On Nov 22, 2007 4:07 AM, Don Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How does a UPS man know he is delivering a K3???
The guy at the door is holding a camera. ;-)
Seriously - what they must think...
But it's the glass of champagne being offered in the other hand that
must really get them
From an annoucement from Wayne
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From: wayne burdick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 9:23 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Announcing the Elecraft K3 Transceiver:
After Erics last status, I was rather expecting 1/2 May to be shipping next
week!
And at least one from 1-May has reached its new home - but not here!
On 22/11/07 01:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
Congrat's to Elecraft on shipping the first 100 K3's !!
Would imagine it is
Sorry if this muddied the water - it doesn't say only 200 in first run, just
we could get one of the first 200
On 22/11/07 08:57, David Ferrington, M0XDF [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
From an annoucement from Wayne
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From: wayne burdick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft
It had better include the 2-May as well, since I was told I was in first
run. I don't believe I've seen anything saying the last ships for this run
take us to and end on, the 30th. In fact, someone has one they ordered on
1-May.
From the status page:
One note - We received such a large surge of
Guys ( Gals),
My K3 will ship Monday, it was ordered 4th of May
and it looks like (not confirmed) that it will be just under the 100 serial
number. It would have shipped this week but my credit card company viewed the
request from Elecraft as a possible fraudulent
Thanks for that - I ordered mine on 2-May - no communication yet.
On 22/11/07 10:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
Guys ( Gals),
My K3 will ship Monday, it was ordered 4th of May
and it looks like (not confirmed) that it will be just under the 100 serial
Following the release of the latest manual, I note the emphasis on
needing to set the transmitter gain on each band, at both low (5W) and
high (50W) power levels. What isn't clear is whether it's preferable for
those with an _accurate_ Wattmeter, to set the gain based on the K3
display or an
It is always fun to speculate;
Eric wrote: If you have not ordered before May 10th, we would appreciate
your holding off emailing us for status as much as possible.
So this might be the cut off date for the 1st run?
He also wrote: Weeks of Nov 12-16 and Nov 19-23 (Orders with deposits)
As a
Hallo Dave,
after having done this last evening...
Adjust the built power meter on 20 meters by measuring the power with an
external meter, exit the menu and then set your power to 5W. Go to 160 (make
sure that you are always in band) and push the tune button. Wait for a couple of
seconds until
Toby
Thanks for the clarification, that's more information than is contained
in the manual!
My K3/100 has quite dirty transmit on 60m at 100W, I've sent a spectrum
analyzer plot to K3support for their thoughts. If anyone has access to a
spectrum analyzer and can check their K3/100 at the
CW entry is definitely easier but, just as if not more more important,
playback no longer has exaggerated spacing. The process of entering a
message through playback is close to perfection IMHO.
Also, experimented with the DSP toolbox last night on 80 CW while in QSO
with Fred, KT5X. Between
Now that is interesting. Vic G7PYR reports that his order placed on May
4 is being filled. I ordered with 50% deposit on May 2 and I've not
even heard from them yet...
Raj, N2RD
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Guys ( Gals),
My K3 will ship Monday, it was ordered 4th of
On Nov 22, 2007 12:58 PM, Raj Dewan, N2RD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now that is interesting. Vic G7PYR reports that his order placed on May
4 is being filled. I ordered with 50% deposit on May 2 and I've not
even heard from them yet...
I can't quite remember when I ordered mine (with 50%
Ordered a K3 on 2nd May, nothing heard here either
Mal, G4KFT
Raj Dewan, N2RD wrote:
Now that is interesting. Vic G7PYR reports that his order placed on
May 4 is being filled. I ordered with 50% deposit on May 2 and I've
not even heard from them yet...
Raj, N2RD
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My order of April 30 is on its way now. It was ready to ship late last week
but my credit card company thought the charge was suspicious activity so
it got delayed.
The reference number on the invoice is SO #50067 but I won't know if that
is the serial number until the box gets here.
At 07:58 AM 11/22/2007, Raj Dewan, N2RD wrote:
Now that is interesting. Vic G7PYR reports that his order placed on
May 4 is being filled. I ordered with 50% deposit on May 2 and
I've not even heard from them yet...
My invoice for the 50 percent down pay to play plan is dated 5/4/2007
...
Its not the serial number, nor is 67 - since #67 went to Toby DD5FZ in
Munich Germany.
Don't you just lovehttp://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki
I think this site by Thom Don (sorry guys, you sound like twins!) is just
great for all info Elecraft (not just K3) and a great supplement to this
At 08:56 AM 11/22/2007, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
Don't you just lovehttp://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki
I think this site by Thom Don (sorry guys, you sound like twins!) is just
great for all info Elecraft (not just K3) and a great supplement to this
reflector.
Maybe Dan and I
Hi,
I am thinking about purchasing a linear to go with my K3 that Santa will
hopefully be delivering this Christmas. The amplifier I have in mind is the SPE
Expert 1k.
I am sure that the K3 will live up to all my expectations, but I am a little
jittery about high power solid state amplifier
Vic,
it was ordered 4th of May
Before some of us here (me included) head for the nearest cliff can you confirm
that your K3 order date
was actually the 4 May 2007.
Also, when did you receive your order confirmation email from Elecraft with
the request for payment
etc.
On the face of it, it
Stewart,
If it were me facing this decision, I would wait for the Elecraft amplifiers to
come out. They were announced but put on the back burner for the K3. You will
likely get a new estimate of shipping dates from Elecraft in the near future
but I believe that they are holding off until
Stuart
I have an Acom 1000, it complements a K3 very nicely! If you want to
reply directly I'll give you more info.
73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
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As I am sure you all know...all the while that the good folks at
Elecraft have been shipping out these first 100 K3s, their manufacturing
operation (in house and outside assemblers) have been cranking out
boards and modules and filters, etc. It is decidedly NOT a serial
operation until the
OOPS!
It seems I may have caused an international incident! I double
checked my invoice and it is dated 30th of April, the document saved date is
4th May. ... sorry for the confusion!
73's
Vic Tuff
G7PYR
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Ah - oh well, guess we go back to the status quo!
On 22/11/07 15:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
OOPS!
It seems I may have caused an international incident! I double
checked my invoice and it is dated 30th of April, the document saved date is
4th May. ... sorry
I just realized that I don't think Elecraft has ever said whether the secondary
RX will be shipped with a default roofing filter, and, if so, whether it is also
a 2.7kHz 5 pole filter.
vy 73 de toby
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DD5FZ (ex 4n6fz, dj7mgq, dg5mgq, dd5fz)
K2/10 #885
K2/100 #3248
K3/100 #67
DOK C12, BCC,
At 10:32 AM 11/22/2007, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
Ah - oh well, guess we go back to the status quo!
The flurry of posts about delivery, assembly lines, coulda/woulda
situations may serve a purposeit keeps us busy while Elecraft is
busy trying to ship units.
It also reminds me of
Yes and yes - I think
On 22/11/07 15:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
I just realized that I don't think Elecraft has ever said whether the
secondary
RX will be shipped with a default roofing filter, and, if so, whether it is
also
a 2.7kHz 5 pole filter.
vy 73 de toby
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Be thankful you have your K3 (for those that do)
Be thankful that you could afford to buy one (for those that did)
Be thankful that your delivery date gets closer every day (for those still
wait)
Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving !
Joe - WB1AIU
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My unit was shipped on Thursday, November 15 and delivered
Monday. Serial number 0093. It is the kit version.
With only seven to go, I would bet they cleared out all of
the first 100 serial numbers last week. That is--assuming
they take them in order.
73 - Don, W7VXS
Ahhh a wax bird got them for sure :-)
What a perfect time too, with Eric home stuffing TURKEY and candied yams in
:-)
It will be colo portal early Friday at Aptos !
Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.
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From: Trevor Smithers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vic,
Are you certain of these numbers? Next Monday as a ship date for an
order made on May 4th just doesn't sound right. I would have thought that a
May 4th order might be a week or two further down the road. Mine was
ordered on May 2nd and I haven't received word that it was about
I spoke with Lisa last week while making filter choice mod to my order. She
indicated that first production run end date is May 14. I do not know how
many units are in that run. My 2nd run order was placed on June 11. Lisa
expects the second run to begin within the first or second week of
In a recent message, Don Sandstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ...
My unit was shipped on Thursday, November 15 and delivered Monday.
Serial number 0093. It is the kit version.
With only seven to go, I would bet they cleared out all of the first
100 serial numbers last week. That is--assuming
I installed the KPA3 thins morning. Everything looks right but I can't
adjust power output beyond 12.0. Has anyone installed a KPA3? Could I
be missing something? KPA3 CONFIG option is set to nor. I get a
distinct click when I switch the option to tst and the fans work fine.
Doug -- K0DXV
Doug,
You need to set CONFIG:KPA3 to PA NOR.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
On Nov 22, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Doug Person wrote:
I installed the KPA3 thins morning. Everything looks right but I
can't adjust power output beyond 12.0. Has anyone installed a KPA3?
Could I be missing something? KPA3 CONFIG
snipEspecially for people like Don who have so much
experience to share and only email to do it in the
past.snip
Thanks for the vote of confidence but much of the
heavy lifting is done by Barry N1EU. He has a newly
started section on roofing filters:
This is an internal gain calibration step that requires power to be set
at exactly 5.0 and 50 W respectively. There's no need for an accurate
wattmeter at this point. The K3's watt metering can optionally be
calibrated in a later step (CONFIG:WMTR).
We'll clarify this in the manuals.
73,
Further to Wayne's reply, make sure it's not PA io nor which looks
remarkably similar to PA nor, but doesn't enable the PA. (I fell for
that problem too)
73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
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Dave- you are 'da man (to use a quaint American expression). Yes,
that is an easy mistake to make and a quick twist past all the other
options brought me to the other PA nor.
Thanks so much es 73,
Doug -- K0DXV
K3/100 #77
Dave G4AON wrote:
Further to Wayne's reply, make sure it's not PA io
I did reviews on both the Expert 1K-FA and Tokyo Hy-Power HL-1.5Kfx for CQ
Magazine. These reviews are also on my website at www.ad5x.com. These are
both very nice amps. The THP is $1K cheaper than the Expert, but the Expert
has an internal tuner (3:1 SWR max) and a 4-port antenna switch. But
Hi All, I have the following configuration for Sale or possible Trade of K2 kit
modules:
FDIMP
Finger Dimple for K1/K2
$6.00
K1-4
K1-4 Four-Band 5W CW Transceiver
$369.00
K1BKLTKIT-X
K1 Backlight Mod Kit - X
$14.95
KAT1
K1 Internal Automatic Antenna Tuner
$109.00
KFL1-2
Additional Two-Band
I have an Expert 1K-FA for almost a year now. It is relatively expensive,
but still, I would make
the same decision if I had to choose again. Why?
1. Very flexible in/output switching = you can run with two exciters and 4
different antennas
2. HF + 6m coverage (but so has the ACOM1000 and a few
Again, maybe I missed something - but this seems pretty straightforward.
Plugged a mic into the back mic jack, set bias, vox gain and anti-vox.
All seems correct. and the vox kicks transmitter on perfectly. If I hit
tune button I get full 100 watts out. But if I speak into the mic I get
From: Enno J. Korma, PF5X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:40:30 -
ALC interfacing is recommended with this kind of linear. I have already
asked on this reflector how this should be done with the K3. The K3 delivers
a positive
ALC voltage whereas the linear - like
I don't know the K3 yet, but ...
If you have LOTS of ALC, doesn't that indicate that something has
limited the transmitter? Something has caused it to cut back?
Mark
On Nov 22, 2007 3:35 PM, Doug Person [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Again, maybe I missed something - but this seems pretty
Once again the references to productions groups has
been removed from the shipping status page, as was the
reference to group 2 starting delivery by end of month
November.
The page was that way for several days recently. I was
hoping it happened because production had improved but
it appears to
OK, that may come in handy.
Made a stupid mistake in my ALC comments though. It is the linear which
generates the negative ALC voltage (0 ~ -5V) and not the other way around as
I described. The K3 is set-up to receive a positive ALC voltage, which need
some external circuitry to adapt for a neg.
I re-did the XMIT GAIN. That was it. I had some trouble with the
firmware download prior to operating. I did not redo it after installing
the KPA3. All is well now. Thanks for all the relies.
73, Doug -- K0DXV
K3/100 #77
Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
Did you do the 5W and 50W XMIT GAIN
Anyone have a K1 80-40 meter two band board for sale in good condition?
73,
Sandy W5TVW
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I would wait for the Elecraft amp. I just check the Array Solutions web site
and they have discontinued their relationship with SPE.
73
Gregg
W6IZT
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Has anyone seen this error?
Using the K3 Firmware Update Downloader (Version 1.0.11.21) i get always
the same problem with the function save K3 configuration as under the tab
configuration.
The saving proccess stops unpredictable.
In a small portsniffer output i can see that the response from
while I am waiting for a replacement of J4 from Scott, I am looking at the
parts left after finishing the KPA100. I can see 2 pairs of R19 R20 resistors
in the box. They look identical to those on the board. I had the KPA100
upgrade kit, so 1 pair is clear, there must have been another pair
On Nov 22, 2007 9:11 PM, KBG Luxford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Will the new Elecraft linear amps contain vacuum tubes?
Kevin
VK3DAP / ZL2DAP
No, they are solid-state. Which to me makes far more sense as most
vacuum tubes seem to be increasing in price as they become more
scarce. I imagine it
Will the new Elecraft linear amps contain vacuum tubes?
Kevin
VK3DAP / ZL2DAP
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Stewart,
If it were me facing this decision, I would wait for the Elecraft amplifiers to
come out. They were announced but put on the back burner for the K3. You will
likely get a new
Hi guys,
I was a bit overwhelmed with all the serious and informative replies
that I got, to what, I must admit, was a tongue in cheek query. Thanks
for the information and I shall look forward to seeing this amp on the
Elecraft site - whenever it appears, with, I hope, no pressure on the
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