OK, finished the P3 last night, did the frequency adjustment this afternoon and
now I am learning all about it. Much, much better then my previous panadapter
experience with my Icom 756 Pro III. Yes, not even in the same class as the P3.
But, I had to make room on the shelf for the P3 which
Regarding the P3, I am a little confused about the cursor position. For VFO A,
I understand this to be the Cyan colored U bracket like thing at the center
bottom of the spectrum display.
Last night I was playing around with how this is affected by filter width and
also passband shifting.
Previously I had posted a question about my cursor overlapping the center
frequency when I expected it (LSB) to be aligned so that the right edge was on
the center frequency.
Now, I reproduced it and I am going to guess at what happened. I was playing
with the MKR functions, MKRA and MKRB. I
Gary, the one thing I want to know is how did you create that lightning strike?
On Aug 27, 2010, at 3:54 AM, Gary Dezern wrote:
Had a visit from the Santa Clause in Brown (UPS man) today. Kit 4638 is
spread in front of me and I'm doing the part inventory!
I considered (very seriously)
I put together an XG2 earlier this year and I think that soldering skills of
any sort might work. It is a pretty easy little thing to put together. I
personally think it is far easier then soldering PL259 stuff.
Also, the whole kit does not take more then 60 minutes to put together, maybe
I just finished putting my W2 SWR LED meter together this morning and
everything works hunky-dory. Everything except for one little mystery.
When I have the Range switched for AUTO mode, the LED display of power and SWR
seems to be correct. However, when I stop transmitting (CW) all LED
On my P3, I notice that the little cyan cursor location does not align itself
properly during a band change that also involves a mode change. For example,
switching from 17 Meter band with USB to 20 Meter band with CW leaves the
cursor aligned to the right of the center position as it would be
I am trying to get a better understanding of the P3 signal level scale (left
vertical scale) with respect to absolute signal levels and the S meter readings.
I have my REF LVL set to -132 dBm. My first question is: what is a reasonable
setting? I merely am guessing at the value of -132 dBm
S4 and S5.
Another item on my to-do list is a MENU option to change the scale
from dBm to S-units and dB over S9. It's not all that hard to do, I
just need to clear some higher-priority tasks off the list first.
Alan N1AL
On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 09:12 -0700, Phil Hystad wrote:
I am
Gang,
I am in the midst of putting together the KX1. I am at the first intermission
where a few resistance checks are performed.
So, in one of these tests, it says that resistance checks of all other pings of
U1 (other then those explicitly measured already) should have resistance
greater
The only kind of amp I want to buy is a solid-state amp. I already own
a PW-1 that goes with my Icom 756 Pro III and I am choosing to keep that
and keep it with the Pro III and get another amp for the K3. I will entertain
the KPA500 for any price under $2000 and consider the merits and features
The recent question on desk mics for the K3 reminded me of a project I need to
do. I want to rewire my SM-20 for use with my K3. I understand that the K3
has all the features necessary to use the electret style SM-20 mic and all I
need to do is rewire the 8-pin mic connector for the K3.
So,
Johnny,
Go to the SEAPAC hamfest held each June in Seaside, Oregon. Elecraft does have
a booth there. Seaside is a small resort town on the coast of Oregon and WX is
usually great as long as a cloudy day now and then does not bother you. I go
every year but I stay in Cannon Beach which is
Question For you KX1 experts...
I am in the process of building a KX1 and I am currently doing the Receiver
Alignment as described on page 45 of the manual.
I am stuck. I don't understand the VFO frequency readout. My KX1 is behaving
differently then the description in the manual and I am
tuning
would likely produce this final result (although I have not yet tested that).
I think I got thrown a curve when the manual seemed to hint, no it actually
says, that there are TWO readouts, not THREE.
peh
On Nov 11, 2010, at 4:23 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
Question For you KX1 experts
, there is an initial display (MHz), then an interim display of
the kHz, then a final display which can be either 10 Hz, 100 Hz or 1 kHz
depending on the resolution that you have set.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 11/11/2010 7:23 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
Question For you KX1 experts...
I am in the process
place and
100 Hz tuning would likely produce this final result (although I have not
yet tested that).
I think I got thrown a curve when the manual seemed to hint, no it actually
says, that there are TWO readouts, not THREE.
peh
On Nov 11, 2010, at 4:23 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
Question
I agree with Al -- the Sherwood Engineering tables are mostly lost to me. I
understand that the K3 is a very good radio compared to others as pointed out
by this information but I couldn't tell you if that information was useful to
me. For example, way down on the list is the Icom 756 Pro III
I agree. Single frequency removes a lot of the hassles of a TX of any sort.
And, AM besides you don't have any of the hassles of filters and whatever
for SSB. Is it more then an oscillator, audio amplifier, modulation
transformer,
and RF PA
On Dec 12, 2010, at 7:19 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
And, yet another comment...
Not only do the parts on the K3 go together very well, it is enjoyable
to see the precision of the engineering that went into the design plus
the carefully orchestrated guide. If anything is awkward or requires
a certain finesse to work, the guide actually tells you
I operate my KX1 in a wet environment -- Kirkland WA is wet 9 months out of the
year! Actually, I had my longest QRP contact yesterday on 40 meters. About
1050 miles from Kirkland to Ramona, California. Not bad for about 3 watts or
so.
I just finished my KX1 about a month ago but work
I came home from work and turned on the K3 and the P3 and then switched to the
CW zone of the 40 meter band. The VFO was about 7.009 as left from my last
visit yesterday. I turned the VFO up just a tiny bit and this strong, like S9+
broadband noise came through. Funny because I remember
the beginning and end of the noise was accompanied by the sound
of a relay operating within the K3. I've not had it now for two or three
weeks.
I run HRD with the K3/P3 as a logging program. This may be significant, I
don't know.
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 31/12/2010 00:41, Phil Hystad phys
Of course, this little exercise (below) is not exactly comparing apples to
apples but it is a rough idea of relative cost per watt:
THP Amplifiers: HL-1.2KFX 750 watt $2600 $3.47 per watt
HL-1.5KFX1000 watt $3500 $3.50
per
on that, the price per watt for SPE is say $3.9 per watt but with
built-in ATU. THP will be sure out of my consideration.
cheers,
Johnny VR2XMC
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For me, 500 watts is just right. I work mostly CW and so far I have never even
operated CW at more then 100 watts. There are times when I pick up a station
that is so week it is a real struggle to copy. But, I do and I work that guy
with my 100 watts and he hears me. I think at times 500
Wayne,
Interesting. It was the Norcal 40A that also got me interested in QRP. When I
got back into ham radio in 2004, all I could think of was SSB and legal limit
power. This is because my previous stint as a ham operator in 1966 was as
Novice only: meaning CW only and 75 watts input power.
Ron,
Apparently you are not a woodworker. There isn't a machine on the planet that
can do a better job of finely cut dovetails by hand or a surface of a cabinet
polished to a mirror smoothness with a hand plane.
I do a lot of hand joinery as my other hobby and although I am not as skilled
as
I am not sure if I have read this or not. However, if I have read it, I forgot
the answer. If I have not read it, then my question.
If I have my K3 feeding my KPA500 feeding my KAT500 then,
If I push the Tune button on the K3, what happens? My guess is that the K3 AT
will be disabled and my
I would check connections on the VFO B encoder with the circuit board or look
for a short. Then, if that does not show anything, give up. Actually, I would
give up -- my next step being to call Elecraft support. Or, alternatively,
call Elecraft support first.
Good luck,
73, phil, K7PEH
On
Wow, a 74 bit computer. I used to work on a 60 bit machine, the Control Data
Corporation 6600 back in the 1960s.
On Feb 7, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Bill K9YEQ wrote:
I use win7 74 bit with it and absolutely no problems.
Bill
K9YEQ
-Original Message-
Bill W4ZV wrote:
Does
Gang,
So, I am thinking that another kit is in my future. I have a K3 and a KX1 and
I am thinking about the K2. I would be using it for CW and QRP or 2*QRP only.
So, I wouldn't plan on getting the SSB option and I am not planning on the 100
watt PA or the ATU.
But, I do have questions
Gang,
Thanks for all the comments in answer to my question about the K2 Kit. As
usual, this group is a real benefit to learning all about the Elecraft stuff.
My K2 plans look like this:
1. Basic K2 Kit, QRP only.
2. Internal ATU.
3. KAF2 Audio Filter.
4. KIO2.
I am in no rush to get the
are offered for the K3 - even though the DSP can create a narrow
filter, the hardware AGC is still responding to the strongest signal in the
passband. The same argument applies to the K2.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 2/8/2011 10:39 AM, Phil Hystad wrote:
A possible follow-up question --- one
So, I updated my K3 and P3 firmware last night to the latest versions. These
are:
K3 MCU 4.25
FPF1.14
DSP1 2.71
DVR 1.03
P3 1.00
Now, after the firmware updates, first the K3 and then the P3, everything
seemed to be working fine. But, the P3 is operating
I have never really understood the connection between RF gain and squelch
controls. I first saw this when I got my first modern rig, the Icom 756 Pro
III. And, I see this kind of combo with the K3 too. I never had experience
with this back in my early ham operator days (~1960s).
So, can
Don and Al...
Thanks for the explanations. Yes, this does indeed make sense. Finally that
mystery is behind me.
phil
On Jan 11, 2010, at 9:10 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Al,
To look at it another way - look at the S-meter to observe the band noise
level, and then back off the RF gain
I am a new owner of a K3 and still learning...
Today, for some strange reason my sidetone in CW on the 20 meter band seems to
be producing two notes and not a single pure note. That is, it sounds more
like the button tones of a push button phone then a pure sinewave tone.
This is only 20
explanation for that, the sidetone
generation is not band dependent.
Is there a possibility that you have an RF Feedback problem on 20 meters -
that is the only thing I can think of.
73,
Don W3FPR
Phil Hystad wrote:
I am a new owner of a K3 and still learning...
Today, for some strange
Yet another way to handle the large number of postings to this reflector...
I follow a lot of different e-mail reflectors, most of them are software
oriented where the new messages per day is in the low hundreds.
I handle this by redirecting the e-mails to folders for each of the groups that
I
I just received the MH2 hand mic in the mail today for my rather new K3. Can
someone suggest some starting settings for mic gain and compression. Right
now, I have mic gain set to 5 and compression set to 4 but I really do not know
how it comes across over the air. I could monitor the signal
I think the K3 goes together much better then a PC. I built my K3 a week ago
and I am still in awe of the precision of engineering that went into that K3
kit. Parts went together smoothly just as if they were designed to do that --
of course, which they are but the fit was perfect.
There is
Unfortunately it is all too easy to spoof someone's e-mail identity. An
e-mail message is merely a text message where some of the text (at the
beginning of the message stream) are headers that identify the sender, reply
address, and other information. The remainder of the message is the
Do any of you K3 users out there in Elecraft-land use an Icom PW-1 linear? I
have a PW-1 that I use in concert with my Icom 756 Pro III. Now that I own a
K3, which looks like it will be my primary rig, I am thinking about eventually
feeding it to my PW-1. This raises a number of questions,
plans to implement Icom CIV protocol as an option at some point
but not sure where it is on his priorities. You can also use something like
the Microham MicrokeyerII which can provide CIV output.
73
Greg
AB7R
Phil Hystad wrote:
Do any of you K3 users out there in Elecraft-land use
We have a treadmill and it DEFINITELY radiates noise. It produces a 20/9
signal on my Icom 706 truck when I am sitting in the driveway and my wife is on
the treadmill. As I drive away, I can still hear the noise as it decreases in
strength until about 1 mile away where it disappears into the
I have been using up e-mail bits and bytes selling the K3 to a friend of mine
(Greg, KM6SG). He hasn't done much CW since he passed his Advanced license
test and is mostly a SSB type of guy. Me, I am mostly CW.
So, he asks me this question about the K3, Can the K3 DSP repair or fixup the
Since putting together my K3 two weeks ago I had a chance to try it out on 30
meters today. I tuned up my delta loop to 10 meters and then noticed that the
power was low. I thought that maybe my meters were reading funny or something
funny about the antenna so I switched over to my Icom 756
OK, I fixed the problem. The SWR reading on the K3 meter was showing about a
2.8:1 SWR. Obviously I forgot to tune through the ATU. I did that and it
fixed the problem.
peh
Begin forwarded message:
From: Phil Hystad k7...@comcast.net
Date: January 23, 2010 3:43:45 PM PST
To: Elecraft
I really like the way that the K3 ATU works. It has that nice push my button
and I will tune for you feel to it.
But, it is so small. OK, kind of kidding here but it would be nice to have a
big legal limit version of this tuner. Sure, a separate bigger box
container. I don't really like
Petr,
Even though I am the one who started this thread with my question, I need to
find out your opinion about the new Palstar Auto Tuner. It is pretty good from
what I read and if you read the reviews they are mostly very good. Apparently
there had been a few new product type quirks that
I remember waiting (Christmas through New Years, my K3 arrived on January 4th).
And, although I was a bit apprehensive about putting together such an
expensive kit, I did thoroughly enjoy doing that and look forward to the next
kit. The K3 experience just gets better each day especially when
Does anyone use an MFJ-998 IntelliTuner with their K3 that includes the ATU?
If so, does the K3 interface to the MFJ-998 in a supported fashion where the
tune button on the K3 would control the MFJ-998 instead of the internal tuner.
phil, K7PEH
- Original Message - From: Phil Hystad k7...@comcast.net
To: Elecraft Discussion List Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 1:46 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Using the MFJ-998 IntelliTuner
Does anyone use an MFJ-998 IntelliTuner with their K3 that includes the ATU
I am thinking that there is a potential new product to be developed. An
auto-tuner that can fill the gaps that the other great products miss (e.g.
Palstar AT-AUTO). Or, maybe Elecraft is thinking along these lines.
For a full legal limit antenna coupler, I submit the following wish-list new
If you're doing FM it would be cheaper just to get a second cheap, used, FM 2
meter transceiver. Actually, I have four different ways to transmit/receive FM
on 2 meters and I hardly ever do it (Yaesu HT, two FT-7800R rigs, and my Icom
706). The HT just sits on the bookshelf for decoration,
Looks like that beast will suck all the electricity away and here I am trying
to be a conservation type and replacing my heat bulbs with CFLs or whatever.
As for me, 1000 watts sold-state is just fine. If someone can't hear my signal
at that power then they we don't want to talk to each other.
I learned a little new thing about Toyota marketing just this week. Toyota of
course has been
in the news lately with the massive recalls. It was reported that the Toyota
Prius Hybrid
is subsidized by about $2500 to $3000 by Toyota. That is, the Prius whole sale
price to
the dealers is a
-
From: Phil Hystad [mailto:k7...@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:21 AM
To: Conway Yee
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] On the advisability of selling kit radios
I learned a little new thing about Toyota marketing just this week. Toyota
of course has
I would give up my Icom PW-1 for an Elecraft solid-state amp. Oh, wait a
minute.
No, I won't give it up as long as I still have my Icom 756 Pro III but I would
very
much buy the Elecraft amp given that it is a 1 KW solution at least and the
price
is not too bad. Well, I might even consider a
I would also vote for a soldering style kit but I also recognize that there
could
be some SMT components already in place. Indeed, there are kits like this
already
where many of the components are SMT on the PCB but there is still work to be
done with other components and a soldering iron.
I
Well, I will be ordering one. Are orders being taken now?
73, phil, K7PEH
On Feb 12, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Dave Quick - KØEKL wrote:
Below is a link to a couple photos of the new Elecraft P3 panadapter which I
took today at the Orlando Hamcation.
Eric, WA6HHQ, said he expected the price to be
I think the estimated $700 price is cheap. I was thinking it would be
closer to $1000. There is a similar product from Yaesu, the DMU-2000
with a list price of $1400 and it does not even include the monitor which
you must supply yourself. I think the street price is possibly under $1000
Jeff,
Your proposed K3 configuration is close to mine. I would strongly submit that
you
should consider the KXV3A, the transverter interface as this allows you to feed
devices
dependent on an IF signal as it includes an IF port. And, it is relatively
cheap, less then
any single filter.
I do
Does anyone know if this is a kit (likely a simple kit?) or something that is
all ready to be plugged in and used?
73, phil, K7PEH
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This is the first message today on this reflector that made me laugh out loud.
On Feb 14, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Joe Planisky wrote:
Maybe it'll have titanium knobs. :-)
73
--
Joe ducking and running for cover
KB8AP
On Feb 14, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
I like the other topics that come up on the Elecraft web site even if it is
discussion of competitor rigs such as Kenwood or Yaesu. The reason I like this
is that I think the Elecraft community are overall smarter then the average ham
radio operator. I learn a lot in this forum and I am happy
Years ago, back in the mid-1970s I worked on a signal processing project for
the government. We produced spectrograms which are used for the same purpose
as waterfall displays. We produced spectrograms on (then) very expensive
RAMTEK color graphic displays and also printed on paper. My role
On Feb 16, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Ken Alexander wrote:
Oh my goodness!
What are we talking here for a P3, somewhere around $700? I'm supposed to
spend that kind of money to find people on 40 metres in the early afternoon?
It's cheaper to tune through the band with a wide filter selected.
Each morning I wake up stressed because I do not have all five filter slots
populated. There is a hole in my K3 and it bothers me. I had been saving the
high end for a FM filter but now decided that No, I won't be doing FM with my
K3. So, my filters are: 400 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2.7 KHz (5-p), 6
Wouldn't it be better just to get the digital stream that is sampled from
the I/Q signals. That way, the ADC is done just once. Then, your computer
can take the binary stream (new interface needed I guess) from the
P3 and then do what it wants with various digital filters and other F/X.
On
Paul,
I am a Mac owner as well (actually, 2 iMacs and 1 Macbook Pro laptop). You can
put files anywhere you want. Although it is customary to place applications
(executable bundles) in the system Applications folder, they can actually be
put anywhere you want. Often I will put things in
utility :-)
The bigger issue is that if you move the Help folder, the K3 Utility won't be
able to find it, and thus the Help item on the menu bar won't work.
Grant/NQ5T
On Mar 8, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Phil Hystad wrote:
Paul,
I am a Mac owner as well (actually, 2 iMacs and 1 Macbook
I rarely dip into my Windows laptop but I wanted to check out something with
HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) so I thought I would hook it up to my K3 (I had it
configured to work with my Icom 756 Pro III already). So, I chose to do a new
connection setup for the K3 after I had setup the serial
, Phil Hystad k7...@comcast.net wrote:
I rarely dip into my Windows laptop but I wanted to check out something with
HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) so I thought I would hook it up to my K3 (I had it
configured to work with my Icom 756 Pro III already). So, I chose to do a
new connection setup
, at 8:19 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
Dave,
Thanks for your comments and suggestions but I should not need to change the
com port number. I have been scanning the Internet and finding that there is
no lack of problems with the prolific drivers and I am thinking I might just
go buy some other
I am not sure how to describe this but I will do the best I can. When
listening to a single CW station I detect a slight tone frequency change
from the sending station. It almost sounds like some other very close by
(within 100 Hz) station is also sending but such another station does not
exist.
length and the
Doppler turned him into two stations.)
--- On Thu, 3/11/10, Phil Hystad k7peh...@gmail.com wrote:
I am not sure how to describe this
but I will do the best I can. When
listening to a single CW station I detect a slight tone
frequency change
from the sending station
are hearing and post it online?
73,
Gary KI4GGX
K3 #2724
--
*Phil Hystad*
elecraft%40mailman.qth.net?Subject=Re:%20%5BElecraft%5D%20%5BK3%5D%20Subtle%20Change%20in%20CW%20monitor%20toneIn-Reply-To=%3Cf5f18e621003111044pd50d4d8t39b85e7c101c22d1%40mail.gmail.com
An off-topic question.
Most electronics these days have dual-voltage chargers. For example, my
iPhone, my BN Nook, and my laptop are all dual voltage. Thus, when in a 220
volt AC location, all you need to do is plug the unit in using an adapter
common to that location (I was in Paris last
On Mar 26, 2010, at 10:16 AM, david beckwith wrote:
I am upgrading the shack from a K2 to K3. I have a nice Palstar tuner and an
ACOM amp. I am mostly a SSB guy, not big on contests or FM. Given these
resources and needs my planned configuration for the new K3 is:
K3/100 KXV3A IF Out
Gang,
I will be doing my very first K3 firmware update via the K3 USB Utility. (I
still need to download the latest version of the utility).
Is there anything I need to watch for or any stumbling blocks that are not
obvious? Any pointers or guidance is appreciated. If it is so trivially
I think an easier way to remember is that starting from the very small of the
prefixes up through kilo, they are all lower case. Then, beginning with Mega
and all those that are larger are upper case. Thus, Mega begins the upper case
range, everything else below is lower case. But, I totally
I suggest you get a brand new K3 kit. Building the kit (no soldering) is a
very good exercise to know how to add options or even hardware updates at a
later time since you will be familiar with the internals.
Older equipment though can always be updated but from what I gather by reading
this
I am just beginning to experiment with PSK31 using DR780 and HRD (for CAT
control). Although PSK31 seems to work fine using my Signalink USB interface,
the HRD CAT control locks up. The lock up usually occurs almost immediately
upon the frequency being updated on the screen from the K3. A
I have already experimented with this particular setup and sometime later this
year I will try it out for real. On both the Washington coast and the Oregon
coast there are beaches that allow cars out on the sand. This is easy to drive
as the beaches are flat, firm, damp sand where the water
was thinking of laying
out some ground plane wires too. Again, I need time to experiment with this.
PEH
On Apr 8, 2010, at 12:07 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote:
Phil Hystad-3 wrote:
I have a 35 foot long fiberglass telescoping pole that I stick in one of
the stake holes of my pickup truck
I ordered mine -- I don't care whether it is a kit or not-a-kit. I wanted the
P3.
On Apr 15, 2010, at 8:15 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
ah - I hope that's the kit!
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your
enthusiasm. - Winston
[on soapbox]
Let me increase the noise level by also preferring the no need for a PC
P3.
I would like most of my ham radio operations to be PC free. Especially
PC free as I prefer my Apple Macs but I am not making a statement
about Mac versus PC. I would say the same, I want Mac free
I think an internal power supply for the KPA500 with an external ATU from
Elecraft makes a lot more sense. The power supply is very likely to be a
dedicated supply due to voltage level and current draw requirements but a good
external and self-contained auto-tuner (legal limit would be nice)
Tom should get Elecraft to include this new puller tool in all K3 shipments.
On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Terry Schieler wrote:
Thanks Tom. Is it available in black to match the K3? ;o)
Terry, W0FM
-Original Message-
From: Tom Hammond [mailto:n...@embarqmail.com]
Sent:
Well, if that knob making company is not public you can do the very
same thing and buy stock in a company like Starbucks that sells a
cup of coffee for more then $3 and an average sale is typically over
$7. My stock in Starbucks has almost tripled in value since I bought
it.
On Apr 22, 2010, at
A while back I raised the question of whether others had the same symptoms I
had been hearing of the CW sidetone pitch of a received signal all of a sudden
changing by so-many Hz (maybe up to 50 Hz but just guessing). It appears to
happen when there is a slight pause in the senders signal and
I have no idea what the pitch is -- I will have to look the next time.
On Apr 28, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Phil, what is the pitch you are using when this happens? Is it a
multiple of 50 Hz? Or one of the in-betweens?
73, Guy
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Phil
in the code.
73, Guy.
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com wrote:
I have no idea what the pitch is -- I will have to look the next time.
On Apr 28, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Phil, what is the pitch you are using when this happens? Is it a
multiple
Actually, I was thinking that formatting such information for the iPad would be
more useful. I have been thinking about the myriad of applications that might
be fitting for an iPad in my shack. What I need is the time to create them and
unfortunately I will not have that time this year but maybe
If this feature existed I think I would still choose to set my speed manually.
Changing keyer speed by large amounts is always something that takes me a
few moments to get used to. For example, if I hear a guy CQ'ing at 15 wpm
and I am operating at 25 wpm, if I were to immediately go to 15 wpm
LS,
Reminds me of my old Vibroplex Original Key I had as a Novice in the 1960s.
But, that clacking noise of the mechanical key is something else. I did like
my Vibroplex (and, even have another one now) but much prefer my Begali Paddle
due to its sweet movement and soft silence when being
When I got my K3/100 I had been thinking that I would use it in portable
operations at times. The kind of portable I mean is one that does not
necessarily operate on just battery power. I am thinking of grid connected
power too.
But, now that I have so much hooked up to my K3 here in my
, phil, K7PEH
On May 8, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
Phil Hystad wrote:
A lot of guys talk about buying a K3 and using their K2 for portable
ops. I am curious -- other then the obvious cost difference and the
fact that I don't have a K2, is there any reason why a K2 would
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