I swapped out the non working synthesizer with a good one I had removed
for an upgrade. The new one did not work either, so it is something
else. I tried calibrating both synthesizers and received an error
message ERROR 00044 on both of them. I have been trying to contact
Elecraft support,
Hi Merv,
The HI RFI message may be a different problem. I know it can relate to
blown PIN diodes. Been there Done that! I am seeing no RF coming out of
the synthesizer and that would cause my RX and TX problem. Thanks for
the hints though. I appreciate any and all comments.
Dave K1WHS
On
David;
Go back and re-read the message from Keith Trinity. Keith is one of the guys
down in Watsonville and knows more about the K3 than just about anyone.
To put it another way, you were indeed contacted by Customer Support.
73!
Jack, W6FB
> On Mar 24, 2020, at 7:46 PM, David Olean wrote:
Why wouldn't you change the synth?
I wouldn't even think of troubleshooting such a complicated, but free, board!
A bad one will obviously shut down both RX and TX!
WL
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I recently had a Hi RFI alarm, I could not clear it,
ended up being the KIO3 board set had a problem, since I had a
new one on hand to upgrade to, installing it solved the HI RFI
problem.
Looking back it seems that my failure came from a lightning pulse,
not a strike but a nearby cloud to
For all you tech gurus,
I am trying to fix an old K3 that belongs to my brother. He has serious
medical issues and I was hoping to fix his K3 so he can use it and be on
the air in between chemo treatments. He is very isolated and a working
ham rig would be a big help to him. I am not having
Greg,
The XG3 is a fine and easy to use tool. It is useful for a lot more
than just calibrating the S-meter. When used with the XG3 Utility, it
can serve as a full function signal generator with sweep capability.
Yes, the output is a square wave, but as soon as the signal is fed into
a
Looking at buying the XG3 signal generator to calibrate S meters. Particularly
thought it would be very useful to calibrate the S meter in the HDSDR SDR
software I use now. I read the S meter calibration instructions in the manual
and was happy to see how simple it is. If I had tried to use
Bill,
I've had my XG3 for a few years now and have never regretted buying it. Before
I retired m business was in communications electronics. I worked for years with
IFR which then became Aeroflex, out of Whichita. I had a Aeroflex 3920
communications analzer (which is still a high end piece of
You are right, Bill,
I have three K3s and the two oldest ones had old synths. I upgraded one
of them and kept one AS-IS so I could compare them. I do have two old
synthesizers. If worse comes to worse, I can plug one in and then I
think I need to do some form of synthesizer calibration . It
I just looked in some of my old ARRL Handbooks. The earliest I find the chart
described as “Practical arrangement of a shortened antenna” is in the 1948
edition of the handbook. The 1944 edition has a very similar chart talking
about multi band antennas but the description is somewhat
Thanks to all who offered an old style synthesizer. That is great. You
folks are the greatest (of course!) I actually have two old synths here,
so I can swap it out if it comes to that. I was just looking for
troubleshooting advice at the board level with the existing
synthesizer. I might
Dave,
HI RFI means the sensor on the RX antenna input is seeing a high level
of RF. If you are operating into an antenna, switch to a dummy load
while you are troubleshooting. It just might be a quirk of your setup,
and if you have no RX Antenna connected, it could be a troubleshooting
Bill Smith via Elecraft writes:
> Looking at buying the XG3 signal generator to calibrate S meters.
> Particularly thought it would be very useful to calibrate the S meter
> in the HDSDR SDR software I use now. I read the S meter calibration
> instructions in the manual and was happy to see
We have them new in the box at www.elecraft.com :-)
73,
Eric
elecraft.com
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> On Mar 24, 2020, at 12:18 PM, Bill Smith via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> Looking at buying the XG3 signal generator to calibrate S meters.
> Particularly thought it would be very useful to calibrate the S meter
Thanks. With the information from Dave, I got Winlink controlling the K3S.
Thanks for your reply as well, Hank.
I assume I would use the same radio settings as for other digital modes, such
as FT8, except for sideband.
Lee
KV5M
> On Mar 23, 2020, at 8:02 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
>
> Here ya
Mine just happens to be sub-1dB accurate as tested I can't find the
datasheet from the XG3 measurement I did it several years ago.
I power mine with a Bioenno battery rather than a wall wart, too. FYI...
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On 03/24/20 14:41, Greg
Best money I have spent on instrumentation I have used it for tons
of stuff. And it REALLY makes calibrating the K3s easier and IMO more
accurate.
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(318) 518-1389
On 03/24/20 14:17, Bill Smith via Elecraft wrote:
Looking at buying the XG3 signal
Yes!
Have a great day!
Bill
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Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 7:41:02 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG3 Signal Generator
Best money I have spent on instrumentation I
I absolutely LOVE my XG-3!!!
Ed N4XY
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 9:29 PM -0400 from k...@montac.com :
>Wish I could afford to buy 4 more to fill out the CW generator setup I
>built 2 years ago
>Such useful tool.
>
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>(318)
Hi Dave;
That old of a K3 could have tin pin oxidation on the front panel pins (we
change them to gold).
Try removing the top 3 and bottom 2 screws and gently pry in the bottom
slots just a quarter inch, then shove it back on. See if that fixes it.
Also, tap DISP and rotate B to see the PLL1
Pretty much... RTTY is a bit different in that you need to select
AFSK-A as the mode on the K3.
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources
On 3/24/20 3:32 PM, Lee Murrah via Elecraft
So I ordered and received a new Kent double paddle key from DX Engineering.
I was excited by how nice it looked and got a thrill setting up the
soldering iron to install the phono plug. All done soldering; it's a simple
job so no need to check out the connections with a meter. Plugged into the
Wish I could afford to buy 4 more to fill out the CW generator setup I
built 2 years ago
Such useful tool.
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(318) 518-1389
On 03/24/20 20:21, Eric Swartz wrote:
We have them new in the box at www.elecraft.com :-)
73,
Eric
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