Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-23 Thread Edward R Cole
suspecting failure of the radio or station hardware. 73, Ed - KL7UW - From: w7...@cox.net To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters Message-ID: 2F54AB6B74354B8990CCAB14D9AAC5FE@TDYDell Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-23 Thread Fred Jensen
On 10/23/2014 12:46 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: Having been a technical writer for the aerospace industry (electronics), this is very close subject. Its a challenge to use font and emphasis when one wants certain text to stand out and be noticed Warning! Aux Ant I hope the reflector will show

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-22 Thread Brian Short
I think it is great to see your assessment because sometimes it seems we do tend to focus less on the human factors and usability issues. In this case, however, it seems that the feature allowing recall of Rx Ant selection by band plays at least a part. It is a great enhancement, but does

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-21 Thread Clive Lorton
On 21/10/2014 01:18, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: Those of us who have officially become olde phartes, no longer report such events to the statistical data base, and have no intention whatsoever of telling anyone how many times we *really* do that to ourselves. Being a fully paid up member of the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-21 Thread Bill Frantz
I'm part of that club. I saved considerable time by going to the trouble shooting section of the manual. On page 65 I found this lovely section: No received signal: Check (1) receiver being squelched (if RF/SQL controls are assigned to squelch via CONFIG:SQ MAIN or SQ SUB, rotate squelch

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-21 Thread w7aqk
Hi All, If there is a downside to the K3's size, the problem described in this thread demonstrates that. The rig is small, and so is the display. So, some of the displayed info gets overlooked easily. Still, there is a lot of info shown on the display, but much of it is in fine print!

[Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Gene
I have noticed that signals on 40 meters do not appear very strong on my K3. The audio and signal strength is very low. Other hams in the area hear signals S9 +5 while these only register S1 at best on the K3. Antenna type and height are almost identical as I have. Attenuator is not on and

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Augie Gus Hansen
On 10/20/2014 5:09 PM, Gene wrote: I have noticed that signals on 40 meters do not appear very strong on my K3. The audio and signal strength is very low. Other hams in the area hear signals S9 +5 while these only register S1 at best on the K3. Antenna type and height are almost identical as

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Don Wilhelm
Gene, Do you have the correct antenna input selected? ANT1/2 if the KAT3 is installed, or RX ANT if the KXV3 is installed. It sounds like you may have the RX ANT selected rather than the main antenna. That is a per-band setting, so it would only be a problem on one band. 73, Don W3FPR

[Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Gene
Problems solved. I had RX on by mistake and only on 40. Thanks to all that responded. 73, Gene W2BXR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Dear Gene, :)) Please note that at last count 98.91% of all K3 owners have pulled that wrong antenna per band stunt on themselves and spent at least an hour looking elsewhere for the problem. 95% of the 98.91 have done it twice. 90% of the 95 have done it three times or more. 50% of the 90 have

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Fred Jensen
Aside from the well known fact that 86.41% of the adult population makes up their own statistics, I'm part of Guy's 98.91%. 30m was dead and infinite SWR. Wayne called me, said Let's start with the easy part ... and everyone can finish the story. I've now done it twice on my K3, second time

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT
Besides, 87.4% of all statistics are made up. On 10/20/2014 5:18 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: Those of us who have officially become olde phartes, no longer report such events to the statistical data base, and have no intention whatsoever of telling anyone how many times we*really* do that to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Phil Hystad
Besides, 87.4% of all statistics are made up. Therefore, it is very likely you just made up that number 87.4%. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 40 meters

2014-10-20 Thread Terry
Numbers are like people. If you torture them enough they will tell you what you want. Terry, KQ5U On 10/20/2014 9:14 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: Besides, 87.4% of all statistics are made up. Therefore, it is very likely you just made up that number 87.4%.