Hi Ian,
Many thanks for your reply.
I am also running Ubuntu 11.04.
I searched the repository for cURL and it came up with Ario, so I installed
that.
However, still no joy via the Elecraft Utilities for the K3, P3 or KPA.
I can obtain updates for K3 and P3 by using ftp but so far have failed to
Hi Pat,
Wound up using the same trick... Evidently N1MM use to be able to do it with
the ESC key, but somewhere along the line the code was changed. I really need
to get a new soundcard, so I can have robo-voice hihi
Hope you're doing well up there in the North. Seems like a lot of snow
* On 2011 08 Nov 05:26 -0600, Charles wrote:
Hi Ian,
Many thanks for your reply.
I am also running Ubuntu 11.04.
I searched the repository for cURL and it came up with Ario, so I installed
that.
However, still no joy via the Elecraft Utilities for the K3, P3 or KPA.
Unfortunately, your
Was using her last night and when I got up this morning the speaker was dead -
on all bands of course. Plugged in the headphones and all is OK...she works as
before. Is that a problem in the headphone jack I assume? Any ideas would be
greatly appreciated.
73;
Jake
Many thanks Nate - I now have the three utilities running:-)
Thanks to you curl is now installed and Ario is deleted.
With the KPA Utility running I now get the message that the KPA is not
responding,
I have checked the menu and all appears to be OK.
73 from Charles - M0BIN
* On 2011 08 Nov
My apologies regarding the link...as W1RT correctly figured out there should be
an L at the end of it:
www.qsl.net/ve3sma/downloads.html
I had seen Don's circuit and decided to go a different route...not having to
dig into the K2 was a plus for me (and I had a good supply of the Omron G5Y
Thanks Ian, I was able to install curl with the sudo apt-get command line -
thanks to Nate.
The KPA Utility is now working but I get the following error message :
Elecraft KPA Utility for Linux Version 1.4.5.4
KPA firmware file KPA500FP0111.hex verified
KPA Bootstrap Loader did not echo D
Remove
Steve,
The answer to your question involves a discussion about how the K2
handles control of the power output level - in all cases, it tries to
measure the actual power output and the microprocessor controls the
drive level early in the transmit chain to achieve the power output
requested by
Jake,
It certainly sounds like your headphone jack has broken that little
plastic lever inside its package.
Unfortunately, there is not a higher quality replacement. Elecraft has
tried to encourage the manufacturer to make it more reliable, but to no
avail.
The only 'proper' fix is to
Charles,
The way I decipher that message, the Utility did not hear anything back
from the KPA. I believe you may find the problem between the computer
and the KPA500. Try a real serial port if one is available - if not try
a different USB to serial adapter.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 11/8/2011 9:08
Thanks to all that replied. I have two sources - INRAD and the RF Connection.
73
Bob W6VY
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Is there a way to save two separate setups for the TX EQ so you can hit
a button and switch between DX mode and Ragchew mode?
--
Mike W0MU
J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011
J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
Those tones are not sine waves.
I wasn't so sure about this. Over the years I've never heard this
mentioned, and technical references like NIST 25-67 and 668 describe
the audio tones as being derived from the cesium standards, with no
mention of harmonic content. So I sent an email to WWV asking
Hi David and Stephen
Thanks very much for the replies to my enquiry and I've followed the advice
from both of you and got a slightly lower capacity battery (2.3Ah) from an
Ebay trade for just under 9GBP+postage (total 13.45GBP)
I did get a reply from Powersonic UK who pointed me to one of their
My thanks to the many answers to this subject, and in the Elecraft Digest Vol
91, Issue 9
Good stuff. I will cut and paste the answers for future reference.
Because the current subject is shown for the KX3, I wish to change the subject
to simply 'SDR-IF and I/Q questions' as it could include
The way I do it is use these two macros:
For Rag Chew
TE-16-16-05+00-10+00+00+00;
And for DX:
TE-16-16-05+00-10+10+10+05;
You could assign them to a macro button on the radio, or, the way I have it is
they assigned to macro buttons in my logging program (RUMlog)
Rick
K6LE
On 11/8/2011,
I measured the 2nd and 3rd harmonic of WWV's 600 Hz tone this morning
using an HP 8568B spectrum analyzer set at 15 MHz, 30 Hz resolution,
connected to an antenna. This avoids the harmonic generation that might
be found in a receiver's audio stages, for example, such as when
measuring tone
Pat, you referred to using WriteLog to control the KDVR3. I was not aware
that capability was incorporated yet in WriteLog. Can you please provide
details on how this is done? My present version of WriteLog is 10.86C. 73,
Fred, AE6IC
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I have emailed support but was curious if others have seen this issue.
I was seeing a few spikes on the KPA500 so I decided to do the TX
Calibration. I have all the bands in good order except for 6m where the
output will not go above 3.6 watts on the 5W calibration or above 48ish
on the
Hi Mike...
Just to give you another data point, I have no problems
doing the TX Cal on 6 meters. Using about a 6 foot length of
RG-213 to an old Heath Cantenna. Works fine at both 5 watts
and 50 watts.
Good Luck...
73,
Ken K3IU
On 11/8/2011 12:46
The problem with using the REC button is that you may accidentally hit
that key when playback is not in progress, and get yourself all out
of sync. You should be able to to program one of the F-keys with
something like:
{CATA1ASC RX;}{CATA2ASC RX;}
and that should stop DVR playback.
73,
I think we're barking up the wrong tree. The real travesty of WWV's signal is,
and has been for a long while, the *voice* announcements of solar conditions,
weather conditions, and navigation. Have you noticed? It sounds like they use a
100-year-old microphone that has been left out in the rain
Don:
Thanks for your comments (and since we haven't corresponded in a whilefor
your ongoing amazing help to all Elecraft owners through the email reflector).
Actually, the issues I have had with the TX IF port have all been while
receiving (with another nearby rig transmitting on VHF...or
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM, John Reilly reill...@comcast.net wrote:
While doing Sweep Stakes this weekend, I ran into a K3/N1MM problem:
When I interrupted a running CW message (like a CQ) with either an
Escape or a keyboard entry, the K3 would stay in Transmit (Red TX led
illuminated, no
This was measured on the K3 doing the TX gain adjustment. It fails and
gives an error message.
Mike W0MU
J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011
J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
On 11/8/2011 11:01 AM, n...@speakeasy.net wrote:
Mike...do you have confidence in your power
Can you get it up to 50 watts doing the Tx Gain procedure manually on 6
meters?
Dick, 6KR
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 10:36 AM
To: n...@speakeasy.net;
I measured the 2nd and 3rd harmonic of WWV's 600 Hz tone this morning
using an HP 8568B spectrum analyzer set at 15 MHz, 30 Hz resolution,
The 2nd harmonic at 1200 Hz is approximately 18 dB down from the 600 Hz
sideband.
The 3rd harmonic at 1800 Hz is about 30 dB down from the 600
Steve,
The problem I mentioned shows up more often at 432 MHz, but rarely at 144.
Given your particular problem, yes, if there is a voltage during receive
on the VRFDET signal input to the microprocessor, both transmit and
receive are disabled. Wayne put that into the firmware to protect the
I also had the same problem with no audio from the speaker, either the
built in or external. I finally traced it to the speaker plug on the RF
board, after carefully removing the contacts from the shell and bending
them slightly and re-fitting all is now well. Hope this is of help.
73
Got it. Thanks Don. When I removed the 78L06, good things happened. Now I
just have to determine if that is the culprit or something else in that part
of the circuit. Love the reflector. Its saved me more than once!
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I am trying to get my K3 set up for SS SSB. I have never used my K3 for
SSB. Using the Yamaha CM500 mic plugged into rear panel mic jack.
The following are the K3 settings:
MIC+LIN = on
MIC SEL = rp.h bias
MODE = USB
VOX = on
Mic gain = 60 *
Cmp = 40 *
* tried all different settings
Chyeck to make sure that you have enabled only one PTT method. This is
a known problem when more than one is selected. I use Winkey PTT, and
never have to worry about it.
73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at
This is the new subject title, and needs some background, so it will be lengthy
this time.
Some of us use SDR-IF, and the new KX3 will use SDR-I/Q methods for connecting
to a computer running SDR software and seeing the results on a monitor. (The
SDR-IF users must provide a SDR-IF receiver to
Just a short, curmudgeonly, comment from one who has used many
(almost all) of the extant SDR software packages...
These all seem to be excellent examples of software-gone-wild.
Apparently the authors received requests from various sources, and in an
attempt to include something for
EUREKA!! Ok guys we are making progress. Just had my first SSB QSO. Worked
a special event station in Kansas K0V.
Next step is interfacing N1MM and the K3 to use the N1MM voice keyer
feature.
Thanks to all for all the hints and suggestions.
Joe K2UF
No trees were harmed in the sending of
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Richard Fjeld rpfj...@embarqmail.comwrote:
...Some of us use SDR-IF...
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Richard, I assume you know about the Google group for PSDR-IF:
http://code.google.com/p/powersdr-if-stage/issues/list
You may get some helpful info there.
The guys who
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Richard Fjeld rpfj...@embarqmail.comwrote:
...Some of us use SDR-IF...
=
Richard, I assume you know about the Google group for PSDR-IF:
http://code.google.com/p/powersdr-if-stage/issues/list
You may get some helpful info there.
The guys who
I see two sidebands very close to either side of the carrier, and identical
amplitude/spacing sidebands on either side of the tones. They are at about
+/-60Hz and +/-100 Hz. I assumed that was intentional modulation since they
also appear next to the carrier.
At least it should rule out
They probably use a speaker phone for the recording, yuk.
You guys should grab the P3's display and post the pictures.
I saw the double lines a couple of months ago, I thought they had changed
their format.
Randy
K7AGE
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WWV has 100 Hz data transmission and you will see the sidebands at ±100 Hz.
Jack K8ZOA
On 11/8/2011 6:21 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I see two sidebands very close to either side of the carrier, and identical
amplitude/spacing sidebands on either side of the tones. They are at about
+/-60Hz
Guys;
Read the information at the NIST / WWV web site. There is no
microphone. The voices are all synthesized!
Jack B, W6FB
On Nov 8, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Randy Hall wrote:
They probably use a speaker phone for the recording, yuk.
You guys should grab the P3's display and post the pictures.
On 11/8/2011 3:24 PM, Randy Hall wrote:
You guys should grab the P3's display and post the pictures.
OK. www.foothill.net/~andreaj/WWV_7KHz.bmp This is a 7KHz span with
the marker on the first sideband [high side]. You can see the 2nd and
3rd harmonics, and maybe the 4th although that
On 11/8/2011 4:22 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
www.foothill.net/~andreaj/WWV_1KHz_beep is the 1 KHz beep at the start
of each minute.
Well, fingers don't always follow commands from HQ. Put a .bmp at the
end of that URL.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO
On 11/8/2011 3:21 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
The WWV time announcements from either the mainland or
Hawaii are fine.
Those are, of course, high quality recorded announcements. The male
voice is that of Lee Rodgers, a long-time San Francisco broadcaster at
station KGO, once the west-coast
Hi Johnny:
The THP is an older tube model running a pair of 4X150's and like all tube
amps it was less efficient, and produced only 350 - 400 watts on the 15 and
10 meter bands with 60 watts drive. On 20, 40 and 80 meters the THP
produced more power, but still not as good as the KPA500.
The
On Nov 8, 2011, at 5:21 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
On 11/8/2011 3:21 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
The WWV time announcements from either the mainland or
Hawaii are fine.
Those are, of course, high quality recorded announcements. The male
voice is that of Lee Rodgers, a long-time San
Regarding the K144XV-K 2-meter 10 watt module kit, I have a few questions:
(1) Does the excellent RX performance of the K3 translate into the 2-meter
band. I mean, would this option be a great weak signal 2 meter performer?
(2) I am thinking of using weak signal only, SSB and CW and probably
--- On Tue, 11/8/11, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Considering the source of your VHF energy, I would think that a low pass
filter on the RX jack (as well as one just in case on the TX jack)
would take care of that problem.
Actually, Don, it's the other way round. The offending detector is on the
I own/moderate a couple of lists and this LinkedIn thing is a pain. I
just unsubscribe the offending user.
That said, I'm an occasional LinkedIn user. This is totally the fault
of the user. When you first sign up at LinkedIn, LinkedIn asks you if
your want to upload your address book from
On the lists that I manage, it is considered grounds for immediate
banning. A note to the user is also sent explaining why. Removal of the
ties to LinkIn may result in reinstatement. It's the members decision.
LinkIn grows like a virus and has filled too many mailboxes for it to be
treated as
Hi Phil,
My K3 #4257 has the 2m module installed and I think I can answer most of your
questions for you.
1. Emphatically yes, the K3 + K144XV combination is excellent for weak signal
work.
(But, you MUST get at least the K144RFLK and possibly get the KTCX03-1 to give
you the frequency
Thanks to Jeff and also to Dick Hanson who gave some answers as well.
I do have the KTCX03-1 and I would definitely get the K144RFLK. Thanks Jeff
for pointing that out, I didn't even know it existed. I should pay more
attention to the Elecraft web site. I might take it to bed with me
Somehow I've lost the proper settings for the K3 to remember what it
is set for per band. As it is now, say I am on 20M and running CW,
working split, 50W output, filter width 150 cycles I switch to 30M,
all the settings from 20 will apply to all the other bands except the
split will not
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