Hallo,
My white box (or in my case brown box) from Aptos arrived at 10:26 CET (09:26
UTC) on the 14th of November 2007, and appears to be undamaged. :)
Because the German Postal Service will not accept packages with a high insurance
value, I had to use UPS. The prices Lisa quoted for expedited
As one who also waits, can I just say how much I and what's worse, my
family, can relate to this! Same blood group too!
Very well done Sir.
On 13/11/07 23:52, David Yarnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
I'm still bored!
Here's my final version!
I'm awfully wound up and in deepest distress
When I
On Nov 13, 2007 8:43 PM, Craig Rairdin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pardon my ignorance but I don't understand how your station layout would be
improved with an external ATU. The KAT3 occupies the same space inside the
K3 as the KANT3. An external tuner would result in more, not less, space
being
For it's a long, long time, from May to December
And I haven't got the time, for the waiting game
And the days dwindle down, to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days, with my old K2...
Tra la la ...
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Hello Group,
My K3 departed US on 8 Nov 2007 and arrived at Hong Kong today.
I will come back to the Group upon completion of assembly.
cheers,
Johnny Siu VR2XMC
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Craig Rairdin NZ0R Wrote
Pardon my ignorance but I don't understand how your station layout would be
improved with an external ATU. The KAT3 occupies the same space inside the
K3 as the KANT3. An external
Hope the K3's coming into the EU have now got CE certification.
Stewart G3RXQ
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On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:53 AM, Julian G4ILO wrote:
If a product was available that offered these features with the same
operating convenience you get with an internal ATU then I'd join those
who have already said they'd buy it.
Something that should not be overlooked is acoustic
Hope the K3's coming into the EU have now got CE certification.
I still haven't open mine yet (it arrived at work a couple of hours ago), so I
don't know for sure, but Eric wrote that they would not deliver any factory
built K3s until he was finished with the CE certification process. And that
Are the attenuator and preamp settings memorized between ant1/ant2
and/or rx antenna ports?
For example , ATT is on and preamp is off on ant1 port but ATT is off
and preamp is on when rx antenna port is selected.
On my current radio (non Elecraft), whenever switching between rx and tx
antenna
On Nov 14, 2007 12:05 PM, Stewart Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hope the K3's coming into the EU have now got CE certification.
It matters not a jot to me. As Toby has said, it doesn't affect kits
anyway. But if WS can import any MFJ product (which definitely are
not CE certified - I think
On Nov 14, 2007 12:51 PM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Something that should not be overlooked is acoustic noise generated by an
antenna matching unit (ATU) if it is to be used outside, relays clattering
away at 2am could upset the neighbours!
Your neighbours must have
Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
Something that should not be overlooked is acoustic noise generated by
an antenna matching unit (ATU) if it is to be used outside, relays
clattering away at 2am could upset the neighbours!
... but to be fair, that's only when you press TUNE for the first time
Kevin,
Since you are searching for a possible break in the board traces or a
thru-plated hole, you may do better with a scan of the board rather than
the schematic. There are scans of the KDSP2 board available at Tom
Hammond's website www.n0ss.net
73,
Don W3FPR
KBG Luxford wrote:
I am
Settings - not at the moment but Wayne is very responsive to suggestions.
ATT seems to be fixed.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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From: Nick Lekic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Are the attenuator and preamp settings memorized between ant1/ant2
and/or rx antenna ports?
The K3 block
Hey Justin ( the group)
If you're interested in a straight key, I have a couple of
recommendations
http://skccgroup.com - The Straight Key Century Club. A great bunch of
straight key (and bug) users. Great place to be if you are doing slow
manual CW.
www.MorseX.com - Morse Express. Marshall
The myths have been busted 30 years ago. I Recommend reading Walt Maxwell's
Reflections or his series of articles in QST in the early 70's. Or you
can just go to his website w2du.com and read the SWT Mythbuster in action.
Russ, N3CO
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From: Peter Howson [EMAIL
On Nov 14, 2007, at 5:33 AM, Nick Lekic wrote:
Are the attenuator and preamp settings memorized between ant1/ant2
and/or rx antenna ports?
For example , ATT is on and preamp is off on ant1 port but ATT is off
and preamp is on when rx antenna port is selected.
Yes.
On my current radio
I agree, but as an example if I am on 40m at some ridiculous hour I would be
working CW at the low end and SSB between 7140 and 7197 kHz, which I believe
could result in a fair number of clicks during the night when using an all
driven array with the type of ATU you have in mind. I guess that
Thick walls built in 1814, neighbours (3) about 50 metres away, sensitive
ears - don't know, location very quiet RF and acoustic, BUT very noisy
pheasant who get up at some unholy hour who don't bother the neighbours it
seems. Relays would introduce an alien sound :-)
73,
Geoff
GM4ESD
Julian
Just to clarify, the PRE/ATTN settings are stored separately for RX ANT
on/off. They're not stored differently for ANT 1/2, however.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
On Nov 14, 2007, at 6:41 AM, wayne burdick wrote:
On Nov 14, 2007, at 5:33 AM, Nick Lekic wrote:
Are the attenuator and preamp settings
What is the difference between English and American style?
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David Wilburn
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K2 S/N 5982
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 07:09 -0700, Darwin, Keith wrote:
Hey Justin ( the group)
If you're interested in a straight key, I have a couple of
recommendations
American style is done with the forearm on the desk and sending is done
by rocking the hand up down, pivoting at the wrist. Some (myself
included) will use a modified American style where the elbow is on the
desk but the forearm is held above the desk a bit and sending is done by
flexing the
It is acceptable for an importer to certify products as long as he does so
within the legal requirments. He can then quite legally fix the appropriate CE
label and provide a Certificate of Compliance. I could not comment as to
whether W S follow the requirments. Anyone has the right to
Hi - Does any one know if a Cushcraft R5 vertical can
be grounded mounted and how high off the ground would
it need to be. I've only used mine in the past mounted
on the roof but at the current QTH I won't be able to
get it up there until the spring. 73's Norm K9NK
Hallo,
The importer then becomes the responsible vendor.
Which might be interesting if one ever decided to sell her/his K3, which was
imported as a Kit and built in Europe?
I wonder...
vy 73 de toby
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My only problem with motorised units is the screwdriver type antennas. They
make a heck of a racket and this is the only reason I don't have that type on
my property. I had one on my car for a short while and it's quite
disconcerting hearing it winding up and down.
David
G3UNA
From:
After solving an Auxbus issue with the KPA100, I noticed the following.
With no antenna, or a good dummy load, if the RF level is full counter
clockwise and the AF full clockwise you get a perfectly acceptable level
of audio hiss. However, as you advance the RF level to 12 O'clock a
bacon frying
I am trying to find a fault in my KDSP2. Do circuit diagrams of the two
boards exist with higher resolution of the logic signals?
Please go the Elecraft website, click on products, click on K2, click on
KDSP2, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find links to high
resolution
On Nov 14, 2007 3:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is acceptable for an importer to certify products as long as he does so
within the legal requirments. He can then quite legally fix the appropriate
CE label and provide a Certificate of Compliance. I could not comment as to
whether W
On Nov 14, 2007, at 7:56 AM, Norm Klieman wrote:
Hi - Does any one know if a Cushcraft R5 vertical can
be grounded mounted and how high off the ground would
it need to be. I've only used mine in the past mounted
on the roof but at the current QTH I won't be able to
get it up there until the
The R5 can be ground-mounted. It will exhibit very acceptable SWR
across all of its 5 bands when mounted close to the ground. However, my
experience has been that elevation increases its effectiveness
proportionate to its height. Going from ground height to 25 feet
improved signals by about
I have just hooked my KRC2 up to My K3
it's working as a band decoder but it maps 6m and 10m to the same
output. is there any way to remap this ?
Also what features are are currently supported and how will these
evolve? with the k2 it was very useful to be able to use the buttons to
do stuff.
Darwin, Keith wrote:
American style is done with the forearm on the desk and sending is done
by rocking the hand up down, pivoting at the wrist.
European sending starts with the key at the front edge of the desk.
Your upper arm hangs at your side, elbow close to your rig cage.
I believe
If you are interested in a CW and data mode program for Windows that
will take advantage of the built in encoding and decoding capabilities
of the K3, there is some information and a screenshot of my new
program KCommunicate at
http://www.zerobeat.net/smf/index.php/topic,87.0.html . In the absence
And then there's the frogs! The ant tuner will shut them all up for a few
minutes!
Of course, there is always the possibility of using a feedline that is
matched to the antenna and good grounds etc. I've been runnning a vertical made
by
Mosely back in the late 1950's, with 80 feet of RG-8.
For performance, absolutely. I think the question was how low can you go
without it starting to detune the antenna.
Matt Kastigar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mount the antenna as high and in the
clear as possible. - R5 manual:
http://www.cushcraft.com/Installation-Manuals.asp
-Matt W0XEU
I know someone in the US makes custom covers for radios, I even mailed about
a K3 one
I thought the site was http://radiocovers.com/
But looking at the site, I'm not so sure - anyone able to help?
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Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot defend themselves or run away. And
few destroyers of
On mine, (K2 #2456, Audio Pot Mod done), the radio is silent with AF Max and
RF Min. Hiss occurs (very steady, not like bacon) beginning about 2:00
O'clock on the RF and is very low level even fully CW.
It's very hard to know what amplitude you are experiencing. My o'scope says
30 mv P-P across
I used to have one. Going from memory I believe Cushcraft recommended something
like six to eight feet above the ground.
Ron - W2RIP
Bob Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 14, 2007, at 7:56 AM, Norm Klieman wrote:
Hi - Does any one know if a Cushcraft R5 vertical can
be
Mount the antenna as high and in the clear as possible. - R5 manual:
http://www.cushcraft.com/Installation-Manuals.asp
-Matt W0XEU
Ron Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/14/2007 12:17 PM
I used to have one. Going from memory I believe Cushcraft recommended something
like six to eight feet
Dave-
As a fellow K3 recipient to be, ordered 5/2, your missive of despair
struck gold with this ham!
I am A+ but am in no shape to offer a transfusion!
73,
Cary, K4TM
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Is there any numeric indication of the K3 rx bandwidth on the display?
I see the trapezoidal analog display of relative bandwidth, but if
the dsp bandwidth is set to 300hz, does the K3 indicate such directly
to the operator?
Thanks 73,
Barry N1EU
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hi Barry - Look at the owners manual for the Display page (in my copy here rev
B1 it is on page 12).
On the lower right of the display are 7 digits, which are used to display a multitude of things,
normally the VFO B setting - but also the CW decode and parameter changes.
Just sitting there
Yes, the width, shift, locut or hicut value is displayed numerically as
you rotate the controls.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
On Nov 14, 2007, at 11:05 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
Is there any numeric indication of the K3 rx bandwidth on the display?
I see the trapezoidal analog display of relative bandwidth,
Try looking up K7NUU on QRZ and send him an email.
He's the dustcover guy.
73,
Tony W7GO
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
I know someone in the US makes custom covers for radios, I even mailed about
a K3 one
I thought the site was http://radiocovers.com/
But looking at the site, I'm not so
Is there any numeric indication of the K3 rx bandwidth on the display?
When you change the bandwidth, the current width is briefly displayed in
the VFO B display.
73,
Lyle KK7P
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Thanks for all the clarification. It's good that bandwidth is
displayed at adjustment time, but it would be great if there were some
way (eventually?) to display it full time. Seems like in cw/ssb
contesting and dx'ing, it's a parameter I want to be intimately aware
of. I realize the
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
I know someone in the US makes custom covers for radios, I even mailed about
a K3 one
I thought the site was http://radiocovers.com/
But looking at the site, I'm not so sure - anyone able to help?
/reality off
Cover? Cover? What?You're going to
On Nov 14, 2007 6:28 PM, Martin Rath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I Julian,
I can't seem to find the screenshot on the forum ! Where did you hide it ?
:)
Sorry guys! It wasn't a deliberate ploy to get people to sign up to
the forum (honest!) but it seems that you have to join and be logged
in to
I was taught American style straight-key sending to lay my arm on the desk
with and keep my wrist relaxed but straight. The whole forearm moves to
operate the key with the bending taking place at the elbow.
In the merchant marine and Army radio schools, moving the wrist was
considered the
hi Barry - just based on my limited contest operating, the trapezoid seems sufficient to remind me
of where I am with BW and shift. Also, the XFIL display helps because you know what you have
installed in each slot - for example if XFIL4 is 400Hz, I know when XFIL4 is lit that I am less than
I keep wondering what filter width I have selected - maybe this could be a
DISP / VFOB option later?
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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From: wayne burdick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, the width, shift, locut or hicut value is displayed numerically as
you rotate the controls.
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Subject:Re: you still in business?
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:03:09 -0800
From: Stan LaPointe K7NUU [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[formerly http://www.radiocovers.com/ ]
[link no longer in use and not valid]
*We are still in business until we sell it or run out
I don't know if this is possible, but a firmware upgrade to enable K3 full
duplex operation with XV-144 and XV-432 transverters would enable K3 owners
to operate various satellites in vhf/uhf and uhf/vhf modes. Eric - food for
thought.
Jim
K7EG
This type of operation was discussed when the K3 was originally
announced. It seems to take more than just firmware -- questions were
raised about shielding ...
I see it is in the FAQ under Transverter Topics along with the
original question, 'can the TX freq be changed while transmitting
Also, the XFIL display helps because you know what you have
installed in each slot - for example if XFIL4 is 400Hz, I know when XFIL4
is lit that
I am less than or equal to 400,
I'm still a couple months away from my K3, but this kind of jumped out at me
when I read the K3 manual. Why should
Craig,
There are five discrete icons on the LCD (FL1-FL5) to remind you which
filter is selected at any given time. Generally you don't need to
remember what each one is, because they're selected automatically as
you rotate the WIDTH control. The numeric value of the width (etc.) is
also
Craig D. Smith wrote:
When you tap XFIL to rotate through the filters the discrete FLn
indicator lights up for that filter and also the VFO B display says
FL3 0.40,
FL4 0.25, etc. So you don't really have to remember.
Thanks, all, for the quick and meaningful response. The above
behavior
Get them while you can! Stan does great work and will be missed once he closes
up shop. He's already done some K3
covers and has the measurements for them already.
(signed)
Long time happy customer!
-
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
K3#0009
On Wed Nov 14
On Nov 14, 2007, at 2:05 PM, Craig D. Smith wrote:
Why should I need to remember what roofing
filter I installed in each slot? Besides, the filters might be
swapped from
time to time. My personal preference would be to see the nominal
roofing
filter bandwidth displayed rather than the
hi Craig - three things:
1. The manual advises you to order the filters from widest in XFIL 1 and go narrower from there. I
think this is good advise, to keep it easy to remember where they are. You can order them any way
you want, this is just a recommendation.
2. I don't think you will
Also, you only have to take off half the bottom cover to change or move a
filter. It's the easy half IMHO.
... And of course the top cover. I was just pointing out you don't have to
take off the entire bottom cover.
Craig
NZ0R
K3 #25
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When you tap XFIL to rotate through the filters the discrete FLn
indicator
lights up for that filter and also the VFO B display says FL3 0.40,
FL4
0.25, etc. So you don't really have to remember.
Thanks, all, for the quick and meaningful response. The above behavior will
help a lot. Guess I
Tnx Tim And Jeff. About what I had figured but, I had pin 4 included. Maybe
Elecraft will include this in the Owners manual later (after every one
catches their breath).
73 Phil
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On Nov 14, 2007, at 3:07 PM, Phillip Buckholdt wrote:
Tnx Tim And Jeff. About what I had figured but, I had pin 4 included.
Maybe Elecraft will include this in the Owners manual later (after
every one catches their breath).
73 Phil
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On 14/11/07 19:38, Tony Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
Try looking up K7NUU on QRZ and send him an email.
He's the dustcover guy.
73,
Tony W7GO
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
I know someone in the US makes custom covers for radios,
Change a setting to find out what a setting was... Hmmm... I'll have to
give that some thought.
Regards,
Dick - KA5KKT/4
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I have the sticky note, I just the need the K3 to stick to it!!
Patiently waiting !!
David, VK2NU
Thanks, all, for the quick and meaningful response. The above behavior will
help a lot. Guess I won't need that Sticky note pasted to the front of my
K3 afterall
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Craig D. Smith wrote:
When you tap XFIL to rotate through the filters the discrete FLn
indicator lights up for that filter and also the VFO B display says
FL3 0.40,
FL4 0.25, etc. So you don't
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Craig D. Smith wrote:
When you tap XFIL to rotate through the filters the discrete FLn
indicator lights up for that filter and also the VFO B display says
FL3 0.40,
FL4 0.25, etc. So you don't
http://www.rigcoveralls.net/
At 01:23 PM 11/14/2007, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
I know someone in the US makes custom covers for radios, I even mailed about
a K3 one
I thought the site was http://radiocovers.com/
But looking at the site, I'm not so sure - anyone able to help?
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You bet an R5 can be ground mounted. However, Cushcraft has recommended it
be 4 to 6 feet above ground. You do, however, need to consider the RF
exposure limits as outlined by the FCC.
Remember, you have to consider whether the site is controlled (not
accessible by the average person) or
I'm hoping that there are still some K1 aficionados out there.
I ordered my K1 with the 4-band-filter board. I was not able to get the
4-band-filter to work so I ordered the 2-band-filter (since it's a simpler
board) so I could determine if it's a problem with the K1 main board or the
filter
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