Never dawned on me how the process would actually work. It was several
hours after the window opened that I realized Elecraft was accepting
orders for the KX3. Amazing how many orders were placed in such a short
period of time.
On the negative side - I was disappointed when I heard the 100W amp
N1MM has taken the approach that *they* are not going to be responsible for
you having a paper copy. But they do have a set of instructions available
for you to print to a .pdf format so you can have a local copy on your
PC or your iPAD.
I find that works extremely well and it's a lot easier to
pretty much would have a
computer. It seems possible that some radio buyers would not.
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 11, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Arthur Burke aburk...@gmail.com wrote:
N1MM has taken the approach that *they* are not going to be responsible
for
you having a paper copy. But they do have
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:40 PM, hawley, charles j jr c-haw...@illinois.edu
wrote:
Well...if you buy a computer program, you pretty much would have a
computer. It seems possible that some radio buyers would not.
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 11, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Arthur Burke aburk...@gmail.com wrote
My set of paddles at home is a moderately heavy Begali (Magnetic Classic).
My paddles for my mobile setup is a no-longer-sold Profi II by Schurr. It
weighs
something like 54 ounces, so it doesn't move much either!
Although the Profi II is no longer available, there's a new model that
looks very
If I remember correctly, microHAM specifically advises *against* connecting
like that and doing updates through the microHAM device. It would seem
prudent to disconnect your microHAM device and directly connect your P3/K3
combination and effect updates in that manner.
Art - N4PJ
On Mon, Jun 4,
Agree all the way. For daily logging and superb tracking (there are gobs of
awards that can be tracked and user-defined fields if you need even more),
I also have used DXLabs for quite some time (five or six years). There *is*
somewhat of a learning curve. The author of the suite (who also
How I use the span is determined by what mental mode I'm in at the time.
In a CW pileup, I might only want to see the 10 kHz or so above the DX
station. So the span might be set to 20 (remember, there will be 10 on each
side).
Other times, I might want to just see what's going on with the CW
Is it possible the ribbon cable is as long as it is because it will need to
eventually be routed around something else to be added later?
Art - N4PJ
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Bob Lanning bob.lann...@verizon.netwrote:
In response to my message May 23, 2012; 3:27pm on the Elecraft P3
I'm on the road, so I can't check with my P3, but
I *think* when you press CENTER, you can use the knob to move the cursor.
In fixed-track mode, the display remains fixed (duh!) as the cursor moves
in tune with the VFO. When it gets to the far edge, the CENTER function,
along with the P3
Several years ago, Marsha and I drove up to Rochester, MN for the W0DXCC
convention - it's essentially a big mix of both DX and contesting info, but
well put together - it was fun.
While there, we attended a pseudo-forum that eventually derailed itself
into a bitch session about the 9000. There
One of my all-time favorite cartoons depicts two vultures sitting up in a
tree, obviously waiting for something to happen. The caption says:
Patience, my a$$! I'm gonna kill something!
Art - N4PJ
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:24 AM, hawley, charles j jr c-haw...@illinois.edu
wrote:
Why is
Took the info from the formula.
My order number is:
2208-4835-5827
Using the formula I get:
12/28/2011 4:35 PM
Since the order info came *from* Elecraft, may I assume the 4:35 PM is
Pacific
Standard Time? If so, then I think the conversion to UTC would be
12/29/2011 0035.
Did I do that
Somewhere along the line I had discarded my original email from Elecraft. I
wrote the order number down and deleted the email. Who would have ever
thought I would have to keep any info down to the minute!?!
The conversion gave me the time when I didn't have it before.
Now I belong! LOL!
On
I have a similar keypad arrangement that I purchased for use with some
microHAM products. A great addition to the radio and programming.
Art - N4PJ
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Linda and Bob dlrwi...@verizon.net wrote:
Has anyone suggested that Wayne and Eric develope a remote keypad for
Guess I don't understand what all the fuss is about. In standard mode,
there are two cursors on my P3 - one green and one sort of purplish (I have
a partial color blindness, but there is a distinct difference between the
two cursors, even for me).
Even if you're not operating in SPLIT mode, when
AM, Arthur Burke wrote:
Guess I don't understand what all the fuss is about. In standard mode,
there are two cursors on my P3 - one green and one sort of purplish (I
have
a partial color blindness, but there is a distinct difference between the
two cursors, even for me).
Even if you're
My reaction was the same - I think he's referring to Automatic Notch Filter.
Art - N4PJ
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Bill,
Please enlighten me - I have searched through the K3 manual, and do not
find anything labeled ANF
If you would please
I wasn't certain either, but a quick check with a multi-meter answered the
question.
Art - N4PJ
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Dave Wright hfradio...@gmail.com wrote:
This seems like something I should know, but I'm not certain I ever came
across this info.
I just finished installing the
You might also Google FISTS frequencies - a lot of the other FISTS members
I hear on the air are not very fast. The group is pretty big about support
(elmering) for those who aren't very fast and want to be faster.
Also keep in mind, if you hear FISTS members going faster than you can
copy, the
Initially, I felt like I ordered fairly quickly - until the spreadsheet
started and everybody and their brother was talking about what time (down
to the second!) they placed their order.
I didn't have a time (not even a date!) - just the order number. I wrote
the order number down somewhere and
My speaker approach was a pair of formerly rear speakers in a surround
sound system - SONY in this case. Having stereo speakers provides (most of
the time) the same effect as stereo headphones - when the sub-rx is on, DX
from the left side and pileup from the right side - although it's easier to
I bookmarked the site - thank you. However, I didn't get very far the first
time when I saw the comment must be 1/2 wavelength above the ground...
Still would like to go back and review the entire article.
Brings back a humorous dialog from years ago. One ham expressed the desire
to build a
as it might be in the summer
when the electrolytes are free to move (my guesswork). Wouldn't work too
well in our wet UK climate! Great piece of analysis and engineering,
deceptively simple.
David
G3UNA
On 10/05/2012 11:11, Arthur Burke wrote:
I bookmarked the site - thank you. However, I
The folks at Elecraft *have* mentioned this - they have often made
reference to it as an SDR - not that it really matters to me one way or the
other.
Art - N4PJ
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Mike Schwendeman m...@s3com.net wrote:
Geoff;
As far as I know, the K3 is NOT an SDR. (Search
My wife and I have both been having problems. Course, we're in the same
household :)
Art - N4PJ (and Marsha, in absentia, N4BU)
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Dyarnes w7...@cox.net wrote:
Anybody besides me having trouble pulling up the VE7CC DX cluster this
morning
Dave W7AQK
The same thing happens with my IC-7000. My next mobile rig is going to be
an Elecraft KX3 - I would bet there's less chance there! I hope, I hope, I
hope!
Art - N4PJ
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Bill Frantz fra...@pwpconsult.com wrote:
I have installed a couple of radios in my cars (a
Hi Tim. I think I see your call just about every day on the DX-IS forum!
Once upon a time, I also used DXBase. When I discovered DXLabs a number of
years ago, I departed DXBase and started using DXLabs and have never looked
back.
Now a word of caution...
With your experience in DXBase, the
Do you still have the same baud rate (38400) between the K3 and the P3?
Art - N4PJ
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Charles Johnson cbjk4...@gmail.com wrote:
I see the same behavior. P3 without the SVGA board on 1.16 firmware.
73, Charlie, K4ZRJ
On May 7, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Nate Bargmann
, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote:
* On 2012 08 May 08:33 -0500, Arthur Burke wrote:
Do you still have the same baud rate (38400) between the K3 and the P3?
Yes I do, Art, as well as 38400 between the P3 and computer as before
with FW 1.09.
73, de Nate, N0NB
This sounds like the dreaded 12v error although you don't mention seeing
that specific message on the display.
This happened to several I've heard about, including mine (S/N 1153) and,
in my case, was the corroded pin problem. Elecraft sent me a kit (free of
charge) but it not only involved
One of my friends had a screwdriver antenna mounted on an old motor mount.
It was bolted high side up in the bed of his truck, near the side-rear.
It got the entire antenna (including the feedpoint) above the sidewalls of
the truck bed. He insisted that mounting the antenna below there was
eating
My P3 is new enough that I'm learning more and more about it as well.
In chasing 7O6T I too have found my P3 valuable. A couple of days ago, 7O6T
was on 12 CW and the signal was wy down in the mud. The P3 didn't do
diddly to help me identify where the pack was spread out.
I came within a
There are many I've encountered who argue that Skimmer (including Reverse
Beacon Networks) is the best tool for the pileup. But it's also been
pointed out that newer technology has made it possible for the DX to work a
station 10.35 kHz up from where he's listening and within 12 nanoseconds
P3 Tips for Fixed Tune or Track Mode
(courtesy of Mike, K2MK)
When you’re in Fixed-Tune mode you will find that sometimes the signal you
are interested in is close to one side or the other. By pressing the Center
button you can turn the knob and move the station back to the center. I
also found
Absolutely! It's selfish to come to *any* forum, ask for help and
specifically request that answers be provided offline. That said, there are
a number of responses I get offline as well, but many of them are either
private, semi-private, or responses from those individuals to whom I had
sent
Using my trusty K3 with subRX and my P3, I snared 'em on 15CW, then on 17CW
and then on 17SSB - now when they show up on RTTY!
Two years in the planning - wow! - probably one of the best kept secrets in
amateur radio!
Art - N4PJ
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com
Wow! Great effort Bill. Assuming everything goes properly, 7O6T will make
#338 (330 for Honor Roll purposes). I'm barely over 200 on 80! Always lived
on a small, city-sized lot and never had much except a dipole, Windom, etc.
How many times do you eat dinner in front of the radio? LOL!
Art -
'...the rug is perfect for the beginner... LOL!
Did Elecraft sell you a flying carpet? Didn' t know that was one of the
many features!
Obviously, there's a typo and it's supposed to be rig not rug, but I
couldn't resist.
Enjoy!
Art - N4PJ
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 7:52 AM, va3...@gmail.com
To quote Don, that (polite expletive deleted) spreadsheet was very likely
well intentioned. However...
Most people deserve to understand 3 of what I call pseudo statistics.
(1) Murphy's Law (anything that *can* go wrong probably will)
(2) O'Reilly's Rule - Murphy was an optimist!
(3) The rules of
Kind of like that famous (infamous?) programming capability:
START
TURN ON ALL DEBUGGING
DO WHAT I'M THINKING
GOTO $TART
Art - N4PJ
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Keith Heimbold ag...@hotmail.com wrote:
A completely ubiquitous system that integrates directly into the brain
allowing
Five years ago - almost to the day - I attended my first (and, thus far,
only) DX convention in Visalia. Barely a week or two before heading for the
convention, I had delivered my unbuilt K2 kit to W4DAS for construction. I
saw on the Elecraft web site that the visually impaired hams had
I have some tinnitus (sp?) so, when things are really, really quiet, I hear
things
that really aren't there! Aside from that, a recent hearing test indicated
my hearing
was normal for my age (67) and I hear equally well (or equally poor!) with
both ears.
My experience with the NR has been
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