Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 IQ out and spectral display pograms
On Sat,12/20/2014 11:13 PM, Alan wrote: The pin one problem normally shows up at RF frequencies because of the inductance of the internal ground connection. But the issue under discussion is 60 Hz interference, so I doubt that that's the problem. Again, PLEASE study the tutorial. 73, Jim __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement
Very pleased the mods still work ! 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:29:48 -, Ray Collins wrote: Other K2 owners may be interested in this. After getting many reports of poor quality transmit audio with my K2 (using the Proset K2 Heil boom microphone and headset), I carried out the modifications described by G3RXQ which increase the lower cut off frequency of the microphone circuit on the KSB2. This involves changing C34 from 2.2uF to 1uF, C31 from 2.2uF to 1uF and C20 from 0.33uF to 0.1uF. Now, when I listen to my transmitted signal on another receiver, the audio now sounds much crisper with increased high frequency content. I have also had many comments on the high quality of my audio and even someone reporting BBC quality audio. Well done G3RXQ! I also spent considerable time trying to optimise the Tx BFO frequency by listening to my transmission on another receiver. After many hours of careful BFO adjustment I finally ended up with the exact BFO frequency settings recommended in the KSB2 manual. Well done Elecraft! --- 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 stew...@twinwood.me __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] New K3 beta firmware release, rev. 5.01: Much-improved audio during CW keying
Hi Gary I hear it as you do. The amplitude of the transient depends on the received noise level. This can be demonstrated with the rf gain control, but setting the gain control low and then increasing the received noise level with eg a preamp brings the transient back, so it's the actual noise level, not the rf gain setting. The transient we're hearing is also there on semi break in, it's not restricted to qsk. But it is a huge improvement. Graham On 19:59, Gary Smith wrote: Graham, I agree. And I also hear a transient click albeit it far better than before. Since you hear it as well, I have to ask you if you hear it on the right side, not the left, yes If you play a character slowly, do you hear it at the end of the character yes and if it goes away completely if you engage the sub Rx? yes This is what I have found with my K3. 73, Gary KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Heil HC-7 Dynamic Element with K3/0 Setp
Hi Guys, I have a brand new Heil Pro-7 Headset with mike, in a snazzy red color. The reports on my audio are terrible, so I must have something setup wrong. The audio is very low, and appears to have some background noise. My Heil headset with an HC4/HC5 mike element is a little better, but still low, on both elements. In contrast, my Elecraft MH-2 mike sounds great and gets great reports. It has much more audio output. I am operating remote from Key West using a K3/0 mini and RemoteRig to a K3 located in Maryland. I have mike bias on, but on or off makes no difference. Thanks for any suggestions. 73 and Happy Holidays, Brian W3BW *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Heil HC-7 Dynamic Element with K3/0 Setp
You should read this first: http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/dsp-settings/125-all-things-elecraft Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ-J68HZ-8P6HK-ZF2HZ-PJ4/K9HZ-VP5/K9HZ-PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch Staunton, Illinois email: b...@wjschmidt.com -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian F. Wruble Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 9:44 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Heil HC-7 Dynamic Element with K3/0 Setp Hi Guys, I have a brand new Heil Pro-7 Headset with mike, in a snazzy red color. The reports on my audio are terrible, so I must have something setup wrong. The audio is very low, and appears to have some background noise. My Heil headset with an HC4/HC5 mike element is a little better, but still low, on both elements. In contrast, my Elecraft MH-2 mike sounds great and gets great reports. It has much more audio output. I am operating remote from Key West using a K3/0 mini and RemoteRig to a K3 located in Maryland. I have mike bias on, but on or off makes no difference. Thanks for any suggestions. 73 and Happy Holidays, Brian W3BW *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 b...@wjschmidt.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][2M] Assembly Advice - Going Nuts!
Chris, This is not supposed to happen (first case I've heard of), so you could just request a replacement 2-meter module. That said, you could probably re-glue the nut in place temporarily using a tiny bit of epoxy, avoiding the threads. Once the TO220 device tab is secured by the screw, the adhesive no longer serves any function. 73, Wayne N6KR On Dec 20, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Chris Johnson elecr...@ozy.us wrote: I am installing my third 2M module on a KX3 for a friend. On this particular unit, the nut that I guess was being held on by some adhesive I never noticed, fell off the back of the FET heat sink. I’m having a stickler of a time trying to figure out a clever way to hold the nut on there so I can re-insert the board and get the lock screw through the side of the case. (Figure 20, Page 27) Any wise men around have any sage advice? /ponder Chris K6OZY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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...@elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Day, Please join us this afternoon and evening. 14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday (3 PM PST Sunday) 7045 kHz at 0200z Monday (6 PM PST Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 Begali Adventure
Has anyone tried to modify the Adventure mounting bracket so that the front key plug could be used? It looks like you could dremel out the bracket and mount a female plug on a short wire. Tnx Tex ka5y -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-Begali-Adventure-tp7596225.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] Detuning Antenna Per Band and QSK
Brian, I think Jim is more concerned about his beverages losing their directional properties due to re-radiation of received signals from his transmit antenna. I don’t think there is a simple way of doing this and it’s probably best to abandon QSK operation when using the beverages and use a relay, operated by the K3 PTT output, which open circuits the base of the inverted ‘L’. 73, Tom G3OLB Another way to do what you want might be to switch some attenuation into the receive path during transmit. I assume you are using the RX antenna port for the beverages. The switching could be done with pin diodes with the timing tuned to allow QSK. Hope this helps. Brian, K0DTJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement
I use a Heil HC4 (DX) mike element in an upgraded hand mike. I changed the mike gain with a resistor change as per mod. I get very good audio reports - the mike has the 2K boost and the low end cut... built in. I never did the SSB filter upgrade and still running stock serial number 0985 K2... 72, Steve On 20-Dec-14 5:29 PM, Ray Collins wrote: Other K2 owners may be interested in this. After getting many reports of poor quality transmit audio with my K2 (using the Proset K2 Heil boom microphone and headset), I carried out the modifications described by G3RXQ which increase the lower cut off frequency of the microphone circuit on the KSB2. This involves changing C34 from 2.2uF to 1uF, C31 from 2.2uF to 1uF and C20 from 0.33uF to 0.1uF. Now, when I listen to my transmitted signal on another receiver, the audio now sounds much crisper with increased high frequency content. I have also had many comments on the high quality of my audio and even someone reporting BBC quality audio. Well done G3RXQ! I also spent considerable time trying to optimise the Tx BFO frequency by listening to my transmission on another receiver. After many hours of careful BFO adjustment I finally ended up with the exact BFO frequency settings recommended in the KSB2 manual. Well done Elecraft! --- 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 wb3...@verizon.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [KX3][2M] Assembly Advice - Going Nuts!
Hot melt glue might be more forgiving (glue on the threads) or double sided tape with a punched hole for the screw. When I built Heath Kits and real work I would use tape on my finger so that I could hold the nuts in place while I attached the screw... 73, steve WB3LGC On 21-Dec-14 1:42 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Chris, This is not supposed to happen (first case I've heard of), so you could just request a replacement 2-meter module. That said, you could probably re-glue the nut in place temporarily using a tiny bit of epoxy, avoiding the threads. Once the TO220 device tab is secured by the screw, the adhesive no longer serves any function. 73, Wayne N6KR On Dec 20, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Chris Johnson elecr...@ozy.us wrote: I am installing my third 2M module on a KX3 for a friend. On this particular unit, the nut that I guess was being held on by some adhesive I never noticed, fell off the back of the FET heat sink. I’m having a stickler of a time trying to figure out a clever way to hold the nut on there so I can re-insert the board and get the lock screw through the side of the case. (Figure 20, Page 27) Any wise men around have any sage advice? /ponder Chris K6OZY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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...@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 wb3...@verizon.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 Transmit audio has (unwanted) echo effect
AS of a few days ago I started getting reports of poor transmit audio from my KX3. Today I had time for more extensive tests with several stations. According to these reports, the transmit audio sounds like I'm in an echo chamber or there is a reverb in the audio path. Lower power, lower mic gain, and 0 compression does not eliminate the effect. Any suggestions? Might I have accidentally turned something on in the menus to cause this condition? It's the same ElectroVoice RE15 mic I've been using for months. The only (intentional) recent changes were installing the recent betas. Thanks for any thoughts. 73, Jim, KY2D __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Transmit audio has (unwanted) echo effect
Jim, A reverb sound suggests that you may have the monitor on. With a headset, that usually works fine, but with a desk mike, it will cause reverb. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/21/2014 4:37 PM, Jim Kutsch, KY2D wrote: AS of a few days ago I started getting reports of poor transmit audio from my KX3. Today I had time for more extensive tests with several stations. According to these reports, the transmit audio sounds like I'm in an echo chamber or there is a reverb in the audio path. Lower power, lower mic gain, and 0 compression does not eliminate the effect. Any suggestions? Might I have accidentally turned something on in the menus to cause this condition? It's the same ElectroVoice RE15 mic I've been using for months. The only (intentional) recent changes were installing the recent betas. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Transmit audio has (unwanted) echo effect
Record a sample on the DVR and play it back to hear what is going on. wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ On Dec 21, 2014, at 1:48 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Jim, A reverb sound suggests that you may have the monitor on. With a headset, that usually works fine, but with a desk mike, it will cause reverb. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/21/2014 4:37 PM, Jim Kutsch, KY2D wrote: AS of a few days ago I started getting reports of poor transmit audio from my KX3. Today I had time for more extensive tests with several stations. According to these reports, the transmit audio sounds like I'm in an echo chamber or there is a reverb in the audio path. Lower power, lower mic gain, and 0 compression does not eliminate the effect. Any suggestions? Might I have accidentally turned something on in the menus to cause this condition? It's the same ElectroVoice RE15 mic I've been using for months. The only (intentional) recent changes were installing the recent betas. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 wun...@wunderwood.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] KX3 Transmit audio has (unwanted) echo effect
Thanks. I already tried that and the DVR recordings sound absolutely fine. Two other things I didn't mention in the initial message: the echo still exists with the monitor off and I'm using a KXPA100. The echo is gone or at least much less obvious without the amp. I'm thinking RF is feedback into something somewhere but if that's what this is, it is causing a very strange effect. -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Walter Underwood Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 5:06 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Transmit audio has (unwanted) echo effect Record a sample on the DVR and play it back to hear what is going on. wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ On Dec 21, 2014, at 1:48 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Jim, A reverb sound suggests that you may have the monitor on. With a headset, that usually works fine, but with a desk mike, it will cause reverb. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/21/2014 4:37 PM, Jim Kutsch, KY2D wrote: AS of a few days ago I started getting reports of poor transmit audio from my KX3. Today I had time for more extensive tests with several stations. According to these reports, the transmit audio sounds like I'm in an echo chamber or there is a reverb in the audio path. Lower power, lower mic gain, and 0 compression does not eliminate the effect. Any suggestions? Might I have accidentally turned something on in the menus to cause this condition? It's the same ElectroVoice RE15 mic I've been using for months. The only (intentional) recent changes were installing the recent betas. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 wun...@wunderwood.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 jim.kut...@ky2d.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 RTTY PROBLEM
I tried to get on the OK DX RTTY contest this weekend using my K3. I used N1MM+ with MMTTY and configured MMTTY as usual. Hit the TX button in MMTTY, the K3 went into transmit mode with no output! I'm using FW version 5.01 on the K3. I eventually resolved the problem, but don't know the reason for it! What happened is this: in MMTTY Config, I set the Mark (and HAM Default) frequency at 2125 Hz, as I've always done. No r.f. output from the K3 with the PC (and interface) putting out the RTTY signal... The solution was to set the Mark (and HAM default) frequency to 915 Hz (170 Hz shift, of course!). That worked! I swear I NEVER touched the PITCH button, never mind that I had never changed the Mark frequency there...BUT, there it was, big as life, 915-170! Did this parameter change on its own from 2125 to 915, or did this change take place with FW updating? Curioser and curiouser... as Alice would say! 73, Bert, N4CW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 PROBLEM
Bert, I suspect that you did not have the K3 mark frequency set to match that which was set in MMTTY. The PITCH button will allow you to change the K3 mark frequency to match that used in MMTTY. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/21/2014 5:53 PM, Bert via Elecraft wrote: I tried to get on the OK DX RTTY contest this weekend using my K3. I used N1MM+ with MMTTY and configured MMTTY as usual. Hit the TX button in MMTTY, the K3 went into transmit mode with no output! I'm using FW version 5.01 on the K3. I eventually resolved the problem, but don't know the reason for it! What happened is this: in MMTTY Config, I set the Mark (and HAM Default) frequency at 2125 Hz, as I've always done. No r.f. output from the K3 with the PC (and interface) putting out the RTTY signal... The solution was to set the Mark (and HAM default) frequency to 915 Hz (170 Hz shift, of course!). That worked! I swear I NEVER touched the PITCH button, never mind that I had never changed the Mark frequency there...BUT, there it was, big as life, 915-170! Did this parameter change on its own from 2125 to 915, or did this change take place with FW updating? Curioser and curiouser... as Alice would say! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Heil HC-7 Dynamic Element with K3/0 Setp
I also got one of the Pro 7s. Up until now I have been strictly CW and this is my first venture into voice. There are suggested DSP settings for Elecraft, but nothing else. I had to set my MAIN: MIC SEL to high to get an output; I don't know if that is correct or not. I am still playing with the other adjustments.. On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II b...@wjschmidt.com wrote: You should read this first: http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/dsp-settings/125-all-things-elecraft Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ-J68HZ-8P6HK-ZF2HZ-PJ4/K9HZ-VP5/K9HZ-PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch Staunton, Illinois email: b...@wjschmidt.com -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian F. Wruble Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 9:44 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Heil HC-7 Dynamic Element with K3/0 Setp Hi Guys, I have a brand new Heil Pro-7 Headset with mike, in a snazzy red color. The reports on my audio are terrible, so I must have something setup wrong. The audio is very low, and appears to have some background noise. My Heil headset with an HC4/HC5 mike element is a little better, but still low, on both elements. In contrast, my Elecraft MH-2 mike sounds great and gets great reports. It has much more audio output. I am operating remote from Key West using a K3/0 mini and RemoteRig to a K3 located in Maryland. I have mike bias on, but on or off makes no difference. Thanks for any suggestions. 73 and Happy Holidays, Brian W3BW *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 b...@wjschmidt.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 jkendr...@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] Heil HC-7 Dynamic Element with K3/0 Setup
The Heil page suggests LOW not HIGH. I have, and sometimes use, a PR781, which is one they mention along with the HC6, and I use LOW. My settings for the PR781 are intended to make it more like an HC4, which is what I use for DXing. I cut the lows more and emphasized the highs more than Heil's settings. Being a retired accountant, I keep Excel files of the mic settings (and menu/config settings, which are in the Elecraft_K3 yahoo Group files area). I can email my mic settings file if you want it but you can start with the Heil settings and experiment. 73, Jim N7US -Original Message- I also got one of the Pro 7s. Up until now I have been strictly CW and this is my first venture into voice. There are suggested DSP settings for Elecraft, but nothing else. I had to set my MAIN: MIC SEL to high to get an output; I don't know if that is correct or not. I am still playing with the other adjustments.. On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II b...@wjschmidt.com wrote: You should read this first: http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/dsp-settings/125-all-things-elecraft Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ-J68HZ-8P6HK-ZF2HZ-PJ4/K9HZ-VP5/K9HZ-PJ2/K9HZ email: b...@wjschmidt.com -Original Message- Hi Guys, I have a brand new Heil Pro-7 Headset with mike, in a snazzy red color. The reports on my audio are terrible, so I must have something setup wrong. The audio is very low, and appears to have some background noise. My Heil headset with an HC4/HC5 mike element is a little better, but still low, on both elements. In contrast, my Elecraft MH-2 mike sounds great and gets great reports. It has much more audio output. I am operating remote from Key West using a K3/0 mini and RemoteRig to a K3 located in Maryland. I have mike bias on, but on or off makes no difference. Thanks for any suggestions. 73 and Happy Holidays, Brian W3BW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Elecraft KX3 IQ out and spectral display pograms
When I first got my LP-Pan and read the manual (doesn't everyone do this?), I found it strange that the audio outputs had the ability to lift grounds (apparently to reduce noise/ground-loop issues). I guess I must be doing something right as I did not encounter any hum or noise issues with audio shields grounded. In the early years of building radio-computer I/F boxes (HB) it became quickly evident that isolation transformers solved a lot of these grounding issues. I read your presentation, Jim, and gives me a laundry list of things to check. 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] Elecraft KX3 IQ out and spectral display pograms
I've used my KX3 with the Tiny Python Panadapter I built per the April QST, using an iMic USB audio card on the I/Q outputs, and it worked fine -- within the limits of the design and the Raspberry Pi I used. Nowhere near as nice as the PX3 I'm using now when I operate the KX3:-) 73, Phil W7OX On 12/21/14 5:41 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: When I first got my LP-Pan and read the manual (doesn't everyone do this?), I found it strange that the audio outputs had the ability to lift grounds (apparently to reduce noise/ground-loop issues). I guess I must be doing something right as I did not encounter any hum or noise issues with audio shields grounded. In the early years of building radio-computer I/F boxes (HB) it became quickly evident that isolation transformers solved a lot of these grounding issues. I read your presentation, Jim, and gives me a laundry list of things to check. 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] Detuning Antenna Per Band and QSK
Earlier I suggested PIN diodes for this purpose. Upon reflection (no pun intended) I realize the one would be hard put to find PINs that have the carrier lifetime to function at 1.8 MHz. I think that a vacuum relay might do it, but think that sequencing everything wouldn't be trivial. All of that said, another possibility would simply be a series diode switch with enough forward current to keep it on over the r-f cycle. During receive it might not even need reverse bias. (There's no transmitter power to deal with) You don't necessarily need high isolation, just enough loss to attenuate to lower the efficiency of the inverted L during reception on the beverage(s). Of course, it may be that none of this is necessary. The inverted L on receive is terminated by the 7/8 Heliax transmission line back to the KAT500 (I happen to know this is what is in use) and whatever load it sees on its input. This could be anything. Wes N7WS On 12/21/2014 12:42 PM, Tom Boucher wrote: Brian, I think Jim is more concerned about his beverages losing their directional properties due to re-radiation of received signals from his transmit antenna. I don’t think there is a simple way of doing this and it’s probably best to abandon QSK operation when using the beverages and use a relay, operated by the K3 PTT output, which open circuits the base of the inverted ‘L’. 73, Tom G3OLB Another way to do what you want might be to switch some attenuation into the receive path during transmit. I assume you are using the RX antenna port for the beverages. The switching could be done with pin diodes with the timing tuned to allow QSK. Hope this helps. Brian, K0DTJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] 9M6XRO with my K2/10
Today, there was a pileup on 9M6XRO (East Malaysia) on 10 meters. Using my K2 at 5 watts (my antenna was a Cushcraft A3S at about 24 ft in elevation) I got through the pileup on about my third call. What a surprise! It's the first time I've broken through a pileup on QRP. What fun!! Thanks for reading. 73 de Bernie, KF0QS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/9M6XRO-with-my-K2-10-tp7596239.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 13.8 VDC power
Is anyone floating a battery across their power distribution? Dick, n0ce __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 13.8 VDC power
On Sun,12/21/2014 11:31 PM, Richard Fjeld wrote: Is anyone floating a battery across their power distribution? Sure. I've done it for ten years. A fundamental requirement is a regulated supply set to a voltage that is matched to the battery's desired charging or float voltage. You want to keep the battery charged while not overcharging it. I run a contesting station with two K3s driving power amps with a 10A supply keeping the battery charged during the winter, and solar panels doing it during the summer. 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
