And you are sure the antenna and coax connections are O.K.?
Dave W7AQK
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From: Fred Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: A funny thing happened
Forgot one
Alan and All,
I had nearly the same setup back in 1961-2 while stationed in Berlin,
Germany. Built the Apache, which worked great, then added the SB-10 shortly
thereafter. That was my first SSB venture, and you are right--the reports
were good. Problem was though, the Apache was not the
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I've often looked at modern components and realized how easy it'd be to
homebrew a phasing exciter. As a 99.9% CW buff, I've not been highly
I believe that most, if not all, DSP (i.e. both K3 type and PC type
SDRs) SSB modulators are essentially digital version of the
Hi Joe.
Yes, I am also awaiting this firmware update. I have not yet got my K3, but
my hopes are that it will be ready soon. Right now I am also using the
IC-756pro3, microphone are the TSM MT-57 dynamic, and I use the W2IHY
equalizer into the rear ACC connector. I have also ordered a better
I think RIT XIT can be configured to stay over bands - but not
positive
--
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the
same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least
twice
as fast as that! -Lewis Carroll, mathematician and writer (1832-1898)
Great!
Are there any photos available, showing the 1- and 2 pocket design? Or
outer dimensions? My interest is a carrying case for the K2, with one or
two pockets (for a small mike, key and bundle of antenna wire).
73 - Kristinn, TF3KX
Ken Kopp-3 wrote:
I've had several requests for
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Buy another radio that does everything you want.
Of course, it hasn't been built yet.
Here's an idea, start your own company and build the perfect radio,
but be ready for the incessant whining (like 5 year olds) which will
issue forth from your
Dear R. Kevin -
I'm sorry, but where I say:
I bought the K3 despite this shortcoming, so I accept it, just like I
| accept that, for me, the radio is a bit too physically small, but
that | doesn't mean I have to like it. It means only that I
understand that | practically everything in life is a
Don,
Do you really want band *stacking* memories? A stacking memory is
first-in, last out, so you have to drill down through the stack to get
the one you want. That seems likea much worse situation than the normal
band up/down switch which is a double ended stack.
If you are referring to
My factory built K3 100 S/N 915 has arrived.
Speedy trip from CA to SE England, UPS picked
up at 16-06 on 28th and delivered here at 11-38
on 30th, now thats what I call a first class service.
Order was placed 22nd Nov 07 and as I had been
on holiday was held until my return.
Now reading manual
Guy's..
Just wonderin'...
Can anyone tell me if Bill (N8ET)@Kanga US is back up 'n' runnin'
after the problems with flood damage that he experienced a few months ago ?
IF YOU SEE THIS BILL... can you get intouch buddy, need to talk to you...
TIA
Andy
GM0NWI
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Amen to that Don. As a non-contesting ham at this point, I've been following
this conversation trying to understand the use of stacking band memories.
As I come from a programming background, I too thought the same way about
the stack model (FIFO) and have been racking my brain trying to figure
Dave,
I believe what is really wanted is random access band buttons - in
other words a single button press for each band. For the life of me, I
cannot figure out how this ever has been construed in ham circles to use
the term band stacking memories - perhaps someone can tell me how
'random
Ok, lets see if I get it - users want to randomly assign bands to a set of
buttons in an order of their choosing, that makes sense to the operation
they are performing, then memorize the meaning of the buttons, and call up a
particular (and memorized) band with a single button.
And this would be
I would be happy to receive just the current K3, forget all the gimmic
features.
Jim K4JAF
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From: ken [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:19 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Features - What Else?
It seems to me some are
I haven't used the K3 receiver enough to really comment, but I like the way
the TS-930 works (with the PIEXX board installed). There are 99 memories
available which are accessed via the RIT knob (similar to the K3 and the VFO
B knob). In addition, there are 9 individual band buttons on the
My K3 should be arriving in a 2-3 weeks so I'll
obviously pass on making suggestions until I can play with it awhile.
My Omni VII's band stacking registers are not FIFO
but rather like having four sets of VFO's for each band at
the push of one button.
So VFO A could be at 14.001 and VFO B
Band Stacking: I can tell you how it worked on the Yaesu MKV. There were
two band stacking registers per band. When I'd push the band keypad
button for a particular band, I'd go back to the frequency and mode I was
last using on that band. If I pressed that same band button again, I'd go
I don't have a K3 yet but I'm happy with the Band+ and Band- buttons
on my K2. I pretty much know how many pushes I'll need to get from one
band to another, usually only one or two away.
Anyhow, the display changes instantly with each button push before the
relays get a chance to switch, so you
I'm starting to think that if, historically, all rigs had come with
Band+ and Band- buttons, plus dedicated GoToBandXY buttons, we'd be
seeing posts asking for a knob connected by a shaft to a multi-gang
rotary switch, hooked to a big air-wound coil with multiple taps.
I'm confident the
Got my MadelynGram yesterday that my K3, ordered Dec. 22nd, has shipped. Should
arrive in Utah on Monday. Will post the serial number when it arrives.
Kent, w7vz
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Hey Don (FPR type),
I've been a programmer since 1980 - quite familiar
with the stack. But you're right, to me a single
button band set to a tunable memory would be the major
advantage.
Make it a 2X stack to access two tunable memories
would be icing on the cake. I'd use high end of the
band
John,
If you assign the 'Quick Memories' to the bands as suggested in the
manual (and per Windy's solution on the reflector), then you have
exactly the same function as your TS-930 provides. In addition, the
K3's band up/down buttons will take you to the last used frequency on
any band
I miss dedicated band buttons even though my main rig has been a K2 for the
last couple years. Using the Quick Memories and M1..M4 work quite well
though.
But (you knew this was coming), the very thing that makes the Quick Memory
function handy can also be its downfall. Try as I might to be
Don (fpr type),
The TS-930 is a 25 year old design - post Y2K those
memories (registers) are tunable, accessed randomly,
and stacked to some level.
John,
If you assign the 'Quick Memories' to the bands as
suggested in the manual (and per Windy's solution on
the reflector), then you have
Hi Dave,
I think the Band Stacking Register definition came from the way Icom
implemented it on their 756PRO series of radio. This is taken from the
IC-756PROIII operating manual on page 24:
The triple band stacking register provides 3 memories
in one band. 3 sets of a frequency and
Bill Coleman N2BC wrote:
I miss dedicated band buttons even though my main rig has been a K2 for
the last couple years. Using the Quick Memories and M1..M4 work quite
well though.
But (you knew this was coming), the very thing that makes the Quick
Memory function handy can also be its
Guys . . .
This is much ado about nothing. Just LEARN how the K3 does memory
storage and retrieval and it will become second-nature to you.
During the first week or two following assembly I overwrote some
memories a time or two myself . . . until I trained myself not to. In
the nine
looking at the serial numbers, there are a lot more shipping than are being
reported to the list.
73, Jim
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From: Jim Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Katiegrams?
K9ZTV wrote:
Guys . . .
This is much ado about nothing. Just LEARN how the K3 does memory
storage and retrieval and it will become second-nature to you.
During the first week or two following assembly I overwrote some
memories a time or two myself . . . until I trained myself not to. In
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From: Ian J Maude [EMAIL PROTECTED]
K9ZTV wrote:
Guys . . .
This is much ado about nothing. Just LEARN how the K3 does memory
storage and retrieval and it will become second-nature to you.
With respect Kent, (and I know your email was
Not everyone is addicted to the Internet :)
73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Jim Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
looking at the serial numbers, there are a lot more shipping than are being
reported to the list.
73, Jim
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Don't you need the DVR to make that happen?
Steve Ellington
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From: G4ILO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Memories - Band changing etc.
Bill Coleman N2BC
The 756PRO series of radio has 12 dedicated Band
Keys which allows this kind of user interface. To
implement this on the K3 in hardware is simply not
possible.
The K3 does not have 12 keys to dedicate the the
function, so covering -all- bands may not be possible,
but there are 5 DVR keys,
At the risk of offending someone - computers (and the K3 has a certain
amount of that) should be programmed to serve humanity and not the
other way around.
I've been in IT 39 years and there was a time when I accepted that a
human might have to work a certain way or act a certain way in
Didn't know that we had to report to this list..hi
Got my K3 #698 about 5 weeks ago.
Outstanding tranciever !
I would really love to call it The Orion II killer soon...
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LA1BNA Svein
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I recently got my K2 serviced and updated. I was told by the technician that I
needed to tighten the mounting screws on Q1 and Q2 after 10 to 12 hours of use.
Failure to do so could destroy the transitors. I have read the KPA/100 manual
and it says to tighten these mounting screws after
Hi Drew,
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Band changing...Devils Advocate...
|I don't have a K3 yet but I'm happy with the Band+ and Band- buttons
| on my K2. I pretty much know how
Don't think anyone has to but just a tracking mechanism for those of us
still waiting and anxiously estimating our Katiegram and delivery date.
thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP
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From: LA1BNA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 3:14 PM
John Klokis wrote:
I recently got my K2 serviced and updated. I was told by the
technician that I needed to tighten the mounting screws on Q1 and Q2
after 10 to 12 hours of use. Failure to do so could destroy the
transitors. I have read the KPA/100 manual and it says to tighten
these mounting
When I was first loading all the memories (I mean band switch), I too
hit the wrong sequence a few times and messed up.
(See my suggestions:
http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2008-March/084937.html )
But once they were loaded, I found an easy way to NOT overwrite what
I had entered.
I have a new K3 that I just got up and running. I am having a problem on CW
mode.
I have a 500 and 250 CW filter installed and both work the same with this
problem.
When I spot a station and get right on frequency the volume drops off to the
point of almost disappearing.
If I tune 40 to 50
John:
If the thermal pads for the PA transistors were replaced then you DO
need to re-tighten the screws after 10 - 12 hours of use. Check with
the technician who serviced and updated your K2 to see if they were replaced.
73,
Ken K3IU
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At 05:19 PM 5/30/2008, John
I'm going to make a guess that the filter offset you've dialed in isn't
negative.
Would you connect your K3 to your PC, start the K3 Utility, navigate to the
Configuration Tab, click Edit Crystal Filters... and verify that all the
settings are correct? The frequency offset for a 5-pole crystal
Dick
I appreciate your help in this matter but I discovered the problem. It is
not the radio but my headphones. I have a pair of Kenwood HS-5 headphones
and it seems they have a real dip in output below about 700Hz. I have the
sidetone set at 650 Hz.
When I tried a different set of headphones
I went a step further and put a piece of white 1/4 inch masking tape
over the VM key. Not pretty but it works for me. It is just enough to
catch your eye and of course when you really need it, it can still be
depressed. I do have an advantage in that with poor eyesight it is not
easy to
Wow, that is an interesting result!
Evidently my guess was wrong. Thanks for the follow-thru message.
I think I have a pair of those phones somewhere, but I found them too tight
to be comfortable.
73 de Dick, K6KR
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