Dave, my suggestion: send it Don who is a fantastic expert. He is very
reasonalble in his fees. While I am technically competent, and have the
equipment, he is natural at it. I have to work at it, because unlike Don,
don't do it day to day. I have sent equipment to him and it is done in no
Antenna Z? I think you meant "Impedance at the ATU antenna connector?"
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 2/19/2018 3:02 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
I’m pretty sure that Wizkers:Radio can do an SWR scan. I did that with an
earlier version of the program.
David,
There are several possibilities.
While it is possible that the "serial" cable may have been the the
problem, that could have damaged the KIO2 (or KPA100), but it could also
have damaged the MCU (U6) on the control board.
Did it go into transmit with no load? If so, it may be that Q7
I have been looking over the on-line manual and I unable to find any reference
that explains how one will connect the P3TXMon Option Coupler to KPA1500 in
order to measure power and swr. Does anyone have any insight.
Thanks,Bill - W0BBI
I'll add my enthusiastic endorsement for Don, W3FPR. He's prompt and
reasonable.
73!
Ken - K0PP
On Feb 19, 2018 18:50, "Bill Johnson" wrote:
> Dave, my suggestion: send it Don who is a fantastic expert. He is very
> reasonalble in his fees. While I am technically
Fred, isn't that where the antenna starts, or are you limiting "antenna" to
mean the radiator itself?
73, Ron AC7AC
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Thanks to everyone. The Wizkers appears to want to work with the Elecraft
100W amp, not the KX2. The KX3 is supported, but not the 2 and I couldn’t
find the “sweep” functionality for the 3.
I will continue to search.
And I will call it an antenna sweeping thingy in order not to offend.
Thanks,
Bill,
The KPA1500 is similar to the KPA500 in that regard, except that you
cannot access the connection between the PA and the tuner.
Connect the TX monitor in line with the antenna. It will show the
unmatched SWR and power to the antenna (the SWR will not change with the
tuner settings),
No and Yes. Wunder is always so very precise, I figured a typo.
Antenna impedance, in most circles means the impedance of the antenna at
its feedpoint, which is often but not always elevated above the ground.
Antenna analyzers are often, but not always, connected at the input end
of a
Wizkers:Radio works with the KX2. Here is the main page instead of the KX3
documentation.
http://www.wizkers.io/wizkersradio/
I’ll ask Ed about the SWR function, because I know it worked. Ah, found the
original forum discussion where I asked him to add it. That includes the
screenshot.
I know, I was going to fix that, but it was already too complicated. It would
be measuring the same thing that an “antenna” analyzer measured when connected
to the same terminal.
The common terminology is such a disaster that it is tiring to fight it.
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
Ken and all,
Thank you for that endorsement - I endeavor to return a radio working
'the best it can be' no matter if it is an official Elecraft repair on
an independent repair.
At the current time, I am doing support for Elecraft as well as both
Elecraft repairs and independent repairs for
Ah, finally found it. Install the “Wizkers:Radio” Chrome app in the Chrome
browser. Start it. Connect to your KX3. One of the instruments will be “SWR
Sweeper”. Use that.
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
> On Feb 19, 2018, at 5:52 PM, Walter
No, I don't know that at all. I understand the reluctance to use that
terminology, but strictly speaking you're wrong. Reactance networks are
reciprocal ... they don't care in the least which direction power is
heading. The combination of the feedline, the "antenna tuner", and the
output
This is a 2nd test message from a different computer.
73,
John, no8v
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Hi-
Two questions?
After 18 years my K2 doesn’t turn on. I did it. I must have incorrectly wired
the Serial cable. When it got plugged in - that did it.
There is power thru the Power button. With the radio disassembled to the main
pc board, (sans everything that can plug into the main board)
test response
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Ian Kahn wrote:
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> > This is a test message.
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This is a test message.
73,
John, no8v
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73 de,
Ian, KM4IK
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I had no end of trouble with my K-Pod. I finally had to record a video and send
it to Wayne to convince him that I could press a button, have the K3S light up
indicating reception but fail to execute. He revised the K3 firmware and this
is fixed, but response time is still slow. I can't
Greetings all, where can I find the wiring diagram for the KX3 ACC2? I've
looked in my KX3 manual and didn't find much info.
tnx and 73
Ed ~ k6sdw
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Sometimes the center pin of the male BNC will get pushed back into the
Teflon insulator. Run your thumb nail over the end of the connector. Your
nail should touch the end of the pin.
73's
Dick KN6AA
On Feb 19, 2018 08:55, "rich hurd WC3T" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had an oddity with
Hi,
I had an oddity with hooking an antenna to the BNC connector on my KX3 that
happened enough times to be chalked up to something other than random
chance.Looking for opinions on whether my solution aligned to your
experience(s).
I have a complete station - a KX3, a PX3, and a KXPA100.
I can't get the WSJT-X CAT control to work with either my K3 or FT817, either.
Setting the PTT to VOX is the easiest way, set RADIO to NONE. Setting the PTT
to RTS will also work if you set PTT to RTS in the K3 menu, also with RADIO set
to NONE. I don't know why this works, but it does.
I
Rich ...
Any chance you have one or more 72 ohm BNC connectors and/or adapters?
They -are- different than 50 ohm ones.
73!
Ken Kopp - K0PP
On Feb 19, 2018 09:55, "rich hurd WC3T r...@wc3t.us [KX3]" <
kx3-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I had an oddity with hooking an antenna to
Well, if I did, then it's been placed into quarantine now. :) The
current jumper is 50 ohm, and it's working fine.I was just assuaging my
curiosity and wondering aloud if BNC connectors have that much variation.
The private and public comments I've gotten seem to say that this is the
case.
Hi Rich,
Your problem is almost certainly caused by using obsolete 75 ohm
BNC male connectors on your coaxial cables.
During the 1960s, the easiest way to manufacture 75 ohm BNC
connectors was to significantly reduce the center pin diameter from
the 0.053 +/- 0.001 inch diameter specified
On my last two SOTA activations, my KX2 appears to be working valiantly.
At some point, however, I find that I cannot push any button without it
giving me a short CW message.
I am not up on CW yet, and during a SOTA activation, there is no time to
try to understand what is happening. It doesn't
The length/complexity of a macro can influence the response according to what I
have read. I have a couple of long ones, for diversity on my K3S and they are
not necessarily instantaneous... I don't expect them to when relays are
involved.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
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You may want to upgrade the firmware to version 2.89.
Mike / KK5F
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>From: Richard Day
>Sent: Feb 19, 2018 12:53 PM
>To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Elecraft] Strange CW at each button push
>
>On my last two SOTA activations, my KX2
Hi all,
I have found that over the years the female BNC has a fatigue problem. That
is, the fingers of the either 2 way or 4 way mating receptical relax and spread
apart. Takes a keen eye to see it, but it does happen. Most of the mating
recepticals can be reshaped to the original tight fit,
Ken & Rich,
As a broadcaster, we used hundreds even thousands of BNC video cables - they
are no more finicky then another RF coax cable until you get to hard line or
Helix (which are bullet proof in N, UHF or EIA).
Unless the cable has an improperly installed connector or the cable is
damaged,
My WSJT-X Preferences -> Radio are set as follows on my iMac (MacOS 10.13.3
"High Sierra"):
Rig: Elecraft K3/KX3
CAT Control:
Serial Port: /dev/cu.usbserial-AXX (Actual serial number
obfuscated)Baud Rate: 38400Data Bits: EightStop Bits: OneHandshake: NoneForce
Control Lines: DTR: RTS:
I have had excellent service from my K-Pod. As an adjunct for rig
control, it is only bettered by the Genovation keypad - which I also use.
The K-Pod also affords an excellent and easy to use platform for
experimental macros. No messing with buttons on the rig while
experimenting - just on
I saw and carefully bookmarked an article on a software utility that would
allow the KX2 to act as an antenna analyzer. And lost the bookmark.
Unless that was a dream/fantasy, would someone kindly Elmer me along and
remind me where that resource is? My considerable googling skills have
proved for
Check out Fred Cady book on KX3.
Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill
> On Feb 19, 2018, at 11:13 AM, Eddy Avila wrote:
>
> Greetings all, where can I find the wiring diagram for the KX3 ACC2? I've
> looked in my KX3 manual and didn't find much info.
>
>
> tnx and 73
>
>
Richard,
Check the SW TONE menu If you have it set to CODE nn (where nn is WPM),
then you will get that morse when you push a button - it is a nice
feature for sight impaired amatuers.
That can also be turned on by Holding the AFP/AN button while turning
the KX2 on.
73,
Don W3FPR
On
Ed,
Check out the written description for the ACC2 jack on page5 of the KX3
manual. 2.5mm TRS plug, keyline output is on the ring, GPIO on the tip.
Common (some call it ground) on the shell.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 2/19/2018 11:13 AM, Eddy Avila wrote:
Greetings all, where can I find the wiring
I’m pretty sure that Wizkers:Radio can do an SWR scan. I did that with an
earlier version of the program.
http://wizkers.github.io/wizkers-doc/ins/elecraft-kx3/
An antenna analyzer does a lot more, but an SWR scan is handy.
Hmm, because you can read back the L-C combinations from the ATU, you
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