I'd like to add to the list of big mistakes:
Learning to translate dits and dahs into letters and other characters.
Slow code encourages translation!
...
Rich
NU6T
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Is that a mistake for most Hams?
It wasn't for me.
I am aware of many ops
Kristinn:
I bought one of these recently, and have really been enjoying it:
http://www.americanmorse.com/portapaddle.htm
You can get it with or without the base. I bought the base, and was
glad I did, but you can mount the paddles on just about anything with
the two mounting holes.
I
I would like to use my CW key to key the transmitter in SSB mode.
This is very handy in the K2 when I use the Heil headset and don't want to
use the vox.
Is this already possible with the K3?
If not please put it on the wishlist.
73! de Werner OE9FWV
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In a message dated 4/26/08 11:43:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Learning to translate dits and dahs into letters and other characters.
Slow code encourages translation!
I think what you mean is counting - hearing H as four dits rather than
a single sound-group.
At 4/27/2008 04:42 AM, Dr. Werner Furlan wrote:
I would like to use my CW key to key the transmitter in SSB mode.
This is very handy in the K2 when I use the Heil headset and don't want to
use the vox.
Is this already possible with the K3?
Plug your key into the KEY jack, next to the
PADDLE
Tnx to Greg AB7R and Joe W4TV for helping me troubleshoot and finally
get it all going. The problem was, of course, methe cable bundle
that goes to the back of the K3 has a cable marked PC IN and PC Out. I
assumed that they went into the respective IN-Line-OUT jacks on the back
of the
I began to learn code at 50 (now 56) and got my ticket about 5 years ago. It
has been a LOT OF FUN! The longest transition was from writing everything
down to copying in my head, but it was certainly worth the effort. I am
typically operating at about 25 wpm but try to slow down to match a
Is the Country configuration of the K3 an issue?
Al WA6VNN
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I increasingly like to operate remote, especially when traveling.
This can sometimes mean that the rig is turned on for several days.
I have some concern about burn-out of the LCD display in areas where
it remains unchanged for long periods.
Maybe this is an unjustified worry, but it would be
Just wanted to thank EVERYONE (and there were MANY) who offered assistance
to my request for birth date info of a fellow ham.
I greatly appreciate your offers and the time you spent helping me research
the info.
73,
Tom Hammond N0SS
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Hi,
Still learning - didn't find answer in manual or on reflector:
VFO B band changes when I change band on VFO A - is it normal?
Is it possible to change to ICOM behavior? - where VFO A and B are
independant - eg. VFO A on 160 and VFO B on 20 SSB and I can jump
betwen them with one push.
73
In a recent message, Bob Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ...
I have some concern about burn-out of the LCD display in areas where it
remains unchanged for long periods.
[snip]
but it would be good to have the option to simply turn off the
display when using remote operation, or even when
Hey Greg,
Quick query if you have a minute. I can't find my KPA
bypass jumper. It looks like all I need to do is
jumper 4 pins on each side of the two connectors and
throw in a cap. yes?
Do I need to pull the PAIO board?
Cheers,
Julius
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
TnQP
Hello all,
I just added a page to my WA3WSJ Black Widow Vertical Antenna File.
http://www.wa3wsj.homestead.com/
72,
Kangaroo Ed, WA3WSJ
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An old friend, G4AYP, now SK used to listen to 40m cw just before going to
sleep using his Norcal 40. He tried to follow French and Spanish stations
and said it kept his brain alive and stimulated. He was UK Director of
Forensic Science, so I don't think it was an idle statement.
David
LY2IJ wrote:
VFO B band changes when I change band on VFO A - is it normal?
Is it possible to change to ICOM behavior? - where VFO A and B are
independant - eg. VFO A on 160 and VFO B on 20 SSB and I can jump
betwen them with one push.
It's normal. You get two VFOs per band. The M1 - M4
I have just decided on my K3 options and it comes to 3400 usd including
shipping. Can someone in the UK give me an idea of any duty/tax or additional
costs I will have to pay when it's delivered.
Thanks
Jim, MM0BQI
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Hello Jim
You will have to pay 17.5% VAT on the total price including shipping, it
should be duty free (if they charge duty you should be able to claim it
back).
When I received mine back in November the amount payable to UPS was the
vat plus an £11 handling fee, you would normally be asked
How does one do crossband on the K3? For example, transmit on 6m and receive
on 10m.
Thanks,
Dave Quick, KØEKL
Minneapolis, MN
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It would be nice to be able to use CW paddle plugged into paddle jack.
Just like in K2.
Mark
--- On Sun, 4/27/08, Ed K1EP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Ed K1EP [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 PTT in SSB with CW-Key?
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date:
If you have the KPAIO3 board in place, you don't need the jumper block. Just
leave the KPAIO3 board on the connectors.
Ron AC7AC
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Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 7:39 AM
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Good Morning:
The only Microphone I have is a Heil Proset with a Kenwood BM-10
Connector, 8 Pin. I would like to plug this in to my K3 tomorrow when
it arrives, Yes UPS Web site says it arrives on Monday. Is their any
setting I should be aware of using this Mic? It has the HC5 Element in
Ron, as usual, you have succinctly put into words a real life experience
that I can see, may parallel some of my limited experience. I have followed
this thread closely as well as the comments about using the Farnsworth
method and based on some of the comments, thought OMG - I've been doing it
Ken wrote:
I have no problem slowing down as much as necessary (below 10 wpm gets a
little tedious
though!) But I would sure appreciate being told to cool it rather than just
having the rag chew cut short.
-
Oh, s--l--o--w CW sure gets tedious for me too, but it's normally
Thanks for asking that Jim and thanks Dave for confirming my calculations,
I've just ordered mine and had worked out what mines going to cost.
73 Paul.
Dave G4AON wrote:
Hello Jim
You will have to pay 17.5% VAT on the total price including shipping, it
should be duty free (if they
Neat! I worked the SP DX RTTY contest yesterday. I could print lots
of 80M european RTTY stations in the contest from this netherlands
receiver with MMTTY running on the connected computer, but couldn't
even hear them on my own rx here in SC. Couldn't hear myself on their
rx when I TX'ed
Thanks for sharing that link Brian, of course the Netherlands isn't far from
me here in the UK and it's weird hearing myself coming over a distant
receiver.
73 Paul G4LNA
K3KO wrote:
Try listening to yourself on a web SDR.
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/
One can listen with the
From what I understand you must turn off the microphone bias in the menu. I
have a Heil pro-set and had to do this. If you have the Heil headset made
for use with the K2 you leave it on. If I am wrong someone please correct
me.
Todd, WA7U
K2/100 #726
K3/100 #726
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Well, it might go so far back as SN#671. I'm brand new at this, so I have
spent the past 12 hours trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. My Heil
pro-set plus plugged into a kenwood adapter into the front. With RP.H it
works fine, FP.H/L As soon as I plug in the stereo headphone part into
The Palm Mini paddle is a very well thought out and nicely engineered
package; one of the best features is how the mechanism is completely
protected by the case when not in use. The ability to mount it
in various ways and positions is a nice plus.
It's very adjustable and amenable to a light or
But this begs the question - which is also asked in another posting - how do
you do cross band split? Not that this is common - I don't think I have have
ever done it - but with my ICOM this is straightforward.
Knut - AB2TC
G4ILO wrote:
LY2IJ wrote:
VFO B band changes when I change
Hello all,
Because a large number of ops can't read a pdf file, I'm constructing a
WA3WSJ Black Widow Antenna Page. This site is a work in progress so
check back to see things as I add information about this wonderful
antenna.
http://wa3wsj.homestead.com/
72,
Kangaroo Ed, WA3WSJ
Group,
I don't seem to have the steps by which one sets the KXV3's output to
1.00 mw for use with XV144..
Here is what I've tried: (1) Set Band to 28 MHz. (2) Set CONFIG to
TEST in KVX3, (3) Set power to 1.00 mw, (4) Hold TUNE. After a moment, the
display changes from
Thanks for all the replies on the filter. It's sold to Phil, K3TUF.
73
Greg
AB7R
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Why are you setting the band to 28 MHz? You should have set up the
transverter band first. If you had you would presumably have 144 on your
display and not 28.
It appears from what you have indicated you are telling the K3 to transmit
1mW on 10m from the normal antenna rather than to use the
Hi I have sn 709 - I have my Heil HC4 from my TS-2000 8 pin conn - when I
plug it into the K3 - I hear noise from the MICROPHONE???
The 'manual' says: to select front or rear panel microphone AND to turn
BIAS on/off, use the MAIN:Mic SRC menu entry..
My firmware 1.78 only shows: MIC SEL
Might as well ask, I guess. I thought the second receiver was going to be
the same as the first. Sounds like this is not the case. Not saying that
is bad, just that it doesn't fit with what I thought I knew. What is/are
the main differences or possible problems that must be worked out?
Just
John:
Go top page 49 [Menu Functions] of the manual (rev c). Read what it says
in the Main Menu Table under MIC SEL entry.
73,
Ken K3IU
VE3NFK wrote:
Hi I have sn 709 - I have my Heil HC4 from my TS-2000 8 pin conn - when I
plug it into the K3 - I hear noise from
I'm guessing here - but - it sounds like you might have the bias turned on
to the K3 mic connector. Heil HC-4 elements do NOT require bias and putting
bias on them will usually (have to file the usually caveat here as there
may be some strange wiring involved) prevent them from working!
Let's
Bob,
Steve Jackson KZ1X would be the best to respond to your concern. I
understand that Steve has never turned his K2 off except for periods of
upgrading and alignements. His K2 is at least 6 years old and I believe
is still going strong.
73,
Don W3FPR
Bob Jones wrote:
I increasingly
Thanks to Ken and Don - mic is working great - appreciate the extremely
rapid replies guys!
(a case of missing something in the manual)
73 John VE3NFK
PS - what about the second 'weird behaviour'?
VE3NFK wrote:
Hi I have sn 709 - I have my Heil HC4 from my TS-2000 8 pin conn - when
Jim Miller wrote:
Might as well ask, I guess. I thought the second receiver was going to be
the same as the first. Sounds like this is not the case. Not saying that
is bad, just that it doesn't fit with what I thought I knew. What is/are
the main differences or possible problems that must be
My K3 is on the way so I no longer need my XV-50. I will trade it for an
XV-144 or sell for $310 shipped anywhere in CONUS.
Pat Taylor W3HVG
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This involves using the A/B and FREQ ENT switches. You'll figure it
out.
73 es GL,
matt, W6NIA
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:40:28 -0500, you wrote:
How does one do crossband on the K3? For example, transmit on 6m and receive
on 10m.
Thanks,
Dave Quick, KØEKL
Minneapolis, MN
Hello,
doing the 40m transmitter alignment, i saw that my new K2 (#6454) has
no rf out and Q6 becomes hot. The built in meter goes to 0.1 W. I
checked and rewound T2 and T3 but there is no other result, The
problem exists on all bands.
With the power setting at 2 Watt, power
Michael,
Q6 getting hot is likely caused by excessive DC bias.
Check the voltage on the base and the emitter (compare with the DC
voltage chart) for the transmit condition.
Other components that deserve to be checked are RFC6, R49, C120, C121,
T1, R47, R48, C124, C125, Q10, and R46.
73,
Even for CW, where the bandpass filters have to switch between tx and rx?
Jerry W4UK
At 04:28 PM 4/27/2008, Matt Zilmer wrote:
This involves using the A/B and FREQ ENT switches. You'll figure it
out.
73 es GL,
matt, W6NIA
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:40:28 -0500, you wrote:
How does one do
Hi again, John:
I can't figure out what you are doing. I go to CONFIG:PTT-KEY entry;
rotate VFO A clockwise and one of five selections can be made...
rts-OFF; dtr-OFF; OFF-dts; OFF-dtr; and rts-dtr. Your selection will
determine what, if anything, will happen when you assert the rts and/or
I guess that he ordered a few K3s to make a profit on them while Elecraft
catches up. Some folks must be willing to pay a premium for not having to wait.
The law of Supply and Demand is applied here, although, in my opinion, it's
sure not, in the spirit of ham radio. I know I wouldn't do it,
I had my first PSK31 contact with K3 S/N 687. Using an output power of 50
Watts, the IMDs were -29dBc or better, as displayed on the KK7uq IMD Meter.
Why use 5 Watts when you can use 50 Watts? Too many people have 100 watt rigs
and use 10 Watts or less, making it difficult for one to copy
The K3 manual suggests putting a resistive divider in the audio output line
from the computer. I installed a 10:1 divider using a 1Kohm and a 100 ohm
resistor and it made it a lot easier to adjust the mic input gain so that I
got none-to-one bars AGC.
Don K7FJ
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My only
The frequency selected in VFO B is stored in memory and can be changed to
whatever you want, and thus can be recalled again.
BUT - and this must be a bug - on my rig as soon as I get to far out of the
VFO A band range (for example if on the 20 meter band when I tune below
13000) with the B VFO
Can't agree with you more Dave,
I am into telescopes as well as ham radio, and there is a high end
manufacturer of telescopes named Astro-Physics (www.astro-physics.com)
They have a waiting list that goes for 3 to 4 years! Anyway, their
policy is if they catch someone doing the scalp thing the
Amen, agree completely. Jim K4JAF
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Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RE: K3 at Auction
Can't agree with you more Dave,
I am into telescopes as
Yea I have the same problem and it drives me nuts. Trying to listen to the
SW bands causes all kinds of confusion with the Band button. I loose bands
and screw up others. What I wish is for is that the band button always
just select ham bands and not suddenly become some weird band. I had the
I spoke to Wayne at Visalia about this very problem. He says it
is on the list. He has a scheme where if you venture outside the
ham bands a new frequency register is spawned and becomes
the general coverage register so the band up/down buttons
behave normally.
73,
Doug, W6JD
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This would be a great addition to the product.
Phil K3(352)TUF
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Looking for some portable paddles to use with my K2. Do any of you use
the Palm Mini-Paddles? Are they really worth $95, their current selling
price? Also, I wonder how they compare with the Paddlettes at $70
shipped? I would be interested in hearing your thoughts.
73,
Mike
N4JX
Mike:
I think these paddles are great. But . . .
a. you have to make a good base for them, and
b. you have to look closely to figure out just how they works to get
them adjusted correctly
I affixed them to one end of a piece of plexiglass about 2.5 x
8 (don't know the exact
Mike,
I have a set of them for my K2. They are very well made and I like them a
lot. The packaging is excellent for protecting them in transit. The
detachable cord is also very convenient. The feel is a little soft (as
noted by a previous post) because the paddles flex a bit but in my opinion
I have a Palm mini paddle and it woprks great and has held up well. Mine
was a lot cheaper than $95! Guess I got it when the Euro hadn't gone up and
the Dollar hadn't plummetted! Seems like it was $65. Use it with the K1
and best tiny key I've used so far.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original
I forgot to mention. I stick mine down in place with the yellow or
blue sticky clay you get at office supply places. Works great and doesn't
damage the housing of the key. I didn't opt for the magnetic inserts as the
K1 doesn't have anything they will stick to! Didn't want to drill the
I am glad to be born after CW was invented. Barely after. I would
hate to have to listen to spark watch after watch.
73
Rick Dettinger K7MW
On Apr 26, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
And there's a sample of what the 600 meter marine band sounded like
on a
typical receiver
I screwed mine to an aluminum bar with a rubber foot on the front.
The rear of the bar had a hole that mated up with a hole in the K1
mounting bracket. I used the Elecraft supplied thumb screw to attach
the bar to the bracket. It worked well, unless I wanted to carry the
K1 without the
Hi everybody,
Since my first prototype of the K2 DATA port implementation, I did some
extensive test today during an outdoor portable operation.
I found that ground loop can occur on lower band... 40m or lower... And the
problem come from the PTT line that goes to ground during TX. Even
I'll tell you what's not in the spirit of amateur
radio Dave, and that's likening a fellow ham that you
don't even know to a ticket scalper in public
because you guess that he ordered a few K3s to make a
profit.
Do you know that? Dont think so because it isnt
true.
There are hundreds or
Folks,
Why waste your time, We are all a bunch of old farts, you are not
living forever. Just use a good paddle without worrying about
cosmetics or damage (or money).
I have a Begali Sculpture that will satisfy any of you picky code
aficionados, I take it on camping trips and to picnic grounds. I
Chill out Rasmussen,
We all know know what you did...
Can't hide your act.
George
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Don Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll tell you what's not in the spirit of amateur
radio Dave, and that's likening a fellow ham that you
don't even know to a ticket
I have used the Palm paddles, and many other small sized paddles. In fact, I
brought my Palm paddle with me on this weekend's trip to Ozarkcon. The Palm is
well made, and fairly easy to use. But like almost all small paddles, it has
issues. For one thing, like most small paddles the Palm
Hello,
K3/10 #685 basic kit arrived 28 April.
Arrived in VK on 9 April, spent over 2 weeks in Australian customs.
Inventory done, all there but no 4-40 nuts.
I'm used to metric sizes, can anyone tell me what 4-40 refers to,
so I can see if they are available locally, I don't want to wait another
That Sucks!!
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