[Elecraft] [K2] AF Gain Control

2007-10-21 Thread KBG Luxford
Hi Everybody, I am updating K2 S/N 01762 from A to B prior to installing options. My questions regard the AF gain control. The AF gain control has no effect whatever on the level of signal in my headphones. No, I am listening to signals on the ham bands, not just the CW sidetone which I und

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Question

2007-10-21 Thread Vic K2VCO
Edward Dickinson, III wrote: Is the Line Out level fixed, or variable via the AF Gain control? It is not affected by the AF Gain control, but there is a menu entry to adjust it. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco ___ Elecraft maili

Re: [Elecraft] My K3 was delivered yesterday

2007-10-21 Thread Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604
Answers to FAQ's: It's a kit, it's serial number 22, I ordered it Friday at Visalia (within an hour of seeing it for the first time (but with a small clue that it was coming)), and I'll start assembly tomorrow AM (I may finish it tomorrow, too). I spent today at Pacificon (a mistake), and needed t

[Elecraft] K3 Question

2007-10-21 Thread Edward Dickinson, III
Is the Line Out level fixed, or variable via the AF Gain control? Regards, Dick - KA5KKT/4 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): htt

[Elecraft] For Sale: XV50

2007-10-21 Thread JT Croteau
Selling my recently built XV50 transverter. It works fine, I have 3 QSO's with it, but I find myself obsessed with a new project I want to build. It comes with the crystal oven installed but no DB9 connectors or wire to build a control cable if you want to use it with a K2. New cost from Elecraf

[Elecraft] My K3 was delivered yesterday

2007-10-21 Thread Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604
You can see photos at http://n6tqs.livejournal.com/ 73, doug ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listin

RE: [Elecraft] Just Wonderin'...

2007-10-21 Thread John A. Ross [Ecraft]
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Howson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 12:12 AM > To: John A. Ross [Ecraft] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just Wonderin'... > > John > > Well he is not stuck for a box to put it in !! > Peter Yip cool chassis. He would only b

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - DSP - Impressive

2007-10-21 Thread johnny
I share with Steve's observation. KDSP2 is good in CW mode but not so good in SSB when compared with IC756pro3. I eventually sold the KDSP2. Artifacts in SSB is the thing I don't like for KDSP2. 73 Johnny VR2XMC - Original Message - From: "David Wilburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "St

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - DSP - Impressive

2007-10-21 Thread David Wilburn
I do not argue that my settings my settings could likely use some tweaking. My epiphany was concerning how the DSP cycled through the different settings. The other thing that helped me was cranking the gain up. With the gain set to higher settings, the higher beta is more tolerable. I actua

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Frequency Counter Gate Time Short

2007-10-21 Thread Don Wilhelm
David, The procedure which relies on tuning to a broadcast signal of known frequency and uses the internal counter (along with some swapping of the counter probe between TP1 and TP2) eliminates any slight error in the 'exactness' of the 4 MHz reference - it is automatically equalized out of t

Re: [Elecraft] K2 "strange" Rx tuning effect

2007-10-21 Thread Don Wilhelm
Denis, That little 'chirrup' should go away after you run CAL PLL. Make certain you have the bottom cover in place when you do run it. L34 tuning is quite broad and should be adjusted for the best signal to noise ratio. Rather than using a signal generator, the best method is to turn on th

RE: [Elecraft] K2 - DSP - Impressive

2007-10-21 Thread Steve Kallal
David, Wow, the default Beta and Decay settings leave me with a lot of distortion. I can tolerate more distortion on SSB than on CW. The denoiser makes CW sound scratchy, but till copyable. I left the Beta setting close to the default, but really reduced the Decay setting. I put it down to 30, tho

[Elecraft] OT: WTB 2030 and MMR-40

2007-10-21 Thread Chris Wagner
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RE: [Elecraft] Just Wonderin'...

2007-10-21 Thread John A. Ross [Ecraft]
Andy Are you happier now that you have seen some new 3CX... and 8877 with nice eimac bases and funnels in the flesh??? When will we see that amplifier of yours built ?? hihi John > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy - GM0NWI >

[Elecraft] K2 "strange" Rx tuning effect

2007-10-21 Thread Denis Jackson
Hi! This afternoon I got my new K2 to "Alignment and test, Part II" All seems to be fine with one small exception - and maybe it's just just the way it is but I thought I would ask anyway. I applied a signal at -110dBm on 7.020Mhz to make the various tuning adjustments. Apat from not being

[Elecraft] New Polar Bear Season

2007-10-21 Thread Ron Polityka
Hello, Fall is upon us and it is the start of a new Polar Bear Season. There will be a group of polar bears out on 27 Oct 2007. Check out www.n3epa.org and click on the polar Bear link to find out who and when they will be out in the Great Outdoors playing with their QRP radios. 72 and G

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - DSP - Impressive

2007-10-21 Thread David Wilburn
I set everything back to the default settings. Then the only ones I ended up change was the SSB & CW gain settings. After that, when I want to use the DSP, I would step through the different "freq widths" that are supplied by S1(NR1, NR2, NR3, NR4), then S2(NR1, NR2, NR3, NR4), and so on. Th

[Elecraft] [K2] Frequency Counter Gate Time Short

2007-10-21 Thread David Woolley
Whilst trying to optimise the VCO calibration on my K2, I've come to the conclusion that effective frequency counter gate time is slightly short (more than would be accounted for by simply rounding down). The consequence is that one actually wants the 4MHz oscillator slightly low of 4MHz (equival

[Elecraft] [K2] Spectrum analyzer plots for K1 and K2

2007-10-21 Thread Dave G4AON
While (impatiently) awaiting the arrival of my K3/100, I've been looking at the spectrum of my K1 and K2 transceivers... http://www.astromag.co.uk/k2/k1_plots.html http://www.astromag.co.uk/k2/k2_plots.html Fortunately, they both meet specification... Back to chewing my finger nails! 73 Dave,