Please look at
http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/Downloads/BetaKits/tabid/99/Default.aspx
HRD now supports all commands in the latest firmware available for developers
which I think is the same as on http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm .
Many thanks to Wayne for responding to the whims
Have a look at CTR Remote.
http://www.lynovation.com/
Works on windows mobile 5.I have used it with an Ipaq to drive my K2 via
the I/O interface. Reads the frequency from the K2 and will control it as
well. Works well for logging and has memories which can be set up for
keying
73, Nigel
This week we covered some interesting ground...
The Jura expedition, especially what non Elecraft hams thought of the K3
(not all in favour of some features such as certain controls being
frozen while on TX). I find the menu tedious to check while on transmit...
Antennas and DX worked from
Dave G4AON wrote:
73 until next week!
Dave, G4AON
Nope - Next week is the HF convention. Who is planning on going?
Mike G0MJW
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DL8MBS wrote:
So I´m looking for contest software that can run on any of the devices
like Palm, PDA, Pocket PC etc. It should be able to send CW (with serial
numbers when needed), mark dupes per band and log the contacts (and
allows a paddle still to be used for fills). No rig control needed
Am 04. Oct 2008, um 23:59:38 schrieb Simon (HB9DRV):
What would you do with modes other than PSK?
Easy: You want a good, linear signal path. That involves
mainly setting the various levels. Once this is accomplished
for the mode where it is measured easily (ie., PSK, with the
imdmeter), that
Simon
With my K3, HRD 4.1 beta build 1988 (the latest beta) kills SSB audio on
TX after a few seconds. I have repeatedly tested it this morning and it
has the same issue every time HRD is running.
Anyone else notice this?
73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
Frequently when I split on CW, I find I have to go thru the steps of changing
the mode on VFO B.
Why not have a feature that switches it to CW if I hit the key within 5 seconds?
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I've just updated my K3 to f/w 2.46 from 2.38 and the TX SSB lost audio
problem has disappeared... Hmm, do I accept AM without compression?
73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
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With my K3, HRD 4.1 beta build 1988 (the latest beta) kills SSB audio on
TX after a few seconds.
I had this same experience in a living room lamp...I feel that we came close to
having a fire because the lamp socket was too hot to touch...The white base of
the bulb is not ceramic, it is plastic and is hollow, containing a number of
electronic components...In my case, the white base was
Dave,
I believe no compression on AM is vastly superior to distortion products.
If I read Wayne's firmware notes correctly, there will be another form
of compression for AM in the future.
73,
Don W3FPR
Dave G4AON wrote:
I've just updated my K3 to f/w 2.46 from 2.38 and the TX SSB lost
audio
Using HRD beta 1988 I have no comms with LP-Bridge. Reverting back to 1959
fixes the problem. Tried reinstalling with no luck. Anyone else try it?
1988 works fine with K3 if I connect direct, without LP-Bridge
The virtual port on LP-Bridge shows very little action from HRD.
73 Doug
Just installed the Power Amplifier two days ago and I've got severe noise on
the transmit audio. As far as I could tell, transmit audio sounded clean
before the PA install (talked across town to a fellow ham). I'm using a Heil
dynamic element (HC-4) microphone with transmit audio going to pin 1,
Do K2/100's have a known transmitted phase noise issue? I looked at the
reflector archives, and there was some comment by K6SE (SK) in 2005 that
seemed to indicate there was, but the scenario seemed rather specific.
Last year as C6ATA I ran in-band SO2R on 40m using a K2/100 (s/n 2773) and a
Hi Mike,
I don't see much, if any activity from HRD when I monitor the Virtual port. To
bad some nice new features added. I am sure Simon will fix it.
73 Doug N3QW
- Original Message -
From: Mike Stevenso
To: Doug Alspaugh
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:27 AM
Subject:
Randy,
Don said:
The WM2 must be calibrated and verified before it can be trusted, and
similarly the wattmeter section of the KAT2, KAT100 and KPA100 must be
calibrated before they can be trusted. After any of these instruments
have been calibrated, the dependency on the precise 50 ohm
Hi,
I don't have anything to do with the LP Bridge - I am sure Larry will look at
it. To be honest I didn't know that there was a LP Bridge :-)
All I can say is that HRD works fine with my K3 here, can anyone confirm this
please?
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
- Original
I've been trying different DTR and RTS settings (CONFIG|PTT-KEY) to get PTT
and CW to work with a serial port connecting my computer to my K3. In
particular I've been trying to get Writelog and DX4WIN to work. I'm using a
real serial port and a serial cable with all pins connected. The
LP-Bride ???
Larry's come out with some great products, but that's a new one on me.
If he's really produced a bride that promises to be compatible with
all of our other radio equipment, that'll be a winner!
Sorry, couldn't resist...
~Iain
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If you hit AB twice it transfers all VFO A info to B including the
mode.
Fred Cady
fcady at ieee dot org
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth Waites
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 6:57 AM
To:
Check with N8LP. I suspect Simon is making use of one/more
of the new commands that Larry is not supporting with the
current version.
HRD is very hard on a rig and interface as it polls for a lot
of information. If third party hardware/software can survive
HRD it can handle almost
Also I am switching the K30 / K31 quite a bit so that I can use the various
filtering options. Maybe Larry's not expecting this.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
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From: Joe Subich, W4TV [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check with N8LP. I suspect Simon is making
Can we please go back to putting [K1], [K2], [K3] in the subject line of
mail sent to the reflector?
Example: [K3] I've failed to read the instructions AGAIN and bollixed up
my firmware load, HELP!
Example: [K3] Could we please have such and such feature added to the
firmware even though
Don,
Thanks for your thorough response! In thinking that through and then
going back to read about calibration of the KAT2 I realized what I had
done wrong :-( I had not commanded the KAT2 to re-tune into the dummy
load! It was still set for whatever it needed to match my antenna
system!!
Was there ever an answer to this for guys in Europe?
Scanning across 6m is a 'must have' for me...
Andy
http://gd0tep.com
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Sent: 17 March 2008 17:33
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Even harder to produce one which would be compatible with a bride you
already have!!!
Couldn't resist either.
73,
Bob
K2TK
Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM wrote:
LP-Bride ???
Larry's come out with some great products, but that's a new one on me.
If he's really produced a bride that promises
Jim gave you an excellent analysis of what happened to your CFL. That
fixture might have contributed to the failure, and I'd be suspicious of it
unless that CFL is several years old or it was a very cheap bargain brand.
Here's why. The ballast circuit in the base produces some heat. It's not a
Also I am switching the K30 / K31 quite a bit so that I can
use the various filtering options. Maybe Larry's not expecting
this.
That's certainly probable ... he may be in trouble supporting
both modes depending on the way the K3 and PowerSDR behave.
Is there anything in K30 than can't
Not only does AB fail to transfer mode, CW in SSB does
not work on VFO B. Its time to fix the user interface to
transfer mode with frequency.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth Waites
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:57
Selecting filters - same as pressing the XFIL. I can change the code to
toggle K30 / K31. I'll have to make 1989 available tomorrow as there's a
glitch in the SSTV code.
Larry - shout at me before pulling out your hair please.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
- Original
Dave,
Am I the only one who suffers from the K3 earthing the key out
terminal while it does its clunkety klunk power up sequence?
You're right: KEY OUT is going low for a significant time on power-up
(about 3 seconds according to my measurements). There's no RF, but we
definitely didn't
Latest beta works fine here with LP-Bridge, using Xmlog in stead of HRD
- Wim
Doug Alspaugh wrote:
Using HRD beta 1988 I have no comms with LP-Bridge. Reverting back to 1959
fixes the problem. Tried reinstalling with no luck. Anyone else try it?
1988 works fine with K3 if I connect
Hi All,
I have changed the HRD support so that the radio stays in K31 mode *but* some
to use the FW command I switch the radio to K30, for example:
K30;FW;K31;
Larry - let's see if this works OK with LP-Pan-o-matic.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
wayne burdick wrote:
You're right: KEY OUT is going low for a significant time on power-up
(about 3 seconds according to my measurements). There's no RF, but we
definitely didn't intend to assert this line.
It also asserts during a firmware load Wayne.
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Wayne,
I second Dave's proposal. Adding the possibility to choose the
operating modes of the K3 between 'as is ' and the proposed V/M mode
would IMHO move the K3 one more step into perfection. May I the add
the wish, that when in M mode, we can move the memory channels also
with the Up/Down
Not just California John, the entire nation...They've got a BIG push on to
sell these screwy looking spirals here in NY...They do save energy, but they
are also dangerous and they don't want us to know that...I reported it to the
local fire marshall and he came and picked up the rest of my
I believe that the K3 and K2 are unique in that they switch the PA out of
circuit when low power (below 12W in the case of the K3) is used. Why do
they do this? Would it not generate a more linear signal and result in less
stress on the low power PA components if the high power PA was used, where
when clicking on a DX4WIN spot, I now need to click twice...
once for the freq and a second time if the mode is different
also when split is called for, the vfo b gets it , but the K3 only
flashes split then retains the non split mode.
The ICOM goes to split and gets the vfo freq mode
Julian the problem with running low power through a high power PA is
that you get poor efficiency. A typical HF transceiver running 5 Watts
output from a 100W PA may be drawing 8 Amps to do so. The Elecraft
solution nicely improves efficiency and works well for most situations.
73 Dave, G4AON
Dave G4AON wrote:
Julian the problem with running low power through a high power PA is
that you get poor efficiency. A typical HF transceiver running 5 Watts
output from a 100W PA may be drawing 8 Amps to do so. The Elecraft
solution nicely improves efficiency and works well for most
B-A was broken by the change as well - since it is available only as
a programmable function, the second keypress needed to transfer mode
isn't possible!
Bob NW8L
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not only does AB fail to transfer mode, CW in SSB does
The output filters are designed to match specific impedances and the
impedance at the power amp output is a function of power. At very low power
levels they are far from their design center.
IMX badly matched output filters are not usually consistent with good
filtering and low spurious
Here a link to Lyles original missive:
http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Transmit-IMD-tp466326p466329.html
Bob NW8L
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My information comes directly from Lyle - I don't remember if
it was on the reflector or in a direct e-mail
For a trip down memory lane, check out this site:
http://www.novice.bappy.com/index.html
My story of making DXCC as KN4RID in 1958:
http://www.novice.bappy.com/about_21.html
73, Bill W4ZV
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Jeremiah McCarthy wrote:
Not just California John, the entire nation...They've got a BIG push on
to sell these screwy looking spirals here in NY...They do save energy,
I think they are actually on their way out, in favour of LED based
lamps. LEDs are already replacing them in commercial
Randy,
If you want to get the WM-2 reading closer than 20%, I suggest the
following if you do not have a dummy load that you can trust along with
a device to read the RF voltage across that load.
1) Disconnect the KAT2 and drive the best dummy load you can locate with
the base K2 - run the
Jay,
Thanks for that comment and your experience. I do not have a WM-2, but
I do have a homebrew version of its predecessor, A Simple and Accurate
QRP Wattmeter by Roy Lewallen W7EL. It originally appeared in QST
Februrary 1990.
The calibration method using a DMM to measure the voltages is
A few months ago, I looked at the power consumption and radiated
interference from a typical inexpensive CCFL. Also disassembled the lamp
to look at the ballast PCB.
Details are at http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/compact_fl.htm
Jack K8ZOA
www.cliftonlaboratories.com
Bob Cunnings [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Provided the link from Lyle.
Thanks! While perhaps counter-intuitive (and not entirely clear in the Rev D1
operating manual) that helps explain the whys and wherefores.
Steve
AD7OG
K3 #1544
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Roger Marrotte-2 wrote:
I've been trying different DTR and RTS settings (CONFIG|PTT-KEY) to get
PTT
and CW to work with a serial port connecting my computer to my K3. In
particular I've been trying to get Writelog and DX4WIN to work. I'm using
a
real serial port and a serial cable with
Hi Simon. I have not implemented the $ commands yet, or some of the
other new commands discussed on the developer's reflector. I plan to do
that when I get caught up on orders. Because the K3 might be talking to
up to five different applications, I generally don't allow meta commands
to be
I had the subject wrong when I wrote my first post on this. It is the
Frequency Counter that's a problem and not the PLL Ref Oscillator.
I've checked my soldering and all is okay. Where possible, I've also run
continuity tests, and all is okay. In addition, I've checked to make sure that
Wow, that was fun, with pretty much good signals the whole time through. Wish I
could have stayed up for the whole night... Even heard a bunch on 160, although
that must be asking a lot for the antenna system here, the big vertical is not
here now. But the EDZ for 80 - 20 work pretty well,
Good Evening,
Forty meters was not too noisy tonight; that was nice! It did take some
effort to work stations however. Luckily Tom was available tonight and he got
over half of the stations on the lists. Having a rotatable beam on 20 meters
and power on both bands does make a difference.
Hello,
I have had a KX-1 for about a year now and it seems to be working OK.
However, I was testing the transmitter and connected a 50 ohm dummy load.
During the course of my transmitter tests, I noticed that the dummy load
got warm when I wasn't transmitting. I measured the KX-1 input current
Hi Larry,
New kit in about 30 minutes, I'll be in K31 mode all the time (as pre-1988)
with the exception of the FW command where I'll send K30,FW;K31;.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
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From: Larry Phipps [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Hi Larry,
Here's 1989 -
http://mannindustries.net/hrd/public/betas/041/HRDv041b1989_Full.exe
This implements everything available in Wayne's CAT support, as the radio
stays in K31 all the time I hope your bridge is no longer broken - let's
see.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
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