Re: [Elecraft] Internal Battery Alternavives for KX1 ??
Hi You could buy a 3s battery such as what is used in radio control planes and quadcopters. . There are various current ratings available. You can choose one that fits the inside of the radio. As to a charger I've used a turnigy accucel 5 amp. Works very well but you need an external 12v power supply rated at 5 amp or more. It is made for lipos and other battery types and will do per cell balance. It has safety features and you can add a temperature probe for further safety. In any case, you should not charge it in the radio but outside in a fireproof container. Never leave one unattended. The turnigy is about 35$ from hobbyking. Tom va2fsq.com On Apr 8, 2015 9:04 PM, robert.hair robert.h...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Be very careful to charge Lipo batteries only with a charger specifically designed for that type of battery, unless you don't value your K1 or your home!!! - Original Message - From: Johnny Siu vr2...@yahoo.com.hk To: J tsc...@gmail.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 8:49 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Internal Battery Alternavives for KX1 ?? Hello Jay, There is a LiPo 3.7v AA size available. Therefore, 3.7 x 3 = 11.1v in parallel using the supplied battery holder but re-work the wiring between the two holders could be a solution. This kind of battery will go up to 4.2v when it is fully charged so that the max voltage generated = 4.2v x 3 = 12.6v and still within the tolerance. If your KX1 is with KX3080, then it would be a bit tricky in getting the max power from the radio. 73 Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人︰ J tsc...@gmail.com 收件人︰ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期︰ 2015年04月9日 (週四) 8:18 AM 主題︰ [Elecraft] Internal Battery Alternavives for KX1 ?? I'm considering ways to increase transmitter power, by making changes to the internal batteries in the KX1. I've seen a mod which added batteries. and a lot of other boards and dangles. In another mod, the owner just fabricated a larger KX1 chassis bottom and changed battery holders to obtain 14V. How about using six AA-size, 2.3 to 2.4 V batteries (if such things exist) and the existing battery holders in the KX1? Thoughts? 73 Jay W6CJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 vr2...@yahoo.com.hk __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 robert.h...@sbcglobal.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 tom...@videotron.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 Feature Request
Hi I think this is more or less in place now. If you put the tuner in manual mode, it will only tune if you press tune and then hold this setting. When you tune to a different location it automatically will load the existing tune settings. What I have done is a manual tune every 20 kHz or so and kept the tuner in manual. Thus it always locks the settings. Tom va2fsq.com On Apr 3, 2015 9:51 PM, Dan Baker km...@km6cq.com wrote: I would find it very useful to have a Lock button on the tuner, let me explain. A Tap and Hold on the Tune button would lock the tuning solution in place. Then another Tap and Hold or moving the VFO would unlock it. This would be very effective at times. Thank you for your consideration and happy Easter. Dan, KM6CQ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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 macro for TEXT DEC On/Off?
Hi Nope not possible. The US and DN command is not working on the K3 or kx3. It never has. Unfortunately it never makes it to the firmware todo list. There is a way though, and that is to use the k3/0 protocol. Tom va2fsq.com On Mar 17, 2015 3:15 PM, Rick WA6NHC happymooseph...@gmail.com wrote: Push the DISP button and watch the voltage instead or the clock or...? ;o) Rick nhc On 3/17/2015 11:42 AM, Nick Kennedy wrote: Is there a way to write a macro for one-button switching of receive text decode on and off? I like to use text decode while QSOing or monitoring, but when that’s not happening, I’d rather have the display doing something useful instead of showing E E E E T T E T, etc. I looked at the programming reference and the Help in the K3 utility. I see how to simulate holding the button, but if it’s possible to feed the rig the parameter for OFF-TX ONLY-RX slow speeds and RX-high speeds, I haven’t seen the method. TU / 73- Nick, WA5BDU __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] PX3 Future Upgrades?
It's also very good for working a pile up. You put the cursor on the left and you have the whole screen to the right for the pileup looking for holed. Without it you have 1/2 the screen. Tom On Mar 8, 2015 9:59 PM, steve sm.shearer...@gmail.com wrote: OK, thank you. I still don't see why I would use/want it. I find (for me) what works great is to move the A/B cursor on the PX3 to the signal I want and tap the knob to go there. It seems to me with fixed mode I am still going to have to deal with display edges when I scan to/past the edge (unless there is an automatic new window). I guess I can see that moving the A cursor over the spectrum, being able to hear what you see and not having the display have to keep up with changes (bounce), might be more what my friend would have liked during the contest this weekend as we were also doing a radio demo for the cub scouts. But, I still would rather have a keyboard entry... 73, steve WB3LGC On 08-Mar-15 9:41 PM, Bob N3MNT wrote: In fixed-tune mode the frequencies on the PX3 display stay fixed as you tune VFO A. The VFO A cursor moves across the screen instead of always being at the same position, as it is in tracking mode. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/PX3-Future-Upgrades-tp7599962p7599974.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at 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 sm.shearer...@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 tom...@videotron.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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
Hi Joe, I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? Thanks __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 Beta 5r10 and LINK
OK, Thanks for the explanations. Very clear. Tom On Feb 15, 2015 10:19 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: I am not Joe, but I can answer your question. In diversity mode, the K3 operates just like a single receiver as far as the controls are concerned (except for the audio effects attributed to diversity). In other words, if you are operating SPLIT, you would tune to the DX station with VFO A and transmit on VFO B. To listen to the pileup (on your TX frequency VFO B) you would hold the REV button to listen to the pileup as long as you hold the button, but if you wanted to not hold the button and switch to hear the pileup, the A/B button can be used to switch VFOs until you wanted to switch back (with the A/B button). Since you have both the mainRX and the subRX, it makes more sense to use the subRX in its normal mode where you set SPLIT on and listen to the DX on the subRX while transmitting on the mainRX frequency (the subRX frequency does not have transmit capability). There are some ways to reverse this, but I will not go into details, this is the 'fundamentals' of split operation. For linked VFOs, imagine you want to work DX operating with a fixed 2 kHz split while the DX station is changing his TX frequencies while maintaining the 2 kHz split - that does not happen very often (maybe never). You can set SPLIT on and separate the VFOs by 2 kHz then invoke LINK. The VFOs will always be 2 kHz apart. I don't think that situation occurs frequently. The only remote occasion I can foresee is for the QRP Foxhunts, but the Foxes rarely will operate SPLIT. Normally, the DX station stays on the same frequency and you would want to leave the RX VFO tuned to his frequency while you would want the TX VFO to tune to either the last station worked or a clear frequency within the pileup. The current TX VFO is displayed in the K3 or KX3 display by an arrow. Pay attention to that arrow lest the up cops become irritated with your transmissions. IMHO, the changes made in 5.10 simplify the use of the SUB button. No more short hold of the button to link the VFOs and no long hold to enable diversity. How many times have we seen posts to this reflector saying that the VFOs track each other. This is a result of the difference between a long hold and an extra long hold of the SUB button. Relegating the linked VFOs to a programmable function is a good idea IMHO. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/15/2015 9:15 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: Hi Joe, I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? Thanks __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Remote Access to P3
Hi TeamViewer works very well. If you are only getting 1 frame a second then something is very wrong or are you running at 56k_-)? Tom va2fsq.com On Feb 14, 2015 10:23 AM, Paul Christensen w...@arrl.net wrote: I am looking at ways to bring back P3 panadapter information over the Internet. Programs like VNC, Teamviewer, etc. appear to limit screen refresh to about once per second. That results in a very choppy display that's almost useless. Is there a means to bring back near-real-time P3 screen information over the Internet? Since the output of the P3SVGA is designed to feed a video monitor, perhaps we could use a device that converts the P3SVGA output into a format suitable for streaming. Anyone know of such a device that's also bandwidth conscious over an Internet connection? Paul, W9AC --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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 tom...@videotron.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: Indoor antennas at Dayton?
Hi I was wondering if anyone has any experience with indoor antennas? I plan to present at Dayton and would like some hints as to how this works. You can contact me off list please. 73 Tom va2fsq.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: Indoor antennas at Dayton?
Thanks for all the suggestions. Should be good enough. I like the whip. 73's Tom On Feb 10, 2015 12:23 PM, Merv Schweigert k...@flex.com wrote: Gotcha Tom, thanks, it did not come through like that. Should be a number of guys on here using small indoor antennas, I used one for several years in 2001 while living in a condo on the beach, it was 44 foot of wire taped to the ceiling of the second floor condo, fed with 300 ohm twin lead, and tuned with a johnson matchbox. Worked decent on 40 to 10 meters, but too large for what you need. 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 Hi, No I am presenting a software package and would like to show some signals on the K3 indoors at Dayton. So the antenna has to be small. Transmit not necessary! Thanks -Original Message- From: Merv Schweigert Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:56 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Indoor antennas at Dayton? Must be something I am missing here, your going to present at Dayton a talk about indoor antennas and have no experience using them? Maybe something lost in the translation I missed. 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 Hi I was wondering if anyone has any experience with indoor antennas? I plan to present at Dayton and would like some hints as to how this works. You can contact me off list please. 73 Tom va2fsq.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 k...@flex.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 tom...@videotron.ca --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] A K3 Pileup Wrinkle with CW Skimmer
Yes CW skimmer works great. One caveat though with listening on vfo b. Many people use the built in decoding of cw on the k3 or use software such as cwget to assist them. This only works on the main receiver so you lose that functionality. Two things would be great here. One, having decoding built into the k3 subreceiver. That would fix this when you use it like you do. Second, cw skimmer should have an option to qsy on vfo b as well. Tom va2fsq.com On Feb 6, 2015 10:06 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR n...@contesting.com wrote: CW Skimmer is a great tool for cracking the K1N pileups because it decodes the calls of folks calling as well as who just sent 599, and you can click on the relevant decoder dot to move instantly to that frequency. I'm using it with an LP-Pan in what Skimmer calls the Softrock-IF mode. One rub, though, is that the pileups are so wide that it often is not possible to go split, listen on VFO A, and transmit on the second VFO,. because Skimmer tracks VFOA and the action is too far above K1N's frequency to display on my monitor. My K3 has the separate subRX, happily, so I can invert things - listen to K1N on VFO B, while tuning up the band on VFO A looking for the last successful caller. Works amazingly well. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] IF out of 2nd Receiver in K3?
Hi That assumes one is using a p3. A software panadapter would work fine except that there would no way to get the if shift from the sub since that command doesn't exist. It could still be done but it would be a bit of a hack. Tom va2fsq.com On Jan 28, 2015 8:20 PM, Alan n...@sonic.net wrote: Right, the P3 would work only in tracking mode (no fixed-tune mode) and the sub receiver frequency and receiver bandwidth would not display on the P3. Also, click-to-QSY would not work and the reference level would not be correct. But you can still change the span, offset the center frequency, change the reference level and scale, turn on the waterfall and averaging, adjust the markers (reading relative frequency) and use most of the other features. Alan N1AL On 01/28/2015 04:57 PM, David Gilbert wrote: As best I remember, though, the P3 talks only to the main receiver ... right? I believe that anyone wanting to display the sub-receiver would have to use a different panadapter scheme if they want handshaking capability such as frequency information, point/click QSY, etc. The N2QT modification described in the June 12 PVRC newsletter (easily found via Google search) describes how to do this in better detail than the reference below. Dave AB7E On 1/28/2015 4:43 PM, Alan wrote: There is no official Elecraft modification to access the sub-receiver IF output, but they do have some information on the web site about others have done it: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/K3FAQ.htm#sub%20rx%20if Alan N1AL On 01/28/2015 10:39 AM, Doug Ellmore wrote: Is there a way to get the IF out of the optional 2nd receiver of a K3? In addition to looking at two different bands in HF, I am thinking it would be great to be able to look at both 6m and 2m for field day with one K3. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] IF out of 2nd Receiver in K3?
Harry, While its a nice idea there are a couple of commands missing in the api to allow this to be done properly. If all you are interested is seeing the spectrum and doing qsys it probably is possible. But to do the job semi-correctly you would need some customized code to do so. Tom va2fsq.com On Jan 28, 2015 10:10 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: Thank you I already have the Clifton labs Buffer amp and a softrock lite that I was got a while ago. It would be interesting if a Second P3 could be hooked up,I suspect it would have to be coded for the P3 to know what VFO it is looking at. I'll have to look into if someone already has written a NaP3 type program that supports 2 Receivers(I only played with that program briefly and found it to be nice) From: Mike Harris mike.har...@horizon.co.fk To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] IF out of 2nd Receiver in K3? See PVRC (Potomac Valley Radio Club) Newsletter June 2012. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 28/01/2015 18:20, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: That would be nice You could run two P3s From: Doug Ellmore d...@ellmore.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:39 PM Subject: [Elecraft] IF out of 2nd Receiver in K3? Is there a way to get the IF out of the optional 2nd receiver of a K3? In addition to looking at two different bands in HF, I am thinking it would be great to be able to look at both 6m and 2m for field day with one K3. Doug NA1DX na...@arrl.net www.ellmore.net/na1dx __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 hlyin...@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 tom...@videotron.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] PX3 with other I/Q Receiver?
Hi Yes but can't you calibrate this out using a signal generator and the px3 calibration facility? Of course, it appears that the iq correction operates on only a single frequency and does not do frequency based corrections. I could be wrong about this though. One way to tell is to put a string signal near the left of the display at - 96khz and see if the image is at the extreme left. Tom va2fsq.com On Jan 28, 2015 11:47 AM, Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) pa0...@xs4all.nl wrote: I did, it works With a Softrock-RX for 30 metres. The LO is an xtal on 40.5 MHz that produces 10.125 MHz and that shows on the PX3 as 0Hz. The real problem comes with the need to recalibrate te I/Q phase and amplitude in order to have a good image rejection. On -25 kHz I see the DDK9 teleprinter and on +20 kHz I see the average bunch of data modes and in between: CW sigs. For me it was merely try and see what happens for the KX3 obviously rocks much better... 73, Peter - PA0PJE Op 2015-01-27 23:52 schreef Tom Blahovici: Hi It would not work properly as is. I think one would need to send information to the px3 via the serial port to establish the centre frequency, markers, and respond to qsy''s.etc. as well as react to requests coming from the px3. Assuming these are standard api type commands it could be a possibility. Could be a fun project. Tom va2fsq.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 tom...@videotron.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] PX3 with other I/Q Receiver?
Hi It would not work properly as is. I think one would need to send information to the px3 via the serial port to establish the centre frequency, markers, and respond to qsy''s.etc. as well as react to requests coming from the px3. Assuming these are standard api type commands it could be a possibility. Could be a fun project. Tom va2fsq.com On Jan 27, 2015 5:27 PM, Chas H 2mysys...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used the PX3 Panadapter with a receiver that has I/Q outputs other than the KX3 such as the Softrock or ?? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] K3/0 all in one box? + P3/0
One can use the svga and an avermedia hd game broadcaster capture card. You can then use their software to stream the video. 73's Tom On Jan 14, 2015 4:25 PM, Edward R Cole kl...@acsalaska.net wrote: Jeff and others: I suspect recovering the P3 image remotely may take a bit of engineering as it is meant for local use. I believe the P3 takes the K3 IF as input (and that is 8.215 MHz wideband RF). The idea of using the LP-Pan may be better as one has broadband IQ output which could be sent to a soundcard for digitizing and transmission via the remote link in some manner. That would provide the wideband digital IQ as data at the control station. One would run their choice of panadaptor sw to view it. But this would not be the P3 display. Perhaps Elecraft may someday provide digital output from the P3 for remoting? Obviously the P3 generates this at some point in the ckt. I follow with mild interest. My concept for a remote station is a full-station built into a toy-hauler trailer with foldover mast to set up antennas. Then one only needs internet (wifi?) access at the remote site whether that be the cabin or a spare lot somewhere or a friend's backyard. To be super-mobile remote add a satellite uplink to feed the internet (very common in the bush up here), and ...Think solar power. 73, Ed - KL7UW I can see this unit parked in a storage lot someday with me an old codger living in assisted-living with a computer for control; essentially the same situation as someone with CCR. From: k...@arrl.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 all in one box? + P3/0 Message-ID: 004801d02ffc$bda1dc70$38e59550$@net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sorry for my confusion, I was thinking IQ as the usable form of IF at the control site, not the raw 8 mHz IF. My idea would be to somehow get the IQ output from a LP-Pan or similar device, add another box on either end to send and receive the IQ data, then simply use the control stations computer soundcard and run your panadapter software of choice. Only problem here is I don't have a clue on what to use for the remoting of the IQ output from the LP-Pan... All this non-portable, not suited for hotel room use would work for me as I will be at a desktop computer for 6 months or so while remoting from my summer home. And of course to not stray from the original topic, it would be nice to have the control station use a P3 with the extra data lines intergraded into the 1258, or K3/0 mini mark II :-). 73 Jeff kb2m 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Kits made by KL7UW Dubus Mag business: dubus...@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 tom...@videotron.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] K3/0 mini remote, panadapter display at control site
Hi If you have a pc with a spare pcie slot at the remote site you can use the avermedia hd game broadcaster with the p3 svga. It comes with streaming software. Tom Tom On Jan 11, 2015 8:58 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Jeff, I have heard of some who are using a webcam at the remote site to view the P3. I am not certain how you would pass any RF signal (and the IF output is RF at 8 MHz) from the remote to the control site without using a direct coax run. I guess it *might* be possible to transmit the internal digital information that represents the P3 display over the communications link between the remote site and the control site, but I know of no current hardware to do that. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/11/2015 8:23 AM, k...@arrl.net wrote: I know several people are working on getting the IF from the remote K3 to the K3/0 control site. Has anyone got this working, and would like to share their method with the group? Is it possible for Elecraft to add forwarding of the IF with a mod to the existing hardware? I sorely miss my panadapter display when operating remote... 73 Jeff kb2m __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 w3...@embarqmail.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 tom...@videotron.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] P3 and Other Windows Simultaneously
Hi Tony The avermedia card is a vga capture board. It captures the signal from the svga card and then displays it in a standard windows window. You can resize it like any other window and display it simultaneously with all the other windows on your Windows PC. So you do not need a separate monitor. 73's Tom va2fsq.com On Jan 2, 2015 5:55 AM, N2TK, Tony tony@verizon.net wrote: Tom, If you can resize the video using this card, how do you add additional windows to the screen? Tnx N2TK, Tony -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Blahovici Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 4:15 PM To: Harry Yingst via Elecraft Cc: Dauer, Edward Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 and Other Windows Simultaneously Hi If you have a pc with a spare pci express slot and you are running a 64bit operating system you can buy the avermedia hd game broadcaster and use it to display a resizable window on your PC monitors. If you are really ambitious, you can then use VLC, to stream the video to where you want. The reason I say ambitious is that it is extremely difficult to configure VLC for streaming since the documentation is very poor and there are multiple explanations all of which use different syntax. I spent a week trying and only managed to stream to a Windows media player at a low rate. In principle you can stream at 192 kHz but good luck. 73's Tom va2fsq.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 tony@verizon.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] P3 and Other Windows Simultaneously
Hi If you have a pc with a spare pci express slot and you are running a 64bit operating system you can buy the avermedia hd game broadcaster and use it to display a resizable window on your PC monitors. If you are really ambitious, you can then use VLC, to stream the video to where you want. The reason I say ambitious is that it is extremely difficult to configure VLC for streaming since the documentation is very poor and there are multiple explanations all of which use different syntax. I spent a week trying and only managed to stream to a Windows media player at a low rate. In principle you can stream at 192 kHz but good luck. 73's Tom va2fsq.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 KX3 IQ out and spectral display pograms
Hi I have worked with someone who had a similar issue. In his case the iq signals were randomly swapping and that of course can ruin any balance that has been set. I have read recently of others on the kx3 yahoo group which report the same thing. Extensive troubleshooting was done. It was not the software package in use. It did this with all. In the case where I helped out the only thing that solved it was using a different computer. The problem never returned. We did determine though that high processor usage eliminated the problem. That's right, go figure. It's a mystery. Tom On Dec 20, 2014 3:52 PM, Chris Tate - N6WM ct...@ewnetinc.com wrote: Thanks Barry.. I am not having rig control issues and thus dont need to use LP-bridge at this time. This seems specific to the IQ audio coming out of the IQ out of the KX3. I have experienced this on 2 KX3's and multiple sound card/computer combinations so I suspect an internal setting or something I have not found documented or missed. Since the PX3 is in existence.. there must be some setting/combo that fixes the spectral display as it is fed to a high end sound card. and again I did not have this issue with the N8LP pan or the IF out of my K3's. This is specific to the IQ out feature of the K X 3. If you read further you will find I did solve some of the computer RFI with a GLI.. in particular from radio shack. This seems to be required hardware at this point and needs to be put in line with the IQ out cable provided by elecraft. With it in line it is no longer a problem. Thanks for the tip on Win4k3 Ill give that one a shot. ~C./WM From: Elecraft [elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] on behalf of Barry LaZar [k3...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 12:42 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 IQ out and spectral display pograms Chris. I have switched over to Win4K3. It's a total package with spectrum display, IP connection to HRD, works well with CWskimmer, and now there is spotting and a log program, albeit the logging function is still being worked on. It seems to run much more smoothly than NaP3 with LP Bridge. From reading your post I suggest that you get a Radio Shack ground loop isolator. It seemed to fix a number of things in my set up and they are inexpensive. One my overcome some, if not all, your issues. 73, Barry K3NDM On 12/20/2014 2:13 PM, Chris Tate - N6WM wrote: Greetings and happy holidays Elecraft enthusiasts. I have been putting together a portable contest/dx station using a KX3/KXPA100 combo. What a wonderful little setup. As part of my testing process, I have setup a laptop computer for rig control. This works great in alot of respects, Cat control.. no problem. Keying cw from the computer.. no problem. I have run into a tiny issue, regarding the IQ out and how it integrates with computer based spectral display applications and I am hoping the fine brain trust of audio experts can help me out. I have a creative EM 0204, and I have split out the IQ stereo into 2 channels using a 1/8 stereo to mono a/b splitter, and subsequently feed IQ to the EM 0204 into the L/R mono ports. I am having some issues that I have not run into.. for instance when I used to do this using an N8LP pan with my K3. (I have done sufficient testing with other computers, sound cards to be aware this is not limited to just this equipment). here is what my observations are: CW Skimmer. Seems to work.. but the IQ balance seems to fall out of sync after being dialed in. in other words from time to time multiple traces of signals appear. this after adjusting with a fixed carrier on WWV to remove the traces. Its almost as if there is an IQ instability of some kind and I was curious what others have found. PAN displays, NAP3, etc.: there seems to be a rather large artifact that tracks with the center frequency making use of the pan display rather impractical...maybe 20-30 Kc's or more. I assume this issue is resolved to make the PX3 display an accurate spectral representation, and so am wondering if there must be a setting or something I have adjusted incorrectly. I also ran into an audio artifact where I could hear computer rfi through the headphones with the IQ cable plugged in.. I was able to mitigate this using a ground loop isolation cable.. keeping in mind I want to keep this setup portable and useable in remote locations. IF anyone who may have resolved some of these IQ out issues could chime in and assist it would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to make this setup as capable and portable as possible. thanks in advance and look forward to your responses. Chris N6WM
[Elecraft] K3: changing modes changes the frequency?
Hi In comparing two k3s I am seeing completely different behaviour of the vfo a when modes are changed. If for example on one radio I am tuned in to wwv 10mhz, using am, the frequency on the radio shows 10.000.000 as it should. If I then change to cw, the radio all of a sudden reads 10.000.680. The other radio does not do this it stays at 10.000.000. Which menu option governs this? Can't find it! Thanks, Tom __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: changing modes changes the frequency?
Hi Yes but it wasn't friendly today. I looked but I guess I overlooked this. Thanks, Tom On Dec 14, 2014 1:34 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: The Owner's Manual is your friend ... Search for Offset - page 29: SSB/CW VFO Offset The K3 can automatically offset the VFO frequency when you switch from SSB to CW mode, so other stations will hear the correct CW pitch. See CONFIG:CW WGHT for details. and (page 55): CW WGHT 1.15 Adjusts element/space timing ratio (weight) for the internal keyer. Additional functions of this menu entry, via numeric keypad (Advanced): Tap 1 to select SSB -CW (default) or SSB +CW (allows CW in SSB modes). Tap 2 to select @ = STOP (‘@’ character terminates KY-packet transmission; default) or @ = ‘AC’ (‘@’ in a KY packet is sent as .--.-. [@] in CW mode). Tap 3 to select OLD or NEW QSK (default). NEW reduces AF keying artifacts. Tap 4 to select VOX NOR (default) or AUTO OFF. The AUTO OFF setting turns CW VOX off on power-up, avoiding accidental keying by attached PCs, etc. Tap 5 to select automatic VFO offset on SSB/CW mode change (VFO OFS) or no offset (VFO NOR, default). Automatic offset is often used on 6 meters, where mixed-mode QSOs are necessary during fading. Note: Pitch matching will be more accurate if USB is paired with CW REV, and LSB with CW normal. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-12-14 1:19 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: Hi In comparing two k3s I am seeing completely different behaviour of the vfo a when modes are changed. If for example on one radio I am tuned in to wwv 10mhz, using am, the frequency on the radio shows 10.000.000 as it should. If I then change to cw, the radio all of a sudden reads 10.000.680. The other radio does not do this it stays at 10.000.000. Which menu option governs this? Can't find it! Thanks, Tom __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to li...@subich.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to tom...@videotron.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] Getting Started With CW
Hi everyone. I'm the OP here and I thank everyone who replied. I've had an order of magnitude more mail than I received on the list. I can't answer all of them due to a broken elbow but I thank everyone who replied. Lots to digest, hopefully will be on the air soon. 73's Tom On Dec 1, 2014 1:16 PM, Jim Allen jalleninv...@gmail.com wrote: With all the keyers out there, built in and otherwise, there should be no bad CW heard, but as anyone who listens can attest, there is, lots of it. One thing I suggest is copying W1AW code practice, and bulletins once your speed can handle the 18 wpm used for Bulletins. That is perfect code, weight, spacing etc., supposedly. Get used to what that sounds like, and imitate it! Code proficiency comes from a combination of talent, effort and want to. Some are so talented they pick it up easily with little effort. Some make an effort, but don't really want to do it, and that impedes progress. Want to overcomes a certain deficiency of talent. 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com wrote: My story... Learned CW when I was 9 years old, taught by ham uncle (also a ship radio operator). I used to listen to ham radio operators CW and got my speed up a little bit before I ever got my Novice license so passing that code test was easy-as-pie. As a novice, started with J-38 (I didn't even know that other kinds of keys existed). But, I soon bought a Vibroplex Original, brand new for the cost of about $36 (~1966) as my speed went beyond my capable skills with the J-38. At the finish of my Novice year, I was easily handling both RX/TX at 20+ wpm. Big huge gap of 38 years between my Novice CW activity and getting licensed again in 2004. I was all SSB until 2007 when the bug for CW hit me again. How much time to relearn CW? It took two weeks of listening to CW traffic to get my head in gear again after 40 years of not hearing any CW at all. I was up to about 15 wpm after two weeks of one or two hours a day of listening (never used a code practice program). I decided to try my first QSO. I called CQ and got a reply. In the middle of the QSO I got so flustered (using a J-38 again) that I had to abort. I sent my apologies to my contact via e-mail. I just did not practice enough with the J-38. So, practice-practice-practice on the J-38 for another week and I was ready. After a few weeks of nothing but CW contacts on the J-38 I realized that my operating time was limited to my hands sending at about 12 to 13 wpm on the J-38. I just wasn't capable of anything faster. I bought myself a used bencher paddle and started practicing. I liked it right off that bat and my skills got better and now I am back up to about 20 to 22 wpm. I have tried sending at 25 wpm with the paddle but I make more mistakes then I am happy with so I need to spend time on that or learn better techniques. Being self-taught on the paddle there are some skills I am sure have not been honed yet. Oh, I never did learn to do squeeze technique on the paddle and I still don't know what Iambic A or B mean (yes, I have looked that up but I keep forgetting). My main fault that limits my speed skills with the paddle is my limited operating time. I am 90 percent CW but I don't get that much operating time on a daily basis. I had planned to do a lot of activity in this weekend's CQ DX CW contest but missed out due to all kinds of other interruptions. However, thinking back of experiences: in today's world, I would recommend skipping any straight key and learn with a keyer and paddle right from the start. I think straight keys are antiques like tube-based rigs (no flame wars from hollow state players). 73, phil, K7PEH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 jalleninv...@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 tom...@videotron.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:
[Elecraft] K3 CW decoder and CQ CW contest
Hi Just thought I'd drop a note about the Elecraft CW decoder. I've been on the air for a number of hours hunting new DXCC's with the K3's built in CW decoder. This was my first time using CW, I only know the letters CQ 5NN TU and that's it! ( OK E also) Never been on CW before so all DXCC's were 'new'. Armed with that and a spotting program I racked up 50 new dxccs from around the world. This was a new experience and introduced me to CW. Now I want to learn it so the next time the contest comes around I'll enjoy it that much more. Was a blast. 73's Tom va2fsq.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 CW decoder and CQ CW contest
That sounds interesting. I tried calling CQ with the terminal but that was a disaster. Inevitably, the answering station was enough off frequency that the radio wouldn't decode. Also one thing I noticed with the decode. 9 out of 10 times the station returned my call, the first letter was decoded incorrectly, and no, I did send a V. 73's Tom On Nov 30, 2014 8:08 PM, lmarion lmar...@mt.net wrote: If you want to work more DX than you ever thought possible: 1. Learn enough CW to do basic exchanges. Your speed and proficiency will increase dramatically by just doing it. 2. Get on 30 meters. Other countries have not abandoned CW like the USA has. You will work DX after DX station. You can even call CQ with QRP power and work stations worldwide. No need to wait for contests with their special rules and pileups. Leroy AB7CE On Sun, 2014-11-30 at 18:32 -0500, Tom Blahovici wrote: Hi Just thought I'd drop a note about the Elecraft CW decoder. I've been on the air for a number of hours hunting new DXCC's with the K3's built in CW decoder. This was my first time using CW, I only know the letters CQ 5NN TU and that's it! ( OK E also) Never been on CW before so all DXCC's were 'new'. Armed with that and a spotting program I racked up 50 new dxccs from around the world. This was a new experience and introduced me to CW. Now I want to learn it so the next time the contest comes around I'll enjoy it that much more. Was a blast. 73's Tom va2fsq.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 tom...@videotron.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 CW decoder and CQ CW contest
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW decoder and CQ CW contest
Ok So I'm sure this is going to get a lot of opinions... What's the best key to start with? With the k3 of course. On Nov 30, 2014 10:04 PM, Ray Sills raysil...@verizon.net wrote: And, don't forget that CW is almost an international language. Even if you don't speak any of the many foreign languages, most DX operators understand the characters that we use for a QSO... QTH, name, WX, RST. And when it's a DX station running... well, all you get is your call and report (5nn). Many DX operators know enough English to do the same in voice, but not all. CW fills in that gap. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 On Nov 30, 2014, at 8:08 PM, lmarion wrote: If you want to work more DX than you ever thought possible: 1. Learn enough CW to do basic exchanges. Your speed and proficiency will increase dramatically by just doing it. 2. Get on 30 meters. Other countries have not abandoned CW like the USA has. You will work DX after DX station. You can even call CQ with QRP power and work stations worldwide. No need to wait for contests with their special rules and pileups. Leroy AB7CE On Sun, 2014-11-30 at 18:32 -0500, Tom Blahovici wrote: Hi Just thought I'd drop a note about the Elecraft CW decoder. I've been on the air for a number of hours hunting new DXCC's with the K3's built in CW decoder. This was my first time using CW, I only know the letters CQ 5NN TU and that's it! ( OK E also) Never been on CW before so all DXCC's were 'new'. Armed with that and a spotting program I racked up 50 new dxccs from around the world. This was a new experience and introduced me to CW. Now I want to learn it so the next time the contest comes around I'll enjoy it that much more. Was a blast. 73's Tom va2fsq.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 raysil...@verizon.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 tom...@videotron.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 CW decoder and CQ CW contest
Hi I knew I shouldn't of asked I now have suggestions of probably about 40 or so keys... I'll think I'll start pure.. Just a straight key. I had one, but the spring flew out and I never found it. So I guess the vibroflex? On Nov 30, 2014 10:52 PM, Eric Norris norrislawfi...@gmail.com wrote: I like the Vibroplex straight keY--it's smooth. For paddles, the Brass Racer paddle (also Vibroplex, both current production). If you get the Bug bug, buy an older Vibroplex bug with the I style damper, and a Vari-Eze (bar style) to slow it down. You can send perfect code from 11wpm up. The Champion and Lightning models had the oldI damper. You can then extend the Vari-eze straight out the rear of the bug. You can't do that with newer-style dampers. The Viz Vertical is also a great bug that can be slowed down--just ask Tom to make you a double-length weight, and extend it up beyond the damper peg. Some will tell you to buy these brass weights sold for another use, or just use solder. These have never worked for me. If you add too much weight, it screws up your timing--you need the longer arm. Just please do not become one of the many lids who send at 13wpm with their bugs making 30wpm dits. Ewww! And keep your contacts clean to avoid that awful scratchy sound I'm happy to work a QRS sked on the air with you on CW anytime. 73 Eric WD6DBM Tom Blahovici tom...@videotron.ca wrote: Ok So I'm sure this is going to get a lot of opinions... What's the best key to start with? With the k3 of course. On Nov 30, 2014 10:04 PM, Ray Sills raysil...@verizon.net wrote: And, don't forget that CW is almost an international language. Even if you don't speak any of the many foreign languages, most DX operators understand the characters that we use for a QSO... QTH, name, WX, RST. And when it's a DX station running... well, all you get is your call and report (5nn). Many DX operators know enough English to do the same in voice, but not all. CW fills in that gap. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 On Nov 30, 2014, at 8:08 PM, lmarion wrote: If you want to work more DX than you ever thought possible: 1. Learn enough CW to do basic exchanges. Your speed and proficiency will increase dramatically by just doing it. 2. Get on 30 meters. Other countries have not abandoned CW like the USA has. You will work DX after DX station. You can even call CQ with QRP power and work stations worldwide. No need to wait for contests with their special rules and pileups. Leroy AB7CE On Sun, 2014-11-30 at 18:32 -0500, Tom Blahovici wrote: Hi Just thought I'd drop a note about the Elecraft CW decoder. I've been on the air for a number of hours hunting new DXCC's with the K3's built in CW decoder. This was my first time using CW, I only know the letters CQ 5NN TU and that's it! ( OK E also) Never been on CW before so all DXCC's were 'new'. Armed with that and a spotting program I racked up 50 new dxccs from around the world. This was a new experience and introduced me to CW. Now I want to learn it so the next time the contest comes around I'll enjoy it that much more. Was a blast. 73's Tom va2fsq.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 raysil...@verizon.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 tom...@videotron.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 norrislawfi...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Getting Started With CW
I like the comment about going through an intermediate step... Maybe I'll look at a paddle instead. So what's this about iambic? What are the types of paddles out there? On Nov 30, 2014 11:42 PM, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com wrote: On Sun,11/30/2014 8:25 PM, Leroy Marion wrote: Does not a paddle and keyer give you perfect timing? It's been nearly 60 years since I went through that. Paddles and keyers did not exist -- we had bugs, but did start on straight keys. But bugs are inherently different from the paddle/keyer combo. Perhaps one of the CWOps guys who are working with CW Academy can offer an opinion. Mine is that sending good CW is mostly a matter of training our brain and fingers to mimic the good CW that we hear. Unless you're a real straight key pro, they're far too slow for most on air CW, so if you're going to learn what you're going to use, I don't see the value in going through an intermediate step. BTW -- if you want to get a great start on CW (or build your skills), by all means take advantage of CW Academy. This is the brainchild of K6RB and a few other CWOps members, and it's been quite successful. http://www.cwops.org/ I'm a proud member of CWOps, but not very active. It's a great group. Membership is by invitation. You don't need to be a member to be in CW Academy or the many on-the-air events. Check out the website. 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 tom...@videotron.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] K3: Help! No output on 80m CW
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Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 question
Hi Yes erased the 80m and then did a bunch of tunes across the band, all OK. However,, if I then provide a carrier for more than 3 seconds on a tuned frequency the kat500 starts flipping relays and then goes back to steady only to keep repeating itself. In manual mode. That is not supposed to happen in manual mode as far as I am aware. On Nov 29, 2014 10:11 AM, Dick Dievendorff d...@elecraft.com wrote: All full search tunes, whether started by manually pressing the TUNE button or an SWR-based autotune, store the tuning solution in memory. I'd suggest you erase the tuner settings for 20 meters on the affected antenna connector KAT500 Utility configuration tab) and train the tuner by pressing TUNE and provide a 20 watt tune signal on a few frequencies across the band. You don't want remnants of the erroneous settings in those memories, or you'll keep finding them. Then leave the ATU in mode MAN so that it selects from previously found tuning solutions as you QSY across the band. As for how you got there - I can speculate, but I don't know anything about your path from ATU to antennas. It probably matched a different impedance at some point in the past. I might get that result here by having an external antenna switch in the wrong position and use the KAT500 to match my 15 meter beam on 20 meters, and then change my antenna switch. You probably don't want the ATU in mode AUTO very often. After antenna configuration changes, erase the tuner memories on the affected bands, and tune at a few spots on the band. Then let the ATU choose from those settings by frequency, which it will do in mode MAN. 73 de Dick, K6KR On Nov 29, 2014, at 06:17, jsdroys...@nc.rr.com jsdroys...@nc.rr.com wrote: Our KAT500 (used with K3 and KPA500) seems to have forgotten its correct memories for the 20 m band or maybe developed new erroneous memories. It gives me 14 to 1 on autotune. If I set it on manual and do a tune it reads 1.2 to 1. So here is the question: if I do manual tunes every so many MHz across the band will those go into memory, or is the memory based only on autotunes? Also, any idea how this happened? THANKS! Julie KT4JR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@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 tom...@videotron.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 question
Yup it's faulting. Time to check the connections. Strange how it doesn't on 160. Thanks to all for the suggestions. 73's Tom On Nov 29, 2014 1:55 PM, Dick Dievendorff d...@elecraft.com wrote: It depends on the antenna impedance (the unmatched or SWR measured with teh ATU in bypass). If the unmatched antenna SWR exceeds 10:1, at 600 watts, the ATU might be faulting to protect itself. What does your KAT500 fault table say? The ATU is rated to match antennas with 10:1 SWR at 600 watts, 3:1 SWR at 1000 watts. If the unmatched SWR exceeds 10:1, the ATU might disconnect the amp at a lower power to protect itself from destructive current through its inductors. It will not match a 20:1 load at 1000 watts. 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: Tom Blahovici [mailto:tom...@videotron.ca] Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 7:54 AM To: Dick Dievendorff Cc: jsdroys...@nc.rr.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 question Hi Yes erased the 80m and then did a bunch of tunes across the band, all OK. However,, if I then provide a carrier for more than 3 seconds on a tuned frequency the kat500 starts flipping relays and then goes back to steady only to keep repeating itself. In manual mode. That is not supposed to happen in manual mode as far as I am aware. On Nov 29, 2014 10:11 AM, Dick Dievendorff d...@elecraft.com wrote: All full search tunes, whether started by manually pressing the TUNE button or an SWR-based autotune, store the tuning solution in memory. I'd suggest you erase the tuner settings for 20 meters on the affected antenna connector KAT500 Utility configuration tab) and train the tuner by pressing TUNE and provide a 20 watt tune signal on a few frequencies across the band. You don't want remnants of the erroneous settings in those memories, or you'll keep finding them. Then leave the ATU in mode MAN so that it selects from previously found tuning solutions as you QSY across the band. As for how you got there - I can speculate, but I don't know anything about your path from ATU to antennas. It probably matched a different impedance at some point in the past. I might get that result here by having an external antenna switch in the wrong position and use the KAT500 to match my 15 meter beam on 20 meters, and then change my antenna switch. You probably don't want the ATU in mode AUTO very often. After antenna configuration changes, erase the tuner memories on the affected bands, and tune at a few spots on the band. Then let the ATU choose from those settings by frequency, which it will do in mode MAN. 73 de Dick, K6KR On Nov 29, 2014, at 06:17, jsdroys...@nc.rr.com jsdroys...@nc.rr.com wrote: Our KAT500 (used with K3 and KPA500) seems to have forgotten its correct memories for the 20 m band or maybe developed new erroneous memories. It gives me 14 to 1 on autotune. If I set it on manual and do a tune it reads 1.2 to 1. So here is the question: if I do manual tunes every so many MHz across the band will those go into memory, or is the memory based only on autotunes? Also, any idea how this happened? THANKS! Julie KT4JR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to d...@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 tom...@videotron.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 question
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Re: [Elecraft] PC Internal Sound Card
Hi Bruce, The built in sound card will work but if you want any other sound devices available you will need another. Any of the Asus boards should do the trick. Just make sure it has a stereo input for use with lppan. As to USB to serial devices don't worry about them. They work as long as you get a decent quality one. You can also buy a used edge port USB to 8 serial device on eBay. Works well. Tom va2fsq.com On Nov 28, 2014 8:12 AM, Bruce Gab ockm...@verizon.net wrote: Just purchased a K3/100, awaiting delivery. Just installed 4 RS232 serial ports in my Dell Inspiron 660 PC for rig interfacing. Didn't want any issues that can arise with a USB-Serial port adaptors. I am looking to add an Internal Sound Card (in a PCIe slot) that is up to the task of doing the audio interface. I would also be looking to add LP-Pan pan-adaptor in the future, so I would want a soundcard that could accommodate that as well. Is there an Internal PC soundcard out there on the market that is up to the task? Any recommendations would be helpful. 73 de Bruce, N7TY White Plains, MD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] OT: Changes at WWV, WWVB
Hi interesting. It appears all Citizen atomic watches purchased recently use the newer protocol. Mine syncs every night even in a drawer and maintains the time to 1/4 of a second a day. How in the world does such a small antenna work at 60 kHz? On Nov 28, 2014 3:18 PM, Ken G Kopp kengk...@gmail.com wrote: I have a long-time close friend who's retired from the NBS in Boulder and was the project engineer on the NBS #7 cesium standard. After the recent reflector postings about WWV / WWVB I thought I would get first-hand recent information from him. The GPS satellites all carry on-board cesium standards that are synchronized with NTIS, and because of changes (below) to WWVB, cell phones remain the most accurate source of time for most of us. All the HF transmitters at Ft. Collins are the same TMC units that were put in service when the facility was built. The 2.5 and 20 MHz transmitters run at lower power due to propagation considerations. The time and other station-related voice info is sourced on site in Ft. Collins, and the various propagation and weather info comes from various dial in land-line sources. Hence the widely varying quality of these announcements. I forgot to ask about the individual who made the voice recordings ... Here's the most important info as of about a year ago the modulation scheme on WWVB (60 kHz) was changed (phase reversal each minute) and this has rendered most of the end-user equipment inoperative. Most (all ?) tracking receivers like the HP-117's are now useless without extensive modification. Most of the atomic clocks now in use -do not- synch to the current modulation scheme on the 60 kHz signal. This will explain the differences in displayed time on supposedly identical clocks and how some appear to not be getting sufficient enough signal to synchronize. He offered no comment on how to locate consumer clocks that -do- respond to the new modulation scheme. The 60 kHz transmitter is indeed an ex-LORAN C unit, and because of the higher power of the new transmitter the antenna system was rebuilt using material from the LORAN C site. The 20 kHz transmitter was home made by NBS staff at the old Beltsville, MD facility and moved to Ft. Collins. There is no longer an antenna for this transmitter and it will not return to the air. Trivia: The antenna was of such high-Q that a near-by thunderstorm system would often detune the system and cause the overload protection to trip the transmitter off. He suggests that a visit to the NBS website would be informative. 73 Ken Kopp - K0PP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] K3: Help! No output on 80m CW
Hi Antenna is correct, VOX on, checked cw weight. However, perhaps it's my Antenna. When I tune with 10w through my kpa500 all is well. Output is at around 300w. Voice is fine at 500w. However when I try to send some cw through the terminal program, the KAT500 goes crazy, has a fault, the kpa500 shows all red in swr and then stops transmitting. At that point even if I turn off the amp and clear the kat500 there is no power out. It sounds different than when I transmit on 160. There no clicking no issues. Even at 500 w same antenna. On Nov 28, 2014 9:23 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: On 11/28/2014 5:53 PM, tom...@videotron.ca wrote: Hi, I'm trying to make some QSO's in the contesdt and I am gettings 0 power output on CW. Works on 160m, 20m but nothing on 80. Any ideas? Which antenna is selected? 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] Split N/A in DATA A?
It never cease to amaze me how you learn something new about our radios everyday. I always used a sound card previously and always thought split was disabled in data a! Tom On Nov 12, 2014 9:30 PM, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com wrote: John said: Elecraft K3 remembers the MODE per VFO; when it says SPLIT N/A, it is because VFO A is in MODE=DATA, but VFO B is in some other MODE. To fix it: switch VFO_A/B, change MODE to DATA, switch VFO_A/B, then hold SPLIT. A much easier way to do it is hit A-B twice in succession, which copies all of A settings to B. Then simply hold A-B to go into split mode and tune the B VFO where you want it. 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 tom...@videotron.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] Win4K3Suite Feedback
Hi I use the microham all the time as my primary connectivity to my station as do a number of other people. Please contact me off list. 73's Tom On Oct 24, 2014 2:16 PM, W4CCS w4...@w4ccs.com wrote: I have NEVER got it to work correctly using MicroHam Router software.. I need to runt the router software to use my Keyer 2R+ and Station master. It runs for about two minutes and then crashes.. I would LOVE to get it going but have been unable to.. W4CCS -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gerald Manthey Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 10:14 AM To: Doug Ellmore Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Win4K3Suite Feedback Hello Doug I agree with you. I use Win4k3 as my rig control and HRD log and DM780. It is stable and works great. It is nice to have my complete K-Line monitored and controlled by Win4K3. Tom has done a super job on this software. The Terminal part of it is also easy to use and a nice feature. 73 Gerald KC6CNN On Oct 24, 2014 8:58 AM, Doug Ellmore d...@ellmore.net wrote: Last night I installed a new release of Win4K3 Suite (http://va2fsq.com/). I installed two separate setups. One interfacing a K3 (interfaced to a i7 16GB RAM Laptop running Win8.1 Pro) and the other a KX3 (interface to a AMD 64 with 4GB desktop running Win8.1). Both radios had the most recent Elecraft updates. An example desktop image is at my web site: http://ellmore.net/na1dx/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/desktop-na1dx-10-2 3-2014-example.jpg To support additional virtual com port management, I used the recommended release of com0com: http://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com/files/com0com/2.2.2.0/ On the desktop I have HRD Log and HRD Rotor, Win4K3 Suite, and NAP3 4.x running. For sometime I have been using with my K3 and KX3 with a number of software products for dxing and contesting: - Ham Radio Deluxe 6.x - dxing and log management - LPBridge - for virtual com ports - NAP3 v4.x - for Panadapter, with Spots displayed and conversational cw/psk/rtty - N1MM for contesting - CW Skimmer - for finding and work DX and Contest stations - FLDIGI - contest grade digital mode with N1mm - WinTelnetX (to handle multi dx clusters) Win4KSuite replaces HRD's radio controller and server HamRadioDeluxe application, so you can just run HRD's HRDLogbook application, which interfaced really well with Win4K3Suite. QSY from spots from HRD Log or the ClubLog spots from within Win4K3 Suite were quick. I was able to test the Win4K3 scope and NAP3 v4.x at the same time. I use an LP Pan interface in my K3 configuration. I use Steinberg UR22 USB 192kz external sound cards with ASIO drivers for both my K3 and KX3 home QTH configurations. When operating remote at the beach, etc., I usually just use the built in sound card of my laptop with my KX3. I really like the radio interface controls with the windows of Win4K3 Suite. You can have a big radio window or a smaller radio window with multiple tabs to access all the controls. The controls are intuitive and well laid out. Tom Blahovici is the creator. I have to give him a high five for the product at this point. I like the SDR features accessible via the software, but I also like radios with knobs! Tom's software and Elecraft give us good integration both. My next step is do start testing Win4K3 Suite this weekend with N1MM+. Over the next few weeks, I will get into testing with CW Skimmer, FLdigi and WinTelnet X. 73 de NA1DX Doug Ellmore d...@ellmore.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 kc6...@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 w4...@w4ccs.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 tom...@videotron.ca __ Elecraft mailing list Home
Re: [Elecraft] K3 picking up noise from monitor
It worked in my case. On Oct 15, 2014 1:25 PM, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com wrote: On Wed,10/15/2014 9:40 AM, Bill Wiehe via Elecraft wrote: This maybe a bit off topic but I recently discover, by accident, that my K3 been picking up noise from my computer monitor which can be seen on the P3-VGA as a 1-2 S unit uptick in background noise Study k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf and put common mode chokes on both cables connected to the monitor. I would start with 10 turns through a 2.4-in o.d. #31 toroid. It may or may not fix it. 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 tom...@videotron.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/MMTTY/Signalink Problem
Hi Paul, Although I do not use MMTTY , the fact that you have the lights and TX on the k3 working suggests that the ptt function (or VOX) is correct. The fact that all of the other software is working suggests that something related to the sound card settings in MMTTY is incorrect. Perhaps it has its own level controls or you have the wrong i/o settings. Can you receive correctly? Have you set the input on the k3 to the line in? Hope this helps. 73's Tom va2fsq.com On Oct 13, 2014 2:50 PM, paul ecker via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: I am having problems getting MMTTY to transmitproperly using K3 with a Signalink USB interface. Currently, when I go to TX in MMTTY, I get red TXlight on Signalink, a red TX light on K3, I hear diddles coming out of theSignalink rear monitor jack, and I seemovement on Vu meter in Windows sound playback tab. BUT I get no RF out on K3 RFmeter, no movement on K3 ALC meter and I am not hearing any diddles. - PC is Win 7 64 bit, i5 3.5ghz processor, 16gbof ram - My K3, Signalink, PC setup is working finewith DM780 PSK31, JT65HF, WSPR and WSJT-X. Would appreciate talking to someone who hasMMTTY running successfully using K3 witha Signalink USB to share setup information. Tnx 73 Paul __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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 Eqalizer settings - another way
H Yes that will work too as long as you run it stand alone. Injecting that command set during polling in a multithreaded app, needs careful checking to ensure that the right response occurs. Timing is a issue here. 73's Tom On Oct 2, 2014 11:44 AM, dl2ki dl...@online.de wrote: Hi, when working with the DS response string, i found an easier and faster method to read the values from the equalizer. If you select an AF-band in the RX/TX EQ menu, the set value appears briefly in the VFO-B display area. This value can be read out with the DB command then. The SWTxx; command and the DB; command must be carried out in quick succession. In the 'Elecraft K3 utility, you can for example run a macroSWT34; DB; and then receive the related response string. This note for general information. 73, Wolfgang DL2KI -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Eqalizer-settings-tp7593506p7593551.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at 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 tom...@videotron.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 Eqalizer settings
Hi It is not possible to do a get for the read equalizer directly. However you can iterate through the IC command to determine the value. From the manual; The menu parameters for MAIN:RX EQ / TX EQ consist of 8 “mini bar-graphs” with 5 possible “levels.” These show up as the following characters in the DS response string (level 1 through 5): ‘_’, ‘=’, ‘’, ‘]’, and ‘^’. To see how these should appear in a graphical application, go into RX EQ and vary one of the EQ bands over its full range. In general you should not poll for this. It is better to reset the equalizer and then manage the settings and state in your program. 73s Tom va2fsq.com On Oct 1, 2014 5:36 AM, dl2ki dl...@online.de wrote: Hi, a short question: How it is possible to GET the equalizer setting of k3. I experiment with the WA5ZNU Python K3lib and would like to add this new function. thanks 73, Wolfgang DL2KI -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Eqalizer-settings-tp7593506.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at 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 tom...@videotron.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 Eqalizer settings
Hi good. Just to set the record straight it's DS not IC. my phone keeps getting the wrong text predictions! Tom va2fsq.com On Oct 1, 2014 12:11 PM, dl2ki dl...@online.de wrote: Hi Tom, that's the idea I was looking for! Thanks, with this solution, I'll continue. 73, Wolfgang DL2KI -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Eqalizer-settings-tp7593506p7593511.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at 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 tom...@videotron.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] P3: marker frequency off carrier?
Hi I noticed today that with the radio tuned to a frequency and the marker from the p3 right on that frequency, the carrier appears shifted by around 50 Hz. I. E. The peak is 50 Hz lower. Is this just a resolution issue of the p3 or something else? Thanks, Tom __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3: Is this a serious error in KX3 Firmware affecting the IQ output?
Hi If this is the case is there any way to determine exactly where or when this happens? Does it happen as I described? Can one use the BW command to actually compensate? Does it occur in USB only? Thanks for any insight. 73's Tom On Sep 22, 2014 7:25 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Tom, I don't know the answer, but what I can inject is the fact that the KX3 shifts to Weaver demodulation at some point, it may be at 1.7 kHz. That would affect the signal peaks without substantially changing the sound of the signal on the KX3. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/22/2014 7:13 PM, tom...@videotron.ca wrote: Hello,I received reports recently about the signal peaks that are seen in software based panadapters appear to shift by approximately 1.25kHz when the bandwidth control is changed from 1.8 to 1.7. in USB mode on the K3 At 1.8 the IS command returns 1500 in USB and the BW command returns BW0180 AT 1.7 the IS command returns 1500 in USB and the BW command returns BW0170 which is normal behavior. I have investigated this and it indeed happens when the bandwidth is changed from 1.8 to 1.7 The sound of the signal nor the tuning of the radio is changed. However, a QSY to the original peak will detune the signal. This has been confirmed in Win4K3Suite, NAP3 and HDSDR. Can someone check this please on the PX3? This is on the latest firmware of 2.19 Thanks, Tom va2fsq __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] KX3: Is this a serious error in KX3 Firmware affecting the IQ output?
Hi Don, Thanks for the info. I wish this was documented somewhere or perhaps I missed it. But it seems that so did all the other software developers making pan adopters for the kx3. Perhaps someone from Elecraft could explain this and at exactly what point it occurs? Thanks again. On Sep 22, 2014 8:57 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Tom, There is another thing to consider, and that is whether the operator is using Shift and Width to control the bandwidth or whether he is using HiCut and LoCut. If using Shift and Width, the center frequency would remain the same as the Width is changed. In HiCut/LoCut the center frequency will change with those settings. The use of HiCut/LoCut for SSB is easier than trying to use Shift/Width because not too much can be cut from the low end if signal intelligibility is to be maintained, yet the high frequency end can be cut substantially and still maintain intelligibility (even though much of the individual voice characteristics will disappear. There does need to be some content in the 400 to 500 Hz part of the audio spectrum for the voice to be intelligible. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/22/2014 7:50 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: Hi If this is the case is there any way to determine exactly where or when this happens? Does it happen as I described? Can one use the BW command to actually compensate? Does it occur in USB only? Thanks for any insight. 73's Tom On Sep 22, 2014 7:25 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Tom, I don't know the answer, but what I can inject is the fact that the KX3 shifts to Weaver demodulation at some point, it may be at 1.7 kHz. That would affect the signal peaks without substantially changing the sound of the signal on the KX3. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/22/2014 7:13 PM, tom...@videotron.ca wrote: Hello,I received reports recently about the signal peaks that are seen in software based panadapters appear to shift by approximately 1.25kHz when the bandwidth control is changed from 1.8 to 1.7. in USB mode on the K3 At 1.8 the IS command returns 1500 in USB and the BW command returns BW0180 AT 1.7 the IS command returns 1500 in USB and the BW command returns BW0170 which is normal behavior. I have investigated this and it indeed happens when the bandwidth is changed from 1.8 to 1.7 The sound of the signal nor the tuning of the radio is changed. However, a QSY to the original peak will detune the signal. This has been confirmed in Win4K3Suite, NAP3 and HDSDR. Can someone check this please on the PX3? This is on the latest firmware of 2.19 Thanks, Tom va2fsq __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] remote with P3
Hi What you wish can be done with Win4k3suite. It has the ability to allow third party apps to connect to it. It also allows the use of a Web cam or hardware video capture port and have full control of the p3. This can be installed on the remote machine and then you can use Team viewer to control it remotely. There are many clients for Team viewer. You can even use your phone if you wish. va2fsq.com 73's Tom On Sep 21, 2014 1:27 PM, Jim via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: I have 2 K3-100 operating FB remote with Remote Rig boxes now. I want to add M2 RS232 rotor control, Steppir, P3, And Microham Microkeyer II. Any help on how to hook up, Y cables, ports, speeds, setup etc. Jim K5AUP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] Test
Test __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3/0
Hi, I understand that the K3/0 will provide 100% complete emulation of a K3 remotely. Therefore, all commands that can be used at a K3 directly, will be usable at the K3/0. I would like to communicate off list, with owners of the K3/0, who are willing to provide me with some information of it’s operation. Please email me directly. 73’s Tom va2fsq.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] P3SVGA
Ok, now I am going to be the “squeaky wheel”. I am the author of Win4K3Suite. With a customer base of a few hundred users (not one or two users) I have numerous times reported bugs and deficiencies in the Elecraft API through the elecraft support channels as well as directly to Wayne and have never had the decency of getting a reply. Support replies and tells me “It was forwarded to Wayne Not even “we are aware and this is in a future release”. This has been very frustrating and my response to my customers has been “I told them about it and haven’t heard anything”. For a company that provides such a comprehensive API and support, to totally ignore comments from people who use their API as extensively as I do, is very unprofessional and very frustrating. The only time, I have had a resolution to an issue is when a well know person from Microham, reported the issue in a much more, how can I say, forward way that I do, and it was resolved within a month. The fact is that Elecraft has an API and encourages developers to develop products. But somehow, it seems to me if the products do not match their “vision” on what the radio should be they are ignored. That has been the case for me. Here is something important: I have about 20 users that bought the radio because of my software. It hides the complexities and makes it very easy to use. Is this against the Elecraft wishes for their radio? I have to think so since I have 4 times requested to have my software listed on the Elecraft Website, under third party software and even Eric asked me to send a blurb but I never got a response at all. 4 times over 1 and 1/2 years. So, unless many users ask for something on the forum, the priority is low. If a developer who has a few hundred users asks for something in a nice way, several times, it’s ignored. So is this the future of Elecrafts third party support? Does my name have to be J** to get something done? This is extremely frustrating, and I have a couple of hundred people that want a few things to be done but all I can tell them “I asked but never heard ANYTHING”. So, maybe it’s time to be a “squeaky wheel” like now. Tom Blahovici VA2FSQ Win4K3Suite. On Aug 14, 2014, at 8:08 PM, Sam Morgan k5oai@gmail.com wrote: my previous reply was the short answer, here is the long answer: reference: http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg171471.html to quote Wayne from 7/10/2014 7:55 PM quote Hi all, Our firmware task lists are sorted by priority. Determination of Priority is democratic to some degree (Squeaky Wheel and other industry standard methodologies). But in practice it involves crystal-ball-gazing, head-counting, arm-wrestling-over-a-beer, and a healthy dose of what-we-have-time-for. It is not practical for us to publish the lists. They change daily and contain a lot of firmware-speak. We'd rather spend time actually making changes than on sanitizing lists for public consumption. This is also the reason that we can't make announcements of the form We will not ever get to feature X. (Imagine trying to do that with your personal Home Repair task list. Would your spouse let you unilaterally decide to remove some of them?) We'd rather be optimistic about it, since you never know when one of our overworked engineers is going to get some unexpected free time. The most useful guidance I can give you is this. If only one or two users are affected by a particular change, it is less likely to be implemented in the near future. If nearly all users are affected, it darn well better be fixed instantly. Everything else is in a sort of gray zone (see Determination of Priority, above). I take responsibility for any muttered oaths against Elecraft pertaining to implementation delays. If it's any comfort: I read all the mail and lose sleep over things we can't get to. All I can say is that we try to make the best decisions we can, given engineering time available. 73, Wayne N6KR /quote On 8/14/2014 4:55 PM, Sam Morgan wrote: I doesn't have anything to do with one of their new products, so there is no reason to waste electrons asking or commenting. They will get around to it when and if they ever decide to, or are allowed to, work on something P3 or K3 related, and no amount of asking will change that. Sam On 8/14/2014 4:35 PM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote: I must be the only one that has bought a P3 with the SVGA board. If no one else is interested in the NB like the P3 normal display. Keith -- GB 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom
Re: [Elecraft] Copying Configurations
Hi Win4K3Suite starting in version 1.62 has the ability to export and load most menu settings to a file as well as the current operating parameters. It does not transfer any serial number related settings. You can see an example at http://va2fsq.com/?page_id=612 about 1/2 way down the page. The export allows you to export the current settings of the menu commands you see as well as the current state of the K3 or KX3. Memory frequency files are separate as are macros. Of coarse with enough demand this can be enhanced . 73’s Tom va2fsq.com On Jul 29, 2014, at 2:16 PM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM cx6vm.jo...@gmail.com wrote: Will be good to have a set of parameters of personal configurations that don´t affect calibrations or something else and can be copied from one to another K3 I think that could be done with some parameters, right? 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W K3 #4077 #7929 -Mensaje original- De: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] En nombre de Vic, K2VCO Enviado el: martes, 29 de julio de 2014 12:49 p.m. Para: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Asunto: Re: [Elecraft] Copying Configurations It would cause problems because some calibration parameters individual to each radio would be copied. So don't try to trick it into letting you do it! On 7/29/14 8:31 AM, K5HM wrote: Is it possible to copy the config from one K3 to another? The utility will not allow it if the S/N are different. Is there a way to bypass that? Will it cause any problems with the target radio? 73, Ron, K5HM k5hm@gmail.com www.qrz.com/db/k5hm -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 cx6vm.jo...@gmail.com --- Este mensaje no contiene virus ni malware porque la protección de avast! Antivirus está activa. http://www.avast.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 tom...@videotron.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 to push PF1 or P2 Twice to get Macro to fully work.
Hi, The BW commands are incorrect. They should be in 10Hz increments. Thus for SSB you would want BW0210; not BW02100; Could be the reason. 73’s Tom va2fsq.com On Jul 20, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Randy Diddel k5...@arrl.net wrote: Good afternoon, I finally had some time to sit down with the Fred Cady Manual and the Elecraft Programmer's guide. I operate mainly PSK/JT65 and phone and having the ability to quickly change over to phone if there is rare DX (for instance) would be nice to have. So I broke out the programmers guide and worked up the following: PF1 switches the radio to Data-A, Filter 4k, Mic gain to 20, power change 15W, etc. The PF1 string is as follows: MG020;BW04000;AG005;MD6;DT0;PC015 PF2 switches to SSB: MG020;BW02100;MD2;PC100 (Yes, I do own a KXPA100) I have sucessfully assigned the macros to each PF. The problem is that I push and hold either PF on the KX3 and it seems to execute part of the macro but not all. To get it to fully complete, I have to press the same PF key again and then all settings are correct. So my question is, is this a bug, feature, or user error? Thanks and 73 K5RHD /randy BTW, I am still looking for a buyer for my K3 bundle-see post earlier this week. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 tom...@videotron.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] Serial Port Question...
Dave sent me a log of the serial port activity from MixW, showing the steady state and the situation when he is tuning using the software and the K3. The steady state polling form MixW to the K3 consists of the commands: IF; and FB; So basically it is polling the radio for the transceiver information (IF) which includes info such as the VFO A frequency and other items and for the frequency of VFO B (FB;). It continues to do this indefinitely. However, when the frequency is changed in the software, then the programs issues the following command each time the frequency is changed: FR0; FT0; FA00021014700 and then it continues to send these commands for as long as the frequency is requested to change. In the example I was sent, dave changed the frequency from 21014700 until 21009100. During this time, 150 commands were issued to the K3 over a period of 5 seconds. When this was complete, it took an additional three seconds before a response was returned to a subsequent IF; command. So, what does this indicate: First of all during the time that the frequency was being changed, no commands occurred to read the current frequency of the radio. That in itself may not necessarily be bad IF the program updates the VFO display in the program each time. Of course at the end of the update, if the radio did not keep up, the final frequency will change as soon as the new IF; command arrives. Now, since it took a full 3 seconds after the sequence of frequency changes, it is pretty clear that the command rate of 100ms is too short. The program had to wait for all 150 commands to complete before it could get it’s updated frequency. So, first thing is to increase the command rate in MixW to something higher. experimentation might be required. Ultimately though, if the display is not updated with the frequency during the changes, it might seem that the software can not keep up. Second, I would look in the setup of MixW and see if there is an option to enable the AI1 command (AUTOINF). If not, the software may actually respond to it, but it should be documented. You can try to set CONFIG:AUTOINF = AUTO 1 in the tech mode entries but this can have consequences for software than does not support this. The bottom line is you are polling too quick, but if the software does not update the display during the frequency updates you are out of luck. No need to look at HRD, it “works”. Hope this helps. Tom va2fsq.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: Very distorted audio on transmit but only on 20m and only with the KPA500 on
Hi, It was some time ago I read that article. I bought about 40 of the big ferrites and I have made one of the chokes near the antenna feed point. I guess another is needed in the shack entry. I used to have them ine th shack just before the equipment but I guess a better place is right outside. It was too much of a pain in the shack. Will try this out tomorrow. 73’s On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:09 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Yes, that condition *does* sound like RF-in-the-Shack - on only some bands and only at higher powers is the clue to that conclusion. Refer to the RFI document by K9YC (http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf) and construct the common mode current chokes that he details. One should be at the antenna feedpoint, and possibly another may be required at the shack entry point (on all feedlines). You may get by putting clamp-on ferrites on your mic cable, but the best solution is to keep the RF out of the shack with the addition of effective common mode chokes in your antenna system. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/11/2014 4:39 PM, tom...@videotron.ca wrote: Ok, So my audio is quite distorted as I can hear in my headphones with the monitor. But this only happens on 20m and only with the KPA500 in operate. Sound like RF? or is something else going on? Thanks __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Relationship between FI; IS: and BW and it's use with pan adapters with the K3?
HI, Just a question concerning the relationship between FI (IF Offset), IS (IF shift) and BW bandwidth and their use with pan adapters. If I connect a fixed tune SDR with no offset to the IF output of the K3 then I can get the IF offset of the signal using the FI command. Thus if I look at a spectrum of say +- 96 kHz, the centre point will represent the frequency that the radio is tuned at, and the carrier of the actual signal as shown on the spectrum will be offset from this frequency by the value of FI, correct? Ok, so lets say the FI offset is 6500, the IS Shift is 1500 and the bandwidth is 3000 then I should see a audio passband starting at 6500 , and finishing at 3500 in the case of USB. If I change the IS Shift to 2000, then the passband starts at 6000, and finishes at 3000. So in general for USB signals you could write an equation LowFreqPassbandStart = FI -IS -0.5*BW and the HighFreqPassbandend = FI - IS +0.5*BW (assuming of course that the FI offset is negative) Does this make sense? I think i’ve had my head in to much code lately and tried a few hardware pan adapters and started losing track of things, lol Just need a reality check. Thanks, Tom __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] PC laptop for K3/KX3 digital modes
Lots of good advice here. Win7 is a good choice if you can get it on new laptops. It’s not always available anymore and Win8 is a PIA. One thing I didn’t see mentioned and it probably a good indication of adequate performance is to get a laptop with Wireless N capability. These days, some lower end laptops still do not come with this. Spend a little more and you won’t regret it. For example the used IBM’s Don mentions theres some at $250 and some at 295. The ones at 295 have wireless N networking adapters. va2fsq On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:03 AM, Rick Bates happymooseph...@gmail.com wrote: I would NOT suggest using XP anymore. Software companies will no longer offer their support when Microsoft drops it next April (2014). If the software of your choice works, you win. If it doesn't, you're on your own. Win7 is stable, usable and is supported. It is also fairly familiar (except some folders are in different places per Microsoft [apparent] upgrade policy). And after a couple days exposure to Win8 - the interface SUX! It's the new Vista. Avoid it like the plague until they fix it. Nothing is where it should be. 73, Rick wa6nhc -Original Message- From: k3...@comcast.net I would look for one that is running Windows XP or Windows7. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Question about filters in USB as shown on a P3
Thanks Don…, I guess the upcoming snowy months up here are a perfect time to study for my advanced license. I’ve got to do something! 73’s On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Tom, The P3 is showing you the IF bandwidth of the signal before any filtering, but the K3 or KX3 is indicating the audio bandwidth (after filtering and demodulation. With AM, the IF bandwidth is double the AF bandwidth. A bit of study into AM modulation may be helpful. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/5/2013 10:37 PM, Tom wrote: Just when I thought I had it all together I had this observation: For am, the bandwidth as shown on the k3 or kx3 says 3 with a shift of 1.5. However when you look at the p3 the band is clearly centered on the carrier but the band you see is 6khz wide. Shouldn't the bandwidth be shown as 6khz with a center frequency of 0?? Does anyone. Have a an explanation? 73s Tom __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Serial Connection for K2
Hi, I see ebay has some 8 port Edgeports for $50. I’m looking to cut down on computer generate noise in my shack. Currently I have 6 or 7 usb to serial adapters. I reduced noise quite a bit as shown on the P3 using some ferrite cores but the whole mess is now quite a sore sight. Not only that you need longer cables to wrap through those cores. So here’s a few questions: is it better to run one high quality USB cable to a device such as an edge port and then run serial cables from there or have many usb to serial converters and extensions? Anyone have a source for properly shielded USB cables? Thanks On Nov 5, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Tom, Use a USB to serial adapter with an FTDI chipset - the Prolific chipset does not like to run at the slower rate required by the K2. I have also had success with a Keyspan adapter. If you want to go 'first class', use an Edgeport USB to serial converter - I have a 4 port model that works flawlessly. Note that this is usually referred to as a 'converter' rather than an 'adapter' - it is often used in commercial environments and is quite robust - those termed 'adapter' are usually intended for the consumer market, and the relative price indicates that fact. When I bought mine, they were selling on Ebay for a very low price, someone had a big pile of used ones that he was selling off. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/5/2013 8:08 PM, Tom Field wrote: I just completed the KPA100 and KIO2 mods for my K2. I have a new Dell desktop running Windows 8. I don't have a serial port on the machine. What is the recommended conversion from serial to USB? Tom F. KI6NRD Elecraft K2 #7432 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
[Elecraft] Win4 KX3
Hi, Due to numerous requests for a Win4K3Suite for the Elecraft KX3 and some independent testing that looks very encouraging, I have decided to provide Win4K3 for the KX3. All of the features of Win4K3Suite will be there with the exception of no P3 interface. It will support the KPA500 if you wish, as well as the KAT500. of course it will support full remote operation as well. I will need to purchase a KX3. So I have a few questions for the group. Are there any options that would need to be available which if not, could influence development work? I plan on just the basic radio. I have no need for the tuner since Win4K3Suite already supports it and the code is transportable. Same thing for the filters etc. Is there anything I am missing? I will probably sell the KX3 after the release. Thanks for your input. Tom va2fsq.com Watch the video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Api2nomzg3U __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] New versions of Win4K3Suite
Hello, There are two new version for Win4K3Suite in the works. Please take a look at http://va2fsq.com/?page_id=612 I am looking for additional suggestions, especially for the upcoming Advanced edition. Thanks, Tom va2fsq.com Check the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Api2nomzg3U __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
