Sorry if this has been posted before, but my eyes are bloodshot from
searching the archives looking for a relevant post! If this HAS been posted,
please point me to the thread...
I'm considering selling my Pro III AND my early serial number K2 and getting
a K3/100. I like to take my K2 in the
Jim,
What do you want to know? Whether anyone who has owned a Pro3 has replaced
it with a K3? The answer to that is yes - hundreds of us - perhaps more.
Your description of the K3 as relatively high-end is not quite right, as
the K3 instead defines high end and sets the bar pretty high.
You
I lost the memory function button on the digital recorder. When I pressed M3,
I used to switch real fast from ESSB to SSB. How can I get this back? I
don't know how I lost it but when I press the button now, I get repeat now.
Like it wants to record. My K3 went back for an upgrade and I think
Here are my Birdies-
28.441.55
28.447.18
28.541.60
28.554.2
29.279.4 real strong s-7
50.396.0
50.630.0
52.449.0
52.795.18
21.274.3
14.281.2
I only listed the birdies on the ham bands but there are more birdies when
you listen to the general coverage receiver.
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Wouldn't that be easier. Take a pole of all the birdies and take it out with
firmware.
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I use two old Pasasonic bookshelf speakers from back in the day and they
sound great on my K3. The ones that are octagon shaped.
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Sometimes I'll walk way from my tube amp and leave it in standby mode and
turn off my K3. Well, a few weeks ago I forgot to put it in standby and I
came back to the radio from working on my antenna outside and the swr was
changed which was set on the tuner. When I turned on my K3, I damaged the
After thinking about if for almost a year, and recently playing with one
again at the Visalia IDXC, I bought a KX1, with the tuner and 30/80 option.
I received the box Friday morning and made the first QSO tonight. Took me
about 15 hours of work to build the basic KX1 (#2374), I still need to
Tom W8JI escribió:
I am trying to use a cheap computer microphone in my K3, front 8 pin
connector. I have some doubts that I would like to solve before making a
mistake:
1- Can I use pin 1 directly atached to the electret capsule and set bias
in config:MIC SEL? Or should I use also some
From what I understand, the method used to remove birdies in the K3
although clever does not actually remove them, but moves them out of
hearing.
Before moving all of the Rx birdies using firmware, IMHO it would be wise to
take a *comprehensive* look at the transmitter spurs as well, because
Sometimes I'll walk way from my tube amp and leave it in
standby mode and
turn off my K3. Well, a few weeks ago I forgot to put it in
standby and I
came back to the radio from working on my antenna outside
and the swr was
changed which was set on the tuner. When I turned on my K3,
I damaged
Like you was told,there must be something wrong in your setup because I do have
an Ameritron AL-80B conected all the time to my K3 and more than once I have
forgot to turn it down to standby and when turned my K3 back on nothing wrong
happend,just heard the amp relay click for a fraction of a
Well Jim,you get it,I owned a ProIII for 3 years and it was replaced for my
actual K3.
I was always thinking my ProIII was the jewel of hamradios but the day my
friend AD4Z loaned me for a week his new K3 for comparison test against my
ProIII my heart was broken.
The K3 leaves the ProIII way
Without an attenuator to match levels, people are gambling
with or without the ALC connected. 73 Tom
I agree. I was surprised to see that my IC-706MKII put out a full power
spike regardless of where the output power was set (even set at 5-weatts
output, the first-dit spike was 100+ watts). I
When I turn SUB Rcv'r on I get a USE AUX message, can't find in the
manual...can someone explain.
Tnx,
Jack
W4GRJ
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73 to all
Geoff
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When I turn SUB Rcv'r on I get a USE AUX message, can't find in the
manual...can someone explain.
Tnx,
Jack
W4GRJ
Jack,
I the section on Sub Receiver Band Independence, the K3 manual says ...
If the two receivers are sharing the main
antenna path, putting the sub receiver on a
higher-frequency band than main may result in
signal loss in the sub. This is due to sharing of the
main receiver’s low-pass
I believe Use AUX appears when the sub RX is tuned to a higher frequency
band than the main RX. It is a reminder to use the AUX input connector in
this case, due to the input filtering of the main RX.
-Bruce N1RX
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Hello Jim,
I was a Pro 3 user as well in the old days. K3 belongs to another class and is
aimed at standing along the top liners. Therefore, I would say that K3 will
certainly out perform Pro 3 especially in CW.
However, K3 is not in the same price range of Pro3 so that it is not quite a
Hi Jim,
Several years ago when I got my K3 (See
http://wilcoxengineering.com/amateur-radio/elecraft-k3 ),
I had the Icom 746-Pro. Not quite what you have now, but it didn't take
me long to sell the Icom.
The Icom is a nice rig, but as the other responses indicate, the K3 is
far better. I like
Hello Alan,
I agree with you that K2 is a keeper. K2 is by far the best portable field day
radio. With standy current as low as 180mA, it can be run all day long
especially nowadays, high capability Li-Po cells are cheaply available.
A pack of 3300mAH 12.6v Li-Po cells can keep the K2 happy
Phil... congrats on the KX1. I hadn't used kx1 for a long time but last nite
was on the deck with a beer after work and got an itch to dig it out. Grabbed
my little kx1 bag which includes a wire, paddle plus pen and paper. 15 minutes
after the thought crossed my mind I had a wire thrown in a
I can't reproduce any of these either, except one or two on 6 meters in
between the freqs. listed. (52.827 and one other one I didn't record).
Please don't be offended at my suggesting this, but are ya'll sure these are
really birdies and not external interference from other devices like
I never owned a Pro III, but elecrafts did _prevent_ me from buying one, I'll
say that. Actually, it was my K2 that turned me away from it because even
the K2 outperforms the Pro III RX by a bit and especially in close-in
rejection/desense performance. True I had to build the K2 and it lacks the
Any chance these could be coming from an outside source, such as a router?
73,
Steve
NN4X
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 3:28 AM, -.-. --.-N3TU -.-. --.-
connectme...@hotmail.com wrote:
Here are my Birdies-
28.441.55
28.447.18
28.541.60
28.554.2
29.279.4 real strong s-7
50.396.0
50.630.0
Because you can or cannot reproduce birdies in your particular K3 means only
that your K3 is different from every other K3.
Frankly, considering the construction, the almost total lack of shielding and
the the amount of digital cra---stuff---in the K3 it is remarkable that there
aren't more
Ok, was just curious. And yes I agree, I'm surprised at how few I've found
given all the digital stuff in it. I used to have an FT-900 which made so
much digital hash noise everywhere, it was useless for mobile/portable ops
(the reason I'd bought it). There was a loud hash when tuning that was
I'm just embarking on a shack renovation so everything is disconnected at the
moment. While disconnecting the cables from my K3 which is an early model
S/N 222 I was reminded of an issue I have noticed over the past few months
concerning the sockets for line in / line out. They seem to be
The firmware does allow you to take out birdies.
What you are suggesting is that the birdies are all the same for all
K3's, and the list could be populated in advance by Elecraft. This is
not true due to normal manufacturing variation in component values,
which are used as is, and their small
Julian -
I have been having this problem for several months. I must disconnect my K3
often due to frequent thunder storms here in Florida.
I find that using the cables going to the two DIN plugs as supports has
helped. I haven't yet tied the 4 cables together with tie-wraps, but will
do so
Could this be related to concurrently keying the K3 with DTR on a
serial connection (or ???) if part of the turn-on routine included
bring up a PC with some keying/logging program in the PC's startup
list?
73, Guy.
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Hector Padron ad4c2...@yahoo.com wrote:
Like
My K3 has replaced the following;
IC7800, IC7700, IC7600, and PROIII.
Yes it was stupid for me to have all those Icoms. More money than good
sense. It's the price I pay for hands on. I quit asking a long time ago for
peoples opinions on what I should have. I try for myself.
The only thing I
I also live in FL with frequent thunderstorms. I just disconnect power and
antenna lines. I don't have grounds between equipment. I leave everything
else connected. If I had to unplug, I would do it on the computer end. Just
me...
Mike
AI4NS
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From:
Johnny,
I can't say that I've done much portable with K2 or K3 ... that 35
amp-hour gel-cell that I use is too heavy to lug around, even with the
handle that's build onto it. It's my emergency backup, and it can keep
either radio going for quite awhile (at least until I fire up the
generator!)
After evaluating my K3 (S/N 56) I sold an FT-1000D,
FT-990 and IC-756 PRO II on e-Bay ... and my K2's
no slouch either. (:-)
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
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I have found that a number of these sockets on my K3 are becoming loose.
Frequently I have to reseat the headphone plug because one channel is missing
audio.
Also if I move them I get scratching noises. They weren't the greatest when I
first built
my K3, but they are definitely getting worse.
I use an old audio patch bay to manage the I/O connections for my K3(s)
this makes it very easy to reroute things and significantly reduces the
need to reach around the back of the radio.
http://ei6iz.com/?p=4
patch bays can be found on ebay and normalised (or half normalised)
paths can be
I had an oddball problem here that does this.
The HAL DXP38 TNC (when turned off!) will key the K3 PTT line when the
K3 is turned on. Separate power supplies for each. Computer connected
to each.
If the DXP38 TNC is on and the K3 turned on, all is well.
I have never figured out why this
Hi,
I had an IC 7700 and bought my first K3. After using both alternately for
weeks, I sold the IC 7700. Then I thought maybe I should have kept the 7700
and bought another since I like to have two radios set up a bit differently
and also to use as a back-up. Went through the same process of
Similarly, I use an old Radio Shack Stereo Audio Line Source Selector
plugged into the speaker jack. I have speakers and two different headphones
plugged into it so I just switch to the one I want to use and avoid any wear
on the radio headphone jack. It also keeps the front panel jack unused.
I always enjoy the Reflector coments, educational and occasionally funny. I
own the K-2, K-3 and PRO 111. This site is great PR for Elecraft, but we
should remember that their expensive wattmeter is inaccurate to the extreme
although pretty, and the P3 (in my opinion anyway) appears to be pure
Well I posted the start of the thread Ten Tec never sounded so good!
regarding how good the Ten Tec speakers sounded on my K3. I was somewhat
amazed no one got it. Lots of fine intentioned folks commented about
everything but Ten Tec speakers comparing those with lots of other ones they
have
Mike,
A nearby strike a year ago June fried my KIO3 board and other things, with
the antenna and power disconnected. I had to return the radio for service.
FWIW.
Monty K2DLJ
I also live in FL with frequent thunderstorms. I just disconnect power and
antenna lines. I don't have grounds
lstavenhagen wrote:
In fact, I haven't been able to find an RX that exceeds the overall
performance of the K3 yet period, except the new Yaesu or maybe the 7800
or something like that.
Neither has Rob Sherwood...INCLUDING the IC-7800 (#14 on his list below):
KM4VX
Whilst I find your comments on the PROIII are correct in that it is an
intuitive radio to use I am surprised at your level of enthusiasm.
Recently we had a field day in VK and a good friend of mine who owns a
PROIII and has always liked it after he used both of mine in the shack many
times
I love you Elecraft folks! I will buy one of your wife's cases one of these
days soon.
Take care Mr Mrs Kopp es vy 73, terry ku5q
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Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 12:16 PM
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Subject: K3
Oh dear - I feel a thread shutdown coming on, so gg to say my piece quick hi
hi.
Yeah, it's a little embarrassing how much $ you have to spend to even
achieve the performance level of the K2... much less the K3
Tho the ergonomics of the K3 are a problem for many OM's too and I can
respect
Has anyone tried either of these products out on a K3 and care to share their
results compared to using the built in 8 band equalizer built into the K3. I
am not interested in any comments by others who have not actually tried these
out. If you would like to take this discussion off list
Hello all,
specialy for European, where could I find, and buy, Anderson Power Poles
inside EU ?
Best regards.
CT1DRB
David Quental
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OK folks - I've gotten some very good information. Someone had asked what
information I was looking for. Kinda thought I had made that fairly clear -
but I was simply interested to know how convertees liked their K3 compared
to the Pro III. Lots of replies, and not one person said that it was a
Farnel/CPC for sure, not sure where in Portugal, but to be honest, I've found
buying from the US (QuickSilver http://www.qsradio.com/ to be good value and
sometimes cheaper than buying from within the EU).
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:05:34 +, Brendan Minish wrote:
1/8 mini-jacks are not the most solid of connectors
The GOOD ones are quite robust. The problem is that the vast majority of
these connectors are CHEAP JUNK. The GOOD ones are made by Switchcraft.
They're not cheap.
73,
Jim K9YC
The Elecraft K-3 is far superior to the Pro III in just about every respect.
In the Receiver Test Data report from Sherwood Engineering, looking at 2KHz
overload data for the receiver, the K-3 is #1 and the Pro III is some 20 to
30 units down the list with just about every radio on the market
I just completed my final alignment and testing in part 3. It took me two
tries
but I think that I finally got everything set OK. I do however have a question
about the displayed power value on the K2 during the tuning process. My
display
seemed to be a little inconsistent during the
I recall the afternoon I went to EGGHEAD software and they had an AST computer
demo there. The instant I sat in front of that screaming 286/12 mhz computer,
my prized $2000 IBM PS/2 (8086) became a broken heart. ;-)
This was True Blue - IBM after all. Figure out what $2000 was worth in 1986
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:59:58 -0700, Ron Gould wrote:
Has anyone tried either of these products out on a K3 and care to share
their results compared to using the built in 8 band equalizer built into
the K3.
As a pro audio guy who has used hundreds of equalizers, I can tell you that
the TX and
Has anyone tried either of these products out on a K3 and care to share
their results compared to using the built in 8 band equalizer built into
the K3.
Even I don't have those boxes anymore I can tell that about a year and a half
ago when I sold my ProIII to replace it for my actual K3,I
All,
Is there a high quality replacement for this jack? I already replaced it 2x,
and now #3 has failed. This is getting old!
Tnx,
Ed wa3drc
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Let's see..the Corsair II was reviewed in 1986 and sold new for $350.00.
So I guess what we're saying is that receiver technology/performance has not
changed much if any in some 20 years. As to whistles and bells..radios
are loaded today with them and the 756 Pro III is an example.
Hi Elecrafters,
(I sent this 3 days ago and it has not appeared, sri if this is a dup).
I recently installed the K144XV and was only getting 6 Watts out, I
had performed the 1 mW calibration.
To measure the power out of the KXV3A I attached an Elecraft 20 W
dummy load and TDS220 scope.
The
I too agree with Jim on this point. Myself, being a retired pro audio guy
and used lots of microphones and EQ's and processors, I've not seen the need
for EQ on any current production or model ham radios. Take something made
back in the 50's or 60's or 70's and they likley could stand some
http://www.zerobeat.net/wb8yqj/K3_3d.jpg
1. Tape the spinner to the K3/K2 knob
2. Fix the fingerdimple to the spinner (self adhesive)
Get it here -
http://www.fingerdimple.com/
From Charlie K3ICH:
Here's a canned message that has all the info about ordering
the spun aluminum knob inlays that
The spinner (inlay) for K3 is 1.5 inches. You need one. ;-)
--- On Sun, 4/25/10, Don Rasmussen wb8...@yahoo.com wrote:
1. Tape the spinner to the K3/K2 knob
2. Fix the fingerdimple to the spinner (self adhesive)
Get it here -
http://www.fingerdimple.com/
From Charlie K3ICH:
We had another good net today, even though most signals were not that
strong. We had 27 participants over the 34 minute net. We had two from over
the pond (A65BI and DK1IP).
Here is the list of the group:
Station NameQTH Rig S/N
VE3QF TonyON K3
Good Evening,
Wow, Joshua Bell sure can play :) (Scottish Fantasy by Max Bruch) It is
very nice to first listen to the sound of fir trees in the wind and then the
symphony. After the forty meter band it is relaxing. I was not sure what I
was hearing; it was either some severe key clicks
Hi Phil,
Things are coming better even with a low SFI.
I was listening a bit your voice when calling me but still no strong enough to
get up to my ground noise.
W7WLL was also heard for few seconds with clear audio !
Thanks again to tony VE3QF for the qsp and happy to contact Wolf DK1IP with
The only EQ Plus and W2IHY equipment I have heard on air to date have been
little short of dreadful to my earsBut that's MY ears, and they are the
only ones I have and the brains DSP is most likely not that crash hot either
at my age.
Having said that, Jim has hit the nail on the head, and he
Guy, Thanks for that clarification. I didn't realize that every K3 has
different birdies. I will try to move the wires around as some suggested.
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:41:19 -0700
From: ml-node+4958998-702008143-44...@n2.nabble.com
To: connectme...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Why Not Remove
No, I hear them when the coax is unplugged on the A/B antenna switch. I've also
shut down the router and modem to see if it was coming from there.
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:59:44 -0700
From: ml-node+4958642-828207403-44...@n2.nabble.com
To: connectme...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: K3 birdies
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