Yes or look here:
http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/license.htm
Doesn´t look too bright. They say you have
to stay minimum 3 months to be able to
operate.
73 Jim SM2EKM
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Ralph,
Take a look at the 9V radio club www.sarts.org.sg and the
Hmmm. Just looked at the back of my Orion, and in the manual, and darned if
I can't find an ALC jack. Guess Ten-Tec figured every owner would buy a
Titan :-) My FT-1000D has an ALC jack, but I've never used it. FWIW, the
manuals for my Alpha and Acom amps discourage use of ALC. I've tried to use
On Dec 4, 2007 3:28 AM, Matt Zilmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
== stapled-on ==
Data MD: Data A
TX line in setting: 20% of full scale. The output is a laptop's
speaker jack and the setting reflects the playback volume set on the
laptop.
RX line out setting: 55% of full scale. The input
On Dec 4, 2007 6:31 AM, Dick Dievendorff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, that sounds like you got a bad file from the Elecraft file server. I'd
recommend erasing the hmcu*.hex file and re-do the Copy files from
elecraft. If you open the hex file in Notepad, every line should start
with a colon.
Anybody know or measured what the audio frequency response is for the
K3 line in/line out?
Dale, K9VUJ
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On RX at least 4kHz, using a 6kHz AM filter I see up to 5kHz then Mr.
Nyquist kicks in...
On Data modes the K3 is quiet - very, very quiet.
Haven't bothered transmitting data modes with the K3 yet, waiting for ESSB
enhancements and just can't be bothered to be honest - more of a lurker than
Joe
I take your point entirely which is why I said
ALC is an analog signal for gradually reducing drive, which
might not be appropriate for shutdown.
Shutdown for me is for protection against gross overload and for this
another signal might be more appropriate. Since many users do not
Simon, any chance you could make about a 10sec recording of band noise
on an empty band with RX EQ set flat and 6Khz selectivity and either
post the WAV file or email it to me?
Thanks/73,
Barry N1EU
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John,
Yes, the manual is confusing - bottom line is that there should be one
set of standoffs and one set of washers between the two boards - it
matters not which end of the standoff the washers are installed.
To make things easiest, put one set of lockwashers (the first set
installed)
G'day,
| On the next early in the week update (soon, I trust), would you
| please make some mention of why the sub-receiver availability date
| keeps moving. Is it the vendor or is it simply not on the front
| burner (and if the latter, why) or something else?
|
| I don't have one on order, but
From: David Cutter G3UNA
I take your point entirely which is why I said
ALC is an analog signal for gradually reducing drive, which
might not be appropriate for shutdown.
Shutdown for me is for protection against gross overload and for this
another signal might be more appropriate. Since
md5sum anyone?
Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick Dievendorff
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:31 AM
To: 'Ken Kopp'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 problem with logging program after
Hi,
For some reason my recording are poor quality - but trust me it is quiet,
staggeringly quiet. I think the problem with the quality of my recordings is
the data I am writing in the soundfile header.
I can take a screenshot this afternoon if you want...
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
- Original
Geoff
With so many combinations of rig and amplifier a 'standard' would be good,
(the Collins ALC started it all I understand) but in its absence each
operator needs to make provision for their own station protection.
With the advent of solid state amplifiers there was a chance to make a new
I agree that in general I prefer high SN to low, but sometimes something
special happens to make a particular series more desirable.
Like when a company is sold to someone else. The items made under the
original owner are usually better and more desirable.
Or when the manufacturing ships from
Thanks, Bob. But I didn't detect the corrupt file problem until after the
K3 Utility had started to load the MCU. I still think I might need to pass
the file twice, once to verify that it's complete and checksums correctly,
and then again to actually load the firmware into the radio.
Dick,
David,
I hope when Elecraft comes out with their amp that it has features like my
Acom 2000A - if there is an arc, high swr or overdriven the amp shuts down
quickly without damage to it. When this happens I can quickly check to see
if I am on the wrong antenna, too much drive or a problem with an
Dick - the post was meant in jest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_bucket
Oh yeah...
Soapbox OFF. ;-)
Huh? The command is one byte, a semicolon. There
are four supported speeds. It takes a few parts of a
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On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Don Rasmussen wrote:
Dick - the post was meant in jest:
Ya gotta be careful with humor...it sometimes gets booked on one of the flights
that goes into the ionosphere.
73 - k3hrn
Thom,EIEIO
Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer
www.baltimorehon.com/
Went right over my head. I feel a little sheepish
73 de Dick, K6KR
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Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 8:20 AM
To: Don Rasmussen
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3
On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
Went right over my head. I feel a little sheepish
I think it may be a problem that many of us have one time or another...we're so
serious about our occupation or hobby that we find it hard to see the humor.
Thom,EIEIO
Email, Internet,
I sat here eagerly waiting to see who would bite :-)
Relives the boredom of waiting for Mr Brown to arrive...
On 4/12/07 16:26, Dick Dievendorff [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
Went right over my head. I feel a little sheepish
73 de Dick, K6KR
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Dick - the post
Unfortunately, it appears that short-term permits are not available.
More information is available at:
http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/9v.htm
73, Bob N7XY
On Dec 3, 2007, at 9:31 PM, R Webb wrote:
I have an opportunity to do a two month work assignment in 9V,
Singapore,
and was wondering about
On 04/12/2007, Thom LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ya gotta be careful with humor...it sometimes gets booked on one of the
flights
that goes into the ionosphere.
Well, there aren't enough ions up there at the moment to bounce it
back. Or anything much else, unfortunately...
--
Julian,
On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Julian G4ILO wrote:
On 04/12/2007, Thom LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ya gotta be careful with humor...it sometimes gets booked on one of the flights
that goes into the ionosphere.
Well, there aren't enough ions up there at the moment to bounce it
back. Or anything
After much debate, I've decided to part with my trusty sidekick KX1, only to
raise money towards my upcoming K3. Yeah, I know, two completely different
rigs with two different missions, but they're both related to dollars ;-)
More details and photos can be seen at
I liked this one, a Lisa Edition K3, like the old Lisa
edition MacIntosh computer. Maybe a glossy photo of
Lisa Jones (with her eyes open) and a small packet
with the spare magnet wire from her winding. Also toss
in a home baked cookie although I'm not sure how that
would hold up over the years
I see that the K3 receiver is spec'd down to 500 kHz. What about below that?
Is it completely dead (e.g. due to filtering), or is it alive but with reduced
sensitivity, selection, etc.?
Will it even tune below 500 kHz? (I've seen some receivers that won't tune at
all below their lower
With the excitement you guys are expressing about Lisa Edition
K3's...I can hear it nowwhen is Elecraft going to be issuing an
Elecraft Calendar?
With a different employee holding a different Elecraft product in each
month's picture?
Of course the December photo would be Wayne and Eric
On the note of bad files, are hash checks performed on the downloaded
files?
-
David Wilburn
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K4DGW
K2 S/N 5982
On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 22:31 -0800, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
No, that sounds like you got a bad file from the Elecraft file server. I'd
recommend erasing the
That is actually a good idea, especially if the contests were marked on it
(please don't forget RSGB contests etc).
And if Elecraft have a favourite charity, half the proceeds could go there.
On 4/12/07 17:51, David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
With the excitement you guys are expressing
Would there be a swim suit edition?
Doug
W6JD
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From: David King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With the excitement you guys are expressing about Lisa Edition
K3's...I can hear it nowwhen is Elecraft going to be issuing an
Elecraft Calendar?
With a
There should be topless models, of course. The radios, I mean, so we
can see the electronics. :)
(Bet this doesn't get past the spam filter.)
--
Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ???
G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com
Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf
On 04/12/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, David King wrote:
Of course the December photo would be Wayne and Eric in Santa suits, teasing
us with wrapped boxes marked with question marks over what the next goodies
will be!!
Or the question marks could represent the serial numbers that are next due to
ship (g).
All functions of K3/100 #095 work flawlessly (within the rig's current
limitations) and the radio now communicates with a laptop for FW updates.
Now for rig control.
Has anyone out there made their K3 work with DX4WIN and/or N1MM that could
either provide the setup parameters, or at least
I am wondering if it might be appropriate to consider splitting the
Elecraft list into two lists: one for the K3 and one for all other
Elecraft offerings (K1, K2, KX1, mini-modules, etc.). Except
for perhaps transverters, which could have issues on both
lists, the division would be beneficial to
LOL That's been done before. Anybody remember the short-lived Apple Lisa
computer (~1979 I think)? Rumor had it that it was named after Steve Jobs' (or
Steve Wozniak's) girlfriend. It was a complete failure in the marketplace for
some reason. Long time ago... For whatever reason, it just wasn't
Gary - K3 #83 works great with N1MM.
Some of the features like Wide and Narrow filter switching are not yet
coded for the K3 in N1MM but the basics - freq set, band-map click, cw
keying, etc. work well. It's very nice to just use a single RS-232
straight-thru cable between the K3 and the laptop
Gary Bartlett VE1RGB wrote:
All functions of K3/100 #095 work flawlessly (within the rig's current
limitations) and the radio now communicates with a laptop for FW
updates. Now for rig control.
Has anyone out there made their K3 work with DX4WIN and/or N1MM that
could either provide the
The Apple Lisa's absurdly high price probably had some impact on the
demand for it. $9,000 for a personal computer was a bit high for most
people in 1980.
73,
Scott, N9AA
Bill W5WVO wrote:
LOL That's been done before. Anybody remember the short-lived Apple
Lisa computer (~1979 I think)?
In my opinion ... the K3 technical stuff could stay here. All the
moaning and groaning about shipment dates and how Wayne and Eric
should run their company could move to another list.
Mark
On Dec 4, 2007 12:53 PM, B. Scott Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am wondering if it might be
Hallo
I see that the K3 receiver is spec'd down to 500 kHz. What about below that? Is it completely dead (e.g. due to filtering), or is it alive but with reduced sensitivity, selection, etc.?
Will it even tune below 500 kHz? (I've seen some receivers that won't tune at
all below their
At 12:53 PM 12/4/2007, B. Scott Andersen wrote:
I am wondering if it might be appropriate to consider splitting the
Elecraft list into two lists: one for the K3 and one for all other
Hi Scott,
I have my email set up so the K3 stuff has it's own folder... and
goes right in...
Actually
Would there be a swim suit edition?
A K3 in a g-string... come on...
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I sort my email into folders for the K1, K2, and K3. Easily done in Outlook
Express and eases the burden of sorting things out. Just a thought.
Todd, WA7U
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It stops tuning at 500 kHz.
Ron AC7AC
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I see that the K3 receiver is spec'd down to 500 kHz. What about below
that? Is it completely dead (e.g. due to filtering), or is it alive but
with reduced sensitivity, selection, etc.?
Will it even tune below 500 kHz? (I've
OK, here's the DX4WIN answer (and thanks to Vic, K2VCO, for alerting me to
the K3 Config setting for baud rate. The radio is so new to me that I
didn't know about that menu option):
For DX4WIN, select Kenwood TS-850-9 (Kenwood + S meter) and match baud
rates on the rig and in the logging
All,
for the record - just incase some one else experiences this: Maybe I did
something wrong ive no idea but I thought I followed the path and did
nothing out of the ordinary.!
I just did the latest firmware upgrade.
NR works fine and sounds great
Going to TX nothing out and I get
I soldered up the cable to connect the K2 to the computer for logging
and control. What do I need to do from here to get the computer/rig to
send CW during a contest? I am currently using N3FJP's programs, and I
plan on moving to N1MM. I get the impression I need a separate cable
between the
You will need a separate cable between LPT port
and Key-in to the K2. Set INP to Hand. Wire
your favorite keyer output in parallel with the line
into the K2 Key-in.
de Joe, aa4nn
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Yep - this is true - not only that, but be aware if you are using DTR/RTS to
send code from N1MM (I presume other software as well) that even if you have
NOT turned VOX to the ON position on the K3, the DTR/RTS keying in
conjunction with ENABLING the PTT control in N1MM Config, will put your RF
I performed the upgrade V1.45 and have noticed nothing unusual. Check the
CONFIG to make sure all your options are still ON, just in case something got
bumped. My filters are set up starting with FL1, FL2, FL3 - nothing skipped.
Nothing in the FL4 or FL5 slots (yet)
I always make it a
Yes, it really does 'fade out' - but it does so pretty quickly,
like, in 5 seconds or less. Kind of neat,
actually, it would be hard to design a circuit that does this on purpose!
Any band change or power cycle brings it back, and, it even comes
back all by itself, after a while.
The RX
Don Nesbitt wrote:
Yep - this is true - not only that, but be aware if you are using DTR/RTS to
send code from N1MM (I presume other software as well) that even if you have
NOT turned VOX to the ON position on the K3, the DTR/RTS keying in
conjunction with ENABLING the PTT control in N1MM
You know Gary, I have not done a very good job of covered all the bases here
- sorry 'bout that!
In order to avoid the scenario that I painted below, you could take a number
of steps.
For instance, in N1MM config, don't set RTS=PTT instead set RTS=Always Off,
and at the same time, don't put a
I soldered up the cable to connect the K2 to the computer for logging
and control. What do I need to do from here to get the computer/rig to
send CW during a contest? I am currently using N3FJP's programs, and I
plan on moving to N1MM. I get the impression I need a separate cable
between the
I have tracked down some of my problems with the K2 transmitter, namely R49
that was not soldered. Now I'm faced with the problem of very low output rf
power. I see unbalanced rf voltages at the bases of Q7 and Q8; I.e 0.20 v
(rms) at the base of Q7 and 6.6 v (rms) at the base of Q8. I
Thanks Don -- and all others. I got a metric tonne of answers to my
question, direct and on the Reflector, and it is very gratifying to see that
the spirit of helpful support from the Elecraft community is still very much
alive and well!
Regarding DX4WIN, just for the info of others who may
Yes! I do completely agree, I would also like to see a separate list for
the K3. I am *not* interested in K3 at all, I have now only the K1, and
I do have serious plans to buy and build a K2, possibly during the late
end of 2008 .. so, for that reason I am only interested in reading
posts and
Ditto, traffic from elecraft email list is getting out of hand with K3 support
emails IMHO...
73, Andy (KU7T, ex Y38WF, ex DL6UST)
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Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 3:23 PM
To:
Hi All I still have a Fully loaded assembled K2/100 for sale. This radio is new
built for sale and consists of the following: K2 - radio
KSB2 - sideband adapter 2.6KhzKAF2 - Audio filterKNB2 - noise blankerK160RX -
160 meter Receive antenna inputKPA100 - 100 watt amplifierQRP Lid with KAT2
It was also good for winding coils on oatmeal boxes and the
old phenolic coil forms.
Doug
W6JD, Ex KN2CHN in 1952
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:24:23 -0800, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
t's speaker wire over here, too.
In a message dated 12/4/2007 11:19:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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Hallo
I see that the K3 receiver is spec'd down to 500 kHz. What about below
that? Is it completely dead (e.g. due to filtering), or is it alive but with
reduced sensitivity, selection, etc.?
Thanks for the information, everyone. I was just curious, as the FAQ only states
that coverage begins at 500 kHz. As with many things in life, that can be read
more than one way (as I alluded to in my original posting).
73,
Mike
KW1ND
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With the KBPF3 installed, I can tune to 500 KHz and no lower.
Attempting to input 490 gives 500 KHz.
matt, WA6EGJ
K3 s/n 24
Thanks for the information, everyone. I was just curious, as the FAQ only
states
that coverage begins at 500 kHz. As with many things in life, that can be read
more than
That info is pretty old. You might check the ARRL site.
On 12/4/07 9:37 AM, Bob Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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More information is available at:
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73, Bob N7XY
On Dec 3, 2007, at
The UPS truck dropped off S/N 125 K3/100 kit today 12/4/07.
It was ordered mid day May 1 and shipped on 11/29/07.
John KH7T
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Yes, it would appear that either Q7 or Q8 is bad. Elecraft has a K2 PA
transistor kit available. Even if only one is bad, I suggest that you
be prepared to replace both transistors.
As an initial step, you may want to remove Q7 and Q8 and then recheck
the resistance from each pad to ground
Aloha Bradda!
Of course this means you are required to ship out an
equal value in chocolate covered macadamemia nuts (or
Kona Coffee your choice) to retain the trade balance
with mainland.
I plan on having my new K3 (not yet here) in QSO with
you on 20m in the month of January. Hope you do
That site was a link from the ARRL web site.
On Dec 4, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
That info is pretty old. You might check the ARRL site.
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