[Elecraft] K3 power supply fuses
My K3 is powered from a car battery as I am always /P. I have installed fast-blow fuses rated at 25 A in each of the supply lines. Operating at 80W RTTY this afternoon, I noted that I was getting a low voltage warning before I would have expected it. On examining the power cable, I found the fuse holders to be warm to the touch. I expect that is what was causing the voltage drop. However, may I ask what specific (make , model) of fuse holders are you using to protect your k3? 73 John, KK4OYJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT - Re: Fwd: [TowerTalk] Elecraft package for sale
Has this not reached the end of its usefulness, if indeed, it ever was? It's certainly wasting my (expensive) bandwidth here in C6. 73 de John, 9H5G On Dec 12, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com wrote: Why wouldn't they? If someone tries to take them up on the offer, they can give some excuse (like already sold). If someone sees that as a sign that it's legitimate, and sends payment, then it's a win for the scammer. Remember that it costs very little for a scammer to do something like this, and since they have almost nothing invested, only a few have to pay off. This one is worrisome. I've seen that first sentence too many times, followed by a tale about my recently departed relative and his estate. 73 -- Lynn On 12/12/2014 11:32 AM, EricJ wrote: Could be, but not too many scammers would invite you to come operate the equipment in his home. Eric KE6US __ 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 kk4...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: [TowerTalk] Elecraft package for sale
Done! This is an elecraft list, not one for solving all this injustices in the world or anything else. I'm done here and perhaps when a moderator wakes up and is prepared to moderate all this junk I'll subscribe again. If you wanted a lesson in how to reduce a valuable resource to worthless, then you just gave it. 73 de John, 9H5G On Dec 12, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Al Gulseth wb5...@centurytel.net wrote: Well, for one thing, if he bought his K-line new Elecraft should be able to verify that much. I would think that other hams who live in that area and know him could confirm or deny whether this is a legitimate posting. Per one of Jim K9YC's follow ups the original post to Tower Talk was by W4GMH, who said he was posting it to help out one of the local guys. Anyone know W4GMH to confirm things with him? On another subject, it's sad that our society/world has deteriorated to the point that we have to go through this many gyrations over this item 73, Al On Fri December 12 2014 7:12:13 pm Nick Kemp wrote: So how do we resolve this? Anyone live close enough to visit? Might a letter to AK4EH alert him to our concern? Other options? Nick N1KMP __ 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 wb5...@centurytel.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to kk4...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3/100 serial 8290 - lost/stolen
Hi all, Just a request to ask you if you might keep your eyes open for the above. It was in my checked baggage (no option :( ) on Tuesday and seems to have been mislaid at Gatwick Airport in the UK. However, it has not reappeared anywhere and so if you see it offered for sale, please get as much detail as you can and forward to me privately. 73 de John, 9H5G __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - noise reduction query
Bill, I suggest you use your TS-480 rather than the K3 if that's what works for you. Personally, mine has been gathering dust since I got my K3. 73 de John, 9H5G On Jul 4, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: The sad part is that My cheap little Kenwood TS480 does a much better job of cleaning up this noise. You are trolling for complaints on the Elecraft noise reduction - not looking for a solution. The Elecraft noise reduction is designed for smooth noise - not impulse noise which is a noise blanker function. A smooth noise reduction system (LMS) operates by forming bandpass filters around what it determines to be signal components and passing just the signal. You will have better results with lightning by working with the noise blanker - probably on a long setting - as it is designed to work with fast rise time signals. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-07-04 9:17 AM, Bill W2BLC wrote: It is lightning season and I have been floundering around the menus on the K3's DSP NR system. I have found no setting that really do much of clean-up on lightning static. I also have tried using the ATT and RF Gain settings also. The sad part is that My cheap little Kenwood TS480 does a much better job of cleaning up this noise. Of course, lightning static is very random and difficult to reduce. My use of HF is 40 and 75, so directional antennas are not an option - as some suggested. Please do not answer with direct emails - the group needs to share in this knowledge. Thanks, Bill W2BLC K-Line __ 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 li...@subich.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to kk4...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [XOT] freedom of speech...
Unsubscribe. P.S. Given the whining about narrow bandwidth, the contributors to this ridiculous thread might consider those that use narrow bandwidth to receive email and trim their posts accordingly. Thanks and 73 - I'm off to Yahoo till this place is cleaned up. 73 de John, 9H5G __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 Resistance Checks
OK, I'm at the point where I've completed the construction prior to the initial power on and have a little question on the resistance between U12 and ground. My value is 3.5k ohm. The manual states that some K3s may be only slightly greater than 500 ohms implying that I might expect a value in that area. Clearly 3.5k is much greater. Am I good to go or is my value incorrect? Thanks! 73 de John, 9H5G __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Resistance Checks
Thanks for the quick response! I'll let you know the result - fingers crossed! 73 de John, 9H5G __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Resistance Checks
It all went we'll thank you! All the smoke is still stored in the radio. Thanks for your help! 73 de John, 9H5G __ 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] Fwd: KX3 kit: No CE badge for self-built KX3s?
Kits are not subject to the EMC requirements and therefore do not have to carry a CE mark. If asked, just show the invoice and a copy of the DIRECTIVE 2014/30/EU You can google it and download. You're looking for Article 2. 73 de John, 9H5G On May 18, 2014, at 8:52 AM, Sven Ladegast s...@ladegast.info wrote: Hello folks, I've just built my new KX3 serial #6221 and it is a pretty cool radio that is working like a charm! I just wonder why kits do not get a CE badge next to the serial number badge? Or did someone miss to put it into the box? vy 73! Sven, DJ2AT __ 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 kk4...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: KX3 kit: No CE badge for self-built KX3s?
Being picky then I cannot see how you can infer what you have written from the regulation. For the purposes of point (c) of the first subparagraph, kits of components to be assembled by radio amateurs and equipment made available on the market and modified by and for the use of radio amateurs are not regarded as equipment made available on the market. My original text stated clearly that Kits are not subject to the EMC requirements which is what the document is about. A responsible ham will of course act responsibly in all manner of ways including EMC but that is not what the OP asked. We're not all lawyers here. We take the written word in good faith ham-to-ham. This is not a place to be picky - rather, it is a place where we accept the inferred meaning from others in good faith. Far, far, far too many threads have been closed as they have degraded into 'pickiness'. 73 de John, 9H5G On May 18, 2014, at 11:42 AM, David Cutter d.cut...@ntlworld.com wrote: I'm being picky, but strictly speaking kits are not required to have a CE mark which has EMC as a part of it requirement, not the other way around. However, stating the obvious, that doesn't absolve a user of from creating EMC issues with other equipment outside his premises. David G3UNA - Original Message - From: Sven Ladegast s...@ladegast.info To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: KX3 kit: No CE badge for self-built KX3s? Hello John, thanks for this hint! You are right: Article 2 paragraph 2 states this out. So my self-built KX3 is legal to use since it is handled like any other homebrew gear... 73! Sven, DJ2AT Am 18.05.2014 15:04, schrieb John, 9H5G: Kits are not subject to the EMC requirements and therefore do not have to carry a CE mark. If asked, just show the invoice and a copy of the DIRECTIVE 2014/30/EU You can google it and download. You're looking for Article 2. 73 de John, 9H5G On May 18, 2014, at 8:52 AM, Sven Ladegast s...@ladegast.info wrote: Hello folks, I've just built my new KX3 serial #6221 and it is a pretty cool radio that is working like a charm! I just wonder why kits do not get a CE badge next to the serial number badge? Or did someone miss to put it into the box? vy 73! Sven, DJ2AT __ 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 kk4...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 Kit Wisdom
The kit is in the mail so I thought it would be a good time to fire off my first email to the group and exit from lurk mode with a question. I've read the K3 kit manual a few times now but I'm certain that there is a lot of wisdom out there to be garnered from the collective experience of the group so I'm asking if you would take the time to share please? 73 de John, KK4OYJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Kit Wisdom
Gentlemen, Thank you for a fantastic list of hints and tips so far! As Gary, KI4GGX, pointed out I should have mentioned the options that I have coming. It's a K3/100 with a KRX3 and a handful of filters. Simple but very effective, I'm sure. Keep them coming please- I have a week more to fill while the UPS man pedals his way across the country :) 73 de John, KK4OYJ On 3 May 2014, at 14:36, WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: If you are going to use the power tips a lot as hand drivers, but the magnetic handle to hold them, not a regular nut driver. The difference is that the nut driver has a hardened tip and a recess for the bolt, but probably not magnetic. The handle has a longer 1/4 inch recess, the magnet and no recess for the bolt which you do not need. You can use the nut driver in a pinch, but the handle is better and they come in different lengths so you can reach things, not so important for a K3, but very important for airplanes. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman K5EWJ Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart On Saturday, May 3, 2014 1:16 PM, Bill W2BLC w2...@nycap.rr.com wrote: Good point regarding the plastic foam egg cartons. I never even thought about them, as all I ever see are the old style paper ones. Must be from living in a cave! Bill K-Line __ 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 wrco...@yahoo.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to kk4...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] EU - K3 Kit Exemption
EU regulations exempt kits of components to be assembled by radio amateurs from carrying a CE Mark. Can anyone confirm that the K3 kit falls within the kit category? If so, who confirmed this? Many thanks and 73 John, 9H5G __ 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
