1. Launch synaptic and goto “settings Repositories”
2. click “other software add”
3. insert this line in the box deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
raring main restricted universe multiverse
4. click ok and close synaptic
5. in terminal “sudo apt-get update”
6. in terminal “sudo apt-get
Those running QRS need our encouragement. It must be very lonely for them
since most of the CW ops are highly experienced and running QRQ. If we
don't go out of our way to work them, they will -- and many probably
already have -- go back to phone or just give up after endless unanswered
CQs or
I keep throwing around the idea of trying to learn code again. When I got
licensed as a no code tech, I stayed there for the first ten years because
every time that I would try to learn code to upgrade, my brain was having
none of it. Now that I've upgraded to General and I have access to more
Between attending college and
other work related responsibilities, I'm not sure that is going to happen
before I get my KX3.
Do it while you're young. I suspect it would be very difficult to do
when you get older and are retired. I know my brain is really fried
when it comes to learning
Debian and Ubuntu changed the way they handle multi arch systems in their
latest releases. Part of the change was to eliminate ia32-libs. Adding it from
the repository of another release is not recommended. The right way to do it
is:
$ sudo dpkg —add-architecture i386
$ sudo apt-get update
We are currently accepting orders for the next production run, which
will be commissioned next Tuesday. Allowing 14 weeks for manufacturing,
transit, customs, and processing -- it should arrive in early September.
We will only be ordering about half the usual number of filters this
time
I have been using the KUSB USB/serial converter between my K3 and PC for
both DXLab and n1mm. Lately, I have been having trouble with erratic
frequency readings, mainly on n1mm but sometimes on DXLab. On n1mm, this
seems to happen mainly when I change bands or after the radio has been in
standby
Cool looks, I like that!
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Sverre, LA3ZA
K2 #2198, K3 #3391,
LA3ZA Blog: http://la3za.blogspot.com,
LA3ZA Unofficial Guide to K2 modifications:
http://la3za.blogspot.com/p/la3za-unofficial-guide-to-elecraft-k2.html
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Joshua,
I'm no expert on learning code, but I have discovered a few things.
Most folk who want to learn code try and memorize the code and then try
and translate to readable text. I found out, the hard way, that you work
against yourself by doing this, It took me a very long time to figure
Joshua --
I would encourage you to do so. W1AW practice runs are great (are they
still running? I haven't listened for quite some time . . . ); and when
you feel up to it try to work in or even just listen in to a contest.
Some of it will blaze by but over time it'll sink in. Best advice I had
I have mixed feelings about the recent trend to 'demand' Elecraft
release their utility pgms for linux in 64 bit versions, in addition to
the 32 bit versions they already release.
Here are a couple of thoughts
In most of my readings on different radio related forums as well as
email
Easy to find your way around in the dark. Thanks for sharing that.
73's Gerald - KC6CNN
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Here are the YouTube links to the ghostlight mod of John, WT5Y:
- K2 Backlight in Action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3VJ4fSA2_Q
- K2 Backlight Details http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVWBGMMmT_A
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Sverre, LA3ZA
K2 #2198, K3 #3391,
LA3ZA Blog: http://la3za.blogspot.com,
LA3ZA
I searched the net for programs that teach the code and there are a lot,
mostly free.
Since there has been some discussion of this on the ancient 15 meter
posts, perhaps someone who has actually tried some of these programs can
give those interested some recommendations.
73 Viva CW! Lee K9CM
If you happen to have an Iphone, get the CWTEXT app. It has many tools for
learning to copy CW, and you can use it anytime you have a few minutes. If
you like fairy tales, it will tell you those in Morse too. It has helped
speed me up quite a bit.
Might be similar programs for Android, but I'm
Hello Joshua,
By all means, learn CW. It is never too late. I was QRT for 25 years and
had to learn the Code from scratch. You can learn all the letters in 6
weeks practicing for 15 minutes per day. In another 5-7 weeks you'll
absorb the punctuation and numbers.There are plenty of resources
I've had good luck using K7QO's code course, http://www.k7qo.net, and
G4FON's trainer app, http://www.g4fon.net.
Tighe
NK4I
On 5/27/2014 1:43 PM, Lee Trout wrote:
I searched the net for programs that teach the code and there are a lot,
mostly free.
Since there has been some discussion of
I'm willing to place an order for these boards under these conditions:
These boards come 3 to a sheet from ExpressPC boards. You have to cut the
three boards out with a shear to use them, then there are some other minor
mods to each board as documented in the PDF I linked to above.
The per order
Lee, Another option is CW Academy with the CW Ops club. They offer mentors
along with on air practice. Also, there is the K3UK sked page where you can
set up a sked and also do a computer chat. That is sometimes helpful when you
want to ask questions during on air practice.
Good luck.
For the iPhone, I strongly recommend the app Ham Morse, by AA9PW. It does both
Koch and Farnsworth, also will send news reports to you in Morse. Very nifty.
Don't know if it is also available for Android.
--Oliver W6ODJ
On 27 Jan. 2014, at 18:43 PM, Lee Trout trou...@gmail.com wrote:
I
Version 1.600 of Win4K3Suite now allows you to access almost all K3 and KX3
regular and TECH mode menu items. In addition you can export all settings as
well as the operating state of the radio to a file and import them at a later
time. Ideal for cloning your radio for different contests
It does not have to be that expensive.
The boards can be purchased using their 4-layer MiniboardPro service. The
current cost is $98 plus $9.85 shipping for three identical panels.
Each panel contains three MAB boards. So the cost per MAB board would be
$11.98.
I used a shear to cut out the
Hi Sam,
My guess is that they just compile it for 64 bit, then turn around and
compile the same software for 32 bit... I have never compiled for 64
bit, so I could be off base here.
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Thanks and 73's,
For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
www.nk7z.net
for MixW support see;
I just tried this into both a 50-ohm dummy load and into an 8 element yagi.
The yagi runs separate coax one for Rx and the other for Tx. In testing
my previous question about Audio. which was dealing with the internal 6m
board, I notice that if I tune the RF Power of the K3 to 100, that the
Bars
Elecraft switched to FTDI chips in mid-2010, so the Prolific driver isn't used
for more recent cables. This page has drivers for both chips.
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm#drvrs
wunder
K6WRU
On May 27, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Dennis McAlpine dbmcalp...@earthlink.net wrote:
I have been
Hi,
I don't have any 32-bit machines, but 3 64-bit Linux machines. Only one of them
seems to be running an old enough distro to have decent support for the legacy
32 bit libraries needed to run the KX3 utility. When I dist-upgrade that
machine (which I will do soon) I may lose the ability to
Thanks for pointing out my error Dave. I wasn't looking closely enough, and
that makes it much better. I'll modify my proposal:
I'll order three sheets for $110, so $37 each sheet with three boards.
If two others will agree to buy a sheet of three boards for $37, I'll do it.
Chip
On Tue, May
Chip - I am in for a three board sheet for $37.
Thanks for picking this up.
Lou W2ROW
Chip Stratton wrote
Thanks for pointing out my error Dave. I wasn't looking closely enough,
and
that makes it much better. I'll modify my proposal:
I'll order three sheets for $110, so $37 each sheet
I have ubuntu 14.04, 64bit, and the elecract kx3 utility working...
Here's how I installed ia32-lib:
|sudo -i
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
echo deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted
universe multiverse ia32-libs-raring.list
apt-get update
apt-get install ia32-libs|
rm
I didn't use the G4FON software to learn the code (not much was
available 55 years ago...except maybe the Instructograph), but I have
used it for about 10 years to stay sharp. It will read any text file,
either one you invent or one you find somewhere. I convert chapters from
EPUB novels I
I wouldn't place XP users in the same category as linux users by any
means. People hang on to there old XP boxes because its what they've
always used and they are not inclined to dable in different OS's. Linux
users, on the other hand, are more likely to try new things. They had
to go
Maybe the best move is to go with the latest FTDI serial -to-usb cable.
They have improved quite a bit over 6 years or more.
73, Doug -- K0DXV
On 5/27/2014 1:01 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
Elecraft switched to FTDI chips in mid-2010, so the Prolific driver isn't used
for more recent cables.
I had a computer failure. The old prolific KUSB would not work at all on new
computer, even after loading newer drivers. A new FTDI KUSB from Elecraft
solved the problems.
Nu4c
Doug Person via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote:
Maybe the best move is to go with the latest FTDI serial
Dennis,
What Doug said and the fact that the Chinese plagiarized the Prolific
chip a while back but didn't get an exact copy, so Prolific fixed their
drivers to recognize the fake chips and stop working. That seems to
have caused some people problems with even the legitimate ones like
FIVE BUCKS for an iPhone app??!
W1AW code practice transmissions as MP3 files. Incremental speeds from 5
to 40 WPM. Play them on your iPhone. Free.
http://www.arrl.org/code-practice-files
73,
Josh W6XU
On 5/27/2014 11:22 AM, Oliver Johns wrote:
For the iPhone, I strongly recommend the app
I have wanted to learn CW and be a ham since I was 8. I started and
stopped 5 or 10 times in the next 52 years. I was finally licensed in Feb
2012
as a General and upgraded to Extra 6 months later, but I was old school
enough to not consider myself a true ham until I could do CW, so I
While I realize this is off-topic, I will state I operate my K3 and KX3
when working SKCC (Straight Key Century Club) ops.
I am a member of SKCC and, although I am not active right now due to a
bathroom remodel I'm doing mostly myself, I do enjoy operating the SKCC
ops. There are various
* On 2014 27 May 13:44 -0500, David Cole wrote:
Hi Sam,
My guess is that they just compile it for 64 bit, then turn around and
compile the same software for 32 bit... I have never compiled for 64
bit, so I could be off base here.
I compile both Hamlib and Xdx on Debian amd64 (also Intel 64
My ancient Prolific USB to serial converters have been ported from XP to
Windows 7 and recently to Windows 8.1.
They work flawlessly - both versions of Windows installed the proper drivers
with no direct intervention from me.
You might uninstall the USB converter, unplug it, reboot and then
I really have to chuckle regarding all the various simple steps the
Linux users go through to get their computers to speak to the K3. I have
one machine set up for Linux - although I am not really sure why.
Everything I do using a computer is so much easier on Windows -
including control of
I don't believe people load Linux just so they can spend time getting a
computer to run Elecraft utilities. The use of Linux appears to be more of a
philosophical endeavor than a strictly performance one. It's not too often that
I hear someone say that they run Linux because they can't get a
I can relate, Bill. I prefer Macs with OS X, but
both have SSDs and both are dual boot with Windows
7 -- because there are things I can do that way
but not in OS X. I also have two Windows machines
-- a Win7 desktop I use for ripping CDs/DVDs and
burning same (the fast optical drives are
I have a 10 year old laptop that had Wxp. It now has Ubuntu Release
12.04 (precise) 32-bit...
I like it. As Wxp I used the computer portable. I still use machine
portable. I have KX3 utility and fldigi for software.
Not all the stuff I had with Wxp, it works... I have been using Ubunto
At sometime in the 50's, the President of IBM is alleged to have said,
The worldwide market for computers is probably about twelve.
Apparently he didn't know Doug.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org
On 5/27/2014 1:29
I would like one of the boards.
I would be willing to to pay for one of the three board sheets if no
one comes forward to buy the second sheet.
-Thanks
Matt, N4MTT
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I have takers for the two extra sheets of MAB boards so more volunteers
not needed. Someone may be willing to let an individual board or two go,
but I'm sure they will post it to the reflector when the time comes.
73
Chip
AE5KA
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Steve,
If you use that laptop 'standalone', and do not have to share files with
other computers on a network, the Ubuntu or Linux Mint distros are quite
usable. Firefox is an excellent web browser, and Thunderbird is a fine
email application, add a calendering function with the Lightning
Here’s the net report for last Sunday’s SSB net. We had 28 participants over
19 minutes.
Station NameQTH Rig S/N
WB9JNZ EricIL K3 4017
KA0NCR Arnie NE K2
Is it possible to adjust the K3 noise reduction level via CAT? I could not
find reference to it in the Programmer's Manual.
Any information on when/where that might be available would be appreciated.
73/Chuck/NO5W
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And those computers Tom Watson was speaking of took a large controlled
environment room just for the various pieces. It was certainly not a
desktop computer.
Desktop computers did not come into being until the advent of the IBM PC
in the 1980s. I bought my daughter a new IBM PC with 2 floppy
Hi
Yes it is possible but not if you are not actually programming via rs232.
You have to issue a SWR command (or Swh I'm working from memory here) Cohen
read the vfoa display with a Ds command and then issue the appropriate up and
down commands. Same for vfob.
If you have no way to read the DS
He didn't know me but I knew him. Computers have been and to a large
extent still are my life. When I'm done building another receiver, I
build another computer and install another linux variation. I push them
to their limits. Windows, in many ways, is always easier for main
stream things.
Bill,
You're correct. It feeds on itself. But consider that you sent your
post from a linux computer. Is linux only 2% if you include tablets and
phones? Android is the leader in smart phones by a wide margin - and
Android is linux.
Windows is losing ground rapidly. Windows 8 was an
On Tue, 27 May 2014 22:14:23 -0400
Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Steve,
If you use that laptop 'standalone', and do not have to share files with
other computers on a network, the Ubuntu or Linux Mint distros are quite
usable. Firefox is an excellent web browser, and Thunderbird
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