Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK
I never, ever use LINK. I use diversity often. I like the beta because it enables me to use the SUB button to toggle diversity, thus freeing up one of the programmable function keys for something else. I found the long hold unusable. Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO > On Feb 16, 2015, at 12:30 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Leave LINK as it is please. > > I wonder what the majority of k3 owners think? > > Gary > Vk1ZZ > K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Button Box
Other than an excuse to build something there might be another way. I haven't used one on my K3 but I do use one on my KX3. I have a Genovation model 684 serial programmable keypad that has 24 keys. One of those is used as a shift key so I have access to 46 macros at the touch of a button. Each macro space will hold approx. 180 characters so there is plenty of room for elaborate macros. Programming is a snap with the graphical interface supplied as is a cable. Cost was about $90.00 as I recall. There is a model with 35 keys. Might be the answer to your needs. PJH, N7PXY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: best roofing filter on RTTY
Hi, I ordered and use the 400 for RTTY, I suspect the 250 is a bit to narrow. -- 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 Sun, 2015-02-15 at 22:02 -0500, Dick via Elecraft wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'd appreciate your thoughts on the best roofing filter: 250hz vs. 400hz, > for RTTY contest conditions. > > While I really like the K3 on RTTY, I believe improvement can be made to > my K3 RTTY reception. Some contesters have told me that they use the 250hz > roofing filter exclusively when operating RTTY contests. Since the actual > bandwidth of the 250hz roffer filter is close to 370hz, and RTTY signals > are typically about 370hz wide, then the 250hz roofer along with a 400 or > 500hz DSP setting should be close to ideal when maximum selectivity is > needed. However, on both of my K3's, when I switch from the 400hz roofer to > the > 250hz roofer, the RTTY signal is decoded a lot less often, about 25% less > often. It doesn't seem like the 400hz roofer should decode 25% more often > than the 250hz roofer. (but perhaps that's normal?) > > > Perhaps there is a receiver setting change I can make to the K3 that will > improve RTTY decoding when using the 250hz roofer? I've tried various > shift settings when the 250hz roofer is engaged and sometimes it improves > RTTY > reception, but not consistantly. Perhaps there's a setting change I can > make to MMTTY? > By the way, I'm using both MMTTY and 2Tone software's for decoding RTTY, > with basically the same results when the 250hz roofer is engaged. > > > Thanks in advance for your thoughts. > > 73, > Dick- K9OM > > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?
On 02/15/2015 09:19 PM, David Fleming via Elecraft wrote: Let me try that again with fewer typos. Sometimes my typing outruns my brain. It should be possible. I'm not sure how well a Qemu x86 VM would perform on a mini ARM rig like a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone. Qemu can only run on one core. That is, it can emulate multiple CPUs, but it does this in a single thread, IIRC. And I suspect getting it up and running would be a challenge. A better option might be Exagear Desktop. It is like Qemu but much faster. Like 4x faster. But it is not free ($30). Exagear Desktop on a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B should run 32-bit Linux x86 applications nicely (like the Elecraft Utilities). I figure Exagear is worth the money just for the performance advantage. It could be an awesome little system for around $75 (if you already have a HDMI monitor and a keyboard). I've been seriously considering ordering one just to play with. I just tried to boot 32bit intel fedora 21 live image under ARM qemu (on banana pi). This is REALLY slow and even speeding up by a factor of 4 is not going to help much. I did not have enough patience to get the whole thing to boot up to the desktop, so I concluded that this will not work in practice. It shouldn't be that difficult to cross-compile the K3 utility for ARM (unless they are using some strange development tools that don't support this). Since everything else works now, I will go the ARM way with my station. If I need to update the K3 firmware, I will visit someone with a PC. Hopefully Linux/ARM will be supported in the future. Jussi (AA6KJ) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?
Let me try that again with fewer typos. Sometimes my typing outruns my brain. It should be possible. I'm not sure how well a Qemu x86 VM would perform on a mini ARM rig like a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone. Qemu can only run on one core. That is, it can emulate multiple CPUs, but it does this in a single thread, IIRC. And I suspect getting it up and running would be a challenge. A better option might be Exagear Desktop. It is like Qemu but much faster. Like 4x faster. But it is not free ($30). Exagear Desktop on a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B should run 32-bit Linux x86 applications nicely (like the Elecraft Utilities). I figure Exagear is worth the money just for the performance advantage. It could be an awesome little system for around $75 (if you already have a HDMI monitor and a keyboard). I've been seriously considering ordering one just to play with. David, W4SMT - This is just a thought, but it may be possible to use Qemu to create an i386 virtual machine and install a minimal desktop distro that you can use the Elecraft utilities with. I did nearly the same thing here using VirtualBox on my amd64 (x86_64) desktop machine running Debian. The VM is running Debian Stable with a lightweight desktop environment and it works just fine the few times I need it. 73, Nate, N0NB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: best roofing filter on RTTY
I have always been happy with my 400's. There seems to be very little bandbass not filled by the signal. Although many folks seem to like the 250's I don't have any so I use the 400's on what CW I do too. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?
It should be possible. I'm not sure how well a Qemu x86 VM would perform on a mini AIM rig like a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone. Qemu can only run on one core. That is, it can emulate multiple CPUs, but it does this in a single thread, IIRC. And I suspect getting it up and running would be a challenge. A better option might be Exagear Desktop. It is like Qemu but much faster. Like 4x faster. But it is not free ($30). Exagear Desktop on a Raspi 2 Model B should run 32-bit Linux x86 applications nicely (like the Elecraft Utilities). I figure Exagear is worth the money just for the performance advantage. It could be an awesome little system for around $75 (if you already have a HDMI monitor and a keyboard). I've been seriously considering ordering one just to play with. David, W4SMT From: Nate Bargmann To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM? This is just a thought, but it may be possible to use Qemu to create an i386 virtual machine and install a minimal desktop distro that you can use the Elecraft utilities with. I did nearly the same thing here using VirtualBox on my amd64 (x86_64) desktop machine running Debian. The VM is running Debian Stable with a lightweight desktop environment and it works just fine the few times I need it. 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.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 df...@yahoo.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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
I am not Joe, but I can answer your question. In diversity mode, the K3 operates just like a single receiver as far as the controls are concerned (except for the audio effects attributed to diversity). In other words, if you are operating SPLIT, you would tune to the DX station with VFO A and transmit on VFO B. To listen to the pileup (on your TX frequency VFO B) you would hold the REV button to listen to the pileup as long as you hold the button, but if you wanted to not hold the button and switch to hear the pileup, the A/B button can be used to switch VFOs until you wanted to switch back (with the A/B button). Since you have both the mainRX and the subRX, it makes more sense to use the subRX in its normal mode where you set SPLIT on and listen to the DX on the subRX while transmitting on the mainRX frequency (the subRX frequency does not have transmit capability). There are some ways to reverse this, but I will not go into details, this is the 'fundamentals' of split operation. For linked VFOs, imagine you want to work DX operating with a fixed 2 kHz split while the DX station is changing his TX frequencies while maintaining the 2 kHz split - that does not happen very often (maybe never). You can set SPLIT on and separate the VFOs by 2 kHz then invoke LINK. The VFOs will always be 2 kHz apart. I don't think that situation occurs frequently. The only remote occasion I can foresee is for the QRP Foxhunts, but the Foxes rarely will operate SPLIT. Normally, the DX station stays on the same frequency and you would want to leave the RX VFO tuned to his frequency while you would want the TX VFO to tune to either the last station worked or a clear frequency within the pileup. The current TX VFO is displayed in the K3 or KX3 display by an arrow. Pay attention to that arrow lest the "up cops" become irritated with your transmissions. IMHO, the changes made in 5.10 simplify the use of the SUB button. No more short hold of the button to link the VFOs and no long hold to enable diversity. How many times have we seen posts to this reflector saying that the VFOs track each other. This is a result of the difference between a long hold and an extra long hold of the SUB button. Relegating the linked VFOs to a programmable function is a good idea IMHO. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/15/2015 9:15 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: Hi Joe, I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? Thanks __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
I use Diversity and I use Lock. With the Rx antenna and the Tx on the two different receivers and both of them locked, I find I copy stations sometimes better this way than with diversity. There's a slight attenuation with diversity and not so with the main & sub linked. It depends on the individual signal for me to know when to use the main Rx alone, Link, or Diversity. Each one of them has their own benefits. 73, Gary KA1J > Hi Joe, > I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. > Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. > So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? > Thanks > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 g...@ka1j.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. 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] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK
On 2015-02-15 10:19 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Relegating the linked VFOs to a programmable function is a good idea > IMHO. My point all along ... it's a real PITA to go through LINK every time I want to select diversity. However, I would make one concession ... since diversity requires the KRX3, if the KRX3 is not installed then allow a one second hold of the SUB button to select LINK. Otherwise, LINK is simply an annoyance. 73, ... Joe, W4TV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
OK, Thanks for the explanations. Very clear. Tom On Feb 15, 2015 10:19 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > I am not Joe, but I can answer your question. > > In diversity mode, the K3 operates just like a single receiver as far as > the controls are concerned (except for the audio effects attributed to > diversity). In other words, if you are operating SPLIT, you would tune > to the DX station with VFO A and transmit on VFO B. To listen to the > pileup (on your TX frequency VFO B) you would hold the REV button to > listen to the pileup as long as you hold the button, but if you wanted > to not hold the button and switch to hear the pileup, the A/B button can > be used to switch VFOs until you wanted to switch back (with the A/B > button). > > Since you have both the mainRX and the subRX, it makes more sense to use > the subRX in its normal mode where you set SPLIT on and listen to the DX > on the subRX while transmitting on the mainRX frequency (the subRX > frequency does not have transmit capability). There are some ways to > reverse this, but I will not go into details, this is the 'fundamentals' > of split operation. > > For linked VFOs, imagine you want to work DX operating with a fixed 2 > kHz split while the DX station is changing his TX frequencies while > maintaining the 2 kHz split - that does not happen very often (maybe never). > You can set SPLIT on and separate the VFOs by 2 kHz then invoke LINK. > The VFOs will always be 2 kHz apart. > > I don't think that situation occurs frequently. The only remote > occasion I can foresee is for the QRP Foxhunts, but the Foxes rarely > will operate SPLIT. > > Normally, the DX station stays on the same frequency and you would want > to leave the RX VFO tuned to his frequency while you would want the TX > VFO to tune to either the last station worked or a clear frequency > within the pileup. The current TX VFO is displayed in the K3 or KX3 > display by an arrow. Pay attention to that arrow lest the "up cops" > become irritated with your transmissions. > > IMHO, the changes made in 5.10 simplify the use of the SUB button. No > more short hold of the button to link the VFOs and no long hold to > enable diversity. > How many times have we seen posts to this reflector saying that the VFOs > track each other. This is a result of the difference between a long > hold and an extra long hold of the SUB button. > Relegating the linked VFOs to a programmable function is a good idea IMHO. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 2/15/2015 9:15 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. > > Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. > > So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? > > Thanks > > > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Equipment Designator in Subject
Folks, This comes up periodically [technical term meaning every now and then on a sort of regular basis]. Long threads on the list start and, if you have been away from home and the list for a bit, the "long" part is in the list of messages to read. Generally standard practice on the list, since there are now so many Elecraft products has been to put the main product designator in the subject. That means, if you are posting about a KX3 thing, put "KX3" somewhere in the subject -- doesn't really matter where. Likewise if it's "PX3" ... and you probably get the idea here. Many of us filter the email list by Elecraft product, so a couple of keystrokes will help a lot. Subjects sometime change in a thread, this is a live list with real people, and that shouldn't surprise anyone. If you change the subject, and it is no longer relevant to the original Elecraft product, please remove that designation. I'm a math grad, engineer in life, and I almost failed Econ 101. I don't understand business and commerce but I am astounded at the business model Elecraft has built, and this list is part of it. We can all do our part to make it most usable for everyone. Just tell us what you're going to talk about before you talk about it. :-) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] FTP Server
John, It's working here. 73, Dale WA8SRA > I just tried to log on to the Elecraft FTP server with the latest PX3 & > KX3 > loaders and received a message that indicates that is not available. > Am I doing something wrong or is it down? > > John K7JLT > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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...@lightstream.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] K3 Button Box
This would be quite an interesting Arduino project. You could use a couple of serial chips - one to receive from the computer, the other to transmit to the K3/KX3. Normally incoming traffic is just redirected from input to output. When a button is pushed, the macro is just passed to the output. Add a 2x16 LCD display and you could manage groups of macros that you could scroll through. Lots of possibilities for an interesting project. 73, Doug -- K0DXV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
Link uses both VFO's, with VFO A controlling main RX and VFO B controlling sub RX. Diversity uses only VFO A on *both* main RX and sub RX. Link memorizes the difference between VFO A and VFO B and maintains VFO B at that difference while VFO A is being tuned. If you do A>B before link, it will still be two synthesizers that are not locked, just have the same current input parameters. In my case when I do this I rarely hear the band noise spreading out into the band noise "sound stage" needed for digging out weak discreet CW signals. Diversity is a phase lock between the two RX using the same set of frequency generating sources for both RX. This always produces the band noise sound stage. Note that the sound stage is not something generated in the K3. That is done in our minds by the same mechanism that allows us to pick out a single voice in a crowded noisy cafeteria. The band noise is spread out around the "audio horizon" or "sound stage" in my "mind's ear". A discrete signal is in one place on the sound stage. My mind easily picks the discrete sound out of the spread-around noise. This is very much the same thing as listening to a stereo recording of an orchestra that begins with audience buzz, which is all over the audio horizon in my mind's ear. When the music begins I hear the violins to the left, though spread out a bit. I hear the tuba at a specific spot on the right. Once a K3 diversity RX operator has learned to use "sound stage" diversity, it is easily an S unit advantage on RX for a station at or in the noise that you can't see on the S meter. For me diversity is always on 160 through 40. Anything that craps diversity, for me throws away an S unit. If you are not getting the sound stage trying to use diversity, you really are not getting the benefit, and have some fun ahead of you when you do. 73, Guy K2AV On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: > Hi Joe, > I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. > Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. > So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? > Thanks > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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
[Elecraft] R&R the KRX3
Really. So then, removing and reinstalling the KRX3, if that proves necessary, should be done while listening to Berlioz¹ Symphonie Fantastique? Or, if it goes badly, to Schubert¹s Unfinished Symphony? Either way, I¹ve ordered my pair of KSYN3As. I¹ll post the tale. Cheers, Ted, KN1CBR > > > > From: Wayne Burdick > To: Elecraft Reflector > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KSYN3A - installation question > >It is quite easy to swap the synthesizer boards without removing the KRX3 >module. I did it blindfolded with a long-haired cat on my lap and the >latest Tom Petty album blasting away. > >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] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?
I used to use Virtual Box to build VMs for task specific machines. I'm considering going back to Linux and doing that again. From: Nate Bargmann To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM? This is just a thought, but it may be possible to use Qemu to create an i386 virtual machine and install a minimal desktop distro that you can use the Elecraft utilities with. I did nearly the same thing here using VirtualBox on my amd64 (x86_64) desktop machine running Debian. The VM is running Debian Stable with a lightweight desktop environment and it works just fine the few times I need it. 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.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 hlyin...@yahoo.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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
I have LINK in use with a 5kc difference between vfo A and vfo B and i am constantly tuning around looking for dxpeditions who usually run split. It means for me a quick tap and i am split "up 5" in ssb. I then fine tune when they are calling "up 5-10" etc. Taking it away is simply not fair. I do not have the 2nd rcvr and i am not interested in diversity. I dont give a hoot if i am the only one using LINK, the fact remains i do and i feel i have a right to keep on using it.Captains Call Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 16/02/2015 12:16 PM, "Tom Blahovici" wrote: > Hi Joe, > I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. > Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. > So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? > Thanks > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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
[Elecraft] K3: best roofing filter on RTTY
Hi Guys, I'd appreciate your thoughts on the best roofing filter: 250hz vs. 400hz, for RTTY contest conditions. While I really like the K3 on RTTY, I believe improvement can be made to my K3 RTTY reception. Some contesters have told me that they use the 250hz roofing filter exclusively when operating RTTY contests. Since the actual bandwidth of the 250hz roffer filter is close to 370hz, and RTTY signals are typically about 370hz wide, then the 250hz roofer along with a 400 or 500hz DSP setting should be close to ideal when maximum selectivity is needed. However, on both of my K3's, when I switch from the 400hz roofer to the 250hz roofer, the RTTY signal is decoded a lot less often, about 25% less often. It doesn't seem like the 400hz roofer should decode 25% more often than the 250hz roofer. (but perhaps that's normal?) Perhaps there is a receiver setting change I can make to the K3 that will improve RTTY decoding when using the 250hz roofer? I've tried various shift settings when the 250hz roofer is engaged and sometimes it improves RTTY reception, but not consistantly. Perhaps there's a setting change I can make to MMTTY? By the way, I'm using both MMTTY and 2Tone software's for decoding RTTY, with basically the same results when the 250hz roofer is engaged. Thanks in advance for your thoughts. 73, Dick- K9OM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] "Pig knob" thoughts
I got the Pigknob for a totally different reason than the buttons and macros ... my available space is inherently right-handed [built-in desk] and I am left-handed. My KPA500 is too heavy for the simple two-shelf rack I have so the K3 is directly above it and on the right. Old shoulder injuries complain when I sit and tune the K3 with elbow on desk and hand raised. Now, Pigknob is on the left of the laptop, next to the paddle, and my left arm rests on the desk while tuning the K3 and no pain. It took awhile but I finally figured out a combination of K3 and Pigknob tuning rates that works ... PK normally tunes at 10 Hz, pressing the knob gives me 50 Hz. The K3 choices [FINE/COARSE] tune faster for large QSY's. It has really improved my operating enjoyment and I love it. As for the buttons, one sets split up 5, and one undoes it. I have six blank ones yet to fill. I also haven't filled all the programmable buttons on my P3. Apparently my creativity index is fairly low. I heard rumors about an upcoming Pigpad with programmable buttons, and like all males of *any* age immediately thought, "Oh -- New Toy!" Realistically, I'm not sure what I'd do with it. My K-Line does what I want my radio to do, it does it cleanly and doesn't cause problems for nearby hams and, after a little learning, I know how to make it do that. 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 2/15/2015 11:45 AM, W2BLC wrote: I have a Pigknob and find it is most useful. There are 8 buttons and a VFO type control. The great part - is no endless arguing on this reflector about what should be on the box - the user programs each button and the VFO control it to suit his personal needs. No beating features into the ground. No over engineering of air castles. Windbag experts can desist. Dang, I like simple things that just plain work. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] FTP Server
I just tried to log on to the Elecraft FTP server with the latest PX3 & KX3 loaders and received a message that indicates that is not available. Am I doing something wrong or is it down? John K7JLT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
Hi Joe, I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? Thanks __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KSYN3A - installation question
Do I have to get a cat? 73, Guy. On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Mike Reublin NF4L wrote: > I tried the cat method. He objected to the ground probe. When my arms heal, > I'll try with a clip lead. > > 73, Mike NF4L > >> On Feb 15, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: >> >> With no cat, I would recommend Sleater-Kinney. >> >> wunder >> K6WRU >> CM87wj >> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ >> >> On Feb 15, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote: >> >>> And those with no cat?:-) >>> >>> On 2/15/15 1:50 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: But what about us old Head bangers? From: Wayne Burdick To: Elecraft Reflector Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KSYN3A - installation question It is quite easy to swap the synthesizer boards without removing the KRX3 module. I did it blindfolded with a long-haired cat on my lap and the latest Tom Petty album blasting away. Wayne N6KR On Feb 14, 2015, at 12:38 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote: > I doubt it ... there is not all that much room between the front > bulkhead and the edge of the KRX3 case. In addition, Wayne mentioned > the need to reroute some of the cables with may not be possible if > the KRX3 is in place. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 2015-02-14 10:33 AM, Ken K3IU wrote: >> I believe that you should ne able to install both boards without >> removing the KRX3 >> 73, Ken K3IU >> >> On 2/14/2015 10:03 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote: >>> First question that came to my mind when I saw the announcement was >>> whether the KRX3 had to be removed and reinstalled in order to replace >>> the >>> synths. I found installing the KRX3 exasperating when I assembled the >>> K3 >>> - success came on about the 12th try. >>> >>> My K3 is 100 miles from where I am right now, so I looked at the >>> photos in >>> the K3 assembly manual and those in the new synth instructions, from >>> which >>> it appears that the swap could be done without removing the KRX3. Could >>> we confirm whether R&R is required? Message below says it is. >>> >>> If the sub does have to be R&R¹d, anyone have suggestions about how to >>> reinstall it without the major fuss I experienced? >>> >>> >>> Ted, KN1CBR >>> >>> -- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:21:20 -0800 From: Richard Thorpe To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] More KSYN3A Message-ID: <92f46418-caab-45a6-bfcd-f87860378...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I talked to Elecraft and you must remove the second receiver not just unplug it and remove its ?old? synth board. . . . R Thorpe K6CG -- >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto: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 kenk...@cox.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 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 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 hlyin...@yahoo.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 host
Re: [Elecraft] PX3 - odd 'missing' signal
It's an artifact of the architecture of the radio - the "Zero-hz crossover". You can move it by changing the menu item "RX SHFT" from "Nor" to "8.0". This is a per-band setting. Be aware that changing "RX SHFT" prevents using the Dual-Watch receiver, and takes the Roofing Filter out of play (if installed). Another method to move the artifact when working CW is to use CW Rev. This will shift the artifact to the other side of your VFO A cursor. 73, Chris K4HC Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:23:16 -0500 (EST) From: "d...@lightstream.net" To: "David Orman" Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PX3 - odd 'missing' signal Message-ID: <64786.71.74.118.201.1424046196.squir...@mail.expedient.net> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 I have noticed this null as well. In SSB mode, the null is right at the carrier frequency. In CW mode, the null is offset from the carrier frequency by the amount of the sidetone pitch. Engaging ALT switches the null to the other side of the carrier, again by the amount of the sidetone pitch. I don't recall seeing this on earlier versions of the firmware (though that doesn't mean it wasn't there) Firmware versions here are: PX3 Firmware version: 01.16 KX3: uC: 02.30 dsP: 01.32 73, Dale WA8SRA > I've noticed on various modes/combinations of spans, I show some what look > like null regions. Sometimes it's right where I'm tuned, sometimes it's > offset. In this picture, I am tuned to 14.055.050, in CW mode, span is 2, > and there is a deep null area centered somewhere around 14.056.05. > > In some modes, this is troublesome, especially when it's right on the > cursor where I am tuned. I must be doing something wrong, so would > appreciate any feedback you can give me regarding this / how to fix it. > > Here's an image showing what I am talking about: > http://ormandj.corenode.com/images/radio/elecraft/px3-null.jpg > > Thank you > David __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
Here in South Florida, atomic clocks will not sync it all. 73, Gil W1RG Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note® 3, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Ken G Kopp Date:02/15/2015 1:25 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" Cc: Elecraft Reflector , k...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 and KX3 and make the clock actually usable. 73 Ken - K0PP On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > In which radio? > > On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > >> Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An >> adjust method for what we have? >> >> >> Thanks, Jim KG0KP >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 kengk...@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 w...@hotmail.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] RX SHFT=8.0 I.F. Image (16 kHz) Nulling
Hi, I've been performing all of the "All-Band Receive Opposite Sideband and I.F. Image Nulling" steps without issue using my PX3 (and AA-54) as a signal generator. I'm at the last section, "RX SHFT=8.0 I.F. Image (16 kHz) Nulling", and am having trouble. Following the directions, and setting my KX3 16KHz up from the signal source: 7. Optimize RX SHFT=8.0 I.F. image gain and phase settings as follows: a. Set both the signal source and KX3 to the target band (starting with 160 m). Recall that the VFO should be set 16 kHz higher than the signal source. Make sure you’re in CW mode. (Note: You can change bands and modes from within the RXSBNUL menu entry.) You should hear a strong signal, and see an Smeter reading of between S9 and S9+30 dB. If not, adjust the preamp setting or the RF source level. This step, I do _not_ hear a strong signal, I hear no signal at all. If I turn on RIT to -1.1, I hear a strong signal (looking at the next step.) What am I doing wrong/missing? Thank you, David __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
> Skillful use of diversity reception will enable you to pick up the > odds even with simple antennae. Diversity is entirely different than LINK. Diversity as engaged by a one second HOLD of the SUB button in FW 5.10 (and a two second hold in prior firmware versions) uses the same synthesizer for both receivers so they are phase locked. LINK as engaged by a one second HOLD of the SUB button in prior versions of the software only slaves the two VFOs with a constant offset which means the two receivers will vary randomly in phase causing signals to fade in and out as the receivers vary from in-phase to out-of-phase and back. FW 5.10 simply moves true diversity to the one second hold of position of the SUB button - as it should be - instead of requiring a two second hold and relegates the inferior LINK to a programmable function. > During APDXC 2012 in Icom HQ Osaka, I spoke to Mr. Inoue JA3FA that I > did not understand why IC7800 did not have the function of LINK for > both VFOA & B so that I could use the dual receivers for diversity > reception. The 7800 can not phase lock the two receivers. Their dual receive system is not capable of true diversity operation even if the receivers are tuned to the same frequency (as they can be with software like CI-V Commander - part of the DXLab Suite of software). 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2015-02-15 7:51 PM, Johnny Siu wrote: Hello Arie, I agree with you 'LINK' should not be abandoned. Please excuse my language, I would consider the idea of abandoning the 'LINK' is stupid. During APDXC 2012 in Icom HQ Osaka, I spoke to Mr. Inoue JA3FA that I did not understand why IC7800 did not have the function of LINK for both VFOA & B so that I could use the dual receivers for diversity reception. I also mentioned that their competitor K3 had that function which I often used. Skillful use of diversity reception will enable you to pick up the odds even with simple antennae. 73 Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人︰ Arie Kleingeld PA3A 收件人︰ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期︰ 2015年02月16日 (週一) 1:10 AM 主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK Tony LINK ties both VFO's to the mail freq dial en keeps them insync when you turn the dial knob. So both receivers keep working on the same freq. What I often use i diversity listening so with two receivers and two antennas on the samen freq. Diversity puts the main RX audio on the left ear of the headset, and the Sub on the right ear. That's the normal situation. In my case, the F9-F12 buttons in N1MM contain commands to the K3 that switch the audio to my liking (that can also be done in the Config, but that takes too much time during QSO) This way I can switch listening from diversity (listen both MainRX and SubRX at same time) to only main RX (main RX audio on both ears) or only sub RX (Sub RX audio on both ears) depending on where the signal is best. The commands to do this are in the programmers manual of the K3. It's really fun to control some beautiful K3 features from the keyboard like this. 73 Arie PA3A N2TK, Tony schreef op 15-2-2015 om 16:38: Hi Arie, I am not sure I understand what LINK does to help when both receivers are on the same freq. What does F9-F12 below do to help? Tnx N2TK, Tony . - F9 = listen A-B - F10 = listen A-A - F11 = listen B-B - F12 contains the commands to copy VFO freq and mode from A to B and LINK the VFO's. __ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
> I DO consider asking for an accurate clock in a ham radio transceiver a > 'childish request'... and > Elecraft, please do not pay any attention to these childish request ... We have some riding their high horses here. :-) Radio clocks that synch to LF or GPS signals seem to me gross overkill. How about a plain clock such as found in the last three $15 Casio watches I've purchased at Walmart...all of which gain less than 0.2 seconds per day, on or off wrist? Is something like *that* too much to ask from a ham radio internal RT clock? Button cell backup should always be provided as well. Mike / KK5F __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
It escapes me why you need an accurate clock in your rig. You can sync your computer to WWV, from that the time in your log is determined. What else is a clock good for ?? Besides, unless it's locked to GPS, it will show the wrong time, no matter how good people say it is. 73, Dick, W1KSZ On 2/15/2015 5:53 PM, Milverton M. Swire via Elecraft wrote: Ray I agree with you! For those who insist on having an accurate working clock. Please also insist on it going " Tic Toc " Why are we sweating the small stuff? Times like these are when I truly believe that Wayne has us spoiled. 73 Milverton / W9MMS. From: Ray Sills To: Elecraft Reflector Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip Certainly, having an accurate clock inside the rig would be handy, especially for those who use manual logging. Even though wristwatches with WWVB receivers can be had fairly inexpensively, I'm sure it would be more costly for Elecraft to add it to their rigs. But, if it's available as an option, then those who want it, can buy it. Me? I just use the clock on my cell phone. And, it's a smart phone, and I have a logging program I can use. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 On Feb 15, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 and KX3 and make the clock actually usable. 73 Ken - K0PP On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: In which radio? On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An adjust method for what we have? Thanks, Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 kengk...@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 raysil...@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 tnny...@yahoo.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 w1...@earthlink.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] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?
This is just a thought, but it may be possible to use Qemu to create an i386 virtual machine and install a minimal desktop distro that you can use the Elecraft utilities with. I did nearly the same thing here using VirtualBox on my amd64 (x86_64) desktop machine running Debian. The VM is running Debian Stable with a lightweight desktop environment and it works just fine the few times I need it. 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.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] Clock chip
Ray I agree with you! For those who insist on having an accurate working clock. Please also insist on it going " Tic Toc " Why are we sweating the small stuff? Times like these are when I truly believe that Wayne has us spoiled. 73 Milverton / W9MMS. From: Ray Sills To: Elecraft Reflector Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip Certainly, having an accurate clock inside the rig would be handy, especially for those who use manual logging. Even though wristwatches with WWVB receivers can be had fairly inexpensively, I'm sure it would be more costly for Elecraft to add it to their rigs. But, if it's available as an option, then those who want it, can buy it. Me? I just use the clock on my cell phone. And, it's a smart phone, and I have a logging program I can use. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 On Feb 15, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: > Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist > watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 > and KX3 > and make the clock actually usable. > > 73 > > Ken - K0PP > On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < > k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > >> In which radio? >> >> On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: >> >>> Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep >>> time. An >>> adjust method for what we have? >>> >>> >>> Thanks, Jim KG0KP >>> >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 kengk...@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 raysil...@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 tnny...@yahoo.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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
Hello Arie, I agree with you 'LINK' should not be abandoned. Please excuse my language, I would consider the idea of abandoning the 'LINK' is stupid. During APDXC 2012 in Icom HQ Osaka, I spoke to Mr. Inoue JA3FA that I did not understand why IC7800 did not have the function of LINK for both VFOA & B so that I could use the dual receivers for diversity reception. I also mentioned that their competitor K3 had that function which I often used. Skillful use of diversity reception will enable you to pick up the odds even with simple antennae. 73 Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人︰ Arie Kleingeld PA3A 收件人︰ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期︰ 2015年02月16日 (週一) 1:10 AM 主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK Tony LINK ties both VFO's to the mail freq dial en keeps them insync when you turn the dial knob. So both receivers keep working on the same freq. What I often use i diversity listening so with two receivers and two antennas on the samen freq. Diversity puts the main RX audio on the left ear of the headset, and the Sub on the right ear. That's the normal situation. In my case, the F9-F12 buttons in N1MM contain commands to the K3 that switch the audio to my liking (that can also be done in the Config, but that takes too much time during QSO) This way I can switch listening from diversity (listen both MainRX and SubRX at same time) to only main RX (main RX audio on both ears) or only sub RX (Sub RX audio on both ears) depending on where the signal is best. The commands to do this are in the programmers manual of the K3. It's really fun to control some beautiful K3 features from the keyboard like this. 73 Arie PA3A N2TK, Tony schreef op 15-2-2015 om 16:38: > Hi Arie, > I am not sure I understand what LINK does to help when both receivers are on > the same freq. What does F9-F12 below do to help? > Tnx > N2TK, Tony . > - F9 = listen A-B > - F10 = listen A-A > - F11 = listen B-B > - F12 contains the commands to copy VFO freq and mode from A to B and LINK > the VFO's. > > __ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
I would second the request to leave LINK in as well... Please! -- 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 Mon, 2015-02-16 at 08:30 +1000, Gary Gregory wrote: > Leave LINK as it is please. > > I wonder what the majority of k3 owners think? > > Gary > Vk1ZZ > K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. > On 16/02/2015 5:51 AM, "Pierfrancesco Caci" wrote: > > > > "brian" == brian writes: > > > > > > brian> Question: does anybody really use XFIL? > > > > I do :) > > Maybe I should learn to use Norm I/II more, instead. > > > > -- > > Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx > > __ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto: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 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] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?
Hi, As the current Linux/Intel desktop at my station decided take its last breath, I am exploring the option of replacing it with an ARM based system; either Banana Pi (ARM based computer; about $45) or Raspberry Pi2 (about the same for $35). I have figured out everything else (dual monitor support, USB-RS232, logging programs etc.) but the only missing piece is to be able to update the firmware in my K3. The firmware update program is available only for Linux/Intel platforms and not for Linux/ARM. Are there any plans to support Linux/ARM in the future? At this point it would be enough for me to hear that such support is planned. Thanks, Jussi Eloranta (AA6KJ) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Button Box
Could you expand a bit on the keypad please? Like how it connects to the K3/P3, with SVGA I assume? I am new enough to the K3 to have never heard of this. -- 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 Sun, 2015-02-15 at 21:23 +, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: > I'd be interested in seeing what you have done (though I'm setup for the > Atmel AVR Line) > I've been considering taking the easy way out and just getting a Genovation > Keypad. > Thank you > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Extra keys for the K3 or KX3
A number of hams have discussed wanting more programmable buttons on the K3 or KX3, or how to implement an external keyboard for these radios. There is an alternative, free approach, if you use a logging program that passes commands to the radio. I use Logger32, which has something called "Radio Control Panel," that shows a small panoramic display of the passband, but which also contains software keys (12, 24, or 36). Logger32 passes through commands that are shown in the "Elecraft K3 and KX3 Programmer's Reference." For example, to mimic a memory key, the following Logger32 code plus K3 code works: $command FA0001431;$ sends the command FA0001431 to the K3, which causes the K3 to go to 14.310 MHz. The beginning and end $ signs, the semicolon, and the word "command" are required by Logger32; the code is specified in the Programmer's Reference. Here is the code to clear a split: $command FR0;$ the last character in the programming code is a zero (0). If you use a logging program that works this way, you need no additional hardware and you can get the first button (of 36) programmed in two minutes, just to check it out. FIY, I have a vested interest in Logger32--the author gives me 50% of the profit from each sale of the program, which is free. He has not stiffed me yet. 73, Jan, KX2A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Subject: Re: Clock chip
An Arduino with a GPS could be programmed to update the clock via the serial port for those who need perfect time. Nick N1KMP Walter Underwood wrote on 2/15/2015 6:05 PM: I rarely carry my computer on the trail, but I do carry my KX3. It would be nice if the KX3 Utility could trim the clock rate. It can read it and set it. If it recorded the last time the clock was set, it could set a drift correction, assuming that the clock chip supports that. wunder Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) On Feb 15, 2015, at 4:00 PM, Mike Reublin NF4L wrote: > I'm still puzzled as to why there's a clock at all. Everything I do that requires time is picked up from the computer. > > 73, Mike NF4L > >> On Feb 15, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote: >> >> I don't care about seeing the clock and also reset it when I think of it. All required timely functions are met with the managing PC, updated every 15 minutes by NTP. >> >> Repeating myself: I would like to see the ALARM function made sticky (repeatable without any user intervention). >> >> I operate remotely. If the power fails, without added hardware (and software) the K3 will not power on. An alarm can be used for this function, but only if someone sets it prior to the power failure [when the radio is already on too]. >> >> If the alarm were sticky (and optionally hits once an hour?) when the power comes back to the station, the K3 would power on at the alarm time(s). VERY useful function, less down time or needing someone to enter the shack while remote. >> >> Can that be put on the list? >> >> Rick wa6nhc >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto: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...@comcast.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 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 nkemp1...@hotmail.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 Button Box
> Are there any commercial solutions out there? It looks like the Genovation CP24 would be one commercial solution. It is programmable ~100 bytes per macro and if one of the keys is dedicated as a toggle the user can program up to 46 macros (24 normal, 24 alternate or shifted). Note: the software provides for more than one shift/toggle key but the keypad has only one LED indicator which would make it difficult to handle more than two levels of macros with a toggle - of course more than two levels are available without any ambiguity using "shift" keys. The CP24 is available in multiple versions - a serial version that could probably be connected directly to the K3 for stand alone use (without computer logging software) and a USB version that could be used (with port splitting software) in a computer with a logging program. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2015-02-15 7:00 PM, Chris Hallinan wrote: I am also interested in your design. Are there any commercial solutions out there? Thanks, Chris On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 1:44 PM, brian wrote: N2TK suggested that I post this. If anybody wants to try HBing an external "button box" for the K3, I have a 16 button design which uses a $5 PIC. Sits next to my keyboard. It connects to the K3 via serial port to the station computer. K3 port sharing software is required. Some free software products work. Glad to send schematic , pix of final product and some notes. No doubt a professional could create a better product but it works for me OK. 73 de Brian/K3KO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 challi...@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] Still need help with K6XX CW Tuning Indicator on K1
George, The sidetone comes into the AF2 (wiper) connection to the AF gain control, try there with your 'scope. You might see it at AF1, but that depends on the position of the AF Gain - at normal AF Gain settings it may be too small there for the amplitude setting of your 'scope. As for the K6XX CW indicator functioning - and since you do have a 'scope - then once you can power up the indicator board, look for an audio signal between ground and either side of the capacitor to the left of the tuning pot (the cap above the IC). You should find a sawtooth signal there. If you want to pre-adjust the frequency of the indicator, adjust the pot until you have the frequency of that waveform at your desired sidetone pitch. I use a frequency counter, but you can use a 'scope with some arithmetic based on the horizontal time base setting of your 'scope. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/15/2015 5:46 PM, George Averill wrote: All, I feel like I’m trying to perform brain surgery with a pocket knife. All of my test equipment is as ancient as I am. HI Where did all the tubes go? The first kit didn’t work so I have ordered another one. That should solve the problem if the problem is the IC in the kit. I will also try to take more time soldering the surface mount components this time. What really puzzles me is that, with the kit out of the circuit, and using a scope, I have never been able to pull a 600 Hz sidetone signal off the side of the volume control, but I can off the speaker. I’m positive that the wire to the volume control is OK, and it’s connected to AF1 at the volume control coming from the AF Preamp. It’s also connected as per the instructions that came with the kit. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Subject: Re: Clock chip
I rarely carry my computer on the trail, but I do carry my KX3. It would be nice if the KX3 Utility could trim the clock rate. It can read it and set it. If it recorded the last time the clock was set, it could set a drift correction, assuming that the clock chip supports that. wunder Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) On Feb 15, 2015, at 4:00 PM, Mike Reublin NF4L wrote: > I'm still puzzled as to why there's a clock at all. Everything I do that > requires time is picked up from the computer. > > 73, Mike NF4L > >> On Feb 15, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote: >> >> I don't care about seeing the clock and also reset it when I think of it. >> All required timely functions are met with the managing PC, updated every 15 >> minutes by NTP. >> >> Repeating myself: I would like to see the ALARM function made sticky >> (repeatable without any user intervention). >> >> I operate remotely. If the power fails, without added hardware (and >> software) the K3 will not power on. An alarm can be used for this function, >> but only if someone sets it prior to the power failure [when the radio is >> already on too]. >> >> If the alarm were sticky (and optionally hits once an hour?) when the power >> comes back to the station, the K3 would power on at the alarm time(s). VERY >> useful function, less down time or needing someone to enter the shack while >> remote. >> >> Can that be put on the list? >> >> Rick wa6nhc >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto: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...@comcast.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 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] Subject: Re: Clock chip
I'm still puzzled as to why there's a clock at all. Everything I do that requires time is picked up from the computer. 73, Mike NF4L > On Feb 15, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote: > > I don't care about seeing the clock and also reset it when I think of it. > All required timely functions are met with the managing PC, updated every 15 > minutes by NTP. > > Repeating myself: I would like to see the ALARM function made sticky > (repeatable without any user intervention). > > I operate remotely. If the power fails, without added hardware (and > software) the K3 will not power on. An alarm can be used for this function, > but only if someone sets it prior to the power failure [when the radio is > already on too]. > > If the alarm were sticky (and optionally hits once an hour?) when the power > comes back to the station, the K3 would power on at the alarm time(s). VERY > useful function, less down time or needing someone to enter the shack while > remote. > > Can that be put on the list? > > Rick wa6nhc > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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...@comcast.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] K3 Button Box
I am also interested in your design. Are there any commercial solutions out there? Thanks, Chris On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 1:44 PM, brian wrote: > N2TK suggested that I post this. > > If anybody wants to try HBing an external "button box" for the K3, I have a > 16 button design which uses a $5 PIC. > Sits next to my keyboard. > > It connects to the K3 via serial port to the station computer. K3 port > sharing software is required. Some free software products work. > > Glad to send schematic , pix of final product and some notes. > > No doubt a professional could create a better product but it works for me > OK. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 challi...@gmail.com -- Life is like Linux - it never stands still. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KSYN3A - installation question
I tried the cat method. He objected to the ground probe. When my arms heal, I'll try with a clip lead. 73, Mike NF4L > On Feb 15, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > > With no cat, I would recommend Sleater-Kinney. > > wunder > K6WRU > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ > > On Feb 15, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote: > >> And those with no cat?:-) >> >> On 2/15/15 1:50 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: >>> But what about us old Head bangers? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Wayne Burdick >>> To: Elecraft Reflector >>> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:29 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KSYN3A - installation question >>> It is quite easy to swap the synthesizer boards without removing the KRX3 >>> module. I did it blindfolded with a long-haired cat on my lap and the >>> latest Tom Petty album blasting away. >>> >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> >>> On Feb 14, 2015, at 12:38 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote: >>> I doubt it ... there is not all that much room between the front bulkhead and the edge of the KRX3 case. In addition, Wayne mentioned the need to reroute some of the cables with may not be possible if the KRX3 is in place. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2015-02-14 10:33 AM, Ken K3IU wrote: > I believe that you should ne able to install both boards without > removing the KRX3 > 73, Ken K3IU > > On 2/14/2015 10:03 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote: >> First question that came to my mind when I saw the announcement was >> whether the KRX3 had to be removed and reinstalled in order to replace >> the >> synths. I found installing the KRX3 exasperating when I assembled the K3 >> - success came on about the 12th try. >> >> My K3 is 100 miles from where I am right now, so I looked at the >> photos in >> the K3 assembly manual and those in the new synth instructions, from >> which >> it appears that the swap could be done without removing the KRX3. Could >> we confirm whether R&R is required? Message below says it is. >> >> If the sub does have to be R&R¹d, anyone have suggestions about how to >> reinstall it without the major fuss I experienced? >> >> >> Ted, KN1CBR >> >> >>> -- >>> >>> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:21:20 -0800 >>> From: Richard Thorpe >>> To: Elecraft List >>> Subject: [Elecraft] More KSYN3A >>> Message-ID: <92f46418-caab-45a6-bfcd-f87860378...@gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >>> >>> I talked to Elecraft and you must remove the second receiver not just >>> unplug it and remove its ?old? synth board. . . . >>> >>> R Thorpe K6CG >>> >>> -- >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto: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 kenk...@cox.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 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 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 hlyin...@yahoo.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 w...@socal.rr.com >> >> __
Re: [Elecraft] PX3 - odd 'missing' signal
I have noticed this null as well. In SSB mode, the null is right at the carrier frequency. In CW mode, the null is offset from the carrier frequency by the amount of the sidetone pitch. Engaging ALT switches the null to the other side of the carrier, again by the amount of the sidetone pitch. I don't recall seeing this on earlier versions of the firmware (though that doesn't mean it wasn't there) Firmware versions here are: PX3 Firmware version: 01.16 KX3: uC: 02.30 dsP: 01.32 73, Dale WA8SRA > I've noticed on various modes/combinations of spans, I show some what look > like null regions. Sometimes it's right where I'm tuned, sometimes it's > offset. In this picture, I am tuned to 14.055.050, in CW mode, span is 2, > and there is a deep null area centered somewhere around 14.056.05. > > In some modes, this is troublesome, especially when it's right on the > cursor where I am tuned. I must be doing something wrong, so would > appreciate any feedback you can give me regarding this / how to fix it. > > Here's an image showing what I am talking about: > http://ormandj.corenode.com/images/radio/elecraft/px3-null.jpg > > Thank you > David __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: Clock chip
Your listed email address does not work. -Original Message- From: Chester Alderman [mailto:alderm...@windstream.net] Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 6:23 PM To: 'Phil Kane' Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Clock chip I am a retired professional microwave circuit and systems design engineer and I DO consider asking for an accurate clock in a ham radio transceiver a 'childish request'. You can BUY an atomic clock to hang on your wall for less than $50 or you could just look at your PC and if you have it set up correct, see very accurate time information. I consider development of transceiver improvements MUCH more important than I do having engineers spend putting an accurate clock in a good transceiver. As a communications engineer I understand your 'need' for an accurate clock, however I think you are looking for it in a hobby item, inappropriate. 73, Tom - W4BQF K3-100F s/n 4521 - Alpha 9500 amp - 2 el 40m yagi and 16 el tribander >From the backwoods of Cecil, Ga. Pop. 253 -Original Message- From: Phil Kane [mailto:k2...@kanafi.org] Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 2:46 PM To: Chester Alderman Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip On 2/15/2015 11:20 AM, Chester Alderman wrote: > Elecraft, please do not pay any attention to these childish request > and please continue improving the K3 with things like these recent > synthesizers! I for one - a professional communications engineer - do not consider asking for a clock chip that keeps accurate time as a "childish request". The opposite - I consider it a necessity, and I consider having a clock that does not keep accurate time and/or display accurate time of day a detriment. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
Just got my K3 couple of weeks ago and love the clock feature..must admit I miss WWVL..yes I am old.. Jim WY4R On 2/15/2015 6:37 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: Probably had a little program space free way back when. I never use the on-board clock though I occasionally reset it via the K3 utility. Perhaps someone could write a little clock set utility that would reset it off the PC once a day From: Phil Wheeler To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip I agree with you, Don re no real use for a clock in a radio. OTOH, if there is one -- and there is one in the K3 -- I'd like it to be at least as accurate as the $15 watch I have on my wrist :-) I do wonder why there is one at all. 73, Phil W7OX On 2/15/15 1:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Phil, I guess I am one of those don't care types much of the time :-) . I have a watch on my wrist - it is used when I want to know what time it is. I for one have no use for a clock in a radio. If I am logging when portable, my watch tells me all I need to know and does not take up display space on the radio. Usually I don't care what time it is unless I have an appointment - my stomach tells me when it is time to eat. I am retired, and the work that I do is on my own schedule. I usually know where I am, but if not, I try first to consult with a map - can't stand those GPS units that tell you what to do and where to turn - give me a map where I can see my "to" and "from" and I can navigate just fine, thank you. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/15/2015 3:04 PM, Phil Kane wrote: On 2/15/2015 11:46 AM, bs usb wrote: Only one problem that I can see. People who don't know where they are or what time of day it is are probably not interested paying money to find out. Not so much "People who don't know" as "People who don't care to know ". The reductio-ad-absurdum" is of course the stopped clock which is accurate twice a day. As operators of precision electric equipment that spews signals into "the ether" (to use an outdated term :) ) I feel that we have an obligation to know stuff like that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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 sant...@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] Clock chip
I use the utility to set the clock and have done this for 7 years. About 4 times i reckon.:-) Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 16/02/2015 9:37 AM, "Harry Yingst via Elecraft" wrote: > > Probably had a little program space free way back when. > I never use the on-board clock though I occasionally reset it via the K3 > utility. > Perhaps someone could write a little clock set utility that would reset it > off the PC once a day > > > From: Phil Wheeler > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 5:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip > > I agree with you, Don re no real use for a clock > in a radio. > > OTOH, if there is one -- and there is one in the > K3 -- I'd like it to be at least as accurate as > the $15 watch I have on my wrist :-) > > I do wonder why there is one at all. > > 73, Phil W7OX > > On 2/15/15 1:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > Phil, > > > > I guess I am one of those don't care types much > > of the time :-) . > > > > I have a watch on my wrist - it is used when I > > want to know what time it is. > > I for one have no use for a clock in a radio. > > If I am logging when portable, my watch tells me > > all I need to know and does not take up display > > space on the radio. > > Usually I don't care what time it is unless I > > have an appointment - my stomach tells me when > > it is time to eat. I am retired, and the work > > that I do is on my own schedule. > > > > I usually know where I am, but if not, I try > > first to consult with a map - can't stand those > > GPS units that tell you what to do and where to > > turn - give me a map where I can see my "to" and > > "from" and I can navigate just fine, thank you. > > > > 73, > > Don W3FPR > > > > On 2/15/2015 3:04 PM, Phil Kane wrote: > >> On 2/15/2015 11:46 AM, bs usb wrote: > >> > >>> Only one problem that I can see. People who > >>> don't know where they are > >>> or what time of day it is are probably not > >>> interested paying money to > >>> find out. > >> Not so much "People who don't know" as "People > >> who don't care to know ". > >> The reductio-ad-absurdum" is of course the > >> stopped clock which is > >> accurate twice a day. > >> > >> As operators of precision electric equipment > >> that spews signals into > >> "the ether" (to use an outdated term :) ) I > >> feel that we have an > >> obligation to know stuff like that. > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.com > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to vk1zzg...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip
Probably had a little program space free way back when. I never use the on-board clock though I occasionally reset it via the K3 utility. Perhaps someone could write a little clock set utility that would reset it off the PC once a day From: Phil Wheeler To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip I agree with you, Don re no real use for a clock in a radio. OTOH, if there is one -- and there is one in the K3 -- I'd like it to be at least as accurate as the $15 watch I have on my wrist :-) I do wonder why there is one at all. 73, Phil W7OX On 2/15/15 1:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Phil, > > I guess I am one of those don't care types much > of the time :-) . > > I have a watch on my wrist - it is used when I > want to know what time it is. > I for one have no use for a clock in a radio. > If I am logging when portable, my watch tells me > all I need to know and does not take up display > space on the radio. > Usually I don't care what time it is unless I > have an appointment - my stomach tells me when > it is time to eat. I am retired, and the work > that I do is on my own schedule. > > I usually know where I am, but if not, I try > first to consult with a map - can't stand those > GPS units that tell you what to do and where to > turn - give me a map where I can see my "to" and > "from" and I can navigate just fine, thank you. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 2/15/2015 3:04 PM, Phil Kane wrote: >> On 2/15/2015 11:46 AM, bs usb wrote: >> >>> Only one problem that I can see. People who >>> don't know where they are >>> or what time of day it is are probably not >>> interested paying money to >>> find out. >> Not so much "People who don't know" as "People >> who don't care to know ". >> The reductio-ad-absurdum" is of course the >> stopped clock which is >> accurate twice a day. >> >> As operators of precision electric equipment >> that spews signals into >> "the ether" (to use an outdated term :) ) I >> feel that we have an >> obligation to know stuff like that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.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] Subject: Re: Clock chip
I don't care about seeing the clock and also reset it when I think of it. All required timely functions are met with the managing PC, updated every 15 minutes by NTP. Repeating myself: I would like to see the ALARM function made sticky (repeatable without any user intervention). I operate remotely. If the power fails, without added hardware (and software) the K3 will not power on. An alarm can be used for this function, but only if someone sets it prior to the power failure [when the radio is already on too]. If the alarm were sticky (and optionally hits once an hour?) when the power comes back to the station, the K3 would power on at the alarm time(s). VERY useful function, less down time or needing someone to enter the shack while remote. Can that be put on the list? Rick wa6nhc __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
I don't think anyone is talking about getting rid of Diversity - which is one of the differentiating features of the K3. What many are saying - and what Elecraft did in 5.10 - is that removing the second SUB "Hold" function for the generally inferior "LINK" option is appropriate. ... Joe, W4TV On 2015-02-15 5:56 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: Ed Your last paragraph, to me, is spot on. Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 16/02/2015 8:35 AM, "Edward R Cole" wrote: YES - I use XFIL repeatedly to shutdown the IF or restore it to service when doing eme. I have DATA-A configured to use "FL3" which has no filter installed in order to disconnect the 2nd IF when I am running MAP65. I tap off the 1st IF into the LP-Pan, to Delta44 soundcard. Why do I do that? FL2 is populated with 2.8-KHz filter and it "sucks out at zero frequency" on the MAP65 band display. selecting FL3 with XFIL allows me to have no load from the 2nd IF. But if I want to check signal levels with the S-meter I only have to tap XFIL to restore FL2. I use XFIL several times an hour on eme. Regarding use of Diversity - that IS why I bought the KRX3 subreceiver. I ALWAYS run Diversity reception when I select the subreceiver because it is integral to my dual-polarity adaptive receiving system (used on 2m-eme). I would consider loss of use of Diversity Reception a breach of contract by Elecraft. I have over $10k invested with the K3 Diversity Rx as central feature of the system. It IS why I bought the K3. On 2015-02-15 9:55 AM, brian wrote: Question: does anybody really use XFIL? Perhaps relocation of diversity there makes more sense. snip== 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 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 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] KSYN3A - installation question
With no cat, I would recommend Sleater-Kinney. wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ On Feb 15, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote: > And those with no cat?:-) > > On 2/15/15 1:50 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: >> But what about us old Head bangers? >> >> >> >> >> From: Wayne Burdick >> To: Elecraft Reflector >> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KSYN3A - installation question >>It is quite easy to swap the synthesizer boards without removing the KRX3 >> module. I did it blindfolded with a long-haired cat on my lap and the latest >> Tom Petty album blasting away. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> On Feb 14, 2015, at 12:38 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote: >> >>> I doubt it ... there is not all that much room between the front >>> bulkhead and the edge of the KRX3 case. In addition, Wayne mentioned >>> the need to reroute some of the cables with may not be possible if >>> the KRX3 is in place. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> ... Joe, W4TV >>> >>> >>> On 2015-02-14 10:33 AM, Ken K3IU wrote: I believe that you should ne able to install both boards without removing the KRX3 73, Ken K3IU On 2/14/2015 10:03 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote: > First question that came to my mind when I saw the announcement was > whether the KRX3 had to be removed and reinstalled in order to replace > the > synths. I found installing the KRX3 exasperating when I assembled the K3 > - success came on about the 12th try. > > My K3 is 100 miles from where I am right now, so I looked at the > photos in > the K3 assembly manual and those in the new synth instructions, from > which > it appears that the swap could be done without removing the KRX3. Could > we confirm whether R&R is required? Message below says it is. > > If the sub does have to be R&R¹d, anyone have suggestions about how to > reinstall it without the major fuss I experienced? > > > Ted, KN1CBR > > >> -- >> >> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:21:20 -0800 >> From: Richard Thorpe >> To: Elecraft List >> Subject: [Elecraft] More KSYN3A >> Message-ID: <92f46418-caab-45a6-bfcd-f87860378...@gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> I talked to Elecraft and you must remove the second receiver not just >> unplug it and remove its ?old? synth board. . . . >> >> R Thorpe K6CG >> >> -- > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 kenk...@cox.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 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 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 hlyin...@yahoo.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 w...@socal.rr.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 wun...@w
[Elecraft] Subject: Re: Clock chip
I shouldn't comment (but I will): I don't use the K3 digital clock for logging as I have (too many) other clocks set up in the shack. When I am doing eme I have JT65 running that tells me accurate time to 10ms from NIST sources via D4 running on the computer. In fact the time is always running under D4 on the computer, so any sw taking time from the computer clock is likewise accurate. When I think of it, I update the time using the K3 Utility. There is much more important sw development for Elecraft to focus on (in my opinion - which is never humble ;-)) 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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
Ed Your last paragraph, to me, is spot on. Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 16/02/2015 8:35 AM, "Edward R Cole" wrote: > YES - I use XFIL repeatedly to shutdown the IF or restore it to service > when doing eme. I have DATA-A configured to use "FL3" which has no filter > installed in order to disconnect the 2nd IF when I am running MAP65. I tap > off the 1st IF into the LP-Pan, to Delta44 soundcard. > > Why do I do that? FL2 is populated with 2.8-KHz filter and it "sucks out > at zero frequency" on the MAP65 band display. selecting FL3 with XFIL > allows me to have no load from the 2nd IF. But if I want to check signal > levels with the S-meter I only have to tap XFIL to restore FL2. I use XFIL > several times an hour on eme. > > Regarding use of Diversity - that IS why I bought the KRX3 subreceiver. I > ALWAYS run Diversity reception when I select the subreceiver because it is > integral to my dual-polarity adaptive receiving system (used on 2m-eme). > > I would consider loss of use of Diversity Reception a breach of contract > by Elecraft. I have over $10k invested with the K3 Diversity Rx as central > feature of the system. It IS why I bought the K3. > > > On 2015-02-15 9:55 AM, brian wrote: > > Question: does anybody really use XFIL? > > Perhaps relocation of diversity there makes more sense. > snip== > > 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 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
[Elecraft] Still need help with K6XX CW Tuning Indicator on K1
All, I feel like I’m trying to perform brain surgery with a pocket knife. All of my test equipment is as ancient as I am. HI Where did all the tubes go? The first kit didn’t work so I have ordered another one. That should solve the problem if the problem is the IC in the kit. I will also try to take more time soldering the surface mount components this time. What really puzzles me is that, with the kit out of the circuit, and using a scope, I have never been able to pull a 600 Hz sidetone signal off the side of the volume control, but I can off the speaker. I’m positive that the wire to the volume control is OK, and it’s connected to AF1 at the volume control coming from the AF Preamp. It’s also connected as per the instructions that came with the kit. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. 73, George, K4EOR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KSYN3A - installation question
And those with no cat?:-) On 2/15/15 1:50 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: But what about us old Head bangers? From: Wayne Burdick To: Elecraft Reflector Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KSYN3A - installation question It is quite easy to swap the synthesizer boards without removing the KRX3 module. I did it blindfolded with a long-haired cat on my lap and the latest Tom Petty album blasting away. Wayne N6KR On Feb 14, 2015, at 12:38 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote: I doubt it ... there is not all that much room between the front bulkhead and the edge of the KRX3 case. In addition, Wayne mentioned the need to reroute some of the cables with may not be possible if the KRX3 is in place. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2015-02-14 10:33 AM, Ken K3IU wrote: I believe that you should ne able to install both boards without removing the KRX3 73, Ken K3IU On 2/14/2015 10:03 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote: First question that came to my mind when I saw the announcement was whether the KRX3 had to be removed and reinstalled in order to replace the synths. I found installing the KRX3 exasperating when I assembled the K3 - success came on about the 12th try. My K3 is 100 miles from where I am right now, so I looked at the photos in the K3 assembly manual and those in the new synth instructions, from which it appears that the swap could be done without removing the KRX3. Could we confirm whether R&R is required? Message below says it is. If the sub does have to be R&R¹d, anyone have suggestions about how to reinstall it without the major fuss I experienced? Ted, KN1CBR -- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:21:20 -0800 From: Richard Thorpe To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] More KSYN3A Message-ID: <92f46418-caab-45a6-bfcd-f87860378...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I talked to Elecraft and you must remove the second receiver not just unplug it and remove its ?old? synth board. . . . R Thorpe K6CG -- __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 kenk...@cox.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 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 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 hlyin...@yahoo.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 w...@socal.rr.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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
YES - I use XFIL repeatedly to shutdown the IF or restore it to service when doing eme. I have DATA-A configured to use "FL3" which has no filter installed in order to disconnect the 2nd IF when I am running MAP65. I tap off the 1st IF into the LP-Pan, to Delta44 soundcard. Why do I do that? FL2 is populated with 2.8-KHz filter and it "sucks out at zero frequency" on the MAP65 band display. selecting FL3 with XFIL allows me to have no load from the 2nd IF. But if I want to check signal levels with the S-meter I only have to tap XFIL to restore FL2. I use XFIL several times an hour on eme. Regarding use of Diversity - that IS why I bought the KRX3 subreceiver. I ALWAYS run Diversity reception when I select the subreceiver because it is integral to my dual-polarity adaptive receiving system (used on 2m-eme). I would consider loss of use of Diversity Reception a breach of contract by Elecraft. I have over $10k invested with the K3 Diversity Rx as central feature of the system. It IS why I bought the K3. On 2015-02-15 9:55 AM, brian wrote: > Question: does anybody really use XFIL? > Perhaps relocation of diversity there makes more sense. snip== 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] Clock chip
I agree with you, Don re no real use for a clock in a radio. OTOH, if there is one -- and there is one in the K3 -- I'd like it to be at least as accurate as the $15 watch I have on my wrist :-) I do wonder why there is one at all. 73, Phil W7OX On 2/15/15 1:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Phil, I guess I am one of those don't care types much of the time :-) . I have a watch on my wrist - it is used when I want to know what time it is. I for one have no use for a clock in a radio. If I am logging when portable, my watch tells me all I need to know and does not take up display space on the radio. Usually I don't care what time it is unless I have an appointment - my stomach tells me when it is time to eat. I am retired, and the work that I do is on my own schedule. I usually know where I am, but if not, I try first to consult with a map - can't stand those GPS units that tell you what to do and where to turn - give me a map where I can see my "to" and "from" and I can navigate just fine, thank you. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/15/2015 3:04 PM, Phil Kane wrote: On 2/15/2015 11:46 AM, bs usb wrote: Only one problem that I can see. People who don't know where they are or what time of day it is are probably not interested paying money to find out. Not so much "People who don't know" as "People who don't care to know ". The reductio-ad-absurdum" is of course the stopped clock which is accurate twice a day. As operators of precision electric equipment that spews signals into "the ether" (to use an outdated term :) ) I feel that we have an obligation to know stuff like that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK
It is probably true that Elecraft can never remove any existing feature
without upsetting some existing users... so the way forward would be to
add the new alternatives as *options*.
The point about options is: nobody is compelled to choose them! The
factory defaults would usually need to stay as they are, because of the
existing labels on the buttons and the front panel. So anyone who
doesn't want those new options would be able to carry on exactly as
before.
Those who do want to select new options would have to accept that the
existing 'tap' and 'hold' labels would no longer be quite accurate. For
me, that would be no big deal - my first priority is always what the
K3's controls *do*. But others will have different priorities, and that
is precisely why new features need to be offered as *options*.
But having said that...
>> Question: does anybody really use XFIL?
Why does the K3 have an XFIL control at all? It seems like a carry-over
from the K2, where the selectivity came from the crystal filters and the
XFIL button was the primary bandwidth control. But the bandwidth of the
K3 has always been defined primarily by the DSP so XFIL has never made
sense to me.
However, AB9CA makes a very valid point that the WIDTH control requires
excessive cranking at larger bandwidths. If the WIDTH, HIGH and LOW
functions could be improved by making their rates of change proportional
to the bandwidth, then there would be even less need or justification
for using XFIL.
>> Perhaps relocation of diversity there makes more sense.
W4TV replied:
>
>No, retaining the dual context CW filter and assigning APF to XFIL
>and Dual PB to the current DUAL PB function makes more sense.
>
Agreed, that definitely isn't the right place to relocate the Diversity
function. There are already three existing functions competing for that
button, without adding another. I would support an option to replace
XFIL with APF as the main ('tap') function - which would then correspond
more closely to the KX3 - and to bring back DUAL PB for 'hold'.
>Leave DIV as SUB Hold as it is in 5.10 and make LINK available
>as a programmable function (LN0;/LN1;). Having LINK as SUB
>HOLD and DIV as an extra long hold is/was very difficult from
>an ergonomic perspective.
Agreed in every detail.
Finally, on the subject of an external button-box, I don't ever want to
see external boxes and macros being used as band-aids for existing
controls that don't function as effectively as they could. Much more can
still be done to improve the ergonomic 'rough edges' of the existing
front panel.
73 from Ian GM3SEK
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK
Leave LINK as it is please. I wonder what the majority of k3 owners think? Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 16/02/2015 5:51 AM, "Pierfrancesco Caci" wrote: > > "brian" == brian writes: > > > brian> Question: does anybody really use XFIL? > > I do :) > Maybe I should learn to use Norm I/II more, instead. > > -- > Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] K3 Button Box
Genovation, provides the software to program them.
They are basically a fully programmable keypad that you would just write a
macro for each key.
I plan on buying on at some point but just gave other projects that have taken
priority.
The keyboard should just plug into the K3, But I want to experiment with "Y"ing
it with the PC(Perhaps with Diodes to have the keypad not interfere with the
computer).
I have installed them before in commercial settings and they seem to work well.
From: Doug Turnbull
To: 'Harry Yingst'
Cc: Brendan Minish
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 5:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box
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this replywith others on the reflector. I do not need so many buttons but
could easilyprogram several buttons for the same memory function. Who
provides the programmingsoftware? Do you download to the Keypad via the
serial port? Does one write Mac ros for the K3/KX3? Using thestandard
Elecraft procedure? I have not done this previously but know Ei6IZwho has and
could seek advice from Brendan. I am very likely to give this a try
andwould like to hear more if it is not too much trouble. You might as
mentionedat the start like to share this with our fellows on the reflector.
Thank youso much for your kind reply. 73 Doug EI2CN
From: Harry Yingst [mailto:hlyin...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 15 February 2015 21:47
To: Doug Turnbull
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 ButtonBox it'sa serial Keypad, with lots of
programmable buttons LookHere http://www.eham.net/articles/32176 From:
Doug Turnbull < turnb...@net1.ie >
To: ' Harry Yingst '
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 20154:41 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 ButtonBox
Harry,
Just what does the Genovation Keypad do for you and how does one
interface it to the K3 and then use it? Can I use it to activatethe DVR
voice and CW messages?
It has always been a pain holding my index finger up at an
uncomfortable angle and height to the M1 through M4 buttons. Then
sometimes in the middle of the pile up my finger slips hitting another
button. This is one of the weak spots in the K3 design but one which I am
afraid will not be addressed. It has been brought up before and wellthere
is so much good about the K3 that one feels churlish to complain.
73 Doug EI2CN
-Original Message-
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] OnBehalf Of Harry
Yingst via Elecraft
Sent: 15 February 2015 21:24
To: brian; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box
I'd be interested in seeing what you have done (though I'm setup for the
Atmel AVR Line)
I've been considering taking the easy way out and just getting a Genovation
Keypad.
Thank you
From: brian
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 1:44 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box
N2TK suggested that I post this.
If anybody wants to try HBing an external "button box" for the K3, I
have a 16 button design which uses a $5 PIC.
Sits next to my keyboard.
It connects to the K3 via serial port to the station computer. K3 port
sharing software is required. Some free software products work.
Glad to send schematic , pix of final product and some notes.
No doubt a professional could create a better product but it works for
me OK.
73 de Brian/K3KO
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Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip
Usable only in the part of the world where WWVB is receivable. Phil W7OX On 2/15/15 10:24 AM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 and KX3 and make the clock actually usable. 73 Ken - K0PP On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: In which radio? On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An adjust method for what we have? Thanks, Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box
Could something like this be adapted for us KX3 owners as well? 72, Joshua Gould K8WXA EM89pn KX3# 7465 On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 5:09 PM, hsherriff wrote: > I would be interested as well > > Harlan > NC3C > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > Original message From: Harry Yingst via > Elecraft Date:02/15/2015 4:23 PM > (GMT-05:00) To: brian , > elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: Subject: Re: > [Elecraft] K3 Button Box > I'd be interested in seeing what you have done (though I'm setup for > the Atmel AVR Line) > I've been considering taking the easy way out and just getting a > Genovation Keypad. > Thank you > > > From: brian > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 1:44 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box > > N2TK suggested that I post this. > > If anybody wants to try HBing an external "button box" for the K3, I > have a 16 button design which uses a $5 PIC. > Sits next to my keyboard. > > It connects to the K3 via serial port to the station computer. K3 port > sharing software is required. Some free software products work. > > Glad to send schematic , pix of final product and some notes. > > No doubt a professional could create a better product but it works for > me OK. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 hlyin...@yahoo.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 jg.k8...@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 Button Box
I would be interested as well Harlan NC3C Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Harry Yingst via Elecraft Date:02/15/2015 4:23 PM (GMT-05:00) To: brian , elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box I'd be interested in seeing what you have done (though I'm setup for the Atmel AVR Line) I've been considering taking the easy way out and just getting a Genovation Keypad. Thank you From: brian To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 1:44 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box N2TK suggested that I post this. If anybody wants to try HBing an external "button box" for the K3, I have a 16 button design which uses a $5 PIC. Sits next to my keyboard. It connects to the K3 via serial port to the station computer. K3 port sharing software is required. Some free software products work. Glad to send schematic , pix of final product and some notes. No doubt a professional could create a better product but it works for me OK. 73 de Brian/K3KO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 hlyin...@yahoo.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
[Elecraft] PX3 - odd 'missing' signal
I've noticed on various modes/combinations of spans, I show some what look like null regions. Sometimes it's right where I'm tuned, sometimes it's offset. In this picture, I am tuned to 14.055.050, in CW mode, span is 2, and there is a deep null area centered somewhere around 14.056.05. In some modes, this is troublesome, especially when it's right on the cursor where I am tuned. I must be doing something wrong, so would appreciate any feedback you can give me regarding this / how to fix it. Here's an image showing what I am talking about: http://ormandj.corenode.com/images/radio/elecraft/px3-null.jpg Thank you David __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Adjusting reference frequency some time after tx compensation
Hi, A while ago (months) I did the extended temperature compensation procedure using the XG50, which seemed successful. I decided to tune up to 20MHz recently, and noticed when in CW mode, if I ran spot (manual) I was off, by a small margin (33Hz). I'm assuming this is normal as time goes on, is this a correct assumption? Second question: assuming it is normal, and I should periodically re-calibrate using the XG50 or a known signal like WWV, is it safe to go to ref cal in the menu, unlock it, and manually tune/zero beat to adjust the frequency - without losing the calibration gained from doing the extended temperature compensation procedure? I'd rather not have to repeat that process any more than necessary, so I'm hoping the look-up table that generates is for something like offset based on temperature and so remains constant, and only the main reference calibration needs changing? I did this to test, and the menu item is still 'REF*CAL'. Tapping CMP while in this menu option, I have verified it is set to 'CUSTOM'. I appreciate any feedback, David __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KSYN3A - installation question
But what about us old Head bangers? From: Wayne Burdick To: Elecraft Reflector Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KSYN3A - installation question It is quite easy to swap the synthesizer boards without removing the KRX3 module. I did it blindfolded with a long-haired cat on my lap and the latest Tom Petty album blasting away. Wayne N6KR On Feb 14, 2015, at 12:38 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote: > > I doubt it ... there is not all that much room between the front > bulkhead and the edge of the KRX3 case. In addition, Wayne mentioned > the need to reroute some of the cables with may not be possible if > the KRX3 is in place. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 2015-02-14 10:33 AM, Ken K3IU wrote: >> I believe that you should ne able to install both boards without >> removing the KRX3 >> 73, Ken K3IU >> >> On 2/14/2015 10:03 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote: >>> First question that came to my mind when I saw the announcement was >>> whether the KRX3 had to be removed and reinstalled in order to replace >>> the >>> synths. I found installing the KRX3 exasperating when I assembled the K3 >>> - success came on about the 12th try. >>> >>> My K3 is 100 miles from where I am right now, so I looked at the >>> photos in >>> the K3 assembly manual and those in the new synth instructions, from >>> which >>> it appears that the swap could be done without removing the KRX3. Could >>> we confirm whether R&R is required? Message below says it is. >>> >>> If the sub does have to be R&R¹d, anyone have suggestions about how to >>> reinstall it without the major fuss I experienced? >>> >>> >>> Ted, KN1CBR >>> >>> -- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:21:20 -0800 From: Richard Thorpe To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] More KSYN3A Message-ID: <92f46418-caab-45a6-bfcd-f87860378...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I talked to Elecraft and you must remove the second receiver not just unplug it and remove its ?old? synth board. . . . R Thorpe K6CG -- >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto: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 kenk...@cox.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 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 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 hlyin...@yahoo.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] Clock chip
Phil, I guess I am one of those don't care types much of the time :-) . I have a watch on my wrist - it is used when I want to know what time it is. I for one have no use for a clock in a radio. If I am logging when portable, my watch tells me all I need to know and does not take up display space on the radio. Usually I don't care what time it is unless I have an appointment - my stomach tells me when it is time to eat. I am retired, and the work that I do is on my own schedule. I usually know where I am, but if not, I try first to consult with a map - can't stand those GPS units that tell you what to do and where to turn - give me a map where I can see my "to" and "from" and I can navigate just fine, thank you. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/15/2015 3:04 PM, Phil Kane wrote: On 2/15/2015 11:46 AM, bs usb wrote: Only one problem that I can see. People who don't know where they are or what time of day it is are probably not interested paying money to find out. Not so much "People who don't know" as "People who don't care to know ". The reductio-ad-absurdum" is of course the stopped clock which is accurate twice a day. As operators of precision electric equipment that spews signals into "the ether" (to use an outdated term :) ) I feel that we have an obligation to know stuff like that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KSYN3A - installation question
It is quite easy to swap the synthesizer boards without removing the KRX3 module. I did it blindfolded with a long-haired cat on my lap and the latest Tom Petty album blasting away. Wayne N6KR On Feb 14, 2015, at 12:38 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote: > > I doubt it ... there is not all that much room between the front > bulkhead and the edge of the KRX3 case. In addition, Wayne mentioned > the need to reroute some of the cables with may not be possible if > the KRX3 is in place. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 2015-02-14 10:33 AM, Ken K3IU wrote: >> I believe that you should ne able to install both boards without >> removing the KRX3 >> 73, Ken K3IU >> >> On 2/14/2015 10:03 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote: >>> First question that came to my mind when I saw the announcement was >>> whether the KRX3 had to be removed and reinstalled in order to replace >>> the >>> synths. I found installing the KRX3 exasperating when I assembled the K3 >>> - success came on about the 12th try. >>> >>> My K3 is 100 miles from where I am right now, so I looked at the >>> photos in >>> the K3 assembly manual and those in the new synth instructions, from >>> which >>> it appears that the swap could be done without removing the KRX3. Could >>> we confirm whether R&R is required? Message below says it is. >>> >>> If the sub does have to be R&R¹d, anyone have suggestions about how to >>> reinstall it without the major fuss I experienced? >>> >>> >>> Ted, KN1CBR >>> >>> -- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:21:20 -0800 From: Richard Thorpe To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] More KSYN3A Message-ID: <92f46418-caab-45a6-bfcd-f87860378...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I talked to Elecraft and you must remove the second receiver not just unplug it and remove its ?old? synth board. . . . R Thorpe K6CG -- >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto: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 kenk...@cox.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 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 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box
I'd be interested in seeing what you have done (though I'm setup for the Atmel AVR Line) I've been considering taking the easy way out and just getting a Genovation Keypad. Thank you From: brian To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 1:44 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box N2TK suggested that I post this. If anybody wants to try HBing an external "button box" for the K3, I have a 16 button design which uses a $5 PIC. Sits next to my keyboard. It connects to the K3 via serial port to the station computer. K3 port sharing software is required. Some free software products work. Glad to send schematic , pix of final product and some notes. No doubt a professional could create a better product but it works for me OK. 73 de Brian/K3KO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 hlyin...@yahoo.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 Button Box
B I N G O !! -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Pratt Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 11:28 AM To: David Ferrington, M0XDF Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box On 15 Feb 2015 19:18, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" wrote: > > Hmmm - what about us iMac lovers? Upgrade to a PC. That would solve a lot of compatability problems. 73 de David G4DMP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 jbol...@outlook.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] Clock chip
On 2/15/2015 11:46 AM, bs usb wrote: > Only one problem that I can see. People who don't know where they are > or what time of day it is are probably not interested paying money to > find out. Not so much "People who don't know" as "People who don't care to know ". The reductio-ad-absurdum" is of course the stopped clock which is accurate twice a day. As operators of precision electric equipment that spews signals into "the ether" (to use an outdated term :) ) I feel that we have an obligation to know stuff like that. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
Ditto. There would be a great advancement in civilization if vendors of various electronic gear can focus on the purpose of the gear rather than adding a silly clock unless the electronic gear is indeed a clock. 73, phil, K7PEH > On Feb 15, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Chester Alderman > wrote: > > Elecraft, please do not pay any attention to these childish request and > please continue improving the K3 with things like these recent synthesizers! > > Thanks, > > Tom - W4BQF > > > -Original Message- > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim > Miller > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:53 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] Clock chip > > Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An > adjust method for what we have? > > > > Thanks, Jim KG0KP > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to alderm...@windstream.net > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to phys...@mac.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 upgrade advise
Soon I will be placing an order for the KSYN3AUPG board for my K3 and at the same time since the rig will be apart try to order any other upgrade mod's for the rig. One mod I was looking at was I have REV C DSP board and see that I can add K3DSPLPF board. Does this board offer any other enhancement other than a LPF to roll off the RX audio above 4 KHz? The Serial number of my K3 is 3619 it no longer has the Sub receiver and is the low power model at 10 watts is there any other upgrades I should consider? figure may as well order them all at once save on shipping. Thanks in advance Mike Weir VE3WDM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK
> "brian" == brian writes: brian> Question: does anybody really use XFIL? I do :) Maybe I should learn to use Norm I/II more, instead. -- Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
Only one problem that I can see. People who don't know where they are or what time of day it is are probably not interested paying money to find out. dyarnes wrote: Seems to me the answer may be simpler than trying to use VLF transmissions for U.S. or U.K. atomic clocks. I think that technology is almost "old hat" these days. I have a "golf" watch that gives me yardages on just about any golf course in the world, and it is all coordinated by GPS satellites. It starts operating in just a few seconds from the time you turn it on--incredibly faster than the first GPS unit I owned. The time function is instantaneous, and I assume that comes from the GPS satellites as well. So, couldn’t something along this line be incorporated in a ham rig? Heck! It could even probably give you your current grid square! Maybe this sound like it could be "pricey", but I suspect the electronic "guts" of a GPS unit are becoming pretty inexpensive to create. The incredible stuff I'm getting out of China these days, and for "nickels and dimes", makes me think this is doable, and at a reasonable price! Dave W7AQK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 bs...@k5dkz.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] "Pig knob" thoughts
I have a Pigknob and find it is most useful. There are 8 buttons and a VFO type control. The great part - is no endless arguing on this reflector about what should be on the box - the user programs each button and the VFO control it to suit his personal needs. No beating features into the ground. No over engineering of air castles. Windbag experts can desist. Dang, I like simple things that just plain work. Viva the Pigknob!!! 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] K3 Button Box
More to the point, this is a religious argument, and religion is far outside the list charter. On 2/15/2015 11:38 AM, bs usb wrote: David, There are people who would argue that going to a PC is anything but an upgrade. I use both. My MacBook drive has multiple partitions and runs multiple operating systems, one of which is MSWindows David Pratt wrote: On 15 Feb 2015 19:18, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" wrote: Hmmm - what about us iMac lovers? Upgrade to a PC. That would solve a lot of compatability problems. 73 de David G4DMP __ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Button Box
Dear OMs, I think it was meant to be a "tongue in cheek" remark. This could however lead to mucho overreaction. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of bs usb Sent: 15 February 2015 19:38 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box David, There are people who would argue that going to a PC is anything but an upgrade. I use both. My MacBook drive has multiple partitions and runs multiple operating systems, one of which is MSWindows David Pratt wrote: > On 15 Feb 2015 19:18, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" wrote: >> Hmmm - what about us iMac lovers? > Upgrade to a PC. That would solve a lot of compatability problems. > > 73 de David G4DMP > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 bs...@k5dkz.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 turnb...@net1.ie __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
Seems to me the answer may be simpler than trying to use VLF transmissions for U.S. or U.K. atomic clocks. I think that technology is almost "old hat" these days. I have a "golf" watch that gives me yardages on just about any golf course in the world, and it is all coordinated by GPS satellites. It starts operating in just a few seconds from the time you turn it on--incredibly faster than the first GPS unit I owned. The time function is instantaneous, and I assume that comes from the GPS satellites as well. So, couldn’t something along this line be incorporated in a ham rig? Heck! It could even probably give you your current grid square! Maybe this sound like it could be "pricey", but I suspect the electronic "guts" of a GPS unit are becoming pretty inexpensive to create. The incredible stuff I'm getting out of China these days, and for "nickels and dimes", makes me think this is doable, and at a reasonable price! Dave W7AQK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Button Box
David, There are people who would argue that going to a PC is anything but an upgrade. I use both. My MacBook drive has multiple partitions and runs multiple operating systems, one of which is MSWindows David Pratt wrote: On 15 Feb 2015 19:18, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" wrote: Hmmm - what about us iMac lovers? Upgrade to a PC. That would solve a lot of compatability problems. 73 de David G4DMP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 bs...@k5dkz.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] Clock chip
I have a "smart" phone too (iPhone) Unfortunately, it's not smart enough to realize that most of AZ is smart enough to know that "Daylight Savings Time" doesn't really save any daylight, so we don't mess with our clocks twice a year. So I either have to turn off automatic updates and have it drift off a few minutes from correct time or have it "perfectly" off by an hour. Wes N7WS On 2/15/2015 11:52 AM, Ray Sills wrote: Me? I just use the clock on my cell phone. And, it's a smart phone, and I have a logging program I can use. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Button Box
On 15 Feb 2015 19:18, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" wrote: > > Hmmm - what about us iMac lovers? Upgrade to a PC. That would solve a lot of compatability problems. 73 de David G4DMP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
Elecraft, please do not pay any attention to these childish request and please continue improving the K3 with things like these recent synthesizers! Thanks, Tom - W4BQF -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Miller Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:53 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Clock chip Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An adjust method for what we have? Thanks, Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to alderm...@windstream.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Button Box
Hmmm - what about us iMac lovers? 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) We're here to put a dent in the universe. -Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (1955-2011) > On 15 Feb 2015, at 18:44, brian wrote: > > N2TK suggested that I post this. > > If anybody wants to try HBing an external "button box" for the K3, I have a > 16 button design which uses a $5 PIC. > Sits next to my keyboard. > > It connects to the K3 via serial port to the station computer. K3 port > sharing software is required. Some free software products work. > > Glad to send schematic , pix of final product and some notes. > > No doubt a professional could create a better product but it works for me OK. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 m0...@alphadene.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] Clock chip
The original poster didn't tell us which radio, so I'm not sure how much I care. The clock in my KX3 works fine, and I can use the KX3 receiver to tune in WWV (or any other time service around the world). The typical battery powered "atomic clock" only checks the time service every 4 to 6 hours. Depending on where you live (including the RF environment) it may only sync every couple of days. GPS will go from off to having the time in a minute or two, and as someone else noted, cell phones work well too (the cellular network gets time from GPS). Personally, I use my computer clock, which syncs frequently via NTP. On 2/15/2015 10:24 AM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 and KX3 and make the clock actually usable. 73 Ken - K0PP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
Excallent point Dave. I apologize for my "regional" thinking ( :-) 73 - Ken On Feb 15, 2015 11:55 AM, "David Pratt" wrote: > That would be no good to me, Ken, WWVB is not receivable in Great > Britain. We would need MSF on 60 kHz. Remember that the KX3 & K3 are > global transceivers used throughout the world. > > 73 > > David G4DMP > > David Pratt on his Asus Nexus 7 tablet.On 15 Feb 2015 18:24, Ken G Kopp < > kengk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist > > watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 and > KX3 > > and make the clock actually usable. > > > > 73 > > > > Ken - K0PP > > On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < > > k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > > > > > In which radio? > > > > > > On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > > > > >> Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep > time. An > > >> adjust method for what we have? > > >> > > >> > > >> Thanks, Jim KG0KP > > >> > > >> __ > > >> Elecraft mailing list > > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > >> > > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > >> Message delivered to k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 kengk...@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 da...@g4dmp.fsnet.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 elecraftcov...@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] Clock chip K3
K3. Thanks, Jim -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:17 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip In which radio? On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. > An adjust method for what we have? > > > > Thanks, Jim KG0KP > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 jimmil...@stl-online.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Beta 5r10
APF and my 2 cents - I was using predefined NORM II settings for APF, if needed. The problem (my problem) is that I am using 200Hz filter in my S&P operation but for APF I use 400Hz filter. (it was my chioce - YMMV of course...) By switching on APF directly by holding XFIL button it will stay on current XFIL w/o possibility to have other defined... So in previous FW version I had three possibilities - standard XFIL, "contour" (DUAL PB) or APF (with wider XFIL by switching to NORM II settings in my case). What will be nice to switch FINE tuning on if APF activated. Thanks to Elecraft for keeping K3 better and better :-) 73! Lexa, ok1dst -- Původní zpráva -- Od: Mike Harris Komu: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Datum: 15. 2. 2015 2:05:45 Předmět: [Elecraft] Beta 5r10 "G'day, Just installed Beta 5r10. What a dreadful shame that the Dual PB "context/focus" mode has been done away with. I used it a lot whilst tuning up the band S&P handing out points in CW contests. Nice and smooth, easy listening, gently alerting you to the next signal in line. The APF sounds ghastly, always seemingly on the edge of ringing. Backwards step, sorry. Regards, Mike VP8NO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 alexandr.kobra...@seznam.cz" __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
That would be no good to me, Ken, WWVB is not receivable in Great Britain. We would need MSF on 60 kHz. Remember that the KX3 & K3 are global transceivers used throughout the world. 73 David G4DMP David Pratt on his Asus Nexus 7 tablet.On 15 Feb 2015 18:24, Ken G Kopp wrote: > > Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist > watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 and KX3 > and make the clock actually usable. > > 73 > > Ken - K0PP > On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < > k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > > > In which radio? > > > > On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > > >> Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An > >> adjust method for what we have? > >> > >> > >> Thanks, Jim KG0KP > >> > >> __ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 kengk...@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 da...@g4dmp.fsnet.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] Clock chip
Certainly, having an accurate clock inside the rig would be handy, especially for those who use manual logging. Even though wristwatches with WWVB receivers can be had fairly inexpensively, I'm sure it would be more costly for Elecraft to add it to their rigs. But, if it's available as an option, then those who want it, can buy it. Me? I just use the clock on my cell phone. And, it's a smart phone, and I have a logging program I can use. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 On Feb 15, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 and KX3 and make the clock actually usable. 73 Ken - K0PP On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: In which radio? On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An adjust method for what we have? Thanks, Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 kengk...@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 raysil...@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] K3 Button Box
N2TK suggested that I post this. If anybody wants to try HBing an external "button box" for the K3, I have a 16 button design which uses a $5 PIC. Sits next to my keyboard. It connects to the K3 via serial port to the station computer. K3 port sharing software is required. Some free software products work. Glad to send schematic , pix of final product and some notes. No doubt a professional could create a better product but it works for me OK. 73 de Brian/K3KO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 request - Spot function in RTTY
I'm pretty sure I would find a spot function in RTTY as it works in the CW mode, very useful. 73, Gary KA1J --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. 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] Clock chip
Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" / WWVB devices ... as in wrist watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the K3 and KX3 and make the clock actually usable. 73 Ken - K0PP On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > In which radio? > > On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > >> Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An >> adjust method for what we have? >> >> >> Thanks, Jim KG0KP >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 kengk...@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] Clock chip
In which radio? On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote: Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An adjust method for what we have? Thanks, Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k...@coldrockshotbrooms.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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
On 15 Feb 2015, at 09:55, brian wrote: > > Question: does anybody really use XFIL? Yes. I would vote YES for keeping XFIL. 73, John K8AJS jebas...@fastmail.fm __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] My KAT500 seems very sensitive to common mode RFI
The W8AMZ is a 1/4 wave vertical with two radials. This means that all of the return currents are expected to go through those two wires. Except there is a third that is very appealing to the antenna - the coax shield. You might try adding more radials. That will distribute the return current among more radials, which will also reduce the return current on the outside of the coax. In addition, choking at the feed point is very important, as is choking at the shack entry point. Quarter-wave verticals are very difficult to tame when it comes to return currents and coax. It is doable, but patience and lots of experimenting are required. The reason you see it with high power is quite simply that there is more power and the currents are much higher. Remember, the power is the square of the current, so the problem goes up exponentially with power. The KAT500 is actually no more sensitive than any other ATU to shield current problems, but we ask so much more of it than a 150 watt ATU. Getting rid of the shield currents before they get to the KAT500 and making sure the SWR on the antenna coax going to the KAT is within proper range is vital to keeping everyone happy. 73, JackB, W6FB > On Feb 14, 2015, at 6:46 PM, Jeff Hall wrote: > > I have several turns of the AC adapter cord through two snap on beads. I > don't have anything on the AUX cables at this time, but that is something I > should probably check. I ordered 6 of the Mix 31 Big Clamp toroids from > KF7P. For the 40m vertical I'll place one choke at the feedpoint and see if > the problem is resolved. If not, I'll place another choke at the KAT500. If > I still have a problem, another choke will be placed at the output of the > KPA500. If that still doesn't work, another choke will be placed at the > output of the K3. Once I have suppressed the common mode RF on the vertical, > I'll try replacing the string of ferrite beads on my hex beam's coax with a > Big Clamp choke at the KAT500. > -Jeff W6UX > > On Saturday, February 14, 2015 6:25 PM, Harry Yingst > wrote: > > > Do you have chokes on the power, AUX, and Serial Cables to the KAT500? > > > > > > From: Jeff Hall > To: Michael Walker ; Harry Yingst > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 9:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My KAT500 seems very sensitive to common mode RFI > > Thanks everyone for their replies to my problem. I read Jim Brown's paper > this afternoon and have ordered some mix 31 Big Clamps. I'll try putting one > at each end of the 40m coax feedline (RG8X) with the prescribed number of > turns. > -Jeff > > On Saturday, February 14, 2015 4:22 PM, Michael Walker > wrote: > > > There are some great articles on common mode chokes > http://www.yccc.org/Articles/W1HIS/CommonModeChokesW1HIS2006Apr06.pdf > > The other is K9YC's cookbook. > Since I bought a VNA, I have been able to play with the choking value of some > random chokes. Very interesting. > Mike va3mw > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft > wrote: > > There must be something special about 40 meters and micro-controllers. > My Aquarium Controller used to do a Reset when I transmitted on 40.The cure > for me was to wrap the control cable leads through Some Snap on chokes > I just installed my KAT500 today and considered taking thepower lead and > wrapping it around a snap on choke a few times. > > > From: "Jeff Hall, W6UX" > To: Elecraft Reflector > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 12:48 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] My KAT500 seems very sensitive to common mode RFI > > I have a Hex Beam and a 40m wire vertical w/ two elevated radials. I have > been fighting what appears to be a common mode RFI problem which causes the > KAT500 to continuously power cycle as long as the K3 is transmitting. > Generally this only occurs when driving my KPA500 amp beyond a certain output > level which differs for a given band and frequency. I am powering the KAT500 > with its own AC adapter. The problem can occur in both bypass and auto mode. > > 7-10 ferrite beads on the coax attached to the KAT500 solved the power > cycling problem for my hex beam antenna and I successfully operate QRO in > bypass mode on all bands and modes. However the beads did not help with the > wire vertical. I can drive 300w into my dummy load with no ferrite beads on > the coax and the KAT500 is fine. > > The SWR is low enough I should be able to use these antennas to run the > KAT500 in bypass mode. If I put it in Auto mode the problem is exacerbated. > I can tune the wire vertical just fine with the KAT500 in Auto mode at a > tuning level of 25w from the K3. However, if I try to transmit at 5w or more > (SSB for example), the KAT500 starts to power cycle. > > I have no problem using the wire vertical if it is connected directly to the > K3's internal ATU. I observed that in this configuration, I could still trip
[Elecraft] "Pig knob" thoughts
If an external "knob and button" box becomes a reality ... Maybe some wise soul could determine what functions are used by most of us and the functions wanted by a relative few could be available on the external device. 73 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Clock chip
Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep time. An adjust method for what we have? Thanks, Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] *****POSSIBLE SPAM***** Re: [K3] General coverage hijacks ham band
Never noticed this - probably because I use memories for selecting bands and/or frequencies (M>V). I did that with my FT-847 and repeated it with the K3 and KX3. I have saved to memory one frequency for each mode per band. e.g. 14020 (50CW), 14070(51PSK), 14095.6(52WSPR), 14205(53SSB),14292(54SSB), 14303.5 (55SSB), ... 15000(57WWV),...etc So if I want to operate a particular band/mode I merely M>V and rotate VFO-A to select. I rarely use the BAND button. 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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
I can't help but chuckle. I learned years ago when software base based products became popular that YOU CAN NEVER REMOVE A FEATURE ONCE IT HAS BEEN RELEASED. There is always someone depending upon it. -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Arie Kleingeld PA3A Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 9:48 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Wayne Burdick Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK Wayne, Please do not take out LINK. I'm using it a lot in contests and in DXpedition work Just to give you and others the idea: With both main and sub RX's on the same freq, mode and BW I link them with LINK. But here comes __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
