Hi Ray,
Yes, you should be OK.
I have a short explanation on how the KPA and KXPA tuners work at
http://www.ke7x.com/home/k-line-introduction-and-set-up-guide
You are welcome to download it. It should answers most of your questions.
Cheers and 73,
Fred KE7X
For all KE7X Elecraft books, see
Now that I have had my k3s on the air for a couple of months I'm ready to
interface it to a computer. I am planning on a dedicated PC just for use in the
shack. My only uses (that I can think of now) are logging and control of the
k3s, perhaps remotely at some point.
It seems to me an I7
One other data point I forgot to mention - Our ISP's engineers are directly
working with Verizon to determine where the problem is and to get it resolved.
73,
Eric
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On 1/5/2016 10:28 AM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
We've been beating on the Verizon Fios issue accessing
Last year I decided that the dual core desktop was not enough to run the
station so I built a new computer, something I hadn't done in over a
decade (because pre-assembled is cheaper).
I didn't want the bleeding edge, but I wanted something quick that would
run without much intervention for
We've been beating on the Verizon Fios issue accessing elecraft.com with our
team non-stop since it first started to occur, and we are also in direct contact
with our hosting ISP for Elecraft. Their engineering team is hitting it hard
from their end.
Let's drop the thread on here for now to
I agree with N1MGO,
I've come full circle on this one and am in the process of removing all of
the USB/RS-232 converters in my setup and reinstalling a 4 port card that I
had in an old XP system (drivers work fine).
Determining what is a quality USB/RS-232 serial adapter is not always clear.
There are a number of new users on this reflector since the announcement of the
K3S transceiver last summer. Please indulge me a bit of bandwidth to update
the newcomers to a request made back then by Wayne.
During the initial announcement of the K3S, we all shared some laughs about how
the
You probably can't get a PC that's too small.
For logging and control, an Intel Atom (or the equivalent AMD ultra-low
power CPU) would likely be an order of magnitude more than you need.
If you want to do digital (soundcard) modes, the slowest i3 would be lots.
Under Windows, I think more
Jerry,
An I7 is more than enough processor. You will want a video card
that can driver at least 2 monitors. You should consider adding real
RS232 ports, at least 2 or 4 if you will ever run two radios, and even
more if you want to control rotors, amps (KPA-500) or other accessories.
Hello
First of all Happy New year to all. Before to put it in e bay I have for sale
my K2/100 and KAT/100 twins if someone is interested.
Thank you
God Bless you all
KP4LE
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I haven't had used a "real" (old fashioned) serial port on any PC that
controls radio equipment in probably 10 years. It's really not necessary
if you purchase quality USB/Serial adapters (no fake chipsets) where
needed. The only PC I have with a old-fashioned serial port is an ancient
Toshiba
IMHO, I would suggest an it with 8gb of ram so your suggested system is quite
adequate. Pretty well all systems come with 8gb or more these days and if you
want to use a software Panadapter you will have better performance in the long
run with more memory.As to the serial ports being real or
I haven't seen much here on the subject so I thought I would share my
experience from this past weekend in the RTTY Roundup.
We recently upgraded our multi-radio setup with two new K3S-es. Both were
operated in FSK-D mode, one at the 2125/2295 tones, and the other at
1445/1615. (That helps me
I still am not able to reliably get into the Elecraft website from Boston area
via FIOS.
Bob
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Kevin,
I ran into a number of areas that caused some real problems. One was
trying to use a virtual serial port on one Mac mini and the other had a
problem with the network interface. None of this was a problem with
Windows. Running PowerSDR for a Flex3000 was initially a problem as the
Well, before Eric squashes the thread, one can also use the VMware product:
Fusion. I've been running it on my iMac for years and have NEVER had a problem
running any Windows application under it. Before Elecraft released the PX3 I
used NaP3 on a Windows 8.1 guest with my KX3 and it worked real
Let me know when you find the program's folder. Gr
Brian
KB1VBF
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> On Jan 5, 2016, at 10:27 PM, Barry LaZar wrote:
>
> Brian,
>Add port replication and NaP3 or Win4K3 and see what happens. Also, you
> don't say how you are running Windows, Boot
Last week I posted my impressions of the Koss SB-45 here:
http://marc.info/?l=elecraft=145134615022993=2
I promised an update on long-term comfort after the RTTY Roundup
contest, so this is it. I wore this headset for two 12 hour
contest sessions this past weekend, and found its comfort equal
Brian,
Add port replication and NaP3 or Win4K3 and see what happens. Also,
you don't say how you are running Windows, Boot Camp?? And yes, you
should upgrade to Windows 10. It runs faster and more reliably than Win7
and is more secure. It will be upgraded free as new security definitions
Yeah, another Mac user here that easily runs most Windows apps in a VM when
needed. I have also used boot camp when the app is critical, for example SDR#.
I can not understand the statement that Bootcamp has driver issues as when you
run the Bootcamp assistant, it has the drivers put on an
My i7 iMac runs Windows 7 as well as OSX. With 32 Gb of memory, I can run any
Windows or Apple applications. I don't have a K3 but the iMac runs my K2 and
FT-950 applications with no issues whatsoever. I can upgrade to Win 10 for
free but I dislike it very much.
Brian
KB1VBF
Sent from my
I am selling my K2/100 (SN 31XX). I am not the original builder. Since
this K2 has a post-3000 serial number, it has the current REV B main board.
All factory recommended mods and updates have been made as well to bring it
up to current Elecraft specs. The radio includes these upgrade modules:
Hi,
I have a strange issue on my K3. It keeps going into transmit mode every 1-2
seconds go a split second. This is only happening on 80m, LSB and if AGC is
off. It doesn’t happen in any other mode or band. I have disconnected all
cables except for the antennas and the 15pin accessory
For you DXpeditioners, it should be noted that the Koss SB-45 folds up
quite nicely for easier packing. See the Koss website's photos of them in
the folded up configuration.
https://www.koss.com/headphones/headsets/sb45-824
Thanks for the review of the headset, Dave!
73, Tony K4QE
On Tue, Jan
Hi,
The NR and NB is off, and VOX is set to about 30. But there is no mike
attached or line-in.
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From: Mike Flowers
Sent: January 5, 2016 10:45 PM
To: Tom
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft} K3 keeps going into transmit mode on 80m SSB
Hi Tom,
Just shooting in the dark here:
Is
I am thinking about selling my K3 and ordering a K3S,
but would like to know what would be a fare asking price for it.
in mint condition from a non smoking household
at the time I bought it the total cost was abt $2350
K3/100 sn 4909
KTCXO3-1 TCXO
KXV3A xverter interface
KUSB serial
FTDI USB to serial adapters work on ALL platforms - without exception.
There simply is no reason to worry about "native" RS232 interfaces.
An i7 to run a computer for a station is massive overkill. I use an
Intel i3 NUC (4"x4"x2") with an SSD drive and 8 gigs of ram. Everything
runs just
That's the way I see it. I have a Lenovo T400 laptop running Win 7 Home with a
core 2 duo P8400 @2.2 GHz with 4 GB of RAM. I slapped in a 128G SSD and put the
original HD in a caddy in the CD drive slot. Runs everything, USB
keyboard/mouse, SDR-IQ, K3S, DXBase, MMTTY, external monitor, etc.
A 4-port card is NOT a native RS-232 port. PCI is just another bus add
on. There no difference between running 1 or 4 USB to RS-232
converters. You can buy a 4 port FTDI converter that runs off a single
USB port from Amazon that will run everything you could ever want. I
run 80's vintage
On 1/5/2016 5:32 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:
A 4-port card is NOT a native RS-232 port. PCI is just another bus
add on.
*Absolutely incorrect*. A USB to serial converter *of any kind* -
other than the Edgeport products - can not do 45.45, 50, 75 or 100
baud RTTY. All of the
Only you can decide how much PC you need to do what you want to do. If you
are just control and logging you can get by with 2-4G of RAM and a fairly
modest 160 gig disk drive, and a dual core. Even though the K3s has the USB
port I would still get something that would allow you to add one or more
Jerry,
in contrast to some of the feedback RS-232 serial ports are
still readily available on many brand name computers today including
laptops, desktops, towers, and rack mount PCs. I regularly purchase and
set up many for my employer.
While many USB-to-serial converters
and their drivers
I put together a new Windows PC about 2 years ago. The single component
that seems to have made the biggest difference is a 250 GB solid-state
drive (SSD). The computer boots in about 20 seconds (OK, the I7
processor helps too), which is important to me since I don't like to
leave it on all
Hi all ...
I keep seeing people talk about having problems with the Elecraft
website. It is NOT AN ELECRAFT problem. As many have pointed out, it
is a VERIZON problem. Posting here will not do any additional good.
Contact VERIZON ... if everyone did that, it would cause them to raise
I built two new boxes last year. One of them is an Ubuntu headless
server and the other an 8 core box running Win7. The 8 core box only
has 16 GB of memory at present but I'll fill the board later this year.
It is very nice to have serial ports available. If the motherboard did
not have
I have just got a low power SunSDR2PRO SDR transceiver with a power output of
up to 15W.
I want to connect it safely to my KPA500 & KAT500 and so far I've connected
the SDR key line to the KAT500 with another separate key line cable from the
KAT500 to the KPA500. The drive from the SDR goes to
Hi Jerry,
Don't use a wired network. I had my shack computer on a wired network
when I took a lightning hit a couple of years ago.
Everything connected on the wired network was zapped (2 PCs, router,
modem, K3 RS-232 port, WinKey (connected to one of the PCs), and the
Cable TV amplifier
While everything in my shack is wireless...almost, I do have a USB
cable between the laptop computer and K3S.What is the recommendation
to make / convert the K3S port to wireless?
73
Bob K4TAX
On 1/5/2016 7:14 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:
When I rebuilt everything i went wireless with all of
Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or MacBook Air
‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown updates, buggy
software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5 year old MacBook Air
machine that just works and will probably run forever. I like
I probably should have worded that better. All of my COMPUTER
connections to my network are wireless. My K3, WinKey, etc are cabled
to the hamshack PC.
On 1/5/2016 7:21 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
While everything in my shack is wireless...almost, I do have a USB
cable between the
OK thanks. I'm wireless with both of the laptops, wireless to the
printer, and to the house control systems. Just the radio connected via
wire to the computer.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 1/5/2016 7:37 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:
I probably should have worded that better. All of my COMPUTER
connections
Original serial and parallel ports on the original IBM backplane were I/O port
mapped, not memory mapped. There were discrepancies between port numbers
between the true IBM I/O port numbers and "clones". Ports 3F8 and 2F8 for COM1
and 2, 3E8 and 2E8 for COM3 and 4. On a true original IBM,
Many thanks to all that replied to my query. I have enough info now to feel
pretty confident in building up a PC for the shack - without worrying that I
forgot something :)
73
Jerry, k1tgx
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Folks - we're getting pretty OT. Lets wind this thread down at this time in the
interest of keeping the signal to noise level reasonable for other readers.
73,
Eric
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On 1/5/2016 4:07 PM, WB4JFI wrote:
Original serial and parallel ports on the original IBM backplane were I/O
Its driving us crazy here too. Verizon has acknowledged the problem and is
working with our ISP to resolve it for them. (Hopefully soon!)
I'll post here as soon as there is a resolution.
73,
Eric
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On 1/5/2016 3:59 PM, David Lago wrote:
I'm experiencing the same problem here in
Jerry,
Put some real RS-232 serial ports in it. USB is fine for some things,
but there are times you want a serial port and USB to serial adapters
can sometimes be finicky.
I would limit the memory to 4 GB if it were mine, and yes, I have a
tower computer that I have dedicated to the
I have to agree with Joe.
If you must use a USB to serial converter for serious all purpose use,
get an Edgeport product.
There is a difference between a 'converter' and an 'adapter'. Most USB
to serial devices available in the consumer market are 'adapters' - the
Edgeport was directed at
Still out in Rhode Island Verizon FIOS even after clearing local DNS cache.
Not a huge deal, I can use my AT hotspot to get in (although that was out
last week too), but it's been this way for about a week. It comes/goes.
Sometimes I can get to it. Other times I can't. It probably is an issue
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE "K4", then NONE of this other mundane garbage on the "Reflector"
would have CAUSED ANGST among the "Troops!!!".
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I agree with Joe. A 2-port Edgeport provides two good RS-232 ports for
SO2R operation with my very new T540 Thinkpad. It, and another Thinkpad
bought around the same time, are the first I've ever owned that didn't
have a hardware serial port either on the chassis or on a port
I see that on the Elecrafts web site that the Main DSP board up grade for the
K3 was to be available at the end of last year.
I'm still waiting price and availabilty...
EdKD7PYex K7WIA
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I'm experiencing the same problem here in Rockville MD (also a Verizon FIOS
customer), even after the DNS flush. I found a workaround though... if I
use the Tor browser (https://www.torproject.org/). Tor routes your
connection hopping through different countries to achieve anonymity, but a
nice
It is NOT a routing issue. Knut and I have identical tracert after
the first few hopes and I've never had an issue with connecting.
Barry N1EU
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:53 PM, tomb18 wrote:
> I had the same thing in the past where I couldn't access Price Waterhouse
> from
Hello,
I've been running my remote base K3 using HRD attached to a pair of
remote rigs. I would like to find a used K3/0, either the mini or the
full size one.
Email me direct please.
Thank you
Tom K8TB
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Randy,
I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working with
a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two. He has
been trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and a few
other things. These are Windows based and he has been using Boot Camp to
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