[Elecraft] Want to buy K3
Hi, I am interested in buying used K3. Anyone would like to sell? Please email me your offer with price and list of modules to ke...@poczta.onet.pl Thanks! Rafal SQ5FWR ps. I can receive it via international post office (in Poland) or via domestic post in US by my friend. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 1mW Calibration problem.
Hi Elecrafters, I recently installed the K144XV and was only getting 6 Watts out, I had oerformed the 1 mW calibration. To measure the power out of the KXV3A I attached an Elecraft 20 W dummy load and TDS220 scope. The power out measured 480 uW (440 mV p-p). To measure the power out I used the MilliWatt Meter Calibration described on P49 of my manual, rev. D2. I set CONFIG:KXV3 to TEST and held tune. The menu entry name did not change to CONFIG:WMTR MW (am I missing something here)? I re-did the 1 mW calibration watching the scope and p-p output voltages were typically 580 to 590 mV p-p (should be 634 mV p-p I reckon). Re did 5 W, 50W and 1 mW cal then getting 820 mV (2.1 mW) p-p using CONFIG:KXV3 set to TEST. In summary 2 problems:- 1) CONFIG:KXV3 to TEST and CONFIG:WMTR MW are not working for me. 2) The 1 mW calibrate in K3 utility 1.3.4.3 seems to deliver results which vary from cal to cal. Any insight appreciated. Cheers, Glen VK1FB __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)
Hi, The know does look and sound nice but oh such an expense. The Scottish blood in my veins is turning cold. One should always question; will the encoder and its bearings take this added weight for ten years. How much of a pain will it be to replace the encoder in the future? The Collis equipment is built like a tank while Elecraft makes lightweight stealth equipment. There may be some mechanical considerations. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ab2tc Sent: 23 April 2010 00:50 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-) Hi, I am not sure if I understand what all the excitement is about. From what I can see from the pictures, the Elecraft knob does not have a swiveling finger dimple. I am still of the opinion that the tuning knobs on the Yaecomwood radios are superior just for this reason (I only have personal experience with ICOM knobs). I would gladly pay the $100 price for a K3 compatible tuning knob equivalent to my IC718 or IC7200 tuning knobs. I would never pay this kind of money for mere eye candy. AB2TC - Knut Don Rasmussen wrote: For K3: I have never had such a nicely balanced knob on such a silky smooth encoder. Collins, yeah, I can see some advantages to the extra weight. That having been said - I do enjoy having the dimple on the outside of the knob, and some extra finger room around the VFO B area. snip -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Wow-Nice-Knobs-tp4947621p4947785.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] XV-432 power instability in SSB
Dear Gangue: My XV-432 is acting very strangely. I am working with Gary in support on the problem, but I have to wait for a couple of parts to arrive to run the tests he requested so...I am wondering if anyone has experienced this: Into a dummy load, used with K3, it works fine on CW. Puts out 10-20W depending on PWR setting on K3. When I put the K3 into SSB mode, however, the XV-432 will put out no power on any setting--UNTIL I MOVE the PWR knob. This is the strange part. Even if the K3 is set to the minimum pwr setting, .10 mW, the XV-432 puts out no power until I move the PWR setting counterclockwise, that is, as if I am trying to select the a power less than .10 mW. While the knob is moving the XV-432 will jump in pwr from nothing indicated to 30W (all power LEDs lit) and back down again in roughly 1 Hz cycles. If I countinue to rapidly move the PWR knob on the K3 back and forth the XV-432 will jump around on power output from 1 to 30 watts. This is with the K3 showing .10mW the whole time, until I turn the knob clockwise. Erratic power output occurs at all levels of K3 drive from .10mW to 1.0mW. This is completely repeatable. I have tried changing/rearranging cables. I am also using an XV-144 that shares the XVTR IN/OUT cables on the back of the K3. These cables go to a BNC tee and then to each transverter. I have tried removing the tees, and using the cables stright form the K3 to the XV-432 with no change. The XV-144 operates fine in all modes even when driving an amplifier to 500w. Both XV have the bypass cap mod, and the XV-432 has the power module resistor mod. Again, the XV-432 does not exhibit this behavior in CW mode which I find baffling. Any ideas? Thanks. 73 Eric WD6DBM __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Electret microphone wiring
Hi all, I am trying to use a cheap computer microphone in my K3, front 8 pin connector. I have some doubts that I would like to solve before making a mistake: 1- Can I use pin 1 directly atached to the electret capsule and set bias in config:MIC SEL? Or should I use also some kind of resistor/condenser arrangement to the 8V DC pin6? 2- For GND: shoul I use pin 7, pin 8 or both pins? Thank you very much in advance. Ramiro. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Electret microphone wiring
I am trying to use a cheap computer microphone in my K3, front 8 pin connector. I have some doubts that I would like to solve before making a mistake: 1- Can I use pin 1 directly atached to the electret capsule and set bias in config:MIC SEL? Or should I use also some kind of resistor/condenser arrangement to the 8V DC pin6? 2- For GND: shoul I use pin 7, pin 8 or both pins? I just went through that. My Sennheiser headset now works fine using internal settings for bias. Pin 7 and 8 are the same connection point. I do not believe it is best that they are the same, in my unprofessional opinion one should be a shield ground and one an audio ground, but they are the same. I had to modify my audio input grounding to cure RFI. My headset has a long cord, and when I would stretch the cord I would get bad RFI with my yagi stacks pointed back at my house. Elecraft has a mod for this, but I changed more. I soldered the wire around the mic connector shell to the connector shell, and I grounded the circuit board pin 7 and 8 via a copper foil that grounds under the cabinet screw in that corner. Now I absolutely no RFI into the audio no matter what I do, and with the very long cord all stretched out like an antenna! The Elecraft mod was an improvement, but the copper foil was a total cure for me. 73 Tom __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)
Really nice looking but what would be the effects of the extra weight on the axis after extended use ? 73's Philippe A65BI Tom W8JI w...@w8ji.com 23-04-2010 2:17 Maybe I'm missing something??? Doesn't just sliding the K3 knob on so it just kisses the felt washers do the same thing? The K3 knob seems plenty heavy to me. I was thinking though, if extra weight was needed, I would take it to a local crankshaft shop and have a few slugs of mallory metal inserted. A slug of mallory metal is only $40. :-) 73 Tom __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-) [END OF THREAD]
Perhaps the extra weight to which the shaft encoders that are subject to by the heavier knobs would invalidate Elecraft's warranty. In a recent message, Philippe Trottet trot...@unhcr.org wrote ... Really nice looking but what would be the effects of the extra weight on the axis after extended use ? 73's Philippe A65BI -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK -- __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Fun with your P3
If you have never used a panadapter you are in for hours of amusement: I am just looking/listening with PSDR/IF on 40m to a remote control ssb station (appropriately based in a city renowned for wind) whose spectrum below 200Hz is peaking 15dB higher than the rest of his signal. Integrate the area under the curve and you can approximate that at *least* half of his power is useful communication only for whales ;-) And at other times when you heard spitch you will be able to see the imd christmas tree 40kHz away that is causing it. Probably with 'ALC' ;-) You may also get a surprise with wobbly signals out either side of your passband (hopefully) on an empty band. Switched mode PSUs are the devil's work :-( Have fun, Pete F5VNB __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] k2 power control fault
Hi folks finally, after the emails of W3FPR, G4ARI and DL2FI I replaced D1 D2 in KATU100 and D16 D17 in KPA100. My k2 is like new my friends, thanks for helping me. luca 73 de iz0fyl __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion!
$105 per share? Maybe a certificate comes with each knob. 73, Mike NF4L Fred Jensen wrote: Phil LaMarche wrote: Hello Phil, I will have some black K3 knobs shipping on Monday. Price is $105.00 each plus $5 USPS Priority Mail shipping. How do I buy stock in the company that sells knobs for $105? 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010 - www.cqp.org __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion!
Now that would be neat. A Certificate of Authenticity complete with matching serial number (the knob does have a serial number, yes?) that is suitable for framing. I like it! Philip Mike wrote: $105 per share? Maybe a certificate comes with each knob. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion!
No, no - you send him your K3 s/n and that is what is engraved on the knob. At that price (which is not unreasonable for short-run machining and finishing, by the way) you would want theft protection. 73, geo - n4ua On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Philip Leonard WVØT leoli...@seidkr.comwrote: Now that would be neat. A Certificate of Authenticity complete with matching serial number (the knob does have a serial number, yes?) that is suitable for framing. I like it! Philip Mike wrote: $105 per share? Maybe a certificate comes with each knob. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, geo - n4ua __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)
Absolutely. I do not like resistance on my station radios (or VERY VERY little) (some required for mobiles) and they work just GREAT because I set them that way in the beginning. I like exactly what I have. I spin with the tip of my finger lightly against the front surface of the knob and would actually prefer it completely smooth. EVERYBODY has an opinion, mine is right (for ME). hi 73, de Jim KG0KP - Original Message - From: Tom W8JI w...@w8ji.com To: 'Elecraft Reflector' elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-) Maybe I'm missing something??? Doesn't just sliding the K3 knob on so it just kisses the felt washers do the same thing? The K3 knob seems plenty heavy to me. I was thinking though, if extra weight was needed, I would take it to a local crankshaft shop and have a few slugs of mallory metal inserted. A slug of mallory metal is only $40. :-) 73 Tom __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Portability
The only real moving parts that look like they'd be time limited to me would be the relays used in the bandpass/lowpass filters and the ATU. And those probably last forever.. The K2 and K3 both otherwise lack the trouble spots I'm used to from my older rigs - wafer switches, tube sockets, big heavy wiring harnesses, cruddy interconnecting plugs, etc. So mechanically it's hard to find any high wear/maintenance stuff in either of these rigs. They're definitely designed for schlepping. My K3 I'd be a little more reticent to drag around than my K2 but mostly just because it's more expensive hi hi. Maintenance-wise, they're head and shoulders above anything else I've seen too. Especially the K3, where zoning boards (if necessary) is an easy job for everything except perhaps the RF board. Not to mention the fact that if something is wrong, Elecraft is actually reachable by email/phone and won't stop until your rig is working again So I' say the K3 ought to last pretty much indefinitely 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Portability-tp4948785p4950672.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Portability
Don, I don't follow. Why are you faulting Flex due to the way your computer is built? Have you ever looked inside the case of a 5000A? Kirb - VE6IV -- Don Rasmussen wrote: The K3 is light for what it does, and simple. I have no doubt that if the K3 were wrapped with bubble wrap and double boxed, it could be dropped from almost any height without harm. Some of the K3 contemporaries, I'm not so certain about. FT2000 - yikes. There is a power supply in there and there are so many interconnected boards spread over a large area. Nice reliable looking radio in there but I wouldnt want to test drop it for any reason. I would be nervous about sending it in for repair that some little thing could work itself out of position, etc. Orion is better but still a lot of unsupported open space. FLEX - ;-) ha - my PC falls apart just sitting on the floor. I am constantly slapping my DELL back together. Fairness to FLEX, they are not racing with Icom to be the Dxpedition transceiver of choice. There is an old school term for some gear, MTBF. It just seems to me looking at the K3 simplicity, that there is a whole lot less to go wrong, even though Elecraft is always the first one to make anything that may happen, right. So I am wondering. I have an FT101 from 1975 that's still going great and it's as complex as heck inside and so many moving parts to stick, caps to harden, bandswitch contacts to foul. How long will K3 go, in comparison. After burn in, years I'd guess, lots of them. Seems that like jets, daily expansion and contraction might be it's biggest stresser. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Electret microphone wiring
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:04:26 -0400, Tom W8JI wrote: Pin 7 and 8 are the same connection point. The ONLY proper connection point for a cable shield is the shielding enclosure. Doing anything else creates what is known in the audio world as a pin 1 problem, whereby shield current (RF or baseband power- related buzz) can flow on interior ground buss wiring, couple into gain stages, and be detected and/or amplified. Since the AES charges non-members for Standards, I've put technical discussions of that Standard, for which I led the writing group, on my website. http://audiosystemsgroup.com/publish.htm IF the cable shield is separate from both signal conductors (that is, hot and return, as in a balanced mic), it's fine to separate return and shield. But if there's only the shield, it MUST go to the chassis. For many years, I didn't own a dedicated ham mic other than a PTT that came with a radio, so I grabbed an RE16 from my stock of recording mics and used that. It worked fine with suitable EQ as long as I made sure that the cable shield went to the chassis, but a rig with a pin 1 problem could experience RFI. Several years ago, I acquired an FT1000MP, and got reports of RF feedback on 75M and 15M. I ran the pin 1 susceptibility test that's described in one of the AES papers that's on my website on that mic connector, and found strong susceptibility with two peaks -- one a broad one that peaked just below 5 MHz and the second that peaked just below 21 MHz. Seven turns of the mic cable around a #31 2.4-in o.d. toroid killed the RFI. MOST ham rigs come with pin 1 problems -- the MP and K3 are not alone. It has taken radio circuit designers a long time to realize that someone outside their own limited world might know something more about RFI than they do, or to even read beyond their world. The guys who worked with me on AES EMC Standards all have serious RF backgrounds. To get back to the original question, the K3 has EXCELLENT good support for unbalanced electret mics. All that is needed is to connect the mic output to the mic input and turn on the bias via the menu. Inside the radio there's a 5.6K resistor from DC+ to the mic output. And there's enough TXEQ to accommodate the frequency response of any decent mic. 73, Jim Brown K9YC __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion!
Right on, George! Down at the lake boaters have taken to engraving their Social Security number or boat registration number on their expensive stainless steel props, as, with the boat up on the hoist, they are a real temptation for thieves. Without ID, one could lose a K3 knob on Field Day and not know it for hours. ;o) Terry, W0FM -Original Message- From: George Dubovsky [mailto:n4ua...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:50 AM To: leoli...@seidkr.com Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion! No, no - you send him your K3 s/n and that is what is engraved on the knob. At that price (which is not unreasonable for short-run machining and finishing, by the way) you would want theft protection. 73, geo - n4ua On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Philip Leonard WVØT leoli...@seidkr.comwrote: Now that would be neat. A Certificate of Authenticity complete with matching serial number (the knob does have a serial number, yes?) that is suitable for framing. I like it! Philip Mike wrote: $105 per share? Maybe a certificate comes with each knob. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, geo - n4ua __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Electret microphone wiring
IF the cable shield is separate from both signal conductors (that is, hot and return, as in a balanced mic), it's fine to separate return and shield. But if there's only the shield, it MUST go to the chassis. If one ground pin was dedicated to the chassis or cabinet ground, the other pin could be run through RF bypasses to the cold side of the audio input PC board. Then, in the case of a mic with an isolated ground return inside the shield, or even a balanced mic or unbalanced mic, the audio return could go to that pin. The shield could always go to the cabinet or chassis with the lowest possible impedance. No chokes, no bypasses. This is the same place the mic connector shell should go. If the mic had only the shield for an audio return, the shield and audio return pins could be bonded at the connector. This would be a simple solution that would cover all bases. For some reason this is an age old problem with Ham gear. Early tube gear used the case as a ground, but for some reason when the digital engineers got involved grounds started getting messed up. This is true for lightning grounds also. For example I did an antenna switching controller and made the chassis the common point for all grounds. The fellow writing the firmware did a whole new layout on his own where he isolated the digital and signal grounds. The result was a unit that failed CE testing for ESD between ports, and had significantly more RF out on leads from the clock. Strong RF would just kill the thing. I had a similar problem with a VOMAX speech processor. The RF power supply decoupling was on a single toroid and both negative and positive supply leads passed through it as a bifilar winding. While this provided reasonable common mode isolation, it offered virtually no differential isolation. The foil trace from the PTT lead (that had no RF isolation at the jacks) ran right along side the audio trace. Bypassing to the case as a common ground, and splitting the power supply leads into two isolated chokes, totally cured the VOMAX. 73 Tom __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion!
I am going to UNSUBCRIBE after sending this message. Too much Knobs, Junk and Confusion on the Elecraft site. Sorry guys. Claude VE2FK K3 # 3889 - Original Message - From: Terry Schieler To: 'George Dubovsky' ; leoli...@seidkr.com Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector' Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion! Right on, George! Down at the lake boaters have taken to engraving their Social Security number or boat registration number on their expensive stainless steel props, as, with the boat up on the hoist, they are a real temptation for thieves. Without ID, one could lose a K3 knob on Field Day and not know it for hours. ;o) Terry, W0FM -Original Message- From: George Dubovsky [mailto:n4ua...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:50 AM To: leoli...@seidkr.com Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion! No, no - you send him your K3 s/n and that is what is engraved on the knob. At that price (which is not unreasonable for short-run machining and finishing, by the way) you would want theft protection. 73, geo - n4ua On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Philip Leonard WVØT leoli...@seidkr.comwrote: Now that would be neat. A Certificate of Authenticity complete with matching serial number (the knob does have a serial number, yes?) that is suitable for framing. I like it! Philip Mike wrote: $105 per share? Maybe a certificate comes with each knob. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, geo - n4ua __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 Portability
This was one of the major selling points that made my decision to buy the K3 The K3 is rapidly becoming the IF radio of choice for microwavers because of its small-size/light-weight and superior weak-signal CW performance. My K3 has now been received in BC by VE7BDQ on 502.4 KHz using the WSPR mode. My ERP = 3.24w. 1366-miles 73, Ed - KL7UW -- Message: 39 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:21:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Rasmussen wb8...@yahoo.com Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Portability To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 618418.63926...@web80808.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The K3 is light for what it does, and simple. I have no doubt that if the K3 were wrapped with bubble wrap and double boxed, it could be dropped from almost any height without harm. Some of the K3 contemporaries, I'm not so certain about. FT2000 - yikes. There is a power supply in there and there are so many interconnected boards spread over a large area. Nice reliable looking radio in there but I wouldnt want to test drop it for any reason. I would be nervous about sending it in for repair that some little thing could work itself out of position, etc. Orion is better but still a lot of unsupported open space. FLEX - ;-) ha - my PC falls apart just sitting on the floor. I am constantly slapping my DELL back together. Fairness to FLEX, they are not racing with Icom to be the Dxpedition transceiver of choice. There is an old school term for some gear, MTBF. It just seems to me looking at the K3 simplicity, that there is a whole lot less to go wrong, even though Elecraft is always the first one to make anything that may happen, right. So I am wondering. I have an FT101 from 1975 that's still going great and it's as complex as heck inside and so many moving parts to stick, caps to harden, bandswitch contacts to foul. How long will K3 go, in comparison. After burn in, years I'd guess, lots of them. Seems that like jets, daily expansion and contraction might be it's biggest stresser. 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 == BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@hotmail.com == __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Usefulness of the the list
I agree with Claude. The Beating a horse to death and then Beating it for dying, certainly has rendered the Elecraft list pretty useless. It's just too many messages to weed through looking for something meaningful. Even filtering becomes useless. It's a shame because some guys post real useful messages that get beaten into the ground with challenges, their thoughts and OH yeah, those My other brand rig does it this way, can you make the Kx do that!! Yeah, stay with your other brand rig. If I want to know about those rigs, I'll subscribe to their reflectors. Unfortunately What is needed is 2 list, one for all this nonsense type stuff and one for real Elecraft stuff. Wayne, maybe you should give some thought for announcing Elecraft NEWS Items, like Beta test releases, Firmware, new products and Real Elecraft stuff from Elecraft. It could be a outgoing list only where nobody gets to respond Just a thought(s). de K2GN - Larry K3 S/N - 3278 P3 - ??? (ordered) No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2830 - Release Date: 04/23/10 02:31:00 __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion!
On 4/23/2010 8:17 AM, Terry Schieler wrote: Without ID, one could lose a K3 knob on Field Day and not know it for hours. Well, I only have a K2 but at that price it and the knob don't get out of my sight on Field Day! My one and only comment - I bit the bullet and ordered one. I probably should have thought twice but. End - no more. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Usefulness of the the list
H...it does seem to going down the road of a Slow News Day..?? Maybe it is time for a break..or maybe we could find a manufacturer who makes Wheels for the K3 so we could really go mobile? Time for my Poppy Nap, the nice man in the pretty white coat is trying to tell me something. ZZZ Gary On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Larry - K2GN k...@comcast.net wrote: I agree with Claude. The Beating a horse to death and then Beating it for dying, certainly has rendered the Elecraft list pretty useless. It's just too many messages to weed through looking for something meaningful. Even filtering becomes useless. It's a shame because some guys post real useful messages that get beaten into the ground with challenges, their thoughts and OH yeah, those My other brand rig does it this way, can you make the Kx do that!! Yeah, stay with your other brand rig. If I want to know about those rigs, I'll subscribe to their reflectors. Unfortunately What is needed is 2 list, one for all this nonsense type stuff and one for real Elecraft stuff. Wayne, maybe you should give some thought for announcing Elecraft NEWS Items, like Beta test releases, Firmware, new products and Real Elecraft stuff from Elecraft. It could be a outgoing list only where nobody gets to respond Just a thought(s). de K2GN - Larry K3 S/N - 3278 P3 - ??? (ordered) No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2830 - Release Date: 04/23/10 02:31:00 __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Usefulness of the the list
Amen to those thoughts... This reflector has too many messages totally unrelated to Elecraft products. I don't care if your old radio had certain features or the constant whining and griping. Jim K4JAF - Original Message - From: Larry - K2GN k...@comcast.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:41 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Usefulness of the the list I agree with Claude. The Beating a horse to death and then Beating it for dying, certainly has rendered the Elecraft list pretty useless. It's just too many messages to weed through looking for something meaningful. Even filtering becomes useless. It's a shame because some guys post real useful messages that get beaten into the ground with challenges, their thoughts and OH yeah, those My other brand rig does it this way, can you make the Kx do that!! Yeah, stay with your other brand rig. If I want to know about those rigs, I'll subscribe to their reflectors. Unfortunately What is needed is 2 list, one for all this nonsense type stuff and one for real Elecraft stuff. Wayne, maybe you should give some thought for announcing Elecraft NEWS Items, like Beta test releases, Firmware, new products and Real Elecraft stuff from Elecraft. It could be a outgoing list only where nobody gets to respond Just a thought(s). de K2GN - Larry K3 S/N - 3278 P3 - ??? (ordered) E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14850 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2830 - Release Date: 04/23/10 02:31:00 E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14850 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14850 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14850 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Usefulness of the the list
The list is just fine as is. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Usefulness of the the list
I don't think I've ever been on a list that _wasn't_ full of OT posts and childish tantrums and fights. Just don't read the stuff, the delete key is your friend here and it works every time. And when the children email you directly as they did me during the posting-personal-info thread, just cut-n-paste 'em a message to not write you again until they grow up. Simple as pie! 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Usefulness-of-the-the-list-tp4951483p4951817.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Usefulness of the the list [END of Thread]
[End of thread] Folks - Please send any and ALL list complaints or sugggestions to me as the list moderator and -not- to the list. Posting here only serves to further decrease the signal to noise ratio and is outside of the list guidelines. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator [Who was out of the office yesterday and is just now catching up with list postings.] __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Seems to be confusion! [END of Thread]
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Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-) [END of Thread]
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[Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware ??
Guys, I'm a very new K3 owner, is the recent K3 Beta Firmware something a newbie should be loading in ? or is this for the crew who enjoys testing the release and looking for bugs ? The enhancements sound great but should I wait for the next regular firmware release ? Tnx, John R. KW2JR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Usefulness of the the list
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:41:19 -0400, Larry - K2GN k...@comcast.net wrote: I think the list is fine. I read the list and others with Forte' Agent because it has infinite filtering possibilities, allowing me to dump what I don't want to read about. I'm not advertising here. I'm simply telling what I do to enjoy the list and filter out what (to me) is nonsense. Other folks view nonsense differently than I do and have different opinions than I, so rather than gripe about what others like to spout off about, I filter those folks and their favorite subjects out. TOM, N5GE BT 73 ES GUD LUK AR DE N5GE SK http://www.n5ge.com I agree with Claude. The Beating a horse to death and then Beating it for dying, certainly has rendered the Elecraft list pretty useless. It's just too many messages to weed through looking for something meaningful. Even filtering becomes useless. It's a shame because some guys post real useful messages that get beaten into the ground with challenges, their thoughts and OH yeah, those My other brand rig does it this way, can you make the Kx do that!! Yeah, stay with your other brand rig. If I want to know about those rigs, I'll subscribe to their reflectors. Unfortunately What is needed is 2 list, one for all this nonsense type stuff and one for real Elecraft stuff. Wayne, maybe you should give some thought for announcing Elecraft NEWS Items, like Beta test releases, Firmware, new products and Real Elecraft stuff from Elecraft. It could be a outgoing list only where nobody gets to respond Just a thought(s). de K2GN - Larry K3 S/N - 3278 P3 - ??? (ordered) __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware ??
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:17:25 -0400, Russo, John jpru...@buffalo.edu wrote: By the time beta software announcements get to the list they have already been tested by some of us, so go ahead and try them out. If you find what you believe to be a bug, tell Elecraft about it. They are always ready to help if you can't find the solution on the list. TOM, N5GE BT 73 ES GUD LUK AR DE N5GE SK http://www.n5ge.com Guys, I'm a very new K3 owner, is the recent K3 Beta Firmware something a newbie should be loading in ? or is this for the crew who enjoys testing the release and looking for bugs ? The enhancements sound great but should I wait for the next regular firmware release ? Tnx, John R. KW2JR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] FS: K2 Full of Options for Sale
Gentlemen: I am selling my K2 SN 6703. This rig has the following options intalled: KSB2, K160RX, KNB2, KAF2, KAT2. Everything works perfectly and the rig puts out 10 watts on all bands. Very neatly built. No scratches or dings. Non-smoking household. Has been kept covered it's entire life. Comes with MH2 microphone and finger dimple. $800 takes it all, will ship CONUS at my expense. Pay Pal payment accepted. If interested, please respond OFF LIST to bpw...@earthlink.net. Thanks. Paul, K5HKX __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Knobs for the K3
The machined knobs look great...also you can get a Collins S-line knob and remove the skirt so it will fit on the K3... Then take some lead weights or BB's or what ever ...place them inside the Collins knob and glue them down.. Be careful to keep everything symmetrical in the placement of the BB's and you are good to go.. Also I will have my K3 with me at Dayton if you want to look at the remote tuning knob..it would be my pleasure.. I am going to dinner with some of the SNS folks and if they don't mind I will bring it with me..It will be a proto and am looking for any suggestions on the completed modelMy knob will be connected by a cord to the K3...price should be less than $200...hopefully a lot less... Tom N0SS I will call you this week...you are #1 if you still want it.. Thanks for reading this Life is good Sam K9SD __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware ??
On 4/23/2010 11:17 AM, Russo, John wrote: I'm a very new K3 owner, is the recent K3 Beta Firmware something a newbie should be loading in ? or is this for the crew who enjoys testing the release and looking for bugs ? The enhancements sound great but should I wait for the next regular firmware release ? Load the beta version. The field testers and others have beaten on it, and it has a lot of new stuff -- including bug fixes! You can always go back to an old version if there were to be a 'show stopper', but there won't be. Elecraft is very cautious about what they call 'beta', unlike some software developers. -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Current K144XV Firmware Revisions
Can someone tell me what the latest K144XV Beta/Full release version is please? Can't see anything other than version 1 on the software page. Tried clearing the cache etc. Can't get tx or rx to work. When I performed the frequency calibration, selecting Config- XV1 OFS, I do not see either of the two offset ranges 144 or 146 to the left of the KHz displayed or a way to change between the two segments. Hope that made sense. Can some kind person enlighten me to what I am doing wrong please before I pull all my hair out! (status light showing nothing wrong) TIA 73 Roger MW0IDX __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware ??
Elecraft has a very large field and alpha test list that beats up on stuff before it ever shows up as Beta. For me keeping up with the beta's has been good. 73, Guy. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Russo, John jpru...@buffalo.edu wrote: Guys, I'm a very new K3 owner, is the recent K3 Beta Firmware something a newbie should be loading in ? or is this for the crew who enjoys testing the release and looking for bugs ? The enhancements sound great but should I wait for the next regular firmware release ? Tnx, John R. KW2JR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware ??
I'd say the usual cautions apply. Load it if it has new features or fixes that you need or want to play with, otherwise it's probably not necessary. I'm mostly interested in a particular bug but I might also try to play with some of the newer features at some point. I'm just a regular customer and not setup to be a proper field tester, tho, so my contribution will be pretty limited. But it is neat that you can still participate in the process. Try that with the FWs of any other rigs hi hi. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Beta-Firmware-tp4951996p4952824.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] RE: Current K144XV Firmware Revisions
Fantastic! That was it, just didn't go through all the menus and missed the int bit. Many thanks David, 73 Roger MW0IDX K3 #191 K2 #2724 KX1 #416 David Johnson wrote: Roger, Make sure that you have selected the Internal (INT) transverter option in the Menu, this activates the KX144. If it is set to EX the K3 looks for an external unit. Once I went through the Menu for the 2nd time when my unit failed to work first time I realised I had not selected the INT correctly. Good luck, 73, David G4DHF www.g4dhf.com http://www.g4dhf.com Message Received: Apr 23 2010, 09:27 PM From: Roger Dallimore To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: Subject: [Elecraft] Current K144XV Firmware Revisions Can someone tell me what the latest K144XV Beta/Full release version is please? Can't see anything other than version 1 on the software page. Tried clearing the cache etc. Can't get tx or rx to work. When I performed the frequency calibration, selecting Config- XV1 OFS, I do not see either of the two offset ranges 144 or 146 to the left of the KHz displayed or a way to change between the two segments. Hope that made sense. Can some kind person enlighten me to what I am doing wrong please before I pull all my hair out! (status light showing nothing wrong) TIA 73 Roger MW0IDX __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 Question
Eric, Will the KPA-500 provide a capability for automatic band switching between multiple antennas? If not, will it provide output for 3rd party devices such as the microham StationMaster or some other band decoder/remote antenna switch combination? I would like to find a way to ensure that my K3, KPA-500 and a remote antenna switch are always in sync as to the proper band. I currently use DX4WIN and N1MM for most logging functions. I have already ordered my P3. Now waiting on the KPA-500! Dave, N4QS - Original Message - From: Eric Swartz e...@elecraft.com To: Tony Lyon tony.l...@austin.rr.com Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 Question Hi Tony, The KPA-500 is designed to work with any radio. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- On 4/20/2010 5:51 AM, Tony Lyon wrote: Eric, Will the KPA-500 be designed to support both the K2 and the K3, or just the K3? 73, Tony Lyon ( KJ5XF) __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 Question
Will the KPA-500 provide a capability for automatic band switching between multiple antennas? The K3 already provides BCD band data that will drive a band decoder like the TopTen BD-Y or the W9XT BCD-10. That works if you have only one antenna per band. If not, will it provide output for 3rd party devices such as the microham StationMaster or some other band decoder/remote antenna switch combination? microHAM Station Master will connect to the PC RS-232 jack and follow the frequency data from the K2/K3/KPA-500. There should be no problem there. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 4/23/2010 7:41 PM, Dave Perry N4QS wrote: Eric, Will the KPA-500 provide a capability for automatic band switching between multiple antennas? If not, will it provide output for 3rd party devices such as the microham StationMaster or some other band decoder/remote antenna switch combination? I would like to find a way to ensure that my K3, KPA-500 and a remote antenna switch are always in sync as to the proper band. I currently use DX4WIN and N1MM for most logging functions. I have already ordered my P3. Now waiting on the KPA-500! Dave, N4QS - Original Message - From: Eric Swartze...@elecraft.com To: Tony Lyontony.l...@austin.rr.com Cc: Elecraft Reflectorelecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 Question Hi Tony, The KPA-500 is designed to work with any radio. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- On 4/20/2010 5:51 AM, Tony Lyon wrote: Eric, Will the KPA-500 be designed to support both the K2 and the K3, or just the K3? 73, Tony Lyon ( KJ5XF) __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 Question
Dave; It is the radio that provides the band information. The K3 itself provides four bits of BCD data on the AUX IO connector which can be used for switching an external box, and it also connects directly to the Elecraft KRC2 which receives data from the K3 and provides drive outputs for all bands the K3 uses. The KPA500 will receive the same data from the K3 for its own band selection. Thus all boxes are in sync, following the band selected in the K3. Jack Brindle, W6FB On Apr 23, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Dave Perry N4QS wrote: Eric, Will the KPA-500 provide a capability for automatic band switching between multiple antennas? If not, will it provide output for 3rd party devices such as the microham StationMaster or some other band decoder/remote antenna switch combination? I would like to find a way to ensure that my K3, KPA-500 and a remote antenna switch are always in sync as to the proper band. I currently use DX4WIN and N1MM for most logging functions. I have already ordered my P3. Now waiting on the KPA-500! Dave, N4QS - Original Message - From: Eric Swartz e...@elecraft.com To: Tony Lyon tony.l...@austin.rr.com Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 Question Hi Tony, The KPA-500 is designed to work with any radio. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- On 4/20/2010 5:51 AM, Tony Lyon wrote: Eric, Will the KPA-500 be designed to support both the K2 and the K3, or just the K3? 73, Tony Lyon ( KJ5XF) __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] at1 attenuator questions
I have an at1. How do I tell on from off for each switch, and what are the values of each switch? Totally blind, so need a little help. Thanks and 73. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] at1 attenuator questions
From what I see in the manual, if a switch is in the direction of the resistors, then the resistors selected by that switch are causing their attenuation. Thus if all switches are away from the resistors, there is no attenuation. If the switches are above the resistors, and the BNC connectors to the left and right (switches toward you), the attenuation values left to right are 1,1,3,6,10 and 20 dB 73 - Mike WA8BXN ---Original Message--- From: Gary Lee Date: 4/23/2010 10:18:20 PM To: elecraft list Subject: [Elecraft] at1 attenuator questions I have an at1. How do I tell on from off for each switch, and what are the values of each Switch? Totally blind, so need a little help. Thanks and 73. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
