(looks like the message only came to me, but was intended for a wider audience,
so I’ll reply to the Elecraft list)
If you followed the procedure “exactly like described in the manual”, then this
will get you on air, but may not give the optimum result. You should use
Spectrogram or something
Jean,
It sounds like the variable width filters are always narrow or that you
have some other filter problem. The easiest way to understand what is
happening is to use Spectrogram to observe the filter passband. Go to
my website www.w3fpr.com and you can find links to 2 freeware versions
I tried this out last night and had different results. I was able to tune
with no problem with both or either NB or NR selected. But, I did notice
that if I selected say NR and then changed the value to something else say
4 instead of 5, then I had to click another button (or the NR button)
Sorry Dick, I was asking the OP how he had his KX3 and KAT500 connected, I had
not read the subject line where he mentioned the KXPA100 and PX3 as well, so I
couldn't understand why he anything connected to ACC1 on the KX3.
The diagram you link to certainly explains clearly that in that
I have it connected as shown on page 9 of the PX3 owner's manual.
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/PX3%20Owner's%20Manual%20A2%20WEB.pdf
73 de Dick, K6KR
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David
Anderson
Sent: Saturday, January 03,
If I'm understanding your question properly, going by memory, I had the
KXUSB plugged into the KXPA100 with that setup, and was able to use
computer-control of the KX3. I *think* I was turning off the PX3 when I was
flashing the KX3 firmware, but it's been a bit so don't quote me on that
being
I observe this pause too. The main VFO does not move while the NR or NB setting
display is showing. I am not sure if this was always like this or not.
Perhaps someone with an earlier version of firmware would like to check and
comment?
73
David Anderson GM4JJJ
On 2 Jan 2015, at 08:07,
Can you explain what you have connected to the ACC1 port on the KX3 at present?
73
David Anderson GM4JJJ
On 2 Jan 2015, at 23:13, David Ahrendts davidahren...@me.com wrote:
Got the KX3 Line. KAT500 and W2 also. Love ‘em. Now, I appear to be out of
inputs and outputs with little lines
100 Watt station with 2 antenna. Need a second coupler of the W2. First one
is 200 watt, and thinking of adding a 2000 watt coupler for the second (future
proofing for possible linear). But, wondering if there is some
accuracy/performance trade-off using a 2000 watt coupler on a 100 watt
Mike,
If you turn compression off and talk into the microphone (you can do
that in TX TEST and no RF will be generated) how much deflection do you
have on the ALC meter.
It should be 5 to 7 bars for proper audio drive and power control (which
can affect the audio quality). After setting the
Niel,
Please email me directly with a description of how you are setting up the radio
and how you're doing the nulling procedure. I also need to know:
- whether you're using the internal speaker or headphones
- how you're coupling the PX3's signal generator output to the KX3
- whether you're
New to the list, looking for some input on Audio Quality and a discovery
made by myself and another owner. This may be old hat, but hope to find
out the cause.
Since buying my K3 secondhand, I have always received audio quality
reports from sounds like rf in your audio to rough sounding
Thanks for clarifying that. It's not something that had bothered me, but I just
observed it after Nakamura asked the question about the behaviour of the VFO
with NB/NR. I had thought at first he meant it stopped the VFO completely, not
just a short pause while displaying the parameters - which
When you're displaying noise blanker or or noise reduction parameters, etc.,
the VFO is disabled.
Wayne
N6KR
http://www.elecraft.com
On Jan 3, 2015, at 1:11 AM, David Anderson gm4...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I observe this pause too. The main VFO does not move while the NR or NB
setting
OOOPS, I got it backwards - a new encoder shaft measures 0.251 with my
calipers (close enough to 1/4 inch) while an old encoder measured 0.235
inches - close enough to a nominal 6mm.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 1/3/2015 2:55 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Don,
If you have the new encoder (with the encoder
Don,
If you have the new encoder (with the encoder board), you have the 6mm
shaft. The old encoders have a 1/4 inch shaft.
You can tell which encoder you have by removing the VFO knob. Look to
the right of the encoder shaft and you will find a small hole in the
front panel metalwork. If
One thing I wish that I could do on the KX3 is to turn off the display of
parameters like AF level etc, especially when using the built in decoder
display which shares the same VFO B display area. (I know that I am turning the
AF Knob up or down and don't need a display to tell me so all the
I am going to order a VFO knob from the 73cnc site, I need to determine if I
have a 6mm or 1/4 inch dia encoder.
I tried to measure with my cheap plastic ruler. 6mm is too close to 1/4 for
me to be sure.
I have #7621 purchased 12/16/11.
Thanks
K4YND
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Correcting myself yet again: the KXPA100 port is labeled RS232 PC” — guessing
that is the same as ACC1.
David A., KC0XT
On Jan 3, 2015, at 9:15 AM, David Ahrendts davidahren...@me.com wrote:
David, BINGO. Your sequencing suggestion worked. I have the KXUSB plugged
into the KXPA100 ACC2
David, BINGO. Your sequencing suggestion worked. I have the KXUSB plugged into
the KXPA100 ACC2 PC port (correcting myself, it’s the ACC2 port and not ACC1 on
the KXPA100) and that is connected to my Mac mini USB. Turned on the KX3,
leaving the PX3 off. Set PA Mode to On and it stayed. Then
Hi David, keep the PX3 off, turn on PA mode on the KX3, then turn on the
PX3, and see if that works. I remember running into an order-of-operations
problem like this before, worth a try at least. I don't have my setup
connected right now or I'd figure out what I was doing to make things jive.
At the bottom of the picture on page 9 it shows the 3.5mm connector plugging
into the KXPA100 RS232 (PC) connector. It says “to personal computer”. That
cable may be a KXUSB (if you want USB to serial) or a KXSER (if you have a DE-9
RS-232 connector). I use a KXUSB sometimes, and sometimes I
Dick, yes. As on page 9, all of the connectors are in use for the KX3, the PX3
and the KPXA100 per the Elecraft design. Ergo, my dilemma: where would a KXUSB
go?
David A., see page 9 of the PDF Dick uploaded. This is the Elecraft design for
all ports and cables when using the KX3, the PX3 in
Good Morning List,
My KX3 has a quirk that has persisted thru a factory service visit. I'm
hoping someone here has seen this before and can give me pointers on how to
resolve this.
I have a very unusual 40m behavior. I just spent a couple hours re-doing all
the sideband nulling and
Thanks Wes and thanks for the other comments I received - especially an
offline exchange with WB6RSE. Looks like my stack has developed a problem
that has increased the SWR and that is the entire problem. It has always
been marginal on the SSB side of things and the additional degradation has
Hi Brian / VE3IBW, David / GM4JJJ
While setting PBT I/II , I was able to tune the main knob.
As with this, While setting NR/NB, I should be able to tune the main knob.
#Turning the PBT knob in NR/NB setting, PBT settings are changed(set and
exit NR/NB).
#If the same as this manner, I should be
I picked up some more parts, enough to make a few (10) more Bluetooth
serial interfaces.
These are designed for the K2/KIO2, but can be used with K3 or KX3.
See http://n5ib.net/Index.xht
There's enough info there to roll your own.
73
Jim, N5IB
I know this is largely a matter of opinion, but I welcome that of anyone
who is familiar with both the K3 series and the KX3 series:
I operate at two QTHs. At one I run the K3 (with subRx etc) plus KPA500,
KAT-500, and P3. That one is staying as-is.
At the other QTH I have been using a
The weekly Elecraft SSB net is tomorrow at 1800Z on 14.3035 MHz. I will be net
control from Oregon.
73,
Phil, NS7P
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Ed,
One can have a heck of a lot of fun with just a KX3 in a warm DX
location.
Check out (if you have access) my article on the topic in the Sept/Oct
2014 National Contest Journal. This is not readily available online,
but I could send you a scanned PDF.
I was able to fit my full station
On 1/3/2015 7:31 AM, kg5eju wrote:
But, wondering if there is some accuracy/performance trade-off using a 2000
watt coupler on a 100 watt station?
The FCC's standard for transmitter metering is the minimum normal
reading cannot be less than 20% of the full scale reading for a
linear-scale
Ted,
If you will always operate at the 100 watt level, I will suggest that
you will be happier with the K3/100 with KAT3. Quicker and easier to
set up at your 'portable' location.
OTOH, if you also want the flexibility of operating QRP with a handheld
transceiver that can be powered from
On Sat,1/3/2015 10:27 AM, Michael Sell wrote:
Since buying my K3 secondhand, I have always received audio quality
reports from sounds like rf in your audio to rough sounding audio,
especially at the peaks, or your audio sound hollow or distorted
Did you check TXEQ? The fact that it sounds
I just started participating in the RTTY
roundup and using my Iambic key via the K3
to make the contacts.
Sending RTTY I've always heard my CW in
the headphones with the RTTY characters
being sent silently in the background but
suddenly I'm not hearing anything when I
send.
If I turn the
ALAN: Thank you for the monochrome WF option.
I don't want to get too greedy, and I may be the only Elecraft customer
with this problem, but during a contest [like RTTY RU on now], my wife
tells me the VFO A cursor is green. The spectrum in which it is
embedded is yellow. They look similar
For contesting I believe you'd find the more
robust receiver of the K3/100 to be a real plus, Ted.
73, Phil W7OX
On 1/3/15 2:57 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
So, if a CW-only, DX-and-contest oriented Op wanted a 100W transceiver /
panadapter system from Elecraft for a 2nd QTH, what does the extra
What up with all the Lids running JT-65 right over the top of existing JT65
QSO's
Haven't they ever head of Listen before you transmit?
Better Yet have they heard of a Band Plan?
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Unfortunately, many digital mode users don't listen. After all, there's no
intelligence to listen to ... only noise.
Perhaps the OP honestly couldn't hear you ... or your QSO partner.
73
Ken - K0PP
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I love JT65/JT9 personally, but the published band plans shows it as Data
without getting into specific modes like PSK/RTTY/JT65. While there are
gentleman's agreements as to how Data is divided up. Those agreements
go out the window during RTTY and CW contests -- so I just stick to
30/17/12
I'm just guessing, but didn't someone on the list say there was an RTTY
contest?
Isn't it fairly common for contesters to get a bit enthusiastic and
overlook things, especially when the op is a contester, and not
necessarily on RTTY at any other time?
On 1/3/2015 5:39 PM, Harry Yingst via
After spending the second holiday season in San Diego, and last year it
was Tucson, the XYL announced that next year she'd like to go someplace
warm. Yes, temperatures in the 50s in December feel cold to us. The
area where we live is between LA and Palm Springs, but our climate more
closely
Costa Rica would work for most US Amateurs, including language and
recip op privileges. It's also less expensive there than in most of
the islands.
This is not from personal experience, just an idea.
73,
matt
W6NIA
On Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:19:32 -0800, you wrote:
After spending the second
K3/100-K #5986, KXV3A, KRX3, 2 400 Hz filters, one in each receiver, KAT3
never installed, still in its wrapper, $2800;
P3-K #1752 $650(no svga option)
Original owner, nonsmoking environment,Shipping extra, USPS MO, PayPal plus
fees. CONUS only, US based hams with US call signs only. NO TRADES!
On 1/3/2015 6:19 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:
I know that many fellow amateurs head for the Caribbean nations for this
purpose. That would work, as would somewhere in the South Pacific.
Anyone have any suggestions, based on past experiences?
Criteria are:
-- somewhere that English is the primary
Australia! It is summer there right now. The local dialect (strine) is fairly
close to English.
wunder
K6WRU
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/
On Jan 3, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote:
On 1/3/2015 6:19 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:
I know that many fellow amateurs head
Good Evening,
Please join us tomorrow.
14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday (3 PM PST Sunday)
7045 kHz at 0200z Monday (6 PM PST Sunday)
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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Jim:
Are you planning to sell kits with pcbs?
Thanks
Brian KB1VBF
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:49 AM, n...@juno.com wrote:
I picked up some more parts, enough to make a few (10) more Bluetooth
serial interfaces.
These are designed for the K2/KIO2, but can be used with K3 or
Jim,
Check out any of the following:
- Bahamas
- Puerto Rico
- US Virgin Islands
- St. Lucia
- Cayman Islands
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Jamaica
- Aruba
These are just a few Caribbean destinations hams I know operated from on
vacation.
Hope this helps.
73 de,
--Ian
Ian Kahn, KM4IK
Roswell, GA
Hi Jim -
Another suggestion: Sint Maarten. The island is Dutch on the south half; French
on the north. My XYL and I stayed on the Dutch side in 2001. Actually, we were
there during the 9/11 attacks, but that’s another story. St. Maarten has
reciprocal licensing, so that’s one problem solved
Texas is a favorite destination for snow birds, and has all the attributes you
listed, weather, licensing, language, open border even for Californians,
currency exchange, mostly friendly natives, 120 VAC, and compared to CA pretty
cheap. I filled up yesterday at a Costco for $1.849, and today
I am building a KAT100 and KPA100 in an separate EC2 housing. There used to be
some websites with details on this arrangement but I can no longer find them.
As I understand things, the KPA100 / KAT100 will operate from the KIOS cable
but do I need to disable my KAT2?
Thanks for any advice.
On 1/3/15 at 6:00 AM, w3...@embarqmail.com (Don Wilhelm) wrote:
If you are running a MAC, you will have to find an alternate audio spectrum
analyzer.
cocoaModem has a spectrum display in its Window-Config panel
covering about 0 to 2800 Hz. I don't know if this will do the
job, but the cost
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