Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Utilities

[Walter Underwood]

Ah, I see them on the site, dated Sep. 13. It would have been useful to 
announce those on this list.

https://elecraft.com/pages/firmware-software

One small error on the links, the PX3 utility for Mac is labeled KX3. The 
download link gets the right thing.

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> On Oct 8, 2019, at 10:06 PM, Charles Johnson via Elecraft 
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> Yes, they have been updated and I have tested each one for 64 bit code.
> 
> 73, Charles, K4ZRJ
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>> On Oct 9, 2019, at 01:00, John_N1JM  wrote:
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>> Are they 64bit for Catalina on a Mac?
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Utilities

[Charles Johnson via Elecraft]

Yes, they have been updated and I have tested each one for 64 bit code.

73, Charles, K4ZRJ



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[Elecraft] Elecraft Utilities

[John_N1JM]

Are they 64bit for Catalina on a Mac?

73, John N1JM



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Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

[Don Wilhelm]

Randy,

Faced with that kind of decision (mainly dollar comparison), why fully 
upgrade the K2 with the A/B mods -- just update the firmware to get the 
added functions.  From your question, I surmise you are not necessarily 
'in love' with your K2 as some of the original builders would be having 
tremendous pride in the fact that they built it themselves.  I for one 
have my Field Test K2 SN 0020 which has been fully upgraded, but I will 
not part with it - that is for my heirs to decide.


Yes, you will not have the temperature stability of a new K2, and you 
will not have some of the other K2 hardware improvements. But it will 
still work fine for less money than a full upgrade.  I am assuming you 
will be using it in a temperature stable environment.
Any K2 can work great - the most important for receive performance is 
the IF filter alignment, so do that carefully with an audio spectrum 
analyzer running on your computer.  If you are planning digital modes, 
turn on the RTTY filter set and align those filters to optimize your 
digital filters while not disturbing your SSB settings, especially 
compression settings.


I am certain the Icom 7300 will have more modern features, but in 
receive performance even the oldest K2 can stand on its own.  I have not 
compared the K2 with a 7300, but you can check the Sherwood ratings to 
see the relative ranking.


Oh yes, if it is a QRP K2, and you want 100 watt capability, you will 
need the KPA100 and KAT100 as well.  There are parts in the KPA100 kit 
to upgrade the 10/12 meter bandpass filter and the VFO ALC.


73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/8/2019 11:19 PM, Randy Heise wrote:

So, background! I have just returned to the air after an 18 year hiatus
other than keeping my license up to date. What lured me back was retirement
and FT-8. For the past several days I have been operating with my Rev. A K2
(all options) built in 2001, a SignaLink USB interface, WSJT-X, MacLoggerDX
and JT-Bridge. Because I am "antenna challenged³ due to the HOA it has
become obvious that except in perfect conditions I could use a little more
horsepower. I¹m faced with a $1,170 bill to do the Rev. A/B mods, build the
Kat-100 and KPA-100 Š or Š $1,215 for an Icom 7300 and an LDG IT100 external
tuner. I¹d really appreciate thoughts from anyone who is knowledgeable on
both rigs. The Icom gives me a waterfall display and 6 meters Š WSJT-X gives
my K2 a waterfall display. It¹s a toss up in price but I can¹t help
wondering about the 20 year difference in technology.


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[Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

[Randy Heise]

So, background! I have just returned to the air after an 18 year hiatus
other than keeping my license up to date. What lured me back was retirement
and FT-8. For the past several days I have been operating with my Rev. A K2
(all options) built in 2001, a SignaLink USB interface, WSJT-X, MacLoggerDX
and JT-Bridge. Because I am "antenna challenged³ due to the HOA it has
become obvious that except in perfect conditions I could use a little more
horsepower. I¹m faced with a $1,170 bill to do the Rev. A/B mods, build the
Kat-100 and KPA-100 � or � $1,215 for an Icom 7300 and an LDG IT100 external
tuner. I¹d really appreciate thoughts from anyone who is knowledgeable on
both rigs. The Icom gives me a waterfall display and 6 meters � WSJT-X gives
my K2 a waterfall display. It¹s a toss up in price but I can¹t help
wondering about the 20 year difference in technology.

Thanks, Randy - NB7E


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[Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

[Randy Heise]

So, background! I have just returned to the air after an 18 year hiatus
other than keeping my license up to date. What lured me back was retirement
and FT-8. For the past several days I have been operating with my Rev. A K2
(all options) built in 2001, a SignaLink USB interface, WSJT-X, MacLoggerDX
and JT-Bridge. Because I am "antenna challenged³ due to the HOA it has
become obvious that except in perfect conditions I could use a little more
horsepower. I¹m faced with a $1,170 bill to do the Rev. A/B mods, build the
Kat-100 and KPA-100 Š or Š $1,215 for an Icom 7300 and an LDG IT100 external
tuner. I¹d really appreciate thoughts from anyone who is knowledgeable on
both rigs. The Icom gives me a waterfall display and 6 meters Š WSJT-X gives
my K2 a waterfall display. It¹s a toss up in price but I can¹t help
wondering about the 20 year difference in technology.

Thanks, Randy - NB7E






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Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

[John Simmons]

Mine works pretty well. I use it during CW contests to help copy the 
speed demons. Works well for me, so I know the system works. How about 
an email to Elecraft support?


-de John NI0K

Tox wrote on 10/8/2019 6:26 PM:

I still have not found the magic to get my kx3 to reliably yield
anything but a stream of E and *. :(

Scott
AD6YT

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 12:17 PM Ignacy  wrote:

I feel that KX3 has a much better CW decoder than K3.
Ignacy, NO9E



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Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

[Tox]

I still have not found the magic to get my kx3 to reliably yield
anything but a stream of E and *. :(

Scott
AD6YT

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 12:17 PM Ignacy  wrote:
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

[Ignacy]

I feel that KX3 has a much better CW decoder than K3.
Ignacy, NO9E



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Re: [Elecraft] Tariff Question

[Wayne Burdick]

Hi Rob,

I can't speak for the Japanese (my guess is they're not affected by tariffs at 
all). But yes, anyone developing electronic products in the US is definitely 
impacted. 

A large fraction of the parts we -- and everyone else -- use come from 
countries subject to current US tariffs. And in many cases, there are simply no 
substitutes. We're attempting to minimize the impact by sourcing from other 
places where possible, which has resulted in some redesign. But it's an ongoing 
challenge. We're hoping for lower or eliminated tariffs in the future, of 
course.

73,
Wayne
N6KR



> On Oct 8, 2019, at 10:56 AM, W3DX via Elecraft  
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> Hi Guys-
> 
> I know the tariffs are having a broad-based effect on the electronics 
> industry. Can you comment on how tariffs are impacting American radio 
> manufacturers like Elecraft? Do Japanese companies face tariffs on their 
> Chinese components, or do Japanese manufacturers avoid tariffs because the 
> Chinese components are sourced through Japan?
> 
> Wishing Elecraft best of luck through the tariff situation and appreciate all 
> of the cool new products.
> 
> 73 & DX,
> 
> Rob, W3DX 
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> KX2 #0005
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[Elecraft] Tariff Question

[W3DX via Elecraft]

Hi Guys-

I know the tariffs are having a broad-based effect on the electronics industry. 
Can you comment on how tariffs are impacting American radio manufacturers like 
Elecraft? Do Japanese companies face tariffs on their Chinese components, or do 
Japanese manufacturers avoid tariffs because the Chinese components are sourced 
through Japan?

Wishing Elecraft best of luck through the tariff situation and appreciate all 
of the cool new products.

73 & DX,

Rob, W3DX 

KX2 #0005

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Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

[Barry]

Dave,
Your last comment is correct. However, CW Skimmer comes into its own 
when you feed it IF I&Q data. You can see what is happening across the 
band or a portion of it and still read the signal narrow band. You do 
this by clicking on the signal you want to pursue and and listen in 
narrow band. By clicking on the wanted signal, the radio is tuned to it. 
This does require a little set up and setting offsets, but it is really 
worth it. A little interesting point: in a little less than rigorous 
testing, I found that that Skimmer seems to work a bit better using I&Q 
data rather than just the receiver audio. But, that was not a rigorous 
test and someone who is really interested can do the follow up.


73,
Barry
K3NDM

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From: "David Gilbert" 
To: "rich hurd WC3T" 
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: 10/8/2019 12:23:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding



If you haven't played with CW Skimmer much, here's a couple of points of 
interest.

1.  You can run multiple instances.  I fed the Line Out from my K3 into the 
sound card of my computer, and had one instance of CW SKimmer display a 
waterfall of the narrow band audio from the main receiver and another instance 
of CW Skimmer display the narrow band audio from the sub receiver.  You'd be 
amazed at how distinct the dits and dahs look compared to just about every 
other waterfall application I've ever seen.  You can shrink the vertical 
display height of both instances of CW Skimmer to make them fit above your 
logging program on a decent sized monitor.  Imagine being able to pick out the 
callsign of a station on VFO B while you are focused on working somebody on VFO 
A ... even if he gave his callsign several seconds before you looked at the VFO 
B waterfall.

2.  There is a command that will pause the CW Skimmer waterfall. It's a toggle 
... hit it once to pause and hit it again to restart. I don't remember the 
command off the top of my head but I remember mapping it to a key on the 
keyboard using the outstanding free application called AutoHotKey.  I didn't 
have to use it very often, but any time I blew a received report I'd just tap 
that key and it would let me visually decode whatever I busted and correct it 
after the contact, and since the display was paused I could do it when it was 
convenient.

3.  If you turn off the decode in CW Skimmer it is simply a waterfall and qualifies for 
unassisted categories, but the visual display cuts you a lot of slack for human decoding. 
 Just read the dots and dashes in your mind as dits and dahs and you'd be surprised how 
quickly you learn to decode visually ... except now you have a "do over" 
capability to help you out, or alternatively have a brief record of whatever is happening 
on one VFO while you are active on the other.   It's almost like turning one operator 
into one and a half operators.

4.  You don't need ANY additional hardware to use CW Skimmer in audio mode.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 10/7/2019 7:26 PM, rich hurd WC3T wrote:

Just be sure you give it a fair shake after you install it. I installed it and 
sort of played with it unseriously.  Then when I really started to dive into 
it, I discovered the 30 day timer had expired.  And I didn’t get a chance to 
justify to myself the expense.

I’m now building a laptop for ham-only use and will reinstall it and try again.

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 22:04 David Gilbert mailto:xda...@cis-broadband.com>> wrote:


CW Skimmer not only has a great decoder, it has the best waterfall
display I've seen.  On top of that, the waterfall runs right to left
like all narrowband waterfalls should so that you can read left to
right
to visually decode a CW signal several seconds after the fact if you
miss a character when decoding by ear.  I have often used CW
Skimmer in
a CW contest in narrowband audio mode with decoding turned off for
this
purpose.  It works great and saves asking for repeats if you
happened to
miss an element.

I once proposed here in this reflector that it would be nice if
the K4
could have the option to do the same thing but all I heard back was
crickets.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 10/7/2019 5:46 PM, Barry wrote:
> Brian,
> It does work. But it usually takes a pretty good signal. I have
> gone over to CW Skimmer as it appears to be t he best thing on the
> street, better than most all of the others. I can contest with
it at a
> pretty good clip. The setup is slightly involved, but once set
up it
> really works well and can control the radio.
>
> 73,
> Barry
> K3NDM

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[Elecraft] K$ Linux OS

[Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft]

Thanks for the clarification guys. 

I was confused by the reference in the K4 FAQ's on the Elecraft site which
says:-  "..a general-purpose computer that can accommodate future in-box
applications such as logging,..."

I have used in the past an Expert Electronics MB1 transceiver which has an
internal full blown W10 computer in it & communicates with logging programs
etc also on that same internal PC via VSP's, VAC's etc.

That does of course reduce the necessary hardware cables between the
transceiver & an external laptop or PC plus reduces the footprint on the
shack desk.

Ray G3XLG

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Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

[John Stengrevics]

In my experience, it only works on a big signal, which is when you don’t need 
it.

John
WA1EAZ

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> On Oct 8, 2019, at 2:11 AM, B Deuby  wrote:
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> I am unable to get the Text Decode function on my K3 to produce accurate 
> results. I have employed the tweaks suggested in the K3 manual, but the text 
> produced bears little resemblance to the code that was sent. 
> 
> Ordinarily I would ascribe a problem like this to operator error - but I 
> don’t think that this is the case. 
> 
> Any suggestions and/or observations would be appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian, K8GRR 
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