Re: [Elecraft] K3 won't TX in FT-8

My KX3 cuts off input if the mic gain is set too high. Maybe same issue for your K3? Barthold AD0RM -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2018 10:56 AM To: Larry Libsch

Re: [Elecraft] 80 meters

Hi Mal, There was a bunch of advice so far on the list, did any of that help you? 73, Barthold AD0RM -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mal Speer Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2017 7:52 PM To:

Re: [Elecraft] 80 meters

➢ and 3- reran the K3 Power Cal procedure with the K3 Utility. Yes, great advice. Definitely do this. 73, Barthold From: Brian Hunt Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2017 9:49 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 80 meters I had a similar problem on the low bands. I did three

Re: [Elecraft] 80 meters

Make sure your power supply provides enough voltage and can handle the power draw (300 watts is probably a good number). This happened to me too when I accidentally adjusted the voltage of my PSU too low. I now have it at 13.6V. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Mal Speer Sent: Saturday,

Re: [Elecraft] 2M Operation

Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2M Operation Barthold, The band does not matter, you need the 13kHz roofing filter to run FM on any band. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/17/2017 10:44 AM, Barthold Lichtenbelt via Elecraft wrote: > Or on 6M or 10M, ri

Re: [Elecraft] 2M Operation

Or on 6M or 10M, right? Barthold AD0RM -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:47 AM To: Don Bragg Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2M Operation You

Re: [Elecraft] KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

I find the KX3 internal speaker OK, but not great. I found this amazingly small, powered (internal battery) speaker that is a huge upgrade, and weighs almost nothing. Important if you go back packing. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HB18IZ4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie =UTF8=1 Barthold

Re: [Elecraft] Is it my KX3/antenna or is it lousy band condx?

Walter, This was a super informative writeup, thank you! I have one question for you. If you throw a 26-29 foot wire in a tree, but it is impractical to sit right at the end of the wire (too many branches in the way, or whatever) to operate, how would you extend it? For example, operate from

Re: [Elecraft] Wattage Draw - K3S/100 vs KPA500/KAT500 - for UPS

> A KPA500 running on 120 volts just about maxes out a 15 amp circuit, and that is 1800 watts input. I would think this depends on the mode you operate in? For Field Day, I operated my KPA500 (SSB only) with a 1000 watt inverter, without any issues the whole weekend.

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 power output starts out low, then goes up

...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Barthold Lichtenbelt via Elecraft Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 1:25 PM To: 'iain macdonnell - N6ML'; 'Jack Brindle' Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 power output starts out low, then goes up > I didn't see anything in this thread that sugges

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 power output starts out low, then goes up

> I didn't see anything in this thread that suggested that the problem wasn't observed on all bands. Maybe I missed it? I see it on 20m, 40m, 80m, on two different antennas. Haven't tried any other bands. > Also haven't noticed anyone suggest using the K3's "TUNE" function, instead of SSB

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Results Nov 6, 2016

Is it OK to use ESSB on the net? Thanks, Barthold AD0RM -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Shepard Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 12:06 PM To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net Results Nov 6, 2016 Here are the

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 power output starts out low, then goes up

0 off? Running the TX Gain Calibration in the K3 Utility might >> help in that case. >> >> 73, >> Vic, 4X6GP >> Rehovot, Israel >> Formerly K2VCO >> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ >> >> On 14 Nov 2016 00:51, Barthold Lichtenbelt via Elecraft wro

[Elecraft] KPA500 power output starts out low, then goes up

Hi All, Maybe you can help with something that is baffling me. My KPA500 doesn't go to full output until I have spoken my callsign (when trying to get through a pileup) a few times. It starts off with 100 or so watts, and after a few iterations rises to the full 500W output. I see this both on

Re: [Elecraft] SWR question

Hi Don, As you say "many ways to skin the cat" :-) Thanks for that last tip, hadn't thought of that and will work as well of course! Barthold -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:donw...@embarqmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:35 PM To: Barthold Lichtenbelt;

Re: [Elecraft] SWR question

Hi Don, Ok, this all came from Dick saying that you can see the "bypass SWR" that the KAT500 measures with the PC utility. But if you don't have that hooked up, a simple trick seemed to be to put the KAT500 in bypass mode, and see what the KPA500 tells you on its SWR led bar. That can give you an

Re: [Elecraft] SWR question

by the antenna feedline. The KAT500 Utility will show you that bypassed VSWR value even though the KAT500 is not bypassed. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/14/2016 3:55 PM, Barthold Lichtenbelt via Elecraft wrote: >> The KAT500 Utility will show the "bypass VSWR", which is the SWR >> obse

Re: [Elecraft] SWR question

> The KAT500 Utility will show the "bypass VSWR", which is the SWR observed by the ATU when it is in Bypass. As will the SWR meter on the KPA500, right? Barthold -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dick Dievendorff Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Elecraft] Using Yaesu FT-991 with KPA500

Hi Don, Thanks for the reply! The FT991 has an input TX-REQ (on the REM/ALC port) that, if shorted to ground, will send the necessary RF for an external tuner to function. So if the KAT500 has some way to signal that I am done. Any idea if that functionality exists? Thanks! Barthold