Re: [Elecraft] K3: Audio Mixer

2009-04-12 Thread W7TEA
This is great Lyle. I hope it makes it into a release soon as a menu option. Thank you, Gary W7TEA Hello Dave! > I've already programmed one of the command tester macros for it. Is > there an equivalent command to set it back to normal? Assuming you mean Main Left, Sub Right (the same as

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Optimizing filter offsets for SSB TX and RX

2009-04-12 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
If I wanted to check for filter offsets in the 8 pole filters, I think I would put them into the main RX and run response curves (using the K3 Filter Utility package) in both USB and LSB (or AFSK A NOR and REV). Set the DSP bandwidth to 4.00 and the center frequency to 1.50 (SSB) or 2.20 (AFS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 12th & 13th, 2009

2009-04-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Forty meters was normal: noisy and full of QSB :) But it was nice to hear folks from all over. Afterward I would have enjoyed a walk in the quiet but the rain was pretty heavy. Guess I need to invest in some rain gear this year so I can walk no matter what. The heavy weather

[Elecraft] an Elecraft Tale

2009-04-12 Thread eric norris
I know this list is for technical stuff, but I have to share this story. I rode my bicycle to a local park today, taking my KX1 into the field for the first time. I threw a wire up into a tree about 20 ft and laid out a single 16 ft radial. The ATU tuned it up to 1:1 SWR. I looked around a

[Elecraft] EQP 2009 Results

2009-04-12 Thread Roger Stein
CallNameQTH Score Rig Serial # W1SOC Bob/N4BPFL 202,919K3 65 AB9VMikeIN 154,336K3 398 KB0YH Gus CO 96,348 K3 441 W1QKDan CT 84,600 K3 683 W0UYTom KS 63,945

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Optimizing filter offsets for SSB TX and RX

2009-04-12 Thread Windy Dankoff
YOU ARE RIGHT, Joe !! I did my trials on USB. On LSB, I can tell by listening and re-adjusting that you are quite correct. It's back to zero for me. :-| I await further comments. Windy On Apr 12, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > If you crank in an offset with the 8 pole f

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (4/12/09)

2009-04-12 Thread Phil and Christina
We had a short and sparse SSB net again today (1800Z) on 14.316 MHz. The signal levels were down, and not very many stations were heard. We had only 13 participants including net control and ran for only 18 minutes. Attribute that to the holiday and very weak conditions. Discussions were on AGC

[Elecraft] OT: HexKey Enclosure Now Available

2009-04-12 Thread Dave Van Wallaghen
Hello all, As Ken (K0PP) and Fred (K6DGW) have mentioned, I finally settled on a design for the HexKey enclosure and I am now accepting orders. I've updated my website and you can find info on all of my enclosures here: http://w8fgu.home.comcast.net/~w8fgu/enclosures.html I opted to use acryli

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Audio Mixer

2009-04-12 Thread Lyle Johnson
Hello Dave! > I've already programmed one of the command tester macros for it. Is > there an equivalent command to set it back to normal? Assuming you mean Main Left, Sub Right (the same as you get when turning the Sub ON), try: !bed1; 73, Lyle KK7P

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Optimizing filter offsets for SSB TX and RX

2009-04-12 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
If you crank in an offset with the 8 pole filters be sure you test it with BOTH USB and LSB. An offset that enhances low frequency response in USB will reduce the LF response in LSB (enhance high frequency response) and vice versa. 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -Original Message- >

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Audio Mixer

2009-04-12 Thread David Gilbert
That's VERY slick! And certainly simpler than using an external mixer. As you say, it goes away with a power cycle, and also when I turn the SUB off then back on. So far it seems to survive most other changes I've tried, though ... mode, band, filter, VFO, etc. I've already programmed one

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Optimizing filter offsets for SSB TX and RX

2009-04-12 Thread Bill W4ZV
Continued from: [CQ-Contest] SOME THOUGHTS ON USING THE K3 ON SSB Reading these messages, I decided I should try adjusting the offset for my 2.8 8-pole filter from the normal 0. I have been getting good audio reports, but not "excellent". Bill W4ZV wrote: > After extensive experiments w

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Meet the bag lady at Visalia (:-)

2009-04-12 Thread Frank R. Oppedijk
Fred, Can you provide a picture of the Hexkey cover? It's not yet on W8FGU's web site and I'm very interested. Thanks, 73, Frank PA4N At 21:13 12/04/2009, Fred Jensen wrote: >Dave, W8FGU, is a good friend of mine, and he's had me "beta testing" a >couple of his creations -- a clear case for t

[Elecraft] NAQCC Sprint Tuesday night!

2009-04-12 Thread NAQCC
NAQCC Sprint Tuesday night! This coming Tuesday evening will be the monthly NAQCC Sprint for April, 2009. I will refer you to the proper URL: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/sprint200904.html There you will find all the details as to time, frequencies and also a special prize. This month's Speci

[Elecraft] K3: Optimizing filter offsets for SSB TX and RX

2009-04-12 Thread KM5Q
Continued from: [CQ-Contest] SOME THOUGHTS ON USING THE K3 ON SSB Reading these messages, I decided I should try adjusting the offset for my 2.8 8-pole filter from the normal 0. I have been getting good audio reports, but not "excellent". Listening during adjustment, I found that as I reach

[Elecraft] More on K3 not responding

2009-04-12 Thread Julius Fazekas
Sounds .ike the USB adapter is at a different address than your previous one. Check what port, if any it's been assigned, and use that port address in the K3 utility... All USB/Serial adapters are not created equal ;o) GL, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.ne

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Audio Mixer

2009-04-12 Thread Lyle Johnson
The adventurous may try the following. These commands do not stick through power cycles, and may not remain through mode changes or other commands. In other words, the radio may revert back to normal operation at any time :) If you want Main Rx in both ears and leave the Sub Rx in the right e

[Elecraft] W1 and HexKey enclosures

2009-04-12 Thread Ken Kopp
I asked Dave about making a smoked W1 enclosure for me a few weeks ago and I now have the first one. It will be on display at Visalia, along with other cases by Dave. Dave's HexKey cover has a bottom that the paddle is set in before the cover is placed over the key ... a nice feature ... and th

Re: [Elecraft] K3 is not responding

2009-04-12 Thread Dick Dievendorff
This has been corrected in a subsequent version of the K3 Utility. We're working now toward getting a new K3 Utility version onto the Elecraft web site. Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Guy Olinge

[Elecraft] K3 RF Gain difference, main and sub

2009-04-12 Thread Mike Scott
I am wondering if the RF gain encoders are read exactly the same between main and sub receivers. There is a significant difference in RF gain when I move them both down together. I can turn the sub Rx RF all the way down and still have appreciable RF gain, about equivalent to Main at half gain, 12

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Meet the bag lady at Visalia (:-)

2009-04-12 Thread Fred Jensen
Ken Kopp wrote: > Stop at the > Elecraft booth at Visalia next week-end and meet Rose, N7HKW the > Elecraft cover and bag lady. She'll have samples of her products, along > with samples of Dave, W8FGU's clear plastic Elecraft Mini-Module > housings. Dave has added a new Elecraft HexKey cover

[Elecraft] K3: Audio Mixer

2009-04-12 Thread David Gilbert
There was a discussion here recently about being able to listen to the main receiver in both ears while listening to the subreceiver only in the right ear, which to me makes a lot of sense for contesting optimum spatial cognition using both ears to pick out weak callers on the main run fr

Re: [Elecraft] K3 is not responding

2009-04-12 Thread Guy Olinger, K2AV
I have had an off and on problem with a USB to serial dongle, and finally discovered the following pattern: Using Windows XP, all current windows upgrades maintained. Using the USB dongle purchased from Elecraft. The Elecraft recommended drivers from the mfr. have been installed. K3 is on. K

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Announcement

2009-04-12 Thread Mike-WE0H
Hi Jim, That makes sense. I was thinking a bit and realized most computer motherboards have a 14.318mc oscillator in them. Then as you said the color burst freq x4 and that makes a huge mess out of that freq and near by. 20m was up & down and the solar conditions are terrible this weekend comp

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Announcement

2009-04-12 Thread Jim Wiley
Mike et al - It might be good to check to see if you aren't doing it to yourself. 14.318 divided by 4 is 3.579 MHz, the "color burst" frequency used by millions of consumer devices as a reference frequency, and not just TV sets. I have heard carriers on or around that frequency with strengt

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Announcement

2009-04-12 Thread Mike-WE0H
That carrier on 14.31800mc is nuts loud in Minnesota. I tried to check in but only one station heard me and repeated my callsign. Even the DSP won't wipe that screaming carrier out. -- Mike WE0H K2 #6698 SKCC #5446 Phil and Christina wrote: > Hi gang, > > The weekly Elecraft SSB net will mee

[Elecraft] FS: LP-Pan & Infransonic Quartet

2009-04-12 Thread Edward Dickinson, III
LP-Pan #0122, Manaul, etc. Infransonic Quartet Sound Card with orginal packaging - 192 kHz - PCI. All like new. USPS Conus $295 Please contact off list. Best Regards, Dick - KA5KKT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.ne

[Elecraft] K3: 'Line In' problems

2009-04-12 Thread Jason Reber
Greetings everyone; I just got the new K3 assembled, and I'm really enjoying it. However, I have an issue with the "line in" not working, and I wonder if anyone else has seen this with a recently purchased K3. I'm trying to use the "line in" for PSK 31, but the input is not working. I've read pre

[Elecraft] [K2][K3] Rework Eliminator(TM) Milestones & Plans

2009-04-12 Thread Ken Kaplan
We are considering aftermarket accessories for the K3 and welcome your ideas for new products. We are especially interested in kits ... o Composed of one or more printed circuit boards. o For which there's sufficient interest to justify producing 60 units. o We could design, produce, and o

Re: [Elecraft] K3-Measuring Filter Offset

2009-04-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, Since the goal is to make the 2 filters agree with each other, I would suggest using stereo input to Spectrogram - the main RX on the left channel and the sub RX on the right. It should be visually apparent when the two filter passbands are overlapping each other to the greatest degree

[Elecraft] K3: AGC Compendium Development-Anyone Interested in Sharing Settings?

2009-04-12 Thread David and Dianne on Comcast
Hi Everyone, Bill, N2BC's recent updates to his very slick K3EZ Manager Program http://home.roadrunner.com/~n2bc/SW.htm has introduced some very excellent features, one of them the ability to store and load directly to the K3 various combinations of

Re: [Elecraft] K2-Control Board Resistance Test

2009-04-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Phil, The most likely problem is that you have a solder bridge somewhere (or perhaps several). Look at the amount of solder on your connections. If it has more than a very small fillet, there is too much solder. Actually with the plated through holes just enough solder to fill the holes is

[Elecraft] K3-Measuring Filter Offset

2009-04-12 Thread Mike Scott
>It's not unusual for the 8-pole filters to have small offsets, which would be particularly noticeable if on the bass side of the >passband. I've heard of up to 80 Hz (0.08) in some CW filters. Anything large than that, indicates something else may be going >on (like accidentally resetting the 5-

[Elecraft] K2-Control Board Resistance Test

2009-04-12 Thread Philip L. Graitcer
First time kit builder and have just completed control board, but resistance checks do not seem to check out for several points: P2, U5, U4 are all okay *Q1 & Q2 collectors - both around 29K U6 - pin 8 is okay (about 75K), *U6 - pins 13, 14, are around 40K, U6 - pins 29 and 30 are okay (around 4

Re: [Elecraft] Improved K3 Audio experience

2009-04-12 Thread Mike Scott
>Just curious - I notice that your setting for AGC PLS (agc pulse noise >reject) is Off. Did that make a significant difference in your case? Bob, I haven't noticed a difference with AGC PLS on or off. I haven't played with it much so it may or may not make a difference in different conditions

Re: [Elecraft] "Chinese copy" of KX-1?

2009-04-12 Thread Ken Alexander
Love the LCD display. I wish Elecraft had gone that route. However, if and when something goes wrong (even though it's assembled already) there's no Don Wilhelm or Elecraft mailing list to back you up, and to me that's worth the extra money. 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS --- On Sun, 4/12/09, C

[Elecraft] UK Elecraft net report for Sunday 12th April

2009-04-12 Thread Dave G4AON
Conditions this week were mostly OK, although continental contest stations occasionally caused problems. The Blackpool Rally was well attended with several "Elecrafters" meeting with Peter, G3UCA and Ian, G0VGS, who were present on an Elecraft stand and the Sands Contest Group stand. Paul, M1PAF,

Re: [Elecraft] FW: [CQ-Contest] SOME THOUGHTS ON USING THE K3 ON SSB

2009-04-12 Thread Bill W4ZV
After extensive experiments with tx audio settings in pursuit of "perfect audio" for my purposes - dxing on 80m - I came to the conclusion that for my voice with the HC-4, an offset of -0.07 with the 2.8 kHz filter was about right. It's not unusual for the 8-pole filters to have small offse