I have K3 #145 and this problem has plagued me plenty in the past. I now know
it *is* a problem with the FP connections as Wayne describes. I've more or
less stopped it by using Deoxit on the pins; clearly there is an issue with
oxidation(?) of the pin surfaces.
BTW, Jorge states the radio
A year or so ago, a local friend WB2VSJ borrowed my small collection of
Heathkit catalogs and scanned them to his website.
The 1958 issue even has usable schematics for almost all the products.
Enjoy them at:
http://www.heilsnis.com/wb2vsj/BA/page7.html
73
Bill, K4CIA
On Sep 11, 2011, at 9:38 PM, John Parker wrote:
Monty, ditch the Scotch tape. It can generate large amounts of ESD when
pulled
off the spool or during removal. I have worked with parts for space
instruments
and have had the NASA ESD training a couple of times as well as some other
ESD
PA3CW wrote:
Hi all,
I recently completed a small SDR receiver called PM SDR. I am using it
with HDSDR software. Currently i have it connected to the IF out on my K3
to use it as panorama view. In the software HDSDR i have to set some
offset values in the different modes to have the
Hi, OM:
Try using the K3 Freq Memory Editor available here:
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/FreqMemEdit/K3_Freq_Mem_Editor.htm
Enter frequencies you want to store, and then you can frequency-hop with the
mouse or the button-sequence press MV then turn A knob then press MV
again .
Hth.
Brgds,
Hi, all concerned:
A wealth of K3 information is at hand when you search K3FAQ from the
Elecraft main page searchbox.
Although it has not been updated in a while, I found answers to a number of
my questions, including independent VFO operation, eg, how to listen to a
local squawkbox ( intercom
The Virginia Beach, VA, hamfest, scheduled for 9/17/11 (next Saturday) lists
Elecraft as an exhibitor. That 'fest doesn't appear on the Elecraft web
page schedule. Is the exhibit being done by FOE (Friends of Elecraft) or is
the Elecraft webmaster taking a well-deserved vacation?
73, K3YD
All weight comments aside (and I did own a DX-100B) I find that first
sentence in the main paragraph of the ad weighty and needs to be
revised for the present.
Elecraft amateur radio gear is designed by hams -- for hams to insure
maximum on the air enjoyment.
What more is there to say!
David
GW0ETF wrote:
I have K3 #145 and this problem has plagued me plenty in the past. I
now know
it *is* a problem with the FP connections as Wayne describes. I've
more or
less stopped it by using Deoxit on the pins; clearly there is an
issue with
oxidation(?) of the pin surfaces.
We
This is a K-3 macro that I find useful for general DXing.
To start, assume you are calling a DX station that has several other
callers.You may have used your RIT or XIT or both, in order to get his
attention on the best frequency.Suddenly he announces that he's
listening up. You need to split,
Actually, there is more to it than just the 5-pole filter offset.
The panadaptor offset between the carrier and the IF center can shift
as filter width increases because the K3 doesn't let the lower edge of
the filter fall below 200 Hz. In CW mode for example, using a pitch of
600 Hz, there is a
Any update on the P3 back panel expansion ports availably?
73 Bill NS4C
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one I'm subscribed to currently.
I'm being a tall ship sailor this season http://www.tallshipbounty.org.
But with my experience, I'm doing electronics work on board, as well as
being a deckhand.
And I need some parts, but
Kevin Rock’s comments about his dad’s experience, and learning a great deal by
working as a supervisor, etc., reminds me of some conclusions I drew from my
own work experience. I developed certain “specialties” in my line of work, but
I think I learned a heck of a lot more when I was asked to
Great drawing. This was the image on my first QSL card, WN3GDX in 66(?).
73 de W3OU, Steve
-Original Message-
From: Mike Markowski mike.ab...@gmail.com
To: Elecraft Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, Sep 11, 2011 9:54 pm
Subject: [Elecraft] Heathkit ad from '57
With the recent
This Heathkit thread has been very interesting to me as a
manufacturer of professional audio equipment that uses a lot of
vacuum tube circuitry. When I did the first designs for our products
20 years ago, I had a Heathkit-style assembly procedure in mind. In
fact, at one time, I made an
Very cool scanning through the 1958 catalog. I had forgotten that they had
that “analog computer” as a kit, even back that far. Consider this, though.
If you get one of those musical birthday cards in the mail, open it up, enjoy
the message (maybe even a personal message added), then toss it
Interesting info Dave. The computer on the 1970s Voyager space probe had a
whopping 68K of memory total! And that was multitasking.
Source: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/faq.html
73 Darrell AB2E
From: w7...@cox.net
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:00:22 -0700
Subject:
I know this is getting 'way off topic and extended, but I have been very
interested in how pervasive the Heathkit experience is among the Elecraft
community, so I'll add my own experience with Heath.
I built an AR-15 stereo receiver while I was in the Navy, on an ammunition ship
in the South
when I started working in 68, the company I worked for had an IBM model 30
with 32K of memory,
card readers and all, tapes, not sure about disk drives, but guys preceding
me had written the mortgage
program for it in COBOL I believe, on punched cards no less. long time ago,
hard to believe the
On 9/11/2011 8:35 PM, David Pratt wrote:
Good to see you using the right name for them, David. These days
ex-CBers, or those influenced by CB, tend to call rigs and transceivers
radios. To me a radio is something on which one listens to broadcast
stations.
You are quite obviously a
I use the Samlex SEC-1235M with my K3, with no issues or noise detected.
GL,
Shel KF0UR
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On 9/12/2011 10:00 AM, Dave wrote:
If you get one of those musical birthday
cards in the mail, open it up, enjoy the message (maybe even a
personal message added), then toss it in the trash can at some point.
When you do that, you have thrown away a bunch more computing power
than that Heath
I read some time ago that pulling the tape off the roll also generates
soft X-rays [?]. Pull off a whole roll and glow in the dark?
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org
On 9/12/2011 3:33 AM, Monty Shultes wrote:
Monty,
Loaded JT-65 HF
Will the K3 decode it or do I have to wire it to the Mic and speaker on
the computer?
How do I set it up?
I am running a Dell 1.4 GHz with 248 MB of RAM and XP pro SP 2
TNX
Bruce, N7ZA
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Howdy Bruce,
Unfortunately, the K3 does not decode JT65A signals, so you must use an
external
computer program such as your JT65HF to send and decode them. You just connect
the
LINE OUT on the computer to the LINE IN on the rear of the K3, and the computer
LINE
IN to the LINE OUT on the
Gentlemen,
Thanks for all your support and suggestions. Dale from Elecraft
suggested removing the front panel, spraying the pins with Deoxit. He
kindly included a link to the DVR installation manual which has simple
'how-to' instructions on getting to the front panel assembly. Since my
K3 was
I have a Tokyo High Power linear amplifier model HL1.5KFX for sale. I have had
it less then a year and it has been operating perfectly since I installed it.
It is in a non smoking environment. I also have the original manufacturing
carton. The amp comes with a 120 volt power cord. It also
Doug,
I have sent you a PM.
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 17:36, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604
fa...@panix.com wrote:
Apologies, for the OT'ness of this, but the Elecraft list is the only
one I'm subscribed to currently.
I have that power supply, in fact two of them, which I use with the K-3 and
a Flex 5000. If it produces any noise I have never heard it. Both units have
been very reliable and seem to work very well indeed.
Bruce-W8FU
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
(The following would be a nice mod to be built into the radios. The f/w could
prevent accidental Tx.)
I don't know if anything like this has been mentioned before. Furthermore, I
don't know how many people use a product like the MFJ Matchmaker (TM) to tune
their manual tuners. A similar
Hello.
I may have missed explanations of this anomaly and its cure.
The issue is: the P3 follows the K3 everywhere but to 144.
On this band, the trace disappears; I think I can see it going up and off
the screen.
Can't figure this out and would appreciate help from those who may have
I suggest using the little bottle with the thin tube applicator on top
(www.caig.com). I have both the spray and the bottle. The spray rather soaks
everything in the vicinity which is probably not harmful but certainly
wasteful and can have fluid even dripping long afterward. The only place I
use
Wayne,
Would you have an idea which SN, or at least the approximate date, the
cut-over to gold-plated connectors occurred? Did this include all
connectors, or just the front panel ones?
73,
Ken, NU4I
GW0ETF wrote:
I have K3 #145 and this problem has plagued me plenty in the past. I
now
Hi Dick,
It sounds like MENU:XV Gain may have the wrong value. The default is
+25 dB. See the Amplitude Calibration for Transverters section of the
Owner's Manual.
If that doesn't work you might try a Parameter Initialization.
Alan N1AL
On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 15:49 -0500, Dick Hanson wrote:
On 9/12/11 12:03 PM, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote:
Howdy Bruce,
Unfortunately, the K3 does not decode JT65A signals, so you must use an
external
computer program such as your JT65HF to send and decode them. You just
connect the
LINE OUT on the computer to the LINE IN on the rear of the K3,
I do not even need to reply. Mathew, Wayne, Don have done so eloquently.
I think there might have been a point when components were difficult
to acquire but not today. There are many specialty houses to make
custom pcb's (I use ExpressPCB). But most of my one-of boards are
RS project boards
Had a nice QSO with Dwayne, KE5EFY this AM and got quite a bit of my new
P3 set up. It appears to me that everything is working as it should, I
got S-units to appear on the ordinate [they mean more to me than dBm on
HF], got a few Fn switches set, and he walked me through the PEAK/NOT
PEAK
I got a request off-line asking me which product I spoke of in the thread
about treating the intermittent FP connectors.
I hadn't realized they had redesigned both their web site (www.caig.com) and
product packaging.
This is the one - 100% solution in a 25 mL plastic bottle with a hollow
No pecuniary interest here either.
I have been using Cramolin from Caig Laboratories (now known as deOxit)
since the 1970s. No electronics workbench should be without it. The old spec
sheet used to recommend a mono-molecular layer be applied. In other words,
just a dab will do ya.
73,
Bruce,
There appears to be another candidate which has not been mentioned.
It is pricier than DeOxit but a friend of mine who uses it
professionally prefers it in both automotive and radio situations.
The stuff is called Stabilant 22 http://www.stabilant.com/.
I have not used either product but
I started building, I installed the KXV3 first, and had the K3 back
on the air before I started the P3. In the P3 stuff, there was an IF
Gain Mod, change one resistor on the K3 RF board. I had already
re-installed the countable infinity of chassis screws into the K3, and
screwing around
I recently acquired two Power Werx S5-30DV Switching Power Supplies.
While the P/S are nice and small, work on 110 / 220 and easily powered my
K-3 and TS-480, BEWARE... The P/S come from the factory set for 220V
(Slide Switch Selection on the back) The documentation sheet with the P/S
You need it. Sorry.
73,
matt W6NIA
K3 #24
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:51:30 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
I started building, I installed the KXV3 first, and had the K3 back
on the air before I started the P3. In the P3 stuff, there was an IF
Gain Mod, change one resistor on the K3 RF board. I had
Fred. An all important question... what is the see number of your K3?
73
Greg
On Sep 12, 2011 3:17 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote:
Had a nice QSO with Dwayne, KE5EFY this AM and got quite a bit of my new
P3 set up. It appears to me that everything is working as it should, I
got
Wanted to buy: Bird Electronics 2500H wattmeter element, to fit model
43 wattmeter
If you have one for sale, please contact me off list with asking price
and condition.
Must be guaranteed operational, but does not necessarily need to be in
calibration
Thanks and 73
- Jim, KL7CC
Fred,
Look at that mod on the Elecraft website - click on the K3 Mods +
Application Notes.
There you will find that the mod has been included on all new K3s since
about 9/01/2009.
If your K3 is older than that, the mod is needed - if it is quite near
that date, then you should do the test
Every so often the Ham Radio Gods smile upon me.
So here I am sitting in Wilkes-Barre, PA, after journeying 850 miles from the
Atlanta area to attend our family reunion last Saturday. Due to the heavy rains
the Susquehanna river had gone to flood stage and the Wyoming Valley was harder
hit
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