On 6/2/2024 3:27 PM, Bob Gale wrote:
Also, has AM receive been activated on the K4, and if so, AM selectable
sideband sync detector?
I listen to the AM Broadcast band using the SSB detector. Max RX
bandwidth is 5 kHz, which just about optimum for speech. I use it to
evaluate performance of
On 5/7/2024 4:46 PM, Al Lorona wrote:
In spite of all the grounding and bonding and spark-gapping and
everything else you may have done, are you confident enough that you
would trust it all and let the direct hit happen? Or would you
disconnect everything -- you know, just in case?
I suspect
On 5/5/2024 6:11 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
There is no rhyme or reason why some devices are not damaged and other are.
Indeed there IS rhyme and reason, but some of us haven't learned the
tune! :)
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On 5/4/2024 9:57 PM, Rick NK7I wrote:
From your description Jorge, it sounds like you did it correctly, but
missed an entry point.
I don't have sufficient information to agree that what Jorge described
was correct. HOW all of that is done, matters. Failure to bond all the
ground rods, and
On 5/4/2024 9:21 PM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
So there is my question, if for such an expensive piece of equipment, there
could be something of better quality, if not, I apologize, we will have to
live with these things.
The only things that Elecraft should do to prevent lightning damage are
On 4/5/2024 12:59 PM, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote:
The screen shot of the noise is posted on QRZ.com. This link will get
you there.
https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/noise-reduction-resources.908913/
The thin vertical lines look like they're coming from some piece of
On 4/4/2024 03:04, Jim Brown wrote:
On 4/3/2024 6:44 PM, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote:
Jim, does that include attachments?
No attachments. Elecraft started this reflector at least 25 years ago.
That's how reflectors were in those days, and many of the old ones
still exist
On 4/3/2024 6:44 PM, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote:
Jim, does that include attachments?
No attachments. Elecraft started this reflector at least 25 years ago.
That's how reflectors were in those days, and many of the old ones still
exist. There are several hosted at contesting.com
On 4/2/2024 1:45 PM, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote:
let;s try again w/ pic.
This reflector is plain text only. It rejects everything else, including
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On 3/24/2024 4:15 PM, Kevin McQuiggin wrote:
Comments from owners of k4D
I've had mine for 18-24 months. Like it a lot. Compared to K3S, better
filters, sound of the radio improved, thanks to what chips were
available 16 years later.
Only issue is RF feedback at rear panel 3.5mm jacks. I
Hi Allen,
On 3/13/2024 12:56 PM, n...@earthlink.net wrote:
Other than diversity receive, what additional benefits do I get with
the 'D' version (for $1000)?
Diversity RX is a biggie if you can rig decent antennas to use with it.
I also use it in 160 contests when I want to listen in more
On 3/13/2024 9:24 AM, Victor Rosenthal wrote:
I recommend replacing Ethernet cables with wifi when possible, both for
noise and rfi problems, as well as reducing the chance of lightning damage.
I agree, Vic. I did that 20 years ago, before I moved west from Chicago,
and never looked back. I
On 3/12/2024 12:29 PM, John Oppenheimer wrote:
Did you measure a Choke Balun, or sometimes known as Common Code Choke
"The book" are in several pdf applications notes on my website. What I
measured is well documented there.
73, Jim K9YC
On 3/12/2024 9:29 AM, jerry wrote:
On 2024-03-12 08:56, ev...@pa2kw.com wrote:
If someone could tell what manufacture/type/model these cores are, I'm
sure you can get this done for $20
*** Generally, it's well known what mix is required. Here's a good
article by Palomar Labs:
The KPA1500 has a great tuner. Like all Elecraft amps and tuners, it has
nearly instantaneous automatic frequency detection and band-switching. A
single dit or tap on the mic is all it takes. I used it for years with
nothing but the front panel controls, which consist of a switch between
two
On 3/6/2024 8:39 AM, Rick Tavan wrote:
It runs on USB power
(not supplied) and works a treat!
Looks nice. One caution, though -- USB-powered devices sometimes have
DC-DC converters that can be noisy. W6GJB alerted me to this several
years ago, when he chased noise down to USB-powered
Thanks for the explanation, Dave. One small correction -- today's RTTY
contest the North American QSO Party, is intended as a 100W contest, and
features team competition with a limit of 100W. There are people who
enter at high power, but they are a very small minority. If I'm not
mistaken,
Hi Peter,
There are many ways in which noise enters our radios. Failure to do
proper grounding and bonding both within our stations and throughout our
homes is one cause. Failure to chase down and remove the dozens of noise
sources in typical US homes is another.
There are detailed
On 1/30/2024 4:46 PM, Alan Geller via Elecraft wrote:
Thanks for any help.
One of the most important factors in picking any monitor is whether it,
or its PSU, generates noise, and how much it generates. An ideal
condition is to be able to power from a 12-14V bus, so that you can
drive it
On 1/13/2024 2:02 PM, email wrote:
With the K4 power (drive) low enough, the amp can make 200W. Maybe not
efficiently.
I regularly reduce drive from K3 or K4 to big amp to run 100W in NAQP,
and on 60M, and 200W on 30M. I do that because I run the K3 and K4 for
two-radio contesting from a
On 1/12/2024 1:46 PM, Paul Ecker wrote:
Does this sound like a KAT 500 problem or maybe an RFI problem.
It sounds like a problem somewhere after the output of the power amp,
including all interconnecting cables, the feedline, and the antenna.
Common problems are loose connectors and/or
On 1/12/2024 12:18 PM, Jeff Wandling wrote:
Seems like a while ago I was troubleshooting the RFI problem between the
equipment.
Is everything in your home and your station properly bonded and grounded?
Is every chassis on your operating desk bonded together?
Is the operating desk common point
On 1/10/2024 3:08 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
That which works fine at 100 watts might not work fine at 500.
That specially applies to antenna systems, including all the cable and
connectors between the amp, a tuner if there is one, and the antenna,
and the antenna itself. With 500W, voltage
On 1/7/2024 5:40 AM, Dave (NK7Z) wrote:
Thanks for vote of confidence sir! I have a question for you... Have
you been following the discussion on CMCs and if they are coax, or two
wire, vs., constructed, and the results of impinged RFI on the cables
feeding a rig
I don't know about the
On 1/6/2024 4:05 PM, Dave (NK7Z) wrote:
I have some articles on this subject at:
Dave's stuff is excellent.
I'm also an EMC professional, long time Vice-Chair of the EMC WG of the
Standards Committee of the Audio Engineering Society, principal author
of most of our EMC Standards. And I've
On 1/6/2024 9:54 AM, Chris wrote:
Digital signals (square waves, waveforms with sharp edges) have very
high spectral content (_many_ harmonics), so you may see many lines at
constant frequency spacing all over the HF spectrum and beyond.
Switching power supplies (inside electronic devices,
On 1/2/2024 6:10 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
Tbird is what I have used for years.
Same here. It's very well designed software. That ability to see the raw
code in an email can be helpful with issues like this.
73, Jim K9YC
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On 1/1/2024 8:33 PM, Jeff Wandling wrote:
TL;DR; Situation is resolved. Bad RF due to crap elbow connector and
lack of diligence in ferrite application on AUX serial cabling.
Thanks for posting. Two points. First, NEVER use JUNK connectors,
defined as anything that isn't stamped Amphenol, or
On 12/17/2023 1:12 PM, Brian Hunt wrote:
I’ve discovered that it’s easier to see a very weak signal on the
waterfall than in the amplitude plot. Setting the SVGA screen for 25%
spectrum and 75% waterfall gives lots of space to see dim traces. You
may have to adjust the threshold a bit.
YES!
On 12/17/2023 12:05 PM, Jim Murray via Elecraft wrote:
My thought is at this point the P3 is not doing me much good looking
for a weak dx signal. I have to think I have something not set up right
etc..
What is required is careful (and ongoing) adjustment of P3 controls. For
everyday
On 12/15/2023 12:41 PM, KJ7SOY wrote:
and the primary industry (about 80% of the business in the area) is
agriculture. People won’t move to small/medium sized agricultural
communities because there isn’t a lot there for them, so importing
skilled staff isn’t feasible.
That's a pretty limited
On 12/14/2023 10:57 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
If they were starting from scratch, I'd agree, but there are
currently-operating independent technicians out here who could be up and
running relatively easily.
I supervised a service department many years ago, having previously
worked on a
On 12/5/2023 9:33 AM, Michael Tope wrote:
I did move the Astron RS-35 that powers the K3S off my UPS a few weeks ago.
See this note on a manufacturing issue that I found in several of my
Astron supplies that can cause instability. The bond between the AC
green wire, V-, is insulated from the
Clarifying a typo, "antenna tuners" like the KAT500 are networks that
transform the impedance presented by the transmission line to 50 ohms,
allowing the output stage to provide power to the line. This has NO
effect on loss in the line, which is determined solely by the match
between the
On 12/3/2023 4:20 PM, David Woolley wrote:
small, ferrite toroid. Using a higher frequency allows a less bulky
transformer.
Yes.
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On 12/3/2023 9:23 AM, Bob McGraw wrote:
Jim, K9YC, has very strong merits in that each and every piece of
equipment MUST be bonded to a single common point. I use the station
power supply for my single common bonding point. I DO NOT use an
external dedicated ground as it would be 35 ft in
On 12/2/2023 7:33 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
Most of them have almost no reliable voltage regulation either. They are
typically designed for a certain load, and if they don't see that load
the voltage is much higher than rated. I've tested dozens of these
things (I tend not to throw anything
On 12/2/2023 5:48 PM, W2HX wrote:
I then replaced the wall-wart power supply with a 12V battery. And this
is what I saw for BOTH bypass and inline. Clearly the problem.
https://w2hx.com/x/Elecraft/KAT500/Noise-Issue/KAT500-battery.png
using a battery, the noise is about -80 dBm. Using the
On 11/29/2023 7:47 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
The MAX3232 terminates the input with 5k which is almost identical to the
KAT500 transmitter source impedance.
The impedance that must be matched to preserve waveshape is that of the
transmission line. The RS232 protocol does not do that. Most other
On 11/28/2023 6:46 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
Isn't it true that the KAT500 USB cable uses RS-232 protocol but TTL signal
levels? T
RS-232 is NOT a matched transmission line -- it's a low-Z source and
high-Z input. The limitation on line length is not signal strength, but
rounding of the
On 11/21/2023 9:03 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
I should be able to fix the problem with better decoupling and/or choking of
the breakout box connections.
That suggests bonding and grounding may not be sufficient. Every chassis
that is part of the station must be bonded together, and that bonded
On 11/20/2023 8:00 PM, Rick NK7I wrote:
In that search, high on the list of suspects (right up there with
failure of any antenna elements) is damage from tiny livestock (mice,
rats, birds that may have gotten into the attic or bugs like mud wasps);
chewed wires, cables and insulators.
More
Schematics are on their website.
73, Jim K9YC
On 11/15/2023 5:20 AM, sem...@semaos.plus.com wrote:
Can anyone tell me where I can get the values of Resistor R81 on the K3S RF
Board please?
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I have cables that control the amplifier for each radio.
By default, the KPA500, KPA1500, and KAT500 all have near-instantaneous
frequency-detection. They switch very quickly to the right band, and the
tuners will recall previous antenna tunings for the detected frequency.
All it takes is a
On 11/10/2023 6:27 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
I started operating FT8 while my KPA-1500amp was out for repair. Now
it's back and raising a question:
Operating with just my K-3, set at 100 watts, I would see 100 watts
indicated on its meter through the whole 15-second FT8 transmission..
When
On 11/8/2023 8:21 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
I've fairly well established that the problem is not at the antenna, but
arising somewhere in the grounding/RFI protection in my station, since
it occurs only on one band and (more importantly) because it stopped
totally after I re-tightened all the
On 11/6/2023 10:37 AM, Wes wrote:
I've been licensed 65 years and I've never owned a transceiver with two
receivers. I am one away (drat) from top of the DXCC Honor Roll, am on
both the Mixed and Phone HR, am a few short on CW and have DXCC on nine
bands.
A person's needs/desires depends on
On 10/28/2023 2:29 PM, John Overbaugh wrote:
Messing around with PSK today and I'm stumped... I am sure I just switched
a setting somewhere but I can't figure out where. When I am in DATA A mode
for PSK, I see the CWT meter, not the ALC meter.
ALC shows only in TX mode. For digital modes, the
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On 10/26/2023 10:20 AM, Clay Autery wrote:
1) It ain't Elecraft.
That could be a plus -- that 20 year old series of transverters had
serious stability problems, thanks at least in part to seriously flawed
construction. RF I/O was on BNCs that were isolated from the chassis! I
bought a set
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On 10/12/2023 4:33 PM, Al via Elecraft wrote:
A large music distributor, sweetwater.com, sells the Yamaha language
learning system and has occasionally had CM-500s available at a reasonable
price.
They're a good, long established company. Another in that league is Full
Compass, based in
On 9/17/2023 9:51 AM, n...@n1ix.com wrote:
As you probably know the K4 is a great radio but I am a CW op and don't use
most of the features.
I've always been primarily a CW op, and my K4D is the best rig for CW
I've ever owned in 69 years as a ham. I especially like the filters and
the sound
On 9/16/2023 7:09 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
Don't push too hard. Even though dad fixed some TVs up until I was six
or seven, I didn't gain an interest in electronics until after high
school at age 17. As a youth I had Lego, Tinker Toys, and Erector Sets.
All were educational in various ways.
On 9/1/2023 7:21 PM, Michael Carter wrote:
One clarification on the AUXBUS signal: the
'auxbus' is Elecraft's proprietary 1-wire
signaling scheme by which the main MCU
on the K2 Control board talks to all of the
other controller ICs on the various option
modules and the I/O controller (relay
On 9/1/2023 1:36 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
Regardless of what else you carry, I recommend taking a BNC to double binding
post adaptor and two wires, 25 feet each.
Excellent advice.
73, Jim K9YC
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On 9/1/2023 12:46 PM, Bill Priakos via Elecraft wrote:
I am new to the site – I hear some antenna designs for portable operation with
the KX3 posted here!
There's nothing special about antennas for Elecraft radios. The ARRL
Handbook and Antenna Book are our friends, and ought to be on every
On 8/31/2023 2:45 PM, Henry Pfizenmayer via Elecraft wrote:
I have a friend across town who has a KPA500 built from a kit Aug 2017 SN
33XX who has never used his K3S or KPA500 on17 m and just got an antenna for
17 and lo and behold NOTHING he does will allow operation on 17.
Hank,
Will
On 8/29/2023 7:58 PM, ken.k...@gmail.com wrote:
80 meter OCFD through an LDG AT-1000Pro tuner for
everything below 20.
Where is the tuner?
Jim
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On 8/29/2023 11:58 AM, ken.k...@gmail.com wrote:
The designer of the switch says that each band data channel only draws
around 4 mA, with each channel buffered by a transistor switch in an attempt
to isolate the band data voltage from the radio. In my working days in the
entertainment industry,
On 8/8/2023 10:32 PM, Victor Rosenthal wrote:
Back in the days that I operated SSB, I transmitted more than one meow as a
result of using VOX.
I had a cat that loved to sleep on top of my K2, while looking out the
window. I have photos.
73, Jim K9YC
On 8/8/2023 7:07 AM, David Herring wrote:
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
On 8/7/2023 4:09 PM, David Herring wrote:
I can confirm that it works (albeit poorly) with bias on and does not work at
all when the bias is turned off.
Thanks Dave.
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On 8/7/2023 12:44 PM, Alan Bloom wrote:
I also use it for recording a radio show on a computer sound card.
Again, I have to set the gain to near maximum to get proper levels.
Alan,
The CM500 has always had an electret mic, which requires bias, although
the data sheet has always called it a
On 8/7/2023 10:46 AM, Larry Martin wrote:
I've read several comments that the current CM-500's don't have as good of a
microphone as the earlier ones.
That's news to me, but the last one I bought was 4-5 years ago.
73, Jim K9YC
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Looks like a well thought out design, except for the focus on impedance
matching, which hasn't been the practice in audio for almost 50 years.
Impedance matching is primarily a transmission lines concept. Standard
practice has long been low-Z source and high-Z input impedance. :)
I don't see
On 8/6/2023 2:29 PM, George Fremin III wrote:
I tried settings that rolled off the low end in a few contests but for me this
is not work well - this gives me a fuller sound that I am much happier with and
I often get good audio reports from folks.
Hi George,
Your monster station gives you a
On 8/6/2023 11:43 AM, Eric Garner wrote:
2nding the radiosport headsets. They are not cheap, but they are
comfortable for extended wear, sound great, and block nearly all background
noise.
Comfort depends strongly on the head of the wearer. I tried on a set
twice, first at a club meeting,
On 8/3/2023 3:47 PM, G3WPF via Elecraft wrote:
I would still rather travel one hour within this country to get things
sorted. Your experience of Kenwood in the USD is a mirror image of the
situation here with Elecraft. It seems a characteristic of US
manufactured equipment over here going
On 8/3/2023 2:29 AM, G3WPF via Elecraft wrote:
You are still missing the point Jim.
The choice is simple. The customer can either go through the risk and
rigmarole of conducting their business direct with Elecraft, several
thousand miles away or driving an hour or so to buy/have
On 8/2/2023 7:40 PM, Peter Hall wrote:
Unfortunately, Elecraft's preferred carrier - UPS - is certainly not Tier-1
Elecraft is a small enough company that the issue of shipment could
certainly be addressed when discussing a purchase. I've long heard that
DHL is well respected in the UK.
On 8/2/2023 12:55 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
That's a pretty simplistic and condescending reply to Geert's well
written post.
Which ignore the obvious -- ask before assuming.
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On 8/2/2023 12:34 PM, Geert Jan de Groot wrote:
For one, it is not obvious because Elecraft does not have (and can not
have) expertise in the complex and fast-changing world of international
customs regulations.
Management at Elecraft are not babes in the woods.
73, Jim K9YC
Call Elecraft and see what they tell you. Why is this not obvious?
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On 7/31/2023 2:14 PM, jerry wrote:
Interesting. Suppose the service entrance is at one end of the house,
and the ham shack at the other end? I don't think it's physically
possible to provide a low inductance path that's 60 feet long, is it?
I've posted a link to my tutorial, which covers
On 7/30/2023 4:40 PM, Oscar Staudt wrote:
I attempted to get 3-5 bars of ALC by turning up the mic gain control. Even
with the gain up to 80, I’d have to speak*very* loudly to just get a
flicker on the ALC meter.
Do the headphones work? Are you sure that the mic is plugged all the
way into
On 7/29/2023 7:18 PM, Steve L wrote:
What I don’t clearly see is how to provide a station and antenna ground for a
basement operating position.
Steve,
Email reflectors are NOT the place to learn this stuff, but they are the
place to learn where to learn it. STUDY the link I provided to my
On 7/28/2023 5:46 PM, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft wrote:
Turned out when the cable was brought into the house many years ago the
installer failed to adequately ground at the entry point
In the home I bought here in W6, power, CATV, and telco terminate at the
same point. That's a good
A very significant thing I remember that's new/significantly expanded in
the second edition is to address a shack on a higher floor or otherwise
non-ideally located. Other issues like that. A lot of little stuff, like
responding to questions Ward had heard when he did talks to clubs and at
On 7/28/2023 1:31 PM, Al Lorona wrote:
Please don't laugh at me; I'm a transplant from a region of the country with
essentially no lightning to a region where you have to worry about it quite a
bit.
The answer is, as KK9A said, to follow proper grounding and bonding to
the letter. N0AX's
Interesting! Other observations in this thread have been with respect
to FT8 signals on 6M.
73, Jim K9YC
On 7/23/2023 7:45 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
Andy,
My observations here are consistent with yours -- I regularly see
Doppler on either side of a signal, sometimes even both sides, which
Andy,
My observations here are consistent with yours -- I regularly see
Doppler on either side of a signal, sometimes even both sides, which
would be consistent with multiple aircraft. And without Doppler, I
always see low level sidebands on locals that are approximately
symmetrical with the
Exactly right, Joe.
AND, the crystal filters in the K3 are not ideal. Soon after I started
running RTTY with my K3s in 2008, I saw incidental AM resulting from the
ripple in the stock 2.7 kHz 5-pole filter. When I replaced it with a 2.8
kHz 8-pole filter, which is flatter, but still not
On 7/23/2023 9:49 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
It is my belief that many of the wide FT8 signals seen on 6 m FT8 are caused by
Doppler shifted aircraft reflections. It's very common here in the Phoenix
metro area and does not imply that the transmitted signal was in any way
abnormal.
YES! It's
On 7/20/2023 2:47 PM, Rick NK7I wrote:
s said MANY times, set the WSJT-X output to MAX, then IGNORE IT.
Hi Rick,
This is the only part of your excellent advice that I disagree with. The
reason is that the analog stages of computer gear tend to be poor, and
start generating increased
On 7/20/2023 2:16 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
I've recently started operating FT8, and on advice from other K3 users,
have been adjusting the power slider in WSJT-X to a level just short of
or just into the first flickers of ALC. I did this because I was
advised that setting the slider for 4
On 7/18/2023 1:58 AM, Paul Barlow wrote:
I'm still using a paper log, and QRP CW is my 'thing'.
One other thing. By all means, get into computer logging. MANY reasons
to do so, including easy interface with LOTW. Like you, I've always been
primarily a CW op, work some QRP, but also do lots
Hi Paul,
Yes, that USB cable will work just fine for rig control. You will want
some sort of audio interface. The Signalink is well advertised, but not
a great product nor value for the money. There's a piece on my website
about some very good interfaces from the world of pro audio. Some of
On 7/16/2023 6:43 AM, Rajiv Dewan wrote:
What do you think I should check or do?
Call Elecraft support. Their service techs will likely have seen it before.
73, Jim K9YC
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Right. Bad fingers.
On 7/10/2023 8:17 AM, Kent Trimble wrote:
Jim ...
There was no FTDX1000.
FTDX5000 maybe?
Kent
K9ZTV
On 7/10/2023 5:40 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
It was motivated by complaints by WRTC participants of trash
competitors in the same group of sites were generating with rigs
On 7/9/2023 11:32 PM, dyno lab wrote:
However, a new K3s Retrofit RF power amplifier is coming on the market that
will resolve this problem and it may be seen in my W7YNC Bio at QRZ.com
Engineering is NOT defined as producing an ideal product, but one with
certain user objectives, one of
On 7/2/2023 7:54 AM, Christian Friess wrote:
I don't own a K4. But my experience let me bet "RF got into a cable".
I wonder what power you are using.
There is a SCREAMING Pin One Problem at the connector for the paddle
and/or the key. From what I can discern from Elecraft's response, it is
This is typical of what I see anytime I tune the phone bands from Yaesu
rigs, except that the dynamic range my K4D is far better adjusted. I've
been posting about this for a couple of years now. Around that time,
W4TV had posted general comments about how it was happening.
73, Jim K9YC
On
On 7/1/2023 10:34 AM, Steve L wrote:
The IC7300 was among the better commercial transceivers in terms of spurious
emissions, clicks, splatter, etc. It wasn’t at the top of the list (the K3s is
however), but was in the “better” category. However, Rob recommended a change
in the CW signal rise
On 7/1/2023 8:47 AM, Steve L wrote:
I recently discovered several presentations by Rob Sherwood - famous for his
receiver testing. I was fortunate to get to meet him at Hamvention this year
and thanked him for his work. His new(?) message: CLEAN UP THE DIRTY
TRANSMITTERS. And he calls out
On 6/26/2023 4:08 PM, Wes wrote:
You simply have to be nice to the inexperience operators and coach them
along.
It's far more than that -- far too many stations run high power. We
added an SSB station one year from a 5,000 ft peak; it was a complete
exercise in frustration. CW is FAR more
On 6/26/2023 2:01 PM, Jan wrote:
The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used
Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with
73, Jan K1ND
PS: At 86 years of age it was fun!
At W6BX, W6JTI and I, also octogenarians, worked you on at least one
band. We were QRP
On 6/26/2023 12:24 PM, W3AB/GEO wrote:
A good product line at a good price. Used his products in the past. Very
satisfied.
https://w2ihy.com/product-category/equalizers/
Good to know that they're good quality, but I firmly agree with W4TV
that they're a great example of a "fool and his
I strongly agree with Joe. Both of us have broadcast experience, after
that, I spent most of my life in pro audio. And I've been a ham for 67
years. Not to be interpreted as set in my ways -- far from it, I was an
early adopter of WSJT modes about 10 years ago. My only minor difference
with
On 6/25/2023 11:05 PM, Richard wrote:
I love my K3s, warts and all, but I want a way to tailor incoming audio for
better readability in special cases. Yes, I know about the built-in function,
but that's hardly comfortable for quick, on-the-fly adjustments.
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