Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

I think that should be 65 feet. 73 -- Lynn On 12/7/2015 9:22 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: How long is a half-wave dipole? L = 468/F, where L is in inches and F is in MHz 40m band F=7.2 MHz, L = 65 inches __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] KX3 Connected to Raspberry Pi?

Has anyone on the list successfully connected a KX3 to a Raspberry Pi and been able to get rig control working? If so, what software application did you use and did you have to do anything "funky" to make it work? I am trying to get WSPR and my KX3 talking but something isn't working, as I

[Elecraft] Help with K3 & THP amp

I finally hooked-up my K3/100 to my THP HL-1.5KFX amp. I bought a special cable from Array Solutions that provides band data and ALC from K3 to amp. I thought that this cable would also provide relay information also, but it did not. I provided a cable labled “relay” on the amp and “Key Out” on

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

Thanks Dick I sure do appreciate your help. 73 Ken W0CZw0cz at i29 dot net Sent from my iPad > On Dec 7, 2015, at 9:11 AM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > > I'm looking into it now. > > Dick, K6KR > > > -Original Message- > From: Elecraft

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Re: [Elecraft] New K3SYNA and RTTY

Hi, I also see big differences between the new and old synths... I did some very informal graphs of performance using the P3, and a neighbor, very large reduction in noise for me when he transmits now... They show a marked difference in the noise. See:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

First, I just tried this (never used it before) and have the same problem here under Windows 7 Professional 32 bit on an HP 6300 running an Intel Core i5 quad core processor, 16 gig of ram. It came loaded with the 32 bit version of Win7 Pro and I made the mistake of loading all my programs

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

I'm looking into it now. Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Reublin NF4L Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 07:06 To: Kenneth A. Christiansen Cc: Elecraft List Subject: Re:

[Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

Hi to the group I was helping a friend get on PSK31 and discovered I have a problem with the Elecraft K3 Utility program revision 1.15.8.18, my K3s sn 10329 and my HP 64 bit laptop running the latest updates of Windows 10 Home. Everything works OK until I click PSK 31 or RTTY and Options. If i

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

Ken - I can duplicate your problem on my Win10 Pro setup. Elecraft support is supp...@elecraft.com. 73, Mike NF4L > On Dec 7, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Kenneth Christiansen wrote: > > Hi to the group > > I was helping a friend get on PSK31 and discovered I have a problem with the >

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

OK, it's way too early to be at work. 73, Mike NF4L > On Dec 7, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > > I'm looking into it now. > > Dick, K6KR > > > -Original Message- > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike > Reublin

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

Dick is an early riser - even more amazing since it is still dark where he lives, and will be for a bit longer. He already has a new version in limited testing this morning, literally minutes after the problem was reported. If all goes well, it will see wide testing followed by release within a

[Elecraft] KX3 with Transverter

Has anyone used a KX3 with the Down East Microwave transverter for 432 ? Specifically the L432-28H Many thanks Phil G4UDU __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] 3rd party K3 software utility?

Are there any 3rd party software utilities available that will store profiles with different tx setups including TX EQ? Thanks & 73, Barry N1EU __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] K3S rocking on flat surface - SOLVED!

Thank you to everyone that responded. I took the bottom cover off and immediately saw the problem - It was an assembly mistake. I had installed a standoff that was 1/32 too long on the screw holding the PA shield -- the screw at the top of the rear bottom panel that's above the right foot,

Re: [Elecraft] K3S rocking on flat surface - SOLVED!

Uhhh .. it seems we all miss *something*, Bob :-) Good that it resulted only in "rocking on a flat surface" vs. smoke or worse! 73, Phil W7OX On 12/7/15 8:03 AM, Bob Novas wrote: Thank you to everyone that responded. I took the bottom cover off and immediately saw the problem - It was an

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

That was an excellent bug report, which usually makes fixing it much easier. It was a reproducible case, describing the actions and what was seen, without making guesses about what might be wrong. Reports that good are surprisingly rare. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj

Re: [Elecraft] Help with K3 & THP amp

On Mon,12/7/2015 7:51 AM, dlrwi...@verizon.net wrote: Previously I used this same set-up with my IC-756PRO2. The THP amp has a variable pot on the rear panel to adjust and set ALC voltage or relay voltage? for various radios. I don’t think that I need to readjust this with the K3, but not

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: [OT] increasing CW copy speed: practice slow -v- practice fast

Don... For sure, individual differences make for a big difference, both in the rate of learning and the appropriateness of any one approach. I think we all agree that "stretching your current copying speed" is the only way to get faster. That's certainly my experience. I think my curiosity

[Elecraft] KRX3 & K144XV question

I have a K3 with the second receiver KRX3 and I also have the internal 2 meter card K144XV and what I would like to do is to be on 6 meter, VFO A and to listen to 2 meters on VFO B . I have had no luck! It looks like in the information for K144XV it seems that this is possible : "If you have a

[Elecraft] K3 USB interface

I'm trying to get a K3S talking with N1MM Logger+ for the first time. The K3S config RS232 is set to "USB", I plugged in the USB cable and see that Windows has assigned it COM5, I configured the Port in N1MM Logger+ to K3 38400 N 8 1 Off Off and I get "not responding." Is there a trick I'm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 USB interface

Sorry, I switched computers and it worked like a charm. I've got a computer issue I need to troubleshoot I guess. Sorry for the bandwidth. 73, Barry N1EU On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Barry N1EU wrote: > I'm trying to get a K3S talking with N1MM Logger+ for the first

Re: [Elecraft] New K3SYNA and RTTY

I am talking about the RX decoding. I would have no real way of knowing which the sender is using. I guess to be more precise I was using Writelog/MMTTY for decoding, however I did watch the K3 display every now and then. The decode on the K3 was just as accurate. I was sending FSK.

Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 & K144XV question

Alan, Set the Config menu VFO IND to YES. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/7/2015 3:58 PM, Alan Muldawer wrote: I have a K3 with the second receiver KRX3 and I also have the internal 2 meter card K144XV and what I would like to do is to be on 6 meter, VFO A and to listen to 2 meters on VFO B . I have had

Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 & K144XV question

Alan, as your quoted instructions say: VFO A on 2 m, VFO B on HF-6. Does not work vice versa (as in your request) as the K144XV only connects to the main RX (plus the sub RX if you share both, that would mean VFO A + B both on 2 m). Also take a look at the RX switching PDF on the Elecraft

[Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my hand at DX'ing! If you were buying your first HF base antenna, primarily looking for performance on 20 and 40 meters, what would you recommend? Also, what do you suggest as a high performance field antenna for QRP? Thank

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig Do you have the real estate to have dipoles up or are you limited in space? Tnx Gerald KC6CNN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

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[Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig, For a first HF antenna, I would suggest not buying but building your basic antenna. A Half-Wave wire antenna (made from stranded copper wire from a "big box" store) that is resonant (trimmed to the right length) at the frequency you want to operate is both fundamental and highly effective.

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig, Let me start with there is such thing as the perfect antenna. Each is a compromise. Now having said that, there are several antennas that come to mind. First, there is a simple dipole, fan dipole, or off center fed dipole. This assumes that you have supports, trees or equal, that

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig, my best advise, ARRL Antenna Book. There are way too many variables , and when it comes to Antenna, the only high performance Antenna there is, is measured in dbi. Go back through the archives here on the forum and you'll find many of educating discussion of different antenna subject.

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Wire antennas are flexible, work well and are incredibly inexpensive. Put up as many as you can as big as you can. If they stay up, they were too small. 73 -- Lynn On 12/7/2015 2:13 PM, CRAIG SCHROEDER wrote: I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my hand at

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Hi Gerald, I own a large lot with 2 tall trees that could accommodate an 80 meter dipole, and with the cooperation of a friendly neighbor, I could fit 160 meters using his large tree across the back of his property. My trees run east to west and using the neighbors tree I can run north to

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

I can suggest an antenna by www.myantennas.com Look for their antenna called an EFHW 80-10. It will take 1 KW, and has a low SWR on all bands 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 bands. It is a half wave design, that I have had tremendous success with as a second antenna to my SteppIR beams. It is easy and

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

My first HF antenna was an inverted V up aboutt 30 ft at feed point. It was cut for 20 meters, but worked on 15 and 4o also. 73 de Dave KJ6CBS From: CRAIG SCHROEDER To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 4:13 PM

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] increasing CW copy speed: practice slow -v- practice fast

On 15-12-07 12:33 AM, Bill Frantz wrote: The DX vocabulary is very small, and it is fairly easy to learn it at high speed. The major words are: CQ, AGN, ?, UP, TU, and your own call sign. The other major word during a lot of contests, or for DX, is "5nn". -- Cheers! Kevin.

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig, For the home station, your first consideration is build or buy. It is quite easy to build a pair of dipoles, one for 40 and one for 20 if those are your most desirable bands. Get some wire, and some good coax and a good common mode choke for each antenna and use the ARRL handbook

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

On 12/7/2015 3:41 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: Wire antennas are flexible, work well and are incredibly inexpensive. Agreed - you can afford to experiment and learn a lot about antennas by building simple wire dipoles and loops before investing big money in towers and aluminum. And

[Elecraft] NAQCC Sprint this Tuesday Evening

The December sprint is this coming Tuesday evening local time (December 8th, EDT - 8:30-10:30PM, CDT - 7:30-9:30PM, MDT - 6:30-8:30PM, PDT - 5:30-7:30PM), which translates as Wednesday, December 9th, 0130 to 0330Z in all cases. For all the "official" information, please go to:

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Another advantage of the 40 & 20 dipoles is that the 40 dipole should load up well on 15 (while it is still hanging in there prop wise). Will have some gain and the main lobes will be closer to the wire than broadside, so watch the orientation for DX coverage. I put up a G5RV at my vacation

Re: [Elecraft] K3S rocking on flat surface - SOLVED!

Ted, Since that builder was able to swap the wrong standoff for the right one, I think the inventory would have been correct, but that builder simply selected the wrong one during his assembly process. Not an uncommon occurrence - no "lawyering" required. 1/32" difference is difficult for

[Elecraft] K3S rocking on flat surface - SOLVED!

Hmmm . . . If the parts inventory was accurate at the outset, does this mean that somewhere inside there is a standoff that’s 1/32 too short? Sorry about that . . . Someone once said that it’s a lawyer’s job to worry about things that aren’t going to happen. Ted, KN1CBR On 12/7/15, 2:36

Re: [Elecraft] K3S rocking on flat surface - SOLVED!

there's a whole bag of leftover parts. Kinda like when I rebuilt my engine. :) > -Original Message- > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dauer, > Edward > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 6:54 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft]

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Utility problem

AMEN! 73, Mike NF4L > On Dec 7, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > > That was an excellent bug report, which usually makes fixing it much easier. > It was a reproducible case, describing the actions and what was seen, without > making guesses about what

[Elecraft] [ELECRAFT] F/S PHONEMA KSP3 SPEAKERS

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Re: [Elecraft] K3S rocking on flat surface - SOLVED!

Yes. To avoid the cost, confusion of one missing part, the more complex kits generally have a bag of "spares" - the parts most commonly lost by the builder or which may be skipped in making up the kit. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: Elecraft

[Elecraft] Craig KD0TXL...best antenna

7-band, no tuner required, Buckmaster OCF dipole...except no substitutes. Built like a tank's tank. Mine has been up for years thru high winds (100mph+), ice storms as well as asteroid & comet impacts. Very low to flat SWR on all bands that it's designed to operate on. Great signal reports

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: [OT] increasing CW copy speed: practice slow -v- practice fast

Absolutely there are differences in how peoples brains are wired. My brother got his license 15 years ago. He was a music major and is a band director, all of the rigs in his shack have the side tone set to 440 Hz, A above middle C. It's been a musical tuning standard for ages. Once he got

[Elecraft] Advice on first HF Antenna

Dipole is great. If you want a multiband I have 2 G5RV antennas. 105' for 80m and up and another for 160m and up. Both are reasonable compromises. You must have a tuner. If you have the KX3 then you will be QRP. I bought a couple hundred feet of insulated 24 ga wire. I have lengths cut for

Re: [Elecraft] Craig KD0TXL...best antenna

Oh please. The OP is a beginner...don't feed him BS. On 12/7/2015 8:28 PM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: 7-band, no tuner required, Buckmaster OCF dipole...except no substitutes. Built like a tank's tank. Mine has been up for years thru high winds (100mph+), ice storms as well as

Re: [Elecraft] Craig KD0TXL...best antenna

Yes, wouldn't want him to believe it will withstand "asteroid & comet impacts" :-) But in fairness, the reviews of this antenna at eHam are surprisingly positive: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5838 One of my earliest antennas, in the 1954-55 timeframe was a gerrymandered classical

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: [OT] increasing CW copy speed: practice slow -v- practice fast

Bob's approach to increasing speed once a basic level of cw proficiency has been achieved speak directly to my original thoughts on the subject. Using a 5-letter group of random letters as the practice message, then my question, in terms of Bob's approach, could be stated as follows. Which is

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: [OT] increasing CW copy speed: practice slow -v- practice fast

Robert, What is missing is that each person learns at a different level and pace. Each of us has our brains "wired differently". In other words, what will work well for one person does not mean that it will work well for all. The quickest way to increasing CW speed is to get on the air and

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

On Mon,12/7/2015 2:13 PM, CRAIG SCHROEDER wrote: I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my hand at DX'ing! If you were buying your first HF base antenna, primarily looking for performance on 20 and 40 meters, what would you recommend? Real hams don't BUY antennas,

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig and all, You have received a lot of advice, and most of it was probably pretty good advice. I would want to know a few more things about your situation if I were to make any recommendations which I thought were very precise. Of the responses I read, I think the best ones (my opinion)

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: [OT] increasing CW copy speed: practice slow -v- practice fast

Robert, Human nature being what it is all of us put what we think is beneficial "time in the saddle" on the air but we become complacent and migrate back to easier copy and we are kidding ourselves and not really exercising our copying speed abilities. Ask me how I know this :-) Time in the

[Elecraft] Do both new K3SYNA bds have to be installed together

Will my K3 operate temporarily with a single new K3SYNA installed and the old one in the second receiver? Thanks, 73, Jim KG0KP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: [OT] increasing CW copy speed: practice slow -v- practice fast

I noticed that musically inclined folks seem to learn morse quicker. I wonder why that is ? BTW I hope we havent been on this non elecraft topic too long on the forum ! 73, Bob K6UJ On 12/7/15 8:44 PM, Kevin Stover wrote: Absolutely there are differences in how peoples brains are wired. My

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Simplest first HF antenna is a half-wave dipole. My first antenna was a 40m dipole hung from trees with lead in run in thru an upstairs window to my radio. Actually this was in 1958 and I was 14 years old so had no money. Back in those years there was something called twin-lead which was

Re: [Elecraft] Do both new K3SYNA bds have to be installed together

Jim, No, with the KRX3 installed, it is "all or nothing", you must have matched synths for the K3 to behave properly. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/8/2015 12:10 AM, Jim Miller wrote: Will my K3 operate temporarily with a single new K3SYNA installed and the old one in the second receiver?