Lynn Lamb, W4NL wrote:
Pardon for a dumb question, but I've hit that wall... again!
I talked to Dale at Elecraft and he suggested some of you may know the
answer as he had no experience with hooking up and making K3 work with a
computer so it will work using the sound card to have a full
The date was 11/30. Ray let us know that he got his confirmation notice
yesterday:
http://n2.nabble.com/KDVR3-Confirmation-Notice-td1609161.html
~Iain / K6IAM
Stan Rife wrote:
When will the KDVR3 be released? Do we have a date yet?
Stan
W5EWA
--- On *Wed, 12/3/08, Eric Swartz -
Or get some Screw-Grab! :)
http://www.screwgrab.com/
The Solder-IT guy was selling it at Dayton this year...
~Iain
J. Heide wrote:
If you have a phillips head screw just getting ready to strip out on you, just
put a touch of valve lapping compound on your screwdriver. The grit will
Nelson Moyer wrote:
When I connect my Hal DXP38 AF Out to the K3 Line In, I get a maximum of 20
watts RF output, even when the TX Level pot on the DXP38 is set for maximum
output, MIC SEL is set to Line In, PWR is set to 100 watts, and Line is set
to 60 (max setting available). I see no ALC
Hi Roger,
The link is near the bottom of the K3 software page - it's:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31
~Iain
Roger wrote:
Group,
What is the address for the site that provides the
proper driver for the Elecraft USB cable?
Todd Fonstad wrote:
Greetings,
I am slowly working on K3 #1934 and have hit a snag on p. 25 of the K3 Kit
Assembly Manual. I am about to install the KIO3 interface and, as the KXV3
option is backordered, I am instructed to mount the small blank panel on
the rear panel (Fig. 31). However,
Benson wrote:
I don't have a K3 yet but am trying to get some accessories together
beforehand. My computer has a (male) serial port. Do I need to get a
cable like this one:
This is fully shielded, straight-through Serial cable. It has molded
DB9 male to female connectors.
Sounds good.
WILLIS COOKE wrote:
I may be missing something, but when I close the key in the PTT mode I get a
sidetone with no output. I get output only if I close the PTT or use VOX. I
have not yet connected my amplifier, so I am not sure what the Key Out does.
If I am setting parameters in my K3 I
I have it - I'll put it somewhere and send you a pointer off-list...
~Iain
Jeff Wandling W7BRS wrote:
Does anyone have zip copy of the Firmware set that corresponds to MCU
2.57 ? Email me directly. I searched the FTP site at Elecraft and
couldn't find it.
I need to regress an
Hi Lance,
nabble search found this:
http://n2.nabble.com/K3-SSB-Power-Control-and-ALC-Metering-td1113528.html#a1113528
Basically, CONFIG:PWR SET = Per Band.
~Iain
Lance Collister wrote:
I suspect there must be a way to do this, but I have not found it yet in
the manual... Is there
Hi OM,
Long answer to a short question (and it's late, so apologies if any of
it doesn't make sense)...
To transmit in digital modes with HRD + DM780, you'll probably want to
connect the RS232 port on the K3 to a serial port on your PC, as well as
audio, but you can start of with receive-only
That doesn't really help in this case, as the TX symbol is normally on
all the time.
Perhaps the delta LED could blink too, when test mode is on ?
~Iain
Jim Miller wrote:
An alternate method may be to make the blink longer on than off and give
more chance to read it.
73, Jim KG0KP
Stephen Prior wrote:
Perhaps I've got the wrong end of the stick, and it's only for curiosity's
sake I mention this, but I did not think it was possible to independently
set crystal filter and dsp bandwidth. As I alter the width control, filters
kick in at the appropriate points, and if I use
Don Wilhelm wrote:
George,
What K3 jack are you connecting the amp to? You should be connecting to
the KEYOUT jack. If you have connected to the K3 PTT input instead, I
could understand that you might have difficulties like you describe.
Or to the KEY input next to it, it if was in CW
-.-. --.-N3TU -.-. --.- wrote:
How do I get the sub receiver to receive? I can hear my main receiver on the
left speaker and static on the right receiver. It sounds like I don't have
an antenna on the sub. I checked the sub receiver's frequency with the main
receiver and there is activity on
I believe I've discovered an obscure bug - MCU 2.58
Situation is both VFO A and B are in DATA mode, on different
frequencies (14MHz band), and SPLIT is on. I hold TUNE. TX goes on, and
the display changes mode to CW, but instead of making a carrier, I
modulate audio from *mic* (NOT even
Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM wrote:
I believe I've discovered an obscure bug - MCU 2.58
Situation is both VFO A and B are in DATA mode, on different
frequencies (14MHz band), and SPLIT is on. I hold TUNE. TX goes on, and
the display changes mode to CW, but instead of making a carrier, I
modulate
Haines Brown wrote:
Also I should note that in my laptop waterfall display, the width is
only about 400. I have for FL1 the 8-pole 2.8K and for FL2 the 8-pole
400Hz.
I think that you haven't assigned FL1 the 2.8K filter for data mode in the
config menu. I'm not looking at the K3 right now
Haines Brown wrote:
The noise you see on the waterfall should correspond with the DSP BW
you have set using the WIDTH knob. The TX filter must be either the
2.8 or 2.7, which ever you have installed.
Indeed, I can increase the width by adjusting the DSP BW width, but
only to a small degree.
Haines Brown wrote:
I'm struggling to set up K3 for PSK31 and hit a snag.
I can decode signals with fldigi on a Thinkpad X61s running
Sidux. My K3 MCU is 2.46, which apparently I can't upgrade because
that's the highest version for linux at this point. For data mode I've
got the 400 Hz
On 10/24/08 11:39 AM, Roy Davis wrote:
We are trying to use a second external receicver wth the K3 by
connecting the RX ant out jack to the second receiver antenna input.
But we are hearing no signals. It appears to be necessary to swith the
rx antenna in and out jacks into the circut to make
Maybe if you set CONFIG:LIN OUT =PHONES ... ?
~Iain
On 10/23/08 4:20 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
I don't believe you can do this with LINE OUT - that is really for data
modes.
You can do it using the Speakers output though, then the AF control will
work too.
Ensure you have set
On 10/23/08 3:38 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
Where is that option - I'm not aware of that and f/w 2.45 doesn't seem
to have that option?
2.46 does have it. When looking at CONFIG:LIN OUT, tap the '1' button.
It's document in the owner's manual too - page 55.
~Iain
On 10/22/08 10:12 PM, Dave Blaschke wrote:
I got my K3 yesterday and am learning. But I have not figured out how to
hear sound from the SUB receiver. Yes, KRX3 is installed. How does one
activate audio out of the SUB rcvr?
Have you read page 37 of the owner's manual ??
~Iain
Terry,
That is NOT the latest firmware - you want MCU 2.46 / DSP 1.92. I don't
know if that will solve your problem or not, but there release notes
include:
MCU 2.37 / DSP 1.90, 9-2-2008
* FIRMWARE UPGRADE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: When upgrading firmware,
MCU and DSP code versions may
Yep. That seems like a bug, IMO - shouldn't have to be in tech mode to
set that...
~Iain
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Steve,
Turn on TECH mode and I believe you will find it.
73,
Don W3FPR
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What happened to Config: Tun Power? Did I sleep through a change?
73, Steve,
David Lankshear wrote:
I've noticed that quite a few enquiries have been resolved by advising
the enquirer to turn TECH MD to ON.
I just wonder if there's any argument to support ever having TECH MD
turned OFF? Might it be just as well to set it permanently ON in a
future firmware
Jim Miller wrote:
I'm new at this but occasionally I like to watch the PA temperature for
example. Unless I am wrong, I have to be in Tech Mode to see the PA
TEMP display but I usually end up grabbing the wrong knob and screwing
up the tamp calibration. I would prefer that the calibration
I like to use the monitor function to tweak my outgoing audio, using
headphones, but I often operate casually with a speaker and boom
mic. With the monitor level set to a useful level for adjusting my
audio with the phones on, it causes feedback when on speaker, so I have
to keep turning the
Barry Pfeil wrote:
The owners manual (Rev D1) that came with my SN1774 K3 says, on page 31, that ...PSK D lets
you transmit via FSK IN, ASCII, or the keyer paddle. I take this to mean I don't really need
a transmit audio connection from the computer my PSK31 software runs on to the K3.
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote on 10/10/08 05:31 PM:
Can anyone tell me what this Cushcraft cable is like please?
Written on it (in the sequence it appears) is
Ultralink 93605 Cushcraft / Signals Manchester N.H. E82833 10 AWG 75 C
(UL) Type CL2 ... LL82959 (CSA) CXC 60 C FT-4
It has a
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote on 10/10/08 05:40 PM:
yes, I did and found some comments on it, I'm not sure what frequency.
it's go to though
That doc gives loss per 100ft at different freqs. There's also;
http://www.cushcraft.com/wireless-products.asp?id=1919
1.5dB at 150MHz, since you
Page 25 of the owner's manual says (i) The NB icon will flash slowly if
the I.F. blanker setting is too high for the present signal conditions.
If this happens, use a lower setting.
~Iain
Bill NY9H wrote:
I know I read about it somewhere but cannot find it
when I turn on the IF
Ralph Parker wrote:
During construction of #1823, I was cautioned many times to protect the end
of the TMP cable coming from the 'Aux RF' BNC, so it wouldn't short
anything during alignment.
Now that I'm about to drop the KRX3 into the chassis, there's hardly a
mention of this cable, and
I had LP-Bridge configured with a virtual serial port of COM11 earlier
today, and HRD found and opened that OK.
~Iain
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
If the USB to Serial Adapter is COM9 and HRD is opening COM3, then HRD
isn’t going to find your K3.
Maybe you can change the USB to Serial
Steve,
Take a look at DXview:
http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxview/
I think it does most of what you're looking for ...
~Iain
STEPHEN W BANKS wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone on the list have suggestions for ways to quickly
associate callsigns, country names, latitude and longitude
:)
~Iain
Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM wrote:
Brown truck just dropped a box on my doorstep. Kit ordered June 23rd,
shipped UPS ground yesterday. Nice to be in W6-land, except having to
pay sales-tax :/
Now the fun starts :)
~Iain
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Lawrence Libsch wrote:
I would like to try HRD for digital modes, logging and rig control
for my newly built K3. (Great Kit. Great Instructions. Great radio.) I
own an Elecraft USB to Serial port cable. I own an EMU 0202 sound card.
I am using a Lenovo T61 laptop. I would like to
line-in and line-out jacks. That is true whether the sound card used
is the EMU or the computer internal soundcard.
73,
Don W3FPR
Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM wrote:
If the EMU 2nd sound card provides no advantage and I omit
it, what cables
do I need and how do I connect them
There's a minor error in the K3 kit assembly manual errata rev E-6 -
item 5 pertains to page 32, not page 43 (it applies to *figure* 43).
~Iain
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James Young wrote:
Thanks, in advance for your help! I apologize if this question has
been asked before, but here goes.
What would be the least expensive initial configuration for a new
(factory assembled) K3? My operating preference is SSB, but I may try
some of the digital modes at some
Brown truck just dropped a box on my doorstep. Kit ordered June 23rd,
shipped UPS ground yesterday. Nice to be in W6-land, except having to
pay sales-tax :/
Now the fun starts :)
~Iain
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LP-Bride ???
Larry's come out with some great products, but that's a new one on me.
If he's really produced a bride that promises to be compatible with
all of our other radio equipment, that'll be a winner!
Sorry, couldn't resist...
~Iain
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I distinctly remember an ARRL announcement to the effect that they were no longer hosting
and/or administering email accounts on arrl.net
Probably. As long as I've been around (not long), it's been a
*forwarding* service only.
~Iain
google is a wonderful tool...
http://www.doctorproaudio.com/doctor/temas/dynamics-processors-noisegates_en.shtml
Downward expander. This type of unit works like the opposite of a
compressor, and provides a ratio control or attenuation slope. That
way the signal is attenuated more highly the
So what we need is a K3 docking station - when you bring your K3 home
from field day / DXpedidion / whatever, you drop it into the bigger
enclosure, with the fancy display, more knobs and buttons, etc, and
hook up a big interface cable of some sort ... seems like it should be
feasible...
With this cable for the IF out, would one be able to feed a LP-PAN with
full functionality without the KXV3 option?
~Iain
Burl wrote on 08/07/08 15:39:
You can purchase the cable (pn850292 @$3.10) from Elecraft that will
plug into the bottom of RF board at P86. This is the same cable
I don't know what Heil is taking about, but if I compare the pinout
described in the K3 manual to the Kenwood one at:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rg4wpw/date.html#kenwood
the stuff that matters (mic audio, PTT and grounds for each) seems to
line up properly, where the Yaesu pinout is
Lyle Johnson wrote on 07/29/08 17:30:
I'm still showing 2.19 at the beta site. What am I doing wrong?
Refreshing your browser will usually fix this. You might have to not be
using the web site in frames mode to make this work (select no frames
from the box on the left).
Or you could
I'd been meaning to ask for a while; what is the motivation for those
of you who have ordered the general coverage receiver option? i.e. what
makes it worth the extra $129 ??
~Iain
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote on 07/28/08 07:35:
Joe asked:
What is the General Coverage Receive Filter, how does
Hi Mark,
Can you be more specific? What function of the Drake or JRC could you
not replace without the general coverage receiver option ?
~Iain
Mark Volstad wrote on 07/28/08 11:38:
In my case the motivation was simple: I wanted to save the $1000+ it would
otherwise
have cost me to
Seems like this topic has been a bit of a dead horse for a while
already. Can't we agree that everyone's got their own operating style,
and some may benefit from a feature, even if others can't see a need
for it? It seems like the feature should be reasonably easy to implement
in a firmware
Must be just you. Which link are you looking at? The actual files are
at:
ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/K3/firmware/beta/
But the link in Wayne's email reflects 2.20 for me also... try a
shift-reload in your browser, maybe?
~Iain
Larry Naumann wrote on 07/24/08 13:18:
It may be just me but
If your shack is quiet, you probably wouldn't get much benefit
from the quiet phone, IMO. Where I noticed it to be most effective
was at field day, where it really took out the drone of the generators
that were a wee bit too close to our operating position for a while.
I've been told it can be
Dave Martin wrote on 07/10/08 01:29 PM:
No, Comcast is the worst, by far! (:-))
It's impossible for Rose to reach her case and cover customers
that are Comcast subscribers. This is why you see an occasional
broadcast message from her to a list member. From the customer's
viewpoint it just
Mike Miller wrote on 07/ 9/08 02:44 PM:
If I have the 2.1 filter selectedfor receive...on main receiver and I
transmit...am I transmitting thru the stock 2.7 kc filter or thru the 2.1
filter? Does the radio transmit thru the widest filter?
I see two different answer for this on the
PAUL VANOVEREN wrote on 07/ 9/08 06:03 PM:
I am running the 2.02 version of the firmware, I believe there is a released
version 2.10, plus two new Beta releases.2.13 and 2.15. ...when I go to the
utility and it lists 2.02 on the K3 and 2.02 as the available firmware for
update...did I miss
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