[Elecraft] More precise signal strength

and noise levels analogous to the way that the radio displays SWR when in Tune mode? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Download the new N1MM Logger+ at <http://N1MM.hamdocs.com>. Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use y

[Elecraft] Key Out jack

a very small DC voltage on it.  I don't have a schematic for the radio, so I'm stumped.  Is this a function of the way I'm measuring, or...? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your fa

[Elecraft] (k3) Key out redux

and help me figure this out? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. __ Elecraft m

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Whole House Generator

are pretty low.  Haven't noticed any problems with the waveform, but haven't really looked. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 9/8/20

[Elecraft] Is K4 talk verboten?

the topic gets shut down, what would *you* like to see in a K4? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

[Elecraft] "The Elecraft Story"

It strikes me that an article, or even a book about this would be welcome.  Or has it already been done?  If so, a reference would be appreciated. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, plea

Re: [Elecraft] "The Elecraft Story"

or so) ago. And of course, we're all waiting for the K4. I still view Tracy Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine" as the best example ever of close-up technological narrative. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY act

[Elecraft] UPS Practice? was:Re: KPA1500 Caution

, but with no indication of when or what will happen if I miss them today. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 4/18/2018 11:02 PM, Pete Michaelis - N8TR w

Re: [Elecraft] UPS Practice? was:Re: KPA1500 Caution

left turns, you'd think this would be child's play. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 4/19/2018 9:32 AM, Mark E. Musick wrote: Pe

[Elecraft] Intermittent Loss of Speaker Audio

audio continues to function perfectly throughout.  Any ideas? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] New website problem - no manuals

Which is fine, but I have a middle-aged K3, with the new synthesizers and other factory fixes.  However, my manual is forty-leven MCU updates behind.  Is there anywhere that an updated K3 manual can be uploaded? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.

[Elecraft] KPA-1500 ATU BYP light always on

Just got my KPA-1500, and it seems to work great except that the ATU BYP light is always illuminated.  The ATU operates normally when I light the IN light with the ATU Mode switch and apply drive.  I can't find anything in the manual about this. Can anyone clarify? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check

[Elecraft] K3 Suddenly Putting Out Only 25 watts at 100 watts indicated

karma of it all is that *yesterday* I ordered a KPA-1500. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Suddenly Putting Out Only 25 watts at 100 watts indicated

Ran the TX Gain calibration from the K3 Utility and it failed on 160 and 80, then aborted because power readings did not converge 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite &

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Suddenly Putting Out Only 25 watts at 100 watts indicated

Sorry, this was on CW. It occurs on all bands.  Is there a test (perhaps using TXCAL) that I could do to narrow down the cause? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "

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

Windom antenna at only about 35 feet.  Darned thing works so well, despite a site that is in a river valley with higher terrain on all sides, that I'm keeping it. Worked 92 countries during CQWW in about 6 hours on 40 meters, with ~900 watts 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network

[Elecraft] My message 11/22 9:32 AM titled "Phantom Signals"

Did you block this for some reason?  This seemed like the logical place to post my question. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] Phantom signals

Trouble is, my computer supplies N1MM+, including its spectrum display.  Catch 22 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 11/27/2018 6:16

[Elecraft] Phantom signals

idea what these might be?  Because they are discrete frequencies and relatively weak, they aren't particularly an operational problem, but 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favo

[Elecraft] KPA-1500 kudos

Carolina windom, which had come down .  Bravo, Elecraft! -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

[Elecraft] Trying to use KPA-1500 on 160

, and send my first dash, I get a hard fault with the LCD message input power 67 watts. I'm guessing it might be a K3 adjustment, but I don't know where to look. Any advice much appreciated! 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spottin

[Elecraft] To zero beat or not to zero beat

is always to round up, rather than up or down. Seems a little unlikely to me, but does anyone know the answer?  I'm perfectly happy to keep jogging the main tuning knob a bit on most spots, but thought I'd ask. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <h

Re: [Elecraft] To zero beat or not to zero beat

Thanks everyone who responded to this.  I checked my calibration as suggested and believe it was, indeed, about 50 Hz above actual.  I'll test with some live spots. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 ATU

I'm seeing a similar phenomenon, Scott, but figured I'm too much of a newbie with the amp to question it. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX clust

[Elecraft] KPA 1500 160 Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who responded.  I've got it now. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

[Elecraft] KPA-1500 great service

mounting and the bottom of the cabinet, plus extra zip-ties, just in case. Only one quibble with the instructions - it is almost impossible to get the old LPF board out with the TX sampling BNC connector in place. Temporarily removing it made all the difference. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out

Re: [Elecraft] MFJ-1234?

Port forwarding is typically a router function. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 5/30/2019 12:05 PM, Bill Steffey wrote: I have one

[Elecraft] KPA-1500 gone berserk

N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 gone berserk

Problem has disappeared as quickly as it started.  Please disregard. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 6/1/2019 8:55 PM, N4ZR wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Power Supply Fan Noise

And my SN 502 is perfectly acceptable, even with the stock fan-ware (is that a word?) 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 6/11/2

[Elecraft] Proposal for change pages for manuals

pages" that we could print out and insert - for example a new page 6, and pages 6a, 6b etc., as needed to bring the manual back in sync with the hardware. It seems to me that this job, while boring, wouldn't be that difficult, and the benefits to us customers seem obvious. -- 73, Pete N4ZR

Re: [Elecraft] Proposal for change pages for manuals

N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 5/23/2019 4:14 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Pete, If you download the newest manual, you will have the most up to d

Re: [Elecraft] Proposal for change pages for manuals

This is a step forward - the URL Bill mentioned is current, unlike the link from the Utility.  So now I can find out what's in my radio. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your fa

Re: [Elecraft] Proposal for change pages for manuals

tory early this year, and it now reports an installed MCU version of 5.66.  Oddly, though, the K3 Utility says that 4.67 is still the latest available.  There are similar discontinuities in the FPF and DSP firmware. So I have absolutely no idea what's changed in my radio. 73, Pete N4ZR Check ou

Re: [Elecraft] Proposal for change pages for manuals

, in order.  It's still 2 steps instead of one, but 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 5/23/2019 9:48 PM, W2xj wrote: What you are advocat

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 F/W ver 2.17 now available

OK, I give up. My KPA-1500 Utility says that I have 2.00, and also that that's the latest.  Where would I find 2.17? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] Clipping first element of CW - K3/KPA-1500

And none is 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 4/24/2019 10:12 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Scott, What do you mean by "

[Elecraft] Clipping first element of CW - K3/KPA-1500

mes "E4ZR", for example.  I've been through both manuals, and aside from setting a higher TX Delay, I don't know what I can do to clean this up. so what am I missing? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldw

Re: [Elecraft] Clipping first element of CW - K3/KPA-1500

. In PTT mode, it appears that my keyer is sending the PTT signal simultaneously with the first RF - not good. Thanks to everyone who helped put me on the right track. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Solution to the efficiency problem?

There also seems to be some real-world question.  I've been operating the WW Digi contest this morning, and find that running at 500 watts out vs 1500 watts out,with similar sequences of transmissions there is about a 10-degree difference in temperature as reported by the amp. 73, Pete N4ZR

Re: [Elecraft] Upgraded K3 vs K4

Zackly!  As I told myself when buying myself a KPA-1500 for Christmas (I'm 78 and a widower), I'm spending my kids' inheritance, which they don't need anyhow. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For

[Elecraft] KPA-1500 on digital modes

that much digital contesting, though, so I'm wondering whether 1500 watts output is on digital modes is realistic or a recipe for trouble. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your fa

[Elecraft] Transmit Equalizers and FT4/8

I normally run my K3's TX equalizer to minimize low frequencies and frequencies above 2000 Hz.  Am I right to assume that I should set it back to flat when doing FT4/8? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity wor

Re: [Elecraft] Transmit Equalizers and FT4/8

No, that was indeed a typo.  The way it is normally set for SSB emphasizes the highs. Trouble is, I don't operate phone enough to catch things like that hi. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots,

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 Power Output Variation

Not necessary to guess - Page 17 of the KPA-1500 manual discusses ALC.  "ALC is a useful safety mechanism, but do not use ALC as the principle [sic] power control. ...Elecraft recommends using the K3 or K3s PWR-SET-PER-BAND function to set proper drive levels, not ALC. 73, Pete N4ZR Chec

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KPA 1500 thoughts

TX Test mode?  On the K3 or the KPA-1500? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 8/25/2019 3:58 PM, Randy (Art) wrote: I recently got

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 on digital modes

FWIW, one of the things I like best about my KPA-1500 is that you can use its antenna tuner with the amp on Standby 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 no output

Perhaps it blew up during the event? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 9/1/2019 2:29 PM, Lyn Norstad wrote: UPDATE: I received my 6

[Elecraft] SO2R with 2 K3s, one KPA-1500

I don't believe I've seen anything definitive about this possibility.  Has anyone done it? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 failing

out it went. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 9/27/2019 9:42 AM, Charlie T wrote: I would request that any solution one finds fo

[Elecraft] Adding PTT Out Switching to a K3

, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 11/7/2019 9:30 AM, Ray Albers wrote: ….thanks to comments and suggestions from K9ZTV and W2CS. My K3 has

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Relay click - SOLVED.....

Thanks, John - Aside from the price of the DXE unit, I do have a proximity problem - my RX antennas are less that 100 feet from my transmitting antennas. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots,

Re: [Elecraft] Adding PTT Out Switching to a K3

back panel of the K3, for example, which has PTT IN and KEY OUT jacks in the same row.  I believe this usage originated with CB. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite &qu

Re: [Elecraft] Adding PTT Out Switching to a K3

Thanks, Frank - I knew there was some way to do it, just didn't know what. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 11/7/2019

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WSJT-X help

something that causes it to start working.  My suspicion is that Windows 10 update has a nasty habit of resetting audio arrangements to some arbitrary set of "defaults." 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worl

[Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

a fault.  For those of us who have the Aux port cable connected, wouldn't it be pretty simple for the KPA-1500 to turn down the K3's power to limit output to 1500 watts? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity wor

Re: [Elecraft] Strange development with my K3

Good catch, Bob - who knew??? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 11/12/2019 3:37 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: Go to the  Config Menu a

[Elecraft] K3 internal noise?

he antenna -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at<http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. __ Elecraft mailing list Ho

Re: [Elecraft] Using external SDR and a K3 as antenna splitter

of 3-4 dB due to the splitter, and the fact that you're taking up the RX In jack which you might otherwise use for a receiving antenna.  You must select the RX antenna to connect the IN/OUT loop to the main antenna 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters

I just tried that with my KPA-1500, Scott, and could not hear any change.  Another one of those RFI gremlins! 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX

Re: [Elecraft] Operating from a retirement home

A spectacular example of how to do this right has been set by PVRCers at the Collington Continuing-Care retirement community in Prince George's County MD.  See the QRZ lookup for K3CCR.  These 5 guys have demonstrated what can be done, and they're doing it most every weekend. 73, Pete N4ZR

Re: [Elecraft] Cruise Lines

Good thing you didn't pick it up and talk into it  ;^) 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 10/16/2019 12:26 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote:

[Elecraft] KPA-1500: Widely varying drive requirement - same frequency, different antenna

on the other.  Is this normal? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. __ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500: Widely varying drive requirement - same frequency, different antenna

switch to it - but it seems to me that after the ATU they should look the same. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 10/23/2019 9:55 AM,

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

looks like by actually sending power into it. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 11/18/2019 8:18 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 11/18/201

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

other station. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 11/19/2019 3:56 PM, K9MA wrote: Bill is touching on an issue I've raised before: A

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

Yup, but old habits die hard! 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 11/20/2019 2:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote: The simple solution to thi

[Elecraft] Applause for KPA-1500

antennas like I do these days, it is a real pleasure to run trouble-free 1.5 KW - life's way too short for less. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

[Elecraft] Chinese Production Re: K4 news?

impact on supply chains around the world. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 3/5/2020 8:12 AM, Irwin Darack wrote: I am curious to

Re: [Elecraft] What softwares are available for Point-and-Click SDR/K3 control?

://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/manual-windows/spectrum-display-window/ 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 2/17/2020 8:17 AM, bw...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi al

[Elecraft] KPA-1500 and Praise for Elecraft Support

. The latest one, which is now the production version, completely solved the problem - now when I move 60 KHz and change antennas, the amp gracefully retunes itself and settles in for the fun part. It's like having a 1500-watt transceiver -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <h

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Antenna Select Suggestion

an external switch), with never a hiccup. At most, the amp is bypassed for a split second while the machine figures things out, but no faults. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please us

Re: [Elecraft] Book

Dumb question - I have the first edition - is the third edition (not K3S, straight K3) significantly different?  When did it come out? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your fa

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

Hey, first things first.  Windows 10's market share among non-computer-scientists answers this question for me. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX

[Elecraft] K3 Key Out Jack Not Working

Key Out via the ACConnector works fine for controlling the amplifier, so I assume the basic functionality is OK.  Any advice?  I'd really love to get it going for the Stew tomorrow! -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY ac

[Elecraft] K3 - KEY OUT problem

Thanks to everyone who responded.  I've now written to Elecraft Support, and anticipate that it will have to go back to the mother ship. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please us

Re: [Elecraft] K3S poor CW keying further investigation

watts key down. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 4/25/2020 10:32 AM, Jim Rhodes wrote: I had been using a power pole strip to power e

Re: [Elecraft] K3S poor CW keying further investigation

doesn't say. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 4/25/2020 11:25 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: I did notice that the post mentioned that

Re: [Elecraft] K3S poor CW keying further investigation

to the RigRunner and directly to the radio.  That'll leave the power supply's fusing as the only protection for the radio, but I guess that's OK. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please us

[Elecraft] Voltage drop in DX Power to K3

where the other volt plus of drop is coming from.  The cable is 40 inches long, and only minor shortening is possible.  It is about the largest wire that will fit in the Powerpoles on both the K3 and the 4005i. Suggestions welcome -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <h

Re: [Elecraft] Voltage drop in DX Power to K3

watts key-down. The 4005i's *voltage drop* at 100 watts was 0.08 *volts*, which strikes me as not bad at all. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluste

Re: [Elecraft] Voltage drop in DX Power to K3

Approximately .3 volts with a cable about a foot long. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 4/26/2020 11:08 AM, David Herring wrote: I’

Re: [Elecraft] Voltage drop in DX Power to K3

, which is plenty good enough. Thanks everyone for putting up with me - at least, I'm leaving this exercise a little smarter than I went in... 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your fa

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3s, etc. bonding

I think the answer lies in the ground bus.  I used a 3/4" copper water pipe along the back edge of my desk, with a short pigtail of #2 wire to the K3.  I used a yellow-jacketed Home Depot ring terminal on both ends of the #2, and metal-tapping screws to connect to the bus. 73, Pete N4ZR

Re: [Elecraft] Voltage drop in DX Power to K3

the voltage in and out, knowing the current being drawn, and deriving the resistance from that? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 4/26/2

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 4/29/2020 12:34 AM, Jim Brown wrote: On 4/28/2020 5:10 PM, Chuck Chandler wrote: I am beginning to think t

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

).  Like other FCC figures mentioned here, I understand he was a good guy, but after all, I was 14! 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On

Re: [Elecraft] Prolly a dumb mistake... no internal speaker output

I'm on my third front panel headphone jack because of this very problem.  My current one has been amenable to a few quick in-and-outs, which sometimes restores the speaker. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity wor

[Elecraft] K4 Shipping?

Not to be a curmudgeon, but don't you suppose they built at least this many for testers? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] my KPA1500 and 160M

Or, for that matter, try it into a dummy load, so that you can verify the performance of the KPA-1500's tuner on 160. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

[Elecraft] XG3 Level Calibration

Put a brand new Duracell in my XG3, and the output level as measured on HPSDR actually went down a dB, so I guess my question is still unanswered - is there any way to adjust the output level of an XG3? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>

Re: [Elecraft] Antennas and Output Power - KPA-1500

I guess I wasn't clear - when I see this overpower/fault combination, the sloper is matched around 1.2:1, it's just that output power and current draw jump up to fault levels, so a retune wouldn't help 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>

[Elecraft] Antennas and Output Power - KPA-1500

), the output power changes from ~1400 watts to nearly 1700, often triggering a high current fault.  Any way around that? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] Antennas and Output Power - KPA-1500

for each set of parameters, that would solve the problem, I think, but that may not be practical. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 10

Re: [Elecraft] K4 mail filter for Thunderbird

Nope, it's not Thunderbird, which has a rich set of filters to trash or transfer e-mails by content of title or body or sender or ... 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your fa

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Using Multiple Antennas With the Tuner

Precisely what I thought, Jim.  The KPA-1500 already adjusts the K3's output power when the amp switches to OPER, from 100 watts in STBY to a preset, much lower value in OPER, but I don't know if they can store and recall drive power levels by band and antenna 73, Pete N4ZR Check out

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Using Multiple Antennas With the Tuner

I agree, Dick - power settings per band are fine.  The issue is power settings per band and  per matching solution 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail&

Re: [Elecraft] Antennas and Output Power - KPA-1500

not only set band by band, but antenna by antenna?  K6XX's video seems to demonstrate 6 widely different antennas with very different matching solutions required, all producing the same power output for the same drive (unless, of course, the K4 is better in this respect). 73, Pete N4ZR Check out

Re: [Elecraft] Antennas and Output Power - KPA-1500

No link, Dick. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 10/15/2020 8:19 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: It's demonstrated around the last th

[Elecraft] Rear Mike Jack Question

in the mike? -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. __ Elecraft mailing

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