[Elecraft] K3 Feature Request
It would be wonderful if there were a CONFIG option to have CWT SPOT zero beat using RIT instead of VFO A. This would be very useful during contests when CQing. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] P3 Enhancement Request
In Tracking Mode, there is a line extending from VFO A cursor to top of screen. For Fix Track Mode, it would be very nice to have same line extending from VFO A cursor (wherever it is) to top of screen. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Non Amplified D104
At 04:05 PM 28 04 2009, -.-. --.-N3TU -.-. --.- wrote: Anyone ever use the non amplified D104 mic? At 04:14 PM 28 04 2009, Jim Brown, K9YC wrote: But it should work fine with the K3. Plug it in and get some signal reports from a trained listener, then tweak the TX equalizer if it needs it. I suspect that it won't need much tweaking. I use a forty-year old non-amplified D-104 with my K3. Works find. Indeed, I had K9YC check my audio. After a bit of fiddling, Jim recommended no TX equalization for me. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] EQP Where's the Buzz?
The Elecraft QSO Party is coming up this Saturday, 14 March. http://www.elecraft.com/ Click on EQP 2009 on the left. Where's the Buzz? Let's get on for this one. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3: Configuring N1MM to send CW
At 08:43 AM 16 02 2009, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: To key cw you will need some type of keying circuitry. You CAN key the K3 using RS-232 command without a keying interface. See page 18 of the manual. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Silly question - what is KEY OUT?
At 10:28 AM 22 01 2009, Darwin, Keith, NA1S wrote: OK, so how closely will it follow the keying if I'm in QSK mode? Pretty close, I assume. I think you and the other responders are missing a key point. As I understand it, in QSK mode, when you close the K3 Key In, the Key Out closes and then something like 8 milliseconds later the K3 starts transmitting. When you open K3 Key In, the K3 keeps transmitting for 8 milliseconds to make up for the 8 milliseconds lost at key closure, and then Key Out stays closed for another 8 milliseconds before opening. The 8 millisecond pad on each end is to make sure that your amplifier switches both on and off without RF present. So to answer your code practice oscillator question. No. The code practice oscillator will be on something like 16 milliseconds longer than your key closure. You might or might not hear the extra 16 milliseconds. I think that the 8 milliseconds, or whatever it is, is menu adjustable, but I have just accepted the default. It keys my AL-1200 bias and an external vacuum-relay TR switch perfectly for full QSK at 40 WPM which is as fast as I ever go. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] [K3} fatiguing auido, high noise environment
Try playing with RX-EQ. In my case, I set PITCH to 800 Hz and RX-EQ 800 Hz to +16 db. All other RX-EQ bands are set to -16 dB. For me this makes listening much less fatiguing. Be aware that if you narrow the DSP to something like 100 Hz, then this scheme won't work for reasons someone else can explain. I never go narrower than 200 Hz and am delighted with the results. Good luck. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Six-meter Antenna Tuner
Thank you to all who responded, both on and off list, to my request. First thing I'll try is my two commercial tuners with roller inductors. As suggested, they just might work. If not, I have found link-coupled designs in Bill Orr's 1967 Radio Handbook and the 1949 ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook (cover price $2.00!) that should be easy to scale to six meters. Thanks everyone. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Six-meter Antenna Tuner
Since it is part of the K3 package, I would like to try six meters. My one and only antenna is an eighty-meter dipole 46 feet above ground fed with poly ladder-line. I'm looking for suggestions for a 100-watt coupler that will tune a balanced-feedline antenna at 50 MHz. I do not have the K3 ATU and am looking for something considerably less expensive. All ideas are welcome, but please don't suggest some other antenna. My antenna is what it is. Because of town esthetics and very harsh winter weather I'm lucky to have the antenna at all. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 Key Out
The K3's Key Out is rated for +200V at 5 Amps. Inside the K3, is Key Out a relay or solid state? 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] RTTY filter for K3
At 01:14 AM 18 05 2008, Axel Kaiser, DL3ZH wrote: This I can confirm also with my current OMNI VI+ which does not allow me to copy RTTY signals with a 250 Hz filter . Lieber Axel, I use the 250 Hz all the time with my Omni VI+. Great performance: good copy and little interference. Perhaps PBT needs tweaking. I use the waterfall display and adjust PBT to center passband on the two RTTY tones. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
