[Elecraft] K3 circuit breaker

2023-12-15 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
My K3, SN 3091 has popped the 12v circuit breaker. After resetting the breaker everything works well, full power out with about 16A draw at 14Vdc. It has done this twice in the last week. I have been working remotely so not present to see if any other indications of a fault. Has happened on

Re: [Elecraft] Danger of uncommanded PWR off?

2021-05-12 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
ence Manual online. > > 73, W3UL Bill > > > >> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 6:44 PM Mark N2QT via Elecraft >> wrote: >> Is there much danger of issues caused by just turning off its power supply >> rather than >> doing a commanded off for a K3?

Re: [Elecraft] Danger of uncommanded PWR off?

2021-05-12 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
K3. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 5/12/2021 6:42 PM, Mark N2QT via Elecraft wrote: >> Is there much danger of issues caused by just turning off its power supply >> rather than >> doing a commanded off f

[Elecraft] Danger of uncommanded PWR off?

2021-05-12 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
Is there much danger of issues caused by just turning off its power supply rather than doing a commanded off for a K3? I’m looking at remotely operating an unattended k3. Mark. N2QT __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Preamp2 subrx K3s

2020-05-01 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
Just to confirm my reading the schematic, preamp 2 is not available for the sub RX when it is using the Aux input. I am trying to compare two 6m antennas using the main and sub RX on AUX. Mark. N2QT __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 159, Issue 12

2017-07-16 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
Yes, please. Maybe add the ability to show a different window for two sensors to help us easily confused so2r guys. Would also be nice to have a kat500 utility that would show real power output for those of us without a kpa500 Message: 5 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 21:57:46 -0400 From: Michael

[Elecraft] K3 6M power out

2017-06-23 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
Is it normal for the 6M output to be about 10 watts less than indicated (i.e. 90w for 100w setting). If I do the 50w wattmeter cal on 20 M all bands but 6 are pretty much right on. Conversely if I cal on 6 then all the lower bands are (not surprisingly) 10 watts high. Mark. N2QT

[Elecraft] K3(s) Full duplex with 2nd RX ?

2016-05-11 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
This came up as a possibility a couple years ago. I was wondering with the k3s new RF board and synthesizers if there is a chance for full duplex operation with the 2nd RX. Would make for an interesting possibility of single radio "SO2R" operation Mark. N2QT

[Elecraft] Predistortion linearization

2015-09-11 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
Since a discussion of K3 TX IMD routinely shows up, you may be interested in the the predistortion linearization part of the ANAN 100D review in the Oct. QST. Third order products went from 38db (which isn't so bad on its own, but look at the 5th order which were worse!) down to -50dbc. A

[Elecraft] Alternate W2 display on PC?

2015-09-07 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
I'm trying integrate a couple of W2 wattmeters into an SO2R setup. As screen space is at a premium I was wondering if there was a way to display a smaller bar graph without all the extra stuff. (The old Wavenode power meters used to do this, but I lost a parallel port to talk to talk to them

[Elecraft] Windows 8.1 Tablet Power (update)

2015-07-13 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
I had asked about how to power a Unbranded (Best Buy) Windows 8.1 tablet while using the one micro USB for data as well as charging. I received several good suggestions but have found another solution. I bought a DIgi Anywhere USB/5, which allows connecting to 5 USB ports over Ethernet.

Re: [Elecraft] Windows 8.1 tablet power

2015-07-07 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
could hook things up and go. Mark. N2QT On Jul 7, 2015, at 11:50 AM, Tom tom...@videotron.ca wrote: Hmm, that's interesting. Have you tried a powered USB hub? I would think that should work. 73 Tom va2fsq.com Sent from BlueMail On Jul 7, 2015, at 10:57 AM, Mark N2QT via Elecraft

[Elecraft] Windows 8.1 tablet power

2015-07-07 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
I bought a win 8.1 (not RT) tablet from Cowboom for $59, hoping to interface it using its micro USB port. However the USB port is the only way to provide power to the thing, and battery life is such I'd like to leave it on charge while operating, while not losing the USB port data

Re: [Elecraft] Kat500 as wattmeter?

2015-01-23 Thread Mark N2qt via Elecraft
and VRFL as well as the VSWR. It also shows the Bypass VSWR. Perhaps that is what you are looking for. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/23/2015 6:36 PM, Mark N2qt via Elecraft wrote: Is there an app to take the fwd/ref information from a KAT500 to display on a computer monitor? Mark. N2QT

[Elecraft] Kat500 as wattmeter?

2015-01-23 Thread Mark N2qt via Elecraft
Is there an app to take the fwd/ref information from a KAT500 to display on a computer monitor? Mark. N2QT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

[Elecraft] CR/LF, SP, or something better for RTTY

2014-10-03 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
After the discussion here and on the RTTY reflector I checked with AA5AU and W0YK (aka P49X) as they are the go to guys for anything related to rtty contesting. Here's what they said: AA5AU CR/LF before and space after W0YK CR/LF before and space after (there are some building block

[Elecraft] K3 false SWR indication with SSB

2014-08-19 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
My k3 flashes a higher swr indication with ssb voice peaks than with a steady carrier. If using an antenna with 1:1 SWR the bar graph flashes the first segment. If swr is 1.5:1 all the segments illuminate on voice peaks, as if swr was greater than 3:1. To reduce the uncertainty introduced

[Elecraft] Redoing TxGain k3

2014-06-21 Thread Mark N2QT via Elecraft
I have two K3s, SN in the 3XXX and 4XXX range. I notice that over time I can see a leading edge spike on first character of cw. If I redo TxGain calibration it goes away. It seems like I need to redo the TxGain cal about every year. Is this what others see? Mark. N2QT