Re: [Elecraft] Is the K3 have low sensitivity on 10 M and 6 M

If you are hearing static, then you have enough sensitivity. It sounds like the problem may be a very local source of noise which is drowning out the signals at your QTH, while your friend is far enough away from that source to not be bothered by it. Try using a portable radio to search for

[Elecraft] K3S QST Article

The November issue of QST arrived in the mail today. Nice article about the K3S, in case anyone hasn’t yet seen it. Ted, KN1CBR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Tuneup, Rescue, Build your K2, K1, KX1, others

Alan, please email me at kd6...@sbcglobal.net    I have a question on KX2's for you   73 Scott AKQ On Monday, October 10, 2016 1:35 PM, "Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX [via Elecraft]" wrote: Hello, Have you always wanted an Elecraft? A KX1, K1,

Re: [Elecraft] Is the K3 have low sensitivity on 10 M and 6 M

Gerald, The K3's original preamp provides an MDS of about -135 to -136 dBm on 10 and 6 meters. This should suffice unless you have an extremely low noise floor. If you do, then you can install the KXV3B option, which has a second preamp that has a much better MDS -- around -144 to -145 dBm.

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Ted, Firstly as others have said “do not give up” I too use professionally (for testing) Oracles excellent VirtualBox - it is decent VM which for home use will allow you to try almost any OS you wish to dabble in. VMWares’s products are also excellent - but are generally

[Elecraft] K3 SWR/Tuner Utility

Thanks to Barry K3NDM, I found a nice K3 utility to scan swr of a band and then do a KAT3 setup (tuner setup) so you can have instant tuned stacks on each band. http://www.na6m.com/EZ-K3/K3_EZ_V2008.zip The first time I used it to tune my Inverted L for 160m, it yielded the following results.

[Elecraft] Is the K3 have low sensitivity on 10 M and 6 M

I am curious why a fellow ham and I who both live within two blocks of each other and have the same wire antenna, Except mine is a little higher. I have the K3 and he has a Kenwood and Yaesu and he is working people on 10 meters while I can only hear static. The same goes for 6 meters. I think I

Re: [Elecraft] PL259s

Cut and paste got me - corrected text below. On 10/12/2016 3:55 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: In the interest of reducing list email overload for others, let's wind down the OT 'PL-259' posts now and close the thread. 73, Eric /Moderator at large, elecraft.com/ On 10/12/2016

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I used BOOTCAMP to set aside a portion of my hard drive for Windows and installed Win8.1 (now upgraded to 10). Now I can boot into either OS and use it. Works great. MAC hardware runs windows better than my old HP laptop. I also purchased VMWare Fusion and used the Bootcamp partition as my

Re: [Elecraft] PL259s

In the interest of reducing list email overload for others, let's wind down the OT 'Windows Emulator' posts now and close the thread. 73, Eric /Moderator at large, elecraft.com/ On 10/12/2016 11:05 AM, Jim Brown wrote: The Amphenol part number is 83-1SP (with nothing after that part number)

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

In the interest of reducing list email overload for others, let's wind down the OT 'Windows Emulator' posts and close the thread within an hour of this post. (Its now 2249 Z) Eric /elecraft.com/ On 10/12/2016 2:02 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote: Same here, Eric. And my clock is always OK when

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Same here, Eric. And my clock is always OK when rebooting into Windows, though it may be off some integral number of hours for a minute or two. Phil W7OX On 10/12/16 1:13 PM, Elecraft K3 wrote: Hello All, I didn’t read through all the responses, so apologies if this is duplicated. After

[Elecraft] Setting Windows Clock

Eric, Atomic Clock Sync will allow you to set the clock easily in Windows. Check out http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/ 73, Don W3FPR On 10/12/2016 4:13 PM, Elecraft K3 wrote: Hello All, I didn’t read through all the responses, so apologies if this is duplicated. After running

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Hello All, I didn’t read through all the responses, so apologies if this is duplicated. After running several emulators and not liking them much, I went with Apple’s Boot Camp and prefer it over anything else I’ve tried. It has been much more reliable for me. I use both OSs almost every day

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Another option is Wine, I use that on my laptop running Ubuntu for a few programs that I used to use on Windows. Its a windows compatibility layer that runs on your host OS, Mac or Linux based. I tried it on my Mac (work computer) but didn't get it to work fully, however, that was more my

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I run Windows 10 under the most recent version of VMWare Fusion on a late 2012 Mac Mini running MacOS 10.12 (Sierra) with 16Gb of RAM. So far it can easily run any Windows ham software I have thrown at it. I can remote into the Mac with VNC and control my Kenwood TS-590S with Kenwood's rig

Re: [Elecraft] PL259s

The Amphenol part number is 83-1SP (with nothing after that part number) for silver plated, not gold center (for which I see no value). I buy in 100-piece quantity from industrial vendors like Newark and Allied, sharing my order with other hams. The last time I bought (a year or two ago) I

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Virtualization is the way to go. I've not used VirtualBox, but have friends who have great success. Virtualization has some big advantages: You can isolate different things you do to different virtual machines. Probably the best example of that is to keep your financials away from general

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

At the risk of starting a religious thread, I never said Macs were more secure than PCs. On my Mac, I simply have more control of my security and credentials than on a Windows computer from 20 years of deep Mac experience. On Windows, I simply don’t have the deep knowledge of how to restrict my

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

What VMs did you 'test' that had bad performance? 72 - john - n0hj On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Fred Moore wrote: > > I tested some VM that wasn't cusomized for the OSX and performance was > horrible, slow and cranky.. > > Regards.. Fred > >

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I would not hesitate to go the Fusion or Parallels route.. While parallels allows you to run each individual program inside a mac window, fusion does not.. it runs on a separate desktop. however Fusion has many fewer paid upgrades than parallels. I currently run parallels, it works very well,

Re: [Elecraft] PL259s

I now use Amphenol PL-259's or "UHF male" sliver-plated connectors with gold-plated center pins and PFTE insulation from "Dave's Hobby Shop" #721405422210 ...$4.95. I am buying almost all my connectors from Dave's: http://www.daveshobbyshop.com/ Quite often at a savings in price and very

Re: [Elecraft] SOLD! KX1 For Sale, NEW ASKING PRICE!

The KX1 has been sold. Thanks for the interest! Dick Phelps, K1SW -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX1-For-Sale-NEW-ASKING-PRICE-tp7623255p7623274.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Michael, I'd be very wary of your last statement there. Your Mac is no more secure than a Windows computer (and in fact Apple collect a lot of data and hide the fact that they're collecting it, they just manage to hide it better than Microsoft do). Your assertion that you're safe just because

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I second that. Lifelong Mac user. I have a cheap Windows laptop I only use for ham and games. I nuked the drive, installed a fresh, legal copy of Windows 10 and don’t use that computer to surf or watch videos or music. I don't download ANYTHING other than ham stuff, OS updates, and games from

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Ted, John, et al - Don’t give up! As John said, there are several options. I’ve never used the Oracle product, but for quite a few years I’ve been running the VMWare product called Fusion. Currently running on a 27” late 2012 iMac with 8GB RAM. I have several Ubuntu Linux guests in addition to

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Just a suggestion; I don't know what all this would cost you, but $350 can buy a very decent Windows laptop. I bought a Lenovo with an i5 cpu and 8 Gb of ram plus an optical drive and more, from the Microsoft store for that amount. You have to watch for good offers. Dick, n0ce On

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Hi Ted, I tried to make the same move with the Mac but ended up going back to a dedicated Windows machine. I use Parallels as the virtual machine. It works fine. It allows you to run each Window's program in a separate window on the Mac screen or you can run all Windows programs under one

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Hi Ted, I wouldn't bother with an 'emulator' as such, instead what I'd do is go and grab some virtualisation software (personally I use Oracle's Virtualbox), and install a full copy of Windows inside that. You can then install whatever apps you like (as long as they aren't too

[Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I give up. I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS. But there’s just too much that I want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number of logging programs I’d like to try. It’s not time yet

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Question

(I am trying to get caught up on my email. Forgive me if this has been closed.) This caught my eye, and I agree. I have found when buying PL-259's that are made in a 'metric' country, there can be slight problems converting to the dimensions used in North America. I have chased SWR troubles

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Question

I bought a batch of Barenco 259s amongst others and I am mightily impressed, very chunky, very smooth and not expensive. David, G3UNA > > On 11 October 2016 at 22:50 Dave G3WGN M6O wrote: > > > Not oddball in EU, nor expensive. Good quality ones are available from