I am using K3 with HC5. This is the most efficient combination of all I
tried. Mic gain about 17 at HI setting and compression 20 for stateside, 25
for DX and 28 in pileups. The only distortion I had was when the HC5
connection was intermittent.
Ignacy
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I have the following settings for SSB:
Mic: Turner +3 (set to position 1 on the mic)
Mic Gain: 27
CMP: 19
EQ- Flat
Many unsolicited compliments on the k3 audio.
Checked on a HP spec-an shows very good audio waveform
I have not changed these settings for months but I do audio checks using
What has yet to be said in this worthy discussion is the simple reminder
that some human voices just naturally sound lousy regardless of the
microphone, transceiver, or speaking technique.
Forty years of chain smoking exacts a price. Inarticulation cannot be
electronically cleaned.
Well i suppose i might just as well weigh in on this as well since it seems to
be the thing to do!
When i got my K3 (#763) this summer it came with a Kenwood 600 ohm Dynamic
handheld. Must have come from something that uses the UP-Down buttons but
anyway, no one has told me my audio sounded
good morning folks
great thread !
similar story here, young teenage years using a Heathkit HR-10 reciever, and
DX-40U both
purchased second hand.
The HR-10 was less than stellar for sideband, it had more drift than a
Japanese fishing fleet !
Very early on I was given a battery tube AM / CW
i do often wonder why everyone who buys a new radio wants to know what
mic to use, as though radios and mics were somehow born to be together.
A mic is a mic. It can be EQ'd in the radio or outside the radio, the
K3 input can take about anything you can feed it, and still there's
this
Hello Trev and others,
I've been using an XV144 with my K2 and K3 on the satellites for a few
years. Mostly receiving with AO-7, VO-52, DO-64 and the ISS.
Occasionally transmitting into FO-29, and AO-51 (The K3 has the FM
filter). Pretty much voice only, no CW (not much call around here) or
Hi Everyone,
I use a Heil PR-781 with my K3 using the K3 EQ and managing it with the
K3_EZ Program from N2BC.
Many different EQ settings yield some really nice audio. Excellent
comments over the air.
Not too expensive either.
My $.02
73 de N1LQ-Dave
I was fortunate to be able to afford an Elecraft MD-2 desk mic
a few years ago for my K2. It really works nicely with the K3.
I have a habit of selling things and then later regretting it.
Fortunately this time I held onto a good thing!!!
Keith Hamilton W8GX
Using the plain Elecraft hand mic here. Very very good audio reports. May
not be a Heil, but I really don't care. As long as people can understand
what I'm saying, then I'm happy.
73 de James K2QI
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Grant Youngman n...@tx.rr.com wrote:
i do often wonder why
Set mic settings to FPL; it may be set to H. The MH2 is a pretty hot
microphone; no need to set gain to high.
73 de James K2QI
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Bill Davis Jr cqbi...@msn.com wrote:
I am having the same kind of reports with my K3 #3460 and a MH2 --- I have
to run mike gain
The Audio Technica ATR-30 at about $30 works well for me. Apparently
does so for others as well. See the review on eham.net.
Dick
KA1SA
At 05:02 PM 11/5/2009, Keith wrote:
I was fortunate to be able to afford an Elecraft MD-2 desk mic
a few years ago for my K2. It really works nicely with the
Hello David,
Many thanks for your reply to my post. The info was of great help. I am just
gathering together all the data I can get before I decide which way to jump.
Getting into retirement here so this will probably be my last big purchase of
equipment so want to get it right.
Thanks again
So, the S-Meter calibration instructions in the manual indicate that
PRE should be on. When calibration is done, that means that a 50uV
signal reads S-9 with PRE on .. but about S-7 with PRE off. And then
if the mode is changed from Normal to Absolute, a 50uV signal reads
S-7 with or
Heil Goldline with HC-4 and -5 elements.
matt W6NIA
K3 #24
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I purchased a Yaesu MD100A8X desk mic to use with my K3. I chose it for 1)
price, 2) I was used to a desk mic, 3) Up/Dn control and the opportunity to
access the Function feature available through the K3 mic jack via far
position of Up/Dn control on the desk stand.
I receive good
So, the S-Meter calibration instructions in the manual indicate that
PRE should be on. When calibration is done, that means that a 50uV
signal reads S-9 with PRE on .. but about S-7 with PRE off. And then
if the mode is changed from Normal to Absolute, a 50uV signal reads
S-7 with
wa6riv wrote:
1972 and 13 years old,
WN6EDW, First transmitter OX-2 ICM kit, true QRP. My rcvr was a Ten Tec RX-10.
Ted WP4CW
[snip]
I was WV2LBV in 1960 and amazingly young at 16! Built the novice rig
featured in the Handbook (if I remember correctly) with a 6146 as both
oscillator and
Grant,
Mine does the same thing as yours - it appears as though the S-meter
'abs' setting is the same as S-meter 'nor' with the preamp OFF. So what
I did was calibrate the S-meter with the preamp OFF and then set it to
'abs'.
Makes sense to me, after all S-9 is supposed to be a 50 uV signal
Grant, on an earlier thread on this general topic Wayne said that
SMTR OF and SC may need further tweaking when switching to Abs
after first aligning in Nor mode with Pre on. My experience mimics yours.
With a 50uv signal and the S meter at S9, Nor OF setting is 30 and Abs
setting is at 23.
Julian
I have seen the same problem of sporadic lack of output in DATA A with
3.52/2.43
Bob
KD8CGH
K3 #70
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My K2 was operating fine, has the SSB module the latest addition, and
The KTA100 addition. Has been working fine for a week since the SSB
addition. Was on 80 meters tuning up on low power, 3 watts, and the
lights went out.
Removed the KTA100 and SSB board on QRP with power to min, press
Hi all. Looking for info as to the diameters or any where this info
could be found of the following:
4500-2
4500-4
4405
4403
Have looked on the inter net but maybe just not in right places.
Thank you
I'm sure our resident expert Don Wilhelm, will reply as soon as he sees the
message, but in the meantime check the resettable fuse (F1 I believe). From
what I've seen here some have failed. It sounds like your may be triggering
at a very low current level now, only allowing the brief periods of
Good grief! $10K? I don't get it!
Dave W7AQK
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From: Randy Moore wrmoor...@comcast.net
To: David and Dianne on Comcast dhh...@comcast.net
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Jurassic Radio vs. K3
Dick,
That behavior is typical when the K2 is drawing too much current. The
resettable fuse (F1) on the RF board (right edge) trips. Please confirm
this by making the voltage measurement Ron suggested - if there is
voltage on one leg of the fuse, but not the other, that is confirmation
that
Nostalgia is expensive!
73,
Don W3FPR
David Y. wrote:
Good grief! $10K? I don't get it!
Dave W7AQK
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Subject: [Elecraft] J W Miller coil forms
Sent: Nov 5, 2009 7:05 PM
Hi all. Looking for info as to the diameters or any where this info
could be found of the following:
4500-2
That ATR-30 is the one I use with my K3 for more than a year now and you can
find it for just $22.50 at www.buy.com .If want to see how it look like,go to
qrz.com and type my call sign,I do have a good picture and a link to the
reviews.
AD4C
For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3
I was WN8DVT-WA8DVT in Dayton in about 1960. See picture of my first
stations here:
http://s748.photobucket.com/albums/xx121/W4TQ/?action=viewcurrent=StationsLR.jpg
The top picture shows my Hallicrafters Sky Champion (was an antique when I
got it) and an Ameco AC-1 (AC-1 kit bought mail order
Of course it's not for its performance but because it's a nostalgic
collectable.
After all, who is there to preserve the past but those with the money to
preserve the past?
Even Citizen Kane might have paid far more than that for Rosebud ;-)
Ron AC7AC
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Good grief!
That's great! (My Novice day photos from the early 1950's got lost years ago
in a move along with the logs, sigh!) Tnx for the photos.
You guys had *great* receivers to work with. My first receiver was a
Meissner regen using type 76 triodes in detector and audio amp. That was
replaced by a
I've yet to encounter anyone who started with the equipment I
had. The transmitter was a Sonar SRT120P built from a kit (its final
was an AX9903). The VFO was just an LC setup connected to the
crystal socket. It drifted and chirped beyond belief and was
replaced by Knight VFO. The receiver
It seems to be up for me now. Please let me know if it goes down again, or
if it's down for you now.
Leigh/WA5ZNU
Thom LaCosta-2 wrote:
At 02:39 AM 11/05/09, Peter ZL1PWD wrote:
Is the Elecraft mail archive address still OK?
When I try to access this address:
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