Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here....
3.5mm 1/8 are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8 plug in a 3.5 mm socket, you might find this problem. I have no problems with my K3. 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) -- If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) On 13 Mar 2014, at 19:21, ab2tc wrote: 6. 3.5mm phone (mono and stereo) - never come across a pair that is not intermittent when wiggled. Junk! __ 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
On page 23 of my KPA500 assembly manual, relating to the mounting of the rectifier board, it is clear that thermal insulators must isolate the rectifiers from the chassis, and also, that insulating shoulder washers must be installed in the four places that you mention as your concern. The next step, using a DMMeter, checks to determine that there are no shorts between the metal tabs of each rectifier and the bare metal of the Z-bracket. Undoubtedly, you have already discovered this information in the diagram associated with this part of the assmbly procedure. ( See figure 29 ) Doug, VE3VS . I'm assembling a KPA-500 that I received today and I'm at the step where I mount the Rectifier bd to the Z-bracket. It looks like the 4 holes for mounting the rectifiers should be threaded for 4-40 screws but mine has about 1/8 holes. There is no mention of using a screw and nut to mount them and there is none provided. I wonder if anyone else has run into this problem Gary W0GHZ -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA-500-Question-tp7585505p7585511.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] P3 forgets set ranges in Fixed Track mode (WARC)
As a CW operator, I keep the P3 in fixed track mode covering the lower 50 Khz of each band. From time to time the P3 forgets the setting on the 17 and 12 meter bands only. I'm wondering if i am the only person that has experienced this issue. I can't pinpoint exactly how this happens but I am usually operating on 10 meters when I change bands and discover 12 and 17 have had the fixed track frequency I set disappear. I have never complained before as the reset has been infrequent. Now, with 10 open, I find this problem occurs daily, sometimes two or three times a day. Not an earth shattering problem as the P3 works fine and I change the setting back, just an irritant. I'm wondering if it is just my station or have others experienced this, remedy anyone? 73, Bill Hammond wham...@aol.com Bill Hammond-AK5X a...@mac.com a...@sbcglobal.net K3 #69 K3/0 # 200 P3 #817 KPA500 # 149 KAT500 # 290 K2/100 #4637 K1 #2033 KX1 #1023 KX3 #583 W2 T1 __ 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] P3 forgets set ranges in Fixed Track mode (WARC)
My P3 routinely forgets the per-band SPAN when I set it using software commands instead of P3 buttons. Doesn’t matter which band, and the SPAN is remembered properly if I press the corresponding FN button for the computer-set SPAN before I change bands. My P3 also forgets the per-band REF LVL setting, but not always and only on 160m. Bill, K1GQ On Mar 15, 2014, at 13:16, Bill Hammond wham...@aol.com wrote: As a CW operator, I keep the P3 in fixed track mode covering the lower 50 Khz of each band. From time to time the P3 forgets the setting on the 17 and 12 meter bands only. I'm wondering if i am the only person that has experienced this issue. I can't pinpoint exactly how this happens but I am usually operating on 10 meters when I change bands and discover 12 and 17 have had the fixed track frequency I set disappear. I have never complained before as the reset has been infrequent. Now, with 10 open, I find this problem occurs daily, sometimes two or three times a day. Not an earth shattering problem as the P3 works fine and I change the setting back, just an irritant. I'm wondering if it is just my station or have others experienced this, remedy anyone? __ 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] New Photos of KPA500 Build
Hello, Gradually I'm rebuilding my Elecraft site ... and latest is at http://wilcoxengineering.com/kpa500/ Planning on some K2 photos next - now that I did the KPA500 photos. Any special photos you'd like to see? Reply off list please. Enjoy, Alan Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40) 570-478-0736 Williamsport, PA 17701 __ 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] P3 forgets set ranges in Fixed Track mode (WARC)
Mine sort of, kind of, does the same or similar thing although I've never noticed a correlation with operation on 10. I normally run fixed-track with a 20 KHz span starting at the bottom of each band [don't operate 17 or 24 much]. Sometimes, it seems more frequent if I've been jumping around from one band to the next a lot, instead of 7.020 on the left, I'll see 7.025 or 14.025. Almost always [maybe always] 5 KHz. I too cannot pinpoint exactly what causes it. Happens with 50 KHz spans too. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 3/15/2014 10:16 AM, Bill Hammond wrote: As a CW operator, I keep the P3 in fixed track mode covering the lower 50 Khz of each band. From time to time the P3 forgets the setting on the 17 and 12 meter bands only. I'm wondering if i am the only person that has experienced this issue. I can't pinpoint exactly how this happens but I am usually operating on 10 meters when I change bands and discover 12 and 17 have had the fixed track frequency I set disappear. __ 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] P3 forgets set ranges in Fixed Track mode (WARC)
Bill, I’ve had the same problem with my P3. I keep the spans on 50kHz on all bands and the problem seems to occur on the WARC bands with the odd limits (17m and 12m). It may have something to do with odd splits, i.e. 17 meters, 18.068 - 18.118 is 50kHz. In the last several weeks I have been chasing the W1AW/x stations on all modes and changing bands quite frequently. I can’t pin down exactly when it happens but it apparently happens when switching down from 10 or 15 meters. The WARC bands revert to the even 50kHz spans, i.e. on 17 meters the span changes to 18.050 to 18.100. The same thing happens on 12m. It’s really been a PIA in the last few weeks and it happens multiple times daily. Don Wines K5DW On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Bill Hammond wham...@aol.com wrote: As a CW operator, I keep the P3 in fixed track mode covering the lower 50 Khz of each band. From time to time the P3 forgets the setting on the 17 and 12 meter bands only. I'm wondering if i am the only person that has experienced this issue. I can't pinpoint exactly how this happens but I am usually operating on 10 meters when I change bands and discover 12 and 17 have had the fixed track frequency I set disappear. I have never complained before as the reset has been infrequent. Now, with 10 open, I find this problem occurs daily, sometimes two or three times a day. Not an earth shattering problem as the P3 works fine and I change the setting back, just an irritant. I'm wondering if it is just my station or have others experienced this, remedy anyone? 73, Bill Hammond wham...@aol.com Bill Hammond-AK5X a...@mac.com a...@sbcglobal.net K3 #69 K3/0 # 200 P3 #817 KPA500 # 149 KAT500 # 290 K2/100 #4637 K1 #2033 KX1 #1023 KX3 #583 W2 T1 __ 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] P3 forgets set ranges in Fixed Track mode (WARC)
I have noticed that my carefully setup span to cover the entire 60M band wasn't quite right when I went back to that band. I always run in fixed-tune mode as I mostly use the waterfall for locating signals. I change modes quite a bit as I am scanning the airwaves. I have noticed that the VFO cursors don't always track the change of bandwidth. Sometimes it seems that they aren't the same as the K3's frequency as putting over waterfall signals produces nothing in the headphones. I haven't tried to nail down exactly what is happening, but changing between Data A and AFSK A seem to cause the problem sometimes. Power cycling the P3 (but not the K3) cures the problem, at the cost of the glacial SVGA reinit time. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 3/15/14 at 10:16 AM, wham...@aol.com (Bill Hammond) wrote: As a CW operator, I keep the P3 in fixed track mode covering the lower 50 Khz of each band. From time to time the P3 forgets the setting on the 17 and 12 meter bands only. I'm wondering if i am the only person that has experienced this issue. I can't pinpoint exactly how this happens but I am usually operating on 10 meters when I change bands and discover 12 and 17 have had the fixed track frequency I set disappear. --- Bill Frantz|Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |not an add-on feature. - Attr-| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |ibuted to Andrew Tanenbaum| Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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] Connectors
Gent's back in the day there were folks that screamed and decried the fact that the S Line used RCA jacks for RF output ignoring the virtues of the frontpanel, 1 kc dials, filters, beautiful hand wiring and wouldn't touch the stuff. Collins sold 40,000 transceivers and many went to parts of the world where no one would have a local PL259 but everyone had RCA plugs to solder on RG58. There was a method to their brilliant madness. I was also taught by my elders and I am no spring chicken not to pull power cords out of the wall but to bend down and pull the plug! My two cents. Bill N2WL __ 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 with SignalLink - Distorted audio in SSB
I am using a SignalLink USB interface to my K3 with the cables provided by Tigertronics, and the FLDIGI software. The cables from the SignalLink are plugged into line in, line out and PTT on the back of the K3. Things seem to work fine in digital modes, although I have actually only tried the combination on PSK31. When I switch to SSB, however, I am getting reports of distorted audio, and when I monitor my audio I can hear it too. One contact said it sounded like the opposite sideband not being suppressed enough and slightly delayed. I have tried the following to solve the audio problem: 1. Turning off the SignalLink when I am in SSB mode. In this case, in addition to the above-mentioned distortion, I get an audio tone on my voice signal which can be heard by whomever I am talking to. 2. Disconnecting the cables at the SignalLink but leaving them plugged into line in, line out and PTT at the back of the K3 when in SSB. This does not fix the problem. 3. Disconnecting the cables at the back of the K3 - line in, line out, PTT. This solves the problem and I again receive reports of great audio as I always have. It seems like the above symptoms could indicate an RF in the shack problem though I have not had any RF problems in the past. My K-Line (K3, P3, KPA500) is all connected together with grounding strap, however the SignalLink box has no grounding port, so it is not connected to the other equipment other than with the signal and PTT cables, nor is my computer connected to the K-Line with grounding strap since it is about five feet away from the K-Line. My CONFIG: LIN OUT setting on the K3 is NOR 010, and I am running the latest firmware, 4.83/2.82. I hope there is a simple solution to this problem, and while it would be embarrassing, operator error is certainly not out of the question in my mind. I am very new to digital modes and this is my first try with the K3. My last excursion into this domain was in 2009 when I made a few PSK31 QSOs with my TS-850 and Digipan. Thanks for your help. Stan - K6VWE __ 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] Can't send RTTY in 15M
Trying to take part in the RTTY contest using the CW key to send RTTY and when I am on 15M the key is dead. When I go to other bands all is fine and the CW key sends RTTY. Mode on K3 display reads data but entering a call in N1MM, instead of defaulting to 599 it defaults to 59 so somehow something is telling the K3 its in SSB though the readout says data. All other bands OK. Ideas? 73, Gary KA1J --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] Connectors
Now the challenge for me is bending down, and getting back up straight again! Phil w7ox On 3/15/14, 11:32 AM, William Levy wrote: I was also taught by my elders and I am no spring chicken not to pull power cords out of the wall but to bend down and pull the plug! My two cents. Bill N2WL __ 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] Can't send RTTY in 15M
while on 15m have you set DATA MD to FSK D On 3/15/2014 3:04 PM, Gary Smith wrote: Trying to take part in the RTTY contest using the CW key to send RTTY and when I am on 15M the key is dead. When I go to other bands all is fine and the CW key sends RTTY. Mode on K3 display reads data but entering a call in N1MM, instead of defaulting to 599 it defaults to 59 so somehow something is telling the K3 its in SSB though the readout says data. All other bands OK. Ideas? 73, Gary KA1J -- GB 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan __ 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] QSK
I noticed the last CW contest I worked that the computer generated CW (Key jack) is not QSK even though QSK is set on the rig. It works fine with the internal keyer. I know that it worked previously so I must have changed something inadvertantly. Tom, K4IE __ 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] QSK
Which rig is that, Tom? 73, Phil w7ox On 3/15/14, 12:36 PM, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote: I noticed the last CW contest I worked that the computer generated CW (Key jack) is not QSK even though QSK is set on the rig. It works fine with the internal keyer. I know that it worked previously so I must have changed something inadvertantly. Tom, K4IE __ 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] RFTB Tomorrow night
Tomorrow night is the March 2014 edition of the Run For The Bacon. That friendly lil' ol' QRP Sprint sponsored by your friends at the Flying Pigs QRP Amateur Radio Club International. Join us for a spell to have some fun and to say Hi to friends, old and new. The time is the same as always: East coast - 9:00 to 11:00 PM local time Midwest - 8:00 to 10:00 PM local time Rockies - 7:00 to 9:00 PM local time West coast - 6:00 to 8:00 PM local time The rules are at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/ 73 de Larry W2LJ FP# 612 QRP ARCI# 4488 __ 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 with SignalLink - Distorted audio in SSB
What is your MAIN:MIC+LIN set to? It sounds as if it may be set to ON, so that you are getting audio input from both the microphone and the Line In jack. In your setup, MAIN:MIC+LIN should be OFF. When the radio is in Data mode (DATA A or AFSK A), MAIN:MIC SEL should be set to LINE IN to select the SignaLink input and mute the microphone input. In Data modes, the MIC control on the K3's front panel changes its function to act as a Line In level control. Changing MAIN:MIC SEL in Data mode will not change its setting in SSB, and the Line In level setting of the MIC control will not affect the Mic gain setting for SSB. In SSB, MAIN:MIC SEL will still select the correct microphone input and mute the Line In input provided MAIN:MIC+LIN is set to OFF. The fact that you are having audio problems with the audio and PTT cables connected to the K3 but disconnected at the far end does suggest that the audio cables may be acting as antennas and picking up RF. If so, this could continue to affect your signals in DATA modes even after you solve your issues in SSB, and you will need to solve that. There are others who are better qualified than I am to deal with that kind of issue, but one possibility is that you may have common-mode RF on your feedline that is being picked up by the audio or PTT cables. 73, Rich VE3KI K6VWE wrote: I am using a SignalLink USB interface to my K3 with the cables provided by Tigertronics, and the FLDIGI software. The cables from the SignalLink are plugged into line in, line out and PTT on the back of the K3. Things seem to work fine in digital modes, although I have actually only tried the combination on PSK31. When I switch to SSB, however, I am getting reports of distorted audio, and when I monitor my audio I can hear it too. One contact said it sounded like the opposite sideband not being suppressed enough and slightly delayed. I have tried the following to solve the audio problem: 1. Turning off the SignalLink when I am in SSB mode. In this case, in addition to the above-mentioned distortion, I get an audio tone on my voice signal which can be heard by whomever I am talking to. 2. Disconnecting the cables at the SignalLink but leaving them plugged into line in, line out and PTT at the back of the K3 when in SSB. This does not fix the problem. 3. Disconnecting the cables at the back of the K3 - line in, line out, PTT. This solves the problem and I again receive reports of great audio as I always have. It seems like the above symptoms could indicate an RF in the shack problem though I have not had any RF problems in the past. My K-Line (K3, P3, KPA500) is all connected together with grounding strap, however the SignalLink box has no grounding port, so it is not connected to the other equipment other than with the signal and PTT cables, nor is my computer connected to the K-Line with grounding strap since it is about five feet away from the K-Line. My CONFIG: LIN OUT setting on the K3 is NOR 010, and I am running the latest firmware, 4.83/2.82. __ 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
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 with SignalLink - Distorted audio in SSB
Hi Stan, I had the same problem; but fixed it by turning ON the SignLink and disconnecting the cable used for updates from your computer..Let me know if that works. 73 ken VE3YK On Saturday, March 15, 2014 3:30:04 PM, Stan Rowe shrt...@chartermi.net wrote: I am using a SignalLink USB interface to my K3 with the cables provided by Tigertronics, and the FLDIGI software. The cables from the SignalLink are plugged into line in, line out and PTT on the back of the K3. Things seem to work fine in digital modes, although I have actually only tried the combination on PSK31. When I switch to SSB, however, I am getting reports of distorted audio, and when I monitor my audio I can hear it too. One contact said it sounded like the opposite sideband not being suppressed enough and slightly delayed. I have tried the following to solve the audio problem: 1. Turning off the SignalLink when I am in SSB mode. In this case, in addition to the above-mentioned distortion, I get an audio tone on my voice signal which can be heard by whomever I am talking to. 2. Disconnecting the cables at the SignalLink but leaving them plugged into line in, line out and PTT at the back of the K3 when in SSB. This does not fix the problem. 3. Disconnecting the cables at the back of the K3 - line in, line out, PTT. This solves the problem and I again receive reports of great audio as I always have. It seems like the above symptoms could indicate an RF in the shack problem though I have not had any RF problems in the past. My K-Line (K3, P3, KPA500) is all connected together with grounding strap, however the SignalLink box has no grounding port, so it is not connected to the other equipment other than with the signal and PTT cables, nor is my computer connected to the K-Line with grounding strap since it is about five feet away from the K-Line. My CONFIG: LIN OUT setting on the K3 is NOR 010, and I am running the latest firmware, 4.83/2.82. I hope there is a simple solution to this problem, and while it would be embarrassing, operator error is certainly not out of the question in my mind. I am very new to digital modes and this is my first try with the K3. My last excursion into this domain was in 2009 when I made a few PSK31 QSOs with my TS-850 and Digipan. Thanks for your help. Stan - K6VWE __ 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] QSK
I'll bet you are asserting PTT from your logging program. Happened to me once. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 3/15/2014 12:36 PM, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote: I noticed the last CW contest I worked that the computer generated CW (Key jack) is not QSK even though QSK is set on the rig. It works fine with the internal keyer. I know that it worked previously so I must have changed something inadvertantly. __ 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 with SignalLink - Distorted audio in SSB
The fact that you are having audio problems with the audio and PTT cables connected to the K3 but disconnected at the far end does suggest that the audio cables may be acting as antennas and picking up RF. Or acting like a counterpoise to place a RF node on the K3. In either case your symptoms are classic for common mode RF on the outside of the feedline. Spend some time learning about proper antenna balance and eliminating the common mode issue rather than chase ways to hide it. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/15/2014 4:03 PM, Richard Ferch wrote: What is your MAIN:MIC+LIN set to? It sounds as if it may be set to ON, so that you are getting audio input from both the microphone and the Line In jack. In your setup, MAIN:MIC+LIN should be OFF. When the radio is in Data mode (DATA A or AFSK A), MAIN:MIC SEL should be set to LINE IN to select the SignaLink input and mute the microphone input. In Data modes, the MIC control on the K3's front panel changes its function to act as a Line In level control. Changing MAIN:MIC SEL in Data mode will not change its setting in SSB, and the Line In level setting of the MIC control will not affect the Mic gain setting for SSB. In SSB, MAIN:MIC SEL will still select the correct microphone input and mute the Line In input provided MAIN:MIC+LIN is set to OFF. The fact that you are having audio problems with the audio and PTT cables connected to the K3 but disconnected at the far end does suggest that the audio cables may be acting as antennas and picking up RF. If so, this could continue to affect your signals in DATA modes even after you solve your issues in SSB, and you will need to solve that. There are others who are better qualified than I am to deal with that kind of issue, but one possibility is that you may have common-mode RF on your feedline that is being picked up by the audio or PTT cables. 73, Rich VE3KI K6VWE wrote: I am using a SignalLink USB interface to my K3 with the cables provided by Tigertronics, and the FLDIGI software. The cables from the SignalLink are plugged into line in, line out and PTT on the back of the K3. Things seem to work fine in digital modes, although I have actually only tried the combination on PSK31. When I switch to SSB, however, I am getting reports of distorted audio, and when I monitor my audio I can hear it too. One contact said it sounded like the opposite sideband not being suppressed enough and slightly delayed. I have tried the following to solve the audio problem: 1. Turning off the SignalLink when I am in SSB mode. In this case, in addition to the above-mentioned distortion, I get an audio tone on my voice signal which can be heard by whomever I am talking to. 2. Disconnecting the cables at the SignalLink but leaving them plugged into line in, line out and PTT at the back of the K3 when in SSB. This does not fix the problem. 3. Disconnecting the cables at the back of the K3 - line in, line out, PTT. This solves the problem and I again receive reports of great audio as I always have. It seems like the above symptoms could indicate an RF in the shack problem though I have not had any RF problems in the past. My K-Line (K3, P3, KPA500) is all connected together with grounding strap, however the SignalLink box has no grounding port, so it is not connected to the other equipment other than with the signal and PTT cables, nor is my computer connected to the K-Line with grounding strap since it is about five feet away from the K-Line. My CONFIG: LIN OUT setting on the K3 is NOR 010, and I am running the latest firmware, 4.83/2.82. __ 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] Can't send RTTY in 15M
Found it but unknown why. The data md was set for AFSK A but that's odd because I never use that setting, only FSK D. Unknown why it changed that without me telling it to do so but that was the problem solution. sorry for the bandwidth. 73, Gary KA1J Trying to take part in the RTTY contest using the CW key to send RTTY and when I am on 15M the key is dead. When I go to other bands all is fine and the CW key sends RTTY. Mode on K3 display reads data but entering a call in N1MM, instead of defaulting to 599 it defaults to 59 so somehow something is telling the K3 its in SSB though the readout says data. All other bands OK. Ideas? 73, Gary KA1J --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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 with SignalLink - Distorted audio in SSB
I have to agree with Joe, and I want to amplify on that subject. I often hear of hams solving similar problems with clamp-on ferrites mounted in various places. That does not solve the basic problem of RF floating around in the shack, and once you have fixed one problem with the ferrites, another situation crops up giving different symptoms and affecting another function of the station. The real cure is to fix it in the antenna system. That usually means a good common mode choke at the feedpoint of each antenna, and if the feedline does not run away at right angles from the radiator for at least 1/4 wavelength, the energy from the radiator may be coupled back onto the outside of the feedline despite having a common mode choke at the antenna feedpoint. In that case, a 2nd common mode choke outside the entry point to the shack will be necessary (on each feedline). Good and effective common mode chokes are difficult to buy commercially, but take a look at the RFI information by Jim Brown K9YC http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf to see how you can easily construct effective chokes by winding your coax through a stack of FT240-31 ferrite toroid cores. Note: contrary to common wisdom (the shield is 'grounded'), vertical antennas often need this treatment more than balanced horizontal antennas. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/15/2014 5:14 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: The fact that you are having audio problems with the audio and PTT cables connected to the K3 but disconnected at the far end does suggest that the audio cables may be acting as antennas and picking up RF. Or acting like a counterpoise to place a RF node on the K3. In either case your symptoms are classic for common mode RF on the outside of the feedline. Spend some time learning about proper antenna balance and eliminating the common mode issue rather than chase ways to hide it. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/15/2014 4:03 PM, Richard Ferch wrote: What is your MAIN:MIC+LIN set to? It sounds as if it may be set to ON, so that you are getting audio input from both the microphone and the Line In jack. In your setup, MAIN:MIC+LIN should be OFF. When the radio is in Data mode (DATA A or AFSK A), MAIN:MIC SEL should be set to LINE IN to select the SignaLink input and mute the microphone input. In Data modes, the MIC control on the K3's front panel changes its function to act as a Line In level control. Changing MAIN:MIC SEL in Data mode will not change its setting in SSB, and the Line In level setting of the MIC control will not affect the Mic gain setting for SSB. In SSB, MAIN:MIC SEL will still select the correct microphone input and mute the Line In input provided MAIN:MIC+LIN is set to OFF. The fact that you are having audio problems with the audio and PTT cables connected to the K3 but disconnected at the far end does suggest that the audio cables may be acting as antennas and picking up RF. If so, this could continue to affect your signals in DATA modes even after you solve your issues in SSB, and you will need to solve that. There are others who are better qualified than I am to deal with that kind of issue, but one possibility is that you may have common-mode RF on your feedline that is being picked up by the audio or PTT cables. 73, Rich VE3KI K6VWE wrote: I am using a SignalLink USB interface to my K3 with the cables provided by Tigertronics, and the FLDIGI software. The cables from the SignalLink are plugged into line in, line out and PTT on the back of the K3. Things seem to work fine in digital modes, although I have actually only tried the combination on PSK31. When I switch to SSB, however, I am getting reports of distorted audio, and when I monitor my audio I can hear it too. One contact said it sounded like the opposite sideband not being suppressed enough and slightly delayed. I have tried the following to solve the audio problem: 1. Turning off the SignalLink when I am in SSB mode. In this case, in addition to the above-mentioned distortion, I get an audio tone on my voice signal which can be heard by whomever I am talking to. 2. Disconnecting the cables at the SignalLink but leaving them plugged into line in, line out and PTT at the back of the K3 when in SSB. This does not fix the problem. 3. Disconnecting the cables at the back of the K3 - line in, line out, PTT. This solves the problem and I again receive reports of great audio as I always have. It seems like the above symptoms could indicate an RF in the shack problem though I have not had any RF problems in the past. My K-Line (K3, P3, KPA500) is all connected together with grounding strap, however the SignalLink box has no grounding port, so it is not connected to the other equipment other than with the signal and PTT cables, nor is my computer connected to the K-Line with grounding strap since it is about five feet away from the K-Line. My CONFIG: LIN OUT setting on the K3 is NOR 010, and I am running the latest firmware,
Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here....
That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or is 3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part using two different measurement standards? 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk To: Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here 3.5mm is 0.137795 inches, 1/8 = .125, that's quite a difference in terms of a good contact. -- 73 de M0XDF Sent from my iPad On 15 Mar 2014, at 13:16, Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com wrote: Are they REALLY different, or is this just a convenient way to identify them using two measurement systems? Not trying to start a fight, but I think it's worth knowing. Anybody know for sure? I have found that a particular miniature phone size plug to be very difficult to insert, so it might be a fact. Sorta like a .38 cal is actually 0.357 and very close to (wimpy) 9mm. 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk To: ab2tc ab...@arrl.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here 3.5mm 1/8 are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8 plug in a 3.5 mm socket, you might find this problem. I have no problems with my K3. 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) -- If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) On 13 Mar 2014, at 19:21, ab2tc wrote: 6. 3.5mm phone (mono and stereo) - never come across a pair that is not intermittent when wiggled. Junk! __ 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] Powerpole police here....
You're a radio amateur, Charlie, so you really should be able to figure this out yourself. There more than a 10% difference between .125 and .137795. Is that quite a difference? That's more than the difference between a .38 cal. bullet and a .40 cal. bullet. Are those interchangeable? 73, Scott, N9AA On 3/15/14 6:36 PM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote: That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or is 3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part using two different measurement standards? 73, Charlie k3ICH __ 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] Powerpole police here....
There really are 2 different standards, ie there are 2 different parts that are manufactured and it's a pain. If a plug is hard to push in, then it's probably not meant for that socket, even if it looks like it should be. David G3UNA - Original Message - From: Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or is 3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part using two different measurement standards? 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk To: Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here 3.5mm is 0.137795 inches, 1/8 = .125, that's quite a difference in terms of a good contact. -- 73 de M0XDF Sent from my iPad On 15 Mar 2014, at 13:16, Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com wrote: Are they REALLY different, or is this just a convenient way to identify them using two measurement systems? Not trying to start a fight, but I think it's worth knowing. Anybody know for sure? I have found that a particular miniature phone size plug to be very difficult to insert, so it might be a fact. Sorta like a .38 cal is actually 0.357 and very close to (wimpy) 9mm. 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk To: ab2tc ab...@arrl.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here 3.5mm 1/8 are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8 plug in a 3.5 mm socket, you might find this problem. I have no problems with my K3. 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) -- If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) On 13 Mar 2014, at 19:21, ab2tc wrote: 6. 3.5mm phone (mono and stereo) - never come across a pair that is not intermittent when wiggled. Junk! __ 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] Powerpole police here....
OK, THAT's exactly the answer to my question. There really ARE two different standard sizes. I guess the only way to know which ones you have in your hands is to measure them. I don't think I could tell the difference by eye. Maybe if I knew I had one of each in my hands it might be possible to see the difference. Thanks, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Cutter d.cut...@ntlworld.com To: Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here There really are 2 different standards, ie there are 2 different parts that are manufactured and it's a pain. If a plug is hard to push in, then it's probably not meant for that socket, even if it looks like it should be. David G3UNA - Original Message - From: Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or is 3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part using two different measurement standards? 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk To: Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here 3.5mm is 0.137795 inches, 1/8 = .125, that's quite a difference in terms of a good contact. -- 73 de M0XDF Sent from my iPad On 15 Mar 2014, at 13:16, Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com wrote: Are they REALLY different, or is this just a convenient way to identify them using two measurement systems? Not trying to start a fight, but I think it's worth knowing. Anybody know for sure? I have found that a particular miniature phone size plug to be very difficult to insert, so it might be a fact. Sorta like a .38 cal is actually 0.357 and very close to (wimpy) 9mm. 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk To: ab2tc ab...@arrl.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here 3.5mm 1/8 are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8 plug in a 3.5 mm socket, you might find this problem. I have no problems with my K3. 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) -- If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) On 13 Mar 2014, at 19:21, ab2tc wrote: 6. 3.5mm phone (mono and stereo) - never come across a pair that is not intermittent when wiggled. Junk! __ 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] Powerpole police here....
Charlie, I don't have a set of calipers or mikes handy but grabbing a steel rule and measuring three 3.5mm plugs at random off my bench - they all look to be 9/64 (0.14). I do know that I've thrown out all of the 1/8 plugs I had because they make such bad contact in equipment. I don't know of any amateur manufacturer that is still using 1/8 jacks. They can be damaged if one forces a 3.5mm plug into them. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/15/2014 6:36 PM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote: That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or is 3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part using two different measurement standards? 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk To: Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here 3.5mm is 0.137795 inches, 1/8 = .125, that's quite a difference in terms of a good contact. -- 73 de M0XDF Sent from my iPad On 15 Mar 2014, at 13:16, Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com wrote: Are they REALLY different, or is this just a convenient way to identify them using two measurement systems? Not trying to start a fight, but I think it's worth knowing. Anybody know for sure? I have found that a particular miniature phone size plug to be very difficult to insert, so it might be a fact. Sorta like a .38 cal is actually 0.357 and very close to (wimpy) 9mm. 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk To: ab2tc ab...@arrl.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here 3.5mm 1/8 are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8 plug in a 3.5 mm socket, you might find this problem. I have no problems with my K3. 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) -- If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) On 13 Mar 2014, at 19:21, ab2tc wrote: 6. 3.5mm phone (mono and stereo) - never come across a pair that is not intermittent when wiggled. Junk! __ 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] Powerpole police here....
I do have calipers, and I just measured 8 of the plugs I have in stock. They were ordered both as 1/8 inch and 3.5mm plugs, and they all measure 0.135 inches. Unless you have very old true 1/8 inch plugs (likely mono), I don't believe you have any fit problems. The current 1/8 inch and 3.5mm plugs are identical. Those are 'nominal' dimensions. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/15/2014 7:28 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Charlie, I don't have a set of calipers or mikes handy but grabbing a steel rule and measuring three 3.5mm plugs at random off my bench - they all look to be 9/64 (0.14). I do know that I've thrown out all of the 1/8 plugs I had because they make such bad contact in equipment. I don't know of any amateur manufacturer that is still using 1/8 jacks. They can be damaged if one forces a 3.5mm plug into them. __ 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] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, Spring must be coming the birds are moving back. Saw whet owls are calling for territory while the spiders are parachuting from the trees. The last three days have been sunny and pleasant but the forecast is for another snow storm. The daffodils are about a foot tall and should be strong enough to handle a few inches of snow. Propagation has been good this week with a few more storms popping up. The sun has been active but the blasts have been away from us. I just read about an asteroid due to hit earth on the 21st. Sounds ominous. I checked the year three times to make sure. I may not have to file taxes :) Please join us tomorrow. 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (6 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] KX3 Heat Sink
Check out my listings on eBay for my new heat sinks with engraved callsign. Just do a search for kx3 heat sink. They will also be available without callsign soon. Thanks Gary, N8WTT __ 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 and JT65
I am considering using my base model k3 (without KPA100) for digi modes and was not sure what the duty cycle was for the rig? One of the modes I was looking at was JT65 and it as I understand has long keydown times. Do I have to keep the rig at 5 watts for all digi modes and more so with the long key down time of JT65 what power recommendations are there for that?MikeVE3WDM __ 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] Power Cable / Adapter
Does anyone know where I can purchase a fused 12v power cable for my KX3 that has a 2.1.mm power plug on one end and a pair of F1 connectors on the other end. It will connect my Elecraft KX3 transceiver to a 7aH SLA battery. Dave __ 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] Elecraft SSB net announcement
The weekly SSB net is tomorrow (Sunday, March 16, 2014) at 1800Z on 14.3035 MHz. I will be net control from western Oregon. See you there. Phil, NS7P __ 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] Powerpole police here....
On 3/15/2014 2:51 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: 3.5mm 1/8 are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8 plug in a 3.5 mm socket, you might find this problem. The two dimensions are descriptive, and which is used depends on the commonly used measurement system in the countries involved. The dimensions of these connectors are defined by IEC standard. That said, a disgustingly large percentage of connectors sold in the marketplace are quite careless about that standard, so it's easy to get out of tolerance junk. 73, Jim 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
