Re: [Elecraft] K3 Kit Wisdom

2014-05-03 Thread Charles Tropp via Elecraft
You read the manual John so you are way ahead. Just take your time and go step by step. It might help to have some small tools handy to help with the fasteners. You will be fine and I can't begin to describe what a great feeling of accomplishment it is to push that power button at the end and

Re: [Elecraft] Activity in ancient 15-meter novice band (21.1 MHz)

2014-05-27 Thread Charles Tropp via Elecraft
Hello Joshua, By all means, learn CW. It is never too late. I was QRT for 25 years and had to learn the Code from scratch. You can learn all the letters in 6 weeks practicing for 15 minutes per day. In another 5-7 weeks you'll absorb the punctuation and numbers.There are plenty of resources

Re: [Elecraft] N1MM setup help

2014-06-27 Thread Charles Tropp via Elecraft
Hi Kevin, Setting up the K3 and the Winkeyer is actually pretty simple. Lets assume that you have connected your K3 to your laptop on your serial port. Let's also assume that you have connected your Winkeyer and that it has passed the communication test. Now your serial port is probably

Re: [Elecraft] N1MM setup help

2014-06-27 Thread Charles Tropp via Elecraft
Yes, sometimes, trial and error works the best Kevin. Setting up for field day is also very simple. First open N1MM and make sure you are at the entry window. Now click File at the top. Click on new database on the menu that opens. For a file name I would suggest ARRL Field Day. Now click

Re: [Elecraft] N1MM setup help

2014-06-27 Thread Charles Tropp via Elecraft
Sorry Kevin, I pressed send before I was quite done. In the CW keys right click on the one that reads FD-CW.mc. Download that file and save it to your N1MM directory. Now go back to the entry window, select file, open log in database, associated files, and in the CW function key filename line,

Re: [Elecraft] CW on ssbHello Everyone,

2014-09-16 Thread Charles Tropp via Elecraft
On the Configuration Menu go to CW WGHT SSB-CW. Tapping the 1 key toggles between SSB+CW, which allows CW to be sent when in SSB Mode and SSB-CW, which doesn't. The other station operating SSB will hear your signal at the tone sent by your sidetone pitch. 73, Charles N2SO On Tuesday,