[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Twenty meters was fairly quiet with light QSB.  Forty meters had some fast flutter with a thunderstorm in the distance. Signals were not as strong as last week.  Low noise levels helped.    Both bands had a lot of activity.  There were multiple contests.  You could work

[Elecraft] KPA1500 Power Level

Based on personal experience and observations with another ham radio brand and company, it is most often the case that power overshoot is likely to occur when the transceiver is operated at reduced power.  Namely to drive a power amplifier.   In general, tube amplifiers are more tolerant than

[Elecraft] K3 Display Won't Shut Off

One should / must turn the radio off using the POWER button on the radio BEFORE shutting off the power supply.  Otherwise said, never turn off the power supply with the radio on.   Why?   There is a PDI {Power Down Immanent} circuit that saves the current data configuration in the power down

[Elecraft] KPA1500 Power Level

I've said this for years, even with tube type amplifiers.  One exception, to which I'm aware,  is the Johnson Thunderbolt which uses a variable L along with variable C for the input components to the Pi L network.   Otherwise, the Pi network input circuit is using a fixed value of L  and a

[Elecraft] K3 transmitter power woes

Totally in agreement with Keith.   I observe slow ramp up of power on the 1st transmission after making a band change or power change. But I add; when measuring power, be sure the dummy load is actually 50 ohms non-reactive.   Just because it says so on the label, is it?  I have 4 different

[Elecraft] 40 meter net 7.280, 9-19-2021, 1900Z

Thanks to stations assisting with relays. Generally weak signals today. WM6P STEVE GA K3S net control AE6JV BILL RI K3 KB9JNZ ERIC IL FTDX101 K8NU CARL OH FTDX101 KC4CJ JAMES FL IC7300 KB9AVO PAUL IN K4 W4DML DOUG TN K3 KE8CJM DAN OH IC7300 WY3T TIM FL K3S KB3FBR JOE PA K2 WB0SOX WES MO IC746 W3SA

[Elecraft] K3 transmitter power woes- NOW WORKING!

Thank you all for the suggestions and encouragement. I am optimistic that it is now fixed. I believe it was one of the TMP coax plugs that had a faulty connection. But by shot gunning fixes I cannot pinpoint that specifically. Below is the long story: Earlier I had replaced the wattmeter

Re: [Elecraft] VGA cable to Elecraft amps

That's almost right. You cannot use a VGA cable with the Y-BOX or any Elecraft radio because they almost always short too many pins to ground.or to each other. A straight 15 pin M/F (non-VGA) extension would have worked OK to extend the Elecraft ACC cable. I supply these with the Y-BOX. I can

[Elecraft] VGA cable to Elecraft amps

I must point out that N6TV's Serial and Y boxes can be configured to use VGA cable between K2/K3/K4 and Elecraft amps. He does the hard work, and his support is fantastic. 73 Eric WD6DBM On Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 7:23 AM Jack Brindle via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > VGA cables are

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Power Level

Jerry ... In either of the failures, were you controlling transceiver output through ALC or, as it sounds, manually? 73, Kent K9ZTV > On Sep 18, 2021, at 8:48 PM, Jerry Kirshenbaum wrote: > > re: it'd pay to review the SPE > > In May 2021 I bought a SPE 1.5K-FA 2nd generator new from