Re: [Elecraft] P3 SVGA Keyboard
That's good news Alan, I've been looking forward to that. I have no room on my desk for another monitor. 73 Stephen G4SJP On Tuesday, 22 May 2012, Alan Bloom wrote: Yes, that's the plan. Probably we'll get it working on the SVGA first then the P3 display later. Alan N1AL On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 20:51 -0600, Bob Cunnings wrote: Will the P3 get data display without the need to install the P3SVGA? This would be nice for those who don't need the external monitor or want to use a keyboard, but are happy to use paddles in PSK-D mode... that VFO B area is pretty cramped. Bob NW8L ... The P3 will also get data display, with or without an attached keyboard. 73, Paul __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net javascript:; 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 javascript:; This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Sent from Gmail Mobile __ 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] Loading beta software
Gerald, You do not point the K3 Utility to the beta site. Point your browser at the beta site and download it. It is typically a zip file. Unzip it to a folder of your choice. Point K3 Utility to the folder where you placed the unzipped files. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/21/2012 11:05 PM, Gerald Manthey wrote: OK, talked me into it also. How do you point the software to the beta sight? __ 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 KSB2 - SSBA BAL setting doesn't seem to work
Hi All, I've recently built KSB2 module (fw 1.08) and encountered a problem with aligment. Setting BAL option in SSBA menu doesn't seem to be doing anything (it should feed ssb signal to receiver). My K2 is quite fresh - serial 76xx. I've set up carrier balance using second transceiver. I've set up filter using spectrogram and filter response seems to be very good (flat with no holes compared to variable filter). I've made a QSO with Croatia using 1:1 then 1:4 compression (way better result) - using max 15W. So the module seems to be working fine. Should I just ignore it or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Tomasz __ 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 KSB2 - SSBA BAL setting doesn't seem to work
If you were successful in obtaining a good carrier null with a second transceiver, then you can ignore it. The way I adjust the SSB carrier balance is to observe the K2 RF output with an oscilloscope connected across a dummy load. I do not plug in a microphone, but plug in paddles and close the DOT paddle since that is the same as PTT. Set the oscilloscope vertical sensitivity to show the RF envelope and adjust for minimum deflection. Quick and easy and will produce good results. The second transceiver will also produce good results, adjust for minimum signal on the S-meter. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 9:12 AM, xraying wrote: Hi All, I've recently built KSB2 module (fw 1.08) and encountered a problem with aligment. Setting BAL option in SSBA menu doesn't seem to be doing anything (it should feed ssb signal to receiver). My K2 is quite fresh - serial 76xx. I've set up carrier balance using second transceiver. I've set up filter using spectrogram and filter response seems to be very good (flat with no holes compared to variable filter). I've made a QSO with Croatia using 1:1 then 1:4 compression (way better result) - using max 15W. So the module seems to be working fine. Should I just ignore it or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Tomasz __ 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] [OT] Dayton- new hf rigs?
Some final comments while watching this thread progress: I agree with Lyle... SDR does not mean processing by PC. Our K3's and KX3's are fully qualified Software Defined Radios with processing on embedded processors. Sort of like what Flex is looking to build now. It doesnt matter where the code runs, folks, just because it doesnt run on external Intel silicon does not mean it aint an SDR! The Embedded Systems approach is a safer path than trusting your device (perhipheral?) to the vagarities of personal computer OS and hardware progress. At least you have SOME control of the environment! Professional applications have to be more resilient to the whims of software and hardware changes that will rear their ugly heads at the worst possible times. The big push for Elecraft to embrace USB instead of serial comms comes directly to mind... RS232 is well defined and robust. I certainly do not want to be left to the whims of USB driver code with my computer to radio comms. I get enough of this stuff at work to have to deal with it when Im trying to relax on the radio. $200 a year for a $8k software based product is a bit steep for a hobby product. Frankly, this fee is very much a high profit margin fee. An ex employer of mine used to charge 20% of the undiscounted price of an entire system on a yearly basis, and this fee was around 30% of the profit for the entire division. They demanded this early on in the product cycle because the product was the only one of the many in the industry that actually worked right. Sadly for them, the competition got better and in about 5 years, that profit completely vaporized. All support costs money; but you have to be reasonable about it. Being in that business myself, reliability is key, not the latest fun thing from some software developer. My new employer (I will join them in July) still runs their broadcast transcode processes using MS Server 2003. Why? Because they know all the bugs in it, and they dont know the bugs in Server 2010 yet. When it has to run 24x7x365, the devil you know is better than the devil you dont know. Windows updates! Larry Phipps, being a broadcast engineer, understands this scary thing. Tell you a quick horror story about Windows Update. A local station in Pittsburgh installed a new whiz-bang automated news production system to automate their newscast production a few years ago. Where they would employ 15 people in the making of this program, now with the automation, they only needed 5 to do an even fancier show! The system ran on Windows machines. It was installed and worked wonderfully; the customer was very happy. The factory installation engineer (a personal friend of mine) personally turned off all the Windows Update settings on the many machines that comprised this system, and admonished the station engineering folks to leave this feature turned off, which they did. The system ran perfectly for several months until one day, the entire system collapsed, relegating the noon and 5pm newscasts to being performed with news cameras hastily set up in the station parking lot. Upon investigation of the problem by my friend after a hurried trip to the station, it was found that a station IT guy had turned on Windows Update on one of the newsroom computer interface machines. When this machine decided to update itself right before the noon news, it brought the ENTIRE automation system down with it. Moral of the story: Windows Updates can kill you. Lu - w4lt- K3 #3192 - Message: 18 Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 19:56:20 -0400 From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Dayton- new hf rigs? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 4fbad624.3000...@embarqmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed If you want an extended example of the PC implementation of SDR, take a look at LP-PAN. That is an SDR converter (for receive only) to take the IF of a receiver and convert it to I/Q signals which can be further processed in a panadapter display on a personal computer. One of the things Larry Phipps emphasizes is that once you get everything working, do NOT allow Windows to update. While supposedly, Windows updates are good for security situations, it is known that such updates will upset the applecart with the SDR handling software. I bring this example in to point out the dependency that SDR systems that use a personal computer have on the operating system which can change from day to day. The embedded processor does not have that exposure, and IMHO is much better because it is more stable. The downloadable firmware for the K3 and KX3 definitely put those radios into the SDR arena. I certainly hope Elecraft does not begin to charge $200 a year for firmware (and technical) support. Yes, charging for upgrades within the software community is not unknown, and I do not begrudge Carl N4PY for doing that - he has an excellent product, but $200 a year
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Dayton- new hf rigs?
While I agree with almost all of this polemic, I disagree totally with the Moral of the story videre licet if one is foolish enough to let a functional (and therefore invaluable) collection of software be at the mercy of the cloud (any cloud!) by not having a local bit image backup at hand, then one gets what one deserves, e.g. Swiss cheese for feet.Even in as narrow a domain as the software for Elecraft boxes, the designers have made careful provision for users to have backups on hand (LOCAL files of operational software). It is vitally important to practice safe sectors. A bit image backup takes only a few minutes, and can be made on an auxiliary hard drive or a jump drive. This operating philosophy has been known since dust was invented, and is not the last refuge of a paranoid person, only a means to protect oneself. John Ragle -- W1ZI = On 5/22/2012 10:53 AM, Lu Romero wrote: SnipMoral of the story: Windows Updates can kill you./Snip __ 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] dayton seems rto be OT
talk about off topic posts...what about all the dayton posts. If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM USSV DHARMA __ 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] Birdies
Hello group! I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies.png Is this 'normal' ? I have the feeling that the birdies got worse after installing the subrx. Thank you for your comments! Kind regards, John de OH2GBA __ 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] Birdies
I didn't see any while centered on 28.300 MHz. Chuck, KE9UW aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles BMWMOA #224 From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] on behalf of John Bekema [john.bek...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:30 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies Hello group! I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies.png Is this 'normal' ? I have the feeling that the birdies got worse after installing the subrx. Thank you for your comments! Kind regards, John de OH2GBA __ 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] [OT] Dayton- new hf rigs?
My apologies, I read the digest and was not aware that the discussion subject was closed. Sorry for the bandwidth. -lu-w4lt- __ 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] Bit image backup: Safe sectors
John, Could you be more specific about your process for bit image backup and safe sectors? Program you use? What files you choose to backup? Whether Windows Restore program is or is not a suitable substitute? Thanks. 73, Jim Robbins N1JR It is vitally important to practice safe sectors. A bit image backup takes only a few minutes, and can be made on an auxiliary hard drive or a jump drive. __ 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] KX3 kit shipments
There hasn't been any update to the shipping status of kit KX3s in the past week, and the shipments were projected to start last Friday. Has anybody heard anything new or gotten their notice from Elecraft? Thanks. 73, Phil, NS7P __ 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] [OT] Dayton- new hf rigs?
That's rather a stretch. It's the equivalent of saying that updating your K3 firmware to the latest approved release in the middle of a contest will hurt your score. It's the timing of the action that kills, not the action itself. The moral to that anecdote isn't the one you think it is. Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 7:53 AM, Lu Romero wrote: When this machine decided to update itself right before the noon news, it brought the ENTIRE automation system down with it. Moral of the story: Windows Updates can kill you. Lu - w4lt- K3 #3192 __ 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] Birdies
Hello John, Because I see that the birdies are spaced approximately 13.5 kHz apart, leads me to ask whether you are using a linear or a switching type of power supply. Second question, do you still see these birdies at the bottom edge of the 10m band? 73, Geoff LX2AO On May 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM, John Bekema wrote: Hello group! I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies.png Is this 'normal' ? I have the feeling that the birdies got worse after installing the subrx. Thank you for your comments! Kind regards, John de OH2GBA __ 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] KX3 kit shipments
New KX3 shipping status has now been posted at: http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_shipping_status.htm We are still waking up and recovering from Dayton. I finally got home after midnight Monday morning.. ;-) 73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 5/22/2012 9:59 AM, Phillip Shepard wrote: There hasn't been any update to the shipping status of kit KX3s in the past week, and the shipments were projected to start last Friday. Has anybody heard anything new or gotten their notice from Elecraft? Thanks. 73, Phil, NS7P __ 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] Birdies
Hello Geoff! I am using a linear power supply. On the lower end of the 10m band, the birdies are a bit less. On six meters, the birdies are stronger, for example on 50.09374 is an S8 birdy. But the funny thing is, when listening to the subreceiver to the same freq, with the same settings, the birdy is much less noticable. It barely moves the meter. Also when listening with one ear to the main rx and the other ear to the sub rx while slowly tuning, I can hear on the main receiver 'whooop whoop whooop' while nothing is heard on the subreceiver. (receivers linked) Ideas? John 2012/5/22 Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy lx...@pt.lu: Hello John, Because I see that the birdies are spaced approximately 13.5 kHz apart, leads me to ask whether you are using a linear or a switching type of power supply. Second question, do you still see these birdies at the bottom edge of the 10m band? 73, Geoff LX2AO On May 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM, John Bekema wrote: Hello group! I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies.png Is this 'normal' ? I have the feeling that the birdies got worse after installing the subrx. Thank you for your comments! Kind regards, John de OH2GBA -- Regards, John Bekema __ 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] SDRs and embedded processors
Just a thought - I agree completely about the harm that software updates can do. But isn't there another problem lurking with passing time? I refer to the obsolescence of some dedicated processors that are no longer available from their source. Will Elecraft be able to support these embedded processors well into the future? It's been mentioned that the older, tube-based radios of 50 years ago work just fine today (as long as one can still obtain the required tubes). I don't expect to be around when any of my Elecraft transceivers hit the 50-year mark, but I'd like to think that they'll be good to go 20-30 years from now. One other note on software: I have some software for receivers and transceivers that are currently on the shelf (example: a Ten-Tec Pegasus) that were designed back in the days of DOS or Windows 95. It will be interesting to see if they will still work with Windows 7. 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW On 5/22/2012 7:53 AM, Lu Romero wrote: Some final comments while watching this thread progress: I agree with Lyle... SDR does not mean processing by PC. Our K3's and KX3's are fully qualified Software Defined Radios with processing on embedded processors. Sort of like what Flex is looking to build now. It doesnt matter where the code runs, folks, just because it doesnt run on external Intel silicon does not mean it aint an SDR! The Embedded Systems approach is a safer path than trusting your device (perhipheral?) to the vagarities of personal computer OS and hardware progress. At least you have SOME control of the environment! Professional applications have to be more resilient to the whims of software and hardware changes that will rear their ugly heads at the worst possible times. The big push for Elecraft to embrace USB instead of serial comms comes directly to mind... RS232 is well defined and robust. I certainly do not want to be left to the whims of USB driver code with my computer to radio comms. I get enough of this stuff at work to have to deal with it when Im trying to relax on the radio. Lu - w4lt- K3 #3192 __ 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] Birdies
do you have WiFi my dlink router is throwing birdies big time and its still there when the antenna is disconnected. havn't checked the spacing but that seems about correct. They are most noticable on 15-10m havn't tried 6m. one birdie sits right on a local 10m net frequency so when the net's on the internet is off and router unplugged, much to the grumbling of the rest of the family.the band seems clean when the router is unplugged. David Moes VE3DVY --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies From: John Bekema john.bek...@gmail.com To: Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy lx...@pt.lu Cc: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, 22/05/2012 1:54 PM Hello Geoff! I am using a linear power supply. On the lower end of the 10m band, the birdies are a bit less. On six meters, the birdies are stronger, for example on 50.09374 is an S8 birdy. But the funny thing is, when listening to the subreceiver to the same freq, with the same settings, the birdy is much less noticable. It barely moves the meter. Also when listening with one ear to the main rx and the other ear to the sub rx while slowly tuning, I can hear on the main receiver 'whooop whoop whooop' while nothing is heard on the subreceiver. (receivers linked) Ideas? John 2012/5/22 Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy lx...@pt.lu: Hello John, Because I see that the birdies are spaced approximately 13.5 kHz apart, leads me to ask whether you are using a linear or a switching type of power supply. Second question, do you still see these birdies at the bottom edge of the 10m band? 73, Geoff LX2AO On May 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM, John Bekema wrote: Hello group! I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies.png Is this 'normal' ? I have the feeling that the birdies got worse after installing the subrx. Thank you for your comments! Kind regards, John de OH2GBA -- Regards, John Bekema __ 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] SDRs and embedded processors
Jim, I don't think software updates are a problem, but Windows Automatic Updates can (and do) happen at the most inconvenient times. I do not believe concern about obsolescence of dedicated processors is any great problem. The K3 could be re-designed with a different processor to take care of repairs. Loading of updated firmware into a dedicated processor is a concern because transmission methods tend to change from time to time - consider the problem the older Flex owners have bedause Flex choose to use Firewire - and I foresee USB going the same way. I am very glad to see that the K3 and KX3 have serial interfaces. Serial ports may be disappearing from consumer computers, but there are readily available adapters. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 1:54 PM, Jim Lowman wrote: Just a thought - I agree completely about the harm that software updates can do. But isn't there another problem lurking with passing time? I refer to the obsolescence of some dedicated processors that are no longer available from their source. Will Elecraft be able to support these embedded processors well into the future? It's been mentioned that the older, tube-based radios of 50 years ago work just fine today (as long as one can still obtain the required tubes). I don't expect to be around when any of my Elecraft transceivers hit the 50-year mark, but I'd like to think that they'll be good to go 20-30 years from now. __ 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] Birdies
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:08 PM, dm...@nexicom.net wrote: ...my dlink router is throwing birdies big time... == I have encountered this same problem with all the wifi routers I've tried. My solution has three parts: I put the router as far away from the shack as feasible while still getting good wifi connectivity; I shortened all the cables and wires connecting to the router as much as possible; and I festooned those cables and wires with ferrites. Note that if you have a cable modem, the router may radiate junk back into your house's tv-cable wiring, and birdies can get into the shack via that route. Anyway, once you realize the problem and know where the birdies are, you can attack it and with some patience, you can attenuate most or even all of them below the level of audibility. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ 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] Bit image backup: Safe sectors
Hi, Jim... There are several programs that make literal copies (mirror copies) of disk contents. This includes the OS and all program files as well as data... I happen to have been using one called Macrium Reflect Professional for the last few years. It produces a bit-for-bit literal image (a mirror copy) of the TOTAL contents of one or more hard drives, and can re-load such images. It does much more than copy data files. At present, I am using a PC with 2 inboard hard drives, each of 250 GB capacity. One of these is my WIN7 Ultimate OS and associated files (including programs, etc), and is about 80 GB in total content. The second is my Ubuntu 11.10 OS and a somewhat smaller collection of files (including programs, etc.) I back up the former almost daily onto a 1 TB external USB hard drive, and somewhat less frequently onto a Sandisk 64 GB stick...the 80 GB on the C:\ drive fit nicely onto the 64 GB stick with the compression used by Macrium. The rate-determining step in these USB-based devices is the USB transfer rate itself; 80 GB takes about 25 minutes to back or restore, and I do it last thing at night, letting Macrium close down the PC when finished. If I had a third drive bay, I would probably choose to back up onto a third drive...hard drives have become so inexpensive that you can practically use them like floppy drives. This would be significantly faster, about 10-12 minutes for the 80 GB contents of C:\ A while ago, I used a Sparc 20 with a shoebox tape drive and DAT Tapes, but that had little to do with my ham radio operation. These were unsatisfactory because the error rate was significant. I also tried using an elderly PC as a network server at home on our LAN. That too was somewhat cumbersome. My wife is an active software developer (vide the OWL system from Cengage), and separately uses a version of Macrium onto a 1 TB external drive, but much of her work is stored on a corporate cloud, and hopefully backed up there as well. I do not have a high opinion of Windows Restore -- it is significantly more involved to use than is Macrium Reflect. An advantage (to me the most significant one) of doing a bit-image backup is that when it comes time to restore program files (i.e. .exe files, etc), one does not have to search out the distribution media and play baking cookies with those media for hours to rebuild the system. A disadvantage of doing a bit-image backup is that in the absence of good garbage collection one keeps using the same general structure over and over again...a case can be made for rebuilding from scratch (not from the bit image) on a regular basis...some have suggested once a year, at least. The Linux crowd can tell you of several useful Linux based utilities for total backup, restore, partitioning, etc...I won't enumerate them here, though many of them are very useful. In general, I don't favor running anything off the cloud. My ISP is sometimes down for 1 or more hours, and that mode of dis-operation would leave me in the cold. Moreover, in view of the spate of successful hacking attacks, I don't trust cloud security. If I disconnect from the internet, the only ways someone can hack me are via my WiFi or to physically break into my home. I have taken pains to barricade the former. The latter takes care of itself in the usual way. Hope this answers your questions John Ragle -- W1ZI = On 5/22/2012 12:59 PM, James Robbins wrote: John, Could you be more specific about your process for bit image backup and safe sectors? Program you use? What files you choose to backup? Whether Windows Restore program is or is not a suitable substitute? Thanks. 73, Jim Robbins N1JR It is vitally important to practice safe sectors. A bit image backup takes only a few minutes, and can be made on an auxiliary hard drive or a jump drive. __ 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 -- Sent from my lovely old Dell XPS 420 __ 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] Running Windows on a MAC
Hello, Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC. I'm using Parallels to run Windows 7. I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus software on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? 73, Ed K3ENV -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Running-Windows-on-a-MAC-tp7556307.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] Running Windows on a MAC
The Mac antivirus is unlikely able to see or deal with malware on the Windows virtual disk. So in my opinion, yes, you will need Windows antivirus as well. 73, Andy, N2CN On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:23 PM, EMD edwarddo...@mac.com wrote: Hello, Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC. I'm using Parallels to run Windows 7. I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus software on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? 73, Ed K3ENV __ 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] Birdies
I am not sure if this is related to any wifi/switching power supply Check an other picture: http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies2.png The P3 is in 'Fixed tune mode' (so when you turn the dial, the green bar will move) You see that the 'birdies' move, quickly. At 50.024 you see a CW beacon. When removing the antenna, the 'birdies' stay. John 2012/5/22 dm...@nexicom.net: do you have WiFi my dlink router is throwing birdies big time and its still there when the antenna is disconnected. havn't checked the spacing but that seems about correct. They are most noticable on 15-10m havn't tried 6m. one birdie sits right on a local 10m net frequency so when the net's on the internet is off and router unplugged, much to the grumbling of the rest of the family. the band seems clean when the router is unplugged. David Moes VE3DVY --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies From: John Bekema john.bek...@gmail.com To: Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy lx...@pt.lu Cc: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, 22/05/2012 1:54 PM Hello Geoff! I am using a linear power supply. On the lower end of the 10m band, the birdies are a bit less. On six meters, the birdies are stronger, for example on 50.09374 is an S8 birdy. But the funny thing is, when listening to the subreceiver to the same freq, with the same settings, the birdy is much less noticable. It barely moves the meter. Also when listening with one ear to the main rx and the other ear to the sub rx while slowly tuning, I can hear on the main receiver 'whooop whoop whooop' while nothing is heard on the subreceiver. (receivers linked) Ideas? John 2012/5/22 Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy lx...@pt.lu: Hello John, Because I see that the birdies are spaced approximately 13.5 kHz apart, leads me to ask whether you are using a linear or a switching type of power supply. Second question, do you still see these birdies at the bottom edge of the 10m band? 73, Geoff LX2AO On May 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM, John Bekema wrote: Hello group! I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies.png Is this 'normal' ? I have the feeling that the birdies got worse after installing the subrx. Thank you for your comments! Kind regards, John de OH2GBA -- Regards, John Bekema __ 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 -- Regards, John Bekema __ 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] Running Windows on a MAC
Ed, This is incorrect. Each operating system is victimized by threats specific to that OS. You'll need a Windows anti-virus/anti-malware product if you run Windows on your Mac. Also, unless you plan to use both OSs simultaneously, you don't need to run Parallels. You can boot directly into Windows on an Intel Mac using Boot Camp. 73, Scott, N9AA On 5/22/12 2:23 PM, EMD wrote: Hello, Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC. I'm using Parallels to run Windows 7. I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus software on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? 73, Ed K3ENV __ 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] Birdies
hmm wierd another source in our home for birdies is the front loading washer, its another badie Its motor is some kind of DC servo or VF-AC. With the variation that you are seeing It may be something with a motor. It tends to be problematic on 80 and 40. and I believe they are moving, i dont have the p3 so I cant say for sure but it seems so when I see it in the puny view that EasyPal offers. David Moes VE3DVY --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies From: John Bekema john.bek...@gmail.com To: dm...@nexicom.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, 22/05/2012 2:30 PM I am not sure if this is related to any wifi/switching power supply Check an other picture: http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies2.png The P3 is in 'Fixed tune mode' (so when you turn the dial, the green bar will move) You see that the 'birdies' move, quickly. At 50.024 you see a CW beacon. When removing the antenna, the 'birdies' stay. John 2012/5/22 dm...@nexicom.net: do you have WiFi my dlink router is throwing birdies big time and its still there when the antenna is disconnected. havn't checked the spacing but that seems about correct. They are most noticable on 15-10m havn't tried 6m. one birdie sits right on a local 10m net frequency so when the net's on the internet is off and router unplugged, much to the grumbling of the rest of the family.the band seems clean when the router is unplugged. David Moes VE3DVY --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies From: John Bekema john.bek...@gmail.com To: Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy lx...@pt.lu Cc: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, 22/05/2012 1:54 PM Hello Geoff! I am using a linear power supply. On the lower end of the 10m band, the birdies are a bit less. On six meters, the birdies are stronger, for example on 50.09374 is an S8 birdy. But the funny thing is, when listening to the subreceiver to the same freq, with the same settings, the birdy is much less noticable. It barely moves the meter. Also when listening with one ear to the main rx and the other ear to the sub rx while slowly tuning, I can hear on the main receiver 'whooop whoop whooop' while nothing is heard on the subreceiver. (receivers linked) Ideas? John 2012/5/22 Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy lx...@pt.lu: Hello John, Because I see that the birdies are spaced approximately 13.5 kHz apart, leads me to ask whether you are using a linear or a switching type of power supply. Second question, do you still see these birdies at the bottom edge of the 10m band? 73, Geoff LX2AO On May 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM, John Bekema wrote: Hello group! I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies.png Is this 'normal' ? I have the feeling that the birdies got worse after installing the subrx. Thank you for your comments! Kind regards, John de OH2GBA -- Regards, John Bekema __ 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 -- Regards, John Bekema __ 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] Bit image backup: Safe sectors
There are several programs that make literal copies (mirror copies) of disk contents. This includes the OS and all program files as well as data... I happen to have been using one called Macrium Reflect Professional for the last few years. It produces a bit-for-bit literal image (a mirror copy) of the TOTAL contents of one or more hard drives, and can re-load such images. I use the FREE version of Macrium Reflect, which seems to do all of the essential things that the Pro version does. I back up all of the five computers in the house every now and then onto a portable USB hard drive. I tried doing this over the home network, but carrying the portable hard drive around to each individual computers turned out to be easier for me. I haven't had to restore a whole hard drive yet, but I have retrieved individual files from the hard drive image, just to prove to myself that it does work. I have also verified that the bootable rescue CD does bring up the appropriate menus for system or file restoration. This is one of those deals that you hope you never have to use. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, Arizona __ 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] SDRs and embedded processors
That's an interesting question, but I don't see how it is any different than for any other rig that has been introduced in the last 20 years. Microprocessors have been in use for ages to handle all sorts of tasks from menu functions to display. It doesn't matter whether those processors are controlled from ROM or flash RAM, or whether the software processes signals or human interface ... when the processor quits so does the rig. I suppose one way to mitigate the chance for obsolescence is to make as much of the rig modular as possible ... i.e., put the critical semiconductors (processors, flash ram, etc) on daughterboards that could be functionally replaced with more modern devices. I think to a great extent Elecraft has done that in the K3, but let's be honest ... how many people would actually buy a 50 year old tube rig with the intent of making it their primary rig anyway? The only reason anybody cares about such an old rig is nostalgia since the overall performance of a modern rig is much more compelling. 50 years from now that will probably be the case for the K3 as well, and I'm not even certain that ham radio will still be relevant enough then for anyone to care. 73, Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 10:54 AM, Jim Lowman wrote: Just a thought - I agree completely about the harm that software updates can do. But isn't there another problem lurking with passing time? I refer to the obsolescence of some dedicated processors that are no longer available from their source. Will Elecraft be able to support these embedded processors well into the future? It's been mentioned that the older, tube-based radios of 50 years ago work just fine today (as long as one can still obtain the required tubes). I don't expect to be around when any of my Elecraft transceivers hit the 50-year mark, but I'd like to think that they'll be good to go 20-30 years from now. One other note on software: I have some software for receivers and transceivers that are currently on the shelf (example: a Ten-Tec Pegasus) that were designed back in the days of DOS or Windows 95. It will be interesting to see if they will still work with Windows 7. 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW __ 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] KAT 500
Also will the tuner remember tuning values for various band segments? The 160m and 80m bands are, for example, rather wide, relatively speaking. vy 73 de toby On 21.05.2012 00:43, Wayne Burdick wrote: Yes and yes. Wayne N6KR http://www.elecraft.com On May 20, 2012, at 5:00 PM, iain macdonnell - N6MLa...@dseven.org wrote: Hi Dick/anyone, Does that mean that the KAT500 can automatically retune (based on memory) immediately on band-change, without any RF being transmitted? That'd be rather cool. If yes, can it also be told that some bands don't need matching, and so automatically go into bypass for those bands? 73, ~iain __ 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] SDRs and embedded processors
Redesigning an existing device to use a new microcontroller (not a PC microprocessor) is non-trivial; even pin-compatible parts often have changes in memory layout and peripheral addressing that drive software updates, compiler updates, etc. And if a pin-compatible part isn't available, then...it's a huge effort. I lived through this when last year's Tohoku (Japan) earthquake and tsunami caused a key Renesas plant to close, causing a huge scramble by automotive OEMs to change microcontrollers. There was a lot of pain and expense involved... And I strenuously disagree with the assertion that USB 2.0 will go the same way as FireWire. With an installed base estimated to be 15 billion devices, and full backwards compatibility from the successor to USB 2.0 (USB 3.0), I see a very long life for USB 2.0. More microprocessor and microcontroller architectures are including embedded USB 2.0 peripherals every day, and the roadmaps that I have seen show this trend continuing for the foreseeable future. RS-232-style ports are, on the other hand, not included in many new micros and are rapidly disappearing from silicon vendor roadmaps. Mike Alexander - N8MSA amsct...@comcast.net - Original Message - From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com To: Jim Lowman jmlow...@sbcglobal.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:15:44 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDRs and embedded processors Jim, I don't think software updates are a problem, but Windows Automatic Updates can (and do) happen at the most inconvenient times. I do not believe concern about obsolescence of dedicated processors is any great problem. The K3 could be re-designed with a different processor to take care of repairs. Loading of updated firmware into a dedicated processor is a concern because transmission methods tend to change from time to time - consider the problem the older Flex owners have bedause Flex choose to use Firewire - and I foresee USB going the same way. I am very glad to see that the K3 and KX3 have serial interfaces. Serial ports may be disappearing from consumer computers, but there are readily available adapters. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 1:54 PM, Jim Lowman wrote: Just a thought - I agree completely about the harm that software updates can do. But isn't there another problem lurking with passing time? I refer to the obsolescence of some dedicated processors that are no longer available from their source. Will Elecraft be able to support these embedded processors well into the future? It's been mentioned that the older, tube-based radios of 50 years ago work just fine today (as long as one can still obtain the required tubes). I don't expect to be around when any of my Elecraft transceivers hit the 50-year mark, but I'd like to think that they'll be good to go 20-30 years from now. __ 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 SVGA Keyboard
I need to issue a correction for a statement I made in an earlier post concerning the USB Keyboard, P3, and JT65. I incorrectly said that Joe Taylor (the author of the protocol) had taken ill recently. The good news is that is not true. The bad news is that I actually meant to say Joe Large, the author of the JT65-HF implementation, had taken ill recently. So my apologies to Joe Taylor, K1JT, and his many friends, for any concern I might have caused. And like all JT65-HF users, I continue to hope that Joe Large, W6CQZ, continues to improve. 73, Bob, WB4SON __ 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] Running Windows on a MAC
I would heavily discount anything that person told you in the future because they clearly don't understand how that works. When you run Windows on a MAC you are doing it in a separate partition of the hard drive and the Mac partition doesn't interface with it ... certainly not to the point of being able to police whatever goes on there. Whether or not you need antivirus software on the Windows partition is purely a function of what you will be doing there. If it never runs anything other than trusted software and never talks to the outside world (no internet access, no incoming files, etc) I doubt you would need it ... but for that reason, not the one your friend gave you. 73, Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 11:23 AM, EMD wrote: Hello, Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC. I'm using Parallels to run Windows 7. I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus software on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? 73, Ed K3ENV __ 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] Bit image backup: Safe sectors
I use Acronis True Image on the Win box. It's saved my bacon a couple of times. The Mac comes with Time Machine, which takes a backup every hour. 73, Mike NF4L On 5/22/12 12:59 PM, James Robbins wrote: John, Could you be more specific about your process for bit image backup and safe sectors? Program you use? What files you choose to backup? Whether Windows Restore program is or is not a suitable substitute? Thanks. 73, Jim Robbins N1JR It is vitally important to practice safe sectors. A bit image backup takes only a few minutes, and can be made on an auxiliary hard drive or a jump drive. __ 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] Birdies
I don't have a P3, but I do have a K3 and it is no secret to anyone that it is rife with low level birdies. I also agree with the original post that the 2nd receiver compounds the problem ... the 2nd receiver is very well shielded (the main is not) and has almost no birdies, but my own experiments with cable routing showed that the 2nd receiver contributes to coupling of signals inside the rig. The SIG RMV menu function added by Elecraft totally cured that problem for me and I now have no operating complaints at all, but SIG RMV doesn't make the birdies go away ... it just shifts each of them out of the normal receive passband. I'm not surprised that they would still show up on a wideband spectrum display of the main receiver. If you want to check, take the top off the K3 and move some cables around (the small coax ones leading to the front panel) while watching the P3. If the blips change in amplitude you're watching birdies. 73, Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 11:56 AM, dm...@nexicom.net wrote: hmm wierd another source in our home for birdies is the front loading washer, its another badie Its motor is some kind of DC servo or VF-AC. With the variation that you are seeing It may be something with a motor. It tends to be problematic on 80 and 40. and I believe they are moving, i dont have the p3 so I cant say for sure but it seems so when I see it in the puny view that EasyPal offers. David Moes VE3DVY --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies From: John Bekemajohn.bek...@gmail.com To:dm...@nexicom.net Cc:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, 22/05/2012 2:30 PM I am not sure if this is related to any wifi/switching power supply Check an other picture: http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies2.png The P3 is in 'Fixed tune mode' (so when you turn the dial, the green bar will move) You see that the 'birdies' move, quickly. At 50.024 you see a CW beacon. When removing the antenna, the 'birdies' stay. John 2012/5/22dm...@nexicom.net: do you have WiFi my dlink router is throwing birdies big time and its still there when the antenna is disconnected. havn't checked the spacing but that seems about correct. They are most noticable on 15-10m havn't tried 6m. one birdie sits right on a local 10m net frequency so when the net's on the internet is off and router unplugged, much to the grumbling of the rest of the family.the band seems clean when the router is unplugged. David Moes VE3DVY --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies From: John Bekemajohn.bek...@gmail.com To: Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedylx...@pt.lu Cc: Elecraft Discussion Listelecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, 22/05/2012 1:54 PM Hello Geoff! I am using a linear power supply. On the lower end of the 10m band, the birdies are a bit less. On six meters, the birdies are stronger, for example on 50.09374 is an S8 birdy. But the funny thing is, when listening to the subreceiver to the same freq, with the same settings, the birdy is much less noticable. It barely moves the meter. Also when listening with one ear to the main rx and the other ear to the sub rx while slowly tuning, I can hear on the main receiver 'whooop whoop whooop' while nothing is heard on the subreceiver. (receivers linked) Ideas? John 2012/5/22 Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedylx...@pt.lu: Hello John, Because I see that the birdies are spaced approximately 13.5 kHz apart, leads me to ask whether you are using a linear or a switching type of power supply. Second question, do you still see these birdies at the bottom edge of the 10m band? 73, Geoff LX2AO On May 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM, John Bekema wrote: Hello group! I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. http://www.oh2gba.eu/10mBirdies.png Is this 'normal' ? I have the feeling that the birdies got worse after installing the subrx. Thank you for your comments! Kind regards, John de OH2GBA -- Regards, John Bekema __ 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 -- Regards, John Bekema __ Elecraft mailing
Re: [Elecraft] Running Windows on a MAC
That's not exactly true. Certainly, Windows can be installed on a separate partition of the hard drive (I do it myself), but Parallels is a virtual machine installed in the Mac OS and can even be run as a window on the Mac screen like any other Mac application, resized, minimised, full screen etc. 73 Stephen G4SJP On 22 May 2012 20:33, David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com wrote: I would heavily discount anything that person told you in the future because they clearly don't understand how that works. When you run Windows on a MAC you are doing it in a separate partition of the hard drive and the Mac partition doesn't interface with it ... certainly not to the point of being able to police whatever goes on there. Whether or not you need antivirus software on the Windows partition is purely a function of what you will be doing there. If it never runs anything other than trusted software and never talks to the outside world (no internet access, no incoming files, etc) I doubt you would need it ... but for that reason, not the one your friend gave you. 73, Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 11:23 AM, EMD wrote: Hello, Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC. I'm using Parallels to run Windows 7. I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus software on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? 73, Ed K3ENV __ 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] Birdies
On 5/22/2012 9:30 AM, John Bekema wrote: I'd like to know how many birdies (fast moving) you can normally see on your P3 when the bands are quiet, or no antenna is connected. No fast moving ones. Very few fixed ones, mine come from the neighborhood wireless RAP at the top of my tower [we get free Internet :-)] and I know where they are. I made a screenshot of the P3, tuned on 10m, which is at the moment pretty dead. Your screenshot is fairly strange. Are you sure they're coming from the K3? I have an early K3 [#642], and when I calibrated the S-meter and P3, I had to run the transfer gain in the P3 very high, which produced a bunch of birdies on the P3 that I couldn't tune to [they moved with the receive cursor]. I think they were being generated in the P3. I did the IF level mod [change one resistor in the K3] and everything is normal now. Are they there with no antenna? Does the RF Gain affect them? 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org __ 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] Running Mac on Windows
I have found Virtual Box is great at testing and using various OSes from one machine without rebooting. I have one box running eight different OSes when I want them. Linux in its many flavors, Windows of various generations, Mac OSes of various eras, and my latest find: Haiku. For those of you familiar with BeOS Haiku will be a pleasant foray into the past. After Be went out of business many programmers decided not to let to OS die. So they, like Linus Torvalds, took it upon themselves to rewrite the code in open source form. Haiku is their model of BeOS. It works surprisingly well and mounting all of my NTFS files is automatic. It runs well under Virtual Box too. Please install and try Virtual Box on your machines to allow you to use legacy code on each of your boxes. 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] KAT 500
Yes. Dick, K6KR On May 22, 2012, at 12:22, Toby Deinhardt dj7...@muenchen-mail.de wrote: Also will the tuner remember tuning values for various band segments? The 160m and 80m bands are, for example, rather wide, relatively speaking. vy 73 de toby On 21.05.2012 00:43, Wayne Burdick wrote: Yes and yes. Wayne N6KR http://www.elecraft.com On May 20, 2012, at 5:00 PM, iain macdonnell - N6MLa...@dseven.org wrote: Hi Dick/anyone, Does that mean that the KAT500 can automatically retune (based on memory) immediately on band-change, without any RF being transmitted? That'd be rather cool. If yes, can it also be told that some bands don't need matching, and so automatically go into bypass for those bands? 73, ~iain __ 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] SDRs and embedded processors
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 10:54 -0700, Jim Lowman wrote: ... But isn't there another problem lurking with passing time? I refer to the obsolescence of some dedicated processors that are no longer available from their source. Will Elecraft be able to support these embedded processors well into the future? That may be one reason why Elecraft has chosen to go with mostly PIC processors. Microchip has been very good about continuing to make and support their older designs. (Have they ever obsoleted a PIC processor?) Alan N1AL __ 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] Running Mac on Windows
I presume Kevin is referring to Oracle VirtualBox. If that is the case, I have to report that I was unable to run FLDIGI under Ubuntu 11.10 in the VM because it would not properly communicate with a PCI board slotted into my MoBo to provide serial I/O. I moved the Linux to a separate hard drive in a dual-boot configuration, and in this instance it runs perfectly well. I was not able to pinpoint the source of difficulty with Ubuntu running in the VM vis-a-vis FLDIGI, although otherwise it was perfectly satisfactory. John Ragle -- W1ZI = On 5/22/2012 4:41 PM, kevinr wrote: snipI have found Virtual Box is great at testing and using various OSes from one machine without rebooting./snip __ 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] Running Mac on Windows
Thanks for the tip, Kevin. Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:42 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Running Mac on Windows I have found Virtual Box is great at testing and using various OSes from one machine without rebooting. I have one box running eight different OSes when I want them. Linux in its many flavors, Windows of various generations, Mac OSes of various eras, and my latest find: Haiku. For those of you familiar with BeOS Haiku will be a pleasant foray into the past. After Be went out of business many programmers decided not to let to OS die. So they, like Linus Torvalds, took it upon themselves to rewrite the code in open source form. Haiku is their model of BeOS. It works surprisingly well and mounting all of my NTFS files is automatic. It runs well under Virtual Box too. Please install and try Virtual Box on your machines to allow you to use legacy code on each of your boxes. 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 __ 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] Running Windows on a MAC
I guess I stand corrected then. I was thinking more of Boot Camp, which I've used and I'm pretty sure is always a separate partition. Even with Parallels, though, the two OS's don't speak to each other if Parallels installs as a virtual machine. Thanks for the correction es 73, Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 1:06 PM, Stephen Prior wrote: That's not exactly true. Certainly, Windows can be installed on a separate partition of the hard drive (I do it myself), but Parallels is a virtual machine installed in the Mac OS and can even be run as a window on the Mac screen like any other Mac application, resized, minimised, full screen etc. 73 Stephen G4SJP On 22 May 2012 20:33, David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com mailto:xda...@cis-broadband.com wrote: I would heavily discount anything that person told you in the future because they clearly don't understand how that works. When you run Windows on a MAC you are doing it in a separate partition of the hard drive and the Mac partition doesn't interface with it ... certainly not to the point of being able to police whatever goes on there. Whether or not you need antivirus software on the Windows partition is purely a function of what you will be doing there. If it never runs anything other than trusted software and never talks to the outside world (no internet access, no incoming files, etc) I doubt you would need it ... but for that reason, not the one your friend gave you. 73, Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 11:23 AM, EMD wrote: Hello, Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC. I'm using Parallels to run Windows 7. I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus software on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? 73, Ed K3ENV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ???
With all the comments about the upgraded or improved AGC is their a consensus as to starting values? I realize that these can be tailored for specific situations but a default starting set would be helpful. Thank you in advance, 73, Jack, W3TMZ __ 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] Collins
Back home. Please send the pictures and write up so I can get started. YU Had a great time! Phil Philip LaMarche 727-944-3226 727-510-5038 Cell http://www.w9dvm.com/ www.w9dvm.com http://WWW.FLAMGROUP.COM WWW.FLAMGROUP.COM K3 # 1605 KPA500 # 029 P3 #1480 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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] FW: Collins
Sorry, went to the wrong addressee. Philip LaMarche 727-944-3226 727-510-5038 Cell www.w9dvm.com WWW.FLAMGROUP.COM K3 # 1605 KPA500 # 029 P3 #1480 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil LaMarche Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:19 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Collins Back home. Please send the pictures and write up so I can get started. YU Had a great time! Phil Philip LaMarche 727-944-3226 727-510-5038 Cell http://www.w9dvm.com/ www.w9dvm.com http://WWW.FLAMGROUP.COM WWW.FLAMGROUP.COM K3 # 1605 KPA500 # 029 P3 #1480 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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] KAT 500
But presumably you'd have to transmit some RF for the KAT500 to know whereabouts in the band you are assuming it's using the band-data from the ACC port... or is there an AUXBUS way for it to get more-granular QRG data? ~iain / N6ML On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Dick Dievendorff die...@comcast.net wrote: Yes. Dick, K6KR On May 22, 2012, at 12:22, Toby Deinhardt dj7...@muenchen-mail.de wrote: Also will the tuner remember tuning values for various band segments? The 160m and 80m bands are, for example, rather wide, relatively speaking. vy 73 de toby On 21.05.2012 00:43, Wayne Burdick wrote: Yes and yes. Wayne N6KR http://www.elecraft.com On May 20, 2012, at 5:00 PM, iain macdonnell - N6MLa...@dseven.org wrote: Hi Dick/anyone, Does that mean that the KAT500 can automatically retune (based on memory) immediately on band-change, without any RF being transmitted? That'd be rather cool. If yes, can it also be told that some bands don't need matching, and so automatically go into bypass for those bands? 73, ~iain __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ???
I have not had a sufficiently large or loud pile up to test the AGC mods under battle conditions. Perhaps this weekend... I have my AGC values all set at the default levels except AGC THR which is 13. I'll be interested to hear what others are doing. Pete, W1RM -Original Message- From: Jack Colson [mailto:jcols...@tampabay.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:19 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ??? With all the comments about the upgraded or improved AGC is their a consensus as to starting values? I realize that these can be tailored for specific situations but a default starting set would be helpful. Thank you in advance, 73, Jack, W3TMZ __ 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] Running Windows on a MAC
I run VirtualBox and WM Ware Fusion on my Mac systems when I need to use Windows programs. Windows runs quite well on the VMs. It gives me a huge advantage that I can quickly create a new VM if needed (just copy an old one - I keep template Windows installations for that). I also do not run Anti-Virus on the Windows VMs. Why? Because Windows does not see the internet. I'm a Mac user - I do everything I can there, especially email and internet access. If I need a Windows file I download it through the Mac and simply move it over to the Windows VM. Both VMware and VirtualBox provide very nice facilities for moving the files and data back and forth. If I were to encounter any problems, I simply would roll back the VM to a previous snapshot and keep going. After many years, I have never had to do this due to any malware. but then I am very careful about things like this. So, if you are careful you don't need AV on Windows VMs. The key word is careful. As for running Mac in a VM, be sure to read the Apple license agreements, then think again what it is you want to do. Apple allows very few versions of its OS to run in VMs - mostly just the server versions. This may be changing with Lion and Mountain Lion, but so far the answer has been no, don't do that. Jack B, W6FB On May 22, 2012, at 2:15 PM, David Gilbert wrote: I guess I stand corrected then. I was thinking more of Boot Camp, which I've used and I'm pretty sure is always a separate partition. Even with Parallels, though, the two OS's don't speak to each other if Parallels installs as a virtual machine. Thanks for the correction es 73, Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 1:06 PM, Stephen Prior wrote: That's not exactly true. Certainly, Windows can be installed on a separate partition of the hard drive (I do it myself), but Parallels is a virtual machine installed in the Mac OS and can even be run as a window on the Mac screen like any other Mac application, resized, minimised, full screen etc. 73 Stephen G4SJP On 22 May 2012 20:33, David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com mailto:xda...@cis-broadband.com wrote: I would heavily discount anything that person told you in the future because they clearly don't understand how that works. When you run Windows on a MAC you are doing it in a separate partition of the hard drive and the Mac partition doesn't interface with it ... certainly not to the point of being able to police whatever goes on there. Whether or not you need antivirus software on the Windows partition is purely a function of what you will be doing there. If it never runs anything other than trusted software and never talks to the outside world (no internet access, no incoming files, etc) I doubt you would need it ... but for that reason, not the one your friend gave you. 73, Dave AB7E On 5/22/2012 11:23 AM, EMD wrote: Hello, Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC. I'm using Parallels to run Windows 7. I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus software on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? 73, Ed K3ENV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] Bit image backup: Safe sectors
John; Be very careful with a sector-by-sector backup utility if you decide to use an SSD. Solid State Drives constantly are moving sector locations around in order to avoid writing to the same flash location too many times. This occurs whenever a file needs to be updated or rewritten, and is especially true of the directory sectors. Because of this a backup may catch a file relocation in mid move, or more often catch a directory update while it is being moved, The result will be a completely useless backup. We discovered this recently when a friend needed to restore his system from a backup. The answer is to use a normal file-oriented backup instead of a sector- by-sector backup. Those backups are very much useful when needed. With the trend to replace disks with SSDs, especially in laptops, this will become very important. For those wondering, TIme Machine is indeed a file backup and not sector-by-sector. I recommend it whole heartedly! Jack Brindle, W6FB On May 22, 2012, at 11:22 AM, John Ragle wrote: Hi, Jim... There are several programs that make literal copies (mirror copies) of disk contents. This includes the OS and all program files as well as data... I happen to have been using one called Macrium Reflect Professional for the last few years. It produces a bit-for-bit literal image (a mirror copy) of the TOTAL contents of one or more hard drives, and can re-load such images. It does much more than copy data files. At present, I am using a PC with 2 inboard hard drives, each of 250 GB capacity. One of these is my WIN7 Ultimate OS and associated files (including programs, etc), and is about 80 GB in total content. The second is my Ubuntu 11.10 OS and a somewhat smaller collection of files (including programs, etc.) I back up the former almost daily onto a 1 TB external USB hard drive, and somewhat less frequently onto a Sandisk 64 GB stick...the 80 GB on the C:\ drive fit nicely onto the 64 GB stick with the compression used by Macrium. The rate-determining step in these USB-based devices is the USB transfer rate itself; 80 GB takes about 25 minutes to back or restore, and I do it last thing at night, letting Macrium close down the PC when finished. If I had a third drive bay, I would probably choose to back up onto a third drive...hard drives have become so inexpensive that you can practically use them like floppy drives. This would be significantly faster, about 10-12 minutes for the 80 GB contents of C:\ A while ago, I used a Sparc 20 with a shoebox tape drive and DAT Tapes, but that had little to do with my ham radio operation. These were unsatisfactory because the error rate was significant. I also tried using an elderly PC as a network server at home on our LAN. That too was somewhat cumbersome. My wife is an active software developer (vide the OWL system from Cengage), and separately uses a version of Macrium onto a 1 TB external drive, but much of her work is stored on a corporate cloud, and hopefully backed up there as well. I do not have a high opinion of Windows Restore -- it is significantly more involved to use than is Macrium Reflect. An advantage (to me the most significant one) of doing a bit-image backup is that when it comes time to restore program files (i.e. .exe files, etc), one does not have to search out the distribution media and play baking cookies with those media for hours to rebuild the system. A disadvantage of doing a bit-image backup is that in the absence of good garbage collection one keeps using the same general structure over and over again...a case can be made for rebuilding from scratch (not from the bit image) on a regular basis...some have suggested once a year, at least. The Linux crowd can tell you of several useful Linux based utilities for total backup, restore, partitioning, etc...I won't enumerate them here, though many of them are very useful. In general, I don't favor running anything off the cloud. My ISP is sometimes down for 1 or more hours, and that mode of dis-operation would leave me in the cold. Moreover, in view of the spate of successful hacking attacks, I don't trust cloud security. If I disconnect from the internet, the only ways someone can hack me are via my WiFi or to physically break into my home. I have taken pains to barricade the former. The latter takes care of itself in the usual way. Hope this answers your questions John Ragle -- W1ZI = On 5/22/2012 12:59 PM, James Robbins wrote: John, Could you be more specific about your process for bit image backup and safe sectors? Program you use? What files you choose to backup? Whether Windows Restore program is or is not a suitable substitute? Thanks. 73, Jim Robbins N1JR It is vitally important to practice safe sectors. A bit image backup takes only a few
Re: [Elecraft] Bit image backup: Safe sectors
Whenever I truly need a sector by sector backup, I boot a stand-alone linux image and use 'dd' to copy the data directly from the raw device. -kb7psg On Tue, 22 May 2012, Jack Brindle wrote: John; Be very careful with a sector-by-sector backup utility if you decide to use an SSD. Solid State Drives constantly are moving sector locations around in order to avoid writing to the same flash location too many times. This occurs whenever a file needs to be updated or rewritten, and is especially true of the directory sectors. Because of this a backup may catch a file relocation in mid move, or more often catch a directory update while it is being moved, The result will be a completely useless backup. We discovered this recently when a friend needed to restore his system from a backup. The answer is to use a normal file-oriented backup instead of a sector- by-sector backup. Those backups are very much useful when needed. With the trend to replace disks with SSDs, especially in laptops, this will become very important. For those wondering, TIme Machine is indeed a file backup and not sector-by-sector. I recommend it whole heartedly! Jack Brindle, W6FB On May 22, 2012, at 11:22 AM, John Ragle wrote: Hi, Jim... There are several programs that make literal copies (mirror copies) of disk contents. This includes the OS and all program files as well as data... I happen to have been using one called Macrium Reflect Professional for the last few years. It produces a bit-for-bit literal image (a mirror copy) of the TOTAL contents of one or more hard drives, and can re-load such images. It does much more than copy data files. At present, I am using a PC with 2 inboard hard drives, each of 250 GB capacity. One of these is my WIN7 Ultimate OS and associated files (including programs, etc), and is about 80 GB in total content. The second is my Ubuntu 11.10 OS and a somewhat smaller collection of files (including programs, etc.) I back up the former almost daily onto a 1 TB external USB hard drive, and somewhat less frequently onto a Sandisk 64 GB stick...the 80 GB on the C:\ drive fit nicely onto the 64 GB stick with the compression used by Macrium. The rate-determining step in these USB-based devices is the USB transfer rate itself; 80 GB takes about 25 minutes to back or restore, and I do it last thing at night, letting Macrium close down the PC when finished. If I had a third drive bay, I would probably choose to back up onto a third drive...hard drives have become so inexpensive that you can practically use them like floppy drives. This would be significantly faster, about 10-12 minutes for the 80 GB contents of C:\ A while ago, I used a Sparc 20 with a shoebox tape drive and DAT Tapes, but that had little to do with my ham radio operation. These were unsatisfactory because the error rate was significant. I also tried using an elderly PC as a network server at home on our LAN. That too was somewhat cumbersome. My wife is an active software developer (vide the OWL system from Cengage), and separately uses a version of Macrium onto a 1 TB external drive, but much of her work is stored on a corporate cloud, and hopefully backed up there as well. I do not have a high opinion of Windows Restore -- it is significantly more involved to use than is Macrium Reflect. An advantage (to me the most significant one) of doing a bit-image backup is that when it comes time to restore program files (i.e. .exe files, etc), one does not have to search out the distribution media and play baking cookies with those media for hours to rebuild the system. A disadvantage of doing a bit-image backup is that in the absence of good garbage collection one keeps using the same general structure over and over again...a case can be made for rebuilding from scratch (not from the bit image) on a regular basis...some have suggested once a year, at least. The Linux crowd can tell you of several useful Linux based utilities for total backup, restore, partitioning, etc...I won't enumerate them here, though many of them are very useful. In general, I don't favor running anything off the cloud. My ISP is sometimes down for 1 or more hours, and that mode of dis-operation would leave me in the cold. Moreover, in view of the spate of successful hacking attacks, I don't trust cloud security. If I disconnect from the internet, the only ways someone can hack me are via my WiFi or to physically break into my home. I have taken pains to barricade the former. The latter takes care of itself in the usual way. Hope this answers your questions John Ragle -- W1ZI = On 5/22/2012 12:59 PM, James Robbins wrote: John, Could you be more specific about your process for bit image backup and safe sectors? Program you use? What files you choose to backup? Whether Windows Restore program is or is not a
Re: [Elecraft] KAT 500
It will be on the same 'bus' as the K3/KPA500, so it'll get the info that way and adapt. For a NON-Elecraft product, YMMV. Trust them, how many mistakes have they made so far? (Heck they make it firefighter proof, which is magnitudes harder than idiot proof.) Now shh, after their Dayton recovery nap, let's let them work so we can play with the tuner sooner. ;o) Rick wa6nhc -Original Message- From: iain macdonnell - N6ML But presumably you'd have to transmit some RF for the KAT500 to know whereabouts in the band you are assuming it's using the band-data from the ACC port... or is there an AUXBUS way for it to get more-granular QRG data? ~iain / N6ML __ 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] Bit image backup: Safe sectors
dd or dd_rescue copies of SSD's are fine and no problem. The controllers hide all the fancy wear levelling stuff from the computer and present a disk that to the OS looks just line any other sata hard disk. dd_rescue is a variant of the linux dd utility which can deal with disks that ate not 100% healthy see http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ you will find dd and dd_rescue along with a bunch of other useful tools for copying partitions/disks on the knoppix distribution which is a bootable 'live cd' or can be used from a USB stick http://knoppix.net/ Trinity rescue kit is supposed to be very good too http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1front_id=12 On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 15:03 -0700, Jack Brindle wrote: John; Be very careful with a sector-by-sector backup utility if you decide to use an SSD. Solid State Drives constantly are moving sector locations around in order to avoid writing to the same flash location too many times. This occurs whenever a file needs to be updated or rewritten, and is especially true of the directory sectors. Because of this a backup may catch a file relocation in mid move, or more often catch a directory update while it is being moved, The result will be a completely useless backup. We discovered this recently when a friend needed to restore his system from a backup. The answer is to use a normal file-oriented backup instead of a sector- by-sector backup. Those backups are very much useful when needed. With the trend to replace disks with SSDs, especially in laptops, this will become very important. For those wondering, TIme Machine is indeed a file backup and not sector-by-sector. I recommend it whole heartedly! Jack Brindle, W6FB On May 22, 2012, at 11:22 AM, John Ragle wrote: Hi, Jim... There are several programs that make literal copies (mirror copies) of disk contents. This includes the OS and all program files as well as data... I happen to have been using one called Macrium Reflect Professional for the last few years. It produces a bit-for-bit literal image (a mirror copy) of the TOTAL contents of one or more hard drives, and can re-load such images. It does much more than copy data files. At present, I am using a PC with 2 inboard hard drives, each of 250 GB capacity. One of these is my WIN7 Ultimate OS and associated files (including programs, etc), and is about 80 GB in total content. The second is my Ubuntu 11.10 OS and a somewhat smaller collection of files (including programs, etc.) I back up the former almost daily onto a 1 TB external USB hard drive, and somewhat less frequently onto a Sandisk 64 GB stick...the 80 GB on the C:\ drive fit nicely onto the 64 GB stick with the compression used by Macrium. The rate-determining step in these USB-based devices is the USB transfer rate itself; 80 GB takes about 25 minutes to back or restore, and I do it last thing at night, letting Macrium close down the PC when finished. If I had a third drive bay, I would probably choose to back up onto a third drive...hard drives have become so inexpensive that you can practically use them like floppy drives. This would be significantly faster, about 10-12 minutes for the 80 GB contents of C:\ A while ago, I used a Sparc 20 with a shoebox tape drive and DAT Tapes, but that had little to do with my ham radio operation. These were unsatisfactory because the error rate was significant. I also tried using an elderly PC as a network server at home on our LAN. That too was somewhat cumbersome. My wife is an active software developer (vide the OWL system from Cengage), and separately uses a version of Macrium onto a 1 TB external drive, but much of her work is stored on a corporate cloud, and hopefully backed up there as well. I do not have a high opinion of Windows Restore -- it is significantly more involved to use than is Macrium Reflect. An advantage (to me the most significant one) of doing a bit-image backup is that when it comes time to restore program files (i.e. .exe files, etc), one does not have to search out the distribution media and play baking cookies with those media for hours to rebuild the system. A disadvantage of doing a bit-image backup is that in the absence of good garbage collection one keeps using the same general structure over and over again...a case can be made for rebuilding from scratch (not from the bit image) on a regular basis...some have suggested once a year, at least. The Linux crowd can tell you of several useful Linux based utilities for total backup, restore, partitioning, etc...I won't enumerate them here, though many of them are very useful. In general, I don't favor running anything off the cloud. My ISP is sometimes down for 1 or more hours, and that mode of
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies
That looks a lot like an electric motor (washing machine) to me eg amplitude and distibution..just my experience. Better to look for horses instead of Zebras :-) Alan/K6ADG __ 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] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ???
I moved my AGC values around some to check it out, and then finally put them back where they were, because I STILL like them there. My intercept value was worked out when I first got my K3, which was not at the extreme. 4.51 has not changed the AGC behavior if your previously picked AGC was within range to start with. For some they were at the extreme of the old value limits and wanted more numbers. Those folks now have something to play with. What I got out of 4.51 is a remarkable change in clarity and a coincident improvement in DSP NB (no change in IF NB). This has been explained as using numbers with more places after the decimal in logarithm functions, which would have removed a kind of distortion at AGC threshold. This distortion had already been reported as being eliminated by moving the threshold higher, or by adding attenuation to the RF, which effectively raises the threshold. Many of us for other reasons had made these changes ourselves some time ago, and simply were not affected by the complaints from others, making this problem perversely one of those A hears it, B does not, kind of things I note that for a long time, it was being blamed on the hardware AGC. If there WAS something still left there, I don't know what it would be. Maybe all of us need to apologize to the hardware AGC genie in our K3. False accusations may have cause hard feelings and reduced mojo. At some point after I got the K3, I quit using fast AGC at all, and set the slow AGC to its fastest value, used that all the time just because I liked it better (lack of technical specificity noted :)). Also I like the fast AGC again (lack of technical specificity still noted). I'm sure it's obvious to all, the slow AGC punches high, and takes its fat time coming back down, which puts the majority of signals under what is a rolling threshold where only a yet stronger signal would push it higher. So the combination of slow AGC and managing the RF input had the effect of minimizing transaction in the area fixed by the log function improvements, and the statement Guy just is not having this problem was both true AND covering up the problem. It also explains why I could never come up with anything to ID problems reported on the reflector using steady state signals :) If ever there was one, this was one of those self-disguising problems that confounds solution. The clarity improvements in 4.51 occur for me because, even with my coping adjustments to AGC and RF attenuation, the **slice of time where the AGC was moving from not invoked to set-at-value-by-signal** produced a distortion on the signal that happens only on the edge of signals. This also explains why the NB DSP t1-7 and t2-7 are better than before on key clicks (turn off IF blanking). Way to go, guys. This one's really a winner. 73, Guy. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Peter Chamalian w...@arrl.net wrote: I have not had a sufficiently large or loud pile up to test the AGC mods under battle conditions. Perhaps this weekend... I have my AGC values all set at the default levels except AGC THR which is 13. I'll be interested to hear what others are doing. Pete, W1RM -Original Message- From: Jack Colson [mailto:jcols...@tampabay.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:19 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ??? With all the comments about the upgraded or improved AGC is their a consensus as to starting values? I realize that these can be tailored for specific situations but a default starting set would be helpful. Thank you in advance, 73, Jack, W3TMZ __ 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, etc. Question.
Theoretically, using the K3_EZ utility's SWR plotter and a KAT-500 attached, would the SWR Tune points be set for the entire selected band? Larry/K2GN - http://k2gn.com http://k2gn.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] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ???
Try 10 for threshold and 10-12 for slope. 73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 5/22/2012 2:18 PM, Jack Colson wrote: With all the comments about the upgraded or improved AGC is their a consensus as to starting values? I realize that these can be tailored for specific situations but a default starting set would be helpful. Thank you in advance, 73, Jack, W3TMZ __ 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] SDRs and embedded processors
Alan Bloom wrote: Microchip has been very good about continuing to make and support their older designs. (Have they ever obsoleted a PIC processor?) Not that I know of. I first used a PIC MCU around 1995, in a NorCal 40A add-on (KC1 keyer/ counter). It was a PIC16F84, which is still stocked in several package styles, in the thousands each, by Digikey. If I'm not mistaken you can still get the KC1, too--from Wilderness Radio. Wayne N6KR __ 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] Birdies
Hello John, Thank you for your reply, and my apology for not being able to return sooner. I am inclined to think that the source of these birdies is external to your K3, and getting into the receiver via some connecting cable(s). The reason why the birdies are less noticeable on the sub-receiver is probably because it is in a shielded module, whereas the main receiver is open plan. However if there any coax cables or wires entering the sub- receiver's enclosure through holes in the shield, then whatever is causing the birdies will get into the sub- receiver. The dimensions of the sub-receiver's shielded enclosure might also affect the strength of the sub-receiver's birdies on different bands, especially the higher frequency bands (the Waveguide effect). Will look again at your screen capture, because I think that there is evidence that the birdies have discrete sidebands, which might help to identify their source. 73, Geoff LX2AO On May 22, 2012 at 7:53 PM, John Bekema wrote: Hello Geoff! I am using a linear power supply. On the lower end of the 10m band, the birdies are a bit less. On six meters, the birdies are stronger, for example on 50.09374 is an S8 birdy. But the funny thing is, when listening to the subreceiver to the same freq, with the same settings, the birdy is much less noticable. It barely moves the meter. Also when listening with one ear to the main rx and the other ear to the sub rx while slowly tuning, I can hear on the main receiver 'whooop whoop whooop' while nothing is heard on the subreceiver. (receivers linked) Ideas? John __ 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 HRD control of features
I have used HRD in the past with several rigs - all quite successfully. Now I am using it with the K3. It seems to me that there are very few of the K3's many features that can be controlled via HRD. I would consider HRD version 6 for purchase - if it is to become K3 feature rich. I posed the question to HRD support and received the following: We support whatever Eric has in the cat commands, if it's in there, we support it. Currently I am also testing N4PY's software for rig control. I know little about this software - only used it a couple times today. I have 9 more days on the free trial. Perhaps neither is suitable and I should continue twisting knobs. Comments regarding both programs would be greatly appreciated. Bill W2BLC __ 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 remote keypad option
Has anyone suggested that Wayne and Eric develope a remote keypad for the K3. The keypad would be used as a direct entry band switch for each band from 160 through 2 meters (if 2 meter module is installed in the K3). It would also be nice to have a couple of buttons that could be programed for other functions. Perhaps it could plug in to one of jacks on the rear panel of the K3. I mentioned this to someone this year at the Elecraft booth at Dayton (K8GG, George). He mentioned that some other K3 users may have suggested such an option before to Eric and Wayne. George was there to answer any questions about the K3 and the KX-3. I may have also mentioned this to Lyle. Bob Wilderman, K3SRO dlrwi...@verizon.net __ 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] SDRs and embedded processors
Yes, Don, Windows automatic updates can be a problem, but I have all of the computers at home set to check for updates at 3 AM daily. That way they won't interrupt anything that we may be doing. I've learned quite a bit about the PIC processors from Wayne and others, and I thank everyone for the information. Makes it easier to sleep at night! :-) 73 de Jim On 5/22/2012 11:15 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Jim, I don't think software updates are a problem, but Windows Automatic Updates can (and do) happen at the most inconvenient times. I do not believe concern about obsolescence of dedicated processors is any great problem. The K3 could be re-designed with a different processor to take care of repairs. Loading of updated firmware into a dedicated processor is a concern because transmission methods tend to change from time to time - consider the problem the older Flex owners have bedause Flex choose to use Firewire - and I foresee USB going the same way. I am very glad to see that the K3 and KX3 have serial interfaces. Serial ports may be disappearing from consumer computers, but there are readily available adapters. 73, Don W3FPR __ 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, etc. Question.
The K3_EZ swr plotter points will be of the KAT-500 input over the tested frequency range. I am not sure why that would be useful, unless a high swr is observed on the k3. What swr tune points do you mean? It is an autotuner in anycase yes? -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-etc-Question-tp7556343p7556347.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, etc. Question.
I mean the memorized tune point so the tuner wouldn't have to tune, just recall previous setting from memory. Larry/K2GN - http://k2gn.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of vk4tux Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:57 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3, etc. Question. The K3_EZ swr plotter points will be of the KAT-500 input over the tested frequency range. I am not sure why that would be useful, unless a high swr is observed on the k3. What swr tune points do you mean? It is an autotuner in anycase yes? -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-etc-Question-tp7556343p7556347.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 remote keypad option
I would purchase a properly configured direct frequency keypad for the K3. Something along the lines of what Stone Mountain Engineering used to make. I am not a programmer, but I would venture that the development of such would not be difficult. Bill W2BLC -- IN GOD I TRUST (but, NOT a single politician) __ 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 HRD control of features
I use HRD for my station. I dont do much rig control except for digital modes where the macro function and switching and it works great. I also like the integrated logger. Otherwise I tend to turn knobs on the radio. Just my experience. ~73 Don KD8NNU On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Bill wrote: I have used HRD in the past with several rigs - all quite successfully. Now I am using it with the K3. It seems to me that there are very few of the K3's many features that can be controlled via HRD. I would consider HRD version 6 for purchase - if it is to become K3 feature rich. I posed the question to HRD support and received the following: We support whatever Eric has in the cat commands, if it's in there, we support it. Currently I am also testing N4PY's software for rig control. I know little about this software - only used it a couple times today. I have 9 more days on the free trial. Perhaps neither is suitable and I should continue twisting knobs. Comments regarding both programs would be greatly appreciated. Bill W2BLC __ 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] SDRs and embedded processors
It is still for sale! 73, Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- Alan Bloom wrote: Microchip has been very good about continuing to make and support their Not that I know of. I first used a PIC MCU around 1995, in a NorCal 40A add-on (KC1 keyer/ counter). It was a PIC16F84, which is still stocked in several package styles, in the thousands each, by Digikey.older designs. (Have they ever obsoleted a PIC processor?) If I'm not mistaken you can still get the KC1, too--from Wilderness Radio. Wayne N6KR __ 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] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ???
I'll be in the WPX CW this weekend, using the rare prefix call sign KZ7X. I'm hoping for some good pileups to test things out! I'll be using these settings: agc dcy soft hld 0.2 pls nor slp 0 thr 20 f 200 s 020 af lim nor 030 front panel agc fast Use min preamp, max attenuator, and min rf gain to keep weak signals just clearly readable. My idea behind those settings is to keep dynamic range as high as possible before agc even begins to actuate. If agc compression becomes a big issue, I will try turning agc off, and setting rf and af gain to keep signals in the range where they need to be (weak signals readable, and loud signals below the AF Limiter). I have a new sensitive headphone setup, and new sound deadening in the amplifier that may help in this regard. Thanks to K3NA for this idea: http://wiki.contesting.com/index.php/Setting_receiver_gain_controls That's my plan, and I'm stickin' to it! Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, Arizona -Original Message- From: Peter Chamalian Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:48 PM To: 'Jack Colson' ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ??? I have not had a sufficiently large or loud pile up to test the AGC mods under battle conditions. Perhaps this weekend... I have my AGC values all set at the default levels except AGC THR which is 13. I'll be interested to hear what others are doing. Pete, W1RM -Original Message- From: Jack Colson [mailto:jcols...@tampabay.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:19 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Starting values for AGC with MCU 4.51 ??? With all the comments about the upgraded or improved AGC is their a consensus as to starting values? I realize that these can be tailored for specific situations but a default starting set would be helpful. Thank you in advance, 73, Jack, W3TMZ __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 remote keypad option
I have a similar keypad arrangement that I purchased for use with some microHAM products. A great addition to the radio and programming. Art - N4PJ On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Linda and Bob dlrwi...@verizon.net wrote: Has anyone suggested that Wayne and Eric develope a remote keypad for the K3. The keypad would be used as a direct entry band switch for each band from 160 through 2 meters (if 2 meter module is installed in the K3). It would also be nice to have a couple of buttons that could be programed for other functions. Perhaps it could plug in to one of jacks on the rear panel of the K3. I mentioned this to someone this year at the Elecraft booth at Dayton (K8GG, George). He mentioned that some other K3 users may have suggested such an option before to Eric and Wayne. George was there to answer any questions about the K3 and the KX-3. I may have also mentioned this to Lyle. Bob Wilderman, K3SRO dlrwi...@verizon.net __ 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 HRD control of features
Bill, As alternatives to HRD, many are using a logging program to provide some element of rig control - N1MM logger is a good example, and seems to be more directed at contests. DXLab Suite includes a number of rig control (and other information and control functions). For Data modes, there is Fldigi which integrates with several logging applications or can be used standalone with RigCAT which provides frequency display and several other functions. Just how much rig control you wish to have will dictate your choice. N4PY's software is quite good and can be kept up to date (with his update subscription plan). I cannot speak for the level of K3 support you will see in HRD 6.0, you will have to ask that in th3 HRD forums. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 7:43 PM, Bill wrote: I have used HRD in the past with several rigs - all quite successfully. Now I am using it with the K3. It seems to me that there are very few of the K3's many features that can be controlled via HRD. I would consider HRD version 6 for purchase - if it is to become K3 feature rich. I posed the question to HRD support and received the following: We support whatever Eric has in the cat commands, if it's in there, we support it. Currently I am also testing N4PY's software for rig control. I know little about this software - only used it a couple times today. I have 9 more days on the free trial. Perhaps neither is suitable and I should continue twisting knobs. Comments regarding both programs would be greatly appreciated. Bill W2BLC __ 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] KBT2 Instructions for the K2 Internal Battery
The KBT2 Internal Battery Installation Instructions need to be updated or have a errata attached. The instructions on page 8 refer to a S1 switch on the control board. I searched the archives and found out that the switch was changed to 3 pin header P7 after about serial number 3000 or so. So to prevent others from this confusion the instructions need changed or added to. 73 Keith Hamilton N8CEP __ 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] cables for digital/dayton
so just came back from Dayton and found out a couple of things. 1) neither west mountain nor signallink external sound cards have cables for the new KX3 2) so given that i will try to set up the radio with using the internal IMAC stereo line in for digital But the manual is light on the set up. I assume that the output of the radio (read phone jack) goes into the in line of the mac? but i figure there is another cable needed to transmit the digital, i hope to create/write. so where does that cable go from (from mac head phone to mic of the radio? I also have a USB cable to the ACC1 jack of the radio that should be able to control it (CAT commands) any help would be appreciated 73 __ 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] KBT2 Instructions for the K2 Internal Battery
Keith, You are correct. I will *try* to see who is owner of the document and see if it can be corrected. I am glad to see that you did enough research to realize that the switch had been changed to a 3 pin header. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 9:31 PM, Keith Hamilton wrote: The KBT2 Internal Battery Installation Instructions need to be updated or have a errata attached. The instructions on page 8 refer to a S1 switch on the control board. I searched the archives and found out that the switch was changed to 3 pin header P7 after about serial number 3000 or so. So to prevent others from this confusion the instructions need changed or added to. 73 Keith Hamilton N8CEP __ 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 HRD control of features
I have actually seen an increase in the HRD controls for the K3 since the new ownership took over. Many of the front panel functions can now be activated/deactivated by simply clicking buttons in the HRD rig control interface. Personally, I like HRD/DM780 better than DXLabs for rig control and digital modes. The log books to me are a toss-up. Much of the same information, just presented in different lay-outs. As to some functionality, such as label printing, that is coming in HRD v6.0 later this summer. I will admit, I alpha/beta tested some of the HRD 5.2x releases prior to some family/job situations taking over much of my time. However, I think that, with time, the new ownership will improve HRD's compatibility interface with the K3. Just my two cents' worth. 73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik@gmail.com K3 #281, P3 #688 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team On 5/22/2012 8:22 PM, gold...@charter.net wrote: I use HRD for my station. I dont do much rig control except for digital modes where the macro function and switching and it works great. I also like the integrated logger. Otherwise I tend to turn knobs on the radio. Just my experience. ~73 Don KD8NNU On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Bill wrote: I have used HRD in the past with several rigs - all quite successfully. Now I am using it with the K3. It seems to me that there are very few of the K3's many features that can be controlled via HRD. I would consider HRD version 6 for purchase - if it is to become K3 feature rich. I posed the question to HRD support and received the following: We support whatever Eric has in the cat commands, if it's in there, we support it. Currently I am also testing N4PY's software for rig control. I know little about this software - only used it a couple times today. I have 9 more days on the free trial. Perhaps neither is suitable and I should continue twisting knobs. Comments regarding both programs would be greatly appreciated. Bill W2BLC __ 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] I will be on vacation
Just FYI -- if you send any email directed toward me, and I do not respond, do not be offended. I am going to get on an airplane tomorrow and travel to Juneau, Alaska to visit with family and do some fishing. We will not be back until the afternoon on May 31. I am not taking the laptop, so this will be a vacation from email as well as a general vacation. Anyway, I will be in-incommunicado until June 1 -- it will be interesting to see what email has passed during my absence - give me until noon EDST to respond to any questions, and I plan a lot of exercise for the delete key. 73, Don W3FPR __ 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] cables for digital/dayton
I just use an unterminated SignaLink cable ( half an Ethernet jumper) and put on the right connectors that I purchased on-line. I also used an iMic with a couple jumper cables of the right terminations but got funny noise so that is what led me to the SignaLink since I had one. Got the isolation I needed and works fine. 73 I did not connect the PTT inside the SignaLink, or rather I have a added in switch to connect or disconnect that line. I use the USB to KX3 control cable with flrig to control the KX3 using the K3 setting. 73, tom n4zpt On 5/22/2012 9:44 PM, Robert Galambos wrote: so just came back from Dayton and found out a couple of things. 1) neither west mountain nor signallink external sound cards have cables for the new KX3 2) so given that i will try to set up the radio with using the internal IMAC stereo line in for digital But the manual is light on the set up. I assume that the output of the radio (read phone jack) goes into the in line of the mac? but i figure there is another cable needed to transmit the digital, i hope to create/write. so where does that cable go from (from mac head phone to mic of the radio? I also have a USB cable to the ACC1 jack of the radio that should be able to control it (CAT commands) any help would be appreciated 73 __ 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] KX3 cables for digital/dayton
An email this week from Tigertronics said KX3 cables should be available by mid June. Paul K4FB __ 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] cables for digital/dayton
Robert, The USB cable to ACC1 will indeed provide you with CAT control of the KX3. I do not understand IMAC stereo line in - I only discuss in acronyms that are defined in the KX3 manual, and IMAC is not one of them. Yes, you will have to build your own cables. There may be KX3 specific cables offered further down the road, but that is not today's situation. A cable from the interface audio output to the KX3 microphone input and a cable from the KX3 headphone output to the interface Audio input should be all that is required. If you have a cable from the computer usb or serial port, that cable can provide keying of the KX3, but without that cable, VOX is a viable solution, so use it unless you have other considerations. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 9:44 PM, Robert Galambos wrote: so just came back from Dayton and found out a couple of things. 1) neither west mountain nor signallink external sound cards have cables for the new KX3 2) so given that i will try to set up the radio with using the internal IMAC stereo line in for digital But the manual is light on the set up. I assume that the output of the radio (read phone jack) goes into the in line of the mac? but i figure there is another cable needed to transmit the digital, i hope to create/write. so where does that cable go from (from mac head phone to mic of the radio? I also have a USB cable to the ACC1 jack of the radio that should be able to control it (CAT commands) any help would be appreciated 73 __ 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] cables for digital/dayton
Sorry I have an Apple IMAC running fusion win 7 64 bit On 12-05-22 10:41 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Robert, The USB cable to ACC1 will indeed provide you with CAT control of the KX3. I do not understand IMAC stereo line in - I only discuss in acronyms that are defined in the KX3 manual, and IMAC is not one of them. Yes, you will have to build your own cables. There may be KX3 specific cables offered further down the road, but that is not today's situation. A cable from the interface audio output to the KX3 microphone input and a cable from the KX3 headphone output to the interface Audio input should be all that is required. If you have a cable from the computer usb or serial port, that cable can provide keying of the KX3, but without that cable, VOX is a viable solution, so use it unless you have other considerations. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 9:44 PM, Robert Galambos wrote: so just came back from Dayton and found out a couple of things. 1) neither west mountain nor signallink external sound cards have cables for the new KX3 2) so given that i will try to set up the radio with using the internal IMAC stereo line in for digital But the manual is light on the set up. I assume that the output of the radio (read phone jack) goes into the in line of the mac? but i figure there is another cable needed to transmit the digital, i hope to create/write. so where does that cable go from (from mac head phone to mic of the radio? I also have a USB cable to the ACC1 jack of the radio that should be able to control it (CAT commands) any help would be appreciated 73 __ 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] KBT2 Instructions for the K2 Internal Battery
That switch!! That switch has caused more problems that it was worth -- it seemed that every time I would take the cover off of my K2, for whatever reason, and then replace it, I'd turn on the rig and get the infamous Lo batt message because my fat fingers accidentally pushed That Switch to the wrong position. Off came the cover, the switch was set properly, back on went the cover and everything was fine --- until the next time. Glad to see it's gone...hi (althiugh as Keith points out, even though it's gone, it's still causing problems...hi) (what was it for, anyway? Tom, WB2QDG K2 # 1103 On 5/22/2012 9:31 PM, Keith Hamilton wrote: The KBT2 Internal Battery Installation Instructions need to be updated or have a errata attached. The instructions on page 8 refer to a S1 switch on the control board. I searched the archives and found out that the switch was changed to 3 pin header P7 after about serial number 3000 or so. So to prevent others from this confusion the instructions need changed or added to. 73 Keith Hamilton N8CEP __ 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] I will be on vacation
*Don, Enjoy the vacation and I like my Salmon lightly cooked, juicy and tender. Oh, and leave some for me! regards, Gary * On 23 May 2012 12:15, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Just FYI -- if you send any email directed toward me, and I do not respond, do not be offended. I am going to get on an airplane tomorrow and travel to Juneau, Alaska to visit with family and do some fishing. We will not be back until the afternoon on May 31. I am not taking the laptop, so this will be a vacation from email as well as a general vacation. Anyway, I will be in-incommunicado until June 1 -- it will be interesting to see what email has passed during my absence - give me until noon EDST to respond to any questions, and I plan a lot of exercise for the delete key. 73, Don W3FPR __ 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 Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 KAT-500#?? Living the dream!!! __ 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] I will be on vacation
Gary, maybe Don will get us some smoked salmon. Had some up there and it was great. Don enjoy the family and fishing. Oh pan for some gold too. On May 22, 2012 9:54 PM, Gary Gregory garyvk...@gmail.com wrote: *Don, Enjoy the vacation and I like my Salmon lightly cooked, juicy and tender. Oh, and leave some for me! regards, Gary * On 23 May 2012 12:15, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Just FYI -- if you send any email directed toward me, and I do not respond, do not be offended. I am going to get on an airplane tomorrow and travel to Juneau, Alaska to visit with family and do some fishing. We will not be back until the afternoon on May 31. I am not taking the laptop, so this will be a vacation from email as well as a general vacation. Anyway, I will be in-incommunicado until June 1 -- it will be interesting to see what email has passed during my absence - give me until noon EDST to respond to any questions, and I plan a lot of exercise for the delete key. 73, Don W3FPR __ 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 Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 KAT-500#?? Living the dream!!! __ 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] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping
What's the point of posting order numbers which don't change for weeks when it talks about shipping in the next 7 days. What a crock. Its been 6 months since it was ordered and there's no chance of seeing the radio for several more months at the rate they are being shipped. Simply a travesty and What a waste of time. Tell the people who ordered your projected ship times based on # units shipped per day would be meaningful. We could come back In 6 months and maybe see progress. This order number range is garbage. IMHO John K3GO Sent from my iPad John Smith __ 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] KBT2 Instructions for the K2 Internal Battery
That Switch!!! Well, that switch had good intentions for those who did not have a DMM and had trouble with their K2 that measuring the DC voltages might provide some clue to the problem. With the switch in the EXT position, the K2 would display the voltage applied to the probe described in page 44 of the manual - no DMM required. Most K2 builders/owners do have access to a DMM, so this capability is not often used. Keep the switch on the INT position, or replace the switch with the 3 pin header and a jumper. The KBT2 instructions are being addressed separately. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 10:52 PM, Tom McCulloch wrote: That switch!! That switch has caused more problems that it was worth -- it seemed that every time I would take the cover off of my K2, for whatever reason, and then replace it, I'd turn on the rig and get the infamous Lo batt message because my fat fingers accidentally pushed That Switch to the wrong position. Off came the cover, the switch was set properly, back on went the cover and everything was fine --- until the next time. Glad to see it's gone...hi (althiugh as Keith points out, even though it's gone, it's still causing problems...hi) (what was it for, anyway? Tom, WB2QDG K2 # 1103 On 5/22/2012 9:31 PM, Keith Hamilton wrote: The KBT2 Internal Battery Installation Instructions need to be updated or have a errata attached. The instructions on page 8 refer to a S1 switch on the control board. I searched the archives and found out that the switch was changed to 3 pin header P7 after about serial number 3000 or so. So to prevent others from this confusion the instructions need changed or added to. 73 Keith Hamilton N8CEP __ 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] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping
Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z __ 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] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping
Don, Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early adopters. You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems that are identified by the early adopters, so do not be afraid to join in with the latest and greatest. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote: Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z __ 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] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping
I have no issues being 1st in line with Elecraft. Sure they might have an issue here or there but they stand behind their products. I had an early FT-DX9000 and I couldn't give it back to them fast enough. They even screwed me on the shipping. Everyone of the 9000's had to go back to Yaesu to get FIXED. Elecraft will just send parts, boards etc. By the way someone has to find the issues and that is not always the beta testers. I have two K3's, P3, KPA-500 and the KAT-500 on order. Elecraft does not ship products that are not ready and are not pressured to ship prior to having all the bugs worked out. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/22/2012 9:40 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Don, Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early adopters. You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems that are identified by the early adopters, so do not be afraid to join in with the latest and greatest. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote: Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z __ 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] Windows4P3 Remote Edition
I have now got a working version of Windows4P3 that allows displaying the video and controlling the P3 via the internet. The performance is acceptable with configurable bandwidth. You can read about it here: http://va2fsq.com/?page_id=130 I will be looking for beta testers but of course you will need a video capture board connected to your SVGA P3 adapter. 73's VA2FSQ -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Windows4P3-Remote-Edition-tp7556375.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] Early oderers
*patience is a virtue...found in a woman, seldom in a man.. 'Author Unknown' Gary I'm in charge, my wife told me. * -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 KAT-500#?? Living the dream!!! __ 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] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping
It is a bit depressing for me having to travel with the super large FT450AT with its crappy auto tuner and pretty lame receiver. If my K3 is any indication of what I am waiting on with the KX3 it will be well worth the wait. However, I do wish there was transparency in terms of when i could expect my Dec 31st order. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On May 22, 2012, at 8:11 PM, ATT Yahoo k...@bellsouth.net wrote: What's the point of posting order numbers which don't change for weeks when it talks about shipping in the next 7 days. What a crock. Its been 6 months since it was ordered and there's no chance of seeing the radio for several more months at the rate they are being shipped. Simply a travesty and What a waste of time. Tell the people who ordered your projected ship times based on # units shipped per day would be meaningful. We could come back In 6 months and maybe see progress. This order number range is garbage. IMHO John K3GO Sent from my iPad John Smith __ 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, Remote Viewing via the Internet
The epiphzn does not do a very good job getting the svga from the p3 to the displzy. Low fps as well s dropped frames. On the other hand, if you have a PC with a spare PCIex4slot, the Avermedia HD will capture the P3 display flawlessly. It also comes with a tutorial on how to stream his video via flash to a web page. You can also check out Windows4P3Remote which has a good description of the process. 73's, VA2FSQ, Tom -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-Remote-Viewing-via-the-Internet-tp7474682p7556378.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] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping
*Soon? :-) Gary * On 23 May 2012 14:31, Keith Heimbold ag...@hotmail.com wrote: It is a bit depressing for me having to travel with the super large FT450AT with its crappy auto tuner and pretty lame receiver. If my K3 is any indication of what I am waiting on with the KX3 it will be well worth the wait. However, I do wish there was transparency in terms of when i could expect my Dec 31st order. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On May 22, 2012, at 8:11 PM, ATT Yahoo k...@bellsouth.net wrote: What's the point of posting order numbers which don't change for weeks when it talks about shipping in the next 7 days. What a crock. Its been 6 months since it was ordered and there's no chance of seeing the radio for several more months at the rate they are being shipped. Simply a travesty and What a waste of time. Tell the people who ordered your projected ship times based on # units shipped per day would be meaningful. We could come back In 6 months and maybe see progress. This order number range is garbage. IMHO John K3GO Sent from my iPad John Smith __ 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 -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 KAT-500#?? Living the dream!!! __ 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
