dary between communications media and the things you most
enjoy talking about?
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Bill Frantz| The first thing you need when | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | using a perimeter defense is a | 16345
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. But I’d
like to figure out how those of us who enjoy the occasional
gear-grinding manual-transmission contact can find each other
on this brave new highway. Ideas?
Wayne
N6KR
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Bill Frantz| Airline peanut bag
r
cleaner mic bias and for TX EQ and compression setup.
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(408)356-8506 | a design you haven't written | 16345
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www.pwpconsult.com | down.- De
.
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Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security:
408-356-8506 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is
*not* the
www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground. - Terence Kelly
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Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security:
408-356-8506 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is
*not* the
www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground. - Terence Kelly
was from VE2XK, so go figure.
I always have a blast working DX on 6M. Maybe I should get an
antenna. :-)
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| There are now so many exceptions to the
408-356-8506 | Fourth Amendment
not do code.
Is there any recommended settings for the shift lo cut and width?
It has the KFL3A-400 and the KFL3A-12.8 8 pole filters installed
I have read the manual and it does not really help me.
Thanks
Bill
W3WGG
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Bill
increments
not 0.05 increments is there some CONFIG item I need to change?
I looked through the CONFIG menus and Fred Cady’s book
however I did not see anything about setting that step.
73,
Michael
KK6RWK
On Jun 30, 2018, at 5:37 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
Congratulations. The K3
the box soon.
Before I do, I thought I’d ask you guys if you have any advice for a
newbiebefore I open the box,
Joe-can’t-wait, MW1MWD
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Bill Frantz| When it comes to the world | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506
'm low on
test equipment here, but I do have a DVM.)
Thanks - Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Concurrency is hard. 12 out | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | 10 programmers get it wrong. | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsu
, it seems unreasonable to NOT put it in the
manual ...
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Bill Frantz| Since the IBM Selectric, keyboards have gotten
408-356-8506 | steadily worse. Now we have touchscreen keyboards.
www.pwpconsult.com | Can we
el. Scroll down to the bottom of the
left column and click on the link.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 10/20/2017 4:54 PM, Bob Cutter wrote:
New to FT8 and KX3 operation.
I cannot seem to get them communicating. Error message hamlib failure.
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and had to forgo RTTY contacts.
Do what you enjoy. Ham radio is a very big tent.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security:
408-356-8506 | The guy who *is* wearing
Bill AE6JV
On 7/3/18 at 2:17 PM, j...@audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote:
And I suspect FT8 has much better immunityto noise and QRM.
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Bill Frantz| There are now so many exceptions to the
408-356-8506 | Fourth
...
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Bill Frantz| I like the farmers' market | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | because I can get fruits and | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | vegetables without stickers. | Los Gatos,
CA 95032
.
Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics
refer to
408-356-8506 | reality, they are not certain; and insofar
they are
www.pwpconsult.com | certain, they do not refer to reality.”
-- Ein
alk for a long
time, this option might be attractive and a substitute for a
dead pedal.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Concurrency is hard. 12 out | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | 10 programmers get it wrong. |
...@starpower.net wrote:
When you raise a long wire antenna more than about 0.05
wavelengths above the ground, horizontal polarized radiation
becomes dominant and the radiation pattern always has a deep
null off the ends.
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window will go to
that frequency on the radio but will put the span edges at odd
20 KHz boundaries [3510-3530, 3530-3550] and sometimes at 3515-3535.
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Bill Frantz| There are now so many exceptions to the
408-356-8506
> KPA3 > PA nor'. recommended setting for hard
contest use?
73, Jeff PJ2ND / K8ND
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Bill Frantz|Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 |not an add-on feature. - Attr-| 16345
Englewo
I have always thought that real hams build their own equipment
and uber hams design and build their own equipment. I guess that
makes Wayne a uber ham.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| If the site is supported
.)
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Bill Frantz| I don't have high-speed | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | internet. I have DSL.| 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | | Los Gatos,
CA 95032
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computing devices.
It's sadly all too common an issue, and no one yet I think has found the
definitive answer as to why it happens, or how!
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Bill Frantz| "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn
up t
ing tons of old messages, so it is not
> Ele-specific. Another that
> I am familiar with is QRP-L.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
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Bill Frantz| There's nothing so clear as | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | a design you
an analysis to determine your system
efficiency. I recently did so and discovered that I have a
worst-case loss (to the feedpoint up at the antenna) of 1 dB,
which is 21% of my power. Gone. Forever. Whoosh!
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as to which band was installed.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 2/6/18 at 12:58 PM, wmgo...@gmail.com (Michael Goins) wrote:
Is their an easy way to tell if a KX3 has the 2 meter module in it without
opening it up?
Mike, k6wmg
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Bill
A first step might be to get things working using the K3 utility
under MacOS. After that works, then fight whatever problems may
exist in VMware and Windows.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| "The only thing we
ting via USB.
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Bill Frantz| If you want total security, go to prison.
There you're
408-356-8506 | fed, clothed, given medical care and so on.
The only
www.pwpconsult.com | thing lacking is freedom. - Dwight D
interested.
73,
Brian, K0DTJ
On Feb 21, 2018, at 17:52, Bill DeVore <maxr...@gmail.com> wrote:
I’d like to start contesting and plan on using N1MM with my K3S. Is there any
advantage on adding a
Winkeyer to the mix?
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bout 200 KHz
at 75 watts fried the tweeters. My failing memory tells me that
the filter inductor also fried open, and I rewound it, amazing
tech support at Advent.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Govern
Is there any possibility of getting a Mac/Linux version of the
Frequency Memory Editor Software? It looks like a nice tool.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz|"Web security is like medicine - trying to
do good for
lock setting in my Mac mini (running Sierra, 10.12) good
enough for modes like
JT65 and FT8?
2. If not, what’s a good reliable time sync app I can download and use?
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useful for
quieting airplanes, but since I once fell asleep at a Jefferson
Airplane concert, I really don't have a problem putting up with
noisy environments.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| If the site is supported
For those curious about the reasons for high power draw at low
power out, it might be useful to review the handbook discussion
of amplifiers, and the characteristics of class A, B, and C designs.
73 Bill AE6JV
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outside is then
covered with a piece of coax braid. It does well on the antenna
analyser test Bob, K4TAX suggests.
It lives in a pocket of Rose's case and goes where the radio goes.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz
will
pass audio up to 2.45 KHz, which makes SSB voice quite intelligible.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 8/26/18 at 5:45 AM, elecraft@mailman.qth.net (Lee Murrah via
Elecraft) wrote:
What does the 2.1 KHz filter do for you?
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Bill Frantz
used four 4-1000A's in
parallel and the filament power was 600 watts. Efficiency,
including filament power was just over 70%.
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Bill Frantz| Ham radio contesting is a| Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | contact sport
as something else is.
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Bill Frantz| Can't fix stupid, but duct | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | tape can muffle the sound... | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | - Bill Liebman | Los Gatos,
CA
) wrote:
Hence the reason for 3AC fuses. They have a ceramic body and
don't explode. Of course the only way to tell if they are open
is to measure them.
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Bill Frantz| If the site is supported by | Periwinkle
(408
the only way
to tell if they are open is to measure them.
Bob, K4TAX
It was a long time ago, but I think we blew up some of those, too.
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Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506
es I won’t be able to check into the
net, but most of the fun with QRP is when the unexpected happens.
Just thought I’d ask rather than cause unneeded QRM.
tnx
de George
WD0AKZ
dit – dit
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Bill Frantz| There are now so many
K9YC
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Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security:
408-356-8506 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is
*not* the
www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground. - Terence K
pal/speleonics>
Some of the European radios have had problems in the US because
they are sensitive to the harmonics of our 60 Hz power.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| When an old person dies, a | Periwinkle
(408)35
black. It
would seem that black letters on a light background would be
more visible under low light conditions. It would also liven up
the shack.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Concurrency is hard. 12 out | Periwinkle
raditional methods but that
wouldn't work using this unsupported method.
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Bill Frantz| When an old person dies, a | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | library burns. - Joe McGawon | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.c
rockbound 10 m TX, and indeed, I seemed
to be able to work everything I heard if I had a 40 m rock
close enough. Window screens are no longer copper so I don't
think it would work today.
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Will WC2L
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Bill Frantz| Security is like Government | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | services. The market doesn't | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | want to pay for them.| Los Gatos,
the changes.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz|"We used to quip that "password" is the most common
408-356-8506 | password. Now it's 'password1.' Who said
users haven't
www.pwpconsult.com | learned
aming them "transmit" and "receive." "DTE2DCE"
and vice versa might have been a better choice so many years
ago. "Data Terminal" and "Data Communications" were probably
equally poor naming choices, but it seemed so obvious then.
o. However, that
kind of regulation would solve this problem.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 7/6/18 at 2:10 PM, k6...@foothill.net (Fred Jensen) wrote:
A data transmission could occupy any BW so long as its symbol
rate remains at or below 300.
--
Freq
(triangle f) LED is illuminated and sometimes not. I'll admit I'm not sure
what that's about and would appreciate some clarity. Thanks!
Bret/N4SRN
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Bill Frantz| Since the IBM Selectric, keyboards have gotten
408-356
l 103 could send data only in one direction at a time so
RTS and CTS were included to control the flow of the data.
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Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security:
408-356-8506 | The guy
off and on, the loss was
much greater, like 15dB or so. I must of pushed the switch when
I was adding the lug.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| When an old person dies, a | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | library burns
how it worked for me anyway).
,,,
>> Rusty, W6OAT
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Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics
refer to
408-356-8506 | reality, they are not certain; and insofar
they are
www.pwpconsult.com
on.
VE7XF
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Bill Frantz| Since the IBM Selectric, keyboards have gotten
408-356-8506 | steadily worse. Now we have touchscreen keyboards.
www.pwpconsult.com | Can we make something
spend
MINUTES by using CW Skimmer. This comes from an OT who has 385 confirmed
overall since 1957.
73, Bill W4ZV
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Bill Frantz| I like the farmers' market | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | because I can get fruits and |
htm> particularly the
last graph.
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Bill Frantz| Government is not reason, it is not
eloquence, it is force; like
408-356-8506 | a fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful
master.
/2018 10:18 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
This problem occurred with a SignaLink.
That's not a very good interface. It helps to have an clip
light or other digital level indicator on the interface for the
received signal. My Tascam US100 has a green signal presence
light and a red one for clip, which
from 4K to 2.5K (which automatically switched from the 13 KHz FM
filter to the stock 2.7 KHz filter).
73 Bill AE6JV
On 3/8/18 at 8:38 PM, j...@audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote:
On 3/8/2018 1:08 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
I got the 250 for eliminating loud PSK signals from wiping out
weak
one loop. Amazing how the band condx can change.
> Nice to have the
> reception be instantaneous with my stereo speakers.
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Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | ove
u happen to be lucky (and strong) they hear
you. Otherwise, you can spend hours of wasted time. A couple
of west African DXpeditions currently operating leap to mind.
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Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Peri
and allowing it to get into the
computer. Of course a couple of turns through a ferrite
donut on the cable will also help.
73
Bob, K4TAX
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Bill Frantz| Ham radio contesting is a| Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | contact
lite forum.
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Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | over lies and hate. | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | - Vaclav Havel | Los Gatos,
.
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Bill Frantz| Re IOT: "How many access control systems
does it take
www.pwpconsult.com | to change a light bulb?" - Dean Tribble
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red
> at higher frequencies. That's not "art," it's not "black magic," its pure
> science.
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Bill Frantz| "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the
408-356-8506 | i
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Ham radio contesting is a| Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | contact sport. | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | - Ken Widelitz K6LA / VY2TT | Los
People at the Elecraft booth at the Visalia IDXC were quoting
July deliveries for KPA1500s ordered now. Perhaps the end of the
wait is in sight.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Ham radio contesting is a| Periwinkle
need to run various
digimodes all on the same PC, with multiple screens and I/O systems.
But I know of other people already doing all that on 32 bit Linux
systems just fine anyway. (Once they find out how to make it all work
and play nice.)
.
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Bill Frantz| I don't have high-speed | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | internet. I have DSL.| 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | | Los Gatos,
CA 95032
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Bill Frantz| Ham radio contesting is a| Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | contact sport. | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | - Ken Widelitz K6LA / VY2TT | Los Gatos,
CA 95032
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instance).
Look at the firmware release notes for the past 3 months.
BTW, the firmware release notes should be considered an
addition to your K3/K3S manual. Do not overlook them.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/29/2018 6:58 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
On my Mac system, it doesn't seem to matter whether the radio
. :)
Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics
refer to
408-356-8506 | reality, they are not certain; and insofar
they are
www.pwpconsult.com | certain, they do not refer to reality.”
-- Ein
s?
Cheers.
Richard -- W4KBX
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Bill Frantz|"After all, if the conventional wisdom was
working, the
408-356-8506 | rate of systems being compromised would be
going down,
www.pwpconsult.com | wouldn't it?&q
.@pwpconsult.com
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Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security:
408-356-8506 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is
*not* the
www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground.
Ham radio is a wonderful hobby, and there are many ways to enjoy it.
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Security is like Government | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | services. The market doesn't | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.
supply, causing excess drop. Reattached and now the drop
is just a few tenths of a volt. Problem solved.
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Bill Frantz| Concurrency is hard. 12 out | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | 10 programmers get it wrong. | 16345
want at that time to review advice given in this thread by
you and others.
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Bill Frantz| Government is not reason, it is not
eloquence, it is force; like
408-356-8506 | a fire, a troublesome servant
er the end and a screw hole drilled
through-- basically, homemade flat terminal lugs on the ends
of the braid. Very easy to manage now.
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Bill Frantz|The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 |is
@gmail.com (Ian Kahn) wrote:
I particularly like the photo, in the home page banner, of the father
helping his then-Cub Scout (now Boy Scout) son making Jamboree on the Air
contacts. :-)
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Bill Frantz| I don't have high-speed
) wrote:
The time changes on Nov 4th. Seems later than last Fall...
Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics
refer to
408-356-8506 | reality, they are not certain; and in
ll?
73 Robert K7RNA
On 2018 Oct, 20, at 3:26 PM, Robert Albano wrote:
I have the same behavior:
KX3
PX3
SignaLink
MacBook Pro
CAT interface
On 2018 Oct, 20, at 2:21 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
I have noticed an significant difference between the way
my K3 and KX3 work with wsjt-x. On the
K3,
, only when the commands start at the computer and go thru
the P3 to the K3. N1MM+ is the only control software I use.
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Bill Frantz| There's nothing so clear as | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | a design you haven't
software you’re running on your PC?
Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091 KX3 #8342
On Oct 26, 2018, at 7:46 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
I have the same problem with wsjt-x running from a Mac. When I change bands,
the center frequency
changes. Very annoying since it moves part of the display outside of the 17M
s anyone else experienced this issue?
73 Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| Government is not reason, it is not
eloquence, it is force; like
408-356-8506 | a fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful
ma
suppression components.
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Bill Frantz| When an old person dies, a | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | library burns. - Joe McGawon | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | Irish Ethnographer | Los Gatos,
CA
I guess.
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Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security:
408-356-8506 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is
*not* the
www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground. - Terence Kelly
McGraw K4TAX) wrote:
Thank you Don. Over and over again, I've said "what did you
do last, before you broke it?" Well then, go undo that.
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Bill Frantz|Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle
(408)356-85
d carry
> substantial RF current.
> 73,
> Erik K7TV
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Bill Frantz| There's nothing so clear as | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | a design you haven't written | 16345 Englewood Ave
www.pwpcons
sh.
73
Bob, K4TAX
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Bill Frantz| "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn
up the
408-356-8506 | intelligence. There's a knob called
"brightness", but
www.pwpconsult.com | it doesn't work. -- Gallagher
:
As for the concept of a dedicated FT8 radio, what's going to
happen when FT9 becomes the latest craze? How many people
operate Olivia (or even JT-65) now?
Bill Frantz|"Insofar as the propositions of mathematics
refer t
as a "the new RTTY"
and operate according to the accepted operating procedures of
that mode. I view this trend as very unfortunate.
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Bill Frantz| I don't have high-speed | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | i
on the K3,
I lost all the audio out on both the headphones and the internal
K3S upgrade "sound card". The bypass was to change modes with
the mode switch and change back.
Any ideas?
73 Bill AE6JV
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B
On 1/19/19 at 5:36 PM, n...@widomaker.com (Nr4c) wrote:
Is it possible that you have VOX turned ON or bumped a PTT or FOOTSWITCH?
-
Bill Frantz| Government is not reason, it is not
eloquence, it is force
? :)
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Bill Frantz| I don't have high-speed | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | internet. I have DSL.| 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | | Los Gatos,
CA 95032
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arently a long way off.
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Bill Frantz| Ham radio contesting is a| Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | contact sport. | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | - Ken Widelitz K6LA / VY2TT | Los Ga
you scarred me with leaking the cell inside of my K3...:)
OK, OK, OK, I will check it tonite...
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Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | over lies and hate. | 16345
e location (not in a darkened vehicle or your home).
Typical LCD laptops screens are unusable in bright light so
wonder about the PX3. Not interested in the P3 for my K3, just
the PX3.
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Pro
KI6DLDennis ID TS 4401ST
TIME CHECK
IN
KE5SO Joe CO K3 1503
WA0BEU KeithCO KX37048
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Bill Frantz| Security is like
Bill AE6JV
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Bill Frantz| "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn
up the
408-356-8506 | intelligence. There's a knob called
"brightness", but
www.pwpconsult.com | it d
used with the amp
(majority had the KX3-2M).
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Bill Frantz| I don't have high-speed | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | internet. I have DSL.| 16345
Englewood Ave
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