I find it interesting that even though the K4 is shipping in greater numbers
now, the only postings are on a discussion group specific to the K4 and not to
this group where the majority of Elecraft users post and read.
It would be nice to see postings related to the K4 here as well.
73,
I know that this group consists of many of us who are very loyal Elecraft
customers, many who ordered a K4 in the first hours orders were being taken.
My order went in Oct. 1, 2019, so it may be March before I see mine.
My guess is a few of us have received their K4’s but are reluctant to
I have a KX3 which connects to a signalink that connects to my computer for
digital modes.
I have not owned a K3(S). I assume the K4 has an internal sound card to take
the place of the signalink but I don’t know how it interfaces to my computer
and it’s programs. Is the only thing needed a
I first want to thank all those who responded to my post. In a follow up
email it was suggested that I check for voltage drop in the Elecraft 12v fused
power cord.
Sure enough, at key down, voltage dropped from 14v to 10.5v. I connected a
10ga power cord directly from my PS to the amp.
I have noticed over the past weeks that my KXPA100 will not put out any more
than 70-80 watts when I am running my KX3 showing 100 watts output. The
attenuator is not on. I have two antennas. One is a 3 element yagi that is
below 1.2:1 on all bands without the tuner, so when I tune, it just
I need some advice from someone with experience in dealing with RF problems.
I have an in-home elevator that is putting out RF hash in harmonic locations
on the ham bands, especially 80 meters. I've gotten tired of dealing with
the noise. I have both a 240V circuit and a 120V circuit feeding the
If any of you are interested in using a Raspberry Pi for qrp/field
operations, there is a great source of information for setting up you Pi for
that. If you have not discovered KM4ACK's YouTube channel, you might
consider doing so. I have been a Patreon member of his group and have
followed
Turns out the only thing that fried was my power supply. It would not stain a
voltage under load.
That’s a huge relief. Thank you to those who replied directly to me.
73
Terry
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At this point, I don’t think being concerned about when the K4 is going to
arrive at our shacks so we can “play radio” is a consideration.
What we all need to do is wish Wayne and Eric well as they navigate uncharted
waters.
Elecraft is a great company that makes great products from great
I have watched many of Eric’s videos on YouTube about the K4 and how easy it
will be to operate remotely through its Ethernet port.
I have a rather naive question, because I’ve not seen much written about this
with other rigs.
How would you power up and power down the K4 remotely? I can’t
I am one of those far down the list in the first shipping group. When I read
the notice from Eric and Wayne, about the new shipment dates for the K4, I was
reminded of a comment from my builder a year and a half ago when our new house
was about 4 months behind schedule.
He said, we could
I apologize in advance for the length of this post.
I had been an SSB operator exclusively since I became a ham in 1982. I went QRT
for 7 years, because SSB grew stale for me. A little over 3 years ago I decided
to dust off my incredibly rusty/nonexistent CW skills and bought a preowned K2.
Hello All,
This is not a technical post but more of a philosophical viewpoint about
buying new ham gear.
I first became acquainted with Elecraft gear after many years using ICOM
rigs. I had been QRT for about 8 years and came back to the hobby
determined to dust off the CW I never used,
For the folks that have both a KX3 and KXPA100 and either a K3 updated or K3S,
for CW operation, what have you found from a technical point of view are the
advantages of the K3 or K3S over the KX3?
I have almost bought an updated K3 several times, but as a CW operator I am not
sure I can
I just purchased a miniHFPA2 amplifier to use with my KX2 when I am in the
field and don't want to lug around my KXPA100. I need to build/buy an
interface cable that will go from the ACC jack on the KX2 to the RCA PTT
jack on the miniHFPA2 amp. Can anyone tell me where to get an interface
cable
I have a KX3 and PX3, and KXPA100. When I was first getting my CW back up
to speed, I used the CW decode on occasion. I rarely use it anymore and as
a result don't pay a lot of attention to it. I have noticed, however, that
lately, no matter what level the RX THRn is set to, the CWT never
My first Elecraft rig was the K2, I then bought what has become my base
station; a fully loaded KX3, KXPA 100 and PX3.
I got tired of all the cable interface problems with KXPA not working and the
cursor not showing up on the PX3 if I took the KX3 portable (always a lot of
replugging and
I am building a new house. It has a UFER foundation ground. I will be putting
ground rods around half the perimeter of the house between my shack and tower.
No. 4 solid copper wire will connect all my ground rods together and will tie
to the UFER ground in two places.
I am having a sprinkler
Hello All,
As an example of the flaky behavior of my problem, since sending my post to
the group a few minutes ago, I unplugged the double connectors that go from
the PX3 to the KX3 and reversed them. I then tried to turn on the PA from
the KX3 menu, and nothing happened. The KXPA100 would
I have had continuing interfacing issues since I got my PX3. I originally
had a problem with the KXPA100 not tuning or turning off a few seconds after
turning it on from the KX3 menu with the PX3 in the circuit. I have triple
checked the connections repeatedly and pressed in the connectors until
I just purchased Win4K3Suite for my KX3. I would like to setup the spectrum
scope, but until I can get my main pc out of storage as we wait for our new
house to be completed, I am stuck with a Lenovo Thinkpad that has a
combination headphone microphone plug jack. I understand that I need a
Hello All,
I had Fldigi setup fine on my desktop computer before I had to pack it away
8 months ago for a move. I am predominantly a CW ops and have just used my
Begali HST III to key my KX3. I am currently enrolled in the CWOps Academy
level 2 class. Which I am enjoying very much. I am
It’s interesting that sometimes a simple thread, usually with a very definitive
statement of opinion (long wire antennas) generate an incredible number of
differing opinions ( we hams are that way). Then the topic morphs slightly and
as long as Eric is tolerant of such threads covers a lot
Hello All,
Please reply to me directly if you would please. We have far too many OT
threads that take on a life of their own.
I own a KX2, KX3, PX3, KXPA100, and K2. I love my Elecraft rigs. I have learned
much from this list so thought I would ask a question.
Background: I took down my
I need to correct one thing. I checked everything again and found that when
I put TUN PWR to 10 watts, when I press the TUNE button, at 5.8:1 SWR, the
output power shows 4.4 W, not 10. This tells me that I may not be putting
out enough power to make the circuit work. Any suggestions?
I have an Icom AH-4 auto tuner that I would like to place at the feedpoint
of my horizontal loop so that when I tune, I will have 50 ohms coming
through the long run of coax to my rig instead of high swr. I bought the
tuner when I had my ICOM rigs that would interface and tune directly to it.
I have a KX3 connected to a Signalink and Fldigi. It seems to work fine for
all the digital modes. I can use it to decode CW, but have never sent CW.
I clicked on the CQ button and all that happened was that my transmitter
went into transmit mode, but nothing was transmitted. If I put the KX3
I have the BL2 Balun and use it for balanced lines to Coax. Occasionally,
when I am using a wire and counterpoise to the BNC binding posts, I try to
match a shorter wire for 80 meters than what I really should due to lack of
space in RV sites. I believe I am connecting the Balun correctly;
I have a K2, KX3 and a KX2. I have used a 58 Ft. wire with a 25 t.
counterpoise to the bnc binding posts with my KX3 and I believe I was able
to tune it on 80-10. I recently purchased a KX2, and for some reason, I
could not get the 58 Ft. length of wire to tune on 80 with the counterpoise.
I
d they only need to be up about 20 feet high. They are said to be
> good in the wind. (Maybe all this has been mentioned)
>
> Rich, n0ce
>
> From: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 10:49 PM
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Terry Brown
> Subject: Re:
I apologize that this is not a direct Elecraft equipment question, but
having the K2, KX2, KX3, PX3 and KXPA100, I thought I would ask. I will be
moving to a new QTH. I just took down an old Cushcraft ATB-34, on a 50 ft.
tower. It was the predecessor to the A4. I need a beam with a smaller
I recently started using my horizontal loop that is about a full wavelength
on 80, for 20 meters. I took down my yagi as we are moving; drat! My
Horizontal Loop is at 40 ft. height and fed with 450 window line into a 4:1
voltage balun with about 15 ft. of coax to rig.
I am running 100
I am the current owner of a K2 and KX3 with all the add ons possible. I
also have the PX3 and KPXA 100. I am happy with my setup. It is the finest
rig combination that I have had in 35 years as a ham. I love it's
flexibility for operating portable by using only the KX3, or with the PX3.
If the new Elecraft amp is indeed 1500 watts it might be worth considering that
going from 500 to 1500 watts is only about 4.5 Db or less than 1 S-unit in
signal strength. If I owned the KPA 500 it would be a hard sell to get me to
move to ANY 1500 watt amp.
Respectfully,
Terry, N7TB
This topic is taking on a life of its own. It appears that there are two
camps in the discussion; each believing they have documented evidence that
they are right. Perhaps it is time to agree to disagree and put the thread
to rest.
Respectfully,
Terry de N7TB
I notice that sometimes when someone replies to a question on what appears to
be the digest form of the list, the entire digest gets reposted.
I read my digest list with my iPhone and when that happens the digest gets
extremely long.
How can I guard against this if I reply to a digest
I am moving from my current QTH where I have a horizontal loop up about
35-40 ft. that is a bit longer than 1 wavelength on 80. I feed it at one
corner with 450 ohm twin lead connected to a 4:1 voltage balun, then coax to
my rig. I can tune all the ham bands either barefoot to my K2 or KX3 and
I have the KX3 and KXPA100. If I turn off the PA from the menu on the KX3,
is there an significant power loss, say I am running at 15 watts, going
through the amp antenna connection instead of connecting the antenna
directly to the KX3?
Thanks,
Terry, N7TB
Hello Group,
I am having a problem that I have not seen before. I have a KX3 connected
to a KPXA100. When I tune my yagi, I get 1.2 to 1 SWR when I press the tune
button on 10-15--20. The rig shows that the SWR does not change during CW
transmissions. When running 100W, the LED indicator
Hello Group,
I got my first exposure to Elecraft gear when I bought a used K2 about a
year ago and began my re-entry into CW operating, which I love. I used to
be exclusively SSB, then got too busy for Ham Radio for about 6 years, then
got the K2. I now pretty much run CW all the time.
Hello Group,
I am looking for some feedback from those using magnetic loop antennas with
the current band conditions. I use dipoles or end fed random wires when I
am in the field with my KX3. When I am at my home, I use a horizontal loop
that is a close to a full wavelength on 80, and a
I am operating portable in the southern Puget Sound area currently. I am
picking up a strange S9 interference that is very narrow but generally slowly
moving down the bands and sometimes up the bands. It occurs at any one point in
time at 14.030, 14.060, 14.090 for instance, and occurs on all
to getting some great input from this group. I have been
amazed at the level of quality information I have seen on this group.
Thanks in advance to you all.
73's,
Terry Brown, N7TB
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I can hardly wait to read the next Digest of this group regarding the New
Products discussion of touchscreens vs knob interfaced SD radios, because I
MUST have the latest interface technology in order to have any enjoyment of
Amateur Radio. Alas, my beloved KX3 looks doomed because Hamthought,
I disconnected my PX3 and KX3 from my KXPA100 to take on a SOTA activation.
When I returned I connected everything as it was before, and when I try to
turn on the KXPA100 from the KX3 "PA Mode" to on, the amp will not turn on,
and after a few seconds the PA Mode goes to off. I disconnect the PX3
I have been reading all of the posts discussing the differences between the
KX2 and KX3. All sorts of things have been discussed referring to the
buying decision, what the KX2 does or doesn't do, etc. I am a KX3 owner and
love that radio. As a KX3 owner, here is how I see the buying decision to
Hello All,
I will be using my KXPA100, KX3 and PX3 while in my RV. I do not plan on
operating while the vehicle is in motion. I am planning on only operating
the station while connected to 120V mains or when the Generator is running.
I will power the system with a Powerwerx SPS-30DM. I
Wow, I got three responses within 10 minutes and all were very helpful.
Thank you all! No need for further help on the list. I may be back in
touch with a couple of you who sent me information. This is an amazing
source of information.
73's
Terry, N7TB
I am new to fldigi. I am using the SignaLink USB to interface between my
KX3 and computer. I have my KX3 connected to fldigi using Hamlib rig
control. That seems to work fine tracking the VFO and placing software into
the right mode when I change it on the KX3. First, could someone tell me
I have just ordered a BL2 balun kit. I assume it is a voltage balun
switchable 1:1 to 4:1. I did not see any notation whether it was a current
or voltage balun. One of the things I need is an enclosure for the balun.
I would be interested in what others have used for enclosures, especially
ones
-Original Message-
From: Dick Dievendorff [mailto:d...@elecraft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 5:13 PM
To: 'Terry Brown'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Correction to KPXA100 and KX3 problem
This indicates that the KXPA100 has started, but not yet completed an ATU
tuning cycle
I gave some wrong information in my last post about my tuning problem. The
blinking light is my Power indicator, not my SWR. The 25 led is blinking
and I have no power output from the KX3 even if the power setting is 100W.
Thanks,
Terry
I just returned from running my KX3, PX3, and KXPA100 portable. I setup the
three units at my home QTH anticipating a sked to Rarotonga, at 02Z and find
that my KPXA has the swr indictor blinking, and when I try to tune, it stays
at 1.6-1 and does not release the transmit, the red led remains on.
. Others might find it useful to take some time to do
the same.
Very 73's,
Terry Brown, N7TB
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I recently built a PX3 and was going through some of the learning process.
I was changing FixTrack and FixMode settings and I am not sure what I did,
but in either FixTrack setting, the signals seemed to converge from both
directions to the cursor, and when they did, I was tuned to a CW signal.
I am new to the KPXA100 myself, however, I attached my amp to an ExpertPower
EXP12180, 12v 18AH battery and ran it at 90 watts and didn't notice any LOW
SPPL or PAFLT notifications. I ran CW for probably 10 contacts. I had my
battery on a float charge at full capacity before attaching it to the
Hello,
I am a new owner of a KX3. I have been trying to figure out how to
interface the KX3 to my computer and get HDSDR to play correctly. I see a
lot of references to Omni-Rig. Why is that needed and what is its purpose?
I would appreciate any help I could get from someone running HDSDR
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