Re: [Elecraft] Lightning concerns: Was: K4 Remote: My QTH vs. a friend's, many miles to the north
We may not know the tune but the encore is sad and familiar: The cost to repair the damage is equal to the deductible on your homeowner's insurance policy. "Ask me how I know." /Rick N6XI On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 10:13 PM Jim Brown wrote: > On 5/5/2024 6:11 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote: > > There is no rhyme or reason why some devices are not damaged and other > are. > > Indeed there IS rhyme and reason, but some of us haven't learned the > tune! :) > > 73, Jim K9YC > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] K4D purchase
Port forwarding is required only on the server side. In addition to this elecraft@mailman.qth.net reflector, there has been lots of conversation on the elecraft...@groups.io reflector. There is also a k4-rem...@groups.io reflector but it hasn't been very active lately. I am anticipating a separate doc from Elecraft on the subject of remote control when the code is released for production use, maybe as soon as open Beta testing. It will consolidate a lot of wisdom and detail that has so far been part of the "oral tradition" (which these days is more of a "typed tradition.") ;-) As with most Elecraft products, you can expect incremental releases with the most important features provided initially and growing over time. (This tends to frustrate those who want a perfect product to emergefully-grownfrom the forehead of Zeus. Me, I'm happy to get a basic product at first and watch it grow through periodic, downloadable releases.) Right now, any K4 on the planet can control any other K4 provided both are connected to decent Internet and have an appropriate firmware update loaded. In field testing, I find it quite adequate now for high-rate contesting, DXing, and general QSOs. Considering ease of use, performance, reliability, complexity, flexibility, and community, I'll give it four and a half stars with promotion to five stars coming when VK4 (app-to-K4) and "K4/0" (physical front panel-to-K4) are available. Ease of use alone qualifies it for the Remote Control Honor Roll. 73, /Rick N6XI On 3/25/24 6:13 AM, David Christ wrote: Is the port forwarding needed on the client side or the server side or both? This could be a game killer. The retirement community I live in is resistant to allowing port forwarding. This would be the client side. I have full control at the server side/ How do I keep track of this? Is there a listwerv whereit is discussed? David K0LUM On Mar 24, 2024, at 11:05 PM, Rick Tavan wrote: ...and remote control is working well K4-to-K4 in limited field test, coming soon to open Beta test. A computer app "VK4" is coming after that. It's the simplest remote control architecture in the industry - fill in remote IP address and password on the client side, 1 or 2 port forwards and specify a password on the server side. It's a game changer. A little more complicated if the server-side ISP uses CGNAT but manageable by anyone who has access to a teenage gamer. ;-) /Rick N6XI On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM Jim Brown wrote: On 3/24/2024 4:15 PM, Kevin McQuiggin wrote: Comments from owners of k4D I've had mine for 18-24 months. Like it a lot. Compared to K3S, better filters, sound of the radio improved, thanks to what chips were available 16 years later. Only issue is RF feedback at rear panel 3.5mm jacks. I suspect it's because the style of switched jacks the industry has used since at least the '50s are no longer available, so they couldn't bond the shield at the point of entry and had to add circuitry to do the switching. And some features have yet to be implemented, like remote control. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 radio...@mchsi.com -- Rick Tavan, Saratoga & Truckee, CA __ 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] K4D purchase
...and remote control is working well K4-to-K4 in limited field test, coming soon to open Beta test. A computer app "VK4" is coming after that. It's the simplest remote control architecture in the industry - fill in remote IP address and password on the client side, 1 or 2 port forwards and specify a password on the server side. It's a game changer. A little more complicated if the server-side ISP uses CGNAT but manageable by anyone who has access to a teenage gamer. ;-) /Rick N6XI On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM Jim Brown wrote: > On 3/24/2024 4:15 PM, Kevin McQuiggin wrote: > > >> Comments from owners of k4D > > I've had mine for 18-24 months. Like it a lot. Compared to K3S, better > filters, sound of the radio improved, thanks to what chips were > available 16 years later. > > Only issue is RF feedback at rear panel 3.5mm jacks. I suspect it's > because the style of switched jacks the industry has used since at least > the '50s are no longer available, so they couldn't bond the shield at > the point of entry and had to add circuitry to do the switching. > > And some features have yet to be implemented, like remote control. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Firmware Utility Question
K3 Utility | Configuration | Edit Power On banner should do the trick. It exists in both Mac and Windows versions. /Rick N6XI On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 1:12 PM Doug Hensley wrote: > Helping a friend with his new K3s. He wants to change the callsign > displayed by the K3s "Welcome Message". I booted the firmware utility on > my Mac but I do not see any function selection for that. Mine was changed > by the factory when they updated it for me. > > Also don't see it in the docs so far. Anyone have any info on this? Do > you change just the callsign or can you edit the whole message? > > > > 73, > > Doug W5JV > > > > > > > > > > > Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/W5JV for some great vacuum tube finds. > > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Tip: Front Panel Illumination Tip
This one seems to be quiet. /Rick N6XI On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 3:56 PM Jim Brown wrote: > On 3/6/2024 8:39 AM, Rick Tavan wrote: > > It runs on USB power > > (not supplied) and works a treat! > > Looks nice. One caution, though -- USB-powered devices sometimes have > DC-DC converters that can be noisy. W6GJB alerted me to this several > years ago, when he chased noise down to USB-powered speakers! > > 73, Jim K9YC > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Tip: Front Panel Illumination Tip
Radio front panels are busy - lots of knobs and buttons with small labels that seem to shrink as we age. Some of the colors are low-contrast. If room lighting isn't right, they're unreadable, even invisible. Here is a small, LED, clip-on lamp that solved the problem for me: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RNQVZMD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details=1 It's surprisingly inexpensive, has controllable color and brightness, a stiff gooseneck (nicely stable), and a very strong clamp. I've clipped it to the low shelf on which my rigs sit and positioned the light to illuminate front panels without glare into my eyes. It runs on USB power (not supplied) and works a treat! 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 Remote Sneak Peek
My sneak peek article on K4 Remote in the January issue of CWops' newsletter *Solid Copy* is up now. See https://cwops.org/newsletters/ and scroll down a bit to Solid Copy No. 168. If you're a CW operator and not yet a member of CWops, you might want to consider joining! 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
Simplicity is the keynote to K4 Remote. If you have an external IP address, you only have to fill in a few fields to get going. You do have to set up a "port forward" rule in your router in order to make YOUR K4 accessible to remote control ops. All the routers have different web pages to do this but they're pretty simple to navigate. Mostly. ;-) If all you want to do is control remote K4's, you only have to type in their address and, if established, password. It really couldn't be easier. /Rick N6XI On 12/15/23 10:08 AM, Lou Laderman wrote: I’m not particularly networking savvy, in fact I’m at the opposite end of networking familiarity. I’ve contacted Wayne a few times to ask that the K4 remote solution (whether K4/K4-0 or VK4 software) follow the KISS principle and make connectivity simple enough for someone like me. I’m hoping I won’t have to try to figure out tunneling, setting up a VPN or any of the other alphabet soup solutions that quickly turn into blah blah blah for me. 73, Lou W0FK Lou Laderman Sent from my mobile device On Dec 15, 2023, at 11:57 AM, Rick Tavan wrote: Thanks, Adrian. I didn't realize how ubiquitous that technique is becoming. I guess I live a sheltered life here in the mountains and, of course, in Silicon Valley. I hope your solutions don't add unacceptable latency. /Rick N6XI On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 9:46 AM KJ7SOY wrote: Rick: The problem is not dynamic IP addresses changing. That’s easy to fix. It’s CG-NAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation), which doesn’t give you an external world addressable IP address. You can’t assign a DDNS name because you don’t HAVE an IP address to map to. Many carriers (T-Mobile is a perfect example) are now using this approach, which blocks customers from getting to their devices/services from outside their home networks. The only solution is to use a commercial tunneling VPN or a free service like ngrok, which creates a permanent tunnel to external servers which DO have addressable IP addresses. 73, Adrian On Dec 15, 2023, at 9:20 AM, Rick Tavan wrote: Hi, Dave. I don't think it will be much of an issue. With many ISPs, external IP addresses change rarely. If your ISP is changing addresses frequently, consider using a DDNS server like no-ip.com. I have tested K4 Remote using a DDNS string in lieu of a hard-coded WAN address and it works fine. /Rick N6XI On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 1:44 AM Dave wrote: Very interesting Rick, thanks for sharing the info. One issue that seems to be increasingly common is that some (many?) ISPs no longer offer a fixed IP address, which K4 Remote currently needs. The system many ISPs are changing to is carrier grade network address translation, it first surfaced in mobile networks, but is spreading to home broadband too as ISPs run out of IPv4 addresses, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT A way around this is with the use of a central server, which isn't usually free. Remote TX works in this way but uses a Raspberry Pi. I note they support the K3.https://www.remotetx.net/ 73 Dave G4AON __ 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 torta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 tokj7...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 tollader...@icloud.com -- Rick Tavan, Saratoga & Truckee, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
Thanks, Adrian. I didn't realize how ubiquitous that technique is becoming. I guess I live a sheltered life here in the mountains and, of course, in Silicon Valley. I hope your solutions don't add unacceptable latency. /Rick N6XI On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 9:46 AM KJ7SOY wrote: > Rick: > > The problem is not dynamic IP addresses changing. That’s easy to fix. It’s > CG-NAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation), which doesn’t give you > an external world addressable IP address. You can’t assign a DDNS name > because you don’t HAVE an IP address to map to. Many carriers (T-Mobile is > a perfect example) are now using this approach, which blocks customers from > getting to their devices/services from outside their home networks. > > The only solution is to use a commercial tunneling VPN or a free service > like ngrok, which creates a permanent tunnel to external servers which DO > have addressable IP addresses. > > 73, Adrian > > > > On Dec 15, 2023, at 9:20 AM, Rick Tavan wrote: > > > > Hi, Dave. I don't think it will be much of an issue. With many ISPs, > > external IP addresses change rarely. If your ISP is changing addresses > > frequently, consider using a DDNS server like no-ip.com. I have tested > K4 > > Remote using a DDNS string in lieu of a hard-coded WAN address and it > works > > fine. > > > > /Rick N6XI > > > >> On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 1:44 AM Dave wrote: > >> > >> Very interesting Rick, thanks for sharing the info. > >> > >> One issue that seems to be increasingly common is that some (many?) > ISPs no > >> longer offer a fixed IP address, which K4 Remote currently needs. The > >> system many ISPs are changing to is carrier grade network address > >> translation, it first surfaced in mobile networks, but is spreading to > home > >> broadband too as ISPs run out of IPv4 addresses, see: > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT > >> > >> A way around this is with the use of a central server, which isn't > usually > >> free. Remote TX works in this way but uses a Raspberry Pi. I note they > >> support the K3. https://www.remotetx.net/ > >> > >> 73 Dave G4AON > >> __ > >> 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 rta...@gmail.com > >> > > > > > > -- > > -- > > > > Rick Tavan > > Truckee and Saratoga, CA > > ______ > > 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 kj7...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
Hi, Dave. I don't think it will be much of an issue. With many ISPs, external IP addresses change rarely. If your ISP is changing addresses frequently, consider using a DDNS server like no-ip.com. I have tested K4 Remote using a DDNS string in lieu of a hard-coded WAN address and it works fine. /Rick N6XI On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 1:44 AM Dave wrote: > Very interesting Rick, thanks for sharing the info. > > One issue that seems to be increasingly common is that some (many?) ISPs no > longer offer a fixed IP address, which K4 Remote currently needs. The > system many ISPs are changing to is carrier grade network address > translation, it first surfaced in mobile networks, but is spreading to home > broadband too as ISPs run out of IPv4 addresses, see: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT > > A way around this is with the use of a central server, which isn't usually > free. Remote TX works in this way but uses a Raspberry Pi. I note they > support the K3. https://www.remotetx.net/ > > 73 Dave G4AON > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
Many ops have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of K4 Remote. Although it's not yet available for general release, several field testers have been exercising it. (K4-to-K4, not K4/0 or PC-based VK4 although those are in progress inside Elecraft.) I've made over a thousand remote contacts with it, mainly CW contesting but also DXing, ragchews, SSB and FT8, and can say this: *THE HARD STUFF IS DONE!* I have K4 radios at a mountain QTH and a valley QTH and either one can connect to and use the other. It feels almost like local, better than K3 Remote with microBit RRCs. Some features and "corner cases" remain and Elecraft programmers are hard at work on them. Some highlights: - Cabling changes required: *ZERO* - leave both stations in their local configuration. You do need a way to turn on a remote K4. I'm using N6TV "K-ON" dongles and remote power switches. I think you can also do it from a connected KPA1500 and KPA1500 Remote. No need to leave anything powered on when not in use. - It's *dead simple* to connect - just specify an IP address on the client (control) K4 and set up one port forward on the LAN router at the server (remote radio) site. Passwords will prevent unwanted intrusion. (Compare to over 100 parameters that have to be set up between pairs of RRCs - and they only work one-way!) - Connection takes about a second. - It's bi-directional - any K4 anywhere can control any other K4 anywhere. No hardware asymmetry. - CW sidetone and Voice monitor are local, so unaffected by latency. - Use the keyer inside the client K4 or an external keyer. - Plays nicely with loggers like N1MM. They see the local K4 and don't realize it's controlling a remote radio. - You can update the firmware in both radios from the K4 at either site. - ... and more I've been an avid remote op for a decade now and this is better than I expected, like K4 itself well worth the wait. Hang in there, folks, it's really coming. Really. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500?
I use KAT500 Utility remotely by running it on a small, inexpensive server computer at the remote station and displaying and controlling it via Chrome Remote Desktop. (There are several equivalent remote desktop programs.) Note that you can not run KAT500 Utility and KAT500 Remote Server at the same time because they both use the one serial port into the KAT500 device. This arrangement has been completely satisfactory for me because the settings I make with Utility endure for many months, only occasionally changing in response to antenna changes. In fact, since I am there at the remote site when changing antennas, I rarely need to operate Utility remotely. But I certainly can. KAT500 Remote is the control point in use when actually operating on the air with KAT500. 73, /Rick N6XI On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 5:25 PM W2HX wrote: > Ok, I've done some homework and have a good understanding of the KAT500 > and the KAT Utility which seems to have all the functions I am looking for. > > Next question. If I want to control the KAT500 over ethernet, my > understanding is I need to use the Remote server and client applications. > However, it seems the remote client application seems to not have the full > functionality of the KAT Utility program. Does anyone know if the full > functionality of the Utility program can be available in a remote > situation? Or is there where I veer into the note-red territory? > > > 73 Eugene W2HX > Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos > > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > On Behalf Of W2HX > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2023 5:20 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500? > > Hello there. I am not currently an owner of any elecraft product, but I am > seriously considering a KAT500 for use with older analog radios. I hope > this is the right place to ask because the elecraft website page for > subscribing to this list (https://elecraft.com/pages/community) only > mentions "KX1/K1/K2/K3/KX3/P3/KPA500" but here goes. > > I am interested in the native capabilities of the remote control software > I looked on the elecraft website and only found this manual which only > covers installation of the software: > https://ftp.elecraft.com/KAT500/Remote%20Software/KAT500-Remote.pdf > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KAT500?
Most of what you ask is performed by KAT500 Utility, not KAT500 Remote. Both are free downloads but most of what you're interested in seeing is accessible only when actually connected to a KAT500. Only one of those programs can connect at a time, via a COM port. KAT500 Utility is a local program. I run it on a shack computer at the remote site and access it remotely via a remote desktop program. KAT500 Remote can operate either locally or client/server. I run it C/S with the server side on that same shack computer. See specific answers below; all the answers are Yes: On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 2:21 PM W2HX wrote: > Hello there. I am not currently an owner of any elecraft product, but I am > seriously considering a KAT500 for use with older analog radios. I hope > this is the right place to ask because the elecraft website page for > subscribing to this list (https://elecraft.com/pages/community) only > mentions "KX1/K1/K2/K3/KX3/P3/KPA500" but here goes. > > I am interested in the native capabilities of the remote control software > I looked on the elecraft website and only found this manual which only > covers installation of the software: > https://ftp.elecraft.com/KAT500/Remote%20Software/KAT500-Remote.pdf > > But I am interested in what screens are behind the buttons such as Power, > Tune, Antenna, Mode, et. Al. But I cannot find any documentation beyond > this installation manual. Does it exist? Or does someone know of a youtube > video I can watch that goes through this program? I understand that many > folks are using node-red for control of the KAT, but right now I'm looking > to see the functions of basic application. > > Generally, I am wondering if the software supports: > > 1. Setting the SWR threshold -- below which, the tuner will consider a > tuning solution to be "done" > Yes - See Configuration tab, SWR Thresholds > 2. Once the tuning solution is found, the manual changing the L's and > C's to fine tune the match as much as possible and then store to memory > Yes - See Operate tab, Capacitance and Inductance adjusters. > 3. Settings for which antenna should be used for which bands > Yes - See Configuration tab, Antennas > 4. Can an antenna be set for use with multiple bands (like OCF dipole)? > Or only one band per antenna? > Yes, any antenna port can be assigned to any bands 160-6 via individual check boxes or All. See Configuration tab, Antennas. 73, /Rick N6XI > > Thanks very much! > > 73 Eugene W2HX > Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 Won't Turn On all of a sudden!
I was happily using my K3 as the control head for a remote K3 via a pair of RemoteRig 1258 controllers. I powered down using the POWER button for a few hours. When I tried to power up again, I couldn't get the K3 to fully start up. While the POWER button is depressed, the screen lights up its background color with nothing displayed. When I let go of the button, it goes dark. I saw this once before, about a month ago, but it went away. Disconnecting all cables from the radio makes no difference. The power cable from the SEC 1223 PS reads 14.1V no load. Any ideas what might be going on? Thanks, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft-KX] Peter Martinez And The CW-To-PSK31 Feature
Me, too. A roll of paper weighed more than a KX3. /Rick N6XI On Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 11:18 AM jerry wrote: > On 2023-02-05 11:01, a...@elecraft.com wrote: > >> Some would argue there's no activity in ham radio, or perhaps life > >> itself, > >> more rewarding than making RTTY contest QSOs using a 1 pound radio > >> with a > >> whip and an attached keyer paddle > > > > You mean I no longer need my 75-pound Model 15 Teletype machine to > > send/receive RTTY? > > *** I had one of those! It didn't have a case. Pretty loud... :). > Long live Baudot! > >- Jerry, KF6VB > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 recommendation - wait for HD or no?
Get the K4D now and see how it does in your situation with your and your neighbor's operating habits. By the time the HD upgrade is available, you'll know whether you want it. I've been very happy with K4D at Field Day sites and in high power SO2R operation except when two stations are on the same band. 73, /Rick N6XI On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:54 AM Joseph M. Durnal wrote: > I share a property line with another ham. Some of his low band wires are > within a wavelength of my vertical. When he's transmitting, I rarely > notice with K3 unless I'm really close. The IC-7300, he can wipe out my > receive if we are trying to work on the same portion of the band. > > I have my sights set on a K4D, but wondering if I should be considering the > HD version. > > Thanks & 73 de Joe NE3R > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] KPA1500 RELIABILITY
Remember, almost no one posts messages saying "My xxx hasn't failed." Only the bad news shows up on the reflectors. /Rick N6XI On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 2:29 AM Mark Musick wrote: > Hi George, > We need a little more information. > How many times have you sent it back? > What were the issues? Was it the same issue each time you sent it back? > Give us some detailed information about the issue(s). > I have KPA1500 serial number 112. I took delivery in April 2017. It has > never been back to CA. > I have used it on 6 meters FT8, MSK144, Q65 and CW a lot. I finished my 6 > meter DXCC in July 2021. I've used it in many QSO parties. It hasn't missed > a beat. > It has been a pleasant upgrade from the Alpha 9500 that it replaced. > I don't know how many KPA1500s are out there, but I'm sure it is a lot. I > don't think there is a reliability issue with these amps. > If you have been watching this reflector, yes there have been amps with > failures. And yes, some have failed due to a bad component. However, the > vast majority of the returns are because the operator was subjecting the > amp to something it didn't like. > > 73, > Mark, WB9CIF > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > On Behalf Of W3AB/GEO > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2022 00:01 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 RELIABILITY > > I don't have one but I do have access to one. It is making UPS rich going > back and forth. Is there a reliability issue with these amps? > > --- > 73 de W3AB/GEO > AFA9GB > > WA2LSI, KE6RJW, W7B, AAR9AG > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Felecraftdata=05%7C01%7C%7C303b896f5edc4edb5c6e08daba0a1d19%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C638026849853388283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7Csdata=LfbXaV7ZqOQYO8U6wQ79RO7EldISQlKPtKg1GI2UQ%2Fo%3Dreserved=0 > Help: > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmmfaq.htmdata=05%7C01%7C%7C303b896f5edc4edb5c6e08daba0a1d19%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C638026849853388283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7Csdata=l1sPWnE1p8mD%2BL2cnjSCE9Z%2FzXHLxBON%2FuLDuGNpdlo%3Dreserved=0 > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2Fdata=05%7C01%7C%7C303b896f5edc4edb5c6e08daba0a1d19%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C638026849853388283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7Csdata=itctzaxL6ela%2FNIzwm9JaLoFOZLhZuZvaZaeO2zvfjk%3Dreserved=0 > Please help support this email list: > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2Fdonate.htmldata=05%7C01%7C%7C303b896f5edc4edb5c6e08daba0a1d19%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C638026849853388283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7Csdata=FPnZdkhSVID3CJCFIBhYqRl370x3eeXOq2MCGQC2VXw%3Dreserved=0 > Message delivered to markmus...@outlook.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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] K3 MacOS M1 Mini
Actually, I've run YCCC SO2R Box and SO2R Box Utility on Win 11 ARM Preview under Parallels Desktop on a Macbook Pro M1 Max without recompilation. They talk politely to the hardware across a USB connection. However, they expect two pairs of virtual COM ports to communicate with the logger (N1MM in my case) via OTRSP. My old standbys, vspMgr and COM0COM, do not work in that environment. However, Eltima has a Virtual Serial Port Driver in an ARM version that works very simply and cleanly. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 8:08 PM Barry Baines via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > That said, there is one caveat: Windows ARM does not currently support > natively USB devices other than such as items as Keyboards, Mice, > Trackballs, etc. For example, I cannot run a SDR device on the ARM because > the device drivers don’t exist under ARM needed for SDR: I use ZADIG to > add drivers for SDR and it doesn’t work running Windows 11 ARM. > > I suspect that USB support for ARM will grow under time, but it remains to > be seen whether software that uses USB attached devices that require > special device drivers will work. In my case, this means using data > sources available via the internet rather than using a SDR device for > over-the-air reception of data. For example, I can use data collected via > SDR attached to my Dell laptop and feed that data to Apple MBP M1 laptop > running Windows 11 ARM via LAN to display the data. > > -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] KPA1500 power supply (remote)
I leave my KPA1500 PS on continuously, whether I'm local or remote. No observed ill effects. When the amp is off, the PS is silent. I haven't measured its current drain in that condition but I expect it is minimal. I have a remote relay box that I could use to key a larger relay in the 230V AC supply line but I don't see any need to do that. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 6:30 AM Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: > Hello! > > when you use the KPA1500 remotely, the power is always on. With which it > could spend several years on continuously. Could this be harmful to > the power supply? > > Is it thought and designed to withstand this? > > Is there a way to turn the power on and off remotely? > > thanks! > > -- > 73, > Jorge > CX6VM/CW5W > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Ham Qualifications, Customer Service
What do you mean, David? The K3 had a nearly 15 year run as Elecraft's flagship transceiver and is still being serviced within the limits of parts availability. K3S was a mid-life update, not a new design. It had a few revised boards and they were available to retrofit to the earlier K3 units. Other updated boards came along prior to K3S and were also retrofittable. In my 60+ years of ham radio, the K3 stands out as the longest-living, most modular, most upgradeable radio of all, by a wide margin. I have no reason to expect anything less of K4. 73, /Rick N6XI On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 8:08 PM David Gilbert wrote: > > > I remember that exact same statement being made about the K3 and K3s > (discontinued after 6 years). Other than the new synths, it wasn't > honored for the K3 series so I see no reason to treat that as part of > the value proposition for the K4. > > > On 6/27/2022 5:32 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > > > - The K4 is designed in highly modular fashion so we can replace modules > in the future as technology changes, including the main processor board, > ADC boards, and DAC board. > > > > > > > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Using KPA1500 with Flex6600
KPA1500 Remote works fine as a local control program. Use the Local Connect option. /Rick N6XI On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 2:29 AM Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > ... > Is there software available for controlling the KPA1500 on my Windows PC > as I would like to locate the amp below my operating desk? I suspect I can > do this using the KPA1500 Utility program but wondered if there is a better > method or 3rd party software for this purpose? > 73 > Ray G3XLG > > -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Mac Logging Software
I'll second the nomination of RUMlog for general QSO logging on a Mac. I don't care for the contest section but I haven't really spent enough time with it for my observations to be definitive. It does not appear to support SO2R or SO2V and doesn't have nearly the configurability of N1MM, my preferred contest logger. But for general QSOs, RUMlog has everything I might ask for, much better than limping along with a contest logger. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 5:04 AM Richard wrote: > I’m looking for a simple basic logging program for the Mac, preferably one > that I can tailor to my needs, one that would be good for SSB contacts. > > Any recommendations? > > Thanks. > > Richard Kunc > W4KBX > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Have a K-2 SN 01049
I had an early K2, reviewed it for NCJ, loved it for a long time, then got an early K3. Instead of trying to sell an old, low-value K2, I gave it to a friend who gave it to a beginner he was mentoring. I felt that was a good home for it and a good use for a radio I no longer needed. Consider this, folks - helping a beginner with a radio might be the best thing you can do for ham radio. Just don't give away a lemon, or a rig that isn't up to spec, to a beginner who might not know what to do about it. Any give-away rig should be accompanied by a squawk list and advice on how to proceed! 73, /Rick N6XI 73, /Rick N6XI On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 1:13 AM Dave wrote: > Tim mentioned “A local here has a loaded K2/100 that he's been trying to > sell for > > a while but has only received what he perceives as low offers” > > > Bear in mind the K2 has been around for over 20 years, and was built > from a kit by hams with variable degrees of soldering skills and had > quite a few modifications since the early ones were produced. > > > My K2 has given me good service, but I cannot remember the last time > it was used, I built in around 2001. Even with its A to B mods, > upgraded SSB filter crystals, ATU, 160m and DSP board, I wouldn’t > expect it to fetch over $400. > > > 73 Dave G4AON > > -- > Sent from my iPhone SE > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] New K4 Beta Software Available (Release 30/Beta 2)
:-) You CS majors will recall that you can prove that no significant program can be proven to be correct for all inputs and conditions. /Rick N6XI On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 12:44 AM Walter Underwood wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2022, at 7:30 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > > > "There's always another bug," to quote an anonymous sage, but > please...go for it. We'd love to get hundreds of K4s going on this new > release, and hopefully promote it to full production status next week. > > Q: What does it mean when the Python test suite passes? > A: It means the test suite is incomplete. > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Firmware Updating
On the contrary, it's easy to update wirelessly. I must have been less than clear with my original comment. Let me try again: If you don't have wired ethernet conveniently available near your K4, get a "Ethernet Extender" such as this: https://www.amazon.com/Powerline-Ethernet-Adapter-Extender-TP-Link/dp/B084CZMYNM/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=ethernet%2Bextender=1650918537=8-6=1 The device connects to your WiFi network. It also has an RJ45 connector. Run an ethernet cable from the device to your K4 and it works as if you had connected the K4 directly to your router. 73, /Rick N6XI On 4/25/22 1:05 PM, John Stengrevics wrote: There is no way to update wirelessly? John WA1EAZ On Apr 25, 2022, at 4:00 PM, Rick Tavan wrote: No other setup that I'm aware of. Just plug in wired RJ45 Ethernet with active DHCP and an IP address appears on the K4 menu. Tap Fn|UPDATE and you're in dialog to download the latest or a prior release. Easy peasy. If you don't have easy access to wired Ethernet, use a so-called Ethernet Extender with an RJ45 jack and use your in-home WiFi signal. /Rick N6XI /Rick N6XI On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:47 AM Fred Jensen wrote: That is only true if DHCP is enabled in the router [it almost always is in home situations], AND the device you're connecting is configured to negotiate with DHCP for an IP address lease. I don't have a K4 but I suspect there is at least one other attribute for the IP address setting that will activate DHCP negotiation with your router. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County Dave wrote on 4/25/2022 11:28 AM: When you plug in the Ethernet connection from the radio to your router then router should assign the radio an IP address then you can do the akftware updates. Dave wo2x Sent from my waxed string and tin cans. On Apr 25, 2022, at 2:24 PM, Roy Morris, Jr. via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: Can I connect the ethernet port directly from my internet sevice provider router to my K4 for firmware updates? If so, would I need to go into the K4 menu and change the IP address since NO ETHERNET is the default setting? Thanks. Roy Morris W4WFB __ 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 rocke...@gmail.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 jstengrev...@comcast.net -- Rick Tavan, Saratoga & Truckee, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Firmware Updating
No other setup that I'm aware of. Just plug in wired RJ45 Ethernet with active DHCP and an IP address appears on the K4 menu. Tap Fn|UPDATE and you're in dialog to download the latest or a prior release. Easy peasy. If you don't have easy access to wired Ethernet, use a so-called Ethernet Extender with an RJ45 jack and use your in-home WiFi signal. /Rick N6XI /Rick N6XI On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:47 AM Fred Jensen wrote: > That is only true if DHCP is enabled in the router [it almost always is > in home situations], AND the device you're connecting is configured to > negotiate with DHCP for an IP address lease. I don't have a K4 but I > suspect there is at least one other attribute for the IP address setting > that will activate DHCP negotiation with your router. > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > Dave wrote on 4/25/2022 11:28 AM: > > When you plug in the Ethernet connection from the radio to your router > then router should assign the radio an IP address then you can do the > akftware updates. > > > > Dave wo2x > > > > Sent from my waxed string and tin cans. > > > >> On Apr 25, 2022, at 2:24 PM, Roy Morris, Jr. via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > >> > >> Can I connect the ethernet port directly from my internet sevice > provider router to my K4 for firmware updates? If so, would I need to go > into the K4 menu and change the IP address since NO ETHERNET is the default > setting? Thanks. Roy Morris W4WFB > >> __ > >> 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 rocke...@gmail.com > > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Shipping via UPS - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way
o posts containing no > > >>> Elecraft > > >>> > content. While this content has value, it also dilutes value, as > it's > > >>> not > > >>> > Elecraft specific. > > >>> > > > >>> > Thanks & 73, > > >>> > -Andrew NV1B > > >>> > > > >>> > __ > > >>> > 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 andrew.n...@gmail.com > > >>> > > > >>> __ > > >>> Elecraft mailing list > > >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > >>> > > >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > >>> Message delivered to ju...@juliatuttle.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 je...@tr2.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 jimk...@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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] De-soldering Tool Recommendations?
I'm pretty fond of my Hakko 808. Alas, it has been discontinued and the current line of desoldering tools from Hakko is pretty expensive - $300 on up. I don't recall what I paid for mine but it was a lot less. If you find a used one for sale, grab it! /Rick N6XI On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 5:30 AM Dave wrote: > I use an ordinary fine tipped iron (M12) and solder wick. I don’t think > Antex irons are available in the USA, but if you check this link and search > for an M12 iron you will see the type. > https://www.antex.co.uk > > It can help to minimise board damage if you cut the legs off the component, > then remove each leg individually, after all a board costs a lot more than > a component. > > 73 Dave G4AON > > > -- > Sent from my iPhone SE > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] KPA1500 Remote Software Question
I think the fan speed setting is *minimum* speed, not fixed speed. The amp will always speed up the fan from the minimum setting if necessary for self-protection. /Rick N6XI On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 4:42 PM Ed G wrote: > Thanks Ken. I could easily be mis-remembering! > --Ed, N3CW— > > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > From: Ken K6MR > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 7:28 PM > To: Ed G; elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Remote Software Question > > I don't remember the slider ever moving in response to the fan speed while > in Auto mode. The current fan level is noted in the lower info bar by a > number (1 - 5), but that's it. > > Ken K6MR > > > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > on behalf of Ed G > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 1:29 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Remote Software Question > > Folks, > Using the KPA1500 remote program. There is a slider control for the > fan just below the temp bargraph. I can manually adjust the slider to give > me different fan speeds, so the control is communication with the KPA1500. > I seem to remember when I first installed the remote software that > the slider position responded to the KPA1500’s automatic fan speed. I > could look at the position of the slider and know (while wearing > headphones) what the fan speed was. But that no longer seems to be > working, and the blue slider remains at the far left position even when the > amp fans are running. So I’m not quite sure how this slider is supposed to > work. If I set min fan speed in the KPA1500 menu to “1” the slider position > will move to “1” It just doesn’t move when the fan is set to “auto” and > comes on by itself. > --Ed, N3CW— > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > __ > 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 k...@outlook.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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] K Line: Signal loss in a QSO
At risk of error paraphrasing prior discussions, let me try to explain: Elecraft implemented the implicit gain calibration at 5 and 50W believing that it was a subtle and harmless way of triggering gain cal. Users could do it intentionally (albeit tediously) and if it happened accidentally it would be quick and transparent, all but invisible to the user. Field testers and others objected on the grounds that they didn't want calibration to recur if they "accidentally" or on purpose set power to the magic levels, clearly rather common power targets. So Elecraft provided a switch in MENU | "TX Gain Cal via TUNE". If it's ON, you get the original, automatic, single-band, single-power level calibration at 5 or 50W settings. If it's OFF, you need to do gain calibration yourself. N6TV developed a *k4cal* command-line utility that automates this process, doing 5 and 50W calibration on all bands in "one swell foop." It takes about a minute and leaves your K4 settings exactly as they were prior to execution except that gain cal has been done thoroughly. It provides an output report showing how much things changed, although interpreting the numbers is left to the student. At further risk of perhaps providing an old link, I'll suggest https://www.kkn.net/~n6tv/K4cal.zip as a way to get Bob's utility. If that's obsolete, eagle-eye Bob will probably catch it and provide a better link. ;-) Maybe some day this and other utilities from N6TV, Elecraft, and others could be combined into a single, GUI-controlled package accessible from the Elecraft Web site. But that would be a while into the future, if ever. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 9:41 AM David Gilbert wrote: > > That begs the questions of why it ISN'T in the manual or tech note > addendum, and why it hasn't been addressed by Elecraft. > > Worst case, it would make more sense to have the gain calibration done > at some odd power level like 5.3 watts and 53 watts instead of power > levels that users would typically set. > > Dave > > > On 1/16/2022 7:41 AM, Richard Ferch wrote: > > You may or may not consider this logical, but: The description of the > > transmitter gain calibration procedure in the manual does not call up any > > special calibration menu. It just says transmit a carrier at exactly 5.0 > > watts or exactly 50 watts. Apparently the firmware uses these power level > > settings as a trigger to do a gain calibration. > > > > Not wanting to do unexpected gain calibrations while operating, I have > > always set my power to 4.9 watts when I want to operate QRP, and to 49 > > watts if I want to operate at 50 watts. > > > > I am fairly sure I saw a post here by one of the elecraft techs about > this > > not so very long ago. > > > > 73, > > Rich VE3KI > > > > > > N7WS wrote: > > > > It is not in the manual, but has appeared here many times, without > logical > > explanation. > > > > Wes N7WS > > > > On 1/16/2022 6:52 AM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: > >> I have not heard this either. Is this in the manual? 5 watts would be a > >> tough output to avoid if you enjoy QRP. > >> > >> John KK9A > >> > >> KE8G wrote: > >> > >> Hmm, I've never heard that 5 or 50 watts of power shouldn't be run. > >> > >> 73 de KE8G - Jim > >> > > __ > > 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 ab7e...@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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Rx-In/Out used for exteranl SDR Device?
5 S-units is way too much drop for even a simple T-connector. I see almost the same loss whether I use a "real" splitter or a simple T-connector. Bob, you say "right upper rear" which doesn't sound right. That's approximately where the LINE IN-OUT phone jacks are located. Are you sure you didn't mean "right center rear?" Your external SDR needs to be connected to the RX ANT IN-OUT BNC connectors. They're the two left-most BNCs as you look at the rear panel. Also, check to make sure you have a good twist connection on both BNCs. If you're using a splitter, its common connection should go to RX ANT OUT and its two output connections should go to RX ANT IN and the SDR. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 1:08 PM Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > Did you use a splitter in the loop between RX out and RX in? Loss with > a splitter is more on the order of 3-4 dB. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network > web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > On 12/4/2021 3:41 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > > Hello Elecraft List > > > > I recently got my K3 back from Elecraft. They'd upgraded it to K3s. > > > > I used to be able to run a cable from the Rx in out area on the > right-upper-rear as I face it. > > > > That gave me antenna without the threat of RF into my SDRPlay. > > > > I tried Rx In and Out then pressing RX on teh front, but the S-Meter > drops 5 S-Units. > > Yeah, signal does go to thje SDR device, but at a huge loss to the > regular operations. > > > > What am I not seeing here ? > > > > > > -- > > 73, > > KD7YZ Bob EM88LL > > > > __ > > 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 pete.n...@gmail.com > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Background Noise with Mike Plugged in to Rear Mike Jack
Interesting. I tried a ferrite and, although it reduced the problem, it didn't cure it. I'm not sure it was a #31 mix, though, and I didn't wrap that many turns. Will try again. Sure wish toroids were labeled! Thanks, /Rick N6XI On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 5:55 PM David Herring wrote: > I also had RF problems with the CM-500 plugged into the rear mic jack. > The solution I’ve implemented so far was to wrap about 13 turns of the > CM-500’s cord around a #31 toroid. It both shortened the cord which was way > too long for my shack and eliminated the RF problem. A two-for-one > solution. ;-) > > On rare occasions I like to use my D-104 mic in the front panel jack. It > too is adversely affected with RF issues. As soon as I get a moment I’m > going to try wrapping it’s cord around a #31 toroid and hope it works as > well there as with the CM-500. > > I hope Elecraft is looking at the front panel mic jack as well as the rear > when looking at solving the RF issue. > > 73, > Dave - N5DCH > > > > > > On Nov 21, 2021, at 6:40 PM, Rick Tavan wrote: > > > > Hi, Pete. Try a dynamic mic or use the front panel (ugh) mic connector. > > I've had RFI problems at high power using a CM-500 on the rear panel mic > > jack. Elecraft are working on a fix. My Heil headset with dynamic mic > works > > fine. > > > > 73, > > > > /Rick N6XI > > > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 5:32 PM Pete Smith N4ZR <mailto:pete.n...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > >> I don't normally operate phone, but wanted to contribute a few QSOs to > >> my club in SS SSB. So I recorded messages on my external USB sound > >> card, using Audacity. They sounded fine, both on a speaker and on my > >> K3's monitor. So then I plugged my Yamaha CM-500 condenser mike headset > >> into the rear microphone jack, with MIC SEL = rP.L bIAS. That worked > >> OK, but there was a very high level of white noise, audible both with > >> live voice and while playing recorded contest messages. I was reading > >> 700 watts out without talking. > >> > >> Experimenting, I discovered that the source of the noise was definitely > >> the mike on the rear microphone jack. I also didn't like the fact that > >> in this setup the mike was live while recorded messages were playing. > >> > >> How can I rig things so that the mike doesn't contribute this high level > >> of background noise, and how can I manage things so that the microphone > >> is muted when the recorded messages are playing through the line in > jack. > >> > >> -- > >> 73, Pete N4ZR > >> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network > >> web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. > >> For spots, please use your favorite > >> "retail" DX cluster. > >> > >> __ > >> 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 rta...@gmail.com <mailto:rta...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > > > Rick Tavan > > Truckee and Saratoga, CA > > __ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft < > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net <mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net/> > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html < > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> > > Message delivered to david.n5...@gmail.com <mailto:david.n5...@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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Background Noise with Mike Plugged in to Rear Mike Jack
Hi, Pete. Try a dynamic mic or use the front panel (ugh) mic connector. I've had RFI problems at high power using a CM-500 on the rear panel mic jack. Elecraft are working on a fix. My Heil headset with dynamic mic works fine. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 5:32 PM Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > I don't normally operate phone, but wanted to contribute a few QSOs to > my club in SS SSB. So I recorded messages on my external USB sound > card, using Audacity. They sounded fine, both on a speaker and on my > K3's monitor. So then I plugged my Yamaha CM-500 condenser mike headset > into the rear microphone jack, with MIC SEL = rP.L bIAS. That worked > OK, but there was a very high level of white noise, audible both with > live voice and while playing recorded contest messages. I was reading > 700 watts out without talking. > > Experimenting, I discovered that the source of the noise was definitely > the mike on the rear microphone jack. I also didn't like the fact that > in this setup the mike was live while recorded messages were playing. > > How can I rig things so that the mike doesn't contribute this high level > of background noise, and how can I manage things so that the microphone > is muted when the recorded messages are playing through the line in jack. > > -- > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network > web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Legal Limit With FT8
I must be missing something. FTn isn't like CW or SSB where the loudest station often wins in a pileup. If you have enough FTn signal to be decoded reliably, say -10 or better, how does more power enhance your chances of getting through? WSJT-X chooses whom to answer based on a "first decoded" algorithm that I don't fully understand but it doesn't seem to be based on signal strength. I often get multiple callers and the loudest one often isn't selected. I'm surprised Joe didn't point that out - it's his mode, after all. But maybe there's something I don't understand. FTn are modes in which the standard FCC guidance to use the "minimum power required" seems to make sense. I set power based on incoming signal strengths. With my antennas, 40W usually gets through to anyone -15 or better, often to -20. If most signals are weaker or if a station "calls CQ in my face," I QSY to another tone that might be clear on its end and/or go up to 80W. I turned on the amp at 200W one time when I was decoding a new one only sporadically and expected I would also be weak. Got it. ;-) /Rick N6XI On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 8:04 PM Richard wrote: > I had a discussion about this sort of madness with Joe Taylor, creator of > FT8 and WSJT-X. Here's what he had to say about it: > > "Hi Richard, > > "Yes, it's annoying when people engage in a QRO arms race to make more > QSOs or make them more quickly with FT8. Using high power is one thing when > conditions demand it, as with some 160 m DX paths, for example. It's quite > another thing when high power is not required to make the QSO, but only to > help you get through first. > > "However, it has always been thus, and there's not much anyone can do > about it. As a general rule it's often useful to move up above 2500 Hz or > so, audio frequency. Or even to set your dial frequency 1 kHz higher than > the default for a band. > > "We are also thinking about suggesting a "QRP FT8 sub-band" in which power > should be limited to 10 W (say). > > "-- 73, Joe, K1JT" > > Richard > W4KBX > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K-Pod manual updated -- now covers use with the K4
Right. The macros are stored in the radios, not in the K*Pod. You need to run K3 Utility at the radio site to load them into the K3. The K4 has a primitive text editor for on-screen macro entry, one finger typing with no tactile feedback. Not fun but no computer required. /Rick N6XI On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 11:33 AM Fred wrote: > > > I also operate W7RN [K3] remotely with the RemoteRig interface, and the > K-Pod tuning knob remotely tunes just fine but the switches don't work, > probably because there are no macros loaded into the remote radio? > > -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS
OK, gotta tell my favorite TVI tale: When I was a kid, my dad got a TVI complaint from our next door neighbor in Maryland: K3QDC: Are you sure it's me? Neighbor: Yes, you said and... K3QDC: Yes, that was me! Neighbor: ... and then he said . K3QDC: Oh, I see. Ma'am, the fellow who said that is in Texas. Your TV appears to be an excellent shortwave receiver. This was on 15M AM and the TV in question had a 21 Mc. I.F., ubiquitous in those days. The neighbor gave up. /Rick N6XI Formerly K3QDD On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 6:54 PM Fred wrote: > Circa 1958: Neighbor and TV Repairman came to my parent's door ... > "Your son's ham radio is interfering with my TV. Dad: "Our son has been > away at college for 2 years and his radio equipment is packed up in the > closet." Long pause ... then TV guy, "Well his wire antenna is still up > there and it's between my customer and Mt. Wilson, and it's sucking all > the signal out of the air." Dad: "I'll ask him to take it down next > time he comes home." That didn't happen 'til maybe another year, I had > a full time job at the local TV station at college and didn't get home > very often. I did finally take it down, neighbor's TV still didn't work > well, and he still blamed me. > -- > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > Kris Mraz wrote on 10/20/2021 6:23 PM: > > When I put my tower up 25 yrs ago my next door neighbor complained of > interference. I went over to his house to watch for TVI while a ham friend > was at my house keying the transmitter. Suddenly a window started vibrating > causing a buzzing sound. He said “See, SEE!”. Just then his wife calls out > from another room “Honey, it’s just the dryer”. > > > > Never had another complaint after that. > > > > Kris N5KM > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] K4D in NAQP - Little Things I Liked
Although I've been field testing the K4D for quite a while now, I still find little things to marvel at. In this weekend's NAQP CW, for instance, I really appreciated these gems: - Logging with N1MM, operating SO2V (single operator, 2 VFOs), I often tap the tilde/grave key to turn the sub-receiver on and off. With K3 and some non-Elecraft radios, this doesn't work or doesn't work very well *when transmitting*, but I often want to change sub-rx state in anticipation of message completion. With my K4D, it always worked. Sometimes it didn't take effect instantly, but within a second or so the SUB LED would change state and at the end of my transmission the sub-rx was always in the desired state. Very slick. - The mini-pan was very valuable to keep an eye on my run frequency. I could see encroaching signals, even sometimes when I couldn't hear them, and adapt my CQ timing or even my frequency slightly to meet the challenge. - The main panadapter Rx A and B cursors move smoothly while transmitting, even though the spectrum display and waterfall are appropriately frozen on the signals that were present at the beginning of the transmission. That let me tune in the next signal I wanted to check out, typically on the sub-rx, before message transmission completed, typically on the main rx frequency. With or without QSK (or semi-breakin with Delay=0), this was a big time saver. - The K*Pod worked well. I rarely had to reach out and touch the radio. I had implemented Band Up and Band Down buttons that work almost like the BAND rocker switch on K3. Still can't map out unused bands, but I think that will happen eventually. Meanwhile, it's sometimes two taps instead of one, not a big deal. This was using the latest field test software release, which will go to public beta Real Soon Now, but I think most of these capabilities have been in prior public releases. K4 is an SDR, so it will continue to evolve for years to come. But the ergonomics are already quite good. K4 wait-listers - hang in there; good things are coming! 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Giving Up
that, for me, the K4 is > not worth the price. $3600 (with the tuner since every other significant > radio includes one) would seem competitive and I would jump on it at this > price. But as it is? Can't see doing it. I apologize if feelings are hurt > or I've made anyone angry. I'm leaving the list since I'm no longer waiting > patiently for what we once called Vaporware.Good luck to everyone on their > current and future K4s.Doug -- > K0DXV__Elecraft > mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: > http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.netThis > list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to turnb...@net1.ie > __ > 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 gt...@seanet.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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Lore
Ed K1EP mentioned that the K4 ATU is a cost-extra option on all K4 models. This is as it should be. If you have an external tuner in the shack or at the antenna or a tuner integrated into an amplifier that's always in line (or in Standby with the tuner enabled) or if all your antennas are well matched, you wouldn't want to pay Elecraft for a tuner inside K4 that you wouldn't be using. OTOH if, like me, you sometimes take your K4 to the field or operate it at a shack where there is no external auto-tuner, then the K4 ATU option is delightful. IMHO, Elecraft made some good decisions on what to include as standard and what to "optionalize" in K4. /Rick N6XI On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 7:16 AM Ed K1EP wrote: > No. Extra on all versions. > > reply to: k...@arrl.net > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 09:58 Richard wrote: > > > Does the basic plain vanilla K4 have a built-in antenna tuner? I'm > > guessing no. > > > > Richard Kunc ~ W4KBX > > __ > > 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 k1ep.l...@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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Revised eHam K4 Review Back Up
I fixed a few inaccuracies and added a bit on user interface in my K4 review on eHam. It's back up now. /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 eHam Review Updated
I've updated my K4 review on eham.net to correct a few errors and add a section on User Interface. It should be available as soon as eHam vets the new version to make sure I didn't include any politically incorrect words or images. (I didn't.) ;-) And I bcc'ed a friend who is an eHam insider and may be able to expedite that approval. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] CAT on K3
Sure, Keith. Connect the K3 RS232 port to the P3 and the P3 to your computer. 73, /Rick N6XI On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 6:34 AM Keith Orchard via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > I use Logger32 for logging and it has occurred to me I could connect my K3 > to my laptop to get automatic band-logging. > I run a K3, KPA500 & P3. Can I use the RS232 connector on the K3 to > connect to my laptop? Currently I use that connector to connect to the P3. > Help would be appreciated. > Keith G3TTC > > Sent from my iPhone > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] RUMlog controls K4
FWIW, I have very little experience with RUMlog (or Skookum Logger which may be a predecessor) but if you use RUMlog on your Mac you may be encouraged by this tidbit: I have it running on MacOS Catalina doing rig control of the K4 via the USB B port, calling it a K3. I'm keying CW through the CAT interface which probably means CAT1ASC commands although the documentation doesn't say. I've used both the general interface and the contest window, both just enough to believe they work. If you're a RUMlog expert waiting for your K4 and want to discuss, feel free to contact me directly. /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo this weekend
Several of us have been unable to login to HamExpo, either with our original or regenerated tickets. Any idea how to get in? /Rick On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 7:38 AM Dave Van Wallaghen wrote: > For any of you attending the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo this weekend > https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/ > I was scheduled to present a couple of sessions regarding Elecraft's > Classic Line of products with a discussion on buying used rigs and > getting a start in building our kits. There have been a couple of > technical issues, and so at this point, they still have not been > scheduled as yet. > > But, I will be working in my shop most of the day, and we do have a > Classic Line Table in the Elecraft booth if you would like to stop by > and chat. I will login to the table with my camera and mic muted, but if > you see our logo with my initials DV at the table, just make some noise > so I know you are there and we can chat about anything you would like > related to Elecraft's Classic Line of products. > > Hope to talk with you soon... > > 73, > Dave, W8FGU > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 - USB headphones
Good question, Tony. I don't see why a USB headset would not work but I haven't tried it myself, nor do I recall any conversation about it among the other field testers. I just ordered one for delivery tomorrow and will give it a try. 73, /Rick N6XI On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:24 PM N2TK via Elecraft wrote: > Will USB headphones/mike work in one of the USB ports? > > 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 > Message delivered to rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 QSK
Several readers challenged me appropriately on the glowing report below because I had not done my K4 QSK testing under crowded band conditions as in a contest. Right - I hadn't encountered any but I was so happy with what I heard on quiet bands that I couldn't refrain from commenting. Today I got on the 19Z CWT to give it a try. Unfortunately, I had some pretty bad local RFI. It sounded like arcing from an intermittent, loose electrical connection, possibly induced by recent high winds here, and made weak signals hard to copy. The K4 NB helped some but it wasn't the test I had intended ... unless you're looking for a report that the noise was quite audible while transmitting - it was. I almost gave up in disgust after 22 minutes but put the 'phones back on for the last 11 minutes of the event and was delighted to find the noise completely gone! So I did get in 11 minutes of a reasonable, single-band evaluation (20M). And it was good! QSK remained solid. There were a few low level artifacts I hadn't heard before, probably due to an amplified speaker at this location that I wasn't using but had not powered off. At 20Z the CWT ended, the band went quiet, and I did a little more transmitting to confirm that QSK on the empty band sounded no different than during the CWT. This was *not a comprehensive or conclusive test*, but it's very encouraging - the QSK did not degrade under these busier band conditions. I'll try to clean up my audio distribution setup and report any differences. 73, /Rick N6XI On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 11:43 AM Rick Tavan wrote: > I've had a chance to try the latest improvements to QSK on the field test > K4. It's great, close to the theoretical optimum of sounding like a code > practice oscillator running in the background! Remarkably, it sounds the > same in TEST mode as when transmitting 100W barefoot, 1200W (ICOM 1000 > vacuum relay), or 1500W (KPA1500 PIN diode), internal keyer or external > WinKey emulator. No, it's not perfect. I don't hear much received signal > between dits at 50 WPM, but I do hear something noticeable when there's a > signal there. And at a more realistic 38 WPM, sending actual code, I can > tell *immediately* when there's something on frequency. Wayne tells me > that he has a few more tricks up his sleeve that can make it better yet, > but it's already among the best QSK setups I've ever experienced. Way to > go, Elecraft! > > /Rick N6XI > > -- > > Rick Tavan > Truckee and Saratoga, CA > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Feedback/Question on Friday's Zoom Call
I don't have a USB WiFi adapter handy but I do have an RJ45 WiFi adapter from TP-Link and it works fine plugged into the K4 Ethernet connector. I just downloaded a firmware update that way. 73, /Rick N6XI On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:24 PM Ian, NV4C wrote: > I just finished watching the YouTube posting of Friday's K4 Zoom call. > All I can say is, I can't wait to get mine! > > Question for Eric/the Elecraft brain trust - will we be able to use a > USB WiFi adapter in one of the K4's USB ports, to provide network > access? I can't get wired networking into my shack, and the thought of > downloading firmware/updates to my computer, saving them to a USB drive, > then downloading the new firmware/update into the K4 seems like too many > opportunities to corrupt the firmware. > > Feedback - I'm thrilled to hear Eric expects the K4 kits to begin > shipping in 3-4 months. Even if there are unforeseen delays and reality > turns out to be 6-8 months, that is still sooner than I expected. Maybe > I'll be able to order myself a late birthday present end of March or > into April! Birthday is in late March, hint, hint! :-) > > Eric, thanks for the meeting. I look forward to participating in more of > these, and in seeing your session at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo in > March. > > 73 de, > > Ian, NV4C > > > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Panadaptor Display
I've run AirSpy SDRs with K4 and N1MM Logger+ Spectrum Display Window. I put the SDR in the RX antenna loop. It works great and I can set the bandspread differently on the K4 itself vs. the SD Window. That lets me see the whole band segment on the K4 and QSY long distances by touch while viewing a much narrower segment on MM with spots, signal handles, and "CQ hole finder." The K4 pan is excellent but both it and MM SD together is better! /Rick N6XI On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:03 AM wrote: > Ray: > > NiMMLogger Plus has that capability today. > > Any radio that has I/Q out in a data stream can display a spectrum right in > the N1MMLogger Plus application. > > Since I cant attach a photo here, I sent it to you direct. > > It works well. I have used it with my K3 IF out to a SDRPlay and direct > from a Flex 6000 series radio. > > Im sure that K4 will have that capability and, if it doesn't, it should. > > Lu Romero - W4LT > Tampa, FL > > > --=== > > > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:57:03 + > From: Ray Spreadbury > To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" < [Elecraft] K4 Panadaptor Display > > Subject: [Elecraft] K4 Panadaptor Display > > I wonder if it is possible to show the panadaptor(s) display as a separate > floating window on the external monitor? > So that for example you could have your logging program windows open as > well > as a separately floating K4 panadaptor display showing on the same monitor. > 73 Ray G3XLG > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 QSK
I've had a chance to try the latest improvements to QSK on the field test K4. It's great, close to the theoretical optimum of sounding like a code practice oscillator running in the background! Remarkably, it sounds the same in TEST mode as when transmitting 100W barefoot, 1200W (ICOM 1000 vacuum relay), or 1500W (KPA1500 PIN diode), internal keyer or external WinKey emulator. No, it's not perfect. I don't hear much received signal between dits at 50 WPM, but I do hear something noticeable when there's a signal there. And at a more realistic 38 WPM, sending actual code, I can tell *immediately* when there's something on frequency. Wayne tells me that he has a few more tricks up his sleeve that can make it better yet, but it's already among the best QSK setups I've ever experienced. Way to go, Elecraft! /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Does a K4 need an external sound card for FT8?
The K4 has an internal sound card but its use is optional. I've used it on AFSK but not yet on other digital modes. Level setting is via soft controls, not dedicated physical knobs. This requires tapping the touch-screen several times, then turning the main tuning knob to adjust each level. You might want to download the available *Introduction to the Elecraft K4* or the *Builtin Operating Manual* files at https://elecraft.com/pages/manuals-downloads. Click Support, then Manuals, then K4 and you'll see it. Setting up the K4 for RTTY using its internal sound card required no additional cables beyond what I was already using for computer control (a USB A-B cable). YMMV, though, and if you want dedicated level knobs, you can connect an external sound card through analog 1/8" LINE IN/OUT phone jacks. You will still need to use the soft controls to tell K4 which type of connection you're using. 73, /Rick N6XI On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:12 PM Dennis Dinga wrote: > This question keeps coming up but, but the answers are either > incomplete or confusing. Courtney KD6X asked it again on Jan 3 and > has not received an answer. > > Here's the way I'd like to ask it: I use a West Mountain RIGblaster > advantage instead of the sound card in my computer. Why? So that I > have the convenience of adjusting TX and RX levels with physical > knobs instead of using sliders on a monitor. So how do you set > levels with the K4? Does it require fiddling with menus and going > through several steps? And like Courtney asked, is there anything > else to gained by using an external 24 bit card? > > -Dennis N6DD > > ++ > > Here is the way that Courtney KD6X put it: > > "Any value in using a Microkeyer III with a K3S or K4D? > > I have a K3... the best radio I've ever owed in my 50+ year ham > life. I'm currently using a US Interface Navigator with it for > digital modes. This is now sold as the Time Wave Navigator and has > worked really well for me for many years. > > My understanding is that the K3S and now the incoming K4's have sound > cards built-in via the USB port. So perhaps I won't need the > Navigator anymore when my K4 eventually arrives. But my question is > whether there is still something to be gained using a newer > transceiver interface with the K3S or K4? I've been looking at the > Microkeyer III with its 24 bit audio processing. Does anyone have > any hands-on experience with the Microkeyer III with Elecraft > radios? I'm particularly interested if it has a lower noise floor or > other features that might not be found in the stock K3S or K4. > > Thanks for any input or feedback! > >-- Courtney KD6X" > > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Firmware development
they'd > supported all of the add-on accessories, and I'm fairly sure the MCU is > approaching it's limits. > > > > --- > > Bill Frantz| Security is like Government | Periwinkle > > (408)348-7900 | services. The market doesn't | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 > > www.pwpconsult.com | want to pay for them.| Peterborough, NH > 03458 > > > > __ > > 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 djwilco...@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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 Utility "Killed" K3, Can't Force Reload?
After a computer configuration change, I needed to figure out which COM port my K3 was coming up on. I ran K3 Utility and started trying COM ports. After several "Port Closed" responses, I tried another and the rig began sending *AA* and other stuff repeatedly. I couldn't stop it with the XMIT button, so I hit POWER to turn off the radio. Now, when I touch POWER the LCD lights up plain yellow as long as I hold POWER but as soon as I let go, the screen goes blank. I tried to begin the Forced Reload protocol by disconnecting power for 10 seconds, reconnecting, and HOLDing POWER for >10 seconds but, after at least 20 seconds, the MCU LD message still hadn't appeared. Any suggestions? Thanks, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] KPA-1500: What is it telling me?
BYP + IN means you have selected to have the ATU in-line but the antenna's SWR was so low that the ATU algorithm decided just to bypass the L and C components. Functionally, it's the same as BYP, but you know that the ATU is enabled. This is exactly what you should expect with a dummy load. 73, /Rick N6XI On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 2:47 PM N4ZR wrote: > I have a dummy load on Ant 2 on my KPA-1500. When I have Ant 2 > selected, on any bandI cannot select just "In." When I hold the button > to change ATU Mode, my only choices are BYP or BYP and IN both showing > simultaneously. What does the latter mean? > > -- > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network > at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now > spotting RTTY activity worldwide. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4: DX Spots Displayed on PanAdapter
It doesn't display spots today. It could in the future. It does support click-to-QSY with either a finger on the screen or a mouse (more accurate pointing). /Rick N6XI On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 12:15 PM Lou W0FK wrote: > I did a search for the ability of the K4 to display DX spots on screen, and > the ability to "click" on them to QSY to the spot, interfacing with 3rd > party programs like DXLab or N1MM+ (assuming they can and do develop that > capability). > > I found Rich's question (see below), but couldn't determine if there had > been any answers. > > What say you Wayne and/or Eric? > > 73, > > Lou, W0FK > > > Richard Thorne-4 wrote > > I looked at the K4 at HamCom on Friday. Very nice. > > > > Unfortunately the demo was not running for some unforeseen reason > > (murphy I'm sure). > > > > The rep there said there would be an API for 3rd party software. Will > > this make it possible to display DX Spots from logging programs like > > DXLab? If that's possible will a mouse plugged into the USB port of the > > K4 allow one to click on the spot and have the K4 go to the correct > > frequency and mode? > > > > Rich - N5ZC > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Set up remote KPA1500 communication using remoterig ddns service
Yes, I do it all the time. You may have to set up some port forwarding and how to do that depends on your router(s). /Rick N6XI On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 9:03 AM K3GGN wrote: > Is it possible to use the x.ddns.remoterig.com service with user name > and > password to communicate with a remote Elecraft KPA1500 amplifier directly > without the need for an attached pc? How may that be done? > > KPA1500 Remote application doesn't seem to be configurable to accomplish > this. > > Dean > K3GGN > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 On-screen documentation
I just had the opportunity to review a draft of the K4 on-screen documentation. It's excellent! It's fully hyper-linked with HTML browser capabilities so I could jump around, following links to my heart's content and eventually returning to where I began reading. It includes not only the anticipated explanations of each connector, physical switch, knob, and on-screen button, but also procedural operating instructions on how to do the things one needs to do with a radio. When loaded into a K4, it will be readable like a typical hypertext document with a Table of Contents at the top. Also, you will be able to tap a button to see help on the most-recently used function. So if you do something and aren't sure what happened, just ask and it will pop up an explanation of that control. Or tap something just to queue up help on how it works. Slick! I read the material on a computer browser but it was already white-on-black as I expect it to be on the K4 screen. Function names are bracketed and color-coded to distinguish physical switches, touch controls, and knobs. Hold-functions of switches and touch controls are in yellow instead of white and preceded by a modifier like "Hold" so I think it will be very usable by hams with compromised color vision. There are some handy pictures of panel and screen snippets that illustrate references beyond the shadow of doubt, but not so many as to make the document bulky or awkward. This Help system sets a standard that more technically advanced transceivers and other devices should evolve to meet. This text is also serving as the "seed" for the full, printable manual. I expect that manual to be in typical Elecraft style, with loads of diagrams and highly detailed explanations. I'm not sure I'll need it very often, though, since the on-screen material is so comprehensive. Please be merciful to Elecraft and refrain from immediate calls for a public version. That will follow soon, I'm sure, after the next round of revisions and additions. 73, /Rick N6XI Field Tester/Proof Reader -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 training
The "?" Help trigger is there but I think the text is pending completion of the manual on which it will be based. /Rick N6XI On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 10:57 AM Bill Frantz wrote: > I have a vague memory that the K4 was supposed to include a > built-in help system. I can see it as being just showing the > relevant section of the manual, but it might be different. > > Is it currently available, or is it waiting for the manual. or > is something different? > > 73 Bill AE6JV > > On 8/7/20 at 11:47 AM, r...@tavan.com (Rick Tavan) wrote: > > >The menu structure is simpler and includes more text. > > --- > Bill Frantz| "The only thing we have to | Periwinkle > (408)348-7900 | fear is fear itself." - FDR | 150 > Rivermead Rd #235 > www.pwpconsult.com | Inaugural address, 3/4/1933 | > Peterborough, NH 03458 > > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 training
Video tutorials would be a good idea, Gary. I wouldn't encourage Elecraft to delay K4 shipment until they are available, though. I suspect owner-produced vids will surface quickly and will be helpful for some. For what it's worth, as an experienced K3 user, I felt comfortable with my field test K4 *immediately* and very comfortable after an hour of simply poking around. The connections are plug-compatible. The UI metaphors are consistent.The menu structure is simpler and includes more text. There are, of course, some differences and new features, especially around the gorgeous display. (P3 experience will help there.) Most of the features are easily discoverable. Most Elecraft veterans won't need more than a brief tip sheet/application note explaining new stuff. Owners who are new to Elecraft may find videos helpful. A typically excellent Elecraft Owner's Manual (not yet available) will round out the doc set. It's a great radio and will be well worth the wait! 73, /Rick N6XI On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 11:05 PM Gary Smith wrote: > I would really like it if when the K4 is > released, there were also released on the > same day, training videos showing what to > push, what to enter, a how-to set of > videos covering different topics of > interest. > > Either a bunch of short ones on a web > page, sorted by topic & exactly to the > point so they'd be easy to find and could > be easily replayed till the idea is > understood. That, or a good legend > accompanying a long, more encompassing > presentation with reference time marks to > know where to search for a given > demonstration. > > We all learn differently, I have 11 years > of college under my belt, but in my old > age I still say I learn best by observing > a demonstration than otherwise. > > But that's just me. > > 73, > > Gary > KA1J > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 feature suggestion
How about using the footswitch to interrupt the MIC line before it gets to the radio, either in-line or through a relay? /Rick N6XI On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 6:59 PM John Simmons wrote: > Stolen from Facebook: > Programmable PTT so that when using VOX on SSB, the PTT functions as a > mute (cough) switch > > -- > 73, > -de John NI0K > https://www.qrz.com/db/NI0K > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Books
If you're already comfortable with the K3, you'll be comfortable with the K4 in a matter of hours. You "won't need no steenkeeng book." The screen is totally different in layout and appearance but supports many of the functions you've come to understand and (hopefully) love in K3/P3. Most of the nomenclature is the same as is the buttonology. If you're new to the Elecraft family of radios, you might prefer a Cady-style book to the Elecraft manual, although many users (like me) find the Elecraft manuals sufficient, much better than some transceiver user guides out there. I don't recommend an Elecraft newbie spend a lot of time with K3 documentation, from either source, as a head start on the K4. It couldn't hurt and it might assuage the delivery anxiety a bit but IMHO it would be better just to download the K4 manual when it becomes available. Rick N6XI K4 #00012 On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 4:21 PM Don Wilhelm wrote: > Tongue planted firmly in cheek -- > What? Study the manual? We are hams and can just push buttons and turn > knobs and see what happens! > > Seriously, I think some hams really do it that way. > > How much more pleasure would they get out of their gear if they took the > time to study the manual. That is NOT a casual perusal paging through > the manual. > That is sitting down in front of the radio with the manual open and > identifying things as well as trying things out with a dummy load when > it involves transmitting. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/29/2020 7:06 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > > > > Maybe study the manual? Worked fine for me with most ham gear I've > > owned, including the K3 and companion products. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 on FD -- who?
I plan to be on part-time from home in Saratoga, CA (SCV section) with a K4D. /Rick N6XI On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 5:51 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Pete, > > I'll be on (N6KR), and hopefully Eric (WA6HHQ). Certainly K6XX (Bob) and > K6KR (Dick). I can think of at least four more off the top of my head but > we'll let them weigh in if they want. > > Wayne > > > > On Jun 25, 2020, at 4:50 PM, Peter Chamalian wrote: > > > > Please tell us which stations will be using K4's on FD? I want to pay > close > > attention to them. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > Pete, W1RM > > > > w...@comcast.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 n...@elecraft.com > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 Initial Impressions
n delay all the way down to "zero" which gives you between-word or, at lower speeds, between-character frequency awareness. Also excellent. *SSB:* On SSB, I've received unsolicited comments about great transmit audio, again using the CM500 mic and no adjustment of the TX equalizer. *Contesting:* I'm a somewhat reformed contester by historical passion but haven't yet had a lot of time "in the fray" with the K4. I made a hundred-plus contacts in the All Asian using the K4, an ACOM 1000 amp, a 3el 20 and 2el shorty-40 around 50', from a Norcal suburban lot. Conditions were poor and I got lots of calls from very weak stations which I was usually able to pull out of the band noise without attempting much knob twiddling. I got a few weak pileups that didn't activate AGC. Fellow field tester N6TV put in more time, made more Qs, and got some pileups of stronger signals. He said he liked the AGC performance but I'll leave it to him to elaborate. I think this radio will do better than the K3 in pileups. I look forward to exercising it from my rural, mountain-ridge QTH with the KPA1500 in conditions that induce more, stronger pileups. *Interfacing: *The K4 is plug-compatible with my K3. With a much better arrangement of rear-panel connectors, higher quality connectors, identical front-panel connectors, and pin-compatibility, it was a seamless conversion. Specifically, the Key In, Paddle In, PTT In, PTT Out, Phones Out, Speaker Out, Line In/Out, Rx ANT In/Out, 12 VDC Accessory Power, and Xvtr In/Out connectors are all the same as K3. It has both USB-B (which I used) and RS-232 to connect to the computer and additional USB-A connectors, one of which I used for a K*Pod which works great. It has an RJ-45 Ethernet connection which provides two-tap "Phone Home" capability to download firmware revisions from the Mother Ship, easier than using K3 Utility. The 15-pin ACC connector is compatible so I had instant antenna switching through a Top-Ten band decoder driving a tower-mounted antenna switch. These capabilities will be even more welcome at the more complex SO2R station in the mountains. Enough for now; more later. I'm loving this radio! 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] K3s and MFJ1234 for camping
I'm using a RemoteRig RRC-1258 pair in my remote setup, not an MFJ1234. I parallel the mic output of the RRC with the station local mic line, plugged into the K3 MIC connector, and it seems to work for what little SSB I do. I've not made any measurements of interfering ambient noise, but haven't heard any complaints. 73, /Rick N6XI On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:23 PM Kenneth A Christiansen wrote: > Hi to the group > > I have camped for many years and years ago set up my station for remote > operation and had some fun. The setup was complicated and I changed > computers and other station equipment and have not used it remotely for > about the last five years. I bought the MFJ1234 about a month ago and now > have it set up and working. I was able to set up 15 macros on the MFJ1234 > and now have only the one connection to the K3s and can leave it hooked up > while using both local and remote control. The only problem I see is I need > to change the MIC SEL from rP.L b1 A5 to Line I n for remote control. I > have not found a way to set up a macro to do that. That would be my first > wish is if someone knows how to set up a macro to make that change if I > forget to do it before I leave home. > > The other option would be to get the K3 UTILITY program to run on the > MFJ1234. I was able to download the program to the MFJ1234 but can not > figure out how to install it and make it run. I have already been able to > set up configuration files on my Windows 10 computer for both setups and > think I could do the same thing using the RASPBERRY PI remotely. Does > anyone else know if the K3 UTILITY will run on the RASPBERRY PI and if so > how do I install it and make it work? > > This was complicated to set up but works much better than what I used > several years ago. I can work 7 bands from 160 to 10 meters both SSB and CW > using it. I can work CW without that last step but I would like to be able > to fix my problem if I forget to do it before I leave the house. All I have > to take with me is my iPhone. > > Thanks for any advice. > > Ken W0CZ > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] KPA500 Remote Software will not pin to STARTUP list
But when KPA500 Remote or KPA1500 Remote start up, you need to invoke the Start Hosting Remote function to get them to listen for a remote connection. It may be possible to automate that, but I don't know how. And if you could automate it, note that these Remote apps power up the amplifier as they start up, leaving it running. That's OK if you just rebooted the server yourself. But if it's auto-booting, for example after recovery from a power failure, it could leave the amp running for days before you next sit down at your control site to operate. Maybe you don't care, but I prefer to leave unattended amps powered down when not in use. Or am I missing something? 73, /Rick N6XI On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 5:06 AM Lyn Norstad wrote: > Frank - > > I have both the KPA and KAT500 utilities set to do this, along with my > browser (Chrome) set to QRZ.com on one of my Win 7 systems. It works > perfectly. > > How To Start a Windows 7 Program Automatically (quoted from "dummies") > > 1 Click Start→All Programs. ... > 2 Right-click the Startup folder and click Open. ... > 3 Right-click Start and choose Open Windows Explorer. ... > 4 Locate the program you want to start when you start Windows, then drag > into the Startup folder. ... > 5 Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of both Explorer windows > to close them. > 6 Reboot. > > Note: This is not the same as "Pin To Start Menu." > > 73 > Lyn, W0LEN > > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto: > elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth. > net] On Behalf Of VO1HPFrank > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2020 5:31 AM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] KPA500 Remote Software will not pin to STARTUP list > > After a failed attempt to operate my remote KPA500 using a STARTECH serial > server I have reverted back to a PC at the site. To streamline operations > I > want the KPA remote software to start up when the PC is remotely booted. > Right clicking and selecting Pin to Start does not work. It does not > appear > in the list of STARTUP programs. KAT500 works Ok in STARTUP but not the > KPA500. > > Does anyone know why?...or is there something else I need to do. The PC > runs Win 7 > > Frank VO1HP > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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 l...@lnainc.com > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 capabilities
What's a complete station? ;-) /Rick N6XI On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 11:46 AM Ralph Parker wrote: > > While anxiously waiting in line for the KPA500 to be released, I printed > out a picture of the front panel > of the '500, cut it out and placed it on the shelf where the '500 would > go. > *Then I could pretend that the station was complete.* > Almost as good as the real thing! > > -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 Utility vs. RemoteRig?
Can someone remind me why K3 Utility can't connect to a remote K3 via a microBit RemoteRig Controller pair even though N1MM and Logger32 connect just fine? /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] WBN: Restartable Server Operation for Elecraft
Thanks, Gary. Yes, I know how to automatically start an app when the computer powers up. And KPAxxx Remote remembers the communication parameters that you illustrate anyway. The problem is pushing the various soft buttons after the app starts up, most notably Start Hosting Remote and Power (off). I think the best solution would be two tweaks to the UI: 1) an Auto-Start Hosting Remote checkbox and 2) a Leave Amp Power Off after Startup checkbox. (They would be separately useful although I would use both together.) Alternatively, they could add such parameters to the command line. (I didn't know there were any command line parameters. I don't find them in the KPA1500 Rev. B1 Owners Manual or the .rtf file associated with KPA1500 Remote.) Unfortunately, these programs are considered “unsupported, contributed utilities." But I've seen them change recently, so someone is maintaining them. /Rick N6XI On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 7:42 AM Gary Johnson wrote: > Here’s a partial solution which was mentioned some time ago: Create a .bat > file that calls the utility. Here are the ones I use that launch the KPA500 > and KAT500 apps and assign a baud rate, port number, and timeout. I don’t > know if other parameters are possible. And I don’t know how to keep the amp > from turning on at launch. To run a batch file at startup, put a shortcut > to it in your Startup folder. > > rem Run the KPA500 remote control server, with parameters > cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Elecraft\KPA500 Remote\ > start /MIN KPA500-Remote.exe COM2 38400 4626 500 > > rem Run the KAT500 remote control server, with parameters > cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Elecraft\KAT500 Remote\ > start /MIN KAT500-Remote.exe COM2 38400 4627 500 > > -Gary NA6O > > > > > It would be nice if KPA500 Remote, KAT500 Remote, and KPA1500 Remote > could > > be set up to operate as *automatically restartable servers*. I don't > think > > they can do this today, but if I'm wrong, someone please enlighten me! > > > > Here's the scenario: These apps all have Host Remote capability. When > > enabled, they listen for connection from a client-side instance of the > same > > app. But it takes two or three mouse clicks to set this up AFTER > launching > > the server-side programs. If the server computer on which they run > suffers > > a power failure, it can reboot automatically when power is restored (not > > all computers will do this, but many can). However, it's necessary to > > restart the app manually, tell it to start hosting, and, at least for > > KPA1500, turn the amp back off since the app turns it on during its > > initialization process. It would be nice if they had a setting that means > > "Automatically go into remote hosting mode and turn OFF the device (or > > don't turn it on) upon startup." Then, unattended power failures would be > > largely transparent to the control-side user. > > > > 73, > > > > /Rick N6XI > > > > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] WBN: Restartable Server Operation for Elecraft Remote Apps
It would be nice if KPA500 Remote, KAT500 Remote, and KPA1500 Remote could be set up to operate as *automatically restartable servers*. I don't think they can do this today, but if I'm wrong, someone please enlighten me! Here's the scenario: These apps all have Host Remote capability. When enabled, they listen for connection from a client-side instance of the same app. But it takes two or three mouse clicks to set this up AFTER launching the server-side programs. If the server computer on which they run suffers a power failure, it can reboot automatically when power is restored (not all computers will do this, but many can). However, it's necessary to restart the app manually, tell it to start hosting, and, at least for KPA1500, turn the amp back off since the app turns it on during its initialization process. It would be nice if they had a setting that means "Automatically go into remote hosting mode and turn OFF the device (or don't turn it on) upon startup." Then, unattended power failures would be largely transparent to the control-side user. 73, /Rick N6XI -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] KPA-1500 wish list
I'd love to have something like this, Pete! It's not only frequency excursions that cause output fluctuations but also warm-up. The gain of the power transistors is temperature-sensitive. I'd like to be able to set a target output power (typically 1500w but maybe less on bands with mismatched antennas or in countries with lower power limits), have *something* monitor it, and send drive adjustment commands to the K3 via sharing the serial port. (The commands exist - PC and PO.) It's not the same as AGC which is analog and real-time and can cause distortion. I've called it "Slow AGC" because it would only operate every second or so, perhaps taking multiple cycles to recover a desired output power and causing no measurable distortion. It would essentially duplicate what we do manually - keep a sharp eye on the power and tweak the K3 PWR control appropriately. That's not only a significant drain on brain and muscle cycles over the course of a long operating session as in contesting but also useful in less extended situations like the excitement of a DX pileup. It would require software in the KPA1500 and maybe also an external box or computer where port sharing would take place. (It could also be done entirely external to the KPA1500 by replicating its power sensing circuitry, a bit of a waste.) It's not trivial but I'm convinced it's possible. 73, /Rick N6XI On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 8:31 AM N4ZR wrote: > Here's one that I kept running into. My K3/KPA-1500 when operating at > one end of the band on 40 and 80, would work fine, but when I went to > the other end I found that often I would be running over 1500 watts, > and sometimes, the result would be reflected power exceeding 200 watts, > causing a fault. For those of us who have the Aux port cable connected, > wouldn't it be pretty simple for the KPA-1500 to turn down the K3's > power to limit output to 1500 watts? > > -- > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network > at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now > spotting RTTY activity worldwide. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Using external SDR and a K3 as antenna splitter
You can use a splitter or a simple T-connector. Connect RX ANT OUT to the center port and RX ANT IN and the SDR to the "side" ports. Of course, with a T-connector, all 3 ports are equivalent. Then turn on RX ANT from the front panel. You lose 3 dB but that shouldn't be much of an issue on HF. Yes, IIRC the Operator's Manual for K3 includes a good antenna routing diagram. /Rick N6XI On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 8:08 AM Dave Cole wrote: > A few years ago someone posted a method of using a splitter, and the > External Antenna jacks to feed an external SDR with the direct antenna, > not a IF, but a wideband signal from the primary antenna... > > I think it was something along the lines of add a splitter, between the > RX Antenna in/out, and then picking off the antenna feed to the SDR from > an output of the splitter... Does this make sense? > > Is there a high level block diagram showing the antenna pathing for a > K3, with the ATU installed, and how the front panel switch labeled RX > ANT controls the signal path? > > -- > 73, and thanks, > Dave (NK7Z) > https://www.nk7z.net > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > ARRL Technical Specialist > ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Cruise Lines
Yes, cruise lines and their captains are all over the map on ham radio. FWIW, I sailed from FO to VP6 in June/July this year with a letter of authorization to operate in FO. On the M.S. Paul Gaugin, I requested and received permission to operate on board. I first asked our cabin steward who sent a junior officer from Engineering to talk to me. I explained that I wanted to string an antenna across the pool deck, out of reach of people and only while in use. He understood, took the request to a higher authority, and relayed verbal permission back through the cabin steward. No idea how high up the chain it went. I only operated on board for about an hour while anchored off Pitcairn. It was fun but I was very weak. Did better on land from FO. Ponant Cruise Line recently bought the Gaugin. Dunno what that will do. I've sailed with Ponant but never took radio gear. /Rick N6XI On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 7:49 AM Joseph Shuman via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Going on a cruise in a few months, so I emailed the cruise line about > operating at sea with a KX2. Here is the reply: “Ham Radios, Shortwave > Radios or Satellite Radios (portable or standalone) may not be brought on > board as they pose a risk of interfering with onboard navigational > equipment.” OK! The line has a right to say no. But... > > I have operated my KX2 QRP 40m portable with a GPS and Laptop in the > transmission RF envelope with no interference problems. I know maritime > uses mostly 156-162 MHz for ship to ship or ship to shore, some specific HF > frequencies (outside of our bands) are allocated for emergency > communications and satellite navigation is typically 1150-1610 MHz. Most > ships now have WiFi and rely on phone apps for on-board communication, so > there are a few thousand phones on board operating in the GHz range that > are no problem. Also, as a USN Sub Service vet I learned a few things > about at-sea comms 40-some years ago, and considering the improvements in > our technology... > > Sorry if I seem to be ranting, but opportunities to operate at sea (for a > OM in Ohio) are rare and this cruise line’s position seems to me to be the > easy answer: ban all Hams outright. > > Keeping Watch- > shu KE8KJZ > > Joe Shuman > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Question for California Hams
Yes, it was sensationalized in the extreme. Here is a page that includes a rational report: http://www.arrlsacvalley.org/#calfire It seems there was a procedural/organizational change that might result in some repeater owners needing to document their emergency communications credentials in order to stay on government property without paying rent. /Rick N6XI On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 2:27 PM Grant Youngman wrote: > This has been generally debunked. Apparently ONE California repeater > operator was found to have not paid agreed to and billed tower and > colocation fees for his repeater and got his shorts bunched up when they > came after him. He then began what is essentially a “fake news” campaign > (in the current terminology). > > YMMV, depending on your attraction to conspiracy theories … > > Grant NQ5T > KX3 (8342)/KXPA100 > > > > On Oct 12, 2019, at 2:18 PM, W2xj wrote: > > > > Yes this came up on another list and there is a YouTube link. > > > > https://youtu.be/lv2sb4LJq2g > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> On Oct 12, 2019, at 1:59 PM, l...@ka7ftp.com wrote: > >> > >> Wondering if this is true: > >> > >> > https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-benefit-demands-ham-radio-repeater-infrastructure-to-be-removed > >> > >> A friend sent me this. > >> > >> Len > >> > >> 73 > >> > >> KA7FTP > >> > >> __ > >> 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 w...@w2xj.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 ghyoung...@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 rta...@gmail.com -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] KPA1500 Remote Software Setup
See below. GL, /Rick N6XI On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 2:24 PM Larry Libsch wrote: > I am trying to set up the KPA1500 Remote Software to access my KPA1500 > from a distant location over the internet. Some questions: > > Will I be successful using a reserved IP rather than a static IP? > Probably. I use neither one. I use a standard, dynamic IP address with a remoterig ddns server to keep it up to date. Works fine, with no need to reserve an IP or get a static address. > > The laptop I plan to use as a server is on the same LAN as the KPA1500. > When I click the Host Remote tab on the KPA1500 Remote software and > enter the amplifier's IP clicking the test button finds the KPA1500. The > Server Setup box is pre-filled with Port 4626. The instructions > downloaded from Elecraft say " If connection (Connect Remote ) is from > outside the LAN, TCP port (4526) must be opened and forwarded." What are > the internal and external ports that need to be forwarded? On the router that controls the LAN on which the KPA1500 resides, forward port 4626 to 4626 on the server that is running KPA1500 Remote. (You said 4526 in one place above; I think that was a typo.) Specify the local IP address of that server, typically 192.168.x.y. > Is it the > public IP of the router to which they need to be forwarded? no - see above > Are the > Username and Password prefilled as admin what I will need to connect > from the computer attempting to control the amp over the internet? > The connection parameters on the control side need to match those on the server (amp) side. You can use the default "admin" or specify your own username and password. Also specify any port number, so long as it matches on the control side, amp side, and amp side router port forwarding table. I use the default 4626. > > On the Connect Remote tab the Host/IP is the public IP of the laptop on > the LAN with the KPA1500? You specify the external IP address of the LAN on which the server resides. If it's static, it won't change. I don't know how "reserved" works. As mentioned above, I use the remoterig ddns server to maintain a dynamic external IP address, so the string I use looks like this: xyzz.ddns.remoterig.com where "xyzz" is the coded 8-character string that RemoteRig gave me when I set up to use its ddns server. If you don't use RemoteRig boxes, you might prefer to use a public ddns server or, as you suggest above, a reserved or static IP address. > User and Password are those entered in the > Host Remote tab? > Yes, they must match. > > Larry, K4KGG > > __ > 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 rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] K3s availability
Note that the Japanese manufacturers sell many radios with different feature sets at different price points. If you decide you need a feature that's not in your radio, you usually have to buy a new one. Elecraft, for 20+ years, has sold only a few radios, each with a variety of optional features. The K3, KX3, K2, KX2, and, soon, the K4, can each be configured with options that multiply the product lines to meet varying needs. It's a major difference in corporate philosophy. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 5:12 PM Robert G Strickland via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Will the K3s continue to be sold? The Japanese manufacturers sell > several radios at different price points with different specifications. > Would it be able and profitable for Elecraft to keep the K3s in production? > > ...robert > -- > Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY > rc...@verizon.net.usa > Syracuse, New York, USA > __ > 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 rta...@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] K4 Remote
Smarter folks than I will answer more of your questions more fully but I can say a few things: - The K4 is designed from the get-go for remote operation and seems to already have full remote capability even in the prototype that we saw at Dayton. The front panel talks to the guts of the radio via Ethernet so any local or remote K4 can control another local or remote K4, including the entire front panel display and controls. - I saw the tablet app which was beautiful but I didn't delve into what it could and couldn't do. They talked about a similar PC app but I didn't see it. But I am confident that I'll be able to configure my mountain remote station so that I can access it either from my valley QTH or from a hotel room without any cabling differences. - I vaguely recall hearing that K*Pod will be supported with either a tablet or PC app. That will be awesome when I travel and want to do some casual ham radio. - If you use N1MM Logger+, you can display clickable call signs on its spectrum display. I think there will be some N1MM programming needed to support direct I/Q input from the K4 but I'm confident the MM development team will be right on top of that. If there is a delay, I know I can use an external Airspy HF+ SDR in the K4 RX ANT loop the way I do with my K3's. - They said a K4/0 was in the offing but not real soon. - I am confident that K4 remote operation will be better than the K3-RRC--RRC-K3 configuration I use today. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 2:52 PM VE6WZ Steve wrote: > I eagerly await the K4. (I have pre-ordered.) > > The VE6WZ station is a 100% remote station. My remote QTH is a purpose > built station with a low-band focus. > > I have some questions, and perhaps comments about what the remote > functionality of the K4 will look like. > > Currently at my remote is the K3 twin setup (rcc-1258 remoterig boxes) and > the Flex 6600. I can switch between either radio. > My radio of choice for weak signal CW remains the K3, because of the > superior RX. However, the Flex is my preferred radio when traveling away > from the home QTH because of the interface to the laptop. Using the Flex > SmartSDR software on the laptop and the Flex control knob (like the Kpod) > it is exactly the same as sitting at home. The K3 on the other hand > requires the remoterig rcc-micro dongle and clumsy third party radio > interface software, and will not allow dual channel diversity rx. > > So...my questions/comments: > > I will never actually see the K4. For all it’s beauty, it will be sitting > at my remote shack all by itself never to be touched. Control will be > entirely dependant on the “yet to be seen” PC control software. This > software is crucial to my operating. > > 1.) Will the K4 return the CW sidetone back from the remote to the control > station PC? Believe it or not, Flex has not corrected this deficiency in > their radios even though users have been complaining about it for 5 years! > This is important to many remote operators who, like myself CW key the > radio ***at the remote PC*** which is sitting beside the radio at the > remote. (This eliminates any chance of corrupted CW from packet > loss...which DOES happen) Even if the radio is keyed at the control PC > with N1MM, we still need the sidetone returned. All this is done perfectly > with the remoterig K3 twin set-up, so I’m assuming this will be done, but > after the Flex experience I had to ask. > > 2.)Apart from the possibility of a K4/0 (front-panel), is there a > possibility of a K4 with a detachable front panel, or a K4/0 and a “K4 > radio-only” (no front panel) option? > This is not a deal breaker for me since I use PC only control exclusively > with the Flex and it is great. Using the Flex control knob I have complete > radio control and all CW is sent via the keyboard. I did own the Maestro, > but never used it so sold it after a few months. > > 3.) I hope some functionality will be available to adjust the internet > bandwidth for those with limited connection speed. > > 4.) will the K-pod be available for use with the PC at the control station? > > 5.) the Flex can integrate DX spots from my logging program directly onto > the waterfall on the PC and they are available for “point and shoot” radio > control. Is such a feature possible with the K4 architecture? > > 6.) As explained above, the remote software functionality is crucial for > my operating, and committing to a radio purchase prior to viewing is not > possible. Is there an eta for when the remote control software will be > released for preview, or at least is it planned to be available before > radios begin to ship? &
Re: [Elecraft] Location of VFO B on the K4
You might try my approach - I have a shelf supported by 2x4's on which my K3 sits. The radio, with its bail extended, points directly at my eyes, the perfect viewing angle. I put a large monitor on the shelf between two K3's and a laptop on the desk in front of the monitor, giving me lots of screen real estate. The K4 will work similarly. The space under the shelf protects paddles, switch boxes, USB hubs, and other small accessories. The shelf can be 1' wide book shelving or custom-cut press-board or plywood to place the rig(s) at an angle, pointing "in" toward the op. Easy-peasy, inexpensive, customizable and, IMHO, ideal. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 3:56 PM Jim - N4ST wrote: > In the olden days of radio, I think even the main VFO on those big rigs was > further off the desk than VFO B is on the K4. > I know they were when I put the rig on an inclined platform so that the > front panel was facing me better. > ___ > 73, > Jim - N4ST > > __ > 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 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/K3S VFO B Knob
I don't know about wrapping the on-panel VFO B knob but since I got a K*Pod I rarely touch it. I was skeptical about the K*Pod when it first came out, but now that I finally have one, it seems indispensable. It sits right next to the keyboard and I use it constantly. For contest running, it's usually set to RIT. For search and pounce, it's usually on VFO A. For SO2V it's usually on VFO B. For ragchewing it's on VFO A until I get an off-freq caller when I switch it to RIT. Smooth! 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:51 PM Rich wrote: > I have done some searching to no avail. Is there a rubber cover for > the VFO B knob on K3/s radios? > > Rich > > K3RWN > > __ > 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 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 K4 and Accessibility
Wow. Your preference seems to be in a minority, Harry, although I have to admit that my opinion is subjective and based mainly on what I've read on this reflector which may well be biased by folks like me who *like* the K3. I think Elecraft retained in the K4 many of the design points that made the K3 very successful and enduring, including its light weight and small size which are two major complaints on your list. So it may be a chocolate vs. vanilla situation - some people (like me) value those characteristics while other people (like you) dislike them. Of course, you're right that many prospective buyers are aging and some may come to dislike smaller knobs, I for one still find the knobs and buttons plenty big enough and I'm now 70 years old. I once measured the K3 button size and spacing against my prior favorite rig, the FT-1000MP, and found them practically the same. I never had trouble operating the K3 and its menu structure was logical, rarely needed, and self-documenting. The new K4 screen is plenty large enough for me and comparable to many current, competitive radios'. It can also be blown up to as large as you like through the addition of an in expensive, external, HDMI monitor or a tablet. I've seen it and it was gorgeous. So you're certainly correct that some people like big, heavy radios with "substantial" knobs and they may not buy the K4. Others like radios they can lift without back strain, carry to vacation homes and field sites, operate remotely with minimal external hardware, and expect to survive through upgrades for a decade. Many of them, like me, have been K3 fans for 12 years or so and will be delighted to buy the K4. The market will decide. I think the K4 will be highly successful and I'm rooting for it. We'll see. 73, /Rick N6XI On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:00 PM wrote: > Wayne and interested others, > > Way back when, I bought a loaded K3. I believe the S/N was around 4K? It > was back in the day when almost every DXpedition was using K3's so it was > obviously the radio to own. (Around 2009?) It was at the top of the > Sherwood ratings. Owner's bragged, incessantly, about its Sherwood rating. > > After a period of time I grew to really dislike that radio. The audio was > just plain awful and the man/machine interface was the worst I have ever > seen. I detest bar graphs. I suppose if you play at ham radio 8 hours a > day, seven days a week, the interface is "normal", even usable. For those > of us who might get on the air for an hour or two a week, the controls were > a mystery. Tap this button to do this, hold the same button for three > seconds to do that, the list goes on. NOTHING was intuitive. It did not > help that it was an incredibly ugly, too light and unsubstantial, radio. > It's looks may have been barely acceptable when first introduced but it > aged badly, rapidly. Over a ten year period it's price has become a real > problem. > > There were many, many questions on this reflector regarding the controls, > the same questions about the same controls, over and over and over again. > That should have been a very large hint that the controls should be > massively improved in any new radio. > > I sold my K3 and moved on to the big Japanese three, ANAN, and Flex, over > the years. All had many, fairly easy to understand, controls. All were far, > far more usable than the K3. Both the ANAN and Flex service departments are > as good as Elecraft's. > > Eventually I left the Elecraft reflector, and that is a whole other > story. > > Last week the K4 was announced so I rejoined the reflector. It sounded > like a really great radio. Sadly, I have concluded it will be a dud, mostly > because it is designed with the same philosophy as the K3 was, a small, > compact, easily transportable radio, "a hallmark of Elecraft transceivers", > to quote you, Wayne. From all that I have read, the controls will be even > more complex. > > Ham radio operators are an aging group. Some suffer from the "fat finger" > syndrome, others have vision problems, to name just two. The last thing > they need or want is a tiny radio with minimal controls, each of which > serves two or three or four or five purposes. They favor a radio that has > many single or dual purpose knobs. They want bigger screens, the K4 screens > are too small. > > I suggest you double the size of the radio and change your design > criteria. Enlarging the physical size would not be a huge cost driver. > Remember who your customers are. > > And when the Flex 6700 kicked the K3 out of first place in the Sherwood > ratings in 2014, the Koolaid drinkers on this reflector were heard to say, > "People put too much faith in numbers". Hypocrisy is thy name. I haven't > stopped laughing. > > This email pertains to only the second and third paragraphs of Wayne's > reply below. > > I wish Elecraft well with the K4 but I really think your minimalist/too > complex way of designing needs to change. You've probably already guessed >
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K4 and Accessibility
Wow. Your preference seems to be in a minority, Harry, although I have to admit that my opinion is subjective and based mainly on what I've read on this reflector which may well be biased by folks like me who *like* the K3. I think Elecraft retained in the K4 many of the design points that made the K3 very successful and enduring, including its light weight and small size which are two major complaints on your list. So it may be a chocolate vs. vanilla situation - some people (like me) value those characteristics while other people (like you) dislike them. Of course, you're right that many prospective buyers are aging and some may come to dislike smaller knobs, I for one still find the knobs and buttons plenty big enough and I'm now 70 years old. I once measured the K3 button size and spacing against my prior favorite rig, the FT-1000MP, and found them practically the same. I never had trouble operating the K3 and its menu structure was logical, rarely needed, and self-documenting. The new K4 screen is plenty large enough for me and comparable to many current, competitive radios'. It can also be blown up to as large as you like through the addition of an in expensive, external, HDMI monitor or a tablet. I've seen it and it was gorgeous. So you're certainly correct that some people like big, heavy radios with "substantial" knobs and they may not buy the K4. Others like radios they can lift without back strain, carry to vacation homes and field sites, operate remotely with minimal external hardware, and expect to survive through upgrades for a decade. Many of them, like me, have been K3 fans for 12 years or so and will be delighted to buy the K4. The market will decide. I think the K4 will be highly successful and I'm rooting for it. We'll see. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:00 PM wrote: > Wayne and interested others, > > Way back when, I bought a loaded K3. I believe the S/N was around 4K? It > was back in the day when almost every DXpedition was using K3's so it was > obviously the radio to own. (Around 2009?) It was at the top of the > Sherwood ratings. Owner's bragged, incessantly, about its Sherwood rating. > > After a period of time I grew to really dislike that radio. The audio was > just plain awful and the man/machine interface was the worst I have ever > seen. I detest bar graphs. I suppose if you play at ham radio 8 hours a > day, seven days a week, the interface is "normal", even usable. For those > of us who might get on the air for an hour or two a week, the controls were > a mystery. Tap this button to do this, hold the same button for three > seconds to do that, the list goes on. NOTHING was intuitive. It did not > help that it was an incredibly ugly, too light and unsubstantial, radio. > It's looks may have been barely acceptable when first introduced but it > aged badly, rapidly. Over a ten year period it's price has become a real > problem. > > There were many, many questions on this reflector regarding the controls, > the same questions about the same controls, over and over and over again. > That should have been a very large hint that the controls should be > massively improved in any new radio. > > I sold my K3 and moved on to the big Japanese three, ANAN, and Flex, over > the years. All had many, fairly easy to understand, controls. All were far, > far more usable than the K3. Both the ANAN and Flex service departments are > as good as Elecraft's. > > Eventually I left the Elecraft reflector, and that is a whole other > story. > > Last week the K4 was announced so I rejoined the reflector. It sounded > like a really great radio. Sadly, I have concluded it will be a dud, mostly > because it is designed with the same philosophy as the K3 was, a small, > compact, easily transportable radio, "a hallmark of Elecraft transceivers", > to quote you, Wayne. From all that I have read, the controls will be even > more complex. > > Ham radio operators are an aging group. Some suffer from the "fat finger" > syndrome, others have vision problems, to name just two. The last thing > they need or want is a tiny radio with minimal controls, each of which > serves two or three or four or five purposes. They favor a radio that has > many single or dual purpose knobs. They want bigger screens, the K4 screens > are too small. > > I suggest you double the size of the radio and change your design > criteria. Enlarging the physical size would not be a huge cost driver. > Remember who your customers are. > > And when the Flex 6700 kicked the K3 out of first place in the Sherwood > ratings in 2014, the Koolaid drinkers on this reflector were heard to say, > "People put too much faith in numbers". Hypocrisy is thy name. I haven't > stopped laughing. >
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Control
My understanding is that the K4 front panel and the K4 guts (the radio proper) are each *separate computers* that talk to each other over Ethernet. The radio computer can accept multiple, concurrent connections from front panels, tablets, and other computers, either on a local network or across the Internet. That's what they demonstrated at Dayton - an operational K4 being simultaneously controlled by its own front panel, another K4, and a tablet. I don't know if any of this required collaboration with microBit (RemoteRig), but those RRC boxes are definitely out of the picture. The big bennie for me out of all this is that I will be able *eventually* to set up my remote station once and access it locally, from a K4/0 at my other QTH, or from my laptop when traveling. I say "eventually" because the K4/0 will be released significantly later. They've also mentioned supporting the K*Pod external knob from the laptop/tablet implementations, thereby providing that all-important "big knob" for VFO tuning. Sounds great; eager to get my hands on it! 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 6:40 AM Paul Christensen wrote: > >"If K4 uses a super-set of K3 commands then I assume it would support KY > mode ( ASCII characters transmitted over the CAT interface) for CW. I > think this mode would be a lot better known if it was supported by N1MM+ > but, last time I checked, it isn't." > > If Elecraft has partnered with Microbit, then that saved a whole lot of > remote development time and RemoteRig could easily be embedded into the K4, > either on it's own board, or on the K4 I/O interface. If that's the case, > I > hope an option could be added to transmit complete characters in addition > to > the current configuration. > > Paul, W9AC > > > > > > __ > 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 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] K4 integration with N1MMLogger Spectrum Scope
Don’t know, Barry. Elecraft can certainly adopt any such standard but no idea which or when. I suspect their plates will be full for quite a while. Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan > On May 19, 2019, at 8:51 PM, Barry LaZar wrote: > > Hmmm. And what about CW Skimmer which wants MME format I data? > > 73, > Barry > K3NDM > >> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 8:34 PM Rick Tavan wrote: >> No, I believe there will be some integration required, probably inside MM. >> >> Rick N6XI >> >> -- >> Rick Tavan >> >> > On May 16, 2019, at 11:24 PM, Lu Romero (portable) >> > wrote: >> > >> > Has Elecraft implemented the N1MMLogger Spectrum Display API natively in K4 >> > as opposed to via external wedgeware in the K3 system? We have this >> > functionality now with several competing products. >> > >> > >> > >> > Congratulations on the launch of the new product! >> > >> > >> > >> > Lu Romero - W4LT >> > >> > __ >> > 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 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 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] K4 integration with N1MMLogger Spectrum Scope
No, I believe there will be some integration required, probably inside MM. Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan > On May 16, 2019, at 11:24 PM, Lu Romero (portable) > wrote: > > Has Elecraft implemented the N1MMLogger Spectrum Display API natively in K4 > as opposed to via external wedgeware in the K3 system? We have this > functionality now with several competing products. > > > > Congratulations on the launch of the new product! > > > > Lu Romero - W4LT > > __ > 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 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 P3 - Fixed Tune Mode
My guess would be that you don't have it connected to the K3 serial port correctly. If it isn't getting frequency information, it has to stay in scrolling mode. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 6:37 PM Ed gilliland wrote: > I am unable to put the P3 in "Fixed Tune Mode", the display remains > constant and the VFO A cursor moves across the display. > > I'm sure that I have something configured incorrectly but haven't been > able to discover the error. I have a RS232 cable from the P3 PC port > and a RS232 port on the PC and a cable from the P3 XCVR port to the RJ45 > connector on the K3s. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Ed W5TM > > __ > 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 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: As remote Base
Dave, I've been very successful using a RemoteRig configuration similar to that described by Barry. Instead of a K3/0-Mini, I have a full K3 at the control site where I can also operate locally when the suburban QRN subsides. I use an external CW keyer at the control site and inject keying into the RRC through a rear-panel connection, documented but non-obvious. The local monitor in the RRC avoids the confusion caused by latency on the remote K3's own sidetone. I use KPA500 Remote and KAT500 Remote instead of the RC-1216 and I'm very happy with their UIs. They and other utilities I use do require a server computer running at the radio site. I have a remote power strip so I can power down individual devices. A remotely controlled relay board controls various accessories. I use PstRotatorAz to control my rotator and SteppIR beam. The big and new difference between my config and Barry's is remote panadapter. I was dissatisfied with a camera facing the P3 as it provided no access to the P3 controls. But my logging program, N1MM Logger+, now has a Spectrum Display window that I drive with an inexpensive Airspy HF+ SDR at the radio site. It not only provides large-screen display and control of spectrum and waterfall but also integrates with the band map in Logger and the mouse for click-to-QSY functionality. Click on a callsign or signal (with smart zero-beating), or click on a gap between signals, and you're there! I can drive it either from the K3 I.F. Out signal or the K3 RX ANT IN/OUT loop. Both work great and it has introduced a whole new dimension to station control. Internet connection is critical. You don't need high bandwidth but you do need reliable packet delivery. At first, at the rural location of my station, this was a problem - lots of snap, crackle, and pops in received audio. But over time the ISP improved the cable plant and central office equipment and now I can comfortably operate a contest with very little evidence that I'm not actually sitting there. The system integration is a challenging but fun project - don't get discouraged by the many "moving parts." Get it going one piece at a time and you'll be very satisfied with the accomplishment and the eventual result of enjoying a quiet location for the radio while sitting where you need to be sitting! GL & 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 10:01 PM Barry Baines via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Dave: > > > On Apr 11, 2019, at 11:51 PM, Dave Cole (NK7Z) wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am considering the use of a remote base type of setup to get away from > the RFI in my area. I have finally given up on trying to fight it, and > want to move the rig away from the city, as opposed to hunting down and > correcting every new RFI source endlessly. > > > > My station consists of a KPA500, P3, and K3. I am using a P3 external > keyboard, running an external computer to do FT8, and finally CW via the > radio, not using a computer. > > > > Is there a system which would allow the same functionality I now have, > remotely via the Internet? > > Remote operation is certainly feasible, but it does introduce new > considerations/tradeoffs. I’ve been operating remote since purchasing my > K3 system in 2014 specifically for remote operation. About 80% of my > operating is done remotely. > > 1. I use a K3/IO-mini with the Remote Rig setup to control the K3 because > the K3/IO-Mini front panel is the same as the K3 and I avoid the need to > use a computer to control the K3. > > 2. I control the KPA-500 using the Remote Rig RC-1216H as it provides a > web-based front panel that matches the KPA-500. As it is a web-based > interface, I can use any device (Mac, ioS iPhone or iPAD, Windows PC) to > access the KPA-500 front panel. > > 3. I have the KAT-500 Tuner which I am forced to run the Elecraft Utility > to manage it. I have a serial-to-ethernet converter in the ham shack and > my network at the ham shack location is linked to my location (through > VPN) so that the Windows computer at my location will connect to the > KAT-500 serial interface. > > 4. I do not have access to my P3 operating remotely. Others have > installed video cams aimed at their P3 to forward imagery to their location > to see what the P3 is displaying. Others who do this may have some > thoughts on managing the P3 remotely. > > 5. Antenna selection is done using an Antenna Genius from 4O3A. There are > a total of 8 antenna ports and two radio ports. The K3 system is connected > to Port A and communicates with the Elecraft through BCD to select the > antenna based upon the band that the K3 is set (e.g. 10-15-20 goes to the > tribander, other bands such as 40 and 80 to an EFHW with additional ports > for a dummy load and future 6M
Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 vs SPE Amps
Do you mean driving both a KPA1500 AND a KPA500 at the same time?! I don't know where that would be legal, practical, or desirable. But there's lots of stuff I don't know... If you mean driving one's choice of KPA1500 OR KPA500, read on: Before KPA1500 became available, I had an Alpha 87A on K3 Rig 1 and a KPA500 on K3 Rig 2 for local SO2R operation. When I left that house and went to my valley QTH, I took Rig 2 with me and used it as a remote control head for Rig 1. The remote control app for the Alpha was ancient, unsupported, and had a pixel-level user interface which made it tiny and hard to read on a modern computer monitor. I also felt queasy about operating the Alpha remotely without the ability to hear its gears groaning and see its real front panel. So I rigged up the two amps to be selectable remotely and used the KPA500 most of the time via KPA500 Remote and KAT500 Remote. If I needed to bust a big pileup, I would occasionally "wave my magic wand" and use the Alpha. Once I replaced the Alpha with the KPA1500, this was no longer necessary but I still have the capability. To provide remote amplifier selection, I connected the Alpha (now KPA1500) to ANT1 on the Rig 1 K3 and the KPA500 to ANT2. I connected both band decoders and amplifiers in parallel to the K3 DB15 ACC connector. I would selectively power on one and only one band decoder using a remote controlled relay board from Velleman. Thus, the active decoder would drive a Six Pak antenna switch to connect the correct antenna to the desired amplifier and the ANT switch on the K3 would complete the correct RF path. PTT and band selection for the amps came through the DB15. The jungle of 15-pin Y connectors was pretty ugly - now I have an N6TV Y-Box which is cleaner. This setup worked most of the time, although I did occasionally encounter balky decoder operation, I think due to marginal fanout or lack of pull-ups on the ACC band data signals from one of the K3 radios. (I didn't always have the same K3 set up as Rig 1 or Rig 2/Control Head.) Since I installed the KPA1500, I haven't used this complex setup. KPA1500 and KPA500 are nearly identical through their respective KPAxxx Remote control applications and, in fact, KPA1500 Remote is more convenient because it bundles the ATU controls instead of requiring a separate KAT500 Remote application. So I just use the KPA1500. It was a fun exercise in system integration, though! ;-) 73, Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:46 PM Dave wrote: > > Also, I’m wondering if anyone has run their KPA500 and a KPA1500 off of > the same K3? If so, how did you set it up? > > Tnx es 73, > Dave N8AG > > __ 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] KPA1500 Remote - How to get it to work on a WAN ?
It works great for me, Burl. Please see my reply just moments ago to another frustrated KPA1500 Remote user. The key might be port forwarding which varies with router model and version and can be tricky. I connect the radio site KPA1500 Remote instance using a USB-to-Serial adapter to the DB9 on the amp rather than the LAN interface. I don't need Wake on LAN in this setup. When I launch the radio site instance of KPA1500 Remote and do Start Hosting Remote, it always turns the amp on. If I'm just setting up the server computer and don't want the amp right away, I just click the POWER button to turn it off. When I start the control site instance and do Connect, it connects to the radio site instance and does *not* power on the amp until I click POWER. I live happily with this little inconsistency. Yes, one can use a remote desktop facility like Teamviewer to control the radio site instance of KPA1500 Remote. I did this using Chrome Remote Desktop with KPA1500 Utility before KPA1500 Remote became available. But it's not optimal because you have to size and position your remote desktop window with the KPA1500 Remote window properly positioned and sized inside that. It's awkward. Keep working on KPA1500 Remote and get it working in its intended client/server configuration. It's "easy once you have it working" and well worth the effort. GL & 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:53 AM Burl Borcherding wrote: > I have been trying for several months to get WAN to work properly on my > KPA1500. Numerous contacts with Elecraft support have not yielded any > solutions. > Even with the Amplifier left ON, the remote software will not connect > properly on WAN. > > There is some discussion that WOL (wake up lan) is the problem. I know > routers were never designed to pass WOL. Again, even if I leave my amp ON, > it still doesn’t connect. > > My solution, thus far is to use Team Viewer with on a dedicated computer > and connect via USB. Team Viewer is much more stable and easier the Remote > Desktop. > > I am very disappointed this expensive amplifier doesn’t work as > advertised….. Burl , AJ9Q > __ > 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 rta...@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] KPA1500 Remote - How to get it to work on a WAN ?
Run one instance of KPA1500 Remote on a computer that's always running at the radio site. Tell it the COM port for the KPA1500 and Start Hosting Remote. Specify the Server Setup parameters; the critical one is TCP Port which must also be set up in your Internet router for *port forwarding*. Each router model and firmware release may have a different way of setting this up; sorry. At the control site, run another instance of KPA1500 Remote, typically on your logging computer, and tell it to Connect. Specify matching parameters including that Internet port number. Port forwarding isn't required on the control side. If you have it all specified correctly, the control site instance will connect to the radio site instance and work beautifully. At least, it does for me. Great program! 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 7:19 PM Rich Yost via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > I also cannot get the KPA1500 Remote to function over the internet (WAN) > I even put it into a DMZ with no luck. > > works great on my LAN > > Does anyone have any directions on how this is to be setup ? > > Can't someone make a mobile app that works ? > > Rich > n2ry > __ > 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 rta...@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 Remote] TERM Mode no longer persists?
I seem to be suffering a recurrence of a very old problem (years ago) for which I don't recall the solution: I have a real K3 at the control site, controlling a K3 at the remote site via RRC-1258 MkII boxes. I have a mechanical D-SUB 9 pin switch to route the control site K3 serial port to either a local computer or the RRC. When routed to the RRC and operating normally, when I turn on the K3 it begins to show its power-on banner in the VFO B area, then mid-way through that scroll detects that it's in TERM mode with an RRC connected, powers up the remote K3, and all is well. However, that doesn't seem to be working now. The control K3 comes up and fails to detect the RRC. The power-on banner for the control K3 completes its scroll and the radio operates locally. I think it is slipping out of TERM mode. I can force it back into TERM mode with a long hold of the CONFIG button, but then it never turns on the remote radio. If I turn off the control K3 and then back on, it apparently has forgotten it was in TERM mode. Any advice? Thanks, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA __ 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] KPA1500 Client/Server Software
Not sure what you want to do here, but when running KPA1500 Remote in its client/server configuration you can make control changes and monitor the amp via either the client or the server instance, running on different computers, and they follow each other. I've seen no discrepancies. In my shack, the server instance is connected to the amp via USB and connects to the client instance via Ethernet across the LAN or WAN. For me, the simultaneous operation characteristic is just a curiosity - if I'm in the shack, I use either the physical control panel or the USB-connected instance of KPA1500 Remote. If I'm operating remotely, I use the client instance running on my local computer. So I only see and play with the dual access capability when I'm in the shack (the "radio site") and experimenting with the configuration. 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Paul Baldock wrote: > At 03:59 PM 8/6/2018, you wrote: > >> The KPA1500 Remote s/w, which should be on our website later this week, >> supports both a local operation via direct connection via USB or ethernet >> to the amp. >> > > Will I be able to control the KPA1500 using 2 different programs > simultaneously, one talking via Ethernet and one via USB, without conflict? > > - Paul KW7Y > > > __ > 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 rta...@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] Lightweight and inexpensive remote control of my K3s
http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=28 describes a software client that requires only a small dongle for some interconnects. It also serves as a passkey for the software. You have an RRC at the radio end and a PC plus this dongle at your control site. It looked perfect for me to complement my fixed-station control site when traveling. I never got it working very well, though. That may have been operator error but I lost interest before getting it going satisfactorily. They have since upgraded the device. It may work fine but I'm not a good reference. Your inquiry reminds me to try again! ;-) GL & 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Peter Dougherty wrote: > Once again this year I'm planning to visit friends over the Thanksgiving > weekend. Unlike in the past, I won't be able to set up for CQWW-CW from > where > I'm staying. Instead, I'd like to remote back in to my home station. > > Last year I used RemoteHams software and N1MM+, and it worked OK as > proof-of-concept, but I wasn't knocked out with the whole workflow. The > latency > wasn't a big problem, but the lack of paddles was. The macros in N1MM+ were > fine, but too often I wanted to send by hand, which I couldn't easily do > with > the RCFOrb client software. The server side software worked OK, but it's > very > finicky. > > I'd like a hardware solution, but not something as expensive or unwieldy > as a > K3/0. I'm thinking along the lines of something I can throw in a briefcase, > connect to my laptop, and plug in headphones and paddles (or a mic, heavens > forbid) and not have to rely on a dodgy piece of Windows software. Any > thoughts? > I remember that the Remotehams guys had a hardware box but I've never known > anybody who used it, and I'm not sure if RemoteRig's boxes are what I'm > after > either (don't they only work in contention with a K3/something?). > > - > 73 and Good DX > Peter, W2IRT > > President, North Jersey DX Association > > DXCC Card Checker > Letter O Manager, ARRL Incoming 2nd District QSL bureau > > > > __ > 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 rta...@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] KPA1500 Drive Power
I've seen some gain drift with temperature, too. I've wondered if there might be a way to feed back drive power change requests to a K3, or other radio with adequate command capabilities, to maintain a target output power (say, 1500w) as the amp warms and cools. This should be done slowly - on the order of seconds, not milliseconds like ALC. KPA1500 Utility knows its output power and could be programmed to generate the requests. I don't know how to get commands into a K3 that has its serial port connected to a logging program. There are some port-sharing tools out there that might work, but I'm not familiar with them. In any case, it would require some engineering at Elecraft. In the meantime, I keep an eye on output and tweak the drive manually to stay both powerful and legal. /Rick N6XI Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:01 AM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: > My KPA500 also has slightly inconsistent output. If I recall output drops > a little after the first few seconds of key down. Perhaps it is normal for > solid state amps as I have never noticed this with a tube amp. This may be > more of a concern with a legal limit amp if you want to keep it as close > to 1500 watts without going over. > > John KK9A > > Bill Stravinsky k3wjv wrote: > > Yup, as the temp climbs the output drops some. Even though I'm glad I > got the solid state amp I still prefer tubes, hi. The drop is anywhere > between 100 to maybe 300 watts.I never really noted the exact numbers. > BillK3WJV > p.s. I'm thinking its a normal solid state thing. > > On Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 4:23:47 PM EDT, K9MA sdellington.us> wrote: > > I'm using the K3 with the Elecraft interface cable. I've noticed the > the CW drive power required by mine varies considerably, both with > temperature and SWR. If I set the K3 output for a KPA1500 output of > 1500 W output initially, the output will drop to perhaps 1100 W when the > temperature stabilizes at around 65 C. (I've ruled out any change in > antenna impedance, etc.) A similar change occurs if the SWR goes from > 1:1 to 1.2:1 when changing frequency or switching antennas. I haven't > changed the ALC from the default setting. Has anyone else noticed this? > > 73, > > Scott K9MA > > -- > Scott K9MA > > k9ma at sdellington.us > > __ > 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 rta...@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] KPA1500 Remote Program
No idea when KPA1500 Remote will appear, Tony, but you don't need it to operate the amp remotely. KPA1500 Utility has a very nice Operate page that I have found quite adequate to operate my amp in the mountains from a control site in the valley. I use Chrome Remote Desktop to view and manipulate it. Windows Remote Desktop or Teamviewer do the same thing or you can have a "long" serial port (cable or network device). When it arrives, KPA1500 Remote will add client/server operation, pretty bar graphs, and maybe more, but I'm surviving for now without it. 73, /Rick N6XI Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 3:26 AM, N2TK, Tony wrote: > Any word on the KPA1500 Remote Program? Once the program is available I can > move the KPA1500 alongside my KPA500 on a shelf in the basement. > > 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 > Message delivered to rta...@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] KPA-1500
That means you've enabled the ATU but it deems SWR low enough (settable) that Bypass is the appropriate setting. /Rick N6XI Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 4:45 PM, Richard Zalewski <dick.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > First question: Ant1 selected both the ATU in and ATY ByPass led are on. > > Richard > *W7ZR* ex:5C5Z, CN2ZR, K2JSP, W6SBZ, W7KXR, K9ZIJ, W9KNF, W0KDF, W0MQU, > J68ZR, KC6ZR, PJ4/W7ZR, KH2,W7ZR, KH6/W7ZR, V31ZR, VK4AAZ, XE2DV > > > *Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer* > __ > 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 rta...@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] KPA1500
1500W, more into a dummy load Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:59 AM, Roger D Johnson <n...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > What are users seeing for maximum power output on each band? > > 73, Roger N1RJ > > > __ > 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 rta...@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] K-Pod questions
It's a cool product, Fred. Answers below: /Rick N6XI Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:51 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > Thinking of replacing my Pigknob [which doesn't work when I'm running > remote] with a KPod. Couple of questions: > > 1. If I'm reading the product description correctly the only connection > between the K3 and KPod is a cable to the RJ-45 jack on the bottom edge of > the Front Panel under the RIT/XIT? > Correct, if your K3 is appropriately configured. IIRC, there is a necessary mod to provide adequate power that isn't in all earlier K3's. I run my K*Pod with a single cable. N.B. It's a "special" cable with no connection between the Pins 1, not a standard 6-conductor RJ45 cable. > > 2. Is that cable supplied with the KPod? > IIRC, Yes. > > 3. Will the KPod control the remote radio via RemoteRig RRC-1258? > Yes, I do it all the time. I'm using a full K3 as the remote control head. Can't answer for K3/0 or K3/0 Mini. > > 4. Assuming #3 is a Yes and I'm operating a remote K3, where are the > macros stored? > They're stored on the remote K3. The eight buttons on K*Pod launch 16 macros (Tap vs. Hold) stored on the radio. In your case of operating a shared station, you might want to coordinate macro definition with the station owner. Check out the manual, downloadable from Elecraft. /Rick > > OK, that's more than a couple, sorry. TIA > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > __ > 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 rta...@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] FW: How far can the KPA1500 amp be from the PS?
Although the KPA1500 can already be operated remotely, comfortably, using KPA1500 Utility's Operate page, and although the eventual release of KPA1500 Remote will be even better, I would advise against putting the amp outdoors. Even if the housing is 100% water tight forever, Murphy almost guarantees that the first failure that causes you to want to access the amplifier will occur during a downpour or snow storm. Just run the 240 VAC line into the shack somehow (and the 120 VAC line suggested by K9YC). Worst case, you'll need to run conduit along a wall and maybe ceiling, perhaps covered by a soffit. Some folks even put up a false wall of paneling in front of an existing wall that they can't dig in to. GL, /Rick N6XI Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Dauer, Edward <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: > > Thanks for the ideas, Mark. The remote software idea is interesting. > There is a 220 volt outlet already on the outside perimeter deck, which we > had put in for the possibility of someday having a hot tub out there – > which we never did. I could put both the amp and the PS in some sort of > lockable housing on the deck (which would require hiring a carpenter rather > than an electrician.) I will definitely keep an eye on the development of > remote software for the KPA1500. > > I remember when we were building the house we asked our contractor about > doing something which would have been unusual, I don’t now recall what. I > asked if it could be done. His answer was like yours – “For enough money, > I can do anything.” > > Ted, KN1CBR > > From: Mark Goldberg <marklgoldb...@gmail.com> > Date: Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 1:29 PM > To: "Dauer, Edward" <eda...@law.du.edu> > Cc: Dave AD6A <d...@ad6a.com>, "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How far can the KPA1500 amp be from the PS? > > > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Dauer, Edward <eda...@law.du.edu eda...@law.du.edu>> wrote: > Placing both PS and amp where the 220 VAC outlet is accessible is > possible; but then I wouldn't be able to see the amp while operating, which > I would like to do. Wouldn't feel comfortable with a 1500 watt amp running > way out of sight. It would also then be in the kitchen on a floor above. > Not aesthetically the best that way, either. > > Due to some temporary relocation of my ham shack for a home refurbish, I > am using my KPA500 remotely with the KPA500 remote software server running > on a spare netbook near the amp, and the client running on a computer near > the rig. There is one 100 ft long RG214 Coax between the KPA500 and the rig > for RF and one 100 ft small coax with RCA connectors between them for PTT. > The amp and autotuner are at the antenna feed and grounded well. The rig > away on the other side of the house not so well RF grounded, but there is > no RFI so far. That enables me to see the KPA500 status and change the band > on the PC in the shack. They don't yet seem to have the remote software for > the KPA1500 yet, but it is supposed to be coming. > > I would probably accept visible conduit to run power if you can't run it > in the walls. As part of the refurbish, drywall was taken out and replaced > and the texture matched so new plumbing and electrical could go in. They > also replaced insulation. That worked out well, but it was expensive. There > is not really any such thing as can't if you have deep enough pockets! > > 73, > > Mark > W7MLG > > > > __ > 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 rta...@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] KX2 Serial Adapter Driver?
In the past I've been able to connect my KX2 to a VMware Win 7 computer using an Elecraft-supplied USB-Serial adapter, the kind with a 3/4" x 2" USB plug and a 1/8" TRS plug that goes to the ACC socket on the KX2. But I hadn't used it for a while and now the Device Manager reports no driver installed, probably due to an intervening OS update but I don't really know that. Searching the machine and the galaxy for a suitable driver returns (after about 10 minutes) a pop-up that says "Windows encountered a problem ... attempted to install ... timeout period expired." Any advice? Thanks & 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft customer service
[OT] Phil's comment about PO boxes reminds me to remind readers about two lesser known shipping concepts: 1. Anyone with a PO box knows that they are for USPS mail only and won't accept mail from couriers like FedEx and UPS. Except that some individual POs will let you have a package shipped by courier to the Post Office's own street address plus your box number in some disguised format. You have to talk to your postmaster. 2. In some rural areas, maybe others as well, some couriers subcontract final delivery to the USPS. That's fine if you have a mailbox, even if the package is too big to fit and the mail carrier leaves it on your porch or under your rural mailbox. But if you don't have a home mailbox or legal mail slot, and a courier accepts a package addressed to your street address, and then hands it off to the PO for delivery, USPS will return the package to sender because it violates THEIR (USPS's) rules. The courier's rules no longer apply. Catch 22 of sorts. (The one time it happened to me, the shipper cancelled the order, refunded my money, then the product went on sale a few weeks later and I reordered, saving $200, sort of poetic justice. Don't count on it!) /Rick N6XI Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 7:41 PM, Phil Kane <k2...@kanafi.org> wrote: > On 3/28/2018 5:43 PM, Rick Tavan wrote: > > Another thing to check for missing packages is your neighbors. >> > > Good advice. One other "wrinkle". In general, I have goods sent to my > P.O. Box unless he nature of the order indicates freight delivery or the > shipper prefers home delivery. In general, the USPS has been good, but > lately I had not one, not two, but three instances where the tracking > showed that it was delivered to the box several days before. Turns out > that the box clerk was either lazy or incompetent and did not leave the > required pick-up notice in the box directing me to the counter. In one > case the station manager searched all over in the station for prescription > medications several days overdue and finally found it hidden away > somewhere. The moral of the story - get the tracking number from the > shipper and follow it on line from the shipper's notification to the USPS > through to the delivery attempts. > > Although I haven't had occasion to use Elecraft customer support, I feel > confident that it will be there when I need it. > > > Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR > PNWR CP Hall MP 29.9 - OE District > > __ > 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 rta...@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] Elecraft customer service
Another thing to check for missing packages is your neighbors. One shipment to me, from Elecraft in fact, got delivered next door. This one was being tracked, so I knew that the shipper thought it had been delivered. I walked the block and found it sitting there. In your case, you've had no tracking reports. If tracking was enabled, it's probably not in the neighborhood. GL, /Rick N6XI Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 5:10 PM, Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Neil, > > I am sorry to hear about your experience with USPS. They are normally > quite reliable. I have been shipping with USPS Priority Mail as well as > UPS and have not seen a problem with either since 2004. > > I would suspect some problem with the plane or truck along the path to > your address. > > The only problem I have ever encountered was with one parcel that was not > delivered promptly because of some unknown reason - maybe misdirected in > the bustle of Holiday mail. It was later delivered to the proper address. > I normally ship between 1 and 5 parcels each week. > > I did have another problem with a shipment to Spain. The Spanish customs > return it to me even though the customs fees had been paid by my customer. > I have to blame that on the customs folks in Spain rather than the USPS. > > Have faith. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 3/28/2018 7:52 PM, Niel Skousen wrote: > >> I bought a QCX kit in January that got lost... maybe it will show up - >> late - as a KX2 ??? >> >> Good Lck ! >> >> Niel >> >> __ > 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 rta...@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] K3 Remote question
Just one addendum to Fred's good advice: You can (I do) use a dynamic IP address (i.e. not static). MicroBit (the makers of remoterig) operate a dynamic domain name server that can re-map your radio site on the Internet when its IP address changes. I don't recall the details of getting started, but once you follow the directions, you end up with an 8-character coded string that you enter into the remote rig controller (RRC) pages. From then on, the radio RRC keeps the DDNS server apprised of its current, dynamic, IP address so the control RRC will always find the radio RRC. I've also used the same facility to address other, unrelated devices at my radio site as .ddns.remoterig.com:. It's slick! 73, /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:10 AM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > > The RRC will operate with a multitude of radios. It is thus somewhat > tricky to get configured. The remote radio site needs a routeable IP > address [i.e. static]. Beware when buying the RRC's ... the control and > remote ends are NOT the same, however they are both RRC-1258 MK2's. The > control end has a CW speed pot on the front, the Remote end does not. > __ 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
