Re: [Elecraft] DESK MICROPHONES FOR K3

I use a 50 year old Shure 444D, I did make an adapter from the K3 to the 1/4 phono plug on the Shure. Works FB not to mention it matches the K3 pretty well.   73, Mike WA5POK On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 11:41 AM, d...@lightstream.net d...@lightstream.net wrote: Hello Gordon, I've been

Re: [Elecraft] very small 20A switching PS

Go with the powerwerx unit. I have, it is a very good, compact power supply. http://www.powerwerx.com/power-supplies/?gclid=CMD4tdLG8sACFc1i7AodNwMAqw 73, Mike WA5POK On Sunday, September 21, 2014 10:37 AM, Jeff Herr her...@comcast.net wrote: this one is smaller.

Re: [Elecraft] SPEAKER FOR K3

I use a pair of old radio shack minus 7. Not only do they sound good but also look good with the K3. 73, Mike WA5POK -- On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 4:16 PM PST Bob Gibson via Elecraft wrote:  What seems to be the best speaker for the k3? I'm using a  A-COM and I am

Re: [Elecraft] Microphone

What Jim said. I use a Shure 444D that I have had for 45 years. Not only do I get good audio reports but it looks pretty good next to the K3. 73 Mike WA5POK -- On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 11:03 AM PST Jim Brown wrote: On Mon,2/9/2015 10:26 AM, David Hay wrote: I want to

Re: [Elecraft] w4rnl (sk) and antennas

As Jim mentions, this is a good article worth saving and it includes one of my favorite and often used antenna, the 20 meter EDZ - 86 feet long. I have also used this antenna on bands above 20 meters and on 10 it produces a nice clover-leaf pattern with gain. I had two of these at right angles

[Elecraft] K3 has "Zero" Output??!!

Just as the 160 meter contest was starting my shack computer crashed big time ( power supply failure) . I unpacked my other computer, loaded and configured software, installed drivers for usb to serial cables and then it was time to give it a quick test before contesting. My dummy load was

Re: [Elecraft] 160 meters RX antenna for K3 advice

In suburbia Houston, I was fortunate to have some nice very tall pine trees in which I had an inverted L with one elevated radial (up 20') bent to fit the 60' x 90' lot. It was fed through a ferrite bead balun. Power output was 600 watts. The rx antenna was a K9AY and one side of the rx antenna

[Elecraft] K3 Spur on 160??!!

After the CQWW 160 contest this past weekend, I checked my signals on the Reverse Beacon Network and it appeared that the AC0C skimmer (545 miles NW of me) was picking up a spur on 1855.7 kHz! This occurred only at the AC0C skimmer and did not show on any other skimmers and only when I was

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Spur on 160??!!

After reading everyone's posts (THANKS!) and doing a bit more digging, I found this on the reverse beacon web page:http://content.reversebeacon.net/sites/reversebeacon.net/files/users/user3/The%20RBN%20and%20You.pdf About half way down, "Images from mis-adjusted receivers – two spots, same

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

I use the HiQ 4-80 with a 2' mast extender mounted on the back bumper of a F150. At the base of the antenna I have a hb box of six relays to switch in the appropriate capacitors to match the feed point impeadance and I use the Ameritron SDC-102 memory controller that does a good job of going to

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

I have found Ham sticks work fine on 20 and up but I won't talk about what happen to a 75 meter ham stick we were tinkering with and forgot to turn off the mobile amp! On Fri, 4/1/16, Jim Brown wrote: Subject: Re:

Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycles

I will do my darnedest to stick around 'till have the sun's life has been reached ... or at least to go fishing with Leroy. 73, Mike WA5POK On Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:27 PM, lmarion wrote: When stars reach middle age, half of ~10 billion for our sun,they phase

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) CW Resonant Speaker

I have not but you certainly can do it. The length of the tube will determine the peak resonant frequency and you would have to experiment with the length to tune it to the pitch you like best to listen to. Remember the days you would blow across a bottle to make a tone? The more you drank out

Re: [Elecraft] K3 with switching power supply??

I have been using that Powerwerx power supply since before Elecraft started listing them on their web page and it is a good, quiet power supply. I use a big linear power supply at home and the Powerwerx unit for portable operations since it is a good compact supply. I got one for my newly

Re: [Elecraft] K3 with switching power supply??

d the LDG 200pro antenna tuner. 73, Mike WA5POK On Monday, February 13, 2017 2:33 PM, Bob Steding <steding@gmail.com> wrote: Is there a problem using the Powerwerx to power both the K3S and the KAT500, or would I need a second Powerwerx? On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Mike

Re: [Elecraft] line IN and OUT on new computer

Hi Jorge,The "Y"connector will not work, There is a very specific connector with three rings and a tip needed for that single new style jack on the laptops because that jack incorporates both a mono input for the mic and a stereo output for the headphones. A very specific connector I found that

Re: [Elecraft] line IN and OUT on new computer

...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Mike thanks very much for the informations Is this one?   https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PCV-05-Combo-Adapter/dp/B00IM36VU0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8=1502546701=8-2=sennheiser+pcv+05+combo+audio+adapter 73,Jorge | | Libre de virus. www.avast.com | 2017-08-12 10:5

Re: [Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough?

 A friend bought a HiQ to put on his own car. His wife took one look at it and said, "OH HELL NO!" It now resides on my pickup. Stealth and mobile are two words that don't go together. 73, Mike WA5POK On Saturday, August 19, 2017 7:49 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: I can’t

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafter HA-1 (TO) Manual/Schematic

The 12AT7 sounds familiar in that multivibrator circuit. Was it built from a schematic in an older handbook? I have some from that era in my storage unit. The next time I am there (next week) I can dig one out and look. 73, Mike WA5POK On Monday, May 15, 2017 10:41 AM, Russ

Re: [Elecraft] Dusting off the old K3 & Considering a KAT3A

When I moved from Houston and house with beams to a Florida apartment but with a big tree outside my door, I ordered the KAT3A. The KAT3 made easy work of my stealth antenna on 40-6 meters. Yes, I have a manual tuner and yes I have an LDG 200Pro auto-tuner but the KAT3A was a huge convenience.

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyzer

I have had the Comet analyzer for a year. Although a bit pricey for the number of functions, what it does, it does very well and is a very solid, well built, and easy to use device. With that said, I will add a VNA unit to my arsenal of analyzers soon. It sure would not hurt my feeling to see

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[Elecraft] Weak Signals on RX

I finally figured it out ... I was making a few Qs but the received signals were so so weak ... I made sure ATT was off, had preamp on, checked antennas, plugs, switches, etc and I had written it off that the bands were just really bad. Then I saw it ... some how I had pushed in the RX ANT

Re: [Elecraft] OT - The HeyPhone

As an avid caver (ham radio got me into caving 50 years ago ... another story) here are a couple of links to what hams have done underground. The big drawbacks are cost and hauling the gear. Currently a group is investigating using the family radios for digipeating.

[Elecraft] K3 Powers Off

Suddenly my K3, upon touching the key will power off. When I power on, I can make a contact or two and then off again. This started with three hours to go in FD (operating 1D at home). Checking the archives it seemed it was a thermal problem so I partially disassembled the radio, cleaned out

Re: [Elecraft] Headset to mic adapter K3/K3s

Check INRAD on the Vibroplex web page. They have the adapter, very well assembled at a very reasonable price. 73, Mike WA5POK On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 9:26 AM, Gary Smith wrote: I have my father's Heil headsets and he had an Icom adapter for it. I'm only using Elecraft from now

[Elecraft] K3 MMTTY on 30 meters HELP!

Hi!It must be something simple I am missing but for some reason, I cannot get the K3 to transmit RTTY from MMTTY only on 30 meters. I have checked all settings but nothing. It is fine on 160 - 6 meters (just checked) but on 30, nothing. If I unplug the cables from the computer and use the keyer

Re: [Elecraft] K3 MMTTY on 30 meters HELP!

  heck to ensure that the 30M Data Mode is also FSK-RTTY.  I think that’s a ‘by band’ configuration. Just an idea ... -- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!" > On Mar 14, 2018, at 4:25 PM, Mike Furrey <mikefur...@att.net> wrote: > > Hi!It must be something simple I

Re: [Elecraft] Charging Lithium Ion batteries (KX2) from Car

I am not sure what kind (size, shape) of Li batteries are in the KX2 but as a caver I use 18650 Li batteries in my lights. I have found the Nitecore D4 intelligent charger that works on both 120 VAC and 13 VDC that does a good job of charging a variety of Li and Ni-cad batteries either at home

Re: [Elecraft] I am flummoxed about my antenna

I use an 1/8 wavelength top-loaded vertical up a tree with one 1/8 wavelength elevated radial. I had it tuned dead on at 1830 and it works quite well for what it is BUT with the rain the last several nights, the ground is wet, tree is wet, antenna is wet, the 1:1 SWR point moved down about 50

Re: [Elecraft] (OT) CQWW CW band noise

Yes, Higher at night than during the day. We did have rain move through Friday and Sunday here in East TN. NR in K3 helped a lot. 73, Mike On Monday, November 26, 2018 6:35 PM, Robert G Strickland wrote: Was it me/here, or did others encounter high band noise conditions during the

[Elecraft] White noise on K3transmit

I just set up to operate in the 6 meter contest and after no contacts, trying with two different microphones (first the Elecraft mic, then a Heil mic) on the front panel, a check with a local said he only hears white noise when I transmit. I am missing something. I am transmitting into a 2

Re: [Elecraft] OT - CW Sweepstakes This Weekend

My K3 will be on in WTX section this weekend as W5ACQ 73, Mike WA5POK On Friday, November 6, 2020, 01:02:03 PM EST, Ken Widelitz wrote: Please exercise your Elecraft radios of any denomination this weekend in CW Sweepstakes, even if you are not a "contester," Sweepstakes starts

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Broken boom mic attachment on a CM-500

I have fixed two broken Heil headsets with copious amount of JB weld. Looks like ... well anyway that worked well. They never broke again at those spot. I bought an aviation headset dirt cheap at an estate sale and converted it for ham usage. That thing will never fail. 73, Mike WA5POK

[Elecraft] K2 Sidetone help

Hi All!A few months ago I acquired a used K2, s/n 13xx, firmware 2.04, and the sidetone setting is U8-2 but I do not have any sidetone and no matter which hoop I jump through in the menu system, I cannot get the sidetone to function. The radio would not let me make the change to U6-25 no matter