Okay, you can have to be done.. I have to add to be determined to my to be
developed which is in all the military planning manuals I have (and have
read). I can't seem to find to be done as a common initialism, even on a
routine internet search, but if you've used it then it must be ok ;-)
Compared to what? CW is difficult to decode, even when sent by
machine. What piece of software or equipment have you used that you
thought worked better than the K3?
RTTY decodes better by machine because that's what it was designed for.
Morse code wasn't. If you're disappointed in the
I notice in the owner's manual R b2 there are not detailed directions for
configuration of receive side band. The directions say Please refer to
the instruction sheet supplied
with the KXFL3 option. I notice in owner's manual R b1, detailed
instructions are included for configuration of
Contests are one time you can use decoders for CW and have them work fine I
have done so for 4 years. In contests 95+% of all contacts are machine
canned code anyway using macros and a good reader will do the job. I have
several thousand Q's doing it this way and I don't even own a key. Do I have
In my more than thirty years of program management and contract work in
industry it always meant either to be determined or to be defined.
A little Google searching (use the keywords acronym TBD) shows to be
determined as the dominant interpretation:
http://www.abbreviations.com/TBD
Greetings, I'm currently in SV5 (Patmos) for some much needed
vacationing. I brought my kit-KX3 #80 along for a maiden voyage. Being
WPX CW weekend, I went down to a nice north-facing beach, strung up a
~40' wire into a tree, with a few random length radials, and used a
cigarette lighter plug in
Does anyone here have experience with lightning detectors? I thought
it might be handy to have one of these in the shack.
From what I've seen some are quite fancy, meant for hikers and boaters
and such. But I'm thinking that something simpler (i.e., cheaper)
might be useful around the shack.
In the shack - Google Lightning detection online for several of the
services. Some are free.
Used Lightning Detection in broadcasting in South Florida for about 30
years.
When it got within a 100 miles we went to generator at all the studios
transmitter sites.
In broadcasting we could not
My experience with a MFJ pocket CW decoder seems to be more accurate and
less delay than my K3. But I'll be the first to say the K3 may not be
adjusted correctly.
Pete W4WWQ
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I check this company for physics toys for the classroom and saw this. Cheap
enough ...
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=C6924
73, Mike WA5POK
-Original Message-
From: GDanner
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 6:35 AM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re:
This could be related to the reported problem with the CWT function
previously reported and under investigation. Firmware 4.48 is OK,
firmware 4.51 is not.
Regards,
Mike VP8NO
On 26/05/2012 01:44, John_N1JM wrote:
Thanks, Fred. It had seemed to me my previous K3 did better but I could have
Hi Drew,
I have been running a Boltek long range lightning detector that is part
of a network of detectors for tracking storms. Gives me range and
bearing on strikes. I can watch an electrical storm coming from further
than I can hear the thunder. Boltek also has a electric field detector
I concur with Mike's evaluation. 4.48 is much more robust than 4.51 as far as
CW Decode is concerned.
Some things you may want to try to improve the S/N ratio and thus make the
decoder more effective.
1)Turn the AGC off and reduce the RF Gain (Be careful here and drop the AF Gain
or you might
Just for clarification, I don't use the internal CW or RTTY decode
functions. I just use CWT for accurate CW netting. Following that it
is easy to make the often useful TX offset when calling in a simplex
pile. CWT is a function I use all the time and that is why its degraded
performance in
In 4.51 mcu the text decoder for cw is not working properly in the AUTO
setting. Elecraft is aware of this.
You can set the CWT to a setting of 3 and the decoder works fairly well. Also,
set the speed range to 30-90.
Toby W4CAK
I have a copy of the preliminary instructions (rev XD, May 2,2012) that was
sent to my By Don, W3FPR before he went on vacation. This list does not
support attachments, so I cannot publish it to the discussion list.
I am sending a copy to John. I am sure an updated version will be available
for
No suggestions?
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Especially silly since if you actually read the erratum:
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740163E%20KX3%20Owner'sManErrata%20B2-2.pdf
it's defined explicitly: Some specifications are still shown as TBD
(to be determined).
Bob NW8L
A silly thing to debate -- but, it has always meant To Be Done.
Yes. I suggest that when you reply you
include something related to your
question so we may know what you are
asking about.
73,
Ken K3IU
On 5/26/2012 11:12 AM, Gene N4FZ wrote:
No suggestions?
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Nabble, you will see: This post has NOT been accepted by the mailing
Glad you mentioned it.
I sat in front of my K3, Manual etc trying to get it to work last
night. Glad to know it just wasn't me.
On 5/26/2012 8:59 AM, Toby Pennington wrote:
In 4.51 mcu the text decoder for cw is not working properly in the AUTO
setting. Elecraft is aware of this.
Scraping up cash to get into a K3. Serial # 7211 with many options. Info
off line at w9b...@gmail.com.
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On May 26, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Bob Cunnings bob.cunni...@gmail.com wrote:
Especially silly since if you actually read the erratum:
Just completed my P3 and have it up and running with the K3. ButI cannot
control the rig through N1NN. I have the P3 and the K3 hooked together with
the
RS232 cable (a true one) and the computer ... AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS. I can't
get N1MM to see the K3. Cannot find help in the
Hi John,
We decided to supply opposite-sideband alignment instructions in the
KXFL3 installation guide. These instructions are much more detailed,
superseding those from the original KX3 owner's manual.
I see that the KXFL3 installation guide isn't on our web site yet.
I'll send it to you
Thanks Bruce, I thought the message was posted directly to the reflector, my
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Got itworks nowcool devicewow!
Lee
In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you
don't
have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find
any
Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common
You need to make sure the port and data rate is set up in N1MM.
Computer -- P3 -- K3. Should work just fine.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
- www.cqp.org
On 5/26/2012 9:59 AM, Lee Buller wrote:
Just completed my P3 and have it
I use fixed-tune mode with full span adjustment at the edges. Works
fine everywhere except 10 meters. On 10, the big knob cursor just
tunes of either edge of the screen and the little arrow tells me it's up
or down there somewhere. Any ideas?
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest
I am not certain, but I suspect you have made a very easy to fix error. I
will assume that you have N1MM working with your K3 prior to adding the P3.
And you have the connected the computer to the computer port on the P3 with
the appropriate RS-232 cable/adapter. If so, read on
The P3 talks
Well Phil sold his pretty quickly so I'll put mine up with the same offer.
Original style set for the K3. $100 shipped.
As new condition. Why? I liked the feel of the originals but upon seeing the
new version had a nostalgia attack. Reminded me of the Heath SB series I had
and the Collins
Question . . . .
My station is in a 2nd floor loft.
The antenna coax cables come into the basement utility room and then up behind
the plasterboard walls to my shack.
Will I be able to put the KAT 500 and KPA 3 in the basement utility room and
control them by snaking an RS232 cable from the
If you're feeling adventurous, let me know and I'll email you our
latest KX3 field-test firmware (rev 1.01). Since the last production
release, 0.99, we've made a number of significant changes:
- improved AGC (similar to the latest K3 firmware)
- autospot with RIT on adjusts the RIT offset
Wayne's macro for ATU inline and bypass helped me easily go back to QRP or
100w after switching off the KPA500 (already had a macro on PF1/PF2 for 5w
and 100w, just could not figure out how to handle ATU definitively.)
I would like to find a way to automatically place ATU in bypass when the
Our club has been using TRlog for many years for Field Day and plan to
continue to use it for several good reasons. for the most part they
are using it stand alone without a rig connection other than keying
CW.in comes the K3 and the possibility of simple rig control and
here is the
When you say set CWT to three, do you mean the text decode threshold?
John N1JM
Tobyp wrote
In 4.51 mcu the text decoder for cw is not working properly in the AUTO
setting. Elecraft is aware of this.
You can set the CWT to a setting of 3 and the decoder works fairly well.
Also,
Was running the CQ WPX CW contest here on 20 meters after a normal transmit
cycle, the radio unkeyed and immediately everything was very quiet. All of
the signals dropped in strength by about 7 S Units.
I tried keying up again but this time I wasn't getting any power out and a
high current
TRLog hasn't been updated since 2006, so I'd consider trying to convince
the fellows in the club that it's time to move on to one of the many
more modern contest loggers. When I used Windows, I used N1MM, but the
are many others that are still supported by their developers.
73,
Scott, N9AA
I love N1MM I believe TR4W is a very close approximation to TR but for
windows.
Good luck!
Mike W0MU
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com
Http://www.w0mu.com
On 5/26/2012 9:52 PM, Scott Manthe wrote:
TRLog hasn't been updated since 2006, so I'd consider trying to convince
Setting up the K3's new 4.51 AGC, I took an average of the THR and SLP
settings some of the guys were using. I had to do a few minor adjustments
to prevent the strong signals from hurting my ears.
By Saturday night, I realized that I never had a 'click' problem from anyone!
Non solam sed etiam
CORRECTION:
I asked a question about running the K3 in my 2nd floor shack and putting the
amp and tuner in the basement, HOWEVER, I didn't catch my typo in the original
message.
I want to put the KAT 500 and KPA 500 in the basement and have the K3 in the
2nd floor shack.
How can I do this?
Good Evening,
A quick note about tomorrow's first net. Depending on how close
the contesters are around 14050 kHz there may or may not be a twenty
meter net. Listening today I heard quite a few on twenty, fifteen, and
ten meters. So if they all spread out I may get a frequency for the
John,
I guess my question is why would you want to? You're going to have coax
loss either way, and while you might get some benefit in having the
tuner and amp closer to the antenna, I'm not sure it'd be worth not
having the $2200 amp and $600 tuner in the shack.
73,
Scott, N9AA
On 5/27/12
Hey, can I ask what these knobs are? I'm pretty new to the K3 (thought
my K2 would be all I ever needed but boy was I wrong). :)
On Sat, 26 May 2012, Bob wrote:
Well Phil sold his pretty quickly so I'll put mine up with the same offer.
Original style set for the K3. $100 shipped.
As new
The weekly Elecraft SSB net will meet tomorrow (5/27/12) at 1800Z on 14.3035
MHz +/- QRM. I will be the net control station from Oregon. See you there.
73,
Phil, NS7P
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John:
I still think that the ATU and amplifier are things that you'd normally want to
keep nearby and in view in the radio room. It's more convenient there, you can
easily observe what's going on, you can turn them on and off easily. The
losses contributed by an extra 25' of quality coaxial
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