Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Strange signal on 17 meter CW

2013-03-10 Thread Charles Buse
Sounds like a numbers station. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station 73, Charles HB9EGW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

[Elecraft] K2 question/new owner

2013-03-10 Thread bukar
I hope that I am posting this properly, if not please correct me. :-) I am the new owner of K2/10 #5001. I am more used to tuning up the hybrid Kenwoods so while I am looking forward to moving to this more modern radio I have some questions. I think that I must have toggled something off as I

Re: [Elecraft] Voices from beyond the grave...

2013-03-10 Thread Dragan 4O4A
Do you hear it only during transmission on digi modes? If so, check your computer. It is talking, not your radio :) -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Voices-from-beyond-the-grave-tp7570611p7571079.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at

Re: [Elecraft] ERR DSE while xmit CW from K3 through xv144 @15w

2013-03-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Bob, If you check the list of ERR codes in the back of the K3 manual, you will find that an echo from a DSP command was not received. The suggested correction is to reload the DSP firmware (and DSP2 if applicable). 73, Don W3FPR On 3/9/2013 10:51 PM, KD7YZ Bob wrote: Howdy K3' people: Was

Re: [Elecraft] K2 question/new owner

2013-03-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Don, Welcome to the Elecraft list. You must be posting properly, your post made it to the list. When you hold the TUNE button, there is only a brief 'beep' not a tone. During a TUNE, the basic K2 (no KAT2) displays the power output as measured with a simple diode RF detector. That power

[Elecraft] P3 Question ?

2013-03-10 Thread Paul VanOveren
Installed the SVGA board in my year old P3 a couple of days ago and when it is first turned on for the day, there is a blip on the spectrum window and a considerable trace in the waterfall window on the extreme left side of the large monitor...it starts to move immediately, very slowly from left

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - KXPD3 Socket, Plug, and Schematic Questions

2013-03-10 Thread Lou Voerman W2ROW
There was a discussion of this topic on the KX3 group. The dot and dash paddles (pins 3 and 4) need to make contact with ground (pin 1). The original version of the KXPD3 had a design flaw on the circuit board which followed the diagram in the published KXPD3 schematic dated March 2012. This

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Strange signal on 17 meter CW

2013-03-10 Thread gosier
The Spanish 5 number stations have been on since the 1960s along with English and German versions. I was a Pop Comm reader and column contributor with Harry Helms back then. Some transmissions were believed to be Mossad or of Cuban origin. Also Jupiter , Florida and a military base there. They

Re: [Elecraft] ERR DSE while xmit CW from K3 through xv144 @15w

2013-03-10 Thread KD7YZ Bob
Hi Don, The suggested correction is to reload the DSP firmware (and DSP2 if applicable). thank you Don. -- 73 KD7YZ Bob __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] What did I do wrong with my headphones??

2013-03-10 Thread tomb18
Hi, My Heil Proset K2 jack started acting up and I decided to change it. I carefully cut away the plastic on the 3.5mm plug and could not tell with 100% certainty that I got the wiring correct. However, as far as I could tell, there are two shielded cables one with white wire and one with a red

Re: [Elecraft] Voices from beyond the grave...

2013-03-10 Thread ik2vtj
Il 10/03/2013 13:35, Dragan 4O4A [via Elecraft] ha scritto: Do you hear it only during transmission on digi modes? If so, check your computer. It is talking, not your radio :) If you reply to this email, your message will be added

Re: [Elecraft] Voices from beyond the grave...

2013-03-10 Thread Mike Flowers
Hi Piero, I suspect that you are experiencing some sort of RFI problem. RF in the shack can do strange and surprising things. What other audio devices are in your shack? Computer speakers? Broadcast radio? Try this: Disconnect from all other audio devices in your shack from AC power.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - K3/0 Installation

2013-03-10 Thread Rick Tavan N6XI
Does traffic OUT of the K3/0 dominate that 900 KB/s stream? Have you measured the in/out components on either end? Thanks, /Rick On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:51 PM, M Cresap m.cre...@yahoo.com wrote: My experience is that the K3/0 makes the remote station completely transparent. It is just

[Elecraft] Line out dead

2013-03-10 Thread Merv Schweigert
Seems I have lost one channel on the line out of my K3. I have been using it on RTTY for years and suddenly there is no audio output on one channel of the line out. Is there a setting I could have changed by accident or did the line out audio go south? changed cables etc and there is nothing at

Re: [Elecraft] Line out dead

2013-03-10 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Merv, Check the RF choke(s) in the Line Out ... I've had a couple open for unknown reasons. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/10/2013 2:48 PM, Merv Schweigert wrote: Seems I have lost one channel on the line out of my K3. I have been using it on RTTY for years and suddenly there is no audio output

Re: [Elecraft] Line out dead

2013-03-10 Thread iain macdonnell - N6ML
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Merv Schweigert k...@flex.com wrote: Seems I have lost one channel on the line out of my K3. I have been using it on RTTY for years and suddenly there is no audio output on one channel of the line out. Is there a setting I could have changed by accident or

Re: [Elecraft] What did I do wrong with my headphones??

2013-03-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Tom, I am going to make an assumption because it was a little ambiguous whether you changed the jack or the plug. I assume you changed the *plug* on the headphone cable. If you changed the jack on the adapter cable, please let me know. I think you wired it right, but only Heil would be able

Re: [Elecraft] What did I do wrong with my headphones??

2013-03-10 Thread Jim Wiley
Just a little helper when dealing with stereo audio cables, which are most often marked with red and some (unspecified) other color: Red is right, whatever is left over is left. - Jim, KL7CC On 3/10/2013 12:38 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Tom, I am going to make an assumption because it was a

[Elecraft] KAT2 assembly

2013-03-10 Thread Hans Elfelt Bonnesen
On the KAT2 a number of toroid cores are prepared and installed. L1 and L2 are to be prepared with an extremely exact length of solid hookup wire. The assembly instruction mentions that toroid cores remain somewhat loose within the winding. That is to put it mildly. They act like a baby's

Re: [Elecraft] Voices from beyond the grave...

2013-03-10 Thread ik2vtj
Hi Piero, I suspect that you are experiencing some sort of RFI problem. RF in the shack can do strange and surprising things. Like switching band or keying TX in a V/UHF transceiver or burning fingers when touching a metal plate on the microphone or...? Don't ask how I imagine that... What

Re: [Elecraft] Line out dead

2013-03-10 Thread Matt Zilmer
Try reseating the audio I/O daughter board which is plugged in to the KIO3 board. I had to do this exactly once, when K3 #24 was about a year old. 73, matt I/O board. I think that's the one that carries the On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:48:09 -1000, you wrote: Seems I have lost one channel on the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 question/new owner

2013-03-10 Thread Stephen Roberts
I agree, the KAT2 is the bomb! Sent from my iPad On Mar 10, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Don, Welcome to the Elecraft list. You must be posting properly, your post made it to the list. When you hold the TUNE button, there is only a brief 'beep' not a

Re: [Elecraft] Line out dead

2013-03-10 Thread Merv Schweigert
Line out = norm Hit the sub and audio now on the other channel as well so the problem is in the sound card and which channel it is using for RTTY etc. Thanks will look at the computer, 73 Merv On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Merv Schweigert k...@flex.com wrote: Seems I have lost one

[Elecraft] K2, no I/O

2013-03-10 Thread Bob Baxter
It's been a few years since I've asked for help but I need some now.  I'm unable to get the K2 recognized by any computer program.  So far the voltages have checked close until J2.  Pin 1 is showing 2.3v and should be 0, pin 3 is showing 1v and should be 5v.  J1 voltages are pretty close.  The

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - K3/0 Installation

2013-03-10 Thread M Cresap
The RemoteRig has many options for audio quality and bit rate. This can range for 8 KHz/8 Ksamples to 16 bit/16 KSamples. You can choose half duplex or full duplex. Right now my local router is reporting   Incoming bit rate in receive: 125 Kbit/second    I use 8 KHz/12 bit sampling which

[Elecraft] 5mHz

2013-03-10 Thread G4LNA
I have searched for this question and I can't seemed to see if it has been asked before, which I'm surprised about. My K3 presently tunes from 5330.00 kHz to 5407.00kHz but the UK band now has a range of frequencies from 5258.50kHz to 5403.50kHz, so when I tune below 5330.00kHz I get the out of

Re: [Elecraft] K2, no I/O

2013-03-10 Thread Bob Baxter
Further info on my problem.  The I/O is inop with either the original or the KPA100 plugged in.  I suspect the problem may be on the control board but that gets into ICs and I have no idea what goes on in them. Bob AA7EQ   It's been a few years since I've asked for help but I need some now.

Re: [Elecraft] KAT2 assembly

2013-03-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Hans, Yes, you may shorten the wire, it is the number of turns that count, not the wire length. However, it is usually easier to just spread the turns out until it tightens up a bit. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/10/2013 5:27 PM, Hans Elfelt Bonnesen wrote: On the KAT2 a number of toroid cores are

Re: [Elecraft] ERR DSE while xmit CW from K3 through xv144 @15w

2013-03-10 Thread KD7YZ Bob
The suggested correction is to reload the DSP firmware (and DSP2 if applicable). thank you Don. seems to have worked by doing updates and so forth. -- Best regards, Bob KD7YZWin7-64bit + K3 __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K2, no I/O

2013-03-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Bob, Do you hear sidetone on that K2 when in CW mode and hold the SPOT button? If not, you have the wrong sidetone source selected. Go to the menu for STL and hold EDIT to edit the parameter (if you do not hear sidetone at this point, it is a sure sign that you have the wrong source) Now tap

Re: [Elecraft] 5mHz

2013-03-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Email k3supp...@elecraft.com and ask for the file to do exactly that. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/10/2013 7:01 PM, G4LNA wrote: I have searched for this question and I can't seemed to see if it has been asked before, which I'm surprised about. My K3 presently tunes from 5330.00 kHz to 5407.00kHz but

Re: [Elecraft] ERR DSE while xmit CW from K3 through xv144 @15w again

2013-03-10 Thread KD7YZ Bob
On Sunday, Don () sent on an old Straight Key: Bob, The suggested correction is to reload the DSP firmware (and DSP2 if applicable). As I said, I did the 2 .. used cw on the transverter for a while. Back to 144 CW again and Just got the error message again. -- 73, Bob KD7YZ

[Elecraft] General coverage bandpass module

2013-03-10 Thread Harlan
For those with the sub receiver and only one bandpass module... Which receiver is it assigned to and why did you pick that receiver? Harlan NC3C Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - KXPD3 Socket, Plug, and Schematic Questions

2013-03-10 Thread Richard
Hello Lou, Thanks for the helpful information! Richard, AI4SH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list

[Elecraft] K3: ERR TXG now

2013-03-10 Thread KD7YZ Bob
Howdy K3' people: This time I see ERR TXG while trying to xmit CW on transverter xv50. So I was wondering, am I asking too much from my setup? I want EME on 144 and 432, as I told Elecraft when I was laying it all out to buy over the phone. Does anyone use a K3 with XV50, XV144, XV432, KXREF

[Elecraft] [K1] FS: Dual band filter board, 80/17m.

2013-03-10 Thread Gil G.
Hello, This board was originally a 40/20m. I modified it using the Elecraft kits for 80 17m. The 17m side does not work. 80m works. Since I got a KX3 and plan on getting a KX1, I no longer feel like troubleshooting it. It's probably not much of a problem. $45 shipped. Paypal payment. Gil. --