[Elecraft] K4 -- Spectral subtraction noise reduction
I’ve recently been exploring quite a few of the many SDR receivers on KiwiSDR. One of the (many) features of this system is an option to select spectral subtraction NR. I’m now really hyped about the fact that this will be available at some point on the K4. It works exceptionally well. So well, that I leave it turned on most of the time. Often, stations you can barely copy down in the junk literally pop up out of the noise. Don’t know if this will be available at initial shipment, but it’s certainly something to look forward to if not. I’ve only tried it on AM and SSB at this point, so not sure about CW. Just something else to whet the appetite for that eventual “you’re up” email from Elecraft sales … :) Grant NQ5T __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Update on K4 manuals
Definitely. Wayne > On Sep 10, 2020, at 8:15 PM, Eric Norris wrote: > > I would like to see the use of change bars, highlighted text, or at least a > change summary in each new release of the online manual--at least after the > early rapid changes settle down. > > 73 Eric WD6DBM > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 8:10 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > All manuals will be kept updated to reflect the current software. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Sep 10, 2020, at 7:55 PM, Rick NK7I wrote: > > > > Wayne, > > > > When the K4 firmware is updated, will that install app and package now > > include an updated manual, installed on the K4 so it's always the most > > current (or at least as current as the firmware)? I realize that > > rewriting/updating the manual delays the release of the firmware. > > > > 73, stay safe, > > Rick NK7I > > > > > > On 9/10/2020 6:28 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > >> I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic. I'm > >> the bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to happen, > >> but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that. > >> > >> There are three major documents in the works: > >> > >> 1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual > >> > >> This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external > >> monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the > >> lower-left-hand corner of the LCD. > >> > >> For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact, > >> late next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't mind > >> going through 60 pages of text, trying every link. > >> > >> In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct > >> hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST > >> CONTROL" button that takes you directly to text most closely associated > >> with the last operation performed. > >> > >> 2. K4 Owner's Manual > >> > >> Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's manual > >> will be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable and > >> indexed .pdf file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early K4 > >> users have been using a much smaller document that has many of the same > >> illustrations. > >> > >> The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's > >> manual, so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former is > >> blessed. > >> > >> 3. K4 Programmer's Reference > >> > >> An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few > >> developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available for > >> the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But we're > >> trying to expedite the public version of the reference so developers can > >> take advantage of all of the new features. > >> > >> * * * > >> > >> If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't > >> answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me directly > >> (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more popular than > >> usual, so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you instantly). > >> > >> As usual, thanks for your patience. > >> > >> 73, > >> Wayne > >> N6KR > >> > >> __ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to rick.n...@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 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 norrislawfi...@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] Update on K4 manuals
I would like to see the use of change bars, highlighted text, or at least a change summary in each new release of the online manual--at least after the early rapid changes settle down. 73 Eric WD6DBM On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 8:10 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > All manuals will be kept updated to reflect the current software. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Sep 10, 2020, at 7:55 PM, Rick NK7I wrote: > > > > Wayne, > > > > When the K4 firmware is updated, will that install app and package now > include an updated manual, installed on the K4 so it's always the most > current (or at least as current as the firmware)? I realize that > rewriting/updating the manual delays the release of the firmware. > > > > 73, stay safe, > > Rick NK7I > > > > > > On 9/10/2020 6:28 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > >> I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic. > I'm the bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to > happen, but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that. > >> > >> There are three major documents in the works: > >> > >> 1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual > >> > >> This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external > monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the > lower-left-hand corner of the LCD. > >> > >> For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact, > late next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't mind > going through 60 pages of text, trying every link. > >> > >> In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct > hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST > CONTROL" button that takes you directly to text most closely associated > with the last operation performed. > >> > >> 2. K4 Owner's Manual > >> > >> Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's > manual will be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable and > indexed .pdf file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early K4 > users have been using a much smaller document that has many of the same > illustrations. > >> > >> The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's > manual, so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former is > blessed. > >> > >> 3. K4 Programmer's Reference > >> > >> An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few > developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available for > the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But we're > trying to expedite the public version of the reference so developers can > take advantage of all of the new features. > >> > >> * * * > >> > >> If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't > answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me directly > (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more popular than > usual, so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you instantly). > >> > >> As usual, thanks for your patience. > >> > >> 73, > >> Wayne > >> N6KR > >> > >> __ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to rick.n...@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 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 norrislawfi...@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] Update on K4 manuals
All manuals will be kept updated to reflect the current software. Wayne N6KR > On Sep 10, 2020, at 7:55 PM, Rick NK7I wrote: > > Wayne, > > When the K4 firmware is updated, will that install app and package now > include an updated manual, installed on the K4 so it's always the most > current (or at least as current as the firmware)? I realize that > rewriting/updating the manual delays the release of the firmware. > > 73, stay safe, > Rick NK7I > > > On 9/10/2020 6:28 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic. I'm the >> bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to happen, >> but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that. >> >> There are three major documents in the works: >> >> 1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual >> >> This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external >> monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the >> lower-left-hand corner of the LCD. >> >> For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact, late >> next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't mind going >> through 60 pages of text, trying every link. >> >> In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct >> hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST >> CONTROL" button that takes you directly to text most closely associated with >> the last operation performed. >> >> 2. K4 Owner's Manual >> >> Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's manual >> will be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable and indexed >> .pdf file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early K4 users have >> been using a much smaller document that has many of the same illustrations. >> >> The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's manual, >> so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former is blessed. >> >> 3. K4 Programmer's Reference >> >> An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few >> developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available for >> the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But we're >> trying to expedite the public version of the reference so developers can >> take advantage of all of the new features. >> >> * * * >> >> If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't >> answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me directly >> (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more popular than >> usual, so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you instantly). >> >> As usual, thanks for your patience. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to rick.n...@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 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] Update on K4 manuals
100% manual completion is not a prerequisite to shipping. We're temporarily using the early versions, and working hard to get the finished versions ready. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Sep 10, 2020, at 7:56 PM, David Box wrote: > > What manuals must be completed before hardware ships. > My interpretation is hardware will not ship this month. > > de Dave K5MWR > > On September 10, 2020 7:28:21 PM MDT, Wayne Burdick wrote: > I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic. I'm the > bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to happen, > but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that. > > There are three major documents in the works: > > 1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual > > This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external > monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the > lower-left-hand corner of the LCD. > > For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact, late > next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't mind going > through 60 pages of text, trying every link. > > In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct > hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST CONTROL" > button that takes you directly to text most closely associated with the last > operation performed. > > 2. K4 Owner's Manual > > Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's manual will > be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable and indexed .pdf > file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early K4 users have been > using a much smaller document that has many of the same illustrations. > > The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's manual, > so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former is blessed. > > 3. K4 Programmer's Reference > > An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few > developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available for > the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But we're > trying to expedite the public version of the reference so developers can take > advantage of all of the new features. > > * * * > > If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't > answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me directly > (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more popular than usual, > so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you instantly). > > As usual, thanks for your patience. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to do...@suddenlink.net > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Update on K4 manuals
Wayne, When the K4 firmware is updated, will that install app and package now include an updated manual, installed on the K4 so it's always the most current (or at least as current as the firmware)? I realize that rewriting/updating the manual delays the release of the firmware. 73, stay safe, Rick NK7I On 9/10/2020 6:28 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic. I'm the bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to happen, but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that. There are three major documents in the works: 1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the lower-left-hand corner of the LCD. For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact, late next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't mind going through 60 pages of text, trying every link. In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST CONTROL" button that takes you directly to text most closely associated with the last operation performed. 2. K4 Owner's Manual Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's manual will be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable and indexed .pdf file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early K4 users have been using a much smaller document that has many of the same illustrations. The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's manual, so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former is blessed. 3. K4 Programmer's Reference An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available for the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But we're trying to expedite the public version of the reference so developers can take advantage of all of the new features. * * * If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me directly (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more popular than usual, so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you instantly). As usual, thanks for your patience. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to rick.n...@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] Update on K4 manuals
What manuals must be completed before hardware ships. My interpretation is hardware will not ship this month. de Dave K5MWR On September 10, 2020 7:28:21 PM MDT, Wayne Burdick wrote: >I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic. >I'm the bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to >happen, but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that. > >There are three major documents in the works: > >1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual > >This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external >monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the >lower-left-hand corner of the LCD. > >For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact, >late next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't >mind going through 60 pages of text, trying every link. > >In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct >hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST >CONTROL" button that takes you directly to text most closely associated >with the last operation performed. > >2. K4 Owner's Manual > >Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's >manual will be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable >and indexed .pdf file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early >K4 users have been using a much smaller document that has many of the >same illustrations. > >The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's >manual, so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former >is blessed. > >3. K4 Programmer's Reference > >An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few >developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available >for the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But >we're trying to expedite the public version of the reference so >developers can take advantage of all of the new features. > >* * * > >If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't >answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me >directly (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more >popular than usual, so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you >instantly). > >As usual, thanks for your patience. > >73, >Wayne >N6KR > >__ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >Message delivered to do...@suddenlink.net -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Update on K4 manuals
I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic. I'm the bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to happen, but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that. There are three major documents in the works: 1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the lower-left-hand corner of the LCD. For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact, late next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't mind going through 60 pages of text, trying every link. In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST CONTROL" button that takes you directly to text most closely associated with the last operation performed. 2. K4 Owner's Manual Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's manual will be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable and indexed .pdf file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early K4 users have been using a much smaller document that has many of the same illustrations. The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's manual, so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former is blessed. 3. K4 Programmer's Reference An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available for the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But we're trying to expedite the public version of the reference so developers can take advantage of all of the new features. * * * If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me directly (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more popular than usual, so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you instantly). As usual, thanks for your patience. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] A Very Quiet Day
We are getting ready to move... One of the processes I intend on performing on any new site is described at: https://www.nk7z.net/sdr-rfi-survey-p1/ using an SDR as a site survey tool... I will have a quiet location... 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources On 9/10/20 4:19 PM, David Gilbert wrote: I used to travel to Malaysia quite often on business, and one of the guys who worked for me there as an ex-pat in Kuala Lumpur had gotten a 9M2 license. So I went over to his apartment one evening with the intention of working some 40m CW as a guest op, but the background noise was a horrendous scratchy buzz that ran at least S9+30. When I went outside to look around I could see why. Malaysia gets a lot of rain, things are wet much of the time, and back then (at least 30 years ago) many of the electrical insulators on the overhead power lines were dirty with pollution. I could see constant arcing across dozens of insulators. I'm retired now and live on a reasonably quiet semi-rural hillside, and !sometimes! on a quiet evening my QRN level on 160m is down below S2 even on my Inverted-L. Counting my blessings ... 73 Dave AB7E On 9/10/2020 2:17 PM, Tony Estep wrote: == Well, here's the flip side. My old qth was noisy enough, but the real eye-opener came when I toted my KX3 to Hyderabad, India a few years ago. I was teaching at the Indian School of Business and living in the faculty apartments, and I had brought the KX3 along expecting to hear a bunch of call-signs that would sound exotic to a midwestern Yank. So I strung up a wire around the walls of my living room, up near the ceiling, and laid a counterpoise out along the floor. Donning my headphones I switched it on, looking forward to an evening of entertainment as I tuned 20 CW. Zowie! What a cacophony of squeals, buzzes, crashes, honks and toots, burps, whistles and grinds. The S-meter jumped up to about S9+10 and stuck there. Nowhere on the band, it seemed, was there a slot wide enough for a signal to peep through. Finally I was able to discern a little peep half-buried beneath the layers of trash, a lonely VU2 calling CQ. I answered him, but of course to no avail. On a later night I heard a few words from a QSO between a local ham and a VR2 in Hong Kong, and that was the sum total of my ham experience while there. Where were the noises coming from? I dunno -- from everywhere, it sounded like. 73, Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] [OT] A Very Quiet Day
I used to travel to Malaysia quite often on business, and one of the guys who worked for me there as an ex-pat in Kuala Lumpur had gotten a 9M2 license. So I went over to his apartment one evening with the intention of working some 40m CW as a guest op, but the background noise was a horrendous scratchy buzz that ran at least S9+30. When I went outside to look around I could see why. Malaysia gets a lot of rain, things are wet much of the time, and back then (at least 30 years ago) many of the electrical insulators on the overhead power lines were dirty with pollution. I could see constant arcing across dozens of insulators. I'm retired now and live on a reasonably quiet semi-rural hillside, and !sometimes! on a quiet evening my QRN level on 160m is down below S2 even on my Inverted-L. Counting my blessings ... 73 Dave AB7E On 9/10/2020 2:17 PM, Tony Estep wrote: == Well, here's the flip side. My old qth was noisy enough, but the real eye-opener came when I toted my KX3 to Hyderabad, India a few years ago. I was teaching at the Indian School of Business and living in the faculty apartments, and I had brought the KX3 along expecting to hear a bunch of call-signs that would sound exotic to a midwestern Yank. So I strung up a wire around the walls of my living room, up near the ceiling, and laid a counterpoise out along the floor. Donning my headphones I switched it on, looking forward to an evening of entertainment as I tuned 20 CW. Zowie! What a cacophony of squeals, buzzes, crashes, honks and toots, burps, whistles and grinds. The S-meter jumped up to about S9+10 and stuck there. Nowhere on the band, it seemed, was there a slot wide enough for a signal to peep through. Finally I was able to discern a little peep half-buried beneath the layers of trash, a lonely VU2 calling CQ. I answered him, but of course to no avail. On a later night I heard a few words from a QSO between a local ham and a VR2 in Hong Kong, and that was the sum total of my ham experience while there. Where were the noises coming from? I dunno -- from everywhere, it sounded like. 73, Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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 is sold
K3 is sold 73 Al W1NGA Monument,CO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] A Very Quiet Day
I can well understand that experience. Back in 2000 my new XYL and I honeymooned in St. Maarten / PJ7. I took a K2 with me and a length of wire and coax. I managed 40 - 50 CW QSO’s in between other activities. After we got back home I wrote an article that ARRL published in one of their online journals. At one time there was a link to it on the Elecraft site. Anyway, one of the things I warned prospective vacationers going to non-US sites was to be prepared for some horrendous QRN. As I mentioned in the article, many foreign countries have no laws governing RF interference. You’ll run into all sorts of crud on the power mains, not to mention some really ugly HF band obliterators in the form of cars and trucks. I suspect some places are better than others. In St. Maarten, every time any truck went down the street by our condo I had to take off the headphones for a while - it was bad, with a capital B! Jim / W6JHB > On Sep 10, 2020, at 2:17 PM, Tony Estep wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:53 PM Al Lorona wrote: > >> Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood...radio was amazing >> yesterday for six glorious hours. >> > == > Well, here's the flip side. My old qth was noisy enough, but the real > eye-opener came when I toted my KX3 to Hyderabad, India a few years ago. I > was teaching at the Indian School of Business and living in the faculty > apartments, and I had brought the KX3 along expecting to hear a bunch of > call-signs that would sound exotic to a midwestern Yank. So I strung up a > wire around the walls of my living room, up near the ceiling, and laid a > counterpoise out along the floor. Donning my headphones I switched it on, > looking forward to an evening of entertainment as I tuned 20 CW. > Zowie! What a cacophony of squeals, buzzes, crashes, honks and toots, > burps, whistles and grinds. The S-meter jumped up to about S9+10 and stuck > there. Nowhere on the band, it seemed, was there a slot wide enough for a > signal to peep through. Finally I was able to discern a little peep > half-buried beneath the layers of trash, a lonely VU2 calling CQ. I > answered him, but of course to no avail. On a later night I heard a few > words from a QSO between a local ham and a VR2 in Hong Kong, and that was > the sum total of my ham experience while there. Where were the noises > coming from? I dunno -- from everywhere, it sounded like. > > 73, > Tony KT0NY > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to w6...@me.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] A Very Quiet Day
On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:53 PM Al Lorona wrote: > Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood...radio was amazing > yesterday for six glorious hours. > == Well, here's the flip side. My old qth was noisy enough, but the real eye-opener came when I toted my KX3 to Hyderabad, India a few years ago. I was teaching at the Indian School of Business and living in the faculty apartments, and I had brought the KX3 along expecting to hear a bunch of call-signs that would sound exotic to a midwestern Yank. So I strung up a wire around the walls of my living room, up near the ceiling, and laid a counterpoise out along the floor. Donning my headphones I switched it on, looking forward to an evening of entertainment as I tuned 20 CW. Zowie! What a cacophony of squeals, buzzes, crashes, honks and toots, burps, whistles and grinds. The S-meter jumped up to about S9+10 and stuck there. Nowhere on the band, it seemed, was there a slot wide enough for a signal to peep through. Finally I was able to discern a little peep half-buried beneath the layers of trash, a lonely VU2 calling CQ. I answered him, but of course to no avail. On a later night I heard a few words from a QSO between a local ham and a VR2 in Hong Kong, and that was the sum total of my ham experience while there. Where were the noises coming from? I dunno -- from everywhere, it sounded like. 73, Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K4 Remote internet bandwidth requirements
There was a recent thread regarding the internet bandwidth required to support full K4 remote operating requirements. I have operated my K3/K3/0 combo from all corners of the world with mostly good results, but those results are highly dependent on speed, bandwidth and latency. Comparing to my existing K3 station, it would seem the K4 may require more bandwidth given the pan adapter and other data transmitted over the Internet. Is this a reasonable assumption? If so, my question to Elecraft (submitted last year, but never answered) is whether data intensive features could be rolled back or shed in low bandwidth environments. For example, can I turn off the pan adapter functionality if it’s use makes the remote connection unusable. I’d rather have the core radio functions work reliably ... and play radio ... than be QRT because the Internet cannot support full radio functionality. Seems the ability to shed loads would be beneficial. Dennis, K7FL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] A Very Quiet Day
I have a 22 db noise floor change here when power fails... If the pot grower has his lights on the noise floor drops almost 40 db during a power fail. 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources On 9/10/20 1:38 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi Al, Thanks for entertaining observations. I have a proximately the same experience every time I take the KX2 or KX3 miles away from humanity. Wayne N6KR elecraft.com On Sep 10, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Al Lorona wrote: Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood yesterday while crews replaced a power pole. For a long time, I have wanted to check my HF noise floor when the power is out, and yesterday was my chance. For days like this is why my station is solar-powered! I expected to be surprised but I was absolutely blown away by what I heard. The 40 meter noise floor was at least *17 dB* lower than normal. I could hear layers and layers of signals that I never knew were there. Nets I never knew existed… I mean, have you heard of the Montana Sheepherders net, for pity’s sake? A midday 40 m pileup on a SOTA QRP CW station in Texas that I never would have had a prayer of hearing normally. The noise was so low that I could hear way, way down into the intermod of SSB signals—and most of them were quite yucky. I heard birdies and crud from washing machines from what must have been three blocks away. I heard the 7150 kHz 5th harmonic of a local AM station. By measurement on the P3, I confirmed that all of these signals would have been completely under my usual noise floor. On 20, it was so quiet I almost believed that the K3’s receiver had failed. WWV was coming in at a 56 dB signal-to-noise ratio. Interestingly, 80 meters was also quieter, but not by as much. I’m not complaining about nearly 10 dB less noise, but it’s too bad that power was turned on before dark, before I could really evaluate the conditions. When it gets this quiet, there are no ticks, crashes or noise transients of any kind... just a gentle rushing sound, so it ‘feels’ even quieter than it is. It was every bit as quiet as a forest Field Day a hundred miles from civilization. Yes, radio was amazing yesterday for six glorious hours. R, Al W6LX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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 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] [OT] A Very Quiet Day
Hi Al, Thanks for entertaining observations. I have a proximately the same experience every time I take the KX2 or KX3 miles away from humanity. Wayne N6KR elecraft.com > On Sep 10, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > > Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood yesterday while crews > replaced a power pole. For a long time, I have wanted to check my HF noise > floor when the power is out, and yesterday was my chance. For days like this > is why my station is solar-powered! > > I expected to be surprised but I was absolutely blown away by what I heard. > The 40 meter noise floor was at least *17 dB* lower than normal. I could hear > layers and layers of signals that I never knew were there. Nets I never knew > existed… I mean, have you heard of the Montana Sheepherders net, for pity’s > sake? A midday 40 m pileup on a SOTA QRP CW station in Texas that I never > would have had a prayer of hearing normally. The noise was so low that I > could hear way, way down into the intermod of SSB signals—and most of them > were quite yucky. I heard birdies and crud from washing machines from what > must have been three blocks away. I heard the 7150 kHz 5th harmonic of a > local AM station. By measurement on the P3, I confirmed that all of these > signals would have been completely under my usual noise floor. > > On 20, it was so quiet I almost believed that the K3’s receiver had failed. > WWV was coming in at a 56 dB signal-to-noise ratio. > > Interestingly, 80 meters was also quieter, but not by as much. I’m not > complaining about nearly 10 dB less noise, but it’s too bad that power was > turned on before dark, before I could really evaluate the conditions. > > When it gets this quiet, there are no ticks, crashes or noise transients of > any kind... just a gentle rushing sound, so it ‘feels’ even quieter than it > is. It was every bit as quiet as a forest Field Day a hundred miles from > civilization. Yes, radio was amazing yesterday for six glorious hours. > > R, > > Al W6LX > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KAT500 Remote software help
Lyn, I have those docs, thanks. I'm looking for the command line switches for the remote host software. I have the serial port/serial speed, tcp port and time out. I would like to know if there is any way to control the mode when the software starts, I know how to change it after its running, but I don't want to have to switch from "auto" back to "man" everytime the remote cpu boots. Thanks, Gordon - N1MGO On 9/10/2020 16:24 PM, Lyn Norstad wrote: Hi Gordon - Yes, you can find the command reference here: https://elecraft.com/pages/kat500-fully-automatic-tuner-manuals As to the KAT500 switching modes, I am not having that problem. I suggest you go thru the Configuration making certain to memorize critical frequencies then run it in Manual mode. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gordon LaPoint Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 1:53 PM To: Elecraft Discussion List Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 Remote software help I'm using the KAT500 with the remote software. Is there any documentation of the command line switches for this software? I have it set to start on bootup, connecting to a specific port at the correct baud rate, it works, but switches the tuner from manual mode to auto mode. How do I prevent this? Gordon - N1MGO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to l...@lnainc.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] KAT500 Remote software help
Hi Gordon - Yes, you can find the command reference here: https://elecraft.com/pages/kat500-fully-automatic-tuner-manuals As to the KAT500 switching modes, I am not having that problem. I suggest you go thru the Configuration making certain to memorize critical frequencies then run it in Manual mode. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gordon LaPoint Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 1:53 PM To: Elecraft Discussion List Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 Remote software help I'm using the KAT500 with the remote software. Is there any documentation of the command line switches for this software? I have it set to start on bootup, connecting to a specific port at the correct baud rate, it works, but switches the tuner from manual mode to auto mode. How do I prevent this? Gordon - N1MGO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to l...@lnainc.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] A Very Quiet Day
Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood yesterday while crews replaced a power pole. For a long time, I have wanted to check my HF noise floor when the power is out, and yesterday was my chance. For days like this is why my station is solar-powered! I expected to be surprised but I was absolutely blown away by what I heard. The 40 meter noise floor was at least *17 dB* lower than normal. I could hear layers and layers of signals that I never knew were there. Nets I never knew existed… I mean, have you heard of the Montana Sheepherders net, for pity’s sake? A midday 40 m pileup on a SOTA QRP CW station in Texas that I never would have had a prayer of hearing normally. The noise was so low that I could hear way, way down into the intermod of SSB signals—and most of them were quite yucky. I heard birdies and crud from washing machines from what must have been three blocks away. I heard the 7150 kHz 5th harmonic of a local AM station. By measurement on the P3, I confirmed that all of these signals would have been completely under my usual noise floor. On 20, it was so quiet I almost believed that the K3’s receiver had failed. WWV was coming in at a 56 dB signal-to-noise ratio. Interestingly, 80 meters was also quieter, but not by as much. I’m not complaining about nearly 10 dB less noise, but it’s too bad that power was turned on before dark, before I could really evaluate the conditions. When it gets this quiet, there are no ticks, crashes or noise transients of any kind... just a gentle rushing sound, so it ‘feels’ even quieter than it is. It was every bit as quiet as a forest Field Day a hundred miles from civilization. Yes, radio was amazing yesterday for six glorious hours. R, Al W6LX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KAT500 Remote software help
I'm using the KAT500 with the remote software. Is there any documentation of the command line switches for this software? I have it set to start on bootup, connecting to a specific port at the correct baud rate, it works, but switches the tuner from manual mode to auto mode. How do I prevent this? Gordon - N1MGO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K4 Predistortion planned? timetable?
Is the processor in the K4 fast or big enough to handle the demand of the anticipated predistortion algorithm? Is this predistortion algorithm a proprietary matter or is it constructed de novo from existing knowledge? Any information on what is planned would be appreciated. Have not seen much other than "later". Big attraction to me. Robert K7VO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KAT3 not functioning on 6m
Tune before you run wsjt. The ATU I think forces the VFO into CW mode. Split in a DATA Mode is not allowed if one VFO is not in same DATA Mode. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill --- It makes me think it is a firmware glitch because this only happens on 6 meters. If I create the exact same circumstances on 160m through 10m, it doesn't happen. WSJT-X Split mode and Tune work fine everywhere except 6m. -- Thank you! David Needham, AA4VT (formerly K4AJA and K8AJA) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KAT3 not functioning on 6m
Tune before you run wsjt. The ATU I think forces the VFO into CW mode. Split in a DATA Mode is not allowed if one VFO is not in same DATA Mode. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Sep 10, 2020, at 12:57 PM, David Needham wrote: > > Bill, > > It looks like you have uncovered the same apparent firmware glitch I did. I > have verified a few friends have the same issue. It is very repeatable on > K3 and K3S's. > > I was using split mode for WSJT-X and when I would press Tune while in Data > Mode A to tune my KPA-1500, I get zero power output. If I take the rig out > of Split mode, it works just fine. Put it back Split mode, still works > fine. Turn the rig off and on again, zero power out again. > > My solution was also to run WSJT-X in Fake It mode, but I really would > prefer to be able to use Split mode. Maybe one day one of the firmware > updates will correct that. > > -- > Thank you! > David Needham, AA4VT (formerly K4AJA and K8AJA) > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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...@widomaker.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] KAT3 not functioning on 6m
Bill, It looks like you have uncovered the same apparent firmware glitch I did. I have verified a few friends have the same issue. It is very repeatable on K3 and K3S's. I was using split mode for WSJT-X and when I would press Tune while in Data Mode A to tune my KPA-1500, I get zero power output. If I take the rig out of Split mode, it works just fine. Put it back Split mode, still works fine. Turn the rig off and on again, zero power out again. My solution was also to run WSJT-X in Fake It mode, but I really would prefer to be able to use Split mode. Maybe one day one of the firmware updates will correct that. -- Thank you! David Needham, AA4VT (formerly K4AJA and K8AJA) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K4 Ethernet connection
Will a USB WiFi dongle in one of the usb ports work? Is the underling OS able to use one? Most(all) modern linux dists will use one, but do we have the access to configure one? Gordon - N1MGO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K4 Ethernet connection
Hi Joe Or you need a wireless extender with ethernet port(s). I am using EAX80 from Netgear but there are cheaper alternatives 73 de ve3gno Daniel Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 14:36, Thomas Horsten wrote: An access point will do the job, it can be set up as a simple bridge between WiFi and wired ethernet, and you can place it as far away from your transmitting equipment in the shack as possible and run a cable to a wired switch that provides access for your cabled equipment. It's very worthwhile to use shielded cat5e/cat6 cabling and grounding all switches etc. when in an RF rich environment such as your shack. 73 Thomas OZ5TN (aka M0TRN, AF7BE) On Wed, 9 Sep 2020, 19:29 Joseph Trombino, Jr, wrote: > Howdy Gang. > > Need someone with a bit of wireless experience to give me some assistance. > > Currently my Verizon home wireless phone router is not co-located in my > shack. > > There is an Ethernet jack on the router that I’ve used to install new > firmware in my Flex radios but I have to carry and power-up the Flex at the > router location which is very inconvenient. > > If my K4 ever gets here (grin) I will need a wireless device that can > receive WI-FI from my router and provide an Ethernet jack to hose up to the > K4 in my shack. > > So, WI-FI to Ethernet device is needed. > > Does such an animal exist, if so, any recommended models to look for? > > Many thanks for any assistance. > > Stay safe and healthy. > > 73, Joe W2KJ > I QRP, therefore I am > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to tho...@horsten.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 yo3...@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] Elecraft K3 Problem
Hello group, The K3 problem was quickly solved by Leo Duursma, PA0LMD. An RF choke (RFC30) was open. Thus, the diodes D25 did not get the required switching voltage. Thanks to all that helped with evaluating the problem. 73, Per-Tore DL/LA7NO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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
