3.5mm 1/8 are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8 plug in a 3.5
mm socket, you might find this problem.
I have no problems with my K3.
73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108)
--
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he
will be content to begin with
On page 23 of my KPA500 assembly manual, relating to the mounting of the
rectifier board, it is clear that thermal insulators must isolate the
rectifiers from the chassis, and also, that insulating shoulder washers
must be installed in the four places that you mention as your concern.
The next
As a CW operator, I keep the P3 in fixed track mode covering the lower 50 Khz
of each band. From time to time the P3 forgets the setting on the 17 and 12
meter bands only. I'm wondering if i am the only person that has experienced
this issue. I can't pinpoint exactly how this happens but I
My P3 routinely forgets the per-band SPAN when I set it using software commands
instead of P3 buttons. Doesn’t matter which band, and the SPAN is remembered
properly if I press the corresponding FN button for the computer-set SPAN
before I change bands.
My P3 also forgets the per-band REF LVL
Hello,
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Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40)
Mine sort of, kind of, does the same or similar thing although I've
never noticed a correlation with operation on 10. I normally run
fixed-track with a 20 KHz span starting at the bottom of each band
[don't operate 17 or 24 much]. Sometimes, it seems more frequent if
I've been jumping around
Bill,
I’ve had the same problem with my P3. I keep the spans on 50kHz on all bands
and the problem seems to occur on the WARC bands with the odd limits (17m and
12m). It may have something to do with odd splits, i.e. 17 meters, 18.068 -
18.118 is 50kHz. In the last several weeks I have been
I have noticed that my carefully setup span to cover the entire
60M band wasn't quite right when I went back to that band. I
always run in fixed-tune mode as I mostly use the waterfall for
locating signals.
I change modes quite a bit as I am scanning the airwaves. I have
noticed that the VFO
Gent's back in the day there were folks that screamed and decried the fact
that the S Line used RCA jacks for RF output ignoring the virtues of the
frontpanel, 1 kc dials, filters, beautiful hand wiring and wouldn't touch
the stuff.
Collins sold 40,000 transceivers and many went to parts of the
I am using a SignalLink USB interface to my K3 with the cables provided by
Tigertronics, and the FLDIGI software. The cables from the SignalLink are
plugged into line in, line out and PTT on the back of the K3. Things seem
to work fine in digital modes, although I have actually only tried the
Trying to take part in the RTTY contest using the CW key to send RTTY
and when I am on 15M the key is dead. When I go to other bands all is
fine and the CW key sends RTTY.
Mode on K3 display reads data but entering a call in N1MM, instead of
defaulting to 599 it defaults to 59 so somehow
Now the challenge for me is bending down, and
getting back up straight again!
Phil w7ox
On 3/15/14, 11:32 AM, William Levy wrote:
I was also taught by my elders and I am no spring chicken not to pull power
cords out of the wall but to bend down and pull the plug!
My two cents.
Bill N2WL
while on 15m have you set DATA MD to FSK D
On 3/15/2014 3:04 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
Trying to take part in the RTTY contest using the CW key to send RTTY
and when I am on 15M the key is dead. When I go to other bands all is
fine and the CW key sends RTTY.
Mode on K3 display reads data but
I noticed the last CW contest I worked that the computer generated CW (Key
jack) is not QSK even though QSK is set on the rig. It works fine with the
internal keyer. I know that it worked previously so I must have changed
something inadvertantly.
Tom, K4IE
Which rig is that, Tom?
73, Phil w7ox
On 3/15/14, 12:36 PM, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:
I noticed the last CW contest I worked that the computer generated CW (Key
jack) is not QSK even though QSK is set on the rig. It works fine with the
internal keyer. I know that it worked previously so I
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The time is the same as always:
What is your MAIN:MIC+LIN set to? It sounds as if it may be set to ON,
so that you are getting audio input from both the microphone and the
Line In jack. In your setup, MAIN:MIC+LIN should be OFF. When the radio
is in Data mode (DATA A or AFSK A), MAIN:MIC SEL should be set to LINE
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Hi Stan, I had the same problem; but fixed it by turning ON the SignLink
and disconnecting the cable used for updates from your computer..Let me know if
that works. 73 ken VE3YK
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 3:30:04 PM, Stan Rowe shrt...@chartermi.net wrote:
I am using a SignalLink USB
I'll bet you are asserting PTT from your logging program. Happened to
me once.
73,
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On 3/15/2014 12:36 PM, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:
I noticed the last CW contest I worked that the computer
The fact that you are having audio problems with the audio and PTT
cables connected to the K3 but disconnected at the far end does
suggest that the audio cables may be acting as antennas and picking
up RF.
Or acting like a counterpoise to place a RF node on the K3. In either
case your
Found it but unknown why. The data md was set for AFSK A but that's
odd because I never use that setting, only FSK D. Unknown why it
changed that without me telling it to do so but that was the problem
solution.
sorry for the bandwidth.
73,
Gary
KA1J
Trying to take part in the RTTY
I have to agree with Joe, and I want to amplify on that subject.
I often hear of hams solving similar problems with clamp-on ferrites
mounted in various places. That does not solve the basic problem of RF
floating around in the shack, and once you have fixed one problem with
the ferrites,
That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or is
3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part using two
different measurement standards?
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk
To:
You're a radio amateur, Charlie, so you really should be able to figure
this out yourself. There more than a 10% difference between .125 and
.137795. Is that quite a difference? That's more than the difference
between a .38 cal. bullet and a .40 cal. bullet. Are those interchangeable?
73,
There really are 2 different standards, ie there are 2 different parts that
are manufactured and it's a pain. If a plug is hard to push in, then it's
probably not meant for that socket, even if it looks like it should be.
David
G3UNA
- Original Message -
From: Charlie T, K3ICH
OK, THAT's exactly the answer to my question. There really ARE two
different standard sizes.
I guess the only way to know which ones you have in your hands is to measure
them. I don't think I could tell the difference by eye.
Maybe if I knew I had one of each in my hands it might be
Charlie,
I don't have a set of calipers or mikes handy but grabbing a steel
rule and measuring three 3.5mm plugs at random off my bench - they
all look to be 9/64 (0.14). I do know that I've thrown out all of
the 1/8 plugs I had because they make such bad contact in equipment.
I don't know of
I do have calipers, and I just measured 8 of the plugs I have in stock.
They were ordered both as 1/8 inch and 3.5mm plugs, and they all measure
0.135 inches.
Unless you have very old true 1/8 inch plugs (likely mono), I don't
believe you have any fit problems.
The current 1/8 inch and 3.5mm
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I am considering using my base model k3 (without KPA100) for digi modes and was
not sure what the duty cycle was for the rig? One of the modes I was looking at
was JT65 and it as I understand has long keydown times. Do I have to keep the
rig at 5 watts for all digi modes and more so with the
Does anyone know where I can purchase a fused 12v power cable for my KX3
that has a 2.1.mm power plug on one end and a pair of F1 connectors on the
other end. It will connect my Elecraft KX3 transceiver to a 7aH SLA
battery.
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On 3/15/2014 2:51 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
3.5mm 1/8 are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8 plug in a 3.5
mm socket, you might find this problem.
The two dimensions are descriptive, and which is used depends on the
commonly used measurement system in the countries
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