[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] 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

[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

[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

[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:

[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:

[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

[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

[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

[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

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:

[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

Re: [Elecraft] Ideas for an FT8 Radio

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 o

[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

[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

[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:

[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

[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

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

[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

[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

[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] 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:

[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:

[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:

[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] 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

[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

[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. 

[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

[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

[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

[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] 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

[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

[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:

[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

[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:

[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

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:

[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

[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

[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

[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: