Slowly, ever so slowly over the years, I shifted from QRP CW, mostly with
the K2, to 100w SSB, with the K3 and a couple of other rigs, operating only
on a couple of SSB nets.
And then I read Wayne's post. And the responses.
And looked at the K2 on the desk, connected but unused, gathering dust.
Thanks for sharing, Wayne.
I vaguely recall a piece of a long poem published in QST many years ago
that I read at my Elmer's house, noting everything he did, before going
home to my trusty nth hand National NC-125 receiver and homebrew am/cw
transmitter (how I envied his DX-100, the "Benton
Jim:
And I can tell you from Belize that, while the delivery service is not as
fast (no fault of Elecraft), it is every bit
of the same super-high quality that you are talking about.
Long may we have K-toys to play with!
Happy Holidays to all.
73, Alan V31FA
On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 4:09 PM,
Good advice from Charlie, K3ICH.
Check the following website:
www.asciitable.com/index/extend.gif
Scroll down to "Extended ASCII Codes"
Hold the "ALT" key and type the three-digit number on the right-hand-side
number pad on a standard keyboard (not the numbers across the top of the
keyboard - I
Is coffee drinking allowed while wearing an Elecraft tea shirt?
Cheers,
Alan V31FA
- Original Message -
From: Peter Sinclair g3...@blueyonder.co.uk
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:08 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3
Tea shirts,sweat shirts and caps are available
Robert:
If one is looking only for the occasional higher power output, I have been
using a Tokyo Hy-Power 50w amplifier with my 12w K2 (and other QRP rigs) for
some time now. Just half an S-unit (nominally) below 100w. I don't know if
THP still makes the 50w amp, but I recall it as not
Colleagues:
Am looking for assistance in rewiring an Astatic D-104 Astatic microphone
(T-UG9 stand) for use with my K3 and K2 transceivers. The mic is presently
wired for 4-pin Ten-Tec.
Any assistance would be greatly, and gratefully, appreciated.
Alan V31FA
I have an older K2/10 (serial 868) which has worked very well for years.
Today I suddenly became aware of a problem: I can't change the frequency
using the tuning knob (yes, I did check the frequency lock).
The final frequency number on the display blinks (eg: the 4 in 14301.24)
(happened to
I had a similar experience a few months ago.
They sent me free replacements for all six sets of knobs in the lower
left-hand quadrant of the front panel.
You think I would now buy from any other ham transceiver
manufacturer/reseller/kit-maker (apart from Doug Hendricks)?
Just waiting for the KX3
If this is the case one would need to open the outlet box and replace the
exploded MOVs.
Or purchase a new outlet strip, open it up, and install an MOV across each
pair of wires (three in all). Try Radio Shack.
Cheers,
Alan V31FA
- Original Message -
From: Jim Wiley
The Radio Shack part number for the MOVs is: 276-0568.
Three wires in the outlet strip. Solder an MOV across each pair of the three
wires.
Alan V31FA
- Original Message -
If this is the case one would need to open the outlet box and replace the
exploded MOVs.
Or purchase a new
K3 Serial 2554: K2 Serial 868.
Very, very soft pops (start-up and shut-off) here on the K3; much softer
than the pops on the K2. The pops on both radios (internal speaker or
headphones) are considerably softer than the sound volume when signal
reception starts. I do not have an external
?The only issue is rig quality, and Elecraft has that in spades.
After two K2s, two K1s, and a K3 my only question is: how do I get rid of
the Japanese stuff in Belize (with internet, ham radio is oh, so passe.
Can't even give the older rigs away). But no, I will never sell the 430s;
too much
?Don:
I didn't see your earlier post, but I am interested in finding out how the
problem manifested itself.
I have been trying to load K3 software using my current Dell laptop, running
Windows 7 Home Premium.
Nothing doing; takes an age (5 hours at least, endless reports of retries),
and there
Joe:
Thank you very much.
I followed your suggestion, and it worked perfectly.
Cheers,
Alan V31FA
-
-Original Message-
From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:li...@subich.com]
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:05 AM
To: 'Alan Slusher'; elecraft
Please accept my apologies for asking a question that may have been dealt
with before.
My K3 (running version 3.06 software) gives a loud, short, sharp audio burst
on turn-on. The sound doesn't seem to last longer than about a half-second,
but it is loud. This happens even if the audio gain is
Now if we could just get SDA.
(Software defined antennas).
Ken K5WK
Steppir?
The software is quite basic.
I guess the price for each systems is not, however.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Cheers,
Alan V31FA
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Elecraft
Lenny,
I have more than 20 CF lamps ranging from 13w to 42w and from several
different manufacturers in my house, and have never heard anything I could
identify as noise from the devices, with one exception: one of the oldest
lamps, a 13w model that was used to light the stairwell down to
I have just acquired a used K2 (includes noise blanker, SSB adapter,
internal tuner) which seems to work fine (hears well, and I have made some
4w SSB contacts across the Caribbean islands), except for two little issues:
first, the AF gain control, when turned fully anti-clockwise (7 o'clock
I recall as a kid reading stories (in the science books) of static
electricity with cats' tails, and of combs picking up bits of paper. Could
never duplicate those occurrences, and hadn't the faintest (demonstrated)
idea of what people were talking about. Just accepted what I read as fact
Or try Ham Radio Deluxe at
www.ham-radio.ch
This one is free, with lots of bells and whistles for many rigs; and it even
has a pretty good logbook.
Alan 8P9BM
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
LDG Electronics Z-100
Perhaps Dwayne might be persuaded to get back into the kit business with
this one.
Cheers, and Merry Xmas.
Alan 8P9BM
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005
Tony:
I am sure that you can find evidence of the effect of weather on rf (see
below).
One of the things I notice is that cw signals sound weaker while it is
raining. I always thought that that was because the rain was washing some
of the rf out of the air, leaving a smaller amount of radio
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