Perhaps a little common sense is required?
73 de David G4DMP
In a recent message, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com writes
Yes, I thought that might be a reason but you can still plug in the wrong plug.
73, phil, K7PEH
On Mar 17, 2013, at 9:29 PM, wb4...@knology.net wrote:
My guess would be that
Yesterday I spent all day rearranging my shack which included disconnecting
and relocating my K3/KPA500/KAT500.
The gear is interconnected using the Elecraft DB15 cables from K3 to KAT500
and KAT500 to KPA500 all as per diagram on P6 (Fig 1) of the manual.
All was working great before I
Thanks Gary
I have messed and fiddled and fiddled and messed and have now swapped the
two DB15 cables back again. For whatever reason, it has now started to work
OK again. I don't know why !!
I will keep my fingers crossed that it keeps working.
73
Barry VK2BJ
On 18 March 2013 08:42, Gary
I would suspect the ACC and RXIQ jacks are much less used than the larger
KEY and PHONES jacks.
Speaking of jacks, I'd like to repeat publicly a request I've made through
Elecraft channels:
That the CW KEY1 and CW KEY2 menus have an option for NONE.
That way, a mono 3.5mm plug could be
All,
I put together a K3 kit about 6 weeks ago. Wow, that was an amazing
project. Many thanks to Elecraft for making that option available. The
problem I am having is that on 180/80/75/40 and sometimes 20, the noise
floor is about S7-9. It is about the same on both my antennas (OCF dipole
and
Don,
Thanks for the note. TUNE seems to work fine now, and I have no explanation
for you why fiddling with T1 would have any effect on this. But the levels you
suggest below to check are all in line, and when I plug in the dummy load I
see power there. It appears, at first blush, to be
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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:23:57 -0400
From: John Griswold k...@kk1x.net
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 keyer
Message-ID: 5145ee1d.20...@kk1x.net
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I was practicing with the keyer at 15, and all was
Travis,
I doubt the RX gain calibration will make that much difference, but
rather I suggest that some alteration of the AGC parameters will make
the most difference for you. Take a look at the Noisy K3 article on
my website www.w3fpr.com for some guidance in adjusting your settings.
That
Brian,
In an idle (no voice) state, the ALC Threshold will start high and be
reduced as required. You 6 volt reading is OK - I just checked on a
working KSB2.
The KSB2 ALC operation is explained on page 22 of the KSB2 manual. Look
at the entire content of that page to get a view of how the
Thanks Don.
I will definitely tweak the AGC settings. Someone else recommended that
too. However, I thought the KX3 and K3 had basically the same receiver, and
if I hook the KX3 up to the same antenna that to which my K3 was connected,
the S-meter should report the same values regardless of the
Travis,
The KX3 is a direct to baseband receiver with the DSP being done at
baseband (or if RX shift is on at 8 kHz.) while the K3 downconverts to
the 8 MHz IF before digitizing and sending the data to the DSP.
So the two receiver architectures are different.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/18/2013
Barry,
Just curious but after your initial disconnect of your K3 station, did you plug
the exact same DB15 cables back into the same individual components? Also, did
you have your KAT500 hooked up the PC at anytime during the dismantling and not
shut the PC down before disconnecting it? I did
...
BUT, the first thing I noticed in your settings list it the Microphone
select is FP.L
Me too, but I'm a bit too late to answer!
Anyway there are other settings that 'sound strange' to me:
When in VOX the K3 stays in transmit
AF Gain High
SPKR+PH
I cant seem to get HRD to connect to the kx3. I did it last night under the k2
preset on the software last night. I haven't been able to do it again.
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Try using Kenwood too.
Matt Zilmer
W6NIA
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Michael Mardis
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:38 AM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] problems connecting HRD to kx3
I've completed building all but the ATU on my K1, and operation appears to
be normal except for no output on 20m. I'm hearing strong signals on both
40 and 20, the receiver sounds great. On 40m it shows an output up to 5.7
watts. I made a brief contact on 40m (rather poor band conditions). On
Are there any test results available for the other mods suggested in Gian's
paper?
Thanks
73, Mike, W3IP
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On Mar 1, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Giancarlo Moda i7...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi Wes,
thanks for your note.
Yes, it is the second mixer that needs improvement. I have the
I'm a bit surprised that so many were unaware of the solar
flare! Good of Bill Frantz to post info on this.
All HF bands were completely dead in AK yesterday. WWV on 15-MHz
totally missing! Of course we had visible aurora, locally. It was a
eme contest weekend for 144 432, but I chose to
Looking for a nice K1 for sale.
73! Tomy Ivan KF7GC
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Travis, that's interesting that the KX3 was quiet. Sometimes I think the k3 is
just too sensitive. I don't know if that's it or not. I've certainly wondered.
Please share if you find the secret sauce.
73
Mike R
Play me some fiddle, but no stinkin' violin!
Amateur/Ham Radio KE5GBC
HF
David,
Yes, the most likely problem has to do with the filter board, and the
most likely area of the filter board is the PreMixer bandpass filter.
Is this a 4 band board or a 2 band 40 and 20 board? If it is a 4 band
board, you must align 15 (or 17) meters before 20 meters and 30 meters
Mods on paper and needs a K3 to test them on? Really?
Perhaps I read the message incorrectly?
Bill W2BLC
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Barry,
According to the current KAT500 manual, top of p. 11:
IMPORTANT: If you are using the KAT500 with an Elecraft K3 transceiver
connected using DB15 cables as shown in Figure 1 or Figure 2, you must
apply power to the KAT500 before turning the K3 on. If you turn the K3
on before applying
I've used the K3 setup for mine. It works.
73,
Barry
K3NDM
- Original Message -
From: Matthew Zilmer mzil...@magellangps.com
To: Michael Mardis mikejmar...@aol.com, Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 1:00:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] problems connecting HRD to
Greetings,
I upgraded to HRD V6 and the KX3 has it’s own option there. Works well for me.
I’m currently running the 30 day demo mode for HRD 6, but it’s worked well
especially with the KX3 so I plan on forking out the money when the demo
expires.
73,
Steve KE6GDA
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Includes the following:
Mark, with an ohmmeter, check continuity of the leads from the paddle to the
tip, ring, and ground of the connector/adapter. I'll swag that the ground
lead is open.
Brgds,
Dave, N3HE
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Jon, iirc, if you remove the larger bottom panel, you can read the offset
from the filter itself.
Brgds,
Dave, N3HE
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Don, I appreciate your help. I have the two-band filter board. 40m is
doing just great. I just had a great QSO and good signal report on 40.
I pulled the filter board and checked every single capacitor in the Band 2
string, and all are the correct values. One minor deviation is that C18
calls
I checked the version of Hamlib available with the Sqeeze flavor of Debian.
It is 1.2.11-1 and so considerably out of date vs the current version of
1.2.15-3.
I'll wait a bit to see if a later version gets uploaded to Debian -
otherwise, I'll face the music and try to compile it locally from
* On 2013 18 Mar 20:15 -0500, Jobst Vandrey wrote:
I checked the version of Hamlib available with the Sqeeze flavor of
Debian. It is 1.2.11-1 and so considerably out of date vs the current
version of 1.2.15-3.
I'll wait a bit to see if a later version gets uploaded to Debian -
otherwise,
Hi All,
I am in need of some informed counseling. Hopefully I won't start a thread
of war stories.
Some time back, my neighbor complained that I was getting into his TV
system. He has Dish Network, by the way, which is the same thing I have.
Anyway, I immediately tried to be responsive,
David,
You are in for a bit of Transmit Signal Tracing to localize the problem
further.
Yes, it is likely to be on the Filter board, but there are 4 main parts
of the filter board.
1) The crystal oscillator
2) The Pre Mixer bandpass filter
3) The RF Bandpass Filter
4) The Low Pass Filter.
David,
I forgot to mention (it should have been obvious), but do that Signal
Tracing on 20 meters.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/18/2013 9:05 PM, David L DuPuy wrote:
Don, I appreciate your help. I have the two-band filter board. 40m is
doing just great. I just had a great QSO and good signal report
Don't know if this is appropriate...
Best Buy in my area have limited numbers of ACER Aspire One netbooks:
Win7
2 GB memory
320 GB hard drive
Li-ion battery
$119.95
The two stores I went to didn't even know they had them until I gave them the
UPC number. They looked on their computer and
Hi David,The internet connections in his house are very likely not as well
grounded/connected with quality cat5 or better wire, and the entry point of
stray rf, could be any one of the runs of internet wiring that he may have
strung around. A clue may be, how much power does it take to mess
I have an earlier ACER netbook with a smaller screen which runs winxp.
The thing is amazing. It is a dual core machine It runs everything I
tried.. The HD screen does present some problems. One may definitely
need glasses if over 40.
The only problem I had was with the built in webcam. I
Interference in a cable tv or internet is almost always loose ground shield
somewhere. I have had that happen more than once, including my own cable drop,
and tightening the shield nuts has always fixed it.
Sent from my iPad
Chuck, KE9UW
(Jack for BMW motorcycles)
On Mar 18, 2013, at 10:21
David,
This is reminiscent of the old days of TVI.
One of the guidelines back then was - avoid making any changes to that
neighbor's system by yourself. If you do, you may be responsible for
any future strange happenings.
Your position should be to offer to assist a qualified technician in
No, it is not.
73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:47:19 -0400, Harlan hsherr...@reagan.com
wrote:
Don't know if this is appropriate...
Best Buy in my area have limited numbers of ACER Aspire One netbooks:
Win7
2 GB memory
320
Anybody know if this is so?
I'm talking about sending data to the K3, not receiving data from it.
Much to my surprise, my computer accepts TTL level input as long as the
polarity is right.
Being lazy. I just haven't gotten around to trying it yet.
73 de Brian/K3KO
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No virus found in
This is when logging can really payoff. I have seen it related to a specific
frequency.
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From: Dyarnes
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:30 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] OT--RFI Issue
Hi All,
I am in need of some informed
Dave,
Along this line, logging will tell you /whether/ its you or random.
But, maybe you've already established that...? It's really hard to
eliminate it if it's not you! {'-)
Regards,
kurtt
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