HI I have just acquired a Super Polymer Lithium Ion battery from an Ebay
seller, it's part no. is DC 1298A, (12V 9.8Ah)
Also received a small charger with this battery for 120-240 Vac. The
physical size seems like it will easily fit inside my K2 with room to
spare. Is this battery safe to fit
Not sure if I will be home to check-in the net (its our 10th wedding
anniversary and have a trip planned to a favorite seaside artist town
100mi south of us). But if able to check-in I will have my 100-120w
amplifier playing with the KX3 for those interested in how it
sounds. In the past I
My line up is left to right too, KPA500, KAT500 above, then P3, K3, works
fine for me see QRZ.com.
73 F5VJC
On 20 June 2013 06:19, Tom H Childers n...@n5ge.com wrote:
The amp is on the left in my setup with the CW paddles just under the
Clarifier knob and the straight key just to the right
Jim
Mine seems to be as good as any radio that I have owned except for the K3
without the external one. I have been making many 6m QRP contacts SSB with
my KX3 to date 47 total in the last several weeks, using a small yagi.
If I were going to work weak signal usually not much done QRP a mast
Great ideas all. I'm going to get mine customized this weekend and I'll post
what I end up going with. These functions will make quick work when switching
from a HF band to a weak signal VHF band.
Thanks
From: huntin...@coastside.net
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:48:44 -0700
To:
I've found this noise on mine was mainly limited to the higher bands 10
6m. The RX SHFT set to 8.0 pretty much eliminates the noise, but if I
recall this also disables the roofing filter, which is a bit of a bummer.
72,
Chris KQ2RP
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I am busy to assembel my front panel control board.
I am quit sure about how mounting the backpanel LCD light but I will be sure
before soldering it into the PCB board.
- I presume the K indication of the LCD backlight unit must be soldered into
the + (plus) indication on the front
This is what I have been doing as well and it has helped my spacing, is there
a way to get my TX-ONLY to show up in the utility for others over my shoulder
to read?
If not that would be a nice tweak in software if possible.
Regards
Art
ka9zap
Well said and a good way to get those words out
Hi K2 builders ...
Thanks Alan I thought I could misplace this backlight in the PCB frontpanel
board.
But this is not possible,you could turn the backlight unit 180 degrees,but
anode and kathode connections always stays the same hi hi !!
I also found a lite transparant protection tape on the
Behiels,
You should have removed nothing from the backlight assembly. The thin
white plastic strip is the diffuser. Without it, the light will not
spread over all the LCD area.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 6/20/2013 10:16 AM, Behiels JeanPierre wrote:
Hi K2 builders ...
Thanks Alan I thought I
Hi K2 builders;
In the main build manual of the K2 they refere on page 29 to fill the leaved
blank holes with components referering to the KSB2 unit page 16.
Those are :
- C4 to C8 0.01uF (103)
- Q3 2N3906
- RP3 10K (partnumber 77083103)
- R13 68K 1%
But regarding at KSB2 parts inventory
I use the K3 cw decode for personal sending practice. It is useful, but I
prefer CW Get for sending and hearing training/practice because it prints on a
monitor and I can see and save paragraphs of text. I can use head copy and
then check the buffered text if I have a question.
It seems more
Jim,
I ran the KX3 with my Mirage A1015G running 125w into a 3-elem yagi
for the June (8/9) ARRL VHF Contest and had no trouble hearing and
working 6m stations. I run the internal preamp set to 30-dB
gain. With that setting the noise floor raises to S2-3 which is
about right. The s-meter
Wayne cites the MDS is -140 dBm with the KX3 preamp set to
30-dB. That is excellent and all that is needed for terrestrial 6m
operation.
I would dispute the advantage of mast mounting a preamp on 6m. I
recently showed a reader what the effect would be using a 0.5 dBNF
25-dB gain GasFet
Hi Everyone,
Last year we had the original K3/0 operational at the W4DXCC - DX and Contest
Convention last year in September. This year W4DXCC is September 27th and 28th
in Pigeon Forge TN and I am wondering if the K3/0 Mini will be shipping by
then, anyone know?
I would like to have it
Jean,
There are 2 RP3 packages in the KSB2 kit. - see the parts list part on
page 3 Components For the Front Panel Board.
The RP3 that is to be put on the KSB2 board is 2.0k and the one for the
Front Panel Board is 10k.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 6/20/2013 11:48 AM, Behiels JeanPierre wrote:
Hi K2
Hi All,
I searched Nabble and did not find these questions about the KXPA100 answered,
so apologies in advance if they have been asked/answered previously.
1. If one has the KXAT100 ATU option installed, and is using the KXPA100 with
an exciter other than the KX3 gasp, is manual antenna
My unofficial response is that this is a thermal issue. With adequate
cooling (operating on top of a glacier in Alaska in January), it can run
at 100W for a very long time. In a bad thermal environment (operating
in an olive drab canvas tent near Yuma at 1 PM local time in late June
with a
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Eric, will the new preamp have the same numbers on 6M as the PR-6? Or
something different?
73,
Lou, W0FK
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Subject: Re:
On 6/20/2013 10:25 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
I would dispute the advantage of mast mounting a preamp on 6m.
It all depends on how much loss is in your run of coax, and how quiet
your location is. The run to my SteppIR is 350 ft of 7/8-in hard line,
just under 1 dB at 50 MHz, and my QTH is
Hi Tyler,
Basically what Lyle said about power output vs ambient temperature.
Regarding the antenna switching, long press on the TUNE button changes
antennas. You'll also be able to configure the amp to select a
pre-programmed antenna port based on band. For example, a 6 meter beam on
ANT2
Howdy K3' people:
so my vv50 seems to have stopped working correctly (says 25w but only 4)
So I decided to tell the K3 that xv1 was not on, and BandMap that 50 was
back in.
I am listening to 50.1 but the antenna goes to Ant-2 on the KAT500.
Thing is that the ANT button on KAT500 will not cycle
On 6/20/2013 12:02 PM, edevelope...@yahoo.com wrote:
I have an IC-703+ with the W4RT dual Collins filter kit installed that
unfortunately I get to use seldom enough that I can't justify replacing with a
KX3 at this time.)
You might want to re-think that, depending on what other radios you
I'd look at the KAT500 Utility Configuration Menu, Edit Configuration, and
make sure that the desired antennas are enabled for 6 meters. Maybe ANT2
is the only enabled antenna on 6 meters. If it were, it would exhibit the
behavior you describe.
The K3's ANT button selects KAT3 antenna
I must be a closet Aussie... My K line is also reversed with the K3 on the
left and the KPA500 on the right. That is comfortable for me, as in my SO2R
set up, the main radio is actually the K3, radio #2. Always tuned with my
right hand. Habit from the days of HW16's with the RX knob on the
OK, I think you're all wrong. :-) My KPA500 is on the desk to my right,
the K3 is on the shelf above it, the P3 is to the left of the K3 pretty
much directly in line with my vision to the right of the laptop [I find
I never seem to look at the radio anymore, just watch the P3], and the
KAT500
Hehe. My laptop computer is in front of me with the P3 SVGA
display behind it only partially obscured by the laptop screen.
The K3 is to my right (about 90 degrees) and the P3 it to its
right. My remote antenna switch is to the left of the K3. This
lets me run digital modes with very little
You are now officially accepted as an Honorary Aussie
Now all you need to learn is to stand up when your DownUnder...
Grin
Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3.
On 21/06/2013 9:19 AM, Luis V. Romero lrom...@ij.net wrote:
I must be a closet Aussie... My K line is also reversed with
I have my ten element 2m antenna vertically polarized mainly for repeater op.
Was wondering how other ops place their 2m beams.
Harlan
NC3C
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On 6/20/2013 4:19 PM, Luis V. Romero wrote:
My K line is also reversed with the K3 on the left and the KPA500 on
the right.
Hmmm. My P3s sits on top of my K3s, left and right for SO2R, KPA500 is
way off to the side of the right radio on a shelf above the operating
desk. All I need to do with
Traditionally it is vertical polarization for FM and horizontal for SSB
and CW.
Kevin. KD5ONS
On 6/20/2013 5:46 PM, Harlan wrote:
I have my ten element 2m antenna vertically polarized mainly for repeater op.
Was wondering how other ops place their 2m beams.
Harlan
NC3C
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I keep my 13 element 2m beam horizontal for SSB work. I have some kind
of pulsating interference from an unknown source in the FM portion of
the band for it to be of much use.
Mike
KI0HA
On 6/20/2013 7:46 PM, Harlan wrote:
I have my ten element 2m antenna vertically polarized mainly for
Doesn't he have to go through the process of learning to increase the
VFO frequency by spinning the Big Knob CCW?
:)
73,
matt W6NIA
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:44:06 +1000, you wrote:
You are now officially accepted as an Honorary Aussie
Now all you need to learn is to stand up when your
In addition to that, he has to learn to handle paddles with the other
hand since everything down there is turned upside-down. Witness that
they drive on the left side of the road down there, so everything must
be backwards too.:-)
73,
Don W3FPR
On 6/20/2013 9:09 PM, Matt Zilmer wrote:
Let me tell you, when I graduated to a HW101, that was a real adjustment
from a mental standpoint! The knob and the dial both went the same way!
What a revelation!
-lu-w4lt-
- Original Message -
From: Matt Zilmer mzil...@verizon.net
To: Gary Gregory vk1zzg...@gmail.com
Cc: Luis V.
I have mine horizontally oriented for SSB and CW. It's an old 10-element beam
and seems to do OK for FM repeater use as well.
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - We do DX!
On Jun 20, 2013, at 6:04 PM, kevinr kev...@coho.net wrote:
Traditionally it is vertical polarization for FM and horizontal
I have decided to sell my Elecraft K2 setup. I have the KX3
and K3 and have found the K2 is sitting on the desk doing absolutely
nothing. The rig can be used for
portable operation and as a100 watt base station. The rig and all accessories
were built by me. The K2 was
aligned and
I have decided to sell my Elecraft K2 setup. I have the KX3
and K3 and have found the K2 is sitting on the desk doing absolutely
nothing. The rig can be used for
portable operation and as a100 watt base station. The rig and all accessories
were built by me. The K2 was
aligned and
On Thursday Dievendorff used a Straight-Key to send:
-Original Comment---
I'd look at the KAT500 Utility Configuration Menu, Edit Configuration, and
make sure that the desired antennas are enabled for 6 meters.
that was one problem. Thanks
I'd consider removing the KXUSB
Do all of you live many, many miles from the repeater that requires a high
gain antenna to reach it?
Here along the west coast of the USA we use a simple 1/4 wave whip for
repeater connections since we are working a repeater on a mountain top in
line-of-sight from the rig.
The Yagi's and other
You should be fine in bypass to the legal limit. We have tested to 1800 to a
good dummy load.
Dick, K6KR.
On Jun 20, 2013, at 20:09, KD7YZ Bob kd...@denstarfarm.us wrote:
On Thursday Dievendorff used a Straight-Key to send:
-Original Comment---
I'd look at the KAT500
Don, wouldn't that be the opposite foot? If true, Aussies must have
incredible ped-exterity.
matt
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:22:58 -0400, you wrote:
In addition to that, he has to learn to handle paddles with the other
hand since everything down there is turned upside-down. Witness that
they
Matt,
It's the rush of blood to the head that causes the most difficulty for
Northerners.of course it is this same effect that makes us Aussies so
Special...
Giggle
On 21 June 2013 11:09, Matt Zilmer mzil...@verizon.net wrote:
Doesn't he have to go through the process of learning to
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