Re: [Elecraft] CM-500 Question

Comfort. My ears tend to be on the large side. Most “over the ear” headphones are really “on ear” headphones for me. After an hour or two of that, my ears really begin to hurt. The CM500s have large enough cups to encompass my entire ear (albeit barely), thus permitting me to wear them for

Re: [Elecraft] CM-500 Question

I am one of the ones who is experiencing difficulties with the CM500’s mic sensitivity. Like some others with a recent model CM500, I have the preamp on and the mic gain pegged on my K4, the mic right up close to my lips, and I cannot get 5 bars without talking much louder than what should be

Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500

I have been told that the Koss SB-45 is the replacement for the Yamaha CM500. I have not as yet ordered a pair to try them myself, I am merely relaying what I have heard. Might be worth researching if anyone’s looking for a CM500 replacement. I see there is a pair on Amazon for about $30

Re: [Elecraft] K4 and Yamaha CM-500 Mic?

Actually, I had (have) this very same problem and brought it up on here quite some time ago. CM-500, mic and phones plugged into proper jacks on rear, preamp on, bias on, mic gain at max, mic right at my lips, and I still have to talk very loudly to get any response out of the ALC meter. I

Re: [Elecraft] Is KX3 going obsolete soon?

never was any intention of one replacing the other. > > 73, > Mark, WB9CIF > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > <mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> <mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net>> On Behalf Of Davi

Re: [Elecraft] Is KX3 going obsolete soon?

Speaking of looking ahead, some time ago (year or more?) Wayne did solicit input from the email list as to what we’d like to see in a rig that would compete in the KX2 - KX3 market space. That suggests to me that potentially a KX4 (or something of that ilk) is at least being thought about.

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest K4 order/shipping status

Jeff, it means that everyone who had ordered a K4 up through April 15 of this year has been contacted that their K4 is about to ship or has shipped, etc. Keep watch on that date. It changes as they build and ship more K4s. Since you ordered in July, you have about 3 month’s worth of orders

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Question: RF Gain Pot

Ah…thanks Mike, that’s useful information to know. Part of me suspected this. Maybe I’ll just go ahead and preemptively order up enough for all four and be done with it. On rigs like the K2 I do indeed tend to ride the RF Gain... Thanks! 73, Dave - N5DCH > On Jul 25, 2022, at 8:01 PM,

[Elecraft] K2 Question: RF Gain Pot

Greetings! I now have a K2. 8-) I notice that when I have the RF gain full clockwise, radio works fine, but then if I so much as touch it to move it counterclockwise, it completely mutes out the radio as if it were already fully counterclockwise. Then as I move it farther, it resumes

[Elecraft] WTB KIO2

Would anyone out there have a KIO2 Aux I/O Adapter for the K2, excess to their needs, that they would like to part with? It’d be even better if is was already assembled. ;-) If so, contact me off list… :-) 73, Dave - N5DCH __

Re: [Elecraft] Options for contest logging software under Linux

Kevin, Windows VM on Virtual Box would be a slam dunk, but that does take up a lot of your computer’s resources. But, once it’s installed and windows is running, N1MM and most all other windows apps will run FB and not know the difference. If you are leaning toward a wine solution, you may

Re: [Elecraft] The Most Interesting Ham in the World [New KX2 Ad]

Morse and Vail consulted him on how to invent morse code. 73, Dave - N5DCH > On Jun 11, 2022, at 7:04 PM, Howard Saxion via Elecraft > wrote: > > When he is not doing SOTA activations on only peaks rated 10 with his KX2, he > is at his QTH, hacienda de Watson, a sprawling complex

Re: [Elecraft] KX3/WSJT-X Problem

A few brief and random thoughts… You say the CAT control is working...Does the KX3 actually go into TX mode in FT8, or does it just sit there? Are you keying the rig via CAT, or via VOX and if VOX, is it enabled and levels adjusted? You say it works in SSB…when you reconnected it to your PC

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 15 meters last night

Yep, I noticed here in New Mexico. ;-) Slightly higher on 12 meters I saw a station in Kenya doing FT8 that was on nearly all day and up until bedtime here last night. Converting to Africa time, it had to have been 4 or 5 in the morning there, which means the band stayed open for them

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Ethernet interface

Victor, To answer your question directly, no, NAT does not provide adequate security ... for anything. The best NAT can do is provide obfuscation, or “security by obscurity” which has been proven beyond the shadow of any doubt to be no security whatsoever. It just hides information that can

Re: [Elecraft] RFIth

Pete, Yes. You either have to have lots of them, or you need to get bigger ones and run multiple turns through them. Also get the right “mix” for the frequency range in question. Type 31 is pretty good for HF. Not an expert, but studied http://k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf

Re: [Elecraft] RFIth

Even when properly sized, as an added insurance policy, I run a zip tie around the perimeter of the clamp-on and cinch it down tight to ensure that the two halves are in solid contact with each other. It may not be a problem, but just in case there is any play or give in the plastic snap and

Re: [Elecraft] ?ELECRAFT NVIS field day?

1 2:31 PM, David Herring wrote: >> Putting a dipole at about 10 feet (plus or minus, I don’t recall the exact >> height) accomplished everything I wanted. I worked, on a daily basis, hams >> at all points along the length of the State of Hawaii, I experienced reduced >&g

Re: [Elecraft] ?ELECRAFT NVIS field day?

I’ve scanned back through this thread and I don’t see where anyone said that their signal got stronger by lowering their antenna. Maybe I missed it somewhere? To be clear, in my specific case, I was crafting a purpose-driven antenna. I wanted an antenna that would provide reliable, continuous

Re: [Elecraft] “ELECRAFT NVIS field day”

It is absolutely true that antennas intended for NVIS use do not have to be hung low. But they CAN be. And there are instances where doing so can be desirable. When I lived in Hawaii, we used NVIS for reliable statewide HF communications to very good effect. When I hung my dipole up about

Re: [Elecraft] Background Noise with Mike Plugged in to Rear, Mike Jack

Correction: “bonded and grounded” not “bounded and grounded.” Sorry for typo…. ;-) 73, Dave - N5DCH > On Nov 24, 2021, at 11:49 AM, David Herring wrote: > > I don’t disagree with K4TAX. It’s up to the operator to work out RFI at > one’s station. > > But for t

Re: [Elecraft] Background Noise with Mike Plugged in to Rear, Mike Jack

I don’t disagree with K4TAX. It’s up to the operator to work out RFI at one’s station. But for the sake of clarity to those that may read this thread later… The rigs in question in this part of the thread are the K4. Every component of my station is bounded and grounded per K9YC’s

Re: [Elecraft] Background Noise with Mike Plugged in to Rear Mike Jack

I also had RF problems with the CM-500 plugged into the rear mic jack. The solution I’ve implemented so far was to wrap about 13 turns of the CM-500’s cord around a #31 toroid. It both shortened the cord which was way too long for my shack and eliminated the RF problem. A two-for-one solution.

Re: [Elecraft] Win4K3suit and the K4

Others on the reflector have said it does not. The producer of Win4K3Suite has indicated that he’s about to come out with a K4 equivalent, I assume Win4K4Suite this month. 73, David - N5DCH > On Sep 8, 2021, at 4:07 AM, Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft > wrote: > > Does this program work with

Re: [Elecraft] Bad Ham Radio Day

Jerry, As I understand it, about 5000 ohms is a goal when deploying common mode chokes. Hence why K9YC says multiple turns through a core is needed. Sometimes multiple cores in series. But as I read you email, I think I’d focus on what’s different or amiss with the K2 since the other rigs

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 ALC indicator issue

ease the KX3 gain and the ALC will > appear. You would think that high input would show max ALC bars but that is > not how it works. Same problem took me several hours to troubleshoot on my > KX3. > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021, at 7:12 PM, David Herring wrote: >> So

[Elecraft] KX3 ALC indicator issue

So I have been researching this most of the afternoon to no avail. I have a KX3 that when in Data A mode, does not indicate ALC on the ALC display. I am using WSJT-X to generate an audio signal from the PC. When I do so, I can see that the KX3 is putting out RF, and in fact I can make

Re: [Elecraft] W2

021, at 6:25 PM, Jack Brindle wrote: >>> >>> I believe the answer is yes. The schematics for the W2 and couplers are in >>> the manual. >>> >>> 73, >>> Jack, W6FB >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 8, 2021, at 5:00 PM, D

[Elecraft] W2

Can anyone say if the directional couplers for the W2 will pass a DC bias voltage along the coax? 73, David - N5DCH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] 2 meter PA

My sincerest thanks to everyone who responded to this query, both on list and off. I received a LOT of good recommendations and information. :-) Thanks again, everyone! 73, David - N5DCH > On Jun 1, 2021, at 9:32 AM, David Herring wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a good 2 meter P

[Elecraft] 2 meter PA

Can anyone recommend a good 2 meter PA for use with a KX3? I’m not looking to spend a king’s ransom, but I am leery of blindly buying an “unknown off-shore branded” unit. Being paired with a KX3 it would need to be portable (or at least luggable) and powered by 12 VDC. 30, 40, 50 watts or

[Elecraft] WTB KXPA100

Anyone have a KXPA100 in good working order excess to their needs? Please contact me directly, off list. 73, David - N5DCH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Test

Solid copy…599… 73, David - N5DCH > On Apr 21, 2021, at 8:53 AM, Raymer, Timothy wrote: > > In light of recent issues both Don and I have had, I am sending a test > message to verify functionality of the forum list. > > Tim Raymer > KA0OUV > >

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

r >>> everyone. HRO still has lots of product. Elecraft has a big competitor >>> in FLEX are they having similar issues? I hear that some big box radios >>> have some wait times but not in the years category. >>> >>> K4 investor? You have not invested in the c

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

Further to this excellent post, Eric did say that, at that point in time, his expectation was that the group A backlog would be cleared by end of May. I didn’t go back through the video to find it, but I was watching one of his presentations live and did hear that. Another thing that Wayne

Re: [Elecraft] Qso today problems

To the best of my knowledge and personal observation, most all of the technical problems have been hashed out. They were hit with a denial of service attack over the Internet yesterday, or so I have been told. And I have heard that they were down some technical support staff as well. All this

[Elecraft] Eric presentation live

FYI - Eric just came up on airmeet - supposed to be at 1 but just now starting. 73, David - N5DCH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo this weekend

I was just able to get in the Elecraft Lounge. I spoke with Michelle from Elecraft Sales briefly. She says that to get signed up for the drawing all you have to do is visit the booth. Just go there - nothing else to do. Upon your arrival there, the system will give them your contact information

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Lounge

Hi Bob, It’s a virtual computer based meeting room at Elecraft’s virtual booth at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. You can sign up here: Click here to register for the Expo Based on my experience with it this

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo this weekend

I don’t know if this will help or is even applicable to you, but in my case I was able to regenerate my ticket once I remembered that I paid with PayPal and that uses a different email than I typically use for ham radio correspondence. Supplying the billing email resulted in a ticket that got

Re: [Elecraft] Signals wild...signals caged

I had a rock bound DX-60 transmitter (with one whole crystal!) as a part of my first station as a novice. One day I was on and there were 3 or 4 other novices real close in to “my” one and only frequency and so it was hard to make sense of all that, especially for a beginner like me then. But

Re: [Elecraft] K3S/USB Cable/Mac mini/WSJT-X

If it works in the afternoon and not in the morning, it is possibly a temperature related anomaly. Unclear which hardware component is the cause, but possibly not a driver problem per se. Have you tried slowing the baud rate down to 19200 when it's failing to see if it will work at the

Re: [Elecraft] Mac vs K3s - Redux

Try shortening your poll rate if you can, to maybe 500ms. I realize in some cases that might be too fast for the K3, but play with that. Also, serial ports are typically these days “eight, one, none.” I see you have “eight, TWO, none.” Make sure your port is really configured that way.

[Elecraft] Testing

Just testing...I seem to have not received anything from this list since yesterday morning. Sorry for any inconvenience. 73, David - N5DCH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Thoughts on MFJ-1026 or any other phasing box

I know this is a bit farther off topic, but if the MFJ doesn’t sound like it will work for you, I can recommend the “Loop On The Ground” receive antenna. You can google it, or go to http://www.kk5jy.net/LoG/ for the details. I have one, completely out of sight in

Re: [Elecraft] 2 KSYN3 boards for sale

I lived in Hawaii for 14 years and can attest that USPS is the best bargain you’re going to get for shipping to 49 & 50, as well as Puerto Rico. No special handling…no special considerations... One caveat I will mention is that you will want to avoid using “parcel post” at the post office, at

Re: [Elecraft] HI CUR on 40

If there is ever any question about where to place ferrites, I’ll say in general, put the ferrites at both ends of the coax (unless its a really short run). Some may argue that that is overkill. While there are always exceptional circumstances, I would in general respectfully disagree with

Re: [Elecraft] acknowledgement of post test

Rich, In my experience, this is a “feature” of gmail. Apparently they assume that you should not receive a copy of your own posts. I went through this same exercise a while back. Didn’t find a solution. I just assume my posts make it and they seemingly do. 73, David - N5DCH > On Oct

Re: [Elecraft] PX3 signal artifact - still seeking a solution

Jim, Having percolated on this for a while longer, another thought comes to mind. You mentioned that you tried a ferrite snap-on on the USB cable. In order to really be effective, the USB cable would best be tightly wrapped around the sides of the snap-on in something of a serpentine or

Re: [Elecraft] PX3 signal artifact - still seeking a solution

Jim, There is grounding, bonding and choking. You’ve tried grounding and choking, it may be time to try bonding. Try bonding the PC to the rig with the shortest run practical of either large copper wire or braid. See if that has an effect on the artifact. Also, did the choking reduce the

Re: [Elecraft] Waterproof SO-239 covers

Laziness maybe? Uninformed? I don’t know…frustrating for sure... I can tell you that some people *IN* the US can’t get things shipped. I used to live in Hawaii, its a state in the US, no customs forms, we’d pay the shipping, and people STILL would not ship there. Staggers the imagination.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 very slow to reach dialed rf output

Sounds like your audio level it set too low. Try adjusting that up. Don’t quote me, but if memory serves that has to be 4 bars with the 5th flickering. A search through the archives will find that addressed many times. Audio too low makes the K3 “power hunt” which is what it sounds like yours is

Re: [Elecraft] "On second thought, I'll take the stairs."

This is correct...there is skill and strategy involved with FT8. Sure, on a relatively empty band you can set and forget and let the software do all the work. Blindly call CQ and let others come find you. Yes, that could be construed as watching paint dry or grass growing. How often does an

Re: [Elecraft] "On second thought, I'll take the stairs."

Wayne, You know from our previous conversations that I am a writer as well. I so appreciate reading a good story that’s well written. What takes a well written story from good to great is its effectiveness, that is, when the story causes the reader to move or act. I caught myself a few

Re: [Elecraft] URL???

I can be corrected if I’m wrong, but my understanding (and personal experience) is that the reflector does not send a copy of an email back to the sender. At least it’s never done it for me. I usually see my messages when someone responds to it and its included in their response. As far as

Re: [Elecraft] I'm building a personal email list....

Maybe I could make a friendly suggestion that anyone who wants to, opt out of Ken’s email list directly to Ken and not necessarily to the entire Elecraft Reflector. ;-) 73, David - N5DCH > On Jun 20, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Don Schroder wrote: > > OPT OUT – KE0PVQ > > Sent from

Re: [Elecraft] K3/100 suddenly shut down on FT8 TX

He hits the power button to turn it back on. 73, David - N5DCH > On Jun 8, 2020, at 8:42 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > > I’m curious. When transmitting, why would one press the POWER button on the > radio other than to turn the radio off? > > Something I am missing here. > > Bob,

Re: [Elecraft] Field Day

Take a look at cqrlog, cqrlog.com and see if that would work for you. 73, David - N5DCH > On May 25, 2020, at 8:57 AM, Bill Frantz wrote: > > Back around 1960, when IBM was developing the 360 series, the people working > on the architecture document adopted a policy of

Re: [Elecraft] WSJT FT8 TX not decoded using K3S TX - Rx ok

Can you confirm that the K3S is actually in Data mode? I seem to recall once in my distant past when I was new to digital modes that I had my K3 in lsb rather than usb or Data mode. No one decoded anything of mine in that instance. 73, David - N5DCH > On May 17, 2020, at 5:16 AM, HP wrote: >

Re: [Elecraft] Availability

Like others have said on this reflector, the K4 is a new rig still in development and not generally available. If I had an antenna up, an itch to get on the air, and was just waiting for a rig, I would not wait for a K4. You might consider the KX3 line. If you are still OK with a soldering iron

Re: [Elecraft] HELP!!! Getting “Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender”

At first quick glance I’d say 162.253.133.85 appears to be a server registered to nabble.com that appears to be forwarding email wrongfully claiming to be from Earthlink and thus the mx.spamexperts.com server is rightfully rejecting it. Someone, possibly this list’s owner, might consider

Re: [Elecraft] K4???

; to have your money tied up, and along with that comes some measure of > responsibility to account for it. > > 73, > Dave AB7E > > > On 5/15/2020 10:08 AM, David Herring wrote: >> A lot of us are in the same place you are, but Eric & Wayne have been >>

Re: [Elecraft] K4???

A lot of us are in the same place you are, but Eric & Wayne have been transparent about how long this was going to take and why for the last year or so. Last I heard the K4 was to have been shipping by now, BUT that's kind of hard to do when one’s county and state have shut down one's

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Firmware Update for Mac

> Yes, the K3 icon appears on the icon bar with a dot beneath it. Clicking it > makes K3 Utility appear at the top of the screen. Unfortunately, there’s > nothing useful there. > > John > WA!EAZ > >> On May 12, 2020, at 1:37 PM, David Herring > <mailto:dav

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Firmware Update for Mac

ed it from Applications but, same result. > > John > WA1EAZ > >> On May 12, 2020, at 1:21 PM, David Herring > <mailto:david.n5...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> OK, from these answers we can deduce that the app is actually running. The >> question is where

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Firmware Update for Mac

2:23 PM, John Stengrevics >>> mailto:jstengrev...@comcast.net> >>> <mailto:jstengrev...@comcast.net <mailto:jstengrev...@comcast.net>>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> That box asking to accept terms doesn’t come up for

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Firmware Update for Mac

1EAZ > >> On May 12, 2020, at 12:06 PM, David Herring > <mailto:david.n5...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I just downloaded the K3 Utility version 1.19.9.6 from the Elecraft website. >> I installed it on my macOS Catalina machine, double clicked it and it ran

Re: [Elecraft] K3S Firmware Update for Mac

I just downloaded the K3 Utility version 1.19.9.6 from the Elecraft website. I installed it on my macOS Catalina machine, double clicked it and it ran just fine. Initially I thought I had recreated your problem, in that when I double-clicked seemingly nothing happened, but I discovered that

Re: [Elecraft] Which Rig? (was Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 192, Issue 43)

Tommy, Lynn’s right…it would be helpful if you can tell us how you use or plan to use a rig. Lot of helpful folks here so you will get lots of suggestions..l 73, David N5DCH > On Apr 30, 2020, at 8:19 AM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT > wrote: > > Welcome, Tommy, > > Since you use the list in

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I remember in 1976 getting my novice ticket and the test was administered by the local club officers (same 3 guys who taught the class), but in 1977-ish I had to go to the FCC field office in San Diego (the closest one to me at the time) to take the General tests. I guess they could give

Re: [Elecraft] Voltage drop in DX Power to K3

I’m late in coming to this thread, so sorry if I missed the answer to this question, but what is the voltage drop between the power supply and the 4005i? 73, David N5DCH > On Apr 26, 2020, at 8:46 AM, N4ZR wrote: > > I've had an e-mail exchange with West Mountain Radio. Measured the voltage

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Astron RS-35M Transformer Hum

I just got the PS back together and online again. I was astounded to discover that the transformer bolts were actually just shy of hand tight. I tightened them up and found that that quieted the thing down a lot. Not completely, but to a very large extent. The bolts holding the transformer to

[Elecraft] OT: Astron RS-35M Transformer Hum

Does anyone have a way to dampen the physical hum generated by the transformer in an RS-35M PS? This really is just transformer hum I’m hearing, not signal hum…my station is fully bonded and as a result quiet in that regard. Most folks probably never hear this hum, but I have been “blessed”

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] RS232 Connection

Dave, Is there any chance that you moved the serial adapter to another USB port, or that you plugged in other USB devices since this last worked? I've had this problem before and it was a result of my serial adapter getting assigned to a different device in the OS (such as, hypothetically

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV Utility for Mac (Repost)

Jim, I'm not quite understanding why VMWare would be useless in this instance. If you are using a serial USB device, you get to choose whether to present that device to the host OS (the mac) or to the guest OS (the instance of windows in the VM). Simply load up your drivers in the instance of

Re: [Elecraft] question for psk users

Further to this, on the RX side of the equation if you vary your RF gain, you can sometimes see PSK traces pop out of the noise on your waterfall that you might not have noticed there before. I worked a station last week where I thought there might have been a signal in the noise on my

Re: [Elecraft] End of the world and the KX3

Well, in this case, being more concerned about ham radio and the KX3 is entirely appropriate. Contrary to popular belief, the Mayans did not predict the end of the world. Their calendar, actually one of several they used, predicted essentially the end of an era. Nothing more. Those of us

[Elecraft] OT: Advice re: blocking RF from rx-only antenna

Hi Everyone, Yes, this is off-topic a bit, but I know there are some of you here who will be able to get me going in the right direction. I have a PixelSatRadio RF Pro 1A receive-only moebius loop antenna. It is being used with a Kenwood TS-440S that does not have the provisions for a

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Advice re: blocking RF from rx-only antenna

. The ELAD switch isn't normally available in the US, but is frequently available used and can be ordered from Europe. 73, Mike Alexander - N8MSA amsct...@comcast.net From: David Herring d...@ah6td.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:03:14 PM Subject

Re: [Elecraft] K3, SignaLink USB HRD

This happens when the K3 is receiving PTT from both the Signalink and the software at more or less the same time. Do what Rick WA6NHC suggested and just have HRD trigger send receive via the K3 commands, *OR* have the Signalink do it via the PTT plug on the back of the K3, but NOT both. 73,

[Elecraft] K3 for sale

Temporary conditions mandate that I offer up the following for sale: K3/100 serial # 3019, equipped with KAT3 KBPF3 KXV3 KIO3 KNB3 MH2 KFL3A-6K KFL3A-2.7K KFL3A-500 KFL3A-200 When new this cost somewhere around $2800. The rig is in excellent

Re: [Elecraft] Balun at input or output of tuner

that. Jim, thanks for the response to my post and for sharing your knowledge in general...I for one appreciate it. 73 Aloha, David AH6TD On Dec 16, 2011, at 9:00 AM, Jim Brown wrote: On 12/13/2011 12:53 PM, David Herring wrote: I'd like to ask a few questions. David, I hardly know where

Re: [Elecraft] Balun at input or output of tuner

Aloha Jim, Joe, Alan, Dean and the rest of the reflector, I'm thoroughly enjoying reading this thread. I'd like to ask a few questions. Mine is a 100 watt station, but with aspirations of getting a KPA-500 eventually. I have a Palstar BT1500A Balanced L Antenna Tuner feeding a vertical dipole

Re: [Elecraft] [KPA500] Rear power switch thread

to understand other guys logics and learn something, too. ;-)) 73, Olli - DH8BQA http://www.dh8bqa.de - Original Message - From: David Herring d...@ah6td.com To: Oliver Dröse dro...@necg.de Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 12:07 AM Subject: Re

Re: [Elecraft] [KPA500] Rear power switch thread

Olli, This is a bit of an oversimplification, but I think it will convey the point good enough to address your very valid question without getting into what could otherwise be a very long answer. On most other rigs on the planet, the settings are dictated by the position of the knobs and

Re: [Elecraft] SLUSB and K3

Hey Joel, Since you have used the SLUSB with the Yaesu, have you cross-referenced the jumpers across the jumper block inside the SLUSB with the K3 cable to make sure that the jumpers are putting the signals out on the right pins for said K3 cable? I have never used a Yaesu cable or a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Fldigi on a Mac

Giorgio, Yes, feel free to drop me a line if you need more help. I am current on qrz.com. One quick point of clarification to make here is that fldigi and MacLoggerDx cannot access the serial port at the same time. There is software available in windows that makes this possible, but I am not

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Fldigi on a Mac

Giorgio, Like you, I am a Mac user and a windows XP under VMware user. I prefer the Mac apps to the Windows apps and have gone strictly Mac. The signalink USB is redundant, but I have one and use it anyway and I find it to be a flawless performer. Fldigi is absolutely wonderful on MacOS.

Re: [Elecraft] K3: switching on click -- One wonders...

Hi All! I know we've milked this one quite a bit, but I do have a point to make that I think will frame this power-on thump issue in a little better light... First off, I have K3 #3019 and there is a very detectable power-on AND power-off thump in the built-in speaker and in the cans. I don't

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Approx Cost/User Downloads/Dev

I can see using such an app. The things that I would want to see initially in such a program would be: Tuning, both by some equivalent of knob turning and by direct entry AF RF gain adjustments shift width adjustments mode switching antenna switching ATU control Memory access and maybe even

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app (was KX3 Approx Cost/User Downloads/Dev)

Book Pro laptops, Two iPhones, one iPad (xyl doesn't want one). On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:14 PM, David Herring wrote: I can see using such an app. The things that I would want to see initially in such a program would be: Tuning, both by some equivalent of knob turning and by direct

Re: [Elecraft] AGC Problem

I don't run windows or HRD in the shack anymore, but I just checked my notes, and you can change the polling rate and timeout in HRD. Bring up HRD, go in to Options. Once there, click on the Comms tab. Once there, look around...there is Polling Timeout and Refresh Interval which may be

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Need help with soundcard digital mode transmit (retry)

Hi Guys, In this situation, the K3's VOX works FB for me. So yes, sound in and sound out is pretty much all that's needed. 73 Aloha, Dave, AH6TD On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Peter Wollan wrote: Don, Ok, I looked at the reference I gave, and the information I thought was there isn't.

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Need help with soundcard digital mode transmit (retry)

Sorry, let me clarify my response. The K3's VOX does respond to Line-In in my experience. No separate PTT is needed. Also, for the K3, no voltage reduction is needed if you are using the Line-In jacks. I have not tried using the microphone input for digital as I keep that for, oddly enough,

Re: [Elecraft] Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs

Let me just add a few bits of information about shipping to the 50th state: USPS is quite likely the best way to ship to Hawaii (provided you DO NOT ship Parcel Post or Media Mail -- they can take up to 3 months to get here, even from places as close as California). Priority Mail and First

Re: [Elecraft] Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs

Fred, CONUS means Continental United States. That leaves out Alaska and Hawaii. Nothing you have stated here applies any more to the 49th and 50th state of these United States than it does to 1 through 48. We are not Nigeria (no offense to Africa), we don't require international packing,

Re: [Elecraft] Stopping junk mail 2

It is very, very unlikely this would work. The people that write and unleash malware are way, way smarter than that. Once they get in your address book, just assume they will harvest everything there and try them all. They have nothing to lose in trying. While making this addition to your

Re: [Elecraft] PA temperature

Someone in the know can correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought I read somewhere where the PA in the K3 is FB until around 65C. In normal use, I can't imagine what one would have to do to get their PA that hot. Maybe if the fans failed or airflow was otherwise blocked? Aside from that, I

Re: [Elecraft] [K3} Swap - 8 pole 400Hz filter for 1.8KHz 8 pole filter

Hey Jeff, Before you write off CW, have you tried Code Quick by Jerry Wheeler, W6TJP? I just recently decided to get serious about learning CW again (I once knew it barely well enough to pass the FCC 13 wpm test, but that was around 30 years ago, it was painful and I swore I'd never do it

Re: [Elecraft] Prayers for

Hi All, I can confirm PY2WAS's report. There were areas where there was respectable tsunami activity around the islands, but interestingly it varied greatly from beach to beach and cove to cove. There doesn't not seem to have been any major problems, thank God. As we live on Kauai, only a

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