[Elecraft] Letting go of one of my K3 radios

2019-10-09 Thread Frank Krozel
Thinning out a little bit. K3/10 with 2.8kHz filter, excellent condition. With manual and power cord. Extra box with a 1.8kHz and 400Hz filters (non-Elecraft) not installed for you to install. Works perfect $975 shipped -73- FrankKG9H kg9hfr...@gmail.com

Re: [Elecraft] KPA3A Firmware??

2019-10-09 Thread Don Wilhelm
Will, The KPA3A firmware should be a part of the K3S firmware upgrade. There is no separate KPA3A firmware. Just do the K3 firmware upgrade for the other K3S. I suspect your confusion is a result of the way wording in the report was written. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/9/2019 6:39 PM, William

[Elecraft] KPA3A Firmware??

2019-10-09 Thread William Liporace
Hi Folks, I just got my K3S back from Elecraft (warranty repair). I noticed a firmware update was applied to the KPA3A in the radio. Is there a way to do the same for the other radio?? I don't see it in the K3 Utility. TNX Will WC2L -- William Liporace WC2L http://www.wc2l.com or

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

2019-10-09 Thread Barry
Ed, It seems to make little to no difference what operating system you use. CW Skimmer will never out perform your ears for weak signals; I don't think it was ever designed for weak signals. But, for most every other CW signal that is reasonably sent, it does seem to work well. And, to me

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

2019-10-09 Thread Edward R Cole
Barry, I had CW skimmer installed on my old winXP computer but was not impressed with CW detection of weak CW (same for the K3). But I was using K3 line-out audio so maybe I will try it with my new i5 64-bit machine and feed IF via LP-Pan and UADC4 (brand new A/D converter which supplies

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

2019-10-09 Thread Tox
Thanks Bob! I'll poke at those. Scott ad6yt On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 6:13 AM Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > > Scott: > > The TEXT DEC level {Text Decode} is set too sensitive and/or the RF Gain > is too high. I use #3 for the TEXT DEC sensitivity on most bands, > depending on noise. And the RF

Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

2019-10-09 Thread Ken Roberson via Elecraft
Randy, I have owned lots of radio in my 59 years as a ham and my advisewould be a K3 or K3s.I have two , one for HF and the other I use on 630 M with Homwbrew150 watt power amp. Photo on my web-site k5dnl dot com Thanks 73 Ken K5DNL On Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 10:52:18 AM CDT, Kevin

Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

2019-10-09 Thread Jim KO5V
Randy, I have just added a Clifton Labs Z10 buffer amp to tap the IF on the K2. I intend to feed to an RSP1 so I can have a panandapter. This buffer amp is something that I've had for years. Jack Clifford passed away several years ago, so I believe it is now available through DX

Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

2019-10-09 Thread Lyn Norstad
Randy - My situation is not dissimilar to yours, as I was licensed in the '60s, inactive for an extended period, and became fully active again just a couple years ago. At that time, the IC-7300 seemed like the ideal rig for me, and I have not been disappointed. In fact, I now own two of them.

Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

2019-10-09 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 2019-10-09 3:03 a.m., Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote: I don't know, Don. If he installs the KPA100 the lack of temperature stability will be a serious issue, at least for digital modes. My experience was that before installing the temperature compensation mod, the drift was unacceptable even

Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

2019-10-09 Thread Tim N9PUZ
I have not paid a lot of attention to recent asking prices but you might also consider shopping around for a used Elecraft K3. Tim On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 10:21 PM Randy Heise wrote: > So, background! I have just returned to the air after an 18 year hiatus > other than keeping my license up to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW Text Decoding

2019-10-09 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
Scott: The TEXT DEC level {Text Decode} is set too sensitive and/or the RF Gain is too high.   I use #3 for the TEXT DEC sensitivity on most bands, depending on noise.   And the RF Gain is reduced such that the CWT bar only flashes on a clean signal.  Getting * and E's is an indication the

Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

2019-10-09 Thread John Simmons
Randy, You pose an interesting question. The 7300 has been *extremely* popular for the amount of features it delivers for the price. If you go that route you can sell the Signalink. However I'm not sure you would see much difference in receiver performance. Another thought is a used K3 with

[Elecraft] K3 and VHF/UHF add-ons

2019-10-09 Thread Geert Jan de Groot
[Note - slight twist on the subject line] As to using the K3 for VHF/UHF work, I recently tried to configure a K3 with just the UHF band on it - all of the HF bands mapped out because the unit doesn't have a HF antenna connected and it would avoid operator mistakes. So, just one of the TRN

Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

2019-10-09 Thread Gordon LaPoint
I have a K2 and  a K3 along with a Kenwood TS-590sg.   I have used the IC-7300. If I was in your position I would buy the TS-590sg and RSP1 for the band scope.  I think the 590 is a better radio than the 7300, for about the same $. I love the K2, but the 590 (or 7300) is a better radio for

Re: [Elecraft] Blasphemy maybe but looking for an honest assessment of the K2 vs. Icom 7300 ...

2019-10-09 Thread Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
I don't know, Don. If he installs the KPA100 the lack of temperature stability will be a serious issue, at least for digital modes. My experience was that before installing the temperature compensation mod, the drift was unacceptable even on CW. This was not a problem before the additional