Re: [Elecraft] Some Cool heat sink info.
You can also of course, use a minature 12V fan (CPU cooler type for example) to waft some extra air over either the back of an unmodified KX3, or any of the after market heatsinks if you need extra cooling, or the environment is somewhat warm. Even a low speed (audiably quiet) fan will have a marked effect for the better, for minimal extra 12V current load. Remember to decouple the motor, else you might hear fan related rumble or buzzing sounds in headphones etc. (I've not tried this by the way, just sayin'.) 73. Dave G0WBX. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
The only time, I have had a resolution to an issue is when a well know person from Microham, reported the issue in a much more, how can I say, forward way that I do, and it was resolved within a month. Elecraft is quite responsive (issues a fix) if an issue is serious. However, I have always received an acknowledgement of requests for feature/API change when submitted through the developer channels. That answer has not always been what I wanted to hear and I have a long list of requests that have either been rejected or are on the low priority list (in other words, not likely in my lifetime). Others are correct, the Elecraft development staff is small. That means, of necessity, a large percentage of their time must be devoted to work on new products with the majority of support for existing products reserved for issues that cause equipment failure (e.g., the input queue overflow). On the other hand, when it comes to issues that cause improper operation, Elecraft is orders of magnitude more responsive than some logging software developers who do things that cause crashes (like fast polling during transmit). 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-08-15 12:40 AM, Tom Blahovici wrote: Ok, now I am going to be the “squeaky wheel”. I am the author of Win4K3Suite. With a customer base of a few hundred users (not one or two users) I have numerous times reported bugs and deficiencies in the Elecraft API through the elecraft support channels as well as directly to Wayne and have never had the decency of getting a reply. Support replies and tells me “It was forwarded to Wayne Not even “we are aware and this is in a future release”. This has been very frustrating and my response to my customers has been “I told them about it and haven’t heard anything”. For a company that provides such a comprehensive API and support, to totally ignore comments from people who use their API as extensively as I do, is very unprofessional and very frustrating. The only time, I have had a resolution to an issue is when a well know person from Microham, reported the issue in a much more, how can I say, forward way that I do, and it was resolved within a month. The fact is that Elecraft has an API and encourages developers to develop products. But somehow, it seems to me if the products do not match their “vision” on what the radio should be they are ignored. That has been the case for me. Here is something important: I have about 20 users that bought the radio because of my software. It hides the complexities and makes it very easy to use. Is this against the Elecraft wishes for their radio? I have to think so since I have 4 times requested to have my software listed on the Elecraft Website, under third party software and even Eric asked me to send a blurb but I never got a response at all. 4 times over 1 and 1/2 years. So, unless many users ask for something on the forum, the priority is low. If a developer who has a few hundred users asks for something in a nice way, several times, it’s ignored. So is this the future of Elecrafts third party support? Does my name have to be J** to get something done? This is extremely frustrating, and I have a couple of hundred people that want a few things to be done but all I can tell them “I asked but never heard ANYTHING”. So, maybe it’s time to be a “squeaky wheel” like now. Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Win4K3Suite. On Aug 14, 2014, at 8:08 PM, Sam Morgan k5oai@gmail.com wrote: my previous reply was the short answer, here is the long answer: reference: http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg171471.html to quote Wayne from 7/10/2014 7:55 PM quote Hi all, Our firmware task lists are sorted by priority. Determination of Priority is democratic to some degree (Squeaky Wheel and other industry standard methodologies). But in practice it involves crystal-ball-gazing, head-counting, arm-wrestling-over-a-beer, and a healthy dose of what-we-have-time-for. It is not practical for us to publish the lists. They change daily and contain a lot of firmware-speak. We'd rather spend time actually making changes than on sanitizing lists for public consumption. This is also the reason that we can't make announcements of the form We will not ever get to feature X. (Imagine trying to do that with your personal Home Repair task list. Would your spouse let you unilaterally decide to remove some of them?) We'd rather be optimistic about it, since you never know when one of our overworked engineers is going to get some unexpected free time. The most useful guidance I can give you is this. If only one or two users are affected by a particular change, it is less likely to be implemented in the near future. If nearly all users are affected, it darn well better be fixed instantly. Everything else is in a sort of gray zone (see Determination of Priority, above). I take responsibility for any muttered oaths against Elecraft pertaining to implementation
Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA
And that's why people came with Open Source concept. Historically, proprietary platforms have been eliminated or converted to either completely Open Source or partially, similar to what Apple did: the platform is semi-open in the sense that nothing goes to Production without their validation and approval. I believe this model could work very nicely for Elecraft. Publish the bare-bones design and have the community take a stab at it. You could still maintain the basic approach and have some immutable things in there, that we can't change. But majority of these requests are outside of the basic design. Such model allows a company to maintain a relatively small support staff but still be out there as far as usability and community support. Just my .02c __ Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS w2...@arrl.net On Aug 15, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: The only time, I have had a resolution to an issue is when a well know person from Microham, reported the issue in a much more, how can I say, forward way that I do, and it was resolved within a month. Elecraft is quite responsive (issues a fix) if an issue is serious. However, I have always received an acknowledgement of requests for feature/API change when submitted through the developer channels. That answer has not always been what I wanted to hear and I have a long list of requests that have either been rejected or are on the low priority list (in other words, not likely in my lifetime). Others are correct, the Elecraft development staff is small. That means, of necessity, a large percentage of their time must be devoted to work on new products with the majority of support for existing products reserved for issues that cause equipment failure (e.g., the input queue overflow). On the other hand, when it comes to issues that cause improper operation, Elecraft is orders of magnitude more responsive than some logging software developers who do things that cause crashes (like fast polling during transmit). 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-08-15 12:40 AM, Tom Blahovici wrote: Ok, now I am going to be the “squeaky wheel”. I am the author of Win4K3Suite. With a customer base of a few hundred users (not one or two users) I have numerous times reported bugs and deficiencies in the Elecraft API through the elecraft support channels as well as directly to Wayne and have never had the decency of getting a reply. Support replies and tells me “It was forwarded to Wayne Not even “we are aware and this is in a future release”. This has been very frustrating and my response to my customers has been “I told them about it and haven’t heard anything”. For a company that provides such a comprehensive API and support, to totally ignore comments from people who use their API as extensively as I do, is very unprofessional and very frustrating. The only time, I have had a resolution to an issue is when a well know person from Microham, reported the issue in a much more, how can I say, forward way that I do, and it was resolved within a month. The fact is that Elecraft has an API and encourages developers to develop products. But somehow, it seems to me if the products do not match their “vision” on what the radio should be they are ignored. That has been the case for me. Here is something important: I have about 20 users that bought the radio because of my software. It hides the complexities and makes it very easy to use. Is this against the Elecraft wishes for their radio? I have to think so since I have 4 times requested to have my software listed on the Elecraft Website, under third party software and even Eric asked me to send a blurb but I never got a response at all. 4 times over 1 and 1/2 years. So, unless many users ask for something on the forum, the priority is low. If a developer who has a few hundred users asks for something in a nice way, several times, it’s ignored. So is this the future of Elecrafts third party support? Does my name have to be J** to get something done? This is extremely frustrating, and I have a couple of hundred people that want a few things to be done but all I can tell them “I asked but never heard ANYTHING”. So, maybe it’s time to be a “squeaky wheel” like now. Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Win4K3Suite. On Aug 14, 2014, at 8:08 PM, Sam Morgan k5oai@gmail.com wrote: my previous reply was the short answer, here is the long answer: reference: http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg171471.html to quote Wayne from 7/10/2014 7:55 PM quote Hi all, Our firmware task lists are sorted by priority. Determination of Priority is democratic to some degree (Squeaky Wheel and other industry standard methodologies). But in practice it involves crystal-ball-gazing, head-counting, arm-wrestling-over-a-beer, and a healthy dose of what-we-have-time-for. It is not practical for us to
Re: [Elecraft] New Linux user - USB questions
Using Wine is not really Linux. Wine is the Windows emulator for Linux and like all emulators (mostly) it has issues with hardware. Because its an abstraction layer between the OS and the target device. Why don't you just use Linux natively? There are programs that run on Linux, although not as many as there are for windows. After much trouble and frustration i decided to just run Windows 7 in Parallels on my MacBook Pro. I use HRD and a few other things and i have to run Windows, but i refuse to have an actual PC at home. Been a mac user for a decade. If you must have Linux for some reason you're much better off running Windows inside of it (VMWare or VirtualBox). Wine is a fairly poor performer for hardware-based stuff. It works ok for MS Office and such but not for this. __ Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS w2...@arrl.net On Aug 13, 2014, at 5:50 AM, Joel Black w4...@charter.net wrote: Bill, Look up creating sym links for Linux. That's short for symbolic links and is basically a shortcut for a Linux (or OS X) machine. I run OS X and the directory structure is a tad different so I'm not quite sure how to do it on Linux. 73, Joel - W4JBB On 8/12/14, 8:47 PM, NZ0T wrote: I am trying to learn about Linux using the Zorin OS 9 version of Ubuntu. My goal is to replace Win7 on my old desktop I use in the shack but I need to make sure that everything works. I have Zorin working great on my Acer netbook which is my test bed for Linux. I have managed to get an older version of ACLog working with Wine so objective 1 is satisfied. I have the W2 software working under Wine and I have the W2 and K3 utility versions downloaded and installed. But now I'm hitting a wall getting the FTDI USB cable to work for the W2 and the serial to USB Prolific adapter to work for the K3. Can anyone help me with a (hopefully) simple step by step procedure that will get these USB connections working? Until I can get the K3 and W2 talking to Linux I don't want to make the big change on the old gateway. 73 Bill NZ0T -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/New-Linux-user-USB-questions-tp7592055.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 w4...@charter.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 sla...@nullserv.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
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test Joe W2KJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
My complaint is that I feel deceived about this product(P3SVGA add-on). Looking at the description I am lead to believe that the P3SVGA add-on board will allow me to view what I am seeing on the P3 on a large external screen. That is the way I read the ad. But this is NOT the case. I feel kinda cheated on this product. The ad needs to be changed to reflect this point. The P3SVGA display is NOT a copy of the P3 screen. I know the digital decoding is added. By the way has, for me using a K3 for 6 years, never worked well enough on weak signals to be beneficial. Whatever happens the NB is something I'd like to see added and I will lobby for it as much as I can. Hoping someday to see this added. 73, Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592116.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] P3SVGA
Are you complaining because you see *more* info on the SVGA than on the P3? Or is this your NB issue? Has the NB on the P3 gone beyond the beta stage? If not it cannot be advertised at all. Anyway, I seldom use it with the P3. Phil W7OX On 8/15/14, 7:24 AM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote: My complaint is that I feel deceived about this product(P3SVGA add-on). Looking at the description I am lead to believe that the P3SVGA add-on board will allow me to view what I am seeing on the P3 on a large external screen. That is the way I read the ad. But this is NOT the case. I feel kinda cheated on this product. The ad needs to be changed to reflect this point. The P3SVGA display is NOT a copy of the P3 screen. I know the digital decoding is added. By the way has, for me using a K3 for 6 years, never worked well enough on weak signals to be beneficial. Whatever happens the NB is something I'd like to see added and I will lobby for it as much as I can. Hoping someday to see this added. 73, Keith __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
I am saying I see signals on the P3 with the NB on that I can not see on the P3SVGA screen. Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592118.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] P3SVGA
Has the NB on the P3 gone beyond the beta stage? Yes, it is in production firmware 1.29 although the Owner's Manual (Rev D) and Programmer's Reference (Rev A4) do not appear to have been updated to include the feature. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-08-15 10:45 AM, Phil Wheeler wrote: Are you complaining because you see *more* info on the SVGA than on the P3? Or is this your NB issue? Has the NB on the P3 gone beyond the beta stage? If not it cannot be advertised at all. Anyway, I seldom use it with the P3. Phil W7OX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
To me that is just a silly expectation for ANY ham radio manufacturer to consider. Can you just imagine what a quagmire Elecraft would generate if they open-sourced their firmware? They would have to stop producing profitable products just to spend time trying to pull software 'expurts' out of the trouble they themselves generated. And once the 'community' turned the firmware into total trash, then you would expect Elecraft to bail you out Just my .02c Tom - W4BQF -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Slava Baytalskiy Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 9:14 AM To: Joe Subich, W4TV Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA And that's why people came with Open Source concept. Historically, proprietary platforms have been eliminated or converted to either completely Open Source or partially, similar to what Apple did: the platform is semi-open in the sense that nothing goes to Production without their validation and approval. I believe this model could work very nicely for Elecraft. Publish the bare-bones design and have the community take a stab at it. You could still maintain the basic approach and have some immutable things in there, that we can't change. But majority of these requests are outside of the basic design. Such model allows a company to maintain a relatively small support staff but still be out there as far as usability and community support. Just my .02c __ Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS w2...@arrl.net On Aug 15, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: The only time, I have had a resolution to an issue is when a well know person from Microham, reported the issue in a much more, how can I say, forward way that I do, and it was resolved within a month. Elecraft is quite responsive (issues a fix) if an issue is serious. However, I have always received an acknowledgement of requests for feature/API change when submitted through the developer channels. That answer has not always been what I wanted to hear and I have a long list of requests that have either been rejected or are on the low priority list (in other words, not likely in my lifetime). Others are correct, the Elecraft development staff is small. That means, of necessity, a large percentage of their time must be devoted to work on new products with the majority of support for existing products reserved for issues that cause equipment failure (e.g., the input queue overflow). On the other hand, when it comes to issues that cause improper operation, Elecraft is orders of magnitude more responsive than some logging software developers who do things that cause crashes (like fast polling during transmit). 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-08-15 12:40 AM, Tom Blahovici wrote: Ok, now I am going to be the squeaky wheel. I am the author of Win4K3Suite. With a customer base of a few hundred users (not one or two users) I have numerous times reported bugs and deficiencies in the Elecraft API through the elecraft support channels as well as directly to Wayne and have never had the decency of getting a reply. Support replies and tells me It was forwarded to Wayne Not even we are aware and this is in a future release. This has been very frustrating and my response to my customers has been I told them about it and haven't heard anything. For a company that provides such a comprehensive API and support, to totally ignore comments from people who use their API as extensively as I do, is very unprofessional and very frustrating. The only time, I have had a resolution to an issue is when a well know person from Microham, reported the issue in a much more, how can I say, forward way that I do, and it was resolved within a month. The fact is that Elecraft has an API and encourages developers to develop products. But somehow, it seems to me if the products do not match their vision on what the radio should be they are ignored. That has been the case for me. Here is something important: I have about 20 users that bought the radio because of my software. It hides the complexities and makes it very easy to use. Is this against the Elecraft wishes for their radio? I have to think so since I have 4 times requested to have my software listed on the Elecraft Website, under third party software and even Eric asked me to send a blurb but I never got a response at all. 4 times over 1 and 1/2 years. So, unless many users ask for something on the forum, the priority is low. If a developer who has a few hundred users asks for something in a nice way, several times, it's ignored. So is this the future of Elecrafts third party support? Does my name have to be J** to get something done? This is extremely frustrating, and I have a couple of hundred people that want a few things to be done but all I can tell them I asked but never heard ANYTHING. So, maybe it's time to be a squeaky wheel like now.
Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA
Well, you just described my day job. We sell hardware (Ethernet controllers) and the driver I support is open sourced Linux and FreeBSD. There are also closed-source versions but I only do backup-support on those. Yes, it would require more support on Elecraft's end but it wouldn't be impossible to manage, just hard. There's a lot of repeating, If you can't reproduce it on the official X version driver, then you're on your own. But then again there are a lot of bug fixes that other people can do for you. I don't blame them for not doing it, but I'm still on the It would be nice side of this. Oe Fri, 15 Aug 2014, Chester Alderman wrote: To me that is just a silly expectation for ANY ham radio manufacturer to consider. Can you just imagine what a quagmire Elecraft would generate if they open-sourced their firmware? They would have to stop producing profitable products just to spend time trying to pull software 'expurts' out of the trouble they themselves generated. And once the 'community' turned the firmware into total trash, then you would expect Elecraft to bail you out -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - ht...@twofifty.com - K7EMI BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
On 8/15/2014 7:24 AM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote: The ad needs to be changed to reflect this point. The P3SVGA display is NOT a copy of the P3 screen. I know the digital decoding is added. By the way has, for me using a K3 for 6 years, never worked well enough on weak signals to be beneficial. It isn't clear whether you mean that the P3SVGA doesn't work well displaying weak signals, or that the decoding doesn't work well. First, the decoding is done by the K3, and the P3SVGA simply displays it in a more user-friendly form. Second, the SVGA displays a completely different FFT with more bins (better resolution), with the same frequency and amplitude settings of the P3. The P3SVGA can be set for a very long waterfall time, which is quite useful finding holes in contests and DX pileups. And both the P3 and P3SVGA are VERY good at finding weak signals if set for maximum averaging and fixed tune mode. I regularly use a P3 to find action on VHF, and I've got an LOTW QSL from Iraq because the P3 found him somewhere different from where he was spotted. I work CW, SSB, JT65, FSK441, and ISCAT-B on 6M, so I set the P3 to monitor from 50.080 to 50.280. This lets me see action on CW and SSB when I'm in RX mode of one of the WSJT modes. I've picked up at least a dozen grids this season because I saw them on the P3. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [KX3] KX3 Supply Voltage reading low
Greetings all! My KX3 has the set of internal NiMH batteries and currently reads 9.9v while idling (I haven’t charged the batteries recently). When I power the KX3 from an external 12V SLA battery - which reads 12.2V on my Fluke DMM - the KX3 reports 10.2V while idling. I might expect the KX3 to report slightly less than 12.2V if there is a diode on the supply input (I haven’t checked the schematics), but 2V seems like a significant difference. I’d welcome any feedback from the list on this issue. Thanks! 73, Arlen - AA7F __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
Jim, You are mixing 2 completely different items. The decoding of the digital signals I could care less how that works. I don't use that function. I am saying that on the P3 screen with the NB on I can see weaker signals than I can see on the P3SVGA screen. The noise blanker does not work on the P3SVGA board. I would like to see the NB function with the P3SVGA screen. I also stated that to read the ad for the P3 it reads that I should expect to see the same screen on the P3SVGA as I see on the P3. Only with higher resolution. But that's not true. Since the NB only works on the P3 the screens are different. Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592124.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
[Elecraft] K3 - Using MiC Key (PTT) to Transmit (activate) VOX (NOT Computer)
I wish to manually key the transmitter with VOX, and while transmitting have
the VOX activate to LISTEN between words so that I can hear if I double.
I don't want VOX on all the time to key the transmitter when I sneeze,
someone talks to me, I murmur, phone rings, wife pours hot soup in my lap,
etc.
WHY?
1To avoid accidently transmitting while listening; I want to control
transmit (VOX) by pushing my foot pedal turn VOX on.
A net control/relay has to do 2+ things already, read the list, flip pages,
mark response, record traffic by destination and call sign, etc.
Or to type on a keyboard (I'm a 2 handed typist).
Pushing the VOX button on/off each time with my little toe is very awkward.
2While transmitting (as net control) I wish the VOX to be active so that I
can take advantage of VOX {to listen between words}.
VOX when talking switches to listen during the brief pause between words,
and as you breath the amp switches in milliseconds.
You can hear very easily any station that you double with.
I prefer software or K3 Config, but would buy something that would work as
well as the built in VOX in the K3
I do appreciate your ideas, that doesn't require wiring the foot pedal into
the panel switch.
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Using MiC Key (PTT) to Transmit (activate) VOX (NOT Computer)
Is it possible you have confused PTT and VOX? I can't imagine VOX being
controlled by a foot switch.
73, Mike NF4L
On Aug 15, 2014, at 12:40 PM, KB7WVB kb7...@gmail.com wrote:
I wish to manually key the transmitter with VOX, and while transmitting have
the VOX activate to LISTEN between words so that I can hear if I double.
I don't want VOX on all the time to key the transmitter when I sneeze,
someone talks to me, I murmur, phone rings, wife pours hot soup in my lap,
etc.
WHY?
1To avoid accidently transmitting while listening; I want to control
transmit (VOX) by pushing my foot pedal turn VOX on.
A net control/relay has to do 2+ things already, read the list, flip pages,
mark response, record traffic by destination and call sign, etc.
Or to type on a keyboard (I'm a 2 handed typist).
Pushing the VOX button on/off each time with my little toe is very awkward.
2While transmitting (as net control) I wish the VOX to be active so that I
can take advantage of VOX {to listen between words}.
VOX when talking switches to listen during the brief pause between words,
and as you breath the amp switches in milliseconds.
You can hear very easily any station that you double with.
I prefer software or K3 Config, but would buy something that would work as
well as the built in VOX in the K3
I do appreciate your ideas, that doesn't require wiring the foot pedal into
the panel switch.
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Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA
On 8/15/2014 9:36 AM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote: I am saying that on the P3 screen with the NB on I can see weaker signals than I can see on the P3SVGA screen. http://www.elecraft.com/P3/p3.htm Scroll down to see a photo of how the SVGA compares to the P3 screen. Repeating my advice -- to see very weak signals, we need to do a lot of averaging to get rid of the noise. This is not a blanking function, but rather how averaging a spectral display causes random noise to cancel itself out, while discrete signals do not. There are separate display settings for the SVGA and for the P3. The SVGA settings are accessed via the SVGA selection on the Menu. Also -- the K3 NB is really two NBs, and the one that looks at broadband noise DOES work in both the P3 and P3SVGA. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
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Looking for some additional volunteers who would be interest in helping out that Elecraft booth this weekend. Eric and LErma are there setting up now and could use some extra help this weekend if you are available. You can email me directly ( l...@elecraft.com) and/or stop by the booth at your convenience. Thank you, Lisa -- Lisa Jones Elecraft, Inc. 831-763-4211 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
Jim, The NB in the P3 is a completely different animal than what is used in the K3. It is more of a visual aid and does not need to worry about the audio. My understanding of this NB is that if used on the audio all you would hear is sounds like a typewriter. The NB in the P3 does an excellent job on the type of noise it is designed to be applied. Before you continue I would suggest you try the NB for the P3. It is wonderful here at my location. All I asked was if there was any news about implementing this NB for the P3SVGA add-on. Since I have the P3SVGA board and a nice display I'd like to see the display without all the extra noise. I hate how every time someone makes a comment that they think is negative to Elecraft the person making the comment is flamed. Most of the flamers have little idea what's happening and I wish they'd keep their mouths shut. Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592128.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] KX-3 and satellites
Also my congrats! I intend to use my KX3-2M and K3 + 432 transverter* for crossband duplex satellite operation. Typically current satellites uplink on 2m and downlink on 435, so I have added a RFC 2-23 linear amp which can provide output up to 30w on 2m to a 7-element yagi which is way more than required for satellite operation. A low-noise preamp is used on 435-MHz with a CP x-yagi. MY az-el satellite rotator requires repair of the control box so not QRV for the satellites at present. The KX3-2M appears to work well on area repeaters and good on a short SSB test. *L432-28 transverter with synthesized PLL by DEMI; has two frequency ranges: 432-434/435-437 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Kits made by KL7UW Dubus Mag business: dubus...@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
Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA
On 8/15/2014 10:14 AM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote: I hate how every time someone makes a comment that they think is negative to Elecraft the person making the comment is flamed. Who is flaming whom? Certainly not me -- I'm simply trying to help you and others get the most from your gear. And I also pointed you and others to the Elecraft P3 webpage, which clearly describes and shows what the SVGA module does. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] FS: KPA100/KAT100 in EC2
Hi all ... it's been a few years since I've made any noise here (and a little while since I've been on the air). Life has taken some interesting turns and my radio focus has shifted. I bought a K3 a while ago and love it. I'm not ready to let go of my K2 (that will probably *never* happen), but the KPA100/KAT100 combination in EC2 case would be happier in someone else's shack. It's in excellent shape, works great, comes with the cables and manuals and boxes and everything. I'm asking $550 plus shipping. Photos available on request. VY 73 de chris K6DBG __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3 - Using MiC Key (PTT) to Transmit (activate) VOX (NOT Computer)
I think the point is to have VOX inactive until PTT is keyed. In this mode, PTT wouldn’t key the radio, it would simply activate VOX. If PTT was not keyed, the radio would not respond to audio and key the transmitter, even with VOX turned on. Another way to do this of course, would be a switch in the audio path of the mic (the reverse of a broadcaster’s “cough” switch). Interestingly (to some perhaps), my CE-100V works this way with its D-104. With PTT not pressed, no DC is applied to the FET preamp in the mic. So I leave the radio in VOX mode, but still have to invoke PTT on the mic for the VOX to actually work. It is actually quite handy — when you’re not going to talk for a bit, you can cough, sneeze, yell at the dog, whatever, and the radio won’t respond. Grant NQ5T On Aug 15, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Mike Reublin n...@nf4l.com wrote: Is it possible you have confused PTT and VOX? I can't imagine VOX being controlled by a foot switch. 73, Mike NF4L On Aug 15, 2014, at 12:40 PM, KB7WVB kb7...@gmail.com wrote: I wish to manually key the transmitter with VOX, and while transmitting have the VOX activate to LISTEN between words so that I can hear if I double. I don't want VOX on all the time to key the transmitter when I sneeze, someone talks to me, I murmur, phone rings, wife pours hot soup in my lap, etc. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3 - Using MiC Key (PTT) to Transmit (activate) VOX (NOT Computer)
I think it's an interesting idea. It seems it should be feasible to
implement in firmware, but maybe non-trivial.
Thinking outside the box; what if you route the mic signal through the
footswitch instead of PTT? Or maybe through a relay that the
footswitch triggers... and keep VOX on all the time.
73,
~iain / N6ML
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Is it possible you have confused PTT and VOX? I can't imagine VOX being
controlled by a foot switch.
73, Mike NF4L
On Aug 15, 2014, at 12:40 PM, KB7WVB kb7...@gmail.com wrote:
I wish to manually key the transmitter with VOX, and while transmitting have
the VOX activate to LISTEN between words so that I can hear if I double.
I don't want VOX on all the time to key the transmitter when I sneeze,
someone talks to me, I murmur, phone rings, wife pours hot soup in my lap,
etc.
WHY?
1To avoid accidently transmitting while listening; I want to control
transmit (VOX) by pushing my foot pedal turn VOX on.
A net control/relay has to do 2+ things already, read the list, flip pages,
mark response, record traffic by destination and call sign, etc.
Or to type on a keyboard (I'm a 2 handed typist).
Pushing the VOX button on/off each time with my little toe is very awkward.
2While transmitting (as net control) I wish the VOX to be active so that I
can take advantage of VOX {to listen between words}.
VOX when talking switches to listen during the brief pause between words,
and as you breath the amp switches in milliseconds.
You can hear very easily any station that you double with.
I prefer software or K3 Config, but would buy something that would work as
well as the built in VOX in the K3
I do appreciate your ideas, that doesn't require wiring the foot pedal into
the panel switch.
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Using MiC Key (PTT) to Transmit (activate) VOX (NOT Computer)
An alternative if one is using an electret microphone is *not* to apply bias from the K3, but to bias the microphone from a 10k resistor fed from mic jack pin 6 (to mic jack pin 1). Put a relay in series with the resistor and operate that relay from the foot switch. The microphone will not respond until the relay closes. The footswitch would *not* connect to the K3 PTT IN. This is not normal operation, and the original poster is asking for a new function from Elecraft. I don't think many hams would take advantage of a function like that (at least I would not), so the most expedient way to implement it is by use of some external device (you can have the function now rather than waiting for Elecraft to develop it). Some microphones already have a section of the internal PTT switch wired in series with the mic element, and those could be easily modified by disconnecting the PTT function connection to mic plug pin 2 and running the K3 in VOX. In other words, the mic PTT switch closes the AF line between the mic element and the plug, so VOX will only work when the PTT switch is closed. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/15/2014 1:33 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: I think it's an interesting idea. It seems it should be feasible to implement in firmware, but maybe non-trivial. Thinking outside the box; what if you route the mic signal through the footswitch instead of PTT? Or maybe through a relay that the footswitch triggers... and keep VOX on all the time. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
Jim, And there is nothing on the P3 webpage that would lead me to believe that the display on the SVGA screen would differ, other than resolution, than what is seen on the P3 screen. Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592136.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] P3SVGA
Also -- the K3 NB is really two NBs, and the one that looks at broadband noise DOES work in both the P3 and P3SVGA. Jim, that information is incorrect. The K3 NB can not possibly have any impact on the P3 or P3SVGA as the IF pick-off is at the output of the first mixer - *before* any noise blanker gate. To confirm this, examine K3 RF Board 4 of 4 from the June 2010 K3 Schematics package (on-line) and you will find the IF tap from which the P3 is fed is connected to pin 1 - the input - of J77 the NB connector which is *before* any NB action. In order for the hardware IF to be reflected in the P3 the P3 would need to be fed from pin 7 of J77 (NB output). 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-08-15 12:56 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 8/15/2014 9:36 AM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote: I am saying that on the P3 screen with the NB on I can see weaker signals than I can see on the P3SVGA screen. http://www.elecraft.com/P3/p3.htm Scroll down to see a photo of how the SVGA compares to the P3 screen. Repeating my advice -- to see very weak signals, we need to do a lot of averaging to get rid of the noise. This is not a blanking function, but rather how averaging a spectral display causes random noise to cancel itself out, while discrete signals do not. There are separate display settings for the SVGA and for the P3. The SVGA settings are accessed via the SVGA selection on the Menu. Also -- the K3 NB is really two NBs, and the one that looks at broadband noise DOES work in both the P3 and P3SVGA. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 li...@subich.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] K3 - Using MiC Key (PTT) to Transmit (activate) VOX (NOT Computer)
It occurs to me that another option might be to connect the footswitch, with a pullup resistor to 5VDC, to pin 7 of the ACC connector, and set CONFIG:TX INH to HI=INH. This should prevent the K3 from transmitting except when the footswitch was pressed. You might want to wire an SPST switch in parallel with the footswitch so you could disable the inhibit function in other modes. 73, Rich VE3KI On 8/15/2014 1:33 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: I think it's an interesting idea. It seems it should be feasible to implement in firmware, but maybe non-trivial. Thinking outside the box; what if you route the mic signal through the footswitch instead of PTT? Or maybe through a relay that the footswitch triggers... and keep VOX on all the time. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
I use Tom ' s software. It is stable and controls the elecraft line like no other. There are a few issues that he has told us about and did say elecraft was notified and later I recheck and he did not hear back from them. This software should be on the elecraft site. It controls the K-Line as well as the KX3 and has a terminal window. I hope this issue gets resolved as the Win4k3suite is outstanding. Hoping for a fast solution Gerald - KC6CNN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 error message
I had the following error message on my KX3..ERR TXG d=200 after pushing the Tune button to see my SWR This was my setup at the time.. KX3 on CW, filter setting 300, VOX on, ATU off, Pre on and the band was 20m Antenna was mobile whip on my car and RG8 coax. I had another unusual thing going on as well and that is my SWR was always 1.4:1 no matter where I was on the 20m even all the way up to the SSB portion. Normally the mobile whip never had that bandwidth and nor should it. I then swapped out antennas and moved down to two 15 meters and the error was no longer there but I still had this odd 1.4:1 SWR across the band. When I got home I put my KX3 on a dummy load and no error message. I then put the KX3 on my home MFJ 1788 loop antenna and no error message or SWR anomalies. I am not sure what was going on and never had that problem in the mobile before. Any ideas would be great. Mike VE3WDM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3 error message
Mike, That sounds suspiciously like you have a problem with the antenna and feedline in the mobile installation. Check everything for good tight connections, especially the connections to the vehicle ground. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/15/2014 2:49 PM, Mike Weir wrote: I had the following error message on my KX3..ERR TXG d=200 after pushing the Tune button to see my SWR This was my setup at the time.. KX3 on CW, filter setting 300, VOX on, ATU off, Pre on and the band was 20m Antenna was mobile whip on my car and RG8 coax. I had another unusual thing going on as well and that is my SWR was always 1.4:1 no matter where I was on the 20m even all the way up to the SSB portion. Normally the mobile whip never had that bandwidth and nor should it. I then swapped out antennas and moved down to two 15 meters and the error was no longer there but I still had this odd 1.4:1 SWR across the band. When I got home I put my KX3 on a dummy load and no error message. I then put the KX3 on my home MFJ 1788 loop antenna and no error message or SWR anomalies. I am not sure what was going on and never had that problem in the mobile before. Any ideas would be great. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
I am sorry, I found the P3SVGA add on to be quite adequate. Perhaps you can share your findings of the short fall. I may be in error, but I believe the P3SVGA is operating on the data from the P3 FFT. I expect a panadapter to display what is impinging my antenna, not the result of processing later down the line. I can see signals in respect to noise, and that is what I would want, not signals in spite of noise. But then again, I am old school. JIm, W4ATK On 8/15/2014 9:24 AM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote: My complaint is that I feel deceived about this product(P3SVGA add-on). Looking at the description I am lead to believe that the P3SVGA add-on board will allow me to view what I am seeing on the P3 on a large external screen. That is the way I read the ad. But this is NOT the case. I feel kinda cheated on this product. The ad needs to be changed to reflect this point. The P3SVGA display is NOT a copy of the P3 screen. I know the digital decoding is added. By the way has, for me using a K3 for 6 years, never worked well enough on weak signals to be beneficial. Whatever happens the NB is something I'd like to see added and I will lobby for it as much as I can. Hoping someday to see this added. 73, Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592116.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 jim.w4...@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
Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] KX3 Supply Voltage reading low
Re: …reads 12.2V on my Fluke DMM - the KX3 reports 10.2V while idling. Arlen, My first thoughts are that you need to fully charge the battery. I don’t have a lot of experience with lead acid batteries, though. The input diode (CMS04 if my memory is correct) should only account for about 0.2v at KX3 receive current levels. I haven't looked at the schematic for a long time, so I can’t remember what else is in the path from the connector to where the internal voltage reading is measured, but I seem to recall at least one FET (on/off switch) and a current sensor. The 12.2v is getting pretty close to the no-load fully discharged 1.95v per cell, and the 10.2v is pretty close to the 1.75v per cell of a fully discharged SLA battery. At these voltages, the discharge curves are getting pretty steep, so the addition of the KX3 receive current could cause the extra drop you are seeing. Of course the problem could also lie in the power cable, connectors, or even inside the SLA battery itself. A check with a fresh, fully charged SLA battery will help isolate the problem. You will see voltage drop along the cable, even with a freshly charged battery, but 2 volts total sounds a bit high. I just pulled out an SLA that I haven’t used for a while, but it has been charged recently, and the voltage difference between the battery voltage (no load read by a cheap DMM) and the KX3 display (while in receive) was less than 1 volt. Hope this helps. Mark KE6BB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
Another clueless replier... Have you even tried the NB in the P3 vs the SVGA screen. Obviously not. Sounds like your ideal radio would have no NB, NR, and heck no AGC. Just noise,noise,noise Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592144.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] [KX3] KX3 Supply Voltage reading low
Arlen, I wonder if what you are seeing on the display is the internal battery pack voltage rather than the external power supply voltage, either are selectable from the menu. The internal pack may increase slightly when the load is removed if you are running from external batteries. Sorry if as we say over here if I am teaching my grandmother how to suck eggs :-) 73 David Anderson GM4JJJ On 15 Aug 2014, at 17:34, Arlen Fletcher arlenfletc...@mac.com wrote: Greetings all! My KX3 has the set of internal NiMH batteries and currently reads 9.9v while idling (I haven’t charged the batteries recently). When I power the KX3 from an external 12V SLA battery - which reads 12.2V on my Fluke DMM - the KX3 reports 10.2V while idling. I might expect the KX3 to report slightly less than 12.2V if there is a diode on the supply input (I haven’t checked the schematics), but 2V seems like a significant difference. I’d welcome any feedback from the list on this issue. Thanks! 73, Arlen - AA7F __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 gm4...@yahoo.co.uk __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Belt clip for KX3 after you install the 2 or 4 Meter module?
I still have my 12 KE Log-Log Duplex Vector rule, here on the desk, and I use it for a few things for which I can't remember the equations but I do remember the motions. Every so much quicker than looking functions up in the HP48GX books. I mourn the final demise of the HP41CX. The case for the rule is long gone. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/14/2014 7:45 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: I still have my 12 inch Post slide rule, but I no longer have it on my belt. I also have my 5 inch Post, but it is no longer in my shirt pocket. Those days are gone, but there was a time when they were required apparel if one was to succeed in engineering school and after. 73, Don W3FPR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA
If my memory serves me, I believe Paul announced the NB function would be available on the P3/SVGA at a later FW update. I must go back a few weeks to find that posting or perhaps you could do a search. I'm in digest mode so hopefully this will get though. 73 Dale, K9VUJ Message: 9 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:36:10 -0700 (PDT) From: XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA Message-ID: 1408120570747-7592124.p...@n2.nabble.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jim, You are mixing 2 completely different items. The decoding of the digital signals I could care less how that works. I don't use that function. I am saying that on the P3 screen with the NB on I can see weaker signals than I can see on the P3SVGA screen. The noise blanker does not work on the P3SVGA board. I would like to see the NB function with the P3SVGA screen. I also stated that to read the ad for the P3 it reads that I should expect to see the same screen on the P3SVGA as I see on the P3. Only with higher resolution. But that's not true. Since the NB only works on the P3 the screens are different. Keith __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Belt clip for KX3 after you install the 2 or 4 Meter module?
In addition to my 12 and 5 inch Post slide rules, I have my Dad's KE. Bob On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: I still have my 12 KE Log-Log Duplex Vector rule, here on the desk, and I use it for a few things for which I can't remember the equations but I do remember the motions. Every so much quicker than looking functions up in the HP48GX books. I mourn the final demise of the HP41CX. The case for the rule is long gone. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/14/2014 7:45 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: I still have my 12 inch Post slide rule, but I no longer have it on my belt. I also have my 5 inch Post, but it is no longer in my shirt pocket. Those days are gone, but there was a time when they were required apparel if one was to succeed in engineering school and after. 73, Don W3FPR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to rfri...@usa.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] P3SVGA
Clueless?? 1) The radio is to select a specific signal and provide the tools to decode it. It very well could be to determine the source of undesirable noise. Those tools include noise blanking, noise reduction, agc, selectable filtering, a panadapter, etc. Each tool applied as appropriate to the conditions. 2) The panadapter is simply one of those tools to show me the activity over a band of frequencies, whatever that activity might be. Jim, W4ATK On 8/15/2014 2:50 PM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote: Another clueless replier... Have you even tried the NB in the P3 vs the SVGA screen. Obviously not. Sounds like your ideal radio would have no NB, NR, and heck no AGC. Just noise,noise,noise Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592144.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 jim.w4...@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
Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA
I agree with Gerald. I have used Win4K3 in place of the HRD rig control software. It not only works much much better but also has shared con ports for other software to also control the K Line. Plus he responds to any problem with a much more professional attitude than others do. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.homedns.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 [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gerald Manthey Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 2:45 PM To: Tom Blahovici Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA I use Tom ' s software. It is stable and controls the elecraft line like no other. There are a few issues that he has told us about and did say elecraft was notified and later I recheck and he did not hear back from them. This software should be on the elecraft site. It controls the K-Line as well as the KX3 and has a terminal window. I hope this issue gets resolved as the Win4k3suite is outstanding. Hoping for a fast solution Gerald - KC6CNN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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...@kq8m.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] K3 - Using MiC Key (PTT) to Transmit (activate) VOX (NOT Computer)
I appreciate all of your thoughts. And the thinking questions, helped to understand what I was trying to do better. I believe your understanding the problem better than I do. I'm Good. VOX terrifies me, it can really mess up a net if left on accidently and the phone rings, we had to move the whole net once when someone's mom called. I believe a software fix would make this for reaily available, and VOX a safer feature. I have been working on this for a year, I already have all kinds of gizmos connected to the K3. With the help of Elecraft support (Keith) and other suggestions also. The Plan is: Jumper ACC Pin 7 TX INH through a SPDT switch to Pin 4 PTT IN (common with RCA PTT IN) already connected to Pedal. Switching ACC Pin 7 to Ground will undo the TX INH. Set Configure TX INH = HI I'm going to work through an E980190 Extra DB15 Y- Cable ($9.95) (August 2014) See page; http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm#kpa500 I need to continue to use the Band Output Data for the Switch It just seems such an easy software fix would ad a useful feature. This works also. You are all great, I hope this idea, fix, work around is easy to find in the email reflector archive for the next guy. Thank you. JJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Slide rules
I have a couple nice bamboo Hemmi slide rules, one even devoted to electronics calculations, but my most cherished is a cheap 12 log-log plastic Sterling. My late mom bought it for me from a drug store when I was in 8th grade. It took weeks of begging and groveling till she gave me the $6 for it. Then I'm sure I drove my parents crazy showing how I could calculate things. Geek from day one. :-) 73, Mike ab3ap On 08/15/2014 04:37 PM, Robert Friess wrote: In addition to my 12 and 5 inch Post slide rules, I have my Dad's KE.[...] On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: I still have my 12 KE Log-Log Duplex Vector rule, here on the desk[...] On 8/14/2014 7:45 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: I still have my 12 inch Post slide rule[...] __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
On 8/15/2014 11:29 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Jim, that information is incorrect. The K3 NB can not possibly have any impact on the P3 or P3SVGA as the IF pick-off is at the output of the first mixer - *before* any noise blanker gate. Joe, I've never studied the schematic or signal flow in the regard, but I often study the screen of my P3, which DOES show reduction of noise when the wider NB is active. 2-4 dB is typical for the types of noise for which it is effective. I appreciate the alert to the existence of the P3 NB. I last updated firmware about six months ago, and it was not in that version. It does, indeed, work pretty well. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Best Reference Book for Win 7 and Win 8.1?
I've recently replaced one of my computers with a Win7-64 Pro machine, and my XYL's with a Win 8.1 box. There are certain wierdnesses with both of these OSs that I'm finding baffling, so I've decided that I must RTFM. I used to do this by grabbing a bunch of such books from the rack at Borders or Barnes and Noble, and a cup of coffee, and buy the one (or two) whose writing style communicated well with me. Here in Santa Cruz, that option is no longer available. Suggestions? 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
/I appreciate the alert to the existence of the P3 NB. I last updated firmware about six months ago, and it was not in that version. It does, indeed, work pretty well/. *And it would be great if it worked with the P3SVGA but it does nothing on that screen. * Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592155.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] Best Reference Book for Win 7 and Win 8.1?
Here's a start: some articles on Windoze 7 and 8. A few of them have links to reference material you might want to download. http://www.howtogeek.com/t/windows/ 73, matt W6NIA On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:20:22 -0700, you wrote: I've recently replaced one of my computers with a Win7-64 Pro machine, and my XYL's with a Win 8.1 box. There are certain wierdnesses with both of these OSs that I'm finding baffling, so I've decided that I must RTFM. I used to do this by grabbing a bunch of such books from the rack at Borders or Barnes and Noble, and a cup of coffee, and buy the one (or two) whose writing style communicated well with me. Here in Santa Cruz, that option is no longer available. Suggestions? 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 mzil...@roadrunner.com Matt Zilmer, W6NIA -- Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. -A. Lincoln __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
Agreed. This is on the firmware task list for the engineer working on P3 and PX3 code. 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 15, 2014, at 2:23 PM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: /I appreciate the alert to the existence of the P3 NB. I last updated firmware about six months ago, and it was not in that version. It does, indeed, work pretty well/. *And it would be great if it worked with the P3SVGA but it does nothing on that screen. * Keith __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3SVGA
I often study the screen of my P3, which DOES show reduction of noise when the wider NB is active. 2-4 dB is typical for the types of noise for which it is effective. 2 - 4 dB may be due to upsetting the impedance at the IF feed but given the circuit topology it is not possible for the NB to provide effective blanking to the P3 with the noise gate *after* the IF pick-off point. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-08-15 5:13 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 8/15/2014 11:29 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Jim, that information is incorrect. The K3 NB can not possibly have any impact on the P3 or P3SVGA as the IF pick-off is at the output of the first mixer - *before* any noise blanker gate. Joe, I've never studied the schematic or signal flow in the regard, but I often study the screen of my P3, which DOES show reduction of noise when the wider NB is active. 2-4 dB is typical for the types of noise for which it is effective. I appreciate the alert to the existence of the P3 NB. I last updated firmware about six months ago, and it was not in that version. It does, indeed, work pretty well. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 li...@subich.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] P3SVGA
Since his last release for F/W upgrade to the P3SVGA card was on February 27th, 2013 we should be careful holding our breath on the next release. hihi Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3SVGA-tp7592060p7592158.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
[Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Hi all, Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one who's interested. If we did consider adding SSTV, we'd need to decide which SSTV format(s) to support. If there's just one that's reasonably universal, great. I'm pretty sure we'd start with just one, given limited engineering time. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] KX3 Supply Voltage reading low
Hi Mark, Thanks for the response! I’m guessing that perhaps you’re considering that the voltage of the SLA is sagging when it’s running the KX3. I wondered that too - so I measured across the terminals of the SLA while it was powering the KX3. It still measured 12.2V, so it wasn’t sagging. The battery (and it’s little charger) report it as being fully charged - though I’m dubious about the accuracy of the little wall-wart charger. :-) Arlen AA7F On Aug 15, 2014, at 11:42 AM, rv6am...@yahoo.com wrote: Re: …reads 12.2V on my Fluke DMM - the KX3 reports 10.2V while idling. Arlen, My first thoughts are that you need to fully charge the battery. I don’t have a lot of experience with lead acid batteries, though. The input diode (CMS04 if my memory is correct) should only account for about 0.2v at KX3 receive current levels. I haven't looked at the schematic for a long time, so I can’t remember what else is in the path from the connector to where the internal voltage reading is measured, but I seem to recall at least one FET (on/off switch) and a current sensor. The 12.2v is getting pretty close to the no-load fully discharged 1.95v per cell, and the 10.2v is pretty close to the 1.75v per cell of a fully discharged SLA battery. At these voltages, the discharge curves are getting pretty steep, so the addition of the KX3 receive current could cause the extra drop you are seeing. Of course the problem could also lie in the power cable, connectors, or even inside the SLA battery itself. A check with a fresh, fully charged SLA battery will help isolate the problem. You will see voltage drop along the cable, even with a freshly charged battery, but 2 volts total sounds a bit high. I just pulled out an SLA that I haven’t used for a while, but it has been charged recently, and the voltage difference between the battery voltage (no load read by a cheap DMM) and the KX3 display (while in receive) was less than 1 volt. Hope this helps. Mark KE6BB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [KX3] KX3 Supply Voltage reading low
David, I wasn’t aware of the ability to choose which supply (internal Vs. external) was being reported! Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I’ll bet you’re exactly right - that the internal battery voltage rises a bit when external power is supplied. I’ll check this out as soon as I get home this evening. 73 Arlen, AA7F On Aug 15, 2014, at 12:53 PM, David Anderson gm4...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Arlen, I wonder if what you are seeing on the display is the internal battery pack voltage rather than the external power supply voltage, either are selectable from the menu. The internal pack may increase slightly when the load is removed if you are running from external batteries. Sorry if as we say over here if I am teaching my grandmother how to suck eggs :-) 73 David Anderson GM4JJJ On 15 Aug 2014, at 17:34, Arlen Fletcher arlenfletc...@mac.com wrote: Greetings all! My KX3 has the set of internal NiMH batteries and currently reads 9.9v while idling (I haven’t charged the batteries recently). When I power the KX3 from an external 12V SLA battery - which reads 12.2V on my Fluke DMM - the KX3 reports 10.2V while idling. I might expect the KX3 to report slightly less than 12.2V if there is a diode on the supply input (I haven’t checked the schematics), but 2V seems like a significant difference. I’d welcome any feedback from the list on this issue. Thanks! 73, Arlen - AA7F __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 gm4...@yahoo.co.uk __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Perhaps it's different people involved in programming, but I would like to see instead of this, some effort put into making the K3 memories actually remember and recall what was input to them. Wes N7WS On 8/15/2014 2:56 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi all, Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one who's interested. If we did consider adding SSTV, we'd need to decide which SSTV format(s) to support. If there's just one that's reasonably universal, great. I'm pretty sure we'd start with just one, given limited engineering time. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w...@triconet.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] K3 - Using Mike Key (PTT) to Transmit with VOX
CLOSURE
I appreciate all of your thoughts.
And the thinking questions, helped to understand what I was trying to do
better.
I believe your understanding the problem better than I do. I'm Good.
VOX terrifies me, it can really mess up a net if left on accidently and the
phone rings, we had to move the whole net once when someone's mom called.
I believe a software fix would make this for reaily available, and VOX a
safer feature.
I have been working on this for a year, I already have all kinds of gizmos
connected to the K3.
With the help of Elecraft support (Keith) and other suggestions also.
The Plan is:
Jumper ACC Pin 7 TX INH through a SPDT switch to Pin 4 PTT IN (common with
RCA PTT IN) already connected to Pedal.
Switching ACC Pin 7 to Ground will undo the TX INH.
Set Configure TX INH = HI
I'm going to work through an E980190 Extra DB15 Y- Cable ($9.95) (August
2014)
See page; http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm#kpa500
I need to continue to use the Band Output Data for the Switch
It just seems such an easy software fix would ad a useful feature.
This works also.
You are all great, I hope this idea, fix, work around is easy to find in the
email reflector archive for the next guy.
Thank you. JJ
AGAIN IN A NUTSHELL
I wish to manually key the transmitter with VOX, and while transmitting have
the VOX activate to LISTEN between words so that I can hear if I double.
I don't want VOX on all the time to key the transmitter when I sneeze,
someone talks to me, I murmur, phone rings, wife pours hot soup in my lap,
etc.
WHY?
1To avoid accidentally transmitting while listening; I want to control
transmit (VOX) by pushing my foot pedal turn VOX on.
A net control/relay has to do 2+ things already, read the list, flip pages,
mark response, record traffic by destination and call sign, etc.
Or to type on a keyboard (I'm a 2 handed typist).
Pushing the VOX button on/off each time with my little toe is very awkward.
2While transmitting (as net control) I wish the VOX to be active so that I
can take advantage of VOX {to listen between words}.
VOX when talking switches to listen during the brief pause between words,
and as you breath the amp switches in milliseconds.
You can hear very easily any station that you double with.
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Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA
With the exception of figuring out how to deal the 'web cam' or 'capture card' needed to view the P3, I have been seriously considering Win4K3. Unfortunately now that I know the 'Mothership' is resistant to working with Tom, I will wait until I hear that has changed before I take the leap. Sorry Tom, please let us know if that changes. :-( -- GB 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan On 8/15/2014 4:03 PM, KQ8M wrote: I agree with Gerald. I have used Win4K3 in place of the HRD rig control software. It not only works much much better but also has shared con ports for other software to also control the K Line. Plus he responds to any problem with a much more professional attitude than others do. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com snip On Friday, August 15, 2014 2:45 PM, KC6CNN wrote: I use Tom ' s software. It is stable and controls the elecraft line like no other. There are a few issues that he has told us about and did say elecraft was notified and later I recheck and he did not hear back from them. This software should be on the elecraft site. It controls the K-Line as well as the KX3 and has a terminal window. I hope this issue gets resolved as the Win4k3suite is outstanding. Hoping for a fast solution Gerald - KC6CNN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term wish-list for our panadapters? hi Wayne - If you were to do decoding/processing like that, I'd much rather see an extended form of RTTY decode. The decode on the K3 front panel is cool for computer-less work, but as soon as you have a computer it becomes less useful. This is from a serious contesting perspective. When I'm running I'm using several screens to pull out marginal signals. Those screens buffer the decoded text long enough for me to look at all of them and make a decision about what is correct. By this time the small display on the K3 has scrolled away. If on the other hand you had an overlay of text** on the P3 display I now have it buffered long enough to add it to my decision path as another set of data from a decoder that has different characteristics than my other decoders (MMTTY, 2Tone, hardware modems, etc.) A feature like this would seem to have a broader audience than for SSTV, but perhaps I'm partial...;) ** I would overlay the display with white text over the color waterfall so that I can still see waterfall history behind the text. I want it all. thanks and 73 jeff wk6i -- Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.j...@gmail.com Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/twistedoak __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
I would like to see the NB added to the P3SVGA first. Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Slow-scan-TV-SSTV-display-on-the-P3-and-PX3-tp7592160p7592167.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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
On 8/15/2014 2:56 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi all, Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one who's interested. You might try MMSSTV or MixW and just monitor 14230 for awhile before putting any engineering effort into it. I let MixW run on 14230 all one weekend and then went back and looked at some of the images [MixW saves all received images]. A surprising number [like half] were unanswered CQ's with pictures of scantily clad women. I haven't checked it in a number of years. There are some digital SSTV signals starting around 14233 or so ... I don't know anything about them. If we did consider adding SSTV, we'd need to decide which SSTV format(s) to support. If there's just one that's reasonably universal, great. I'm pretty sure we'd start with just one, given limited engineering time. There's a half dozen or more analog modes, most of what I decoded was one of the Scottie's [there are several]. I suspect that, to be attractive, your software would need to decode the digital burst at the beginning and auto-select the mode like MixW does. We all get to use whatever modes we want ... personally, I was bored by SSTV and haven't looked at it in years. YMMV however. 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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
How about being one of the first to implement FreeDV? Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Slow-scan-TV-SSTV-display-on-the-P3-and-PX3-tp7592160p7592169.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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Whatever happened to the RF Sensor? Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 16/08/2014 8:55 AM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: How about being one of the first to implement FreeDV? Keith -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Slow-scan-TV-SSTV-display-on-the-P3-and-PX3-tp7592160p7592169.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 vk1zzg...@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
Re: [Elecraft] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
The capability to see my transmitted signal would be really great, much more useful than SSTV, at least for me. Probably very hard to do with the PX3. Probably also harder than many think with a K-Line because you want to see what's heading up the coax, not something from inside the K3. But it would be a cool addition for me. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/15/2014 2:56 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi all, Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one who's interested. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [KX3] KX3 Supply Voltage reading low
Arlen, As far as I know, there is no selection for observing the battery voltage vs. the external voltage. The displayed voltage should be the higher of the internal batteries or the external batteries. There is a diode drop, so expect a reduction of 0.3 volts from the measurement at the battery. I suspect that the battery charger is dragging down the voltage from your SLA battery (inside the KX3). As another guess, the cable from the battery to the KX3 may be suffering from poor connections that are causing a significant voltage drop by the time the voltage reaches the KX3. It would be nice (and informative) to measure the voltage at the K3 end of the power cable with your DMM (with the KX3 turned on). Is this an older KX3 or a relatively new one? The reason I ask is because the early KX3s did not glue the power connector to the PC board and could cause a separation of the connector voltage to the KX3 board. That can also result in a high resistance where the connector is soldered to the board (and produce a significant voltage drop. I would suggest that you remove one or more of the batteries and see what the voltage reading from the external battery may be. That will eliminate any concern that the voltage of the internal batteries is 'dragging down' the voltage from the external supply. I would also recommend that you use an external 13.8 volt supply rated at 5 or 6 amps if you can to see what the voltage reading results might be. A fully charged SLA battery showing 12.2 volts open circuit is not fully charged, and the internal resistance of the partially discharged battery may be giving you confusing measurements. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/15/2014 6:12 PM, Arlen Fletcher wrote: David, I wasn’t aware of the ability to choose which supply (internal Vs. external) was being reported! Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I’ll bet you’re exactly right - that the internal battery voltage rises a bit when external power is supplied. I’ll check this out as soon as I get home this evening. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
I'd rather see the long ago promised enhancement to separate VOX in SSB from VOX in Data modes. 73, Mike NF4L On Aug 15, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: The capability to see my transmitted signal would be really great, much more useful than SSTV, at least for me. Probably very hard to do with the PX3. Probably also harder than many think with a K-Line because you want to see what's heading up the coax, not something from inside the K3. But it would be a cool addition for me. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/15/2014 2:56 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi all, Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one who's interested. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 n...@nf4l.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] No thanks to SSTV on P3, let's get back on track.
Agreed. Never mind SSTV. Let's focus on useful stuiff. I also (and many others, I am sure) would like to see this developed. Getting transmit monitoring via an external sensor would greatly enhance the P3's usefulness. Many of us have been waiting for this (patiently) for YEARS now. Bruce, N1RX Whatever happened to the RF Sensor? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Is like to see this, but I'd rather not have work on other updates like something to put in the Sensor hole in my P3 and others. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill On Aug 15, 2014, at 5:56 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: Hi all, Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one who's interested. If we did consider adding SSTV, we'd need to decide which SSTV format(s) to support. If there's just one that's reasonably universal, great. I'm pretty sure we'd start with just one, given limited engineering time. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to n...@widomaker.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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
In the works as we speak. Wayne Gary Gregory vk1zzg...@gmail.com wrote: Whatever happened to the RF Sensor? Gary Vk1ZZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
Wayne, Whew, hope it's not too far away. Thanks for the news. Gary On 16 August 2014 10:02, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: In the works as we speak. Wayne Gary Gregory vk1zzg...@gmail.com wrote: Whatever happened to the RF Sensor? Gary Vk1ZZ -- *Gary - VK1ZZ, K3NHLSkype: Gary.VK1ZZhttp://www.qsl.net/vk1zz http://www.qsl.net/vk1zzMotorhome Portable* *Grumpy's House* *Elecraft K3KPA500FTKAT500FT* __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [KX3] KX3 Supply Voltage reading low
Arlen, I just measured the terminal voltage of several SLA and AGM batteries. After not being charged for over a week, they all measured in excess of 13 volts. So my conclusion is that your wall-wart charger is not fully charging your battery. A normal float charge for an SLA battery should be at 13.8 volts - and even that is not perfect because the best charging voltage varies with temperature. A good 3 stage charger designed for charging SLA batteries is the best to use, and those are a bit more expensive than the wall-wart chargers, but worthwhile if you consider the life of your SLA batteries important. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/15/2014 6:03 PM, Arlen Fletcher wrote: Hi Mark, Thanks for the response! I’m guessing that perhaps you’re considering that the voltage of the SLA is sagging when it’s running the KX3. I wondered that too - so I measured across the terminals of the SLA while it was powering the KX3. It still measured 12.2V, so it wasn’t sagging. The battery (and it’s little charger) report it as being fully charged - though I’m dubious about the accuracy of the little wall-wart charger. :-) Arlen AA7F On Aug 15, 2014, at 11:42 AM, rv6am...@yahoo.com wrote: Re: …reads 12.2V on my Fluke DMM - the KX3 reports 10.2V while idling. Arlen, My first thoughts are that you need to fully charge the battery. I don’t have a lot of experience with lead acid batteries, though. The input diode (CMS04 if my memory is correct) should only account for about 0.2v at KX3 receive current levels. I haven't looked at the schematic for a long time, so I can’t remember what else is in the path from the connector to where the internal voltage reading is measured, but I seem to recall at least one FET (on/off switch) and a current sensor. The 12.2v is getting pretty close to the no-load fully discharged 1.95v per cell, and the 10.2v is pretty close to the 1.75v per cell of a fully discharged SLA battery. At these voltages, the discharge curves are getting pretty steep, so the addition of the KX3 receive current could cause the extra drop you are seeing. Of course the problem could also lie in the power cable, connectors, or even inside the SLA battery itself. A check with a fresh, fully charged SLA battery will help isolate the problem. You will see voltage drop along the cable, even with a freshly charged battery, but 2 volts total sounds a bit high. I just pulled out an SLA that I haven’t used for a while, but it has been charged recently, and the voltage difference between the battery voltage (no load read by a cheap DMM) and the KX3 display (while in receive) was less than 1 volt. Hope this helps. Mark KE6BB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 w3...@embarqmail.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] Best Reference Book for Win 7 and Win 8.1?
Microsoft has some on-line info and tutorials at windows.microsoft.com which might be of help (try the how-to section.) If you need more in-depth info MS Technet is a resource we tecchies sometimes go to. (Scroll down to the Info for section and click on IT professionals to get to Technet. A search of the Technet forums will sometimes yield good info.) Otherwise, you could use the technique I've developed over a number of years spent fighting with computers running Microsoft products: 1) Bang head against a concrete wall until head is bloody and throbbing with pain. 2) Repeat as needed. (/sarc off) Hope this helps. 73, Al On Fri August 15 2014 4:20:22 pm Jim Brown wrote: I've recently replaced one of my computers with a Win7-64 Pro machine, and my XYL's with a Win 8.1 box. There are certain wierdnesses with both of these OSs that I'm finding baffling, so I've decided that I must RTFM. I used to do this by grabbing a bunch of such books from the rack at Borders or Barnes and Noble, and a cup of coffee, and buy the one (or two) whose writing style communicated well with me. Here in Santa Cruz, that option is no longer available. Suggestions? 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 wb5...@centurytel.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
[Elecraft] New KX3 field-test firmware available:
I'm looking for volunteers to test the latest KX3 field-test revision. It includes the following changes: * CW-IN-SSB-MODE IMPROVEMENT: The operator’s specified CW QSK delay is now used during CW-in-SSB-mode, even with *external* CW keying. (This was already working with the internal keyer.) * 2-M DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY FROM OTHER BANDS: Range is 120-168 MHz. Note: Sensitivity falls off as you move out of the 144-148 MHz range. * INCREASE IN ALLOWED TX CURRENT: Allows full-power output on some bands where previously a drop to 5 watts had been observed (with an external 12-14 V supply). This corrects a problem observed by a customer using rev. 2.12 on 12 meters. We had in fact set the TX current limit too low. If you're interested in giving this release a try, please email me directly. I'll take the first 20 or so, depending on when I get the dinner call. Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] 2014 NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Log Summaries
So far, I have received Skeeter summaries from the following: WD4EXI N4EWT W3ATB WA1GWH K4ARQ NA3V WD8RIF WB8ENE N0YET N2JJF KB1PBA K1SWL K4YND KQ2RP K0ALN WA4PIG K0RGI VE3XT K2ULR N4KGL WA8REI AD4S K4UPG WI2W N1LT W1PID K2WO K2AL WB3GCK WH6LE WD4MSM NQ2W K2TD AB4QL N1ABS AI4SV W3BBO K3RLL AB9CA WV0H K7TQ W4MPS WA0ITP N0SS KX0R If you don't see your call there, I need to hear from you! Remember, log summaries are due NO LATER than 12:00 Midnight Saturday August 23/Sunday August 24. At that time, results are frozen and we will go with what has been received. Summaries follow this fictional example: Larry - W2LJ - NJ Skeeter #4 - All CW Skeeter QSOs - 23 Non-Skeeter QSOs - 5 DX QSOs - (if any) S/P/Cs - 18 Station Class Multiplier X4 SKEETER Bonus - 100 points (and here is where you would list the callsigns of the stations you worked that qualify you for the bonus points), I'm trying to keep current with this and am composing the Sopabox now so I can post the results as quickly as I can after next weekend. Thanks! 73 de Larry W2LJ Skeeter #13 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] KX3 field-test firmware rev. 2.15
Just a note: I forgot to edit the KX3 reflector reference out of one of the email addresses, so my email to all of you went to the reflector as well. No big deal, but you might respond to *this* email instead if you have comments. This will reduce traffic on the reflector. tnx Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Lots of RTTY signals on right now (contest) -- great time to try FSK-D mode
The K3 and KX3 both have an FSK-D data mode, which allows you to decode and display RTTY signals right on the VFO B display. If you've never tried this feature, now would be an excellent time. Signals are coming in from all over the world, from about 14.080 MHz up. You'll need to go into DATA mode, select FSK-D sub-mode, and turn on text decode. You can use the CWT meter function to help tune in signals. Refer to the owner manuals for details. Of course you can also send RTTY with the K3 or KX3, too -- with the keyer paddle. Once you're in FSK-D mode, just set your code speed and start sending. To truncate the 4-second idle time, send ..-- (the Elecraft IM prosign, which means IMmediately terminate the transmission). This, too, is further described in the manual. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] RE; Slide Rules
Check it out ~ this works too ~ and the reverse-side is neat also http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/n909es/virtual-n909-es.html Cheers, Jan K1ND __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Mirage B215 amp for sale - 2 in 150 out
Who wants one - email me direct - have one I was about to list for sale. It is a Mirage B215 - 2 in 150 out. FM -SSB sw, Preamp on-off sw, power sw. 73, Jim -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:40 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Belt clip for KX3 after you install the 2 or 4 Meter module? On 8/14/2014 7:20 AM, James kvochick wrote: Oh yeah, and how about a KXPA100-2 amplifier? Look for a used RF Concepts or Mirage (pre-MFJ) brick amp that produces 150W with 2W of drive. They are rare, but great amps. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 jimmil...@stl-online.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
[Elecraft] TEST
test 73, Joe W2KJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [Bulk] TEST
Joe - your msg posted ok to the Elecraft list.. Tom wb2qdg On 8/15/2014 10:46 PM, Joe W2KJ wrote: test 73, Joe W2KJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 th...@att.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
[Elecraft] Serial cdable (USB) won't connect with K3 directly...
I was getting together items to take out for an event on Saturday and spent hours trying to sort out what was happening with my USB cables. My K3 would not see the serial port. As a last resort, I plugged the cable into the P3 and everything worked! Why does it work through the P3, but not direct? .bill nr4c (confused) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
I'm with you Wayne although it looks like we are very much the minority at this time. I would really like to have SSTV added to the P3. Tx monitoring would good too. Dave VK4FD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [KX3] Slow-scan TV (SSTV) display on the P3 and PX3?
In 58 years on the air, I've never known anyone who was/is active on SSTV, and I have no interest ... FWIW. (;-) 73 K0PP On Aug 15, 2014 3:56 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com [KX3] k...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Hi all, Is SSTV demodulation/display something we should add to the long term wish-list for our panadapters? I hear SSTV signals in the 20-meter SSB segment pretty regularly, and I think it would be nice to eavesdrop on the visuals, in living color, with all the HF-induced idiosyncrasies. But we won't bother with this if I'm the only one who's interested. If we did consider adding SSTV, we'd need to decide which SSTV format(s) to support. If there's just one that's reasonably universal, great. I'm pretty sure we'd start with just one, given limited engineering time. 73, Wayne N6KR __._,_.___ -- Posted by: Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com -- Reply via web post https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/messages/46760;_ylc=X3oDMTJybnFjamhwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM0Njc2MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE0MDgxMzk3NzI-?act=replymessageNum=46760 • Reply to sender n...@elecraft.com?subject=Re%3A%20Slow-scan%20TV%20%28SSTV%29%20display%20on%20the%20P3%20and%20PX3%3F • Reply to group k...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Slow-scan%20TV%20%28SSTV%29%20display%20on%20the%20P3%20and%20PX3%3F • Start a New Topic https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmM3IxNmV2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MDgxMzk3NzI- • Messages in this topic https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/topics/46760;_ylc=X3oDMTM3b2c3bDg4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM0Njc2MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MDgxMzk3NzIEdHBjSWQDNDY3NjA- (1) -- Did you Know? https://help.yahoo.com/kb/groups/SLN2589.html Learn all about uploading Files and notifying members https://help.yahoo.com/kb/groups/SLN2589.html -- Visit Your Group https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmazVvaGVrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MDgxMzk3NzI- - New Members https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJndmJoa21jBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDA4MTM5Nzcy 25 [image: Yahoo! Groups] https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbWZ2aXByBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQwODEzOTc3Mg-- • Privacy https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html • Unsubscribe kx3-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe • Terms of Use https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/ . __,_._,___ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K1 stand....WTB
Still looking for the stand Elecraft discontinued for the K1. If you have one you don't want or use, let me know. Contact me off line @ ekac...@yahoo.com ThanksEd n7edk 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Serial cdable (USB) won't connect with K3 directly...
Perhaps the P3 and K3 are set to different baud rates? Alan N1AL On 08/15/2014 08:26 PM, Bill Conkling wrote: I was getting together items to take out for an event on Saturday and spent hours trying to sort out what was happening with my USB cables. My K3 would not see the serial port. As a last resort, I plugged the cable into the P3 and everything worked! Why does it work through the P3, but not direct? .bill nr4c (confused) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 n...@sonic.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
