[Elecraft] K2 Internal Battery Replacement ?
It's clear my K2 battery is in need of replacement I'm wondering if anyone has come up with an alternative to the standard sealed lead acid as fitted. Weight is not the main consideration but capacity and ease of charging. Any thoughts? 73, Deni F5VJC __ 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 Mufflied audio - new issue
Not sure what happened but after a full reset everything is beautiful again. Transmit audio is as it should be. I wish I would have saved previous settings but it didn't take too long to get most of them back to normal. It was actually fun to go through the configurations because I am ashamed to say that they have not changed since I purchased this rig from K2MLB. Thanks, Keith AG6AZ -Original Message- From: Scott Manthe Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:54 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mufflied audio - new issue Do you have the noise gate turned on? 73, Scott, N9AA On 9/3/12 1:30 AM, Keith Heimbold wrote: Hi Don, I am hearing a muffled echo and some strange over compression with my normal settings in monitor. A local friend and I were changing the settings to lower compression and mic gain and it was better but it still remained. I changed to the other rig using the same antenna and headset (used on other rig) and my report was beautiful sounding audio with no muffling or issues with echo. I am working through a complete reset now to factory. Thought it might help. I will report back if this helps the situation. Thanks, Keith AG6AZ __ 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 Utility and Mountain Lion problem
Is this making it to the reflector? 73, Mike NF4L On 9/1/12 10:44 AM, Mike wrote: Would one of you please share? 73, Mike NF4L On 9/1/12 7:15 AM, Nicolas Drin wrote: Thank to Adrian VK4TUK... 5 minutes after my threat he mailed me the solution !!! Fine reflector. Nicolas NC40, SIERRA, K1, K2, K3, P3, KPA500, KX1, waiting for KX3 KAT500. __ 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 DNR
Hi Fred, I have a similar set-up with yours, on one side K3+P3 and other side FT5K+SM5K+LPpan both connected to Quadra amp. My primary choise for low bands is K3 due excellent flexibility of AGC and static noise exclusion from AGC loop. My FT5K is batch March 2010 and K3 is Dec 2011 with 2.7/2.1/400/250 roofs with dual RX. Side by side in low bands (40 and lower) the K3 performs far better than FT5K mainly due AGC/NR setting combination, on higher bands mostly in SSB my choise is FT5K due excellent DNR algorithms. Now there is no perfect radio in the world, in my humble oppinion the combination K3+FT5K is the killing one. BTW, I feed both audio outputs in SM5K speakers via a Behringer HA4700 (feeding also two headphones and one computer sound card) so I spent many hours A/B analysis. Another remark, the learning curve of K3 was few times longer than FT5K, I still play around with different DSP/AGC/NB combinations in different band conditions, I have abt 4-5 standard setting combinations for CW/SSB/digitals, antenna type, prop cond type. vy73 de VE3GNO Daniel www.qrz.com/db/ve3gno From: Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 5:39:01 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 DNR I have been a Yaesu fan for many years and currently have a FTDX-5000MP and a Quadra amp in essence a 1kw radio in every way from 6-160m. It is an excellent radio and a great receiver to boot as you all know I'm sure. I have owned it for 30 months and never had one issue with it was the second one delivered in the US. Wanting to try something new I decided to buy a K3 what could be wrong with owning the #1 2 radios on all the tests. Long story short now I have a loaded K2/100, 2 K3/100's one of them loaded and the other on the way, a P3/SVGA and will add a second plus a XG3. These darned Elecrafts are a real pain they should make you have a prescription from your Doctor before you ever order one and that should have a warning label about becoming addictive. Rather than going with an Elecraft tuner and amp I decided to go another direction that gave me a few more options an Alpha amp and a new Alpha 4040 auto tuned soon to be released. In the interim I'm using a Palstar AT-Auto till the Alpha gets here the last of Sept or Oct. Just finished ordering a Array Solutions Six Pack SO2R Dual Controller for the K3's and a Bandmaster with a few extras. Being rather new to Elecraft I have only had my K3's for about a month I'm still searching for a way to continuously adjust the DNR from the very lowest to the most aggressive with a dial while listing. I'm able to do this with my FTDX-5000 and find it to be one of my most used features and most effective I might add with that ability. Is there a way for me to setup a knob to adjust the DNR like that in the K3, I'm sure there must be and it's just me not finding it, that good of a feature I'm sure would not be left out. Thx to all 73, Fred/N0AZZ __ 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 DNR
Daniel I did not know that I would find you here also a voice from someone who knows both radios this morning I was working KH2L on 40m and found what you are saying to be true. Over the weekend worked several new band countries on 80m was good for a change with the contest and the K3 fared well on 80m also better than the 5000 but when I started on 20/15/12/10m I thought it was just me not know how to adjust the K3. Many of my problems are not being well acquainted with the K3 still studying the manual and Fred Cady's book. Thanks again for your post I was wishing that I had not posted but did receive some good info that I didn't have when I started. So I guess I'll be more careful of what I post in the future it's not good here to like any other radio I see. But I really do like my Elecrafts or wouldn't have bought so much from them lol. Thx 73, Fred/N0AZZ From: VE3GNO Daniel [mailto:yo3...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 5:23 AM To: Fred Smith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 DNR Hi Fred, I have a similar set-up with yours, on one side K3+P3 and other side FT5K+SM5K+LPpan both connected to Quadra amp. My primary choise for low bands is K3 due excellent flexibility of AGC and static noise exclusion from AGC loop. My FT5K is batch March 2010 and K3 is Dec 2011 with 2.7/2.1/400/250 roofs with dual RX. Side by side in low bands (40 and lower) the K3 performs far better than FT5K mainly due AGC/NR setting combination, on higher bands mostly in SSB my choise is FT5K due excellent DNR algorithms. Now there is no perfect radio in the world, in my humble oppinion the combination K3+FT5K is the killing one. BTW, I feed both audio outputs in SM5K speakers via a Behringer HA4700 (feeding also two headphones and one computer sound card) so I spent many hours A/B analysis. Another remark, the learning curve of K3 was few times longer than FT5K, I still play around with different DSP/AGC/NB combinations in different band conditions, I have abt 4-5 standard setting combinations for CW/SSB/digitals, antenna type, prop cond type. vy73 de VE3GNO Daniel www.qrz.com/db/ve3gno From: Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 5:39:01 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 DNR I have been a Yaesu fan for many years and currently have a FTDX-5000MP and a Quadra amp in essence a 1kw radio in every way from 6-160m. It is an excellent radio and a great receiver to boot as you all know I'm sure. I have owned it for 30 months and never had one issue with it was the second one delivered in the US. Wanting to try something new I decided to buy a K3 what could be wrong with owning the #1 2 radios on all the tests. Long story short now I have a loaded K2/100, 2 K3/100's one of them loaded and the other on the way, a P3/SVGA and will add a second plus a XG3. These darned Elecrafts are a real pain they should make you have a prescription from your Doctor before you ever order one and that should have a warning label about becoming addictive. Rather than going with an Elecraft tuner and amp I decided to go another direction that gave me a few more options an Alpha amp and a new Alpha 4040 auto tuned soon to be released. In the interim I'm using a Palstar AT-Auto till the Alpha gets here the last of Sept or Oct. Just finished ordering a Array Solutions Six Pack SO2R Dual Controller for the K3's and a Bandmaster with a few extras. Being rather new to Elecraft I have only had my K3's for about a month I'm still searching for a way to continuously adjust the DNR from the very lowest to the most aggressive with a dial while listing. I'm able to do this with my FTDX-5000 and find it to be one of my most used features and most effective I might add with that ability. Is there a way for me to setup a knob to adjust the DNR like that in the K3, I'm sure there must be and it's just me not finding it, that good of a feature I'm sure would not be left out. Thx to all 73, Fred/N0AZZ __ 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 DNR
BTW Daniel I like the P3/SVGA a lot better than I ever did my LP-PAN or the SDR-IQ I'm now using with my 5000. Fred/N0AZZ From: VE3GNO Daniel [mailto:yo3...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 5:23 AM To: Fred Smith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 DNR Hi Fred, I have a similar set-up with yours, on one side K3+P3 and other side FT5K+SM5K+LPpan both connected to Quadra amp. My primary choise for low bands is K3 due excellent flexibility of AGC and static noise exclusion from AGC loop. My FT5K is batch March 2010 and K3 is Dec 2011 with 2.7/2.1/400/250 roofs with dual RX. Side by side in low bands (40 and lower) the K3 performs far better than FT5K mainly due AGC/NR setting combination, on higher bands mostly in SSB my choise is FT5K due excellent DNR algorithms. Now there is no perfect radio in the world, in my humble oppinion the combination K3+FT5K is the killing one. BTW, I feed both audio outputs in SM5K speakers via a Behringer HA4700 (feeding also two headphones and one computer sound card) so I spent many hours A/B analysis. Another remark, the learning curve of K3 was few times longer than FT5K, I still play around with different DSP/AGC/NB combinations in different band conditions, I have abt 4-5 standard setting combinations for CW/SSB/digitals, antenna type, prop cond type. vy73 de VE3GNO Daniel www.qrz.com/db/ve3gno From: Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 5:39:01 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 DNR I have been a Yaesu fan for many years and currently have a FTDX-5000MP and a Quadra amp in essence a 1kw radio in every way from 6-160m. It is an excellent radio and a great receiver to boot as you all know I'm sure. I have owned it for 30 months and never had one issue with it was the second one delivered in the US. Wanting to try something new I decided to buy a K3 what could be wrong with owning the #1 2 radios on all the tests. Long story short now I have a loaded K2/100, 2 K3/100's one of them loaded and the other on the way, a P3/SVGA and will add a second plus a XG3. These darned Elecrafts are a real pain they should make you have a prescription from your Doctor before you ever order one and that should have a warning label about becoming addictive. Rather than going with an Elecraft tuner and amp I decided to go another direction that gave me a few more options an Alpha amp and a new Alpha 4040 auto tuned soon to be released. In the interim I'm using a Palstar AT-Auto till the Alpha gets here the last of Sept or Oct. Just finished ordering a Array Solutions Six Pack SO2R Dual Controller for the K3's and a Bandmaster with a few extras. Being rather new to Elecraft I have only had my K3's for about a month I'm still searching for a way to continuously adjust the DNR from the very lowest to the most aggressive with a dial while listing. I'm able to do this with my FTDX-5000 and find it to be one of my most used features and most effective I might add with that ability. Is there a way for me to setup a knob to adjust the DNR like that in the K3, I'm sure there must be and it's just me not finding it, that good of a feature I'm sure would not be left out. Thx to all 73, Fred/N0AZZ __ 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 Utility and Mountain Lion problem
Hi To answer the question. The problem was the shut down of the P3 Utility after probably the upgrade of the Mac Os (Lion to Moutain Lion). The solution is very easy (thank to Adrian VK4TUX), just remove the prefs file in the user librairy (P3utilityprefs). Hope this help (no problem so far with others Elecraft softwares) Best 73 Nicolas, F5HFZ -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-Utility-and-Mountain-Lion-problem-tp7561916p7562057.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 DNR
Hi Fred Wellcome to my world, in the last 9 months that I owned the K3 I still discover new things, the ALC/NB/NR combination is a never ending story. Once I got familiar with setting I start playing with feature interaction, depeding band conditions I found more efficient one set of setting or other. In lower bands noise is our biggest enemy and there is a very thin line between results but that thin like make the difference between copy or no copy sometimes. Speaking abt fiability the K3 is far better than FT5K. With my Yaesu in last 2 years I had to change one OLED, one encoder, meter instrument. With K3 only concentric buttons :-)) 73 VE3GNO Daniel From: Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com To: 'VE3GNO Daniel' yo3...@yahoo.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 6:56:02 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 DNR BTW Daniel I like the P3/SVGA a lot better than I ever did my LP-PAN or the SDR-IQ I'm now using with my 5000. Fred/N0AZZ From:VE3GNO Daniel [mailto:yo3...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 5:23 AM To: Fred Smith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 DNR Hi Fred, I have a similar set-up with yours, on one side K3+P3 and other side FT5K+SM5K+LPpan both connected to Quadra amp. My primary choise for low bands is K3 due excellent flexibility of AGC and static noise exclusion from AGC loop. My FT5K is batch March 2010 and K3 is Dec 2011 with 2.7/2.1/400/250 roofs with dual RX. Side by side in low bands (40 and lower) the K3 performs far better than FT5K mainly due AGC/NR setting combination, on higher bands mostly in SSB my choise is FT5K due excellent DNR algorithms. Now there is no perfect radio in the world, in my humble oppinion the combination K3+FT5K is the killing one. BTW, I feed both audio outputs in SM5K speakers via a Behringer HA4700 (feeding also two headphones and one computer sound card) so I spent many hours A/B analysis. Another remark, the learning curve of K3 was few times longer than FT5K, I still play around with different DSP/AGC/NB combinations in different band conditions, I have abt 4-5 standard setting combinations for CW/SSB/digitals, antenna type, prop cond type. vy73 de VE3GNO Daniel www.qrz.com/db/ve3gno From:Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 5:39:01 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 DNR I have been a Yaesu fan for many years and currently have a FTDX-5000MP and a Quadra amp in essence a 1kw radio in every way from 6-160m. It is an excellent radio and a great receiver to boot as you all know I'm sure. I have owned it for 30 months and never had one issue with it was the second one delivered in the US. Wanting to try something new I decided to buy a K3 what could be wrong with owning the #1 2 radios on all the tests. Long story short now I have a loaded K2/100, 2 K3/100's one of them loaded and the other on the way, a P3/SVGA and will add a second plus a XG3. These darned Elecrafts are a real pain they should make you have a prescription from your Doctor before you ever order one and that should have a warning label about becoming addictive. Rather than going with an Elecraft tuner and amp I decided to go another direction that gave me a few more options an Alpha amp and a new Alpha 4040 auto tuned soon to be released. In the interim I'm using a Palstar AT-Auto till the Alpha gets here the last of Sept or Oct. Just finished ordering a Array Solutions Six Pack SO2R Dual Controller for the K3's and a Bandmaster with a few extras. Being rather new to Elecraft I have only had my K3's for about a month I'm still searching for a way to continuously adjust the DNR from the very lowest to the most aggressive with a dial while listing. I'm able to do this with my FTDX-5000 and find it to be one of my most used features and most effective I might add with that ability. Is there a way for me to setup a knob to adjust the DNR like that in the K3, I'm sure there must be and it's just me not finding it, that good of a feature I'm sure would not be left out. Thx to all 73, Fred/N0AZZ __ 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 Utility and Mountain Lion problem
Thank you, Nicholas. 73, Mike NF4L On 9/3/12 7:16 AM, Nicolas Drin wrote: Hi To answer the question. The problem was the shut down of the P3 Utility after probably the upgrade of the Mac Os (Lion to Moutain Lion). The solution is very easy (thank to Adrian VK4TUX), just remove the prefs file in the user librairy (P3utilityprefs). Hope this help (no problem so far with others Elecraft softwares) Best 73 Nicolas, F5HFZ -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-Utility-and-Mountain-Lion-problem-tp7561916p7562057.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] P3 Utility and Mountain Lion problem
A lot of people will not know how to access the preferences file. Click on the McIntosh HD icon on your desktop In the Finder window command line click on GO, this will bring up a drop down box. Near the bottom of the box you will find Go To Folder The folder you want to got to is /Users/username/Library Preferences Use caution at this point as there are a number of Elecraft files out there. Look for K3UtilPrefs and P3UtilPrefs These are the files to delete based on whether you are having trouble with the K3Utility or P3Utility. These files and folders are normally hidden from view. If you wish to just navigate to the files using the finder, you can un-hide the files by doing the following. CAUTION: THESE FILES ARE HIDDEN FOR A PURPOSE. UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE OS, I AM SURE APPLE WOULD RATHER YOU NOT DO THIS. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MODIFYING, ADDING OR DELETING. In the Utilities folder: Open Terminal. At the prompt $ type the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true Press return to execute. To re-hide the files and folders: Again open Terminal. At the prompt $ type the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false Press return to execute 73s Jim, W4ATK On Sep 3, 2012, at 5:03 AM, Mike n...@nf4l.com wrote: Is this making it to the reflector? 73, Mike NF4L On 9/1/12 10:44 AM, Mike wrote: Would one of you please share? 73, Mike NF4L On 9/1/12 7:15 AM, Nicolas Drin wrote: Thank to Adrian VK4TUK... 5 minutes after my threat he mailed me the solution !!! Fine reflector. Nicolas NC40, SIERRA, K1, K2, K3, P3, KPA500, KX1, waiting for KX3 KAT500. __ 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 DNR
Daniel I have had not one single issue with my FT5K since I received it and many hours of use just lucky I guess. 73, Fred/N0AZZ From: VE3GNO Daniel [mailto:yo3...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 7:21 AM To: Fred Smith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 DNR Hi Fred Wellcome to my world, in the last 9 months that I owned the K3 I still discover new things, the ALC/NB/NR combination is a never ending story. Once I got familiar with setting I start playing with feature interaction, depeding band conditions I found more efficient one set of setting or other. In lower bands noise is our biggest enemy and there is a very thin line between results but that thin like make the difference between copy or no copy sometimes. Speaking abt fiability the K3 is far better than FT5K. With my Yaesu in last 2 years I had to change one OLED, one encoder, meter instrument. With K3 only concentric buttons :-)) 73 VE3GNO Daniel From: Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com To: 'VE3GNO Daniel' yo3...@yahoo.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 6:56:02 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 DNR BTW Daniel I like the P3/SVGA a lot better than I ever did my LP-PAN or the SDR-IQ I'm now using with my 5000. Fred/N0AZZ From: VE3GNO Daniel [mailto:yo3...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 5:23 AM To: Fred Smith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 DNR Hi Fred, I have a similar set-up with yours, on one side K3+P3 and other side FT5K+SM5K+LPpan both connected to Quadra amp. My primary choise for low bands is K3 due excellent flexibility of AGC and static noise exclusion from AGC loop. My FT5K is batch March 2010 and K3 is Dec 2011 with 2.7/2.1/400/250 roofs with dual RX. Side by side in low bands (40 and lower) the K3 performs far better than FT5K mainly due AGC/NR setting combination, on higher bands mostly in SSB my choise is FT5K due excellent DNR algorithms. Now there is no perfect radio in the world, in my humble oppinion the combination K3+FT5K is the killing one. BTW, I feed both audio outputs in SM5K speakers via a Behringer HA4700 (feeding also two headphones and one computer sound card) so I spent many hours A/B analysis. Another remark, the learning curve of K3 was few times longer than FT5K, I still play around with different DSP/AGC/NB combinations in different band conditions, I have abt 4-5 standard setting combinations for CW/SSB/digitals, antenna type, prop cond type. vy73 de VE3GNO Daniel www.qrz.com/db/ve3gno From: Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 5:39:01 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 DNR I have been a Yaesu fan for many years and currently have a FTDX-5000MP and a Quadra amp in essence a 1kw radio in every way from 6-160m. It is an excellent radio and a great receiver to boot as you all know I'm sure. I have owned it for 30 months and never had one issue with it was the second one delivered in the US. Wanting to try something new I decided to buy a K3 what could be wrong with owning the #1 2 radios on all the tests. Long story short now I have a loaded K2/100, 2 K3/100's one of them loaded and the other on the way, a P3/SVGA and will add a second plus a XG3. These darned Elecrafts are a real pain they should make you have a prescription from your Doctor before you ever order one and that should have a warning label about becoming addictive. Rather than going with an Elecraft tuner and amp I decided to go another direction that gave me a few more options an Alpha amp and a new Alpha 4040 auto tuned soon to be released. In the interim I'm using a Palstar AT-Auto till the Alpha gets here the last of Sept or Oct. Just finished ordering a Array Solutions Six Pack SO2R Dual Controller for the K3's and a Bandmaster with a few extras. Being rather new to Elecraft I have only had my K3's for about a month I'm still searching for a way to continuously adjust the DNR from the very lowest to the most aggressive with a dial while listing. I'm able to do this with my FTDX-5000 and find it to be one of my most used features and most effective I might add with that ability. Is there a way for me to setup a knob to adjust the DNR like that in the K3, I'm sure there must be and it's just me not finding it, that good of a feature I'm sure would not be left out. Thx to all 73, Fred/N0AZZ __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Panadapter software for Mac?
The problem appears to be the 2.5 to 3.5 mm adapter. When the cable is plugged into the adapter, the adapter seems to be shorting one of the signals to ground. Time to find a new adapter. --Andrew, NV1B .. On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Andrew Moore andrew.n...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for the newbie/FAQ question but I've tried the Google searches, forums, etc. and still come up without a solution. I'm trying to find native Mac OS X panadapter software for my KX3 (not interested in running Bootcamp, Parallels, VMWare, etc. at this time). Tried DSP Radio and I get a mirror image, and when tuning around by click/dragging the cursor, I can sometimes induce some kind of runaway feedback loop... something's just not quite right. It appears that lots of people have run into the mirror image problem, but I haven't yet found an explanation. Setup is simple: (MacBook Pro audio port)---(3.5 mm stereo cable)---(3.5 to 2.5 mm adapter)---(KX3 I/Q port) Suggestions welcome. Off-list is fine. --Andrew, NV1B .. __ 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] reverse and over voltage protection
Some have suggested I post this snippit of info. Just come back from C56W where I used a KX3. Unfortunately there were several power cuts whilst there and I used both a main fed psu and a motor cycle battery (floated this off the power supply). The mains when present varied from 180V to 260V and the output varied a little too. Having seen a catastrophic failure of another QRP rig when an over voltage occurred in the past I protected my KX3 when running off a non-battery external supply. The circuit is very similar to the FT817 voltage conditioner from AD5X http://www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/Condx817RevA.pdf from where I obtained inspiration but this time I used a fixed voltage LD1085V120 low voltage drop regulator which is a 12V T0220 version and with a heatsink will easily sink 3A, a KX3 will draw about 2A at 10W. I used a 600W 15V zener across the input, I added a 3 amp fuse on both the gnd and +ve side. 16V 10uF capacitor between in and ground and another between out and ground. No switch required, no resistor network. Note I tested a couple of devices to make sure I really did get 12V, some were a little low at 11.6-11.9V when 13.8V in. I also added a little push to make switch and LED to indicate when power was available. This meant that the supply into the KX3 is both reverse and over voltage protected and I use a set of power poles on the Elecraft supplied leads into my little gizmo. One less thing to worry about when I was the DX station. 72 Dom M1KTA Dom -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/reverse-and-over-voltage-protection-tp7562063.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] DNR
I want to thank Fred, Daniel, Frank and several others who posted actual information on this subject. Not only do I now have an understanding of the DNR tuning in the K3 but the DUH factor slipped in and I can see the method to the madness on the other controls as well. I am just over a week into a new K3 and have a long way to go. One thing I have learned that operator error is rampant early on. Yesterday I was following a CW signal and it really sounded funny and I had a tough time tuning him in. Turns out I had the Notch button pushed inadvertently. Yeah, I know. It will happen again I am sure. Again thanks guys es 73, Mike Mike Sanders KØAZ __ 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] KPA100 Troubleshooting - SWR high on low bands, Loss of power control
On Sep 1, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Bill, I am puzzled why a bad EL5146C would cause an INFO 080 problem. INFO 080 normally is the inability of the MCU to properly communicate with another firmware processor. While it is entirely possible that the EL5146C was dragging down the output of the +5v regulator and causing the KPA100 firmware IC to fault, but I cannot tell from this distance. Don, that was exactly the problem. The EL5146C had shorted internally, and was bringing the 78L05 to current limit at about 1 volt. As for your wattmeter problems, I suspect that the diodes D16 and D17 may be half bad. Yes, that is rare, but possible - they have been damaged enough to change their characteristics but not make them either open or shorted. I would recommend arbitrarily replacing them and then try the wattmeter calibration again. For initial settings, adjust R26 to produce 43k ohms to ground as measured at U5 pin 5, and R27 to give 43k ohms as measured at U5 pin 3. After that do the null adjustment and see what happens. I have some 1N5711's on order from Mouser. Can I substitute plain silicon or germanium diodes as a temporary diagnostic tool? 1N914, 1N4148, 1N270, 1N4001, 1N4007 are some that I have on hand. __ 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] SDR_Sound_Cards
Thanks to N8LP for the info he posted below. One happy discovery that might help eliminate some E-MU 0204 USB soundcard driver angst for Win 7 64 bit users: Windows 7 64 bit has an E-MU driver resident in the operating system. This driver will *not* automatically install when the 0204 card is first plugged in, but is easily installed from Device Manager via the Update Driver utility. Win 7 will find the driver and install the 0204 card in about 5 seconds. The driver does not seem to have a graphical user interface, but works fine on my system with NaP3 for sampling rates up to 192K. This driver is dated 11-12-2010 and is version 6.6.1.1 by Creative Labs. Follow Larry's instructions for defaulting the sample rate to 192 K in Windows mixer setup and set the output to something other than the EMU 0204 in NaP3 setup and it should work well. Bill, WA4KBD -- FYI to all reading this thread: The 4GB RAM issue only appears to affect playback. The problem is that the audio will break up/lose sync after a period of time. This only applies, of course, if you actually listen to the output of the SDR. If you select another sound card in the Output selection in NaP3, it will be fine. You really don't need 192kHz for playback, since the widest filter is 10kHz. So any sound card will do just fine, including a built in one. You can still select the E-MU for Input and use 192kHz sampling for input. Therefore, you don't need to give up your extra RAM. I have updated my system requirements page with this info... http://www.telepostinc.com/sysrequirements.html 73, Larry N8LP __ 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 Memory Editor and EXCEL Spreadsheet
There is a way to move a group of lines with the K3 Memory Editor grid. You can use this to insert a blank line (as well as more involved moving). Select (at the left margin) the line you want to empty and the lines below. Press CTRL-X to cut the selected lines. Cut copies to the clipboard and deletes. Select the desired target line, and then press CTRL+V to paste the clipboard contents into the target line (and its successors, using the length of the clipboard). This is what I meant by Cut, copy and paste operate on selected rows under the Edit Menu topic in the admittedly sparse K3 Frequency Memory Editor Help page. You can use the keyboard cut paste shortcuts CTRL+X and CTRL+V, or right click the selected rows for a context menu that includes cut and paste, and there are cut/copy/paste items on the Edit menu at the top of the dialog. 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: Bob Jeter [mailto:bobje...@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 9:33 AM To: Dick Dievendorff Subject: Re: K3 Memory Editor and EXCEL Spreadsheet Thanks Dick, You are right abt the tags and it was driving me nuts! I'll try the Notepad It would be nice if you could provide an insert line command, then I wouldn't need the editor Thanks again and 73, Bob K3RSJ On Sep 3, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: Excel seems to create its own tags, which differ from the tags it read. The saved output is XML, but not the XML tags that the K3 Frequency Memory Editor wrote or expects to read. I'd recommend limiting use of Excel to presentation and printing rather than using it to modify a K3 Frequency Memory Editor XML file. Maybe someone more expert in Excel than I can suggest a procedure to cause Excel to change just the text within tags rather than save tags than differ from the tags it read. I am a casual user of Excel and don't have deep knowledge of its options. The underlying K3 Frequency Memory XML file is a tree structure. The K3 Frequency Memory Editor does display it as a two-dimensional table I've used XML Notepad 2007 (a free download) to change XML documents without altering their tags. It provides a tree view of the XML file, and the ability to make and save changes. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx I'm using the 2007 version, but it's been updated: http://www.toggle.com/lv/group/view/kl37369/Microsoft_XML_Notepad.htm There may be other XML editors better suited to the task than either Excel or XML Notepad. I found it easy to use the K3 Frequency Memory Editor's grid control to make changes. Excel has great print formatting capability for those that prefer to save custom-formatted print copies of their frequency memories. 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: Bob Jeter [mailto:bobje...@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 8:01 AM To: d...@elecraft.com Subject: K3 Memory Editor and EXCEL Spreadsheet Hi Dick, I'm trying to use EXCEL (2007) for ease of editing I can't figure out how to do it I understand it needs to be XML format but I can't get it to work I appreciate any help you can give thanks and 73, Bob K3RSJ __ 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 Mufflied audio - new issue
All - I decided to reset the K3 and unfortunately cannot find the config file. I am trying to get it back running and am running into a couple issues. 1) I am getting a ERR BP4 error. I have removed the KP BF3 from the KRX3 as per instructions. 2) When doing the transmit calibration, I am getting a BND END error on 80 and 40 (am stopped here trying to figure out what is up). When keying into the dummy load the transmit frequency drops 600 KHz to below 80m band. This is as far as I have gotten to getting my K3 back to running shape. Any thoughts on 1) and 2) above would be really helpful!!! Thanks, Keith AG6AZ -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:09 PM To: Ham Radio Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mufflied audio - new issue Keith, You mention 2 K3s, so that brings up the question of what are you listening to. There is a difference if you are listening to K3#1 while transmitting on K3#2, compared with listening on either K3 while listening to the TX monitor. Please tell us whether what you are hearing is the result of your own TX monitoring or if that is the result orf a proper signal transmitted over the air (into a dummy load for consistency.. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/2/2012 11:57 PM, Ham Radio wrote: I was operating tonight after some fun this weekend working some nice DX since conditions were so great. I decided for some reason to listen to my audio on my K3 serial 1391 and it sounded really muffled. I switched to my other K3 and everything sounded perfect with same two headsets switching back and forth. There seems to be something weird going on with 1391. I am not sure if I should do a reset or if there is some other procedure I should run through. Using the headsets on 1526 eliminates the possibility of a headset issue. The audio sounds somewhat clear but with a muffled background noise which is difficult to describe. Usually my audio is super crisp and clean (that is what people tell me). Not sure what has transpired. I was considering doing a reset but thought might be a little extreme. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Keith AG6AZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] KPA100 Troubleshooting - SWR high on low bands, Loss of power control
Bill, Yes, you can substitute 1N4148 diodes - they are not as flat with respect to frequency and the response at very low powers will not be as accurate, but other than that, they will work just fine. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/3/2012 12:51 PM, Bill Coleman wrote: I have some 1N5711's on order from Mouser. Can I substitute plain silicon or germanium diodes as a temporary diagnostic tool? 1N914, 1N4148, 1N270, 1N4001, 1N4007 are some that I have on hand. __ 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] Speaker buzz: potential solution.
I have completed my fix to the KX3 speaker issue and am sending results to Wayne for confirmation. It has nothing to do with the case halves. Standby 73, Bill K9YEQ KX3 Field Test #12 Previous message. I am looking very closely at the speaker in my unit and am experimenting with a potential fix. It will take an overnight sit of my effort to see if what I have found may fix the issue or at least lead to a solution. Stay tuned! 73, Bill K9YEQ KX3 Field Test #12 From: k...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:k...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of EverStaR Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 8:29 PM To: k...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [KX3] Re: Speaker noise Take all those same headphones and speakers and hook them up to a music player with a recording of ham radio QSO's and see if they too don't buzz on the music player like they do on the radio. I have a hunch they will. Most devices buzz when you feed them certain kinds and volume levels of sound. It's just normal limits. --- In k...@yahoogroups.com mailto:KX3%40yahoogroups.com , Vincent Diak unclebend@... wrote: Dear Group, I've heard the same noise, buzz , distortion in my external Bose Headphones with a setting of about 30. Also using Sony professional headphones-mdr-7506 with a radio setting of 30. The same results. That tells me its not the speaker in the kx3, it's something else, problem starts with all three types of speakers exact same sounding problem. Just thought I would add this to help what might be the problem. Seems to me it's before the speaker, And not the speaker at all. Yours Truly, Vincent WB2PDW __._,_.___ Reply to mailto:n...@everstar.com?subject=Re%3A%20Speaker%20noise sender | Reply to mailto:k...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Speaker%20noise group | Reply http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJydTVhMm9iBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE 0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAMxNDExOARzZWMDZnRyBHN sawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzNDY2MzU3NDc-?act=replymessageNum=14118 via web post | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmN3Q3NG40BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE 0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1 lAzEzNDY2MzU3NDc- Start a New Topic Messages in this topic http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/message/14111;_ylc=X3oDMTM3ODFjczdxBF9TAz k3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAMxNDExOARzZW MDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNDY2MzU3NDcEdHBjSWQDMTQxMTE- (4) Recent Activity: . http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnM2h1NzM2BF9TAzk3MzU5 NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRz dGltZQMxMzQ2NjM1NzQ3?o=6 New Members 41 . http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/spnew;_ylc=X3oDMTJndXVrdWVzBF9TAzk3MzU5Nz E0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2cGhvdARzdG ltZQMxMzQ2NjM1NzQ3 New Photos 28 . http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJoNjM5dWNmBF9TAzk3MzU5Nz E0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bGlua3MEc3 RpbWUDMTM0NjYzNTc0Nw-- New Links 1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3;_ylc=X3oDMTJmaG9nbHEwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdy cElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEz NDY2MzU3NDc- Visit Your Group http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZml2M2pyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0N TIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM0NjYzNTc0N w-- Yahoo! Groups Switch to: mailto:kx3-traditio...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change%20Delivery%20Format:% 20Traditional Text-Only, mailto:kx3-dig...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20Digest Daily Digest . mailto:kx3-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe Unsubscribe . http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Terms of Use . http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=74520947/grpspId=1705063108/msgI d=14118/stime=1346635747/nc1=5898817/nc2=5741391/nc3=4025321 __,_._,___ __ 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 Mufflied audio - new issue
Issue 1 is resolved thanks to Don, W3FPR. Keith -Original Message- From: Ham Radio Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 10:16 AM To: d...@w3fpr.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mufflied audio - new issue All - I decided to reset the K3 and unfortunately cannot find the config file. I am trying to get it back running and am running into a couple issues. 1) I am getting a ERR BP4 error. I have removed the KP BF3 from the KRX3 as per instructions. 2) When doing the transmit calibration, I am getting a BND END error on 80 and 40 (am stopped here trying to figure out what is up). When keying into the dummy load the transmit frequency drops 600 KHz to below 80m band. This is as far as I have gotten to getting my K3 back to running shape. Any thoughts on 1) and 2) above would be really helpful!!! Thanks, Keith AG6AZ -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:09 PM To: Ham Radio Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mufflied audio - new issue Keith, You mention 2 K3s, so that brings up the question of what are you listening to. There is a difference if you are listening to K3#1 while transmitting on K3#2, compared with listening on either K3 while listening to the TX monitor. Please tell us whether what you are hearing is the result of your own TX monitoring or if that is the result orf a proper signal transmitted over the air (into a dummy load for consistency.. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/2/2012 11:57 PM, Ham Radio wrote: I was operating tonight after some fun this weekend working some nice DX since conditions were so great. I decided for some reason to listen to my audio on my K3 serial 1391 and it sounded really muffled. I switched to my other K3 and everything sounded perfect with same two headsets switching back and forth. There seems to be something weird going on with 1391. I am not sure if I should do a reset or if there is some other procedure I should run through. Using the headsets on 1526 eliminates the possibility of a headset issue. The audio sounds somewhat clear but with a muffled background noise which is difficult to describe. Usually my audio is super crisp and clean (that is what people tell me). Not sure what has transpired. I was considering doing a reset but thought might be a little extreme. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Keith AG6AZ __ 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] KX3: Panadapter software for Mac?
You're better off to wire up your own cable with a 2.5mm right-angle plug, or purchase on of the cable kits from Elecraft. Using a 3.5-2.5mm adaptor can do serious damage to your radio if bumped. 73, Matt VK2ACL On 03/09/2012, at 10:50 PM, Andrew Moore andrew.n...@gmail.com wrote: The problem appears to be the 2.5 to 3.5 mm adapter. When the cable is plugged into the adapter, the adapter seems to be shorting one of the signals to ground. Time to find a new adapter. --Andrew, NV1B .. On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Andrew Moore andrew.n...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for the newbie/FAQ question but I've tried the Google searches, forums, etc. and still come up without a solution. I'm trying to find native Mac OS X panadapter software for my KX3 (not interested in running Bootcamp, Parallels, VMWare, etc. at this time). Tried DSP Radio and I get a mirror image, and when tuning around by click/dragging the cursor, I can sometimes induce some kind of runaway feedback loop... something's just not quite right. It appears that lots of people have run into the mirror image problem, but I haven't yet found an explanation. Setup is simple: (MacBook Pro audio port)---(3.5 mm stereo cable)---(3.5 to 2.5 mm adapter)---(KX3 I/Q port) Suggestions welcome. Off-list is fine. --Andrew, NV1B .. __ 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 Mufflied audio - new issue
I figured it out. I feel like a dummy load myself today. I had an offset on since I am running this into the dummy load using FM that through me out of the band. I am all good with transmitter gain config. Sorry to bother everyone. Ok now on to the next step. Keith AG6AZ -Original Message- From: Ham Radio Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 10:16 AM To: d...@w3fpr.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mufflied audio - new issue All - I decided to reset the K3 and unfortunately cannot find the config file. I am trying to get it back running and am running into a couple issues. 1) I am getting a ERR BP4 error. I have removed the KP BF3 from the KRX3 as per instructions. 2) When doing the transmit calibration, I am getting a BND END error on 80 and 40 (am stopped here trying to figure out what is up). When keying into the dummy load the transmit frequency drops 600 KHz to below 80m band. This is as far as I have gotten to getting my K3 back to running shape. Any thoughts on 1) and 2) above would be really helpful!!! Thanks, Keith AG6AZ -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:09 PM To: Ham Radio Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mufflied audio - new issue Keith, You mention 2 K3s, so that brings up the question of what are you listening to. There is a difference if you are listening to K3#1 while transmitting on K3#2, compared with listening on either K3 while listening to the TX monitor. Please tell us whether what you are hearing is the result of your own TX monitoring or if that is the result orf a proper signal transmitted over the air (into a dummy load for consistency.. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/2/2012 11:57 PM, Ham Radio wrote: I was operating tonight after some fun this weekend working some nice DX since conditions were so great. I decided for some reason to listen to my audio on my K3 serial 1391 and it sounded really muffled. I switched to my other K3 and everything sounded perfect with same two headsets switching back and forth. There seems to be something weird going on with 1391. I am not sure if I should do a reset or if there is some other procedure I should run through. Using the headsets on 1526 eliminates the possibility of a headset issue. The audio sounds somewhat clear but with a muffled background noise which is difficult to describe. Usually my audio is super crisp and clean (that is what people tell me). Not sure what has transpired. I was considering doing a reset but thought might be a little extreme. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Keith AG6AZ __ 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] ESD Protection Mats
I know I've seen a couple e-mails, one fairly recently, on one of the Elecraft reflectors I subscribe to that referenced an Elecraft doc, I believe, that listed three ESD mats that were recommended because of their resistive specs. There was a U-Line, a 3M, and one other. Can someone please point me to the doc that listed those? Thanx! 73 Jim AL7BA/8 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ESD-Protection-Mats-tp7562072.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] P3 SVGA Tx/Rx Window Sizes
The window sizes on the screen on my P3 SVGA only go from 2-5 on WinR and from 0-3 on WinT when setting up for RTTY. The manual says the window sizes should go up to 40 lines total. I have the data font size set to the smallest font. Tom, W0ZR __ 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] SDR_Sound_Cards
Bill, Thank you for relaying that for the rest of us. I guess I am one of those Larry was referring to. Larry, Thank you for doing the extra work amidst my insistence the card was crap. I will give your instructions a try and connect one up to my Win 7 machine again. I have never used the 0204 to listen from. It has only been used for the input from the SDR/LPan. I will give it another shot nevertheless. The best thing about Win 7 is having the ability to set the cards parameters from within the sound applet through the Control Panel. Unfortunately there is no such thing in XP. 73, 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 billr...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 1:00 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards Thanks to N8LP for the info he posted below. One happy discovery that might help eliminate some E-MU 0204 USB soundcard driver angst for Win 7 64 bit users: Windows 7 64 bit has an E-MU driver resident in the operating system. This driver will *not* automatically install when the 0204 card is first plugged in, but is easily installed from Device Manager via the Update Driver utility. Win 7 will find the driver and install the 0204 card in about 5 seconds. The driver does not seem to have a graphical user interface, but works fine on my system with NaP3 for sampling rates up to 192K. This driver is dated 11-12-2010 and is version 6.6.1.1 by Creative Labs. Follow Larry's instructions for defaulting the sample rate to 192 K in Windows mixer setup and set the output to something other than the EMU 0204 in NaP3 setup and it should work well. Bill, WA4KBD -- FYI to all reading this thread: The 4GB RAM issue only appears to affect playback. The problem is that the audio will break up/lose sync after a period of time. This only applies, of course, if you actually listen to the output of the SDR. If you select another sound card in the Output selection in NaP3, it will be fine. You really don't need 192kHz for playback, since the widest filter is 10kHz. So any sound card will do just fine, including a built in one. You can still select the E-MU for Input and use 192kHz sampling for input. Therefore, you don't need to give up your extra RAM. I have updated my system requirements page with this info... http://www.telepostinc.com/sysrequirements.html 73, Larry N8LP __ 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 Tx/Rx Window Sizes
Tom, the data area occupies part of the waterfall area of the screen. Have you tried increasing the waterfall height? -Bruce, N1RX The window sizes on the screen on my P3 SVGA only go from 2-5 on WinR and from 0-3 on WinT when setting up for RTTY. The manual says the window sizes should go up to 40 lines total. I have the data font size set to the smallest font. __ 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] ESD Protection Mats
See the KX3 Kit Assembly Manual page 5. The third mat listed is a Desco. Lou W2ROW AL7BA - Jim Shaw wrote I know I've seen a couple e-mails, one fairly recently, on one of the Elecraft reflectors I subscribe to that referenced an Elecraft doc, I believe, that listed three ESD mats that were recommended because of their resistive specs. There was a U-Line, a 3M, and one other. Can someone please point me to the doc that listed those? Thanx! 73 Jim AL7BA/8 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ESD-Protection-Mats-tp7562072p7562079.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] ESD Protection Mats
That's it! Thanx, Lou. 73 Jim AL7BA -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lou Voerman W2ROW Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 2:30 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ESD Protection Mats See the KX3 Kit Assembly Manual page 5. The third mat listed is a Desco. Lou W2ROW AL7BA - Jim Shaw wrote I know I've seen a couple e-mails, one fairly recently, on one of the Elecraft reflectors I subscribe to that referenced an Elecraft doc, I believe, that listed three ESD mats that were recommended because of their resistive specs. There was a U-Line, a 3M, and one other. Can someone please point me to the doc that listed those? Thanx! 73 Jim AL7BA/8 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ESD-Protection-Mats-tp7562072p7562079.h tml 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
[Elecraft] [K3] problem with Transmitter Gain Calibration
Problem: The transmitter gain will not calibrate. Receive an error code: Starting 5 watt calibration Calibrating at 1.900 MHz Calibration power settled at 0.0 W ; Elapsed time: 6 seconds Tx Gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the expected value 5 watt calibration failed Radio is a new build. Checking out at low power. Installed the 100 watt power amplifier, then removed the amplifier to test at low power per book instructions. I have reinstalled the PA jumper block for all test runs. The radio will not receive Hz filter and it is properly configured. Is there anything else I need to do to get back to low power configuration? Warren, KJ4RAQ __ 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 Tx/Rx Window Sizes
Just got in from doing some chores, Tom. I am seeing a similar thing here. It looks like the total number of lines in the current (pre-beta) firmware is limited to something like 7 lines total. I have not been able to expand the displayed data area greater than this. Perhaps the firmware engineer (Paul) will chime in when he sees this. 73, Bruce, N1RX -Original Message- From: Thomas Lutz [mailto:tel...@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 2:23 PM To: Bruce Beford Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 SVGA Tx/Rx Window Sizes The water fall is not on. On 9/3/12 1:11 PM, Bruce Beford bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.net wrote: Tom, the data area occupies part of the waterfall area of the screen. Have you tried increasing the waterfall height? -Bruce, N1RX The window sizes on the screen on my P3 SVGA only go from 2-5 on WinR and from 0-3 on WinT when setting up for RTTY. The manual says the window sizes should go up to 40 lines total. I have the data font size set to the smallest font. __ 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] problem with Transmitter Gain Calibration
You could try doing it manually to jump-start it. You have to do each band separately. At least you could try that, and if still not successful, call support tomorrow (after 8AM California time) and they will walk you through the setup and/or assist with your problem. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/3/2012 2:43 PM, kj4...@comcast.net wrote: Problem: The transmitter gain will not calibrate. Receive an error code: Starting 5 watt calibration Calibrating at 1.900 MHz Calibration power settled at 0.0 W ; Elapsed time: 6 seconds Tx Gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the expected value 5 watt calibration failed Radio is a new build. Checking out at low power. Installed the 100 watt power amplifier, then removed the amplifier to test at low power per book instructions. I have reinstalled the PA jumper block for all test runs. The radio will not receive Hz filter and it is properly configured. Is there anything else I need to do to get back to low power configuration? Warren, KJ4RAQ __ 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] CW Pitch thru 8 pole 250HZ filter
__ 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 Tx/Rx Window Sizes
Not sure what I did, Tom but... I went outside and washed the wife's Jeep, came back in and turned the K3 and P3 back on. I was able to set the Tx and RX windows to 12 lines each. I am not sure what specific keystrokes/power cycling enabled it, but now I have tall TX/RX data windows, and a fairly skinny waterfall display. GL, Bruce, N1RX -Original Message- From: Thomas Lutz [mailto:tel...@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 3:35 PM To: Bruce Beford Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 SVGA Tx/Rx Window Sizes I'll give that a try. But in the menu it only shows 0-4 lines when trying to adjust it, not 0-40 as stated in the manual. Regards, Tom On Sep 3, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Bruce Beford bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.net wrote: Then I think you must turn it on, since the data windows use a portion of the waterfall area (as indicated in the quick start manual). GL, Bruce, N1RX -Original Message- From: Thomas Lutz [mailto:tel...@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 2:23 PM To: Bruce Beford Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 SVGA Tx/Rx Window Sizes The water fall is not on. On 9/3/12 1:11 PM, Bruce Beford bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.net wrote: Tom, the data area occupies part of the waterfall area of the screen. Have you tried increasing the waterfall height? -Bruce, N1RX The window sizes on the screen on my P3 SVGA only go from 2-5 on WinR and from 0-3 on WinT when setting up for RTTY. The manual says the window sizes should go up to 40 lines total. I have the data font size set to the smallest font. __ 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] OT - ROUTE 66 ON THEN AIR Sep 8-16
Anybody heard of this SPECIAL EVENT ? See W6P on QRZ. Over 25000 contacts last year. PLEASE NO RESPONSES HERE - DIRECT ONLY. I made 2053 of the 2504 for W6P in 2011 myself and that with my K3 and P3 to dig out those who wanted to work us but just didn't have the equipment to do it gracefully. It made signals completely readable that I couldn't even hear on my other radio. Sorry for the bandwidth. Please excuse this once. Thank you, de Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 - Sideband Issue??
Hi, My K2 S/N 47XX is about 6-7 years old and has functioned relatively well since I built it. A few days ago I attempted to use it to check into a local 10 meter net and was told I was on lower sideband. The display indicated upper sideband, U as it should on that band. The displayed frequency was the usual net frequency. I changed the mode to L and was still unable to check into the net. My initial thought was that the last time I adjusted the CAL FIL I had setup on the opposite sideband although I've used the radio since with good success. Then I remembered the OP1 filter is used for transmitting and is not adjustable so that seemed to rule out setting up on the opposite sideband. Im aware there is a frequency inversion on 15 meters and above and have though the problem might be associated with that. This past weekend in the Colorado QSO party I operated portable on 20 meters and logged 76 Q's so that band seems to be transmitting and receiving properly. I've reviewed the K2 troubleshooting procedures in the manual as well as some on line sources and have not found anything that relates to this problem. I sure would be appreciative to anyone who can shed some light on where to start to resolve this issue. Take pride in the USA. 73 Jim, W0EM __ 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 Tx/Rx Window Sizes
Where can I found the download for this pre beta firmware. Thanks, Mike Mike Sanders KOAZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Bruce Beford Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 14:15 PM To: 'Thomas Lutz' Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 SVGA Tx/Rx Window Sizes Just got in from doing some chores, Tom. I am seeing a similar thing here. It looks like the total number of lines in the current (pre-beta) firmware is limited to something like 7 lines total. I have not been able to expand the displayed data area greater than this. Perhaps the firmware engineer (Paul) will chime in when he sees this. 73, Bruce, N1RX __ 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 - Sideband Issue??
Jim, I conclude that you do not operate much on 80 or 40 meters! If your operation is mostly on 20 meters with only an occasional excursion to the other bands, then there is the possibility that you may not have noticed. Set the K2 to 40 meters and take a look at the BFO frequency for both USB and LSB. If my suspicions are correct, you will find them almost the same. If that is indeed the case, crank up Spectrogram and use a noise generator (or dead band noise) to show you the OP1 filter passband position, then lower the DAC value (or frequency) so the passband response is below the IF filter center rather than above. The BFO frequency will be in the vicinity of 4913 for LSB and 4916 for USB. Yes, the LSB settings will be used for USB on 15, 12 and 10 meters. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/3/2012 5:22 PM, Jim Harris wrote: Hi, My K2 S/N 47XX is about 6-7 years old and has functioned relatively well since I built it. A few days ago I attempted to use it to check into a local 10 meter net and was told I was on lower sideband. The display indicated upper sideband, U as it should on that band. The displayed frequency was the usual net frequency. I changed the mode to L and was still unable to check into the net. My initial thought was that the last time I adjusted the CAL FIL I had setup on the opposite sideband although I've used the radio since with good success. Then I remembered the OP1 filter is used for transmitting and is not adjustable so that seemed to rule out setting up on the opposite sideband. Im aware there is a frequency inversion on 15 meters and above and have though the problem might be associated with that. This past weekend in the Colorado QSO party I operated portable on 20 meters and logged 76 Q's so that band seems to be transmitting and receiving properly. I've reviewed the K2 troubleshooting procedures in the manual as well as some on line sources and have not found anything that relates to this problem. I sure would be appreciative to anyone who can shed some light on where to start to resolve this issue. Take pride in the USA. 73 Jim, W0EM __ 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 Tx/Rx Window Sizes
Mike, You cannot find it. It is material for Field Testers. An email to Paul (pa...@elecraft.com) might get a copy sent to you as long as you are willing to report your observations and any problems to Paul. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/3/2012 5:36 PM, Mike Sanders wrote: Where can I found the download for this pre beta firmware. Thanks, Mike Mike Sanders KOAZ __ 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] [KXUSB]
I have been swapping my serial USB adapter between my K3 and other uses and its becoming a pain. I need to get a second USB Serial Adapter and was about to order the KUSB with FTDI chip listed under the K3 options on order page. I was also going to order the XG3 RF Signal Source and noticed it comes with a KXUSB. I don't see a KXUSB listed elsewhere. Is this the same as the KUSB? 73 Don KA1KU Sent from my iPhone __ 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] [KXUSB]
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Donald Thompson thompso...@comcast.net wrote: I have been swapping my serial USB adapter between my K3 and other uses and its becoming a pain. I need to get a second USB Serial Adapter and was about to order the KUSB with FTDI chip listed under the K3 options on order page. I was also going to order the XG3 RF Signal Source and noticed it comes with a KXUSB. I don't see a KXUSB listed elsewhere. Is this the same as the KUSB? Looks like the KUSB is the one with a DB9 on the end (suitable for the K3), where the KXUSB has the 3.5mm (1/8) jack (as used on the W1, W2, XG3, KX3, KAT500, etc). Both are available at http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm 73, ~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] [KXUSB]
The KUSB has a USB connector on one end and a 9-pin D-shell connector on the other end. It's for the K3 and KPA500 that have 9-pin D shell RS-232 connections. The KXUSB has a USB connector on one end and a molded right-angle 3.5mm TRS (tip, ring, shell) plug on the other. The KXSER has a 9-pin D-shell connector on one end and a molded right-angle 3.5mm TRS plug on the other. The 3.5mm TRS connector for RS-232 communications is used with the W1, W2, K144XV, XG3, KX3, and KAT500. 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Donald Thompson Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 2:47 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] [KXUSB] I have been swapping my serial USB adapter between my K3 and other uses and its becoming a pain. I need to get a second USB Serial Adapter and was about to order the KUSB with FTDI chip listed under the K3 options on order page. I was also going to order the XG3 RF Signal Source and noticed it comes with a KXUSB. I don't see a KXUSB listed elsewhere. Is this the same as the KUSB? 73 Don KA1KU Sent from my iPhone __ 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] [KXUSB]
Don, It is not the same. The KXUSB has a USB connector on one end and a 2.5mm stereo plug on the other end. It will work with the W1, W2, and KX3. There is no substitute for the KUSB within the Elecraft product line. As an alternative (that may be even better than the FTDI chipset), look on auction sites for Edgeport USB to serial converters. Note the distinction between adapters (consumer quality) and converters (commercial quality). I purchased an Edgeport 4 some time ago and it perform flawlessly. The consumer quality adapters often fail to work at the slower data rates as required by the K2. My Edgeport has no problem, but both the Prolific and the FTDI adapters will bog down when running HRD. Look on the popular auction sites for these Edgeport devices. At the home shack, I use a dedicated desktop computer which lives under the desk, and I have installed a PCIexpress card that gives me 2 real serial ports. I think that is the ideal solution - both the K3 and the KX3 can have a dedicated real serial port. The K2 now lives at the workbench and is driven by a real serial port on the workbench computer. Yes, I have several computers here - 8 networked computers and a NAS file server on my home network. Refurbished Lenovo computers are my computer of choice. Sorry for straying off topic, but if I can encourage others to use a dedicated computer for the hamshack, many problems go away. 73, Don W3FPR . On 9/3/2012 5:46 PM, Donald Thompson wrote: I have been swapping my serial USB adapter between my K3 and other uses and its becoming a pain. I need to get a second USB Serial Adapter and was about to order the KUSB with FTDI chip listed under the K3 options on order page. I was also going to order the XG3 RF Signal Source and noticed it comes with a KXUSB. I don't see a KXUSB listed elsewhere. Is this the same as the KUSB? 73 Don KA1KU Sent from my iPhone __ 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] [KXUSB]
For ACC1, that's a 3.5mm male. matt On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:10:26 -0400, you wrote: Don, It is not the same. The KXUSB has a USB connector on one end and a 2.5mm stereo plug on the other end. It will work with the W1, W2, and KX3. There is no substitute for the KUSB within the Elecraft product line. As an alternative (that may be even better than the FTDI chipset), look on auction sites for Edgeport USB to serial converters. Note the distinction between adapters (consumer quality) and converters (commercial quality). I purchased an Edgeport 4 some time ago and it perform flawlessly. The consumer quality adapters often fail to work at the slower data rates as required by the K2. My Edgeport has no problem, but both the Prolific and the FTDI adapters will bog down when running HRD. Look on the popular auction sites for these Edgeport devices. At the home shack, I use a dedicated desktop computer which lives under the desk, and I have installed a PCIexpress card that gives me 2 real serial ports. I think that is the ideal solution - both the K3 and the KX3 can have a dedicated real serial port. The K2 now lives at the workbench and is driven by a real serial port on the workbench computer. Yes, I have several computers here - 8 networked computers and a NAS file server on my home network. Refurbished Lenovo computers are my computer of choice. Sorry for straying off topic, but if I can encourage others to use a dedicated computer for the hamshack, many problems go away. 73, Don W3FPR . On 9/3/2012 5:46 PM, Donald Thompson wrote: I have been swapping my serial USB adapter between my K3 and other uses and its becoming a pain. I need to get a second USB Serial Adapter and was about to order the KUSB with FTDI chip listed under the K3 options on order page. I was also going to order the XG3 RF Signal Source and noticed it comes with a KXUSB. I don't see a KXUSB listed elsewhere. Is this the same as the KUSB? 73 Don KA1KU Sent from my iPhone __ 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] [KXUSB]
Thanks everyone for the clarification. I should have known that the xg3 would not have a DB9. I have several from Radio Shack adapters which I use on Linux but would not work on the Mac. I downloaded the driver and now it works fine on my MacBook with the K3. Thanks, Don KA1KU On Sep 3, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Matt Zilmer mzil...@verizon.net wrote: For ACC1, that's a 3.5mm male. matt __ 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] Keyer Pause
I'm trying to get my just built K3 on the air and have encountered a strange pause sometimes in cw character elements. Using a paddle set to Iambic B I frequently see a pause, sometimes a long pause. It seems to be at the last dash of a character. The pause comes and goes as I try to send and seems to be the same in test mode as well as live. Sometimes the pause is only about a 'dash' in duration, other times more like a 1/2 second. I can immediatly resend the group of words and everything is normal. The paddle is a Begali Leonessa and I use it regularly on their CW machine, usually at 20 or 25 WPM with no problems so I don't think it's paddle adjustments. A straight key on the K3 works fine. I see the same pause with K3 speed set to 16,20 and 25. Most of the settings are default. I changed to Iambic B. QRQ is Off, WGHT is 1.10. I have Fred Cady's book and have tried to set up per his instructions. I'm a total newby to the K3 so I'm sure its something simple but just can't figure it out. Thanks, Don KA1KU __ 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] Keyer Pause
... encountered a strange pause sometimes in cw character elements... ... a Begali Leonessa and I use it regularly on their CW machine... If I were me, I'd use the CW Machine, and bypass the built-in keyer. External keyer is always better, IMHO, as I'm used to the timing. Ralph, VE7XF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Lulu 20% discount for KE7X K3 Book
Lulu's discount code until September 7 is CITHARA20. Cheers, Fred KE7X Fred Cady The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration and Operation www.ke7x.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] KX3 Utility and iPad
I have a couple pictures of the install on my qrz. The Installer still needs one more day to finish all the wiring and prepare for the arrival of the Hi Q 4/80 RT. This will make my weekdays away from home in Los Angeles a tad bit easier though Of course I always miss the XYL and my newborn son, Max! Cheers, Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Sep 2, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Mike Heitmann n...@att.net wrote: Hi Keith , I also use the HamLog/Pigtail combo for portable operations and recommend it, it works very well. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of your installation! Mike, N0SO Sent from my iPad On Sep 1, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Keith Heimbold ag...@hotmail.com wrote: We are about halfway through my install of the KX3 in my 97 Silverado and it is going well so far. We probably have another two days (16-20 hours) plus worth of work to go before we are done with the install. We installed the Rammount for the iPad and the KX3 and it looks epic. The amps are mounted and the electrical and antenna installation is in progress. Still need to pull wire from engine and new breaker and solenoid to bed and husky toolbox to the deep cycle Optima battery and the amplifiers. The Hi Q 4/80 RT is still in transit so that install will wait until next week. In terms of control theough the ipad I am planning to use the iSDR software with a simple logging program (MacLogger possibly) and upload later when at my home QTH. I was doing research on IPad ham apps and am looking for other control software options. Even minimalistic control software besides iSDR. I was also curious if the KX3 utility software and terminal will work on the iPad. Also any perspective on new software developments for the iPad and ham radio software especially the KX3 would be super appreciated. __ 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
