Not to argue but to move toward clarity...
Low level signals are by definition closer to the noise. That would
also mean that there would be more stuff between CW bauds. Crisp
to some means that the artifacts which define the beginning and the
ends of a baud are there. The extreme artifact is a
All bands produce full power except 160 meters.
K3 (352) into a Bird dummy load
When I tap TUNE the power is 7 watts.
When I increase the power knob the reading indicates increase in power,
but no actual power increase, then after a second the reading returns to
7 watts.
I hope there is
Using PSK D today for the first time ever, I was not able to get split to work.
After setting both VFO's to PSK, then pushing split resulted in SPL N/A
message? CW, SSB and RTTY always work perfect so I'm wondering what I'm doing
wrong with PSK? Is split invalid for PSK? Thanks.
Ralph
This is a show-stopper of a question. I have been running PSK for a
number of years, and have never observed anyone running split. With an
exceedingly narrow-band mode such as PSK31, it should not be necessary,
although occasionally someone will drop down right on top of your
offset, either
Hi Phil,
I believe you have the 10W K3.
While testing the replacement of 1st mixer on main RX with a 2T H-Mode Mixer on
a K3, following the TX calibration routine, all positive from 1.8 to 50MHz, on
the 100W PA, (5W and 50W routine) while testing each band on a dummy load at
full power, we
Hurray! I like this decision.
NE4W
So we're going to include the battery holders in the basic KX3.
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Awesome, Guy. I think your test will answer the questions I have about this
problem. Please post the results of your test with a different title than
above so we don't have to comb through a lot of posts to find it.
73, Dick WC1M
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From: Guy Olinger K2AV
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:03 PM, John Ragle tpcj1...@crocker.com wrote:
...I have been running PSK for a number of years, and have never observed
anyone running split...
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It can happen. There was an H40 who operated split PSK earlier this year. I
didn't work him, but I did work
Being on the west coast I'm not sure I'll be able to do you much good
but I'll try. I sometimes hear stations that Kevin doesn't particularly
in the QRN season. At the time of the 40m ECN the band is a little
short for the east coast from here but I usually hear K1THP a few dB
above the
I agree it is not difficult. I outlined a couple of QD ways of doing
this for K1ZZI.
John Ragle -- W1ZI
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On 12/6/2011 3:03 PM, Tony Estep wrote:
It's easy to work split with PSK if you use AFSK.
73,
Tony KT0NY
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Anyone else think having band edge markers for the K3 (tone) and for the P3
(visible marker line) a good idea?
73
Alan - AC2K
Redmond, WA
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Last night I upgraded my K3 to MCU 4.47/DSP 2.73 and everything looked
fine. AGC stayed on when running HRD.
Today I notice that my P3 locks up (display freezes) when the rig has been
idle for a period of time. Has happend 7-8 times tonight.
The P3 has firmware 1.09.
Turning the rig off/on - and
Not for me..and for various reasons...:-)
Gary
VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile
Elecraft Equipment
K3 #679, KPA-500 #018
Living the dream!!!
- Original Message -
From: Alan Komenski
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:29 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Band
If a visible marker line is good enough for the P3 why isn't the
frequency display on the K3 sufficient?
Also ... they would have to take into account all the various license
classes to be of any use.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 12/6/2011 3:29 PM, Alan Komenski wrote:
Anyone else think having band
Hi Alan,
I have a blind friend who might find band edge beeps useful,
but he uses a voice announcement feature built into his radio
when he needs to know where he's tuned to.
Otherwise, I can't see an application for band edge beeps
or visual markers. It's hard to visualize one tuning around
a
I wouldn't consider not having them a deal breaker but, as an op who is
blind I would certainly find them useful. I find the ascending and
descending tones that indicate whether a function is on or off absolutely
essential to every-day operation. lou, WA3MIX
Lou kolb
Voice-over Artist:
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:55 PM, David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com wrote:
If a visible marker line is good enough for the P3 why isn't the
frequency display on the K3 sufficient?
That's kindof an odd question, IMO a line is a line - it's
visually obvious when you're going to cross it.
I don't think it's that hard to visualise, when the bands are
relatively dead. I have found myself lazily spinning the VFO knob,
whilst watching something else (maybe reading email;), and then looked
at the rig to find myself way outside the band that I started in!
~iain / N6ML
On Tue, Dec
On several occasions, I have left the K3/P3 on for a few hours to return to a
P3 screen which has frozen. Toggling P3 power on and off resolved it.
Then today, the FixTrack mode froze under the same circumstances. I always
use Fixed-Tune mode but it became stuck in Tracking mode. Attempting to
I have same versions... no issues. Perhaps resending the firmware to the P3
will fix the issue. Once in a while data transfers via rs232 can get
corrupted for one of many reasons.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
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No, would turn them off if they were there.
73, tom n4zpt
On 12/6/2011 5:29 PM, Alan Komenski AC2K wrote:
Anyone else think having band edge markers for the K3 (tone) and for the P3
(visible marker line) a good idea?
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On 12/6/2011 2:29 PM, Alan Komenski wrote:
Anyone else think having band edge markers for the K3 (tone) and for the P3
(visible marker line) a good idea?
Enough beeps in the phones and markers on the screen now.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party
I'm noticing that many of my front panel switches are sometimes erratic.
A TAP of MODE UP/DWN will sound a beep but not change the mode.
Sometimes it seems like an intended HOLD becomes a TAP.
The K3 is pretty light as radios like it go ... OK, *really* light
compared to some well lighted
If it beeps, the switch is working. Something else is going on.
73, Eric
www.elecraft.com
On 12/6/2011 3:53 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
I'm noticing that many of my front panel switches are sometimes erratic.
A TAP of MODE UP/DWN will sound a beep but not change the mode.
Sometimes it seems
Mine did the same with a bank of switches on the front panel refusing to
work. Now they do...I don't know what Murphy was thinking but they all
started to work right BEFORE CQWW phone and they worked the entire contest,
have not seen the issue again! I was ready to send it in for some updates
and
I don't think it's an odd question at all. I find it visually obvious
when the frequency readout shows me I'm out of band. I don't see the
difference between a cursor approaching a preset line versus the
frequency display approach I number I know to be the band limit. Can
you explain the
We had a successful Top Band Spring, in terms of participation, this past
Thursday, 1 December, and now looking forward to a relaxed
contest/event...the Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint! It's a four hour
contest for home constructors and kit builders and runs from 2000Z to 2359Z
on Sunday
Yes I think band edge markers (tones) on the K3 are a good idea. Why not
have them as an audible reinforcement that you've crossed the band edge?
Those who don't want them should be able to turn them off. Their absence was
one of the first things I noticed since I was used to them being there on
I believe we have enough 'features' on all radios manufactured today and we
have legal obligations to stay within the bands pertaining to the various
licences etc.
If you do the MARS mod...where do you want the band edges to be?seems like
your outside the 'normal' band usage so the
Howdy Gang:
While surfing the Elecraft webpage I watched some of the videos about the new
KX3 and got to wondering (in between drooling---grin).
Could the KX3 architecture (SDR with knobs/front panel) be a precursor of
things to come in the form of a full-size K4???
OK, like I said, just
This was a topic some time back on the list. Band edges vary enough on a
regional/country and license class basis that its impractical for us to
do it at this time. We're very busy on several other areas at the
moment too :-)
No need to argue pro-con on the list. Let's table the discussion
I would not use them and would be disappointed if they couldn't be turned
off.
If the purpose is to avoid transmitting on an illegal frequency, keep in
mind that the band edges are different for different classes of US licenses,
still different for other countries and still different for
I was under the impression that the K3 is already what you are describing.
NE4W
On 12/6/2011 7:50 PM, Joseph Trombino, Jr wrote:
Could the KX3 architecture (SDR with knobs/front panel) be a precursor of
things to come in the form of a full-size K4???
Howdy Gang:
Perhaps I should have made my previous comment regarding the KX3 and my
daydream K4 a bit clearer.
I should have been more specific in terms of the QSD (quadrature sampling
detector) architecture of the KX3 as related to my day dream K4.
While the K3 is controlled via firmware
I agree, Joe. The direct conversion (RF to baseband) architecture has been
around since the earliest days of radio for a reason. The superheterodyne
format using intermediate frequencies offered selectivity that wasn't
available in the past but at a cost: spurious responses and very sensitive
gain
But modern techniques now provide the selectivity needed without the
superheterodyne format with all of its issues. The quadrature sampling
detector is one of those.
The quadrature sampling detector is a large step backward from the
current IF sampling in the K3. I have always felt QSD as
All,
Any ideas if receive audio will be available on the KX3
mic connector so one could use a speaker-microphone or
possibly an adapted handset ?
73
de K1NR
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Superhets also allowed the considerable receive path gain
needed to not be all at signal (RF) or AF.
Also, the KX3, while using quadrature techniques,
definitely does NOT use a sampling detector.
73,
Lyle KK7P/7 (Tucson AZ)
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Left my K3/P3 with ver MCU 4.42 running over the night - no freeze on the
P3.
Obvious my K3/P3 don't like the v. 4.47 :-(
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Last night I upgraded my K3 to MCU
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