Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread Bob KD7YZ
On 9/19/2020 15:36, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote: > Please complete the K3/K3S Options Pre-Order Interest Form I also got this and was wanting to put the board(s) for the VLF frequencies in. IIRC a couple years ago I had a conversation with support and they at the time would put them in andf make the mo

[Elecraft] Odd K3 behavior

2020-09-20 Thread Eric Norris
My K3 #2545 has been exhibiting some very intermittent odd behavior lately. In CW QSK mode, when I hit the paddles, it goes into tx normally, but the receiver appears to stay muted and there is no audio, nor any indicatio of band noise on the S-meter. It will continue to tx normally, and the red

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread David Gilbert
You're forgetting that you're talking to hams here ... almost all of us are likely to be old enough to remember that commercial. 73, Dave   AB7E On 9/20/2020 5:40 AM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: Magic or Memorex? (most of you are too young to remember the TV commercial) ___

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2020-09-20 Thread Fred Jensen
You didn't have to use gradians too?  Smoke has cleared here in NW NV for the last two or so days, SW winds will likely bring it back tomorrow. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 9/19/2020 9:22 PM, kevinr wrote: I spent the week writing some graphics code for a 3D engine

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread Fred Jensen
and some of us remember the arrival of the first TV station in town 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 9/20/2020 10:11 AM, David Gilbert wrote: You're forgetting that you're talking to hams here ... almost all of us are likely to be old enough to remember that commerci

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread hawley, charles j jr
I’m from Chicago, so seems like we got three or four at once. But I do remember the first TV set, Dumont 12 inch round tube, 1948. A friend of mine got a Halicrafters 5 inch or so near the same time, and an antenna on a tower. Plus an oil filled thing to look through that made the image bigger.

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread Ken Widelitz
I always thought the line was "Is it live or is it Memorex?" On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 11:33 AM Fred Jensen wrote: > and some of us remember the arrival of the first TV station in town > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > On 9/20/2020 10:11 AM, David Gilbert wrote

[Elecraft] K3 Receiver frequency adjustment

2020-09-20 Thread RVZ via Elecraft
Hi Guys, My K3 receiver is a little off frequency compared to the frequency stations are spotted at.  I realize that Packet Spots aren't always posted on frequency, but after viewing thousands of Spots which were posted by dozens of different sources, on average the actual frequency the station

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread David Gilbert
Yes, that was the line.  I thought something sounded off in what KD7YZ wrote but I couldn't place it.  I do certainly remember the commercial, though, and I don't think it was all that long ago that it aired. Dave   AB7E On 9/20/2020 11:43 AM, Ken Widelitz wrote: I always thought the l

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Receiver frequency adjustment

2020-09-20 Thread David Gilbert
Why don't you check an actual known frequency???  Relying on packet spots for anything seems foolish to me. Dave   AB7E On 9/20/2020 12:04 PM, RVZ via Elecraft wrote: Hi Guys, My K3 receiver is a little off frequency compared to the frequency stations are spotted at.  I realize that Packe

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Receiver frequency adjustment

2020-09-20 Thread Nr4c
Look in the manual for Ref Cal calibration. But before you go Messing there, tune radio to WWV on 10.000, 15.000 or 20.000 MHz and see if it’s really you or the other guy that’s off. Now check for procedure. The zero beat works well and can get you within a Hertz or two Sent from my iPhone .

[Elecraft] Early TV

2020-09-20 Thread Fred Jensen
When I was a freshman at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo in 1958, I met a senior who was looking for someone to replace him on the engineering crew at KSBY Ch 6.  I had the 1P and they hired me.  Most of the studio equipment was Dumont, including a flying-spot scanner, and the TX was Dumont, Serial

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Receiver frequency adjustment

2020-09-20 Thread Fred Jensen
All good advice BUT ... before you do anything, look up Wayne's RefCal procedure on the Elecraft site. I think Don, W3FPR, may also have it.  It's not hard, you just have to go slowly and be very meticulous at each step.  I have my K3 #642 within 1 Hz of WWV, and it stays there.  It's a fun adj

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread Augie "Gus" Hansen
You're forgetting that you're talking to hams here ... almost all of us are likely to be old enough to remember that commercial. Those of us who are old enough and with good memories recall the tag line thusly:     "Is it REAL or is it Memorex" And that was accompanied by the video of Ella

Re: [Elecraft] Com ports behavior

2020-09-20 Thread Lyn Norstad
Are you saying that another computer connects to the K3 just fine? Or that the first computer connects to a second computer? I am assuming it is the former, but I had to ask. Did this computer talk to the K3 previously? Are you using a USB port that has been assigned as a COM port? What does D

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread Dave Erickson
Just gonna put this here and run away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhfugTnXJV4 73 all. On 9/20/2020 2:37 PM, Augie "Gus" Hansen wrote: You're forgetting that you're talking to hams here ... almost all of us are likely to be old enough to remember that commercial. Those of us who are ol

Re: [Elecraft] Early TV history was Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread David Christ
Not my stories but … The grandfather of a close friend of mine was William C Eddy. Was in on TV from the beginning. Worked with Farnsworth. Arranged the first live college football broadcast (Notre Dame) and set up the airing of Chicago Cubs. And so much more. My friend has related tons of

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread David Gilbert
Uhh ... what was that you were saying about good memories? In your defense, however, the internet is flooded with references to "Is it real or is it Memorex?" as erroneously being the old slogan. Tons of people have got it wrong. Dave   AB7E On 9/20/2020 12:37 PM, Augie "Gus" Hansen wrot

[Elecraft] OT - Yagi and OCFD vertical separation

2020-09-20 Thread Tom NB5Q
Can someone direct me to a site or advise me on the minimum vertical separation between an 80-10M OCFD and a 6 element 10/15/20M Yagi. I've looked in the 2018 ARRL Handbook but couldn't find what I was looking for. Thanks, Tom NB5Q __ Elec

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Yagi and OCFD vertical separation

2020-09-20 Thread Don Wilhelm
Tom, I would say 100 feet if you are running 100 watts. If you increase the power, the distance should be increased. As is often said in cases like this 'it all depends'. I am assuming you are using the OCFD as a receive antenna. If you hear the COR clicking while transmitting, they are t

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Yagi and OCFD vertical separation

2020-09-20 Thread Mike K8CN
I'll add to Don's guidance this question: If you're NOT using the OCFD for receiving concurrently while transmitting on the Yagi, are you concerned about interaction of the two antennas with regard to pattern distortion of the Yagi by currents induced in the OCFD? If so, then you need a few w

[Elecraft] 2020 NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Soapbox ready to view

2020-09-20 Thread Larry Makoski
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Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread Phil Kane
On 9/20/2020 11:41 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: > Remember those colored plastic things people put over the screen to add a bit > of color? My buddy's family had one of them over their round-screen DuMont TV. We had a rectangular RCA in a genuine wood console with AM receiver and 78 record p

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Receiver frequency adjustment

2020-09-20 Thread N4ZR
Amen, Dave.  After all, the "retail" DX cluster network rounds frequency to the nearest 0.1 KHz.  I think RVZ could do worse than to use WWV at 10 or 15 MHz to verify his K3's calibration And FWIW, a word or two from the RBN perspective - we have been working for several months to improve the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Receiver frequency adjustment

2020-09-20 Thread Jim Brown
On 9/20/2020 12:04 PM, RVZ via Elecraft wrote: I'm wondering what options are available for adjusting the K3 receiver frequency? It's in the manual. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread James F. Boehner MD via Elecraft
Now THAT sounds right! '73 de Jim N2ZZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken Widelitz Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2020 2:44 PM To: Fred Jensen Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons fo

Re: [Elecraft] Status of Add-ons for K3?

2020-09-20 Thread Mike Flowers
Who remembers? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winky_Dink_and_You -- 73 de Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!" > On Sep 20, 2020, at 8:44 PM, James F. Boehner MD via Elecraft > wrote: > > Now THAT sounds right! > > '73 de Jim N2ZZ > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2020-09-20 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions were a bit better on forty meters than they were on twenty.  QSB was faster there but signals were stronger.  Even though the sun is still blank forty meters bounced east of the Mississippi.  Weak and warbly, but copy was 50% or better.  There was more band noise. 

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Yagi and OCFD vertical separation

2020-09-20 Thread Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
I once hung a 40-meter inverted V a few feet underneath a 4-element tribander, and the V absolutely WRECKED the performance of the beam on 15 meters! It was like no beam at all. The V was fed with open-wire line, so my solution was to detune it by shorting the end of the line when it wasn't in