[Elecraft] KPA 500 Question
I am trying to use my K3 and a Yaesu FTDX10 with my KPA 500. I have cables that control the amplifier for each radio. What can I use for a switch box to switch the cables into the amp? A VGA switch did not work. Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KH1 Transceiver Question
Does the KH1 come left handed for logging, etc.? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Help on KX2 Encoder
Hi all, The encoder on the KX2 is turning very roughly. I suspect it got hit and is broken inside. I understand it is a standard part. I am hesitant to take the radio apart without some kind of roadmap. Any help on disassembly to get to the encoder? Thanks, Doug Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] An FT8 Radio- just dreaming
I have been wondering for some time- How will FT8 change ham radio equipment? Right off I imagine a radio and computer in one box maybe with the display. (FT8 should vastly simplify the first interface with the radio, with menus reaching deeper into its control. Most of today's designs are not well enough integrated and I think are hampered by preconceptions. Nor do they take advantage of graphic user interfaces that are common in say cell phones. I think it could be one box with voice and touch control with keyboard and mouse optional. How about an internal projector so that the screen can be projected onto another surface making monitors optional? If it is going to be worth it, It has to be not different but do things differently. Has anyone else had any thoughts? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 Panadaptor Settings
Did I miss it? Is there a gain setting for the db/division vertical scale or is it fixed? The P3 is variable. Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 Filter Question
Hi, I have a KX3 that I like very much. I put in the filter modification. Does anyone have any specifications on how much the filter helps the receiver- like before and after? Thanks, Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 and ALS1306 Amplifier ALC
Hi, I need some help. I have a K3, the DB9 interface cable and an ALS (MFJ)1306 amplifier. I need to know if the amplifier handles power fold back for SWR by itself or needs to connect to the K3. Question 2 is whether the cable allows this. I know there is a setting in the K3 for external ALC control. What is the proper way to set it up and provide ALC and SWR foldback? Many thanks in advance, Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Reaching Across the Chronological Divide
A few observations. We cannot think of the problem in passive terms. New hams will not come to us in great numbers. We need to go to them. We need hams to help teachers set up and run ham clubs in schools. (Collaborate) We need to appear at events like Maker Faire and present ham radio in a new light. Some of our local group started, "Not your dad's ham radio" at the Faire. The Dorthy Grant Elementary School in Fontana is also another good example. We could specifically interface with national youth-serving agencies and start or enlarge programs. How about a Sota/QRP activity that we develop with specific local groups? What not to do- We had a science day a few years ago and had someone set up a field day operation. Unfortunately, he set up the radios so that he faced away from visitors and did not have a separate person to explain what was going on. No one was interested. We have done ham radio demonstrations and information booths at dozens of fairs for years. Not a single new ham has made themselves known from those events. Obviously we were doing the wrong thing at the wrong place and probably in the wrong way. We have put lots of effort into outreach. We have done what seemed to be the right thing, without analyzing whether it really was the right thing. Most nonprofit groups spend huge amounts of money and time in this area with little to show for it. We need to reach out to groups and form partnerships that work. One organizational technique I am using in my area is to establish "daughter" clubs. These are smaller clubs or groups that we specifically help with equipment and expertise to help them realize their goals. There is a specific board member in our club that talks directly to a leader in the other club. It seems to work. Lastly, we must not sit on the sidelines deftly approving of what others are doing. We need to be part of it. If there is a program that is working, help keep it going. (My EdD. research was in this area.) Hope the latter helps, Dr. Doug Millar EdD K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 and hearing moon noise
I need some help on this. I am using the KX3/PX3 as a 10meter IF for my 10.368MHz EME rig. I am also using it with the QRA64 EME communications program. I'd like to have an audio output I can use from one unit or the other that is not AGC controlled to use for monitoring the sun or moon noise as I operate. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KPA500 Problem
I have a KPA500 with a low HV reading. It is on the center tap and AC voltage is 115v No load and 110v full load. The HV goes from 77v NL to 56v FL (500W output) Is that something I should look into? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Handedness
I realized soon after I posted about the K4's "Handedness" that I have a K-pod, which should solve the problem nicely. Thanks E'craft! Always ahead of the game. Doug O __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Handedness
Just a peripheral note- the K3 seems not to have a handedness. It works fine for either left or right-handed people. The K4 seems obviously a right-handed radio with the main tuning knob on the right. I am sure they couldn't make a radio with a mirror image of the front panel for lefties. Or could they? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Ideas for an FT8 Radio
Hi Jeff, Good ideas all around. Of course i was thinking of the KX2 and a tablet. I actually went portable in the with that setup. What I didn't like was all the wires and the USB box. If I could get straight from the KX2 to the tablet with audio and rig control that might do the trick. What do you think? Doug On Sunday, December 30, 2018, 11:07:48 AM PST, Jeff Stai wrote: Well, since we are dreaming about things that probably won't happen...;) An all in one appeals because it is portable, perhaps even trail ready. There are plenty of good mini keyboard/trackpads units already out there, so use one of those. Since you are using an external keyboard, skip the complexity of a swivel screen. A kickstand would be nice though. You said all mode but it's an FT8 radio so keep it that way; you could maybe include CW if it is easy. It will also need a stable clock... There are more powerful options for CPU nowadays than Raspberry Pi. If you think ahead, this unit could have enough oomph for future digi modes. If it was a solder kit I'd probably be in for one. 5-10W with an option for more watts sounds okay for that. Or just port WSJT-X to a tablet computer and use it with a KX2. ;) 73 and happy new year - jeff wk6i On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 1:27 PM Doug Millar via Elecraft wrote: Ok, I am going out on a limb. I have been trying to imagine an FT8 all in one radio. How about this- A radio that is 6 by 10" or so with a screen that lays flat on top and swivels up for use. Mouse but only and an optional keyboard since the programs are primarily mouse driven. The computer (raspberry pi et al.) inside the radio box. 50watts output, 160-6m and all mode. A jack for an external monitor would be good. This would make a very portable digital radio that only needs an antenna, dc, and a mouse or track pad to make it work, but also have the ability to expand for more fixed use. What do you think? 61, Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to wk6i.j...@gmail.com -- Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.jeff@gmail.comAsk me about Green Keys Night - Jan 1, 2019 -2359 UTC!RTTY op at W7RN Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Ideas for an FT8 Radio
Ok, I am going out on a limb. I have been trying to imagine an FT8 all in one radio. How about this- A radio that is 6 by 10" or so with a screen that lays flat on top and swivels up for use. Mouse but only and an optional keyboard since the programs are primarily mouse driven. The computer (raspberry pi et al.) inside the radio box. 50watts output, 160-6m and all mode. A jack for an external monitor would be good. This would make a very portable digital radio that only needs an antenna, dc, and a mouse or track pad to make it work, but also have the ability to expand for more fixed use. What do you think? 61, Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] FT 8 RU Contest and the P3
Hi, Just a note on operating in the RU contest. There are stations in groups in a number of places on the band. The P3/PX3 sure comes in handy going between them. Using the markers you can easily mark a group with marker A and tune to them, and go back easily, because you can see the FT8 groups easily. Has anyone else come up with any operating tips?This is the first time, I think, we have experienced the use of different frequencies on the same band.Now we need a MAP65 program that will read the whole band. We are watching it shake out before our eyes. Doug K6JEY DM03vt __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Looking for a P3
Hi, I would like to buy a used P3 panadaptor. Does anyone know of one for sale? VGA board would be a plus. Please reply privately to drzarko...@yahoo.com. Thanks, Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] P3 Wanted
Hi Ecrafters, Does anyone have a P3 with a VGA board that they would like to part with? Best of condition is not necessary. Thanks, Doug K6JEY 562 810 3989 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3S VS: IC-7300
Just to add- If you bought an IC7600, to upgrade you would have to buy an IC7610 and take a bath on the old radio. Mfgrs. have played the game for years. Sometimes if the upgrade is significant it is worth it, like a Drake R4c to TR7. To state the obvious, the upgrade from K3 to K3s was pretty painless. I selected the items I wanted to upgrade and have as close to a K3s as I like. Resale value? Check at my SK estate sale. The Drakes will be there too. 73, Happy Fourth, Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] FT8 Here's My Comparison of FT8 and Regular Modes
Hi All, I was thinking about the differences between using the digital modes on HF andKnob and Dial modes, and I came up with this comparison. Basically ft8 and digital modes take morework on the setup end and are easy to operate and "knob and dial"radios have little setup and the most time is spent directing the operation.Both take the same amount of effort but are inverse. My limited math abilities express then relationship as- Dm(S10τ+Oτ)=K Kd(Sτ+O10τ)=K Where Dm=Digital Mode Kd=Knoband Dial radios S= Setup O=Operating τ= Time K= Total effort Revisionswelcome- Doug Millar K6JEY Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text On Tuesday, July 3, 2018, 12:37:05 PM PDT, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com [KX3] wrote: Overheard yesterday on 40 meter SSB, in reference to FT8: “Given the level of automation and whatnot, maybe they should call it ‘magic radio’ instead of ‘ham radio’.” New contest category? Wayne N6KR __._,_.___ Posted by: Wayne Burdick | Reply via web post | • | Reply to sender | • | Reply to group | • | Start a New Topic | • | Messages in this topic (1) | Have you tried the highest rated email app? With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your inboxes (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never delete an email again with 1000GB of free cloud storage. Visit Your Group - New Members 9 - New Photos 2 • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use SPONSORED LINKS . __,_._,___ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Panadapter Symmetry Question
Hi, I have been noticing that on my P3 and on an SDR IQ hooked to the iF output of either of two K3's, that there is a small difference in level from one side of zero beat to the other. The noise is about five db higher on the high frequency side than on the lower side. Same on two different K3's, both with upgraded PLL's. I know it is minor, but I am using the K3 as a back end for my EME station and the higher noise tends to cover some signals. Anyone else noticed it? Any fixes or adjustments? JPEG available. Thanks, Doug K6JEY Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] HRO Story
Hi Ron, What a great story- the soul of ham radio. I had similar similar experiences. Fellow hams gave me stuff or sold it for little, just to give me the experience of getting on the air. I hope that that still happens. I am involved with the microwavers both terrestrial and EME and that spirit is strong. Part of it is that if we don't get others on, say 5Ghz, there is no one else to talk with. There is more to it, though. I think it has to do with how it feels to have your first QSO or DX, or whatever gets you excited, and wanting others to have the same experience. You are right about the early HRO's, it was a screw change that changed the bandwidth and developed into the funny butterfly swivel. Very similar idea. I'd like to think that Elecraft designers had a similar approach to the guys who developed the HRO and ACS with their economy of parts and innovative and careful engineering- separated by 60years or so. Thanks for responding and for you story. Doug K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] What technical similarity do HRO receivers and Elecraft receivers share that is unique? - Answer
Hi Don and others- Ok.Here is my answer- I don't think I am far off by saying that the unique similarity it is in using switched components to effect frequency coverage of the same tuning coil. In the HRO they had clips you could change over to go to "bandspread" mode on each coil assembly, Elecraft uses relays (switches) to change capacitor values in their bandpass filters so that the same assembly can cover two ranges. Essentially the same thing. I don't think any other companies have used this technique as extensively as National and Elecraft. Your opinion may vary. Doug Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Receiver Similaritie
For fun- What technical design technique does the National HRO receiver series have in common with the Elecraft series of receivers that is unique to both of them? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Report from Casper.
Roads were light yesterday and campgrounds were empty. Morning is bright and blue. Doug K6JEY Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Eclipse Beaconing
Is anyone else planning to do eclipse center line beaconing? What is a good frequency? Doug K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] AGC and IF Output
Hi All, Simple question. I am using the K3 as part of a microwave EME station. I am using an SDR IQ on the IF output. My question is whether the AGC effects the IF output level. Doug K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Transverter Interace Question
I am trying to make a Kuhne 23cm transverter work with my K3 with a KXV3B transverter interface. I have it mostly set up on an IF of 28MHz and as transverter 2. The Kuhne wants a watt or so to drive it. The problem is that it looks like to get a watt out of the K3, I need to have it hooked up to the main antenna instead of the KXV3B. The problem I see is that if I forget that the transverter is hooked up to Ant 1 and go on HF it looks like I'll blow the transverter. The work around I have figured out so far is to use the transverter on Ant.2 and HF on Ant. 1, since the antenna is memorized on a per band basis, that might keep me out of trouble. This K3 is a spare and only rarely used on HF. Has anyone else figured out a different way? Will this work? Any other ideas? Thanks, Doug K6JEY Doug Millar K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] P3 VGA Question
I know the resolution is better on a VGA monitor than on the original P3 display. I also know that the VGA monitor has more pixels in the horizontal dimension than the P3. However it is obvious to me that the digital processing for the VGA provides much better resolution than the P3. My question how it is done? Does the VGA FPGA have more bins? Or some other SDR/display design? Thanks, Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Portable Antenna
Well, this works the best for me for portable. From the ground up- a speaker stand, a 15' painter pole, a right angle pole to antenna mount, a "gum drop" antenna mount, a ham stick and two 20m radials. This works for 14MHz and up as the ham sticks are a good portion of a quarter wave. When out in the clear it is an excellent antenna. My second antenna is a Buddi stick and two radials. It is smaller and easier to transport. Used the last time on a 9th story balcony. Your results may vary. Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX2 Weighted Knob
Hi, Well, I might have done it. I like a little heavier knob on my radios. Ever since I had an HRO radio. I took the KX2 knob and put 4 nuts in each of the four bins in the back of the knob. I took some modeling clay and forced it in to hold the nuts and to give more weight. I think that is just about perfect for weight and inertia. Comments? Doug jEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3/KX2 Suggestions
Hi Wayne, et al.- Lots of good ideas. The only one I keep thinking of is a little more hefty tuning knob, especially for the KX2. I don't mean a lead knob, just one with a little more mass and better feel. Maybe someone makes one already? Except for that, I can't think of much. I have both radios and enjoy them a great deal and have no frustrations with the radios. Doug K6jEY Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] More Eclipse Information
Activity for the Aug 21 total solar eclipse is developing. Interest in doing propagation studies to explore the effect of totality on radio wave propagation seems to be of particular interest. The activity I am going to do is to set up a station at center line and stimulate the reverse beacon network. The change in received level is easily recorded by the network. The eclipse is only 2.5min long, so there is not going to be much data. One might also want to monitor signals that ordinarily would propagate through the path of totality. I mention the efforts here because a KX2 and small antenna would not add to the eclipse baggage and may provide a source of data that could be interesting. Here is a link to some of the events during the eclipse. Others are easily found with a search of the internet. Feel free to contact me directly. Doug https://eclipse.aas.org/resources/citizen-science Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Radio and the August Solar Eclipse
Is anyone else going out for the eclipse and joining in the propagation study? I will be in Casper, Wy. with the KX2 and a buddistick and beaconing for the reverse beacon network. That is the plan, any comments? Doug K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX2 Happiness
I got my KX2 on Thursday (It fills out a pretty big Elecraft "stable"). I got on the ARRL CW DX contest with a dipole and 2 element beam at 25'. I was able to work all continents on 10watts. Europe was the most difficult. I worked a bunch of JA's on 40 at night. I ended up using one of my Begali paddles with the rig. (I think it weighs more than the radio!) The interface with N1MM was simple and works very well. The receiver is very strong and only got clicks from stations a hundred hz away. Here's what I liked the most. The filter and NB buttons are next to the volume and selectivity knob. And on the left side. (Probably because I am a leftie) I like the band switch. The peg is perfect The radio barely got warm all day/night. I tried driving my Ameritron 1306 with it and got 300w output. It helped on a few contacts. Very happy with the radio. Way to go E'craft! I like the suggestion of the MFJ whip on 20. Is it better than the Maldol? Doug K6JEY Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 Rechargable Batteries
Taking the batteries in and out of the radio between portable operations is a pain. Can I take out just one in the string? That would eliminate any current drain. Are there other considerations? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K3 DSP Old and New
I have an older 2009 K3 without the updated DSP. What is your opinion? Is it worth the upgrade to the newer D version? Anyone done a comparison? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K.Pod Here
Thanks! Just got my K.Pod. It works as expected. I would like to have some of the buttons do some specific things and need a little tutoring on programming it. Buttons 1-3, tap to recall memory one, recall memory two and tune. Should be easy but don't want to narf things up. I haven't done any macros before and could use a little tutoring. Thanks, Doug K6JEY K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KX3 RTTY
Thanks Joe. Got it figured. I had a switch set wrong. It pays to actually see what the display says. Decoding fine. Doug K6EY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Trouble with KX3 on RTTY
Hi, Even following Kady's book, I can't get the KX3 to decode RTTY this weekend. Does anyone have hints on the setup? (I put the Kx3 in USB, hit data and set it to 45baud AFSK A and decode text.) With lots of tuning, I get gibberish. S meter is in dual peak mode. Thanks for any help. de Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 145, Issue 27
The new KX2 looks really exciting. Can anyone come up with a picture of the insides? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Test Data on the temperature compensated KX3
Hello again, I did a couple of runs on the Kx3 with 50 seconds on TX and then reading the frequency drift at 144.000MHz. Here is what I found out. My question is whether it is good enough for JT mode on that frequency. Let me also sat that the stability at the HF bands is very good. This is for 2meters. • Usingthe audio counter as a reference• Itransmitted for 50 seconds and recorded the drift over the next two minutes. • Between10 and 50seconds it drifted 60hz on rx• After50sec. the drift went to less than 1hz/sec. tapering off to little or no driftafter 1min 10sec. • Thiswas done in ambient air at about 23deg C. Testing done at 2w and .5w and tests at 12 and 14v input voltage showed no effect on drift. I would be curious what others have found. Doug K6JEY Dr.Doug Millar EdD. K6JEY drzarko...@yahoo.com 562 810 3989 cell/text __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Kx3 Px3 Temperature Compensation
It took two tries, but finally got traces and frequency stability good enough on my Kx3 for JT mode on 2 meters, using the internal 2m transverter. TX/RX recovery at 2w output showed minimal frequency change for a few seconds.I used the Px3 to evaluate the frequency of the signal generator over time. (Spectra view or other SDR from the radio would also work.) I also used an audio frequency counter to monitor the stability of the cw note. I think it took two runs because by the second time, I was familiar with what the radio would do and was familiar with the functions. Anyway second time was the charm. I have photos of the Px3 from the first and second run. quite a difference. The radio went from unusable for that mode to very usable. Contact me off list if you want to see them. Doug K6JEY (drzarko...@yahoo.com) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] 700Hz CW filter for K3
I just received my CW filter. I have a 250 8 pole as well. The 700 is an excellent choice and works perfectly. From unpcbs.com™ – Custom 700 Hz K3 Filter Doug K6JEY | | | | | | | | | unpcbs.com™ – Custom 700 Hz K3 FilterRework Eliminator™ Option Bypass Headers kit; Internal Mic Adaptor kit; K3 700 Hz filter | | | | View on www.unpcbs.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | Dr.Doug Millar EdD. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] External keypad for the K3/P3
A simple question. Will the P3/K3 accept a usb keypad and is it possible to send memory contents from the memory keyer (voice/cw)with the keypad? Any preferences as to keypad/keyboard? Doug K6JEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
