[Elecraft] KX3 IM3 and IM5 measurements
hi all, we made 2 tone measurements of my KX3 and compared it with my FT-817. There was one unexpected result with the KX3, and I would like to ask the group if this is already known or looks like a problem with my KX3. The IM3 peak is lower than the IM5 peak and it is asymmetric. The first picture shows the KX3 alone with no PA: http//oe9fwv.dyndns.org/oe9fwv/KX3/kx3_alone.gif The second picture shows the KX3 connected to the Hardrock50 PA: http://oe9fwv.dyndns.org/oe9fwv/KX3/kx3_HR50.gif any comments on this phenomenon would be appreciated. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- No raindrop considers itself responsible for the flood. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] [KX3] SWR display wrong?
My KX3 #4475 shows SWR 1.3 when I press tune and send into a dummy load. I checked cable and dummy load with a MiniVNA pro and my K3, both show perfect SWR of 1.0 and 50 ohm. The KX3 has no tuner built in. Any hints where to look? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- koa wiebr, koa gschroa Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Boost Buck 13.8 V Regulator
Mark, this is exactly what I do. The LiFePO4 has a little more weight, but the cells are robust and have the correct voltage and probably can do more charge/discharge cycles. I think the trouble with a voltage regulator is not worth the very little gain in weight. Regarding the Eneloops in the KX3 I do not know if they take over the supply if the external power supply drops under 10V, but usually there is a switch in the plug which switches off the internal battery. I'll have to check this out. 73! de Werner OE9FWV On 13 May 2013 at 5:55, Mark Goldberg wrote: How about using a 4S LiFePO4 battery? From fully charged to 15% charge I get from about 14 V to 12 V in RX and very little sag on transmit. Pretty much the ideal battery for this radio in my opinion. They are rated to go down to 10V or so, but since you don't get that much more and you can permanently damage the batteries if you go too low, I stop at 12V. The KX3 will run full power throughout this range, too. I use real A123 brand cells with a balancing charger. These do not have quite as much energy density as LiPo;, but you do not need anything else. I also keep Eneloops in the KX3. I have not tested it but I think it will switch over if the external battery goes below their voltage, somewhere about 10 V. If someone could confirm that, it would be great. Those NIMH Eneloops run below 11V for most of the discharge cycle, so only 5 W on those but they hold a charge a long time so they can be used in a pinch. 73 Mark -- Es ist schwieriger, eine vorgefasste Meinung zu zertr³mmern, als ein Atom. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), Physiker Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] mmtty setup for k3
John, the comp level should be zero in DATA modes. This is normal and cannot be changed. You should also activate the -s option. (Menu - sync dt - has to be layed on a PF switch) This minimizes distortion and RX/TX switching time critical for ARQ modes 73! de Werner OE9FWV On 4 Jan 2013 at 22:44, John wrote: I am setting my k3 up again for rtty contest. I have went through the N3ME info and have everything working. My question is: Tony mentions to adjust the mic level for 4 bars solid with 5 flashing, which I do, but Tony also mentions to adjust the CMP also. Mine is set at 0 and it does not change when I try to turn it. Tony says his is at level 6. I am curious to why mine CMP level does not change off of 0? If I already have 4 bars solid and 5th bar flashing by using the MIC knob is that ok. I just don't want to damage anything on my new computer or my K3-which I just got back from the shop. If all is set ok as listed above then I will be good to go tomorrow I hope. Any input would be great!! John -- If all the salmon caught in Canada in one year were laid end to end across the Sahara Desert, the smell would be absolutely awful. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 MD commandset for Pactor
I have a question regarding the mode command in the K2 versus K3. I want to use the K2 for Pactor operation as I do it whith the K3. I use the RTTY mode for Pactor in the K2 (compression off) and I have to use USB, but with the command MD6 LSB is chosen. To chose RTTY REV (which is USB) I would need MD9. When I send MD6 to the K3, DATA A, USB is selected. For the programmers this means, two different commands for the K2 and for the K3 would be necessary. Do I miss something or is it really as I discribe it? It is not logic, that the MD6 command sets the K2 to LSB and the K3 to USB... what is the reason for this? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I suffer occasional delusions of adequacy. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Headset/Mic Question
On 9 Apr 2012 at 15:10, Don Wilhelm wrote: No need for any adapter to the K3 - just plug into the rear panel jacks and turn the rear panel mic bias on. Others have mentioned that moving the TX EQ first two bands all the way down, the 3rd band down a bit and adding a few dB for the upper 2 bands. You can find those recommendations in the archives. Look for posts by Jim Brown K9YC. this is exactly the setup I use and I get only good audio reports. I have 2 Heil Headsets but I have not used them anymore since the Yamaha fits better. (I have very little hair on my head and the Heil was uncomfortable after more than an hour or so.) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- A lawyer will do anything to win a case. Sometimes, he will even tell the truth. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - intermittent probem in RX and TX
hi Don, yes it is with the base K2, and yes I sent into a dummy load. I'll repeat the test with a better setup (no switch between dummy load and K2/Wattmeter) But the fact that only 80 and 40m is affected lets me suspect the issue is with the K2. tnx a lot for your support! Werner oe9fwv On 9 Apr 2012 at 9:56, Don Wilhelm wrote: Is that with the base K2 (no KAT2, no KPA100 and no KAT100)? If so, is the K2 operating into a 50 ohm load? With the bare base K2, the RF detector must see a 50 ohm non-reactive load to have good power indication. The KAT2 or KAT100 or KPA100 have real wattmeters which fix that condition. 73, Don W3FPR -- Where does revenge end, and justice begin? Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 - intermittent probem in RX and TX
I have an intermittent problem when receiving and transmitting. Rx: the received modulation from other stations on 80/40m in LSB sounds like it is on the wrong sideband. The RX level seems quite low. Sometimes I have the impression that the frequency is not stable, it is like the radio is tuning upwards, the sound of the signal becomes narrower (with the OP1 selected) Tx: there is no or very little output power. All symptoms disappear when I tap on the top case and the radio works normal for a while until it appears again. Can someone imagine where I should start looking for the problem? Any specific information on the installed options needed? 73! Werner oe9fwv -- The best thing about computers is that they fly around the room when you get real mad at them. - Joe Ely Carrales, III Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3: data modes - bizarre behavior
I use Airmail and RMS Express and both work as they should in Pactor 1-4 mode. RMS Express version is 1.1.3.0. Controller is a SCS DR-7800 P4 Dragon I recommend to use DATA Mode in the K3 for Pactor. DATA Mode should be set to DATA A, USB. You should set RMS Express to use DATA USB. You should enable SYNC DT in the K3 Main Menu. (a function key has to be set) Use Line in/out to connect the transceiver to the modem. Use PSKA and FSKA settings around 800-1000 mV. Adjust LINE IN Gain until you see ALC 3-4 bars flickering when you transmit. Mic SEL must be set to LINE IN. The dial frequency on the K3 will be set to Center - 1.5 khz. If you use the predefined frequency tables in RMS Express, you will have the correct frequency set (RX and TX will be the same frequency and mode) - unless you activate split or RIT/XIT what you should not do of course. I have successfully worked with many stations since a long time with these settings. I do not believe that there is a problem with RMS Express in the current version in this respect. (there are problems, but different from the reported here) The K3 is an excellent transceiver for Pactor. It is the best I ever had :-) 73! Werner oe9fwv On 2 Jan 2012 at 7:53, W4GRJ wrote: I use RMS Express Winmor, DSM780 FlDigi MT63, Airmail Pactor and MIL110A, they all work perfect with the rig left in USB. Jack W4GRJ / AFA4DG On Jan 2, 2012, at 3:43, Richard Ferch ve3...@storm.ca wrote: W4GRJ wrote: Just leave the K3 in USB, do not change to data mode. RMS Express will set to the correct freq. You will not have to make any adjustments. If this is correct, and RMS Express tunes to the correct frequency in USB mode but not in DATA A mode, then there may be an error in RMS Express. DATA A is exactly the same as USB except for disabling compression and EQ and the default choice of input audio path (line in instead of microphone). In particular, the frequency display in DATA A and USB is the same. A setup that works in USB should work in DATA A without changes. What I suspect might be happening is that RMS Express might be programmed to handle DATA A as if it were a USB version of AFSK A. In AFSK A, the K3's dial displays the RTTY mark frequency, whereas in DATA A the dial displays the suppressed carrier frequency. If the RMS Express programmers assumed that in DATA A the radio's indicated frequency was the center of the bandpass instead of the suppressed carrier frequency, they would program it to tune the radio 1.5 kHz too high in DATA A. 73, Rich VE3KI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Das Volk versteht das meiste falsch, aber es fühlt das meiste richtig. Kurt Tucholsky Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] pactor on k3
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Re: [Elecraft] pactor on k3
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Re: [Elecraft] pactor on k3
hi Susan, I have been sending an answer twice, and have seen that it arrives as an empty posting on the list. I have no idea why this happens, but I try again - this time with a cc to myself to check my mail system. I wrote: PTT to PTT in RCA connector RX Audio - Line out RCA (stereo) TX Audio - Line in RCA (mono) Transceiver Control Connector TxD-V24 (pin 13) - RS232 pin 2 RxD-V24 (pin 17) - RS232 pin 3 TGND - (pin 18) - RS232 pin 5 When you have your cables right and get no mod out you have to check the microphone and Line settings in your K3. Mode is DATA A, USB Menu Function Sync DT -S on Menu Mic Sel Line in I suspect you have the mic selector wrong or Line gain turned low. When you adjust Mic Gain, Line should appear in the K3 display. 73! Werner oe9fwv -- Going the speed of light is bad for your age. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Presets/Settings for JT65B / EME
hi Ed, Edward R. Cole schrieb am 13 Aug 2011 um 11:22: I checked with WSJT9/JT-65B running the spectraJT waterfall: I have no Rx EQ set up. TX EQ for SSB is -16, -16, -9, 0, 0,+3,+6,+6 With USB I have display 500-Hz to 2800-Hz With DATA I have display for 900-Hz to 3400-Hz with no TX EQ: USB displays 250-2800 Hz DATA displays 250-3400 Hz From this it appears TX EQ affects the audio passband in DATA., as well as, SSB. Cutting off the low freq below 900-Hz is a disadvantage for JT-65. did you activate SYNC in your tests? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- If God didn't want us to eat cows, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - dual mikes at same time - biased and un-biased?
I have created 2 macros to switch between a Heil HC5 and a Icom SM-8 (front and rear) It works fine, but it is not foolproof. The problem is that the BIAS switch toggles, There is no foolproof command - if you press the Heil Macro twice, it will toggle the BIAS on / off. I have asked Wayne once if he could change this, but I do not remember that I got a response. (but I might have overseen it) 73! de Werner OE9FWV Don Wilhelm schrieb am 15 Aug 2011 um 10:01: Tony, That sounds like a task for a couple of macros. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/15/2011 7:45 AM, N2TK, Tony wrote: I have a question to see if there is an easy, foolproof (almost) way to switch between a biased mike (CM500) and a non-biased mike (Heil Proset). At KP2M we sometimes run multi-op with two K3's. We change ops every 4 hours. I like using the CM500 and another op likes using the Heil Proset. The differences are the biased vs. non-biased and the TX EQ are different. I was wondering if between the front and rear panel mike jacks and the programmable commands if there would be a quick way to switch headsets. Sometimes we switch ops during a long run so whatever we do has to be fast. And I would like it to be close to foolproof so that we don't forget to do it. Maybe a small external program to make the switch? The simple solution is that I bring my Heil Proset too. But I really like the comfort of the CM500's when wearing them for long periods. Tnx for any feedback. 73, N2TK, Tony __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - dual mikes at same time - biased and un-biased?
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[Elecraft] K3 DVR question
I am using the K3 DVR to record the received audio and play it back to the OM on the other side to give him an impression of his audio. Usually third party listeners told me that the recorded audio sounded nearly equal to the original, but last week I recorded a ham friend very close to me and the replay sounded a little distorted when I retransmitted it. It sounded very good in my monitor though. I have seen that the ALC meter was quite high when I replayed the recorded audio, and it could not be influenced by my mic gain and comp setting. Is this normal and intended? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Meine Frau ist mit meinem Hund abgehauen. Ich vermisse ihn sehr... Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles
Phil Debbie Salas schrieb am 24 May 2011 um 6:40: Here's how I do it with a Palm Paddle for portable operations: www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/PalmBase.pdf I have built the Palmradio IR receiver into the K3 for wireless operation. http://www.oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/K3/Palmpaddle_K3.pdf description is in german, but with many pictures. 73! Werner oe9fwv -- The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles
sorry for the typo. the www was to much http://oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/K3/Palmpaddle_K3.pdf Pierfrancesco Caci schrieb am 24 May 2011 um 21:49: Werner == Werner Furlan fur...@gmx.net writes: Werner http://oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/K3/Palmpaddle_K3.pdf the link doesn't work :( -- Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx -- Dain bramaged. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K-3 Noise Reduction
Lyle Johnson schrieb am 16 May 2011 um 17:57: We are always looking at ways of doing this better, and went through a very lengthy several months ago to improve NR. You can be sure that we will revisit it when we review the status of the K3 firmware and operation. the best NR (for my taste) I have encountered is from OM Ing. Michels. Examples: http://www.ing-michels.de/audio_demonstrations.html 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Paint: v.; protect from weather; expose to critic Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K2] KAT100 + KPA100 power supply in EC2
I have built the KAT100 and KPA100 into a custom EC2 housing and it is working very well, there is only one little problem in the setting which I do not like. The combo needs two power supply cables, one for the high current into the KPA100 (Anderson connectors) and one for the KAT100 (round plug like in the K2). I'd like to power the unit with only one power cable into the AP connector. Did anybody already find an elegant solution for this? I'd prefer to have the necessary cables inside the EC2 not a Y-cable outside. 73! Werner oe9fwv -- Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] KAT100 + KPA100 power supply in EC2
hi Don, Gary, Bill, Don Wilhelm schrieb am 4 Jan 2011 um 13:47: Do you have the header for the AUX DC cable from the KPA100 installed in your KAT100? In other words, do you have the KAT100-2? If so, there is no need for the power cable to the KAT100, it will be powered from the cable to the KPA100. yes Don, you are right! Everything works like you, Bill and Gary described. I don't know what I did wrong before. I have the 12V header installed, maybe I had forgotten to connect the AUX/IO cable or whatever. I'll change my powercable now. btw, the EC2 project is making progress. The rear panel is finished, the opening for the loudspeaker is still missing. This will be the toughest part of all. The Aluminium material of the EC2 is of low quality, it is not possible to make my first draft with the milling machine. We will produce something different. I'll send you a picture in a private mail. 73! Werner oe9fwv -- Viele Hunde gehen gern ins Wasser. Manche leben sogar immer dort, das sind die Seehunde. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Latest Sherwood table
happy new year, Wayne Burdick schrieb am 31 Dec 2010 um 17:26: On Dec 31, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: What gets me in a K3 is that there is still some room in there, even after installing the KRX3 to the 100W transceiver, to add something else. So far the possibilities haven't tickled my fancy. We're saving it for a fuel cell :) Wayne N6KR ooops -- I already filled half of the room with a pactor modem. What is the size of the fuel cell? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Driving People Insane: 9. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it IN Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] linking K3 with PC with blue tooth
Johnny, Johnny Siu schrieb am 13 Dec 2010 um 21:27: We now have either RS232 or USB converter to link K3 with the computer. Is there a way to link K3 with the computer by blue tooth? I am using a Aircable device: http://www.aircable.net/index.php it is this product: http://www.aircable.net/products/serial5.php there are others on the market of course. Another one I tried: http://www.blueserial.de/ I use these devices for a wireless connection to my Ptc-2 controllers. It eleminates the problem of RF into the serial cable. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry? Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Re： SCS Pactor 3 modem with K3
Johnny, Johnny Siu schrieb am 5 Dec 2010 um 7:01: Thanks Markus. It is a pitty that K3 cannot work properly with the best pactor 3 modem. HF email is now one of the cheapest and reliable way in marine and ARES. cheers, not true. There is no problem to control the K3 using the SCS Ptc-2. Use the Kenwood protocol. trx ty k 38400 A for example will set your Ptc- 2 to 38.400 baud on VFO A and you can scan the frequency list without a computer running. The old Ptc-2 uses TTL levels, so you might need a level converter (MAX232) and with the new Ptc-2pro or USB set the TRX TY to V24. I have built a SCS Trx-ptc modem inside my K3 and K2. In addition to this, Airmail after version 3.4 directly supports Elecraft K2 and K3 transceivers. (also setting the correct mode) You can use either a direct comport or the Ptc-2 trx control port. I think it was me who persuaded Jim KE6RK into adding the Elecraft transceivers to the list of supported radios in Oct. 2008 ;-) I think I made a small pdf with the necessary settings in the K3 to operate Pactor. I can say it works excellent if you do it right. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KAT2: voltage reading
Don, thank you - everything looks fine. The tuner seems to work. 73! de Werner OE9FWV Don Wilhelm schrieb am 25 Nov 2010 um 19:59: Werner, You have obtained a better than normal adjustment - normally 008 and above is considered OK. I believe there is a statement to that effect somewhere in the manual. I would guess that the 2.4 volts is OK. That may change when you finish the power calibration. Connect R6 (47 ohms if the K60XV is not installed, or 470 ohms with the K60XV) and see what happens. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/25/2010 6:03 PM, Dr. Werner Furlan wrote: I am in the course of finishing the KAT2 assembly. I did the C55 adjustment like discribed on page 16: Press T U N E button and release it when you see the display change. Adjust C55 for an indication as close as possible to 0 0 0 . Tap or hold T U N E again to cancel the C A L n display and return to receive mode I get as close as 007 - is this normal or indicating a problem? next question: On page 17 of the assembly manual at this point: -- Go into TUNE mode briefly. At 5 watts, the voltage should be between 3 and 4 volts. If it is much lower or higher than this, you probably have a wiring error in the SWR bridge. Remove the KAT2 control board from the L-C board and check the wiring of T1. Make sure T1's leads are properly stripped. -- I have a reading of only 2.4 V. I checked the T1 wiring but do not see a mistake. Should I go on and add R6 or should I remove T1 and check it outside the board? -- False hope is nicer than no hope at all. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KAT2: voltage reading
I am in the course of finishing the KAT2 assembly. I did the C55 adjustment like discribed on page 16: Press T U N E button and release it when you see the display change. Adjust C55 for an indication as close as possible to 0 0 0 . Tap or hold T U N E again to cancel the C A L n display and return to receive mode I get as close as 007 - is this normal or indicating a problem? next question: On page 17 of the assembly manual at this point: -- Go into TUNE mode briefly. At 5 watts, the voltage should be between 3 and 4 volts. If it is much lower or higher than this, you probably have a wiring error in the SWR bridge. Remove the KAT2 control board from the L-C board and check the wiring of T1. Make sure T1's leads are properly stripped. -- I have a reading of only 2.4 V. I checked the T1 wiring but do not see a mistake. Should I go on and add R6 or should I remove T1 and check it outside the board? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Think about it . A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - KAT2 QRP Tuner in EC2 - Elecraft K2 line ;-)
hi Bob, Bob Nielsen schrieb am 8 Nov 2010 um 18:09: The K2 top cover has enough room for a KAT2, KBT2 and KIO2 all at the same time. Have you installed something else in that space? yes - a TRX PTC Pactor controller. http://oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/bilder/trxptc_innen_fertig.jpg 73! de Werner OE9FWV Bob, N7XY On Nov 8, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Dr. Werner Furlan wrote: I would like to add a EC-2 with the KAT2 built in. My K2 has no room for the KAT2 this is why I need a separate housing. The KIO2 is built in. The KAT2 is powered from the K2 KIO2, right? I'll have to connect the KIO2 and HF to the tuner, that's all? I'll have to find out the correct pinout for the K2 BUS - hope the numbers are like on the D-SUB connector. I plan to connect the K2 RS232 with a D-Sub on the ECS and HF with a BNC cable through a nice Daiwa SWR meter which fits perfectly into the EC2. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 - KAT2 QRP Tuner in EC2 - Elecraft K2 line ;-)
I would like to add a EC-2 with the KAT2 built in. My K2 has no room for the KAT2 this is why I need a separate housing. The KIO2 is built in. The KAT2 is powered from the K2 KIO2, right? I'll have to connect the KIO2 and HF to the tuner, that's all? I'll have to find out the correct pinout for the K2 BUS - hope the numbers are like on the D-SUB connector. I plan to connect the K2 RS232 with a D-Sub on the ECS and HF with a BNC cable through a nice Daiwa SWR meter which fits perfectly into the EC2. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- In my electric bill I found this: We would be de-lighted if you pay your bill. However, if you don't, you will be. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 audio speaker jack
I have a BHI noise reduction speaker, this speaker has a cable with a mono plug. (3.5mm, sleeve and tip) I have learned that this plug should not be used with the K3. My question: when I exchange the speaker cable with a stereo plug, should I leave the ring unconnceted or is it better to connect left and right channel (ring and tip) to the BHI speaker? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Originality: n., ability to conceal sources Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Low and High Mic gain question
Bill, Bill Conkling schrieb am 15 Sep 2010 um 21:29: I think what is needed here are two PF keys, one to set the mic up for FrontPanel, and one for the RearPanel. Each would make the necessare gain, compression, range, bias and equalization settings for the respective mics. Perhaps someone familiar with the K3 programming could create this and pass it on as a tutorial, or script or whatever for newbies like myself I have created two macros for my microphones, Heil headset rear, Icom SM-8 front. The macro for the Heil is: MN053;DN;DN;UP;SWT11;MN255;MG030; The macro for the Icom is: MN053;DN;DN;SWT11;MN255;MG023; The problem is that the High / Low setting is toggled and not saved seperately for the front and rear microphone. I see two possibilities for the developer to solve it: either keep it seperately for front / rear or create a dedicated code for low and high microphone level. I have also asked for this feature and Wayne's comment was positive. I don't know where it is on the list. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Das Problem mit den alten Leuten wird nicht weniger obwohl so viele sterben. Aber es wachsen immer neue nach. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 and USB Audio Codec
hi Joe, I am a bit late for a reply, but anyway. The way the codec is implemented is (as far I understand it) different and more straitforward. There is no soundcard in the radio, but the data stream is directly derived from the IF-DSP. My friend Gert, OE3ZK described it as follows: Es wird kein eigener (billig) SoundChip eingesetzt. Die USB Audio CODEC Aufbereitung erfolgt direkt aus der ZF-DSP der Transceiver. Abgesehen von den Quarzungenauigkeiten der billig Sound-Chips wird DSP nicht kaskadiert, das ist der wesentliche Qualitätsunterschied. I translate: There is no (cheap) Soundchip in the radio. The USB Audio Codec is directly created out of the IF-DSP of the transceiver. There are no inaccuracies of the cheap soundchip quartz and there is no cascading of DSP's, that is a significant difference in quality. I have a block diagram of the IC-7200 on my website, you can see it here: http://oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/bilder/IC-7200%20USB.jpg This is an interesting approach in my opinion and has two major advantages. Better quality of the signal for soundcard modes independent from external soundcards, no additional cables and devices for mobile use. A radio and the computer. Thats all. Remote control included. 73! de Werner OE9FWV Joe Subich, W4TV-4 [via Elecraft] schrieb am 13 Jul 2010 um 9:17: I don't trust the quality of an external soundcard of this price. It might be sufficient for PSK31 but probably not for Winmor. The Signalink USB is good, but not for 20 bucks. The USB Audio CODEC integrated circuit in the IC-7000 or IC-7600 has the same specifications as the USB Audio CODEC in Signalink or a $15 USB headset adapter. There is no benefit to putting audio to digital conversion in the radio and bringing the audio out using a driver dependent protocol. An integrated USB audio CODEC is nothing more than a gimmick that provides no performance benefit while limiting user flexibility/choice, increasing cost and decreasing reliability. If one were going to provide digital output, it would be far better to stream the raw in I/Q data from the DSP's ADC via firewire rather than push it through two additional A/D and D/A steps and reduce it to a single channel of audio. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 7/10/2010 3:48 PM, oe9fwv wrote: I don't trust the quality of an external soundcard of this price. It might be sufficient for PSK31 but probably not for Winmor. The Signalink USB is good, but not for 20 bucks. I have not heard of a problem with the DSP in the IC-7200 or 7600. From what I have heard this is not a real soundcard but the IF passband after the DSP is sent to the audio codec via USB. It would make it very easy using the K3 for digital soundcard modes without another external device. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- There is so much sand in Northern Africa, that if we spread it out, it would completely cover the Sahara Desert. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 and PTCIIUSB
hi Bob, Bob schrieb am 14 Aug 2010 um 13:52: Have any of you got your K3 working with an SCS PTCII modem? yes me ;-) Mine connects through LINE IN, LINE OUT and PTT. The beta version of Airmail 3.4.034 has a K3 option and its HF Terminal module puts the K3 in DATA A mode. But I get only one block of RF on the K3 RF meter regardless of settings of PSKA and FSKA in Airmail and boosting K3 LINE IN gain. Changing to USB and widening the filter, with zero CMP, power is fine -- 50 watts -- and connects to PMBOs. No joy with DATA A. sounds like your line in gain is set to zero. I'm probably missing something simple -- this my first week with PACTOR. Just got the modem. Seems odd that Airmail works with the K3 in USB and not in DATA A. I read that DATA A keeps leaves the compression at zero, which is required for PACTOR 3, so would like to use it to avoid manually changing it from voice digital. Any idea what could cause the difference? Sound card digital modes work fine throgh the same LINE IN and LINE OUT connections and K3 settings (I use USB). I've had QSOs with MT63, OLIVA and WINMOR using MIXW and RMS Express. I'd like to learn which parameter settings you found that you are happy with (in the K3 and in Airmail). set your transceiver into DATA A mode, USB, -S activated (MENU SYNC DT set) then tap Menu and check if Mic Sel is LINE IN. Then adjust Line in Gain using the Speed / Mic Pot (set to Mic). PTT RLS 012. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- You can't have everything. Where would you put it? Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 and PTCIIUSB
hi Richard, Richard Ferch schrieb am 14 Aug 2010 um 17:46: When you used USB you said you widened the filter. I'm guessing that was the key to your success. Try widening the filter in DATA A mode. The filter in DATA A is centered on 1500 Hz, and the default width is 400 Hz. I don't know where the PTC II's Pactor tones are centered, but I am guessing they are outside the DSP filter bandpass at the K3's normal narrow filter setting. Once you have determined where the PTC II's tones are, you can use the K3's SHIFT control to re-center the filter on them and then use WIDTH to widen or narrow the bandwidth as appropriate. The same is probably true for your other digital modes. A 400 Hz filter centered on 1500 Hz will not work with MT63, for example, but simply readjusting the filter settings will allow you to use DATA A for MT63. The filter width is important but not his problem. He reported that he has no LINE IN gain. (RF out zero) Filter width for Pactor 1+2 is 500Hz, center on 1500 is default, but can be adjusted in the Ptc-2 (tone setting 4 will set the tones to 1400 - 1600Hz) For Pactor 3 the full SSB bandwidth is needed, so set the filter to 2400. Center is 1500Hz by default. (again tones 4 - which is set by Airmail and cannot be changed) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I'm not a complete idiot - several parts are missing. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 in Brazil?
A friend of me is living in Brazil and he is interested in buying a K3. Is someone on the list who can share his experience with him? (taxes, custom, shipping) Please respond per p.m. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I started out with nothing still have most of it left. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 and USB Audio Codec
This is a question to the development team: are there any thoughts or possibilities to add a USB port to the K3 or P3 which could introduce a USB soundcard to the K3 like it is in the IC-7200 or the upcoming TS- 590s (?) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I suffer occasional delusions of adequacy. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 RS232 no data out
Dr. Werner Furlan schrieb am 7 Jun 2010 um 23:57: My K3 stopped sending data out of its serial port. I can set a frequency (using a terminal program) but get no response from the serial port. K3 Utility is of course not working because there is no reply to the ; command. My guess is a problem with U1 on the KIO3 board. thanks to Gary Surrency from Elecraft Support, Van W1WCG and Phil WD8QWR for their help in diagnosing the problem. It is a partially defective U1 on the KIO3 board. I'll have to replace it. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Eine katholische Schwester kann nicht austreten, da sie zeitlebens im Kloster leben muss. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 RS232 no data out
My K3 stopped sending data out of its serial port. I can set a frequency (using a terminal program) but get no response from the serial port. K3 Utility is of course not working because there is no reply to the ; command. My guess is a problem with U1 on the KIO3 board. Any idea where to start? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Don't be hesitant. Digital electronics can smell fear. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Line in / out socket failure
Julian, G4ILO schrieb am 25 Apr 2010 um 9:22: Has anyone else had trouble with these sockets? Are they user replaceable using parts obtainable in the UK? I have a problem with the rear Mic connector. I'll have to replace it. If anyone has a source for GOOD matching sockets, I'd appreciate the information. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Why be politically correct if you can be right?-- Erik V. Petersen Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3: rear microfone plug problem
I have the Heil Pro headset plugged into the rear microphone jack. All of a sudden I got very bad modulation reports, and when I checked my modulation with the monitor, I could hear a very loud noise even without speaking into the microphone. When I wiggle the microphone plug, the noise goes away and the modulation is clear like it should be. It looks like a loose connection in the microphone jack. Are these connectors prone to fail? Has anyone else had this problem and what should I try next? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3: rear microfone plug problem
hi Doug, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 schrieb am 12 Mar 2010 um 15:24: I have a similar problem, but it's the Heil, not the K3. not here. It is also with my computer headset. It must be the socket in the K3. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- It's not an optical illusion, it just looks like one. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft email List Official Guidelines 2010
Ed K1EP schrieb am 18 Feb 2010 um 8:56: If you chose to receive your mail in digest form, then it is your email client that doesn't allow you to display the messages the way you want. There are probably many clients that do what you want. Here's a free one I found by searching: http://wareseeker.com/Communications/java-e-mail-newsgroup-digest-reader-1. 01.zip/3503113 I use Pegasus Mail (free at www.pmail.com) It handles mime digests in a way that looks like individual mails in the inbox. It does not like the non-standard yahoo mails though there is a plugin that converts yahoo digests into the standard mime digests. But the best Email client cannot compensate the lazy guys which do full quotes of each email. I use to call these people Vollquottel. Translation available on request ;-) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Diese Erkenntnis: Ich denke, also bin ich - ist von allen die erste und zuverlässigste. René Descartes Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Is NR effective on ssb?
hi all, juergen schrieb am 15 Feb 2010 um 15:32: If you like experimenting try this product. I have been using it on the low bands for a while now, and I am very impressed. I have not found a radio with an inbuilt DSP that will beat it. http://www.ing-michels.de/hamradio.html I agree. I use a predecessor of this product, it was sold as a kit once. I don't know if the algorithm has been improved in the meantime, but my box works really good. The depth of noise reduction is adjustable with a pot and it does not reduce the loudness of the signal but only the noise. At the highest NR setting voices start to sound spacey. I normally use a medium setting for best S/N effect. The noise reduction is only noticeable wih weak noisy signals. There is nearly no effect on S9+20 signals without noise. My box has one disadvantage, I don't know if this has been changed with the new product, there is only one channel, so the sub receiver has no NR. You might need two of them. ($$) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Eine Halbinsel ist eine Insel, die noch nicht ganz fertig ist. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K3] Macro vs. voice/CW memories
I have a problem understanding how this works and what is possible with the memory buttons M1-M4. I have created 4 makros whith often needed functions: switch from front panel to rear panel microphone (2 Macros) switch monitor off switch monitor to level 10 I wanted to assign these macros to M4 (Tap/Hold) and M3 (Tap/Hold), which was successful when I tried it. Then there is the voice recorder which also saves voice memories to the buttons M1-M4. Is this function instead of the macro function? When I accidentally switched the recorder on with M2, the programmed macro disappeared. But it is still saved somewhere in the K3, because I can assign it to the M key again. Next question: how does the K3 handle the CW memories, when a macro is programmed to the same key? I would like to have the CW memories when I am in CW mode, but the macros when I am in SSB, but I cannot find a way to switch which function is active. If macro and voice /cw memory are either / or it would be nice to have a switch to choose between them ... 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Tradition ist nicht das Bewahren von Asche, sondern das Schüren der Flamme. Jean Jaures Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] DATA Jack for K2??
Julian, G4ILO schrieb am 9 Feb 2010 um 4:20: Some years ago Pauli EA3BLQ (SK) developed a board that did exactly what you are asking for. I have never understood why Elecraft did not adopt it and put it into production as an official K2 option as they did with the DSP board. I am sure there would be a demand for it even now, after all the K2 is still a current product. Although I don't use my K2 much now I would buy one just to fill that gap in its functionality. I was lucky and got one of these boards and it works just fine. All information about the circuit diagram and film pictures are available at Pauli's website, so it would be not too difficult to make the boards. To create Eagle files it would be necessary to do some reverse engineering. I gave this information to Jon already in a private mail. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K2] frequency drifting
this morning I was trying a new antenna for portable use and therefore I turned my K2 on. When I was first listening I thought I had not connected the antenna because no sound came out of the radio. I switched it on and off and suddenly it worked. Then I listened to a station on 80m and suddenly it was slowly drifting away - I could follow it with the VFO for some seconds, then it disappeared completely (the radio went silent) and with a small plop it was there again on its original frequency. The frequency display did not move when this happened unless I turned the VFO. This repeated several times, I switched the radio on and off, no joy, but after a short time, I guess about half a minute or so the problem had disappeared. I could make QSO and everything looks ok. What could this be? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- es gibt Leute sind dümmer als ein Büchse Whiskas. Denn im Whiskas hat es immerhin ein bisschen Hirn. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K3]K3 switched off after power failure
When my K3 looses power, it will not switch on itself after power is back. Is there a way to achieve this? The question is because I am thinking of an unattended use with an unreliable power source. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.-- often attributed to Freud Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] NR adjust on sub?
on my K3 with FW 3.76 loaded I can set NR settings with BSET for the subreceiver, but it is then changed also for the main receiver. I can use NR on the main or sub or for both, but with the same NR settings for the same mode. 73! de Werner OE9FWV Don Wilhelm schrieb am 26 Jan 2010 um 8:58: Jim, In that case it should work. Is there any chance you are in either DATA or FM mode? Noise Reduction is N/A for those modes. I don't have the sub here to try it, so perhaps someone who has the sub can try it on their K3 with 3.76 beta firmware. 73, Don W3FPR Jim Miller wrote: Should have mentioned that I was unable to set Sub NR after loading beta 3.76 complete with new DSP FW. Sub works great otherwise. jim ab3cv On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Jim Miller j...@jtmiller.com wrote: I've activated Bset but when I hold the NR button I don't get a Fx-x indication for setting the Sub NR. Didn't see anything in the manual or scanning throught the Config settings. How is this done? tnx jim ab3cv (sub newbie) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2644 - Release Date: 01/25/10 02:36:00 -- Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3:CW send decode on a Straight key?
John, juergen schrieb am 23 Jan 2010 um 22:02: Is there anyway of making the K3's CW decoder work on the straight key port? I am using an external logikey and would like to see what I am sending now and then. I asked the same question some time ago because I wanted to connect a Palm Radio Infrared receiver to the K3's Keyer port. Wayne answered: Would it be possible to activate the decoder also with the input from an external keyer ? Possible, but not easy. I would have to decode your CW, which adds a lot of complexity and delays. My solution was to use the Paddle input instead and if you want to use a straight key I can recommend PocketDigi to decode the sidetone - it is a multi-platform multimode decoder available at www.sourceforge.net for free. I use it on the PC and on my PPC and it works fine. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- God is the only being who doesn't need to exist to rule.-- Charles Baudeleire Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] monitor delay
hi all, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL schrieb am 15 Jan 2010 um 19:29: Lyle said: ...Most people do not notice... Maybe most people simply don't complain? I have lots of friends with K3s (I mean LOTS) and I am not aware of even one who does NOT notice the delay. Of course, all my friends are contesters, so maybe we are a picky group. :-) I found it better to do an on-air adjustment with someone who knows my voice AND is a contester. They know how it should sound. I go on blind faith that what they tell me to do is working to my benefit...works so far. I do notice the delay and it is a reason for me not to use Monitor when QSO'ing. The delay irritates me when I am talking. I find MON very useful to adjust my modulation though with TX off, it is a great feature. Listening to records of my modulation on the air is better of course, but for a coarse estimation how it sounds it is nice to have. (in the direction of would miss it if it were not there) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- If God didn't want us to eat cows, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Fax-Email Gateway +43 820 - 220262990 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] T1: can I switch into TUNE with the K2's tune button?
I have built the T1, and find it an amazing instrument. I would like to use it also with the K2, which in my case has no QRP tuner built in, because there is no room left, I decided to build the SCS Ptc-2 into the rig instead of the battery and tuner. I would like to switch the T1 into tune mode without using the Tune button of the T1, but instead use the Tune button of the K2. Is this possible somehow? I think there is the possiblity to switch the T1 to Tune with the remote jack. But how do I get the appropriate signal out of the K2? TIA , 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] switch to another microphone using a macro?
I have an Icom SM-8 microphone attached to my K3's front panel and a Heil Pro Headset with HC 4 element plugged into the rear panel. Depending on working conditions and my mood I sometimes prefer one or the other microphone. The procedure requires to change Bias and sensitivity in the microphone menu which takes quite a time. I'd like to create a makro so I can switch from one microphone to the other with a shortcut. I did not find the necessary commands. Is this possible at all? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Seen on a toilet wall:HEISENBERG MAY HAVE BEEN HERE Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] switch to another microphone using a macro?
hi Dick, thank you very much for your detailed description. It works like a charm, the only thing I had to change was SWT12, which can be omitted, because the K3 remembers the BIAS setting for the rear and front panel microphone. It might be a wish for future firmware versions to make the high/low setting stick to the front or rear panel too, this would make the macro foolproof. Your help is much appreciated! 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Driving People Insane: 3. Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is the opposite gender.) Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] how much harder to build: K2 vs K1?
hi, I can only speak for the K2 which I built. The key point is your soldering skills. Next point is patience and following the instructions. If you want to see my building pathway you can find it here: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/k2.html from the dates you can see how long it took me to finish the task. One idea someone already wrote on the list is building a small kit like the XG2 or something like this and see if your soldering skills are already sufficient or need improvement And if you plan to start: I sugest to look at the rework eliminator kit. I missed this point unfortunately. http://www.unpcbs.com/ 73! and have fun! de Werner OE9FWV lstavenhagen schrieb am 30 Dec 2009 um 17:27: Hi all, I'm considering building a K2, but here's my situation. I'd be a first-time kit builder, I've never had the opportunity to build and the K2 looks like it'd be great fun and a great learning experience. The K1 sounds like it's the better choice for a first-time build, but the K2 matches what I need in a radio a lot better. So I guess my general question is, how much harder would a K2 be to build over a K1? I.e. what are the gotchas with the K2 for a novice builder that aren't in a K1? I know this is kind of vague, but that's the only way I can think of to ask the question. I think I'd still do OK if I took my time and got good tools (I just ordered the recommended weller soldering station). Thanks, LS W5QD -- Don't you hate those silly [tags] silly people put on subject line? Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 22505 Mobile +43 664 63 400 14 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: soldering leads to coin cell batteries
hi John, John Ferguson schrieb am 19 Dec 2009 um 6:35: Does anyone here have experience soldering leads to coin cell batteries? My yes I have :-( Compaq Armada M300 needs a new cmos battery. the present one is a 2032 with 2 leads and a molex plug. my scheme is to put the needle point on my trusty WTCP, remove the leads from the old battery, sand them and tin them and using the flux I used for the smt project, quickly as in QUICKLY touch the point to the leads. I do not don't recommend it, although it might work. But it will heat up the battery and you must avoid by all means that solder flows around the edge of the battery and shortens it. When I once tried it the coin cell exploded in my fingers and since that time I know what tinnitus is. You might find the leaded cmos battery as a spare part or maybe you have a dealer around who has the equipment to weld leads to a coin cell. (we have such a dealer 30km away). Another possibility: maybe you have enough room to insert a battery holder somewhere in the computer? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I made a mental note and now I can't remember where I put it! Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Beta Firmware-download, the easy way
To add another possibility, I use Total Commander (www.ghisler.com) It is a decent filemanager and has an FTP Client built in (in addition to many other goodies) I had to setup the Elecraft FTP site once, choose the beta firmware directory, choose my download directory, save all. The rest is open the predefined link, look if there is something new, and if yes mark and copy. (1 click on the beta firmware + press F5 key) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- If it works, don't fix it. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Makro question
in my Elecraft K3 utility I found Macro 1 predefined with KH3; and Macro 2 with ldpw131.248.110; I could not find these functions in the programmers reference. What do these commands mean? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Driving People Insane: 2. Page yourself over the intercom. (Don't disguise your voice) Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3: infrared receiver for wireless paddle
I have a CW paddle with an IR wireless transmitter (Palm Paddle from Palm Radio) and it works great with the K2. Palm radio provides a manual where to solder the wires to the K2. I would like to add the reveiver also to my K3. I need the pins for paddle right, paddle left, ground and VCC (everything from 5-15V is ok for the receiver) Link to the product is here: http://www.palm-radio.de/english/english.html It would be nice if everything could be soldered to the downside of the main board of the K3 like in the K2. Maybe one of you can read circuit diagrams better than me and can give me a hint where are the best solder point to attach the wires. thanks in advance, 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Veni, Vedi, Visa: I came. I saw. I shopped. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KIO3 Pinout
hi David, David Christ schrieb am 19 Oct 2009 um 15:13: From my professional experience TxD and RxD may be more common, but RX and TX are used often enough that I would not call them unusual. Certainly using RX and TX should not cause any confusion. my mail below was not clear in this respect, I did not find the expression TX and RX unusual, but it was the fact that a transmitting line is called RX(D) and a receiving line TX(D). But Don W3FPR enlightened me that this is correct because the K3 is a Terminal Device and transmits on RXD, where the DCE device (computer) is receiving on RXD and transmits on TXD. Btw, the naming of RX and TX is unusual in the manual. I think a transmitting line is called TXD and a receiving line is called RXD, no matter on which device it is located. Data from the K3 = TXD - RXD on the PC, Data from PC -TXD - RXD on the K3. (ANSI/EIA/TIA-232-F-1997) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I intend to live for ever, or die in the attempt. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Trojan horse warning
hi Svend, Svend Spanget schrieb am 19 Oct 2009 um 21:37: I just downloaded the K3 utility 1.2.9.30 from http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm#k3util. Now AVG displays a warning: Accessed file is infected. Trojan horse PSW.Banker5.ZOY Anybody else notice this? the fact that you get this warning and no one else does, makes me suspect that the file you downloaded could be different from the others if there is an infection, it could have happened after the download - did you check your system for other files that could be affected? There are online tools to check a file on your disk. I know that Kaspersky offers a tool for this. If no other threat is found, download it again and do a file compare. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Failing to plan is planning to fail. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] KIO3 Pinout
hi Dick and all who responded, Dick Dievendorff schrieb am 20 Oct 2009 um 9:26: The schematic diagram (on the Elecraft web site) shows the KIO3's serial connector pin 7 is RTS_IN. According to the schematic, pin 2 is RxD out, pin 3 is TxD in, pin 4 is DTR in, pin 5 is common (connected through a small choke to ground), pin 7 is RTS in, and the remaining DE9 pins are not connected. everything is clear now. In my printed manual from 2007 there is a mistake which was corrected in the meantime. There is RTS listed as Pin 6 instead of Pin 7 and the unused Pin 6 is missing in the list of unused Pins. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- If god can be god, why couldn't I? Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KIO3 Pinout
I have a question regarding the KIO3 layout. I'd like to abuse 3 pins for adding a GPS mouse to my TrxPtc in the K3. According to the KIO3 description in the user manual Pin 1, 8,9 are not used. In the list of pins I am also missing Pin 7. I used Pin 9 as GPS VCC (5V), Pin 8 is GPS in and Pin 5 Ground. The Trxptc has GPS out - is there anything on Pin 7 of the K3 in the moment? Btw, the naming of RX and TX is unusual in the manual. I think a transmitting line is called TXD and a receiving line is called RXD, no matter on which device it is located. Data from the K3 = TXD - RXD on the PC, Data from PC -TXD - RXD on the K3. (ANSI/EIA/TIA-232-F-1997) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Just because I'm paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not out to get me! Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] P3 wishlist
not knowing if this is technically feasable, I'd like to have a port for a pointing device (mouse, trackball or these nice heavy tuning devices you can use to navigate in google earth or SDR transciever) regarding the screen, it would be nice to be able to use it for decoding digital modes, especially those already supported by the K3: point and click on the signal in waterfall display, decoded text in a simple terminal program and a line for keyboard input - like the PSK programs for the PC. The option of an integrated power supply would make a ultra compact portable combo - with bluetooth connection to a netbood nearly wireless. I'd also support the idea with band buttons which was already discussed earlier on the list. 73! Werner oe9fwv __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3: proposed SSB coarse tuning rate change
Hi Wayne, Wayne Burdick schrieb am 29 Sep 2009 um 10:29: We've had many requests to provide an 0.5-kHz VFO tuning step size in SSB modes. I'd like to substitute this for the current 2.5 kHz selection. The new set of steps sizes for SSB would then be: 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 Most operators probably don't find 2.5 kHz steps to be particularly useful. 0.5 kHz, on the other hand, seems to be a useful lowest-common- denominator for tuning the SSB band segments. Each mode can have up to 4 step sizes with the K3's present per-mode data structure. I could add more step sizes, but that would require a much more extensive change. Please let me know if you have a compelling requirement for 2.5 kHz steps. I dont really care if the last step is 2.5 or 5 kHz. I think 5 is better for a fast move (QSY). My wish is that I can choose 0.5 kHz for the fast tuning rate with the clarifier knob. Most stations are sitting either at .0 or .5, and it is nice to check the band with the RIT knob and fine tune with the main VFO (which is rarely necessary in fact) This is what I use very often. YMMV. cheers, Werner oe9fwv -- The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 monitor request
hi Ed the gang, Ed Schuller schrieb am 13 Aug 2009 um 11:13: In any event, here is (again) a mundane and simple request - a menu item that turns the monitor on or off. This could then be assigned to a user programmable button. It would certainly make things more convenient when operating the radio. what do you think about the idea of making the volume pot control the monitor while transmitting? (I dont know if it is possible from a technical point of view) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.-- Oscar Wilde Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] QTH.Net versus Yahoo Groups
Jim, Jim Garland schrieb am 13 May 2009 um 11:16: I subscribe to the Elecraft email digest on QTH.NET, and also the FT-2000 digest on Yahoo Groups. Maybe nobody feels the same way, but I find the Elecraft digest very hard to read. Each Elecraft digest comes with many email attachments, each of which has to be opened individually. The lead email shows the number and title of all the postings (the last one had 54), but the numbers aren't given in the subject for the other attachments, which makes finding them problematic. I'd like to read the postings, but doing so is too time consuming under the current setup, and I don't want to load up my In Box with individual postings. with a decent email client (I use Pegasus Mail) you can read the Elecraft Digest like individual mails. You can even sort it on time, sender, thread, subject... I cannot imagine a better way to read a digest than in this way. (mime digest) The yahoo digest on the other hand needs to be digested by an external program (thanks to Stephen Knight for this) to be converted into a mime digest. ymmv, but with a decent mail client you will be set IMO. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- A lawyer will do anything to win a case. Sometimes, he will even tell the truth. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] External speakers for K3?
Wes Stewart schrieb am 12 May 2009 um 9:20: I'm using a pair of Optimus Pro 7AV. These are heavy metal-cased units that look really nice with the K3. They look like the first ones in this link, except they have a textured black finish. http://www.angelfire.com/vt/audio/minimus.html I have a spare pair for sale if anyone is interested. I use a pair of Behringer MS20. This is an active monitor speaker with two analog and one digital input. I did not use the digital input but I use the speakers also for my PC sound. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- - the purpose of life is to know it's purpose - Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta firmware rev. 2.80: Improvements to AFSK-A, DATA-A, SSB, AM, FM, DVR
hi Wayne, wayne burdick schrieb am 10 Feb 2009 um 15:00: * SSB/DATA-A/AFSK-A TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL: Power output in these modes now more closely tracks TUNE power. We recommend setting CONFIG:TXG VCE to 0.0 dB after loading this release, then adjusting only if necessary. * DATA MODE ALC METERING: ALC metering for DATA-A and AFSK-A modes has been adjusted to make the transmit audio level easier to adjust. As before, the recommended audio level for transmission is 4 to 5 bars. 3 bars will appear as soon the minimum required level for good S/N ratio has been reached. I tested the new firmware with my K3 + Ptc-2 TRX modem built inside the K3 and I think you have made a good improvement with the latest firmware 2.82. The output measured on my LP-100 meter is in a 5% range close to the power setting of the K3. I had to set the LINE IN GAIN higher than before, it is now at 20, before it was at 12. My output settings in the TRX-PTC modem are set to 1000mV for PSKA and 800 mV for FSKA. TXG VCE is set to 0.0dB This combination gives me the recommanded 4 bars of ALC. Throughput is good as far I can tell - I'll have to check this in the evening with better conditions to the RMS oe3xec which I can connect on 80m in distance of 280 nautical miles. thank you very much, that's what I like with you and the K3. It's getting better every time ;-) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Was ist ein Zyniker? Ein Mann, der von allem den Preis und von nichts den Wert kennt. Oscar Wilde Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - diversity reception question
Wayne, wayne burdick schrieb am 31 Jan 2009 um 9:33: This is about an 8 dB drop. The first 3 dB can be attributed to the fact that main and sub are now sharing the main antenna path (the splitter gets turned on). The other 5 dB must be due to some combination of the other factors I listed: 1. band-pass filter alignment and losses 2. 1st mixer loss 3. crystal filter loss 4. crystal filter ripple 5. physical alignment of the SUB AF control (when used as main/sub BALANCE) Are the crystal filters in the two receivers matched? If not, you could be using a filter with a lot of loss in the sub vs. the main at a particular bandwidth. no - they are not. I have -0.89 and -0.81 - both set to -0.85. I'll discuss this with Gary like you said. tnx, 73! de Werner OE9FWV 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I can't walk on water, but I can stagger on alcohol. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - diversity reception question
hi Wayne, wayne burdick schrieb am 30 Jan 2009 um 13:29: Using the MAIN antenna for the subreceiver switches in a -3 dB pad, which is required to split the path to the two receivers. This results in about a 3 dB signal attenuation in both. This may be part of what you're hearing. There also may be slight differences in overall path gain between the two receivers, even when configured identically. Here are some contributing factors: 1. band-pass filter alignment and losses 2. 1st mixer loss 3. crystal filter loss 4. crystal filter ripple 5. physical alignment of the SUB AF control (when used as main/sub BALANCE) 6. ears It's quite plausible that overall receive gain could, therefore, differ by a few dB between main and sub receivers. You could use the K3's built-in true-RMS AF voltmeter functions to determine the exact amount, on each band (AFV/dBV). I think I need some help with this. I have connected a noise gernerator to my ANT1 and I see AFV floating between 622 and 702 with SUB engaged, and 1578 and 1719 without SUB. (this was on 3.670 kHz) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - diversity reception question
hi Jo, you are right I can compensate for the volume loss with the filter gain on the SUB RX. But it takes 8 dB to hear the signal in the middle... 73! de Werner OE9FWV Joe Planisky schrieb am 30 Jan 2009 um 13:26: Maybe you have (or need?) different filter gains between the main and sub filters? 73 -- Joe KB8AP On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Dr. Werner Furlan wrote: Maybe this has been discussed before, if so please forgive me... When I switch on the Sub receiver listening on the headphones, the right channel disappears for a short instance, then comes back but with a slightly lower volume than the left (main RX) channel. Is this intended? I use the Sub knob as balance pot. I have shared Ant 1 with the Sub receiver. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 - diversity reception question
Maybe this has been discussed before, if so please forgive me... When I switch on the Sub receiver listening on the headphones, the right channel disappears for a short instance, then comes back but with a slightly lower volume than the left (main RX) channel. Is this intended? I use the Sub knob as balance pot. I have shared Ant 1 with the Sub receiver. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - diversity reception question
hi Wayne, thank you for your answer and suggestion but - the difference in volume is much less than 10db. When I switch from Main to Sub the sound in my head shifts about 10 or 20 deg to the left. With the balance potentiometer I can correct it of course. First I thought my ears are different, but if I change the orientation of my headphones it is shifting to the other side. The main receiver is definitely a bit louder than the sub RX. (but less than 10dB PRE or ATT) I have been listening with the stock 2.7 filters in Main and Sub btw. 73! de Werner OE9FWV wayne burdick schrieb am 30 Jan 2009 um 8:41: Hi Werner, Use BSET to see what the sub receiver's PRE and ATTN settings are. They are independent of the main receiver's settings. They are also saved per-band. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Dr. Werner Furlan wrote: Maybe this has been discussed before, if so please forgive me... When I switch on the Sub receiver listening on the headphones, the right channel disappears for a short instance, then comes back but with a slightly lower volume than the left (main RX) channel. Is this intended? I use the Sub knob as balance pot. I have shared Ant 1 with the Sub receiver. --- http://www.elecraft.com -- What has four legs and an arm? A happy pit bull. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Pactor Modem inside the K3
I have made a documentation of the installation of the TrxPtc Pactor modem inside my K3. For those who are interested can download the PDF file from my homepage: http://oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/K3/trxptc_k3.pdf If anybody needs more detailed information please send a personal mail. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. -- Mark Twain Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] New K3
Lyle, Lyle Johnson schrieb am 23 Jan 2009 um 1:55: If VOX Gain was not taken after applying Mic Gain, you'd have to adjust Mic Gain *and* VOX gain every time you used a different microphone or other transmit audio source. We have many users who routinely use different microphones on their K3s, so normalizing the VOX system gain was a deliberate system design decision. I am one of those... do you plan to make the high / low impedance setting for rear and front microphone sticky for each of them? I always have to switch RPH and FPL when I change microphones. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.-- Lily Tomlin Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Electret Microphone
hi Bob, On 21 Jan 2009 at 20:11, Robert C. Crawford wrote: It looks as though I can use an Icom SM-20 on the K3 by changing the wires around to match the pin outs of the K3 mic connector. Is this true? Has anyone done it? yesterday I finished a new cable to connect my Icom SM-8 microphone to the K3. It works good - better than the Yaesu MD-1 and the Kenwood MC- 43S for my taste. The best microphone for DX is the Heil Hc-5 after all. The SM-8 has two connectors and a switch, so you can use it for 2 different radios. I changed one cable for the K3. The only problem I have is the up- down buttons. I don't know how they work in the Icom microphone. There is only one common wire for up and down, and I think it is probably not compatible with the K3. Any comment on this would be appreciated. My Mic settings for the SM-8 are FPL-BIAS. For the Heil HC-5 I use RPH. I found that changing the mic level for the front connector also changes it for the rear connector. If I may add a wish for future firmware updates, it would be nice if the K3 could save this setting for each connector. It would be easier to switch from one microphone to the other. Bias is already stored seperately. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. PGP-Key: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Desktop microfone for the K3
hi all, mni thanks to all for the input on and off list. I have now decided to keep the MD-1 microphone. It needs more MIC GAIN than the Heil HC-5 but reports are very good with MIC GAIN 40. Tone select set to 3, impedance 600 Ohm. The only problem is that I cannot get the up/down buttons to work. I don't know how to connect these wires. 73! de Werner OE9FWV Bill Maddock schrieb am 17 Jan 2009 um 6:52: I use a Kenwood MC60 with Mike gain at 10 with no problem! 73 de Bill N4ZI K3 sn #1059 --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Desktop microfone for the K3 To: NZ0T n...@cox.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 7:39 AM The MC-50 at the 600 ohm setting is speced for -76 dBm output, while the MH2 is in the range of -45 to -55 dBm - that means you will need 20 to 30 dB more mic gain with the MC-50 than with the MH2. All microphones are not created equal, and do not have similar output levels. You should be able to use the MC-50 with the K3 on the high mic gain range while the MH2 can do nicely at the low range, but then I have not tried the MC-50, don't have one available. 73, Don W3FPR NZ0T wrote: I've tried an MC-50 with my K3 but the output is very low compared to my MH-2 hand mike. Even with the mic gain up all the way it won't fully move the ALC to max. Not sure why. Terry Schieler wrote: What about the Kenwood microphones, like the MC-60 or MC-80? Werner, I'm using a stock Kenwood MC-34S with good results. Terry, W0FM K3/100 #474 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn from them. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Desktop microfone for the K3
I'd like to add a desktop microphone to my K3. I have left a Yaesu MD-1 from earlier times, and made a cable for the K3. It works, but the modulation is rather low volume in comparison to the Heil HC-5 I use. What about the Kenwood microphones, like the MC-60 or MC-80? Are there any recommendations or experiences with these types? thank you for your input! 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. PGP-Key: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Front/Rear MIC Input Level
hi Don, Merv, thank you for testing with your HC-5 element! yes I am using the latest Beta firmware. I use comp 20 and mic gain 20. when I push mic gain up to 60, I get a little more ALC reading, but never over 7 bars, but not more output. VCE gain is set to 2.0, I have the feeling that my voice sounds more natural when I don't drive MIC GAIN over 25. (in monitor). My LP100 wattmeter shows peaks with 100 W out with this setting. (same as CW) From this point of view all seems o.k. Do you have any official statement from Elecraft regarding the ALC reading? 73! de Werner OE9FWV On 11 Jan 2009 at 18:25, Don Wilhelm wrote: Werner, Merv, In that case I do suspect something is wrong. Can I assume you are running the latest firmware? There was a change in the ALC and the recommended 'number of bars' about 3 months ago which increased the normal 'number of bars'. If you are back-level I recommend you upgrade to the latest beta and try it again. One other consideration is how far away from the mic are you speaking - if using the headset, the microphone should be a max of only 2 inches (5 cm) away from your mouth, and the flat side of the mouthpiece should face your mouth. With a desk mic, it should be placed about the same distance from the mouth as well. Those mics are designed to 'close-talk' which helps with pickup of room noise too, and the microphone output drops off dramatically if you speak off-axis. I normally operate with the Elecraft MD2, but I went down to the workbench and brought up my D-104 that has been modified with an HC-5 element. I plugged it in a tried it at the same settings as I used with my MD2 (but with bias off) and could not talk it up to any ALC bars at all without shouting, but I did see an occasional bar or two on the CMP meter.. I switched to FP.H and still had to increase the mic gain up to 43 before I could see 7 bars on voice peaks with normal speech, like Hello from W3FPR. My compression was set at 23 for all those tests. From that experience, I must conclude that any who say they run with the mic range on Low and a mic gain setting of 23 for their HC5 element either have more mic gain than my K3 or they are shouting into the mic, or have a mic preamp in the AF input - no offense to anyone intended, but my K3 just does not behave that way with the HC5 element (unamplified). I do consider my setting to be in an acceptable range because the HC4/5 elements are the lowest output mics that I will likely use with my K3. 73, Don W3FPR Dr. Werner Furlan wrote: hi Merv, Merv Schweigert schrieb am 11 Jan 2009 um 11:51: I just checked mine #2306, cannot get ALC above 7 bars either, Heil proset, mic setting of 8 to 10 is plenty to get full power out. But even if setting mic to 60 ALC is still 7 bars max. But I notice that below the ALC bar scale ALC brackets go to 7 bars, perhaps that means full scale? I am using the rear panel jack also, manual states 5 to 7 bars max. As far as power output less, thats normal check the CONFIG: TXG VCE menu and set the gain up a small amount, will bring SSB up to CW power level. Use an external meter as the K3 bar may not respond fast enough to show peaks on SSB. Merv KH7C I checked again and it is exactly the same here. I have a LP-100 peak meter and it shows 100 Watt out in SSB with MIC GAIN 20 COMP 20. With normal speech I have only 2-4 bars of ALC, with LA I get 5-6. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Pour réfléchir: Quand les riches se font la guerre, ce sont les pauvres qui meurent. -- Sartre, Jean-Paul PGP-Key: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Front/Rear MIC Input Level
hi Don, Don Wilhelm schrieb am 11 Jan 2009 um 10:14: The correct level depends on your microphone, your voice, and your shack. Put the K3 into TX TEST and talk into the mic - increase the mic gain until your voice peaks produce 7 bars on the ALC scale. I cannot get 7 bars on the ALC scale whatever I try. When I whistle I can get 6 bars, but not with normal voice. Power out is 80 W when I whistle, 100W with tune at full power. Microphone is the Heil headset with HC5 element, connected to the rear connector with rPH setting. Do you think there is something wrong with my K3? I get good reports btw. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Front/Rear MIC Input Level
hi Don, Don Wilhelm schrieb am 11 Jan 2009 um 15:24: Do you have the menu MIC SEL set to FP.L or to FP.H. With the lower output of the HC-5 element, you will need the higher range. If that does not allow you to obtain 7 bars, I would suggest a note to k3supp...@elecraft.com. Yes, I have set MIC SEL to RP.H. Do you see 7 bars with normal speech or when you say ooola ? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any North American Indian. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Front/Rear MIC Input Level
hi Merv, Merv Schweigert schrieb am 11 Jan 2009 um 11:51: I just checked mine #2306, cannot get ALC above 7 bars either, Heil proset, mic setting of 8 to 10 is plenty to get full power out. But even if setting mic to 60 ALC is still 7 bars max. But I notice that below the ALC bar scale ALC brackets go to 7 bars, perhaps that means full scale? I am using the rear panel jack also, manual states 5 to 7 bars max. As far as power output less, thats normal check the CONFIG: TXG VCE menu and set the gain up a small amount, will bring SSB up to CW power level. Use an external meter as the K3 bar may not respond fast enough to show peaks on SSB. Merv KH7C I checked again and it is exactly the same here. I have a LP-100 peak meter and it shows 100 Watt out in SSB with MIC GAIN 20 COMP 20. With normal speech I have only 2-4 bars of ALC, with LA I get 5-6. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Viele Hunde gehen gern ins Wasser. Manche leben sogar immer dort, das sind die Seehunde. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 + TrxPtc
hi Wayne, we have had a discussion about adding a Pactor controller to the K3 earlier. Now when my K3 was complete with all parts I wanted to add I jumped in and added a TrxPtc. There is enough room behind the IO and XVR boards to add the TrxPtc board. Behind the main board I had to drill one 3mm hole into the KRX3 top cover to attach a standoff for the Bluetooth module. (the hole for the second standoff is already there) I used the hole for the REF input to add an SMA antenna socket for the bluetooth antenna. To switch the Ptc on and off I had to drill a hole into the back panel beside the fans, just below the 20A switch. Above this fuse I had to drill another hole for a 5mm Duo LED for a visual feedback on the status of the Ptc and the BT connection. All in all the task was not easy but it could be done without damage to the K3 and it works great. The K3 does a really good job in Pactor with a clean signal and vy good RX quality which gives a fast throughput especially in Pactor 3 mode. I'll look at the transmitted spectrum later, I don't have the necessary equipment. I want to thank Detlef DL1GJ, who was very helpful with sharing his experience (he was the first I know who built the TrxPtc into the K3) and he also gave me the SMA connector + antenna) and to Martin, DL1ZAM from SCS for technical assistance and Gary from Elecraft support who encouraged me to drill the holes ;-) I really have to bow my back before you and your team for this wonderful radio, which is so well constructed that even an amateur like me is able to add something for his needs - and it works! 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Six meter birdies.
hi all, I am also suffering from birdies especially (but not only) on 6m. I have them on the main receiver and on the subreceiver, but on different frequencies. (found them on 40m and 20m too) Many of them are low volume and don't bother me in real life, but some are really loud (up to S6) and show a microfonic effect when I tap on the cover of the K3. On the loudest one I can also hear a ticking sound when I turn the VFO back and forth over the birdie reagion. The intensity can be tuned with touching or taping on the synthesizer board and sometimes touching the koax cables makes a difference. Two friends of me with K3's also have similar birdies, one worse, one less. One K3 from another ham friend does not show them. Of course all my coax cables are connected, the shield of the cables is ok and all screws of the K3 housing are tight. Different routing of the coax cables does not help, and btw, with the limited space after adding the KRX3 there are not so many possibilities left to route the cables. On 7 Jan 2009 at 13:01, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote: Wes Stewart N7WS wrote: I'm still playing with my new K3 and finally got around to listening on 6-meters. There are so many birdies as to make it unusable. At first I thought they might be external, and some were generated in my Lenovo laptop, but shutting it down and terminating the K3 antenna port with a load doesn't eliminate them. When listening to the same frequencies with an Icom IC-R10 with a whip antenna next to the K3 I don't hear a thing. Ideas? Wes N7WS -- Wes, From what you have said these birdies are being generated inside the K3, if I am right to assume that only the power supply and nothing else except the dummy antenna load is connected to your K3, and that turning your Icom IC-R10 on or off makes no difference to any birdies' level or frequency. I do wonder if you have a fault in your K3 when you say 'so many birdies', I get the impression that something is unstable on 6m but perhaps not on the lower frequency bands. There might be a poor solder connection to a bypass capacitor for example, which could result in problems on 6m but not on the lower frequency bands certainly if two or more capacitors are used in parallel,or some SMD capacitor has failed due to mechanical stress. It might be worthwhile to troubleshoot. Some of these internal birdies that you are hearing are probably legitimate members of the birdie family created by the receiver's spurious response(s) hearing one or more of the receiver's oscillators, or their products. The frequency of these birdies can be predicted and their level can vary greatly between identical receivers, also the routing of internal cables can become fussy if shielding is inadequate or RF grounds 'float'. However this latter issue is best left to the designer. 73, Geoff GM4ESD -- There are some things money can't buy, for everything else there's MasterCard. PGP-Key: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3: DVR: record qso with my own voice
excuse me if this question was already answered: how can I record a QSO with my own over? I can record and playback the received audio with vy good quality but when I talk into the microphone I have an empty space in the recorded audio. tnx, 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I doubt, therefore I might be. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] ftp file
hi all, I recommend using a decent ftp client. I use Total Commander (from www.ghisler.com) it has an ftp client plugin. With this program you can define the ftp server, login, directory at both sides of the connection and with one click you are where you wanted to be. Donloading the file is just another key press. With the speed of new updates and improvements at ftp.elecraft.com you can save a lot of time ;-) 73! de Werner OE9FWV Cady, Fred schrieb am 27 Dec 2008 um 18:10: The ftp site is case sensitive. Make sure the K3 is capitalized. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave G4AON Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:45 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ftp file Todd this question often crops up, both here and elsewhere. It's usually a problem with your software rather than the site. Version 2.76 definitely exists at: ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/K3/firmware/beta/ Have you tried clearing the cache from your browser? My Firefox locates and downloads it without any issues, I have it set to clear it's cache when exiting the program (clear private data when exiting the program). 73 Dave, G4AON I am trying to download the 2.76 beta firmware. I have gone to the FTP site and clicked on the link for the file but the page comes up empty no file at all any help? 73 de todd WB2ZAB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. -- ... Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non- deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.) Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] new beta version of Airmail program with Elecraft support
Gentlemen, Jim KE6RK offers a new beta version of Airmail which provides Elecraft K2K3 support. I think it is not yet complete in setting back all parameters but for me it worked quite well in an earlier beta version. It also can deal with Windows Vista. http://www.siriuscyber.net/ham/amhc34032.exe 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Put knot yore trussed in spel chequers! PGP-Key: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] More comments
Ross, On 16 Nov 2008 at 21:17, Ross wrote: So what does the T mean, and is it the reason I cannot send CW, if it is what control removes it? the first question has already been answered by Dave. The reason why you cannot send CW: maybe you forgot to activate VOX. (besides operator related problems with sending CW like in my case...) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Woran merkt man, dass Windows auf einem Computer installiert ist? - Die Reset-Taste ist abgenutzt. PGP-Key: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] SPS into a EC-2 housing?
I'd like to put a ~20A SPS into a EC-2 housing. Has anybody found a PS that fits into this housing? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Driving People Insane: 6. Insist that your e-mail address be xena-goddess- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Open Mic Inside The Radio?
hi, -.-. --.-N3TU -.-. --.- schrieb am 3 Oct 2008 um 18:46: Anyone have this problem with an open mic inside the radio? When I am on 52.795 mhz, I get a signal of s-3 and when I turn up the volume, it squeals. I can actually speak through the bigger grille opening on top of the radio and hear myself. I can't hear any weak signals on that frequency because it is getting covered up. Any way to resolve this issue? -- View this message in context: it is not an open microphone but a birdie that is microphonic. all K3's I have seen have some birdies, some are very loud like yours and some are so low that they disappear in the noise when an antenna is connected. Open the top cover and touch or come close to the board with oscillator and you will know where the microphone is seated ;-) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Handle so, dass die Maxime Deines Willens jederzeit zugleich als Prinzip einer allgemeinen Gesetzgebung gelten könne. Imanuel Kant Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] KRX3 in action
good morning, the KRX3 arrived and I installed it yesterday. After doing the VCO calibration and filter settings it is working fine. I have observed two things that are not clear to me so I wanted to ask if this is the same at your K3's. When I switch SUB on and I have the antenna shared between the main RX and the sub RX and both are exactly on the same frequency I can hear a strange stereo sound in the headphones. It sounds like the signal is moving in my head from left to right. It reminds me to a zero beat at about 1 hz. Is this normal? Second: I have a relative strong birdy (S3-4) at 7120 khz which is microfoning when I tap on the K3. It is only present in USB! There is another one with lower intensity (S1) at 14.185 - no microfoning when I tap. The birdy on 6m that I had befor I added the KRX3 has disappeared completely here. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- You cannot kill time without injuring eternity.-- Thoreau Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 in action
hi Alexandr, Alexandr Kobranov schrieb am 26 Sep 2008 um 9:23: are the birdies dependent on bandwith also? yes they are. I can see them on the Panadapter very easy, and they jump aside when I change XFIL: I have had similar problem with ma K3 base unit and replacing of RX mixer - small board, the same applied in KRX3 solved this. ok I'll try this. So my recommendation - swap RX mixer boards between base and KRX3 and compare results. I is what I will try is this case. I get the loudest birdie when I touch the relay or toroid on the K3SYN. About sound main/sub - what is used XFIL? if 5 poles what is offset differenciies? I switched the filters in the main and sub receiver but it did not change this sound. I think it could be a AGC effect. I have the feeling that with AGC off the effect is less. If 5 poles, try to little bit change offset for one of them and compare. this did not change anything. It has to do with AGC I think. I have my KRX3 just on USPS so not able to test here directly. I am vy interested what you find when you have it installed! I found another anomality: if sub rx and main rx are linked together, this does not affect the coarse tuning with the RIT knob. Only the main VFO is tuned and you have to press AB to have the two VFO's on the same frequency again. Maybe it is intended? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Reality is for people who lack imagination. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Software
hi Tom, Tom Wylie schrieb am 30 Aug 2008 um 8:37: I built my K3 about 2 months ago and have now made a couple of thousand QSOs with it and am very satisfied. Question: Should I upload the latest software? yes. What is the latest NON BETA version that is stable and works? it will display in the Elecraft Utility program when you start it and look for updates. What is the latest BETA version and should I go for it? you can find the non Beta and Beta version on Elecraft's ftp server. ftp.elecraft.com What improvements/differences can I expect? you find a file called hfwnotes.rtf in the zip file of the firmware. The latest beta is 3.34. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] TRX frequency offset with -S parameter
I am trying the latest beta firmware with my K3 in Pactor mode. Like in a former try I encountered a problem, when I activate the -s Parameter in DATA A USB mode. My transceiver is sending 2.5 kHz higher than the dial display says. With the first try all was ok. Then I started to try different PTT RLS settings, and suddenly my automatic tuner did not tune anymore. I discouvered that the signal out of my K3 was broad and distorted. I switch off and on, the signal was clean again and the smartuner did his job, but now the frequency offset appeared. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- sign seen on gate: want to know if there is life after death? tresspass here and find out! Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Speaker Resonance
hi Roy, Roy Morris schrieb am 1 Jul 2008 um 8:58: My K3 speaker performs flawlessly and puts out wonderful audio until NR is turned on. It then produces some shrill resonances at some frequencies. I find these resonances disappear when using NR on external speakers. I owe an apology to Lyle Johnson for blaming the problem on noise reduction parameters. Roy Morris W4WFB K3 #323 the same problem here, and yes it is a resonance from the speaker and the K3 cover. When I find time I'll have to add some rubber washers or so to calm it. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] [K3] how connect a Pactor modem to the K3?
hi all, has anybody connected a Ptc-2 to the K3 and how this was done? I think I could use Line in / Line out and PTT in. Line is stereo, should I use the tip? or connect tip and ring? any comments on how this should be done and how does it work? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Running after women never hurt anybody - it's catching them that does the damage. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Front Panel mic audio issues with Microham Micro Keyer II
Gill, It is at least from #656 because my unit was affected too. The mod is easy done with the instructions from Elecraft. Gill W4RYW schrieb am 13 Jun 2008 um 18:47: If you have a serial no between 660 782 you need to do the mod for grounding the front panel mike connector. See link: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_app_notes.htm -- Der Sankt-Lorenz-Strom liegt in Amerika. Er ist so lang und breit, dass er in Europa gar keinen Platz hõtte. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] [K3] fast tuning with VFO B problem
I have set Config VFO OFS to ON to use the VFO B for fast tuning, but it no longer works. I know it did, but no more. VFO OFS to off or on changes nothing. I have the latest firmware loaded. RIT/XIT are off of course. does anybody know what could be wrong? 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.-- often attributed to Freud Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3: too easy to overwrite dial memories
Phil, Phil Debbie Salas schrieb am 29 May 2008 um 10:57: Or maybe just require two presses of VM? That's the way one of my talkies works. When I hit VM, the memory number flashes. Hitting VM again stores the info in that memory. I find this a very good proposal. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Driving People Insane: 4. Send e-mail to the rest of the company to tell them what you're doing. For example: If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3: NR volume low
I have the impression that with the NR engaged the overall volume is much lower than without. Is there a possibility to adjust the audio volume / gain in the NR settings somewhere? I have seen this in the K2 DSP for rtty mode. Next question: 2 of my friends who tried the K3 this afternoon think that there is a significant delay in the monitor output. I don't use monitor in normal operation, I only use it to adjust my mic settings, but they make use of it a lot, and felt somehow irritated by the delay. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Allem kann ich wiederstehen, nur der Versuchung nicht. Oscar Wilde Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at http://www.pmail.com Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/ Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Help with cheap headset and K2
hi Bill, I have tried a Plantronics Computer Headset in the past with my K2. I made an adapter like you did but with the internal 5V bias. Audio reports were worse than with the dynamic Kenwood microphone I used before. I tried this special microphone because G4ILO recommended it on his homepage. (http://www.g4ilo.com/k2_headset.html). I had hoped that I could make better use of the VOX in the K2, but it was not good enough for my low voice. In the meantime I connected it to the K3 and listened to myself and now I know why the reports were bad. The frequency response of the microphone is not good for this purpose. In the K3 I could compensate it with the equalizer, but together with the K2 you are probably lost. Now I am waiting for the Sennheiser PC 150 now, maybe this is better. My usual headset is the Heil Proset with HC5 element. The reason why I am looking for an alternative is the weight of the Heil headset and the earpads make a pressure on the arms of my glasses and this hurts after some time. 73! de Werner OE9FWV On 18 May 2008 at 16:06, nz0t wrote: Just for grins I bought a cheap Cyber Acoustics computer headset to use with my K3 when it arrives. Others have said they got good reports with their K3 and this headset which uses an electret mic and a 3.5MM stereo mini plug. Not wanting to cut off the plug which fits into the back of the K3 I made up an adapter for my K2 using an inline stereo jack, an 8 pin mike plug and a 9 volt battery through a 5K resistor to power the mic. My K2 is wired for the Kenwood mics and I don't want to power the mic from the rig. I wired the grounds to the base of the plug, 9V DC through the 5K resistor to the middle and the mic positive to the tip. It works but my reports with the K2 have not been very good. I also made up an adapter for my Drake TR7 and reports on that rig are fine. Am I doing something wrong with the K2? I know little about electret mics and maybe I am using too much voltage or the wrong resistor. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I can't get it to work the headset was only about $15 shipped so no big deal. -- Genetic Engineering Splits Scientists PGP-Key: http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
