[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2022-03-05 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    After a rainy week today's sun felt good.  Buds are starting to expand.  Daffodils are about four inches tall, just in time for the next snow storm due late in the week.  There was one day of fog and snow.  It was like a Turner painting in shades of gray.    The sun is

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K4 Vs. Flex 6400

2022-03-05 Thread Kurt Pawlikowski
Scott,     Well, yes: The "numbers" say one thing (or several things!), but, like I said, I'm in love with Elecraft... So, yes, I'm prejudiced! Of course the "top radio (FT-DX101D)" is somewhat more expensive then the 6400, and does seem to have some nice whistles and bells. Who knows? Maybe

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K4 Vs. Flex 6400

2022-03-05 Thread Kurt Pawlikowski
Rich, Et Al,     Thanks for the comments.     Yes, I'm aware that this might bring up some sort of issues people have with the manufactures or personal experience. My own is that when I was ordering the radio, I could afford the 6400. But what I was hoping for, maybe in vain, is some

Re: [Elecraft] SM$ command

2022-03-05 Thread Stefan Jansen
Hi Andy, Yes, I should have been more precise in asking my question. OK, thanks to your answer I know now that the SM$ command might report exactly the number of dots that are displayed on the KX2 for the S-Meter. But as I am a white sticker, I cannot read that display and do not know to which

Re: [Elecraft] FW: KPA500 faults

2022-03-05 Thread Charles K0MV
Hi William, " surmise it was heating " Consider as the surface mount current sensing resistor (assuming it is surface mount) is made to withstand solder reflow it seems unlikely to be heat. I've had many surface mount resistors develop hair line cracks due to vibration and board

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K4 Vs. Flex 6400

2022-03-05 Thread Brian Denley
The 6400 is $2000. Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad > On Mar 5, 2022, at 10:52 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > > Interesting question. The Flex 6700 is close to the top of the list with > some sort of updated hardware, while the 6400 is below the original K3, and > far below the K3 with the

[Elecraft] Overload concern between a K3 and a K4 using Alpha Delta Coax Delta-4 Switches

2022-03-05 Thread Rocky Cookus
Hello, I've got the Alpha Deltas connected together in the COM position so that I can use any radio with any antenna. With the K3 on 40 and the K4 on 20, I see nothing on the Panadapter of the K4 while doing an ATU tune on the K3 or even key down putting out 100 watts. The Delta-4 switches are

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K4 Vs. Flex 6400

2022-03-05 Thread Pete Smith N4ZR
Interesting question. The Flex 6700 is close to the top of the list with some sort of updated hardware, while the 6400 is below the original K3, and far below the K3 with the new synthesizer(s).  The difference between the 6700 and  the K3 with new synth is only 1 dB in terms of narrow spaced

[Elecraft] Looking for KFL1-2 or KFL1-4 built or unbuilt

2022-03-05 Thread Vicenç via Elecraft
Hi to all the subscribers A good friend of mine bought recently an unbuilt K1 kit but unfortunately missing some relevant bits. The kit had the bare K1 enclosure and, unfortunately the band board module was missing. After doing the inventory, thr RF board and front panel board components were

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K4 Vs. Flex 6400

2022-03-05 Thread John Simmons
Take a listen to Rob Sherwood talk about the K4: https://www.hamradioworkbench.com/podcast/hrwb-149-receiver-performance-with-rob-sherwood -- 73, -de "Curly" John NI0K in rural Debs, MN USA Hamshack Hotline: 610271 Ian Kahn wrote on 3/5/2022 8:00 AM: Kurt, A good starting point would be

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K4 Vs. Flex 6400

2022-03-05 Thread Ian Kahn
Kurt, A good starting point would be Rob Sherwood's receiver analysis. It can be found at: http://www.sherweng.com/table.html I'm not sure/aware of anyone who performed direct transmitter comparisons. 73 de, Ian, NV4C On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 1:19 AM Kurt Pawlikowski wrote: > Hi! > > I

[Elecraft] [K3S] LO-CUT-HI

2022-03-05 Thread Jim McDonald
I haven't used my filter passband controls on SSB in my K3S for a long time. I can't switch the function of the shift and width controls to lo and hi cut by tapping on them with the radio in LSB or USB. They stay on SHIFT and WIDTH. Am I forgetting something? Jim N7US

Re: [Elecraft] K3 to K4D “Upgrade”: Satisfied?

2022-03-05 Thread Dave
Last year I saw our UK distributor was advertising that the K4 was available from them with a 6 to 8 week delivery. I suspect they may have had some on “pre order”. I managed to sell my K3/P3, and took delivery of a K4D in just under 8 weeks from ordering. I wasn’t able to conduct an A/B