Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Frequency Memory Editor

2010-04-18 Thread K6LE
Dick, You're supposed to be on vacation! Step away from that computer... or in this case, iPhone... Rick K6LE On 4/18/2010, at 1:18 , Dick Dievendorff wrote: Either should work. Dick Sent from my iPhone __ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] P3

2010-04-16 Thread K6LE
Not integrated in to the site yet I guess. I imagine it has been a crazy-busy week around there with Visalia this weekend. http://www.elecraft.com/order_form_p3.htm Rick K6LE On 4/16/2010, at 5:39 , eric norris wrote: I cannot find anything on the P3 on the Elecraft web page, including a way

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KAT3 forgets settings

2010-04-12 Thread K6LE
Don, I guess you missed the fact that he is working with an indoor antenna... If he has wind and water problems he is in even bigger trouble than he thinks! :-) Rick K6LE On 4/12/2010, at 1:07 , Don Wilhelm wrote: LS, If the L/C settings do not change, then the antenna load

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KAT3 forgets settings

2010-04-12 Thread K6LE
I think you did a great job of troubleshooting it and narrowing it down to something outside the K3. Rick K6LE On 4/12/2010, at 3:21 , lstavenhagen wrote: True, hi hi. As it is I feel dumb for even posting this without actually checking the actual settings first to see if they're not being

Re: [Elecraft] K3 option request

2010-04-11 Thread K6LE
to split with various offsets which I used to use extensively until I set up the macros. Rick K6LE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Up two ?

2010-04-11 Thread K6LE
; will give you Up 2 and for the wider SSB split: SWT13;SWT13;FT1;UPB7;RT0;XT0; yields Up 5 If you then push the Split button twice it will unset the Split and re-equalize the VFO's BTW, These Macros are copied or derived from the examples in the K3 Programmers Reference Rick K6LE On 4/11

Re: [Elecraft] Prolific drivers and Mac OS

2010-04-09 Thread K6LE
than those solved problems I don't have any interference between the Mac and the K3. I don't know how I could operate computerless these days! Rick K6LE On 4/9/2010, at 5:46 , lstavenhagen wrote: Well, for what it's worth, I'm still trying to get over my prejudice that computers and HF

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-06 Thread K6LE
Playback can also be done very nicely, without involving your computer, with the very slick KDVR3 in the K3. Rick K6LE On 4/6/2010, at 6:55 , Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote: Snip With this approach, using available free software, one can record audio direct from the receiver and play it back

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Cooling

2010-04-05 Thread K6LE
question about which way the fans should be blowing in the OP's K3 can generate! Rick K6LE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Kit Hardware Organizer

2010-03-31 Thread K6LE
For me, raiding the kitchen and borrowing all the metal cupcake baking trays I could find worked great. Heavy enough to not worry about knocking over, big enough to get my fingers in to and metal so no worries about static. Rick K6LE

Re: [Elecraft] vaporware...titillation...

2010-03-30 Thread K6LE
Don't know how you can say that about Apple.. They NEVER give out advanced info and seldom announce release dates until after a new product has been announced with details specs and prices. Now, the rumor sites are a different story. On 3/30/2010, at 11:50 , John Ragle wrote: snip The

Re: [Elecraft] vaporware...titillation...

2010-03-30 Thread K6LE
features he finds as he explores the P3. Rick K6LE __ 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

[Elecraft] [K3] AM Bandwidth

2010-03-22 Thread K6LE
After installing the 6.0 kHz AM filter I notice the Max DSP b/w is 5.0 and the Shift center is 1.5 kHz. Is this the normal set up? TIA, Rick K6LE # 3727 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Quick Split Operation?

2010-03-21 Thread K6LE
One of the Macros used as an example in the Programmers Reference does that for Up 2 : SWT13;SWT13;FT1;UPB5;RT0;XT0; You can modify that for Up 1: SWT13;SWT13;FT1;UPB4;RT0;XT0; I have them programmed on my PF1 and PF2 keys and use them all the time. Rick K6LE On 3/21/2010, at 10:48 , ac

Re: [Elecraft] USB to serial angst

2010-03-14 Thread K6LE
than usable except for N4PY software and the proprietary Ten-Tec One Plug software. I personally don't see the angst. I connect my Mac via either of two Serial/USB adaptors to my logging and / or control software and haven't had a major problem. Rick K6LE On 3/14/2010, at 5:28 , Roger de

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Need_Macro_Help

2010-03-12 Thread K6LE
A joke, right? Rick K6LE On 3/12/2010, at 7:52 , Ken Roberson wrote: Hello all, I would like a macro to program into M3 memory that would take the K3 out of split mode , then send ( UP ) in CW and return to split mode. Would appreciate any help. Thanks 73 Ken K5DNL

Re: [Elecraft] digital

2010-02-25 Thread K6LE
Have you tweaked the input levels in the Sound panel in System Preferences? Rick K6LE On 2/25/2010, at 9:01 , Richard Thorpe wrote: I have a question for the group. I'm trying to setup for digital, this is what I have, K3 running through a microham USB II to my Mac running cocoaModem

Re: [Elecraft] Thanks

2010-02-25 Thread K6LE
Basically I set the output from the Mac to mid-range and then while transmitting I bring up the Mic Gain ( Line ) until I see it flickering between 4 and 5 bars on the ALC. Set the power to what I want to run and go.. Rick K6LE On 2/25/2010, at 2:41 , Richard Thorpe wrote: Thank you

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and the ARRL DX contest - A conundrum

2010-02-25 Thread K6LE
by this were K3 operators since if they had it cranked down to minimum they never heard me when I was on their freq. Darn K3! Rick K6LE On 2/25/2010, at 1:06 , John Harper wrote: Gary, Rick, you do realize that the more people that know this, the more difficult the pile-ups will become

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and the ARRL DX contest - A conundrum

2010-02-24 Thread K6LE
the Auto-spot worked beautifully; just not by spotting the DX but by spotting the caller. Rick K6LE On 2/24/2010, at 1:04 , Gary Smith wrote: I've got the K3 and even the precision txco. When I am in most normal qsos 1:1 I have no issues bring the digital filter to 50Hz and having a delightful

Re: [Elecraft] Thoughts on internal vs external ATU for K3

2010-02-24 Thread K6LE
! Rick K6LE On 2/24/2010, at 3:36 , Don Wilhelm wrote: Chuck, While you cannot have one antenna set to bypass and the other one for tuning - there is an easy way to accomplish that. Since the K2 and K3 tuners remember the settings for each antenna jack separately, just pre-tune the one you

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Amps

2010-02-11 Thread K6LE
I'll second that! Rick K6LE On 2/11/2010, at 11:35 , Craig D. Smith wrote: OK, I might as well document my personal wish list: 500W is more than enough. I want it physically small and acoustically quiet. Solid state. Auto tune and QSK with K3. AC powered. Kit is fine. No internal

Re: [Elecraft] Best Digital Program for the K3?

2010-02-08 Thread K6LE
of the reasons I run cocoaModem instead of Fldigi on RTTY is the ability to watch both the Main and Sub receivers on a waterfall and line up the next contact while waiting to finish another. Rick K6LE On 2/8/2010, at 9:09 , Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU wrote: What would you like out of PSK D

Re: [Elecraft] Best Digital Program for the K3?

2010-02-08 Thread K6LE
MLDX or RUMlog connected to my radio and of course can have only one program using the RS232 port. The difference, of course, with Fldigi is it's also the logger but I don't use it as such. Rick K6LE On 2/8/2010, at 9:38 , Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU wrote: Thank you, Rick. You can

Re: [Elecraft] Best Digital Program for the K3?

2010-02-08 Thread K6LE
mode. I can't imagine running an RTTY contest anymore without using your dual wideband RTTY mode. Thanks, Rick K6LE On 2/8/2010, at 4:18 , Kok Chen wrote: Snip Not completely bug free, yet. The K3's CAT command KY command interface still has problems, so you can't do FSK directly through CAT

Re: [Elecraft] AGC DSP Rain Dance

2010-02-08 Thread K6LE
final resting place! Rick K6LE #3757 On 2/8/2010, at 6:29 , Don Wilhelm wrote: Richard, All controls are not for everyone. There are those who just want to operate, and the default setting should be their choice. For those who want performance enhancement, then several of us are trying

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Loses RX Audio at BW of 2.8 kHz

2010-02-07 Thread K6LE
Bingo! I restored my last config (from 1/20) and problem is gone.. Now I am trying to noodle over what configuration item may have changed during the beta upgrade that caused it. At any rate, all is good now! Rick K6LE On 2/6/2010, at 11:07 , WW2PT wrote: My K3 was working fine last time I

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Loses RX Audio at BW of 2.8 kHz

2010-02-06 Thread K6LE
as it should. Also when it goes from dead to audio at 3.0 I get a nasty click. Scott, maybe it's a Prather deal. Rick Prather K6LE On 2/5/2010, at 10:45 , Scott Prather wrote: All: This evening when running FW 3.76 I'm seeing a problem with my K3 that I've never seen before. When the K3

Re: [Elecraft] Advantages of Factory Assembled Tested K-3 vs. aKit?

2010-01-15 Thread K6LE
and it definitely gives me a sense of pride and even attachment to my K3. Rick K6LE __ 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] RF Speech Processors

2010-01-12 Thread K6LE
thing that I can see on it that would be nice is the ability to shift the passband. Rick K6LE #3727 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post

Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 headset at BH for $40

2010-01-11 Thread K6LE
I am very glad I decided to pay a little extra and ordered mine through Amazon in mid-December. Had it by Christmas! Rick K6LE On 1/11/2010, at 5:50 , Hector Padron wrote: I consider my order a lost,I made in November last year and I have sent emails and always had same answes back

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Thinking return to K3.

2010-01-06 Thread K6LE
at the same time, someone that bought a K3 two years ago can have an equivalent radio to a new one without having to replace the old one and take the resale hit. Buy the K3 kit and enjoy the satisfaction of putting it together yourself. I sure do. Rick K6LE -Original Message- From

Re: [Elecraft] DIY DSP Rev D

2009-12-31 Thread K6LE
go astray (yet HI! ) I shipped a crystal filter to Slovakia using the small Priority Mail Flat Rate box for only about $16! A pleasant surprise.. Rick K6LE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Bottom Front Panel Issues

2009-12-30 Thread K6LE
Brett, You might consider ordering the Stainless fastener kit K3SSKT instead of spending the time to inventory the ones you'll need. You get a complete collection of all the exterior screws and nuts with plenty of extras for later. Oh yeah, get some new, quality screw drivers.. Rick K6LE

Re: [Elecraft] Headphone balance

2009-12-27 Thread K6LE
Using the Sub for balance works fine for in or out of Diversity mode. Rick K6LE On 12/27/2009, at 8:09 , Vic K2VCO wrote: Don Wilhelm wrote: You can set CONFIG: SUB AF to BALANCE and the SUB AF knob will balance between left and right. Unfortunately this only works in Diversity mode

Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 Headset is a WINNER (and a BARGAIN)

2009-12-24 Thread K6LE
Jim, I thought that too but what's puzzling is that the mic gets bias even with the mono adaptor in line. Rick K6LE On 12/23/2009, at 9:11 , Jim Brown wrote: On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:56:44 -0800, K6LE wrote: It's a stereo plug No, it's not a stereo plug, it's a 3-circuit plug the CAN

Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 Headset is a WINNER (and a BARGAIN)

2009-12-24 Thread K6LE
Thanks for all the help guys. I have taken the mono adaptor out of the line and will carry on enjoying the radio and the CM500. Rick K6LE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http

Re: [Elecraft] K3 needs survey -- firmware and application software

2009-12-23 Thread K6LE
radio, Rick K6LE __ 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

Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 Headset is a WINNER (and a BARGAIN)

2009-12-23 Thread K6LE
card) and the mic input on the K3 is Mono. Should I use a mono adaptor or not? Doesn't seem to matter but I am worried about possible damage to the K3 since I have heard that at one time that mis-match was a problem with the Line In connector. Rick K6LE

Re: [Elecraft] amplified speakers 'comspkr' west mountain radio

2009-12-22 Thread K6LE
They might be pretty good, they are on back-order right now.. Rick K6LE On 12/22/2009, at 6:47 , W0SZ wrote: I too have used these speakers for 1 ½ years and they have been excellent with no RF with 1500 watts out. I highly recommend them. W0SZ

[Elecraft] Problems with KRX3 Install

2009-12-14 Thread K6LE
and J5 on the KREF3 board was off from J5. Plugged it back in and I am good to go! Rick K6LE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Anti-static stuff to assemble K3.

2009-12-13 Thread K6LE
The EDS mat that I have has the same snap connector as the wrist strap and it has the 1 Meg ohm resistor built in. Rick K6LE On 12/13/2009, at 6:03 , Gary Hvizdak wrote: Sun Dec 13 04:44:00 EST 2009 Lionel (f6fcd) wrote ... Your pad and hand-strap must NEVER be connected directly

[Elecraft] Problems with KRX3 Install

2009-12-13 Thread K6LE
ups and set the KRX3 to ANT=ATU. Before I take the covers off and recheck my install is their anything I should check from the outside? In the meantime I will enjoy the radio as is and continue exploring it's amazing features tonight, not up to messing with it anymore today! Rick K6LE

[Elecraft] Going to pull the trigger - Suggestions?

2009-12-02 Thread K6LE
Would like to have the Rx Ant and I assume the IF out will be needed for the P3 - also may want to do some Xverters later KFL3A-400 x2 Suggestions? TIA, Rick K6LE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net