Hello Don
Firstly, my apologies as I am currently experiencing a few mail
problems, and this note won't 'flow' as part of the original message thread.
I am very grateful to you Don for your reply. Over the years I can't
imagine just how many you have patiently helped.
I obviously didn't
David,
Your symptoms clearly indicate that you are suffering from 6m Bugitis, and I
regret to have to tell you that there is no known cure!
As you point out there is a lot going on on 6m, even during the lean times,
more than one would believe from reading the text books. Also don't be
fooled
Peter,
While I should say That can't happen, it obviously is happening.
There is no signal on the P4/J8 connector that should cause those symptoms.
It sounds like, when the KAT2 is connected, there is some signal being
injected at the antenna which is causing the AGC to fully activate and
that
On 6/19/2010 11:18 PM, David Yarnes wrote:
Bottom line--if you haven't put your toe in the water on 6 yet, do it! You
probably have an antenna that will work fine, and don't realize it.
I can testify this is true. Last night about 10:15pm cdt, I decided to see what
I could hear.
With my
Many thanks once again Don.
I agree with your thoughts, but KAT2 is currently a 'stand alone unit'
with the RF connectors not connected. I'm only connecting J8.
So, like you, I am at a loss to understand what is happening.
Even with a very strong (and loud) signal at the Rx input, no audio is
Peter,
In that case, I would suggest looking at the control board to see is
there is something awry there causing a path to the AGC circuits below
P4. Also you might check the VRFDET signal line on the KAT2 - hint,
removing R6 should disconnect the VRFDET signal line but leave the cable
Hi Don
Don't want to take up your time, but thanks again.
I doubt there will be a problem on the K2 control board, as it runs
happily without KAT2 and/or with KPA100 installed.
I did check the J8 cable carefully right at the outset, but can find no
sign of shorts or open circuits.
I've not
It appears that 6 meters is at least marginally open this morning. Just worked
a couple of VE3 stations on 6 CW from the Wichita, KS area.
W0EB
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Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
David,
Your symptoms clearly indicate that you are suffering from 6m Bugitis, and
I
regret to have to tell you that there is no known cure!
snip
There is a cure! Continue to drink from the 6M well. Bigger antennas, more
power, lower loss feedline,
All,
Still new to the K2/100 (6k serial number). I have a
question about the power output control in SSB mode. I
was hoping to be able to vary the RF output from QRP all
the way to the 100W level, however when I advance the RF
Power knob past the 12W indicated on the display, I hear a
Greetings All,
The weekly SSB net will meet (6/20) at 1800z on 14.314 MHz. I
will be net control from western Washington. Phil is unavailble today.
See you there.
73, Roger
K7SJ
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Hello Dave,
Well, I sure hope you were on this morning for the biggest Es opening ever from
North
America to Eastern and Northern EU! Watch the ON4KST 6m chat pages and maps
for
signs that things are starting to open. It went from the northeast USA all the
way
across to the Pacific
Gene,
You may have a simple problem - diodes D16 and D17 in the KPA100
wattmeter may be damaged.
When that happens, the K2 microprocessor thinks there is no power being
developed and increases the drive to the maximum.
To test for that condition, set the power control to 4 or 5 watts and
I too am considering the K3 6m pre amp. But I hear most everything called in as
DX. I sometimes can't work what I hear so the K3s rx seems fine.
Today from NW TN we had a great Eu opening. The best I've heard. Got 10 new
countries in Eu. this morning. K3 was flawless.
K9IL
I too am considering the K3 6m pre amp. But I hear most everything called in as
DX. I sometimes can't work what I hear so the K3s rx seems fine.
Today from NW TN we had a great Eu opening. The best I've heard. Got 10 new
countries in Eu. this morning. K3 was flawless.
K9IL
I have IE something or other and don't use it. I also have Firefox on here
which i used to use all the time. Then it got to the point where it
continually asked me about pop-up blocker and do you want Firefox to remember
this password. I got tired of trying to fix both problems so now i use
And coming from Lance, you know it has to be a big one!
Here is what the QSO's looked like at the height of the action.
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff305/Starman555/Ham%20Radio/June122010EU-NA6MOpening.jpg
Lou, W0FK
W7GJ, Lance wrote:
Hello Dave,
Well, I sure hope you were on
Hello all,
6 Meters was open this morning here in Oklahoma .
Worked 8 EU stations and KL7/KB7Q .
nice opening.
6M was also open yesterday morning.
GD DXing 73 Ken K5DNL
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--- On Sun, 6/20/10, Jim Sheldon w...@cox.net wrote:
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For those of you who were sleeping or writing comments to the list here this
morning, 6 meters was open in the grandest i've seen it in years. Hundreds of
paths from the SE thru the NW part of the country working into Europe and even
the middle east. Unfortunately it didn't get into western
Which is why, as a resident of southern AZ, I'm finding it hard to get
motivated to put up a 6-meter antenna :-(
--- On Sun, 6/20/10, Larry Godek telegrap...@att.net wrote:
From: Larry Godek telegrap...@att.net
Subject: [Elecraft] 6 meters
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Sunday, June 20,
One of the things to keep in mind is that having a receiver to hot is not
always good. It's kind of like a repeater that has either a hot receiver and
low power transmitter or poor receiver and a high power transmitter. Sometimes
called the Alligator syndrome.
You might be able to hear them
I was envious this morning listening to the mid-west running EU and not a
peep here in NY. My buddy in eastern PA said it was quiet for him too except
for SA.
N2TK, Tony
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What's they quickest way to get a replacement knob for the AF gain
control?
Tnx
73
Todd
WB2ZAB
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Same here Tony. Heard DK and S5 very weakly. It was very cool to hear the
W7 stations working EU and quite the variety of callsigns too. I bet such a
path is rare. We'll have our day. 73, Bob K3UL
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Hi Sam,
Welcome to 6 Meters, the 'Magic Band'. Sounds like you have found out that
plenty on stations can be worked with your K3, even with antennas made for the
HF bands. My K3 has been performing great during the Es (E Skip) openings the
past few days. I've been running the K3 barefoot into a
Send an email to pa...@elecraft.com and they will send it right out.
-Bruce N1RX
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On 6/12/10 11:16 PM, Ross Primrose N4RP wrote:
For Sale, K2 #0219. 10W model. Has almost all the available updates
except the K2 Keying Bandwidth Mod, which requires FW 2.04, radio has
2.02f. Includes: KAF2, KNB2, KIO2, KAT2, KSB2, K160RX, setup with fixed
audio out on mic jack for digital
Pretty good SSSP opening to JA right now ( 23:19Z 20 June 2010)...not
for Florida, but much of the rest of the US.
73,
Steve
NN4X
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Bob Garrett rgarre...@comcast.net wrote:
Same here Tony. Heard DK and S5 very weakly. It was very cool to hear the
W7 stations
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:57:28 -0400, Guy Olinger K2AV olin...@bellsouth.net
wrote:
Gee Guy, I've never worked AM on any band and took my Novice test 1n 1976, the
General and Advanced on the same trip to Dallas from Oklahoma City in 1977. Took
the Extra in 1978.
Since I never use AM I don't feel I
I used to tap NTCH once for the auto notch. Now it just turns on the manual
notch. Is there another way to access the auto notch after the firmware update?
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Are you sure you're not in CW? There is no auto notch in CW, only SSB mode.
(or some other mode I'm not aware of)
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To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:23:01 -0700
Subject: [Elecraft] Updated to 3.97, where did the auto notch go?
I used to
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:18:07 -0700, David Yarnes w7...@cox.net wrote:
It's even more fun and more DX productive on CW and a better DX mode than SSB
(My opinion ;o)).
I easily worked Japan from Texas this evening with 100 watts K3 and 5 element
Yagi-Udah.
BT 73 ES GUD LUK
DE N5GE,
QCWA LIFE
First let me apologize for sending out the first message without a subject.
My mistake.
I appreciate all the responses to my questions. While Grants information
below sounds reasonable and may well be correct I would like to see
something in the manual about how the AM power setting functions.
Hi Jim,
I have used my K3 on AM quite a bit recently and can share a few ideas and
experiences with you.
First of all, the information you have received so far about the indicated
power level on the K3 is correct - the K3 power display shows PEP reading.
So, 100w on the display is equivalent to
Good Evening,
Conditions were so-so today. Twenty meters had QSB and QRN while forty
meters had strong QRN from a very active storm. On the twenty meter net I got
Scott's hail sign easily and then he was gone. I expect QSB was a problem as
well as storms in the upper Midwest. He
It would be nice to be able to independently select mic gain for front or
rear panel input. Currently, changing one also changes the other. It would
be nice to be able to set, say, rear panel input to low gain (rP.L) and
front panel input to high gain (FP.H) independently. I find the
No autonotch in data mode either, which makes sense.
Leigh/WA5ZNU
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It wouldn't hurt to have something in the manual, but what I described is the
correct way to adjust the K3 for AM operation.
In AM mode, use TUNE to adjust your external amp, NOT Transmit. TUNE will let
you get to a full 100W carrier out of the K3, or whatever level your amp needs
to get to
You might be able to use a pair of command macros to set the gain and
select front or rear microphone.
This isn't quite what you asked for, but one of the motivations for
offering command macros was to allow you to do something like this.
Dick, K6KR
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On Jun 20, 2010, at
Thanks Dick. I didn't think of that possibility.
Andy VK4KY
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After suffering the lack of separate HF PTT, 6m PTT, 144 PTT and 432 MHZ
PTT from my K3 since I bought it I finally spent the time to do
something about it. I have developed a PIC based unit that decodes the
current K3 band data signals to provide these outputs. More information
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