[Elecraft] Need a new way to do Field Day Logging

Hi to the group I have run a program called 73 on my IPAD for several years but now the author has died and Apple has updated the IPAD operating system and the program will not run. I operated entirely battery with solar charging and for several years was able to run the I3S, P3 and the IPAD

[Elecraft] MFJ1234 remote now completely working

Hi to the group Last night I asked the group some questions but today I figured out the answers so thought I should pass them along. I had another remote setup several years ago but it only had a few MACROS and for that reason and all the wires I had to hook or change to use it was nothing

[Elecraft] K3s and MFJ1234 for camping

Hi to the group I have camped for many years and years ago set up my station for remote operation and had some fun. The setup was complicated and I changed computers and other station equipment and have not used it remotely for about the last five years. I bought the MFJ1234 about a month ago

Re: [Elecraft] P3 - unfinished product

I have one feature I would like to see on the P3. I would like the demodulated digital text to appear on the bottom of the P3 as it does on the PX3. I use that feature often on my PX3. It should be able to be done similar to the PX3 as the text is already sent from the K3 to the P3. Thank for

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Ant 1 and Ant 2 Isolation?

Hi to Rich and the group During field day I ran my KX3 with the tuner from the KXPA100 at 5 watts. I had my 44 ft doublet fed with 22 ft of window line on my 24 ft painters pole in the center with a 10 ft PVC support on each end of the doublet. I had a 33 ft MFJ fiberglass mast with 29 ft of

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 FAST-PLAY field-test firmware now available (rev. 2.11)

Hi to the group. I updated my KX3 to this FAST-PLAY firmware just hours before field day started. I made 118 QRP battery contacts using the Fast-Play feature and had no troubles with the download or the firmware. I was able to leave most of the cables between my computer and the KX3

[Elecraft] Camp with my KX3 and KXPA100

Hi to the group Once again I am camping at Scenic State Park in northern MN. The park does not have electricity and the noise level is low. I am running 20 CW with the pre amp at 30 db and the ATT off and have an S meter reading of S2 on background noise. I am able to run 60 watts CW using my

[Elecraft] Enable ANT 2 on KXPA100

Hi to the group. I remember turning off ANT 2 on the KX3-KPA100 combination last winter. Now I am out camping and want to turn it back on but can't remember where I got the information to turn it on and off. Thanks in advance for help. 73 Ken W0CZ w0cz at i29 dot net Sent from my iPad

Re: [Elecraft] Heatsink confusion

Hi Phil The times you would need a heatsink is when running PSK31, RTTY, AM and FM. These are all continuous duty and make the KX3 produce heat faster than it can be dissipated. I tend to rag chew on PSK31 so I added the large heat sink by VE7FMN to my KX3. I had to run a 3 inch fan before to

Re: [Elecraft] P3 adding rf protection diodes question

Hi Joe. I think you could use the 1n148 diodes and they should be OK across the input of the Elecraft P3. The problem is from larger static voltages that could destroy the solid state devices in the P3 but with the two diodes back to back the static voltages should be held to 0.6 volts and

[Elecraft] HP Laptop Audio Jack layout

Hi to the group MY NEW 17 INCH HP LAPTOP AUDIO JACK TIP IS RIGHT CHANNEL SPKR RING 1 IS LEFT CHANNEL SPKR RING 2 IS GROUND SLEVE IS HOT MIC This has been a long week. Last week my 17 inch Toshiba lap top started random but serious failures. I reloaded it several times and even bought a new

Re: [Elecraft] Parts in North Dakota

Gregory You are right Thief River Falls, MN is only 130 miles from me but minimum orders and shipping charges still apply and are high. Sometimes like my last project they will sell 10,000 for a cheap price but won't sell one at any price. As I said home brewing is expensive and frustrating.

[Elecraft] TIP, RING,RING, Sleeve plug

Hi to the group I had my computer go bad and replaced it this week end. I have everything working except my old computer had separate AF and MIC jacks. My new computer has a combined AF/MIC jack. I need to find that kind of plug so I can build an adaptor but I don't even know what it is called

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - how can I measure the kx3 pa temp while connected to the KXPA100 ?

Hi Jeff I use the KX3 OSC*##C to monitor the temperature of the KX3 and the PAx ##C to monitor the temperature of the KXPA100. That worked for me while I was running PSK31 and RTTY as W1AW/0 for North Dakota. I have ordered the extra heat sink for my KX3 as I think it runs too hot in RTTY and

Re: [Elecraft] Field day and Fldigi

improvement to my contesting experience. 73 and hope to work you on FD. Ken W0CZ w0cz at i29 dot net Sent from my iPad On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Kenneth A Christiansen w...@i29.net wrote: Hi to the group It is raining in North Dakota so I am spending a day in the shack and installed

[Elecraft] Field day and Fldigi

Hi to the group It is raining in North Dakota so I am spending a day in the shack and installed FLDIGI on my Windows lap top. I want to use it for Field Day and some contests. Under CONFIG/RIG CONTROL/RIG/HAMLIB I was able to choose K3/KX3 and the program seems to do everything I would want to

[Elecraft] A2 to CW KEY for FLDIGI

Hi to the group. I have given up on getting the software for FLDIGI to work so I can read the frequency of the KX3 and still send KY commands to the KX3. I can't find any place to report my problem and I have spent hours searching on the internet. They have an option that puts out a keyed

[Elecraft] KX3 and KXPA100 in high duty cycle use

Hi to the group I was in the W1AW/0 event from North Dakota and the NDQP event for about 12 operating hours over the last 4 days. My modes were RTTY at 80 watts and PSK31 at 30 watts. I quickly learned when I was getting ready that these modes caused the equipment to heat up too much. I found

[Elecraft] Getting KX3 ready for Digital modes

Hi to the group I hope to take part in the NDQP next week end using RTTY and PSK31. I have an IMD METER by KK7UQ and the first thing I found was the K3 had an IMD of 29 to 30 at all power levels when set up properly. The KX3-KPA100 had an IMD of 34 at all power levels when set up properly. I

[Elecraft] FSKD and PSKD Mark Frequency

Hi to the group I think I lowered the FSKD MARK to 915 hz and PSKD FC to 1000 hz when I set up my KX3. Now I would like to reset them to the way the KX3 came. How do I do it? if I hold down PITCH and turn the KEYER/MIC knob I hear clicks but the frequency does not change. Is my memory bad or

Re: [Elecraft] USB to Serial Ports adapter: a product test

Hi Don and the group Could you give us the information on which wires of the Wouxun cable go to which pins on the DB9 connector so I can use the USB adaptor for my K3 to program my hand held. I have only 3 computers all using Windows 8.1 and so far a work around but haven't used it for a month

Re: [Elecraft] USB to Serial Ports adapter: a product test

. The easy answer is to just order the serial cable and use whatever USB to Serial adapter you may have that works. Thanks Eric for tolerating this OT subject. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/28/2014 9:19 AM, Kenneth A Christiansen wrote: Hi Don and the group Could you give us the information

Re: [Elecraft] Panadaptor for the KX3

Sorry my fat fingers messed this up but the content of my reply is below. 73 Ken W0CZ w0cz at i29 dot net Sent from my iPad On Mar 13, 2014, at 1:43 PM, w...@i29.net w...@i29.net wrote: Hi Pete I have been using ROCKY as a panadapter on my KX3 along with the iMic stereo USB sound

Re: [Elecraft] NaP3 MACROS

there are other programs that do similar things. KEN W0CZ w0cz at i29 dot net Sent from my iPad On Mar 2, 2014, at 7:34 PM, Kenneth A Christiansen w...@i29.net wrote: Hi to the group I set up my KX3, iMic, and a Windows 8.1 laptop this week end with the NaP3 panadaptor program. Everything

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 / NaP3 Display Images

Hi Jim You should check your AUDIO CARD Right click on the speaker icon Left click Recording devices Left click on the Device you are using to for the NNaP3 Left click PROPERTIES Left click Advanced Choose 2 tone 16 bit at the highest rate of your SOUND CARD Mine is 48000 Check Allow applications

[Elecraft] NaP3 MACROS

Hi to the group I set up my KX3, iMic, and a Windows 8.1 laptop this week end with the NaP3 panadaptor program. Everything works well and I am impressed with all the features this program adds to the KX3. I do have one problem though. I want to set up some MACROS to send messages on CW or RTTY

Re: [Elecraft] OT OS gotchas

Hi David and the group I have run XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and now Windows 8.1 since each system came out. There were some growing pains moving from from Windows XP to Windows 7 and again to Windows 8 as the procedures changed from what we were used to. I had to upgrade MIXW but now Windows 8

Re: [Elecraft] KXPD3 Gold-plated contacts ?

Hi to the group I think I have an easy solution to the problem indicated here. The first problem may be the hinges of the paddles. I took a fine wire out of an audio cable and put one end under the screw on each paddle. I looped and soldered this wire to the ground terminal of the connector to

Re: [Elecraft] KX3+KXPA100 operation improved when running from a 12-V battery

a threshold of current drain, temperature, or other parameters. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jan 14, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Kenneth A Christiansen w...@i29.net wrote: I brought up my old deep discharge battery and am extremely please with the way it now works with the KX3 and the KXPA100. The KX3

Re: [Elecraft] KX3+KXPA100 operation improved when running from a 12-V battery

Wayne and the group Thank you for the new KX3 experimental firmware. I downloaded it tonight and quickly decided in my city environment the NOR setting was better for listening to weak stations on the low end of the broadcast band as I was getting some type of interference from higher in the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AFSK RTTY problem

Hi Ron and the group I hope you got your equipment to work on RTTY yesterday but if you didn't I have been there and done that several times. I didn't see anyone else respond so I will share some of my experiences. The first thing on all Windows systems newer than XP, Right click SPEAKERS

[Elecraft] KXPA100-AT observations

Hi to the group A few days ago someone asked questions about the KXPA100-AT and at the time I wished for the same information. I got mine yesterday and I am looking forward to using it on the SKN tonight and tomorrow. I have it hidden behind the second monitor for my computer so my station now

[Elecraft] Toggle PF1 in KX3

Hi from Ken W0CZ I want to toggle between BW 2800 and BW 50 on my KX3. I wrote the following macro lines and they work from the command line of the utility but do not toggle when using the PF1 of the KX3. 1 BW0280;SWH12;MN110;SWT19;SWH18;SWH09; 2

[Elecraft] K3 and KX3 in contests

Hi to the group I earlier wished for a report of how the K3 and KX3 compared in a contest. Here is my report. I have run my K3 for 6 years in many contests and usually run in the 5 watt QRP class. I was always impressed by how much better the K3 handled close in QRM and full break in than my

[Elecraft] Rocky and Windows 8.1

Hi again from Ken W0CZ Last summer I had Rocky working on my Toshiba laptop using a Griffin iMic as a stereo input for the I/Q on my KX3. I wanted to have a display similar to the P3 on my K3. It worked and I put it aside. This week end I entered the ARRL SweepSteaks and wanted to use Rocky

Re: [Elecraft] Rocky and Windows 8.1

sample rate if the iMIC supports it. Widows generally selects 1 channel as the default for any USB microphone device - whether the hardware supports one or two channels. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 11/7/2013 10:34 AM, Kenneth A Christiansen wrote: Hi again from Ken W0CZ Last summer I

[Elecraft] IPad, Camera Connector, iMic Charger

Hi again from Ken W0CZ My first problem got fixed so nice I will hope for help on this one. I have SDR software on my iPad and a camera connection kit to connect an iMic. This set up works well but of course the battery does not last long enough for field day or a week of camping. Is there a

Re: [Elecraft] So here is one that has me stumped...

Hi Dale I ran into a similar problem a year ago with a friends LDG tuner. He moved to a nursing home and other people put up the station and antenna in the attic. I found they cut the coax and just pushed the two ends together. We fixed that and the LDG tuner would not make a match but did try.

Re: [Elecraft] So here is one that has me stumped...

on the tuner...same set up for my old rig...thanks for the feedback though...my symptons r the same Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. From: Kenneth A Christiansen Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 1:12 PM To: George Pontiakos Cc: Dale Putnam

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and Rocky 3.7

be modified with a couple of added capacitors to reduce the noise level - Google for the mod information. The biggest consideration for use with the KX3 RX I/Q output is the noise level rather than the bandwidth of the soundcard. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/24/2013 10:11 PM, Kenneth

[Elecraft] KX3 and Rocky 3.7

I am trying to get Rocky 3.7 to work with my KX3 similar to the display of the P3 and my K3. I have Rocky 3.7 running on my laptop computer and Windows 8. Rx I/Q is turned on in the menu of the KX3 and the cable supplied by Elecraft is running to my Creative model SB1100 USB sound adapter. My

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and Rocky 3.7

soundcards have mono input when the mic input is selected, but may (or may not) when the Line In is selected - I/Q decoding requires stereo soundcard input - if the input is mono, you will see exactly the condition you report. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/24/2013 9:32 PM, Kenneth A Christiansen

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and Rocky 3.7

/2013 10:11 PM, Kenneth A Christiansen wrote: Hi Don You answered and confirmed my suspicion. I suspect since I have a new Elecraft cable and the sound card only has the MIKE input that it is MONO. Do you know of a USB sound card that you will work? I would rather by something good that I

[Elecraft] RX I/Q simple spectrum software.

Hi from Ken W0CZ I have KX3 SN 4275, a Windows 8 laptop and I am looking for a simple program that would use the RX IQ jack to display a portion of the band the way my K3-P3 does. I do not need or want it to control my KX3 as I want my logging program to control the KX3. I also don't want it

[Elecraft] Serial Number Data Base

Hi from Ken W0CZ I remember entering my serial number in a data base when I built me K2 and later my K3. I can't seem to find that location to enter the serial number for my KX3. Was this data base discontinued? Does anyone know the way to get to it if it is still in use? Thanks Ken W0CZ

[Elecraft] Modification I made to KXPD3

My KX3 came last Monday and I used it extensively camping this week end. The contacts on the KXPD3 acted dirty after about 4 hours of CW so I finished the QSO with my Palm Mini Paddle. I cleaned the contacts with paper and WD40 but soon it again got just as bad. I took it apart and noticed the

Re: [Elecraft] Noise when plugging kx3 into computer

I have been able to kill my computer noise to my K3 by putting a USB hub between my computer and the USB to serial converter to my K3. It is worth a try as the hub was cheap and I discovered it by accident. 73 and good luck Ken W0CZ Sent from my iPad On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Don Wilhelm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility Noise

I had a bad problem with noise when I hooked my K3 to my computer using a USB adapter and any program that polled the K3 frequency. I had to add a USB hub for another problem and discovered that it cured the noise problem. Now I always feed the USB adapter thru a USB hub and never have the

[Elecraft] 20 meter net

Hi Kevin I was on 20 meters watching from 14.049.5 to 14.050.5. I only heard one station from Texas and not the station he was working. I had no reason to look so far away from the net frequency for you as you are usually within 500 hz of the net frequency. I suspect most of our net members

Re: [Elecraft] OT: High RF currents in small TX'ing lopps

Hi Ken I have had the MFJ 3 foot loop for several years. I am now using it to receive only as it has a better signal to noise ratio than my Hy-Tower vertical. I found the SWR drifted badly due to changes in temperature caused by sun light and the environment. I felt it was much more stable at

[Elecraft] OT: High RF currents in small TX'ing loops

Hi Ken I have had the MFJ 3 foot loop for several years. I am now using it to receive only as it has a better signal to noise ratio than my Hy-Tower vertical. I found the SWR drifted badly due to changes in temperature caused by sun light and the environment. I felt it was much more stable at

[Elecraft] Contest

I have been a ham for 46 years and except for field day which I was not very good at avoided contests. I always found 30 meters to be better than normal during contests because many wonderful hams came down there when the bands were busy. About 10 years ago I did my first contest using my

[Elecraft] K2 remote antenna tuner question

Hi to Ron VE8RT and the group. I have used a MFJ-927 remote tuner for the last three years with my HY-Tower vertical about 20 feet from my house. The power for the tuner is added to the transmit coax here in the shack and the tuner is at the base of my antenna. We have long cold winters here

[Elecraft] Prevent Snow/Dirt Static damage to KPA100 after upgrade

40 years ago we had a windy dust storm in Bismarck ND and I lost the RF amplifier in my new solid state Heathkit receiver three times that day before I realized the dirt and high winds were putting a static charge on my antenna. I found there was a capacitor between the antenna and the RF amp

Re: [Elecraft] Prevent Snow/Dirt Static damage to KPA100 after upgrade

of the T adapter, and connect the antenna to the other. A resistor will do OK, but the choke provides a better low DC resistance path than a resistor. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/23/2010 5:07 PM, Kenneth A. Christiansen wrote: 40 years ago we had a windy dust storm in Bismarck ND and I lost

[Elecraft] K3+P3+MFJ-1026 = 3 black boxes = 1 happy camper

My P3 came a couple of weeks ago and went together just fine. The bands have been bad at my QTH for a long time yet every time I go camping they are good. The first thing the P3 showed me was a higher then expected noise level on all the bands. I had a noise level of -90 to maybe -100 at

[Elecraft] USB Sound Card for digital modes.

Rich told me he was having trouble sending this to the reflector but it is such valuable advice and works so well I want to share it with the group. I find even the DUPE warnings now come on the main computer speaker even while sending PSK31 on the USB sound card. My IMD meter reads -29 to -33

[Elecraft] USB Sound Card for digital modes.

Hi from Ken I put Windows7 on my computer and for the most part everything is working well but now I got around to using PSK31 and have a problem. The waterfall will show a signal for just a couple of seconds but then the signal goes away. I thought I had it fixed by turning off the noise

[Elecraft] USB Sound Card for digital modes.

Hi. to the group. Thanks to the several people that sent me hints about my problems. I put several of the letters together and came up with a solution that works well for me. I bought the Creative Sound Blaster X-FI-GP SB1100 and it is now working just like I was used to before the Windows7

[Elecraft] Hnit for using Windows7 and PSK31

I could tune in a PSK31 signal using either MixW or Digipan but it would go away after just a few letters both on the screen and the water fall. I found the following procedure fixed the problem. Right click the speakers ICON Left Click Recording Devices Left click Communications Left Click Do

[Elecraft] Life is good

The new Synchronous AM Receive just capped all the improvements I have been able to make to 160 meters this year. I use my Hy-Gain Hy-Tower with a MFJ-927 remote tuner and a home made load coil to transmit. I am able to receive on my 80 meter dipole with the separate receiver input of the K3

[Elecraft] Question about MixW

Hi to the group. I am using my K3 to work SweepStakes. I made several bad mistakes at the start so I will not send in my report as I don't want to mess up the scores of the people I worked for the first two hours. I now have the Macro fixed by using NRS instead of QSONR which was logging wrong

[Elecraft] I did use K3 in 160 meter contest

I was in 1st place single operator low power cw North Dakota and #7 10th Area. I got into the wrong log the other day and thought I did it with the IC-753 PRO which I in fact did in 2008. In 2009 I had my K3/100 running at 50 watts. I had 3 pages of MixW log in 2009 and only 1 page in 2008.

[Elecraft] KUSB and Windows 7

was also able to use MixW to control the K3. There is a PDF version of the MixW help files that will work with both Vista and Windows 7. The computers seem to work well so far. I hope this information can be useful to the Elecraft group. 73 and good luck. Kenneth A. Christiansen W0CZ w

Re: [Elecraft] Good experiance using the K3-100 on battery power

Bob Wrote ++ What did you use for an antenna when you were camping in Northern Mn? This is a Honda eu2000i question mostly. They can make a lot of noise especially into low mounted verticals. Bob KB1FRW ++ I have been camping and doing ham radio together for over

[Elecraft] Good experiance using the K3-100 on battery power

I have used my K2 and later K2-100 as my camping rig since the year 2000. This year I wanted to try my K3-100 for field day as QRP 1B ND. I took the K3 with me over Memorial day and ran it at 100 W CW. On Sunday morning I did 160 meter SSB and AM. I was pleasantly surprised how well the battery

[Elecraft] New K3 software 3.25 Noise Reduction works

I found the new Elecraft Untiltiy and K3 software 3.25 on the Elecraft website tonight. I live in Fargo ND and have lots of line noise and this new software is by far the best I have ever tried. I am looking forward to more CW contacts from home instead of having to go camping to hear most of

[Elecraft] K3 pwr out on digimodes

+If the filter response varies across the passband, which it does, the ALC +will vary the amount of gain used to try to keep the RF level to the amount +it is set at, whether the signal is being generated near the edge of the +passband or at the center. This is important to the PSK31 operator who

Re: [Elecraft] K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP

wayne burdick wrote: All RTTY issues noted, Dave -- thanks. Congratulations on your excellent showing! Wayne N6KR I use the 200 hz filter on RTTY all the time including the ARRL RTTY Round UP. I set up my 200 hz filter as a 300 hz filter in the config

[Elecraft] K3 Using RFV and dBV

the earlier talk about the K3 S meter got me to thinking about a problem I wanted to address. I wanted to use the S meter to track small changes in level. My IC-746 PRO has twice the segments of my K3 but that was not enough either. The K3 S meter is great on the air as I never give anyone a

Re: [Elecraft] OT: fan control in MFJ-4225MV switching P/S

I used a 5 volt regulator on my MFJ 4225 to slow down the fan. This allows the fan to start reliably at any voltage. I have run mine and my K2-100 this way for at least 5 years with no problem on SSB, CW and DIGITAL. 73 Ken W0CZ Bill NZ0T Wrote As I'm not a very technical person I just used a

[Elecraft] K3 noise blanker sure does the job.

I ordered my K3 in June of 2007 after a strong local noise level started at my Fargo ND QTH. (That was the factor that convinced me I needed a K3). The noise went away for a few months about the time I got my K3 so while I was pleased with how the K3 took care of the normal noise of the city I

[Elecraft] No field day this year for W0CZ

I just got my notification from the Salvation Army that I will be spending two weeks driving a canteen at Cedar Rapids Iowa. I will be missing field day which I have been looking forward to all year. I missed field day the year I built my K2 as as I got flooded my self here in Fargo ND. I

[Elecraft] K3 QRP Battery Field Day

program compiled in quick basic several years ago. If anyone wants it just drop me a line and I will send it as a attachment to an E-Mail. Hope to work all of you 1B ND. 73 for now Kenneth A. Christiansen W0CZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Elecraft] Hint on the K3 from W0CZ

Last week end my XYL was gone and I got to spend some quality time with my K3. I went out to Best Buy with my birthday gift certificate looking for a headset. Most of their headsets needed to plug into a USB port on a computer so I had to overlook them. I found a Dynex stereo headset for about

[Elecraft] Value of 500 and 200 hz roofing filters

I live on a city lot with lots of electrical noise. For this reason good noise reduction features are important if I want to be on the air. The thing that made me order my K3 last summer was the fact that the noise blanker in the IC-746PRO would work just fine until a strong station such as

[Elecraft] Solar power for the K2

I got into some wrong notes this morning. 600 MA is the amount adding the KPA-100 adds to the K3 during key down or transmit conditions. My earlier measurements were the right ones. I have the larger solar controller from Don Brown KD5NDB and it works well with an AC power supply I use to

[Elecraft] Split and fast QSY settings

Hi to the group from W0CZ K3 457 The Config settingVFO OFS - ON seems to do what the group wants. Hold B-SET and the CLR knob will move B in a fast mode. Turn off B-SET and it will move A in the fast mode. I discovered this yesterday and now don't even use the RATE to change the VFO knob speed.

[Elecraft] K3 Send and receive data on a terminal program?

I have been using K3 0047 and having lots of fun. I have the KUSB from Elecraft and it works fine with MixW and Ham Radio Delux. I have Vista on my computer and had to download a copy of HyperTerminal from the internet. I can not get any commands to go to the K3 from HyperTerminal and I can

[Elecraft] K3 NR 457 now working in Fargo ND

I got a pleasant surprise yesterday when K3 457 arrived. It was ordered June 13 and I got my Lisa Gram last week end. It has KAT3, KBPF3, KXV3, 500 hz filter, 2700 hz filter, 6000 hz filter and the FM filter on back order. I made a special test on it because I wanted to know how the KPA3

RE: [Elecraft] Off Topic Use IC746PRO for a K3 Panadaptor

padded down for the IC-746PRO and if so how much? The other problem is how can I make sure I never accidentally transmit RF back into the K3 from the IC-746PRO as it does not have a receive only antenna jack. Use the RX Antenna input on the 746Pro.

[Elecraft] Off Topic Use IC746PRO for a K3 Panadaptor

My K3 which I ordered June 13th should be coming soon. My present rigs are K2/100 SN 1031 and an IC-746PRO. I plan to keep both of them as the K2 is great for my camping and I have it set up for my XYL WD0EWM in her new shack. The IC-746PRO is my 2 meter all mode station and will be a backup

[Elecraft] Windows Vista and some ham radio software

My XP computer went bad back in July and I replaced it with a lap top that runs Vista Ultimate. Two of my favorite ham radio programs would not run properly. The ARRL feed line program TLW would not even give a screen. I got it working by using the compatability part of Vista and specifying

[Elecraft] RE: K3 Noise Blanker ahead or behind roofing filter? Plus my own answer to Field Day.

I would like to thank Geoff GM4ESD, Wayne N6KR and Brett N2DTS for answering my noise blanker questions. I have decided to order a K3 and hope the noise blanker is good enough to fix my problem. I have other noises too that are not as bad as the TV so if I am lucky some of them may also be

[Elecraft] K3 Noise Blanker ahead or behind roofing filter?

I have K2 SN 1031 and an IC-746PRO. Last week my next door neighbor brought home a large screen TV that looks to be the rear projection type. I didn't pay much attention to it as they unloaded it but now find it puts out lots of QRN. It puts out S9 on the PRO 60 HZ QRN on 20, 15, 10 6 and 2

[Elecraft] MFJ-1788 Loop

Subject: [Elecraft] MFJ-1782 Loop Antenna? From: Fred (FL) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:29:01 -0700 (PDT) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Hi Fred I have a MFJ-1788 loop. I have wonderful results with it but if the temperature is changing such as the sun shining on it then it drifts

[Elecraft] Antennas for use with Elecraft T1 ATU

Hi from Fargo, ND and many camp sites. This is the antenna I have used for the last 5 years in my camper with I feel excellent results. It is a 44 foot doublet (22 feet) on each side of center) with a feed line of 22 feet of 450 ohm window line. The center is supported by a 23 foot

[Elecraft] MFJ HI-Q Loop 1788 Will not stay on frequency.

I do a lot of camping and have used several portable antennas over the years. Two weeks ago I bought a MFJ-1788 Super HI-Q Loop. I have been on two camping trips with it and it does seem to get out and receive well. I used my K2/100 and made 46 contacts for a total of almost 15 hours of

[Elecraft] Solved my dishwasher qrn problem

--- Kenneth A. Christiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought a Frigidaire dishwasher made by Elecvtrolux in January of 2005. It is a model gld2450rds0. I did not realize it at first but it is the source of my high QRN. Today we got the repairman out from the store where we bought

[Elecraft] Dishwasher QRN to my K2 sn 1031

I bought a Frigidaire dishwasher made by Elecvtrolux in January of 2005. It is a model gld2450rds0. I did not realize it at first but it is the source of my high QRN. I used my IC-746PRO to make the following observations because it will pick up AM but the interference is just as bad on my K2 sn