* On 2012 04 Jun 12:13 -0500, G4LNA wrote:
> Hi Nate,
>
> Blast! As soon as you mentioned "groups" the penny dropped, I've no idea why
> I didn't think of that sooner, I feel a right wally now :)
>
> Thanks mate, all systems are go, now all I've got to do is to rid myself of
> Ubuntu 9.1 and recl
* On 2012 04 Jun 11:45 -0500, Willis wrote:
> If you are using a USB converter rather than a rs-232 connection it may be
> your problem as many of the USB converters do not give you a full featured
> connection.
All that is needed for K3 control are TXD, RXD, and Ground. DTR and RTS
are used fo
When you enter "groups" at the shell prompt, what is returned? It's
likely that you need to add your username to the dialout group. You
will need to log out (at a minimum) and log back in after making the
change.
73, de Nate, N0NB >>
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
* On 2012 03 Jun 13:34 -0500, N5GE wrote:
>
> I've never understood why Yaesu handles command codes the way they do.
>
> On the other hand long before I got my K3 I was writing radio control
> applications (for personal use) for my Kenwood rigs. The Kenwood control
> language is easy to work wit
It may just be my perception, but the 4.51 firmware AGC changes have
made the K3 a very pleasant receiver even though I didn't have any real
issues to its personality prior to 4.51. I've not listened to a K2 even
though I'm that having one wouldn't be such a bad idea. ;-)
73, de Nate, N0NB >>
-
I find that I'm leaving the span at +-10 kHz on SSB and may narrow it on
CW. I try to keep the ref lvl set so the noise is at the bottom of the
spectrum display and then have the waterfall set to about 30% of the
screen. Watching the P3 has become such a habit that I can't imagine
not having it n
* On 2012 25 May 06:48 -0500, Don Putnick wrote:
> How about a K3-line screen saver that rotates thru the K3 products? Or if
> that's too elitist, how about one that features all of the Elecraft products?
> Of course, equal time for PC and Mac.
On MS Windows, one of the default savers has been a
As I recall earlier Icom gear had sort of a greenish hue to their black,
dependent upon the model. The Heathkit HF rigss of the '80s were brown.
Kenwood offered its first dual band VHF/UHF rig in brushed aluminum.
Early coputing equipment was mostly white, but only the IBM stuff has
not become an
* On 2012 14 May 00:25 -0500, NZ0T wrote:
> I just downloaded 4.51 and before I start messing around with changing
> settings can anyone recommend a good starting point for general use?
Looking at Fred's graphic, I've chosen AGC SLP 004 and AGC THR 016.
Last night I ran across the 6O0CW pileup on
* On 2012 09 May 05:28 -0500, VE3GNO Daniel wrote:
> without Rob Sherwood stamp nobody will spend big $$$ for colored displays.
I beg to differ. I have seen plenty of postings that indicate a fair
number are wanting a "high end" Kenwood for their shack and I think
plenty will plunk down a deposit
I verified the K3 to P3 link is set to 38400 and the SPAN adjustment was
still quite slow. So I have reverted back to FW 1.09 and the SPAN
adjustment is once again fast as I'd gotten used to since September.
After loading 1.09 the K3 to P3 link remains at 38400.
Let me ask this, after pondering f
* On 2012 08 May 08:41 -0500, Arthur Burke wrote:
> Didn't mean to sound insulting if it did.
I didn't take it that way at all. :-)
In fact I double checked using the K3 utility remotely and now looking
at the programmers reference the serial rate can only be queried from
the rig itself. So, I
* On 2012 08 May 08:33 -0500, Arthur Burke wrote:
> Do you still have the same baud rate (38400) between the K3 and the P3?
Yes I do, Art, as well as 38400 between the P3 and computer as before
with FW 1.09.
73, de Nate, N0NB >>
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possib
A couple of weeks ago I updated the P3 FW from 1.09 to 1.16 and while
I've not noticed any improvements since I don't have the SVGA board, I
have noticed that the SPAN adjusts very slowly now. Before the update
it adjusted about as fast as the knob was turned but now I can overrun it
quite easily
I've just downloaded the latest P3 utility for Linux, version
1.12.4.26, and find that it does not recognize that a newer version of
the P3 firmware is available. From the log window:
07:20:37 Connecting to ftp.elecraft.com. Please be patient, this takes a
few seconds.
07:20:38 .
07:20:38 ..
07:2
I've only been an Elecraft customer just over 18 months, and, yes, the
K3 was my initial purchase. It has more than satisfied my operational
needs. The P3 purchased a bit over 6 months ago has been icing on the
cake. Both products are well thought out and work flawlessly together.
Such is the te
* On 2012 12 Apr 20:20 -0500, kevinr wrote:
> Too bad Pete Hoover is no longer with us. He could describe how his
> grandfather helped form amateur radio service in those days after the
> Titanic sank.
It has been some time since I read it, but isn't a lot of Herbert
Hoover's actions with regar
In addition to the link provided by the OP, here are a couple more
gleaned from a thread in the News forum at QRZ.com:
IEEE:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/the-titanics-role-in-radio-reform
A short film:
http://www.youtube.com/jkilts
Look for the "Last Signals" video. It is a movie portrayal
My hands are not small and the K3 has plenty of spacing between its
buttions and knobs that inadvertent contact is due to my sloppy reach
rather than an issue with the K3. Like any other radio it does take
some time to learn well. The menus are for configuration and once you
have it working as yo
* On 2012 24 Mar 19:48 -0500, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> I'm still not entirely sure why Rob put the FT-5000 above the K3,
> given that they tied on narrow-banded IMDDR3 and the K3 had the
> better numbers in nearly all other categories.
IIRC, I read somewhere that the FT5K garnered the top spot due
* On 2012 21 Feb 16:58 -0600, Doug Smith [W7KF] wrote:
> So, as it turns out, we *really* do need the KPA-1500! ;-)
I'd rather have the 100 Watt 600m transverter. ;-)
73, de Nate, NØNB >>
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is
* On 2012 19 Feb 19:14 -0600, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
> It's the NASCAR factor.
With all due respect, I'm a fan of NASCAR, but Elecraft is giving us the
performance of Formula 1 at a NASCAR price tag. ;-)
I'm also a fan of F1.
And MotoGP.
And
:-)
I like performance whether I'm ragchewing
If the handle is removed, you'll be forced to actually say, "My *name*
here is..."
73, de Nate, N0NB >>
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true."
Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
* On 2012 29 Jan 17:50 -0600, Frank MacDonell wrote:
> I am interested in getting into CW contesting and have seen reference to
> the Winkey Keyer by K1EL. My Rig is an Elecraft K3 and I use N1MM for
> logging. Is there utility in using a keyer in addition to that provided by
> Elecraft? Thanks in
* On 2012 29 Jan 14:36 -0600, Neoklis Kyriazis wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have started adding support for the K3 in my ham radio applications for
> Linux.
> I am currently working with my xdemorse app which decodes Morse code via
> the sound card and can also control the transceiver (tune in a signal on t
* On 2012 26 Jan 08:18 -0600, NZ0T wrote:
> After a firmware update quite a while ago (I don't remember which one but it
> was more than a year ago) I have had bad distortion using the Auto Notch on
> SSB. I have heard others say the same - is there anything that can be done
> about this? Mine is
* On 2012 26 Jan 07:53 -0600, NZ0T wrote:
> I have had distortion with Auto Notch going back more than a year. I don't
> remember which firmware update changed it but it's bad enough that I don't
> use it anymore. I use the manual notch instead. I have mentioned this in
> the forum but doesn't s
* On 2012 20 Jan 20:46 -0600, Fred Jensen wrote:
> I really think it comes down to a question of how much enforcement do we
> want to pay for. Most products in the US are self-certified for
> compliance. True? Maybe, maybe not, but who's to know? The FCC is
> tax-supported and dwindling in s
I use the Yaesu MD-100ax8 since I already owned it. I did make up a
special cable to go between the mic base and the K3 as I did not want to
chop up the stock cable. I wired in the Up/Down switch and it worked
once the Config menu was set correctly.
I get good audio reports considering that I ha
* On 2012 01 Jan 22:48 -0600, Jim Miller wrote:
> I've currently got a K3/10 (#1210) and I'm considering adding the 100w amp
> option. Once I do this how difficult is it to revert to QRP? Does the power
> control make this easy?
Jim, it is quite easy, although cranking the knob became a bit tediou
John, I'm not being flippant. Please pick up a copy of Reflections III
by Walt Maxwell W2DU, published by CQ Comuunications. The book covers a
lot of ground and will deepen your understanding of what you are rightly
seeing.
73, de Nate N0NB >>
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the be
* On 2011 24 Dec 16:04 -0600, Fred Bennett N9TA wrote:
> Hi Gang
>
>
>
> I must have been a VERY good boy this yearmy wife gave me a fairly well
> loaded K3 for Christmas!! We exchanged gifts Friday night, and I've been
> playing with my new K3 pretty much all day. I still have lots of t
* On 2011 22 Dec 10:29 -0600, David Fleming wrote:
> The -33 dBm gain calibration is coming soon for Linux and OS X. Hopefully
> within a couple of weeks.
Good, I'm looking forward to it.
73, de Nate N0NB >>
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pess
* On 2011 22 Dec 00:20 -0600, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> The calibration is often better if you can arrange to use a signal source
> that provides both -73 and -33 dB (S9 and S9+40 dB) signals and run both
> "low" and "high" level calibrations.
That's interesting, Dick. Is that a new feature? I o
I received a message from K1GQ that he was having similar trouble as me
with the RF gain calibration. This evening I tackled it again but this
time I was certain that the P3 was OFF each time. I also did it on 20m
in addition to 40m and each time the calibration worked as expected.
The moral to m
* On 2011 20 Dec 23:22 -0600, hb9brj wrote:
> Nate,
>
> Take a look at a similar problem (and its solution) I had some time ago:
> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Rf-gain-tracking-main-vs-sub-tp5668917p5676134.html
Thanks, Markus.
I do recall that thread now. I was just after I got my K
Well, I think I "solved" the issue. I reset the RF Gain back to factory
defaults with the K3 utility and then set the S-meter to NOR and SMTR OF
and SC to the factory defaults. It appears the RF Gain is back to
normal. Perhaps it's best to leave this stuff well enough alone!
73, de Nate N0NB >>
This is strange.
In an effort to better align the P3's idea of signal strength with that
of the K3's, I performed the K3 RF Gain Calibration, then the S-meter
calibration and finally the P3 level calibration. I did the
calibrations at 7040 kHz using a service monitor as the signal source
for 50 u
I recall your thread, Fred.
As I've used Fldigi to calibrate various rigs with its Freq analysis
mode, I too saw the effect. I assumed that it was likely an artifact of
the soundcard or some such. That it comes up on the P3 discounts that
assumption. I don't have an explanation. However, I'm r
Absolutely agreed, Fred. I have put the P3 to use in each scenario
you've listed. I have found a "down" side, if you will. I have noticed
issues with signals and have helped a couple of ops identify and resolve
a problem. It takes a bit of tact to tell someone of a problem they are
probably not
* On 2011 17 Dec 08:47 -0600, Larry K1UO wrote:
> curious now as to what I am seeing.
I see about the same thing on 160m. I have a 3/8 wave center-fed
doublet on 160m fed via 450 ohm window lead and a Palstar AT1500DT
tuner. As I need to retune on excursions of more than 20 kHz or so, the
peak o
* On 2011 16 Dec 03:55 -0600, Dick Lindzen wrote:
> Will one need a dedicated monitor or can it be shared with a pc?
Most new monitors have at least an analog VGA input and at least one
DVI/Displayport inputs and can be switched between the input sources
muck like newer TVs.
73, de Nate N0NB >>
* On 2011 10 Dec 12:20 -0600, Larry J on Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop wrote:
> lj@lian2:~./wine/dosdevices ls -al com1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 lj lj 2011-12-10 10:35 com1 -> /dev/ttyS0
>
> My attempts were made under Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and Wine 1.2.2. Thanks for
> any help.
I've never had success with serial
Advice I read years back cautioned to stay away from the foam dielectric
300 Ohm ribbon lead. The solid dielectric handles more power and
doesn't get water contamination in the dielectric.
How does modeling with 450 Ohm window lead work out? That would suggest
a 9:1 balun. The reason I ask is b
>From my experience, trying to measure 5W with a 100W element leads to
very inaccurate readings. The Bird is most accurate when the reading is
as near to full scale as possible. That means a 5W HF element (is that
even available?) would be ideal provided no more than 5W is put through
the meter.
* On 2011 08 Dec 11:31 -0600, Mike Harris wrote:
> G'day,
>
> Anyone using an USB>RS232 interface between the PC an P3/K3 combo. I'm
> particularly thinking something like the microHAM Digi Keyer.
I don't know about the MicroHam, but a standard adapter should work
fine. Some are more RF quiet
I will echo Don's comments.
I did adjust the RX audio equalization to my preference not long after
getting my K3. I also listen through a set of external speakers most of
the time but even on headphones I have operated for two hours or longer
and my posterior became fatigued first. Where the 'ph
* On 2011 30 Nov 13:10 -0600, Richard Squire - HB9ANM wrote:
> I enjoy my K3 and KPA500 very much. But I notice there has been no new
> firmware releases for a fairly long time. IMHO this could mean:
> 1. Both the K3 and the KPA500 are so close to perfection that they are not
> easy to improve on (
* On 2011 28 Nov 17:50 -0600, Mike Weir wrote:
>
> Good evening, I was in the CQ WW CW contest this weekend and was operating at
> 500mW's or QRPp level. There were times I had to pump the power up to 5 watts
> to make the contact, then bring the level back down to 500mW's. Is there a
> macro o
* On 2011 08 Nov 05:26 -0600, Charles wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> Many thanks for your reply.
> I am also running Ubuntu 11.04.
> I searched the repository for cURL and it came up with Ario, so I installed
> that.
> However, still no joy via the Elecraft Utilities for the K3, P3 or KPA.
Unfortunately, your
I worked him on 15 CW first call this afternoon! He was actually CQing.
I figured I'd never get through. Heh!
All hail Cycle 24!
73, de Nate, N0NB >>
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true."
Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and
And here I was proud of working them on 80m SSB around 0700z this past
Sunday morning with 100W and my low (22ft high) doublet. It took a
couple of calls but I'm in the log. I think that is my best DX on 80m
ever, not that I ever really tried before.
Let me say that the addition of the P3 makes
Take a look at what Jim, W0EB, and others do. They bring their own
Elecraft units to the hamfest and setup a table. Elecraft provides them
with sales fliers and a banner (I think that's right) upon request.
Beyond that I don't know if there are any special perks offered by
Elecraft for those that
What my reply left out was that a recent thread on the QRZ.com forum on
the Heathkit topic had at least one poster who was purportedly in talks
with folks at Heath. According to him, they are interested in re-entry
into the amateur market and that something along the lines of playing
off their cla
The one thing I can see Heath banking on is the wave of nostalgia that
has been in place for some time. I could see them bringing back some
classics, perhaps in limited quantity, Playing off their history would
be their strength. At this point I'm not sure that they could compete
with the brain
* On 2011 07 Sep 12:31 -0500, Mike wrote:
> Thanks Michael -
>
> What runs between the SL an the rig? Audio in, audio out, and a key line?
http://www.tigertronics.com/slusbmain.htm
It comes with the premade cable of your choice. Works like a hose on
Linux as well.
73, de Nate N0NB >>
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"Th
* On 2011 02 Sep 10:16 -0500, Bill W4ZV wrote:
> I see K2 #7212 was just reported and I believe K3s are now approaching 6000.
> At current rates the K3 may exceed K2 production sometime within 2012. How
> about a free K3 to whoever buys the unit which makes K3 > K2? :-))
What happens if K3 sal
I realize this is still a somewhat experimental command. I just loaded
FW 4.39 to play with the SMH command and integrate it into Hamlib.
Playing with the command in the K3 utility I find that when SMH is sent
a previous meter value is returned and then upon a second sending of the
command the cur
Good to see you guys there yesterday. And you took my remarks in good
humor and in stride, Jim. ;-)
And, yes, I do believe a P3 is in my future. I mistakenly thought that
a Linux version of the P3 utility was not released. The page shows a 24
Aug 2010 version, so the top of the page text shoul
* On 2011 05 Aug 17:50 -0500, Mike wrote:
> Pierfrancesco,
>
> Interesting. I've never played with Perl.
If programming tickles your fancy in any way, Perl is a good place to
start. It's very forgiving of various logic methods and it has a large
community around it. It has been famously referre
* On 2011 05 Aug 08:58 -0500, Mike wrote:
> Nate -
>
> The commands are in the programmers manual. See MC, FA, MD for the basics.
There is not enough "magic" in those commands to set a memory
channel--FA/FB sets VFO frequency, MD sets mode, MC recalls memory
channel. Nothing in that set of comma
* On 2011 05 Aug 01:41 -0500, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> Neoklis,
> I use 64bit ubuntu (the last LTS, though, not the most recent
> one), and the K3util works fine. The only thing that doesn't work is the
> help tool of the k3util, some library is missing/confused.
I was advised to install the li
* On 2011 26 Jul 21:19 -0500, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> Lew,
>
> Other than the fact that the FT-736R had all of the modules in the
> case, what is the difference between a K4 such as you propose and
> a K3/10 with a XV-144/XV-222/XV-432 stack? Perhaps Elecraft could
> be persuaded to work on
* On 2011 25 Jul 20:36 -0500, David Dietrich wrote:
> I know that many would want to see a "do everything" K4. However, something
> like that could price it beyond the reach of most. Also, keeping a rig
> strictly HF keeps things simple and does not compromise performance.
I'm now of the oppos
* On 2011 21 Jul 17:48 -0500, K7WIA wrote:
> I don't know if this is a software glitch or not. but if it's in the
> software I would sure like to keep this feature as it has given me a edge on
> weak sig, just being able to have a set point for the gain just right for
> the band conditions. I wo
* On 2011 19 Jul 12:51 -0500, John Ragle wrote:
> 2. is just good practice...so much of the first couple of
> exchanges in PSK is done by macro that one would think people would
> include the a couple of times in their macro texts.
When more hams can write emails in complete sentences and
* On 2011 18 Jul 18:05 -0500, Gary Gregory wrote:
> OMGmy Handlenow that get(s) up my nose.Grin
"The handle here is loose..."
And FP sounds a little...too...personal for my taste.
73, de Nate N0NB >>
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"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The
* On 2011 05 Jul 17:58 -0500, Rick Prather wrote:
> I would visualize an internal modem board like Ten-Tec does in the VII that
> can be assigned it's own IP address and connected directly to the Internet
> without a computer at the remote location. This would be an option, so not
> required if
This would be somewhat advanced, but I'm thinking that with a router
capable of running OpenWRT (a Linux distribution for embedded hardware)
that a Perl script run as a cron job could query a site like
http://www.displaymyip.com/ , scrape the page, and email the IP address
every few hours. In fact
* On 2011 29 Jun 08:31 -0500, Tony Estep wrote:
> So I had to add an outboard keyer (Ham Gadgets MK1, highly
> recommended).
Agreed. Not to take anything away from the K3's keyer, but the fact
that the MK1 has K1EL keyer command compatibility makes it useful with a
wide range of programs. It al
* On 2011 28 Jun 23:20 -0500, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> Completely agree. To this day, I still can't send properly with an iambic
> paddle and tend to use them as though they were single lever paddles. Even
> though I've never owned such a beast. Really, really want another bug,
> though.
In late
* On 2011 28 Jun 10:19 -0500, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> That's one of the best PR pieces on the hobby I've ever seen, Doug.
Seconded!
We're too far away from any TV stations to get any video coverage. We
did have the editor from the neighboring county paper show up after he
contacted me Friday m
* On 2011 19 Jun 19:55 -0500, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Ian,
>
> If your interest is mainly for digital modes, you might want to look at
> Fldigi along with Hamlib.
I will caution that as of this time the Hamlib version, 1,2,12, compiled
with Fldigi does not have good K3 support. I rewrote the K3
* On 2011 16 Jun 11:42 -0500, Randy Cook wrote:
> A short, but interesting article on solar activity in 'The Economist'
> magazine's website - article number 18833483, titled 'Sun Down'.
>
> Researchers believe we are heading for an extended solar minimum is the bad
> news. I do not know enoug
* On 2011 02 Jun 07:47 -0500, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
> For ease of install you can't beat the Debian based distro Ubuntu.
> I'd suggest a really lightweight desktop manager like Fluxbox, XFCE, or
> the like because you don't have the horsepower to run Gnome or KDE.
>
> I run Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 wit
* On 2011 21 May 00:40 -0500, Steve, G4GXL wrote:
> The recording of Wayne's quick Elecraft KX3 tour is now available on
> the QRP ARCI website - www.qrparci.org
Thanks, Steve and Wayne.
Will the PC control command set be similar to the K3? I presume the
manuals will be available a short time be
* On 2011 18 May 16:31 -0500, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> So turning the RF gain down simply fools the receiver into acting as if a
> very strong signal was being received.
Please, could we refrain from using the venacular of "fooling" an
inanimate object when it comes to electronics? No such thin
Thanks to all who replied. David Fleming asked if the cURL package was
installed on my system. It was not and its installation fixed the
network issues. Thanks, David.
73, de Nate >>
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"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true
I have just installed the latest Linux version of the K3 utility and
when trying to check the available K3 firmware version, I get the last
two lines of output immediately upon clicking the Check Versions Now
button.
19:17:33 Elecraft K3 Utility for Linux Version 1.4.1.8
19:17:34 K3 MCU version 04
* On 2011 23 Apr 07:47 -0500, charles wrote:
> I've installed CQRLOG logging software on a laptop running Fedora 14 and
> using the KUSB cable to link to the K3. However I have not yet succeeded
> in getting the link to work.
> I suspect that I am guilty of failing to correctly inst
* On 2011 12 Apr 10:18 -0500, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> The various utilities get their inventory of serial ports from the registry
> under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/SERIALCOMM. Device drivers
> install values here in Windows.
Thanks, Dick.
That at least provides a starting point i
* On 2011 12 Apr 08:36 -0500, Mike Markowski wrote:
> Thanks, Nate. I'm lucky enough to have a real serial port, so no usb issues
> to
> worry about. Also, the utility to open up transmit for MARS ran fine under
> Wine. It's just the K144XV and K3 utilities that don't pick up the serial
> port
* On 2011 12 Apr 08:44 -0500, Brendan Minish wrote:
> I on the other hand have never had any issues with symlinking usb serial
> ports under linux, I have done it on several machines under several
> distros
> thing to watch out for though is that in some distros these devices may
> be placed in a
It has also been noted that the com1 symlink must point to a *real*
serial port, i.e. /dev/ttyS0 or such. I have had no luck with a USB to
Serial adapter, i.e. /dev/ttyUSB0, under Wine for any program. However,
the adapters work flawlessly for native Linux programs including the K3
utility. This
* On 2011 08 Apr 02:26 -0500, Edward R. Cole wrote:
> Might be a great way to demonstrate the new accuracy of the K3EXREF!
> http://www.arrl.org/frequency-measuring-test
>
> Any tips on how one measures the frequency in these tests?
Checkout Fldigi:
http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html
It is a Freq
* On 2011 25 Mar 08:50 -0500, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> The most common reason for crimping instead of soldering is that the
> solder will wick up the wire a little ways, and if the wire is subject
> to being flexed, it will break right where the solder flow has ended.
>
> I don't believe the typic
I concur, Crimp connectors should never be soldered under any
circumstances. Get the proper tool or use a solder type connector.
This valuable advice comes from both my professional and amateur
experience.
73, de Nate >>
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible wor
While this sounds interesting, has any progress been made for those of
us who have the TCXO to be able to program its printed offsets in the
firmware and have it act on them? The fields are currently there in the
K3 utility but as yet unused, as I understand it. I would be pleased to
have this fu
* On 2011 08 Mar 13:43 -0600, Bill Allen wrote:
> Does the K3 have a port like the KIO on the K2? Are the settings to
> connect and the rig commands the same?
Yes. The K3 supports the K2 command set and adds more or enhances
certain K2 commands. Complete details are documented via the relevant
* On 2011 06 Mar 18:02 -0600, NZ0T wrote:
> B***h, b***h, b***h!
> ;)73 Bill NZ0T
>
> It's OK everyone - I know this guy.
Taken in the humor intended, Bill. :-)
For the record, I received a private reply from David, W4SMT, who is the
author in question. Understandably, he has had real
Since this seems to be gripe day, allow me to toss one more on the pile.
:-)
I note that it would appear that the Linux and Mac versions of the K3
utility are becoming third class citizens. The Windows version has been
updated as of January 8 but the Linux and Mac versions still languish at
Sept
* On 2011 05 Mar 13:44 -0600, Martin Staffa wrote:
> Hello all in the group. I have just ordered the K3 after much deliberation
> and comparison of all the rigs.And I think, I know the right choice was
> made.Now the agonizing wait for the delivery!
Indeed, you did.
The other night on 160m I wa
* On 2011 27 Feb 16:41 -0600, Mike Markowski wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I'm using gentoo. I've been a Unix user since 1981 and am comfortable
> enough with X11 to change fonts, I'm just not sure for which font this
> program is hardcoded. I'll start experimenting but also hope a future
> version of
For me, after Sweepstakes '09 I spent a bit more time listening to the
bands than I had for a while and the K3 was being talked about. A lot.
I had considered the INRAD roofing filter mod for my aging FT-920 and
decided against that. The K3's feature set intrigued me and the price
was well in th
* On 2011 22 Jan 08:41 -0600, Jim Wiley wrote:
> This does not mean that learning and using Morse code is being
> discouraged - just the opposite is true. Both the ARRL and the W5YI /
> Gordon West groups reported a while back that sales of code practice
> tapes and other code learning materia
* On 2011 21 Jan 23:47 -0600, Kevin Rock wrote:
> If you ask your local VE very nicely they will give you the code exams.
> All of them :) It is fun to see how you do on each for a little practice.
Not this VE team (I'm the CVE). I will, however, provide information on
W1AW qualifying runs up
* On 2011 13 Jan 20:54 -0600, jd.n2uz wrote:
> Other problem is that I am using Fldigi and so far I am able to get a
> receive display, but not able to transmit, looks like a PTT problem as
> the K3 doesn't go into xmit. I am using Hamlib, but my bad notes from
> last year had me using RigCat
What killed Heathkit was that the Big Three were able to bring products
to market that were cheaper and had more features due to mass production
and, in the case of Kenwood, had a contempary and stylish product.
Heath did not catch up until the early '80s and by then it was too late.
To a prospectv
* On 2011 05 Jan 13:38 -0600, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> The K3 support is (and has been) broken in HAMLIB on the Windows
> platform. Fldigi, WSPR and other software that requires HAMLIB
> for rig support will not work reliably with the K3.
Sadly, this is true, and until I bought my K3, no one
I was asked by John, K0VET, to verify a behavior he observed last night
on his K3. He was playing with HRD and found that by changing the IF
Shift while transmitting that it took him off frequency. He
demonstrated it for me and sure enough, his radio went off frequency
(1.947 LSB).
I fired up
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