Re: [Elecraft] Technology Change

2016-09-26 Thread Morgan Bailey 
Thank you everyone for the kind words that have been sent to me via email.
Im 62 yrs old and still love radio as much as when the magic of the fist
xtal set that I put together.

It is still magic that I can close a switch and broadcast RF and
instantaneously some one 5 to 7000 miles away hears me and sends my call
back to me. When ever I do this it is a connection to the world, to another
person making the magic happen. Over and Over it is like xmas when some one
answers my CQ or when I answer someone else.

Some of my best times was when I just sit back and listen to 2 or 3 guys in
a round table talk on CW. I really enjoy just listening. I can hold my own
on CW and copy most of the time in my head and keep notes of name qth, job
and kids etc on paper. People are life and most of the qso's beyond
equipment and signal report are great. I use an amp to make this happen
longer to keep the window of propagation up 30 min to an hour longer,
knowing that I may never hear this person again. Now that I use N3FJP ACLOG
for logging, I realize I have talked to many people and can pick up where I
have left off with them.

So. My best advice is use an electronic logger and keep notes in the log.
It will make so much better communication. My brain is good but I cant
remember everything. Remembering in the log and coming back gives the other
operator validation that someone cared enough to take the time and give
value to their time from the last QSO. Take this time and be more than an
operator, be a caring person that is interested in more than just
contesting and making the numbers. There is a time and place for the
numbers but in the off times, relaxing, keep a long and you might be
surprised how wonderful this is when someone comes back with your name when
you call CQ.

Hi morgan! always suprises me.

Dale Carnegie, once said, "the most beautiful word in the language is the
sound of your own name especially when some one else remembers and
addresses you." Logging can help with this. After all, there are a few
million of us out there looking for the magic.

Vy 73,

Morgan Bailey NJ8M

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Roger Stein  wrote:

> Great read Morgan! Thank you for taking the time to record your historical
> experience.
> 73, Roger K7SJ/VE1 Halifax NS
> First crystal set in the late 50's
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 23, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Morgan Bailey 
> wrote:
> >
> > I made a miss key, GiGo (for all you fortran non porgramers that means
> > Garbage in Garbage out), 1625 not 1628arggg..then there was the
> trusty
> > OA3 regular of purple phase noise generator of a mercury vapor
> tube...then
> > there was the magic EYE of the ARK 5 command transmitter...with the flip
> up
> > top with the mirror on it...man those were the days when a BA/Weller 30
> > watt iron a few old TV and Radio sets could get you on the air with
> about 1
> > pound of solder. What great fun that was...when you could actually take a
> > TV apart for the terminal strips and drill out the rivets on the tube
> > sockets, bend an aluminum cookie sheet or use oak lath on 1 by 2s for the
> > tube base chassis open high voltage on the cathode key and static
> generated
> > clix that could be heard on any radio in the house...Bring on the
> resistor
> > across the key and cut down the clix...yeah we have come a long way. Not
> to
> > mention the 2ft by 4ft dupe sheet for Multi-single contesting for each
> > band. Making ladder line because you could not afford the nice round coax
> > when you were 12 years old...it cost more than the entire radio rx and
> tx.
> > using fence wire with oak lath strips cut and drilled then boiled in wax
> to
> > weather proof, the out put of the tube would load just about any thing.
> > Just put a light bulb across the antenna terminals and tune for maximum
> > smoke, with the antenna hooked up...or use a neon light close to the feed
> > line and do the same when you could afford to buy a ne2 light bulb.
> Finding
> > one on the farm was hard. Had to get a ride 70 miles away to a Laffyette
> > radio store to buy one. OMG found a Wave meter there, used it to tune
> after
> > that ...was over driven so connected a resistor to the antenna of the
> meter
> > to bring it in range. Worked DXCC with one 1625 and cw  a dipole fed with
> > ladder line and coils wound on toilet roll cardboard soaked in waterglass
> > then varnished to make them really stiff. All this was before PVC at a
> big
> > box store. They took down the wire from the telephone poles...yes
> telephone
> > wire was like 10 gage copperweld wire...got it free for the taking ...
> had
> > to use a barbed wire fence tool to work with it but once you had it cut
> it
> > stayed up like forever, the tree would come down first...
> >
> > I could rattle for hours on the things I did when I was a kid learning
> > radio, My first radio was out of a used cubscout book I found at a
> library,
> > (I was not

[Elecraft] XMIT button not working?

2016-09-26 Thread Jeff Stai 
hi - I'm used to using this button to nudge the amp into auto tune/band
change by toggling it on and off briefly. I am in data/FSK mode. It works
fine on the older K3 but for some reason on the K3S I am getting an "N/A"
on the display and nothing happens. Why would I be getting N/A?

Thanks and 73 jeff wk6i

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[Elecraft] W4DXCC/SEDCO Conference in Pigeon Forge, TN

2016-09-26 Thread Ted Bryant 
Hello Eric,

Just wanted to thank you and Elecraft for your support of the just-concluded
W4DXCC DX and Contesting Conference.  David Shoaf did an excellent
presentation as well as answering many questions about Elecraft products
from the attendees.

I was a fortunate winner of one of the XG3's given as prizes.  Thank you!
(yes, I also own a K3! :))

See you at Dayton in 2017.

73, Ted W4NZ

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Re: [Elecraft] Lp.pan & k3s

2016-09-26 Thread MaverickNH 
It was ordered from Telepost for a K3 - no K3S choice so I figured it was the 
same. Best regards, Bret aka Charles Jessee N4SRN -- Original Message 
-- From: N8LP [via Elecraft] To: Charles Bret Jessee Sent: September 26, 
2016 at 12:46 PM Subject: Re: Lp.pan & k3s 

Is your LP-PAN 2 set up for K3, ie. does it have the correct xtal?
Larry N8LP
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 As an added note, Ive looked to adjust Line In Levels on the Xonar U7 
as per
 http://www.telepostinc.com/soundcards.html  using the Digital Level 
Meter
 app. I find that the Elecraft Signal Generator XG3 -73dBm 14.02000 MHz
 signal shows on my P3 as a -81 dB peak on CW (and I hear it on the K3S
 headphones), but I find no change in turning the XG3 On/OFF while adjusting
 the full range of Line In Level on the U7 sound card (dB ranges -33.3 to 
-27
 with or without XG3 signal).

 If I switch my PC to the U7, I can hear YouTube videos, so I think my U7 is
 OK. If I run from IF Out on the K3S rather than the P3, still no 
success,
 so the P3 IF Out appears to not be the issue.

 Might be the LP-PAN 2 not be working?

 Im only more mystified...

 Bret/N4SRN
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Re: [Elecraft] Lp.pan & k3s

2016-09-26 Thread Larry Phipps 

Is your LP-PAN 2 set up for K3, ie. does it have the correct xtal?

Larry N8LP



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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:14:39 -0700 (MST)
From: MaverickNH
To:elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Lp.pan & k3s
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As an added note, I've looked to adjust Line In Levels on the Xonar U7 as per
http://www.telepostinc.com/soundcards.html  using the Digital Level Meter
app. I find that the Elecraft Signal Generator XG3 -73dBm 14.02000 MHz
signal shows on my P3 as a -81 dB peak on CW (and I hear it on the K3S
headphones), but I find no change in turning the XG3 On/OFF while adjusting
the full range of Line In Level on the U7 sound card (dB ranges -33.3 to -27
with or without XG3 signal).

If I switch my PC to the U7, I can hear YouTube videos, so I think my U7 is
OK.  If I run from IF Out on the K3S rather than the P3, still no success,
so the P3 IF Out appears to not be the issue.

Might be the LP-PAN 2 not be working?

I'm only more mystified...

Bret/N4SRN


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[Elecraft] For Sale: KPA500

2016-09-26 Thread Pete Juul 
Elecraft KPA 500 solid state HF / VHF solid state amp.  The amp runs 500 watts 
output on 160 thru 6 Meters. The amp is very clean and works great.  On a scale 
from 1-10 this amp is definitely a 9 +.  Price $1950 plus shipping.  





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Re: [Elecraft] KX3 SDR MAC

2016-09-26 Thread Edouard Lafargue 
  Hi Fred,

   I realize I'm pretty late in the thread but... if you are willing to
experiment, you can check out my blog post here:
http://www.aerodynes.fr/2014/01/08/kx3-gnuradio-spectrum-visualisations/

This uses GNURadio to do really nice looking IQ spectrum visualizations
with the KX3. Runs great on the Mac but requires quite a lot of hands-on
action :)

There is also my own KX3 utility for the mac at wizkers.io/wizkersradio
which you should check out - it is open source too :)

73 de ed w6ela

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Fred Moore  wrote:

> I am looking for recommendations on a good SDR application that will run
> under Mac OSX.   I also have parallels installed with a windows VM, but
> don't want anything that runs under windows..
>
> What are you Mac users using?..   Fred
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Re: [Elecraft] K-Pod LED control

2016-09-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft 

Oops! My last email on this thread was just meant for Wayne :-)

73,
Eric
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Re: [Elecraft] K-Pod LED control

2016-09-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft 
Wayne, is the needed k-pod f/w mentioned below released? If not, we need to get 
this out immediately.


Eric
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On 9/25/2016 11:54 AM, Cady, Fred wrote:

Thanks Wayne.  Paul sent it to me.

Cheers,

Fred



From: Wayne Burdick 
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 12:02 PM
To: Cady, Fred
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K-Pod LED control

Fred,

5.52 is what you need on the K3. But the K-Pod also needs new firmware, which 
we'll send you on Monday.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Sep 24, 2016, at 9:44 AM, "Cady, Fred"  wrote:


Does firmware 5.52 work to control the K-Pod LEDs with the KPLEDnON/OFF 
commands?  I'm not getting it to work.  Is there firmware that needs to be 
loaded into the K-Pod.

Cheers all,

Fred KE7X
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[Elecraft] FS: Flex control knob for K3s or Flex series radio

2016-09-26 Thread cx7tt 

Used for two months with my K3s and N4PY software/HRD. Works great, no
scratches. Excess to my needs as I have K3 K-Pod tuning knob now.
$85 includes shipping from Miami to stateside address. See QTH.com
#Listing #1288036 for pix.
73
Tom 305-767-1927
HP1XT/CX7TT
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