[Elecraft] Ham band expansions in Norway

2009-11-07 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Expanded frequency allocations for hams in Norway came into force last week. The new allocations can be seen at http://www.lovdata.no/ltavd1/filer/sf-20091105-1340.html#5. New/expanded bands in the K3's range: 5260-5410 kHz - not channelized 24740-24890 - this is 150 kHz below the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 shuts off

2009-12-13 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Mike wrote: I was at a friends today, looking at his K3. It's in the 1000 range of serial numbers, not a kit. If power is set above 95-96 watts, the rig shuts down instantly when you transmit (at least in CW and if you press the TUNE button. Didn't try it on any other modes). His

Re: [Elecraft] K3 shuts off

2009-12-13 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Jim Wiley wrote: Could be the power supply. Some regulated supplies shut down completely if the overcurrent protection trips, and they have to be completely shut down to reset them. Clue: is anything else connected to the supply, and if so, does it shut down t the same time as the K3?

Re: [Elecraft] easy source of static dissipating work mat?

2008-12-11 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Dr. James C. Garland wrote: One of the interesting properties of two-dimensional conductors is that the measured resistance is independent of the spacing between the probes. In other words, one will get the same measurement on an ohmmeter if the probes are one centimeter apart as if they are one

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-30 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Paul Christensen wrote: I took mine down last week. Thinking of something to put up that is bigger. With that much work and cost involved, it's good that the antenna is located in an isolated area. Can you imagine installing that system, only to find S9 noise from an uncooperative

[Elecraft] Problem with newborn KRX3: Very poor sensitivity.

2009-04-18 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
the synthesizer board or the one from the frequency reference, I wouldn't expect the sub-rx to work at all. Does this make sense? Suggestions, anyone? 73 Jon LA4RT Jon Kåre Hellan, Trondheim, Norway __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http

[Elecraft] Look for loose components in the bags (was: Problem with newborn KRX3: Very poor sensitivity.)

2009-04-22 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Jon Kåre Hellan wrote: I have installed the subreceiver in my K3 and done some testing. It seems to work, except that sensitivity is very poor. I've been listening to one receiver in each headphone. On the sub-rx. the strongest signals on the band just come up above the noise. The effect

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Key out (was CW sideband)

2009-04-23 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: That's right - it does. Again, the signal is Key Out not Amplifier PTT. Key out should ALWAYS follow the straight key (or internal keyer) input regardless of whether the K3 is producing power. Actually, it follows the logical OR of XMIT button and key.

[Elecraft] Oscilloscopes

2009-05-21 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Hi I'm thinking about buying a scope. I've seen many people recommend getting an old analog scope, but they're big! I borrowed a compact 100 MHz digital scope from work, and it was nice. 50 MHz scopes are a lot cheaper, though. Will I regret getting a 50 MHz scope instead of a 100 MHz one?

[Elecraft] K3 ERR TXG

2009-05-30 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
My K3 has now recovered from en ERR TXG problem. When trying to transmit, output was close to zero, and I got the error message. It started happening just after a firmware upgrade, but it turned out to be a hardware problem on the RF board. The stage after the pre-amplifier, (Q8/Q9) to be

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Peculiar BW behavior?

2009-06-11 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Frank Ross W4NHJ wrote: Walter, This is probably not your problem, but might be worth checking. Make sure you have the filter BWs entered correctly. I had a problem, I entered the 250 Hz filter as 250 and is should have been .250. I got some crazy results. KG4YLZ who was here when I

[Elecraft] Front panel spacer problem

2008-07-13 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
All the 7.9 mm spacers in the front panel bag of #1225 are diameter 4-40. The spacers next to the LCD are supposed to be 2-56. I've emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED], but thought I'd ask the list if the right gauge spacers might be lurking elsewhere in the kit. No, I didn't use them elsewhere. Mating

Re: [Elecraft] Front panel spacer problem

2008-07-13 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
. 73 LA4RT Jon 73, Don W3FPR Jon Kåre Hellan wrote: All the 7.9 mm spacers in the front panel bag of #1225 are diameter 4-40. The spacers next to the LCD are supposed to be 2-56. I've emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED], but thought I'd ask the list if the right gauge spacers might be lurking elsewhere

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - shipping size?

2008-07-21 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
LB3SA wrote: My K3 (kit form) is soon ready to be shipped. A friend of mine is in the US though and I was going to ask him to bring it home in his suitcase. Could anyone tell me how big the boxes are? I assume it can be taken out of the 'main box' (if there is such a thing) and maybe distributed

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Antennas in trees

2008-07-27 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
David Woolley (E.L) wrote: Benny Aumala wrote: http://www.antennalaunchers.com/csv19/index.htm That URL seems to lead to a cybersquatter (the sort that gives you their search engine results). It's http://www.antennalaunchers.com/csv19/index.html - with an 'l' at the end. It might,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 video

2008-08-21 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote: Sorry, right subject now... New video: The making of... K3 #1255 A 7 minute impression of building a K3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD8QNVkIirc Quite a surprise to hear myself calling cq there at the end. Jon LA4RT

KAT100 (was: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Firmware, Revision 2.31 - Remote ATU)

2008-08-30 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
I'd like to use this opportunity to say that I'm impressed by the KAT100. Everything I've been able to tune with my manual MFJ-949, the KAT100 will also tune. Jon LA4RT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YES! We need a remote version of the KAT100. That would help improve a lot of signals. 73,

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

2008-09-27 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Dave G4AON wrote: From a Google search QRRR Official ARRL land distress call Never heard of such nonsense, if indeed that is what it means. If someone really is in distress they should call SOS at least everyone who can read CW will understand that. What's the CW equivalent of Pan pan?

Re: [Elecraft] Boonies and the K3 clock

2010-06-25 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 06/25/2010 07:31 PM, John wrote: Gentlemen, I'm amazed at the creastivity I stirred up with my observation that the K3 clock is inaccurte. The subject appears to have a life of its own. My original observation related to being in the boonies (outside Kabul, Afghanistan), on a truck

[Elecraft] LP-Pan and Rocky (was: SDR with a Twist)

2010-07-22 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 07/23/2010 01:17 AM, Steve Ellington wrote: Gosh I though someone had filed for documents under the Freedom of Information Act. But whatever, this sounds like a good scheme. You're right about PwrSDR being a resource hog. I had to get a dual core cpu just to run LP Pan smoothly. Can Rocky

Re: [Elecraft] SAD NEWS FOLLOWUP

2010-08-30 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
The sad news mail was forged. It could have been forged by anybody who knew Dale's email. These days, forgeries are almost always sent from malware infected computers belonging to innocent third parties. It could have been Dale's computer, but it could just as well be somebody else's. However,

[Elecraft] CE declaration of conformity

2010-05-13 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Hi I got curious about what specific norms CE marked commercial amateur radio equipment is supposed to conform to. Presumably, my K3 came with a declaration of conformity, but I have no idea where it is. Does anybody have theirs? What norms are quoted? Here's an example of a declaration for a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - reliability

2012-08-04 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 08/04/2012 04:08 PM, Bill wrote: I have been reading the posts about the KX3 and it brings up a question about K3 reliability. Prior to my purchase of a K3 last winter, I did all the usual research on reflectors and boards. I was looking for real-life user information and experiences.

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Sherwood RX Test Numbers Posted

2012-08-10 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 08/10/2012 08:09 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: See: http://www.sherweng.com/table.html :-) 73, Footnote v: At 1 kHz performance is opposite sideband rejection limited. On CW consider switching to 8-kHz IF. Note: Roofing filter disabled in this mode. What does that mean?

Re: [Elecraft] Portable antennas for use in UK

2012-09-09 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 09/08/2012 10:06 PM, Dennis L. Haarsager wrote: Just returned from another two weeks in the UK, this time bringing my KX3. My wife and I visit her mother in the Borders area of southeastern Scotland four (+/-) times a year. I duplicated Wayne Burdick's kit as closely as possible, but it's

Re: [Elecraft] K3 RTTY/data prosign IM question

2012-09-14 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 09/14/2012 06:40 PM, Robert G. Strickland wrote: Hello... I'm raw new to data modes, never used them in 20yrs. Now, with the K3, I'm exploring them for the first time. I've read that the prosign im will terminate the end of transmission string?. However, when I send it with my key [no

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Question

2012-10-14 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
I stil think that the owner's manual is telling us to do the calibration, and the kit assembly manual is telling us not to. As I'm lazy, and the kit assembly manual is more recent, I chose to not calibrate. But I think there should be an erratum to the owner's manual about this. Jon LA4RT

[Elecraft] KXPA100 and K3/10?

2012-11-04 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Will the KXPA100 100 W amp for the KX3 also integrate with a K3/10? Would be useful when the KX3+KXPA100 is your backup rig. If the K3 100 W stage fails, the KXPA100 could be used instead. There's a reason the K3 still is the main rig. Plain RF sensing would work anyway, I guess. I was

Re: [Elecraft] USB to Serial Converter Question

2011-05-29 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 05/29/2011 03:31 AM, 492comm...@comcast.net wrote: I got a new computer awhile back. I hadn't attempted to load the drivers software until now. I would like to get my K3 to the latest firmware update and also play with my new XG3. The Elecraft sheet for the USB to Serial Converter

[Elecraft] KAT500 - how loud when tuning?

2013-05-24 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
I've got the LDG AT-600Pro. It does what I need it to do, but it's awfully loud when it cannot recall a setting from memory. How much noise does the KAT500 make? 73 Jon LA4RT __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation

2013-06-23 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
But of you do use the cloud, the NSA keeps a backup for you. Very useful. Jon LA4RT Den 23. juni 2013 kl. 05:47 skrev Phil Kane k2...@kanafi.org: On 6/22/2013 9:28 AM, Doug Person wrote: Not quite. Dumb terminals were dumb. Rich web applications place a lot of the user interface rendering

Re: [Elecraft] Soft case for KX3

2011-11-28 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 11/28/2011 06:25 PM, Phillip Shepard wrote: Does anyone know if Rose is making a padded, soft case for the KX3 that will protect it inside a backpack? Will a soft case protect a tuning wheel inside a backpack? Jon LA4RT 73, Phil, NS7P -Original Message- From:

Re: [Elecraft] KXUSB with Linux

2014-11-06 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
On 06. nov. 2014 21:42, Darren Long wrote: Unfortunately the ia32-libs package is not available in Ubuntu 14.04 on arch x86_64. It is now called libc6-i386. So the command to install it is sudo apt-get install libc6-i386 Jon LA4RT This is a bit of a problem for me with my desktop linux