Me Too
Me Three.
I've waiting for a long time now, but then again there was the K3 so
that made the wait less difficult... ;-)
I suppose with K3 variable roofing filters, K3 Panadapters and the
like, the KPA800 KPA1500 may well be on the back burner for many,
many more months.
vy 73
Hi Wayne,
you couldn't change it to a speed of 60 or 70+ wpm ?
Martin
DK4XL
K3 #2199
Some K3 owners have asked for emulations closer to other keyers.
Firmware can be changed (small matter of programming). Enough said ;)
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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I am tickled with my brand new used Ameritron ALS-600. Found it on eBay.
60 watts in gives about 500 out. Runs on 120 volts with a 12 amp fuse.
Protects itself from high SWR, wrong bandpass selection, and so far all my
other goofs. (my first amplifier)
All parts available from Ameritron -
Alan,
Bloom's Law: I like it.
Doug out my mat and, no, couldn't measure it with my DVM. It so
happens that I do have a nice L/C meter (Almost All Digital Electronics
model L/C Meter IIB) and I did discover I can measure capacitance: About
1 pf. Now, while thats not telling me the
I woke up in the middle of the night last night and realized my
mistake. Kind of embarrasing! After work, I'll install it on the
correct side!
Thanks for the help
Jay
W9IUF
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Jay,
The KXB3080 board mounts on the
Hello
My K2 is in the phase of alignment and Test, Part III.
In the transmitter alignment with 2, 5 or 10 watts I have the voltage and
current similar to the manual (10 watts 11.5v and 1.98 amp).
Test Setup: 100w dummy and WM-2 Wattmeter from oak hills
Everything seems OK. Power and current remain
I was visiting the Inrad Web site this morning and noticed
the following:
Narrow SSB Filter for Elecraft K-3
By special request we have made a small run of super-narrow
1500 Hz SSB filters for the Elecraft K3. We are shipping
from stock. (Dec 10, 2008)
1500 Hz 8215 kHz SSB 8-pole crystal
Wayne,
Perfect! That's exactly what I was hoping for.
Santa comes in many guises, indeed!
Thanks!
73,
Gary
KA1J
As to CW the K3...
I use iambic paddles. I Always used keyers based on the Curtis 8044
like the Ham Keyer HK5A. I still do. I remember the TenTec internal
keyer was a
The fix is somewhere on the microHam USA web site
-- they sell an interface that goes between the key and the
MicroKeyer and fixes the issue,
microKEYER II already includes the debouncer function and
separate left/right paddle inputs. The only way RF is going
to effect the paddles is if
You may get better - different - results if you use an oscilloscope to
measure this voltage peak. The Simpson has ?dampening? qualities and will
NOT show the true peak voltage/current.
Also, have you taken into account any internal resistance of the Simpson? As
I recall that was a 20,000 ohms
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 08:18, Rich Lentz (KE0X) wrote:
You may get better - different - results if you use an oscilloscope to
measure this voltage peak. The Simpson has ?dampening? qualities and
will NOT show the true peak voltage/current.
It shouldn't matter. I was not trying to measure the
OK, so what's the bottom line? Is the Radio Shack ESD mat any good or should
I spring for a 'quality' mat, and if it's the latter, how do I know which
mat(s) meet specs?
Nelson, KU0A
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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my Readers.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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I have a K3/10 on order. I have used my K2 for over a year and find
the filters to be very good. I operate 90% on the time on QRP
CW. I'm looking for opinions on which roofing filters I might include.
Unless you're contesting or dealing with DX pileups, probably
none. The default 2.7 kc
We strongly recommend the use of an anti-static mat when doing assembly
of any kit, and when working on equipment in general.
In our tests of the ESD mats we found that if we walk across the room
and then touch the mat, we draw an arc. So, the mat must be conductive,
though very high in
When looking for anti-static goodies Google help me locate the source
referenced below:
I have NO connection to the company - just passing the info along.
Their prices are reasonable.
http://www.apogeekits.com/anti-static_products.htm
73
Jack, W3TMZ
Here's some more information for the latest swirling controversy :-)
If you try to measure the resistance of an anti-static mat, you'll need
an ohmmeter good to at least 1,000 megohms. Even my HP/Agilent 34401A 6
digit benchtop DMM can't measure that high!
Why is the resistance so high if
Al, the explanation could be that the sauce pans are not machine flat, thus
have a much smaller contact area than their measured diameter would indicate.
A machined flat surface with the mat sitting on a very flat surface would
probably yield much different results. Trying to make laboratory
I see in the K3 manual that the mic connector has one pin for PTT and
two grounds. My mic, a Shure 450
(http://www.shure.com/stellent/groups/public/@gms_gmi_web_ug/documents/web_resource/us_pro_450_series_2_ug.pdf)
has a red and black wire for PTT. They are not part of the audio circuit
but
Benson,
You can connect the black wire to either pin 7 or pin 8 and the red wire
to pin 2 and it will work with the K3. Other amateur transceivers (some
Kenwoods) have the PTT return separate from the AF return. I believe
the PTT return is pin 8 and the AF Return is pin 7, so if you also
Is this thread maybe related to the following problem? The tap of the
SPOT key is very goosey on my K3. If I just tap it very briefly, the
SPOT tone fails to come on. I have to press it for just a fraction
longer, but not long enough to register as a HOLD (which triggers the
PITCH
K6LL posted:
I was visiting the Inrad Web site this morning and noticed
the following:
Narrow SSB Filter for Elecraft K-3
By special request we have made a small run of super-narrow
1500 Hz SSB filters for the Elecraft K3. We are shipping from
stock. (Dec 10, 2008)
1500 Hz 8215 kHz
Hmm, but there has been a recommendation to connect the mic return
and shield to the connector chassis, instead of using pin 7, to avoid
the pin 1 problem.
http://n2.nabble.com/Microphone-ground-td1329465.html
~Iain
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Benson,
You can connect the black wire to either
The K3 kit arrived today. I haven't opened it yet, I've been deciding
if I want to do it here where there's no distractions or there where
there's companionship three cats. Tomorrow's my birthday so I want
to have it done by then. Here there's antennae galore, there there's
nothing but I can
I do encourage everyone to read the entire menu section...
To that end, perhaps the Config Menu (incorporating new firmware updates)
could be posted on the website for replacement of the (outdated) C.M. in
the manual.
I do print the 'New Firmware Information' with every revision, but having
the
Iain,
While that is true in many respects, the following facts are also true:
1) The K3 mic connector shell is grounded - so purists should connect
the shield wire from th emic element to the shell of the Foster plug.
2) The K3 original design used a 100 uHy inductor in the ground path
(pins
wayne burdick wrote:
The owner's manual has full descriptions. I do encourage everyone to
read the entire menu section, just so you'll know what you can do with
the rig. (Or, if you don't like to read manuals, just go to each one in
turn and tap DISP to get the short version.)
Two
I thought those with concern or issues have already taken pin 7 8
to ground...
bypassing the inductors and L7 on the rear mic input
bill
At 02:17 PM 12/19/2008, Iain MacDonnell - N6ML wrote:
Hmm, but there has been a recommendation to connect the mic return
and shield to the connector
I don't really NEED two K3's either. But sometimes the WANT of a KPA-1500
outweighs the NEED of other things. Isn't that something Spock might have
said?
Merry Christmas
N2TK, Tony
K3 - #311
K3 - #1435
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My kids installed Skype on the home PC. Now all numbers which MIGHT
be phone numbers turn into phone numbers (instead of remaining as
columns of numbers).
How do I turn this off?
Thanks,
de Doug KR2Q
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Post to:
I posted the problem you are describing about a month ago, but it only
happened when I had activated SW TONE. With SW TONE disabled SPOT
worked fine.
But now it seems to work fine with or without SW TONE. I am using FW
2.67.
73,
Drew
AF2Z
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:07:04 -0800, W6ODJ wrote:
Is
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 09:53, wayne burdick wrote:
...
In our tests of the ESD mats we found that if we walk across the room
and then touch the mat, we draw an arc. So, the mat must be conductive,
though very high in resistance.
No doubt Elecraft's industrial-grade ESD mats do meet
I have a K3/10 on order. I have used my K2 for over a year and find
the filters to be very good. I operate 90% on the time on QRP
CW. I'm looking for opinions on which roofing filters I might include.
Unless you're contesting or dealing with DX pileups, probably
none. The default 2.7 kc
Firmly agree, it's so easy to be out of date and miss things.
David
G3UNA
To that end, perhaps the Config Menu (incorporating new firmware updates)
could be posted on the website for replacement of the (outdated) C.M. in
the manual.
but having the C.M. updates separately would be helpful.
You mean, like, your bank account balance turns into a phone number? ;-)
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:22 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL doug...@gmail.com wrote:
My kids installed Skype on the home PC. Now all numbers which MIGHT
be phone numbers turn into phone numbers (instead of remaining as
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 16:22, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL doug...@gmail.com wrote:
My kids installed Skype on the home PC. Now all numbers which MIGHT
be phone numbers turn into phone numbers (instead of remaining as
columns of numbers).
How do I turn this off?
Thanks,
de Doug KR2Q
I assume you
You mean, like, your bank account balance turns into a phone number? ;-)
Nahhh. Phone numbers can't be negative!
;-)
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 3-4, 2009
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Yes, that's the Skype Internet Explorer add-on.
You should have a button titled Skype in the Internet Explorer toolbar. If
clicked, it turns numbers that look like telco numbers into buttons.
Either click it again to shut that feature off, or uninstall just the add-on.
Details here, but you
I should have said to reply directly. Apologies to the list.
I have it resolved now. For the record, I am using Firefox and that
is where the conversion of numbers to teleco numbers took place. I
disabled the add-on (under TOOLS) while under my log-on (XP). Still
works when they kids log on
Hi everybody;
My next door neighbor just purchased a new 40+ flat screen TV. When He
turned it on, my little K2 just about jumped off the operating table!
The EMI is pretty bad. After thinking about a non violent cure for a while I
discovered a little mod to my KNB2 that turned out to really
The RS-232 CAT for my K2 has always worked well. Getting ready for the
OK RTTY, I find that it keeps giving weird frequencies, none of which
are right. It seems to do it about once a second.
I'm running WriteLog, the rig is set to K2, and the baud rate to AUTO,
which has always worked.
Most of the K3 owners probably already know this but for the benefit of
those that don't please be aware that you may damage the audio amplifier
chip on the DSP board if you enable Config Speaker 2 and then plug a
monaural speaker plug into the rear panel speaker jack. This overloads the
Fred
I have never had luck running either the K2 or K3 with AUTO baud rate. I'd
set the baud rate to 4800.
And I've seen on the Writelog reflector recommendations not to use AUTO
with most radios.
73HankK8DD
quote author=Fred Jensen
The RS-232 CAT for my K2 has always worked well.
Thanks for your observations on this, Todd.
Just to be safe, we recommend using a stereo plug even when only a
single external speaker is being used. This is discussed in detail in
the owner's manual (page 20 in the case of revision D). Just use the
TIP contact of the plug for the speaker,
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