Re: [Elecraft] K4 missing features
Maybe it depends on the individual setup. Despite using a steerable double mag-loop for RX, the urban noise is horrendous. I don’t find the K3S NR to be particularly good and I’ve placed a BHI Parametric Equaliser NR box in line. For me, it doesn’t do a great deal - except for one day last week, where the signal I wanted was strong (S9) and about equal to the ambient noise. I then found that I could null out the noise entirely with the BHI unit, giving me near armchair copy. When the wanted signal is below S9, noise reduction results in degradation of the wanted audio to a point where the NR is non-effective. Currently, I find the K4D noise reduction works quite well, albeit using a different RX antenna. As Wayne has already stated Q1 2024 and we’re not there yet, why would you expect a different answer at this point? 73, Alan - G4GNX South Coast UK Elecraft K4D / KPA500 / KAT500 / IC-9700 > > > On 11/12/2023 3:45, Tim Tucker wrote: >> I got tired of waiting for special subtraction NR and decided to do >> something about the lousy K4 NR on SSB. I bought the BHI Dual Inline NR >> module and the results are impressive. I will publish a video soon. Anyone >> who says that better NR won't help you make more weak signal contacts, >> especially if you're in the big city, doesn't know what they are talking >> about on this subject. That plus the decreased fatigue factor... >> The last thing we heard from Wayne about missing features was that the >> Remote Software would be released as Beta in Q1 2024. Every other ask about >> other features has been met with radio silence for months. Expect more of >> the same at this point. >> Tim __ 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] K4 missing features, was OT: The 4-track mind
Can anyone comment on whether this is also useful on CW? In particular, as compared to the K3 NR. 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel Formerly K2VCO CWops no. 5 http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ On 11/12/2023 3:45, Tim Tucker wrote: I got tired of waiting for special subtraction NR and decided to do something about the lousy K4 NR on SSB. I bought the BHI Dual Inline NR module and the results are impressive. I will publish a video soon. Anyone who says that better NR won't help you make more weak signal contacts, especially if you're in the big city, doesn't know what they are talking about on this subject. That plus the decreased fatigue factor... The last thing we heard from Wayne about missing features was that the Remote Software would be released as Beta in Q1 2024. Every other ask about other features has been met with radio silence for months. Expect more of the same at this point. Tim On Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 11:34 AM George Danner wrote: 4. Transmit Monitor 73 George AI4VZ On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 11:29 AM Dave wrote: Wayne, if you can return to a single track mind for a moment, any update on when the K4 missing features will be finished? In no particular order: 1. General coverage, the button still does nothing. 2. Pre-distortion 3. Remote operation via Ethernet In addition, with the K3 there was an update to the firmware which allowed VOX to be turned off when the radio was turned off/on. I keep forgetting and accidentally catching my paddles on my K4... Now that higher data rates have been approved for the USA, any chance of fixing the issue where the K4 struggles with Pactor (dropping PTT results in truncated data transmissions due to TX to RX timing issue), The fix is to add a 20 mS PTT hold on delay and consider speeding up the throughput to reduce latency too. The same issue with the K3 was fixed in a week of being reported. 73 Dave __ 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 gdanne...@gmail.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 ae...@worldwidedx.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 k2vco@gmail.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] K4 missing features, was OT: The 4-track mind
I got tired of waiting for special subtraction NR and decided to do something about the lousy K4 NR on SSB. I bought the BHI Dual Inline NR module and the results are impressive. I will publish a video soon. Anyone who says that better NR won't help you make more weak signal contacts, especially if you're in the big city, doesn't know what they are talking about on this subject. That plus the decreased fatigue factor... The last thing we heard from Wayne about missing features was that the Remote Software would be released as Beta in Q1 2024. Every other ask about other features has been met with radio silence for months. Expect more of the same at this point. Tim On Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 11:34 AM George Danner wrote: > 4. Transmit Monitor > > 73 George AI4VZ > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 11:29 AM Dave wrote: > > > Wayne, if you can return to a single track mind for a moment, any update > on > > when the K4 missing features will be finished? > > > > In no particular order: > > 1. General coverage, the button still does nothing. > > 2. Pre-distortion > > 3. Remote operation via Ethernet > > > > In addition, with the K3 there was an update to the firmware which > allowed > > VOX to be turned off when the radio was turned off/on. I keep forgetting > > and accidentally catching my paddles on my K4... > > > > Now that higher data rates have been approved for the USA, any chance of > > fixing the issue where the K4 struggles with Pactor (dropping PTT results > > in truncated data transmissions due to TX to RX timing issue), The fix is > > to add a 20 mS PTT hold on delay and consider speeding up the throughput > to > > reduce latency too. The same issue with the K3 was fixed in a week of > being > > reported. > > > > 73 Dave > > __ > > 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 gdanne...@gmail.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 ae...@worldwidedx.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] K4 missing features, was OT: The 4-track mind
4. Transmit Monitor 73 George AI4VZ On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 11:29 AM Dave wrote: > Wayne, if you can return to a single track mind for a moment, any update on > when the K4 missing features will be finished? > > In no particular order: > 1. General coverage, the button still does nothing. > 2. Pre-distortion > 3. Remote operation via Ethernet > > In addition, with the K3 there was an update to the firmware which allowed > VOX to be turned off when the radio was turned off/on. I keep forgetting > and accidentally catching my paddles on my K4... > > Now that higher data rates have been approved for the USA, any chance of > fixing the issue where the K4 struggles with Pactor (dropping PTT results > in truncated data transmissions due to TX to RX timing issue), The fix is > to add a 20 mS PTT hold on delay and consider speeding up the throughput to > reduce latency too. The same issue with the K3 was fixed in a week of being > reported. > > 73 Dave > __ > 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 gdanne...@gmail.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] K4 missing features, was OT: The 4-track mind
Wayne, if you can return to a single track mind for a moment, any update on when the K4 missing features will be finished? In no particular order: 1. General coverage, the button still does nothing. 2. Pre-distortion 3. Remote operation via Ethernet In addition, with the K3 there was an update to the firmware which allowed VOX to be turned off when the radio was turned off/on. I keep forgetting and accidentally catching my paddles on my K4... Now that higher data rates have been approved for the USA, any chance of fixing the issue where the K4 struggles with Pactor (dropping PTT results in truncated data transmissions due to TX to RX timing issue), The fix is to add a 20 mS PTT hold on delay and consider speeding up the throughput to reduce latency too. The same issue with the K3 was fixed in a week of being reported. 73 Dave __ 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
