Re: [Elecraft] K3S VFO-A Dial Knob

If you prefer a rubber ring to the metal knobs, I've had great luck with the Ten Tec rubber rings which feel perfect for my use. http://www.rkrdesignsllc.com/products/miscellaneous/trim-rings/ I have not tried to buy them recently but they still seem to be available for $12 at the link

Re: [Elecraft] K3S VFO-A Dial Knob

If you look at the main home page link of the one K5WA posted below, http://www.rkrdesignsllc.com/ , near the bottom of the page it states: RKR Designs LLC no longer sells or services Ten Tec products. For all Ten-Tec products, Sales and Service, go to: www.tentec.com The tentec.com site has

[Elecraft] Extra K3 Filters

I have a few extra K3 filters KFL3B-FM$100 shipped KFL3BA-2.1K $100 shipped 73 Bill W4RM Please use w...@aol.com as my primary account __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3S VFO-A Dial Knob

Soon, but we're waiting for commitment on delivery for the next increased production run of these. As soon as we have that date and if it looks reasonable, we'll put the K3S VFO grip ring on the order form. Our prime reason for being careful on this is to not sell out all of our current

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

On Mon,1/11/2016 8:14 AM, Gerry Hull wrote: Did anyone notice this on the sig? Sort of, but I was so thrilled to get you 80M mult that I paid no attention to it. :) 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

Hey Jim, I'm a contester... so go much above 45 and the rate starts to drop... but when I have a serious pile, I go from 38 to 40 or 42. So having a good sounding K3 is important. I used to be a QRQ rag chewer in my younger days -- wish I had a rig as nice as a K3 back then; 60 to 70 was my

[Elecraft] New band output codes

Currently, the K3 and K3S band outputs have unique codes for the amateur bands 160M through 6M with the code for 60M being shared with the output when the radio is off. With the new allocations for 2200M and 630M being likely, and a possibility of having more frequency freedom in the 60M band,

[Elecraft] K3 with Array Solutions DBS-1 band decoders

Hello group, I have an Elecraft K3 and want to hook up an Array Solutions DBS-1 band decoder so I need to make a cable. Is anyone here also using a DBS-1 with a K3 who could send me the cable details? Thanks and 73, Darrell AB2E

Re: [Elecraft] K3S VFO-A Dial Knob

Eric, I am wrapped (not physicaly) in the feel of the k3s band on vfo A, my advice to all is to wait for Elecraft to list it. Well worth the wait I reckon. Just a happy user... Gary -Original Message- From: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" Sent: ‎12/‎01/‎2016

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

Oh yes, The synthesizer upgrade isn't cheap, especially if you have two receivers (you have to upgrade the synth for each receiver, as one new one can't coexist with one old one, but from experience, I've found the keying sounds much cleaner with the new synthesizer, even at slower speeds and

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

"Clipped dits" is a good description. Upgrading the synth(s) will fix this, even with QRQ mode turned off. In fact it's so good, that I don't even use QRQ mode anymore so there is no change when RIT/XIT or Split modes are engaged. You'll also find that the K3 now accurately follows an external

Re: [Elecraft] K1 no audio

Ok I now have audio.I can hear "hiss" fairly loudly as well as strong sidetone when I go into the stl menu. I replaced C11 and audio sprung to life. I proceeded to wind L1 and installed it, then re-installed my filter board and now I get the E42, "No VFO." I can go into the menus and

[Elecraft] P3 SVGA adapter is sold

The subject line says it all. Jim/N1NK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by:

[Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

I was operating VE4EA in NAQP this weekend... A couple of people said the CW sounded mushy. I was running QSK, with N1MM DTR CW Keying using the KUSB. I noticed, on the sidetone, that it got mushy around 40 wpm. I don't know Cary's firmware rev. Is there a fix for this? (This is with RIT

Re: [Elecraft] K1 no audio

Problem solved, thanks for the pointers Don! In checking the RF board and filter board over and over, I disassembled the front-panel board again, resoldered pin 10 on J1 since it didn't look as good to me as it could have been and then, as I went over everything I found an unsoldered leg on R11.

Re: [Elecraft] K1 no audio

John, great to hear. Most of us have graduated to a 6” loop that is lighted. Frank KG9H > On Jan 11, 2016, at 10:48 AM, wingman67 via Elecraft > wrote: > > Problem solved, thanks for the pointers Don! In checking the RF board and > filter board over and over, I

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

I don't know if this applies to your station, but if you are using a level converter circuit similar to the one in Fred's KX3 book -- 10K input resistor to NPN base with a diode to ground/emitter and a .1 MFD cap between the collector/output and ground -- this might apply. I was using the

Re: [Elecraft] K1 no audio

lol! Not a bad idea Frank! :) John KD8UDZ - John Hines -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K1-no-audio-tp7612521p7612535.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Re: [Elecraft] KCR2 versus Bandmaster III

I have several of the original six band Top Ten Band Decoders. I rewired my old Yaesu cables to accommodate the K3S and it works great for automatically switching bandpass filters and antennas. John KK9A Rick Tavan rick at tavan.com Sun Jan 10 13:33:27 EST 2016 Another nice solution, especially

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

Hi Vic, This is K3, not K3s, no synth upgrade (yet!). This is a KUSB cable for CW keying, Stock. You know, I've never really noticed a difference with QRQ on or off. But, I do see a big difference when I go between 38 and 40 WPM. I'll try the QRQ mode again and see. I'll also test with

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

Is it a K3 (not K3S) which did NOT have its synthesizer upgraded? If so, then you MUST have QRQ mode turned on or you will see poor CW above about 35 wpm. In addition, note that QRQ mode is automatically disabled when you turn RIT/XIT on or use SPLIT. 73, Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO Rehovot, Israel

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

I don't think "mushy" is the right term. It's jitter in the CW envelope timing. Generally jitter is less than +/- 1 ms, but with the old synth, QRQ mode turned off, and the code speed in a certain range (around 40 WPM), it can be a bit worse. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jan 11, 2016, at 11:07 AM,

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

One listener expressed it as "clipped dits". I guess at 40wpm, 1mS would make enough of a difference in dit length. Thanks for all the feedback. 73, Gerry W1VE / VE1RM On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > I don't think "mushy" is the right term. It's

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

A K3 with the old synth will sound bad at 38 wpm with any keying method unless QRQ is on. 73, Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO Rehovot, Israel http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ On 11 Jan 2016 21:07, Gerry Hull wrote: Hi Vic, This is K3, not K3s, no synth upgrade (yet!). This is a KUSB cable for CW keying, Stock.

Re: [Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

Clipped dits would be close enough. Your ear knows that the starts and stops of bauds are not in correct relationship to each other and with other bauds, it sounds different, not right, but picking a word to describe that is hard. 73, Guy K2AV. On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Gerry Hull