First thing and foremost - switches are mostly not relevant to protection.
Energy that can travel 1000' through the sky is likely to continue across
most switches. So, the utmost of safety is what you indicated you did -
disconnect. By disconnect, I mean either disconnect outside the
Send email to supp...@elecraft.com with the serial number of your rig
(either the sticker on the back or displayed in the rigs parameters) and
request the original configuration file. Whether your kX3 was a kit build
or assembled, it was calibrated with the original configuration file kept by
Do not use the KX3 tuner when using a mag loop. Set the tuner to bypass.
A mag loop is the tuner. In order to gain resonance, adjust the mag loop's
capacitor to hear maximum noise at the frequency you want to start working.
Mag loops are high Q, resonant in a very narrow range of frequencies.
Correction - could be 3R3 - that's an inductor.
W1GCF Geoff
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There are very few reasons to have 3.3 Ohm resistor anywhere. It's much
more likely to have a 3.3 K Ohm resistor. This it is likely labeled 3K3 not
3R3. There is a saying that if you hear hoof beats, think horses not
zebras. Going with horses, you are looking in the schematics for a 3.3 K
ohm
to? That
could
operationally be simpler than having to hit it with low-power RF so it
can tune
itself...
- Jerry, KF6VB
On 2022-08-23 14:28, Geoffrey Feldman wrote:
> If your antenna is a magloop - DO NOT USE the tune button. In fact,
> clear
> the tuner
If your antenna is a magloop - DO NOT USE the tune button. In fact, clear
the tuner memory for your band per instructions. The tuner feature
(assuming you have the option) is great with other antennas, especially
random wire but it doesn't go well with mag loops. The xmit button is
simply
These is nothing unique about the Elecraft serial cable except possibly the
radio side connector. Basically it's a USB to RS232 Ground/transmit/Receive
cable. Anyone who understands USB com ports can help you. They don't need
to know radio. They should understand what I wrote here.
For USB COM
I made a confirmed contact 1:52Z April 15 with LZ2A0 in northeastern
Bulgaria 4607 miles from my QTH using my KX3, a Bioenno battery, and an
Alexloop antenna. All this inside my house in Lowell MA USA, not even by a
window. The contact was so good we had a brief conversation about my rig
and
The really short answer is "all of them" and even more so if you are buying
it factory assembled and tested. This is such a versatile rig, you will
find something to do with every option. I got mine fully loaded except for
the 2M transverter. The reason I didn't was that I already had an HT at
I love RPN calculators and even better faithful emulation of them. Those of
us who like to compare their favorite smart phone apps for a 50 year old
calculator architecture area fellowship of wise and good people. Love it.
What is even better is the obvious lack of issues with Elecraft products
I almost hesitate to weigh in since so many others have. The HP41 app is
actually an emulator which runs the actual firmware from the original
calculator. If you have HP41 programs you like and don't feel like porting
them, this is the best going. However, I like "Free42" which is a complete
Understand you don't want an amplifier, go QRP.
Nothing wrong with the switcher or with the Pro Audio.
What I am happy with is the BioEnno is the BioEnno 123AH battery. It's small
enough to fit into the "shack in the pack" or something similar in size.
LiFePo batteries such as this one can
Send a picture of the batteries installed.
With regard to the charging the Eneloop's, they come fully charged and thus
setting up to charge them might deliver an error.
One other possibility, what is the minimum operating voltage (Bat min) in
the menu is set to? Try something like 9v.
Hi Walter,
In response to your comments on my post, the terminology you use and that I
used both appear in various texts to describe the same thing. Not
surprising, we both know what one another mean. I prefer incident because
quadrature is in relationship to that. An AM signal would appear on
My career has been in software/hardware systems including some with signal
processing. Digital filters ultimately embody mathematical equations which
operate on a matrix of samples represented as complex numbers. IQ stands
for incident and quadrature, sine and cosine, real and imaginary or x and
My rule of thumb is that if you can keep your finger on it for a second or
so without pain, it's not too hot.
The ambient temperature is really not the issue as much as whether heat is
carried off. I know it's hot in the pacific northwest but I think you can
still enjoy your gear. The
Having worked retailing amateur radios, people often ask which is best.
Also often they are absolutely convinced they know the answer because their
Elmer said so. When I review what someone actually wants to do with the
hobby and get a sense of their budget, I can advise them. A new Ham often
. Interesting to
know the false sympathies of some of you though. I encourage you to spend
the reasonable efforts of citizens to go and learn what you didn't.
Geoffrey Feldman
W1GCF
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No - the KXBC2 is not suitable for the Bioenno BLF-1203W, you should use the
charger sold by Bioenno for this purpose. Bioenno products are LiFePo, a
different kind of LiOn Chemistry than the Elecraft ones. The Bioenno
charger will work for all the higher AH batteries they sell that have the DC
Radio waves are non-Ionizing. I hope we all know that and know one another
know that. However the near field is an electrical field. The smoke
detector compares the ionization between two chambers, both with the same
radioactive source. One is exposed to the environment (smoke) and the other
is
The reason to keep smoke detectors from Amateur Radios is that they detect
smoke by ionization from a radioactive source. A strong near field will set
them off. The good news is that this is your indication that all is not
right at the feed line (Or the antenna is unhealthy close). I have had
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