Now sold, thanks.
On 22/06/2009 21:31, Stephen Prior s...@sjprior.fsnet.co.uk wrote:
I'm reposting this, hope no-one minds! I'll sell to the UK and European
Union only so I know that limits things somewhat!
Anyway.
I really can't justify keeping my K2 any longer now that I have
Hi,
After 3 years I decided to use my RS232 interface, however it does not work,
I measured the voltages and only had -1 volt on pin 8!!! I thought the Max
1406 maybe faulty so change it and also fitted an ic socket, still -1 volt
and -2.5 with the ic removed. fault traced to C38 it was cracked!
During the assembly of K3 #3212 Front panel on page #29 requires 2ea
2-56 black 1/4 6.4mm pan head screws and #2 split lock washers to
mount the stand-offs under the LCD. These screws were missing from the
Hardware bag. There were 2ea 4-40 black flat head screws in the bag. I
found 2ea 2-56 black
Andrew,
Check the base K2 first.
First of all, if your K2 is less than SN 3000, you must have the
sidetone source mod on the Control Board. It is easy to check - if that
mod is installed, there will be a wire to P4 pin 1 that you can see
without removing the Control Board.
Next, check to see
The North Fulton Amateur Radio League (Georgia) will be operating as W4QO
running a K3 on the 20/75M SSB station along with LP-Pan and PowerSDR. Our
colleagues over in the CW shack will be running a Flex 3000 vs. the K3 they
ran last year. It will be interesting to see and hear the reactions to
Say, Tom, nice of you to bring that up. Gives me the opportunity to segue
into my favourite other relevant K3 feature, added by Wayne at 3.10, to
cater specifically to FD-type situations in the CW tent. The fix below will
prevent the K3 from keying up at full power if someone innocently boots
Steve et all,
Not his friend but have had this thumping problem since day 1 --
particularly with a low monitor level.
For some reason it is less objectionable with monitor level up higher.
You might try turning the monitor level near zero and give it a listen.
Glad to see that Elecraft is
That's really strange Brian. With my mon. at zero, keying the rig yields
zero thump. I wonder..If you decrease your power to zero if it has an
effect on this thumpOr if you exit vox mode and key in PTT if there is a
change. Just wondering if RF has hany bearing on the thump. This
Robert 'RC' Conley wrote:
During the assembly of K3 #3212 Front panel on page #29 requires 2ea
2-56 black 1/4 6.4mm pan head screws and #2 split lock washers to
mount the stand-offs under the LCD. These screws were missing from the
Hardware bag.
They're typically not in the hardware
I don't recall the various settings, but Wayne had us set the rig up several
ways. Even in TEST function the thumping was still there.
I believe it has to do with the AF gain and monitor setting, and the RF gain
was set to full clockwise. Power setting did not make any difference.
I
Don Wilhelm-4 (via Nabble) wrote:
Andrew,
Check the base K2 first.
First of all, if your K2 is less than SN 3000, you must have the
sidetone source mod on the Control Board. It is easy to check - if that
mod is installed, there will be a wire to P4 pin 1 that you can see
without removing
Is there any news on the availability of the variable bandwidth filters for the
K3?
Thanks!
73
Bill, K4CIA
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Hello RC:
See the assembly manual parts list, bottom of page A-12 in Rev H:
Note: The black pan head 2-56 screws are supplied in separate envelopes. Do
not mix them up. You
will be instructed when to use each size screw in the assembly procedure.
Using the wrong screw may
destroy your front
Interesting. Mine is serial # 410. I wonder if the problem is confined to
newer serial #'s. A delay of 2 seems very long. I might be able to live with
.02 for a while but it's still not QSK.
Hopefully it's not a firmware issue. I just have this fear that something
might be changed and it would
Brett wrote:
Ok so I just found a problem when digging around in the radio. Looks
like the screw in the top of the KAT3 board wasn't replaced. Putting
that screw back in makes the radio show the signal at S1.
--
Good eyes! That's a real easy one to forget
Steve, My unit is 2165 all hardware mods done, rig is loaded with everything
possible.
Roofing filters are 2.8khz, 400hz and 250hz. No audio mods done to my
knowledge.
My hearing is sensitive so try to keep the sidetone monitor set fairly low. I
first noticed this anomoly when I was
Toby Pennington wrote:
Steve, My unit is 2165 all hardware mods done, rig is loaded with
everything possible.
Roofing filters are 2.8khz, 400hz and 250hz. No audio mods done to my
knowledge.
My hearing is sensitive so try to keep the sidetone monitor set fairly low.
I first
I agree about the way the sidetone volume is adjusted. When I go from
headphones to speaker, I have to reduce sidetone volume to keep from
blasting the entire house with my beeps. I have to remember to make the
change BEFORE unplugging the phones otherwise I'm forced to push that MON
button
If I recall correctly the missing 2-56 pan head screws
(used in the front panel board assembly - pg 24) are packed
with 2-56 screws that are used for the VFO A trim panel
(page 31).
Unfortunately, if the user sets aside the separate envelope
with trim panel hardware until it is time to
Hi All,
I'm changing my XV transverter stack control from the K2 to the K3. I missed
the dialog on interfacing the XV transverter stack with the K3's RS-232 serial
interface. Can someone point me in the right direction for cable designs,
pinouts, and setup requirements? The Ecraft
I have VFO A set up for SSB and VFO B set up for DATA A. Since auto-notch is
inappropriate for digital modes, it is automatically disabled when I switch to
VFO B. However, when I switch back to VFO A (SSB), auto-notch is forgotten and
I have to manually re-enable it. I would like it to remember
I am trying to do a configuration save with the latest released K3
utility. I'm using a straight-thru 6 foot RS232 connection and get an error
message saying K3 Get command failed to return the expected response after
several attempts. I posted a help request on the reflector about this a
week
I just wanted to mention the new errata of June 5, 2009. The
notification is to reverse the orientation of D1. The silk screen on the
board was WRONG.OK... so I did that and noticed that just the
schematic symbol for D2 also appears to be WRONG. The schematic
symbols (D1/D2) for XG1
Hi Craig,
This is a guess, but I suspect that your current firmware is too old to
support saving its configuration with the up-to-date K3 Utility - it's
probably trying to use some command that doesn't exist in that firmware,
to read some configuration.
It sounds like your RS232 setup is
Bill,
This may help ya,
N2TK, Tony
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/Using_K3_with_XV_Rev_A.pdf
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Hello Craig!
The RS232 Application note states that Do not use the metal shell of the
RS232 or ACC connectors for chassis ground. They are normally isolated from
the chassis
The intent is to use pin 5 of the RS232 and the appropriate pins of the
ACC interface, for signal ground and not
The K3 commands used to save the K3 configuration have been in the MCU
firmware, unchanged, for as long as the save configuration capability has
been offered. I don't believe that this is the issue. (It's not a bad
guess, though!)
I and the rest of the K3 support team will continue to work with
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
The K3 commands used to save the K3 configuration have been in the MCU
firmware, unchanged, for as long as the save configuration capability has
been offered. I don't believe that this is the issue. (It's not a bad
guess, though!)
:)
I and the rest of the K3
It's my understanding the screws are in *separate* envelopes in with the
other hardware, which I why I wrote the note that way.
Thanks, Joe. I'll check with the people pulling the parts for the kits.
Ron AC7AC
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From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:li...@subich.com]
Sent:
Thanks, everyone, for the really great and timely suggestions! I really
appreciate them.
Lyle's test results along with Dick's comments and Ian's suggestion have me
feeling much better about all this. I found and reinstalled the old
mid-2008 K3 utility, and this old version DID allow me to do
Ditto here. I built a K3 for my club a couple of months ago and had the
same problem. I found some screws in my can o' screws that were the
right size and used them. Then I found the screws I should have used.
Definitely needs a comment in the manual.
73,
Alan N5NA
Joe Subich, W4TV
Hi Bill:
Download ELECRAFT Application Note
Using the K3 with Elecraft XV Transverters
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/Using_K3_with_XV_Rev_A.pdf
Ron AC7AC
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Don't know which version of the manual you have Alan, but it is on page A-12
of the Rev H manual.
Ron AC7AC
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Ditto here. I built a K3 for my club a couple of months ago and had the
same problem. I found some screws in my can o' screws that were the
right size and
Sri for the first response fellows:
NOW I understand.
The bezel screws are in separate envelopes as called for in the manual. That
was done to avoid mixing up the VFO A screws with the LCD cover screws.
Someone decided to put the 2-56 standoff screws in a separate envelope as
well.
If the
I would appreciate the same consideration as is being given Craig. I
reported this issue on April 24 as follows:
*** begin quote ***
On this subject I offer the following:
Just today, I attempted to save my K3 configuration using a fresh newly
downloaded K3 Utility. The save
It could be the same issue. I'll look into this early next week. I haven't
been going back to test each and MCU level with each new K3 Utility
revision. Apparently I missed something.
Have you tried saving a configuration from a current MCU revision?
73 de Dick, K6KR
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I'm able to save my configuration OK. Using 3.19
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
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Great news! I went ahead this afternoon and uploaded the new firmware, and it
went smooth-as-silk. Now running level 3.14 w/o any problems. Must just have
been an incompatibility between the new utility and the older firmware when
doing configuration saves. Thanks again to everyone for all
Ditto for the NR settings. I'd really like to not have to reset the noise
reduction every time I check VFO B then switch back to A.
Paul
WW2PT
Bill W5WVO wrote:
I have VFO A set up for SSB and VFO B set up for DATA A. Since auto-notch
is inappropriate for digital modes, it is
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
It could be the same issue. I'll look into this early next week. I haven't
been going back to test each and MCU level with each new K3 Utility
revision. Apparently I missed something.
Have you tried saving a configuration from a current MCU revision?
Let's
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