[Elecraft] K2 and KNB2
I've built my K2/10 almost three years ago. My quest was to enable all of the front panel buttons. I finally achieved my goal yesterday with the completion of the KNB2. The KNB2 works as advertised! A thank you to Elecraft for keeping the K2 on your order page. http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm#k2 For all of you that missed out during the K2 days and need/want to build a full solder kit, it's available, fun to build, and a joy to use. The K2 is rather capable and has an impressive position in the Sherwood Engineering Receiver Test Data page http://www.sherweng.com/table.html (The K1 and KX1 full solder kits are also available) John KN5L K3 KX3 K2 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] My K3 uttility not keying my K3
I must be missing something. Is there a proper setting in CONFIG regarding PTT-Key that I should set? Is so which one. Thanks, Bill N2WL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 #8361
I finished the assembly last night. I did the test and calibration this AM. I have a couple issues for the present 1) Any I key Mic or Key the rig almost mutes and diplays 1.0 and alternate rapidly from HI RFI Hi Cur 2) and will not communicate with N1MM any Ideas please This not my first K3 but bet I forgot a few things KC5WA -- Wiol ono Ham Radio! IT IS MY ADDICTION __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] My K3 uttility not keying my K3
CONFIG:PTT is not required for the K3 Utility's keying, it uses the serial port and the KY command. If touching a paddle keys the K3, so should the K3 Utility's Terminal page. Is your K3 in mode CW? VOX on? 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of William Levy Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 7:48 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] My K3 uttility not keying my K3 I must be missing something. Is there a proper setting in CONFIG regarding PTT-Key that I should set? Is so which one. Thanks, Bill N2WL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@elecraft.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Mike AC6JA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
I am using the most current firmware versions in the K3, KAT500, and KPA500. I am also using the Elecraft auxilliary cables. Not sure what else to check as to why the KAT500 won't update the tuner preselects when QSY'ing? Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 12:37:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gdan...@windstream.net writes: Mike, Not normal! The KAT should QSY if the KAT500 is interfaced with the K3 KPA500 as per the manual. It is trule a K=Line system! First - make sure you have the most current version of firmware. There have been a few updates that fixed issues that you describe. I have Beta 1.63 in my KAT500. You need the K3, KAT, KPA all tied together as per the KAT manual. I may not have the same manual as you do but it is the section interfacing K3 KPA with DB15 cables. Make sure that the antenna selection for each band is correct using the KAT500 Utility. Set the tune power in the K3 - I use 20 watts; because I had an early KAT and that was what it needed. Not sure if it affects the KAT but I have my K3 power set to per band for the KPA. Then you need to train (tune) the KAT on the band segments that you will be QSYing to. The bands have different segment sizes so check the manual. I tune with the KAT in Auto mode. Press the KAT Tune button then hold the K3 Tune button. This should initiate the tune function in the KAT500. I Trained my KAT on all bands that I use. I incremented the frequency from the bottom of the voice frequencies to the top frequencies. This did take a while but now I can QSY and a second or so after I stop turning the VFO dial I hear the relays in the KAT set. This means that the tuner is optimized when I transmit. BTW - I do run my tuner in MAN (manual) mode so it does not try to retune on voice modulation. Above is how I operate my KAT. I have an early Kit that has had several firmware updates. A couple were for the issue you seem to have. Mine works well for me with several antennas. Hope this might help you. If not others may have an idea of Elecraft will surly help on Monday. 73 George AI4VZ -Original Message- From: Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:11 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation? I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Mike AC6JA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to gdan...@windstream.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
Have you turned the feature on inside the K3? Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KAT500-operation-tp7590214p7590217.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
Hi Mike, Does the KPA500 follow the band switching and display the correct band on its LCD? That would mean that the band data is getting through the cables. The KAT500 uses the AUXBUX (pin 2 in the 15-pin cable) to get the frequency information in addition to the band data pins. You might check your K3-KAT cable to see if that pin is OK. You might try going through all the KAT500 configuration screens to see if something looks amiss and then open the Operate screen. (In the KAT500 Utility). That screen is VERY useful to help you figure out what is going on. 73, Fred KE7X The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration and Operation 2nd ed The Elecraft KX3 - Going for the summit The Elecraft KPA500 and KAT500 - the K-Line Dream Station All available at www.elecraft.com KPA500 and KAT500 Quick Set Up Guide http://www.ke7x.com/home/k-line-introduction-and-set-up-guide -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:57 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation? On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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 Message delivered to fc...@ece.montana.edu __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
Mike, Are you using *anything* in addition to the basic cables between the K-line units? If so, try removing all the extras (includes the Keyline interrupter and the RCA keying cables if used), and then see if it works as expected. If it does, then begin putting the other things back in place to determine which part is causing the failure. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/14/2014 4:27 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using the most current firmware versions in the K3, KAT500, and KPA500. I am also using the Elecraft auxilliary cables. Not sure what else to check as to why the KAT500 won't update the tuner preselects when QSY'ing? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Hi Cur
how can a K3 have a Hi Cur display while in the receive mode? The K3 mutes slightly when Hi Cur is displayed KC5WA -- Wiol ono Ham Radio! IT IS MY ADDICTION __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Hi Cur
Does it draw current when turned off? If so, you have a shorted final transistor. Craig Buck On Jun 14, 2014, at 7:04 PM, Robert 'RC' Conley rc.kc...@gmail.com wrote: how can a K3 have a Hi Cur display while in the receive mode? The K3 mutes slightly when Hi Cur is displayed KC5WA -- Wiol ono Ham Radio! IT IS MY ADDICTION __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k...@aol.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to switch to the new setting. I'll usually just hear a click and it's done. But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to transmit a carrier. I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track properly. Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, k6...@foothill.net writes: On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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 Message delivered to ac...@aol.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
Have you verified that this automatic feature is enabled in your K3? Here is what you need to do on the K3: To enable automatic KAT500 VFO tracking: - Locate the K3's CONFIG:KAT3 menu entry, - Tap '1' until you see KAT500Y. (The other selection is KAT500N, the default, which turns VFO tracking off.) 73, phil, K7PEH On Jun 14, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to switch to the new setting. I'll usually just hear a click and it's done. But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to transmit a carrier. I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track properly. Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, k6...@foothill.net writes: On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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 Message delivered to ac...@aol.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 Message delivered to phys...@mac.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
Thank you Phil, K7PEH! I must not have gotten the memo on that menu selection in the K3! Now all is working as it should. Thanks everyone for all the helpful replies. 73's Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:56:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, phys...@mac.com writes: Have you verified that this automatic feature is enabled in your K3? Here is what you need to do on the K3: To enable automatic KAT500 VFO tracking: - Locate the K3's CONFIG:KAT3 menu entry, - Tap '1' until you see KAT500Y. (The other selection is KAT500N, the default, which turns VFO tracking off.) 73, phil, K7PEH On Jun 14, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to switch to the new setting. I'll usually just hear a click and it's done. But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to transmit a carrier. I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track properly. Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, k6...@foothill.net writes: On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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 Message delivered to ac...@aol.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 Message delivered to phys...@mac.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
Well, someone who actually knows about this needs to weigh in. I recall a list thread about this and changes being made in the latest firmware to accommodate those who wanted the KAT500 to follow the current frequency of the K3, without making any RF. Apparently there was a downside ... KAT500 clicked some while tuning, which I guess annoyed some. I'm beyond half-deaf and I run my radios with headphones all the time so I don't hear anything from the KAT500 [or fans in the KPA500]. Elecraft Standard Practice in these situations seems to be, Add a K3/KAT500 menu option to turn whatever on/off. Possibly that might be the answer here Not going to put money on it, but my guess is ... that's what they've done. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 6/14/2014 4:44 PM, ac...@aol.com wrote: I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to switch to the new setting. I'll usually just hear a click and it's done. But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to transmit a carrier. I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track properly. Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, k6...@foothill.net writes: On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
These instructions were in the release notes for the firmware update that included the feature. So, if you downloaded the firmware, you should have been able to get the release notes; but, they are also found on the Elecraft web page for firmware software updates. 73, phil, K7PEH On Jun 14, 2014, at 5:01 PM, ac...@aol.com wrote: Thank you Phil, K7PEH! I must not have gotten the memo on that menu selection in the K3! Now all is working as it should. Thanks everyone for all the helpful replies. 73's Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:56:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, phys...@mac.com writes: Have you verified that this automatic feature is enabled in your K3? Here is what you need to do on the K3: To enable automatic KAT500 VFO tracking: - Locate the K3's CONFIG:KAT3 menu entry, - Tap '1' until you see KAT500Y. (The other selection is KAT500N, the default, which turns VFO tracking off.) 73, phil, K7PEH On Jun 14, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to switch to the new setting. I'll usually just hear a click and it's done. But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to transmit a carrier. I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track properly. Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, k6...@foothill.net writes: On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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 Message delivered to ac...@aol.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 Message delivered to phys...@mac.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
Phil, Who reads release notes? :-) Now I need to go check my set up and see if I have it right! Thanks for calling this to my (our!) attention. 73, Phil W7OX On 6/14/14, 5:18 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: These instructions were in the release notes for the firmware update that included the feature. So, if you downloaded the firmware, you should have been able to get the release notes; but, they are also found on the Elecraft web page for firmware software updates. 73, phil, K7PEH On Jun 14, 2014, at 5:01 PM, ac...@aol.com wrote: Thank you Phil, K7PEH! I must not have gotten the memo on that menu selection in the K3! Now all is working as it should. Thanks everyone for all the helpful replies. 73's Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:56:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, phys...@mac.com writes: Have you verified that this automatic feature is enabled in your K3? Here is what you need to do on the K3: To enable automatic KAT500 VFO tracking: - Locate the K3's CONFIG:KAT3 menu entry, - Tap '1' until you see KAT500Y. (The other selection is KAT500N, the default, which turns VFO tracking off.) 73, phil, K7PEH On Jun 14, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to switch to the new setting. I'll usually just hear a click and it's done. But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to transmit a carrier. I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track properly. Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, k6...@foothill.net writes: On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K2 panadapter setup - report
Just finished installing the Clifton Labs IF out board in the K2 and outfitting my trusty ThinkPad [quite old] with miscroHam Router, LP-Pan2 and NaP3 for panadapter display. Some effort getting the ThinkPad to run everything, but once over that hurdle, the pan display is very good. Running N1MM beneath the pan display fills the laptop screen and give a nice portable, Field Day, setup. Anyone wishing more details can contact me here or off-list. One moral IMHO: never sell a K2 :-). Thanks Elecraft. ...robert -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 panadapter setup - report
I'll second that, Robert. Even though I have the K3 system the K2 is one rig I can did into and continue to customize. Soon I'll do the MAB and install it; then who knows? 73, Phil W7OX On 6/14/14, 6:27 PM, Robert G Strickland wrote: Just finished installing the Clifton Labs IF out board in the K2 and outfitting my trusty ThinkPad [quite old] with miscroHam Router, LP-Pan2 and NaP3 for panadapter display. Some effort getting the ThinkPad to run everything, but once over that hurdle, the pan display is very good. Running N1MM beneath the pan display fills the laptop screen and give a nice portable, Field Day, setup. Anyone wishing more details can contact me here or off-list. One moral IMHO: never sell a K2 :-). Thanks Elecraft. ...robert __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KXPA100 issue
My KXPA100 has been working great since I purchased and assembled it about 4 months ago with my KX3. The KXPA 100 has been putting out 100 watts or so on all the bands. I am using a Carolina Windom antenna by Radio Works which also has been working great! Last night all of a sudden my output from the KXPA100 is half of what it should be. I can only get 50 - 60 watts output. I connected my KXPA100 to two different dummy loads. One a Bird 100 watt 50 ohm dummy load and the other a MFJ 300 watt 50 Ohm dummy load. I can only get 50 watts or so output with 110 watts selected on my KX3 into either dummy loads using a Daiwa CN-101L SWR watt meter with eitehr ANT 1 or Ant 2. Yes I have tried several different coax jumper cables with the same result. I have the 100 watt antenna tuner installed into the KXPA100. The LED's on the KXPA100 indicate the same 50 watt output. Yes my voltage to the KXPA100 is good 13.8 volts with a very short run from my Alinco DM-330MV power supply with only less than 1/2 a volt drop to the KXPA100. I did a reload of the firmware to both the KX3 and KXPA100 with versions KX3 0.194 and KXPA100 0.132. I did get the following message from the KX3: Loaded MCU revision 0.194.KX3 responded with version 99.99. I will be calling Elecraft Support on Tuesday morning which is one of my days off from work. Any suggestions in the mean time? Thanks, Glenn WA7SPY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 issue
What about the power for the KX3? If the voltage to the KX3 is insufficient, or has failed completely and you are running off internal batteries, then you may not be able to develop full power out. Check also the attenuator setting on the back of the KXPA100. After eliminating the obvious simple cases, contacting Elecraft support is a good move, so they can help determine if it may be something more serious (like a failed final transistor). 73, Matt VK2RQ On 15 Jun 2014, at 12:55 pm, WA7SPY wa7...@comcast.net wrote: My KXPA100 has been working great since I purchased and assembled it about 4 months ago with my KX3. The KXPA 100 has been putting out 100 watts or so on all the bands. I am using a Carolina Windom antenna by Radio Works which also has been working great! Last night all of a sudden my output from the KXPA100 is half of what it should be. I can only get 50 - 60 watts output. I connected my KXPA100 to two different dummy loads. One a Bird 100 watt 50 ohm dummy load and the other a MFJ 300 watt 50 Ohm dummy load. I can only get 50 watts or so output with 110 watts selected on my KX3 into either dummy loads using a Daiwa CN-101L SWR watt meter with eitehr ANT 1 or Ant 2. Yes I have tried several different coax jumper cables with the same result. I have the 100 watt antenna tuner installed into the KXPA100. The LED's on the KXPA100 indicate the same 50 watt output. Yes my voltage to the KXPA100 is good 13.8 volts with a very short run from my Alinco DM-330MV power supply with only less than 1/2 a volt drop to the KXPA100. I did a reload of the firmware to both the KX3 and KXPA100 with versions KX3 0.194 and KXPA100 0.132. I did get the following message from the KX3: Loaded MCU revision 0.194.KX3 responded with version 99.99. I will be calling Elecraft Support on Tuesday morning which is one of my days off from work. Any suggestions in the mean time? Thanks, Glenn WA7SPY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to matt.vk...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, The weather has cooled off and gotten wetter. The rainy season is far from over. Lots of wind knocked down the new grass and the old needles were falling like rain. I have to sweep the roof at least once a year or else the ferns start to grow. But the fir trees are enjoying it showing a lot of new growth. With the active sun propagation has been either marginal or not at all. There is a CME due to arrive soon (maybe) which will increase the normal, spring QRN. Forty meters has become harder to use. If I moved the second net later it would work but I can't fit it into my schedule nor can people stay up late on Sunday night. Please join us tomorrow. 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (6 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
If the ACC cable is working as expected, the KAT500 and KPA500 will both bandswitch using the 4 band data lines from the K3. The KAT500 utility operate page shows the band the KAT500 is on and it should change as you change K3 bands. In addition, relatively new K3 and KAT500 firmware can work together to bandswitch and select ATU memories as the K3 is tuned across the band. This uses the AUXBUS, one of the wires in that 15-pin ACC cable. From your description, it sounds like the band line mechanism may not be working. I'd try checking the cables and look for additional devices that may be loading the band lines. Some, including me, have found that swapping the cables can help. There aren't KAT500 configuration options to choose band line band switching. It's always on. There is a K3 menu option to choose the AUXBUS mechanism, described in K3 firmware release notes. 73 de Dick, K6KR On Jun 14, 2014, at 16:44, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to switch to the new setting. I'll usually just hear a click and it's done. But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to transmit a carrier. I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track properly. Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, k6...@foothill.net writes: On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote: I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500 mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3--KAT500/KAT500--KPA500, I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a new frequency or band. I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so. I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - 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 Message delivered to ac...@aol.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 Message delivered to d...@elecraft.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] SSB net announcement
The weekly Elecraft SSB net meets tomorrow at 1800Z on 14.3035 MHz. I will be NCS from western Oregon. See you there. 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
On Jun 14, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Phil Wheeler w...@socal.rr.com wrote: Phil, Who reads release notes? :-) Actually, I always read the release notes, you learn things that often are never written up anywhere else. Or, as in this case, when release notes also double as documentation for a new function -- sort of a mini pre-release of formal documentation to be updated. I also always read the Preface of books, all books. On some technical books, I peruse the index because often times there are little jewels of information hidden away in the index. An index is not just a list of words referenced in the book -- it contains nifty cross-references and often times other terms that of related information. And, when I read technical books (usually Physics and Math) I study the background of the author. Sometimes, if Physics, I am reading some of their published papers (I am a member of APS primarily to gain access to physics research papers). Yes, I do read release notes and many times I even print them out and include in my notebook collection of things about the Elecraft rigs. 73, phil, K7PEH P.S. I usually do not read the actual user documentation before trying out things though. I need to get better at that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 operation?
If the commentary announcing new firmware suggests a new mode, feature or setting, I'll read the release notes. Most updates are tweaks, not new items, but I'm grateful for all of them. I generally try to NOT read the user documentation (for the first day or so) and will see how far I can get by poking around the program or device. That is one of my personal 'tests' on the user interface, which should make complex things, simple to the user. However, in the case of the K line, eventually reading the documentation pays off because of the sheer complexity and number of choices available for personal preferences. Elecraft still manages to keep things simple, bravo! 73, Rick, WA6NHC iPad = small keypad = typos = sorry ;-) On Jun 14, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com wrote: P.S. I usually do not read the actual user documentation before trying out things though. I need to get better at that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
