Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack Chapter 11

2015-02-05 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com wrote: Does Radio Shack even sell parts anymore? The ones around here do, and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm gonna miss them. Even though we have Gateway Electronics, a truly fabulous source for all kinds of

Re: [Elecraft] Google Earth going dark

2015-02-04 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 2:02 PM, David King dk...@vcn.com wrote: ... Announcing deprecation of the Google Earth API == Maybe this just means that the browser-based versions will disappear, but that the standalone version will continue to work. BTW there is a browser API for TerraServer,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and RTTY

2015-01-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: U ... I've never understood the infatuation with FSK over AFSK For those who believe that FSK has some advantage over AFSK for purity signal or some other reason, K0SM has posted a detailed web page showing the

[Elecraft] One noise source down, 999 to go.....

2014-10-29 Thread Tony Estep
From USA Today: LG Electronics has confirmed that it will end production of plasma TVs by the end of November, following a similar announcement http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/2/5864371/samsung-ending-production-of-plasma-tvs by rival Samsung earlier this summer. Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 124, Issue 11

2014-08-20 Thread Tony Estep
...On 8/19/2014 1:02 AM, Andrew White wrote: With enough eye balls looking at the code all bugs are shallow Everybody who reads the news knows that the most serious Internet security bug of all time, the Heartbeat bug, was in a piece of open-source software that had been

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and hex-beam antenna

2014-08-05 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Rip R cw.op.mont...@gmail.com wrote: ...connected to a hex beam antenna at about 26 feet... == Yep. I have a hex attached to a chimney bracket at about 24 feet. The neighbors can't even see it from the front. I have 313 confirmed with this modest

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Audio: from OK to superior

2014-07-18 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jim Miller jimmil...@stl-online.net wrote: ...I do not like the CM500 = me neither. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Ouch - An Update

2014-06-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Mike Lewis mlewi...@gmail.com wrote: My boss... then sprang into action. He removed the transformer, counted the turns, removed the old wire, found some new magnet wire. == Mike, you have the right job, or at least the right boss! Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] RF in the Trees

2014-06-26 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com wrote: I'm getting pretty good with the bow arrow method === For years I used a slingshot, firing a weight attached to a spinning reel. Worked pretty good. But last year I bought one of these gadgets:

Re: [Elecraft] A product that would revolutionize ham radio

2014-06-16 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:37 PM, K8JHR jricha...@k8jhr.com wrote: I would NOT want an all in one solution == If some manufacturer thought this was a good idea, I suppose they could do some market research. One data point would be to survey how many KX3 owners have rigged theirs

Re: [Elecraft] Learning Morse Code is Like Learning to Dance

2014-05-30 Thread Tony Estep
How come I have no problem with CW but I can't dance? Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list

Re: [Elecraft] Computers in the Stone Age

2014-05-28 Thread Tony Estep
My first computer was a Sol-20 (1977), with an 8080 and 16K of RAM. There was a skeletal OS in ROM, but you could load a bigger OS and/or Basic from cassette. Later, I got floppy drives and North Star Basic, and still later 8 floppies and the CP/M OS. I wrote a machine-language driver to relocate

Re: [Elecraft] Computers in the Stone Age

2014-05-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com wrote: Don't forget how revolutionary the Commodore VIC-20 was... = And the somewhat similar Atari 880. I bought an 880 for my kids, along with some games. One of the games had a copy-protected disk. My younger son,

Re: [Elecraft] Computers in the Stone Age

2014-05-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Jack Brindle jackbrin...@me.com wrote: ... the MITS facility in New Mexico... I bought a copy of Micro-Soft Basic ($400!) and called the New Mexico number to get some help on a new function in one of the subsequent releases. They had no help desk;

Re: [Elecraft] Activity in ancient 15-meter novice band (21.1 MHz)

2014-05-25 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: I just made my first QSO in at least three decades in the legacy 21.1 MHz U.S. Novice-license segment. = Ah, now that brings back memories. I worked DXCC as a Novice (KN0LTB) in 1958-59, all within 21.100 -

Re: [Elecraft] K3 With SDR-IQ

2014-05-06 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Robert G Strickland rc...@verizon.netwrote: I'm using LP-Pan2, NaP3, and an M-Audio Delta card in my Win7... == I use the same combo except with an ancient Emu 0202 card. This setup does everything I ever want. It gives a great view of the band, allows

Re: [Elecraft] Firing off a macro via MixW

2014-05-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:17 AM, David Cole d...@nk7z.net wrote: ...an example Hex command being fired off to a K3 from a MixW Macro... === Dave, Here are three simple examples: Puts everything in CW Mode CATCMDHEX:00 00 00 02 0C CATWAIT:50 CATCMDHEX:00 00 00 00 08 MODE:CW Puts

Re: [Elecraft] Firing off a macro via MixW

2014-05-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:22 AM, David Cole d...@nk7z.net wrote: ...Where did you get the list of commands... === If you have the MixW help files installed, you can find a very extensive list of macro commands there. The best way to send commands to the K3 is not via Hex, but via

Re: [Elecraft] confirm 31f2cc57dad09f314d1ffdffe7708bf9a3263d54

2014-04-06 Thread Tony Estep
I think he just sent us all a bitcoin. Tony KT0NY On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Tom Stone jibshee...@gmail.com wrote: __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Ergonomics

2014-04-03 Thread Tony Estep
I guess I am some sort of an oddball. I find no fault with my K3 at all. I had an FT-1000MP and to tell you the truth I found no fault with it either. The human interface is completely different, but you just learn to work it and then you know it and you never think about it again. Here is an

[Elecraft] IBM's resources (OT)

2014-04-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: ...Elecraft is nowhere the size of IBM and does not have those huge resources = Don's comment reminded me of one of the great hacker stories of all time. When IBM launched the 360, it obsoleted all its

Re: [Elecraft] WinXP - SP3 ... too late!

2014-03-29 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Bill W2BLC w2...@nycap.rr.com wrote: ...Too many choices is somewhat like too many cooks spoiling the stew. There needs to be a single Linux system... = But this is exactly the situation that Linux was supposed to cure. Before the arrival of Linux there

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 / NaP3 Display Images

2014-03-05 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: ..Tune to an S-9 or greater signal and wait a bit to allow it to work The stronger the signal, the faster it will be corrected. An XG3... = What Don said. I keep my XG3 connected to the RX Ant input. When my NaP3

[Elecraft] FT5ZM

2014-01-26 Thread Tony Estep
The Amsterdam DXpedition, using mainly Elecraft gear, got on the air this morning and is cranking them out. The CW pile is about 30 khz wide at the moment. They are loud here and probably in a lot of other places. Check it out. 73, Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Full SDR

2013-12-31 Thread Tony Estep
Craig, get the KX3 and use NaP3 on your PC. You will have a complete superset of what the 3000 will do, except that your radio will also be great on CW and will be portable. You can use the on-screen tuning etc when you want, but you may find circumstances when you are glad to have the knobs.

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Full SDR

2013-12-31 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Craig Schroeder cra...@neb.rr.com wrote: ...I'm primarily interested in DX'ing = Craig, if you're a DXer and you want an SDR, get a K3 and LP-Pan and set up NaP3 on your computer. Forget the Flex radios. I actually worked DXCC with a Flex 1500 just

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] SDR transmitter issues?

2013-12-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Fred Smith m...@totalhighspeed.comwrote: ...have considered a 1500.. == If you operate CW, you won't like it. Get a KX3. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] OT: Nixie clock

2013-12-27 Thread Tony Estep
My son gave me a Nixie clock kit for Christmas and it looks great in my shack. If you don't mind SMD components (there's just one), you might enjoy building this kit from Tubeclock.com. And BTW, here's wishing everybody a Happy New Year full of DX! 73, Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: K9W Wake Atoll DXpedition Has Been Approved - Hope To Be QRV This Weekend

2013-10-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Fred Smith m...@totalhighspeed.com wrote: ...I'm a DX'er that's why I use Elecraft radios = Yup, what Fred said. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] CW Pitch Resolution

2013-10-20 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Oliver Johns ojo...@metacosmos.orgwrote: ...440, a pure standard A... Gee, maybe it's a good thing radio wasn't invented back in the days when A was 415. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] SDR software for KX3?

2013-10-13 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Tom tom...@videotron.ca wrote: ..I just tried nap3 and while I can get a spectrum there are so many artifacts... NaP3 has an automatic routine that can balance out images. It is supposed to work with any strong carrier, but it seems that it takes a

Re: [Elecraft] Fw: K3 Suddenly died

2013-10-07 Thread Tony Estep
Apparently Ohm's Law is too complicated to argue about on here. Let's go back to discussing whether or not you can read the Heisenberg uncertainty quantity (10-34 joule-seconds) on your voltmeter. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] Using the k3 for WSPR

2013-09-01 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 7:31 PM, EricJ eric_c...@hotmail.com wrote: ...The WSPR modes are just USB SSB modulated by audio tones == Correct. The TX frequency is not 10.14020 unless you set it to be that. The TX frequency is set by typing it into a window on the WSPR control panel.

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 MOD

2013-07-09 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Richard Thorpe kis...@me.com wrote: I've done the mod and still need the RX SHIFT It worked great for me. With the antenna disconnected, I could hear VFO noise only on 6 meters before the mod. After the mod, all is totally quiet. The only strange result

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] RTTY setup

2013-07-08 Thread Tony Estep
Mike, MMTTY expects the transceiver to be set to LSB. If yours is set to USB, click the REV button in MMTTY Tony KT0NY On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Mike Reublin n...@nf4l.com wrote: I'm trying to help a new K3 owner set up for RTTY using MMTTY and AFSK A. I have a Mac, he's running Win

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation

2013-06-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Richard Fjeld rpfj...@embarqmail.comwrote: repeater activity is almost dead... == There are about 30 repeaters audible from my QTH, some on 2M and some on 440. My 2M/440 radio is turned on and scanning them much of the time. Some days I hear no

Re: [Elecraft] Capital letters on reflector

2013-06-10 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Vincent Diak uncleb...@optonline.netwrote: Sorry About the caps,... === Vince, an easy way to make text bigger and easier to read is to press Control-+ (the Control key and the + key at the same time). You can make the letters huge, but it won't affect

Re: [Elecraft] A Rob Sherwood's talk in Dayton

2013-06-08 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 3:04 AM, Edward R Cole kl...@acsalaska.net wrote: ...the promise that SDR makes (but only Elecraft actually does) === I owned two of the vaunted SDR transceivers. Their hardware design is flawed (sudden power spikes that could blow an amp, no QSK, poor

Re: [Elecraft] K3 improvements was: A Rob Sherwood's talk in Dayton

2013-06-07 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Ray Sills raysil...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think the intent for not adding improvements that can't be done for -any- K3 is there to hold back === Well, the idea of continuing hardware changes has not generally been embraced by any ham

Re: [Elecraft] A Rob Sherwood's talk in Dayton

2013-06-06 Thread Tony Estep
Very interesting, Gus. One of the most salient impressions that comes out is how little on-air testing seems to be done by most manufacturers. I guess that most rigs are made for phone ragchewers, and are probably fine for that purpose; but many of the faults that Rob Sherwood points out become

Re: [Elecraft] Dual Signal Image on NaP3 with KX3

2013-05-31 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Ariel Jacala n...@hotmail.com wrote: I get a dual image on my NaP3 display == Ariel, sometimes NaP3's I-Q autobalancing gets discombobulated. It can be cured very simply by putting in a very big carrier, S9+40 or so. I have my XG-3 connected to

Re: [Elecraft] Dual Signal Image on NaP3 with KX3

2013-05-31 Thread Tony Estep
have the mirror image. Do I tune right to the big signal and then move away? Ariel NY4G Sent from my iPad On May 31, 2013, at 11:11 PM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Ariel Jacala n...@hotmail.com wrote: I get a dual image on my NaP3 display

Re: [Elecraft] cobweb antenna

2013-05-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Lee Stephens b2rie...@cincinnaticomm.comwrote: never heard of the 'Cobweb' but === Well, it's really the same thing as a halo, which in turn is the same thing as a dipole that's been bent into a circle (or in this case a square) and trimmed so

Re: [Elecraft] How many Windows users are using Windows 98 SE?

2013-05-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Bill Blomgren billb...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... I wrote my own bios for CP/M... == Yeah, me too. I could still write assembly code as far as the 8086, but after that it got out of hand. But re the point of this thread: doesn't seem right to keep using an

Re: [Elecraft] UHF CONNECTORS

2013-04-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.comwrote: the analysis in this tome is rather flawed... == Agreed, Jim. Nonetheless, the measurements therein confirm that a UHF connector is as good as any other at frequencies of 144 or less. This started out as a

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Thunder storms affect Ionosphere study

2013-04-23 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote: I do not use clusters or any other internet support. = Ron, you're a *real* man. I, on the other hand, am a weenie. Tony KT0NY __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] Hello from K3 Owner

2013-04-10 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Doug Ellmore Sr. d...@ellmore.net wrote: ...I am looking for help to get WAS... == Doug, a great way to work on WAS is to do it during Field Day or Sweepstakes. On Field Day 2011 I decided to see if I could work 50 states in 50 QSOs. It took some

Re: [Elecraft] Setting up B rcvr for split

2013-04-07 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Bob K6UJ k...@pacbell.net wrote: I want the B rcvr to be set up the same as my A rcvr. === Bob, if you go AB twice, it will copy everything: bandwidth, NB/NR, etc, from A to B. The display will say AB All to confirm this. Tony KT0NY

[Elecraft] VK9CZ

2013-04-02 Thread Tony Estep
Cocos-Keeling is on the air with a K3. That part of the world is usually very weak in my qth, but they are thundering in here today. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - noise blanker works fine

2013-03-13 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Bruce McLaughlin bmcla...@bex.net wrote: Not only is the noise blanker outstanding but the noise reduction also works extremely well = I have to add my $0.02. The Spratly Island guys (9M4SLL) have been very weak here, never more than S3, and to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Eric Co.... Please relocate the Link/UnLink button.

2013-03-07 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Edward R Cole kl...@acsalaska.net wrote: I am happy with the present SUB control... == I think the proposal is to keep that function as-is, but allow the user to disable it so that the LINK won't come up accidentally when turning on SUB. Like many DXers, I

Re: [Elecraft] TX5K

2013-03-05 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Dyarnes w7...@cox.net wrote: ... lots of folks are working the Clipperton gang.. I'm delighted to see such interest in DX on this reflector. Once when I posted the QRV of an Elecraft-powered DXpedition, I got a strange email from a reflector lurker saying that

Re: [Elecraft] TX5K

2013-03-05 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Josh Fiden j...@voodoolab.com wrote: The very first QSO with my K3 was TX5K on 6m off the moon == It's well-known that the K3 signals are extra-bouncy. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Titanic II 2016 ...and CW?

2013-03-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 7:27 PM, stan levandowski sjl...@optonline.net wrote: ...the Titanic sent CQD and later SOS == I am no historian, but a Google search turns up many pages on this topic. Here's a typical one with its versions of the answers to questions of transmitter type and

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Titanic II 2016 ...and CW?

2013-03-02 Thread Tony Estep
And here's another with a small picture and many tech details. http://marconigraph.com/titanic/wireless/mgy_wireless.html BTW I have heard of Continental code but do not know how it differs from the Morse we use. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

Re: [Elecraft] Laptops/Notebook suggestions

2013-02-13 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Stephen Roberts steve...@shoreham.netwrote: ...useful to have a notebook or laptop (small)... = Steve, I have numerous computers of various sizes and shapes. I just got a new Asus 11.6 laptop, Core I3, with Win 8 and a touchscreen(!) Win 8 is just a

Re: [Elecraft] Problem with a K3 screw - suggestions needed

2012-12-26 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Fabio IZ4AFW / NZ1W iz4...@iz4afw.orgwrote: ...2) now the screw head is damaged... === Fabio, I did this on my K3 the first day I got it. The solution provided by the Elecraft service stars was to take off the side panel and take all the other screws out of

Re: [Elecraft] XP

2012-11-26 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Sandy ebj...@charter.net wrote: How long will it be before Microsoft ditches Windows 7 You can probably answer your own question by looking at the life of XP. There have been 3 generations of Windows since XP, which was last produced in late 2006.

Re: [Elecraft] XP

2012-11-26 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 6:43 PM, David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.comwrote: ...Is someone concerned that one or more of the K3 or KX3 utility applications won't work.. = Naw, the question was how are we gonna survive in 2020 (or 2024, or whenever) when our familiar OS world comes to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 sensitivity below 40 meters

2012-11-13 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Richard Fjeld rpfj...@embarqmail.comwrote: ...even a good radio needs a resonant antenna. = It's true that reception is often better if the antenna is matched, but this doesn't mean that the antenna has to be resonant. An antenna's resonance or

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft's Races

2012-10-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Bill W4ZV btipp...@alum.mit.edu wrote: 1. When will the K3 catch the K2? 2. When will the KX3 catch the K3? ...great product design, good marketing and outstanding product support... Very pithy post. If I had to boil down everything about why

Re: [Elecraft] Blues [OT]

2012-10-02 Thread Tony Estep
I'll just say this about aging: A few years ago there was a story in the New York Times about retirees hanging out at Jones Beach. Seems that the same little bunch had been there for about 20 years, watching the waves and swapping stories. The reporter asked one what they talked about. Well, said

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WSPR rig stays in TX mod

2012-09-19 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Mike Weir ve3...@hotmail.com wrote: ...an Elecraft K3 and it seems to be stuck in TX and will not switch back to receive One way this can happen is if RF is getting into the computer and hosing the serial port driver. This can happen even with

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 + NaP3 Frequency Offset

2012-09-13 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Ignacy n...@arrl.net wrote: NaP3 has a bug. When started, the offset is bad. When offset is changed to something on the last tab (say SSB) to something and then back to 0, the offset is correct. = I have set my offset to 1. This seems to

Re: [Elecraft] Swains Island

2012-09-12 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.comwrote: I'm trying for all bands QRP.. Good for those who are working them QRP. DX success is not a matter of simply adding more power. As many Elecrafters are well aware, a little operating skill can

[Elecraft] Swains Island

2012-09-10 Thread Tony Estep
The NH8S expedition, partly sponsored by Elecraft, has been going strong for a while and will be running until the 19th. Swains Island is the 31st most-needed DX country, according to DX News. They are using KPA500 amps, although not K3s (tsk-tsk). For whatever reason, the pileups have not been

Re: [Elecraft] Swains Island

2012-09-10 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Gary Gregory garyvk...@gmail.com wrote: *You have to wonder if their job would have been easier IF they were using K3's* -- Hmmm. I wouldn't doubt it. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

Re: [Elecraft] K3 JT 65-HF transmit?

2012-09-10 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:46 PM, cx...@4email.net wrote: What else do you recommend that I look for? === Tom, make sure your PC is generating audio out. Unplug the audio cable from the PC's line out and try to transmit. You should hear the audio tones coming out the speaker. If

Re: [Elecraft] Swains Is

2012-09-10 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:44 PM, r miles greenacres...@charter.net wrote: at least 5 or 6 idiots were calling... === When I was first licensed in 1957 this and all the many related topics were discussed practically every month in columns in CQ and/or QST, and it will never change as

Re: [Elecraft] JT65 on the KX3: improved VFO temperature stability

2012-09-09 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: I have a new revision of KX3 field-test firmware available == Any more news on this? I'm rarin' to go. -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Keyer Pause

2012-09-04 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Rick Stealey rstea...@hotmail.com wrote: ..you don't have to use an external keyer to get the best cw = The keyer in the K3 is terrific, generating CW that is as near to perfection as any external keyer. I even had the unusual experience of

Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards

2012-09-01 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:25 AM, k3...@comcast.net wrote: ...will see it, just 48KHz at a time... --- You can see it 96Khz at a time if your card will sample at 96K and your setup is correct. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards

2012-08-31 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Barry LaZar k3...@comcast.net wrote: if you opt to use NaP3 and set it so that what you are tuned to is in the center of the display, you will always see the +/- 24KHz == The amount you see is selectable. It depends on the sampling rate as

Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards

2012-08-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com wrote: Those two don't work very well with Win 7... -- Actually the Emu 0202 works perfectly with Win 7. However, it is no longer made and in fact has not been made for quite a while. Apparently the 0204 does not work so well. For

[Elecraft] New convert

2012-08-26 Thread Tony Estep
A few months ago a ham buddy of mine, K0CEH, came over to see my HF antenna. While in the shack, he asked about my K3 KPA500, and I gave him a 1-minute demo, and told him about the upcoming KX3. Shortly afterward, he went to Dayton, saw a KX3 at the Elecraft booth, and ordered one. My KX3 came

Re: [Elecraft] Windows vs Mac

2012-08-24 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: ...I will probably wipe the Apple operating systems from the Mac Minis in the house and convert them to Windows 7 or Windows 8 And for those who like this idea, note that you can buy a Windows machine

Re: [Elecraft] kx3 IQ to laptop

2012-08-23 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: To add to the list... Yeah, the premise that you can't get a laptop with stereo in is an over-generalization. Gaming machines are expensive, but most if not all have stereo in, and pretty good sound

Re: [Elecraft] Accessory cable set for KX3 on web site

2012-08-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 fa...@panix.com wrote: It appears that the accessory cable set is available to order now... == What I wish they'd come up with is a cable that provides keying from RTS or DTR, and a cable that had a 1/8 plug on one

Re: [Elecraft] USB sound dongle

2012-08-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Barry LaZar k3...@comcast.net wrote: I use NaP3 because it can control the KX3 and allows me to use VAC so that I can pipe the output === Note that to do this you have to have 2 sound cards, one for the I-Q and one for the digi program. I

Re: [Elecraft] USB sound dongle

2012-08-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:26 AM, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com wrote: Unfortunately the 0204 does not work very well with Win 7 === That's too bad -- I hadn't heard that. The 0202 works perfectly with Windows 7, but is long gone and now replaced by the 0404. There are other makes as well,

Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.

2012-08-16 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:32 PM, N5GE li...@n5ge.com wrote: ...You cannot buy a rig directly from the giant rig manufacturers. ... This has nothing to do with the original point, which was the perfectly true observation that the price of some radios comes down over time. It is

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: RTTY split operation

2012-08-15 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Jim McDonald j...@n7us.net wrote: ...By keeping the two audio streams separate you achieve the benefit of split frequency pile-up ...The P3 is a big help, but stations who call continuously make it tough === Aspiring DXers should note Jim's

Re: [Elecraft] WSPR

2012-08-13 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Scott Dunlavey sdunla...@optimum.netwrote: ...I don't seam to be heard and I cant hear... == Scott, you don't provide any description of what you're doing, so it could be a lot of things. Here are some possibilities: Your transmitter must be set to

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and HDSDR

2012-08-11 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Ignacy n...@arrl.net wrote: ...I checked that the cable is stereo = The cable may be stereo, but mic input for the laptop may be mono. At least that's the case with many laptops. If so, you'll have to get an outboard sound module. Tony KT0NY --

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Sherwood RX Test Numbers Posted

2012-08-10 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft e...@elecraft.com wrote: See: http://www.sherweng.com/table.html Holy cow! I guess the combo of the KX3's cool SDR design and that unique baseband roofing filter is the winning recipe! Tony KT0NY --

[Elecraft] NR of my dreams

2012-08-10 Thread Tony Estep
When the new firmware 4.51 came out there were some postings commenting on the improvement in the NR. However, I didn't really pay attention. The previous versions of NR had proven to be of little use with the particular kind of noises that plague my QTH, so I hadn't even turned on NR for months.

Re: [Elecraft] Lightning damage here

2012-08-09 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: a nearby lightning strike last evening That is a bummer, Don. Lightning can make its way throughout the house by various evil means. A few years ago a strike hit a tree across the street, traveled

[Elecraft] D64K

2012-08-08 Thread Tony Estep
They're up and running. Plan is to be there through the 20th. Using 3 K3s and 1 K2. http://www.d64k.net/plans/ Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Unhappy with your KX3

2012-08-05 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 4:10 AM, emann...@csc.uvic.ca wrote: ...As far as I know the KX3 is the first... = Part of the design philosophy of the K3 and KX3 is the flow of firmware upgrades. This idea is also inherent in the TenTec Orion design, and of course in the Flex SDR

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] RS232 Connection

2012-08-05 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Rick Prather k6limae...@gmail.com wrote: ...the first thing I would do is a re-boot === Probably even better is a shutdown and cold restart. When a driver gets hosed, there is sometimes a bad ring buffer pointer that doesn't get re-initialized by a

Re: [Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

2012-08-04 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Kevin Kleinfelter ke...@kleinfelter.comwrote: ...I've become attached to a 'waterfall' display... == The K3 has IF out, which can be used with a cheap Softrock to give you a great display via NaP3 or other SDR software. ...I saw one of your postings

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Capabilities (was: Unhappy With Your KX3?)

2012-08-04 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Kevin Kleinfelter ke...@kleinfelter.comwrote: ...I can run the KX3 I/Q output through an SDR program, and use a software audio patch-board to create a virtual line in Not exactly. You can use a software virtual cable to create a virtual line out

Re: [Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

2012-08-04 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote: ...Whenever I check the Web page the status is not available == Nate, join the Softrock Yahoo group (or just read the posts there, I think they are visible to non-members) to find out about batches of kits. They

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 I/Q output for pandapter

2012-08-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:52 PM, k3...@comcast.net wrote: ...I have not been able to get VAC to work with NaP3 If you can get VAC to work with something else, it should also work with NaP3. Set up 2 cables, SR=11025, 96000 rate, 8..32 bps, NC 1..2, source line Line. Max inst 20,

Re: [Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

2012-08-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Rick Stealey rstea...@hotmail.com wrote: ...If you don't get a KX3 what are you going to get, an FT-817?... ROFLMAO! Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

Re: [Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

2012-08-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Kevin Kleinfelter ke...@kleinfelter.comwrote: ...Whatever I buy will be my first radio and it will have to be my last... = Then go straight to the top, Kevin, and get a K3. It is the best ham transceiver available and will be for some time, so you can be

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 I/Q output for pandapter

2012-08-02 Thread Tony Estep
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Buck k4ia k...@aol.com wrote: ...the signals are not there - just images == Buck, I have NaP3 running with my KX3, and it works fine. Set the global offset to 0. NaP3 will automatically balance images if you give it a strong signal to work on. I use

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 on the trail

2012-07-30 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Steve KC8QVO kc8...@yahoo.com wrote: ...I called CQ on 40m CW for a while before I went to sleep, but I was exhausted = Or maybe a food coma? Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

[Elecraft] cy9m

2012-07-26 Thread Tony Estep
The CY9M bunch with their K3 arsenal is up and running. Read about it at: http://www.cy9m.com/ Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 lost comm with K3Util

2012-07-17 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Adrian vk4...@bigpond.com wrote: ...Select device manager... === Joe, this is where to start. You can get device manager several ways. One way is to click your Start button to get the start menu. At the right, you'll see a list of stuff, one of which is

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