[Elecraft] K3 vs KX3 AFX
The KX3 DSP has a special effects (AFX) mode by which higher tones go to one ear while lower tones go to the other. The K3 does not. Is there a reason why the K3 can not have this choice? If it can be done, will it? 73, Fred - KT5X K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 __ 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 this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] all Elecraft FD entry
FWIW ... W5YA 3AB (QRP) was an all Elecraft K3 entry on field day this year. The performance broke the previous category record set by another all Elecraft team, K7EAR, in 2005. The K3's performed flawlessly. 73, Fred - KT5X __ 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 this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Three Generations running 14K ft peaks ...
Next week, we will be doing a Three Generational series of runs of Fourteeners, fourteen thousand foot peaks, and invite you to keep tabs on us, read about it, see photos, watch live video feed from the peaks, talk to us via amateur radio, or even join up with us for any of the runs! We will be in the area of Buena Vista and Leadville, Colorado, from July 12 to July 18. We will announce on the URL our intentions for the days, and invite anyone to meet us at the trail heads, or meet us for dinner that evening, or check out the live video feed. http://summitseeking.blogspot.com/ We will also transmit via amateur radio from high passes on some afternoons, QRP, using a K2, which will be announced. With best wishes, Fred Maas - Grandpa-Coach amateur radio KT5X Cloud-Runner Founder of Wings, the Native American Cross-Country team Dan Maas - son amateur radio N5HFZ sixteen time sub-four minute miler Collegiate Academic All American of the Year for all sports, 1991 seven time collegiate national champion member, nine U.S. National Teams Adams State College Hall of Fame Calvin Maas - grandson age 14 ran first fourteener at age 13 __ 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 this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX1 paddle
Quick question: The paddle for the KX1 (which is available as an accessory) what are the dimensions of the square block out of which the stereo plug comes? My question is generated by wondering if this key can be plugged into my ATS3B and still permit the power plug access to its jack which is adjacent to the key jack and rather close. Please reply directly rather than to the reflector, and THANK YOU! 73, Fred - kt5x W5YA /qrp K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 __ 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 this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3: listening to both rcvrs
for what it may be worth... For my pair-of-K2's in SO2R, I have routed the audio in such a way that I have a balance control with the audio from the two radios. I call it a mixing control. I find that optimum is achieved when the full strength audio is in one ear, and that same audio is present, but weak in the other ear. I reason that when the audio goes to one ear only, the content must get to the other hemisphere of the brain within brain circuitry. When it is routed to both ears, now both hemispheres get the information for interpretation at the same time. Making it strong in one ear and weak in the other, reversed for the other channel, lets me know which rcvr I am hearing, while brain interpretation is at full speed. and so, Wayne... I think that there must be a firmware way either by routing to a panel pot, or probably more simply in a menu, by which the operator can select either complete channel isolation, or both channels to both ears, but with one ear X DB down from the other. (I can't say how much down is best,but I find that it is enough when I can barely notice it. All of a sudden copy is MUCH easier). Give it a thought because of the above, I, at least, am quite convinced after a lot of usage with a pair of K2's in SO2R, that is a much better arrangement for copying CW from the two channels. with much appreciation for this fine radio, 73, Fd - KT5X K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 firmware links
The problem was k3 instead of K3 however, that error came from clicking on Elecraft links. From Elecraft main page I went to the K3 page. From there I clicked on firmware and software upgrades. From there I clicked on beta release and instruction. From there beta release download. That is where I got the link with the small k3 instead of the caps K3. However, it has been fixed as it no longer happens... thanks! Fd - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 beat FW 2.63
Can not download it ??? If I click on the link, I am taken to a loaction that shows the 2.63 zip file. If I click on the zip file, I am taken to an empty index labeled; Index of ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/K3/firmware/beta/k3fw2r63.zip/ The actual address of the link is given as: http://www.elecraft.com/k3/firmware/beta But if I put that in my browser, I get 404, page does not exist. Que Pasa? Fred - kt5x K3 # 0144___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 and Hamradio Deluxe
Since updating to FW 2.38, Hamradio deluxe is no longer able to connect with the K3. It says can't read K3 frequency OR the K3 is in Memory Mode, whatever that means. The Elecraft Utility sees the K3 just fine. Has anyone encountered this and resolved it? tnx, Fred K3 # 144 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 and Ham Radio Deluxe; fixed
Thank you. Indeed, the radio and HRD WERE on 4,800 baud rate. With the FW upgrade, the K3 switched to 38,400 without my notice, and HRD had to be told to make that change. Now, copasetic. 73, Fred K3 # 144___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] KRX3
My KRX3 kit arrived this weekend, and built it yesterday. Installing it took quite a few hours, but instructions were clear and it installed without any issues. Draping small coax links were annoying as they have to be plugged in to the module, then find a residence that doesn't prevent the module from dropping down and plugging in. I did find two small errata items to report, but nothing that would prevent following directions so to speak. The sub receiver worked right off. there are firmware items that one must take care of before it is going to respond, but instructions are clear. Think through the filters you will want as taking it apart to install new filters in either the sub receiver or the main receiver is more work than you will prefer to do. However, I am seeing posts that suggest many owners still think that need a roofing filter as narrow as the IF DSP which I doubt very much. I suspect some folks are filling up their slots when it is very much unnecessary. the difference between a 500 and a 200 cycle roofing filter at a spacing of 2 khz is nil, at a spacing of 1 khz is almost undetectable. At a spacing of 500 hz, only a signal that is 40 db over nine is effected, and even that one, if the signal has clicks which it probably does, the narrow roofing filter isn't going to make any difference. The diversity is fine. all other behaviors that I had time and circumstance to explore was good, in fact, very good. I liked how I could switch to the sub and indepdently control all parameters using the same knobs and buttons. I did find that when linked if I tuned the frequency change seemed to stutter. this may have something to do with filters not being matched. I also noticed that when linked if I used the auto-tune feature, the main receiver auto-tuned but the sub receiver did not. also there is the statement that you need firmware version 2.11 etc, and for me at least, that firmware was no where to be found. I wound up downloading and using beta firmware 2.15. I am sure many other ordered sub receivers are going to be landing and come up very soon. 73, Fred - kt5x K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 AGC settings
What can be done with the AGC is simply marvelous. I have put the THR and the SLP on the PF buttons for now. BUT... I can adjust these settings easily now for the band condition and the signal I am listening to. However, I don't necessarily have a good feel at all for what I have actually done. In other words... It would be wonderful if someone, and maybe Lyle already has this, posted on the web a series of grapsh showing just what the slope looks like for each of the slp settings, and how the threshold changes with the settings. That would be most interesting to see. 73, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Field Day
W5YA will be active this coming up weekend, American Field Day. We can work anyone, from DX need only RST. Ours is a two-man (class B) catagory station, QRP, and battery power. My partner is Steve, WD9FJL. We have been partners for nine years. Our site is at 9,000 ft altitude, near Chama, New Mexico. Our antennas are three monoband Moxons that are instantly reversible with a relay, for 15, 20, and 40 meters. We will also have a dipole up for ten in case of sporadic-e openings. The station will consist of a K3, with a K2 as back-up radio. May the only Murphy you meet be a Senor with chocolates in hand ;-) 72, Fred - KT5X K3 # 0144 K2 # 0700 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 Noise Reduction
Is the a DB gain setting somewhere to compensate for loss of sensitivity when in the Noise Reduction (NR) mode? There was on the K2, and I can not seem to find reference to such for the K3. TNX, Fred kt5x K3 # 0144 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] re: K3 builders, start your nutz
Windy Dankoff KM5Q wrote: Start them with a Heathkit nut starter! It's a little plastic tube just soft enough to stretch over the two main sizes of nuts. Makes it SO much easier to start those little buggers. You'll need to find an Old Master who saved them from the good old days. Get on his good side, and MAYBE he'll give you a nut starter he saved from the good old days. Then, promise to save it for the next generation. Thanks Fred. Windy KM5Q (Welcome ;-) Fred kt5x / w5ya K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 Heathkit DX-20, ca 1958 Still Crazy after all these Years ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] every single one gives it a 5.0
Have to apologize for giving the K3 a five. I TRIED to give it the TEN it deserves. 72, Fred - KT5X brasspounding fifty years K3 # 0144 worked VP6DX 12-160 qrp. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 ea
Hmmm. worked them with one call running five watts (as W5YA). too easy. those boys can HEAR. OK, let's whisper. worked them with 500 milliwatts, Had to call twice. 72, Fd - KT5X aka W5YA/qrp aka N5FOC/qrpp k2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 new firmware release 1.58
GREAT SCOTT !!! the new version of the narrow filter; at the noise floor the filter is half the width it was before as seen in spectrogram. Not only that, the top of this new filter, even at 50 cycles wide, is FLAT topped. I imagine that is why it doesn't ring, and it doesn't. I listened to a signal that was 25 DB over nine, coming from the whistle clean K3 of W7QC, and then of an S-1 DX station, which once tuned in seemed S-9, both were essentially without ringing. 73, FD - kt5x K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 and the Heil HC4 mic ???
First, understand, I don't operate SSB much, and not familiar with idiosyncracies of mics. I don't understand the need for bias, etc... Trying to establish the K3 and a mic. The MH2 works just fine off the K3 front panel jack. It seems to want FP.Lo with BIAS. I have run a mic line to the back of the radio. I found in the menu the selection, rP and switched to it. An old Electrovoice desk mic requires rP.Hi but works, proving the rear panel jack, menu settings, and the new line. I have a very old Heil headset and boom mic with an HC4 element. Plugged into this line I can not get the radio to respond to the HC4. I can run through the VOX settings to maximum sensitivity, I can try Hi or Lo, ... nothing. I put a DMM across the mic, it reads inconsistent, don't know what it should read, and also find that the Electrovoice reads open, so i guess not going to see anything that way. Do I need to do something special to make the Heil HC4 respond? Is there a way i can prove the HC4 is functioning properly? 73, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 and spectrogram: SSB
Put the K3 on spectrogram today. As expected the CW filters are delightfully clean. Now, the SSB filters. This was with 2.7 five pole filter. DSP set at 2.7 khz, the filter is for all intents, PERFECT. Steep sides, very steep, and absolutely level and flat top from one side to the other. You could see no difference whatever between USB and LSB plots. It is by far the best plot of SSB filter I have ever put on spectrogram. When it gets interesting, is when you narrow it up. When you dial the width narrower, from 2.7 to, say, 2.1, it narrows from both ends. More likely want to put it in Hi cut / Lo cut mode for SSB, and narrow it up by lowering only the side on which there is QRM that is causing you to want a narrower filter in the first place. 73, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 and spectrogram: dual passband
The dual passband on spectrogram was most informative. It turns out my ear had little idea what was going on. I have the 2.7 khz and the 500 khz (but the radio is set to 600 khz). I think this function will act differently with different filters on board. Here is what happens. When one puts on dual passband, the inner passband that is at full sensitivity is fixed at the 600 hz of the narrower roofing filter. That PB does not change with any PB tuning adjustments. The outside PB is about 25 DB down. For me, that is too much!!! I would rather this be down more like 15 DB. At 25 DB down, I can hear there are stations outside the inner PB, but I can not copy them at the same time as the station in the center. The outer PB is tipped, that is, the high frequency side of the inner filter is five to ten DB stronger than the low side. Seems like it ought to be in balance. PB shift or PB Hi / Lo cut, both do exactly the same thing when in dual PB mode. They narrow up the outer filter, down to the inner filter at the narrowest. They do not, for example, I might have thought the in HI /Lo mode, you might be able to chop off the upper or lower context independently, but you can not. 73, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 and Yaesu amp - report
Built up a cable to link the ACC jack of the K3, and spefically, Band0-3, mapped to Band Data A-D on my Yaesu FL7000 auto-tune, auto-band change amplifier. The KIO needs to be placed in NOR, which is its default. The K3 switches the FL7000 flawlessly. Since I have not seen anything on this posted, the success may be of interest to others. Thank you to Joe, W4TV, who assured me that this should work without further ado, and it did. The TX INHibit of the Yaesu and that of the K3 are in reverse from one another. The Yaesu switches to ground when it is ready. The K3 expects being grounded to mean don't transmit. I think a simple transistor circuit using power from the 13.5 volt source on the Yaesu amp's lines could be done to accomplish this. I have heard that it is sufficient and simple enough to instruct the K3 to do a PTT delay of 5 or 10 ms, but I can not see how to do that. Anyone know? 73, Fred - kt5x K3 # 0144 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 and Yaesu FL7000 amp
It appears to me (but I don't know for certain) that ACC Band0-3 can be mapped directly to Band Data A-D on the yaesu amp. I can see current limiting resistors in the amp, and the binary code is the same under CONFIG KIO NOR But, I have my wonders about the TX INH of the K3 and that of the FL7000. According to a letter I have from Yaesu, the FL7000 grounds its TX INH line when it is ready for the exciter to transmit. From what I am reading in the K3 manual, the ACC pin 7 TX INH appears to NOT transmit when it is grounded. They are opposites??? 72, Fred - kt5x K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] May 2 K3 arrived
For those anxiously keeping an eye on deliveries; K3 (kit) serial # 0144, ordered May 2, invoice # 47501, arrived Santa Fe on Monday, December 10, having been shipped Friday, December 7. 73, Fred kt5x K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 P.S. instead of the stick-on serial number thing, I use dry-transfer press on numbers which appear to have been printed on the chassis. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2 and K3 speaker grill cloth
Instructions include a bunch of things to try to prevent the speaker grill cloth from vibrating. Here is what I did... * I sparingly coated the entire area of the inside of the metal cover where the speaker cloth will be with rubber cement or contact cement. Wiped away excess, especially in the area of the slats in the metal. I don't want excess to appear on the outside of the radio. * placed the speaker cloth on the contact cement, covering the speaker mounting holes, and allowed cement to dry. * With a small soldering iron, hot, poked out the screw holes by melting the fabric with the hot tip * mounted speaker. Cloth is not free to vibrate, but will serve its purpose of protecting the speaker from debris and intrusion through the gaps in the metal. 73, Fred K2 # 0700 K3 # 0144 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] GAMMA HPS 1a w/ K2 solved
Thank you for various replies. For others who may have the whining power supply problem with these, here is the answer. It turns out that one group of these power supplied were made with an incorrect value at R25, found on the bottom of the board. Installed is 2K ohm which is clearly marked, and it needs to be 2.7K ohm. After making this change, the recharging whine in the headfones is gone. Took about an hour to work the board loose of the chassis, make the part change, and put it back together. Now working perfectly! Runs a K2/KPA100 like crazy. thanks folks, 73, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 and contesting
That which sets these radios apart is their relative immunity to blocking and IMD. That's a pleasure! Their clean transmitting signal is a matter of pride for the operator. A few suggestions to the relatively less experienced contesters; * compare yourself only to yourself and have fun. Even the last place finisher in a marathon has a smile on their face! * I can not speak for everyone else, but I can copy 60 wpm, and most QSO's are going to occur above 28 wpm. Practice! * I never, ever, reduce the passband below about 900 cycles. I want to hear what's going on all around me, and i more or less copy all of them at once * If the radio isn't being jammed by IMD/blocking I won't have any trouble copying both signals that are 50 cycles apart. I am going to answer the caller who finishes first. * dipoles are plenty in the sweepstakes, but high is nice I just play any more, after 50 years of contesting, but sure had a good time! 72, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] k3 observed in SS
Worked two known K3's in the sweepstakes. i heard MANY loud signals with nasty clicks or nasty phase noise. I have a pretty good idea what kind of radios I was listeing to. the two K3's i know I worked were in the hands of N6XI and K2VCO. both were loud here. and both were delightefully clean. the cleanest radios on the band. That's a joy to observe 73, Fred - KT5X K2 # 0700 K3 # ??? May 1 order ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Field Day
Results have been posted. I bet Elecraft rigs are at the top of a LOT of categories, would love to hear about it. 72, Fred, KT5X, Steve, WD9FJL #1 W5YA 1B2B 10,375 pts 986 contacts, 2 ops, K2 # 0700 K3 # ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 amp band control
l-o-n-g ago i asked if the K3 will be able to control my Yaesu FL7000 amp band changing function. the answer was, yes, ... eventually. What does that mean? 73, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K3 logging...
Perhaps the way for an internal logbook to happen is for an area of memory to be left available for it, permiting open programming similar to that of N1MM for users to modify and upgrade. the details of this software module do not impact the workings of the radio, and thus not of direct concern to Elecraft, but the capability.would be of interest to them. 72, Fred - kt5x (aka W5YA/qrp) K2 # 00700 K3 # 00??? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] serial number
Lyle KK7P K3 s/n 002 (sorry, couldn't resist :) that would be, s/n 2, Lyle. 72, Fred - kt5x K2 # 0700 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2's on field day...
W5YA will be active for the 8th consecutive year from Chama, New Mexico, at 9,000 feet altitude. We will be 1B2 QRP using K2 # 0700. If the bands die, we will be fly fishing ;-) Hope to work you. Have a great time! 72, Fred'n'Steve KT5X WD9FJL ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Headphone output levels on the K2?
Some headfones have MUCH more gain with the K2 than others. the Kenwood HS-5 is a low impedance phone. I put it on the speaker jack. with that, I have to turn the AF gain down to almost 8 o'clock and the RF gain down to about 10 o'clock to keep from blowing my head off with volume. the HS-5 is monoaural as it comes form the manufacturer. it came with a 1/4 inch jack. Change it to an 1/8 inch monoaural, and it will plug right in to the speaker jack on the back of the K2. I reqired mine to stereo which can easily be done by popping the back off the the headfones. The cable is already three wire, and simply requires moving one lead in the can to make it stereo. If used with just a K2, however, this modification is not necessary. 72, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] #1 K2 improvement...
the K2 does not have two rcvrs for split operation. therefore, when working a DX-pedition, one pushes and holds the REV button to listen in on the pile-up, but can't do it well because the other VFO has the same narrow settings as the VFO listening to the DX station. (my) #1 K2 change to make it MUCH more usable is: firmware change such that separate XTAL and DSP filter settings follow with the chosen VFO. 73, Fred - KT5X ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] YL/OM issue
She said, Is that going to be your new rig? I said yes and she said okay, get it. OK, how much for the Wife? - W4SK Most wives don't even have QSK. - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] T-shirt
You in MY World NOW K3 Fred - kt5x K2 # 0700 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] KIO2 and serial keying
I use N1MM contest logging program. At present, I communicate between the PC and the K2 with its KIO2 using a serial cable, and I key the K2 using a parallel cable with Tom's (N0SS) keyer built into the parallel cable housing. With parallel ports absent from many laptops, and in the interest of fewer cables... My question(s): The KIO2 uses pin 2 and pin 3 for RXD and TXD communication with the radio, and pin 5 for the ground connection. 1) Can I use pin 7, on the KIO2 labeled RF but appears that nothing is connected to it, to drive transistor keying of the radio instead of the parallel port? 2) Will N1MM recognize the same com port for keying that it is using to talk to the radio? 73, Fred - kt5x K2 # 0700 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] KIO2 and serial keying
I use N1MM contest logging program. At present, I communicate between the PC and the K2 with its KIO2 using a serial cable, and I key the K2 using a parallel cable with Tom's (N0SS) keyer built into the parallel cable housing. With parallel ports absent from many laptops, and in the interest of fewer cables... My question(s): The KIO2 uses pin 2 and pin 3 for RXD and TXD communication with the radio, and pin 5 for the ground connection. 1) Can I use pin 7, on the KIO2 labeled RF but appears that nothing is connected to it, to drive transistor keying of the radio instead of the parallel port? 2) Will N1MM recognize the same com port for keying that it is using to talk to the radio? 73, Fred - kt5x K2 # 0700 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] ultracapacitor (was hammcom power supply)
Perhaps an engineer on the list can help with this... I am fascinated by the HammCom powersupply using an ultracapacitor (or supercapacitor) to deal with intermitten power demand of CW. It must be a simple task to add such a thing to, say, an Astron RS12 power supply so that it would handle the CW demands of a KPA-100 in CW or SSB mode. Used Astron RS12 are all over eBay for in the order of twenty dollars. Exactly how might this be done??? 73, Fred kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
