Re: [Elecraft] K3 Transverter drive problem

2008-07-01 Thread AD6XY - Mike
Thanks for the Email suggestions. Setting tune power back to normal did not fix it. It fixed it for one cycle. I also had my K3 lockup in the config menu. I suspect some problem with the new beta firmware to be the cause, possibly corrupted memory or something like that. I have gone back to the

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread Brett Howard
HAHA... At FD one of the operators said... Man I really love the way the receiver sounds but NOBODY will come back to me. On his next transmission I noticed that there was no RF showing up on the bar graph. Then I noticed the flashing TX... I mentioned to him that he was in test mode. Poof one

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Transverter drive problem

2008-07-01 Thread Alexandr Kobranov
Hi Mike, your problem is in SSB or also in CW mode or in both? There are no visible spikes on DB6NT 144MHz transverter/25W out. Firmware 2.10 now implemented. 73! Lexa, ok1dst AD6XY - Mike napsal(a): Thanks for the Email suggestions. Setting tune power back to normal did not fix it. It

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread Ian White GM3SEK
Brett Howard wrote: On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 22:43 -0700, Carl Clawson wrote: It's just too easy to miss the little blinking TX annunciator if you've left your K3 in test mode. How about once in a while doing something more dramatic like scrolling TX TEST across the VFO A display, or flashing the

Re: [Elecraft] OT Best wishes to N0SS

2008-07-01 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
And a K3 field tester who has helped me a lot and given lots of advice. Wishing Tom well and keeping him in my thoughts. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. -Malayan Proverb On 1 Jul 2008, at 00:03, Bruce McLaughlin

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Transverter drive problem

2008-07-01 Thread AD6XY - Mike
I am glad it is not affecting you Lexa - possibly just my K3. I noticed it while using the key to generate a carrier in SSB mode to set the power level - a pulse of all LEDs lighting up on the XV50. Using the scope at the 28MHz IF I could see the spikes clearly. I would estimate 2 to 3 times the

Re: [Elecraft] Lightness of the K3

2008-07-01 Thread AD6XY - Mike
Those of us with the 10W model could usefully bolt a 12V gell cell to the top panel using the space not occupied by the KPA3. That should make it heavy enough not to slide around and the radio could also be self powered like the K2 with the battery... -- View this message in context:

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread G4ILO
GM3SEK wrote: One possibility would be to flash the delta-F LED continuously, in sync with the annunciator (as that LED's normal warning function is not needed while in test mode). That's not such a bad idea. Trouble is, there are quite a few other gotchas that you don't get any

Re: [Elecraft] OT Best wishes to N0SS

2008-07-01 Thread G4ILO
M0XDF wrote: And a K3 field tester who has helped me a lot and given lots of advice. Wishing Tom well and keeping him in my thoughts. Amen to that. Get well soon, Tom! - Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com KComm for K2/K3: www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html --

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

2008-07-01 Thread Thom LaCosta
At 11:16 PM 06/30/08, Tom Childers, N5GE wrote: CW-swing is related to music. No it isn't. It's related a person with a poor fist that cannot control the length of the dashes to match the dots they are sending. It has nothing to do with music; It has to do with reliable communication. I

Re: [Elecraft] K3 6-meter Performance Question

2008-07-01 Thread Stewart Baker
I would hang on to your XV-50 until you have checked that you find your K3 sensitive enough on 6m. I made the mistake of selling mine off before my K3 arrived, and I now regret it. 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:19:51 -0500, Terry Schieler wrote: Fellow Elecraftorians: Some weeks

Re: OT [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

2008-07-01 Thread john petters
Thom LaCosta wrote: At 11:16 PM 06/30/08, Tom Childers, N5GE wrote: CW-swing is related to music. No it isn't. It's related a person with a poor fist that cannot control the length of the dashes to match the dots they are sending. It has nothing to do with music; It has to do with

RE: [Elecraft] K3 6-meter Performance Question

2008-07-01 Thread Dick Hanson
Ciao, from CY0X, Sable Island. Well, let's see now, is the K3 sensitive enuff for serious weak sig work on six. Based on our first week here on Sable, doing mostly weak signal work, I could not be more pleased. We were fortunate to have been given one of the prototype preamps to use ahead of

Re: OT [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

2008-07-01 Thread Thom LaCosta
At 04:46 AM 07/01/08, john petters wrote: As pro Swing drummer I would say its a pity there is not a bit more swing to many of the CW stations I copy. Many straight and bug operators were recognisable by their 'fist'. Too many today use keyers that are set too fast or have no rhythmic sense

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread GW0ETF
By coincidence I'd posted about this last week ( http://www.nabble.com/forum/ViewPost.jtp?post=18168912framed=y ) but thought no-one was interested. Perhaps my signal was hidden by 'Key-down on power up' QRM. Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF (K3 s/n 145) G4ILO wrote: GM3SEK wrote: One

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread drewko1
I'm actually a little more worried the TEST mode will be off when it actually isn't. I like to bang out a few practice lines of code every now and then just to keep the fist limbered up. It is kind of embarrassing to open up on the air with a few stanzas from Kubla Khan or something, thinking the

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Software suggestion: a more prominent TESTindicator

2008-07-01 Thread Simon Brown (HB9DRV)
I have a nice big SWR meter - CN-801 HP so I can quickly see if there's any smoke going up the coax. What could be simpler? Simon Brown, HB9DRV -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rather than a bigger visual indication for TEST, I would rather have an

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Software suggestion: a more prominent TESTindicator

2008-07-01 Thread drewko1
An inocuous chirp from the K3 every five seconds would be simpler than a big CH-801 HP SWR meter, I think. (A chirp would take up far less desk space as well.) 73, Drew AF2Z On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:42:01 +0200, Simon Brown, HB9DRV wrote: I have a nice big SWR meter - CN-801 HP so I can quickly

[Elecraft] Your K3 Problem

2008-07-01 Thread David Robertson
JohnSorry guys I figured it out!! eurom6 wrote: eurom6 wrote: I just finished my K3 kit, worked great before KPA3 installation. I now get TX INH when I try to XMIT or TUNE. No QRO or QRP output anymore. I did something wrong but I'll be darned if I can figure it out. Uninstalled

Re: [Elecraft] K3 6-meter Performance Question

2008-07-01 Thread Bill W5WVO
One fact that does seem to get missed by many 6m operators is that ambient noise is very much relative to where you are. Dick makes this very clear. The old test of disconnecting and reconnecting your antenna to see if the antenna noise level is perceptible is a good rule of thumb -- but that's

Re: [Elecraft] K3 6-meter Performance Question

2008-07-01 Thread S Sacco
Dick - I'm running a 7/7 stack, at 160'/140'. Separately, I have a Hy-Gain 66DX fixed NNE at 90'. Switching beteen either of the above antennas and no antenna, I generally hear no increase in background noise level on my K3. Not a good sign. When I had an ICOM IC-756ProII, and, before that,

Re: [Elecraft] FD - Some Comments about the Event

2008-07-01 Thread John H Gibson
FD is about how to put several transmitters in a 1000 foot circle and making it all work. I've never been to a 22A, but I bet that is interesting on HF. * How do they do that? * For an excellent documentary about the Conejo Valley AD6T Field Day

[Elecraft] K3 Speaker Resonance

2008-07-01 Thread Roy Morris
My K3 speaker performs flawlessly and puts out wonderful audio until NR is turned on. It then produces some shrill resonances at some frequencies. I find these resonances disappear when using NR on external speakers. I owe an apology to Lyle Johnson for blaming the problem on noise

[Elecraft] [Fwd: ARRL FD N4BP 1A QRP]

2008-07-01 Thread Bob Patten
Original Message Subject: ARRL FD N4BP 1A QRP Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:33:25 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ARRL Field Day Call: N4BP Operator(s): K4PG K9VV N4BP Station: N4BP Class: 1A

[Elecraft] K3 - Interface to MFJ 998 Auto Tuner

2008-07-01 Thread Bob
Does anyone have experience with the K3 and MFJ 998 Auto Ant Tuner. This would apply primarily to the use of an external HF Amplifier, since the K3 is equipped with an excellent low power tuner. MFJ supports cabling for the Kenwood AT-300 Radio Interface. Is this compatible with the K3

Re: OT [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

2008-07-01 Thread K9ZTV
John, old chap . . . While agreeing completely with you about idiots running characters together, I disagree completely with you about pitying the lack of fist swings. CW is not music. It is not amenable to individual interpretation. It is the very antithesis of what you are proposing. I

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread G4ILO
drewko1 wrote: An inocuous chirp from the K3 every five seconds would be simpler than a big CH-801 HP SWR meter, I think. (A chirp would take up far less desk space as well.) Why stop at a chirp? Elecraft could make a voice synthesis module, like the ones in car sat-nav equipment.

[Elecraft] K1 ATU

2008-07-01 Thread nyartist
I just picked up a used K1 for my island location off the coast of Connecticut and have pretty much worked through the menus - except for one - the ATU. Before posting this I searched the reflector but could not find an answer. There is no TUN mode available when I go into the ATU function so

[Elecraft] Lightness of the K3

2008-07-01 Thread n2ey
I have to ask Is the lightness of the K3 unbearable? (runs, hides, looks for missing sock) 73 de Jim, N2EY ...bowler hats? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list.

[Elecraft] LINIX PCs and ham SW?

2008-07-01 Thread Solosko, Robert B (Bob)
Hi Folks, I'm considering buying an inexpensive LINIX PC (i.e., ASUS eee) to be dedicated to my station - my primary uses would be logging, rig control and as a panadapter. Other uses would be running design programs, e.g. EZNEC, TL-details, and general word processing, spreadsheet,

Re: OT [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

2008-07-01 Thread WILLIS COOKE
--- john petters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thom LaCosta wrote: At 11:16 PM 06/30/08, Tom Childers, N5GE wrote: CW-swing is related to music. No it isn't. It's related a person with a poor fist that cannot control the length of the dashes to match the dots they are sending.

Re: [Elecraft] LINIX PCs and ham SW?

2008-07-01 Thread Dan Romanchik KB6NU
Check out these websites: http://radio.linux.org.au/ http://www.ac6v.com/software.htm#LIN 73! Dan KB6NU -- CW Geek and MI Affiliated Club Coordinator Read my ham radio blog at http://www.kb6nu.com LET'S REALLY MAKE THE ARRL THE

Re: [Elecraft] OT Best wishes to N0SS

2008-07-01 Thread Brett Howard
Tom HAS to do well! He's the only one who's often there to relay and slow down for me so I can get into ECN! :) We're all thinking about you Tom and wish you the very best. On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 08:32 +0100, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: And a K3 field tester who has helped me a lot and given

RE: [K3] [Elecraft] Software suggestion: a more prominent TESTindicator

2008-07-01 Thread Carl Clawson
Julian does make a good point, and regardless of the rig that you're running you should always keep an eye on your power and SWR indicators to make sure you're putting out the signal you expect. At my home station I use an external meter because the flicking needles grab my attention a little

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
The flashing of the RF power meter on the LCD display is a very solid clue to me that the rig is making RF! Ron AC7AC -Original Message- It's just too easy to miss the little blinking TX annunciator if you've left your K3 in test mode. How about once in a while doing something more

Re: [Elecraft] FD - Some Comments about the Event

2008-07-01 Thread Robert Paull
Hello All: We did it with filters, filters and position. 40 phone antenna was across the ridge to 40 cw with neiter antenna coupling into each other. It did take a bit of planning and walking it off to get to 27A the one year CVARC took the point lead. Jeff (AD6T) really did a GREAT job. Fun

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread drewko1
Nah, voice warnings are not effective. Most of us spend our days ignoring the vocal clatter pouring from cellphones, tv's , radios, etc. (CW ops, anyway...) What is needed is a switched relay on the K3 that would set off a large fire alarm type bell. And maybe an electric jolt to the chair seat

[Elecraft] Computer-Headset on K2

2008-07-01 Thread Holger Doerschel
Hello, normally I use a Heil Pro-Set with IC-4 and the red Kenwood-adapter for my K2 and for my K3 , too. Now I decided to buy a cheaper headset for my K2 which I do not use very often. I bought a computer-headset which has a modified connector and it should be ready for

[Elecraft] Stop the skidding

2008-07-01 Thread WN3R, Dick
The very best material for stopping anything from skidding on the radio desk is shelf liner. It seems to be made of a soft rubbery material that has a cross hatch pattern with holes in it. It's very easy to cut with office size scissors. I use it primarily for keys and paddles. Comes in colors

[Elecraft] K3 Speaker Resonance

2008-07-01 Thread Bob
With my K3, I am able to produce an unusual shrill sound under certain (loud) audio conditions. I was able to stop them by placing my hand on the top of the K3 case. Bob w4rkn ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a

Re: OT [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

2008-07-01 Thread Jim's mail
Many years (decades?) ago, I happened to work with several amateur operators of the then differing classes and requirements. One co-worker and operator told me that he went to a music store, the type of store that sole sheet music, and bought a copy of a tape called Drum Drops being sold as a

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

2008-07-01 Thread David Yarnes
Ron and All, Yep, I think you are right. Mileages do probably vary because we all hear things just a tad bit different. I think perhaps there is some difference in perception here as to just how much swing we are talking about. I would think we all are averse to some of the stuff we hear,

Re: [Elecraft] K1 ATU

2008-07-01 Thread David Pratt
If you do not have it, Philip, grab yourself a copy of the KAT1 manual at http://www.elecraft.com/manual/KAT1_man_rev_C.pdf That should give you all the info. 73 David G4DMP In a recent message, nyartist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... I just picked up a used K1 for my island location off the

[K3] [Elecraft] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread Dave G4AON
The existing flashing TX indicator is just fine, leave it alone. Some of us leave their K3 in a receive only state to avoid upsetting other gear, in my case a broadband modem that fouls up at the smallest amount of RF. It also avoids catching the paddles and accidentally sending RF when you

[Elecraft] K3 - Interface to MFJ 998 Auto Tuner

2008-07-01 Thread Dave G4AON
Bob you need an Elecraft interface from MFJ... The Kenwood signalling is specific to Kenwood. That's an issue for MFJ! I sometimes use an MFJ 993 with my K3, I have the K3 TUNE power level set at 9 Watts which is fine for a steady carrier to prompt the MFJ into tuning up. The reason for using

[Elecraft] K3 - Interface to MFJ 998 Auto Tuner

2008-07-01 Thread Phil Debbie Salas
I use my K3 with a MFJ-998 and Ameritron ALS-600. The K3 doesn't have an input YET that puts it in the low power CW tune mode. I understand this is planned. Once this happens it will be easy to make an interface cable from the MFJ-998 to the K3. Currently I just feed the K3 amp-key output

[Elecraft] Lightness of the K3 - lets end this

2008-07-01 Thread Lee Buller
Ok...we can end this threadI started itso lets drop it now. I found my answer. I need some sticky-takyrubber mator a stop of some sore. My K3...and maybe not yoursmoves when I push buttons. I am using it with the bail on a nice polished shelf. This can stop

[Elecraft] K3 Speaker Resonance

2008-07-01 Thread Phil Debbie Salas
I installed 1/8 ID rubber grommets in the speaker mounting slots, and ran the screws through these. This fixed all my funny mechanical resonance problems. Phil - AD5X ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread drewko1
On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:56:53 -0700 (PDT), Julian, G4ILO wrote: Why stop at a chirp? Elecraft could make a voice synthesis module, like the ones in car sat-nav equipment. Whenever you key down, a user-selectable voice (Arnie Schwarzenegger? Margaret Thatcher?) could say Warning. Test mode

Re: [Elecraft] Computer-Headset on K2

2008-07-01 Thread Don Wilhelm
Hodger, It sounds like you have the K2 microphone configuration jumper wired straight across for all pins - and that is not correct for Kenwood wiring. You must connect mic pin 5 to the +5 volt line (which is across from pin 6) If the microphone is wired to work with a Kenwood transceiver,

Re: [Elecraft] Computer-Headset on K2

2008-07-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Jul 1, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Holger Doerschel wrote: If I connect the new headset the K2 freezes and ELEC is shown on the display. Note: the resisior has not been soldered yet. If I remove the jumper and conect my Heil Proset it works fine. You are probably shorting out the 5V mic bias

Re: [Elecraft] fuse size

2008-07-01 Thread Blachura
Thanks Brett, Though so. I'm using the K3/100 Donw2xb Brett Howard wrote: Depends on if you are talking K3/10 or K3/100 either way you'd probably do just fine with a 25A. If you want a little more room you'd be just fine with a 30A in there too. Being that is what your connectors

[Elecraft] [K3] #1175 arrival

2008-07-01 Thread Richard Everitt
Dear gang, An update for those interested in delivery times, a delete for those not interested in such. Ordered: 16th February 2008 Katie-gram received: 26th June 2008 UPS shipment e-mail: 27th June UPS delivery at home: 30th June (08:48 BST) Serial Number: K3/100 #1175 DVR backordered, all

[Elecraft] re audio distortion when using auto notch on K3

2008-07-01 Thread Fern Rivard
I just spoke to a friend who has K3 vintage #1021 which he received mid june. He's having severe receive audio distortion when activating the auto notch. This will happen on signals S9 and stronger. He thinks that the radio has firmware 1.73 but couldn't figure out to bring it up. How does one

[Elecraft] AN ALL-K3 FIELD DAY

2008-07-01 Thread K9ZTV
The Mid-Mo Amateur Radio Club operated station N0SS in category 2A using K3s for all stations except VHF/UHF. Our K3s were: #8 (from N0SS) for CW #21 (from K9ZTV) for SSB #693 (from NN0B) for GOTA Did any other club have an all K3 operation? An interesting observation

Re: [Elecraft] K3 6-meter Performance Question

2008-07-01 Thread Lee (WW2DX)
Thanks Dick for the new one on 6. You guys are doing a great job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBF3Q4xrnjA K3 to K3 Q? Can you give a little info on the protoype preamp? external? how is it powered? pics? ok ok, you can answer all that when 6 dies down ;) Thanks! Lee WW2DX On Jul 1,

[Elecraft] Weight of equipment

2008-07-01 Thread Bob Waddell
Remember the 20's 30's when equipment took up an entire wall of a shack? Remember rigs like the Johnson transmitter line?...Hallicrafters rx's, etc? How about transceivers of the 60's, 70's 80's? As years went by the weight of equipment began to drop...(no heavy transformers, thinner

Re: [Elecraft] AN ALL-K3 FIELD DAY

2008-07-01 Thread Tom Childers, N5GE
On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:42:56 -0500, K9ZTV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Mid-Mo Amateur Radio Club operated station N0SS in category 2A using K3s for all stations except VHF/UHF. Our K3s were: #8 (from N0SS) for CW #21 (from K9ZTV) for SSB #693 (from NN0B) for GOTA Did

Re: [Elecraft] Weight of equipment

2008-07-01 Thread Tom Childers, N5GE
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:05:58 -0400, Bob Waddell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember the 20's 30's when equipment took up an entire wall of a shack? Remember rigs like the Johnson transmitter line?...Hallicrafters rx's, etc? How about transceivers of the 60's, 70's 80's? As years went by the

[Elecraft] AN ALL-K3 FIELD DAY

2008-07-01 Thread Don Rasmussen
Also remember that fundamental performance was the yardstick for radios of the day, not how many features. I like the fact that K3 sounds like the fine classic analog radios, and on transmit has a nice fully modulated AM signal plus click free CW. [Elecraft] Weight of equipment Bob Waddell

Re: [Elecraft] re audio distortion when using auto notch on K3

2008-07-01 Thread Don Wilhelm
Fern, General instructions to upgrade the firmware are in the manual on page 42. The procedure is to connect the K3 to a computer serial port; Download the K3 Utility application from the Elecraft website; Tell K3 Utility which folder on the local computer should be used for the download

[Elecraft] FS K1

2008-07-01 Thread Russ
For sale: K1 ser 2136, with KFL1-4 (40,30,20,15M), 150KHz tuning range, KAT1 tuner, backlight, finger dimple, all manuals. $450 shipped in the continental US. Gotta pay for the K3. If interested contact me off list. Thank you, Russ, N3CO ___

[Elecraft] K3: shipping status reality check

2008-07-01 Thread DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
Rich, G4ZFE/9M2CNC said, Ordered: 16th February 2008 Katie-gram received: 26th June 2008 UPS shipment e-mail: 27th June UPS delivery at home: 30th June (08:48 BST) Elecraft shipping status http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_shipping_status.htm reads, Between [they mean from] now through Friday

Re: [Elecraft] K3: shipping status reality check

2008-07-01 Thread Randy Downs
Katie said mine will ship this week. Ordered 2-17-08. Randy K8RDD - Original Message - From: DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3: shipping status reality check Rich, G4ZFE/9M2CNC

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Speaker Resonance

2008-07-01 Thread Dr. Werner Furlan
hi Roy, Roy Morris schrieb am 1 Jul 2008 um 8:58: My K3 speaker performs flawlessly and puts out wonderful audio until NR is turned on. It then produces some shrill resonances at some frequencies. I find these resonances disappear when using NR on external speakers. I owe an apology to

Re: [Elecraft] K3: shipping status reality check

2008-07-01 Thread Ed K1EP
Or they are shipping radios that were on hold due to the sub Rx Or they are shipping sub Rxs Or they are manning hoses and fighting brush fires At 7/1/2008 05:14 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: Rich, G4ZFE/9M2CNC said, Ordered: 16th February 2008 Katie-gram received: 26th June 2008 UPS shipment

[Elecraft] K3 External ALC mod?

2008-07-01 Thread Phil Debbie Salas
Where can I find the EXT ALC mod document mentioned in the beta-release notes? Phil - AD5X ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):

[Elecraft] RE: K3 6 Meter Performance

2008-07-01 Thread Dave Agsten
I only have a 5 element 6 meter beam at 30 feet or sonothing stacked or high in the air. I hear an increase in background noise that is equal to or better than what I heard on my now ex PRO III. It is also more than on the Flex 5000A. The K3 performed very well during the June VHF contest.

Re: [Elecraft] RE: K3 6 Meter Performance

2008-07-01 Thread Mike Kasrich
Ive had no problems with my K-3 on 6m. Have worked my share of dx. The problem has been not too much propagation this season. aj9c Dave Agsten wrote: I only have a 5 element 6 meter beam at 30 feet or sonothing stacked or high in the air. I hear an increase in background noise that is

[Elecraft] OT Best wishes to N0SS

2008-07-01 Thread Norm Duxbury
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Tom. Norm - W1MO ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):

Re: [Elecraft] K3 External ALC mod?

2008-07-01 Thread KM0O
I was told last Friday by Scott at Elecraft that parts for the mod were arriving that day, and that documentation and parts would be available very soon. I took this to mean within a week or so. I believe that a mod that adds pullup resistors for bandswitching the Yaesu Quadra amp will become

[Elecraft] K2 Power monitoring issue.

2008-07-01 Thread Joe - K8FC
Folks, I thought I would pose this problem to the group. We were using my K2-100 at FD this past weekend when at 2 am it railed the 25 amp switching supply and showed 1 watt out at 9.9 to 1 swr on the LCD meter. In addition, the high current display would come on as well. Also, the bar graph

Re: [Elecraft] LINIX PCs and ham SW?

2008-07-01 Thread hank k8dd
I have a Asus eeePC 4G. Great little laptop - little is the key word! It came with Linux - Xandros derivitive. Fairly difficult to install other software on it. I was going to put Ubuntu on it, but the first disk I came across was the XP CD, so I stuck a stripped down XP on the eeePC. Love

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Thomas Norff
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick Dievendorff Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:12 AM ... Maybe memory save/restore belongs in that category of program. Dick, K6KR ... -Original Message- Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:41 PM With

[Elecraft] K3. Just my luck

2008-07-01 Thread David Lankshear
Construction of #1122 was going fine. The front panel went on easily after removing that obstructive screw in the 2D block. It was time to fit the left side panel when a problem was encountered. The DSP printed circuit board had not been trimmed correctly during manufacture, leaving a 1/4

[Elecraft] K3: first contest win?

2008-07-01 Thread DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
Today is July 1 and the deadline for submitting logs for the CQ WPX cw contest is now past. According to the submitted scores, my K3 has claimed first place USA (qrp). I had a little over 800 QSO's and a final score just barely over 900,000 points. Could this be the first national big DX

Re: [Elecraft] K3. Just my luck

2008-07-01 Thread Lee Buller
David, The same thing happened to 443 here but it was the I/O card on the back of the rig. The PC Board was scored but was not trimmed off. After several emails with Support, I took a razor knife and scored it some more and then broke it off. It works fine too. About 2 weeks later I got a

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Lee Buller
Why not use XML so interchange could be universal? That way people can send each other their set ups. That could be interesting. And, you could change set ups depending on what you want to do Lee- K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Tom Childers, N5GE
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 01:06:21 +0200, Thomas Norff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick Dievendorff Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:12 AM ... Maybe memory save/restore belongs in that category of program. Dick, K6KR

RE: [Elecraft] Weight of equipment

2008-07-01 Thread Nelson Moyer
Radio weight is relative (isn't everything?). I've owned two radios in 27 years of ham radio, the FT-707 (14.3 lb. and considered tiny in its day) and the FT-100 (6.6 lb. and very tiny). The former was a knob radio, the latter a push-button radio. I quickly learned to use just enough force to

[K3] RE: [Elecraft] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread K3KO
Heck no. Go with ASCII. I don't know why people want to complicate the dickens out of things. We're not talking about graphics. Simply numbers and text. KISS see your common sense quote below DE Brian/K3KO Lee Buller wrote: Why not use XML so interchange could be universal? That

RE: [K3] RE: [Elecraft] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Bob Serwy
XML is for numbers and text. Bob Serwy - N9RS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K3KO Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:18 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [K3] RE: [Elecraft] UTILITY Improvements Heck no. Go with ASCII. I don't

[Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND N0SS UPDATE

2008-07-01 Thread K9ZTV
Tom's surgery went well during a six-hour operation with no indication of metastasis. The family is requesting no visitors and no flowers, but get-well emails would not be out of line. I will post further information as his wife wishes. Continued prayers are the order of the day. 73,

[Elecraft] K2 Part ID Help?

2008-07-01 Thread Tim
Hi Folks, Since it's past closing time in California, I thought I'd throw this out to the group. I'm about to install L5, a 33 uH RF choke (ORG-ORG-BLK, page 68 of the K2 manual). The closest component I have has a green body and looks more like a BRN-BRN-BLK. I'm wondering if the orange

RE: [K3] RE: [Elecraft] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Dick Dievendorff
The set of parameters associated with any given frequency memory is larger than one might imagine and has been fluid. Any single-line option (perhaps comma-separated-variables) would be obsolete very quickly, as Wayne is changing the frequency memory attributes quite often. Some tagged

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Dick Dievendorff
We can't introduce a dependency on a fee product like Microsoft Excel. However there are a number of free XML editors. And comma-separated variable files can be manipulated with other tools. Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Tom Childers, N5GE
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:47:55 -0700, Dick Dievendorff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We can't introduce a dependency on a fee product like Microsoft Excel. However there are a number of free XML editors. And comma-separated variable files can be manipulated with other tools. Dick, K6KR [snip] I

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Brett Howard
Agreed XML could be a good way to set things up. As well it would be helpful for Elecraft in the future as if you're having trouble they can ask you to send in your config and they can quickly open it and find problems if they're in there. I was kinda hoping that when I read the config out of my

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Software suggestion: a more prominent TEST indicator

2008-07-01 Thread Brett Howard
Morse code legends are cool. I always kinda dug that the kenwood would beep the first char of the mode that you just set things to. Now that I'm starting to learn code a little better I start to like them more and more. I'd put them at VERY low priority but do have to admit they're more of a

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Ralph Tyrrell
What is XML? I looked it up it is Extensible Markup Language (XML) I still do not know what to do with it. Oh well, another language to learn. It does keep the mind working. 73, Ty, W1TF ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to:

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements - XML

2008-07-01 Thread John King
I would vote for XML as well. It's porky, but it's human readable, it's universal and well supported by many applications and frameworks, and one can easily edit it by hand with Notepad or Emacs or whatever. 73, john WA1ABI ___ Elecraft mailing list

RE: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

2008-07-01 Thread Brett Howard
If you've seen HTML its somewhat similar. XML is like HTML but with more stringent rules. Its VERY human readable and quite simple to work with. As far as the argument that it results in large files people are living in the past. Broadband is becoming more and more common place and USB sticks

Re: [Elecraft] LINIX PCs and ham SW?

2008-07-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
There is a lot of stuff at the sites which Dan mentioned. EZNEC is written for Windows only, but there are Linux applications which use NEC (under the antennas tab on http://radio.linux.org.au). OpenOffice is a pretty good general office suite (word processing, spreadsheets, etc.) The

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Part ID Help?

2008-07-01 Thread Ed
Tim, I had the same situation and when Elecraft sent me the replacement choke the colors were the same... BRN-BRN-BLK... so I installed it. Apparently it is the correct choke even if the color is messed up. You are welcome to email Elecraft to verify. 73, Ed - ad7gr K2/100 #6050 K2/10