Re: [Elecraft] 6M repeater use K3
I think there is a setting in the config menu for FM deviation. Maybe it is set too low? Mike KI0HA Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone div Original message /divdivFrom: Bill Frantz fra...@pwpconsult.com /divdivDate:03/05/2015 5:22 PM (GMT-06:00) /divdivTo: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net /divdivSubject: [Elecraft] 6M repeater use K3 /divdiv /divI've been trying to get my K3 to hit the WVARA repeater on 6M. The repeater is about 2 miles from the house, so power isn't an issue. I can hit it with my KX3 and the IC-706etc in my car. I can also use the K3 with the 2M internal transverter to reach 2M repeaters. I have the K3 in FM T mode, and when I hold PITCH on the K3, I get 151.4 in the VFO-A display and PL TONE in the VFO-B display which I think shows that the K3 should be sending the tone. (Also when I PTT on the microphone, the K3 displays the correct repeater input frequency in VFO-A.) When I use the KX3, the K3 can clearly hear when the KX3 is sending the 151.4 Hz CTCSS tone and when it is not. Using the KX3 to listen to the K3, I can not hear the K3 sending the tone. I do hear a loud raspy note. quite unlike the tone I hear when the KX3 is the transmitter. This raspy note does not go away when I turn tone off after holding PITCH on the K3. Does anyone have any ideas? 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz|Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |not an add-on feature. - Attr-| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |ibuted to Andrew Tanenbaum| Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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 mtebe...@mchsi.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] 6M repeater use K3
Mine is set to the default, 5.0. FWIW, the microcode is version 05.10 D1 is 02.83 D2 is 00.00 only one receiver FL is 01.17 dr is 00.00 no DVR When I checked the versions, the utility found newer software. I tried hitting the repeater with microcode 05.14 and FL 1.19, but it still fails. There is still that raspy note when listening to the K3 transmit frequency. The frequency is higher than my 600 Hz CW tone. (Note that I am running the KX3 without an antenna and it is showing about S7 signal strength.) 73 Bill AE6JV On 3/5/15 at 5:47 PM, mtebe...@mchsi.com (Michael Eberle) wrote: I think there is a setting in the config menu for FM deviation. Maybe it is set too low? Mike KI0HA Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone div Original message /divdivFrom: Bill Frantz fra...@pwpconsult.com /divdivDate:03/05/2015 5:22 PM (GMT-06:00) /divdivTo: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net /divdivSubject: [Elecraft] 6M repeater use K3 /divdiv /divI've been trying to get my K3 to hit the WVARA repeater on 6M. The repeater is about 2 miles from the house, so power isn't an issue. I can hit it with my KX3 and the IC-706etc in my car. I can also use the K3 with the 2M internal transverter to reach 2M repeaters. I have the K3 in FM T mode, and when I hold PITCH on the K3, I get 151.4 in the VFO-A display and PL TONE in the VFO-B display which I think shows that the K3 should be sending the tone. (Also when I PTT on the microphone, the K3 displays the correct repeater input frequency in VFO-A.) When I use the KX3, the K3 can clearly hear when the KX3 is sending the 151.4 Hz CTCSS tone and when it is not. Using the KX3 to listen to the K3, I can not hear the K3 sending the tone. I do hear a loud raspy note. quite unlike the tone I hear when the KX3 is the transmitter. This raspy note does not go away when I turn tone off after holding PITCH on the K3. Does anyone have any ideas? 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz|Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |not an add-on feature. - Attr-| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |ibuted to Andrew Tanenbaum| Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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 mtebe...@mchsi.com - Bill Frantz| When it comes to the world | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | around us, is there any choice | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | but to explore? - Lisa Randall | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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 repeater use K3
I've been trying to get my K3 to hit the WVARA repeater on 6M. The repeater is about 2 miles from the house, so power isn't an issue. I can hit it with my KX3 and the IC-706etc in my car. I can also use the K3 with the 2M internal transverter to reach 2M repeaters. I have the K3 in FM T mode, and when I hold PITCH on the K3, I get 151.4 in the VFO-A display and PL TONE in the VFO-B display which I think shows that the K3 should be sending the tone. (Also when I PTT on the microphone, the K3 displays the correct repeater input frequency in VFO-A.) When I use the KX3, the K3 can clearly hear when the KX3 is sending the 151.4 Hz CTCSS tone and when it is not. Using the KX3 to listen to the K3, I can not hear the K3 sending the tone. I do hear a loud raspy note. quite unlike the tone I hear when the KX3 is the transmitter. This raspy note does not go away when I turn tone off after holding PITCH on the K3. Does anyone have any ideas? 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz|Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |not an add-on feature. - Attr-| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |ibuted to Andrew Tanenbaum| Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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] 6M repeater use K3 - fixed
Well, I found the problem. I had been playing with PL DEV at Wayne't request back in September. Wayne wanted to know what the minimum deviation that would work on the transverters. On 9/6/14 at 8:36 AM, Wayne wrote: 2. To adjust the PL DEViation, locate the FM DEV menu entry, then tap '1' to switch to PL DEV. This applies to both the K3 and KX3. I had dialed it back to 0.15, the minimum and everything worked well on 2M, but I hadn't tried 6M. When I raised the value from 0.15 to 0.21 the repeater started working. (It fails at the intermediate setting of 0.18). The raspy tone I heard on the KX3 was audio feedback with the speaker too close to the mic. Thanks for Michael Eberle, KI0HA for mentioning FM deviation. It helped me remember that I had performed the experiment. 73 Bill AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| I like the farmers' market | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | because I can get fruits and | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | vegetables without stickers. | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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
