[Elecraft] [K1] was Happy 15th Birthday to my K2!
Petr, I agree, the K1 is also a great lttle rig! I built mine after very invasive shoulder surgery many years ago. Since I was in quite a bit of pain, on Vicodin around the clock--and forbidden from lifting heavy weights--I thought it would be a fun experiment to see if I could build a fully-optioned K1 while my faculties were so dimmed. I cheated a little, using toroids wound by TheToroidGuy. Success! And it still works FB. After seeing Heathkit HW-8s go for $1K+ on Ebay in the past, it is no surprise that K1s, KX1s, and eventually K2s can fetch big money. They're all fine performing radios to this day (not the HW-8). - Big congrats and I wish you many another DX and enjoyable QSOs with your K2. My K2 #4800 is working like champ, and it is hard to beat. Just my K1 can outperform K2 regarding the noise figure, hi. I hope that K2 will be still available and I really miss the K1 in the offer. The popularity of K1 is evidenced by the huge price it still commands if a piece appears at auction or for sale somewhere. Best regards, 73 - Petr, OK1RP - 73, Eric NF6S ex WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Happy 15th Birthday to my K2!
Completed 15 years ago TODAY! The most fun building experience of my life, and still a great radio. Special thanks to Don, W3FPR, who shepherded me home. 73, Eric NF6S ex WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] H40WA needs urgent help with K3
Thank you, Wayne! 73, Eric NF6S ex WD6DBM  On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 6:14 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi Eric, Our CS team responded to this at 1651 PST. Rob provided details on how to reload firmware when "MCU LD" is flashing. Nothing heard after that. The 0555 error code pertains to the sub RX DSP, if that helps. It's after CS hours now, but I'll check my direct email periodically. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] H40WA needs urgent help with K3
See forwarded message 73, Eric NF6S ex WD6DBM  - Forwarded Message - From: "Paul N6PSE via Chat" To: "NCDXC Discussion List" Cc: Sent: Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 4:08 PM Subject: [NCDXC Chat] Urgent K3 help needed Hi guys. One of our H40WA K3 has gone into a wonky state. We got repeated ERR 0555 and DSC error messages. We updated the firmware Firmware updated says K3 Bootstrap loader did not echo “D” remove power and try firmware load. I removed power and sent all firmware to K3. K3 now is in a state where the display is dark and shows MCU LD and the TX led is blinking Removing power does not get it out of this state. Need expert advise asap, Thanks Paul N6PSE___ Chat mailing list c...@ncdxc.org http://mail.ncdxc.org/mailman/listinfo/chat_ncdxc.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] In Praise of the KAT500
I love chasing DXpeditions. For E51D, N. Cook, due to a minor injury, I found myself "trapped" in my evil lair in far Northern California near Lake Almanor, CN90. Stranded with only a K3S, KPA500, and KAT500-- I could only put up a 15m inverted V on an MFJ mast at 15ft, and a high-power Hamstick on 40m at 8ft. Two pathetic radials. Fortunately for me, these were up before my unplanned dive onto cement. My temporary QTH is down in a bowl, surrounded by high trees. Mt. Lassen is a mere 18 miles away by pyroclastic flow, smack-dab between me and Japan. The Hamstick is designed for SSB, obviously, and I did not not get an an answer from MFJ as to how much power it could take on CW. As time in the pileup went on, the PWR knob crept clockwise. Never have I been so happy to have a dx op running at 40wpm! To my astonishment, the KAT500 loaded up the little V on 10, 12, 17, and 20m to an SWR around 1.5, and the 40m Hamstck on 30m below 2. UNBELIEVEABLE. No salted snow in sight! Thanks to the great ears of the E51D CW ops, low local noise, plenty of time on my hands, and the SUPERB KAT500, I worked them on 10-40M CW, and had a blast doing it. Thank you, Elecraft! 73, Eric NF6S ex WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Want to build a K2
Yes, the KXPA100 works FB with a K2/10, and gives you the built-in 100w ATU if installed. You can also then hook up a larger amp on the other side of the KXPA100 as well. No brag, just fact. I urge anyone thinking of building a K2 to get off the fence and order one now. The K2 is a blast to build, and when you're done, you have a fine, elegant, simple radio to enjoy The writing is on the wall--supply chain problems and parts unavailability will eventually kill the K2, and it will join the K1 and KX1 in legend. These days, I operate my K2 as much as my K4! One final thought that never occured to me before it happened--you may not be physically capable of building a K2 for all of your ham life I'm glad I built every Elecraft kit ever offered--the best kits and best support--what are YOU waiting for? 73, Eric NF6S ex WD6DBM, ex WN6RVG  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Power glitch turns on KPA1500
I was just monitoring 6m with my K4 on, KPA1500 off. The AC power dropped out for one second, then came back on. The K4 turned off, but is apparently undamaged. However, when the power came back on, the KPA1500 turned itself on. This is disturbing, as I keep dust covers on the amp when not in use. I'm not sure what would have happened if I hadn't been around, and and the PS would have been starved of air. WOL is set to ON, but my WiFi access point has a built-in battery backup, so I doubt that it glitched. Amp and K4 are hard-wired to the router through a switch. I'm running the latest beta fw, 2.62 I think. I don't want this to happen again, but I don't want to have to turn off the white switch at the back of the power supply every time I leave the house, either. Laptop was on, but FANticipator was not running. Thoughts? 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Tuning KAT4 into KPA1500?
My K4 shows about a 1.8 SWR while operating into the KPA1500 on 6m. My 6m antenna has a flat SWR, 1.09. But when I activate a K4 TUNE, with the ATU engaged, the KPA1500 stops TX. There is nothing in the K4 online manual about forcing a tune while the amp is running. Is there a way to do this, or alter the K4's atu settings manually? I'd like to keep the K4 as cool and happy as possible. 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 BETA FW 2.66
Elecraft has released KPA1500 BETA FW 2.66, which fixes the problem with 2.62 not working with FANticipator! Woohoo! I just started testing, will post any updates. 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Tightening K2/100 PA device screws
Thank you again, Don, for these crystal-clear instructions! I got it done, even with shaky hands and numb fingertips. One final question, I use this K2/100 only for CW--which fan setting is best for long PA life? OFF, HI/LO, or ON? Thanks again! 73, Eric WD6DBM  On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 8:08 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Eric, You will need a #1 Phillips screwdriver. Remove the 2 black screws just to the rear of the front panel, Then the 2 screws on the upper part of the rear panel. There is one screw on each side panel near the top center. Now you should be able to remove the KPA100 from the base K2. Place it "upside down" on a box or book(s) placed just to the right of the base4 K2 (it should be about 1/2 the height of the K2). If you are careful, you can do it without removing the cables. You will need to remove the screws holding the KPA100 shield. Slide the shield out from under the soldering lug located near the ANT jack. There are 4 screws holding the PA transistors - you should be able to snug them down about 1/8 of a turn - do not "beef" them down, just make them snug. Reinstall the shield, and put the KPA100 back on the K2 - Make sure all 3 of the cables are still seated properly. Put the 6 black screws back in and you should be good to go. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/27/2022 7:14 AM, eric norris via Elecraft wrote: > Dear K2 Wizards: > I bought a K2 from a friend's (WA6OCP, SK) estate, and had a 100w lid built > into it by Dave, W8FGU) who also gave it a full checkout and realignment. > I've now got well over 10 hours of TX time on it, and according to the manual > the PA screws need to be tightened. > My problem is I can't tell from the manual exactly which screws to remove so > I can pry the heat sink up. I've lost my fine motor control in my hands, so > this is going to be a bit more of an adventure than it would've been 10 years > ago. I'd also appreciate advice on which tool I'll need to tighten away > (1/4" nut driver?) and just how much to tighten. I suspect it's the same > snugness I used on my own K2/10 back when dirt was new? > With SKN coming up quickly, I'm hoping to put this K2, and the HW-16 given to > me by my Elmer, W5NYT (SK) on the air as my tribute to them. > Thanks for any advice! > > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KAT500 positioning
Is there any reason a KAT500 can't be operated on it's side? Is one side better than the other? There is nothing in the manual about this. Thanks and 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Tightening K2/100 PA device screws
Dear K2 Wizards: I bought a K2 from a friend's (WA6OCP, SK) estate, and had a 100w lid built into it by Dave, W8FGU) who also gave it a full checkout and realignment. I've now got well over 10 hours of TX time on it, and according to the manual the PA screws need to be tightened. My problem is I can't tell from the manual exactly which screws to remove so I can pry the heat sink up. I've lost my fine motor control in my hands, so this is going to be a bit more of an adventure than it would've been 10 years ago. I'd also appreciate advice on which tool I'll need to tighten away (1/4" nut driver?) and just how much to tighten. I suspect it's the same snugness I used on my own K2/10 back when dirt was new? With SKN coming up quickly, I'm hoping to put this K2, and the HW-16 given to me by my Elmer, W5NYT (SK) on the air as my tribute to them. Thanks for any advice! 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] 1500w K2/10?
The KXPA100 MANUAL SHOWS THE ability to use a Y rca keyline cable, one end going to a kxpa100, the other going to an external amp, in my case a kpa1500. Will this work? Caveats? 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] RFE KPA1500 Fan Protocol
Yes, FANticipator works great, but my point is if Elecraft would allow us to use the 6m fan profile on HF, we wouldn't have to turn on our intrusive computers at all to communicate in the sublime world of QRO CW. 73, Eric WD6DBM  On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 10:23 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: I have used FANticipator for quite a while and I don't find fan noise and issue. Actually, my supply is too quiet, I oftentimes will forget to turn the amp off. Ha! Don't ask me my settings I sat and forget several years ago. Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of eric norris via Elecraft Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2022 7:49 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RFE KPA1500 Fan Protocol My apologies to Larry for my error. He is of course correct about FANticipator's connections, he wrote the software and does a great job supporting it. For free. FANticipator keeps more than 100 KPA1500s cooler and quieter, if the numbers on Larry's dist list are mostly FANticipator users like me. Interestingly, people have contacted me with the drastic measures they have taken to quiet their KPA1500s, but none have gone on record supporting my swtchable fan profile suggestion. Therefore, given Elecraft''s huge workload these days, it will most likely never make "The List." 73, Eric WD6DBM...Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:40:18 + From: "Larry (K8UT)" To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RFE KPA1500 FAN PROFILE Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >external solution FANticipator ... but this requires a computer with wifi FANticipator does not require WiFi, merely a computer on the LAN - ethernet or WiFi. The only additional connection is ethernet to the KPA1500. https://hamprojects.info/fanticipator-kpa1500-console-and-fan-controller/ -larry (K8UT) -- Original Message -- From: "eric norris via Elecraft" To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: 8/28/2022 7:20:08 AM Subject: [Elecraft] RFE KPA1500 FAN PROFILE >May I suggest adding a command that allows users to select the more aggressive >6m fan profile on the KPA1500 for HF use? Call it, for example, FP6; to >revert back to the normal HF profile, say FPD. These could then be loaded >into FP1 and FP2--We could select the best profile for the current op. 6m ops >are unaffected. >Digital users would find a cooler running amp for RTTY and FT8, for example, >as well as slow-speed CW ops and K4 users pushing the fabulous CESSB feature, >which does create a hotter running KPA. >My experiments show that just running the fans at FAN1 or FAN2 do not >create sufficient airflow as the amp heats up. Running at FAN3 keeps things >cool, but can create large swings in neatsink temps during rx periods.. It >also irritates the XYL, and makes copy more difficult, even with Radiosport, >Heil, or Bose QC-35 noise-cancelling heatsets Likewise, experimenting with FAN >DWELL did not solve the issue. >There is an external solution, FANticipator, but this requires a computer with >wifi, and a LAN connection to the KPA1500--more stuff that needs to work and >be turned on. FANticipator does very effectively lower PA temps AND fan >noise. I think the FP6 command will also help with noise and temps. >The advantage of implementing my suggestion is that it does not affect >KPA1500 owners who are happy with the current HF fan profile, but can help >those of us with low noise tolerance, tinnitus, or who just want a cooler >KPA1500, and does it without an external Pc. >Finally, it could be a marketing tool, since ICOM appears to be touting the >PW2 as a quiet. amp. >I would be happy to beta test this, if offered, and come back with some >real numbers Thanks for your consideration. > >73, Eric WD6DBM > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k9...@live.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] RFE KPA1500 Fan Protocol
My apologies to Larry for my error. He is of course correct about FANticipator's connections, he wrote the software and does a great job supporting it. For free. FANticipator keeps more than 100 KPA1500s cooler and quieter, if the numbers on Larry's dist list are mostly FANticipator users like me. Interestingly, people have contacted me with the drastic measures they have taken to quiet their KPA1500s, but none have gone on record supporting my swtchable fan profile suggestion. Therefore, given Elecraft''s huge workload these days, it will most likely never make "The List." 73, Eric WD6DBM...Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:40:18 + From: "Larry (K8UT)" To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RFE KPA1500 FAN PROFILE Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >external solution FANticipator ... but this requires a computer with wifi FANticipator does not require WiFi, merely a computer on the LAN - ethernet or WiFi. The only additional connection is ethernet to the KPA1500. https://hamprojects.info/fanticipator-kpa1500-console-and-fan-controller/ -larry (K8UT) -- Original Message -- From: "eric norris via Elecraft" To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: 8/28/2022 7:20:08 AM Subject: [Elecraft] RFE KPA1500 FAN PROFILE >May I suggest adding a command that allows users to select the more aggressive >6m fan profile on the KPA1500 for HF use? Call it, for example, FP6; to >revert back to the normal HF profile, say FPD. These could then be loaded >into FP1 and FP2--We could select the best profile for the current op. 6m ops >are unaffected. >Digital users would find a cooler running amp for RTTY and FT8, for example, >as well as slow-speed CW ops and K4 users pushing the fabulous CESSB feature, >which does create a hotter running KPA. >My experiments show that just running the fans at FAN1 or FAN2 do not create >sufficient airflow as the amp heats up. Running at FAN3 keeps things cool, >but can create large swings in neatsink temps during rx periods.. It also >irritates the XYL, and makes copy more difficult, even with Radiosport, Heil, >or Bose QC-35 noise-cancelling heatsets >Likewise, experimenting with FAN DWELL did not solve the issue. >There is an external solution, FANticipator, but this requires a computer with >wifi, and a LAN connection to the KPA1500--more stuff that needs to work and >be turned on. FANticipator does very effectively lower PA temps AND fan >noise. I think the FP6 command will also help with noise and temps. >The advantage of implementing my suggestion is that it does not affect >KPA1500 owners who are happy with the current HF fan profile, but can help >those of us with low noise tolerance, tinnitus, or who just want a cooler >KPA1500, and does it without an external Pc. >Finally, it could be a marketing tool, since ICOM appears to be touting the >PW2 as a quiet. amp. >I would be happy to beta test this, if offered, and come back with some real >numbers >Thanks for your consideration. > >73, Eric WD6DBM >  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] RFE KPA1500 FAN PROFILE
May I suggest adding a command that allows users to select the more aggressive 6m fan profile on the KPA1500 for HF use? Call it, for example, FP6; to revert back to the normal HF profile, say FPD. These could then be loaded into FP1 and FP2--We could select the best profile for the current op. 6m ops are unaffected. Digital users would find a cooler running amp for RTTY and FT8, for example, as well as slow-speed CW ops and K4 users pushing the fabulous CESSB feature, which does create a hotter running KPA. My experiments show that just running the fans at FAN1 or FAN2 do not create sufficient airflow as the amp heats up. Running at FAN3 keeps things cool, but can create large swings in neatsink temps during rx periods.. It also irritates the XYL, and makes copy more difficult, even with Radiosport, Heil, or Bose QC-35 noise-cancelling heatsets Likewise, experimenting with FAN DWELL did not solve the issue. There is an external solution, FANticipator, but this requires a computer with wifi, and a LAN connection to the KPA1500--more stuff that needs to work and be turned on. FANticipator does very effectively lower PA temps AND fan noise. I think the FP6 command will also help with noise and temps. The advantage of implementing my suggestion is that it does not affect KPA1500 owners who are happy with the current HF fan profile, but can help those of us with low noise tolerance, tinnitus, or who just want a cooler KPA1500, and does it without an external Pc. Finally, it could be a marketing tool, since ICOM appears to be touting the PW2 as a quiet. amp. I would be happy to beta test this, if offered, and come back with some real numbers Thanks for your consideration. 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 Devices
Does anyone know what devices are used in the KPA1500 PA? Idle curiosity. Thanks, 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500/PS SPACING
Gangue: I am considering a new shack layout that would place on a single shelf, in left to right order, KPA1500 RF DECK--HW-16--KPA1500 PS. My question for the brain trust is: How much space is required between components? The PS cannot go on the floor at this point. The KPA1500 and HW-16 are not being operated at the same time, obviously. The K4 is on a lower level and is not a factor. The KPA1500 components will not be up on their bails. Thoughts? Thanks and 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT: Need Antenna Help
Dear Gang: I can no longer work up on my small tower, and need to find someone who does antenna work professionally or semi-pro in the south San Francisco bay area. Please email me any recommendations off-list Thanks! 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT: Barbed-Wire Telephone
I wonder what an Elecraft tuner could do with 100 miles of barbed wire? https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/atrocious-but-efficient-how-ranchers-used-barbed-wire-to-make-phone-calls/ 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Can't update KAT500 firmware
I installed the latest KAT500 Utility (3x), but when I try to download the new firmware, I get this error message: Open connection to ftp.elecraft.com20:52:32 FtpFindFile completed with error 0x2EE3: The server returned extended informationInternetGetLastResponseInfo returns 0x Multiple attempts, rebooting the computer, waiting until the cows come home--nothing works. W10 computer with scads of disc space and oodles of memory. 200Mbps internets speed. I've updated K-line firmware a dodecazillion times in the past 15 years and have not seen this. Thanks! 73 Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K3S RX ANT COR?
Is there a COR protecting the RX IN on a K3S that does not have a KAT3 or a KRX3 installed? I can't find a definitive answer in the manual or the Nabble archive. Thanks. 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] MMTY settings for K3S
I am trying to setup standalone MMTY to run rtty. Does anyone know the super-secret settings in mmty OPTIONS--SET UP TNC EMULATION MODE? I have assigned the K3S' sound card. I am in DATA AFSK mode, 45-45 baud, 915 (I like it low) 170hz shift. I appear to be receiving (though who knows, no rtty signals). Port # is correct. Help a Noob. Bonus points for how I set rx text to something larger than 2pt--you know, human-readable. Thanks! 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 cyclic macros?
There has been some discussion on the KX group reflector of cyclic macros for the KX3. My question is, would this work on the KPA1500? Could a single macro be written for a PF key that would cycle through the various fan speeds? P.S. Thank you ALL for your suggestions in re my XFINITY/COMCAST SHUTOFF. I will post an update when it has been resolved. Thanks, 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS
Dear Gang: Xfinity, our internet provider, showed up at 7:30am this morning, to explain to the XYL that we were being cut off for good because my amateur radio activities had caused wide area outages. Oddly, these wide area outages did not include my own house. They told her the antennas themselves--absent any power--were the problem The last time I was threatened, I installed chokes and opto-isolaters on our shielded ethernet lines, and after being told they use 14Mhz as their carrier frequency, I have stayed off 20m, only using 100w unless I'm in a rare contest. I asked to speak to a technical guy--they gave me a number which I called, but he never called back. Any Ideas? Does anyone have a contact at the ARRL, or know a communications lawyer? Comcast/Xfinity will be back out here at 2pm Pacific time--I'd appreciate any help. My XYL depends on an internet connection to work. Being off the air is unimaginable. Frantic, 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] XG2 Manual
Dear Gang: I am giving my XG2 to a friend who restores tube gear. I cannot find the instruction manual on the Elecraft site. Does anyone have a link or a pdf? Thanks! 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K2/100 Amp Keying Limits?
Can anyone tell me what the external amplifier keying limits are for a K2/100? I'm trying to use an AL811H, which has 14.5V at 10ma on the relay jack. Do I need an external interface? I cannot find the answer in the K2/100 manual. Thanks! 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] N6TV S-Box and Y-Box
Note also my fantastic S-Box also works with a K2/10 IF it has the serial I/O option AND a key out mod. The KPA1500 shows 500w out with K2/10 at full tilt with QSK! 73, Eric WD6DBM  On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 11:19 AM, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote: Thank you very much Eric, A collection of PDF files with block diagrams and schematics detailing the custom S-BOX and Y-BOX design that I came up with so that WD6DBM could connect any one of these: K2/100 K3 + 3 transveters K4 KX2KX3 with any one of these KAT500 / KPA500 KPA1500 using only off-the shelf cables, may be downloaded here: https://www.kkn.net/~n6tv/S-BOX_Y-BOX_WD6DBM.zip 73, Bob, N6TVhttps://bit.ly/Y-BOXhttps://bit.ly/S-BOX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] N6TV S-Box and Y-Box
This is an unsolicited, whole-hearted endorsement of N6TV's S-Boxes and Y-Box. I wish I had taken a picture of the pile of wiring eliminated by my first Y-Box. Bob recently delivered an S-Box that allows my two K2s (with serial I/O and key-out options), KX2, or KX3 to be connected to a KAT/KPA500 or KPA1500. The playtime options are nearly endless, and I had a blast on Straight Key Night using my K2s and HW-16. Sadly, the chrping, whooping, drifting, and clicking Heath HW-16 cannot be supported by the S-Box. Thanks, Bob! Links here: https://bit.ly/S-BOXhttps://bit.ly/Y-BOX 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA500 Bypass Power Limit?
How much power can I run through a KPA500 that is in BYPASS, or turned off? That is, using exciter power only? Thanks! 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Interfacing K2 to KPA1500?
Don, et al, Can I assume the same is true of a K2/10 with the AUX IO option? Are they wired the same? 73, Eric WD6DBM  On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Eric, The KPA100 RS-232 data appears on pins 2 and 3 of the AUX IO connector with pin 5 being RS-232 Signal Ground. Chassis ground is on pin 1. See the KPA100 manual. DO NOT connect to any other pins of the AUX IO connector, those are internal K2 signals to be used by external devices such as the KAT100 or XV series transverters. I can't help with the KPA1500 end. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/12/2020 8:05 AM, eric norris via Elecraft wrote: > The KPA1500 Manual mentions using a K2 with serial interface for band data, > but does not show how to wire it (that I can find). I can't find it in the > nabble archive either. Does anyone know how to do this? > Thanks and > > 73, Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Interfacing K2 to KPA1500?
The KPA1500 Manual mentions using a K2 with serial interface for band data, but does not show how to wire it (that I can find). I can't find it in the nabble archive either. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks and 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] MH2, MH4 mic compatibility?
Don says they are functionaly identical. 73, Eric WD6DBM  On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 7:09 AM, Fernando Sindeaux wrote: Dear Friends, Which one of those mics is the best in audio quality? Best regards to all, Fernando Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 27, 2020, at 8:31 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > Eric, > > Yes to both. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 9/27/2020 7:04 PM, eric norris via Elecraft wrote: >> Will an MH2 mic work with a K3S, and will an MH4 mic work with a K2? >> Thanks, >> 73, Eric WD6DBM >>  >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to donw...@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 fsinde...@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 arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] MH2, MH4 mic compatibility?
Will an MH2 mic work with a K3S, and will an MH4 mic work with a K2? Thanks, 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] 20m CW + KPA1500 = Comcast Disconnect
This begs the question: If I "caused" the outage, how is it possible my own internet never went out? They claim they get a lot of complaints about customer's internet dropping out, but don't realize I WAS THE ONE making half those complaints! It drops constantly, all hours of the day and night. They haven't cut us off yet, but if they do, the Big Dog shall bark. And bark. And bark some more. In the meantime, I will continue being the good neighbor, listening most of the time, running barefoot mostly, not stomping on the unwashed masses of ham neighbors who do not seem to return the favor, and being kind, truthful, clean, and a revenant, or reverent, I forget. Thanks to everyone who replied, I'll let you know how it plays out. 73, Eric WD6DBM On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 5:28 PM, Joseph M. Durnal wrote: This one is going to be tough, because they aren't likely to give you the details you would need to know. Your post suggests that you have been disconnected. Get on 20 meters at legal limit all day, see if he comes back. If so, it is almost certainly their problem. If not, the problem is probably in your house somewhere. It could be their equipment (I have comcast for the Internet, but don't use their equipment, but most people do), but, you'll have a hard time making the case. Many 75 ohm wiring jobs are just done poorly but whatever cheap contractor was doing it in your neighborhood and you may need to do some work on it. If it is old, just run some good new RG6 and quality F type connectors. You could be getting into the cable through your home AC wiring too, so make sure that you've choked those power cords too. If it is still happening after all of that, look into a high pass filter, I'm not sure if those will work these days, you'll really have to get into the specs of your cable service for that. I don't run legal limit but I do run my HF antenna indoors, had some trouble with my own internet connection, but never got a visit from comcast myself, my fix was grounding the splitter where the cable came into my house, but I also ran some new RG6 from the splitter to the cable modem and replaced the cheap F connectors with good ones. 73 de Joe NE3R On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 5:32 PM eric norris via Elecraft wrote: Dear Gang: While looking at Europe banging in on 20m FT8 this morning, I switched over to CW, cruised the band, then called CQ DX for a while. An hour later, a Comcast (Xfinity) technician was knocking on the door (no mask) claiming I was knocking out service to 600 customers (he said he had traced it to my house) and was disconnecting us from the network. During the entire time, my wife was using a VPN network connecting to her office, and I had the KPA1500 connected to the router so I could use FANticipator to keep the KPA1500 (The Big Dog) quiet and cool. We had no service interruption. The router has a mix 31 toroid choke (9 turns) coming out of one port, on a cat6 shielded cable (all cables brand new) then has another choke before going into a switch--one cable going into the XYL's room with her computer, another cable going through another choke then going into the shack. We convinced the supervisor to rehook us up. All during my operating time, we had no service interruption at our house. This was, however, the first time I had used the KPA1500 with the 20m beam wich sits directly above the house--I usually only let the Big Dog bark in wee hours of the morning on 40 and 80m. My house is 65 yrs old, none of the outlets have grounds, not even the bathroom. The entire kitchen is on one circuit, etc, etc. Before I call the Comcast supervisor, I'm hoping for some advice from the group. Not letting the Big Dog bark during the daytime on 10/15/20m is not a good solution. In the meantime I'm on WSPR at 1w. Your advice, please. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] 20m CW + KPA1500 = Comcast Disconnect
Dear Gang: While looking at Europe banging in on 20m FT8 this morning, I switched over to CW, cruised the band, then called CQ DX for a while. An hour later, a Comcast (Xfinity) technician was knocking on the door (no mask) claiming I was knocking out service to 600 customers (he said he had traced it to my house) and was disconnecting us from the network. During the entire time, my wife was using a VPN network connecting to her office, and I had the KPA1500 connected to the router so I could use FANticipator to keep the KPA1500 (The Big Dog) quiet and cool. We had no service interruption. The router has a mix 31 toroid choke (9 turns) coming out of one port, on a cat6 shielded cable (all cables brand new) then has another choke before going into a switch--one cable going into the XYL's room with her computer, another cable going through another choke then going into the shack. We convinced the supervisor to rehook us up. All during my operating time, we had no service interruption at our house. This was, however, the first time I had used the KPA1500 with the 20m beam wich sits directly above the house--I usually only let the Big Dog bark in wee hours of the morning on 40 and 80m. My house is 65 yrs old, none of the outlets have grounds, not even the bathroom. The entire kitchen is on one circuit, etc, etc. Before I call the Comcast supervisor, I'm hoping for some advice from the group. Not letting the Big Dog bark during the daytime on 10/15/20m is not a good solution. In the meantime I'm on WSPR at 1w. Your advice, please. 73, Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K3s Modules and Parts after COVID?
i got quite a scare tonight when I thought a W7 laptop's USB port gone rogue had taken out two KIO3Bs. Does Elecraft plan on keeping enough modules and parts in stock after things return to "normal" to keep our K3s going for some reasonable period of time? I'm experiencing a vague sense of dread. 73, Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Pelican case for K3?
Does anybody know what model Pelican case is the best fit for a K3? Thanks! 73, Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 questions!
Within shipping groups, will the K4D be available as soon as the K4, or later? To use diversity rx with the K4D, does the second antenna have to be connected to the RX ANT port, or a second ANT port, and do you need the internal ATU to get multiple ANT ports? Can the internal ATU be assigned to an ANT port, or is it always assigned to ANT 1? 73, Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 Questions + RFE
Dear Brain Trust: 1) Is there a downside to using a very long FAN DWELL TIME, other than noise? I am trying to get my amp to run cooler. 2) Does anyone offer a KX3 to KPA1500 serial cable, and a K2 to KPA1500 serial cable for sale? No, I can no longer build them myself, even though they are simple. 3) Is there a way to command via macros the KPA1500 to run the fans at normal speed + 1 as the amp starts to heat? Can this choice be implemented in firmware? 73, Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT: need simple log uploader to LOTW
I am extremely frustrated. I use the logging function in WSJT-X for digial mode QSOs, which I effortlessly upload to LOTW, using nothing more than a trackball. What I am looking for is an app, that runs on an android phone or tablet, that allows me to enter and upload CW and SSB QSOs that so far exist only paper. There are several apps I have tried, each more useless than the next. I can't use the direct uploader on TSQL because of severe neck mobility issues. For the same reason, I.can't use N1MM logger or any logging program that runs on a computer but which does not run on tablets or phones. Any help out there??? Thanks! 73, Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] VP8PJ + KPA1500
I'm not entirely sure I've worked VP8PJ yet--they are in the noise on my modest antennas--but if I did, it was some KPA1500 setup advice a while back from Dick Dievendorff, K6KR, another Elecraft guy who doesn't get enough praise. Thanks, Dick. My K3/KPA1500 is a joy to use on CW pileups. 73, Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] My prediction for Dayton 2021
With the KX1 commanding high prices, and the K1 gone as well, I predict an ultra tiny KX1B--80-15m, cw only, powered by a galvanic cell and sweat--placed under the arm. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] [K2] Adding amplifier PTT out to K2
Dear Gang: I know one could take the PTT signal from the now-discontinued K60XV board, and it is provided on the K2/100 lid, but are there any other option boards that one can use to provide an external PTT signal? If not, is anyone making the N0SS ptt out boards? I'm trying to avoid the perfboard route. Thanks 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 and Borland
My only hope is that--with the K3s out of production--Elecraft doesn't get too squeezed financially before K4s start shipping. I'm sure they are doing everything they can to get the conga line going. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 LF & MF, K4 EXREF?
Will the K4 transmit at 136 or 472 kHz, and if so at what power level and through which antenna port? If so, at first ship or in the future? The K4 brochure shows an empty hole for XREF, will this be available at first ship or in the future, and will it require an option board? My apologies if these questions have already been answered and I missed them. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] PZOT: Profuse Zones on the Air
At my QTH, Public Transit is swinging from antenna to antenna like Tarzan, and you can power your house by turning off AGC in FT8 and plugging your speaker output into the nearest wall outlet. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] AX1 Report
Dear Gang: I finally got a chance to try out my AX1 for picnic table ops in a Sunnyvale, CA park. On day 1, I worked a guy in Phoenix from my KX3 on 20m--after 2 CQ calls. Day 2, I got skunked. Yesterday, with 20m packed with contest signals, I put on the 40m coil and immediately worked a guy in Albuquerque on 30m. Thirty meters on that tiny antenna? Unbelevable. All CW with 15 watts, from a rather poor-looking location deep in the dark heart of suburbia. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KX4???
I see Eric is scheduled to talk at the NCDXC tomorrow about the KX4. Is this a typo, or have the elves been even busier than I thought? 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 tuning
With KPA1500 amp in bypass, ATU in bypass, I put the K3's atu tuner inline, then pressed ATU TUNE on the K3. The ATU in the KPA1500 started to tune, then faulted on 30m. I don't want the KPA1500 doing anything on 30m. Running beta fw 2.28. Do I have a setting wrong, am I supposed to turn the KPA1500 off, or is my KPA1500 posessed by evil spirits? 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX2 storage temps
Does anyone know what a safe temperature is for storing--not operating--a KX2, with batteries? 32F? 20F? 10F? I can't find the answer in the manual, brochure, or FAQs Thanks and 73, Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 model v. K3S for strong nearby signal rejection.
Can somebody tell me which of the K4 models will produce better blocking of extremely strong (S9+20 to S9+40) nearby in frequency signals than a K3S? Is this blocking gain compression? I'm trying to plan a future station upgrade and I have ham neighbors. 73. Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 question +12m SOLVED
I am surrounded by hams in my suburban neighborhood, one new ham two blocks away who is S9+20db when he runs qrp. I pray he doesn't learn cw. My question is, what model of K4 will supply the same blocking dynamic range equal to or better than the K3S? The K4HD? I need RF protection! Every day is Field Day here. On another topic, I took the advice of someone on this list who suggested my best solution to my 12m antenna problem was to throw up a low dipole with bubble gum and duct tape. I threw up a 12m inverted V, apex at 18ft, ends at about 12ft, with zip ties, a watering can holding down one end, a ladder on the other, and a fiberglass mast tied to the wrought iron grating on the front porch with clothsline (xyl lost her marbles when I said I was going on the roof) in four back-breaking hours with big help from Terry, WB6PVU. RG8x feedline coming through the front window with open coils on the living room floor made the xyl ecstatic and kept the cats amused Today I waited for hours for propagation to come up, and as soon as I could reliably hear VP6R, I started banging away with the K3 and KPA500 squeakin' from the freakin', steam coming off the rg8x. Now I'm in their log on 12m cw! Ham radio--still exciting after 47 years. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K3S
Am I the only one apoplectic over the news of the discontinuation of the K3S? Or did I read the newsletter wrong, my brain being soaked with RF in the shack, RX noise, Mix 31 poisoning, and the Non-Resonant Too Low Antennas of Damocles over my head? 73 Eric WD6DBM, owner, The Last KX1 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 RFI on 12m
My Force 12 C3 antenna is not resonant on 12m. Using the K3 barefoot, the internal atu tunes the antenna fine. Bypassing the K3 atu, but still running barefoot into the KPA1500 atu, the KPA atu loses it's mind and goes in and out of TUNE mode uncommanded. Even though the KPA has found a match, trying to transmit through it at the 100w level is impossible because of the constant retuning. I have put my small collection of mix-31 ferrites on the antenna output, input, and KPA control line at the KPA, each at a time, with no success. Any ideas? I would like to be able to run the KPA at least a few hundred watts to have the proverbial snowball's chance to break the VP6R pileup on 12m CW. Any useful comments appreciated. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] An ode to K3 #2545--no useful info here
Due to my mobility issues, I have two stations set up in my house--one with a newer K3S, and one with my old buddy K3 #2545. Number 2545 has been upgraded over the years several times, and about a year ago I sent her back to the mothership to get the full set of upgrades that became available with the K3S. However, for whatever reason--maybe 10 years of fiddling with every single setting, or maybe just that the K3S is in an electrically noisier part of the house--I can still pull signals out of the noise more easily with the old girl. It sounds silly, but I'm really attached to her. Maybe it's just because she was the first radio I ever owned in nearly a half-century of hamming that was state-of-the art. Maybe it's because she and her brick-wall roofing filters allowed me to get back on 2m EME when a new, very loud local station completely wiped me off the air with my old radio. For whatever reason, K3 #2545 will always be my favorite radio. I hope we're together for many years to come--even if she gets a K4 sibling eventually. Thanks, Elecraft. My apologies for the bandwidth. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX2 Color Scheme
Dazzle Camo or International Orange 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] The Night of Nights
Tonight is the 20th anniversary of the end of marine radiotelegraphy. You can listen in to the activities detailed below. KFS is currently booming in here on 12MHz on my K3. Maritime Radio Historical Society | | | | || | | | | | Maritime Radio Historical Society | | | | 73, Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 PSU FAN ISSUE RESOLVED
The squealing PSU fan issue was so bad, I didn't turn the KPA1500 on for many months. When I finally did, the squeal was gone. Since it did not turn up on burn-in, I can only guess that some jostling in shipping did something. After hours of running it has not come back. Better yet, with the piercing high-pitch scream gone, my Bose noise-cancelling phones again give me a quiet shack This is ironic. Amid many complaining about KPA1500 fan noise, my complaints of what turned out to be a defect condition got lost. The same thing happened to me with my KPA500, which made a house-filling buzzing sound. At that time many were complaining about the KPA500 buzz. I finally arranged a call with support, and was told as soon as I powered it up that that is not normal. In that case, support sent me a slightly different transformer bolt, and some different washers--problem solved. In the KPA1500 case, supoort sent me a new led board, and a 50v output resistor as well as new fans. Once I got the psu cover off, I saw that replacing the fans was beyond my current fine motor skills. The hive mind suggested taking sound readings with the Sound Meter app, so for those who care, here are the pre and post led board replacement numbers. I only wish I would have thought of this while that puppy was howling. Old board: quiet shack 3am 2.5 ft above fans 33db. KPA1500 in idle: 47db. Same cdx, new board quiet shack 33db, KPA1500 at idle: 42db. Noticeably quieter. Quieter than one of my AL800Hs. Quieter than Boudicca the cat purring. Now the sun is shining, my faith in Elecraft is restored, and I love the KPA1500 again. I should have known Elecraft would not release an amplifier that sounded like a 737 on throttle up. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 PSU LED board replacement?
Does anyone have the instructions for this, or is it obvious? Thanks 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Bodnar GPSDO Power Supply
Dear Gang: I bought a Bodnar GPSDO a while back on the suggestion of KN1CBR, Ted (get well soon!) and it has worked great for use with the K3 XREF option. Though you can run it on 12v, it gets hot. I found a 5v big wallwart supply from Jameco, part # 1953612. It is a potted linear supply that puts out 1A and even has the right connector. And it's cheap at about $10. Thought I would pass this along. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on HW-16 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 Power Supply Fan Noise
More broadly, has there been any progress on reducing the piercing power supply fan noise on the KPA1500 when only using it as a tuner or an antenna switch? I complained about this a year ago, and I find it completely unacceptable. No set of noise-reducing headphones that I have tried works well enough to make the noise tolerable. I've tried moving the PS deck around with minimal improvement. This just doesn't seem to fit Elecraft's philosophy of a quiet operating environment. Why do these fans have to operate at full throttle when there is minimal current draw from the rf deck? Why do these fans create such a piercing high-pitched note? If there is no response from Elecraft, what have other ops done--short of moving the PS into an adjoining room--to mitigate the scream? Thanks, 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4
I told the XYL tonight I was not going to be seduced by the SDR and the glass cockpit of the K4. Nope. Not gonna do it. Immune. Happy with my K3-K2-K1-KX3-KX2-KX1. Then it went up on the Elecraft website this morning, and I can see it has THE SAME PAW-SHAPED FEET and CROUCHING PANTHER STANCE OF THE KPA1500... YOU BASTARDS! Well played, maestros, or maestri, or whatever. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3s apparent TX failure
The transmitter of my K3s appears to have suddenly failed. There is no power out. I reloaded the current fw three times. I ran TX gain calibration three times, and get "tx gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the expected value. 5 watt calibration failed." This was at 1.9 MHz, the first band tested. "Calibration power settled at 0.0 watts." There is no power at either antenna port. Any ideas? Thanks and 73, Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] HF Stealth Loops
Anyone interested in magloops should visit www.alexloop.com by Alex, PY1AHD. He has really pioneered the popularity of small, portable loops and has built many experimental loops. There is a video of him setting up an AlexLoop in 90 seconds (not rushed) at www.alexloop.com A magloop inside a backpack next to the human body probably won't work because the loop is detuned by the human, and that tuning varies with the distance. If you are walking, tuning would be difficult because the pack will jiggle, varying the distance--unless you could glide motionless over the ground (or water). I suspect Wayne could do this, but probably not in public. Even when you use a magloop on a tripod, you have to tune it using an offset so it is in the right place when you step away. This quickly becomes intuitive once you know how much, and which way, to turn the tuning capacitor. However, a loop mounted above the backpack, say on a folding stick, works and has been done. See www.alexloop.com A small loop does work--I have made contacts on a 3ft diameter AlexLoop on 40m SSB with 5w. On 20m, it could be smaller and still work, though obviously with less efficiency. The advantage of magloops is their small size, quick setup, and needing neither a counterpoise nor more height above ground than one loop diameter. If you go to a public park and want to talk to a ranger, setting up a magloop will materialize one as if by magic. Magloops are terrific chick magnets, kid magnets, and will get you in heated arguments with people who have never used one. I have no commercial relationship with Alex, PY1AHD, but I count him as a mentor and friend. Really, look at the portable magloops on his website. www.alexloop.com 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] [K1] keying output mod possible?
Is there a way to simply mod a K1 to provide a keying output for a KXPA100 or KPA500 amp? I built every option into my four-band K1 if that makes a difference. Thanks and 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] ELECAN DUMMY LOAD
Now that Elecraft has a full line of high-power amplifiers, why not produce a high-power dummy load? A one-gallon paint can, with a precision resistor take-off for accurate power measurement, snazzy graphics maybe with pictures of Eric and Wayne :-). You know, like the Heathkit Cantenna, only filled with a gallon of Mojo. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Thanks, Elecraft!
I wanted to use a vintage rig for SKN, and with my Heathkits out of action, I turned to my trusty K2--little used since the KX3 and KX2 came out. What a joy this radio is to use! I had forgotten what a gem it is. Thanks, Elecraft! 73 es HNY, Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 Rechargeable Batteries
You must measure the batteries under load. The no-load voltage is almost meaningless. You must use NiMH batteries in the KX3 if you are using the internal charger. The best way to test them is to use an external battery charger built for RC that accomodates NiMH chemistry, and can both charge and discharge multiple cycles, and has a top-off low current cycle built in. This will balance the pack. Take the batts out of the kx3, put them in an empty battery holder, and run them through three charge/discharge cycles. The charger will show their true capacity. Running several cycles will build up their capacity a bit. I use only Eneloops. Regular NiMH batts can lose all their capacity in a few days, and if you let them sit too long, they are ruined. Eneloops can hold 80% of their capacity for many months. All batteries have a finite life. I am sure others will disagree. This is my (considerable) experience with NiMH. YMMV. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] [Kpa500] voltage tap
My KPA500 used to be on a 220v line, but it is now in an area where that is not possible. It is on 120v, in a 65 year old house. Further, I am running it on a 10ft appliance type heavy extension cord. I cannot change these circumstances for the forseeable future. No load HV is 78v. Under full (550w on 40m) load it is 60v. Current tap is RED. Should I go GREEN? Should I leave it on RED? How much HV boost would that give? Good/bad/disasterous idea? 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K3 50W TX Calibration Question
Why does the KPA3 have to be set to NOR instead of FN1 when doing a 50W TX calibration? Just curious. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] [KAT500] Odd KAT500 Behavior
I am using an early KAT500 with a K3S. When using WSPR in band-hopping mode at 5w, WSJT-X 2.0 commands a band change and transmit, the K3S starts transmitting, then stops, changes bands, then changes back to the original band, say 40 meters. I think this part is a WSJT problem, and has been reported. Now the K3 is on 40m. If I press the TUNE button in WSPR, the SWR meter shows a high SWR and relays click in the KAT500. If I press TUNE again, the swr is good. The KAT500 is configured to follow the K3 vfo, so why is the KAT500 retuning? If the K3 shows 40m, why wouldn't the KAT500 have the proper tuning solution? It is properly cabled with auxbus cables between the K3, KAT500, and KPA500 in that order (the KPA500 is off). The KAT3 is in bypass mode. I don't think this is an rf problem because I regularly use the KPA500 with no signs of rf getting into anything. This seems very odd. All firmware is current. Any ideas? 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Noise-cancelling Headphones Redux
Dear Dave: I asked my KPA1500 if she wanted to be your KPA1500. There was a slight shudder from her front cloven hooves. She went to FAN 5, wailing like a banshee, and all the LEDs flashed "NO NO NO" in Morse--at 15wpm so she was sure even I could copy. "It's OK, baby!," I screamed above her shrieking fans, "I will never leave you!" The pigsty I call my shack grew quiet. As I pressed her POWER button, she quivered slightly, and I swear the power LEDs all lit one last time--and bent up into a slight smile. Nice try, though. 73 Eric WD6DBM That or your 1500 is filled with bad magic because it is supposed to be my KPA-1500 and it is mad at you. 73s and thanks, Dave (NK7Z/NNR0DC) Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Noise-cancelling headphones mystery
I have owned a pair of Heil noise-cancelling headphones for many years. They worked very well to reduce the noise of my old AL-1200 amplifier, and the 5 fans on my cantankerous man-killer Henry 2002A EME amplifier. However, they are completely ineffective against the KPA1500. I bought a pair of Bose noise-cancelling headphones recently, and they work much better but are a bit tinny and eat batteries. My question for the audio experts on this list is why don't the Heils work with the KPA1500? Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of really good noise-cancelling headphones with a more flat response? 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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 Fan Control Command?
Has there been any thought given to adding a fan control command to the K3/K3S? It would be nice to get some cool air inside the radio after repeated extended digital transmissions below 12 watts. The radio gets very warm. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] 6m Meteor Scatter
John, The best time for meteor scatter is at night or early morning. At that time, your side of the Earth is facing the direction of the Earth revolving around the Sun, increasing the speed at which meteors and dust plow into the ionosphere, giving better "burns." The worst time is around noon. For general info, Google "meteor scatter." Read the WSJT-X manual. It is pure gold. MSK144 encodes and decodes very differently than FT8. The best direction depends on where you live. If you are in Texas hill country, your best directions may be your lowest horizons. If you are in the flats, anywhere. You will also get a big help from ground gain. Experiment. Here in the South SF Bay, my best direction is north, because it is flat that direction, and I can work CA, OR, WA, and BC. You will need to use RC5 MSK144. While the FT8 crowd are still using mostly 1.9.1, ping jockeys upgrade immediately. 'Cause they're cool. (Just kidding. I have DXCC and WAS on FT8). The best way to get started is to make schedules on the Ping Jockey site https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk. Ask questions, people are happy to help. Some ops never get on Ping Jockey, and you can make random contacts. Those are the most fun. Another great thing about MSK144 is that it will work with a NB. Being in Silicon Valley, I ride my K3's NB controls like a bucking bronc. But early in the morning noise is usually low, except for my idiot neighbor's "pest repeller." MS is good year-round. I have been on during meteor showers when there was no increase in "rocks." I have also been on during meteor showers when it was totally insane. Be very patient. I have worked guys in one minute. I worked a guy last week that took an hour--40 minutes for the final exchange. That was a massive burn lasting 10 seconds. Go figure. It is a lot like working QRP--some days you get skunked, some days you get 599+10 with your KX1. Feel free to email me off-list. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 PF buttons fan programming
Mike, W0VTT, sent me these macros that can be entered into the KPA1500 Utility Program ro set the fan speed to 2, and back to 0: ^pf1^fc2; ^pf2^fc0; Note that the KPA1500 Owner's Manual still incorrectly lists the PF buttons as a future release. I didn't RTrightFM. Thanks to all who replied. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA fans in digital modes
I, too, use FAN2 for both the KPA500 and KPA1500 in digital modes. Both amps run considerably cooler and with less thermal variation. It would be great if the PF1 or PF2 keys on the KPA1500 could be used to toggle into a preset FAN2 (or choose your poison) when pounding away on digital modes like MSK144 for meteor scatter on 6m. I don't know if it would be possible to do something similar for one of the keys on the KPA500--perhaps the AUX band switch? For both amps I switch back to FAN NOR for casual CW use. For all of you out there with even a 3el beam and 100w on 6m, please try meteor scatter using MSK144--you can make contacts every day out to 1500km or more, even without a clear horizon. Schedules optional at the Ping Jockey website. It's a blast! 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] AXT1--with a twist
One final final: The Elecraft part number for the thumbscrews is E700050 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 5:27 PM, rich hurd WC3T wrote: At the risk of repeating myself from the KX3 reflector... Yeah, I encountered that issue myself. You’ll need to crib up something yourself. The thread is 4-40 pitch. The size of the threaded hole ought to be documented somewhere. On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 20:01 Don Wilhelm wrote: Eric, Go to the hardware fastener section of your favorite hardware store or DIY store. Most of them have a "tool" (card) to determine screw and thread sizes - use it and buy the appropriate thumbscrew or other fastener. To help you a bit, I would say that the screw thread is either 4-40, 6-32 or 8-32 - those are the commonly used sizes. Yes, there may be an Elecraft thumbscrew. Once you determine the size, look through the KX3 assembly manual to see if there is a match in thread size. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/2/2018 7:48 PM, eric norris via Elecraft wrote: > I rigged a camera mout arm to my recumbent trike. It folds in to the frame > while riding, then I fold it out for mounting the AX1 to it wih the TAX1 when > stopped. However, I noticed on the TATX1 that although it has a threaded > hole for attaching radial wire(s), there is no thumbscrew provided, nor is > there any mention in the instruction sheet as to what the thread size is. > Attaching the radial to my KX2 is a PITA as it is another wire to manage > getting in and out of the seat. > Has anyone figured this out? Is there an Elecraft thumbscrew that will fit? > Another source? > Aside from this it is a wicked cool setup if I do say so myself. :-) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to r...@wc3t.us -- 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for ScoutingLatitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: FN20is __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] AXT1--with a twist
I rigged a camera mout arm to my recumbent trike. It folds in to the frame while riding, then I fold it out for mounting the AX1 to it wih the TAX1 when stopped. However, I noticed on the TATX1 that although it has a threaded hole for attaching radial wire(s), there is no thumbscrew provided, nor is there any mention in the instruction sheet as to what the thread size is. Attaching the radial to my KX2 is a PITA as it is another wire to manage getting in and out of the seat. Has anyone figured this out? Is there an Elecraft thumbscrew that will fit? Another source? Aside from this it is a wicked cool setup if I do say so myself. :-) Thanks and 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 Report
I have been having a blast the past few mornings running my K3/KPA1500 on 6m meteor scatter. Right now I have FAN MIN set to 2, and with 15s T/R cycles, the big fella settles at about 52C with around 1300w out. This morning I got a +15db report from a station 1000km away, and I was using a small 3el beam up maybe 25ft. MOJO! 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] W2 at 472kHz?
Has anyone tested a W2 at 472kHz? Does it work? I would be putting 50w through it at that frequency using a transverter. Thanks and 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KPA1500 fan on stby
Why is the KPA1500 PS fan making so much noise when the amp is in STBY and just the ATU is being used? What are those big boys cooling? I'd hoped this would change with the new firmware but it did not. Any hope for the future? 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Covers for Elecraft (and other) Gear
I've been buying covers from a guy on Ebay that I am very happy with--including new KPA1500 covers. Here's the link: jse-repair on eBay | | | | || | | | | | jse-repair on eBay Follow jse-repair on eBay. Buying, Selling, Collecting on eBay has never been more exciting! | | | | 73 Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3+KXPA100+KPA1500 band data?
Is there a way to send band data from the kx3+kxpa100 combo to the kpa1500? I keep forgetting to change bands. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Most rewarding/Craziest QSO
In 2014 I was on a kayaking trip in the Johnstone Strait/Queen Charlotte Strait off Vancouver Island. I brought my KX3 along, and one evening I had a few spare minutes while camped near the Sophie Islands. I threw my wire up in a very wet tree, and laid out a counterpoise on wet, thick underbrush. I didn't have a chance. I tuned around a bit on 40 CW, and to my astonishment heard a guy also camping out on a lake in Arizona, having a QSO with another station. When they were done I called him, signing WD6DBM/VE7. He kept calling QRZ QRZ, but eventually we made it. What a thrill! Wire in a tree to wire in a tree! Later that night I fell asleep to the sounds of a sleeping Northern Resident Orca pod in a cove a few hundred feet away from me (5 adults, 2 calves from their breathing patterns), and the noise of a cruise ship 5 miles away whose engines I could hear coming through my sleeping platform. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] The KX1 Now and Forever
Before ths thread dies, I wanted to add my voice. The KX1 is the most compact, brilliantly designed radio a normal person can build. Without the KX1, there is no gateway drug to the K2. The KX1 has everything you need, and nothing you don't. A good receiver, a good filter, obscenely low power consumption, AND A FREAKING LOG READING LIGHT! THAT IS THE HAM EQUIVALENT TO SHARKS WITH LASER BEAMS ON THEIR FRICKING HEADS. I understand that Elecraft can't make the money work with a rig with a very niche market. So how about a KX0, or KX9000 in todays marketing bull. Make it one band. Make it 5 watts. Make it buildable by real people, no smds. Allow me to use this simple comparison: What the K2 is to the HW-8, let the KX9000 be to a Rockmite, a DC40, or similar. You could use the same cool cases made by American Morse! You could cram in a decent receiver, QSK (natch), maybe band modules? Then maybe a same size ATU? If you design it, we will build it. The possibilities are endless! 73 Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Baker Island, the K3, and APF
I managed to get Baker Island in the log on 15-80 meters on FT8 (it took BOTH the KAT500 and KAT3 for 60m, but that's another story). I had filled some other slots, too. What I really wanted was 40 CW, my favorite band from my Novice days in the the 70s. I camped out on 7023 for hours, sometimes nearly all night. I just couldn't quite hear them well enough on my vertical to call. Then last night, around 2:30 am PDT, I heard them coming up. I tried every cw filter width, in between, nothing quite worked. Then I remembered way back when Wayne had announced the new APF feature for the K3-- I had never used it, but I remembered the raves about it. I punched up APF, and BANG I could hear them! Some calls later, they were in the log. They went QRT around 5am PDT. Damn. That was fun. 73 Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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 issue solved
It appears that I got a defective cable from Elecraft. There's a first time for everything. I was using the single cable from the P3 to the K3S. When I swapped it for the double connected P3 to K3S cable, it worked. This after an hour of reloading firmware, plugging and unplugging...and finally rereading the P3 manual troubleshooting section. You'd think after 22 years of being a tech writer, RTFM would have been the first step. Thanks to those who replied. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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 help needed
I disconnected my P3 #24x from K3 #2545, and connected it to K3S #11xxx, using a bnc cable, and the elecraft cable that goes from the TRANSCEIVER jack on the p3, to the ethernet jack on the K3S. All firmware is the latest. The K3S is connected to the PC via the K3S USB port. The P3 worked fine with the K3. Now, with the K3 S, it is showing the frequency of signals LOW, outside the green passband.even. It won't show where VFO B is anymore, and when I set mrkr a or mrkr b, they are also off frequency. What am I doing wrong? Please reply direct--I'm in Digest mode, and need to fix this ASAP. THANK YOU ES 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] K3S XREF GPSDO recommendation needed
Dear Gang: A shiny new K3S has joined my Elecraft herd, though K3 #2545 is still going strong. I have been getting confused looking at GPSDOs, and wonder if someone can recommend a plug and play (or close as practicable) GPSDO for me to buy. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Does KPA1500 have these KPA500 characteristics?
While trying to run my KPA500 at full-tilt--but as cool as possible--in digital modes, I have noticed over the years that: 1). The KPA500 actually runs cooler at just-below-fault power output than it does at either 500 or even 400 watts output. 2) The KPA500 runs substanitally cooler at a 1:1 SWR than it does at even 1.2:1. Does the KPA1500 also do this? I'd appreciate actual experience more than conjecture. Thanks and 73, Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] Fan for KXPA100
ARCTIC F12 Silent - Ultra-Quiet 120 mm Case Fan | Silent Cooler with Standard Case | almost inaudible | Push- or Pull Configuration possible > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0119T0D4I?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf > I have run it for over 100hrs at 14.2vdc with no problem. You could always but a diode in series to drop the voltage. 73 Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KXPA100 fan for dig modes
This fan fits the KXPA100 heatsink perfectly, is cheap, and keeps the amp stone cold even during digital modes at 100w run WFO. Almost silent--I can't hear it from two feet away. 73 Eric WD6DBM ARCTIC F12 Silent - Ultra-Quiet 120 mm Case Fan | Silent Cooler with Standard Case | almost inaudible | Push- or Pull Configuration possible https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0119T0D4I?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf Sent from the West Coast 811A Museum __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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 powers off at 12W
I suggested an option years ago where we could have the KPA3 cut in earlier than 13 watts on digital modes. If there is a reason this is undesireable, I would love to know why. I don't operate my K3 between 5 and 15w for just this reason. If I want 10w, I run it through an HFPacker amp instead. 73 Eric WD6DBM I've blown the LPA's twice running with Ft8 at 12w, with and without pads. They do not like 12w for extended times, period ... proceed with caution! You can run 11w all day with no problems. 73 Dwight NS9I Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 + PX3 + KXPA100 audio leakage
I've started running this setup on FT8. For some reason, I can hear the grinding FT8 sound on TX. MON is set to 0, AF 54, MIC 60--these produce the right levels of Tx and Rx audio with the soundcard levels set mid-range. DATA mode. I think the sound is coming from the KX3. Any ideas how I can make it silent? Thanks and 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] KAT1500
My KAT500 is the hub of my station. I can switch one of numerous radios into it, it then selects the proper antenna and tuning solution with a single dit from non-Elecraft gear. I can bring my KX2 into the living room in the comfort of my LazyBoy, and in the shack the KAT500 does the tuning and antenna switching remotely while I band hop with no extra cable. Marvelous. I was very disappointed that the KPA1500 only has two antenna sockets. So, dear Elecraft, hear my plea:. Take all the good parts of the KAT500, perhaps add a 4th antenna position and multiple inputs that switch themselves automatically. Add the same tight integration with the KPA1500. Is an internal 1500w/10sec dummy load possible? A port for an additional massive inductor for 437kHz? Maybe a Kool-Aid dispenser? What do folks think? Am I the only one who would immediately buy this product, gladly wait for months, and happily endure endless reflector posts about delayed shipping? 朗 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] DirecTV RFI
I was an early adopter of DirecTV due to my hatred of the local cable company. I had to install my first dish. Over the years I've had a number of receivers that were immune to ham band signals (1500w), but had ONE that was terrible. One watt of RF on 40m would render it useless as it turned on and off, recording programs at random. Research showed this receiver was notorious for this, but DirecTV would do nothing about it, claiming it was my fault yadda yadda. I had to unplug it to get on 40m. All attempts at blocking RF from getting into the box had no effect. I finally ponied up for a different receiver/DVR, and since going HD have had zero problems. But be warned, most installers know nothing. Insist they ground the dish as the NEC requires, or they won't do it. I haven't detected noise from the system, but in my neighborhood it's often S6-S9 anyway. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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] 630m on K3/S
After reading the Elecraft Application Note on this, I'm wondering if there has been discussion at Elecraft of producing an XV.472 (sic) transverter? Imagine, a fella could even operate 630m from his K2. Elecraft could be first on the block with true 630m integration. Instead of throwing a wire into a tree, we could throw a 29-ft slinky into a tree. Mouth-watering. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX2 + KXPA100 + CAT Control
I am a bit flummoxed as to how to set this up. I can't find anything in the KX2 or KXPA100 manuals. I am at a remote site for today only, so please email me directly if you can help. I have the KX2 working fine with the KXPA100, and an FT817 + KXPA100 + CAT working with a rigblaster. Shirley there is a way to do this with the KX2. :-) Thanks and 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.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
