Re: [Elecraft] KX3 VFO Noise Mod

2013-07-10 Thread Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE)
No changes found, the numbers I noted earlier still apply. Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) schreef: As Wayne just said it should not change anything when the instructions are met but I have the necessary equipment to check. Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) schreef: however I took great care not to touch the

Re: [Elecraft] KAT100 Problem

2013-07-10 Thread sp2bpd
Dick, you wrote: I will eventually move the isolation balun between the KAT100 and the K2/100. It doesn't seem to be a good idea. You may get potential difference between the two. Here is much about it: http://www.w8ji.com/rfi_rf_grounding.htm http://www.w8ji.com/rfi_rf_grounding.htm regards

[Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Barry
Tnx Barry W2UP -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Any-way-to-block-the-spammers-who-discovered-Nabble-recently-tp7576545.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft

[Elecraft] K3-Remote / RemoteRig system question

2013-07-10 Thread William Hein
I am looking at the K3-Remote / RemoteRig system. A few questions: (1) I recall hearing something about a K3/0 with a smaller case. Was this just a prototype or is it headed for production? The current K3/0 case must be mostly empty. (2) How much work is it to switch the remote (base) K3

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE)
My simple solution: Use a decent mail client and not a third party service like Nabble. Don W3FPR has given a good explanation on using Mozilla Thunderbird and I second that. 72/73, Peter Barry schreef: Tnx Barry W2UP -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] K3-Remote / RemoteRig system question

2013-07-10 Thread iain macdonnell - N6ML
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:17 AM, William Hein bill.aa...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking at the K3-Remote / RemoteRig system. A few questions: (1) I recall hearing something about a K3/0 with a smaller case. Was this just a prototype or is it headed for production? The current K3/0 case

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Richard Fjeld
Peter wrote: Don W3FPR has given a good explanation on using Mozilla Thunderbird and I second that. This is timely for me. I have been looking for a decent email client to use on my Windows7 computer. I find Windows Live Mail hard to work with. I like Outlook Express because it is fast and

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Alan Jump
Thunderbird is, indeed, actively supported. I've used it as an email client for several years. Combined with Gmail, it's remarkably effective at keeping the spam off my screen. We now return to our regularly-scheduled discussion, already in progress... -- 73 de N5ILN Alan NAQCC # 6139 ARES

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Don Allen
Yes, Mozilla officially no longer supports Thunderbird, but there are still occasional updates, strange as it may seem. Current version is 17.0.7. It's an excellent mail client, and has a plug-in calendar and scheduler. My preferred mail client prior to switching to Thunderbird was Eudora...

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Jim Brown
On 7/10/2013 9:04 AM, Richard Fjeld wrote: I have been looking for a decent email client I've been using Thunderbird for at least five years, and like it a lot. I read a lot of email reflectors, and Thunderbird makes it very easy to automatically sort each mail from each list into its own

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Brian Alsop
Except you can't change fonts in XP. It just ignores changes you try to make. This has gone on for years and apparently there is no motivation to fix it. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 7/10/2013 16:45, Jim Brown wrote: On 7/10/2013 9:04 AM, Richard Fjeld wrote: I have been looking for a decent email

[Elecraft] KX3: automated sideband nulling routine using XG3..

2013-07-10 Thread Arnie Grubbs
Hi All, I got a copy of the software for running the  OSB nulling from elecraft the other day, and it seems to work well.  It does not have a very informative U.I.  All you do is set the com ports for the generator and the radio, and then turn it loose.   About 20 or so min. later it

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Dick, I am surprised to hear that. Is there a statement from Mozilla itself (reference please) or is that just another rumor on the internet? Mine is up to date (thanks to Mozilla) and is more functional for my email and calendaring (Lightning plug-in) than MS Outlook Pro. 73, Don W3FPR On

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE)
I can choose whatever font available on my PC in the TB settings. I ditched Live for Thunderbird years ago for it could not spell check in my native language and Microsoft refused to do something about it so... Now my OS of choice for daily work is Debian Linux And XP is nearly history too.

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE)
Don, In my view it is... 72, Peter Don Wilhelm schreef: or is that just another rumor on the internet? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 6/10M pre-amp

2013-07-10 Thread Edward R Cole
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:12:45 -0800 To: Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com From: Edward R Cole kl...@acsalaska.net Subject: Re: K3 6/10M pre-amp Wayne, I re-tested on 50.120 and was able to reduce the -107 dBm signal from the XG3 down to -135 dBm at 2.8-KHz bw. Correcting for bw=500-KHz

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread David Bunte
I just loaded Thunderbird today, on my XP machine. I was able to set the font of my choice. I guess I don't understand the problem. Dave - K9FN Brian Alsop als...@nc.rr.com wrote: Except you can't change fonts in XP. It just ignores changes you try to make. This has gone on for years and

[Elecraft] OT: The future of Thunderbird... (was: Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?)

2013-07-10 Thread Scott Manthe
Thunderbird is not exactly dead, but doesn't exactly have a promising future, either. From the horses mouth: http://blog.mozilla.org/beyond-the-code/2012/07/09/about-the-future-of-thunderbird/ 73, Scott, N9AA On 7/10/13 1:31 PM, Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) wrote: Don, In my view it is... 72,

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Richard Fjeld
Don, I took me awhile to find it again. I see in this link they use the word 'developing' instead of 'supporting' as is sometimes mentioned. Here is the link; (See item 2) http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027870/four-desktop-email-clients-that-can-improve-your-gmail-experience.html There may

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Don Allen
It's not necessarily a rumor. It may have been created by a misunderstanding of a statement from Mozilla in 2012. Mozilla will maintain, and even update Thunderbird, but it no longer will allocate the programming resources on innovating or enhancing the mail client. Maintenance updates

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The future of Thunderbird... (was: Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?)

2013-07-10 Thread Richard Fjeld
Yes. Once again, this sentence makes me wary: We have a solid plan to support Thunderbird until the second half of 2013 and are discussing how we support it beyond that date. - Original Message - From: Scott Manthe To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Re: [Elecraft] K3 6/10M pre-amp

2013-07-10 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Ed, Bypassing the ATU did not change the level so I guess the ATU was already adjusted to 50-ohms. I have not checked the KX3 schematic but based on the K2 and K3 bypassing the ATU only adjusts it to a stored condition that the CPU 'thinks' represents 50 Ohms. I've seen several of the other

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Phil Kane
On 7/10/2013 11:05 AM, Don Allen wrote: It's not necessarily a rumor. It may have been created by a misunderstanding of a statement from Mozilla in 2012. Mozilla will maintain, and even update Thunderbird, but it no longer will allocate the programming resources on innovating or enhancing

[Elecraft] [K2] Rework Eliminator(TM) Kit Availability

2013-07-10 Thread Gary W. Hvizdak
Based on sales history over the past 14 months, I estimate that we have about a 13 month supply of Headers kit remaining, and about a 19 month supply of Mic Adaptor kits. (Although it's possibly they could last twice that long or sell out in half that time.) As our inventory becomes critical, we

[Elecraft] KX3 Noise Reduction

2013-07-10 Thread Robert Glorioso
I did the mod on factory built KX3 #1099 in about 15 minutes. Most of the time consumed removing and reinstalling the batteries. I tested with no antenna to see worse case. Noise is gone on 20 Meters to 160 Meters VFO NR OFF. There was some noise discernible above 20M but totally gone with

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Dick, That article is over a year old, and if the upgraded (not just updated for security) Thunderbird versions that have occurred over the past year is any indication, they are still doing serious development work on it. Look at the major version number - those are upgrades. Other releases

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Rework Eliminator(TM) Kit Availability

2013-07-10 Thread Robert G Strickland
I've deleted the lead to this thread, so I'm not sure what the issue is, but for what it's worth, I recommend the Headers kit for the K2. I built my K2 from scratch with the Headers, and I found that over the long haul that was a very good decision. Greater flexibility, much lower hassle.

Re: [Elecraft] K3-Remote / RemoteRig system question

2013-07-10 Thread Jim Rhodes
1-The K3/0 mini production date has not been announced yet. But hope it isn't too far out. 2-There are several cables that have to be switched for the change over. I need to get the plans for a relay box out of my head and down on paper and built so that I can do it with software and remotely.

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: LNRPrecision EndFedz EF-10/20/40KMII Antenna SWR tuning

2013-07-10 Thread Tighe Kiykendall
Agreed, little snips at a time. Mine works FB as well. Used it last weekend with a 31' fiberglass push-up pole. Tighe Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Fred Smith m...@totalhighspeed.com wrote: I have one also about all I can add is to cut very little off at a time till

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Regarding the KX3 VFO tuning noise modification

2013-07-10 Thread Bill K9YEQ
I performed the mod tonight. Less than a couple of minutes. No noise. I am on a very early board and found it to be absolutely quiet with no antenna. Way to go Wayne and CO!!! 73, Bill K9YEQ K2 FT, KX1 FT, KX3 FT, KAT500 FT From: k...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:k...@yahoogroups.com] On

Re: [Elecraft] Any way to block the spammers who discovered Nabble recently?

2013-07-10 Thread Jim Lowman
I agree. I've been using Thunderbird through many versions; probably longer than five years. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 7/10/2013 9:45 AM, Jim Brown wrote: On 7/10/2013 9:04 AM, Richard Fjeld wrote: I have been looking for a decent email client I've been using Thunderbird for at least five

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The future of Thunderbird...

2013-07-10 Thread Jim Lowman
Well, it's stable enough for me, and has all of the features that I need, plus many more. I'm currently running V17.0.7 under Windows 7. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 7/10/2013 10:50 AM, Scott Manthe wrote: Thunderbird is not exactly dead, but doesn't exactly have a promising future, either. From the

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: LNRPrecision EndFedz EF-10/20/40KMII Antenna SWR tuning

2013-07-10 Thread Joe W2KJ
I've trimmed several PAR EFHW antennas over the past few years and don't cut anymore...I just fold the wire back on itself essentially shortening or lengthening the wire until I hit the sweet spot. Saves some heartburn if you make a mistake and take a little too much off of the top (grin).

[Elecraft] Problem with KAT2?

2013-07-10 Thread Kevin Cozens
Greetings, all. For some time I've suspected my K2 of being partially deaf (ie. not as sensitive as it should be). I bought an XG3 a while ago and finally sat down to check my K2. I set up the K2 following the XG3 manual. Volume control set to was slightly before 12 o'clock so I had maximum

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The future of Thunderbird...

2013-07-10 Thread Kevin Luxford
Guys, A good tool to sort out the wheat from the chaff is Mailwasher from Firetrust. It finds all the pump and dump scam emails and puts them into Junk Mail leaving me to process mostly good stuff. It, so far, is not so good at picking up those emails ostensibly from list members, but

Re: [Elecraft] Problem with KAT2?

2013-07-10 Thread Don Wilhelm
Kevin, There is one possibility that your 51 ohm load (measured at DC) is not a good 51 ohm pure resistance at the frequency you were measuring. Borrow an antenna analyzer and test your load at the frequency of operation. If that load does measure as a 51 ohm pure resistance (X value equals

Re: [Elecraft] Problem with KAT2?

2013-07-10 Thread Jim Brown
On 7/10/2013 7:42 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: There is one possibility that your 51 ohm load (measured at DC) is not a good 51 ohm pure resistance at the frequency you were measuring. Borrow an antenna analyzer and test your load at the frequency of operation. There's also the simple issue of