I am not sure I agree. If you leave it in the box as delivered then you can
just put it through like any other piece of baggage. Possibly even put it
inside another bag. It may be that you need to pay the extra $25 for an
extra bag but that will be cheaper than UPS. I doubt the UPS baggage
I have noted something similar - say you set to fine tuning so you have a
frequency like 14.28. Then set to faster tuning rate. Tune down and up.
You find you are on 14.28001, there is no way to zero the last digit again.
Not that it matters but it is odd - perhaps a rounding error.
I don't
In a recent message, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ...
But here's the problem I encountered: I never, ever want to send CW on
60m. It's illegal for me, even if I just accidentally bump into the key
while I'm in a 60M USB QSO. It's not like bumping the key on some other
band where
AD6XY wrote:
I have noted something similar - say you set to fine tuning so you have a
frequency like 14.28. Then set to faster tuning rate. Tune down and
up. You find you are on 14.28001, there is no way to zero the last digit
again. Not that it matters but it is odd - perhaps a
I have measured the 6m sensitivity of my K3 #1198 using a sig gen and two
methods of measuring the output signal level of the K3. I measure the noise
floor of the K3 (50.015, preamp on, usb, 2.3kHz bandwidth, agc off)
at -127.1dBm. Using the calculation provided by Ian GM3SEK (RadCom Oct 1999) I
Stephen Arnold wrote:
Hi All,
I hope that someone out there might be able to help me with this one.
What I have is a basic K2 with KAT2 internal tuner (KSB2 and KBT2 are also
installed). Then I also have the KPA100 outboard in a EC2 with the
KAT100-2.
To say it another way
John Reiser-3 wrote:
But, I have a question for you, being a neophyte. Why are you not
interested in AFSK? Does FSK work better in some way? Let me say, I have
been very pleased with AFSK so far. I have worked almost any station that
I
could hear/print so far.
That's a good
I have for sale an LP-100 Digital Vector Wattmeter by N8LP. I am the
original owner of this piece. Serial number 340. I assembled it. I packed
it up and drove straight to Larry's shack for a greenlight checkup,
additional programming and calibration. My experiences with kit
construction
Is anyone else having trouble downloading v2.16 from the Beta site? I can
load the release notes but not the firmware upgrade.
73,
Bruce - N1LN
K3 #1062
K3 #1193
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Hi Bruce,
as direct mail to you bounced (I tried to send rtf file to you
directly), you have to go fo this to this link:
ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/K3/firmware/beta/hfwnotes.rtf
(if you are looking for this file with F/W revision description)
Hope this can help
73!
Lexa, ok1dst
Bruce Meier
Thanks gentlemen for the replies to my question about the relative merits of
FSK and AFSK. You gave me lots of good and helpful info.
Jim, WS6X, I didn't mean to hijack your thread.
73, John, W2GW
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From: Julian, G4ILO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
True FSK does not require that following amplifier stages be linear.
Any distortion or non-linearity with AFSK will result in a dirtier
signal, which will have a negative impact on other stations working
nearby in frequency.
Since no amplifier is perfect, one can always argue that FSK is
Why that - enquiring minds etc. ?
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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From: Jerry Flanders [EMAIL PROTECTED]
True FSK does not require that following amplifier stages be linear.
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Shifting a constant carrier back and forth does not require linearity
in later stages - for the same reason that CW does not.
FSK goes back to at least the WW2 era. In the olden days class C
amplifiers were used for FSK.
Jerry W4UK
At 10:29 AM 7/22/2008, you wrote:
Why that - enquiring
Stephen Arnold wrote:
I now have RX audio interference. It sounds like a low volume puffing
steam train or a chuff-chuff type noise. It is pretty obvious what is
causing it. The constant serial data stream being sent by the fldigi
program.
The interference is all bands and all frequencies so
The following settings appear to work properly with MixW
and the K3:
In MixW XCVR/CAT ...
CAT = Kenwood
Model = Elecraft K2
CW is LSB (check)
Default digi mode = RTTY
CW Pitch = your Pitch
FSK center fq = 2210
Cat correction (Hz)
Digi = -2210
FSK center fq
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:49:27 -0400, Jerry Flanders wrote:
Shifting a constant carrier back and forth does not require linearity
in later stages - for the same reason that CW does not.
Hmmm. Well, yes and no. Shifting a carrier in frequency results in
switching transients (clicks). If these are
But, I have a question for you, being a neophyte. Why are
you not interested in AFSK? Does FSK work better in some
way? Let me say, I have been very pleased with AFSK so far.
I have worked almost any station that I could hear/print so far.
Is it worth the bother to wire up a cable
My KRX3 came today. Installed in about 2.5 hours, with no
problems, however the coax cable routing was fun...
Very pleased with this addition to my K3.
My only comment so far is - why does switching the SUB RX
ON/OFF/ON cancel SPLIT ?
I would prefer that the operator has full control over the
My only comment so far is - why does switching the SUB RX
ON/OFF/ON cancel SPLIT ?
This is fixed in MCU 2.17, so QRX for that or a later firmware version on
the Elecraft FTP site.
73,
Ed - W0YK
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Wow, that was quick !
I only went downstairs to make a cup of tea
I will look out for MCU 2.17.
73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:43:13 -0700, Ed Muns wrote:
My only comment so far is - why does switching the SUB RX
ON/OFF/ON cancel SPLIT ?
This is fixed in MCU 2.17, so QRX for
Mike
Practice using the direct frequency entry.
It is fast and gets you right on frequency.
Good luck and 73
Bob N6Wg
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From: AD6XY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Momentary breaks when
-Original Message-
From: Ed Muns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:34 AM
To: 'John Reiser'; 'WS6X'
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] [K3] FSK Help
But, I have a question for you, being a neophyte. Why are
you not interested in AFSK? Does
Brian, K3KO wrote:
It's a pain to cycle through
FM/AM just to get from CW/SSB -- since the proper one press direction to go
isn't something that one should clutter their minds with
My K3 doesn't have to go through AM and FM to get from to get from CW to SSB. I
just press the ^ to go from CW to
Dave,
Tell me with a straight face that you never overshoot a mode and end up at
something other then CW/SSB.
Also throw in AM or FM into the mix and now you have 3 modes which are not
sequential.
Besides, your algorithm actually requires one to remember something. Since
you can't see the
I think the modes are arranged in order of popularity with SSB being at the
top and FM at the bottom.
Steve Ellington
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From: alsopb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Mode
K3 alignment in user manual:
Method 3 (1 ppm TCXO Option):
• Locate the CONFIG:REF CAL menu entry.
Tap 1 to change the name to REF xxC.
• Locate the calibration data sheet, which shows
frequency vs. temperature over a wide range.
• For each data point, tap 2 or 3 to select the
calibration
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:49:27 -0400, Jerry Flanders wrote:
Shifting a constant carrier back and forth does not require linearity
in later stages - for the same reason that CW does not.
Then, at 12:06 PM 7/22/2008, Jim Brown wrote:Hmmm. Well, yes and no.
Shifting a carrier in frequency results
Guy,
You aren't the first to be caught by this one. It got me too. The firmware
doesn't support entering that data yet. Standby...
73, Bud N7CW
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Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:27 AM
To:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:50:20 -0700 (PDT), alsopb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave,
Tell me with a straight face that you never overshoot a mode and end up at
something other then CW/SSB.
Also throw in AM or FM into the mix and now you have 3 modes which are not
sequential.
Besides, your
Hi,
To all who replied, thank you for taking the time to assist me.
Don, as you suggested - and as Occam's Razor once again proved - it was as
simple as cabling. I had the connections to the K2 and the KAT100 reversed.
All is now well in HRD land.
73,
Tom
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From:
Dave Agsten wrote:
Brian, K3KO wrote:
It's a pain to cycle through
FM/AM just to get from CW/SSB -- since the proper one press direction to
go
isn't something that one should clutter their minds with
I vote for leaving them as they are. I like brain clutter. It keeps
me feeling
Hello All,
I just received K3 kit serial # 1253 with KPA3, KBPF3, KXV3 and
KUSB options. The kit was very well thought out and was a pleasure
to assemble. It went together in under 8 hours. Everything
seemed to calibrate well and work perfectly except for the 100 watt
PA. When running 12
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Julian, G4ILO wrote:
Why not use the RIT control for fast QSYing?
I do, it does not.
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To prevent inadvertent QSY's, I would like to have the RIT coarse
tune (CONFIG:VFO OFS) be locked when the LOCK button is pressed.
73
Stewart G3RXQ
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I have calibrated the transmit as per the manual at the 50W level.
Notice that when you turn up the power control it goes to 120W. Is that
normal?
Thanks,
Jack, W3TMZ
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:46:17 +0100, David Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave Agsten wrote:
Brian, K3KO wrote:
It's a pain to cycle through
FM/AM just to get from CW/SSB -- since the proper one press direction to
go
isn't something that one should clutter their minds with
I vote for
Being an average ham, guess I am old, so with that comes some
age-related experience (baggage?).
It never ceases to amaze me how little time we seem to have to:
a. change bands using the up/down BAND toggle
b. change modes using the up/down MODE toggle
c. keeping CWT activated automatically
This was corrected in the last several beta f/w releases. We just put
beta release 2.19 on the web site. Load it into the K3 and this should
go away.
73, Eric
David Andrews wrote:
I'm aware when tuning down a band on receive that there is a short break in
the audio every so often. This
K3 beta-test firmware revision 2.19 is now available. Details appear
below and in the release notes.
The use of beta-test firmware is encouraged, but optional. Please send
any problem reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For instructions on how
to obtain and load beta firmware, please see:
Fiddle with your LCD viewing angle until you CAN see the modes you're
not in... Then you can easily tell what direction to go without having
to learn anything new.
On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 10:50 -0700, alsopb wrote:
Dave,
Tell me with a straight face that you never overshoot a mode and end
Notification received today that my K3 is scheduled for delivery on July the
29th. This is exactly 5 months to the day after order placed (Feb. 29th)- so
much for the 4 month target! FM filter must be on back order as it was not
listed in the notification.
Rodger
N4NRW
This is likely just operator error but after setting the date I am not
able to set my RTC time. I am following the steps as outlined in the
booklet but the time does change.
Any ideas?
Ed - AD7GR
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Can you please explain what's been done to the AGC? I don't understand what
the release note means. After I changed the slope to 15 I have been
relatively happy with the AGC and not looking forward to dramatic changes in
its behavior.
Knut - AB2TC
K3 beta-test firmware revision 2.19 is now
Is your a factory unit? That may extend the time a bit.
73, Jim
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Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:12 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 on the way
Notification received today that my K3 is scheduled for delivery on July
Can you please explain what's been done to the AGC? I don't understand what
the release note means. After I changed the slope to 15 I have been
relatively happy with the AGC and not looking forward to dramatic changes in
its behavior.
SLoPe=15 is still flat. You might want to change the
Hi Buck,
This information didn't make it to the rev C manual. It will be in the
next revision:
* * *
Narrow DSP Filter Types
For bandwidth settings of 100 Hz or lower, the K3’s DSP normally uses a
type of filter that minimizes ringing: the Finite Impulse Response or
FIR filter.
If you
Has anyone heard from Tom lately? I have not heard from him since a day after
he got out of the hospital. Did he fall off the edge of the world?
Kevin. KD5ONS
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Elecraft has been running about 4.5 months or so. Some a little more
some a little less... Its hard for Elecraft to estimate demand and the
number of service requests and what not. The other thing to remember is
that they are relatively small and we're going through vacation season
now... There
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