Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

Check out the expedition that W6GJB, W6JTI, and I did for 7QP last year (2016) to seven NV counties, including Nye and Lander.   k9yc.com/7QP.pdf 73, Jim K9YC On 11/18/2017 4:52 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: Nearest "town" for me in Nye County is Gabbs, population 269, about 2.5 hrs from home.  I'm

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,     High humidity days are very common in the Pacific Northwest during the rainy season. You need to work slowly so you don’t overheat when the humidity is at or near 100%. When I walked through the fog I cut a path, leaving eddies in my wake. After slowly moving a few bucked

Re: [Elecraft] KX3

Mike, The first thing he should do is the Reference Frequency calibration indicated on page 31 of the KX3 manual. Check after that is done. If no change, contact support. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/18/2017 7:23 PM, Mike Harris wrote: Hi, We have a visitor at another QTH. He is using a KX3. At

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

Nearest "town" for me in Nye County is Gabbs, population 269, about 2.5 hrs from home.  I'm way too old and way too physically diminished to do this without reasonable accommodations.  Google Nye County NV and pick Wikipedia for a photo of "downtown" Gabbs.  Between home and Gabbs is a whole

[Elecraft] KX3

Hi, We have a visitor at another QTH. He is using a KX3. At present he seems to have a problem. If he transmits on 28511kHz I receive him on 28510kHz. When I transmit on 28510kHz he receives me on 28511kHz. The same applies when he is received on other radios so it's not my K3. I have a

[Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

Why not do Nye county as well. That might only take one QSO.  hi-hi Terry, KQ5U On 11/18/2017 4:29 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: My HOA-Stealth antenna is the "80-10 EF" from myantennas.com  It is strung on electric fence insulators along the top of the wooden fence, about 1.8 meters high.  It has

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

The guys who think you can't work DX without a second receiver will get a kick out of this, but I don't have one and sometimes resort to using the "REV" button to listen on my split TX frequency.  Normally, the SDR-IQ panadapter is all I need for this.  On bands like 160 where the bins are

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Hi Kev, Have a look at http://www.ke7x.com/home/k-line-introduction-and-set-up-guide (download the Elecraft-KAT500-KXAT100.pdf) for some information on how the KAT500 and KXAT100 tuners work. 73, Fred KE7X For info on KE7X Elecraft books, see www.ke7x.com

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Ummm ... sorry about that ... you're correct. I operate split so rarely that turning "The Big Knob" takes them together in my mind.  Also, I misread the notes in my station notebook regarding the bin widths, Ron's description is correct, mine was a little wrong. Regarding using MAN mode when

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Test Message... -- Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! https://tutanota.com 18. Nov 2017 17:40 by wes_n...@triconet.org: > Sure there is, the KAT500 Utility. > > Wes  N7WS > > On 11/18/2017 3:28 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: >> Is there a way of tuning the any of the

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Sure there is, the KAT500 Utility. Wes  N7WS On 11/18/2017 3:28 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: Is there a way of tuning the any of the Elecraft tuners outside the legal transmission bands? I can imagine hooking an antenna analyzer through the tuner and using the analyzer to know which C, L, and Relay

Re: [Elecraft] O.T. Morse is not dead, at least in the U.S. Navy

No idea, but a lot of government produced work like this is publicly available if you can find it. Since we already paid for it through taxes, it is sometimes free. No idea even where to start, but somebody here might know. Eric KE6US On 11/17/2017 8:49 PM, Josh wrote: > Neat!! Anyone know

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

A slight correction.  The tuner follows the transmit frequency, as it should. Wes  N7WS On 11/18/2017 2:17 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: [good stuff snipped] If the KAT500 is connected to the ACC connector of the K3, it will follow your receive frequency and select the correct tuning memory as you

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Kev: What you have been doing is fine! Many operators "train" their KAT500 as Don described, tuning at least once in each segment across all the bands you use so the KPA500 will memorize the L and C settings. That avoids being surprised by an "auto-tune" occurring after a quick QSY while running

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

My HOA-Stealth antenna is the "80-10 EF" from myantennas.com  It is strung on electric fence insulators along the top of the wooden fence, about 1.8 meters high.  It has a 90 deg bend in it about 1/3 of the way down from the transformer.  It actually works 160-10 with my K3/100 + KAT3.  It

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Is there a way of tuning the any of the Elecraft tuners outside the legal transmission bands? I can imagine hooking an antenna analyzer through the tuner and using the analyzer to know which C, L, and Relay values are the best match. But I don't think any of the Elecraft turners have a UI to

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

Yes, this is also a great technique. One suggestion though -- there's RF current in the counterpoise, and having it too close to the ground will burn (waste) some TX power. Better to run it in the range of 6-8 ft. Remember - an SWR indication at the rig is NOT an indicator of antenna

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

Hi. Feet is not my everyday system for length measure, but i think it transelate to very close to an full wave length on 40m and close to an half wave on 80. That is an tough match for any tuner. Even so, with the transformer and the coax I think it should have given better results than 6.4:1 on

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

Thanks Don, I will try this next. On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > The easiest end fed antenna for portable use with those bands on the KX2/KX3 > comes from some experiments and experience of one of the KX2 field testers > (and an active SOTA ham). >

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

On 11/18/2017 1:34 PM, JT Croteau wrote: Friends, what would be a good end fed wire setup that will match well with the internal KX3 ATU and cover, hopefully, 80, 40, and 30 meters? I went out to my winter camp site, with two really tall pine trees, and tried to experiment with a 9:1 UNUN, 135'

Re: [Elecraft] Looking for some programming help with switch emulation coding

>From the K3S/K3/KX3/KX2 Programmer's Reference Manual, Rev. G3: DE (Command Processing Delay; SET only; K3/K3S only) SET format: DExxx; where xxx is 001-255, the delay value in 10-ms increments. This is useful in switch or Kpod macros, where a delay may be desired to allow the radio to complete

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

The easiest end fed antenna for portable use with those bands on the KX2/KX3 comes from some experiments and experience of one of the KX2 field testers (and an active SOTA ham). Use a BNC to dual binding post (Pomona) adapter on the KX2/3. Connect a 58 foot piece of wire to the red (center

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Kev, For your indication of high SWR when the KPA500 is in OPERATE, try replacing the coax jumpers with known good ones. It is not unusual that a coax jumper (or antenna feedline) to seem to work at lower power, but can breakdown at higher power levels, particularly from a shield that has

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Kevin, Great news. You're right - sometimes the simplest things... Usually back to the minimum basic things will lead to a solution. Glad you now have output. No UPS charge, No 8# hammer :-) Best of all, no long down time 73, Jim W4RKS James... I

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

James... I think you might have nailed nailed it. No asterisk I'm using a Flex 6500. I have the Flex's TX1 line connected to the PA Key of the KPA. For some reason, the Flex's TX1 was set to disabled. Dang software control! DDUtil is supposed to automatically set that for me I think. Still with

[Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30

Friends, what would be a good end fed wire setup that will match well with the internal KX3 ATU and cover, hopefully, 80, 40, and 30 meters? I went out to my winter camp site, with two really tall pine trees, and tried to experiment with a 9:1 UNUN, 135' radiator, and 35' of RG8X. It was a total

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Thanks everyone for helping me understand the right way to use the KAT500. I could have sworn I was doing the right thing by keeping it in auto. In fact, that's how it has been setup up since day one here. I'm hoping that didn't contribute to my KPA500 problem. On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 4:17 PM,

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Kevin, here's a little background, direct from one of the KAT500 engineers: The KAT500 memories cover the range 1500 KHz to 60.0 MHz, no gaps, in a series of "bins".  Each bin holds capacitor and inductor values, relay settings, antenna connector selection, and a couple of other values.  Each

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Just a couple of suggestions. When you transmit with the KPA500 in operate mode, do you see the "key" indicator in the LCD display? That's the asterisk on the far left of the display. It will not provide output without the "keying" line activated on transmit. Also, you should never send too

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Hi Jim... The radio sees infinite SWR when the amp is in operate mode. The radio sees good SWR when the amp is in standby mode. [FLEX] --> [AMP] --> [DUMMY LOAD] When the amp is in standby the Flex shows good SWR. When I switch the amp to operate the Flex shows infinite SWR. It's as if I just

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

First it will screw up your transmission and once started it will go on and on and on and on till it either tunes or gives up. In Man mode it only returns when you want it to. I run mine thru a training cycle now and then by setting free to band bottom plus 10KC and tune. Move up 20 and do

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

This is a puzzle.You say the Amp sees infinite SWR ? Do you have a dummy load? With the Amp fed directly to a dummy load with a known good coax, it should switch to "operate" and feed power to the dummy at an SWR of 1.0:1 If this is true, seems to me you have a problem "downstream" of the

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Branded HEX KEY Iambic Paddles

Yes. Very nice copy of the Mercury by N2DAN but with Bencher style adjustments. Use one until I purchased an original N2DAN MERCURY from an estate of an old friend. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Nov 18, 2017, at 12:20 PM, > wrote: >

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Kev, Put the KAT500 in AUTO mode and then let it autotune with a constant CW signal (the ATU TUNE will produce the right signal) every 50 kHz across each band of use and for each antenna. Then switch it to MAN mode. The "problem" is mostly in SSB mode, but can also occur in CW mode. The

[Elecraft] KAT500 Auto or Manual

Hi: I'm the one that recently reported problems with the KPA500. I've replaced all RF cables including the one out to the BALUN and the BALUN itself. I know which bands are less than 10:1 in bypass and locked out bands that exceed that SWR. Something in the amp just refuses to switch from

Re: [Elecraft] Looking for some programming help with switch emulation coding

Hi Jerry, A recent firmware update added a delay command. DEnnn; where nnn is 001 – 255 giving the time delay in 10 ms increments. Cheers and 73, Fred KE7X For information on KE7X Elecraft books, see www.ke7x.com. From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net

[Elecraft] External Memory Keyer with Embedded Serial Number Incrementing

I recently found a very small external keyer that works well with the K3, KX3, and K2. It provides among other useful things message memories with embedded serial number incrementing. That feature is, surprisingly to me, missing from Elecraft’s onboard keyers. It’s called the Ultra PicoKeyer

Re: [Elecraft] O.T. Morse is not dead, at least in the U.S. Navy

A comment that was on a Facebook page reporting on this news item -- this probably describes the "manual Morse" software package.LOL "Am a graduate of the "Big ROOM". US Navy, CT R training, Corry Station way you learned morse code circa '69. No self paced, no computers. More like drill

[Elecraft] Looking for some programming help with switch emulation coding

Hello, I am trying to get the following commands to work using N1MM function keys. What I want to do is using the SWT or SWH codes is to press and hold the rec button on the radio which will switch memory bank to two, push the M1 button to play the recorded voice, and then switch the

[Elecraft] Elecraft Branded HEX KEY Iambic Paddles

I did not know that Bencher ever made a key for Elecraft. I don't have a dog in the fight but I thought some Elecraft collector might be interested. It is NOS on Ebay. https://tinyurl.com/yc5cu6br __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] O.T. Morse is not dead, at least in the U.S. Navy

Here is the beta version (from 70 years ago, hehe...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTizFjjVXh0=14s 73, Drew AF2Z On 11/17/17 23:49, Josh wrote: Neat!! Anyone know what "manual Morse" software learning package they're using? Or something proprietary developed by the Navy? 73 Josh W6XU