Re: [Elecraft] [K3] I can't unlock the split VFO

Thanks to all. The Elecraft community is the best. NR4C had the secret answer. VFO LINK in the Config menu was "ON." Toggling it OFF unlinked the A/B VFO. As Bill points out, previous FW revisions could lock/unlock the two VFOs by holding the SUB button. That's been removed in the current FW.

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV & KRX3A, install which first in K3s?

Carl, Time to quiz Elecraft support on that. I have very little experience with the internal transverters. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/23/2015 4:55 PM, Carl Jón Denbow wrote: Well, Don, I finally got both modules installed. Boy do I hate working with TMP connectors in close quarters, especially

[Elecraft] K3 New kio board

Anyone heard of a release date for those wishing to upgrade their k3 to have the USB option? An email to Elecraft direct went unanswered. Gary __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Have you guys considered moving the company to a state with a lower cost of living? -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 8:55 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector Subject:

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Moving Elecraft to a lower-cost location is probably not feasible due to the disruption and cost of relocating the business and families. Additionally, the challenge and cost of finding another location can alone be significant. However, it is a business decision, so the costs vs benefits

[Elecraft] Taylor Swift and My KX3

I just posted a very long story about installing the 2-meter transverter in my KX3 kit. The story is too long to post here, so if you are interested, you can read it at: http://www.horzepa.com/2015/09/taylor-swift-and-my-kx3.html 73, Stan, WA1LOU

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Dear OMs, Next thing we will be asking them to move off shore with engineering possibly separated from production.Leave the gem of Elecraft as it is. It "ain't broke so let us not try to fix it."I do however understand the hurt to the purse. Best to all and please take no offence.

[Elecraft] KSYN3A Problem

Earlier in the year I installed two KSYN3A boards in a K3 using FW 5.01. The installation went fine and the radio has been used extensively all year. Yesterday, I updated the FW from 5.01 to 5.35 along with the later DSP and FP versions. I then restored a K3 Configuration I had saved prior to

[Elecraft] This Sunday's SSB Net Cancelled

All, Due to my travels this weekend, and nobody offering to take the net, I'm cancelling this Sunday's Elecraft Sideband Net. We will resume when I'm back in town on Sunday, October 4. I apologize for the inconvenience. Everyone have a great weekend. 73 de, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Will I be able to buy the audio boards for the K3 before then? :) On Wed, 23 Sep 2015, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: Early Alert for Elecraft list readers: Our costs are going up as our vendors are increasing their prices to us and our labor costs increase. Its been a continual

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Kent, No I haven't because there aren't many places with a higher standard of living. In fact I don't know of any other area that enjoys high employment rates in high paying positions, lower cost of living/taxes, lower crime. Why would I want to move somewhere with higher taxes, crime, and

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Jim, I do have a clue on Ca. It's a great place to live but expensive as heck compared to most places except maybe NYC. San Diego is one of my favorite places to live. -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Thursday,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 New kio board

Hi Gary, Before the end of the year, once we have an excess of these three board sets in stock. We do not want to starve regular K3S production. 73, Eric elecraft.com _..._ > On Sep 23, 2015, at 11:43 PM, Gary wrote: > > Anyone heard of a release date for those wishing

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

On Thu,9/24/2015 6:03 AM, ae...@carolinaheli.com wrote: Have you guys considered moving the company to a state with a lower cost of living? If you had a clue about the quality of life in the part of California where Elecraft is located, you wouldn't be asking that question. I live a few

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Inflation is part of life. Been to a grocery store lately? Bought a new car lately? Sent a kid to college lately? Elecraft is doing fine for its customers - so stop whining! Bill W2BLC K3-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Actually, wage, facility and development costs are pretty comparable at our location to other states for our business. Our HQ and manufacturing facility (we build all our radios here in CA) is located in a lower cost agricultural area of the state . (Watsonville and the Salinas Valley -

[Elecraft] Repost FS 6 and 2 meter Elecraft Transverters and K2/100 loaded

I have a nice XV144 transverter  $305.00and a nice XV50 transverter $305.00I will pay shipping to lower 48. Reason for selling I am also selling K2/100 as I have a very nice K3 withall bands and my K2/100 system just setting collecting dust.  It is a nicesystem but I have moved on the the K3

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Clearly ones perception of heaven is subjective AB7CE Leroy in MONTANA -Original Message- From: Jim Brown Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 9:23 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October On Thu,9/24/2015 6:03 AM,

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Nice to hear Eric, My goal is to finish my K-Line without going off the books. I have the cash, just not in the right pocket ;) Jer -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft Sent: Thursday, September 24,

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

> If you had a clue about the quality of life... All is great until the water is gone and the wildfires come! :-) Mike / KK5F (former resident of Vallejo) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

I respectfully disagree. Inflation is caused by devaluation of our currency and anything that increases the costs of doing business without adding value to the good or service being offered. Free enterprise on the other hand tends to lower costs due to increased competition in the marketplace.

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

Not only that, but inflation, at roughly an average rate of 2 percent per year is the target that the Fed is trying to achieve for producing a strong economy. phil, K7PEH > On Sep 24, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Rose wrote: > > Inflation is an absolutely guaranteed byproduct

Re: [Elecraft] This Sunday's SSB Net Cancelled

If there is interest, I could do a retro net from Montana. By that I mean, back to what started it all. A QRP SSB 10 watts on my K2 SN 40. On my 160 mtr loop I will hear most of you and the 20 mtr beam is there to help you hear me. Since the K2 has the capability to listen on the loop

[Elecraft] K3S - APF/RTTY question

I was trying to work K3P on 80m RTTY last night (new mode for me) and was struggling to understand the owner's manual. I don't fully understand how to get the dual APF to display correctly and setup. At one point the K3S appeared be decoding correctly sometimes as I would sometimes see his call

[Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

Inflation is an absolutely guaranteed byproduct of our free enterprise system! 73! Ken - K0PP - On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Bill wrote: > Inflation is part of life. Been to a grocery store

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Unfortunately you are right. I just don't like it ;) Jer -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:00 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

Tell that to the banks. It now takes 7,200 years for my money to double with the interest they are paying me. It used to take 12 years or less. Dick, n0ce On 9/24/2015 11:08 AM, Rose wrote: Inflation is an absolutely guaranteed byproduct of our free enterprise system! 73! Ken - K0PP

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

The banks are doing what they are told to do by the Central Bank. Can you say “financial repression”? Ken K6MR (Sorry Wayne/Eric for the OT) From: Richard Fjeld Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 09:22 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Agree with Jim. As many downsides as there are to living in California, that area isn't one of them. Looking forward to another visit to the factory next month, on the way to Pacificon. However, also living in the Golden State, I get the dubious privilege of paying almost $200 in sales tax

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Be glad in holland we pay 21 % tax over the price including the transport costs :-(( Sent from my iPhone > On 24 sep. 2015, at 21:08, Jim Lowman wrote: > > Agree with Jim. As many downsides as there are to living in California, that > area isn't one of them. >

Re: [Elecraft] This Sunday's SSB Net Cancelled

There have been some approvals and no objections so I will do the Sunday 1800Z net from Montana. I will be running K2 serial number 40, at 10 watts SSB. Use whatever power you want, but it might be fun to try 10 watts and see if you can get thru. All are welcome. Leroy AB7CE -Original

Re: [Elecraft] K3 New kio board

Why not just increase your order for boards from the board manufacturer? On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:53:11 -0700 "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" wrote: > Hi Gary, > > Before the end of the year, once we have an excess of these three board sets > in stock. We do not want to

Re: [Elecraft] P3 waterfall curser operation

Hi Allan, The short answer is that the hardware doesn't support it. The long answer is that the video chip we are using on the SVGA accessory board limits us to how many "video layers" we can combine to produce the video image. Overlaying the cursors on to the waterfall would require an

Re: [Elecraft] This Sunday's SSB Net Cancelled

What frequency? On Thu, 2015-09-24 at 12:17 -0600, lmarion wrote: > There have been some approvals and no objections > > so I will do the Sunday 1800Z net from Montana. > > I will be running K2 serial number 40, > > at 10 watts SSB. Use whatever power you want, > > but it might be fun to

Re: [Elecraft] K3S - APF/RTTY question

Has there ever been a "K3S" call issued? Wink wink. Chas -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ae...@carolinaheli.com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:35 PM To: 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: [Elecraft] K3S

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

I think you're grossly underestimating the disruptive cost of a move like that. The loss of product flow (or at the very least the cost of the redundancy involved to avoid it, the massive time spent orchestrating such a move, the undefined cost of the probable loss of key personnel who

[Elecraft] [K3S] WinWarbler and RTTY (FSK)

I have been trying to get DXLabs (WinWarbler) to transmit FSK with no luck so far. I believe I have the settings right but so far no diddles. I hear a tone in the speaker and the TX LED lights up and the screen show that I am transmitting, but no power out. I am sure it is something simple

[Elecraft] Elecraft Pricing

Businesses have the right to price their products as they think best and customers have the right not to buy them. If either side makes a mistake, they lose - pretty much a self-correcting system when it¹s left alone (i.e. barring unnecessary government interference.) More to the immediate

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

I am a lover of Elecraft products, I even had the opportunity of seeing how engineers work and visited the HQ.They all do an excellent work!! I wish you can find a solution for this situation and things calm down. I do understand prices could have to be revised and go up. Elecraft is

Re: [Elecraft] This Sunday's SSB Net Cancelled

Leroy, I apologize I didn't respond sooner. Thank you for picking up the ball and running with it. Have a great net! 73 de, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik@gmail.com 10-10 #74624, North Georgia Chapter #2038 PODXS 070 #1962 K3# 281, P3 #688, KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468

[Elecraft] (OT) Looking for an RF Engineer

I realize that this is OT, but the list seems like a good place.thanks for your indulgence! A friend of mine is looking for a RF Engineer. I thought I would pass this along (hope it's ok). Thanks! Ed K6CTA (Reply direct to Rob I'm just the messenger!) --- Higher Ground

[Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV sold. Still have XV50 and K2/100 FS

I nice XV50 transverter $305.00I will pay shipping to lower 48. Reason for selling I am also selling K2/100 as I have a very nice K3 with all bands and my K2/100 system just setting collecting dust.  It is a nice system but I have moved on the the K3 Line and to sell this equipment to pay for

[Elecraft] experience with CW and settings

I am looking for someone with more experience than me with using the K3 on CW. I have my K3 set to about 75 percent RF gain, and the width set to around 300. ATT is off and Pre is off I do not have the dual filter on, and no afx on. I can spot and decode signals if they are strong. If they are

Re: [Elecraft] experience with CW and settings

My experience with CW decode is: Try setting the THR to 2. Now, with the CWT enabled press the SPOT button and the little signal marker should align with the index mark. And, the marker should flash in step with the audio CW signal. If it stays on too much, set THR up to 3, or vice versa,

Re: [Elecraft] experience with CW and settings

Thank all of you both on list and off list that sent me info. I am going to try these different settings and see which ones work for me. I am a believer that the decoding in the head is the best, but after a long time of not using it, I am having to relearn code all over again. It is starting to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Hum on mic between 2 rigs

On Thu,9/24/2015 9:48 AM, Dan Atchison via Elecraft wrote: I built a nice boom microphone switch to swap my Heil PR781 between my K3S and my K3. The switchbox uses XLR connectors so I can use the Heil K3 "proper" cables to each rig. I bought a regular XLR extension cable for the mic to

Re: [Elecraft] K3S - APF/RTTY question

If I understand the question I'm in data AFSK A 45wpm, connected to HRD DM780, I can hear the RTTY on both the radio and computer, I think I have the radio tuned correctly because the Text is about 70-80% correct, I'm seeing callsign and report most of the time. Computer shows no data, I've done

[Elecraft] [OT] Keyboards

In a thread "Touch-screen displays" on 9/3/15 at 11:28 PM, fra...@pwpconsult.com I wrote: What I have noticed over the years is that the UI hardware has gotten worse. Keyboards are the most obvious example. I am a good touch typist. When I started to learn CW (for the third time), I decided

Re: [Elecraft] K3S - APF/RTTY question

I find HRD overly complicated so I don't use it, and cannot speak to how to set it up. I use a variant of MMTTY that is designed to interface with DXBase, my logging program. MMTTY would be setup the same. I use AFSK A and low tones, 915 Hz, and set up MMTTY accordingly. Make sure whatever

Re: [Elecraft] [K3S] WinWarbler and RTTY (FSK)

Bill, How are you doing PTT? Using FSK I believe you will have to assert PTT via the 15 pin ACC connector? I'm using an adapter made and sold by W1AN. It connects to the K3S ACC port and a standard COM cable to the PC. I have RTTY FSK working successfully with Winwarbler and a K3S. If you don't

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Folks - this thread was closed earlier today. 73, Eric Moderator /elecraft.com/ On 9/24/2015 12:16 PM, David Gilbert wrote: I think you're grossly underestimating the disruptive cost of a move like that. The loss of product flow (or at the very least the cost of the redundancy involved to

[Elecraft] K3 New kio board

I want to know too because they will soon raise their prices. 73 Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人︰ Gary 收件人︰ Elecraft 傳送日期︰ 2015年09月24日 (週四) 2:43 PM 主題︰ [Elecraft] K3 New kio board Anyone heard of a release date for those wishing to upgrade their k3

Re: [Elecraft] K3 New kio board

I suspect they will offer it when they have a quantity available over and above those needed for K3S sales. As to the price increase, most of the increases so far have been on the big items, mostly the radios. Little stuff doesn’t change a whole lot. …bc nr4c > On Sep 24, 2015, at 7:59

Re: [Elecraft] K3 New kio board

The KIO3B price will not be impacted by the price adjustments. 73, Eric /elecraft.com/ On 9/24/2015 4:59 PM, Johnny Siu wrote: I want to know too because they will soon raise their prices. 73 Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人︰ Gary 收件人︰ Elecraft 傳送日期︰

[Elecraft] Another Elecraft price increase...

"We have hit the point where we will be increasing prices slightly on a number of our products by about the middle of October." Hm...again eh? Seems like everything is going up except wages for the American worker. Seems they stopped going up about inauguration 1980 & that gap just started

Re: [Elecraft] Another Elecraft price increase...

Tom, There are forums where the politicization of topics is appropriate. This isn't one of them. If you want to proselytize to your captive audience on Facebook, go for it, but as for doing it here? I say don't. Scott N9AA On 9/24/15 8:43 PM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: "We have hit

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

And in Australia's case, the government is spend 26% of GDP per annum. Is that the same as writing checks your body can't cash? Sorry Eric, can't help myself :-) Gary -Original Message- From: "Kenneth Talbott" Sent: ‎25/‎09/‎2015 1:39 PM To: "'Jerry Moore'"

[Elecraft] K3 Hum on mic between 2 rigs

I built a nice boom microphone switch to swap my Heil PR781 between my K3S and my K3. The switchbox uses XLR connectors so I can use the Heil K3 "proper" cables to each rig. I bought a regular XLR extension cable for the mic to swithbox. Well, I used a DPDT switch to switch both pins 1 and

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Folks - Let's not drift into personal back and forths here. Thread now closed. Eric Moderator /elecraft.com/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

Folks - This is drifting way OT and inappropriate for this list. Thread has been closed as per my earlier post. Eric /elecraft.com/ On 9/24/2015 9:25 AM, Ken K6MR wrote: The banks are doing what they are told to do by the Central Bank. Can you say “financial repression”? Ken K6MR

Re: [Elecraft] This Sunday's SSB Net Cancelled

You can run whatever power/rig you want, but you might be surprised if you try QRP. -Original Message- From: lmarion Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 10:31 AM To: Ian - Ham ; 'Elecraft List' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] This Sunday's SSB Net Cancelled If there is interest, I could do a

Re: [Elecraft] experience with CW and settings

I agree with Bill's suggestions. I do find the value of THR is somewhat dependent on RF Gain. Thus more atmospheric noise / static bursts the higher value for THR. In this case reducing RF Gain helps. This evening the RF Gain, hr on 80M, is setting between the 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock

Re: [Elecraft] !!!THREAD CLOSED!!! Another Elecraft price increase...

Get with the program, guys! How many times does Eric have to close this thread? From: Ken G Kopp To: Cc: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 6:41 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Another Elecraft price increase... I''ll

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

I am a lover of Elecraft products, I even had the opportunity of seeing how engineers work and visited the HQ.They all do an excellent work!! I wish you can find a solution for this situation and things calm down. I do understand prices could have to be revised and go up. Elecraft is

Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October

Is this really a Elecraft topic? Mel, K6KBE From: Mike Morrow To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October > If you had a clue about the quality of life... All is great

Re: [Elecraft] K3S - APF/RTTY question

I think I got it working. I changed the K3S Settings to 915 - 170 and HRD/DM780 started decoding correctly. I was able to work N3P successfully ..TYTYTYTY... What threw me off was that the K3S was decoding correctly anytime I had the tuning close but I wasn't getting anything (not even garbage)

Re: [Elecraft] P3 waterfall curser operation

Paul Would it be possible to turn off the the spectrum display and its cursor and add the cursor to the waterfall display? Allan AB8OU *Allan Zadiraka* On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Paul Saffren wrote: > Hi Allan, > > The short answer is that the hardware doesn't

Re: [Elecraft] experience with CW and settings

I think your question is really related to the CW decode function rather than using the K3 on CW. I am probably 90% CW, ~3% SSB [Sweepstakes, NAQP's, and RAC's], and the rest RTTY. This is probably going to touch off a storm on the list, but here goes: I run the RF gain full clockwise,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 New kio board

Eric & Wayne, Might be an idea to see how many K3 owners will be wanting to install KIO3B's and pre-order a suitable qty from your supplier. I'm sure there will be a run on these board just like the new VCO. I'm also sure that many on this list would simply pre-pay the full amount or a deposit

Re: [Elecraft] Another Elecraft price increase...

Ditto. On 9/24/2015 8:02 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: Tom, There are forums where the politicization of topics is appropriate. This isn't one of them. If you want to proselytize to your captive audience on Facebook, go for it, but as for doing it here? I say don't. Scott N9AA -- R. Kevin

Re: [Elecraft] Another Elecraft price increase...

Yes, I agree as well... Please stick to things radio... -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net For MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info For Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Price Increase Alert for mid October

Devaluation aka quantitative easing aka monetizing the debt - we are so screwed -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Moore Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:17 PM To: 'Rose' Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT:

Re: [Elecraft] K3S - APF/RTTY question

Jer, Which DATA sub-mode were you in? For RTTY, you would normally be in AFSK A and then you could activate the dual tone filter. I believe most use MMTTY for RTTY, but HRD/DM780, Fldigi and other waterfall oriented software can work as well. In AFSK A (or FSK D) the K3 is in LSB (normal

Re: [Elecraft] K3 New kio board

Not to worry, Johnny: There's not yet a price to raise :-) 73, Phil W7OX On 9/24/15 4:59 PM, Johnny Siu wrote: I want to know too because they will soon raise their prices. 73 Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人︰ Gary 收件人︰ Elecraft 傳送日期︰ 2015年09月24日

Re: [Elecraft] experience with CW and settings

I found an article by Tony McClenny, N3ME that stated in part: "CW Operation: Wayne (N6KR) provides the following for anyone using the K3 to decode CW. "If you're seeing E's and T's, try using a much narrower bandwidth, 50-150 Hz, and turn on the noise blanker to reduce the level of impulse

[Elecraft] Another Elecraft price increase...

I''ll second that with another DITTO ! K0PP On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: > Tom, > > There are forums where the politicization of topics is appropriate. This > isn't one of them. If you want to proselytize to your captive audience on >

Re: [Elecraft] K3 New kio board

H...South Australia might get submarines but VK1's want the KIO boards too. ROTFL We got some folding stuff too. 73 Gary -Original Message- From: "Matthew Cook" Sent: ‎25/‎09/‎2015 10:50 AM To: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" Cc: "Johnny