[Elecraft] For Sale Last call upgrade kits for K3.

[Chris Ezell]

I have these upgrade kits for sale.

1 each KIO3BUPKT-WL_KI03B Upgrade Kit for K3 [Sales]

2 each KSYN3AUPG-WL _KSYN3A Upgrade Kit for K3 [Sales]

Received these from Elecraft while on Vacation and past the 30-day return 
window.
These are factory sealed in the original shipping box.

Sell as a package only please to an operator who wants to upgrade their K3.

Cost from Elecraft was $1287.94  Original invoice included.

Will sell for $ 1250.  Shipped to CONUS address.

PayPal is ok (fees paid by buyer, if there are any), ZELLE and VENMO is okay 
for payment.

Personal or Cashier's checks are okay, but time will have to be allowed for 
ample time to clear and be deposited.


Please contact me off list.  QRZ email is current

73

Chris
KD6EOS

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Re: [Elecraft] Is KX3 going obsolete soon?

[Todd KH2TJ]

Elecraft is good at keeping things hush-hush   😉 The little FX-4C, and now 
the FX-4CR, are selling like hot cakes!  Still can't beat the performance of 
the KX2 or the KX3 though.   I wouldn't be surprised if they're not looking 
"ahead"

I too had thought about snatching up a KX3 just to have 6 meters in a trail 
friendly setup...

Later,
Todd KH2TJ



From: Paul GACEK


I don’t think the KX3 is going obsolete and I believe any idea of a KX3+, KX3 
v2 or even a KX4, a flight of fantasy.

Paul
W6PNG/M0SNA
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft service / support in the UK ?

[G4GNX]

My advice would be to forget W&S altogether. They may think they’re agents for 
Elecraft, but they have little or no stock of anything new. They don’t even 
advertise the K4 any more and unless they suddenly found a competent engineer 
and bought suitable test equipment, they cannot honour warranty repairs. Even 
when they were selling K4s etc., they appeared to be grossly overpriced, 
especially for options like the KAT4 tuner.

If you don’t want to do what I did and order direct from Elecraft in the USA, I 
would recommend contacting Carlo Bianconi - 
https://www.carlobianconi.com/index.php whose prices seem competitive and he 
knows what he’s doing when it comes to repairs.

73,
Alan - G4GNX
South Coast UK
Elecraft K4D / KPA500 / KAT500



> On 18 Jul 2023, at 22:35, crabtreejr--- via Elecraft 
>  wrote:
> 
> Waters & Stanton are the Elecraft distributors in the UK.  According to the 
> Elecraft web site, they offer "the complete range of Elecraft products, with 
> warranty backup and technical assistance".  Effective July 1st, 2023, Waters 
> & Stanton moved location, and now operate as part of the Moonraker Group Ltd.
> Did they, and if so do they still, offer a repair service in the UK?
> Thanks and 73
> John  KC0G/M0KCY

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[Elecraft] Elecraft service / support in the UK ?

[crabtreejr--- via Elecraft]

Waters & Stanton are the Elecraft distributors in the UK.  According to the 
Elecraft web site, they offer "the complete range of Elecraft products, with 
warranty backup and technical assistance".  Effective July 1st, 2023, Waters & 
Stanton moved location, and now operate as part of the Moonraker Group Ltd.
Did they, and if so do they still, offer a repair service in the UK?
Thanks and 73
John  KC0G/M0KCY





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[Elecraft] For Sale...Penntek TR-35 QRP CW Transceiver...... REV A

[Ken]

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Re: [Elecraft] Very late to the party - computer rig control and sound card modes for K3

[Fred Jensen]

A wise observation I learned during the Apollo missions in the late 60's 
was, "Regardless of how reliable parts are, put enough on the rocket and 
something will always be broken."  You don't really need much of an 
"interface" between computer and radio.  In many cases, they're just 
more black boxes requiring configuration.


You can participate in RTTY contests with a couple of stereo audio 
cables and some free software [many of the logging programs interface 
"almost" seamlessly with the several TTY modules ... MMTTY and Fldigi 
are two popular ones].  There doesn't seem to be any RTTY rag chews 
left.  That same setup will work for the FT modes, and again, a number 
of popular logging programs will interface to the software almost 
seamlessly.


Beware: all USB<-->Serial cables are not created equal.  Those with the 
Prolific chipset are to be cut in half and discarded.  There are also a 
lot of Prolific clones.  I've never had problems with the FTDI chipset 
cables.  I once had a problem getting a borrowed Signalink and Windows 
to play nicely in the sandbox and returned it to its home.


Bottom line recommendation if you're just starting out ... keep it as 
simple as you can, and creep up on working solutions one step at a time.


73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Paul Barlow wrote on 7/18/2023 1:58 AM:

Also, I've never used the FT8 type modes. I understand they use the pc for all 
the signal processing, and I could interface the K3 directly using audio cables 
and VOX. I see that there are products available like the SignaLink which 
interface with a pc using usb, which I think might be a less fiddly option.

I guess these subjects have been beaten to death years ago, is there somewhere 
I could look to find some concise information?

73,

Paul EI5KI
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[Elecraft] Is KX3 going obsolete

[Bob McGraw]

AMEN   Just keep on keeping on.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 7/18/2023 11:43 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote:


Good grief.? Get a life.? Not everything in this world is racist, discriminatory
or homophobic. In fact, I'm old enough to remember when being discriminating was
a virtue, a sign of good taste; gay was happy and binary was a number system.?
But then I'm an elderly heterosexual white male, so what do I know?


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[Elecraft] For Sale.....Kenwood HS-5 Communication Headset

[Ken]

Hello all,
I have a never used, Kenwood HS-5 Communication Headset. Normally $99.00 at DX 
Engineering, not including shipping. $70.00 shipped from here.
>From a close friend who took ill before he could use them.
About a year old.
Photos available.

Postal Money Order, Bank Cashiers Check, "Cleared" Personal Check or Zelle ok.
Zelle preferred.

PayPal has been causing problems so I need to stay away from it for a while.

Please use just the "QRZ.COM" e-mail address for communication. 
As usual, no returns/refunds for all the usual reasons.
Thank you for reading! Please be safe! Ken, W2GIW.

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[Elecraft] Kenwood HS-5 Communication Headset

[Ken]

Hello all,
I have a never used, Kenwood HS-5 Communication Headset. Normally $99.00 at DX 
Engineering, not including shipping. $70.00 shipped from here.
>From a close friend who took ill before he could use them.
About a year old.
Photos available.

Postal Money Order, Bank Cashiers Check, "Cleared" Personal Check or Zelle ok.
Zelle preferred.

PayPal has been causing problems so I need to stay away from it for a while.

Please use just the "QRZ.COM" e-mail address for communication. 
As usual, no returns/refunds for all the usual reasons.
Thank you for reading! Please be safe! Ken, W2GIW.

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[Elecraft] For Sale...Penntek TR-35 QRP CW Tranceiver

[Ken]

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Re: [Elecraft] Is KX3 going obsolete

[Carl Jón Denbow]

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Re: [Elecraft] Is KX3 going obsolete

[Carl Jón Denbow]

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Re: [Elecraft] Is KX3 going obsolete

[Lee Hiers]

Regardless of your personal opinion and over-reaction (IMO), Mr. Isaacs'
post was in extremely poor taste.  And I'm in the exact same demographic
you're in.

Lee, AA4GA


On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 5:23 PM Wes  wrote:

> Good grief.  Get a life.  Not everything in this world is racist,
> discriminatory
> or homophobic. In fact, I'm old enough to remember when being
> discriminating was
> a virtue, a sign of good taste; gay was happy and binary was a number
> system.
> But then I'm an elderly heterosexual white male, so what do I know?
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Re: [Elecraft] Is KX3 going obsolete

[df...@darc.de]

I agree. It’s like on air: no politics, no religion. 

(BTW: I myself never feel offended when in a QSO or a face-to-face conversation 
in english somebody raises his eyebrows or makes a joke due to my funny kraut 
accent – but YMMV.)


73
Hans, DF3DD



> Am 17.07.2023 um 23:37 schrieb Pete Smith N4ZR :
> 
> Time to kill this topic.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 
> On 7/17/2023 5:22 PM, Wes wrote:
>> Good grief.  Get a life.  Not everything in this world is racist, 
>> discriminatory or homophobic. In fact, I'm old enough to remember when being 
>> discriminating was a virtue, a sign of good taste; gay was happy and binary 
>> was a number system.  But then I'm an elderly heterosexual white male, so 
>> what do I know?
>> 
>> N7WS
>> 
>> 
>> On 7/17/2023 11:13 AM, KJ7SOY wrote:
>>> I’m sure you were trying to be funny, but that’s a racist statement and not 
>>> at all humorous. Poking fun at an accent isn’t acceptable.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Very late to the party - computer rig control and sound card modes for K3

[Ed Parish]

I really don't know what the big deal is about Signalink. I have a non-USB
K3 and have used it for FT8 as well as SSB contesting with just the
internal sound card of my computer for over 15 years.  I have also used
inexpensive ($10) external USB sound cards when the internal sound card
doesn't have separate line in and Microphone inputs. My desktop machine has
separate inputs, but my laptop doesn't.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 05:00 Paul Barlow  wrote:

> Dear Elecrafters,
>
> I am very late to the party. For various reasons I have been QRT for a few
> years and I'm just now getting back on the air. I'm still using a paper
> log, and QRP CW is my 'thing'.
>
> My rig is a K3, serial no. in the 7000's. I have the KUSB cable, which I
> have only used to update the firmware. Could I use this to connect to a pc
> and have rig control via this cable? Say for interfacing with a logging
> program?
>
> Also, I've never used the FT8 type modes. I understand they use the pc for
> all the signal processing, and I could interface the K3 directly using
> audio cables and VOX. I see that there are products available like the
> SignaLink which interface with a pc using usb, which I think might be a
> less fiddly option.
>
> I guess these subjects have been beaten to death years ago, is there
> somewhere I could look to find some concise information?
>
> 73,
>
> Paul EI5KI
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Re: [Elecraft] Very late to the party - computer rig control and sound card modes for K3

[Jim Brown]

On 7/18/2023 1:58 AM, Paul Barlow wrote:

I'm still using a paper log, and QRP CW is my 'thing'.


One other thing. By all means, get into computer logging. MANY reasons 
to do so, including easy interface with LOTW. Like you, I've always been 
primarily a CW op, work some QRP, but also do lots of serious 
contesting. When I got back on the air in 2003 after many years off, I 
was lucky to discover DXKeeper, part of the excellent DXLab Suite, all 
of it FREEware! A nice free utility called JTAlert can automatically log 
to DXKeeper (and to several other free loggers).


LOTW has become very much the standard for confirming contacts, so that 
we don't need to spend thousands on stamps to request and mail paper 
cards. I'd guess that 90% or more of hams running digital modes use 
LOTW. Being outside the US, you must jump through a few hoops and mail 
things to document your license, but once you've done that, it's free 
until you want to claim an award using it, at which time the cost per 
QSO is a small fraction of the cost of mailing a paper QSL. Those hoops 
are to prevent those who want to scam the system by getting confirmation 
of QSOs that don't exist. :)


73, Jim K9YC
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Re: [Elecraft] Very late to the party - computer rig control and sound card modes for K3

[Jim Brown]

Hi Paul,

Yes, that USB cable will work just fine for rig control. You will want 
some sort of audio interface. The Signalink is well advertised, but not 
a great product nor value for the money. There's a piece on my website 
about some very good interfaces from the world of pro audio. Some of the 
recommended products are getting a bit old in the tooth, but I would buy 
used on ebay from vendors having nearly 100% ratings. The most you might 
need to do is solder up a few cables with 3.5mm and RCA connectors. The 
link also provides several good ways to set levels, depending the 
instrumentation that you have on hand, including your ears. 
http://k9yc.com/USB_Interfaces.pdf


Go to the WSJT-X download site, get the software and install it, and 
STUDY the documentation that's on the website, and that downloads with 
the program. All of the digital modes generate audio tones that modulate 
a USB transmitter, transmitting a signal that's about 50 Hz wide, at an 
RF frequency equal to the audio frequency plus the dial frequency. In 
other words, it occupies a specific spot on the dial, just like a CW 
signal, except that it's frequency shifted for modulation.


Carefully follow the instructions in the K3 manual for setting audio 
drive, which calls for the ALC to show 4 bars flashing 5. You should be 
in DATA A mode, and driving the Line Input. Follow instructions in the 
Elecraft manual for what knob to turn to adjust levels.


For decoding, the Line Out drives the computer sound card Recording 
Input. The sound card MUST be set in Windows for 48 kHz STEREO. Windows 
has a nasty habit of changing this when it does program updates.


I use VOX for PTT, so you'll need to fiddle with VOX gain, which 
interacts with audio input drive.


WSJT-X does a St. Vitus dance to prevent harmonic distortion being 
transmitted by a technique it CALLS "Split" (not what experienced hams 
would call split for working DX) that shifts the TX frequency in one 
direction and the AF in the other so that any 2nd harmonic generated by 
overdrive is killed by the TX sideband filter.


In the WSJT-X instructions, you see directions to set the radio for 3 
kHz bandwidth and let the software do the filtering to separate signals 
in that passband. It's VERY good at that. On the spectrum and waterfal 
display of the audio passband, set it to start at 200 Hz and use a 
number of bins to make the upper limit about 3 kHz.


I have a very important difference with their instructions about setting 
the audio drive from the radio to the decoder. They say to set it for 30 
dB with no signal. That is VERY limiting of dynamic range, and will 
cause it to miss weak signals in the presence of very strong ones. My 
advice is to set audio drive so that the green bar on the left side 
comes as close as possible to 80 dB without ever turning red (which 
indicates digital clip).


In case you don't know, the AFSK mode is only for RTTY, which is 
transmitted LSB, while all other digital modes are transmitted USB, as 
I've described.


73, Jim K9YC

On 7/18/2023 1:58 AM, Paul Barlow wrote:

Dear Elecrafters,

I am very late to the party. For various reasons I have been QRT for a few 
years and I'm just now getting back on the air. I'm still using a paper log, 
and QRP CW is my 'thing'.

My rig is a K3, serial no. in the 7000's. I have the KUSB cable, which I have 
only used to update the firmware. Could I use this to connect to a pc and have 
rig control via this cable? Say for interfacing with a logging program?

Also, I've never used the FT8 type modes. I understand they use the pc for all 
the signal processing, and I could interface the K3 directly using audio cables 
and VOX. I see that there are products available like the SignaLink which 
interface with a pc using usb, which I think might be a less fiddly option.



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[Elecraft] Very late to the party - computer rig control and sound card modes for K3

[Paul Barlow]

Dear Elecrafters,

I am very late to the party. For various reasons I have been QRT for a few 
years and I'm just now getting back on the air. I'm still using a paper log, 
and QRP CW is my 'thing'.

My rig is a K3, serial no. in the 7000's. I have the KUSB cable, which I have 
only used to update the firmware. Could I use this to connect to a pc and have 
rig control via this cable? Say for interfacing with a logging program?

Also, I've never used the FT8 type modes. I understand they use the pc for all 
the signal processing, and I could interface the K3 directly using audio cables 
and VOX. I see that there are products available like the SignaLink which 
interface with a pc using usb, which I think might be a less fiddly option.

I guess these subjects have been beaten to death years ago, is there somewhere 
I could look to find some concise information?

73,

Paul EI5KI
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