one of the things I look for in a prospective amateur rig is it's speech
capabilities. I've seen some talk on the FaQ page regarding speech
accessibility. what I'm curious about is, how far is elecraft preparred
to go with it, and how cost effective/prohibitive does elecraft think it
would be
Bob Nielsen-2 wrote:
Actually Russian Antarctic stations us a R1 prefix, as do Franz Josef
Land and Malyj Vysotskij. I think some contest stations in Russia
itself also use the R without a second alpha character.
Yes, I worked a lot of those last weekend.
The normal convention for
Most helpful, thank you Alan.
I have a HM10-Dual I currently use and a Proset K2 on order - I was rather
expecting to connect the Proset to the front connector and the HM10 to the
rear - having bought the components etc to make an adapter cable to do that.
Guess I'll just do it the the other way.
Hi All:
when I tried to choose the U.S. Postal Service's shipping options,
both were rejected by the system. Only UPS worked. Q: Is there a
glitch, or why can't I choose the Priority service?
73,
Chris DL/Kf6vci
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On Nov 28, 2007 9:19 AM, Chris Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All:
when I tried to choose the U.S. Postal Service's shipping options,
both were rejected by the system. Only UPS worked. Q: Is there a
glitch, or why can't I choose the Priority service?
73,
Chris DL/Kf6vci
From what I
hello all,
I have a question regarding s-meter calibration. When I feed the 50µV signal
into the K2, do I have to switch the preamp on or off for a correct S9
reading?
This was the only question left after reading this:
http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg08561.html
73! de
A day or so ago I had the opportunity to talk to Eric at Elecraft and
asked him about the 5 pole versus 8 pole
filtersduring the course of the conversation he told me that if
one wanted to substitute the standard 5 pole
filer with an 8 pole, one would receive a 30 dollar credit, and thus
Al:
A) It's too easy to bump the VFO A dial while in the Menu Modes and change
an off to an on. It took Microsoft 20 years to build a half way functional
'UNDO' into their O/S and Apps. I'd at least like to have a glimps at what
changed when I went back to normal op after accessing the
I would like to thank all who responded to my question about frequency shift
during filter bandwidth changes on my K2 (see below).
It appears that the shift is no larger then 20 HZ so I guess everything is
normal.
Thanks again and happy holidays to all.
Dave KD1NA
I am the owner of 2 K2s,
On Nov 28, 2007 1:14 AM, Craig Rairdin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There will come a time when my K3 will be hard to sell because it has a low
serial number. Fortunately, I'll be dead then and I won't care. My kids
already know they're pretty much screwed. They'll inherit a bunch of geezer
I had a colleague who collected and repaired them too - that was back in
late 80's
On 28/11/07 13:17, Dave Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
On Nov 28, 2007 1:14 AM, Craig Rairdin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
and of course the Sunbeam toaster museum
(http://www.automaticbeyondbelief.org). Serves 'em
Werner,
There is no 'correct' answer, each operator can make his own choice on that.
I usually set the S-meter on 40 meters with a 50 uV signal and the
preamp off. Other bands may vary somewhat, but this seems to give me
the most consistent behavior. Note that I usually operate with the
Chris,
When I made my K3 order back in August, I was able to select either US
P.O. option. It seems since then that the order form has been changed and
from others comments, it seems the UPS, even though more expensive, may be the
better option - for here in England anyway.
Mark
I'm surprised to notice no provision for tx enable/inhibit signals
(qsk keying loop) on the K3. I'd appreciate hearing comments on why
this wasn't part of the design and what the timing safeguards are in
the existing key out signal to prevent hot switching on make/break.
Thanks 73,
Barry N1EU
I ordered my first K3 at Dayton 2007 and I was certainly under the
very clear impression that those who placed a deposit would be given
priority over those who did not. I happened to pay in full.
Yes, it does seem that the rules changed somewhere in mid-stream (an
unannounced change). I know
At 09:34 AM 11/28/2007, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
I suppose that this entire concept never made a whole lot of sense to
me because why should Run #1 guys w/o a deposit receive priority over
Run #2 guys who did include a desposit? Now I know why I was
confused about that logicbecause those of
Maybe I'm missing something (if so, someone please straighten me out) or
maybe some of this could be placed on the add to software someday list.
Front and Rear Mic Selection:
The bias settings for the Front and Rear mic inputs are independent. I can
set bias ON for Front and OFF for rear (or
Barry,
Something was added to provide a TX inhibit until PTT function. That
discussion was late in the Field Test cycle. I was involved on the
sidelines of the discussion even though I was not a field tester.
The bottom line is that it is in there, but I have not combed the
latest
I second all of these. I will be using 2 mcs too and I have an SGC I wish to
tune, I'd like to be able to set the 'low rf output for tune' level as well,
the SG-237 will tune on 3W.
On 28/11/07 14:59, Don Nesbitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
Maybe I'm missing something (if so, someone please
Thanks Don. Although TX Inhibit is described in the latest C1 version
of the manual, I missed it because no mention is made of using it for
qsk amp control. It would have been nice to make +5V available on the
AUX I/O connector for the pullup wiring. Also, I'm not sure why the
manual text
On Nov 28, 2007 3:17 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I second all of these. I will be using 2 mcs too and I have an SGC I wish to
tune, I'd like to be able to set the 'low rf output for tune' level as well,
the SG-237 will tune on 3W.
I can tune my MFJ magnetic loop using
On Nov 28, 2007 10:32 AM, Thom LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A day or so ago I had the opportunity to talk to Eric at Elecraft and
asked him about the 5 pole versus 8 pole
filtersduring the course of the conversation he told me that if
one wanted to substitute the standard 5 pole
filer
Barry,
For amplifier keying, the K3 has an adjustable T-R delay that is very
much longer than that provided by the K2. It may be easier to use that
than fooling around with the external TX inhibit function.
The TX inhibit is more useful to folks who operate VHF/UHF with a
sequencer to switch
Julian - I had not gotten that far with my K3 but just checked it - and -
couldn't agree more! Auto on Ant1 is Auto on Ant2, Bypass on Ant1 is Bypass
on Ant2 - these need to be independent.
That, along with a simple way to completely clear a CW memory ought to be
fairly easy to implement.
I'll ask Wayne about moving SPKR+PH to main menu. But accessing CONFIG is just
as
easy as accessing MAIN. Its just a hold instead of a TAP. Remember though we
don't want many items in MAIN.
You can also program that item to one of the 10 programable buttons.
An UNDO function is something
I second the vote to move it - I think its something you probably might do
(when I've got my K3 I'll know) once or twice a session - but not enough to
use up one of the prog function keys (I'm waiting for KDVR3), I expect I'll
run out of keys, in which case I may be asking for a multiplier key :-)
I just worked 4U1UN, with only 100 watts and a delta loop antenna, on 14.005
MHz. He is listening up one. He is about 579 in Portland, Oregon. Go get him.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
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One thing I would like to see is a way to send text to the K3 that is
then sent as PSK31. Currently you can do this by sending morse with a
key. But, being able to send text directly through the serial port
would allow simple keyboard operation from a terminal program.
Doug -- K0DXV
K2/100
I think Elecraft have a keyboard planned for the future - there is a k/b
port on the bottom
So maybe typing direct on a k/b connected to the K3 :-)
On 28/11/07 16:36, Doug Person [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
One thing I would like to see is a way to send text to the K3 that is
then sent as PSK31.
I just discussed this with Wayne. It was an oversight and we will
definitely do this in an upcoming K3 f/w release.
73, Eric WA6HHQ
_..._
Don Nesbitt wrote:
Julian - I had not gotten that far with my K3 but just checked it - and -
couldn't agree more! Auto on Ant1 is Auto on Ant2, Bypass
I just worked 4U1UN, with only 100 watts and a delta loop antenna, on 14.285
MHz. He is listening up one. He is about 5 and 7 in Portland, Oregon. He has
just changed to ssb. Very easy to work. Go get him.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
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Too bad they didn't use the same standard mini-din used on virtually all
pc keyboards.
Doug -- K0DXV
K2/100 #5837, K3/100 #77
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
I think Elecraft have a keyboard planned for the future - there is a k/b
port on the bottom
So maybe typing direct on a k/b connected
Please do NOT attempt to connect a keyboard directly to the K3. Right now that
port is ONLY for the boot loader.
This port may be available for a keyboard in the future, but not now.
-
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
K3#0009
On Wed Nov 28 11:43 , David
That's mini din is a PS2 std and the K3 probably doesn't have a PS2
interface
Plus with this way, they could provide other peripherals
On 28/11/07 16:56, Doug Person [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
Too bad they didn't use the same standard mini-din used on virtually all
pc keyboards.
Doug --
Hi Doug,
The connector on the bottom of the K3 front panel is not a keyboard
connector. It is a used during manufacture for initial programming of
the K3 processor boot code.
It could possibly used for general I/O, but nothing is designed at this
time. Anything hooked up to this connector
Sorry everyone - I stand corrected, it's not a k/b port - although I swear
there was a mail back in May saying it was - perhaps I mistook, could be,
for is :-)
Avoid ole in't bottom - like the plague!
On 28/11/07 17:04, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
Hi Doug,
The
Greg - AB7R wrote:
I'll ask Wayne about moving SPKR+PH to main menu.
You can also program that item to one of the 10 programable buttons.
So far I've programmed three of the large M buttons to do the following:
M1 -- VFO B-A
M2 -- SPKR+PH
M4 -- send my call
Just one press does these
On Nov 28, 2007 4:36 PM, Doug Person [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing I would like to see is a way to send text to the K3 that is
then sent as PSK31. Currently you can do this by sending morse with a
key. But, being able to send text directly through the serial port
would allow simple
Eric,
Thanks for explaining that. I think being able to send text directly
will be a very worthwhile feature. It would be an interesting project
then to create a simple keyboard-to-serial controller to allow PSK
operation without the need for a pc.
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft wrote:
Hi
On Nov 28, 2007 5:04 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We -do- plan to allow users to use the 'KY' serial command to send text
to the K3's PSK encoder in a future K3 f/w release.
Do you also plan to have a command that would allow software to poll
for packets of
I would want to poll for the data, anything else would be problematic to put
it mildly.
To be honest I doubt that I'll use the built-in PSK / RTTY engines - I'm
more in favour of software such as Digipan etc.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
- Original Message -
From: Julian G4ILO [EMAIL
On Nov 28, 2007 5:53 PM, Simon Brown (HB9DRV) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would want to poll for the data, anything else would be problematic to put
it mildly.
To be honest I doubt that I'll use the built-in PSK / RTTY engines - I'm
more in favour of software such as Digipan etc.
I've
For Sale: Elecraft K2 QRP transceiver with SSB (KSB2) and DSP (KDSP2) option.
Late serial number of 5108 therefore has all the updates and latest firmware.
All expertly built and aligned by an electronics engineer. Altogether would
list new for $957. I will also include a Plantronics
I too would like an adjustable low power button for ATU and linear
tuning purposes.
Being able to turn off the 2nd antenna socket from the TECH MD menu
would save me accidentally transmitting into nothing by catching the ANT
button...
73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
Don and K3 fans,
I have a few comments on interfacing Elecraft transceivers with QSK amps.
When the K2 was first announced publicly (Oct 1999, Pacificon QRP forum)
Wayne and Eric invited those attending to give input and comments
regarding desired features. As I have been a Tentec fan for many
K7GT obviously has the same concerns. Over the past decade I've used
a slew of Ten-Tec and Yaesu xcvrs interfaced to Ten-Tec, Alpha, and
Acom amplifiers via plug 'n play keying loops with uniformly excellent
performance.
The lack of QRO QSK with the K3 may be a big issue with some
prospective K3
This isn't meant to be a complaint or anything, but just to make sure I
am reading the manual correctly, do I have this right?
The 10 programmable function switches are actually only 6 physical
switches: M1-M4 (tap or hold) and PF1-PF2 (hold). And if you reassign
any of M1-M4 (either tap or
Folks,
For what it's worth, My QSK amp is an Acom 1000, With the K2 and now
with the K3 I have never ever had it hot key or clip Dits.
With My old Icom pro2 I had hot keying issues until I started using the
solid state keying output (it's faster than the relay driven output)
None of my Icoms
I participated in a couple of contests lately with my K2/100, and I was
amazed how I could drill down and isolate CW signals with the
combinations of xfil/afil's (KDSP2). It was VERY rare that a
combination of FLx/CFx didn't make the problem go away completely. In
those cases it diminished it
Hi Barry,
There is a lot of confusion and mis-information about the need for CW
keying loop feedback from the amplifier to the rig in the amateur
community. While certainly it was necessary on some older rig and amp
combinations, it is not necessary with a properly designed rig today
that
Barry N1EU wrote:
K7GT obviously has the same concerns. Over the past decade I've used
a slew of Ten-Tec and Yaesu xcvrs interfaced to Ten-Tec, Alpha, and
Acom amplifiers via plug 'n play keying loops with uniformly excellent
performance.
There is a delay built into the K3's amplifier keying
K7GT obviously has the same concerns. Over the past decade
I've used a slew of Ten-Tec and Yaesu xcvrs interfaced to
Ten-Tec, Alpha, and Acom amplifiers via plug 'n play keying
loops with uniformly excellent performance.
The lack of QRO QSK with the K3 may be a big issue with some
David,
It may help for you to re-visit the FL2 and FL3 filters with
Spectrogram. Instead of believing the filter widths that are indicated
on the display, you may want to actually measure the width in the
Spectrogram display. When the K2 variable filter is set substantially
away from its
Kit K3/100 #095 is now here in Halifax, for those who are tracking this kind
of info. Almost certainly the first in NS, maybe in all of the Maritime
Provinces. This is a fully-loaded unit (second RX to come) that was ordered
on 30 Apr, shipped from Elecraft circa 20 November, then captured
Chris wrote:
Am I the only person on earth who wishes that there was a
21 MHz option for the KX1? I emailed Elecraft some months
ago and was told that there are no plans to make the KX1
anything other than 20M-80M...
There are good fundamental technical reasons why the KX1 doesn't cover 17m and
here I am again with my next question.
I don't understand how the fan should work in my KPA100.
I have set the fan to normal in the K2 PA menue.
Like this it is off when I switch the amplifier on.
It goes to fast when I operate for a certain time with high power and the
heatsink gets hot.
But
Depending on country, you can purchase more insurance than the USPS
internet store allows by going to the Post Office. For some reason, they
need to see the package if it has high insurance. Probably because
someone ran a scam somewhere, sometime. Priority Mail is more limited in
its insurance
I built the noise blanker kit for my K2 s/no. 4905 (I think) a few weeks
back, and I am beginning to wonder if it is working. I can not tell any
difference between NB1, NB2, whether hi or lo threshold.
It is said that it works against the sort of pulse noise I get here from
power lines
Over the past decade I've used a slew of Ten-Tec and Yaesu xcvrs interfaced
to Ten-Tec, Alpha, and Acom amplifiers via plug 'n play keying loops with
uniformly excellent performance. The lack of QRO QSK with the K3 may be a
big issue with some prospective K3 contesters.
I disagree that this is a
hi Don,
Don Wilhelm schrieb am 28 Nov 2007 um 9:17:
Switch the antenna on and off to tell
how much atmospheric noise is present - if the receiver noise level
increases when the antenna is connected, then the atmospheric noise is
higher than the receiver noise floor and more preamp gain
Hi Everyone,
As I wait for my K3 order to be filled in the next few weeks I have a
question concerning the currently available SSB bandwidth in the K3.
I have initially ordered a 6.0 roofing filter thinking that it will be
required for a somewhat wider SSB bandwidth in the range of 3.0-3.2
I have only had the fan come on when I was CQ'ing, or 'running' during
field day / contest. Otherwise I don't hear much from it. But then
again, my hearing is not what it once was. I have not yet run any data
modes.
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David Wilburn
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K4DGW
K2 S/N 5982
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at
... But one that can do
digimodes without a sound card would be unique to Elecraft, I think.
I could use it with my Acorn A4 laptop or my RISC PC, assuming you write
this in BBC BASIC!
73,
Lyle KK7P
PS - Note that BBC BASIC URLhttp://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic.html
is a
On Nov 28, 2007 9:55 PM, Lyle Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I could use it with my Acorn A4 laptop or my RISC PC, assuming you write
this in BBC BASIC!
Sorry, I'm a Pascal man.
Lazarus is based on Free Pascal. It can create code for a lot of
current platforms, the main issue is the UI
Hi Dave,
Right now the TX BW is limited by the 2.7 or 2.8 kHz roofing filter and
firmware. This IS
on the list and moving up rapidly. While I cannot say for sure when it will be
available
with certainty, I would still go ahead with the 6.0 kHz filter. There's a
reasonable
chance it may
We're drifting a little afield on this thread. Let's let it rest for now.
73,Eric
Elecraft List Moderator
Bob Nielsen wrote:
Actually Russian Antarctic stations us a R1 prefix, as do Franz Josef
Land and Malyj Vysotskij. I think some contest stations in Russia
itself also use the R without a
Pardon me for jumping in here. I don't have a K3 and don't have one on
order. I'm trying to make that decision. I've read a lot of good things
about the K3. Absence of a keying loop isn't one of them.
Although it's true that some modern QSK amps may appear to work fine without
a keying loop,
Hi Doug,
We were taking great pains -not- to give this impression at Dayton,
since we were already into the 2nd run. I apologize if there was
confusion on this issue.
I am very clear on this and made sure we kept everyone informed of what
we were doing. Prior to Dayton we had already
This had always been my understanding of the system. I'm in the 2nd run, and
didn't put in a deposit at that time because, 1) I knew I wouldn't get the rig
any faster, and 2) I just wanted to hang onto my money for a little longer ;-)
I think a lot of the problem has been too many posters early
The best way I have used to test the effectiveness of noise blanker is
try to use the radio in a house with a common incandescent lamp dimmer
nearby the antenna connection. Use a wire antenna placed near the lamp or
wiring of the dimmer circuit if necessary to increase the coupled noise.
The
Hi Greg,
You wrote:
Hi Dave,
Right now the TX BW is limited by the 2.7 or 2.8 kHz roofing filter and
firmware. This IS
on the list and moving up rapidly. While I cannot say for sure when it will
be available
with certainty, I would still go ahead with
Just got #106 delivered today from 0830/5/1/07 tx purchase.
Built it in 6 hours. Fantastic workmanship and no problems with fitting
anything together.
I haven't put the 100 watt PA in yet but it lights up and controls work.
Taking a breather til morning and will download latest firmware and
Another good source of in-home switching hash is the ubiquitous external
low-voltage halogen lamp power supply. In my experience, some of them are
completely quiet, some of them are anything but. If you have one of the
latter, though, you probably already know that. :-)
Bill / W5WVO
[EMAIL
Stephen,
Turn the preamp on and scratch/tap the Q21 case with a metallic object
(screwdriver) while turning the NB on and off. If the NB is working,
you will hear the sharp impulse clicks substantially reduced.
Many types of power line noise are not handled by the KNB2, it is great
on
You're gonna love this puppy. Try it on QRP CW first :)
matt, K3 # 24
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:29:14 -0800, you wrote:
Just got #106 delivered today from 0830/5/1/07 tx purchase.
Built it in 6 hours. Fantastic workmanship and no problems with fitting
anything together.
I haven't put the
I understand that there's a software utility that allows you to save/load
configurations to/from a computer. But it would be handy if it were possible
to save and restore a small number (somewhere from 1 to 4) of configurations
in the radio itself. You could accommodate different operator
[Elecraft] Re: K3 - qsk keying loop
Dick Green WC1M wc1m at msn.com
Hi Dick,
Happily, the K3 is modular. Would I be incorrect to
assume that a hardware solution could be engineered to
perform this specific purpose, and reasonably
inexpensively?
All it would really take would be for Eric and
Werner,
As far as I know, there is only one temperature trigger point for the
fan operation.
For most CW/SSB operation, the Fan Normal will do just great.
If one is operating digital modes or in intense contest situations, the
Fan Hi/Lo setting may be best so that the fan normally runs at low
Carl Clawson wrote:
I understand that there's a software utility that allows you to
save/load configurations to/from a computer. But it would be handy if
it were possible to save and restore a small number (somewhere from 1
to 4) of configurations in the radio itself. You could accommodate
You can save configurations for his and her right now with the K3
Utility.
Dick, K6KR
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian White GM3SEK
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:01 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3
Many thanks for all the suggestions! Since it is easier and quicker to take
the radio to a dimmer switch than it is to remove the covers and scratch the
top of a transistor, I shall do that first!
I am beginning to think that I was expecting too much from the circuit, and
that being elecraft it
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
By the time our K3 arrives, I'm hoping the firmware will
have easy access to stored profiles for 'His' and 'Her' audio EQ,
because those setting are quite time-consuming to change.
You can save configurations for his and her right now with the K3
Utility.
I'm aware
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