[Elecraft] Re: K3 Feeding Other Radios

I run either a K2, or more recently a Perseus, off the back of my K3. With the K2, you do need the 160m option to avoid transmitting into the K3 as per Vic's post. You can mute the K2 by setting the power to zero, TX Test mode, side tone to zero, TX delay quite long, connect the K3 KEY OUT to

Re: [Elecraft] cw memory

To program the memories you have to use a paddle rather than the straight key. I don't normally use a paddle so I keep making mistakes. Is there are way to program CW memories via software? Mike Ken Kopp-3 wrote: The memories record just as you send when you load them ... long spaces,

[Elecraft] QRRR

Would someone explain what QRRR is73 de Ed N7EDK ___ 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.):

Re: [Elecraft] cw memory

Not that I've tried this, but if you programme at very low speed, does that help? -- Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. --John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) On 27 Sep 2008, at 08:41, AD6XY wrote: To

Re: [Elecraft] cw memory

Not really, the problem with programming at very low speeds is that it is very hard to get the timing right. Plus, the whole process takes a lot longer, especially if you make a mistake and have to start over. Mike David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: Not that I've tried this, but if you

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

From a Google search QRRR Official ARRL land distress call Never heard of such nonsense, if indeed that is what it means. If someone really is in distress they should call SOS at least everyone who can read CW will understand that. 73 Dave, G4AON (ex marine radio officer) /Would someone

RE: [Elecraft] OT: Propagation

The NCDSF/IARU beacons have been doing just that for years on 20 through 10 meters with transmission from up to 18 countries on a single time-shared frequency in each band. Absolutely agree - wonderful resource and one that I have been using for many years. WSPR however extends the propagation

Re: [Elecraft] K3 RF-out spikes, was: K3 SSB Power Control and ALC Metering

I wonder if this thread is related to the thread about TX Gain calibration, from which it seems to have forked. If the TX gain calibration hasn't been done properly, or the conditions are not similar (e.g. the PA is not providing a 50 ohm resistive load, or there is a significant operating

[Elecraft] K3 + Station Master?

Has anyone connected the K3 together with a microHAM Station Master? I am having problems making TX Inhibit work the way it is supposed to. The K3 and SM are connected together with the cable supplied by microHAM and when I set TX INH to HI = Inh the TX icon starts flashing as an indication that

[Elecraft] K3 #1815

order from: 14.06.2008 arrived: 26.09.2008 vy 73s de Stefan, DH0SP -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3--1815-tp1122688p1122688.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Propagation

Julian, G4ILO wrote on Friday, September 26, 2008 11:28 PM Whatever happened to just turning the radio on and listening. :) Agreed, but also trying a few CQs on a dead band! If everybody just listened a band would sound to be dead :-) The IARU beacons imho are very useful indicators but

FW: [Elecraft] K3 #1815

To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [?? Probable Spam] [Elecraft] K3 #1815 order from: 14.06.2008 arrived: 26.09.2008 vy 73s de Stefan, DH0SP mine ordered 19.05.2008, sent to SP Land 16.09.2008, arrived 19.09.2008 and still laying in custom service... thought we are in Europe United

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

Dave G4AON wrote: From a Google search QRRR Official ARRL land distress call Never heard of such nonsense, if indeed that is what it means. If someone really is in distress they should call SOS at least everyone who can read CW will understand that. What's the CW equivalent of Pan pan?

[Elecraft] K3 AGC behaviour, in particular for pulse noise

All, I would like to share the following experience on the AGC settings of the K3. Situation at my QTH: There is an electric fence nearby my home that gives a pulse type of noise. The K3 handled that pretty well with the AGC PLS setting to ON. Switching the AGC PLS to OFF gave me a lot of

[Elecraft] XV144 transverter - output power instability

Hello Group, I notice output power instability in my XV144. After I tuned the max output power by R22, I closed the XV144 with the top cover. However, upon tightened the screws on the top cover, I notice a 20-30% reduction in output power. I tightened all the screws and keyed the XV144 again

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

Jon, the CW equivalent of PAN PAN PAN (it should be repeated three times) is XXX XXX XXX (again repeated three times), which I doubt anyone would recognise or understand these days... Except to confuse the call with adult films or very strong beer! 73 Dave, G4AON ---

Re: [Elecraft] K3 #1815

Hi. alive: 27.9.2008 http://www.dh0sp.de/dh0sp_site/download/contest/K3/K3-7.JPG #1815 vy 73s de Stefan, DH0SP -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3--1815-tp1122688p1122860.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[Elecraft] k3 1814 on air

My K3 # 1814 (kit version) has arrived yesterday 09/26/2008,here in ITALY, shipped 9/24 from Elecraft, ordered 06/9/2008. I have assembled it with about 6 Hours without problems. All is running well, I had my first QSO today Many 73's I0CG ITALY

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Battery Charging System With out Mods?

Hi John and all, For us more casual users of a charger does anyone know of site that might have a schematic for a homebrew charger that accomplishes the same things as is being discussed here? The AA charger looks like it runs about $70, which is a fair price, but basically I'm a

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

Ok I'll bite...what's Pan Pan.. I've been 99% CW for almost 45 years, pls excuse my ignorance. Tom WB2QDG K2 1103 - Original Message - From: Dave G4AON [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRRR Jon, the

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

To quote from Wikipedia: pan-pan means there is an emergency on board a boat, ship, aircraft, or other vehicle but that, for the time beinf at least, there is no immediate danger to anyone's life or the vessel itself. This is referred to as a state of urgency. This is distinct from a Mayday

RE: [Elecraft] QRRR

MORSE - SSB= about SOS - Mayday= Distress Traffic TTT - Securité = Safety Traffic XXX - Pan Pan Pan = Urgent traffic 73 Arie PA3A Ex PCOH, PJUB, PCOB, the rest I forgot. (all ship callsigns) ___ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

At 9/27/2008 10:07 AM, Dave G4AON wrote: Jon, the CW equivalent of PAN PAN PAN (it should be repeated three times) is XXX XXX XXX (again repeated three times), which I doubt anyone would recognise or understand these days... Except to confuse the call with adult films or very strong beer!

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Battery Charging System With out Mods?

Tom, The charger that the A A Engineering Smartcharger is based on appears in my 1994 ARRL Handbook at 27-16. It claims to be an update from the original article by Warren Dion N1BBH which appeared in June 1987 QST. It uses the Unitrode UC3906/UC2906 charge controller. 73, Don W3FPR Tom

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

Here's a link that may be interesting to cw ops: http://www.radiomarine.org/500-4.html from the NMO series at: http://www.radiomarine.org/tales.html various prosigns, silent period, SOS procedures are described in detail. Bob NW8L On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Dave G4AON [EMAIL

[Elecraft] K2 Battery Charging System With out Mods?

Tom - Figure 6 in this paper on the NorCal website is a schematic for a simple dual mode charger that can be made with commonly available parts. http://www.norcalqrp.org/files/Batteries_and_Charging_Systems_KK6MC_whitepaper.pdf I gave the paper a couple of years ago at Pacificon. - Dr.

[Elecraft] Toroids frequency range and baluns

Bob - You wrote: Why are choke baluns wound as a coil vastly superior to choke baluns made with a sting of ferrite beads? With the coil type, you're adding additional coax loss... What am I missing here? I didn't see an explicit reply to this on the list, but the short answer is that

Re: [Elecraft] New K3 -- no output on SSB

Two immediate things spring to mind. Incorrect microphone configuration. Incorrect TX filter set up. Check you are using the correct microphone socket (front or back) and that the bias is as it should be for your microphone. SSB TX filter should be set to the 2.7kHz or 2.8 kHz filter. Mike

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Battery Charging System With out Mods?

In a recent message, Tom McCulloch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... For us more casual users of a charger does anyone know of site that might have a schematic for a homebrew charger that accomplishes the same things as is being discussed here? I can thoroughly recommend the SLA smart charger

RE: [Elecraft] QRRR

Yes, that is indeed what it means. And, since it was established by the ARRL, it's no surprise Hams in other countries don't know it. Since so little CW is used for distress communications these days, it's no wonder few current American Hams know it. That's what prompted my question.

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Battery Charging System With out Mods?

Hi, I have not checked current availability but Far Circuits had the ARRL handbook version PCB available. It was basically the same as the AA design and even they sold their PCB in the past. 73, Bob K2TK Tom McCulloch wrote: Hi John and all, For us more casual users of a

[Elecraft] QRRR

Dave wrote: ...the CW equivalent of PAN PAN PAN (it should be repeated three times) is XXX XXX XXX... Ed wrote: Never heard of such nonsense Even those who have decades of ham Morse experience are often unfamiliar with basic commercial, maritime, or military Morse usage. Sadly, it's worth

[Elecraft] OT: CQ WW RTTY

Fire up your K3s and make a few QSOs in the RTTY Contest! I just worked Ed P49X for my first ever RTTY QSO using the simple directions below: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_operating_tips.htm#RTTY%20operation%20without%20a%20computer This is the format for the exchange: US/VE stations send RST,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 + Station Master?

Björn Mohr wrote: Has anyone connected the K3 together with a microHAM Station Master? I am having problems making TX Inhibit work the way it is supposed to. The K3 and SM are connected together with the cable supplied by microHAM and when I set TX INH to HI = Inh the TX icon starts flashing as

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Battery Charging System With out Mods?

Hi, Bruce: We can go to great lengths looking for technological perfection. There are all kinds of schemes to charge the internal battery of the K2 in optimal ways, as illustrated to the responses to your post. After going through the same thoughts you are going through I resorted back to the

[Elecraft] KRX3 now in K3/100-F (#188)

My K3/100-F (#188 ordered october, 17) already has the KRX3 installed. Very easy assembly and well explained. Also I have had to change the resistance R91, no problem. It works perfectly according to the specifications. The only but; that I do not understand is that if the KXV3 has been sended

[Elecraft] CONFIG:VCO IND UNAVAIL

Just finished the instalation of the KRX3 and when try to change CONFIG: VFO IND from NO to YES, K3 says UNAVAIL. Any idea? Thanks in advance. 73 DX de Pedro, EA 4 KD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a

[Elecraft] Reminder - UK Elecraft net Sundays 0900 local, 3630 KHz

I shall be QRV on the Elecraft UK net on Sunday 28th September at 0900. I've already worked Jura this week (MS0SCG) and hope they can join us on the net with their two K3s (antennas permitting this far down the band). 73 Dave, G4AON K3/100 #80, Acom 1000 linear

Re: [Elecraft] CONFIG:VCO IND UNAVAIL

Read the errata... Its not implemented yet in the firmware. On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 21:39 +0200, EA4KD, Pedro wrote: Just finished the instalation of the KRX3 and when try to change CONFIG: VFO IND from NO to YES, K3 says UNAVAIL. Any idea? Thanks in advance. 73 DX de Pedro, EA 4 KD

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC behaviour, in particular for pulse noise

Thanks for sharing this with us Arie. For the past few years I, too, have suffered from pulses that sound like electric fences (especially on 80m). AGC PLS at nor reduces them like magic from S9+10 down to the noise level. In fact until your posting on the reflector I had forgotten about them.

Re: [Elecraft] CONFIG:VCO IND UNAVAIL

OK, Thanks for the information. It´s clear on K3 Manual errata Rev D1-3. But it is inadmissible that in the KRX3´s documentation speak about Sub Receiver Band Independence. Elecraft must to add that even not available this one. I´m sorry but my 0 for Elecraft in the KRX3´s manual. 73 DX

[Elecraft] Loss of VFO B encoder control

(separate weekend mail sent to K3support) I'm in the middle of Test and Calibration, which begins on page 64 of the Assembly manual. Initial power Checks: satisfactory Synthesizer Calibration: completed satisfactorily Filter setup: made it through Filter Bandwidth Setup and Filter Center

Re: [Elecraft] Loss of VFO B encoder control

I had a bad encoder assembly in the K3 I assembled recently - I proved it by swapping A and B encoders and observing the problem switch with it. Elecraft shipped me a new one which fixed it (after much sweat replacing it - that front panel removal is a PITA). I suspect Elecraft is not

Re: [Elecraft] Loss of VFO B encoder control

Rick, Does the VFO B knob change the frequency of VFO B? If it does, there is nothing wrong with the encoder, and you should send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If not, swap the encoder between VFO B and RIT (or VFO A and VFO B whichever is easiest for you) - if the problem follows the

[Elecraft] K3 CW decode

my new K3 decode well the recived CW but don't decode my transmission. Eny suggestion? Thanks for help Giuliano I0CG ITALY k3 #1814 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber

Re: [Elecraft] Loss of VFO B encoder control

Hello Don, The encoder in the VFO B spot does not change VFO B displayed frequency (and does not change any of the menu items, either. Thanks for the reply. 73 Rick N6CY Reston, VA -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sep 27, 2008 6:53 PM To: Rick and Theresa

Re: [Elecraft] Loss of VFO B encoder control

I have been reminded that the RIT uses a different encoder - sorry for the confusion. Maybe I can write it off as a 'senior moment' - please excuse me for not checking the parts list first. 73, Don W3FPR Rick and Theresa Low wrote: Hello Don, The encoder in the VFO B spot does not change

Re: [Elecraft] OT: CQ WW RTTY

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:10:43 -0400, Bill Tippett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fire up your K3s and make a few QSOs in the RTTY Contest! I just worked Ed P49X for my first ever RTTY QSO using the simple directions below:

[Elecraft] Link...(a bit OT) welcome aboard the Mighty MO and its radio comms of yesteryear and ham shack of today (KH6BB).

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