[Elecraft] Running the K3S with a Heath SB-220

Good morning. Does anyone have any experience using a K3S to drive a Heath SB-220 linear amplifier? This is a 40-odd year-old amplifier with two Eimac 3-500Z tubes. My questions are: (1) What connections need to be made between the K3S and the SB-220; how much drive is likely needed; and what

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

As far as fiberglass poles are please check here: http://www.dx-wire.de/index.php?seo_c=lng%2Fen%2F=fiberglass-poles 73, Igor UA9CDC 03.04.2017 9:03, Matt Zilmer пишет: I use an OCF dipole and usually throw the longend intoa tree if there is one nearby. With no trees about, I'd use a 25 to

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

I use an OCF dipole and usually throw the longend intoa tree if there is one nearby. With no trees about, I'd use a 25 to 41 foot random wire w/ counterpoise on the ground. Once, I had to ask permission to "cast" the OCF's long end over a gas station sign in Pu'unene, and got a thumbs up

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

I once operated from a 7th floor hotel room with a W6MMA MP-1 (which Elecraft used to sell--the paint color on the coil matched my K2, which increased the mojo). I placed it inside next to the window and made several contacts of 1000 - >3000 miles on 20m running 5W (propagation was much

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer." Construction Battalion circa 1943 Kevin. KD5ONS On 4/2/2017 8:23 PM, Steve Sergeant wrote: We do these things, to borrow from JFK, "...not because they are easy, but because they are hard..." On 4/2/17 14:30 PM,

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

We do these things, to borrow from JFK, "...not because they are easy, but because they are hard..." On 4/2/17 14:30 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: > And that's all you need to know about QRP. > > On 4/2/2017 1:37 PM, Steve Sergeant wrote >> I knew I didn't have chance to be heard using QRP power. >>

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Yes, the packtenna pole is amazing, I used it throughout Europe this past summer. My European friends recognized it as one made in Germany. You can't go wrong with anything George and the Packtenna crew have. Another choice for hotel balconies that travels nicely is the AlexLoop. -Kevin

[Elecraft] KX2.KX3 Serial Port Extender

I have just put finishing touches on a Serial Port Expander for use with the KX3/KX2 series of transceivers. The device will plug into a regular or USB serial adapter (DE-9M) like the standard KUSB from Elecraft. I have posted a PDF document on my web site at http://nr4c.net/projects

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Not that they are not a good solution, just be aware, most carbon fiber poles are conductive at RF. 73, Fred ("Skip") K6DGW Sparks NV USA Washoe County DM09dn On 4/2/2017 4:38 PM, Tom Parish wrote: Michael - Fred Maas KT5X suggested the following to me recently and it's working well.

[Elecraft] Portable Antenna

Well,  this works the best for me for portable.    From the ground up- a speaker stand, a 15' painter pole, a right angle pole to antenna mount, a "gum drop" antenna mount, a ham stick and two 20m radials.  This works for 14MHz and up as the ham sticks are a good portion of a quarter wave. 

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Consider that some (many) hotel rooms have windows that will not open. So when faced with that, do you break the window (not recommended) or operate from outside the building or operate with a loop placed inside the window glass. In other words - it all depends. Be prepared for all possible

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

I can vouch for the Packtenna one...I bought the last one they had brought to Dayton last year. Fits easily into a suitcase and extends to 10m. On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 5:48 PM Bill Rowlett wrote: > The MFJ 2286 Big Stick Vert. may be what you are looking for. Nocks down > to

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Tom, Will be operating QRP with KX3 & Versa-Antenna & the 27ft poles at the Lagoon at the Disney Hotel in Wakikoloa on the Big Island drinking Mai Tai's and working CW Aloha 73 Mike WB6DJI -Original Message- From: Michael Aust To: tom.parish

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Tom, Just bought the last two 7.2mm poles, what a deal ! Will fit in my luggage fine to Hawaii with KX3 and my EndFed Antenna made for the KX series radio's like the KX3 !

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Mike, All, I am with Fred on this call - particularly from a hi-rise hotel balcony at a resort. My best results have been with an Alex Walkham Magloop (has a nice small carry on bag that also fits in my suitcase) closely followed by the Superantenna MP-1 which fits in an old Targus laptop bag.

Re: [Elecraft] New Sherwood Test for K3 & Flex 6700

Correct And this is both the advantage and disadvantage of an SDR Receiver. Mostly, it is a big advantage and the issues get caught by the software test team. The great news is that it is a simple software update away from being resolved and is part and parcel of normal software product life

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

While twenty meters got me into Michigan, North Dakota, Georgia, and Japan twenty meters only got me to California. Even though the sun is active right now it's a bit too active :) Yes, we never get it the way we want it but I think it's going to be better tomorrow. Unfortunately for us all

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

ICYDK, Crappie [n. KRAA-pee] A genus, pomoxis, of North American freshwater fish in the sunfish family Centrarchidae. Crappy [adj. KRAA-pee] 1. Of or denoting very inferior construction. 2. Denoting any bad condition, object, utterance, or occurrence. "Pole" is the operative word here,

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

A Shakespeare WonderPole. 20' extended, collapses to 4'. $21 at Walmart. On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 4:25 PM Michael Aust wrote: > Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna for KX3 > > > Going to Hawaii with KX3 from high rise Hotels and some Sandy Beaches > that is

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Michael - Fred Maas KT5X suggested the following to me recently and it's working well. $2.99 plus shipping from China. Worth the wait. Delivered early. Comes with a small cloth case. http://www.ebay.com/itm/262678511063 These are 3.6m-7.2m Carbon Fiber Stream Pole Telescopic Spinning Freshwater

Re: [Elecraft] What caused long reposts

If you are using Thunderbird, select the relevant part(s) before you hit reply. Doesn't matter if you're in digest mode or receive each post as a separate message, just select the relevant parts of the message and that's all that shows up in the response. A quick rule can put all Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] KX line exssories

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[Elecraft] KX line exssories

Would love to see a 30-50 watt amp driven by 1 to 1.5 amps from the KX3. Compact, low power usage, great for backpacking. Sent from my iPad __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] What caused long reposts

If you are using Thunderbird, I believe the best way is to request the digest in MIME Digest mode. As well as allowing you to page through the digest, it also allows you to treat the individual messages as attachments, so you can open up the specific message and reply to it. That way, you

Re: [Elecraft] Future KX3/KX2 accessories?

Any off the shelf stereo to mono splitter will do that. That also gives cleaner bias for the mic. Details in this blog post. https://observer.wunderwood.org/2015/08/16/yamaha-cm500-headset-with-ptt-on-elecraft-kx3/

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

The MFJ 2286 Big Stick Vert. may be what you are looking for. Nocks down to about 28” and extends to 18’ I have used it as a 20 meter GP. works well. 73 Bill KC4ATU On Apr 2, 2017, at 6:23 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT > wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

I just called the 20 meter Elecraft CW Net. I worked folks in Michigan, Georgia, North Dakota, & Japan. QSB was strong except to the West, the JA was blasting in at S6 with weaker QSB. Waves of QRN were passing through the band which wiped it out for a few seconds too. 100 watts on CW works

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

I bought a fiberglass kite pole made by Jackite, and sold at E-Commerce sites everywhere. Mine is 31' extended, between 3 and 4 feet collapsed. 73 -- Lynn On 4/2/2017 3:10 PM, Stephen Shearer wrote: BTW... http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/compact-light-weight-10-m-30-ft-mast/ is cheaper from UK

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

BTW... http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/compact-light-weight-10-m-30-ft-mast/ is cheaper from UK than US. $63 + $30 (shipping - tracked) = ~$93 http://shop.packtenna.com/Masts-Supports_c_12.html $89 + $20 (shipping)... 73, steve WB3LGC On 4/2/2017 4:25 PM, Michael Aust wrote: Can Anyone

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

By that assessment, sometimes 10 kW is "QRP" (can't be heard) and sometimes 100 mW is QRO (heard Q5). It's ALL about band cdx. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wes Stewart Sent: Sunday, April 2, 2017 2:31 PM To:

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

http://shop.packtenna.com/Masts-Supports_c_12.html 73, steve On 4/2/2017 4:25 PM, Michael Aust wrote: Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna for KX3 Going to Hawaii with KX3 from high rise Hotels and some Sandy Beaches that is lightweight, easy to deploy, carry on Airlines or packed

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/compact-light-weight-10-m-30-ft-mast/ On 4/2/2017 4:25 PM, Michael Aust wrote: Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna for KX3 Going to Hawaii with KX3 from high rise Hotels and some Sandy Beaches that is lightweight, easy to deploy, carry on Airlines or packed

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 tuning behavior when the load is impossible to match ?

It's easier with a tuner that has lossy components. It's really easy with a tee tuner with three adjustable components. There are many matching solutions, only one of them is the lowest loss. On 4/2/2017 2:12 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Phil, It is indeed possible to match a very high SWR or

Re: [Elecraft] K3 microphone settings

Thanks to all who sent in their favorite macros. They all make sense and I will implement one very shortly. The other day I tried to setup bias on the rear panel and no bias on the front panel manually in the menu and there was something strange going on, where whatever I set on one panel was

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

And that's all you need to know about QRP. On 4/2/2017 1:37 PM, Steve Sergeant wrote I knew I didn't have chance to be heard using QRP power. --Steve, KC6ZKT __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 tuning behavior when the load is impossible to match ?

To answer your other question, if the KAT500 cannot find a match better than 1.5:1 the FAULT indicator on the front panel will light. You will also trigger a fault if: 1) The RF power is above 110 watts while tuning to protect the relays from arcing. 2) The impedance can be matched but is

Re: [Elecraft] New Sherwood Test for K3 & Flex 6700

There has been a tremendous amount of flap, angst and drama on the Flex users group about these results, so much so that Gerald got involved to try and get to the bottom of it. Apparently there were some software changes made with the last or previous SmartSDR upgrade that did some harm. They know

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 tuning behavior when the load is impossible to match ?

Phil, It is indeed possible to match a very high SWR or even an open circuit or a short. That will be more probable on the higher frequency bands than on the lower bands. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/2/2017 12:42 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: I got my second KAT500 tuner to use with my new backup rig and

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Did you have to put metal ferrels to join the pieces Anyway you can send me a picture of it. Mike WB6DJI -Original Message- From: Scott McDonald To: Michael Aust Cc: elecraft Sent: Sun, Apr 2, 2017 1:54 pm Subject: Re:

Re: [Elecraft] reply to digest

Not a victim here, I delete without reading over 90% of the email I get. And my ISP has pretty good filters for spam. Just saying for those that think everybody reads their reposted digests that some of us don't. They are the ones wasting their time. Jim Rhodes K0XU On Apr 2, 2017 15:10, "Kevin

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

"Great" and "QRP" in the same sentence is an oxymoron if QRP implies portable packed in by a human. [:-) About the "best" I've found for other than Class 4 mountaineering is a small mag loop. I use an Alexloop [a little pricey] but they are easy to build for very little expense. If you do

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Hey Mike. For a trip to ZF last month, I took several old Walmart crappie pole pieces and built a 22 foot mast by judiciously selecting and cutting pieces no longer than 28 inches so that the sections would stack and the disassembled antenna would fit diagonally in my suitcase. I'm hoping

Re: [Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

​End fed... I can throw it up about anywhere I go at a moment's notice and make CW contacts at 5 watts with little effort. It packs small, works in pretty much any position, easily repaired, fits in a camera bag with the radio, battery and everything else needed for a day of fun. Yesterday I was

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

On 4/2/17 11:16 AM, Ramon Tristani wrote: > What happened to the 14.303.5 net today? I did not hear any stations. I heard some 7-land stations down in the noise on my KX2 and a Chameleon Loop from a lookout 1,980' above San Jose, CA. But as weak as they were, I knew I didn't have chance to be

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Morse is back!!

I believe this became the required keying device in the Poisson du Avril contest some years ago. [:-) I had a Morse SMS message composer on my Android phone several years ago. Send Morse to it with two fingers and it created a text message. It's not there any more, it was a solution lacking

[Elecraft] Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna and Antenna Pole for KX3

Can Anyone recommended a great QRP Antenna for KX3 Going to Hawaii with KX3 from high rise Hotels and some Sandy Beaches that is lightweight, easy to deploy, carry on Airlines or packed into luggage. Any Portable Poles to recommend for End Fed Antenna's My MFJ-1920 pole is 3.8ft when

Re: [Elecraft] reply to digest

Grief? Offenders? Victims? Targets? Was there another riot or attack in a major city or are we talking about a ham radio mailing list? ? Kev K4VD On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Graham Kimbell wrote: > It's _not_ a "digest problem". It's a failure by those replying to take

Re: [Elecraft] reply to digest

It's _not_ a "digest problem". It's a failure by those replying to take enough care with what they're doing and to understand the grief it causes others. And a solution should be targeted at the offenders, not the victims. Graham (trying to take care) There is a solution to the digest

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

Net was on. Quite a few 7's checked in. Eric (WB9JNZ) had good ears as I am only 35 miles away and there were many stations I did not hear that Eric did. Albeit, my beam was aimed SE at Eric... 73 Gene, N9TF K3S 10057 - Original Message - From: "Ramon Tristani"

[Elecraft] SSB Net

Here in N. Texas, heavy thunderstorms. I kept my head down. I was present in spirit.  Jim - W4RKS === > What happened to the 14.303.5 net today? I did not hear any stations. > NQ9V > Ramón E. Tristani __ Elecraft mailing

[Elecraft] SSB Net

What happened to the 14.303.5 net today? I did not hear any stations. NQ9V Ramón E. Tristani r.trist...@gmail.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/nq9v/ https://tristaniministries.wordpress.com/

Re: [Elecraft] Electricity and worms [was: KAT500 tuning behavior when the load is impossibleto match ?]

FWIW back in the 80s, I had installed a new ground plate for the shack and wanted to ensure that it really was the best ground possible. I used a trick that was used by the telecom people, where they connected the local exchange battery across two plates and blew off all the crud. 50 volts at

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 tuning behavior when the load is impossible to match ?

Your story reminds me of a scene from that Godzilla movie with Matthew Broderick where he is “pumping” over sized worms from the ground using electricity. 73, phil, K7PEH > On Apr 2, 2017, at 10:05 AM, Mike Rhodes wrote: > > No practical experience with the KAT500 but

Re: [Elecraft] K3 microphone settings

I have the same set up. My front mic requires bias. My rear does not. The radio remembers the bias setting for the front and rear mic so I do not have to adjust it 73, Tom - KQ5S On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > I wanted to have two headsets

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 tuning behavior when the load is impossible to match ?

No practical experience with the KAT500 but can tell you that, years ago, while guest operation at a contest station, a 160 meter vertical was strung up between a couple of the towers. The operator went in and successfully tuned the antenna to a 1:1 match and then loaded the KW amp to full

[Elecraft] KAT500 tuning behavior when the load is impossible to match ?

I got my second KAT500 tuner to use with my new backup rig and while setting up and testing and tuning with my two different antennas I made a mistake. I first observed the results displayed on the utility program operate page where the tuned SWR was 1:1 and the bypass SWR was something like

Re: [Elecraft] K3 microphone settings

Both High/Low mic gain and bias settings are set by and recalled by port. 73, matt W6NIA On 4/2/2017 8:34 AM, Jim Miller wrote: I wanted to have two headsets connected, one front and one rear. Different settings including bias. Can bias be set via macro also is it set individually by port?

Re: [Elecraft] K3 microphone settings

I wanted to have two headsets connected, one front and one rear. Different settings including bias. Can bias be set via macro also is it set individually by port? Thanks, Jim KG0KP -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Sent:

[Elecraft] For Sale

Elecraft KAT 500 Tuner, Factory Assembled. $560.00, including freight CONUS Sid KC2EE s...@leben.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] kx3 px3

Fred: Turns out I had already read everything you suggested, and did correctly understand the compensation, however... -73dbm at the antenna, signal generator only (no noise) does =S9 on the KX3, and does not = -73dbm on PX3 (Lvl Mode = scale:db) Per PX3 manual page 23 bottom right paragraph

[Elecraft] New Sherwood Test for K3 & Flex 6700

http://sherweng.com/table.html Sounds like Rob is working on a new talk for Dayton...probably comparing testing of direct sampling vs traditional receivers. Note the "ag" and "ah" footnotes for dynamic range (at both 2 & 20 kHz) at the bottom of the comparison chart. New K3S result is #3 on the

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Morse is back!!

Yeah. That was released back in 2012. What goes around comes around… But two buttons? We do it much better with just one! - Jack, W6FB > On Apr 1, 2017, at 9:36 PM, Ken Arck wrote: > > Note today's date... April 1st > > > At 09:14 PM 4/1/2017, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP