Guys,
This is just what I was waiting for, I'd love to have a K3 with 144
MHz build in.
vy 73 Eric PA3CEV
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Eric Wösten PA3CEV wrote:
Guys,
This is just what I was waiting for, I'd love to have a K3 with 144
MHz build in.
Indeed :) Now how about 70MHz ?
73 Ian
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Member RSGB, GQRP 9838, FISTS 14077 | K3 #455
It sounds as youre not doing enough, though.
Satellites are an answer for you.
Or get a 2M amp and a long boom antenna and do EME.
Or even better, don't spend the money.
73, doug
From: rfenab...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 01:02:06 +
Bin thinkin'...Yeah I know, scary thought
In a recent message, ww2r2 ww...@g4fre.com wrote ...
also no 10MHz external lock facility (mentioned at Hamcom 2008 as a new
year product) Perhaps its being saved for Hamcom 2009?
I am also very much looking forward to that and have bought a Rubidium
Frequency Standard in readiness.
73
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37C (the fan turn-on temp
What is the approximate temp for speedup to the faster speeds?
I have noticed that mine will sit around 50 C or so when in relitevly heavy
use and suspect that is near one of the increments of speedup (and I
remember reading here that the overtemp shutdown was set at
I noticed mention that Winmore should work with the K3 which I thought would be
OK.
I have looked at the Win2K site and I am not at all sure of the current status
of Winmore testing and release.
If anyone happens to have updated information can they take pity on me and pass
it on please.
Yes
Suppose I want 3 sensors to the W2, and don't want to buy a 2nd W2
just yet :-)
Since the sensors connect to the W@ via CAT5, presumably they use
RJ45s - could I just plug'n'play?
Will a sensor still pass RF ok without being plugged in? I bet it will?
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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I'm curious, since the K3 can decode data modes internally, is there a way
to pass that to a computer without having to use an audio connection?
73 de James K3JPS/2
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It's also much easier to add RTTY to the mix. I ran CW, RTTY and SSB with
N1MM in ARI, 7QP and NEQP a couple weekends back.
My next step is to be able to d the same with my laptop.
Heck, add the new 2M module and you can do almost everything from one rig
for FD...
Now we need Eric to release
Hi, Joe,
The 37 C (98 F) you quote does not seem the least bit unreasonable. IMHO it
seems quite mild. That's 85 degrees Farenheit below the thermal safety
cutout temperature. That's coffee thats gone cold to a lot of people.
The manual states that the PA will drop out on safety when the
ah, so a switch box would work well with that
of course, buying a second W2 might be an option, depends upon cost
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 14 May 2009, at 14:11, Robert Friess wrote:
Yes they will.
Bob, N6CM
Sent from my iPhone
wayne burdick wrote:
and a panadapter
(Doh!) Why didn't I think of that?
There have been a number of back-handed hints over the past day or two that the
panadaptor IS coming, and in my estimation Real Soon Now. Just a SWAG, no
insider information, but the clues are there IMO.
Hang
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From: Jim Miller KG0KP jimmil...@stl-online.net
To: Joe Planisky jp...@jeffnet.org; elecraft reflector
elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:19 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 KPA3 Fan Temp settings
37C (the fan turn-on temp
What is the approximate
Hi Joe,
Have you checked for a voltage drop from your power supply/source? or the
APPs? This sounds unusual...
My K3 barely gets warm running RTTY at 100 watts or on 160 running 100 watts
for 12 to 14 hours straight. I mention 160 as I have a higher current draw
here, most likely due to less
I stumbled across this site accidently and thought others here might find it
useful too.
http://www.qsl.net/g4wpw/date.html
Looks like it's worth bookmarking for future reference.
73,
Julius
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Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
Tennessee QSO
Elecraft K2 S/N 715 **unbuilt**
FYI, this has the Rev A boards. Upgrade for the boards to Rev B is ~$45
from Elecraft. I will include the most up-to-date main-board firmware in
the sale (~$45 value), as an added incentive.
Also included are the KSB2, KNB2 and K160RX.
Total value is $800+.
I've been having a great time with my office K3 and K144XV on the local
2M FM repeaters. Surprised a few locals when I told them I was on a K3..
Its going to be a super option.
73, Eric WA6HHQ (Just getting to sleep at Dayton after
traveling 18 hrs.)
You gotta love any job where you
One gets the impression, Eric's office is more like a home,
considering how much time he and Wayne must spend there !
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 14 May 2009, at 15:14, Ken Alexander wrote:
I've been having a great time with
Are the mic. up/down buttons supposed to work or not? The manual doesn't
make sense. It tells how they are supposed to work and how to enable them in
the menu but also says Mic function buttons not supported. Now is the Mic
function button the same thing as a mic up/down button? Does not
On Thu, 14 May 2009 07:46:53 +0100, Ian Maude i...@gb7mbc.net wrote:
Eric Wösten PA3CEV wrote:
Guys,
This is just what I was waiting for, I'd love to have a K3 with 144
MHz build in.
Indeed :) Now how about 70MHz ?
73 Ian
Or 70cm?
Tom, N5GE
K3 #806, K3 #1055
XV144, XV432
W1 and
I probably should have been more specific. I'm aware of the terminal
functionality in the update utility. What I didn't know is whether or not
it would be possible to get the same stream out to DM780 or similar program.
I'll play around with it a bit more, but thanks for the replies.
73 James
Steve,
Mic up/down buttons work on my Icom marine HM107B mic.
Function (third) button not yet implemented.
How about activating your tuner with it?
Or make it freely assignable (even better).
73'
Paul
PD0PSB
Steve Ellington wrote:
Are the mic. up/down buttons supposed to work or not?
Is the 144 mhz module limited to 10 watts, even in a K3/100?
R.H. Braun
KE7VXP
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That's what it says - I doublt the KPA3 is designed to handle 2m and
the module has it's own Ant. socket.
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but in practice there is.
On 14 May 2009, at 15:55, Rick Braun wrote:
Is the 144 mhz module limited to 10 watts, even in
Hello
Turned my K3 on this afternoon only to find out it has only about 10 Watts
output on full 120 scale..
reset, restored, nothing changed..
Did the whole alignment to find out that on all bands with the 5 watt tx
alignment i can get any higher as 2.7 till 2.8 is goes up a very short time
Hey Guys and Gals,
I'll bet the Elecrafters have left at least one thing they have been
working on to be a *suprise* at Dayton. Could it be? :-)
73,
Greg
KD7SRC
wayne burdick wrote:
Steve Ellington wrote:
There must be a good market for wattmeters these days in spite of the
fact
Yes, the K3 Utility includes a terminal page that does exactly this.
Dick, K6KR
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of James Sarte
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:11 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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Tom, please verify that CONFIG:KPA3 is PA NOR.
Dick, K6KR
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom (HB9DOD)
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:59 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Hardly any
Really? How do you activate them? I tried grounding them and got the N/A.
Must be another way. I was thinking of rigging up an optical encoder, knob
etc. and creating a remote knob like TenTec has. I do have config:mic btn
enabled.
Steve Ellington
n...@carolina.rr.com
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Dear all,
I've checked the KPA3 manual along with the K3 manual, and didn't find any
mention of a way to limit maximum output power with the KPA3.
What I'd like to know then, is there something buried within the menu that
would allow me to set max output to something like 30 - 40 watts? That
Hi Steve,
I just enabled in the CONFIG menu,and wired the mic according to schematics.
Buttons between up/down line and grounding. Icom uses a resistor scheme for
switching so the HM107B had a small rewiring inside.
The reaction of up/down btw is not fast!
So using an encoder on these lines
surely this is the PWR control - there is no way to set an upper limit
as far as I know.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 14 May 2009, at 17:07, K3JPS wrote:
Dear all,
I've checked the KPA3 manual along
Sorry James. No it isn't. At the moment the stream of decoded
characters is sent mixed up with the replies to commands sent by the
programs like HRD, and would probably cause the programs to crash. So
what you are asking for isn't possible at the moment. Wayne has
promised a command that will
Eric, All of the people at Elecraft are doing a fine job. The several times
that I have called have always been a good experience, even the times that I
called with something that I overlooked and should have been able to solve
myself. Thanks to everyone out there for a quality product and fine
The mic buttons on my old Kenwood MC-60 work FB.
If I were a betting man, I'd bet you have not turned the MIC BTN menu
setting to ON.
Monty K2DLJ
Are the mic. up/down buttons supposed to work or not?
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Well obviously it is the power control. What I simply wanted to know was
whether or not the ability existed to set software limits on that physical
control. To me, it doesn't seem like a hard thing to implement in firmware.
The reason for asking is I'm limited in terms of how much output power
HI all:
Just getting ready to order a KRC2 and thought I'd check if anyone out
there has one they don't need or otherwise want to part with???
If so, please reply directly [kenk3iu at cox.net] and let me know.
Thanks...
Ken Wagner K3IU
Portsmouth, RI
Sorry, didn't mean to be rude, started with 'just use the power
control' in my head and then realised you wanted a limiter, which at
present there is not.
-k
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On 14 May 2009, at 17:37,
If you tune using the TUNE button instead of by keying, you can set
the power to any desired limit. See page 27 of the manual.
Peter N8MHD
On 5/14/09, K3JPS k3jps@gmail.com wrote:
Well obviously it is the power control. What I simply wanted to know was
whether or not the ability
No worries; I didn't think you were rude. I've got pretty thick skin
anyway, hi hi.
Anyway, does anyone else in the group think this feature would be
beneficial?
73, James.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:41 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF
m0...@alphadene.co.uk wrote:
Sorry, didn't mean to be
One could always purchase or build there own external 2m linear as an
option.
73 de James
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:58 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF
m0...@alphadene.co.uk wrote:
That's what it says - I doublt the KPA3 is designed to handle 2m and
the module has it's own Ant. socket.
--
In
One of our Field Testers has done this, but I would not be surprised to see
Elecraft eventually offer something similar as a standard product. Below
are the FT's comments (sans callsign) since I doubt he wants a lot of
queries about it.
73, Bill W4ZV
On 2008-12-13, at 13:30 , wrote:
On Thu, 14 May 2009 13:31:49 -0400 (EDT), Doug Faunt N6TQS wrote:
10W on 2M is enough for many uses, and can drive an amp for more.
Since I have a 2M amp (TE1452G) rated for 25W input,
Yes. In the world of high performance VHF and UHF, 10 watts out from
the transverter is pretty much a
I must be missing something here. For the life of my I can't figure why
you would want to be changing frequency while transmitting CW (or any
other mode)
73 de Terry KK6T
K3# 2965
Bill W4ZV wrote:
One of our Field Testers has done this, but I would not be surprised to see
Elecraft
terry:
Because some folks, like me, must have their PC keyboard to the side of the
desk (at 90-degrees from the desk) when contesting... this places the rig
at my left side, rather that right in front of me, and requires me to either
turn 90-degrees (at least 45 deg. anyway) on order to adjust
Firstly, thanks to all who responded to my original dilemma about keying the
K3 on FD. The only reason I was interested in the FJP pgm, was our club uses
it for field day. It IS cool for the multiplier map which colors in the new
sections
worked. It makes things interesting after the 1/2 way
Well maybe not exactly while transmitting unless one needs to make the CFO
chicken cluck sound.
Steve Ellington
n...@carolina.rr.com
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From: Terry Dunlap te...@kk6t.com
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mic up
I'm interested in getting more TX energy out of my K3/10. The first
option, of course, is to put in the Elecraft 100 watt PA, but I wonder.
Tokyo HiPower has an amp that will give 100 or so watts with 10 in.
Will it run smooth QSK like the Elecraft 100 watt PA? Are there other
cost effective
Terry:
Generally NOT while transmitting, but sometimes, esp. while QRP (e.g
in ARRL CW SS)
I'll find that I'm smack on top of (well... UNDER) a bigger signal,
making it hard
for the other guy to hear me... if I jump freq. even a small bit
while NOT trans-
mitting, the other guy might miss me,
Hola,
I have the above, made by Bencher for Elecraft. Gold plated silver
contacts, Molded acrylic finger pads, Polished chromium parts, Magnetic
tension adjustment, Adjustable contact spacing and powder coated black
steel base
Serial # EO111. I have used single paddle keyers for years and just
Why would you want to do that?
Surely the KPA3, with all it's integrated features, an additional Ant.
socket and Elecraft reliability and support far outweigh any other
option?
Plus of course it's all in the same box, with the same supply and not
another piece of equipment to install, carry
If you want to put an external amp on a 10W K3, consider a high power
amp. You can get a few hundred watts with 10W in from some fairly
inexpensive amps. In fact, if oyu've got an amp already, then a 10W K3
is a way to get the very good RX and some significant power at an
economy price, while
On Thu, 14 May 2009 12:23:42 -0700, Darwin, Keith wrote:
I'm interested in getting more TX energy out of my K3/10.
About two hours ago, I posted a note about how well Ten Tec and Alpha amps work
with the K3. A barefoot K3/10 will drive my Herc II to about 200 watts, and the
Titans to about
Why go with an external amp? Well, I had a K2/10. Upgraded to K2/100
then went to K3. I could not use the K2 100 watt PA on the K3. Had I
bought a generic external linear for the K2, I'd still be using it with
the K3.
The other driver would be cost. If the external amp solution is cheaper
Hi,
There have been enough posts here about the temperature inside the
K3 to start me thinking. Mine also gets very WARM on the right side by
U12 and U13. You all know how boxed in the Front side of the K3 has
become and now we are looking at additional features being added to the
Jim,
Jim Garland schrieb am 13 May 2009 um 11:16:
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On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 17:05 -0400, K2ZLS wrote:
Hi,
There have been enough posts here about the temperature inside the
K3 to start me thinking. Mine also gets very WARM on the right side by
U12 and U13.
--snip--
I think this would be a
worthy modification at this point, if
The reason that side feels warm is because the side itself is the heat sink
for the regulators, moving the heat out of the K3 through the metal.
There's absolutely no problem with the rig feeling warm. In fact, it's good.
It keeps everything inside dry and stable.
Ron AC7AC
--- --Original
And unless I'm confused, the very inexpensive Unified Microsystems
band decoder will do the right thing for automatically bandswitching
the Herc II.
73, doug
From: Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 13:58:08 -0700
On Thu, 14 May 2009 12:23:42 -0700, Darwin,
Thanks to Brendan and all the responders:
I have received several answers similar to yours regarding the heat
sink effect. But, I already knew that. The reason I'm bringing this
up is that the concern for hot spots is already there. After running
the K3 hard, try powering down, remove
I think another important point is the ambient temperature
calibration. If that is off (the K3 thinks 30c is 15c) the fans may
not come in when they should.
Dave Wilburn
NM4M
K2ZLS wrote:
Thanks to Brendan and all the responders:
I have received several answers similar to yours
I am now wondering how do you settle on Normal, Heavy and simply Flat out
to come up with a design limitation? From the factory?
Much conjecture and pure guesswork has been written in recent posts as well as
some very informative opinions on the cooling system used by Elecraft.
Perhaps we
Sounds like you're trying to improve on the design of
the designers. Perhaps you can, but I doubt it. No
offense is intended, BTW.
Frankly, I think the radio runs pretty cool, considering
what's in the box. It's been running all day and the front
panel temp is 32C and the room is 67F.
The fail temperature of the PA's is going to be well known and
documented. Then a safety factor is added. But I seem to recall that
early comments on heat design criteria was for 10m key down, 100% duty
cycle, without damage. But that is just the memory talking. YMMV
73
Dave Wilburn
NM4M
On Thu, 14 May 2009 11:04:57 -0700, Jim Brown
j...@audiosystemsgroup.com wrote:
On Thu, 14 May 2009 13:31:49 -0400 (EDT), Doug Faunt N6TQS wrote:
10W on 2M is enough for many uses, and can drive an amp for more.
Since I have a 2M amp (TE1452G) rated for 25W input,
My TE Systems 1452G requires
I must be missing something here. For the life of my I can't figure why
you would want to be changing frequency while transmitting CW (or any
other mode)
It is a requirement for using most Amateur satellites as you correct for
Doppler shift on the uplink.
73,
Lyle KK7P
All of a sudden tonight I can't get to 160, 80 and 30 meters with the band
up/down button on the K3. Thinking it might be a glitch with 3.14 I
downloaded 3.06 (next newest I have saved) but the problem still exists. I
can access the bands by direct frequency entry and my memories on those
bands
Hi Bill,
Yes, a similar thing has happened to me several times. Sometimes
after a FW upgrade, and sometimes just out of the blue. Check the
band map (CONFIG: BND MAP). With the BND MAP entry up, cycle through
the bands with the band switch button and see if 1.8, 3.5, and 10.0
got set to
Thanks Joe! That was it.
Joe Planisky wrote:
Hi Bill,
Yes, a similar thing has happened to me several times. Sometimes
after a FW upgrade, and sometimes just out of the blue. Check the
band map (CONFIG: BND MAP). With the BND MAP entry up, cycle through
the bands with the
An interesting post Tony. I have exactly the same issues with the right side
panel heating up with a typical front panel temperature reaching 43C. This
has only happened since installation of the second receiver which virtually
cuts off the airflow inside. The front panel typically runs hotter
Yea, I was rollin when I read that.
Prior to the hints, there was rash of LP-Pan sales a month or two ago.
Dave Wilburn
NM4M
Bill W5WVO wrote:
wayne burdick wrote:
and a panadapter
(Doh!) Why didn't I think of that?
There have been a number of back-handed hints over the past day or
Eric did mention other fish frying a while back. Obviously they were pan fish
:)
Kevin. KD5ONS
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From: David Wilburn dave.wilb...@verizon.net
Sent: May 14, 2009 11:06 PM
To: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Sneak Preview:
I wonder what's different ... if anything ... in our K3's?
Mine's been on about 15 hours and the FP temperature
is 33C. A digital thermometer on the desk beside the
radio shows the ambient temperature is 21C.
I -do- have the 2nd receiver installed. and in operation.
I haven't transmitted other
Additional ...
My LCD brightness is set at 2. I wonder if higher
brightness levels create significantly higher FP temp?
I'll turn mine up and see ...
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
elecraftcov...@rfwave.net
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Guys, don't get your hopes up...
On May 14, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Kevin Rock wrote:
Eric did mention other fish frying a while back. Obviously they
were pan fish :)
Kevin. KD5ONS
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Sent: May 14, 2009 11:06 PM
To:
Guys,
Here's a neat new little paddle that bolts right up to the front of your KX1
and works as a separate paddle with other rigs... I love mine!
73 john k5js
This is a new product announcement for a light weight, high quality,
portable paddle. This paddle was designed to fit the Elecraft
The LCD brightness does not appear to influence
the FP temperature. I raised mine from level 2 to
level 8 several hours ago and I still show the same
FP temp of 33C.
The case/panel top surface temperature directly
above the display is 84F and the right side panel
surface temperature in the
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