[Elecraft] EXCELLENT!!!

[n4xy]

It is so good to see this impressive post. So many people simply accept such 
great service as just the folks involved doing their jobs.    Yes, they were. 
However, I think that you made their day, and it is so important to encourage 
such good effort.    Ultimately, all Elecraft equipment owners benefit Ed 
Tanton N4XY in Marietta, Georgia K2 Beta Tester #00057 from all those years 
ago. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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Re: [Elecraft] Help Needed for KPA100 Amplifier

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Please keep us informed about what you learn. Ed Tanton N4XY Sent from my 
T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
 Original message From: Carter Craigie  
Date: 8/12/21  12:50 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Elecraft List Members 
 Subject: [Elecraft] Help Needed for KPA100 Amplifier 
 My problems all started when I moved my Elecraft KX3, PX3, and the 
ASTRONRS-35A PS from the garage upstairs to the second floor. At first I 
noticedthat my Amp would put out only about 70-80 Watts. Then the output 
wentlower and lower until the Amp would not turn on. See below.Here follows 
what I know at this stage:The AWG 10 power cable from my ASTRON 35A PS to my 
Elecraft KPA100 amp isabout four feet long. At the terminals on the PS I 
measure 13.83 v and Imeasure exactly the same at the cable’s end’s Anderson 
PowerPoles. (Theback of the amp accepts only Anderson PowerPoles.) There are 
two sets ofthese PowerPoles, and the manual for the amp suggests using the 
lower setfor the Amp, and that’s what I have done. The manual recommends 
plugging inthe KX3 on the upper PowerPoles, and I have done that as well. And 
theradio turns on, no matter whether the Amp is working or not.To turn on the 
Amp I have to go to the Menu on the KX3, and rotate the knobabove the Menu 
button until I see “PA OFF.” Then I turn the main VFO knobuntil the OFF changes 
to “ON.”Some Indicator LEDs on the amp turn on:ON (indicating the Amp has been 
turned on)ANT 1 (indicating Antenna 1, the one I use to go to the antenna)Mode 
MAN (indicating manual control—which I wish indicated Auto, forautomatic 
control)FAULT (indicating SYS (I presume this stands for System) for which I 
couldfind no helpful explanation in the manual).After about 10 seconds the Amp 
turns off!I need the Amp to turn on so that I can use the KPA100 Utility 
Program todo any troubleshooting, but that is not possible, since the Amp will 
notremain on for longer than those ten seconds I mentioned above.Without the 
amp I can use my KX3 rig at up to 15W and can use the KP3panadapter as well, so 
all is not lost! The harnessed set of cablesconnecting the Amp, the KX3, and 
the KP3 all go through the Amp, and theyshow they are doing their job of 
connecting the KX3 with the KP3. I justhad a very nice CW QSO with a station in 
Massachusetts and the reports were599 both ways. Joy!All of my cables are 
fairly well dressed, with no desktop clutter.I don’t know what to do next.Any 
suggestions or questions, please?73,Carter, 
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Re: [Elecraft] XG3 Signal Generator

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I absolutely LOVE my XG-3!!!

Ed N4XY

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 9:29 PM -0400 from k...@montac.com  :
>Wish I could afford to buy 4 more to fill out the CW generator setup I 
>built 2 years ago
>Such  useful tool.
>
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>On 03/24/20 20:21, Eric Swartz wrote:
>> We have them new in the box at  www.elecraft.com :-)
>>
>> 73,
>> Eric
>> elecraft.com
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>>
>>
>>> On Mar 24, 2020, at 12:18 PM, Bill Smith via Elecraft < 
>>> elecraft@mailman.qth.net > wrote:
>>>
>>> Looking at buying the XG3 signal generator to calibrate S meters.  
>>> Particularly thought it would be very useful to calibrate the S meter in 
>>> the HDSDR SDR software I use now.  I read the S meter calibration 
>>> instructions in the manual and was happy to see how simple it is.  If I had 
>>> tried to use my old Tektronix signal generator I would of had to buy an RF 
>>> Power meter to measure the amplitude and a Step Attenuator to adjust for 
>>> -73db/50uv.
>>> Anyone else done this?
>>> 73,Bill KO4NR
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Re: [Elecraft] B Folded Dipole over an Armory

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I have an NOS stainless steel version of the 160M B antenna that I bought 20 
or 30 years ago. Now I can't put it up because I don't want to interfere with 
the pattern of my HyGain HyTower. If anyone is interested in it, just send me 
an email. It will not be inexpensive. Thanks. 


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 Original message 
From: Barry  
Date: 8/13/17  4:59 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Dave Heil , elecraft@mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] B Folded Dipole over an Armory 

Dave,
 They are used by a greater number than just state. The military, 
all, are using HF ALE. It's used because, you are correct about 
operators, a link can be set up by just IDing with whom you wish to 
talk. The radios run up and down the spectrum until they find each other 
and can make a solid linkup. No antenna is flat across that much 
spectrum, so in recent times, the T2FD has been employed. It seems 
auto-tuners don't keep up with the sounding rate from some of these 
radios. It was interesting to me to see the magnificent antenna field at 
Rockwell-Collins in Iowa augmented with a T2FD so that they could do 
work with their ALE radios. Harris Corp. does the same.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

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Sent: 8/13/2017 4:03:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] B Folded Dipole over an Armory

>The U.S. Department of State uses many of these B folded dipoles in 
>Africa and other nations with HF transceivers meant to be used by those 
>with little or no radio operations experience.  All the user needs do 
>is consult a list of places and frequencies (which are all programmed 
>into memory), key the microphone and talk.  These antennas weren't made 
>to work DX and neither were the transceivers.  Any easy way to make up 
>for the inefficiency is to switch on one of the 500 or 1000 matching 
>amplifiers, none of which requires manual band switching or tuning up.
>
>Dave K8MN
>
>On 13-Aug-17 19:36, Fred Jensen wrote:
>>Ummm ... let's be truthful here.  The B folded dipole can be found 
>>in radio catalogs from the 50's.  We all knew [I was a kid with a new 
>>license then and even I knew] that the doohicky at the center of the 
>>top wire was a 400 or so ohm non-inductive resistor, and half the 
>>power [3 dB] heated it up...
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