It's clear my K2 battery is in need of replacement
I'm wondering if anyone has come up with an alternative to the
standard sealed lead acid as fitted.
Weight is not the main consideration but capacity and ease of charging.
Any thoughts?
73, Deni F5VJC
Not sure what happened but after a full reset everything is beautiful again.
Transmit audio is as it should be. I wish I would have saved previous
settings but it didn't take too long to get most of them back to normal. It
was actually fun to go through the configurations because I am ashamed
Is this making it to the reflector?
73, Mike NF4L
On 9/1/12 10:44 AM, Mike wrote:
Would one of you please share?
73, Mike NF4L
On 9/1/12 7:15 AM, Nicolas Drin wrote:
Thank to Adrian VK4TUK... 5 minutes after my threat he mailed me the solution
!!! Fine reflector.
Nicolas
NC40, SIERRA,
Hi Fred,
I have a similar set-up with yours, on one side K3+P3 and other side
FT5K+SM5K+LPpan both connected to Quadra amp. My primary choise for low bands
is K3 due excellent flexibility of AGC and static noise exclusion from AGC
loop. My FT5K is batch March 2010 and K3 is Dec 2011 with
Daniel
I did not know that I would find you here also a voice from someone who
knows both radios this morning I was working KH2L on 40m and found what you
are saying to be true. Over the weekend worked several new band countries on
80m was good for a change with the contest and the K3 fared
BTW Daniel I like the P3/SVGA a lot better than I ever did my LP-PAN or the
SDR-IQ I'm now using with my 5000.
Fred/N0AZZ
From: VE3GNO Daniel [mailto:yo3...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 5:23 AM
To: Fred Smith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 DNR
Hi
Hi
To answer the question.
The problem was the shut down of the P3 Utility after probably the upgrade
of the Mac Os (Lion to Moutain Lion).
The solution is very easy (thank to Adrian VK4TUX), just remove the prefs
file in the user librairy (P3utilityprefs).
Hope this help
(no problem so far
Hi Fred
Wellcome to my world, in the last 9 months that I owned the K3 I still discover
new things, the ALC/NB/NR combination is a never ending story. Once I got
familiar with setting I start playing with feature interaction, depeding band
conditions I found more efficient one set of setting or
Thank you, Nicholas.
73,
Mike NF4L
On 9/3/12 7:16 AM, Nicolas Drin wrote:
Hi
To answer the question.
The problem was the shut down of the P3 Utility after probably the upgrade
of the Mac Os (Lion to Moutain Lion).
The solution is very easy (thank to Adrian VK4TUX), just remove the prefs
A lot of people will not know how to access the preferences file.
Click on the McIntosh HD icon on your desktop
In the Finder window command line click on GO, this will bring up a
drop down box.
Near the bottom of the box you will find Go To Folder
The folder you
Daniel
I have had not one single issue with my FT5K since I received it and many
hours of use just lucky I guess.
73,
Fred/N0AZZ
From: VE3GNO Daniel [mailto:yo3...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 7:21 AM
To: Fred Smith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft]
The problem appears to be the 2.5 to 3.5 mm adapter. When the cable is
plugged into the adapter, the adapter seems to be shorting one of the
signals to ground.
Time to find a new adapter.
--Andrew, NV1B
..
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Andrew Moore andrew.n...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for
Some have suggested I post this snippit of info.
Just come back from C56W where I used a KX3. Unfortunately there were
several power cuts whilst there and I used both a main fed psu and a motor
cycle battery (floated this off the power supply). The mains when present
varied from 180V to 260V and
I want to thank Fred, Daniel, Frank and several others who posted
actual information on this subject. Not only do I now have an understanding
of the DNR tuning in the K3 but the DUH factor slipped in and I can
see the method to the madness on the other controls as well. I am
just over a week into
On Sep 1, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Bill,
I am puzzled why a bad EL5146C would cause an INFO 080 problem. INFO 080
normally is the inability of the MCU to properly communicate with another
firmware processor. While it is entirely possible that the EL5146C
Thanks to N8LP for the info he posted below. One happy discovery that might
help eliminate some E-MU 0204 USB soundcard driver angst for Win 7 64 bit
users: Windows 7 64 bit has an E-MU driver resident in the operating system.
This driver will *not* automatically install when the 0204 card is
There is a way to move a group of lines with the K3 Memory Editor grid. You
can use this to insert a blank line (as well as more involved moving).
Select (at the left margin) the line you want to empty and the lines below.
Press CTRL-X to cut the selected lines. Cut copies to the clipboard and
All -
I decided to reset the K3 and unfortunately cannot find the config file. I
am trying to get it back running and am running into a couple issues.
1) I am getting a ERR BP4 error. I have removed the KP BF3 from the KRX3 as
per instructions.
2) When doing the transmit calibration, I am
Bill,
Yes, you can substitute 1N4148 diodes - they are not as flat with
respect to frequency and the response at very low powers will not be as
accurate, but other than that, they will work just fine.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 9/3/2012 12:51 PM, Bill Coleman wrote:
I have some 1N5711's on order from
I have completed my fix to the KX3 speaker issue and am sending results to
Wayne for confirmation. It has nothing to do with the case halves.
Standby
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
KX3 Field Test #12
Previous
Issue 1 is resolved thanks to Don, W3FPR.
Keith
-Original Message-
From: Ham Radio
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 10:16 AM
To: d...@w3fpr.com
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mufflied audio - new issue
All -
I decided to reset the K3 and unfortunately cannot
You're better off to wire up your own cable with a 2.5mm right-angle plug, or
purchase on of the cable kits from Elecraft. Using a 3.5-2.5mm adaptor can do
serious damage to your radio if bumped.
73, Matt VK2ACL
On 03/09/2012, at 10:50 PM, Andrew Moore andrew.n...@gmail.com wrote:
The
I figured it out. I feel like a dummy load myself today. I had an offset
on since I am running this into the dummy load using FM that through me out
of the band. I am all good with transmitter gain config. Sorry to bother
everyone. Ok now on to the next step.
Keith
AG6AZ
-Original
I know I've seen a couple e-mails, one fairly recently, on one of the
Elecraft reflectors I subscribe to that referenced an Elecraft doc, I
believe, that listed three ESD mats that were recommended because of their
resistive specs. There was a U-Line, a 3M, and one other. Can someone please
point
The window sizes on the screen on my P3 SVGA only go from 2-5 on WinR and from
0-3 on WinT when setting up for RTTY. The manual says the window sizes should
go up to 40 lines total. I have the data font size set to the smallest font.
Tom, W0ZR
Bill,
Thank you for relaying that for the rest of us. I guess I am one of those Larry
was referring to.
Larry,
Thank you for doing the extra work amidst my insistence the card was crap. I
will give your instructions a try and connect one up to
my Win 7 machine again. I have never used the
Tom, the data area occupies part of the waterfall area of the screen. Have
you tried increasing the waterfall height?
-Bruce, N1RX
The window sizes on the screen on my P3 SVGA only go from 2-5 on WinR and
from 0-3 on WinT when setting up for RTTY. The manual says the window
sizes should go
See the KX3 Kit Assembly Manual page 5. The third mat listed is a Desco.
Lou W2ROW
AL7BA - Jim Shaw wrote
I know I've seen a couple e-mails, one fairly recently, on one of the
Elecraft reflectors I subscribe to that referenced an Elecraft doc, I
believe, that listed three ESD mats that
That's it! Thanx, Lou.
73
Jim
AL7BA
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lou Voerman W2ROW
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 2:30 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ESD Protection Mats
See
Problem:
The transmitter gain will not calibrate. Receive an error code:
Starting 5 watt calibration
Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
Calibration power settled at 0.0 W ;
Elapsed time: 6 seconds
Tx Gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the expected
Just got in from doing some chores, Tom.
I am seeing a similar thing here. It looks like the total number of lines in
the current (pre-beta) firmware is limited to something like 7 lines total.
I have not been able to expand the displayed data area greater than this.
Perhaps the firmware
You could try doing it manually to jump-start it. You have to do
each band separately.
At least you could try that, and if still not successful, call support
tomorrow (after 8AM California time) and they will walk you through the
setup and/or assist with your problem.
73,
Don W3FPR
On
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Not sure what I did, Tom but...
I went outside and washed the wife's Jeep, came back in and turned the K3
and P3 back on. I was able to set the Tx and RX windows to 12 lines each. I
am not sure what specific keystrokes/power cycling enabled it, but now I
have tall TX/RX data windows, and a fairly
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Hi,
My K2 S/N 47XX is about 6-7 years old and has functioned relatively well since
I built it. A few days ago I attempted to use it to check into a local 10
meter net and was told I was on lower sideband. The display indicated upper
sideband, U as it should on that band. The displayed
Where can I found the download for this pre beta firmware.
Thanks, Mike
Mike Sanders
KOAZ
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Bruce Beford
Sent: Monday,
Jim,
I conclude that you do not operate much on 80 or 40 meters!
If your operation is mostly on 20 meters with only an occasional
excursion to the other bands, then there is the possibility that you may
not have noticed.
Set the K2 to 40 meters and take a look at the BFO frequency for both
Mike,
You cannot find it. It is material for Field Testers.
An email to Paul (pa...@elecraft.com) might get a copy sent to you as
long as you are willing to report your observations and any problems to
Paul.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 9/3/2012 5:36 PM, Mike Sanders wrote:
Where can I found the
I have been swapping my serial USB adapter between my K3 and other uses and its
becoming a pain. I need to get a second USB Serial Adapter and was about to
order the KUSB with FTDI chip listed under the K3 options on order page. I was
also going to order the XG3 RF Signal Source and noticed
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Donald Thompson thompso...@comcast.net wrote:
I have been swapping my serial USB adapter between my K3 and other uses and
its becoming a pain. I need to get a second USB Serial Adapter and was
about to order the KUSB with FTDI chip listed under the K3 options
The KUSB has a USB connector on one end and a 9-pin D-shell connector on the
other end. It's for the K3 and KPA500 that have 9-pin D shell RS-232
connections.
The KXUSB has a USB connector on one end and a molded right-angle 3.5mm TRS
(tip, ring, shell) plug on the other.
The KXSER has a 9-pin
Don,
It is not the same. The KXUSB has a USB connector on one end and a
2.5mm stereo plug on the other end. It will work with the W1, W2, and KX3.
There is no substitute for the KUSB within the Elecraft product line.
As an alternative (that may be even better than the FTDI chipset), look
For ACC1, that's a 3.5mm male.
matt
On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:10:26 -0400, you wrote:
Don,
It is not the same. The KXUSB has a USB connector on one end and a
2.5mm stereo plug on the other end. It will work with the W1, W2, and KX3.
There is no substitute for the KUSB within the Elecraft
Thanks everyone for the clarification. I should have known that the xg3 would
not have a DB9.
I have several from Radio Shack adapters which I use on Linux but would not
work on the Mac. I downloaded the driver and now it works fine on my MacBook
with the K3.
Thanks,
Don KA1KU
On Sep 3,
I'm trying to get my just built K3 on the air and have encountered a strange
pause sometimes in cw character elements. Using a paddle set to Iambic B I
frequently see a pause, sometimes a long pause. It seems to be at the last
dash of a character.
The pause comes and goes as I try to send
... encountered a strange pause sometimes in cw character elements...
... a Begali Leonessa and I use it regularly on their CW machine...
If I were me, I'd use the CW Machine, and bypass the built-in keyer.
External keyer is always better, IMHO, as I'm used to the timing.
Ralph, VE7XF
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Cheers,
Fred
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I have a couple pictures of the install on my qrz. The Installer still needs
one more day to finish all the wiring and prepare for the arrival of the Hi Q
4/80 RT.
This will make my weekdays away from home in Los Angeles a tad bit easier
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