Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Wire antennas are flexible, work well and are incredibly inexpensive. Put up as many as you can as big as you can. If they stay up, they were too small. 73 -- Lynn On 12/7/2015 2:13 PM, CRAIG SCHROEDER wrote: I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my hand at DX'in

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

I think that should be 65 feet. 73 -- Lynn On 12/7/2015 9:22 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: How long is a half-wave dipole? L = 468/F, where L is in inches and F is in MHz 40m band F=7.2 MHz, L = 65 inches __ Elecraft mailing list Home: h

Re: [Elecraft] KIOB

I don't have a mic. cable or a key cable. I run digital modes. Thanks to the computer, I no longer need a 28KSR or a TU. On 12/17/2015 9:14 AM, Michael Schulz wrote: I call shenanigans on that less clutter because of no computer _

Re: [Elecraft] KIO3B pricing

Maybe, but how do they sell the "sound card part" without selling the KIO3A parts? On 12/19/2015 11:07 AM, Oliver Dröse wrote: Would have expected something in the 200 US$ price range but 400 bucks for an "USB sound card" (as this is the only functional difference to the KIO3A) is too heavy fo

Re: [Elecraft] T1 Operational Question

I don't know the T1 either, but the design seems simple enough: it's meant to run on batteries, so one has to wake it up to do the tuning. Does it need the band information to tune, or does it just need to be "tickled" somehow to wake up the tuner? I see a few buttons that I'm guessing would

Re: [Elecraft] Powering a K3s from a battery?

Once upon a time, car battery manufacturers made 8 volt batteries. These were for cars with 6v systems that were aging, and a couple of extra volts made up for a lot of problems. Might take a bit to figure out how to charge them, but a 6v plus an 8v battery would give you a really clean suppl

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft web site

Based on the zone's serial number, there have been no changes to their DNS since July 2013. The zone has a 3 hour TTL, meaning that no provider should cache it longer than 3 hours. Most likely something just plain broke somewhere, and some providers don't have a route to Elecraft's host. 7

Re: [Elecraft] FAQ for K103B

Try the letter I instead of the number 1. On 12/31/2015 9:01 AM, Gene wrote: I tried the "K103BUPKT FAQ" link and it does not seem to work. Has any one the same problem? Thanks. Gene, W2BXR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailm

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website

Patience. Seriously. We need to think about two questions: Who owns the internet? How is it managed? The answers: nobody owns the internet. It's a network of networks ("Internet" is a contraction of inter-network, the protocol to tie multiple networks together). The various network owner

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft web site

Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity. On 12/31/2015 2:54 PM, Ray Sills wrote: I’m thinking that Verizon is trapping the domain name and the address. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/l

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft.com - NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

Security certificates should cost $150 or more because they should be identity documents, properly vetted by a trusted third party. There are at least two CAs that will issue domain-vetted certificates for free, and at least two under $20. 73 -- Lynn On 1/1/2016 7:18 PM, Bob wrote: Non http

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft website now accessible through FIOS in NY

It isn't a DNS problem. On 1/4/2016 1:30 PM, ab2tc wrote: If this is a DNS problem, how come everybody (including me) can ftp to the site without any problem. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elec

Re: [Elecraft] suggested PC???

You probably can't get a PC that's too small. For logging and control, an Intel Atom (or the equivalent AMD ultra-low power CPU) would likely be an order of magnitude more than you need. If you want to do digital (soundcard) modes, the slowest i3 would be lots. Under Windows, I think more mem

Re: [Elecraft] Whole house surge protector at the main breaker?

Me too. Please post replies to the list. On 1/6/2016 2:12 PM, kg9hfr...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I am curious, what are you guys using for the whole house surge protector at the main breaker? Frank KG9H __ Elecraft mailing list Home: ht

Re: [Elecraft] Eneloop or Eneloop Pro Batteries for my KX3?

The key (and thanks for not asking how I know) is "precharged" vs. normal NiMH batteries. "Precharged" batteries have a far lower internal discharge rate, compared to normal, standard batteries. If you have precharged batteries (like the Eneloop XX), your KX3 will work when you pick it up to

Re: [Elecraft] Quiet fans for K3

So, what is noise? It's energy. Some of it goes into the fan and moves air, some is from turbulence off the blades, and some heats the bearing. There are quieter fans that still move lots of air. They have carefully shaped blades and all of the flashing is cleaned off so the edges are smoo

[Elecraft] Slightly OT: non-resonant wires

Only a bit off-topic, since I have a KX3 w/tuner and a 9:1 balun to go with it. I know how to trim a resonant antenna to the correct final length. I also understand why truly "random" wires don't necessarily work. The recent post about shipboard operations near Antarctica said they're using

Re: [Elecraft] Slightly OT: non-resonant wires

rtant measurement is that it avoids being near a half wavelength on any bands. Are there really "magic" lengths to be used with 9:1 xfmr into a tuner? I'm skeptical. 73, Barry N1EU On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT < k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] Slightly OT: non-resonant wires

Which works great if the antenna is supposed to be resonant on one or more bands. On 2/9/2016 12:22 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: In general hams will construct the antenna and then trim the length {add or subtract length} to get the SWR value to 1:1 or such. _

Re: [Elecraft] Slightly OT: non-resonant wires

I asked the best way to measure a piece of wire 53' long. On 2/9/2016 11:58 AM, Barry N1EU wrote: A 53ft end-fed wire has a radiation pattern that varies all over the map as you go up in frequency above 10MHz. __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] Slightly OT: non-resonant wires

I shouldn't have said anything about antennas, or how I was feeding it. How would you measure a string 53 feet long? On 2/9/2016 11:56 AM, Heinz Bärtschi wrote: The matching range of the KX3ATU is specified as "typ. 20:1". __ Elecra

Re: [Elecraft] K3s pre-purchase question

I'm just tossing this in as a thought. Wire is cheap, and you can find stuff that is pretty much invisible. If you can get the antenna outside the attic, that'd be a really good move. You can keep the existing attic antenna while experimenting with what you can hide outside. 73 -- Lynn

Re: [Elecraft] Just Received my New KX3

Before you do anything, back up the configuration, and save it in case you need it in the future. 73 -- Lynn On 3/18/2016 8:23 PM, TFJM via Elecraft wrote: My KX3 arrived today. My first new radio in over 35 years. What do I do now besides stare at this technological little wonder. Just kiddin

Re: [Elecraft] OT: K3 and High Tension Wires

Always be ready to play the "public utilities commission" card. On 3/16/2016 9:11 AM, Jim Brown wrote: Another local ham who is an attorney found that contacting the state agency regulating PGE got his problems fixed when PG&E had previously failed to do so. _

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Grounding & NiMH Batteries

I bought high-capacity NiMH batteries for my KX3 and they were nearly always dead. I replaced them with "pre-charged" (Low Self-Discharge) cells, and they're always good. The choice is easy. 73 -- Lynn On 3/20/2016 7:59 AM, TFJM via Elecraft wrote: Also, is there one type of NiMH batteries

Re: [Elecraft] IC-7300 video - things to come

There is one overwhelming reason that we'll see touchscreens: As radios become even more software driven, we'll see more and more new features added (like ESSB). The engineers and developers have to find a way to add those functions to existing buttons (push this button 3 times, or go to a me

Re: [Elecraft] IC-7300 video - things to come

In my mind, I have a totally different picture of this. I don't see a panadaptor, or windows, or pop-ups. I see a front panel that looks very much like a KX3 or a K3, with buttons drawn on the touch screen. I see some ability to "turn off" buttons that I would never use, and make other butto

Re: [Elecraft] Raspberry PI 3 and K3

I love the idea. What I want is basically a Raspberry Pi laptop. Something that'll run FLDIGI, with long battery life, and fairly cheap. Nothing cloud based because I want to run portable. -- Lynn On 4/4/2016 10:08 AM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote: Here's an interesting observation - just

Re: [Elecraft] Raspberry PI 3 and K3

Setting aside the tiny screen, it fails the test with the external keyboard. I'd really like to do this in just two boxes -- and as someone who touch-types over 80wpm, it must have a really good keyboard. On 4/4/2016 11:53 AM, Phil Wheeler wrote: NUE PSK also works well with KX3 ___

Re: [Elecraft] K3 UOS?

On a Model 15 or 19, you could see the mechanism move on a or character. On a 28, you could see the typebox shift positions. In software, it's the same: you have a 5 bit baudot character and a figs/ltrs state, they're read, decoded and the appropriate character "printed" on the display. I

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Utilities

On 4/8/2016 11:08 AM, Ken G Kopp wrote: I see this as no different than a breeder of a thoroughbred breed of dog opening the pen and letting all comers mate with the females. You would end up with a "contaminated" breed. The utilities are not the same as the internal radio firmware. To take yo

Re: [Elecraft] Minimum bandwidth?

Ignore the faster speed, it's the slower speed on non-symmetric service. The key question is always latency. You can check out a VoIP calculator if you want to play the numbers, but most VoIP (and most cellular service) run around 8 kilobits/second. No one offers IDSL service anymore, but it'

Re: [Elecraft] Minimum bandwidth?

My connection here has exceptionally high jitter, which is worse, but also fairly unusual. A half-second of latency means you're hearing what happened a half-second ago, and when you key the transmitter, it's going to happen a half-second from now. Going back to the original question, it is

Re: [Elecraft] Sherwood's receiver performance table updated

Please. I'm always interested in antennas, since I need to figure something out here in the not distant future. Laboratory measurements not so much, and the touch-screen debate is a religious argument. 73 -- Lynn On 4/27/2016 11:25 AM, Phil Wheeler wrote: But this discussion seems to have

Re: [Elecraft] K3S RJ-45 Pin Alignment

Microphone connectors fail eventually, even the well-made ones with set screws and clamps. There is one advantage to the RJ-45 -- it's easy to clip off a little wire and crimp on a new one. Replacing a more traditional connector is much harder. 73 -- Lynn On 5/1/2016 9:35 PM, Edward R Cole

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Solar backpacking power advice

It's been a while since I've been backpacking, but this got me to thinking If you're actively hiking, you can't really hang a panel on your pack and plan on it being pointed at the sun. That means either staying put to charge batteries, or bigger panels for faster charging, or bigger bat

Re: [Elecraft] Excel Test

I must respectfully disagree. Often, PDF is read-only. Sometimes you can break that, sometimes you can't. You need a PDF reader. I suspect we all have them, but you can't open it in most word processors. Rich Text Format (.rtf) is pretty much universal, can be opened (and edited) by every

Re: [Elecraft] Where is Elecraft Support ?

I called Elecraft Support yesterday morning. They returned the call yesterday afternoon. 73 -- Lynn On 3/7/20 11:17 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: I check my e-mail several times a day.  And I check my SPAM filter once every day.  In the world we live in, nothing is perfect. 73 Bob, K4TAX __

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

Ah, sadly, no. As much as I like to blame Microsoft, we have to start with RFC-1341 and Multipurpose Independent Mail Extensions. Microsoft did not contribute to that RFC. MIME allows more than one formatting option. We had something called "Rich Text" but Netscape brought us HTML as a forma

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

It depends on the version and how it is configured. On 4/29/20 8:20 AM, Lyn Norstad wrote: Apparently Microsoft Outlook has none of the issues being described. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.ne

[Elecraft] Which Rig? (was Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 192, Issue 43)

Welcome, Tommy, Since you use the list in "digest mode" please delete all but the most relevant parts of the message, or we get it all again (and it will all be repeated in the next digest!) I'm sure you'll get lots of help, but Amateur Radio is such a diverse hobby that you'll get wildly di

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

He did say that he wants to sit under a (presumably random) tree and operate CW. If he wants a computer to load firmware and keep his KX2 (or KX3) up to date, then his Mac should do nicely. Otherwise, an inexpensive laptop for the field should do nicely. Preferably with good battery life.

Re: [Elecraft] mailman.qth

Because reflectors work. They're a universal push technology. When I do want to "navigate" this list, everything is right here on my machine where I can search it quickly. If you're trying to use a list archive, then yeah, it can be clunky, but that's not a reflector. 73 -- Lynn On 5/1/20

Re: [Elecraft] mailman.qth

If you ask people on a reflector who have been using a reflector for years, and are accustomed to using a reflector, who know how to make best use of a reflector, they're going to want to stick with the reflector. 73 -- Lynn On 5/1/20 11:05 PM, Jim Rhodes wrote: This has been discussed on som

Re: [Elecraft] McAfee Login

After several decades on Windows, I feel the same about Windows 10. On 5/2/20 12:08 PM, Bert wrote: I wouldn't touch McAfee with a ten foot pole!!! Several years ago McAfee messed up my PC so bad, that in order to get rid of McAfee I spent several hours editing the registry!! Never again!! Ber

Re: [Elecraft] K4???

More likely a combination of the 90-90 rule of product development, and more than a little bit of COVID-19. 73 -- Lynn On 5/15/20 9:05 AM, Keith N6JPA wrote: At this point it appears to be a vapor product. On 5/15/2020 8:52 AM, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft wrote: It has been exactly 52 weeks

Re: [Elecraft] K4???

I love the general idea of a well-funded (dare I say "fan funded") Elecraft, but I hope they do not sell shares and go public. Under U.S. Law, Wayne and Eric would have to make decisions based on the best interests of the shareholders -- that almost always means "making more money." There is

Re: [Elecraft] K4???

I had no doubts at all. :-) On 5/16/20 11:52 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Not to worry, Lynn. We're not going public :) Wayne N6KR On May 16, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: I love the general idea of a well-funded (dare I say "fan funded") Elecraft, but I h

Re: [Elecraft] WSJT FT8 TX not decoded using K3S TX - Rx ok

A strong suggestion from a network engineer. Major NTP servers like time.nist.gov are the most accurate clocks, but they aren't meant for everyone to use -- that's just too much traffic and latency hurts their accuracy if they're abused. A huge number of highly dedicated time-geeks run over f

Re: [Elecraft] K4 remote protocol

HTTP runs over TCP, so either way, we're talking about TCP. Here is what I'd do. Dig into OpenVPN. It's open source software, you can buy routers that handle it natively, or you can put an Raspberry Pi 3 on the end of your link. There is client software for just about everything out there.

Re: [Elecraft] Reset Third-Hand KX3

I wrote to supp...@elecraft.com asking for the configuration file for my 2013 vintage KX3. They sent me the specific file for my radio's serial number, with the factory calibration info. 73 -- Lynn On 5/22/20 11:25 AM, Walter Underwood wrote: There is no way to reset just the preferences to

Re: [Elecraft] Quiet Ductless HVAC System

The compressor as well. They aren't necessarily running at 60 Hz (or 50 Hz for those across the pond). 73 -- Lynn On 5/27/20 10:17 AM, Dave Cole wrote: Of late, the fans in these systems are speed controlled by PWM.  Nice high power square waves... 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft IS shipping all of our amp models

Why do people always assume a dire future -- always the worst possible outcome? We all do this, and it's a bad habit. I'm trying hard not to, and I've been a lot happier. 73 -- Lynn On 5/27/20 4:45 PM, W6IPA wrote: Eric, Maybe the best would be to update the Shipping Status ,and other state

Re: [Elecraft] RE; How well does the K3 work with lower power supply voltage . . .

Slightly related... When cars were all 6 volts (I'm not quite old enough to remember when that was common) the wiring would get a little old, headlights would get dim, and you could fix that by installing an 8 volt battery and adjusting the voltage regulator so it'd charge. I mention this, b

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

This is why I transitioned from Windows to Linux Mint several months ago. 73 -- Lynn On 6/7/20 1:44 PM, Grant Youngman wrote: That would be a terrible way to handle updates. If a user has set specific parameters to meet their needs, Windows should simply leave them alone — unless they no lon

Re: [Elecraft] K3s discontinued?

The page says: Please Note: We have limited stock of K3S/100-F and K3S/10-K. We no longer offer the K3S/100-K and the K3S/10-F. I would guess they have limited stock because their assemblers are either at home, or working on the initial K4 pro

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KX3 Support

I have received excellent KX3 support during the pandemic. It was slower than normal, but then again "normal" is much slower than normal. 73 -- Lynn On 6/17/20 10:30 AM, Grant Youngman wrote: Can anyone confirm whether or not Elecraft is currently providing support services for the KX3? As

Re: [Elecraft] Worldwide Transceiver Survey

If you ask 10,000 hams, at random, you get a statistically valid result. If the participants in the survey are self-selected, the results mean nothing -- and you get "Boaty McBoatface" as the winning name for the British NERC's new vessel. 73 -- Lynn On 10/3/2018 12:01 PM, Stephen Shearer wr

Re: [Elecraft] OT: SPAM filtering ...

I ran an ISP for 20 years or so. Server-side filtering is great. I still run my own mail server. If you use a mail client on your own machine, POPFile is awesome. It can even classify a list like this one into different mail folders based by topic and is fairly easy

Re: [Elecraft] Contributing (wasRe: FT8 Upgrade)

Running beta software, but not reporting results (good and bad) isn't making a major contribution. Less-than-helpful testers is a major problem for developers, which is why some resort to software that reports by itself, and beta versions that quit running on a particular date. Developers wo

Re: [Elecraft] Less Than Perfect Antennas [was Flumoxed]

Perfect is the enemy of good enough. 73 -- Lynn On 12/5/2018 4:42 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: It seems these days that the "Amateur media," which includes all of us conversing on the air or via email lists, tends to dismiss LTPA [less than perfect antennas] which may be discouraging some Technician

Re: [Elecraft] wire for random wire antenna using kx3

I didn't think from the original post that this was going to be used as transmission line. I pictured simply tying both sides of the speaker wire to one terminal on the UN-UN. Speaker wire because he has it, vs. buying wire specifically for a temporary antenna. "Random wire" so the 9:1 tra

Re: [Elecraft] wire for random wire antenna using kx3

Broadcast stations rarely QSY. On 12/17/2018 7:45 PM, W2xj wrote: Coming from the broadcast side, especially AM broadcasting, I never considered resonance particularly important. Really it’s just the transmitter that cares. We always put matching at the antenna but in ham radio we usually have

Re: [Elecraft] wire for random wire antenna using kx3

How often does the match change at a well-engineered broadcast station? On 12/18/2018 9:47 AM, W2xj wrote: That’s why we have adjustable antenna tuners. Same concept. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 18, 2018, at 09:27, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: Broadcast stations rarely QSY

Re: [Elecraft] wire for random wire antenna using kx3

This is probably the big reason. When I got my ticket, things were pretty much coax, but I vaguely remember something about open wire (ladder line) being less lossy when things were mismatched. 73 -- Lynn On 12/18/2018 5:00 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: Granted, today's TX are comfortable with 50 o

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 battery problems

The big secret is to buy "pre-charged" NiMH batteries. Normal NiMH batteries will self-discharge in a fairly short period. Low-self-discharge batteries will hold a charge for a long time, and can be sold as "pre-charged" so the consumer can buy the rechargeable batteries they want and not have

Re: [Elecraft] Off-topic, but I need help.

There are lots of great tools to sort E-Mail. I've mentioned them before. What I hate about message boards: someone will sign in, leave question, people will jump in to solve the problem -- and the person asking may never return to the board. Message Boards (Forums, whatever) are a pull tech

Re: [Elecraft] How to unsubscribe from reflector?

Pretty sure this will work. Go to: Near the bottom of that page is a button that says "unsubscribe or edit options" -- put the E-Mail address to be removed there. That will send an E-Mail with a link. Click on the link and the address will b

Re: [Elecraft] Off-topic, but I need help.

I've suggested POPfile, which does naive bayesian filtering -- which is almost magical. Yes, Thunderbird can do a great job, but it won't filter off topic, and you have to do a lot of work. With POPfile, you classify a few messages (KX3, K3S, Antenna, Digital Modes, whatever) and the filter

Re: [Elecraft] How to unsubscribe from reflector?

Yet putting all your passwords in a globally accessible password manager seems to be acceptable to most people, if not everyone. Go figure. 73 -- Lynn On 12/29/2018 4:04 PM, W2xj wrote: Work for most large media companies worth billions and writing down passwords will have security escorting

Re: [Elecraft] Ideas for an FT8 Radio

If the radio was basically a Pi Hat then upgrading the computer would be relatively easy. and using a standard, commonly available computer means that you could run useful modes, and modes that have yet to be invented, not just FT8. 73 -- Lynn On 12/30/2018 1:38 PM, Todd wrote: Have a

Re: [Elecraft] Phillips screwdrivers

I see the subject and I keep thinking "Vodka and Milk of Magnesia." __ 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 ho

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft business practices - more info

... and being in the service provider business, I can tell you that way too many shopping carts are set up on the assumption that the product will ship within 24 hours. The typical developer has never read a merchant credit card agreement, and doesn't know that many of them state that you do n

Re: [Elecraft] Sending AFSK RTTY

LSMFT: Low Space means Fine Teletype On 3/20/2019 2:12 PM, Roy Koeppe wrote: Or, "Simplicity is Ingenuity" Roy   K6XK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.

Re: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group

The purpose of this group is what the moderator says it is. On 3/24/2019 5:40 AM, Bill wrote: I have been under the assumption that this group existed as a technical support center for owners/users of Elecraft equipment: A place to ask questions and learn about the operation and use of said equ

Re: [Elecraft] Purpose of this group

POPfile does an admirable job of sorting. This message went directly to my OT folder, the "will there be a K4" thread is in the QRO folder, etc. I do not have to build filters or know why it puts a message in a folder, I just have to classify a couple of examples to start, then reclassify a f

Re: [Elecraft] The case against touch screens

The argument for is simple, and compelling for a company like Elecraft. I know that my KX3 has functions that were not even dreamed of when the front panel layout and silkscreen were finalized. They've cleverly added these modes and functions by "overloading" buttons -- push twice, push and h

Re: [Elecraft] DB9 connectors

The second letter in the connector name is the size. "B" size connectors have room for 25 pins. 9 pin connectors are "E" size. DE9, not DB9. Easier to find what you want if you use the right name. 73 -- Lynn On 7/26/2015 9:29 AM, Raymond METZGER wrote: Nobody told me that what I'm looking

Re: [Elecraft] K3S OR K3

To add to the list: if you're standing on Kingman Reef and the tide is rising, you probably want a rig that you know well. I'd bet most who activate rare DXCC locations have K3's at home, for many of the reasons stated. On 8/20/2015 1:34 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: Two things come to mind:

Re: [Elecraft] Different Reflectors for different models

The list guidelines already ask this. If you want automatic classification and you don't want to rely on people following the list guidelines, check out popfile. I also cast my vote against fracturing the list. I have a KX3, but I read a lot of the K3 threads, and a

Re: [Elecraft] Wow, Elecraft charges a lot for shipping!

Definitely not "just as easy" if the field is supposed to be a number. The right way to code this is to eliminate First Class Mail as an option when the weight goes over 14 oz. Whoever wrote the shopping cart on the web site didn't really anticipate some of the very light items that Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Icom IC-7300

Nothing. It's just that every time Elecraft adds a cool new feature, they have to find a way to get it onto a front panel button. If the buttons are drawn on the screen, they can be changed. Not saying I'm a fan, just that it's an attractive problem for some folks. Not sure how that works for

Re: [Elecraft] Wire labeling - slightly OT

Yep. On 9/8/2015 11:30 AM, Gary wrote: Brother P-Touch label maker works great for me. Gary __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Power Supply for KX3?

I like mine. On 9/9/2015 1:40 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Here's another recommendation for the Pro Audio Engineering PSE-KX33. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmf

Re: [Elecraft] K3 or K3S: Whadayathink?

On 9/10/2015 8:20 AM, Phil Wheeler wrote: Jer, re "a soon to be future owner of a K3S": Sounds like you soon will transition to being a future owner of a K3S :-) He already owns it -- it's on a brown truck somewhere. :-) __ Elecraft ma

Re: [Elecraft] K3 vs K3s..."to be or not to be an "s"

Most carriers will provide a "pico-cell" at no charge. There are also boosters that put an antenna outside, and another inside. I haven't needed either. I haven't had a wired phone for years. I haven't had a "dumb" phone for years either. 73 -- Lynn On 9/11/2015 5:56 PM, Kenneth Christians

Re: [Elecraft] Analog vs. Digital Front Ends

Maybe I'm wrong, but if the thing we're testing is supposed to be a radio, and we want to compare how radios work under conditions we'd encounter in actual use, it just seems intuitively obvious to the most casual observer that the tests should be the same. 73 -- Lynn On 9/15/2015 12:25 PM, A

Re: [Elecraft] Analog vs. Digital Front Ends

On 9/15/2015 1:36 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: On 9/15/2015 3:39 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: Maybe I'm wrong, but if the thing we're testing is supposed to be a radio, and we want to compare how radios work under conditions we'd encounter in actual use, it just seems intu

Re: [Elecraft] Ham Shack Arrangements - just a little OT

For something called "wireless" there sure are a lot of wires. On 9/17/2015 7:56 AM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote: Depending on the desk top, the routing of the cables can be a mess. I put a false back and dressed the cable through slots and the mess was behind the panel. _

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital Voice Mode - our future?

Digital tends to be either perfect armchair copy, or fairly unusable. It's going to depend a whole lot on how it's encoded, the data rate, and how much error detection and correction is used. Bump up the data rate, do some forward error correction and it's likely to be fairly robust. Some of

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital Voice Mode - our future?

- 35 kbps Pluto - 2000 bps http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Mission/Spacecraft/Data-Collection.php The bit rate drops to hundreds of bits/second further out. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 9/18/2015 16:17 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: Digital tends to be either perfect armchair copy, or fairly unusable.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital Voice Mode - our future?

On 9/18/2015 10:24 AM, Al Lorona wrote: I'm sorry, I don't begrudge anybody wanting to experiment with digital voice, but every time I listen to audio clips of DV I am appalled by the sound quality. I have to prefer SSB almost every single time. SSB has been around for decades, and we're pretty

Re: [Elecraft] Four Elecraft Digests in one day

There is a pretty wonderful program called POPFILE that will work with Thunderbird and classify your mail. The technique is kind of like the spam filter in Thunderbird. You start by tagging a message or two for each topic/folder, and then you classify when it gets it wrong. After a few days,

Re: [Elecraft] Four Elecraft Digests in one day

On 9/20/2015 8:54 AM, Wes (N7WS) wrote: I fail to see what all the hand wringing is all about. I don't filter anything. POPFILE is a classifier, not a filter. It will do a great job sorting by topic. I have used it in the past. It'll work with any POP3 account and real mail client. 73 --

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 Forum?

Of course, anyone can set up a forum, but every time you do you divide the knowledge pool. On 10/11/2015 3:30 PM, jlbates4 wrote: The reason I was wondering if we should have a decided Forum/Sub Forum for this product line:) __ Elecr

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 to Computer

This looks useful: https://k4mtx.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/kx3-fldigi-setup/ It's specific to FLDIGI, but all of the soundcard modes require pretty much the same wiring. Please note: if you hold the microphone to the PC speaker, the microphone will pick up background noise and transmit that al

Re: [Elecraft] Icoms answer to the KX3??

It has a Touch Screen! Sweet!! On 10/28/2015 3:48 PM, Joe W2KJ wrote: Howdy Fellow Elecrafters: Saw something new from Icom called the IC7300. Looks like a direct conversion architecture ala the KX3 but larger in size, I believe. The KX3 might have been the first such multi-band design w

Re: [Elecraft] The Technical Side of Ham Radio

It seems to me that a good basic knowledge of electronics is enough, without spending a fortune on test equipment -- unless that appeals to you. The recent threads on power supplies and voltage at the transceiver is a good example. Sure, you can measure the drop with a good voltmeter, either

Re: [Elecraft] The Technical Side of Ham Radio

I'll admit that I passed the Extra test by memorizing the questions and answers. The reason: the answers in the wild and the answers on the test did not always match. Since I learned a lot of what was in the real world before going for my Extra, it was a problem. 73 -- Lynn On 10/31/2015

Re: [Elecraft] Soldering crimped connectors is not a good thing.

Depends on what you're crimping doesn't it? On 11/5/2015 10:28 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote: This one … wroth every penny. http://www.powerwerx.com/crimping-tools/tricrimp-crimping-powerpole-contacts.html Grant N

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