottom of this page. It says: If you have the KAT2 (ATU) [which I have] ... install 2-pin connector P6. Use the option manual's instructions. Well I've looked through the KAT2 manual for info about P6 but not found any reference. I did a Find: P6 search on the KAT2 pdf manual: nothing. So... what does this P6 look like and which way should it be installed? Presumably it's in the KAT2 bag of bits somewhere. I must be overlooking something obvious, as a search in the list archive did not reveal anyone else asking this question. Thanks and regards, Ian, G4JQT __ 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 firmware 0.36 experiences?
You didn't mention which version you are using? My P3 originally had version 0.33 I upgraded to 0.36 because it asl included these 2 items found in version: MCU 00.34 / 8/24/2010 * Eliminates rare screen freeze after transmit. * The amplifier relay clicks less often. I had had an occasional screen freeze after transmit. After the upgrade to 0.36 I no longer have the problem. GB 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan On 9/20/2010 8:44 AM, Craig D. Smith wrote: I'm considering installing the 0.36 P3 firmware, but am not in the habit of using beta versions of the K3 firmware, which is required for total support of 0.36. I do not use HRD or have any other known response/latency issues. Also no immediate plans to use the function key implementation of QSY tap/hold. Release notes indicate that these are the main improvements in 0.36. My question for folks who have tried it is: Are there any other benefits of 0.36 that I would notice or enjoy? Thanks and 73Craig AC0DS __ 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] K2, KAT2 and P6
KAT2 manual. page 15, third checkbox from the top: Install and solder the 2-pin male connector at P6 on the K2 RF board, as shown by its outline on the right-hand edge. (P6 is labeled AUX RF. Do not confuse P6 with P3, which is labeled AUX 12V.) P6 must be oriented so that its plastic polarizing tab is towards the front panel of the K2. It's in the KAT2 parts list as RF-P6. Here's a picture of the connector from the Digikey site: http://media.digikey.com/photos/Molex/26-61-4020.jpg?cshift_ck=nullclient_id=5042 73 -- Joe KB8AP On Sep 20, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Ian Liston-Smith wrote: ... Well I've looked through the KAT2 manual for info about P6 but not found any reference. I did a Find: P6 search on the KAT2 pdf manual: nothing. So... what does this P6 look like and which way should it be installed? Presumably it's in the KAT2 bag of bits somewhere. ... Thanks and regards, Ian, G4JQT __ 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] CW keyer issues
In answer to your last two comments, yes and yes. Although I passed a 20 wpm test in front of an FCC examiner, I'll confess to not being much of a CW op. Nevertheless, with my TS-870 and its built-in Accukeyer I send nearly flawless CW. With the K3---well if I haven't programmed the message with the utility, I don't send it. I suppose it's me, but I thought the object of electronic keyers was to improve sending, not make it worse. So I have what is arguably the finest CW rig around and what do I do with it? I took up RTTY. Overly harsh? Perhaps, but it seems like this is something that could be fixed in software. That's the point of SDR, right? Wes N M S W S.N 7 W S --- On Mon, 9/20/10, Barry w...@comcast.net wrote: For many years, I've used the Island keyer II (in CMOS Superkeyer III emulation mode), the CMOS Superkeyer III, and prior to that the VVF Accu-keyer. I find with the K3 keyer, I tend to miss trailing dits, particularly with iambic character like C, presumably due to differences in timing, such as the dot memory. I guess the solution is going back to my external keyer. Wonder if many others have had this experience? Barry W2UP -- __ 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 firmware 0.36 experiences?
I'm using 0.36, and like you have no need to use the function key implementation of QSY tap/hold. However, I do run LP-Pan/PowerSDR concurrently with the P3 at times and the 0.36 serial port changes have eliminated some problems I was experiencing in that case. But beyond that, nothing else noticed or enjoyed. Here's another un-original idea: how about static band edge markers on the P3? These would be vertical red lines on the spectrum display to demarcate the ham bands. I like having these in the PowerSDR display when hopping around the band, to have a rough idea of my position relative to the bottom of the CW band. Sure, there is a numerical readout of cursor position, but panadaptor tuning is supposed to be an unabashedly visual experience, right? At present I use the VFO B marker for this purpose, parking it at the lower band edge. This is particularly useful when CENTER has been held and I'm surveying the band by changing the center frequency using the QSY knob. Bob NW8L On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Craig D. Smith cr...@powersmith.net wrote: I'm considering installing the 0.36 P3 firmware, but am not in the habit of using beta versions of the K3 firmware, which is required for total support of 0.36. I do not use HRD or have any other known response/latency issues. Also no immediate plans to use the function key implementation of QSY tap/hold. Release notes indicate that these are the main improvements in 0.36. My question for folks who have tried it is: Are there any other benefits of 0.36 that I would notice or enjoy? Thanks and 73 Craig AC0DS __ 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, KAT2 and P6
P6 should be included with your KAT2 parts. It is listed as RF-P6 in the KAT2 manual and gets installed in the AUX-RF location on the RF board of the K2. It will look similar to the picture in this Digi-key data sheet: http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/351741-conn-header-2pos-156-vert-gold-26-61-4020.html Bob, N7XY . On Sep 20, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Ian Liston-Smith wrote: I'm slowly working my way through the assembly of my K2 (serial no. 6905) and got to page 74, Other Option Component Installation (optional) near the bottom of this page. It says: If you have the KAT2 (ATU) [which I have] ... install 2-pin connector P6. Use the option manual's instructions. Well I've looked through the KAT2 manual for info about P6 but not found any reference. I did a Find: P6 search on the KAT2 pdf manual: nothing. So... what does this P6 look like and which way should it be installed? Presumably it's in the KAT2 bag of bits somewhere. I must be overlooking something obvious, as a search in the list archive did not reveal anyone else asking this question. Thanks and regards, Ian, G4JQT __ 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] P3 firmware 0.36 experiences?
Bob, I like your idea of static band edges, but would like to add for Elecraft consideration, band edges settable by our license class so we can remember our own band edges assigned on some bands!! Would solve this old guy having to look constantly at a current frequency list to see if I can operate there, hi. 73, Don, WB5HAK __ 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, KAT2? and P6
See page 2 of the parts list in the K2 manual for a picture of P6. Then go to appendix F (Parts placement drawing, top) There you will see how it is to be installed. Your going to love this rig and the auto tuner really works great. Geo/W2BPI __ 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 firmware 0.36 experiences?
From another old Geezer... The solution to the band edge problem is to upgrade to Extra Class...just think of all those extra Hertzls! John Ragle -- W1ZI = On 9/20/2010 11:11 AM, Don Cunningham wrote: Bob, I like your idea of static band edges, but would like to add for Elecraft consideration, band edges settable by our license class so we can remember our own band edges assigned on some bands!! Would solve this old guy having to look constantly at a current frequency list to see if I can operate there, hi. 73, Don, WB5HAK __ 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 firmware 0.36 experiences?
I know, John, but I'm just a stubborn old geezer, and my mind wants to believe that my Advanced class license just reassures me that I had to take a real exam, with schematics, to get it, hi. Truth more likely is that I'm just too lazy and don't see much benefit to me the way I operate. 75 meters is my worst to remember, for some reason. Just a thought, but surely red lines on P3 would stop me from making an error. 73, Don, WB5HAK __ 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 firmware 0.36 experiences?
In a recent message, Bob Cunnings bob.cunni...@gmail.com writes Here's another un-original idea: how about static band edge markers on the P3? These would be vertical red lines on the spectrum display to demarcate the ham bands. Not a good idea, Bob, unless the band edges can be user programmable. The band edges are not the same for everyone. Let's not complicate the issue; there are more pressing priorities. 73 de David G4DMP __ 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] CW keyer issues
The keyer in the TS-870 is a Logic Keyer (K1). You could buy a Logic Keyer and probably some emulation that fits you better. The keyer in the K3 is as good as I've seen. I understand it emulates the Curtis keyer which is my favorite. I've had the TS-870 and many others and I find them all easy to use up to my limit of coordination about 35 wpm then I start making mistakes. The only internal keyer I couldn't use was the one in the Omni 6. It could be that you are sensitive to sidetone delay or echos in the room. Have you tried using headphones? Steve N4LQ - Original Message - From: Wes Stewart n...@yahoo.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Barry w...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW keyer issues In answer to your last two comments, yes and yes. Although I passed a 20 wpm test in front of an FCC examiner, I'll confess to not being much of a CW op. Nevertheless, with my TS-870 and its built-in Accukeyer I send nearly flawless CW. With the K3---well if I haven't programmed the message with the utility, I don't send it. I suppose it's me, but I thought the object of electronic keyers was to improve sending, not make it worse. So I have what is arguably the finest CW rig around and what do I do with it? I took up RTTY. Overly harsh? Perhaps, but it seems like this is something that could be fixed in software. That's the point of SDR, right? Wes N M S W S.N 7 W S --- On Mon, 9/20/10, Barry w...@comcast.net wrote: For many years, I've used the Island keyer II (in CMOS Superkeyer III emulation mode), the CMOS Superkeyer III, and prior to that the VVF Accu-keyer. I find with the K3 keyer, I tend to miss trailing dits, particularly with iambic character like C, presumably due to differences in timing, such as the dot memory. I guess the solution is going back to my external keyer. Wonder if many others have had this experience? Barry W2UP -- __ 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] P3 suggestions
Hi Andy, On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:06 -0700, Andy Faber wrote: ... 1) Can a FN key be set to go to a preset span? It would be very nice to be able to do so, instead of having to fiddle with the span knob each time you want to look wide or narrow. How about allowing a cycling among several preset spans? I've added a feature for the next beta release where you can assign pre-set spans to FN keys. 2) When one changes bands, it would be nice if the P3 automatically set its reference level, so it didn't need manual adjustment. As of version 00.31, the REF LVL is saved per band. There is a bug in currently-released K3 firmware that prevents the P3 from getting upgraded band information in certain specific situations. (I've seen it happen when bands are turned off in the K3 band map.) It is fixed in current K3 beta firmware. 3) The Pro has a hold feature that freezes the display to allow you to move the marker to a signal that may have disappeared. I realize to some extent the waterfall display allows that also, but it would be nice to be able to do so with the spectrum display also. On the list. As before, congratulations to you and Elecraft on a fine piece of gear! Thanks! 73, Alan N1AL 73, Andy, AE6Y __ 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] P3 suggestions
Al, Thanks for the reply. Regarding the reference level, the Icom always seems to simply set it correctly. I assume it is not merely remembering the level when bands are switched, but is rather computing a new floor each time. Is that a bad approach? I like having the ability to adjust the reference level and the scale on the P3, but on the other hand, for a quick look at a band in a contest, it would be convenient not to have to make any adjustments when changing bands (even if the noise floor may have changed since you were last on that band). 73, andy, ae6y - Original Message - From: Alan Bloom n...@cds1.net To: Andy Faber andrewfa...@ymail.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 suggestions Hi Andy, On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:06 -0700, Andy Faber wrote: ... 1) Can a FN key be set to go to a preset span? It would be very nice to be able to do so, instead of having to fiddle with the span knob each time you want to look wide or narrow. How about allowing a cycling among several preset spans? I've added a feature for the next beta release where you can assign pre-set spans to FN keys. 2) When one changes bands, it would be nice if the P3 automatically set its reference level, so it didn't need manual adjustment. As of version 00.31, the REF LVL is saved per band. There is a bug in currently-released K3 firmware that prevents the P3 from getting upgraded band information in certain specific situations. (I've seen it happen when bands are turned off in the K3 band map.) It is fixed in current K3 beta firmware. 3) The Pro has a hold feature that freezes the display to allow you to move the marker to a signal that may have disappeared. I realize to some extent the waterfall display allows that also, but it would be nice to be able to do so with the spectrum display also. On the list. As before, congratulations to you and Elecraft on a fine piece of gear! Thanks! 73, Alan N1AL 73, Andy, AE6Y __ 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] CW keyer issues
Yes. I set mine to emulate the Accukeyer. --- On Mon, 9/20/10, Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com wrote: The keyer in the TS-870 is a Logic Keyer (K1). __ 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] CW keyer issues
I use the Logikey K3. I've tried the internal K3 keyer numerous times, but I always go back to the Logikey. I make fewer errors with it. On 9/20/2010 6:49 AM, Barry wrote: For many years, I've used the Island keyer II (in CMOS Superkeyer III emulation mode), the CMOS Superkeyer III, and prior to that the VVF Accu-keyer. I find with the K3 keyer, I tend to miss trailing dits, particularly with iambic character like C, presumably due to differences in timing, such as the dot memory. I guess the solution is going back to my external keyer. Wonder if many others have had this experience? Barry W2UP -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ 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] Looking for a new or used K3/10 or K3/100
Is there anyone in Europe wanting to sell his used or new K3/10 or K3/100 (kit or factory built)? Please make an offer, with options, offline. Thanks! ON7EH, Michel on...@skynet.be __ 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 suggestions
On the list is an auto-scale function to be activated by holding the SCALE key a second time when scale is already active. So the default is to use your previous REF LVL and SCALE settings for that band but you would be able to auto-scale if desired. Alan On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 09:05 -0700, Andrew Faber wrote: Al, Thanks for the reply. Regarding the reference level, the Icom always seems to simply set it correctly. I assume it is not merely remembering the level when bands are switched, but is rather computing a new floor each time. Is that a bad approach? I like having the ability to adjust the reference level and the scale on the P3, but on the other hand, for a quick look at a band in a contest, it would be convenient not to have to make any adjustments when changing bands (even if the noise floor may have changed since you were last on that band). 73, andy, ae6y - Original Message - From: Alan Bloom n...@cds1.net To: Andy Faber andrewfa...@ymail.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 suggestions Hi Andy, On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:06 -0700, Andy Faber wrote: ... 1) Can a FN key be set to go to a preset span? It would be very nice to be able to do so, instead of having to fiddle with the span knob each time you want to look wide or narrow. How about allowing a cycling among several preset spans? I've added a feature for the next beta release where you can assign pre-set spans to FN keys. 2) When one changes bands, it would be nice if the P3 automatically set its reference level, so it didn't need manual adjustment. As of version 00.31, the REF LVL is saved per band. There is a bug in currently-released K3 firmware that prevents the P3 from getting upgraded band information in certain specific situations. (I've seen it happen when bands are turned off in the K3 band map.) It is fixed in current K3 beta firmware. 3) The Pro has a hold feature that freezes the display to allow you to move the marker to a signal that may have disappeared. I realize to some extent the waterfall display allows that also, but it would be nice to be able to do so with the spectrum display also. On the list. As before, congratulations to you and Elecraft on a fine piece of gear! Thanks! 73, Alan N1AL 73, Andy, AE6Y __ 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 CW keyer issues
Hmmm ... I'm a 99% CW operator and I find the K3's built-in keyer to be excellent, free of misfires and glitches for the most part. I'd use one of my fine external keyers if there was a need, but there's not. Over the years I've used the Accu-Keyer, the AEA Contester, and the Super CMOS II, all fine keyers, and I find the K3's keyer to have a very similar feel. I will say that I have had the K3's keyer misfire or hesitate while the K3 was being bombarded with serial interchanges from HRD and/or N1MM. This surprised me because I thought the keyer would have a very high priority. But it hasn't happened in many months and may have been a glitch since eliminated in either the K3 or the external software I was using. 73- Nick, WA5BDU On 9/20/2010 10:01 AM, Wes Stewart wrote: Nevertheless, with my TS-870 and its built-in Accukeyer I send nearly flawless CW. With the K3---well if I haven't programmed the message with the utility, I don't send it. --- On Mon, 9/20/10, Barryw...@comcast.net wrote: For many years, I've used the Island keyer II (in CMOS Superkeyer III emulation mode), the CMOS Superkeyer III, and prior to that the VVF Accu-keyer. I find with the K3 keyer, I tend to miss trailing dits, __ 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 - KAT2 Tuner and Alpha Delta DX-EE Dipole
Hi Stan: Do you already have the Alpha Delta? I had a DX-DD for years, then purchased a DX-LB. Both worked well, and were EXTREMELY robust. These things are built to survive a nuclear attack. Consequenty, they are heavy. The wires kink and no ammount of stretching seems to make them unkink. The 160 coils are even heavier! I have a small tower, and was always afraid that these antennas would pull it down! The KAT3 worked fine with both of them, even enabling operation everywhere on 160. My MFJ998 would not tune more than 60kHz of 160 on the DX-LB, but 80 and 40 worked fine on both of the tuners. I have since removed both of these antennas, given up on 160m from within my small city lot and now have a Carolina Windom 80LP which I traded the DX-LB for. This very light, very easy to send aloft antenna works surprisingly well. It is an off-center fed dipole that has a 22 foot RG8X coax transition piece. The coax radiates in the vertical plane. This coax it then attached to a choke to which you attach your coaxial feedline. I feed mine with 100ft of RG8X, 30feet of which is in a coil at my antenna interface panel to act like a choke. The ends of the 134 foot long wires are folded down and weighted with fishing line sinkers to make it fit in the 100ft of horizontal space I have available. This doesnt seem to bother it, and may be helpful in a bobtail curtain sort of way (although I dont believe in RF VooDoo!) Its somewhat expensive for a chunk of wire (like all of these manufactured dipoles are), but I continue to be amazed at how well it works for me. And it has stayed up through lots of wind and weather. Supposedly designed for low heights (mine is at 38 feet at the highest point) it has the advantage over the Alpha Delta of being useable on 80 through 10 meters INCLUDING the WARC bands. The KAT3 or the MFJ998 has never had a problem anywhere with this antenna. The other advantage for me is that this model (the 80LP) is built with smaller parts than the normal Carolina Windoms. Its really light and the uninsulated wire is nearly invisible, so it makes my wife much happier than the crooked #12 solid grey on the Alpha Deltas. The key to this antenna apears to be keeping the vertical radiation feeder coax as vertical as possible and away from metal. I tried to slope the radiating coax feeder away, and it didnt work very well. Mine is 15 feet away from my tower, the nearest metal, and drops down above my pool patio. I then run the RG8X coax from the shack in a conduit along a sidewalk, exit the conduit and go about 6 feet up to the choke unit. My tribander is 2 feet directly above its highest point (not the feedpoint, BTW), and this does not seem to bother either antenna, although I bet there is some interaction. You do the best that you can with the space that youre given! -lu-W4LT- K3 # 3192 --- From: stan levandowski sjl...@optonline.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sun, September 19, 2010 8:49:48 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K2 - KAT2 Tuner and Alpha Delta DX-EE Dipole I would like to correspond with a K2/KAT2 owner who is actually using an Alpha-Delta DX-EE dipole.? This is a rather pricey limited-space antenna and would like to hear directly from some real world users. My guess is that there won't be too many of you out there but I thought I'd ask anyway. My fundamental question: Does the KAT2 get along with the DX-EE on all bands? 73, Stan Levandowski WB2LQF HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years! QCWA #35038? OOTC #4558? NAQCC #4740? SKCC #6488? FISTS #14992 __ 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] CW keyer issues
Keying well is a partnership between the individual and one of a dozen different keyer methods out there.The designer of a rig has to PICK a few, or physically embed a proprietary chip. Proprietary methods cannot be used in a manufactured unit without paying royalties or a license fee or getting into copyright and lawsuit issues. Even Iambic A and Iambic B have differing implementations. The only keyer method out of all of those out there that I, personally, can use well at all is the Ultimatic. Anything else is hopeless, even at slower speeds. I simply cannot use any of the squeeze paddle techniques. I have to deal with that as a separate issue from my transceiver. It is unrealistic to expect a rig manufacturer to embed every possible choice of a keyer algorithm in firmware. IF your favorite IS in there, LUCKY YOU. Just don't start bragging. I have to get my source of Ultimatic elsewhere. Don't bother me with how to do . I've tried and tried and tried and tried for a quarter century to learn the other stuff and, long after I should have, had the good sense to just give it up and do what's necessary to get Ultimatic separately on the shelf with WHATEVER rig I have, and be done with it. If a program has Ultimatic embedded that's cool. But there's just no point EXPECTING it. Yeah, it WOULD be neat if all dozen methods were on the menu. But somebody who actually has to make a profit, to keep on manufacturing equipment and paying expenses and salaries, has to make profitability choices. I'm really surprised if I find Ultimatic in anything. If they never do anything else, Microham won my eternal gratitude by putting Ultimatic in their MicroXXX series. I bought my transceiver because it could HEAR. Stuff that transmits is a dime a dozen. Or you can go buy the Brooklyn Bridge in ham gear that still can't RX. Stand alone keyers are even cheeper. 73, Guy. On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.comwrote: The keyer in the TS-870 is a Logic Keyer (K1). You could buy a Logic Keyer and probably some emulation that fits you better. The keyer in the K3 is as good as I've seen. I understand it emulates the Curtis keyer which is my favorite. I've had the TS-870 and many others and I find them all easy to use up to my limit of coordination about 35 wpm then I start making mistakes. The only internal keyer I couldn't use was the one in the Omni 6. It could be that you are sensitive to sidetone delay or echos in the room. Have you tried using headphones? Steve N4LQ - Original Message - From: Wes Stewart n...@yahoo.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Barry w...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW keyer issues In answer to your last two comments, yes and yes. Although I passed a 20 wpm test in front of an FCC examiner, I'll confess to not being much of a CW op. Nevertheless, with my TS-870 and its built-in Accukeyer I send nearly flawless CW. With the K3---well if I haven't programmed the message with the utility, I don't send it. I suppose it's me, but I thought the object of electronic keyers was to improve sending, not make it worse. So I have what is arguably the finest CW rig around and what do I do with it? I took up RTTY. Overly harsh? Perhaps, but it seems like this is something that could be fixed in software. That's the point of SDR, right? Wes N M S W S.N 7 W S --- On Mon, 9/20/10, Barry w...@comcast.net wrote: For many years, I've used the Island keyer II (in CMOS Superkeyer III emulation mode), the CMOS Superkeyer III, and prior to that the VVF Accu-keyer. I find with the K3 keyer, I tend to miss trailing dits, particularly with iambic character like C, presumably due to differences in timing, such as the dot memory. I guess the solution is going back to my external keyer. Wonder if many others have had this experience? Barry W2UP -- __ 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 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 FNx key's - how to clear assigned function?
I know I have read the answer somewhere, I know it's right here in front of me somewhere, but I just spent the last 20 min looking for it On the P3, after having set a function to a key, how do I change it back to not having any function attached to that key? I even tried 'reset on boot' and that didn't seem to do it?? maybe I did the reset wrong? -- GB 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan __ 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] Anyone else experience K3 keyer hesitation?
WA5BDU I will say that I have had the K3's keyer misfire or hesitate while the K3 was being bombarded with serial interchanges from HRD and/or N1MM. This surprised me because I thought the keyer would have a very high priority. I've noticed the keyer hesitate on two occasions since I got my K3 a few months ago. Just a bare K3/100, no serial port activity, etc. Very slight hesitation on a single Morse element -- but noticeable. I wouldn't say it's a major problem, but has anyone else (besides 'BDU) experienced this? __ 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] CW keyer issues
Barry I had very similar problems when I first started using the internal K3 keyer after many happy years of using an outboard K1EL keyer with various rigs. I experienced great difficulty forming the letter C, but perseverance has more or less eliminated the problem. The K3 is obviously not so tolerant of timing errors and if memory serves me right it took week or two to get it right. BTW I use only Iambic Mode A. Guess it's all a question of how long you are prepared to stick it out until you find the timing that suits the K3. 73 Norman GM4KGK __ 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] CW keyer issues
Mode A? No wonder you're having trouble with the letter C. Mode A can't remember that last command. That is why I use mode B. The problem isn't the K3's keyer. Steve - Original Message - From: N. Munro nor...@gm4kgk.co.uk To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW keyer issues Barry I had very similar problems when I first started using the internal K3 keyer after many happy years of using an outboard K1EL keyer with various rigs. I experienced great difficulty forming the letter C, but perseverance has more or less eliminated the problem. The K3 is obviously not so tolerant of timing errors and if memory serves me right it took week or two to get it right. BTW I use only Iambic Mode A. Guess it's all a question of how long you are prepared to stick it out until you find the timing that suits the K3. 73 Norman GM4KGK __ 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] Anyone else experience K3 keyer hesitation?
Zero misfires or hesitation here. I always run either CWSkimmer or PowerSDR-IF plus Logger32. Steve - Original Message - From: Andrew Moore andrew.n...@gmail.com To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:29 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Anyone else experience K3 keyer hesitation? WA5BDU I will say that I have had the K3's keyer misfire or hesitate while the K3 was being bombarded with serial interchanges from HRD and/or N1MM. This surprised me because I thought the keyer would have a very high priority. I've noticed the keyer hesitate on two occasions since I got my K3 a few months ago. Just a bare K3/100, no serial port activity, etc. Very slight hesitation on a single Morse element -- but noticeable. I wouldn't say it's a major problem, but has anyone else (besides 'BDU) experienced this? __ 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] P3 FNx key's - how to clear assigned function?
k5oai wrote: On the P3, after having set a function to a key, how do I change it back to not having any function attached to that key? One of the Menu items is labeled FN Erase. With that function selected, tap (or hold) the FN key you want to clear. - 73, Stan - KR7C -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-FNx-key-s-how-to-clear-assigned-function-tp5551309p5552207.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 - audio output question
During the Route 66 Special Event this past 9 days, yesterday I think, I had the monitor audio quit. Didn't know what was going on but think if faded down and out rather than just dropping off instantly but in a couple of seconds or so. I was still transmitting and all was working just fine but no monitor output. Monitor setting was 5 during the contest. Normally 4 in the past. I kept on going for a few more contacts and then powered down and up and all was well. I did have the internal radio speaker on and it continued to work even when the monitor was gone. Later the same thing happened but this time with the radio speaker and the monitor was still doing fine. Again the power cycle corrected the problem. No external speakers connected, front panel headset and mic, yes to external power amplifier, firmware 4.05 set, PC connected but not being used for control. I did have HRD up at times but do not remember if it was connected at the time. Generally it was not up. Only happened once on the monitor and once on the internal speaker and they each continued to operate when the other quit. Any other information anybody wants? Any ideas? 1752 contacts by me on my K3 during the W6P Special Event station from my location. Almost continuous comments on signal quality, clarity, cleanliness. Also was told loudest signal on the band several times (helps the contact count and keeps the frequency clear hi hi). The W6P callsign made 2651contacts in the 9 days (errors removed). Anybody who might have worked me, thanks. I beat the goal I had set for myself and for the club also. THANKS for an EXCELLENT radio. Sure pumps up a persons pride having those comments coming in. Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP __ 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] No Transmit Power
Brian, Yes, Elecraft has a repair service. If you contact sa...@elecraft.com, you should be able to obtain the necessary forms and an RSA number. If they ask you if you have tried contacting support, you can try telling them that you have been working with my suggestions. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/19/2010 10:26 PM, Brian Denley wrote: ?I am just about at the end of my rope trying to get this K2 to transmit. Nothing is coming out of the transmitter because nothing seems to be going into the PA circuit. The receiver circuits all work fine. All RF board transistors and diodes check out fine as far as DC is concerned but my RF probe does not function and I am unable to find the fault. I suspect the T/R switch or whatever circuit generates the RF signal in the first place but the trouble shooting help in the manual does not go yery deep on those issues. What is my next step? Does Elecraft offer a repair service? I have been at this for 4 weeks now with no progress at all. Thanks Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html - Original Message - From: Don Wilhelmw3...@embarqmail.com To: Brian Denleyb.den...@comcast.net Cc: Elecraft Reflectorelecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K2] No Transmit Power On 9/7/2010 10:16 PM, Brian Denley wrote: Don: I brought home a DSO5054A (very nice 500 MHz Agilent scope!) and I was able to take the better measurements. My measurements were in P-to-P but I have divided them by 2.8 for RMS comparison:\ (all measurments Keydown) 1.)VPWR line (pin 2 of U8 on control board):5.0 voltsthis is HIGH 2.)Xmit Mixer Output (pin 4 of U10):28 mV 3.)Buffer Output (pin 6 of U9):121 mV 4.)Band-Pass Filter Output (W6):42 mV 5.)T-R Switch #1 Output (anode of D1):41 mV 6.)Pre-Driver Output (collector of Q5):34 mV this seems LOW 7.)Driver Input (base of Q6):34 mV 8.)Driver Output (collector of Q6):179 mVthis is VERY LOW 9.)PA Inputy (base of Q7):80 mV this seems HIGH 10.)PA input (base of Q8):80 mV this seems HIGH 11.)RF Detector Input (anode of D9):143 mV this is VERY LOW on my own I also measured: 12.)base of Q5:43 mV 13.)out of C10743 mV all of the DC voltages in column 1 on page 17 are normal __ 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] [K2] No Transmit Power
Brian, DON'T DO THAT! If the K2 is developing any power, it will not do it for long without a 50 ohm dummy load. The PA transistors can go poof in a hurry when operated into an open circuit - yes, the small antenna wire is an open circuit. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/19/2010 10:39 PM, Brian Denley wrote: ?I should add: If I connect a small wire to my K2 antenna and press tune, it shows a strong signal on any of my receivers at that frequency. So somethings coming out of the K2. Either the ouput signal is low OR the K2 RF detector just doesn't measure it correctly for the ALC circuit. Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html - Original Message - From: Brian Denleyb.den...@comcast.net To:d...@w3fpr.com Cc: Elecraft Reflectorelecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K2] No Transmit Power ?I am just about at the end of my rope trying to get this K2 to transmit. Nothing is coming out of the transmitter because nothing seems to be going into the PA circuit. The receiver circuits all work fine. All RF board transistors and diodes check out fine as far as DC is concerned but my RF probe does not function and I am unable to find the fault. I suspect the T/R switch or whatever circuit generates the RF signal in the first place but the trouble shooting help in the manual does not go yery deep on those issues. What is my next step? Does Elecraft offer a repair service? I have been at this for 4 weeks now with no progress at all. Thanks Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html - Original Message - From: Don Wilhelmw3...@embarqmail.com To: Brian Denleyb.den...@comcast.net Cc: Elecraft Reflectorelecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K2] No Transmit Power On 9/7/2010 10:16 PM, Brian Denley wrote: Don: I brought home a DSO5054A (very nice 500 MHz Agilent scope!) and I was able to take the better measurements. My measurements were in P-to-P but I have divided them by 2.8 for RMS comparison:\ (all measurments Keydown) 1.)VPWR line (pin 2 of U8 on control board):5.0 volts this is HIGH 2.)Xmit Mixer Output (pin 4 of U10):28 mV 3.)Buffer Output (pin 6 of U9):121 mV 4.)Band-Pass Filter Output (W6):42 mV 5.)T-R Switch #1 Output (anode of D1):41 mV 6.)Pre-Driver Output (collector of Q5):34 mV this seems LOW 7.)Driver Input (base of Q6):34 mV 8.)Driver Output (collector of Q6):179 mVthis is VERY LOW 9.)PA Inputy (base of Q7):80 mV this seems HIGH 10.)PA input (base of Q8):80 mV this seems HIGH 11.)RF Detector Input (anode of D9):143 mV this is VERY LOW on my own I also measured: 12.)base of Q5:43 mV 13.)out of C10743 mV all of the DC voltages in column 1 on page 17 are normal __ 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 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 CW keyer issues
I agree with the comment about Iambic A vs B option. I really couldn't stand the keyer (at first) until I swapped from A to B (or was it from B to A?). Now, smooth as silk and nothing is every missed. Of course, that was years ago now (one of my K3s is first run). For those of you who don't know, Barry is one of the HST guys who does a bazillion wpm in his sleep. de Doug KR2Q __ 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 CW keyer issues
On 9/20/2010 3:24 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: I agree with the comment about Iambic A vs B option. I really couldn't stand the keyer (at first) until I swapped from A to B (or was it from B to A?). Now, smooth as silk and nothing is every missed. Of course, that was years ago now (one of my K3s is first run). I have always run Mode A from the time that Iambic came along, I can't manage the extra dit that Mode B inserts. Nor have I ever mastered the fine art of squeezing gently. Too old I guess. I get perfect keying from my K3 using the HexKey, and so far as I know, it has never burped, belched, or stuttered. I have ... but not the radio. In contests when running N1MM with a USB WinKey, I use the K3 internal keyer for fills and requests and I've never experienced a problem there either even though N1MM is polling the radio. My K2 exhibits a very tiny, just noticeable occasional irregularity but it is very rare and not a problem. Incidentally, the HexKey is markedly smoother and better than either of my two vanilla Benchers with the spring. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - Celebrating our 40th year on the air - Look for stations signing /40 - Info at www.nccc.cc/40th __ 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 CW keyer issues
DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: I agree with the comment about Iambic A vs B option. I really couldn't stand the keyer (at first) until I swapped from A to B (or was it from B to A?). Now, smooth as silk and nothing is every missed. Of course, that was years ago now (one of my K3s is first run). For those of you who don't know, Barry is one of the HST guys who does a bazillion wpm in his sleep. de Doug KR2Q Thank you for the intro Doug :.) I'll give Mode B a try in the K3. If it isn't to my liking, I'll just hook up one of my many external keyers. Speaking of the HST and Ultimatic (from K2AV's post) I used Ultimatic in the competition in the numbers-only run. I was much less prone to errors than true Iambic. The only other person I know who uses Ultimatic routinely is W5ZL, who also participated in the HST in LZ last year. Barry W2UP -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-CW-keyer-issues-tp5552553p5552891.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 - Hi Cur and no speaker output
Turned on my K3 this pm; and got hi-cur (mw band, not possible to transmit) turned off - checked connections; tried again... one or two times more; then no hi-cur and still no spkr out. Headphones are fine. menu settings make no difference. Sounds like my spkr out circuit is fried. Any suggestions? Thanks John VE3NFK -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Hi-Cur-and-no-speaker-output-tp5552943p5552943.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 - Hi Cur and no speaker output
Hi John, Could you be using an external speaker / speakers with mono plug / plugs? If so, this is a well known audio output chip killer. If it's the audio output chip gone south it's a bear to change and not for the faint-of-heart. 73! Ken - 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 CW keyer issues
That's certainly the thing to do, Barry, but most operators have found the Elecraft keyers work FB once they figure out which mode they already know ;-) I built an Accukeyer back in the 70's and used it until I got the K2 and had to go through the same process. But the K2 and K3 keyers work FB for me in Mode A . Just for fun I tried Mode B and found myself stumbling all over the place, Hi! It would be worth a comment here if you find neither mode works for you. Wayne and Eric are *always* interested in customer feedback. Ron AC7AC I'll give Mode B a try in the K3. If it isn't to my liking, I'll just hook up one of my many external keyers. Speaking of the HST and Ultimatic (from K2AV's post) I used Ultimatic in the competition in the numbers-only run. I was much less prone to errors than true Iambic. The only other person I know who uses Ultimatic routinely is W5ZL, who also participated in the HST in LZ last year. Barry W2UP __ 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 - Hi Cur and no speaker output
Hi Ken no - stereo - and mod done to prevent the short... thanks for the thought... I can plug the speakers into the front phones plug and they work there... 73 John VE3NFK -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Hi-Cur-and-no-speaker-output-tp5552943p5552996.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 init macro feature request
I'd like to see a way to designate an init macro, like the callsign set. For example, I like the rig to remember the TX TEST state and always start up in TX TEST, but I recognize that such a feature might not be popular enough to warrant the development and codespace. However, it's easy to express this in the K3 command set and if I could specify a macro to run when the rig turns on, it'd be easy. I suspect there may be other settings that could be customized in this way. Leigh/WA5ZNU __ 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 CW keyer issues
OK, made a QSO after switching to mode B and it's perfect. Tnx all. Still working my way through the manual and have a long way to go. Of course I had to try the radio before reading it :.) 73, Barry W2UP On 9/20/2010 8:05 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: That's certainly the thing to do, Barry, but most operators have found the Elecraft keyers work FB once they figure out which mode they already know ;-) I built an Accukeyer back in the 70's and used it until I got the K2 and had to go through the same process. But the K2 and K3 keyers work FB for me in Mode A . Just for fun I tried Mode B and found myself stumbling all over the place, Hi! It would be worth a comment here if you find neither mode works for you. Wayne and Eric are *always* interested in customer feedback. Ron AC7AC I'll give Mode B a try in the K3. If it isn't to my liking, I'll just hook up one of my many external keyers. Speaking of the HST and Ultimatic (from K2AV's post) I used Ultimatic in the competition in the numbers-only run. I was much less prone to errors than true Iambic. The only other person I know who uses Ultimatic routinely is W5ZL, who also participated in the HST in LZ last year. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Lakewood, CO __ 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 CW keyer issues
Hi all. I started to learn on a PicoKeyer and now that I got the K1 I am finishing my learning on that. I am hoping that the keyer in the K3 is some what the same as the K1 so when I get the K3 there won't be all that much of a difference. Does anyone know if they are similar? I am hoping it would be a smooth transition :-) Is the K2 keyer similar too? Thanks. 73 de W2EEC Eric __ 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 CW keyer issues
Eric, I always used PicoKeyers in the past . I have no problem with the keyer in my K1 or K2. No need to worry. George/W2BPI __ 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 Freezing up
My P3 was freezing up once in a while and it was getting more and more frequent. Turning it off and on cleared it up. I finally I had been running the station on battery for probably 5 hours (only running 25 watts into my amp) and when I turned the power supply on, it quit doing it. I can imagine the power was down below the 12 volt level, possibly even below 11 volts. Check your voltage supply if you are having lockups. 73, Jim __ 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] [OT] Frequency Guide
The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide (http://www.arrl.org/files/file/conop.pdf) has changed in recent years.It seems many are unaware of this. For example, on 40 meters the ARRL suggestion now is: 7.030 - QRP CW calling freq 7.040 - DX Data, (incl. RTTY and PSK31) 7.080 to 7.125 - RTTY/Data However, wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSK31) says: Current usage as of 2010, based on observation, is centered on 7,070.15 and 21,070.15. There is no authoritative list as the frequencies are determined by common convention. Where do you guys work most of your 40 meter PSK31? Al W6LX Wikipedia is wrong (again). In my experience, all PSK31 (DX and non-DX) is centered around 7.036, and QRP CW is half near 7.040 and half elsewhere. And does anybody ever hear PSK31 at 7.080 or higher? I don't. Similar situations exist on other bands, too. __ 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
