Both have a similar low noise, high gain front ends, Ron, and there is
little to choose between them as regards performance. There have been
several comparisons between the two on the reflector and a search on the
nabble archive might prove useful. In your application, with an external
amplifier I
PLEASE don't suggest that, you never know what you might get from them after
some of the things they have done lately.
Fred/N0AZZ
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012
I chose the internal for several reasons the first was to cut down on desk
top clutter even with less power output nice package. I have a 350w brick
and for digital modes and a little SSB it makes more than enough power with
my M2 34' boom 2m yagi that takes care of the heavy lifting for a little
It also states in the KAT500 manual that the tuner can be placed on top or
under the KPA500 and also several times here on the reflector.
Fred/N0AZZ
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary W. Hvizdak
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Hi guys, I am a new owner of a K3 serial number 6990 (must say I am mighty
impressed by it) and considering its cost I wondered if it had overvoltage
protection. I dread the thought of destroying my K3 due to PSU failure! I
have searched the past postings and cannot find anything relevant to the
Try kb9yig.com. He has a couple of Softrocks that fill the bill. For
US$21 you can get a receiver kit that can be built for any band you
want. For US$67 you get a bandswitching receiver kit. Very complete
kitbuilding instructions and software setup info are available on the
website. One of
As a manufacturer of space discrete devices, we use lead in all of our
solder. It is a requirement to help suppress the growth of tin whiskers. To
date, no one has come up with an alternative to lead. We keep trying to
find an alternative. So, no we are not RoHS compliant. All satellite
Hi all started construction of my new K2 last weekend and was amazed at the
quality of the build instructions and the PCB.
However on building the control board the resistor packs RP2 and RP4 82K
Ohms were not in the kit but some 10 legged devices were supplied instead.
As it's Christmas and the
Paul,
The RPaks are configured as individual resistors. The schematic can
show you which pins (they are adjacent pairs).
Actually I have not seen a slowdown on the delivery of parts by 1st
class mail or Priority Mail, so I suggest you contact pa...@elecraft.com
and request the proper parts
I appreciate that this is somewhat of a thorny / subjective issue but a search
of the archives actually revealed very little in the way of useful information.
I'm in the throes of putting together an order for a K3 kit after being given
the appropriate financial go-ahead. However, the issue of
Not to lessen the content of QST to ARRL members... but I have info from the
author of the article re. slowing down bugs for 5 bucks.
Go to Canadian Tire and buy a pair for about $5. These square gauges or
staircase gauges are manufactured by Johnson (nope, not EF Johnson). You will
find
Is there a way to adjust the audio beep level which is heard when TUNE, ATU
TUNE, ATU, or ANT are engaged? I have set MON to 0, SW TONE is off. I hear it
on SPKR and front and rear panel PHONES. When using my CM500 headphones (or any
other headphones that I have) I grimace when I have to engage
If you have experience using your K3 with these modes, I would greatly
appreciate how you went about it. West Mtn. offers the NOMIC, but I want to do
FSK and that product doesn't make it easy. I'd like to switch modes easily,
avoiding any cable swapping, if possible. I've looked at the
In theory, all you should need to do CW is a straight key or a paddle. :)
(And you can send PSK, FSK RTTY, and AFSK RTTY with a paddle...)
All you should need to do AFSK, soundcard, and computer-keyed CW are a pair
of audio cables and a serial cable.
I have a Navigator Interface, which I
Anyone know how to do a hard reset. I tried the holding SHIFT and
turning on power but it still is locked and display shows MCU. Power
button don't work. Can only shut off K3 by removing power. I do have a
copy of current config saved but can't get K3 to reload. Anyone have a
suggestion??
I have both but like the built-in better.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:55:47 -0500, Ron W3ZV w...@verizon.net
wrote:
I am looking to add 2m to my K3. I need to decide whether to get the internal
transverter or the external. The way I would purchase them, cost is almost
equal. Crystal oven on the
Bill,
When I got my K3, I was pretty adamant about doing FSK. I was persuaded to go
with AFSK, and have been totally satisfied. There is no difference on the
receive end, and the setup is simpler, only two audio cables needed. None of
the offset tuning of the old days either.
73,
Mike NF4L
On
I used fldigi and just cabled up with no intermediate device.
Reggie k6xr
Amateur radio 57 years
DXCC, RCC, WAC
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 15, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Mike Reublin n...@nf4l.com wrote:
Bill,
When I got my K3, I was pretty adamant about doing FSK. I was persuaded to go
with
With the addition of a device like the SignaLink USB (SLUSB) for audio
management (often on sale or a free interface cable) and Ham Radio Deluxe
(HRD) you will find what you need.
If you get HRD before v6 officially comes out you will get a discount and v6
is officially supporting FSK for those
I have a SignalLink USB with the K3 cable for sale for $75 shipped. If anyone
is interested please contact me off list.
Thanks
Bob W6VY
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Good Afternoon,
I have to get this out now before I lose power. When I went to bed
last night the forecast for today was light snow with little to no
accumulation. The forecast I read this morning was very different.
Four to seven inches of snow today may take down my antennas and power
The fact that stress gradients appear to propagate tin whiskers has been
known for some time. (in fact, the phys.org authors should have researched
their own web site more thoroughly:
http://phys.org/news173450615.html#nRlv)
At my place of employment, we also are concerned about the impacts of
The receiver sensitivity of the XV144 was good enough to do moon bounce
with no other preamp at the antenna. Had about 120 ft of BuryFlex.
JT65, and did not drive the power amp to more than 300 watts. I might
have gotten more but a bias resistor in the amp was bad at the time.
73, John KH7T
The weekly Elecraft SSB net will meet tomorrow (12/16/12) at 1800Z on
14.3035 MHz +/- QRM. I will be the net control from western Oregon.
Sorry for the delay in getting out the results from last week's net. We had
23 participants over a 21 minute period.
Here is the list of participants:
I've got the K3, KPA500, and have just installed a factory-built KAT500. Some
glitches/questions about tuning the KAT500. I have found that, using the utility
program, I can manually tune to a much lower indicated SWR than the unit can in AUTO.
Anyone else found this to be so? More importantly,
ON/OFF instructions are silk screened on the KAT500 front panel, just
underneath the MODE silkscreen underneath the MODE button. To turn the unit
off, HOLD the Mode button. Here's a page with an image of the front panel:
http://www.elecraft.com/KAT500/kat500.html
73 de Dick, K6KR
After many months of waiting, KAT500K #313 arrived this past Monday.
Due to work schedule and other commitments, it gestated on a table until
today. She was born at 1747Z today (shipping box opened) and started
crawling at 1934Z (assembly complete). By 2030Z she was walking and
running (all
Unless you are working in a contest situation, or when there are
nearby strong signals, you can use the bandwidth filter in the
DSP for most situations. The exceptions are:
You need something wider than the required 2.7KHz/2.8KHz
filter -- e.g
FM operation. In this case, get the 13KHz FM
Hello,
I'm finding the battery charger operation a little unsettling.
I've cycled a new set of batteries (sanyo 2500maH NiMH LSD's) a couple of
times ready for a field trip.
After the charge cycle finishes and the KX3 has turned itself off I turn the
KX3 back on and the * still shows
Dick,
I assume you are using a K3 and it is locked in MCU Load state. A hard
reset in not normally required in that instance. Look in the K3 manual
(or the K3 Utility Help file) for the instructions on how to force a
firmware load. Follow those instructions 'to the letter', and your K3
On 12/15/2012 3:44 PM, Peter Lambert wrote:
I charged the batteries again overnight. They were completely flat (8.2V)
when I started the 16 hour charge cycle. About 2 hours before the cycle was
due to finish the display showed not0-40C. The ambient temperature was
27C, the PA 33C and the OSC
The SignalLink has been sold.
Thanks
Bob W6VY
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