[Elecraft] KXPA ATU Operation

2014-03-20 Thread maxwelltl
I think I am having some issues with my KXPA 100, possibly the ATU. Could someone please verify or refute these findings? Here is what I am seeing: 1) 25W and SWR LEDs linger on for 1.5 to 2 seconds after key up. They just stay on, then fade, flicker, and finally go out. 2) The ATU seems to

Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] New Elecraft Product: K3/0-Mini Remote Front Panel

2014-03-20 Thread Doug Joyce
GM all: The link in Wayne’s announcement yesterday to the new K3/0 Mini introduced some new Remote Software. I’m interested in more information on the KPA500 Remote Software. Since approx Nov 2012, I’ve been controlling a remote KPA500 with the KPAUtil running on a Dell notebook at the local

Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] New Elecraft Product: K3/0-Mini Remote Front Panel

2014-03-20 Thread VE3GNO Daniel
Hi Wayne Do you have any preliminary manual for it or/and some pics with the back of the new born baby :-)) Tnx   vy 73 de VE3GNO Daniel On Thursday, March 20, 2014 9:16:13 AM, Doug Joyce d_jo...@sympatico.ca wrote: GM all: The link in Wayne’s announcement yesterday to the new K3/0 Mini

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Resonate noise on audio

2014-03-20 Thread Jason V
Don, When the first set of pictures were taken the audio output was in attenuate mode with a minimal AF setting, the signalink Rx gain was set to 25% ish, and the PC mic input gain was set to 25%. The only thing that changed between pictures was the VFO. Last night I had a little time to double

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 decoding CW with hand key

2014-03-20 Thread bill conkling
I think the decoding is done on output of electronic keyer. HAND key does not use the keyer. bill nr4c Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID WA7SPY wa7...@comcast.net wrote: I have had my KX3 for a month or so. Love the radio. I have recently decided to learn and start using a bug

Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] New Elecraft Product: K3/0-Mini Remote Front Panel

2014-03-20 Thread Doug Joyce
Further to my message attached - I decided to download the KPA500 Remote Software and see if it would work just using the same transparent COM1 channel I had been using for the KPAUtil approach - and it seems to work just fine. It only took a few seconds to cycle thru a number of Com ports

[Elecraft] Part 97

2014-03-20 Thread John
ecfr.gov. Part 97 current as of 3/18 Sent from my iPhone __ 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:

[Elecraft] PLEASE!

2014-03-20 Thread Dyarnes
Hi All, I know this is probably the umpteenth time for this request, but it seems to need repeating. When you reply to a post on this list, PLEASE, PLEASE, trim what you copy over from previous posts! This is particularly problematic for those of us who take the digest form. I just

Re: [Elecraft] PLEASE!

2014-03-20 Thread Phil Wheeler
Dave's comments and request are on target. I switched from digest to regular email for that reason. With email I built a filter so all these posts go into an Elecraft folder vs. my Inbox -- and now am pleased I switched from digest. In contrast, on the Yahoo reflectors the default seems to

[Elecraft] K3 Audio instability

2014-03-20 Thread Mark Pride
 Recently noticed a problem with receive audio.  Hear a crackling sound while using the headphones and that noise does NOT vary as a function of the AF gain control.  It comes and goes, very random and very objectionable.  Almost like hearing instability in the audio stage of an old vacuum tube

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft Product: K3/0-Mini Remote Front Panel

2014-03-20 Thread Gerry Hull
WooHoo! Order placed. Can't wait for it to come! Gerry Hull, W1VE | Nelson, NH USA | +1-617-CW-SPARK AKA: VE1RM | VY2CDX | VO1CDX | 6Y6C | 8P9RM http://www.yccc.org http://www.yccc.org/ http://www.facebook.com/gerryhull https://plus.google.com/+GerryHull/posts

[Elecraft] KX3 / NaP3 Question

2014-03-20 Thread Jim Bennett
I'm running NAp3 v2.2.4.2 on Windows 8.1, connected to the RX I/Q port on my KX3 at one end and to the Line In jack on an iMac on the other end. As some other folks have seen, there is an initial issue with images or duplicated signals when NaP3 starts up. Ken (W0CZ) tipped me to a way to get

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Audio instability

2014-03-20 Thread Bill W2BLC
Do you have the Auto-Notch filter on when this happens? If you do, try adjusting the AGC SLP down to about 6. I have found that using a setting higher up results in a very annoying warble effect. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 / NaP3 Question

2014-03-20 Thread Sam Morgan
Hi Jim, I'm running NaP3 v2.8.8 on Win7 Pro 64bit with my K3, so this may not be applicable, but it could be worth a try. In the NaP3 help file under the Menu/DSP contents where it tells you how to do the calibrate that you have previously done. It also tells you how after you have done your

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 / NaP3 Question

2014-03-20 Thread Tom
Hi  That's interesting. In principle the automatic Iq  routines should just handle this IF the signal is on the Iq signal itself since it would also have an image and thus the routines would just suppress it. Since it doesn't perhaps the signal is just getting into the sound card and thus NaP3

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 / NaP3 Question

2014-03-20 Thread Jim Bennett
OK - just pulled the IQ line out of the back of the iMac. Nothing showing on the pan display, even when I key the KX3, so this signal is for sure coming across that line from the KX3. It's strange how the WBIR stuff is working, too. I tried setting it to Fixed after doing a Calibrate. If I

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 / NaP3 Question

2014-03-20 Thread Phil Wheeler
Computers have sure complicated our hobby, Jim. Never such issues with my good, old K2. So far I've not ventured into that realm with my K3 nor KX3, except for the Elecraft utilities. But my day of computer grief will soon come, I'm sure ;-) 73, Phil w7ox On 3/20/14, 11:28 AM, Jim Bennett

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Audio instability

2014-03-20 Thread Oliver Dröse
Broken or loose cable? 73, Olli -- Contest, DX radio projects: http://www.dh8bqa.de Am 20.03.2014 17:01, schrieb Mark Pride: Recently noticed a problem with receive audio. Hear a crackling sound while using the headphones and that noise does NOT vary as a function of the AF gain

[Elecraft] (no subject)

2014-03-20 Thread Julie Royster
Hello to the group! I am KT4JR, wife of K4MWE (Larry). He uses PSK a lot but we set it up a year ago and did not make a backup of the settings. Somehow the settings were lost and we are having trouble reconstructing a working config. We can transmit, and FLdigi tracks the frequency on the

[Elecraft] K2 For Sale

2014-03-20 Thread Tony Castellano
Since I began using my KX3, I haven’t used my K2 anymore and decided to sell it. I built this rig about 3 years ago and was very pleased with it’s performance. It has always been in a non-smoking environment. I am a graduate EE and have built many kits throughout the years including 2 K2’s and a

[Elecraft] Elecraft email List Official Guidelines 2014

2014-03-20 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Elecraft eMail LIST GUIDELINES 2014 For those of you who are new to the list, (and for those of us who have rapidly failing memories.. , here is a quick list of things to remember when posting to this list. Please save this for future reference. The most important thing to remember is that

[Elecraft] Important List Guideline - Please Keep it Polite, Respectful and Brief

2014-03-20 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
As per our Elecraft list guidelines, it is inappropriate to post and say someone should -not- have made a posting, or to rudely criticize someone for making ANY posting. (All technical questions, no matter how basic, are appropriate.) Its OK to point out that something is illegal or

[Elecraft] Crikey! Please edit replies down to a minimum size and delete extra footers

2014-03-20 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Official List Policy: When replying to emails on the list, please remember to edit down the copied text to the minimum needed to retain context. One or two sentences from the original post are usually sufficient. This keeps the list and archive volume down and makes everything much more

[Elecraft] How to avoid Elecraft list email overload: Nabble and other web archives

2014-03-20 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Instead of receiving an email for every posting, you can stop emails and read and search the list via a convenient web based list archive. Nabble and mail-archive.com are two excellent Elecraft list archives accessed via our web page. See: http://www.elecraft.com/elist.html There is a 'no

[Elecraft] Lost your list Password? - Here's how to get it.

2014-03-20 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
If you have misplaced your elecraft list password, or if you never received it, here is how to get it sent to you again. Go to: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft and scroll to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address (the one you used for the list) and click on 'Edit

[Elecraft] Decency!

2014-03-20 Thread Brian North
I remember when I was just a lad many many moons ago, my dear old Mother said to meif you have nothing nice to say about anyone or anything, then say nothing rather apt on some (very few) of the operators on this list. This is a GREAT site, let's keep it that way, we all breath the same air?

Re: [Elecraft] (no subject)

2014-03-20 Thread Matt VK2RQ
Can you hear the PSK signals through the KX3 speaker (when you remove the connector from the KX3 headphone jack, of course)? If so, then likely it is a problem with the audio levels or with the sound card setup on the PC. If not, then if you turn the amp off in the KX3 PA mode setting, and

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft Product: K3/0-Mini Remote Front Panel

2014-03-20 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Thanks for the order! And we've just added more K3/0 info to the K3 Remote page that includes rear and side panel connection drawings and more information about the mini. http://www.elecraft.com/K3-Remote/k3_remote.htm 73, Eric elecraft.com On 3/20/2014 9:49 AM, Gerry Hull wrote: WooHoo!

Re: [Elecraft] K2 For Sale

2014-03-20 Thread Tony Castellano
I forgot to include the serial number of my K2 which is #7172. Tony Castellano W1ZMB tcaste...@optonline.net Hopewell Junction, NY RV-6 N401TC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] not receiving PSK using FLdigi

2014-03-20 Thread Julie Royster
THANKS to Matt for this suggestion and I will try it. I am not deleting the original message because it got sent without a subject line, which I just added. KT4JR -Original Message- From: Matt VK2RQ [mailto:matt.vk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 4:54 PM To: Julie Royster

[Elecraft] Digimodes what am I missing?

2014-03-20 Thread F5vjc
Is it me, but what is the attraction to the Digimodes? I can and do understand the achievement to get a new mode working, which is the only satisfaction that I can find. Why? Having succeeded in getting any Digimode working the only traffic I see are canned messages and brag dialogues of no

Re: [Elecraft] Digimodes what am I missing?

2014-03-20 Thread EricJ
On forums and reflectors! Eric KE6US On 3/20/2014 3:56 PM, F5vjc wrote: I am not knocking the Digimodes I hope but would like to know, are there any real keyboard to keyboard interesting QSO/s to be found, and if so where? 73, F5VJC

Re: [Elecraft] Digimodes what am I missing?

2014-03-20 Thread Matt Maguire
There is a lot of activity on PSK31 mode using canned macros as you describe, and some operators are content with doing only that, however there is a lot more to digimodes than just that. Some people are interested in propagation effects, and may run automated stations such as on PSK31 PropNet or

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft Product: K3/0-Mini Remote Front Panel

2014-03-20 Thread Bill W2BLC
Is it possible to use the new K3/0 Mini on a cable of several feet in length to connect directly to my desk positioned K3 (allowing the front panel to be moved around my operating desk - similar to the removable faceplates found on several popular imported rigs)? Thanks, Bill W2BLC K-Line

Re: [Elecraft] Digimodes what am I missing?

2014-03-20 Thread WILLIS COOKE
I feel the same way Denis.  I guess when I finish Honor Roll and Challenge 3000 maybe I will get back to it, but I am old and the younger folks don't seem to get the charge from CW that I do.  To me, even when you talk, digi is too much like email!   Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman

[Elecraft] N1MM/K3/KX3 Programming

2014-03-20 Thread Doug Ellmore Sr.
Through N1MM and K3 software commands, I am able to send keying messages of specific text from n1mm to the K3. In order to pass variables, such as the other station and serial number, I need help to figure that out. winkeyer command example to send cq from N1MM: F1 RUN CQ,*cq {CQ MYCALL}

[Elecraft] K2dsp

2014-03-20 Thread John Cooper
Well I changed out firmware in k2dsp.  Still have to put it in bypass to hear any audio.  In the manual pg40 dc voltage chart for U1-5 I get 5v instead of 0.  U1-14 I get 0v instead of 5v.  I dont have noise blanker or ssb options.  But all otger conditions met.  Also D3 C is 5v not 0v called

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0-Mini Remote makes me wonder....

2014-03-20 Thread John Langdon
If I change over to a K3/0 Mini for the remote control point, how about a kit with all the parts required to upgrade my now unused K3/0 to a fully functional K3? 73 John N5CQ __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] N1MM/K3/KX3 Programming

2014-03-20 Thread Richard Ferch
This question would more properly have been sent to the N1MM Logger user group. Be that as it may, the answer is yes, at least in CW mode, provided you use the correct N1MM Logger command syntax (see the online documentation). With a Winkeyer or serial or parallel port CW keying, or (in the