[Elecraft] K3 RTTY
Is there any way to use tones other than 2125 to receive RTTY signals? I can no longer hear frequencies that high. I know the FT-1000 MP has a menu option to select lower tones for RTTY RX. I can't find any menu option in the K3 that allows you to change the RX tones. 73 Terry N4TB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 RTTY
Sure. Use the Pitch control. Be sure to make a commensurate change in the RTTY program; both TX and RX. Wes N7WS On 12/9/2014 4:29 AM, Terry Burkholder wrote: Is there any way to use tones other than 2125 to receive RTTY signals? I can no longer hear frequencies that high. I know the FT-1000 MP has a menu option to select lower tones for RTTY RX. I can't find any menu option in the K3 that allows you to change the RX tones. 73 Terry N4TB __ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Keyer
Dauer, Edward wrote My vote would be for an on-board contest serial number capability. Ted, KN1CBR Does that mean you're paper logging your contests? Barry W2UP -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Keyer-tp7595617p7595694.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] KX3 vs. K3 (IF for XV144)
Hello, Does anyone have compare KX3 vs. K3 on 2m with XV-144? Pros/ cons on either combo? 73' Samir, sm7vzx __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Buffered output.
Hi, Is the IF output (which I believe is already buffered) on my K3 sn 8K+ suitable to use with a Softrock or should I use an external amp. Many thanks Clive G8POC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3 Feature Request?
Is it possible to have the P3 Display the transmitted signal(well as much as is available form the IF) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Buffered output.
Clive, The K3 IF output is indeed buffered. However, you may need a preamp in front of the Softrock which will also provide reduced chance that the Softrock oscillator will be fed back into the K3 IF. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 8:53 AM, Clive Lorton wrote: Hi, Is the IF output (which I believe is already buffered) on my K3 sn 8K+ suitable to use with a Softrock or should I use an external amp. Many thanks Clive G8POC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 vs. K3 (IF for XV144)
In a recent message, 7...@comhem.se 7...@comhem.se writes Does anyone have compare KX3 vs. K3 on 2m with XV-144? Pros/ cons on either combo? Yes, Samir, I have used both. I like the KX3 and its internal 2m option. The receiver is very sensitive and as it uses a 50MHz i.f. it covers the whole of the 2m band (up to 148MHz) comfortably. However, the main drawback is that the power output on 2m is only about 3.5W and somewhat less when using internal batteries. When using the K3 and XV144 combination, with an i.f. of 28MHz the bandwidth is limited so it can only be used up to 146MHz. The power output is up to 20W SSB and CW or half that power on AM/FM and data modes. One answer is to install the K144XV which switches crystals for 144-146 and 146-148MHz. However, the power is limited to around 10W on any mode. Hence, all three systems have their pros and cons. I hope that helps. Doubtless others will comment. 73 de David G4DMP -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | David M Pratt, Kippax, Leeds. | | Website: http://www.g4dmp.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] P3 Feature Request?
Yes, hopefully when the Sensor Input is activated. That would be the cat's meow or cool, for you 60's types. 73, Chs - Original Message - From: Harry Yingst via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:51 AM Subject: [Elecraft] P3 Feature Request? Is it possible to have the P3 Display the transmitted signal(well as much as is available form the IF) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 pin...@erols.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] P3 Feature Request?
Not at this time, however the sensor is on the list for a future option. I do not have any information about when it will be available, but I would expect it to be sometime soon, there have been several recent queries about it on the reflector. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 9:51 AM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: Is it possible to have the P3 Display the transmitted signal(well as much as is available form the IF) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 CW QSK: New algorithm ready for test that has virtually no AF artifacts
Hi all, The latest field-test firmware includes a new CW QSK algorithm that completely eliminates the K3's audio keying artifacts sometimes heard on a noisy or crowded band. With this algorithm selected, your own transmitted signal sounds like just another signal on the band. If you're an avid CW operator and would like to try this new firmware, please email me directly. I'll also send you the technical background on this change. After we get confirmation that this works for K3 users, we'll be making the same change to the KX3. 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] Bug mode on K3?
I have the K1EL K42, Ed. Built it last Spring for the fun of it as much as anything. It was a very nice kt and the final product seems excellent. This thread title has been making me chuckle a bit: How often do hams ask for bugs in their equipment? :- So I have a weird sense of humor :-) Phil W7OX On 12/8/14 9:56 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: I received a K1EL K14 Keyer in the mail from Joel, W4BBJ, who offered it to me when I reported having trouble learning to use my paddle with Iambic keying (using the k3 internal keyer). The K14 offers six keying modes: 1- Iambic-A 2- Iambic-B 3- Ultimatic 4- straight key 5- Dit priority 6- Dash priority Not sure I would ever use the last two, but I am eager to try out Ultimatic mode to see if it feels more natural for me. The plus is 12 programable messages, two callsign memories, beacon mode, programmable delays, message stacking, etc. etc. with no computer. I'll be able to store five standard eme messages with additional memory left. I can see it running my 6m in beacon and my 10-GHz beacon with no extra hardware. Big plus was the two radio connections so I can have both my Bencher and straight key available for either K3 or KX3 at the throw of a switch. Loving it already ;-) Thanks to Joel for the nice offer - and it looks quite nicely assembled! 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] K3 Keyer
Ouch... Good thought! Back to the computer for me. -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 06:18 -0700, Barry wrote: Dauer, Edward wrote My vote would be for an on-board contest serial number capability. Ted, KN1CBR Does that mean you're paper logging your contests? Barry W2UP -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Keyer-tp7595617p7595694.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 d...@nk7z.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] KX3 vs. K3 (IF for XV144)
On Tue,12/9/2014 7:04 AM, David G4DMP wrote: When using the K3 and XV144 combination, with an i.f. of 28MHz the bandwidth is limited so it can only be used up to 146MHz. The power output is up to 20W SSB and CW or half that power on AM/FM and data modes. I'm using that combination. I believe that it has the greatest frequency stability of the three. Frequency stability is the shortcoming of the KX3 with it's internal transverter, and can be an issue with JT65. One way to overcome that is to use an external amplifier that can be driven at lower power. I managed to find a vintage Mirage that drives to 150W from 2W. 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] OT - 30.53 KHz carrier pulses on 40 meters
I have eliminated all sources from inside the house/shack. I turned off the AC mains and ran the K3/P3 on battery. The signals were still there, a strong S6. I will have to devise a way to sniff a round the neighborhood. I have only found the pulses on 40 meters, but there are nine of them within 7.0 to 7.3 MHz. Only two are in the first 48 KHz of the band. I guess I can live with losing 7.007 and 7.037 MHz, it's just a bit irritating! ..mike AI6II -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-30-53-KHz-carrier-pulses-on-40-meters-tp7595650p7595706.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] P3 Feature Request?
We are actively working on the P3 sensor watt-meter and TX envelope display option right now. We are testing the firmware for it now. Stay tuned! Eric elecraft.com On 12/9/2014 7:23 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Not at this time, however the sensor is on the list for a future option. I do not have any information about when it will be available, but I would expect it to be sometime soon, there have been several recent queries about it on the reflector. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 9:51 AM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: Is it possible to have the P3 Display the transmitted signal(well as much as is available form the IF) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 elist_c...@elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 vs. K3 (IF for XV144)
The output isn't problem and I only need to cover 144-145MHz, I'm only interested in contesting on 2m, CW/SSB. I'm actually interested in sensitivity and strong signal rejection. 73' Samir, sm7vzx --- Detta epostmeddelande innehåller inget virus eller annan skadlig kod för avast! antivirus är aktivt. 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] P3 Feature Request?
Alright. . Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone div Original message /divdivFrom: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft e...@elecraft.com /divdivDate:12/09/2014 3:14 PM (GMT-05:00) /divdivTo: d...@w3fpr.com,Harry Yingst hlyin...@yahoo.com,Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net /divdivSubject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Feature Request? /divdiv /divWe are actively working on the P3 sensor watt-meter and TX envelope display option right now. We are testing the firmware for it now. Stay tuned! Eric elecraft.com On 12/9/2014 7:23 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Not at this time, however the sensor is on the list for a future option. I do not have any information about when it will be available, but I would expect it to be sometime soon, there have been several recent queries about it on the reflector. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 9:51 AM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: Is it possible to have the P3 Display the transmitted signal(well as much as is available form the IF) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 elist_c...@elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to hsherr...@reagan.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] Bug mode on K3?
Phil, You got a chuckle with your comment. Probably even more humorous is that I am not a CW guy, so why am I buying a keyer?? Well, I did start out ham radio on CW as a Novice (KN8MWA) mainly 40m, so I am not totally a CW virgin ;-) But I struggled to pass my 13wpm test before the FCC and essentially let life overcome my further efforts for the next 24 years (college/career...). So after moving to Alaska in fall of 1979 and getting my first sled dog in 1980, dog mushing captured my interest so that I signed in 1982 up to run an Iditarod Sled Dog Race ham station in a remote check point on the trail - what fun! But there was a hitch - check points scattered over 1200 miles of trail used 80/40m to communicate with HQ in Anchorage. I had to get my General Class - had six months to get up to 13wpm! With the use of cassette tapes (remember those?) I passed my 13wpm test at the Anchorage FCC Office and decided to take my Advanced (AL7EB) test and passed it, too. But after passing the test I still was not a CW op. 1998 I decided to do moon-bounce (eme) and what was used? Uhuh = CW. Fortunately, I obtained my first pc in 1996 and there was a keyboard CW program so I did not have to send by hand (only had my original Novice straight key). But receiving super-weak CW is still by ear! 15-18wpm is favored for eme. 2010 I bought my K3 and decided to buy a paddle (Bencher-2) to try automatic CW and made a royal mess of that! I reverted to the old straight key (though I got rusty after all the years of nonuse). So I am actually going to try out the bug mode with the keyer. Push one way string of dots, push back and get string of dashes. I will not send faster than 18wpm so that ought to work OK. Let you know how it goes after a couple weeks! ;-) 73, Ed - KL7UW PS: I waited until 2000 to upgrade to Extra after CW requirement was lowered to 13wpm. Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:46:26 -0800 From: Phil Wheeler w...@socal.rr.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bug mode on K3? Message-ID: 54872762.3040...@socal.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed I have the K1EL K42, Ed. Built it last Spring for the fun of it as much as anything. It was a very nice kt and the final product seems excellent. This thread title has been making me chuckle a bit: How often do hams ask for bugs in their equipment? :- So I have a weird sense of humor :-) Phil W7OX 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] OT - 30.53 KHz carrier pulses on 40 meters
ORIGINAL MESSAGE (may be snipped) On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:53:31 -0700 (MST), you wrote: I have eliminated all sources from inside the house/shack. I turned off the AC mains and ran the K3/P3 on battery. The signals were still there, a strong S6. I will have to devise a way to sniff a round the neighborhood. I have only found the pulses on 40 meters, but there are nine of them within 7.0 to 7.3 MHz. Only two are in the first 48 KHz of the band. I guess I can live with losing 7.007 and 7.037 MHz, it's just a bit irritating! ..mike AI6II REPLY: I had something very similar several years ago. Turned out to be a battery charger for a golf cart about a hundred yards from my house. I found it by snooping around with a portable short wave radio. When I contacted the maker of the charger they were very cooperative and fixed it promptly. Fortunately the homeowner was also cooperative and didn't mind me snooping around his house. 73, Bill W6WRT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Bug mode on K3?
Ed, I think you will have a better time with Ultimatic mode than Bug mode - especially with dual lever paddles. Actually it is about the same - close the dit side and get a string of dits, then close the dah side (even if the dit side is still closed) and you get a string of dahs. In other words, the last lever closed determines whether there is a string of dits or dahs. It still allows dit and dah inserting - for instance with a K start with the dah paddle, then before the dah is complete, tap the dit paddle quickly (leaving the dah paddle closed) - the dit will be inserted between the two dahs - just have to remove fingers from both paddles after the last dah. With Bug mode, there is no relationship between the dits and dahs, except that the dahs are manually formed. The timing relationship is difficult because you have to do it audiably from the sidetone rather than depending on the tactile feedback that one gets with a real bug. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 3:46 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: 2010 I bought my K3 and decided to buy a paddle (Bencher-2) to try automatic CW and made a royal mess of that! I reverted to the old straight key (though I got rusty after all the years of nonuse). So I am actually going to try out the bug mode with the keyer. Push one way string of dots, push back and get string of dashes. I will not send faster than 18wpm so that ought to work OK. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] PX3 Question
I'm just a click away from ordering a PX3, and I've perused the FAQs and online manual but still have a question that some PX3 owner on this list should be able to answer for me: How far away from (and to the left of) the KX3 can I place the PX3? I didn't see any cable lengths given, just a warning not to make the connecting cables longer. I need this information to figure out how wide I can build my new ramp to hold them. While most of the connectors on the KX3 are space saving right angles, I still have straight connectors on my headset and outboard keyer and I don't want to change them ( I have my reasons...) Thanks and 73, Stan WB2LQF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] PX3 Question
Stan, I’m one month into the KX3 and PX3. The PX3 cables are reasonably short, and yes, they are the right angle things. Happy to measure for you tonight, if you wish, but in my case, the PX3 sits directly to the left of the KX3 and the short cable maybe allows it an inch of movement. Need a precise measurement, happy to do that for you. David Ahrendts, KC0XT On Dec 9, 2014, at 3:20 PM, stan levandowski sjl...@optonline.net wrote: I'm just a click away from ordering a PX3, and I've perused the FAQs and online manual but still have a question that some PX3 owner on this list should be able to answer for me: How far away from (and to the left of) the KX3 can I place the PX3? I didn't see any cable lengths given, just a warning not to make the connecting cables longer. I need this information to figure out how wide I can build my new ramp to hold them. While most of the connectors on the KX3 are space saving right angles, I still have straight connectors on my headset and outboard keyer and I don't want to change them ( I have my reasons...) Thanks and 73, Stan WB2LQF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 davidahren...@me.com David Ahrendts davidahren...@me.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] PX3 Question
Hi, Stan I'm not sure how you want this measured, so here's a couple of measurements for you... Using the PX3CBL cable kit that comes with the PX3, the maximum separation between the two units is about 8 inches.(from the right of the PX3 to the left of the KX3) Measured from the outside edges (that is, with the PX3 on the left of the KX3), the maximum distance between the left edge of the PX3 and the right edge of the KX3 is 21. I hope this helps. Let me know if you would like different dimensions measured. GL es 73, Bruce N1RX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] PX3 Question
Thank you Bruce (and also thank you David Ahrendts, KC0XT) This is what I needed. Looks like everything is going to work out just fine! Now I can switch to the other window and press enter on the order page ;-) 73 and thanks again, Stan WB2LQF On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:32 PM, Bruce Beford wrote: Hi, Stan I'm not sure how you want this measured, so here's a couple of measurements for you... Using the PX3CBL cable kit that comes with the PX3, the maximum separation between the two units is about 8 inches.(from the right of the PX3 to the left of the KX3) Measured from the outside edges (that is, with the PX3 on the left of the KX3), the maximum distance between the left edge of the PX3 and the right edge of the KX3 is 21. I hope this helps. Let me know if you would like different dimensions measured. GL es 73, Bruce N1RX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to sjl...@optonline.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] Bug mode on K3?
I learned on a Vibroplex single lever paddle and a Hallicrafters HA-1 TO Keyer. That was in the 60s. Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, as most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key. Hence, I built a little box with a couple of 2032 batteries in it, a keyer chip, and a pot. It is attached to the side of my trusty single lever paddle. I connect it to my 480 or K3 as I would a straight key or a bug. No big deal to me. Of course, I am old fashioned. Imagine, still using a single lever paddle in this modern age of whatevers that can number messages or entries, self log, and maybe even time the turkey roast. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3 Feature Request?
Will hardware need to be purchased, or is it already in place on the rigs? -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 12:14 -0800, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: We are actively working on the P3 sensor watt-meter and TX envelope display option right now. We are testing the firmware for it now. Stay tuned! Eric elecraft.com On 12/9/2014 7:23 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Not at this time, however the sensor is on the list for a future option. I do not have any information about when it will be available, but I would expect it to be sometime soon, there have been several recent queries about it on the reflector. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 9:51 AM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: Is it possible to have the P3 Display the transmitted signal(well as much as is available form the IF) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 elist_c...@elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@nk7z.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] Bug mode on K3?
Bill and all, There are single lever paddles to be had (but not inexpensive ones). There are two manufacturers of paddles that offer single lever varieties. I am the proud owner of a K3ZN KNSLR single lever paddle set. Tony does make very find paddles and other keying devices, smooth as silk. Begali also makes single lever models. There may be others, but those are the two I know about without doing a Google search. I do have a couple others that are in the 'junk' category. Some dual lever paddles can be altered to provide single lever action by placing a fixed spacer between the two paddles, but that works on some, but not others. If the pivot pins are between the finger grips and the contacts, that will not work, but if the contacts are between the pivots and the finger grips, the spacer solution will work fine. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 7:35 PM, W2BLC wrote: I learned on a Vibroplex single lever paddle and a Hallicrafters HA-1 TO Keyer. That was in the 60s. Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, as most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key. Hence, I built a little box with a couple of 2032 batteries in it, a keyer chip, and a pot. It is attached to the side of my trusty single lever paddle. I connect it to my 480 or K3 as I would a straight key or a bug. No big deal to me. Of course, I am old fashioned. Imagine, still using a single lever paddle in this modern age of whatevers that can number messages or entries, self log, and maybe even time the turkey roast. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3 Feature Request?
David, Obviously, the sensor would have to be purchased. I do not know whether additional P3 option boards will be necessary or not. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 8:12 PM, David Cole wrote: Will hardware need to be purchased, or is it already in place on the rigs? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3 Feature Request?
Will the W2 Wattmeter sensors be usable? Bob - N7RJN n7...@nobis.net On Dec 9, 2014, at 18:15, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: David, Obviously, the sensor would have to be purchased. I do not know whether additional P3 option boards will be necessary or not. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 8:12 PM, David Cole wrote: Will hardware need to be purchased, or is it already in place on the rigs? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 n7...@nobis.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] P3 Feature Request?
1. A small sensor input board that plugs into the existing boards on the P3. 2. A RF sensor, similar, but not identical circuitry, to our existing directional couplers for the W2. (It has a faster time constant to support RF envelope display.) 73, Eric elecraft.com On 12/9/2014 5:12 PM, David Cole wrote: Will hardware need to be purchased, or is it already in place on the rigs? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3 Feature Request?
Fairly obvious that an external sensor will be needed, probably the same (or similar) sensors to what is used for the W2 wattmeter. Also, since there is no current corresponding input on the P3, an option board will be required for that. (Strictly speculation on my part, but fairly obvious to me) Availability and pricing TBD. 73, Bruce N1RX Obviously, the sensor would have to be purchased. I do not know whether additional P3 option boards will be necessary or not. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Bug mode on K3?
Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, Vibroplex, Begali, Schurr (Scheurnemann) and others still offer single lever paddles. most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key Any of the rigs, including the K3, that include keyers work just fine with single lever paddles. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-12-09 7:35 PM, W2BLC wrote: I learned on a Vibroplex single lever paddle and a Hallicrafters HA-1 TO Keyer. That was in the 60s. Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, as most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key. Hence, I built a little box with a couple of 2032 batteries in it, a keyer chip, and a pot. It is attached to the side of my trusty single lever paddle. I connect it to my 480 or K3 as I would a straight key or a bug. No big deal to me. Of course, I am old fashioned. Imagine, still using a single lever paddle in this modern age of whatevers that can number messages or entries, self log, and maybe even time the turkey roast. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3 Feature Request?
Possibly, with modification to several component values on the board inside, but I can't guarantee that they will still work with the W2 after modification. Eric elecraft.com On 12/9/2014 5:34 PM, Robert Nobis wrote: Will the W2 Wattmeter sensors be usable? Bob - N7RJN n7...@nobis.net On Dec 9, 2014, at 18:15, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: David, Obviously, the sensor would have to be purchased. I do not know whether additional P3 option boards will be necessary or not. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 8:12 PM, David Cole wrote: Will hardware need to be purchased, or is it already in place on the rigs? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 n7...@nobis.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 elist_c...@elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Bug mode on K3?
The internal keyers on several rigs I have used, including the K3, do not well support the single lever paddle. They are progressive, offering versions of Iambic keying only. If they did function properly with a single lever paddle - then why do you suppose I built a keyer to use with my paddle? Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Bug mode on K3?
Bill - I don't understand what you mean by They are progressive I use a single lever paddle, and have for years, with my IC-7000, with a borrowed IC-756 Pro III, and for about 3 years now, with my K3. Dave - K9FN On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:56 PM, W2BLC w2...@nycap.rr.com wrote: The internal keyers on several rigs I have used, including the K3, do not well support the single lever paddle. They are progressive, offering versions of Iambic keying only. If they did function properly with a single lever paddle - then why do you suppose I built a keyer to use with my paddle? Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 dpbu...@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] Bug mode on K3?
Here is another single lever paddle: http://www.americanmorse.com/bushwhacker.htm Pretty decent bang for the buck. 73, Bob K2TK On 12/9/2014 8:37 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, Vibroplex, Begali, Schurr (Scheurnemann) and others still offer single lever paddles. most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key Any of the rigs, including the K3, that include keyers work just fine with single lever paddles. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-12-09 7:35 PM, W2BLC wrote: I learned on a Vibroplex single lever paddle and a Hallicrafters HA-1 TO Keyer. That was in the 60s. Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, as most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key. Hence, I built a little box with a couple of 2032 batteries in it, a keyer chip, and a pot. It is attached to the side of my trusty single lever paddle. I connect it to my 480 or K3 as I would a straight key or a bug. No big deal to me. Of course, I am old fashioned. Imagine, still using a single lever paddle in this modern age of whatevers that can number messages or entries, self log, and maybe even time the turkey roast. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Bug mode on K3?
They are progressive, offering versions of Iambic keying only. The fact that a keyer offers Iambic A/Iambic B has *nothing* to do with the ability to support a single lever paddle. I have used single lever paddles with the Iambic keyers in Icom (IC-706mkIIg), Yaesu (FT-1000D, FT-1000MP MKV, FT-2000) and Elecraft (K3) with no issues. The iambic features of the keyer are not active unless both left and right contacts are closed at the same time - which is a physical impossibility with a single lever paddle. then why do you suppose I built a keyer to use with my paddle? I have no idea why you built a totally unnecessary keyer to use with your paddle. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-12-09 8:56 PM, W2BLC wrote: The internal keyers on several rigs I have used, including the K3, do not well support the single lever paddle. They are progressive, offering versions of Iambic keying only. If they did function properly with a single lever paddle - then why do you suppose I built a keyer to use with my paddle? Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] P3 Feature Request?
Why obviously? If it were obvious then I would not have asked the question... Perhaps they intended to have this feature, and had the sensors built in? -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 20:15 -0500, Don Wilhelm wrote: David, Obviously, the sensor would have to be purchased. I do not know whether additional P3 option boards will be necessary or not. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 8:12 PM, David Cole wrote: Will hardware need to be purchased, or is it already in place on the rigs? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@nk7z.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] FW: P3 Feature Request?
No. Obviously. There is no TX output path sampling built into the P3. This can be seen by studying the manual. There has always been however, a large empty hole in the back of the P3 labeled sensor. Therefore (obviously) space left for a future 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] FW: P3 Feature Request?
You know it's not that obvious to me. If I have to study the manual, or look at the back of the rig, it is not obvious... -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 21:32 -0500, Bruce Beford wrote: No. Obviously. There is no TX output path sampling built into the P3. This can be seen by studying the manual. There has always been however, a large empty hole in the back of the P3 labeled sensor. Therefore (obviously) space left for a future 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 d...@nk7z.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] KX3 and HRD
Has anyone used the KX3 with the Ham Radio Deluxe DM-780 digital software package? I am trying to get the IQ output to run the waterfall with no success so far. Dave, K4TO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] FW: P3 Feature Request?
It's not all that obvious that you're likely to get hit by a bus when you step off the curb in the middle of a block either - unless you *look*! The fact that the P3 has this large hole in the back panel marked Sensor with no connector makes it obvious on even a cursory inspection that there is additional hardware needed for that feature/function. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-12-09 9:50 PM, David Cole wrote: You know it's not that obvious to me. If I have to study the manual, or look at the back of the rig, it is not obvious... __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] FW: P3 Feature Request?
OK, Study was not the right term. It's a matter of knowing the basic functions and capabilities of a piece of equipment. Best done by reading (not studying) before assuming. For those of us who have had the P3 for some time, this _was_ obvious. My apologies. Bruce N1RX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] FW: P3 Feature Request?
One could read the literature prior to purchase i spose? Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 10/12/2014 1:24 PM, Bruce Beford bef...@myfairpoint.net wrote: OK, Study was not the right term. It's a matter of knowing the basic functions and capabilities of a piece of equipment. Best done by reading (not studying) before assuming. For those of us who have had the P3 for some time, this _was_ obvious. My apologies. Bruce N1RX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html 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] Bug mode on K3?
Agreed on bang for the buck; another in that category IMHO is the Kent SP-1. I have both, with a slight edge to the Kent, but YMMV. And, for the op who wants the feel of a bug with an electronic keyer, the Vibroplex VibroKeyer is still in production... fifty years after it was introduced 73, Al On Tue December 9 2014 8:11:51 pm Bob wrote: Here is another single lever paddle: http://www.americanmorse.com/bushwhacker.htm Pretty decent bang for the buck. 73, Bob K2TK On 12/9/2014 8:37 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, Vibroplex, Begali, Schurr (Scheurnemann) and others still offer single lever paddles. most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key Any of the rigs, including the K3, that include keyers work just fine with single lever paddles. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-12-09 7:35 PM, W2BLC wrote: I learned on a Vibroplex single lever paddle and a Hallicrafters HA-1 TO Keyer. That was in the 60s. Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, as most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key. Hence, I built a little box with a couple of 2032 batteries in it, a keyer chip, and a pot. It is attached to the side of my trusty single lever paddle. I connect it to my 480 or K3 as I would a straight key or a bug. No big deal to me. Of course, I am old fashioned. Imagine, still using a single lever paddle in this modern age of whatevers that can number messages or entries, self log, and maybe even time the turkey roast. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] P3 Feature Request?
It would be nice to be able to use the W2's sensors for those who have bought them At 07:34 PM 12/9/2014, you wrote: 1. A small sensor input board that plugs into the existing boards on the P3. 2. A RF sensor, similar, but not identical circuitry, to our existing directional couplers for the W2. (It has a faster time constant to support RF envelope display.) 73, Eric elecraft.com On 12/9/2014 5:12 PM, David Cole wrote: Will hardware need to be purchased, or is it already in place on the rigs? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 k5...@kluft.us __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Bug mode on K3?
I agree, the single lever Kent (SP-1) is a good value for the price. Very well made and has a good solid feel. http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/kmk-sp-1 73, Bill - NA5DX On 12/9/2014 9:41 PM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: Message: 31 Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:41:28 -0600 From: Al Gulsethwb5...@centurytel.net To:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bug mode on K3? Message-ID:201412092141.29162.wb5...@centurytel.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Agreed on bang for the buck; another in that category IMHO is the Kent SP-1. I have both, with a slight edge to the Kent, but YMMV. And, for the op who wants the feel of a bug with an electronic keyer, the Vibroplex VibroKeyer is still in production... fifty years after it was introduced 73, Al __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Bug mode on K3?
Folks, I actually have a real Vibroplex, given to me by a friend who was a Coast Guard Radioman. It has all the problems of a basic Vibroplex, mainly dots way too fast. I tried putting a little cable clamp on it as some of my crew did years ago, but that adds a lot of inertia and probably accounts for why I slap my iambic paddle around now ... no squeezing. My Lionel J-36, beat up as it was, ran just fine and I had the only perfect fist on the radio. :-) Once I moved to electronic keyers, of increasing complexity, I can't go back to a bug, nor do I want to, I'm old and manual dexterity is waning [along with other things]. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org On 12/9/2014 7:41 PM, Al Gulseth wrote: Agreed on bang for the buck; another in that category IMHO is the Kent SP-1. I have both, with a slight edge to the Kent, but YMMV. And, for the op who wants the feel of a bug with an electronic keyer, the Vibroplex VibroKeyer is still in production... fifty years after it was introduced __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 and HRD
Dave, The KX3 I Q outputs do not have sufficient amplitude to drive the soundcard levels required for soundcard DATA modes such as expected by DM-780. Use the headphone output. If you wish to run a Panadapter application such as NaP3, HDSDR or several other variations, then the use of the RX I/Q output are applicable, but not for soundcard data mode use. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 9:55 PM, Dave Sublette wrote: Has anyone used the KX3 with the Ham Radio Deluxe DM-780 digital software package? I am trying to get the IQ output to run the waterfall with no success so far. Dave, K4TO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Bug mode on K3?
Go for a Winkey chip based box, which includes the MicroHam line and the Winkey house models, and set the mode to Ultimatic to use with your single lever paddle. It is the most natural by far for someone raised on a mechanical bug and who just can't get themselves to do Iambic. Any box with a keyer chip based on any version of WinKey has IambicA, IambicB and Ultimatic as choices of keying modes. This would be any of the Winkey boxes of course, the MicroHam contest boxes, and others I can't recall at the moment. A single lever paddle and Ultimatic in the Winkey chip have long been my favorite as I was never able to make the transition from mechanical bug to dual lever paddle and the Iambic methods. Guy plus Iambic plus dual lever paddle = sloppy, awful, mistake-ridden code. Just can't do it. Ultimatic plus dual lever paddle = decent code, but after a while my hand cramps. Given the various things that have to go on controlling a contest station and the very useful integration of functions, I have a MicroHam CW Keyer which was my first MicroHam purchase and now a MicroHam u2R which very nicely works my K3 and K2 side-by-side. I have never looked back. Some of my friends have the very reasonably priced Winkey USB keyers, and some earlier Winkey boxes, which allow either a logging program or the paddle to drive the output which goes into the K3 straight key jack (not the paddle). I still use a Vibrokeyer single lever paddle which I've had since the 70's, but am seriously looking at the current crop of magnetic single lever paddles. The paddle is plugged into the u2R. For field day, I take along the small MicroHam CW Keyer instead, which provides the complete functionality for N1MM+ to drive it from my laptop. The MicroHam boxes, and the USB Winkey boxes connect to the PC with a USB cable, and provide RS232 signal lines to the transceiver for CAT and command functions. With N1MM+ running, the paddle CW speed is always the same as the box knob or the N1MM+ speed. In N1MM+ the box speed knob also runs the N1MM+ CW speed up and down just like the page up and down keys. It's a very slick station integration, and I do NOT have to use dual lever or my Iambic enemy, and I can switch back and forth with a real bug without my brain blowing fuses. 73, Guy K2AV On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: They are progressive, offering versions of Iambic keying only. The fact that a keyer offers Iambic A/Iambic B has *nothing* to do with the ability to support a single lever paddle. I have used single lever paddles with the Iambic keyers in Icom (IC-706mkIIg), Yaesu (FT-1000D, FT-1000MP MKV, FT-2000) and Elecraft (K3) with no issues. The iambic features of the keyer are not active unless both left and right contacts are closed at the same time - which is a physical impossibility with a single lever paddle. then why do you suppose I built a keyer to use with my paddle? I have no idea why you built a totally unnecessary keyer to use with your paddle. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-12-09 8:56 PM, W2BLC wrote: The internal keyers on several rigs I have used, including the K3, do not well support the single lever paddle. They are progressive, offering versions of Iambic keying only. If they did function properly with a single lever paddle - then why do you suppose I built a keyer to use with my paddle? Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 k2av@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] FW: P3 Feature Request?
The literature as it exists does not indicate that the P3 is capable of doing any transmit monitoring - no mention of the sensor jack. The fact that there is a jack on the back of the P3 that is marked SENSOR is akin to the jack on the bottom of the K3 that is defined as for factory use only. There has been a lot of comments and speculation about what that jack could potentially be used for, but it remains for factory use only. Yes, a TX monitoring function for the P3 is in the works as indicated by Eric's post about the sensor, but he did point out that the firmware to support that function is the gating factor. It will be interesting to see what capabilities will be provided by that jack once all the hardware and firmware to support it are available. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/9/2014 10:27 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: One could read the literature prior to purchase i spose? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Bug mode on K3?
On Tue,12/9/2014 8:53 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: Any box with a keyer chip based on any version of WinKey has IambicA, IambicB and Ultimatic as choices of keying modes. This would be any of the Winkey boxes of course, the MicroHam contest boxes, and others I can't recall at the moment. Also the wonderful Yankee Clipper Contest Club's SO2R box. 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] PX3 question
Stan, If you position the PX3 to the left of the KX3, the two units can be positioned within 0.5 of each other when using all right-angle plugs, which makes the combined chassis width 13.5. We make a #33-100 KX3 PX3 DC Power Splitter which helps facilitate neat cable management for users of the KX3 PX3 (https://proaudioeng.com/accessories/). If you are using straight plugs for your headset, you can position them as much as 2.25 apart and still use the splitter. You could also reverse the positions, in which case if you are using the splitter the PX3 can be positioned up to 1.25 to the right of the KX3, and you would have to use a right-angle BNC for the antenna connector. An additional 1 or more of separation can be achieved by removing the heatshrink and tape holding the two conductors of the splitter if necessary. Cheers 73, Howie - WA4PSC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
