Hi all,
My K3 #1263 was delivered in July with F/W MCU 2.18 DSP 1.84 and I was
really enjoying the RX capabilities of the K3. Now that I have upgraded to
2.38/1.90 I believe the RX is more restless when listening to an empty
space on the band. The S-meter is constantly on S5 with pre-amp ON and
A socket will always be less reliable than soldering the IC directly to
the board. You should only do it if you expect you might have to remove
the IC some day.
Al N1AL
On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 13:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I install an IC socket for U2 on my KPA100, will there be any
Did you solve your problem, Ozzie?
I ask because I have the same problem on one of my K2s and cannot fix it.
Thanks and 73 de Chris, G4BUE
W6ICM wrote:
My K2 has been working OK, until now...
80, 40 and 30 it has full output, but the higher bands, the output is
down.
Did the alignment
This is what N4DSP sent me as a reaction (he is not a mailing list
subscriber).
Like N4DSP and in addition to my initial posting, I have compared with my
1000MP, and although I can hear the same station on both rigs, listening
with the 1000MP is just more relaxing.
Enno -
I have very high white noise in my K3 on 75 meters when connected to the
serial port computer interface. Removing this connection greatly reduces the
noise. If you use HRD, LP-BRIDGE, or any control software, you can also
hear a pulsing noise related to polling the K3 over the serial
Mark,
If you have a signal generator, with your K2 switched to 40m in TEST mode
you could try injecting a 40m signal at different points in the signal path
between the RF input of the TUF-1 mixer and the antenna connector (antenna
disconnected), starting at the mixer and working towards the
Hi,
Does this not happen to anyone else?
Re: a) - I've never noticed this. But it might be occurring.
Re: b) - I've seen my K3 do this. If I set the power in CW or Tune
mode, and don't touch the power control, usually the power level will
stay constant in SSB. With my K3 the problem
Hi,
that is exactly the reason I would use a socket. this K2 lives on a boat
and is connected to a 23 foot whip and a seawater grounding system and when
it's working is astonishing. problem is from time to time I forget to
disconnect antenna when I'm not using radio and it gets fried by
If you can hear nothing at all on 40m but the other bands are OK the likely
problem is in the low pass filters on the K2 RF board. I surmise relay K2
which selects the 40m filter is not operating. Another possibility is K1 the
bandpass filter for 40m though I think that less likely.
U1, the IO
Or at zero cost, try out Mozillai Sunbird - and/or if you are running
Thunderbird as your email client, use Lightning instead or in addition
to it..
I find it better for my purposes than MS Outlook's calendar. Supports
multiple calendars, and common calendar files. The XYL and I share a
Thus becoming, (unless you have the powerwave crimping tool), the only time
in the K3 kit assembly you will need a soldering iron!
Dave
ww2r
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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:38:08 -0400
From: Joe Subich, W4TV [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3
I assume you contacted Elecraft immediately to see exactly what address they
really put on the shipping label.
Dave W7AQK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:17 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] k3 shipment
Well my K3
With the new firmware, I found it necessary to do the S-meter calibration.
This restored the previous base behavior.
Not sure what the state was before the calibration, whether I had done the
prior calibration correctly, etc., so I can't blame the firmware. My
guess, though, is that I'm on a
My K3 was factory assembled last Feb. It just returned from having ATU
and KRX3 installed. In the package was a KANT 3 PCB assembly wrapped in
ESD bag along with small envelope, Part # E850339, TMP cable 12. Am I
correct in assuming that this was 'plucked' from the K3 iot install
either the
Mark,
Find out where the problem is before digging into anything, it will
greatly simplify your troubleshooting steps.
Add a capacitor to your antenna, and use it to inject signals into your K2.
Start at the cathode of D6. Here you should hear a signal and noise -
keep in mind that there is
A couple of ideas: Make sure the trimmers that tune the bandpass filters
are not set at the extreme end of their range. Also check that T2 and T4
are wound properly, as shown in the manual.
G4BUE wrote:
Did you solve your problem, Ozzie?
I ask because I have the same problem on one of my K2s
You might try to read this PDF file that N0SS wrote to find where it is
broken
http://www.n0ss.net/k2_signal_tracing.pdf
Lee Buller - K0WA
In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't
have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you
Disconcerting when I first ran into it but a nice feature.
Powered up the K3 the other morning and ERR KEY popped up. Couldn't find
it
in my manual. A little playing around revealed a straight key problem
(closure).
Checking the latest manual version online I found the error message
Yes, the Kant3 bd gets replaced as part of the ATU installation.
73, Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 KANT3 PCB?
My K3 was factory assembled last Feb. It just returned from
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:59:36 -0400, Monty Shultes wrote:
I have very high white noise in my K3 on 75 meters when connected to the
serial port computer interface. Removing this connection greatly reduces the
noise. If you use HRD, LP-BRIDGE, or any control software, you can also
hear a pulsing
Thanks for that very useful guide, Wayne. Much appreciated.
I searched to see if others had been written but failed to find any more, which
is a pity because such gems seem worthy of their own little archive place.
73 DaveL G3TJP
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K3 S/N 1755 arrived in Quincy, MA USA today.
But it must stay sealed until my shop and shack are complete...(promise
to self)
Tom
kb1tom
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Check out the story at ARRL of how a K1 helped an amateur call for help
when he broke his leg hiking
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/09/23/10348/?nc=1
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One of these day's I'll finish my K1 :)
Good story though.
73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:48 PM, David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Check out the story at ARRL of how a K1 helped an amateur call for help when
he broke his leg hiking
Ordered my K3/100 kit (KAT3, KBPF3, KFL3B-FM) 5/27/08, 'Katie-gram'
received 9/16/08, Kit received 9/22/08, assembly completed 9/24/08.
The scariest part of assembly was clearing the paint from the 2-56
screw holes in the front panel. For a while, I was convinced I had an
incompletely
In addition to the toroid, make sure the shield of the USB
connector in your computer is connected to the chassis (RF
ground). Many motherboards fail to ground the shield, allowing
it to radiate the broadband noise generated by the high speed
USB data between the computer and the USB-serial
Another plea for use of explicit subject labels in
the subject line of your message. Helps sort
the hundreds of emails most of us get daily.
Bad examples:
OT Inflation Better is comparison of gear costs re inflation
K3 power cord Better is K3 kit pwr cord needs assembly
asking for advice
Michael,
I also see the exact same symptoms you describe below. This is after
implementing Wayne's procedures 'to the letter.' Firmware V2.38, K3 S/N
775.
73,
Kam N3KS
Thanks for the detailed information. However, this is not my problem.
The most severe problem I have is:
a) the output
Yep, my recently factory re-done K3-100F #309 also
has RF output power spikes upon first key down or
first SSB word spoken. The spike appears to be
at fully 120 watts when rig is adjusted to 50 watts.
When oh when will this rig be at least half way
done? 73,
Charles Harpole
[EMAIL
For those who are waiting for their KRX3, I received mine today. Ordered
10/31/07. To be installed in K3 SN 729
73
Gary, N7IR
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I do something similar but I use Outlook at work and use google sync.
That way anything I enter into my PDA or at work gets copied into my
google calendar and then also pushed to all other devices. I have my
home laptop using evolution in linux tied to google as well.
This allows me to enter
And another good bit of news:
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080923/NEWS01/709239926
On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 16:48 -0600, David King wrote:
Check out the story at ARRL of how a K1 helped an amateur call for help
when he broke his leg hiking
Don (or anyone else for that matter...),
Lightning looks like a good add on to Thunderbird; does anyone know if
there is a way to sync it up with the calendar and to do list on my Palm
OS device?
Thanks 73 de Dave, W5SV
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Or at zero cost, try out Mozillai Sunbird - and/or
Dave,
I don't know if it suits your needs or not, but take a look at
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/sunbird_portable. Sunbird and
Lightning can share the same calendar files.
73,
Don W3FPR
David F. Reed wrote:
Don (or anyone else for that matter...),
Lightning looks like a good add
Don,
thanks for the thought; I will look at that and report back if you like.
73 de Dave, W5SV
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Dave,
I don't know if it suits your needs or not, but take a look at
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/sunbird_portable. Sunbird and
Lightning can share the same calendar
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