Just my observations using switching main/sub audio channels using
!bed.. command:
I am happy with !bed7; having MAIN in both channels and SUB in right
channel only, it is as I love it :-)
The only complication is that after switching sub OFF and then again
ON this setting is not recalled (it
Yep, here too.
I tried setting mode to both CW and SSB. With either mode digital mode goes
to DATA A when turning back on.
73,
N2TK, Tony
#1435
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Perhaps if we knew which S/N's are involved that might also
help unravel what's going on.
Mine is #1129. Another reported his #980 had it. W3FPR is
seeing it also. I believe he has an even older K3.
I don't understand it either ... I've been TRYING to duplicate
the symptoms and
My K3 always resets to Data A on power up. I noticed this in version
2.78 when I first tried the data modes.
73,
Drew
AF2Z
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:51:20 -0400, Joe, W4TV wrote:
Strange ... I'm also running 3.10 loaded with the new utility.
I loaded 3.10, DSP1 2.15, DSP2, 2.15, FP 1.00 and the
Joe: Did you by chance skip the step where you change to CW before turning
off the rig? If I skip that, it comes back in FSK-D but if not, it changes
to Data A
Steve Ellington
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Joe and all,
It seems much of Elecraft has gone to Visalia for the weekend, so we may
not get any further ideas until they return.
The serial number is not the best indicator of the K3 vintage until
after the extreme backlog was cleared last year. If you recall, factory
assembled K3s spent
I was wondering if Elecraft plans any special deals for Dayton?
Won't be there, but might be inclined to buy something anyway :o)
73.
Julius
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Elecraft K2/100 #4455
If I am in CW mode with Pitch set at 500hz and then press TUNE, my K3
transmits and a brief high tone beep is heard in the earphones.
After tuning the sidetone pitch is the same tone as that beat. I don't
know if the offset also changed.
I need to change modes and then change back to CW to
HI Don,
as I said - this is great now at will be only better if controlled in
MCU :-)
Great job!
Thnaks
73!
Lexa, ok1dst
K3/10 #727
Don Wilhelm napsal(a):
Lexa,
The requirement to enter these commands manually is temporary. When the
commands were revealed by Lyle he did say that they
Don,
The date of manufacture (or shipment) is a much better indicator
of vintage for K3s during that backlog period.
Mine is of the December 2007 vintage and it has the same behavior
as Brian's which is June '08. It would appear that many earlier
K3s do not
My first unit is
Mine is s/n 192, received it as a kit in January 2008. No problem here.
73
Glenn ON4WIX
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To: d...@w3fpr.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 New fw loader
Don,
The
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:09:12 -0400, John Huffman hjo...@gmail.com
wrote:
If I am in CW mode with Pitch set at 500hz and then press TUNE, my K3
transmits and a brief high tone beep is heard in the earphones.
After tuning the sidetone pitch is the same tone as that beat. I don't
know if the
Recently there was a request for ideas for kits that could be useful to
accompany a K3.
When we use diversity mode antenna switching becomes a different problem
than I have run into before. The usual antenna switch routes many antennas
to one radio port. Some of us have many antennas that need
I am getting an err PL1 message on all bands above 20 meters. I
followed the calibrate Synthesizer procedure with an ERR VCO 5
result and the loss of all bands above 30 meters. That should teach
me J I thinking Elecraft has implemented a lousy band detector in
the latest software.
Yes, indeed.
It would be perfect if this would come in the menu. I'll put that one at
close hand, say under the PF1 button.
Especially if some (50%?) audio would leak from left to right AND right
to left. Which probably will have to be switched off when operating in
diversity, due to phase
Please accept my apologies for asking a question that may have been dealt
with before.
My K3 (running version 3.06 software) gives a loud, short, sharp audio burst
on turn-on. The sound doesn't seem to last longer than about a half-second,
but it is loud. This happens even if the audio gain is
N Nope, SW TONE is set to Off.
73 de K1ESE
John
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J Do you have the CONFIG: SW TONE set to ON? If so turn it off and see
if that is causing the beep.
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Partial answer to your desire is the Z1300 antenna multicoupler. One
input, and either 4 or 8 outputs. Isolation between each output port and
frequency range of 20 KHz to 50 MHz with very good IP2 and IP3 performance.
It's still under development, but I'm on the second round of prototype
PCBs,
OK, that shoots down my theory that it is manufacturing date related.
Well, *maybe*, we now have a sample of 2 that do not fail, and several
that do. Not really enough for valid conclusions Results to be seen,
but at least there are several K3s that a fix can be tested on.
73,
Don W3FPR
Cw vox off by default on power up.
How about including SSB as well.
Thank you Gil K8EAG
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Hi Don,
You nailed it!? Lesson learned on my part.?
There was a difference in voltages between pins 4 and 5 of RP5 and pin 5 of
U1.? I cleaned up around RP5, R19 and R20 and reflowed the solder connections
with no real change in symptoms.? I lifted the key jack from the board.?
Although I
Reload firmware but be sure you have checked Always load
DSP data tablesThe noise burst seems to be an initialization
issue due to a mismatch between data tables and DSP version.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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Chuck,
Glad to hear of your success. Enjoy that K1.
73,
Don W3FPR
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Hi Don,
You nailed it!? Lesson learned on my part.?
There was a difference in voltages between pins 4 and 5 of RP5 and pin 5 of
U1.? I cleaned up around RP5, R19 and R20 and reflowed the solder
#900, factory assembled but mods and subrx done by me, exhibits the anomaly.
Pete F5VNB
ON4WIX wrote:
Mine is s/n 192, received it as a kit in January 2008. No problem here.
73
Glenn ON4WIX
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Array solutions has such a product called Six Pack. You will like the product,
I think, but you may choke at the price.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Fri, 4/17/09, Mike Scott m...@paxsen.com wrote:
From: Mike Scott m...@paxsen.com
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 add on kit idea
To:
The Array Solutions SixPak is an antenna switch, but I don't think it
decodes band line input, at least the one I have doesn't. I was thinking of
their DBS-1 and DBS-2 or BandMaster products.
Dick, K6KR
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Actually the KRC2 should be able to do this now. It has up to 16
outputs that can be mapped to switch antennas whichever way you would
like, based on the band your K2 or K3 is tuned to.
You _do_ bring up some rather interesting ideas...
On Apr 17, 2009, at 8:31 AM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
Played with both K3's. Using the new loader, if I go back to 3.01 or below I
do not have the problem with either rig. If I step forward I get the problem
with 3.03. I also tried 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.08, 3.09 and 3.10. All versions
exhibit the power on problem changing the data mode to DATA A if I
I think you are correct, it is an antenna switch that allows multiple antennas
and multiple connections. Such a product that decodes what antenna you want
and what connection you want would be a really ambitious product. The SteppIR
antennas with a transceiver interface might be a solution.
AE6WA wrote:
So I could imagine a useful kit would read K3 band decode and map something
like 6 or 8 antennas to 2 or 3 ports and makes sure the K3 does not transmit
into the other radio ports.
This is what you need:
http://k9ay.com/Products/RAS8x2data.htm
...available from Array Solutions.
Oh really?
I thought the K-3 has its own sound card which is how you can detect PSK31
without a computer?
Is there a good application note that defines all this for us novices at
PSK31?
While I'm at it, then is the Signal Link USB I just sold, based on a
recommendation on this site, really
I'll fix this right away and release firmware on Monday (hopefully).
Wayne
N6KR
On Apr 17, 2009, at 7:09 AM, John Huffman wrote:
If I am in CW mode with Pitch set at 500hz and then press TUNE, my K3
transmits and a brief high tone beep is heard in the earphones.
After tuning the sidetone
Bill,
We have one of these at P40L-P49Y in Aruba. It works great for switching
beverage receive antennas between two radios. But it's not intended for
transmitting, so it may not fill the bill. For transmitting, we use band
decoders feeding a SixPak (and, as noted, the Yaesu decoder works
Don,
OK, that shoots down my theory that it is manufacturing date
related. Well, *maybe*, we now have a sample of 2 that do
not fail, and several that do.
Here's one more data point ... I deleted all of the old files
from the firmware directory in the K3 Utility, extracted the
MCU
Ron,
You can do basic PSK decoding with the on-board detector in the K3, but
you'll never approach the PSK performance that you can achieve with a
separate dedicated sound card.
I use DM780 daily for ragchews, and Writelog for contesting.
I currently have 4 sound cards in my PC, and am
Hi Andy,
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Andy Faber (via Nabble)
ml-user+67610-700681...@n2.nabble.com wrote:
We have one of these at P40L-P49Y in Aruba. It works great for switching
beverage receive antennas between two radios. But it's not intended for
transmitting, so it may not
Cookie wrote Array solutions has such a product called Six Pack. You will
like the product, I think, but you may choke at the price.
I am not sure the Six Pack will do the job. From a review of the Six Pack I
found this little piece of information:
There is one scenario that the user must
Ron,
The K3 has a text decoder which can de-code CW, PSK or RTTY. With the
K3, one can enter CW via the paddles and have it converted to RTTY ot
PSK31. The combination of the two allows one to operate those modes
without a computer.
Check the manual section on Text Decode and Display for
What would also be nice is to have an option to map memories 0-9 to the KIO
Band Outputs.
This would allow for instance, selecting remote antenna matching networks
within the same band. Seventy-five and 80-meters leaps to mind. Switching
directional antennas might be another possibility.
Thanks Steve for mentioning this.
Its been one of my frustrations as a cw op.
I finally ended up programming my own PIC keyer in order to get my last
rig (non elecraft) RF output right.
There are no manufactured keyers that provide separate dit/dah/space
ratio control.
The Curtis chip ratio schema
My MESCO (Manhatten Electric Supply Company) Key built circla 1910 has infinite
dit-dah space ratio control. Manual of course.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Fri, 4/17/09, dw bw...@fastmail.fm wrote:
From: dw bw...@fastmail.fm
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control
To:
Ok...The keyer issue is a dead duck. Once I recovered from my temporary
insanity I realized I was thinking of my IC-7000.
BTW: The best antenna for CW is a Windom. The dits and dahs automatically
flow to the appropriate side of the feedpoint which insures proper
transmission ratio. Just be
Like the antenna's...my idea has to do with a lot of paddles / keys. I like a
box with 6 or so inputs (stereo plugs), in which i can plug either straight
keys or paddles. It has to accept all wiring possibilities. By pressing the
straight key down, or paddling first dot and than dash, the
This is not a limitation of the six-pak - it is a design feature. The
issue is - the six-pak is designed for SO2R (single operator, 2 radio)
use, and is designed that way so you cannot connect two radios to the
same antenna at the same time. Bad things can happen if you do that.
As noted, there
dw wrote:
Before rolling my own, I talked to one designer who provides updates for
his keyer device.
And he got all holier-than-thou on me when he understood that I wanted
width control for all three elements.
My last cw rig utilizes the Curtis weighting schema and the dits were
too short
--- On Fri, 4/17/09, Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com wrote:
[snip]
The best antenna for CW is a Windom. The dits and dahs
automatically
flow to the appropriate side of the feedpoint which insures
proper
transmission ratio. Just be certain your Windom is fed at
the 1/3 point. If
Keying with the left foot will have the same pole changing effect.
On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
--- On Fri, 4/17/09, Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com wrote:
[snip]
The best antenna for CW is a Windom. The dits and dahs
automatically
flow to the appropriate side of
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So do my keys, Cookie, Hi!
It seems to me we're seeing a rapid bifurcation of 'CW' (Morse) operators.
There are those Morse operators who can send and read CW sent by hand or by
keyer, and there are those who use Morse as an alternative digital mode to
be encoded and decoded by machine just like
I'm about to launch into building KX1 #1541 which I've had for a while. My
manual is Rev B; I see Rev C is current.
I've searched the Elecraft Web site and can't find a list of changes between
versions of the manual, nor can I find any notes about any modifications
that might be needed to
Craig,
I work on many KX1s and can say with certainty that the manual changes
are minor - there has been little change in the KX1 circuits over its
lifetime (other than the changes for the KXB3080 option).
One change is the number of turns on L3. If your manual says 6 turns,
increase that to
There have been a spate of anomalies reported after uploading new
firmware to the K3. Maybe these could be avoided by using the
following procedure:
(1) First, BEFORE any change of firmware, use the K3 utility to save
a copy of your settings.
(2) Now do the upload of new firmware to the
Oliver:
Of course that procedure will work but I've done updates on my K3 for over a
year without a hitch. My recomendation is to start the update and don't mess
with the computer until it's totally done. SIT ON YOUR HANDS
One big problem is the K3 makes you think it's done because you hear
Don's quite right. Often there are minor clarifications and other small
changes that we don't put in the errata in order to keep it as short as
possible. When it's time to print more manuals, we go ahead and incorporate
those minor changes in the manual under a new rev letter.
It's tempting to
What's new?
Randy
K7AGE
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Eric said they were frying other fish. He did not mention which ones :)
Kevin. KD5ONS
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Sent: Apr 17, 2009 9:28 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] Visalia
What's new?
Randy
K7AGE
Wayne flat refused my request to make a TARDIS; maybe we can convince him to
craft a Babelfish for us :)
Kevin.
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Sent: Apr 17, 2009 9:56 PM
To: Kevin Rock kev...@cs.unm.edu
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Visalia
Maybe one
So who's at Visalia, and what did Elecraft unveil?
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I have been working PSK recently and also Olivia. Many times somebody will
come up almost on top of your QSO and positioning of the signals seems to
mostly (of course) be where the 100 HZ step of low cut and hi cut will either
leave the guy inside the cut with you or damage your signal where
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