[Elecraft] K3 and K3_EZ
Having a slight problem with this. I can start the program, connect to the K3 OK and control things as expected. Problem iswhen I click on “Disconnect” it doesn’t respond and the program freezes. I then have to use CTRL/ALT/DELETE to bring up Task Manager to close the program. Running Win7 Pro 64 bit Any Tips please? Roger G0IUW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 and K3_EZ
Also try install of; http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/CDM/CDM%202.08.24%20WHQL%20Certified.zip amd64 folder will contain your 64 bit driver if you update the ftdi driver to locate this folder only. -Original Message- From: Adrian [mailto:vk4...@bigpond.com] Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2012 7:41 PM To: 'reliant...@talktalk.net' Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 and K3_EZ 1. Check whether you have turned on the windows feature of .NET Framework 3.5.1. Please go to Control Panel - Programs and Features - Turn Windows features on or off - Check the box next to Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1. 2. Use http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/pages/8999004.aspx Verification Tool to verify .Net Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.0SP2, 3.5 SP1. If .Net Framework cannot be verified on your computer, you can try to follow the steps mentioned in the following blog to repair them though this article is about vista. See: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/03/26/how-to-repair-the-net-framework-2-0-and-3-0-on-windows-vista.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/03/26/how-to-repair-the-net-framework-2-0-and-3-0-on-windows-vista.aspx -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of reliant...@talktalk.net Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2012 6:19 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and K3_EZ Having a slight problem with this. I can start the program, connect to the K3 OK and control things as expected. Problem iswhen I click on “Disconnect” it doesn’t respond and the program freezes. I then have to use CTRL/ALT/DELETE to bring up Task Manager to close the program. Running Win7 Pro 64 bit Any Tips please? Roger G0IUW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] On the off chance- looking for a KX3
Don't laugh, you never know unless you ask. I would like to buy a KX3, if you bought one and have had your fun and would now like to sell it, I will buy it, Paypal, money order whatever you like. Or how about a even swap for an as new TS-590S with the voice recorder. I am the original owner, it is just a couple weeks old. Great radio but I would rather have the KX3 to use as home and portable and just have one radio. 73 Tim NZ8J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] P3 swap towards KX3
Hi- I am interested in swapping my near new Elecraft P3 towards a KX3. A bare bones KX3 would be fine. I have used the P3 with both the K3 and the Orion II, works as it should. non smoking environment. Reply off list: dbper...@gmail.com 73 de Dave, K1OPQ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] W2 directional coupler N-connector
Thanks for all of the comments. I had an early experience in ham radio with satellites, AO-10 and AO-13, at frequencies 144, 430, 1.3 Ghz and 2.4 Ghz. Because of those frequencies N-connectors became a way of life. So I automatically think of N-connectors when I am working with those frequencies. If Elecraft offered the directional coupler with N-connectors, I would buy it and pay extra for the connectors. 73, Paul N7QOC On 8/7/12 11:18 AM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft e...@elecraft.com wrote: Please note that changing the connectors from SO-239s to N's will uncalibrate the W2's directional coupler as you go higher in frequency - especially on 432 MHz, leading to less accurate SWR indications. It may also affect wattmeter accuracy. We included additional compensation components in the coupler design to cancel the reluctance of the SO-239s, flattening the coupler's frequency response. 73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 8/7/2012 9:45 AM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Yes Paul, the connectors on the sending units are easily changed. All mine have been changed using kits from Morse Express that come with nicely-done interfacing plates to compensate for the pattern change. I've also changed the three antenna connectors on my K3 using these neat little kits. A caution ... take note of the TRANSMITTER and LOAD labels and the positioning of the cover. You have a 50-50 chance of reversing the labeling if you reverse the cover. The labeling is on the -cover- and not the unit itself. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 4:12 PM, pmu...@xmission.com wrote: I am considering a small EME station on 432 Mhz. I would like to __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] XG3 Question
After lugging my HP8640 up the stairs again last night (ugh) to act as a source for doing some feedline loss measurements I thought again about getting an XG3 for this purpose. I have an XG2 but its max output is only -73dBm. I downloaded the manual and looked at it and the schematics and realized there is no output filtering rather a square wave is emitted. So if used with a broadband power meter (like the PIC Power Meter) the PPM would receive not just the fundamental but the whole spectrum emitted by the XG3. So if used for loss measurements it would seem that a short bit of cable might allow the harmonics to contribute meaningfully to the received power yet a long cable would attenuate the higher harmonics to a greater degree and give an incorrect impression of the loss at say 7Mhz. Seems like this device is only useful then with a tuned receiving device. Do I have this correct? tnx jim ab3cv __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs K3
You should be able to find a K2 for sale used for roughly 2/3 (sometimes more, sometimes less) of the retail kit and included modules price. This discount probably reflects the fact that you really don't know how well it was originally built, but thankfully the K2 is fairly forgiving of variations in construction skill. If you do find one used, you should probably assume that some aspect of it will require a bit of troubleshooting/sleuthing to make exactly right. Frankly, I find this every bit as interesting and absorbing as actually operating, so your take on this might be a little bit different. Fortunately again, the K2 manual goes to lengths to show you the way when troubleshooting, and the reflector and Elecraft support itself will go to great lengths to help you out. If you do buy a used K2, be sure to ask if the Frequency counter probe and RF Probe, included in the original kit but frequently separated, are included. Chip AE5KA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] XG3 Question
Just realized that the K3 internal voltmeter might be of use since it is obviously frequency selective. I could put the XG3 (or better yet, the already owned XG2) at the far end of the line after calibrating it in the shack against the K3 then measure the signal on the K3 display and the line loss would be the difference of the two. I think I just saved some money! More to spend on QSLing! woo hoo!! jim ab3cv __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Battery Pack Connection Broke
Matt, I would cut the black wire off at the same point, then order 2 of the crimp pins and if you cannot get the old pins out of the housing, order a new housing too. See the KX1 manual for assembly of the housing. It makes no sense to me to replace the entire battery pack, you would just have to assemble it even with all new parts. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/8/2012 8:06 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: Hi there, I recently purchased a slightly used KX1. Went to use it in the field last week, and as I was popping in batteries to the internal pack, the red wire broke at the point at which it it is soldered to the little whit clip that connects to the transceiver. Can I easily replace the battery pack with a new one? 73, Matt, AC9BQ Sent from my iPhone __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Battery Pack Connection Broke
That sounds like a good idea. Just to be clear, the second set of crimp pins would plug into the first set, in the housing, thereby giving the leads enough space to bend when the back cover is opened and I'm replacing the batteries? ... Matt On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Matt, I would cut the black wire off at the same point, then order 2 of the crimp pins and if you cannot get the old pins out of the housing, order a new housing too. See the KX1 manual for assembly of the housing. It makes no sense to me to replace the entire battery pack, you would just have to assemble it even with all new parts. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/8/2012 8:06 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: Hi there, I recently purchased a slightly used KX1. Went to use it in the field last week, and as I was popping in batteries to the internal pack, the red wire broke at the point at which it it is soldered to the little whit clip that connects to the transceiver. Can I easily replace the battery pack with a new one? 73, Matt, AC9BQ Sent from my iPhone __**__**__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- matthancock.blogspot.com twitter.com/mwhancock ac9bq http://www.qrz.com/db/AC9BQ (773) 609-1697 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
Both K3 and KX3 can send CW via a software command. Is this feature useful for contesting? Does any contesting software support CW via command? This feature is especially important for KX3 where there is no possibility of keying via serial cable. Also for K3 if an interface does not allow for CTS/RTS, e.g., if one uses Microham StationMaster. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and-contesting-tp7560676.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?
Hey, Sort of off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has any positive experience using boost regulators fed from a lead acid battery to drive their K3? Specifically I'm wondering which models might be relatively free of emitted noise, are fairly efficient, and haven't messed up in a typical RF environment. I use solar panels to keep a flooded lead acid battery array charged, then run my ham stuff from that - but the battery voltage does sag lower than I'd like under transmit, dropping down to about 12.0 VDC, so I'd like to get it closer to 13.8 under load by using a boost regulator. Appreciate the bandwidth, and thanks in advance. 73, Bob, WB4SON __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?
http://stores.tgelectronics.org/Detail.bok?no=10 works quite well. I have two 50W Seimens PV modules feeding a charge controller, then to an Optima 75AH AGM. The Optima is the shack supply. Matt Zilmer Consultant - Product Management Dept. Magellan Navigation / MiTAC Digital Corp. Tel: (909) 394-6052 Cell: (909) 730-6552 Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:10 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3? Hey, Sort of off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has any positive experience using boost regulators fed from a lead acid battery to drive their K3? Specifically I'm wondering which models might be relatively free of emitted noise, are fairly efficient, and haven't messed up in a typical RF environment. I use solar panels to keep a flooded lead acid battery array charged, then run my ham stuff from that - but the battery voltage does sag lower than I'd like under transmit, dropping down to about 12.0 VDC, so I'd like to get it closer to 13.8 under load by using a boost regulator. Appreciate the bandwidth, and thanks in advance. 73, Bob, WB4SON __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?
I use a pair of Jacobs Accuvolts .. and they're pretty noisy on 6M (the lowest frequency in the rover). One of them is on all the time and lives in an RF-tight box with industrial filtered feedthroughs, the other is keyed by the sequencer for the low-band station so it's only enabled during transmit .. de w1rt/john On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Bob wb4...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, Sort of off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has any positive experience using boost regulators fed from a lead acid battery to drive their K3? Specifically I'm wondering which models might be relatively free of emitted noise, are fairly efficient, and haven't messed up in a typical RF environment. I use solar panels to keep a flooded lead acid battery array charged, then run my ham stuff from that - but the battery voltage does sag lower than I'd like under transmit, dropping down to about 12.0 VDC, so I'd like to get it closer to 13.8 under load by using a boost regulator. Appreciate the bandwidth, and thanks in advance. 73, Bob, WB4SON __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K1] No power out
Hi, I'm in Chapter 9, Alignment and Test, Part II. I've done the first set of voltage checks and the values are all good. Now I have moved on to Band 1 Alignment (40 meters). No position of L1, L2, L5 or L6 has any effect. The display continues to show P0.1. (Also tried Band 2 (20 meters) with the same result.) What steps should I take next? Thanks, Bob KD2UJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?
I have one of the tgelectronics boosters. It does what it says, but there is still a small amount of RFI that will get into a nearby antenna. The solution is to use the transmit sensing feature of the boost regulator, so that it is only active on transmit, and shuts off on receive - during which you don't need full voltage anyway. Chip AE5KA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Lulu discount (Fred Cady's book)
Keep pondering that KX3 tome, Fred ;-) Bill WK6A Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Cady, Fred fc...@ece.montana.edu wrote: Hi Dick, I have not made any updates to the book other than what is on the ke7x.com web site. I'm pondering a 2nd edition that would include the KPA500 and KAT500. Other than that, there haven't been any substantial changes in the K3 world. Well, maybe the P3 SVGA. Also pondering a KX3 tome but haven't gotten there yet. Cheers and 73, Fred -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dick Lindzen Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 2:47 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Lulu discount (Fred Cady's book) Are there updates to Fred's book? If so, how does one get them? 73, Dick WO1I At 04:40 PM 8/8/2012, Thomas Horsten wrote: Hi Dale, Sure about the code? I get: The code you entered is not valid Tried both upper and lower case. Seems like a dud to me. 73, Thomas M0TRN On 8 August 2012 18:58, Dale Boresz d...@lightstream.net wrote: For anyone interested in Fred Cady's excellent K3 book, Lulu is offering a 20% order-level discount on any order until August 10. (Promo Code: ASTOUND) See: http://www.lulu.com Fred's book: http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?type=keyWords=elecraft+k3x=9y=12 sitesearch=lulu.comq= 73, Dale WA8SRA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Battery Pack Connection Broke
Matt, If I understand you correctly, the answer is no, you would cut off the old crimp pins and solder the wires to the new ones. There is a diagram in the Final Assembly section of the manual. If (and only if) you have the proper crimping tool, you may crimp the leads instead of soldering, but very few have that tool. The leads must be short - there is not much extra space inside the KX1.- only about 1 1/2 inches should be free. When you remove the back to change the batteries, you would normally just remove the connector from the KX1 board. Many builders do not insert the crimp pins into the housing correctly. There are small tabs that must lock into the rectangular holes in the back of the housing. You must slide the crimp pins in with some pressure toward that side of the housing - there are slots on the inside of the housing where the flanges of the crimp pin slide. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 12:00 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: That sounds like a good idea. Just to be clear, the second set of crimp pins would plug into the first set, in the housing, thereby giving the leads enough space to bend when the back cover is opened and I'm replacing the batteries? ... Matt On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Matt, I would cut the black wire off at the same point, then order 2 of the crimp pins and if you cannot get the old pins out of the housing, order a new housing too. See the KX1 manual for assembly of the housing. It makes no sense to me to replace the entire battery pack, you would just have to assemble it even with all new parts. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/8/2012 8:06 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: Hi there, I recently purchased a slightly used KX1. Went to use it in the field last week, and as I was popping in batteries to the internal pack, the red wire broke at the point at which it it is soldered to the little whit clip that connects to the transceiver. Can I easily replace the battery pack with a new one? 73, Matt, AC9BQ Sent from my iPhone __**__**__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (8/5/12)
Hi Joe, Sorry to hear about the noise level. Can I recommend that you listen to the net and wait until Phil,NS7P (Net Control) asks if there are any relays. Put your call in there. Some of the noise on the frequency will have subsided by then as, at that point, most all check-ins will have been acknowledged. There are a lot of helpful guys on the net and someone will definitely help you get through. Just drop on in! 73, Terry, W0FM -Original Message- From: Joseph Carter [mailto:j...@case.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 2:01 PM To: Phillip Shepard Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (8/5/12) Bad news / good news. First the bad - while waiting for my KX3 I sold my other radios and bought a K3/100 and P3 which I just love - have been trying for the last 4 weeks to check in on Sunday but noise level here just too high! (sigh) and bad timing for me for the CW net - will keep trying. Good news, just received the e-mail from April and my KX3 will ship next week. Hope to catch you all eventually. I can't tell you how much I appreciate and have learned from this reflector. Best, 73 de Joe, w9jc __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Mobile installs
Try this doc on the Elecraft site: http://www.elecraft.com/manual/Rev1.2-KX3-Mobile-Owners.pdf Matt W6NIA -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 12:03 PM To: Elecraft Group Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Mobile installs I am interested in how people are doing their KX3 mobile Installs. I plan to use use my KX3 in my older Silverado and was curious about how people have theirs in the mobile configuration. I had my KX3 connected temporarily to a 20m ham stick and it really did awesome! The noise blanker was amazing. It eliminated all internal car generated noise. My goal is a modular install so I can remove my KX3 for portable operations. I would like to see any and all install configurations. Thanks, Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Mobile installs
Matthew, Thanks for forwarding the link. I have the KX3 installed temporarily and have been enjoying it with changing out ham sticks. I am looking forward to installing a Hi Q and a loop for 6m in my final installation. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Aug 9, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Matthew Zilmer mzil...@magellangps.com wrote: Try this doc on the Elecraft site: http://www.elecraft.com/manual/Rev1.2-KX3-Mobile-Owners.pdf Matt W6NIA -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 12:03 PM To: Elecraft Group Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Mobile installs I am interested in how people are doing their KX3 mobile Installs. I plan to use use my KX3 in my older Silverado and was curious about how people have theirs in the mobile configuration. I had my KX3 connected temporarily to a 20m ham stick and it really did awesome! The noise blanker was amazing. It eliminated all internal car generated noise. My goal is a modular install so I can remove my KX3 for portable operations. I would like to see any and all install configurations. Thanks, Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack
I have two furry family members who often visit me when I'm operating...and often come into the shack when I'm not there. Naturally, being cats, they climb all over the place including my operating position. Heres a tip: if you leave your radio on when you aren't present, engage Tx TEST to prevent accidental carrier transmission if they want to try out their fists on your keys. Sure, I could shut the station off, but I tend to cling to my old ways when I used hollow state gear (last rig before the K3 was a National NCX-3) and it required long warm-ups. -- 73 de Dick, ka1oz Elecraft K3/100(K) #859 G5RV Doublet Titan-DX Vertical __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
Does any contesting software support CW via command? No, and none of the big three are likely to do so as the KY command is not uniform across all brands and lacks the ability to determine buffer status or edit buffer contents. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/9/2012 12:01 PM, Ignacy wrote: Both K3 and KX3 can send CW via a software command. Is this feature useful for contesting? Does any contesting software support CW via command? This feature is especially important for KX3 where there is no possibility of keying via serial cable. Also for K3 if an interface does not allow for CTS/RTS, e.g., if one uses Microham StationMaster. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and-contesting-tp7560676.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?
Bob, Not sure why you'd need a boost regulator. The K3 is one of the very few HF transceivers that specifies it will work fine down to 11v. I've used mine for years from a 12v SLA with no problems at all. Use 100AH SLA(wheelchair battery) at home (use Powergate to charge/control voltage), so most of the time K3 supply is sitting at 13.8v. However, I often unplug AC when storms are near. I often forget to plug AC back in and the K3 runs on 12v for weeks of daily nets before I notice low input voltage. (Couple of hours a day at 100 watts tx, SSB). When camping with Boy Scouts, I usually use a 26AH SLA. Never had a problem with that either. However, I usually run around 40 watts power to help conserve energy. That's usually just a weekend. If you want to be able to run another brand transceiver from battery power, then, yes, you do need the boost regulator. Elecraft rocks! Oscar, WB5GCX On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Matthew Zilmer mzil...@magellangps.comwrote: http://stores.tgelectronics.org/Detail.bok?no=10 works quite well. I have two 50W Seimens PV modules feeding a charge controller, then to an Optima 75AH AGM. The Optima is the shack supply. Matt Zilmer Consultant - Product Management Dept. Magellan Navigation / MiTAC Digital Corp. Tel: (909) 394-6052 Cell: (909) 730-6552 Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:10 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3? Hey, Sort of off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has any positive experience using boost regulators fed from a lead acid battery to drive their K3? Specifically I'm wondering which models might be relatively free of emitted noise, are fairly efficient, and haven't messed up in a typical RF environment. I use solar panels to keep a flooded lead acid battery array charged, then run my ham stuff from that - but the battery voltage does sag lower than I'd like under transmit, dropping down to about 12.0 VDC, so I'd like to get it closer to 13.8 under load by using a boost regulator. Appreciate the bandwidth, and thanks in advance. 73, Bob, WB4SON __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K1] No power out
Bob, I believe you will need an RF Probe or a 'scope with a 10X probe to proceed. First step is to check to see if you have RF from the crystal - P1 pin 4 of the band board. Check on both bands. Assuming you do have RF from the crystal, the next step is to check for RF at P1 pin 6 - tune the Premixer inductors for maximum amplitude while probing that point. Once you have the PreMixer output, you can peak the RF Bandpass filter in receive - if you have a signal generator that is great, if not and you have another transmitter, feed that transmitter into a dummy load and put a pickup wire on the antenna connector of the K1. After you have the K1 receiving, then try transmit again and touch up the premixer and rf bandpass filters during transmit. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 12:26 PM, Bob Molloy wrote: Hi, I'm in Chapter 9, Alignment and Test, Part II. I've done the first set of voltage checks and the values are all good. Now I have moved on to Band 1 Alignment (40 meters). No position of L1, L2, L5 or L6 has any effect. The display continues to show P0.1. (Also tried Band 2 (20 meters) with the same result.) What steps should I take next? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Using the XV50 on 4 metres
I have recently modified an Elecraft XV50 external transverter for use on 4 metres and have prepared some notes on how I did it. These notes may be of interest to anyone who is licensed to operate on the 70 MHz band. http://www.g4dmp.co.uk/XV70mods.pdf 73 de G4DMP -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | David M Pratt, Kippax, Leeds. | | Website: http://www.g4dmp.co.uk | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?
I don't have a K3, I've used the TGE booster for an ICOM IC-7000 on the boat, and it wants the higher voltage for near full power transmit. As for the transmit sensing, yes the TGE I have has a BNC connector on it, and you would put a T in your coax to the antenna, and the boost regulator senses the RF voltage. Chip AE5KA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] DSP for K2
I have a K2 and recently tested a WMR Clrdsp unit and was very disappointed with the results. I think the unit was defective and I returned it. But I wanted to ask the list what outboard DSP units you might use and whether you think they're worth it or not. I have a hard time forking over $250 for the K2 internal DSP unit. I have the KAF2 installed and it's very effective, but I'd really like to get rid of some of that QRN that's always present on 40m. Thanks Steve --- Steve Roberts-W1SFR Sudbury, VT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
Who are the big three Joe? -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 1:43 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting Does any contesting software support CW via command? No, and none of the big three are likely to do so as the KY command is not uniform across all brands and lacks the ability to determine buffer status or edit buffer contents. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/9/2012 12:01 PM, Ignacy wrote: Both K3 and KX3 can send CW via a software command. Is this feature useful for contesting? Does any contesting software support CW via command? This feature is especially important for KX3 where there is no possibility of keying via serial cable. Also for K3 if an interface does not allow for CTS/RTS, e.g., if one uses Microham StationMaster. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and-con testing-tp7560676.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Rollup rubber keyboard
That's great Jim, I also noticed it very immune to rfi and easy to use. Hey if you spill your drink , coffee etc its no issue, wash it off and towel it down and keep going even if wet. Be great for field day/outside use/dxpeditions etc, the buttons respond well too. I ordered a spare, as they are such a good deal. Adrian ... vk4tux -Original Message- From: Jim Sheldon [mailto:w...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012 4:29 AM To: Adrian Subject: Rollup rubber keyboard Hi again Adrian, Postman just delivered that cute little rubber roll-up keyboard. Took exactly 30 seconds to fall in love with it. Also, even without any ferrites on it, no RF problems apparent even with the KPA500 running 600+ out on RTTY and the other one would lock up. I did pick up a whole bunch of type 31 snap on ferrites that are about 1.5 inches long and a couple of them killed the problem on the little silver KB. This rubber one is going to be great as I do a lot of the local hamfests as a demo guy for Elecraft, taking my own equipment and showing it off with a tripod mounted homebrew antenna. I usually wind up working some pretty decent DX on RTTY or CW during the demo's and I never run more than 5 watts out at a hamfest to make sure nobody gets an RF burn if they happen to grab the antenna while I'm transmitting. This roll-up KB has a much better feel than I really expected and is really easy to type on. I think I'll order 3 more of them to have one for each laptop and a spare if one fails. Thanks for the info. Jim - W0EB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?
Bob, I have a 75w GE solar panel outside, feeding a Morningstar Prostar 15M charge controller, and that feeds three 108ah AGM batteries in parallel. For several years I did not have any sort of boost regulator. Things worked pretty well, but the winters in northern California can bring days on end w/o enough sunshine to get the batteries up to full speed. Doing a lot of 100w QSO'ing will eventually run the battery voltage dow almost to the danger zone as far as the K3 is concerned. Two years ago the XYL bought me one of the TGE units: the N8XJK Boost Regulator, with the optional meter panel. Very, very cool. I run the output of the boost regulator into a West Mountain Radio Rig Runner 4008. Everything in the shack (K3, MFJ-259B, operating light) is powered through that distribution box. And with the addition of the Boost Regulator, I ALWAYS have 13.8 V going to each unit. When I first got the Boost Regulator, I noticed birdies all over many of the HF bands. I'd turn off the regulator and the birdies went away. I called TGE (can't remember the fellow's name, but he was very cordial) and explained the situation to him. He worked with me on the issue and the problem has been resolved. He replaced my Boost Regulator with one having much longer leads and supplied me with a handful of rather large ferrite cores. I wrapped the wires from the Boost Regulator through the ferrites several times and the birdies have disappeared. That was two years ago. I don't know if they've had any design changes in the mean time that deal with the birdies, or if one must still use the ferrites they supply. It would be worth a call to them to see what their current situation is regarding the birdie issue. You can use my name and call if that helps joggle his mind! If you opt to go with another vendor's booster (MFJ also sells one), check with other hams to see if they are having HF birdie issues. Anyway, I've been running my 100w station with solar panel / battery power for quite a few years - now that I've had a boost regulator, I would not want to be without one. After all, why make the K3 draw more current than necessary to have xxx amount of output power? :-) On Thursday, Aug 9, 2012, at Thursday, 9:10 AM, Bob wrote: Hey, Sort of off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has any positive experience using boost regulators fed from a lead acid battery to drive their K3? Specifically I'm wondering which models might be relatively free of emitted noise, are fairly efficient, and haven't messed up in a typical RF environment. I use solar panels to keep a flooded lead acid battery array charged, then run my ham stuff from that - but the battery voltage does sag lower than I'd like under transmit, dropping down to about 12.0 VDC, so I'd like to get it closer to 13.8 under load by using a boost regulator. Appreciate the bandwidth, and thanks in advance. 73, Bob, WB4SON __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
I've never done it, but can't N1MM be set up to send macro's to the K3 with its (N1MM's) function keys? I don't know if variable information can be sent that way. Probably easier just to make a keying interface ala the old days. 73, Fred KE7X Fred Cady The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration and Operation www.ke7x.com fcady at ieee dot org -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:43 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting Does any contesting software support CW via command? No, and none of the big three are likely to do so as the KY command is not uniform across all brands and lacks the ability to determine buffer status or edit buffer contents. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/9/2012 12:01 PM, Ignacy wrote: Both K3 and KX3 can send CW via a software command. Is this feature useful for contesting? Does any contesting software support CW via command? This feature is especially important for KX3 where there is no possibility of keying via serial cable. Also for K3 if an interface does not allow for CTS/RTS, e.g., if one uses Microham StationMaster. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and- contesting-tp7560676.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Rollup rubber keyboard
Get it here with free shipping Go to http://www.ebay.com.au/ Search for item 160745894556 -Original Message- From: Stephen Roberts [mailto:steve...@shoreham.net] Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012 5:49 AM To: Adrian Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rollup rubber keyboard I missed the link for this. Can you shoot that to me please? Steve On Aug 9, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Adrian wrote: That's great Jim, I also noticed it very immune to rfi and easy to use. Hey if you spill your drink , coffee etc its no issue, wash it off and towel it down and keep going even if wet. Be great for field day/outside use/dxpeditions etc, the buttons respond well too. I ordered a spare, as they are such a good deal. Adrian ... vk4tux -Original Message- From: Jim Sheldon [mailto:w...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012 4:29 AM To: Adrian Subject: Rollup rubber keyboard Hi again Adrian, Postman just delivered that cute little rubber roll-up keyboard. Took exactly 30 seconds to fall in love with it. Also, even without any ferrites on it, no RF problems apparent even with the KPA500 running 600+ out on RTTY and the other one would lock up. I did pick up a whole bunch of type 31 snap on ferrites that are about 1.5 inches long and a couple of them killed the problem on the little silver KB. This rubber one is going to be great as I do a lot of the local hamfests as a demo guy for Elecraft, taking my own equipment and showing it off with a tripod mounted homebrew antenna. I usually wind up working some pretty decent DX on RTTY or CW during the demo's and I never run more than 5 watts out at a hamfest to make sure nobody gets an RF burn if they happen to grab the antenna while I'm transmitting. This roll-up KB has a much better feel than I really expected and is really easy to type on. I think I'll order 3 more of them to have one for each laptop and a spare if one fails. Thanks for the info. Jim - W0EB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html --- Steve Roberts-W1SFR Sudbury, VT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
For Windows contesting packages, they are in seniority order, Writelog, N1MM Logger and Win-Test. There are several others that specialize in some areas - primarily a local language or support for a limited number of local contests - but the big three represent around 80% (my estimate) of total logs submitted using contest specific software. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/9/2012 3:21 PM, Rick Ruhl wrote: Who are the big three Joe? -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 1:43 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting Does any contesting software support CW via command? No, and none of the big three are likely to do so as the KY command is not uniform across all brands and lacks the ability to determine buffer status or edit buffer contents. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/9/2012 12:01 PM, Ignacy wrote: Both K3 and KX3 can send CW via a software command. Is this feature useful for contesting? Does any contesting software support CW via command? This feature is especially important for KX3 where there is no possibility of keying via serial cable. Also for K3 if an interface does not allow for CTS/RTS, e.g., if one uses Microham StationMaster. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and-con testing-tp7560676.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
Win-Test is my choice for contesting. In the latest contest I used my KX3 (novelty value and wanted to try a conetst in QRP), and I missed the automatic keying with DTR/CTS, but on the other hand had fun sending everything with the paddles. However, I think all of the programs you mention support the Win-Key keyer, which also uses serial port commands and has a protocol where you can query the buffer state and clear it. I think (and this would be one for Wayne to answer) that it would be easy enough to add a K(X)3 command in the firmware to allow you to query the buffer state and/or stop sending the remaining buffer. If so, it would be possible to add rig-controlled keying to these contest-loggers and/or write a generic Win-Key emulator that would present as a virtual serial port and handle the commands to the K(X)3. It would be great for the KX3 and even for the K3 as the CTS/DTR keying has a severe disadvantage in that Windows isn't a real-time operating system and sometimes the program will hang for a few milliseconds, resulting in a dit turning into a dah (or a pause), this could be avoided entirely by having the rig control the timing (as with the Win-Keyer). Wayne is probably extremely busy with KX3 stuff at the moment but an entry on the TODO/IDEAS list would be appreciated ;) 73, Thomas M0TRN On 9 August 2012 21:14, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote: For Windows contesting packages, they are in seniority order, Writelog, N1MM Logger and Win-Test. There are several others that specialize in some areas - primarily a local language or support for a limited number of local contests - but the big three represent around 80% (my estimate) of total logs submitted using contest specific software. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boostregulators with K3?
I don't use a booster either. I run from solar charged RV battery at the cabin. when I see that the voltage is getting low (below 12V) I reduce power to 50W and at 11V I go to bed. The trick here is short heavy supply cables. I have about 6 feet of 10 AWG with a 12 inch 12AWG jumper at the rig. I found that the 10AWG into the rig was to stiff and would pull out if things were moved. except for only once on PSK that I think was a problem at his end not mine, I have never had complaints of splatter or degraded audio even when the voltage aproaches 11V. David Moes VE3DVY Bob, Not sure why you'd need a boost regulator. The K3 is one of the very few HF transceivers that specifies it will work fine down to 11v. I've used mine for years from a 12v SLA with no problems at all. Use 100AH SLA(wheelchair battery) at home (use Powergate to charge/control voltage), so most of the time K3 supply is sitting at 13.8v. However, I often unplug AC when storms are near. I often forget to plug AC back in and the K3 runs on 12v for weeks of daily nets before I notice low input voltage. (Couple of hours a day at 100 watts tx, SSB). When camping with Boy Scouts, I usually use a 26AH SLA. Never had a problem with that either. However, I usually run around 40 watts power to help conserve energy. That's usually just a weekend. If you want to be able to run another brand transceiver from battery power, then, yes, you do need the boost regulator. Elecraft rocks! Oscar, WB5GCX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
N1MM Logger, Win-Test and Writelog. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 8/9/2012 3:21 PM, Rick Ruhl wrote: Who are the big three Joe? -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 1:43 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting Does any contesting software support CW via command? No, and none of the big three are likely to do so as the KY command is not uniform across all brands and lacks the ability to determine buffer status or edit buffer contents. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/9/2012 12:01 PM, Ignacy wrote: Both K3 and KX3 can send CW via a software command. Is this feature useful for contesting? Does any contesting software support CW via command? This feature is especially important for KX3 where there is no possibility of keying via serial cable. Also for K3 if an interface does not allow for CTS/RTS, e.g., if one uses Microham StationMaster. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and-con testing-tp7560676.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Rollup rubber keyboard
I had purchased one of these following Adrian's recommendation. It is very inexpensive (about $8) and delivery was only 10 days. When the package arrives from Hong Kong it is deceiving small and light weight. The way it rolls up tight but instantly lies flat is really cool. Here's the current eBay link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/160745894556?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Its feel is decent but for my very light touch I found it missing characters. It probably would take me a few sessions of keyboard practice to be fully comfortable with it. I did not do any RF testing but it's good to know that others have. I also purchased another keyboard on Amazon which was also inexpensive (about $10) if you take advantage of the free shipping by buying other items to bring your total over $25. This non-flexible keyboard is a little smaller than the eBay keyboard and has the same feel as any conventional desktop PC keyboard. I have not done any RF testing with it. Here's the current Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041A5OGA/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01 Both keyboards provided full access to all of the new data features of the P3/SVGA external keyboard input. Although I think I had trouble finding one of the special keys on the Amazon keyboard that is used for the special CW characters shown at the bottom of the DATA screen. I didn't consider this a deal breaker. 73, Mike K2MK vk4tux wrote Get it here with free shipping Go to http://www.ebay.com.au/ Search for item 160745894556 -Original Message- From: Stephen Roberts [mailto:steverob@] Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012 5:49 AM To: Adrian Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rollup rubber keyboard I missed the link for this. Can you shoot that to me please? Steve On Aug 9, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Adrian wrote: That's great Jim, I also noticed it very immune to rfi and easy to use. Hey if you spill your drink , coffee etc its no issue, wash it off and towel it down and keep going even if wet. Be great for field day/outside use/dxpeditions etc, the buttons respond well too. I ordered a spare, as they are such a good deal. Adrian ... vk4tux -Original Message- From: Jim Sheldon [mailto:w0eb@] Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012 4:29 AM To: Adrian Subject: Rollup rubber keyboard Hi again Adrian, Postman just delivered that cute little rubber roll-up keyboard. Took exactly 30 seconds to fall in love with it. Also, even without any ferrites on it, no RF problems apparent even with the KPA500 running 600+ out on RTTY and the other one would lock up. I did pick up a whole bunch of type 31 snap on ferrites that are about 1.5 inches long and a couple of them killed the problem on the little silver KB. This rubber one is going to be great as I do a lot of the local hamfests as a demo guy for Elecraft, taking my own equipment and showing it off with a tripod mounted homebrew antenna. I usually wind up working some pretty decent DX on RTTY or CW during the demo's and I never run more than 5 watts out at a hamfest to make sure nobody gets an RF burn if they happen to grab the antenna while I'm transmitting. This roll-up KB has a much better feel than I really expected and is really easy to type on. I think I'll order 3 more of them to have one for each laptop and a spare if one fails. Thanks for the info. Jim - W0EB -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Re-Rollup-rubber-keyboard-tp7560696p7560704.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Rollup rubber keyboard
I tried one of these (probably not the same brand) several years ago in conjunction with a mini-notebook for doing digital modes in the field. It produced horrible RFI for me so I eventually gave it away. I guess it's a YMMV type of deal. Tim On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Adrian vk4...@bigpond.com wrote: That's great Jim, I also noticed it very immune to rfi and easy to use. Hey if you spill your drink , coffee etc its no issue, wash it off and towel it down and keep going even if wet. Be great for field day/outside use/dxpeditions etc, the buttons respond well too. I ordered a spare, as they are such a good deal. Adrian ... vk4tux -Original Message- From: Jim Sheldon [mailto:w...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012 4:29 AM To: Adrian Subject: Rollup rubber keyboard Hi again Adrian, Postman just delivered that cute little rubber roll-up keyboard. Took exactly 30 seconds to fall in love with it. Also, even without any ferrites on it, no RF problems apparent even with the KPA500 running 600+ out on RTTY and the other one would lock up. I did pick up a whole bunch of type 31 snap on ferrites that are about 1.5 inches long and a couple of them killed the problem on the little silver KB. This rubber one is going to be great as I do a lot of the local hamfests as a demo guy for Elecraft, taking my own equipment and showing it off with a tripod mounted homebrew antenna. I usually wind up working some pretty decent DX on RTTY or CW during the demo's and I never run more than 5 watts out at a hamfest to make sure nobody gets an RF burn if they happen to grab the antenna while I'm transmitting. This roll-up KB has a much better feel than I really expected and is really easy to type on. I think I'll order 3 more of them to have one for each laptop and a spare if one fails. Thanks for the info. Jim - W0EB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- --- Owner, worldwidedx.com AE6LX, Amateur Radio NNN0ITA, Navy MARS NNN0GAF FOUR, Southern CA Director Assistant for Training, Navy MARS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K3] PSK31 Problem
When I transmit my buffer I am told that the first four characters of the first word in the string are not being transmitted. The string on my K3 display shows that all characters are scrolling correctly. I went into the setup screen and changed the timeout from 0 to 3000 thinking that would cure this problem, but it appears not to have corrected it. What would cause the first word to be shortened, and what might be the cure? Also, when I go from one data mode to another the cursor can change several Khz up or down from the center frequency. I am sometimes able to get it back to center if I change the mark and space pairs with the PITCH control. Once the cursor is centered I can go to other data modes and it stays near the center line. I am new to the data modes so I must not be doing something right. Any help to enlighten me would be appreciated. Roy Morris W4WFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Battery Pack Connection Broke
Got it. Bottom line is, even after cutting and adding the new crimp pins, I'll have enough wire to open the back. Will make sure to disconnect the connector from the board when opening up in the future! ... Matt Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Matt, If I understand you correctly, the answer is no, you would cut off the old crimp pins and solder the wires to the new ones. There is a diagram in the Final Assembly section of the manual. If (and only if) you have the proper crimping tool, you may crimp the leads instead of soldering, but very few have that tool. The leads must be short - there is not much extra space inside the KX1.- only about 1 1/2 inches should be free. When you remove the back to change the batteries, you would normally just remove the connector from the KX1 board. Many builders do not insert the crimp pins into the housing correctly. There are small tabs that must lock into the rectangular holes in the back of the housing. You must slide the crimp pins in with some pressure toward that side of the housing - there are slots on the inside of the housing where the flanges of the crimp pin slide. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 12:00 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: That sounds like a good idea. Just to be clear, the second set of crimp pins would plug into the first set, in the housing, thereby giving the leads enough space to bend when the back cover is opened and I'm replacing the batteries? ... Matt On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Matt, I would cut the black wire off at the same point, then order 2 of the crimp pins and if you cannot get the old pins out of the housing, order a new housing too. See the KX1 manual for assembly of the housing. It makes no sense to me to replace the entire battery pack, you would just have to assemble it even with all new parts. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/8/2012 8:06 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: Hi there, I recently purchased a slightly used KX1. Went to use it in the field last week, and as I was popping in batteries to the internal pack, the red wire broke at the point at which it it is soldered to the little whit clip that connects to the transceiver. Can I easily replace the battery pack with a new one? 73, Matt, AC9BQ Sent from my iPhone __**__**__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] PSK31 Problem
Roy, On the missing letters, all I can think of is perhaps it is power-hunting -starting low and eventually going higher (the receiving station may not hear the weaker initial signal) The way to prevent power hunting is to ignore the advice commonly given set the power level to maximum and adjust the audio to control the desired power output - that does NOT work for the K2, the K3 or the KX3. Adjust the audio level on the K3 to produce 4 bars solid with the 5th bar solid on the K3 ALC display. Use the power knob to set the desired power level. On the second item, refresh your information on how the K3 does data modes vs. frequency display. Data A will show you the carrier frequency, and the frequency on the waterfall is actually that carrier frequency plus (minus for LSB) the audio pitch sent by your software application - even though many applications show the actual frequency of the signal, that is only because of the calculations done by that software. Now move on to AFSK - the frequency displayed by the K3 depends on the shift setting in the K3 menu - the frequency displayed will be the mark frequency (consistent with MMTTY, but different than clicking on an RTTY signal on the waterfall in DATA A submode. PSK D will show you the actual frequency of the PSK31 signal (similar to the carrier plus [minus] audio frequency seen in DATA A, and FSK D will show you the actual mark frequency. That is explained (in different words) in the K3 manual. Have great fun with data modes, they are great once you get things set up right and become familiar with whatever turns out to be your favorite software applications. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 6:06 PM, Roy Morris wrote: When I transmit my buffer I am told that the first four characters of the first word in the string are not being transmitted. The string on my K3 display shows that all characters are scrolling correctly. I went into the setup screen and changed the timeout from 0 to 3000 thinking that would cure this problem, but it appears not to have corrected it. What would cause the first word to be shortened, and what might be the cure? Also, when I go from one data mode to another the cursor can change several Khz up or down from the center frequency. I am sometimes able to get it back to center if I change the mark and space pairs with the PITCH control. Once the cursor is centered I can go to other data modes and it stays near the center line. I am new to the data modes so I must not be doing something right. Any help to enlighten me would be appreciated. Roy Morris W4WFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Rollup rubber keyboard
I had one and while it didn't produce RFI, it was very sensitive to 160/80 meter RF. In fact, I wasn't able to tame it with any practical amount of ferrite when running high power. But as Tim says, you won't know until you try. On 8/9/2012 2:35 PM, Tim Tucker wrote: I tried one of these (probably not the same brand) several years ago in conjunction with a mini-notebook for doing digital modes in the field. It produced horrible RFI for me so I eventually gave it away. I guess it's a YMMV type of deal. Tim On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Adrian vk4...@bigpond.com wrote: That's great Jim, I also noticed it very immune to rfi and easy to use. Hey if you spill your drink , coffee etc its no issue, wash it off and towel it down and keep going even if wet. Be great for field day/outside use/dxpeditions etc, the buttons respond well too. I ordered a spare, as they are such a good deal. Adrian ... vk4tux -Original Message- From: Jim Sheldon [mailto:w...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012 4:29 AM To: Adrian Subject: Rollup rubber keyboard Hi again Adrian, Postman just delivered that cute little rubber roll-up keyboard. Took exactly 30 seconds to fall in love with it. Also, even without any ferrites on it, no RF problems apparent even with the KPA500 running 600+ out on RTTY and the other one would lock up. I did pick up a whole bunch of type 31 snap on ferrites that are about 1.5 inches long and a couple of them killed the problem on the little silver KB. This rubber one is going to be great as I do a lot of the local hamfests as a demo guy for Elecraft, taking my own equipment and showing it off with a tripod mounted homebrew antenna. I usually wind up working some pretty decent DX on RTTY or CW during the demo's and I never run more than 5 watts out at a hamfest to make sure nobody gets an RF burn if they happen to grab the antenna while I'm transmitting. This roll-up KB has a much better feel than I really expected and is really easy to type on. I think I'll order 3 more of them to have one for each laptop and a spare if one fails. Thanks for the info. Jim - W0EB -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Battery Pack Connection Broke
Matt, If your wire leads are more than 1.5 inches long, the original builder did not dress the wires under the battery holders correctly. refer to the manual instructions for the battery holder installation for the proper way to route the battery wires. Properly routed, the connector pulls off when you remove the back cover, and it is easy to put back on its mating connector after you change the batteries. If the wires are not routed properly, you have to fuss with them every time you remove/replace the back cover. Yes,many builders have trouble with not only the proper installation of the crimp pins, but also the routing of the battery wires. My method is to mount the right battery holder, then push its red wire under the holder (up to the point where the heat-shrink has been added), then hold the black wire from the left battery holder under the holder in approximately the correct position and fasten that holder loosely with the screw closest to the edge of the cover. Now, you can fiddle with the wires - the black one from the right holder is routed around the corner of the holder - that is usually not a problem. The black wire from the right holder is routed outside the black wire from the left one, and goes behind the mounting foot projection - you can lift the edge of the battery holder a bit and slide a thin screwdriver point in to position that wire. The short red wire from the left holder goes under the holder and behind the round tab, exiting the battery holder about the same place as the black wire. Look at the diagram in the manual. If your wires are not routed like that, I strongly recommend you arrange then that way - they will give you fewer problems in the future. On 8/9/2012 6:25 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: Got it. Bottom line is, even after cutting and adding the new crimp pins, I'll have enough wire to open the back. Will make sure to disconnect the connector from the board when opening up in the future! ... Matt Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Matt, If I understand you correctly, the answer is no, you would cut off the old crimp pins and solder the wires to the new ones. There is a diagram in the Final Assembly section of the manual. If (and only if) you have the proper crimping tool, you may crimp the leads instead of soldering, but very few have that tool. The leads must be short - there is not much extra space inside the KX1.- only about 1 1/2 inches should be free. When you remove the back to change the batteries, you would normally just remove the connector from the KX1 board. Many builders do not insert the crimp pins into the housing correctly. There are small tabs that must lock into the rectangular holes in the back of the housing. You must slide the crimp pins in with some pressure toward that side of the housing - there are slots on the inside of the housing where the flanges of the crimp pin slide. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 12:00 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: That sounds like a good idea. Just to be clear, the second set of crimp pins would plug into the first set, in the housing, thereby giving the leads enough space to bend when the back cover is opened and I'm replacing the batteries? ... Matt On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Matt, I would cut the black wire off at the same point, then order 2 of the crimp pins and if you cannot get the old pins out of the housing, order a new housing too. See the KX1 manual for assembly of the housing. It makes no sense to me to replace the entire battery pack, you would just have to assemble it even with all new parts. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/8/2012 8:06 PM, Matt Hancock wrote: Hi there, I recently purchased a slightly used KX1. Went to use it in the field last week, and as I was popping in batteries to the internal pack, the red wire broke at the point at which it it is soldered to the little whit clip that connects to the transceiver. Can I easily replace the battery pack with a new one? 73, Matt, AC9BQ Sent from my iPhone __**__**__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] PSK31 Problem
Meant to say 5th bar flickering. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 6:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Roy, On the missing letters, all I can think of is perhaps it is power-hunting -starting low and eventually going higher (the receiving station may not hear the weaker initial signal) The way to prevent power hunting is to ignore the advice commonly given set the power level to maximum and adjust the audio to control the desired power output - that does NOT work for the K2, the K3 or the KX3. Adjust the audio level on the K3 to produce 4 bars solid with the 5th bar solid on the K3 ALC display. Use the power knob to set the desired power level. On the second item, refresh your information on how the K3 does data modes vs. frequency display. Data A will show you the carrier frequency, and the frequency on the waterfall is actually that carrier frequency plus (minus for LSB) the audio pitch sent by your software application - even though many applications show the actual frequency of the signal, that is only because of the calculations done by that software. Now move on to AFSK - the frequency displayed by the K3 depends on the shift setting in the K3 menu - the frequency displayed will be the mark frequency (consistent with MMTTY, but different than clicking on an RTTY signal on the waterfall in DATA A submode. PSK D will show you the actual frequency of the PSK31 signal (similar to the carrier plus [minus] audio frequency seen in DATA A, and FSK D will show you the actual mark frequency. That is explained (in different words) in the K3 manual. Have great fun with data modes, they are great once you get things set up right and become familiar with whatever turns out to be your favorite software applications. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 6:06 PM, Roy Morris wrote: When I transmit my buffer I am told that the first four characters of the first word in the string are not being transmitted. The string on my K3 display shows that all characters are scrolling correctly. I went into the setup screen and changed the timeout from 0 to 3000 thinking that would cure this problem, but it appears not to have corrected it. What would cause the first word to be shortened, and what might be the cure? Also, when I go from one data mode to another the cursor can change several Khz up or down from the center frequency. I am sometimes able to get it back to center if I change the mark and space pairs with the PITCH control. Once the cursor is centered I can go to other data modes and it stays near the center line. I am new to the data modes so I must not be doing something right. Any help to enlighten me would be appreciated. Roy Morris W4WFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Battery Pack Connection Broke
Matt, if you look at the connector, you'll see that there is a little locking tab on the side of the connector opposite the ears. If you press down on the tab so it no longer hits the connector housing, then push back, you should be able to remove the old female connectors easily. I've done that and, with careful soldering, salvaged the existing connectors to attach to new wires. When you reinsert the connectors in the housing, be sure those springy locking tabs pop up to positively lock each connector in the housing. If they won't insert far enough, it's certain you have too much solder on the connection. My KX1 has the stock battery wire length and I have plenty of room to open the back and lay it end-to-end next to the front panel to change batteries without even disconnecting the battery cable, although unplugging it and replacing it is no problem at all. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matt Hancock Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 3:26 PM To: d...@w3fpr.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Battery Pack Connection Broke Got it. Bottom line is, even after cutting and adding the new crimp pins, I'll have enough wire to open the back. Will make sure to disconnect the connector from the board when opening up in the future! ... Matt Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Matt, If I understand you correctly, the answer is no, you would cut off the old crimp pins and solder the wires to the new ones. There is a diagram in the Final Assembly section of the manual. If (and only if) you have the proper crimping tool, you may crimp the leads instead of soldering, but very few have that tool. The leads must be short - there is not much extra space inside the KX1.- only about 1 1/2 inches should be free. When you remove the back to change the batteries, you would normally just remove the connector from the KX1 board. Many builders do not insert the crimp pins into the housing correctly. There are small tabs that must lock into the rectangular holes in the back of the housing. You must slide the crimp pins in with some pressure toward that side of the housing - there are slots on the inside of the housing where the flanges of the crimp pin slide. 73, __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Battery Pack Connection Broke
Of course, Ron is correct, those crimp pins can be removed from the housing, but I have seen many that had the crimp pins mangled so neither the crimp pins nor the housing were able to be salvaged. As far as removing the back without popping the connector, yes, it can be done, but the connector is so easy to put back on, and it takes a lot of care to keep it connected, I just simplify and remove the connector when the back is removed. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 6:53 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Matt, if you look at the connector, you'll see that there is a little locking tab on the side of the connector opposite the ears. If you press down on the tab so it no longer hits the connector housing, then push back, you should be able to remove the old female connectors easily. I've done that and, with careful soldering, salvaged the existing connectors to attach to new wires. When you reinsert the connectors in the housing, be sure those springy locking tabs pop up to positively lock each connector in the housing. If they won't insert far enough, it's certain you have too much solder on the connection. My KX1 has the stock battery wire length and I have plenty of room to open the back and lay it end-to-end next to the front panel to change batteries without even disconnecting the battery cable, although unplugging it and replacing it is no problem at all. 73, Ron AC7AC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack
Excellent suggestion, Dick. Such events, along with a person setting something of the operating desk that bumps the paddles, is one of the major causes of ditters. Not only are they annoying, a Ham in the USA is committing a serious Federal offense by allowing transmissions not under his/her personal control. (As an O.T. myself, one of the few old things I enjoy breaking are old habits, Hi) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I have two furry family members who often visit me when I'm operating...and often come into the shack when I'm not there. Naturally, being cats, they climb all over the place including my operating position. Heres a tip: if you leave your radio on when you aren't present, engage Tx TEST to prevent accidental carrier transmission if they want to try out their fists on your keys. Sure, I could shut the station off, but I tend to cling to my old ways when I used hollow state gear (last rig before the K3 was a National NCX-3) and it required long warm-ups. -- 73 de Dick, ka1oz Elecraft K3/100(K) #859 G5RV Doublet Titan-DX Vertical __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] PSK31 Problem
Hi Roy, Until you find the issue sending four dots before the message may help, i.e. cqdx etc, such that the rxer sees cqdx at least. Yes the setup delay holds tx for that period at the end of tx input and does not provide a lead. The only suggestion I have is increasing : CONFIG:TX DLY.value, and/or Using a P3SVGA data tx method other than vox for psk31, where a enter or cntrl key sends the stored text entered.. Adrian ... vk4tux -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-PSK31-Problem-tp7560706p7560713.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack
TX TEST works great for the K3, but there is no equal on the K2. I would suggest for the K2, tap the mode button to put it into SSB of RTTY mode - especially if you use PTT and not VOX. If the dot paddle is closed, yes, it will go into transmit, but there will be no audio to produce a signal unless the cat purrs into the microphone. For the KX3, there is mo TX TEST, so there too, I recommend setting the mode to SSB. Actually, the best prevention is to arrange your station antenna switching to connect a dummy load - then when you leave the operating position, just switch the antenna to the dummy load position and be done with it - no worries. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 7:11 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Excellent suggestion, Dick. Such events, along with a person setting something of the operating desk that bumps the paddles, is one of the major causes of ditters. Not only are they annoying, a Ham in the USA is committing a serious Federal offense by allowing transmissions not under his/her personal control. (As an O.T. myself, one of the few old things I enjoy breaking are old habits, Hi) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I have two furry family members who often visit me when I'm operating...and often come into the shack when I'm not there. Naturally, being cats, they climb all over the place including my operating position. Heres a tip: if you leave your radio on when you aren't present, engage Tx TEST to prevent accidental carrier transmission if they want to try out their fists on your keys. Sure, I could shut the station off, but I tend to cling to my old ways when I used hollow state gear (last rig before the K3 was a National NCX-3) and it required long warm-ups. -- 73 de Dick, ka1oz Elecraft K3/100(K) #859 G5RV Doublet Titan-DX Vertical __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] 100 watt amp for KX3
Any news of the timing for the 100 watt amp for the KX3? I don't see it on the list of things to come. Sorry if I missed any announcements. 73, Dick, K5SHT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 100 watt amp for KX3
Dick, The latest information that I can recall said end of the year. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/9/2012 7:32 PM, Richard Pongratz wrote: Any news of the timing for the 100 watt amp for the KX3? I don't see it on the list of things to come. Sorry if I missed any announcements. 73, Dick, K5SHT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] PSK31 Problem
Roy, I have had a similar problem with characters missing from the beginning of a transmission. Don is right that the radio is power hunting (I call it spooling up). The way I have solved mine was I have used the K3 utility program and page 49 of the current K3 manual and redid the 'Transmitter Gain' then proceeded to do the rest of the steps as Don points out with ALC adjust in transmit TEST mode, then all was fine. Michael N8NOC On Aug 9, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Roy Morris wrote: When I transmit my buffer I am told that the first four characters of the first word in the string are not being transmitted. The string on my K3 display shows that all characters are scrolling correctly. I went into the setup screen and changed the timeout from 0 to 3000 thinking that would cure this problem, but it appears not to have corrected it. What would cause the first word to be shortened, and what might be the cure? Also, when I go from one data mode to another the cursor can change several Khz up or down from the center frequency. I am sometimes able to get it back to center if I change the mark and space pairs with the PITCH control. Once the cursor is centered I can go to other data modes and it stays near the center line. I am new to the data modes so I must not be doing something right. Any help to enlighten me would be appreciated. Roy Morris W4WFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack
On 8/9/2012 4:31 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Actually, the best prevention is to arrange your station antenna switching to connect a dummy load - then when you leave the operating position, just switch the antenna to the dummy load position and be done with it - no worries. My operation is mostly PSK31 and SSB. My tsble microphone has a disable switch that neuters the PTT function, and my digital setup is fail safe with no signal. Everyone's setup is different. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB question.
I agree with Jim, KL7CC. I recently completed the KSB2 module for my K2 (S/N 5995) and I also use a Kenwood MC-43 hand mic. I even received unsolicited positive comments on my TX audio quality in a recent SSB contest that I participated in. I believe that there may have been some issues with SSB audio in the earlier days of the K2 but those have been long resolved. I also have a K1 and I can say without hesitation that the K1 is a great little radio but the K2 receiver is truly amazing in comparison. In spite of the fact that the K2 design is almost 15 years old, its RX performance still ranks up there with radios costing nearly 10 times as much. If you can build a K1 you can build a K2, it just requires some patience. As KL7CC said the nice thing is that you can build a basic K2 and add on options over time. Michael VE3WMB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
I used RUMped during Field Day this year via the KX3USB and my MacBookAir on CW. It worked very well. 73 de George, AB4FH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] PSK31 Problem
Ok On the power hunt stuff. In the 14v days I always had issue with power level as described, despite many many many tx power calibrations. Since running the K3 at 15v there has been no misbehaviour. My theory is the current sensor playing up at the lower voltage. Adrian ... vk4tux -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-PSK31-Problem-tp7560706p7560720.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Lightning damage here
I am currently computer handicapped because of a nearby lightning strike last evening. I think I have accessed the damage, but there may be more to be revealed once more devices come on-line. It seems the damage propagated via the wired Ethernet connections - I lost 3 (maybe 4) computers on my home network, a router, 2 network switches and the NAS file server. Fortunately, the file server (which contains all backup data) only lost the Ethernet connect capability - the files are still intact. What I am saying is that I will be limping along until the equipment I ordered comes in and can be placed in service. So if you send me email and do not get a prompt response, it may be because my P-P network is in the process of being updated. I expect it will be mid-next-week before I have everything up and running again. NO damage to any of the ham gear, and I attribute that to a good grounding system coupled with having all the radio gear connected to dummy loads during the disturbance. 73, Don W3FPR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Any good experience/recommendations with boost regulators with K3?
Bob, I've successfully used a MFJ-4416B boost regulator with my K2 and K3. I started using it with my K2 as after 3 or so hours on a 40 AH battery I would start getting reports of distorted audio on phone. With the booster I could get another hour or two out of the battery. After I purchased a K3 I used it with it as well. Somewhere along the line I also purchased a 70 AH battery and the booster worked well with that also. I never received any reports of noise on my audio with the booster in use and did not find any noise or unusual birdies from the booster. Not to say it is a clean unit, just that I never had any reason to suspect it was generating RF noise. If you purchase the MFJ-4416 be sure you get the B version. The previous version would sometimes blow an internal fuse if you double clutched the PTT within 3-4 seconds of each other. I think MFJ is only selling the B version but there could be other versions on the used market. Take pride in the USA. 73 Jim, W0EM Sort of off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has any positive experience using boost regulators fed from a lead acid battery to drive their K3? 73, Bob, WB4SON __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Lightning damage here
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: a nearby lightning strike last evening That is a bummer, Don. Lightning can make its way throughout the house by various evil means. A few years ago a strike hit a tree across the street, traveled across the crown of nearby trees to our roof, thence into the house wiring and fried a TV set, the lawn-sprinkler system, the microwave, the sound card in my son's laptop, the display on my FT-1000MP, and my 2M/440 base-station radio. If it wants to get you, it will. Good luck getting things back to normal. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack
But my friends have pasted their test. With multiple question test, their score was all over 70%. (They were allowed to meow their answers) ;-) a 'kosher ham' Robert -Original Message- From: Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 16:11:17 To: ka...@arrl.net; 'Elecraft Reflector'elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack Excellent suggestion, Dick. Such events, along with a person setting something of the operating desk that bumps the paddles, is one of the major causes of ditters. Not only are they annoying, a Ham in the USA is committing a serious Federal offense by allowing transmissions not under his/her personal control. (As an O.T. myself, one of the few old things I enjoy breaking are old habits, Hi) 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I have two furry family members who often visit me when I'm operating...and often come into the shack when I'm not there. Naturally, being cats, they climb all over the place including my operating position. Heres a tip: if you leave your radio on when you aren't present, engage Tx TEST to prevent accidental carrier transmission if they want to try out their fists on your keys. Sure, I could shut the station off, but I tend to cling to my old ways when I used hollow state gear (last rig before the K3 was a National NCX-3) and it required long warm-ups. -- 73 de Dick, ka1oz Elecraft K3/100(K) #859 G5RV Doublet Titan-DX Vertical __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] splash
OK... I give up... How do I set the splash ... I want my name or call to show at start up Cant seam to do it... hahaha Scott K3 5876 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
My reply didn't get attached to this thread, so I will try again. Yes, there is a logging program that uses the serial port of the KX3 via software CW. I used RUMped very successfully during Field Day this year on my KX3 #151. I connected to it via the KXUSB cable to my 2011 MacBook Air. I can recommend RUMped as a contesting app to anyone running OSX. 73 de George, AB4FH -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and-contesting-tp7560676p7560725.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] {K3 KX3} Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
While not one of the Big Three, CQ/X - GPS Enabled Software for Mobile Contesting (www.no5w.com) supports the use of KY keying, in addition to WinKey keying. 73/Chuck/NO5W __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
Rumlog and rumped both work well, but Rumped is contest oriented. 73, Scott aa0aa Enviado desde mi oficina móvil BlackBerry® de Telcel -Original Message- From: GOBrien gobrie...@charter.net Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 19:36:23 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting My reply didn't get attached to this thread, so I will try again. Yes, there is a logging program that uses the serial port of the KX3 via software CW. I used RUMped very successfully during Field Day this year on my KX3 #151. I connected to it via the KXUSB cable to my 2011 MacBook Air. I can recommend RUMped as a contesting app to anyone running OSX. 73 de George, AB4FH -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and-contesting-tp7560676p7560725.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] splash
Scott, Using the K3 Utility on your pc use the 'configuration' tab. Use 'edit power on banner'. Good luck 73 Joe K2UF No trees were harmed in the sending of this e-mail; however, many electrons were inconvenienced. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Scott Dunlavey Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 10:30 PM To: elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] splash OK... I give up... How do I set the splash ... I want my name or call to show at start up Cant seam to do it... hahaha Scott K3 5876 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] splash
This is a great feature. I placed my callsign and phone number on the bootup splash msg etc. This is very useful if your beloved K3 gets stolen (prove ownership), lost or otherwise missing. Adrian ... vk4tux -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/splash-tp7560727p7560731.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack
On 12-08-09 07:31 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: TX TEST works great for the K3, but there is no equal on the K2. On a K2 you can put the unit in CW test mode or switch from VOX to PTT when in SSB mode. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] OT: covers vs cases
It's suprising the number of folks who refer to cover or dust cover when they actually mean a carrying case or carrying bag! The same appears to be true when referring to a case. Many actually mean the dust cover that sets atop a rig on the desk. This can actually become a costly ... for me ... matter. Does anyone have a suggestion for better names for my products that might help eliminate the confusion? 73! Rose - N7HKW elecraftcov...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: covers vs cases
Hi Rose, How about just dust cover and carrying case. That should clear up the confusion. Alan N1AL On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 04:35 +, Rose wrote: It's suprising the number of folks who refer to cover or dust cover when they actually mean a carrying case or carrying bag! The same appears to be true when referring to a case. Many actually mean the dust cover that sets atop a rig on the desk. This can actually become a costly ... for me ... matter. Does anyone have a suggestion for better names for my products that might help eliminate the confusion? 73! Rose - N7HKW elecraftcov...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Software CW in K3 and KX3 and contesting
I infer that contesting and contest CW aids are what you are after. I use N1MM contest logging software to control my K1EL keyer. It works with any radio that can be used with a key. However there are other contest logging packages around, but most are designed to operate with an external keyers also. Actually, this is a fairly simple approach that allows for some flexibility. 73, Barry K3NDM On 8/9/2012 12:01 PM, Ignacy wrote: Both K3 and KX3 can send CW via a software command. Is this feature useful for contesting? Does any contesting software support CW via command? This feature is especially important for KX3 where there is no possibility of keying via serial cable. Also for K3 if an interface does not allow for CTS/RTS, e.g., if one uses Microham StationMaster. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Software-CW-in-K3-and-KX3-and-contesting-tp7560676.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
