DXLab's WinWarbler has user programable command lines that can be
executed when changing modes. I use them to set the specific data
mode and also to send the PC command to set the power level I want.
For example when selecting PSK31 it sends the command to the radio to
select data-a
DXLab's WinWarbler has user programable command lines that can be
executed when changing modes. I use them to set the specific data
mode and also to send the PC command to set the power level I want.
For example when selecting PSK31 it sends the command to the radio to
select data-a mode,
I'd rather put a KPA800 inside ;-)
73
Roger MW0IDX
K3 #191
K2 #2724
KX1 #416
But we'll supply simple P3-to-K3 support hardware to ensure that
the P3 doesn't move when you push the buttons. Or you can weight it
down by putting your own power supply inside, which is what I plan to
do :)
Why don't you guys give this whole P3 thing a rest for a bit. Let Eric
and Wayne get recovered from their ordeal at Santa Barbara, give them some
time to put together some meaningful info and post it, and then you can
resume barraging them with your want list. It's going to be several
months
Respectfully I disagree. Any and all ideas are good to have here.
Especially now. What we don't need are any comments of talking down
about ideas. No matter how grandiose the ideas are welcomed and if you
read what Eric and Wayne say they also welcome them. What they don't
welcome is people
Being that I'm not around my rig I'm using the schematic as a reference
after searching the manual and not finding what I need.
The Key input looks like if its enabled its got +5V on the port that
needs to be able to be sunk to ground.
Am I reading that right? Has anyone seen this in another
I just purchased and am using a SDR-IQ receiver with my K3 and running
Spectra-Vue software with great success. I would also like to use the SDR-IQ
with my K2. Can someone kindly direct me to information regarding installing
the IF Port on the K2?
Thanks and 73
Dave KD1NA
I'd like to see the power level remembered between the two antenna ports.
That way you can connect your amplifier to one port and always have the
power set for the correct amp drive. And you can have the other port that
bypasses the amp where the power is set for 100 watts (or whatever you
Dave,
Try here: http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/k2_interface.htm
73,
Mike-W0AG
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 6:19 AM, David Robertson dar...@comcast.net wrote:
I just purchased and am using a SDR-IQ receiver with my K3 and running
Spectra-Vue software with great success. I would also like to
I'd rather put a KPA800 inside ;-)
Me too, but I would go for a KPA1500.
I seem to remember Wayne dropping hints shortly before or after Dayton
that the KPA800/KPA1500 development may not be completely dead. If I
remember correctly, he, in reference to QRO amplifiers, wrote
something
Just to clarify, the solder I have is 63/37 solid wire; there is no core. I
wanted to know if I could use this stuff to perform a few mods to the RF
board.
I'll just pick up a spool of .020 and .032 RA or RMA Kester solder wire.
Truth be told, I don't even know where I got the spool of solid
Correction - should have said type R or RMA solder; not RA.
James K2QI
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To: 'Merv Schweigert'; 'Brett Howard'
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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] OT: a quick question about
Per Elecraft's soldering notes/suggestions:
Kits submitted for repair which HAVE been assembled using No-Clean or
Water-Soluble fluxes
MAY be refused service..!
Yet in the same PDF, they have a list of recommended solder. Kester 245 is
one of them and happens to be a no-clean MA solder.
Eric!
Any news on shipping date ?
Jan, SM6TUW
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James,
I would suggest that using the non-cored solder might be 'tricky' (but
then I don't know your experience or skill level). You may want to get
a rosin flux pen and experiment with it, but if it were me, I would get
the spool of Kester 285 for general use and be done with it.
I am not
Very nice new product !!!
I would like to see a usb interface to connect a keyboard for use with
digital modes ...
vy 73 de Thomas, DM7TN
K3/100 #78
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My non-technical P3 wish list.
1. A bare bones base price, with a price list loaded with individually
selectable options.
2. Available in both kit form, and factory assembled.
3. Soon advise of an estimated production start date, and an
approximate base price.
4. Be
Aw...Reflector Clogging. Don't you hate it?
Steve
N4LQ
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Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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I would use the solid core with the correct amount of flux for the connection
to be made. The correct amount of flux is that needed to clean, and distribute
the heat, but not run off onto the PCB. When that happens, a quick cleanup may
be needed for asthetics, depending on how much excess has
Thanks Don, and everyone else that replied!
I'm not that good with a soldering iron. I am learning though. My father
on the other hand (who happens to be a retired electrical engineer) was a
genius with a soldering iron... I probably should have paid more attention
to what he was teaching me
I'd like to see the power level remembered between the two antenna
ports.
That way you can connect your amplifier to one port and always have the
power set for the correct amp drive..Phil - AD5X
GOOD IDEA.
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:49:50 -0700
The Elecraft K3 and P3 use a textured paint that might be hard to
duplicate. Also I think it would not be easy to get the dimensions
right with just a brake and shears. I doubt that hand-made sheet metal
I would like to have it by MODE, cw, ssb,rtty 100, psk 40.
73, de Jim KG0KP
What would the world be if we wern't different?
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Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:27 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 : toggle
Anyway, I'm about to nervously perform the VFO noise mod and jumper mod to
my K3. I'm not looking forward to it. I have soldered other things
together like the repair work on my SB-220, but I've never been happy with
the quality of my solder.
Practicing on a scrap PC board with vias may
Kevin wrote:
How about if we have it sing the national anthem, proper selection for
DX of course, brew the coffee, and cook breakfast while we're at it? How
about voice recognition so you'll never have to touch another knob?
For crying out loud!
Actually, I was hoping it would have a rear
Actually, I was hoping it would have a rear panel RJ-11 so that it could
display telephone Caller-ID. Then I could instantly decide if the caller
was worth interrupting my radio activities for. ;o)
Already part of the K3. Turn the K3 upside-down. The RJ-11 is located on
the bottom-right
Hi Paul,
I have an Aoyue 937+ digital solder station. I bought it from SRA for
around $50. It's a great value compared to the Weller units. It's also ESD
protected. I'll use the same anti-static mat I used to assemble my K3 when
it's time to perform the mods.
Anyway, I just ordered Kester
the bottom-right side of the transceiver. Simply plug the phone line into
it and caller-ID displays right above the S meter.
I had a fleeting thought that someone would take my comment seriously.
Please do not connect your telco line into the K3's RJ-11 jack. An active
phone line carries
A good solder sucker is also an excellent investment, as is some narrow
desoldering braid and a little rosin flux, either in a pen or small bottle.
Although elegant, the powered solder suckers are not necessary. A good
spring-loaded unit will do the job 99% of the time. They sell for US $10 to
I have three new/unused Elecraft enclosures I no longer need.
EC1 enclosure $40 shipped (2 avail @40 ea)
Matches K1
EC2 enclosure $50 shipped
Matches K2
Elecraft prices are $50 and $60 respectively, plus shipping.
Take all three for $100 shipped.
--Andrew
Hi Ron,
I do have one of those little manual solder suckers, but I can never seem to
get the technique down right when it comes to using it. Always seems the
solder hardens before I get chance to suck it out, hihi.
I probably should have ordered some braid to go with my solder, but alas I
I seem to be getting too much RF in on my Beverage on 160 when I am
transmitting, which appears to be causing the K3 RX antenna switching
relay to chatter along with my dots and dashes. No problem on 80 when
using my beverage even though both the TX and RX antennas are the same
for both
In a pinch... You can put some flux on the braid from a small coax
such as RG174 and use it to
wick up the solder.
73,
Bob
K2TK
James Sarte wrote:
Hi Ron,
I do have one of those little manual solder suckers, but I can never seem to
get the technique down right when it comes to using it.
Thank you, Dick
Programming was not what I intended to learn.
Now the quickest way goes like this:
=Open Elecraft K3 Utility
=open Edit / Command tester Macros
=Type for Macro 1 - Text to send - pc005; (do not forget semicolon)
=Type for Macro 2 - Text to send - pc100;
=Save
Now it is easy to
Jim Cary wrote:
I seem to be getting too much RF in on my Beverage on 160 when I am
transmitting, which appears to be causing the K3 RX antenna switching
relay to chatter along with my dots and dashes. No problem on 80 when
using my beverage even though both the TX and RX antennas are
We're putting a listing of the various Elecraft owner on-air net times
and frequencies on the web page. Can anyone tell me when and where the
UK/Eu Elecraft net meets?
For the North American nets I have:
20 meter SSB at 1800Z on Sunday on 14.316 MHz (NCS NS7P)
20 meter CW at 2300Z on Sunday on
Jim Cary wrote:
I seem to be getting too much RF in on my Beverage on 160 when I am
transmitting, which appears to be causing the K3 RX antenna switching
relay to chatter along with my dots and dashes. No problem on 80 when
using my beverage even though both the TX and RX antennas
Guys - We want the P3 discussion to keep flowing, within reason. Of
course, there is no need to get overly agitated about what may or may
not be part of the P3, since we have not even announced to finished
developing all of its features.
But if you have a good idea or desire that makes sense
Now is the time to upgrade your old radio.
In an effort to further revive the weak economy, the government
announced that it started a new Cash for Radio Clunkers program on
August 3.
The program is aimed at members of the Amateur Radio Service, also known
as ham radio operators. Operators
Also, please do not copy my email address if you post to the list. I get
duplicate copies of everything that way, which rapidly clogs my inbox. :-0
You don't want to know what my normal daily email volume is.. ;-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ
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Rosin core tin/lead solder is perfectly OK to use on any of our boards,
RoHs or not, for mods.
Our primary concern is with the water-soluble flux solder, which leaves
a conductive residue on hand soldered boards.
Other no-clean solders are OK as long as they do not use water soluble
fluxes.
See: http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_shipping_status.htm
We're waiting for all the parts to arrive for production. Its slipped
several weeks and looks like Week 3-4 of Sept.
The W2's are on track for the last week of this month or the first week
of Sept.
73, Eric
SM6TUW wrote:
Any
Currently the UK net isn't running due to propagation issues - should start
up again as the days shorten.
Regards,
Paul M1PAF
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
We're putting a listing of the various Elecraft owner on-air net times
and frequencies on the web page. Can anyone tell me
My ISP lost a hard drive on Saturday. I am not sure whether any of my mail
from Saturday, Sunday, or Monday has reached its destination. If you already
have this report I am sorry for the duplication. I also have no email from
anyone between Saturday and just a few hours ago when they
I know this has been discussed quite a bit before but I'm a little
disappointed in the amount of birdies within the ham bands. Seems like
lately I have found more than earlier. I have 3 on 40 meters that are a
least S5 that I don't think were there before and am sure they are generated
within the
This may be silly, but would it be possible to configure the display as an
oscilloscope? Or maybe a TDR? There seems to be a chip for everything these
days, and both of those tools might be good options, if cost effective...
Haven't followed this discussion too closely, so apologies in advance
My new K3 #3223 is up and running 'mostly'.
The short of it is that the K3 outputs a solid tone (like tune) when keyed by
MMTTY instead of FSK tones. MMTTY keys the radio OK and the tone produces
power out of the radio.
I am new to the K3 but not to MMTTY and microkeyer Router. (Past FT1000MP
Earl,
MMTTY is soundcard generated data. Use DATA A or AFSK A (same as DATA A
but optimized for RTTY).
The FSK D data mode is for true FSK generated using the keyer paddles,
or the DIG 0 ACC input or ASCII data through the RS-232 port.
See the K3 manual section on Data Mode Selection.
73,
Thanks for the updates in FW3.25, great work!
Though I hardly ever use NR (ears can do better :-) some feedback on the
latest NR algorithm.
The plus:
-Level overshoots are tempered.
The minus:
-The difference in interaction-speed between F1/F2/F3/F4 seems to have gone,
they all have the same
Have you tried the K3 birdie elimination menu item? See the K3 f/w
release notes for info on using this. It works very well on stable
internal K3 birdies.
Also, please note that if you have the sub RX, the coax cable that
drives the first LO of the sub RX needs to be routed exactly as noted in
But if it were it would be on 80m, 3.630ish at 9am local.
Mike
Paul Fletcher wrote:
Currently the UK net isn't running due to propagation issues - should
start up again as the days shorten.
Regards,
Paul M1PAF
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
We're putting a listing of the
The cable mentioned below is the longest coax cable supplied with the
sub RX kit.
73, Eric WA6HHQ
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Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
Also, please note that if you have the sub RX, the coax cable that
drives the first LO of the sub RX needs to be routed exactly as noted in
the
It is nice and low but 1 dB is not exactly cutting edge. I will measure mine
when it arrives on some high spec equipment. It does not really matter that
mush though on 2m. For terrestrial use the band noise is the limit, for EME
anyone serious will be using a low noise pre-amplifier.
What is
Sundays
David
G3UNA
But if it were it would be on 80m, 3.630ish at 9am local.
Mike
Paul Fletcher wrote:
Currently the UK net isn't running due to propagation issues - should
start up again as the days shorten.
Regards,
Paul M1PAF
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
We're
We've gotten into cleaning vias so much I should point out that it is NOT
necessary to clean out the via to do a good job. A clean via just makes
things a little easier.
First, you do not need to pre-assemble the resistor/diode pairs like the
Preliminary and Rev A instructions described (The Rev
What would you want to see? Would you want to be able to hook it to
electronics and see the waveform that you're probing? Would you want to see
a time vs amplitude (oscope) waveform of what is coming off your antenna?
Would you want a time vs amplitude of your TX signal?
These are all very
Eric, WA6HHQ wrote:
Our primary concern is with the water-soluble flux solder, which leaves
a conductive residue on hand soldered boards.
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Also some water-soluble fluxes remain corrosive at *room temperature* until
they are removed from the board,
Slightly OT:
Will the K3/K144XV combo support the European bandplan with 6,25 and 12,5
kHz steps for NFM?
73'
Paul
PD0PSB
What is much more important to operational use and what I would like to know
is the dynamic range. Is it over 100 dB at 3kHz spacing like the K3 on HF?
What about the
As a cw operator I rarely use ssb but few days agò I made a local qsl and I
reduced power to about 30W, more than enough to be heard. When I set up the
power again to 100W the output power was about 50W and wont rise till I
switched to cw sent a dit and switch to phone again.
It happened with
Good points Brett, see below:
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009
http://www.tnqp.org/
Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
Elecraft K3/100 #1875
Would you want to be able to hook it to
electronics
Don,
MMTTY is soundcard generated data.
Not entirely true. MMTTY can operate in soundcard mode
(AFSK), UART mode (FSK) or both at the same time. The
determining factor is the TX Port setting on the MISC
tab. Sound selects AFSK, COM-TxD(FSK) selects FSK
(if the proper COM number is
Joe,
Thanks for the corrections.
It appears that his problem may be setup parameters, and what is
selected on the K3 must match that being generated by the computer and
the massaging that the interface may do as well.
73,
Don W3FPR
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
Don,
MMTTY is soundcard
On page 21 of the K1 manual it says to check the adjacent pads on U1
Does that mean checking across ?
for ex pin 1 to pin 40 , pin 2 to pin 39 etc or does that mean
pin 1 to pin 2, then pin 2 to pin 3 etc
thanks,
Steve
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David Gilbert wrote:
What you're talking about is essentially an SDR , and they already
exist ... either functioning standalone or through the K3 IF port.
In the terms used by the professional community, and at least some of
amateur community, the K3 already is an SDR!
--
David Woolley
The audio passband shift changes in the latest K3 beta firmware release
served as a reminder that the K3 audio mods on N1EU's website needed
updating. Barry recently made those changes and they're available through
the link below:
http://n1eu.com/K3/k3audiomod.htm
Whether Elecraft is, or
On page 21 of the K1 manual it says to check the adjacent pads on U1
depending on whick way I hold probes
I get 680 ohms between 31 and 32 ( + probe on 31 , - probe on 32 )
but if polarity is reversed I am ok
so I am confused
Steve
Hi,
Has anything been done to eliminate the tones at 3900, 4700 and 7800Hz (plus
several others) on the line output? I am assuming they are there on the
headphones and speaker outputs, too, although I can not hear them, but they
could contribute to a slight roughness of the audio compared to,
G'day,
Seems to have gone quiet on the audio LPF that was talked about a
while ago.
Regards,
Mike VP8NO
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A couple of additional comments.
Sometimes, if the soldering isn't perfect, traces of the water soluible flux
will remain trapped in the via. This leads to premature failure of the via,
primarily in multi-layer boards. In the automated system of assembly this is
very rare, but does happen
Can we have a choice of Anthems please?
:-)
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the rose.
-Chinese proverb
On 18 Aug 2009, at 00:28, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
How about if we have it sing the national anthem,
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Children aren't happy without
I'd very much like to see the capability of taking a mouse, to act as
a pointing device and to 'click' the selection.
I'm wondering if a bluetooth interface for the mouse might be
possible, to reduce the lead tangle on the bench?
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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When one door closes another door
I would guess the surprise is the P3
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I only think about how to solve the problem.
But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful,
I know it is wrong.
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On
Hello Group,
I shall be there this weekend. Will I meet any elecrafter?
73
Johnny VR2XMC
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I do not have this problem. I can only test it with a single tone, but it
remains effective even for an S3 signal from the XG1. There is a slight
residual but I do not think this has changed from previous versions.
AB2TC - Knut
Barry Simpson wrote:
I also have an autonotch problem with
Yes, I want mine to sing This Land Is Your Land,...
73, doug
From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:10:43 +0100
Can we have a choice of Anthems please?
On 18 Aug 2009, at 00:28, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
How about if we have it sing the
Steve,
You are mainly checking for solder bridges in that test, and a solder
bridge in much more likely between pins 1 and 2 than it is between 1 and 40.
73,
Don W3FPR
Steve Howard wrote:
On page 21 of the K1 manual it says to check the adjacent pads on U1
Does that mean checking across ?
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Karlgood God man, I am but a lowly General class. I may just redo
the job. But must say I would like to have the toys you mentioned and
the experance in using them. I will say thank you for your help.
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On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote:
Being able to use the P3 as a station monitor durring TX would be great!
Could it be possible to see the RF envelope; modulation; RF
compression/clipping?
Could be a very nice tool.
Bob W9RFS
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