Re: [Elecraft] KBPF3A and KBPF3B
Ross and all: OK, my error. I thought the caps on the main board were sm 0403 caps. By replacing the KBPF3 with the A version would avoid sm work, or if you do not presently have the KBPF3 then the new KPBF3A will have the necessary changes incorporated. That should make upgrading the K3 easier for many folks who are unfamiliar with sm work. Trying to do sm for the first time would not be advisable with 0403 sized components. Start out with 1206 or 0805. 73, Ed - KL7UW At 03:52 PM 6/25/2015, Ross Primrose wrote: On 6/25/2015 7:28 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: I believe Wayne stated the caps on the main board that require replacement are 0403 sized sm chips. No. On the main RF board (and the sub RX board if necessary) it's merely adding a through-hole cap. If you have the KBPF3 (no A) then you need to do the SM work. As Wayne stated earlier in the thread, you will be able to send your KBPF3(s) to Elecraft and have them do the work. AFAIK there is no KBPF3B ;) If you've got/buy KBPF3A(s) then the mod is already done to them. If I'm not mistaken, Mouser part # 647-RL81C221MDN1KX should be appropriate for use on the main RF board/sub RX. 73, Ross N4RP -- FCC Section 97.313(a) At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications. 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
[Elecraft] K3: was not able to update firmware using a directory different from the default directory
I got an error message “One or more required firmware files is missing” when running the K3 Utility, even after I “Copy new files from Elecraft”. I created a new folder: /Elecraft/K3 Firmware/K3fw5r29 but I was not able not able to “Send new firmware to the K3”. Then I changed to the default folder, got new firmware from the Elecraft site, and “Send new firmware to K3” was successful. Current status is that 5.29 firmware has been successfully loaded using the Default directory. So no problem here. But still, why was I not able to use the folder I had selected. ? Thanks, 73, Hoop K9QJS … K3 Utility MAC is 1.14.10.24 Currently installed in K3 is: MCU 5.14 FPF 1.19 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 N/A DVR 1.03 Available in folder MCU 5.29 FPF 1.22 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 2.83 [Appear to be missing available software for DVR] __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted 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] SMT handling tip
Look under Pick and Place tools at www.modelcrafttoolsusa.com. 73 charlie, k1xx On 6/26/2015 12:26 PM, Brian Hunt wrote: The company is Shesto in the UK. There is no USA distributer listed on their website. Hobby Lobby may have something similar? There's a vacuum version listed on Amazon. Not the same company tho. 73, Brian, K0DTJ Wow, are they available anywhere in the USA? 72 George/W2BPI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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...@k1xx.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] SMT handling tip
Wow, are they available anywhere in the USA? 72 George/W2BPI -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/SMT-handling-tip-tp7604326p7604343.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] SMT handling tip
The company is Shesto in the UK. There is no USA distributer listed on their website. Hobby Lobby may have something similar? There's a vacuum version listed on Amazon. Not the same company tho. 73, Brian, K0DTJ Wow, are they available anywhere in the USA? 72 George/W2BPI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted 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: was not able to update firmware using a directory different from the default directory
There is a tiny boot and dtbl file missing. The list is in k3 utility help under troubleshooting missing files. In general, I'd advise taking the whole zip file, rather than picking and choosing individual files. The files have non obvious interdependencies, MCU to FPF and DSP, and DSP to tboot and dtbl files. The DVR firmware is factory supplied, not changeable through the utility. On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:18, Guy Olinger K2AV k2av@gmail.com wrote: DVR firmware hasn't changed in long long time. DVRs have come from factory with latest for long long time. 73, Guy K2AV On Friday, June 26, 2015, Jim Hooper k9...@icloud.com wrote: I got an error message “One or more required firmware files is missing” when running the K3 Utility, even after I “Copy new files from Elecraft”. I created a new folder: /Elecraft/K3 Firmware/K3fw5r29 but I was not able not able to “Send new firmware to the K3”. Then I changed to the default folder, got new firmware from the Elecraft site, and “Send new firmware to K3” was successful. Current status is that 5.29 firmware has been successfully loaded using the Default directory. So no problem here. But still, why was I not able to use the folder I had selected. ? Thanks, 73, Hoop K9QJS … K3 Utility MAC is 1.14.10.24 Currently installed in K3 is: MCU 5.14 FPF 1.19 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 N/A DVR 1.03 Available in folder MCU 5.29 FPF 1.22 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 2.83 [Appear to be missing available software for DVR] __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net javascript:; 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 javascript:; -- Sent via Gmail Mobile on my iPhone __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
Gary, If you are on a Windows platform, look into Atomic Clock Sync. It can sync periodically or manually and the user interface is easy. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2015 2:03 PM, Gary Smith wrote: I've not been able to get my windows computer to automatically update for a long time now and I've tried everything I could uncover via google forums. Since I use the computer for logging and contesting, having the real time on my computer is important so I've had to tune to WWV and manually sync the minutes and seconds and doing this repeatedly is a PIT kiester. Even with a new battery, this computer loses 5-6 seconds a month and I dislike having to constantly go through the resetting procedure. I found the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a govt. agency, has a free software that will do this for you. http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/its.c fm or: http://tinyurl.com/4s9agpw There's a tiny learning curve and for a server under the file button, I needed to select the 2nd option and checked the NTP format option for it to work but it now updates in maybe 2 seconds and gives you the option of syncing in real time or not. Once you have it working, save the config under the file option and it will remember your selected option. I'm assuming we all want our time to be correct so I'm posting this here and on a couple of other Ham groups I follow. Now back to our regularly scheduled Elecraft postings. 73, Gary KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w3...@embarqmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3: was not able to update firmware using a directory different from the default directory
DVR firmware hasn't changed in long long time. DVRs have come from factory with latest for long long time. 73, Guy K2AV On Friday, June 26, 2015, Jim Hooper k9...@icloud.com wrote: I got an error message “One or more required firmware files is missing” when running the K3 Utility, even after I “Copy new files from Elecraft”. I created a new folder: /Elecraft/K3 Firmware/K3fw5r29 but I was not able not able to “Send new firmware to the K3”. Then I changed to the default folder, got new firmware from the Elecraft site, and “Send new firmware to K3” was successful. Current status is that 5.29 firmware has been successfully loaded using the Default directory. So no problem here. But still, why was I not able to use the folder I had selected. ? Thanks, 73, Hoop K9QJS … K3 Utility MAC is 1.14.10.24 Currently installed in K3 is: MCU 5.14 FPF 1.19 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 N/A DVR 1.03 Available in folder MCU 5.29 FPF 1.22 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 2.83 [Appear to be missing available software for DVR] __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net javascript:; 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 javascript:; -- Sent via Gmail Mobile on my iPhone __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] No Elecraft SSB Net This Sunday, June 28
All, Due to Field Day this weekend, there will be no Elecraft SSB Net this Sunday, June 28. Everyone have a safe, fun, wonderful Field Day. The net returns Sunday, July 5. 73 de, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik@gmail.com mailto:km4ik@gmail.com 10-10 #74624, North Georgia Chapter #2038 PODXS 070 #1962 K3# 281, P3 #688, KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted 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: was not able to update firmware using a directory different from the default directory
Dick, Yes, thanks. “tboot.hex” was missing. I had used the K3 Utility to “Copy New Files from Elecraft” so I am thinking that the tboot.hex file was not included in the files copied from Elecraft into the new director. ??? Hoop On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:27 , Dick Dievendorff d...@elecraft.com wrote: There is a tiny boot and dtbl file missing. The list is in k3 utility help under troubleshooting missing files. In general, I'd advise taking the whole zip file, rather than picking and choosing individual files. The files have non obvious interdependencies, MCU to FPF and DSP, and DSP to tboot and dtbl files. The DVR firmware is factory supplied, not changeable through the utility. On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:18, Guy Olinger K2AV k2av@gmail.com wrote: DVR firmware hasn't changed in long long time. DVRs have come from factory with latest for long long time. 73, Guy K2AV On Friday, June 26, 2015, Jim Hooper k9...@icloud.com wrote: I got an error message “One or more required firmware files is missing” when running the K3 Utility, even after I “Copy new files from Elecraft”. I created a new folder: /Elecraft/K3 Firmware/K3fw5r29 but I was not able not able to “Send new firmware to the K3”. Then I changed to the default folder, got new firmware from the Elecraft site, and “Send new firmware to K3” was successful. Current status is that 5.29 firmware has been successfully loaded using the Default directory. So no problem here. But still, why was I not able to use the folder I had selected. ? Thanks, 73, Hoop K9QJS … K3 Utility MAC is 1.14.10.24 Currently installed in K3 is: MCU 5.14 FPF 1.19 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 N/A DVR 1.03 Available in folder MCU 5.29 FPF 1.22 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 2.83 [Appear to be missing available software for DVR] __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net javascript:; 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 javascript:; -- Sent via Gmail Mobile on my iPhone __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
I've not been able to get my windows computer to automatically update for a long time now and I've tried everything I could uncover via google forums. Since I use the computer for logging and contesting, having the real time on my computer is important so I've had to tune to WWV and manually sync the minutes and seconds and doing this repeatedly is a PIT kiester. Even with a new battery, this computer loses 5-6 seconds a month and I dislike having to constantly go through the resetting procedure. I found the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a govt. agency, has a free software that will do this for you. http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/its.c fm or: http://tinyurl.com/4s9agpw There's a tiny learning curve and for a server under the file button, I needed to select the 2nd option and checked the NTP format option for it to work but it now updates in maybe 2 seconds and gives you the option of syncing in real time or not. Once you have it working, save the config under the file option and it will remember your selected option. I'm assuming we all want our time to be correct so I'm posting this here and on a couple of other Ham groups I follow. Now back to our regularly scheduled Elecraft postings. 73, Gary KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] SSB net needs a new NCS
Thank you to all of you for your warm and caring wishes to me in my time of illness. I will take that energy with me as I work on healing. Good luck to all of you on the SSB net and the broader Elecraft community. A fine group of hams! 73, Phil, NS7P On Jun 21, 2015, at 10:36 AM, Phil Shepard ph...@riousa.com wrote: I have been the NCS for the Sunday Elecraft SSB net for six and a half years, and I have enjoyed it thoroughly. However, I have not been well this spring. My health has been a complex puzzle. but it looks like a diagnosis is at hand. Unfortunately, I have Parkinson’s disease. It the near time, operating the net is too taxing for me. I have started medication therapy, so down the road, who knows. But I think it is time for someone else to give it a go! All the best to the great Elecraft gang. You are like friends to me. Good luck to whoever picks up the net. I’ll still be around. Listen for my signal. 73, Phil, NS7P __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to ph...@riousa.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 P3 For Sale
For Sale K3 serial 3746 and P3 serial 1020 Both Factory Assembled K3/100 KAT3 ATU KRX3 2nd Rcvr KXF3A IF out and xverter for P3 2- KF3A 2.8k 8pole filter KFL3A 1.8k 8pole filter KFL3A 400 8pole filter KFL3A 6k 8pole filter KFL3B 13k FM filter Included associated interconnect cables Original cost over $4700 Sell for $3785 includes mailing / insurance All perfect condition, non smoking environment. Please reply offline. Tnx, Jack W4GRJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
Most 6m EME guys I know are using Dimension 4. Works great and in my experience MUCH more accurate than the built-in Windows time sync. 73, Josh W6XU On 6/26/2015 2:15 PM, Brian Hunt wrote: i installed Dimension 4 (http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/) a few months ago and it has been great. I shutdown my Win7 PC when not in use. As soon as it comes back up the time is synced to NIST via any number of internet time servers which it rotates through. The correction history shows time is kept to within +/- half second. I set it up to work JT65 modes. YMMV. Brian, K0DTJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] SMT handling tip
The dab of beeswax on a toothpick that someone else posted looked good to me. 73, Mike NF4L On Jun 26, 2015, at 11:48 AM, George via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: Wow, are they available anywhere in the USA? 72 George/W2BPI -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/SMT-handling-tip-tp7604326p7604343.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to 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] SMT handling tip
Try ebay 400911355729 UK seller but has free shipping. Tom Bryan N3AJA The company is Shesto in the UK. There is no USA distributer listed on their website. Hobby Lobby may have something similar? There's a vacuum version listed on Amazon. Not the same company tho. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
I strongly recommend pool.ntp.org, using the native NTP software on your computer. A list of public time servers is here: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome There is a list of public, stratum 1 time servers, but please please do not use them directly, unless you run your own time server. 73 -- Lynn On 6/26/2015 11:03 AM, Gary Smith wrote: I've not been able to get my windows computer to automatically update for a long time now and I've tried everything I could uncover via google forums. -- Win a cruise! Visit http://ColdRocksHotBrooms.com for details! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
Windows before XP didn't have native NTP support. In XP, right-click on the clock, then choose internet time and enter 2.pool.ntp.org as the server. Make sure the synchronize box is checked. I'd expect later versions of Windows to be the same, but they probably aren't. 73 -- Lynn On 6/26/2015 1:41 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: I strongly recommend pool.ntp.org, using the native NTP software on your computer. A list of public time servers is here: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome There is a list of public, stratum 1 time servers, but please please do not use them directly, unless you run your own time server. 73 -- Lynn On 6/26/2015 11:03 AM, Gary Smith wrote: I've not been able to get my windows computer to automatically update for a long time now and I've tried everything I could uncover via google forums. -- Win a cruise! Visit http://ColdRocksHotBrooms.com for details! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
i installed Dimension 4 (http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/) a few months ago and it has been great. I shutdown my Win7 PC when not in use. As soon as it comes back up the time is synced to NIST via any number of internet time servers which it rotates through. The correction history shows time is kept to within +/- half second. I set it up to work JT65 modes. YMMV. Brian, K0DTJ On 6/26/2015 11:03 AM, Gary Smith wrote: I've not been able to get my windows computer to automatically update for a long time now and I've tried everything I could uncover via google forums. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted 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 SSB Net Results - 6/22/2015
All, Here are the results from last weekend's SSB net. I apologize for the extensive and unacceptable delay in getting the report out. VE7EARAlBC KX33158 N6JWJohn CA K3 936 NC0JW Jim CO KX31356 WB9JNZ Eric IL K3 4017 KC0XT Dave CA KX36980 W4RKS Jim TX K3 3618 W8OV Dave TX K3 3139 W7HD/M RonAZ KX36966 W6NIA Matt CA KX36 AI6II Mike CA K3 4454 K6WDE/KH6 Dave HIKX34599 KF5IMABruceMS K2 3575 VE6EI JoelAB KX34129 NS7P Phil OR K3 1826 W0CZKenND K3 457 VE6HBSBryanAB K2 6175 KS7D Mike FLK2 4443 N2LRB Raul NY KX37743 W7QHDCurt AZ K2 1538 W5SVDave TX K3 5354 KM4IK Ian GA K3 281 Have a fun, safe, wonderful Field Day, everyone! 73 de, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik@gmail.com mailto:km4ik@gmail.com 10-10 #74624, North Georgia Chapter #2038 PODXS 070 #1962 K3# 281, P3 #688, KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
Went to check that the clock was set for internet updates - it was. Something useful I saw was the ability to set a second clock which I did. UTC is one of the selections. Put the mouse over the time and both clocks come up in a small window. W3OU, Steve -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com To: Gary g...@ka1j.com; elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2015 2:26 pm Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST Gary, If you are on a Windows platform, look into Atomic Clock Sync. It can sync periodically or manually and the user interface is easy. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2015 2:03 PM, Gary Smith wrote: I've not been able to get my windows computer to automatically update for a long time now and I've tried everything I could uncover via google forums. Since I use the computer for logging and contesting, having the real time on my computer is important so I've had to tune to WWV and manually sync the minutes and seconds and doing this repeatedly is a PIT kiester. Even with a new battery, this computer loses 5-6 seconds a month and I dislike having to constantly go through the resetting procedure. I found the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a govt. agency, has a free software that will do this for you. http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/its.c fm or: http://tinyurl.com/4s9agpw There's a tiny learning curve and for a server under the file button, I needed to select the 2nd option and checked the NTP format option for it to work but it now updates in maybe 2 seconds and gives you the option of syncing in real time or not. Once you have it working, save the config under the file option and it will remember your selected option. I'm assuming we all want our time to be correct so I'm posting this here and on a couple of other Ham groups I follow. Now back to our regularly scheduled Elecraft postings. 73, Gary KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w3...@embarqmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to sfb...@aol.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3: was not able to update firmware using a directory different from the default directory
Hoop: This has been fixed. Thanks for bringing this to our attention! FTP directory /K3/firmware at ftp.elecraft.com 06/26/2015 07:55PM672,608 DTBL0014.HEX 06/26/2015 07:55PM217,917 HAUX0283.HEX 06/26/2015 07:55PM223,376 HDSP0283.HEX 06/26/2015 07:55PM552 K3UtilityVersionInfo.txt 06/24/2015 10:21PM Directory archive 06/24/2015 10:19PM Directory beta 06/26/2015 07:55PM126,385 hfpf0122.hex 06/26/2015 07:55PM343,652 hfwnotes.rtf 06/26/2015 07:55PM368,791 hmcu0529.hex 06/26/2015 07:55PM368,791 hmcu0529b.hex 06/26/2015 07:55PM 4,266 tboot8.hex 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: Jim Hooper [mailto:k9...@icloud.com] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 10:52 AM To: Dick Dievendorff Cc: elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: was not able to update firmware using a directory different from the default directory Dick, Yes, thanks. “tboot.hex” was missing. I had used the K3 Utility to “Copy New Files from Elecraft” so I am thinking that the tboot.hex file was not included in the files copied from Elecraft into the new director. ??? Hoop On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:27 , Dick Dievendorff d...@elecraft.com wrote: There is a tiny boot and dtbl file missing. The list is in k3 utility help under troubleshooting missing files. In general, I'd advise taking the whole zip file, rather than picking and choosing individual files. The files have non obvious interdependencies, MCU to FPF and DSP, and DSP to tboot and dtbl files. The DVR firmware is factory supplied, not changeable through the utility. On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:18, Guy Olinger K2AV k2av@gmail.com wrote: DVR firmware hasn't changed in long long time. DVRs have come from factory with latest for long long time. 73, Guy K2AV On Friday, June 26, 2015, Jim Hooper k9...@icloud.com wrote: I got an error message “One or more required firmware files is missing” when running the K3 Utility, even after I “Copy new files from Elecraft”. I created a new folder: /Elecraft/K3 Firmware/K3fw5r29 but I was not able not able to “Send new firmware to the K3”. Then I changed to the default folder, got new firmware from the Elecraft site, and “Send new firmware to K3” was successful. Current status is that 5.29 firmware has been successfully loaded using the Default directory. So no problem here. But still, why was I not able to use the folder I had selected. ? Thanks, 73, Hoop K9QJS … K3 Utility MAC is 1.14.10.24 Currently installed in K3 is: MCU 5.14 FPF 1.19 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 N/A DVR 1.03 Available in folder MCU 5.29 FPF 1.22 DSP1 2.83 DSP2 2.83 [Appear to be missing available software for DVR] __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net javascript:; 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 javascript:; -- Sent via Gmail Mobile on my iPhone __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@elecraft.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] [K3] AM FM Filters
I am building a K3S on paper and have a filter question. I am told that if I want AM and FM transmit capabilities I can just order the 13kHz FM filter and save the price of the 6kHz AM filter. Certainly seems logical that the 13kHz FM filter bandwidth could handle the 6kHz AM signal (no interest in ESSB). Just curious as to whether there are any unforeseen bumps in the road in doing this. Makes me wonder why anyone would order the AM filter if the FM would cover both. Thanks. 73 de Terry W0FM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted 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 for sale
Factory built K3/100w with auto antenna tuner and two extra filters: 400hz 8 pole and 2100hz 8 pole. S/N 2063. Mint condition and fully working. Will deliver within a reasonable distance or meet you halfway.$2395 plus you pay shipping. Total recent retail value of comparable unit was approximately $3200. Please reply off list. George K4GM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted 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] 6m birdies and K3S and/or new synth boards
Thanks Joe for a very helpful note. This will materially aid my 'birdie hunting' when I upgrade S/N 4474 with new synths and internal preamp in a couple of weeks time. 73 Dave G3WGN M6O WJ6O -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/6m-birdies-and-K3S-and-or-new-synth-boards-tp7604211p7604339.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] XV144 K3 2m module is sold
Gone, gone, gone. But not forgotten. Jim/N1NK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 headphone jack pinout ?
Thanks for the quick reply, Don! When you say the solder pad to the right do you mean with the front panel facing me, or with the front panel away from me? I was thinking I might try something like that - maybe adding a speaker switch. 73,Steve VE3SMA From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com To: Steve Kavanagh skavanag...@yahoo.ca; elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 headphone jack pinout ? Steve, An examination of the headphone jack connections in the K3 schematic should answer your question. The switch that activates/deactivates the speaker is completely isolated from the contacts that provide headphone audio through resistors R35 and R36. There is a plastic lever inside the headphone jack which activates that switch - and the operating lever for that switch does break occasionally. Efforts by Elecraft to encourage the jack manufacturer to beef up that operating lever have met with failure. If you wish to effect a temporary fix, open the bottom panel of the K2 and look at the rearmost 3 solder pads on the headphone jack. Solder a wire from the center pad to the solder pad to the right (looking at the bottom of the board. That will make the speaker active at all times. If you want to silence the speaker, plug a bare 3.5mm plug into the External Speaker jack on the rear panel. For full instructions on how to replace the headphone jack on your K2, look at my instructions to WY3A at http://www.qsl.net/wy3a/Replace_K2_Headphone_Jack.htm. Thanks to Bill for posting those instructions. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2015 7:19 PM, Steve Kavanagh wrote: I think one of my K2s has suffered the dreaded headphone jack failure (no speaker or speaker jack output - headphones work fine). To confirm this diagnosis (and perhaps to make mods to prevent it happening again) I'd like to get my hands on the pinout of the headphone jack J2. I was surprised I couldn't find a link when searching through the list archives. Has anyone got this info? Which pins are the speaker switch? 73,Steve VE3SMA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w3...@embarqmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
nope most EME stations have moved to https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ntp.htm#ntp_nt_stable, installed as a service. Robin G1MHU -Original Message- From: Josh Fiden Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 10:22 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST Most 6m EME guys I know are using Dimension 4. Works great and in my experience MUCH more accurate than the built-in Windows time sync. 73, Josh W6XU .com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST
I see you're right! I was behind the times... hi Thanks for the updated info. 73, Josh W6XU On 6/26/2015 6:54 PM, Robin Moseley wrote: nope most EME stations have moved to https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ntp.htm#ntp_nt_stable, installed as a service. Robin G1MHU -Original Message- From: Josh Fiden Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 10:22 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST Most 6m EME guys I know are using Dimension 4. Works great and in my experience MUCH more accurate than the built-in Windows time sync. 73, Josh W6XU .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] K2 headphone jack pinout ?
Steve, An examination of the headphone jack connections in the K3 schematic should answer your question. The switch that activates/deactivates the speaker is completely isolated from the contacts that provide headphone audio through resistors R35 and R36. There is a plastic lever inside the headphone jack which activates that switch - and the operating lever for that switch does break occasionally. Efforts by Elecraft to encourage the jack manufacturer to beef up that operating lever have met with failure. If you wish to effect a temporary fix, open the bottom panel of the K2 and look at the rearmost 3 solder pads on the headphone jack. Solder a wire from the center pad to the solder pad to the right (looking at the bottom of the board. That will make the speaker active at all times. If you want to silence the speaker, plug a bare 3.5mm plug into the External Speaker jack on the rear panel. For full instructions on how to replace the headphone jack on your K2, look at my instructions to WY3A at http://www.qsl.net/wy3a/Replace_K2_Headphone_Jack.htm. Thanks to Bill for posting those instructions. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2015 7:19 PM, Steve Kavanagh wrote: I think one of my K2s has suffered the dreaded headphone jack failure (no speaker or speaker jack output - headphones work fine). To confirm this diagnosis (and perhaps to make mods to prevent it happening again) I'd like to get my hands on the pinout of the headphone jack J2. I was surprised I couldn't find a link when searching through the list archives. Has anyone got this info? Which pins are the speaker switch? 73,Steve VE3SMA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w3...@embarqmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] New user - two antenna questions
Peter always protect your ext. antenna input! I can recommend most known unit for LB DXers - the Front End Saver designed and developed by KD9SV years ago. You do not need going anything to buy. Just put few fast and reliable relays and transistors together into the small box and you are done. It will cost you few bucks only. Check it here on my blog: http://ok1rp.blogspot.cz/2015/03/front-end-saver-for-lb-antennas.html?m=1 If you want then I can send You the PCB or you can make your own. I am using it for several years for all radios incl. K3 and it works like champ. Good luck, 73 - Petr, OK1RP - http://ok1rp.blogspot.com -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/New-user-two-antenna-questions-tp7603433p7604368.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K2 headphone jack pinout ?
I think one of my K2s has suffered the dreaded headphone jack failure (no speaker or speaker jack output - headphones work fine). To confirm this diagnosis (and perhaps to make mods to prevent it happening again) I'd like to get my hands on the pinout of the headphone jack J2. I was surprised I couldn't find a link when searching through the list archives. Has anyone got this info? Which pins are the speaker switch? 73,Steve VE3SMA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 headphone jack pinout ?
Steve, with the front panel facing you and the K2 on its back. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2015 9:23 PM, Steve Kavanagh wrote: Thanks for the quick reply, Don! When you say the solder pad to the right do you mean with the front panel facing me, or with the front panel away from me? I was thinking I might try something like that - maybe adding a speaker switch. 73,Steve VE3SMA From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com To: Steve Kavanagh skavanag...@yahoo.ca; elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 headphone jack pinout ? Steve, An examination of the headphone jack connections in the K3 schematic should answer your question. The switch that activates/deactivates the speaker is completely isolated from the contacts that provide headphone audio through resistors R35 and R36. There is a plastic lever inside the headphone jack which activates that switch - and the operating lever for that switch does break occasionally. Efforts by Elecraft to encourage the jack manufacturer to beef up that operating lever have met with failure. If you wish to effect a temporary fix, open the bottom panel of the K2 and look at the rearmost 3 solder pads on the headphone jack. Solder a wire from the center pad to the solder pad to the right (looking at the bottom of the board. That will make the speaker active at all times. If you want to silence the speaker, plug a bare 3.5mm plug into the External Speaker jack on the rear panel. For full instructions on how to replace the headphone jack on your K2, look at my instructions to WY3A at http://www.qsl.net/wy3a/Replace_K2_Headphone_Jack.htm. Thanks to Bill for posting those instructions. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2015 7:19 PM, Steve Kavanagh wrote: I think one of my K2s has suffered the dreaded headphone jack failure (no speaker or speaker jack output - headphones work fine). To confirm this diagnosis (and perhaps to make mods to prevent it happening again) I'd like to get my hands on the pinout of the headphone jack J2. I was surprised I couldn't find a link when searching through the list archives. Has anyone got this info? Which pins are the speaker switch? 73,Steve VE3SMA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w3...@embarqmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w3...@embarqmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Field Day message
Good Evening, Since this weekend will have amateurs out fighting gloom, propagation, wind, wet, warm food which should have been cold, cold food which should have been hot, mosquitoes, bears, moose, elk, bison, hungry coyotes, inexperienced operators, and sundry other afflictions there will be no Elecraft CW Net. Enjoy the quest; the sun has fed a great number of ions into the mix with even more on the way. Hopefully, you will each have a safe, enjoyable, and edifying field day. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware 5.26 and CONFIG:EXT ALC
K3 #1400 with 5.26 CONFIG:EXT ALC Set to OFF t-4.0. Changed it to ON t-5.0 and cycled power, still ON t-5.0. Restored to OFF t-4.0 and after power cycle still OFF t-4.0. So #1400 under 5.26 is behaving as it should here. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 25/06/2015 23:25, Paul Kirley wrote: My K3 serial number is 1322; it is of 2008 vintage. I loaded beta 5.26 firmware because I installed a newly purchased KXV3B transverter/preamp board. Today I noticed that new firmware version 5.29 was available. When I read the release notes, it looked like the release would not affect my old K3, only newly minted K3S rigs. But when I checked CONFIG:EXT ALC under version 5.26, I found the setting to be ON t-5.5. I changed this to OFF t-4.0, the default according to the K3 manual. (Numeric keypad 1 toggles between ON and OFF, although the manual isn't specific.) Then I cycled the power on my K3, a normal shutdown and startup. Sadly, CONFIG:EXT ALC was back to ON t-5.5. At that point, I decided that I had better install firmware version 5.29. After its installation, I found the default CONFIG:EXT ALC setting, which persisted after power cycling. This is my preferred setting, as I have nothing capable of more than 100 watts. I also tested my K3 to see if version 5.29 would incorrectly reset a non-default CONFIG:EXT ALC back to the default after power cycling, but that problem did not occur. Anyone who has loaded firmware version 5.26 would do well to replace it with version 5.29 and then to check CONFIG:EXT ALC for his preferred value. Incidentally, I also looked at CONFIG:ADC REF, which I vaguely recalled setting some time back. It showed the non-default value 4.94 under both firmware versions 5.26 and 5.29, which caused me no concern. 73, Paul W8TM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted 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 5.26 and CONFIG:EXT ALC
But on an EEINIT it may get set back to ON under 5.26. That won't happen under 5.29. Wayne N6KR On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:14 AM, Mike Harris mike.har...@horizon.co.fk wrote: K3 #1400 with 5.26 CONFIG:EXT ALC Set to OFF t-4.0. Changed it to ON t-5.0 and cycled power, still ON t-5.0. Restored to OFF t-4.0 and after power cycle still OFF t-4.0. So #1400 under 5.26 is behaving as it should here. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 25/06/2015 23:25, Paul Kirley wrote: My K3 serial number is 1322; it is of 2008 vintage. I loaded beta 5.26 firmware because I installed a newly purchased KXV3B transverter/preamp board. Today I noticed that new firmware version 5.29 was available. When I read the release notes, it looked like the release would not affect my old K3, only newly minted K3S rigs. But when I checked CONFIG:EXT ALC under version 5.26, I found the setting to be ON t-5.5. I changed this to OFF t-4.0, the default according to the K3 manual. (Numeric keypad 1 toggles between ON and OFF, although the manual isn't specific.) Then I cycled the power on my K3, a normal shutdown and startup. Sadly, CONFIG:EXT ALC was back to ON t-5.5. At that point, I decided that I had better install firmware version 5.29. After its installation, I found the default CONFIG:EXT ALC setting, which persisted after power cycling. This is my preferred setting, as I have nothing capable of more than 100 watts. I also tested my K3 to see if version 5.29 would incorrectly reset a non-default CONFIG:EXT ALC back to the default after power cycling, but that problem did not occur. Anyone who has loaded firmware version 5.26 would do well to replace it with version 5.29 and then to check CONFIG:EXT ALC for his preferred value. Incidentally, I also looked at CONFIG:ADC REF, which I vaguely recalled setting some time back. It showed the non-default value 4.94 under both firmware versions 5.26 and 5.29, which caused me no concern. 73, Paul W8TM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] SMT handling tip
Jim, I am using the Sticky pen. It works nice for me. http://kitman-electronics.blogspot.com/2013/10/sticky-pen-for-smd-and-tiny-parts.html http://kitman.eprodavac.cz/adhezivni-smd-pero-stickypen-70/ 73 - Petr, OK1RP - http://ok1rp.blogspot.com -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/SMT-handling-tip-tp7604326p7604342.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
