[Elecraft] K3 Field Day Feature Request

2014-06-28 Thread Michael Eberle
For a K3 used during Field Day, the power, compression, and mic gain can be locked by pressing 1 from the PWR SET menu. I was wondering if there is a way to lock the antenna selection on radios which have the KAT2 installed? If not maybe this could be added to a future firmware update by

Re: [Elecraft] Playing with my KX3-2M

2014-06-28 Thread David G4DMP
Very interesting, Ed, and your web page is too. I see that the KX3-2M is in a screened box positioned immediately on top of the ATU. Does the position of it have any detrimental affect on the operation of the ATU on the normal KX3 bands (1.8 to 50MHz)? I do not see any mention of this in the

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - UHF emissions

2014-06-28 Thread Dave
Hi Darren, I have a later KX3, number 5111, with similar options to you, built in ASTU and KX3 hardware, but I don't have the battery charger or additional heatsink options. I built mine from the kit. It was very straight forward but I did buy an anti-static mat first. BTW - I made a

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - UHF emissions

2014-06-28 Thread Dave
Very sorry, there's a typo in my message. The 1st screen shot (timed at 11:22) is with the KX3 off and the one at 11:23 is KX3 on. Sorry for the confusion. Dave (G0DJA) - Original Message - To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft]

Re: [Elecraft] N1MM lack of instructions

2014-06-28 Thread Bill W4ZV
N1MM is probably the MOST popular contest logger. There are 4,580 current members on the list below and you'll probably get answers there faster than here. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/N1MMLogger/info 73, Bill W4ZV -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Field Day Feature Request

2014-06-28 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, I always put a dummy load on the unused antenna connector for that very reason. Adds a margin of safety for FD and demo events. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/28/2014 2:47 AM, Michael Eberle wrote: For a K3 used during Field Day, the power, compression, and mic gain can be locked by pressing 1

Re: [Elecraft] Playing with my KX3-2M

2014-06-28 Thread David G4DMP
Many thanks, Ed, it is thankful to know that the operation of the ATU is unaffected. 73 de David G4DMP In a recent message, Edward R Cole kl...@acsalaska.net writes I should have taken a photo before installing the shield. No it has no effect on the ATU if you follow instructions on routing the

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - UHF emissions

2014-06-28 Thread Darren Long
Hi Dave, I've have just repeated my measurements of the 7.080Mhz sprog on 398.4MHz and posted some screen-shots on my blog. See here: http://www.g0hww.net/2014/06/kx3-uhf-emissions.html Cheers, 73 Darren, G0HWW On 28/06/14 10:30, Dave wrote: Hi Darren, I have a later KX3, number 5111,

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - UHF emissions

2014-06-28 Thread Dave
Hi Darren, and everyone else following this... I've found it! Very low level, but by zeroing in on 385 to 386MHz I found a small signal that moves when I tune across 7MHz... At 7.000MHz there's a signal at 385.027MHz (-78dBm) which moves up in frequency, staying at about the same signal

[Elecraft] K3 - rig control with a Pigknob

2014-06-28 Thread Bill W2BLC
For a long time I have been using HRD to allow rig control of my K3 - using the mouse and computer for control of various features/controls and the VFO. Then I discovered the Pigknob - http://pignology.net/pigknob/ The Pigknob allows me to control 8 programmable features and the VFO (at two

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - rig control with a Pigknob

2014-06-28 Thread Vic, K2VCO
A couple of things I've wondered about: 1) Can you load firmware while the device is connected? 2) Are there any issues if a P3 is daisy-chained? I looked at the Pigknob user manual and the answers weren't obvious. On 6/28/14 6:50 AM, Bill W2BLC wrote: For a long time I have been using HRD to

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - UHF emissions

2014-06-28 Thread Darren Long
Thanks for following up on this Dave, it is really appreciated. At least I know that it's not just my KX3 now. Cheers, Darren, G0HWW On 28/06/14 14:10, Dave wrote: Hi Darren, and everyone else following this... I've found it! Very low level, but by zeroing in on 385 to 386MHz I found a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - rig control with a Pigknob

2014-06-28 Thread Fred Jensen
On 6/28/2014 8:27 AM, Vic, K2VCO wrote: A couple of things I've wondered about: 1) Can you load firmware while the device is connected? Yes ... to the PK [macros] and K3/P3 [firmware et al]. It comes with a little circuit card, mine just hangs behind the P3 in the not-wireless region of my

[Elecraft] Test only

2014-06-28 Thread Mike Sanders
Test only 'IN GOD WE TRUST'   KØAZ Mike Sanders EM37cd SouthWest Missouri www.k0az.com   __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] How accurate is Supply Voltage display (PS)

2014-06-28 Thread ok4rm
Hello, I would like to know how accurate is the display of PS value. I suspect it always shows lower value by about 0.2 to 0.3 V. For instance, when I use Li-Po accupack 3S1P 3300 mAh that normally gives 35C, i.e. some 100 A (therefore I think it has no problem with internal resistance at low

Re: [Elecraft] How accurate is Supply Voltage display (PS)

2014-06-28 Thread Walter Underwood
Yes, the KX3 has a diode to protect against reverse polarity. That has a voltage drop of about 0.3V. wunder K6WRU On Jun 28, 2014, at 10:50 AM, ok4rm radio.miskov...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I would like to know how accurate is the display of PS value. I suspect it always shows lower value by

[Elecraft] AM and FM with FM Filter

2014-06-28 Thread Bob Myers
Folks, Can a single Elecraft FM filter support AM and FM transmit and receive for occasional use with a K3? Thanks, Bob W1XT Sun City West, AZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] AM and FM with FM Filter

2014-06-28 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Yes - effective with MCU 4.57 for AM transmit MCU 4.57 / DSP 2.79, 10-24-2012 * AM TRANSMIT CAN USE THE FM FILTER: The wide (FM) crystal filter can now be assigned to AM transmit as well as FM. This can potentially free up a crystal filter slot for customers who were using the 6-kHz filter

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - rig control with a Pigknob

2014-06-28 Thread Bill W2BLC
There is an issue with the P3 involving the programming of the Pigknob. However, it is very simple to correct - simply turn the P3 off when you are programming the Pigknob. I have no long winded scientific explanation for it, hence cannot provide to the bandwidth of the topic. I have been

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 FAST-PLAY field-test firmware now available (rev. 2.11)

2014-06-28 Thread Heinz Baertschi
A hugely useful feature! To make perfect (e.g. for SOTA use) would it be possible to interpret empty message memories as non FAST-PLAY? This would allow to use e.g. BAND+/- for quick band changes and FREQ ENT for 1-touch message play/repeat without toggling back and forth FAST-PLAY mode. 73,

[Elecraft] Problems retrieving FW from FTP site

2014-06-28 Thread James C. Hall, MD
The new K3 Utility (and P3 Utility) is giving me an error every time I try to download the new FW : InternetFindNextFile completed with error 0x006 : the handle is invalid. What do I need to do ? Need this urgently. 73, Jamie WB4YDL

Re: [Elecraft] Problems retrieving FW from FTP site

2014-06-28 Thread Dick Dievendorff
Try using Internet Explorer to access the FTP site and copy the files to your computer's file system. See K3 Utility Help, Manual File Transfer The URL for K3 firmware is ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/K3/firmware The URL for P3 firmware is ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware The K3 and P3 Utility use