[Elecraft] K3 Freq Readout
Hi David, What you and others told me is fine. However, I use the RIT control for large freq excursions and very seldom use [FINE]/COARSE hold method. The [RATE] /LOCK push button is a cycling switch. Tap once for slow rate and tap again for high rate etc etc. So, what I wood like, if possible, is to know which rate is selected, after being side tracked here in the shack, without having to find out by turning the main dial or by punching the button again to see which digit will be flickering. So, my request is to find out how if it is possible to change the freq readout so that in slow rate, the display would show up to 10Hz readout and fast rate only up to 100Hz readout, similar to the COARSE mode, but alternates between fast and slow tuning rate. Thank you for the thoughts 73 Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3 Freq Readout
Hi guys I would like to know if there is a way I can set the frequency readout to NOT show hundreds of cycles (the last digit) when in fast tuning mode like in the K2? This would be dandy. Thanks Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Virtual second RX
Hi Elecrafters I need electronics boffins to answer my question: Do you think it will be possible to feed VFO A audio to left headphone and when switching to VFO B it will be heard in the right headphone?? I do not have the necessary insight to answer that one myself, but was wondering if it could be done. The reason for wondering about this is: If it was possible, one could have the K3 firmware, VERY rapidly, push the REV button for you. That way you will hear VFO A in one ear and B (taking very rapid turns) in the other and when you transmit, the VFO A will be your TX freq. This will be a 'virtual' second RX to easily find the freq of the last station worked in a DX pile up. I use the 'REV' button extensively to do that. 73 Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] SQ MAIN
Hi James Thank you very much for pointing out the Tap 1 for selecting SQL=ALL.. I could never figure out how to use SQ in modes other than FM and still cannot find it in the manual. But now I know and works great while waiting for a sked to come up on a noisy HF band :^) 73 and thanks again Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] VFO OFS
Hi Elecrafters I like the VFO OFS function for quick, large VFO A excursions very much. But I have to be so careful because it has happened a few times that while maneuvering VFO A and VFO B for delicate SPLIT settings, I accidentally bump the RIT knob and kepoi I have to start all over again. This is being plain clumsy but there might be a very elegant solution if the RIT knob could have a TAP= QSY feature similar the P3 'SELECT' knob. Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3 Split and P3
In chasing PJ4B on CW on 20m, I put the K3 in Split. I was trying to find the station he was just working with the VFO B cursor and that worked fine. However if I pressed REV to listen, then the VFO B cursor became frozen; I could change VFO B's frequency, but the cursor would no longer move. And the only way I could bring the cursor back was to turn the K3 off and then back on. After that the VFO B worked correct until I pressed REV again. So far I can find no mention of this in the P3 Manual. Anyone know how to avoid this? Tom - W4BQF I have the same experience and could get out of the problem by turning on and off the P3 Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] P3 ghost signal?
I noticed that on 17.6792mHz there is a strange ghost signal visible on the P3. As I tune over it, it moves in the opposite direction to VFO dialing direction! I turned everything off in the shack and also selected the dummy load but it is still there. This ghost signal is not audible on the K3 and only shows up as a 'signal on the P3. I wonder if it is only my P3 that does this. Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3 extras
Hi Bill, I found myself in very much the position you described. I operate DX on CW most of the time and sort of semi serious contesting but no skimmer or other assistance. So, with limited hobby funds available I had to decide, 2nd RX or P3. I argued that adding the visual dimension to a band is much more important than a second RX at this stage. I found in the past when I had 2 complete contest stations running that the listening to one rig on the left and the other on the right, or even switching between the 2 was fine but man is that exhausting and would ware me out before long. The stress on the sense of hearing was just too much and VERY fatiguing.. I ordered my P3 middle July and expect delivery towards end of Sep - - and am very excited. The A/B and REV feature of the K3 is more than sufficient to work split pile ups etc. Remember that there is a requirement to have the KXV3A installed and also the resistor swop on the main board. I did both in preparation for the P3. The resistor swap was a bit tricky, but with a LOW wattage, very sharp tipped soldering iron and a good magnifier, worked out fine. I did not shatter the existing resistor with side cutters to remove it. Instead I used an Exacto knife tip under one end of the resistor while heating and it let go, did the other end and was left with 2 clean pads for receiving the new SM component. To hold the replacement in position for soldering I used a 'third hand' and a modified spring out of a ball pen. I bent the spring so that it had a point facing down, which held the new resistor in place for soldering. Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K2 / APP
Elecrafters I would like to know if there is an APP conversion available for the K2. Standardizing of shack 12v power distribution to APP will be cool. Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / APP
Thank you Don, your idea also crossed my mind, but I was wondering if there is any thing more substantial out there like on the K3. 73 Vidi - ZS1EL Vidi, I have my K2 and all other 12 volt shack equipment converted for APP connectors. No, I do not mount the APP directly on the equipment - I make up a short adapter cable with the equipment's normal connector on one end and an APP on the other - mine are about 6 inches long. 73, Don W3FPR vidi wrote: Elecrafters I would like to know if there is an APP conversion available for the K2. Standardizing of shack 12v power distribution to APP will be cool. Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K2 goes wild on 40m - - need advice
Elecrafters, I bought a K2 already built up from a friend while on a trip to the USA. It is serial number 1008. It is stable on all bands except on 40m where it breaks into oscillation as soon as I start sending CW, even with the power output set to a very low level. I would appreciate advice from any K2 owner who has experience of this problem and could help me rectify it. 73 Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Split reminder
Hi DX chasers In chasing DX have been caught napping a few times, when I forgot to select 'split' and had to be reminded by someone on the DX freq about the blunder. I was wondering if there is a way to more clearly show that 'split' is activated. How about, in addition to the TX arrow pointing to B, also flash the [B] VFO sign at say 2/sec to show and remind that 'split' is active. Red face Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K3 monitor control
Hi Elecrafters: I am a relatively new K3 user and operate 90% CW and the rest SSB and PSK. I note that the monitor level for CW and SSB can be adjusted independently, which is fine. On CW I always use headphones. But when I operate SSB, I sometimes use headphones and sometimes a loudspeaker. When using headphones I like monitoring the audio by turning up the monitor to a comfortable level. When unplugging the headphones I wish the monitor would turn off to prevent audio feed back. Alternatively I wonder if, a second, quick push of the knob could turn off the monitor without having to turn the level to 0. Turning it on would be the same quick second push by which the monitor level would return to the level it was set to, before switching off. Just a thought 73 Vidi - ZS1EL - Original Message - From: elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: 12 October, 2009 6:00 PM Subject: Elecraft Digest, Vol 66, Issue 17 Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to elecraft@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net You can reach the person managing the list at elecraft-ow...@mailman.qth.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Elecraft digest... Today's Topics: 1. SALE K6XX Tuning Indicator Kits for the K1, K2 and KX1 (KEN) 2. Re: [K3] K3 Filter problem Part II (Richard Ferch) 3. Fwd: Topband: Fw: 3d2kj (Brian Machesney) 4. Re: SALE K6XX Tuning Indicator Kits for the K1, K2 and KX1 (Robert Brown) 5. Re: Shorthand (Lu Romero) 6. Please post to all on the Elecraft list (Casual Observer) 7. Problem with TX on K3 3001 (Lu Romero) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:28:11 -0400 From: KEN cannon...@msn.com Subject: [Elecraft] SALE K6XX Tuning Indicator Kits for the K1, K2 and KX1 To: elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: blu128-ds187a46d255e9b873d21a5f6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hello all, I have 3 of the subject kits that were never built. http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/K6XX/K6XXCWIndicatorKit.htmhttp://www.n3epa.org/Pages/K6XX/K6XXCWIndicatorKit.htm $12.00 each + 1.00 shipping for each one separately. Money order or check please. Thanks, Ken, W2GIW -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:47:44 -0400 From: Richard Ferch ve3...@storm.ca Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3 Filter problem Part II To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 4ad34190.8040...@storm.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Bill W4ZV wrote: Bill W4ZV wrote: Have you tried CONFIG: SIG RMV? This was implemented in MCU 3.03 / DSP 2.10, 3-17-2009...documentation here: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm (K3 Firmware Release Notes, just above New Firmware Load Information) 73, Bill Warning: CONFIG:SIG RMV can have side effects. In addition to moving fast-moving birdies right outside the bandpass, effectively eliminating them, it also moves real signals by a smaller amount. The net effect is that as you tune slowly past a carrier or CW signal, instead of hearing a steady increase or decrease in pitch as you tune, you can hear a sudden step in the frequency. If you have overdone the SIG RMV, you may even find yourself hearing the same CW signal at the same pitch at more than one dial reading, or conversely, finding it impossible to tune a CW signal to a particular pitch because of a SIG RMV frequency jump. The bottom line is that you need to use this feature with care. There may be another solution to these birdies, and that would be to try adjusting the positions of the TMP cables that connect the main and sub receivers to the KREF3 and KSYN3 boards. IIRC, the positions of these cables can affect the strength of these birdies, which may help explain why some people have fewer problems with them than others. 73, Rich VE3KI K3 #1595 -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:01:48 -0400 From: Brian Machesney nekvts...@gmail.com Subject: [Elecraft] Fwd: Topband: Fw: 3d2kj To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: Ryszard Tymkiewicz r...@ippt.gov.pl Message-ID: ee9177110910120801w7320f520w6b2c81cf50f24...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Can anyone help the team on Fiji? Rys - I will follow up with a response from the reflector if I see it. 73 -- Brian -- K1LI -- Forwarded message -- From: Ryszard Tymkiewicz r...@ippt.gov.pl Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:04 AM Subject: Topband: Fw: 3d2kj To: topb...@contesting.com I'm sorry I attache longer text here but our friends on Fiji have serious problems
[Elecraft] K3 FL-7000
Hello Elecraft fundis: I am looking for advice on how to have my FL-7000 follow the bands of my K3, serial number 3150. The FL-7000 has a cubical shaped 9-pin plug which is keyed but and I have no idea how the pins are numbered. K3 to FL-7000 for dummies would be much appreciated. Regards Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] VFO/ split
Good day Elecraft gang: I have just completed my K3/100 and am preparing for the IARU contest this weekend. I want to know if it is possible to operate 'SPLIT' in such a way that the B VFO freq is locked as XMIT freq and be able to listen around with A VFO without changing the XMIT freq of VFO B. Looking forward to some advice - - - I do not have a sub RX 73 Vidi - ZS1EL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
