Re: [Elecraft] KX3 single lever key

2012-07-16 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Very neat job! VY 73, Lance On 7/16/2012 8:27 PM, Bill W4ZV [via Elecraft] wrote: KH7T wrote Is anyone contemplating a single lever key for the KXPD3 mounting? No KX3 here yet but I made one for my ATS-3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wutov8MVr6Q Maybe this will give you some

Re: [Elecraft] Digital Mode Interface for the KX3 for WSJT modes

2012-07-13 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hi Gary, If it is still available, I would be interested. PSE let me know, and I will send you cash tmrw by mail. VY 73, Lance On 7/13/2012 3:12 AM, Gary K9GS [via Elecraft] wrote: Or just buy one of these: http://www.unifiedmicro.com/sci6.htm Hard to beat for $25.00. BTWI

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 number 493 received

2012-06-23 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hi Don, Thanks for the update! It has taken more than 6 months to get through the first 3 daysI sure hope things improve for the next orders! I ordered mine on Jan 11. I would be interested in knowing how you interfaced yours to the computer, if you have done that. I will need to hit

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 number 493 received

2012-06-23 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hi Don, PSE let me know how you make out with the interface situation! I will have to get right on that when I get mine ;-) GL and VY 73, Lance On 6/23/2012 3:38 PM, VE2DFO [via Elecraft] wrote: Hi Lance: I haven't tried that yet--just got it fired up yesterday( needed to get 8 AA

Re: [Elecraft] My KX3 shipping calculation

2012-06-22 Thread W7GJ, Lance
I sure hope you are wrong, because I ordered mine on Jan 11, 2012 and I am leaving with it (hopefully) on a 6m EME DXpedition to ZK2 at the end of August! Let's both keep our fingers crossed! Been into the 7th month of waiting now VY 73, Lance On 6/22/2012 10:30 PM, dr.diesel [via

Re: [Elecraft] My KX3 shipping calculation

2012-06-22 Thread W7GJ, Lance
On 6/22/2012 11:38 PM, dr.diesel [via Elecraft] wrote: W7GJ, Lance wrote I sure hope you are wrong, because I ordered mine on Jan 11, 2012 and I am leaving with it (hopefully) on a 6m EME DXpedition to ZK2 at the end of August! Let's both keep our fingers crossed

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 order backlog

2012-05-15 Thread W7GJ, Lance
On 5/16/2012 2:25 AM, wf8o [via Elecraft] wrote: Just curious, when did you order yours? I wonder if they have worked through much of the initial rush. 73 Mike WF8O - If you reply to this email, your

Re: [Elecraft] Status update on the KX3

2012-03-27 Thread W7GJ, Lance
I think I speak for all of us when I agree wholeheartedlytake the time you need!!! GL and VY 73, Lance On 3/27/2012 9:26 PM, Eugene Balinski [via Elecraft] wrote: Wayne, Thanks for the updates. We certainly understand and really appreciate your attention to quality. We would all

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and Data Mode Interface

2012-03-18 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hi Ed, I also need the same thing, as I am sure many people do. I need to figure out a solution as small as possible, since my KX3 and whatever additional cables/interfaces/6m preamplifier, etc etc. need to all fit in the outside pouch of my laptop computer case for airline travel. Any

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 CW from computer

2012-03-12 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Won't there be some sort of TERMINAL in the KX3 utility that will allow the KX3 to be keyed from the computer? I just discovered that was possible for the K3 ;-) VY 73, Lance On 3/12/2012 4:21 PM, KU7Y [via Elecraft] wrote: When I started having the poor keying due to Windows being busy not

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Owner's Manual now available

2012-03-06 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hi Ed, Yes, you can use your K3USB cable to gain access to the RTS line, but you would have to select the optional KXSER cable (no charge exchange) to mate it to your KX3. Apparently there is space inside that DB9 connector to mount a small resistor and 2N to change the HIGH RTS line

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Owner's Manual now available (*preliminary*)

2012-03-05 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Anybody know if the KX3 can be set into XMIT mode via the RTS serial line from the computer going into ACC1? I looked in the manual, but I could not find it. I know many people with barefoot rigs or modern QSK amplifiers don't care if they are running digital modes in VOX mode, but all my

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Owner's Manual now available (*preliminary*)

2012-03-05 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hi Jim, TNX for your email and comments. Yes, I understand what you are saying and appreciate that you have had good success running VOX with your QSK-capable amplifiers. However, my solid state 6M-1000 amplifier has a little mechanical antenna relay in it, and the last thing I can afford

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Owner's Manual now available(*preliminary*)

2012-03-05 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hello Olli, The advantage is that I could possibly pull out the RTS line from my one RS232 cable to the computer, and simply add it to the amplifier PTT plug in ACC2. I would not have to build a transistor switch to directly trigger the PTT line, which would have to be broken out from the

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Owner's Manual now available (*preliminary*)

2012-03-05 Thread W7GJ, Lance
. VY 73, Lance On 3/5/2012 8:29 PM, Jim Brown-10 [via Elecraft] wrote: On 3/5/2012 11:09 AM, W7GJ, Lance wrote: However, my solid state 6M-1000 amplifier has a little mechanical antenna relay in it, and the last thing I can afford to do is to hot switch that amp on a 6m EME

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Owner's Manual now available (*preliminary*)

2012-03-05 Thread W7GJ, Lance
What is in the KX3 ACCESSORY CABLE KIT referenced in the manual and how much does it cost? I can not find it on the order form anywhere...Maybe I just can't figure out where to look for it. VY 73, Lance On 3/4/2012 11:33 PM, wayne burdick [via Elecraft] wrote: A preliminary version of the

Re: [Elecraft] Kx3 power output

2012-03-02 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Think it would work at 10 in JT65A mode? 48 seconds on and 72 seconds off, hour after hour? VY 73, Lance On 3/3/2012 12:17 AM, wayne burdick [via Elecraft] wrote: Jim Dunstan wrote: The KX3 specifications indicate a nominal 10 watts output. When operating a mode such as PSK, which

Re: [Elecraft] hyper links

2012-02-22 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Is there a KX3 list somewhere? I would like to subscribe to that instead... I can't find one :-( There is much too much info on here that has nothing to do with the radio. TNX and VY 73, Lance On 2/22/2012 6:39 PM, Richard Gracer [via Elecraft] wrote: Can we make this reflector work

Re: [Elecraft] K3 numbers

2012-02-10 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hello Igor! PSE tell your friend that I am ready to run a JT65A sked with him when he gets an amp and license for 6m! I am eagerly awaiting the chance to run with some UA9 stations on 6m EME during your moonrise! GL and VY 73, Lance On 2/10/2012 3:33 PM, Igor Sokolov-2 [via Elecraft]

Re: [Elecraft] SOS from 5v7v

2012-02-06 Thread W7GJ, Lance
Hello Franco, GL getting your K3 and KPA500 working! If you CAN get it going, please think about a 6m sked with me on JT65A during your moonset next week!!! MNI TNX and VY 73, Lance -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ) P.O. Box 73

Re: [Elecraft] FW: K3: CW in SSB mode broken?

2012-02-01 Thread W7GJ, Lance
One thing that disappointed me is that this very useful cross-mode feature (at least on 6m, where I do most of my operating), is available only if you are running VOX mode. I am not sure why it has been excluded when you run with a footswitch or sequencer to trigger the PTT line. I NEVER