Re: [Elecraft] question for psk users

You are assuming that everyone has the luxury of narrow roofing filters and can filter out the week and reject unwanted strong signals. most PSK stations are not blessed with a K3 and are not able to suppress strong signals. before I had a K3 2.4 was the narrowes I could do. most afordable

Re: [Elecraft] Radio Displays

I agree that there where many displays that go black with my polarized lenses but it seems less in recent years as I think manufacturers are realising that this is a problemI haven't tried it with my K3 yet but I don't wear sun glasses in the shack but I may need them field day. for

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig? isnt this an elecraft reflector?

It seems like there are more kenwood posts here then Elecraft. :( David Moes VE3DVY --- Original message --- Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig? From: Dave-Boat Guy anavig...@yahoo.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, 10/05/2012 2:12 PM

[Elecraft] k3 and field day

I will have my k3 at Field Day this year and would like a little advice.I will have the Yamaha cm500, a hand held mic plus a set of paddles. It will have one multiband antenna. plus a will periodically be connected to a beam when its available. Since it will also be used by several

Re: [Elecraft] k3 and field day

I agree that this is risky but Id like to point out thatit will be used by a core group. who are pretty dedicated and they are all used to some pretty nice rigs just none a K3It will not be the GOTA station we have a ts430 for that. I am just wanting to avoid to much confusion. If we

Re: [Elecraft] k3 and field day

I like it we used to have the same warning in the control booth at a local community theatre. David Moes VE3DVY On Friday 11/05/2012 at 3:39 pm, Buck - k4ia wrote: I've taken mine out on Field Day for the past 3 years. Not a problem. If you're really worried, use the K3 utility to

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies

do you have WiFi my dlink router is throwing birdies big time and its still there when the antenna is disconnected. havn't checked the spacing but that seems about correct. They are most noticable on 15-10m havn't tried 6m. one birdie sits right on a local 10m net frequency so when the

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Birdies

hmm wierd another source in our home for birdies is the front loading washer, its another badie Its motor is some kind of DC servo or VF-AC. With the variation that you are seeing It may be something with a motor. It tends to be problematic on 80 and 40. and I believe they

[Elecraft] K3 psk D splater

Last evening I was trying another aspect of my K3I often work PSK using AFSK but I thought Id give it a try using PSK-D using Kcomm I set everyting and it was decoding fine on the K3 display and in Kcomm.There was a strong station that was calling CQ so i gave him a call while

Re: [Elecraft] K3 psk D splater

Hi Jim Thanksgood tips but Keep in mind I am using PSK-D where I am sending serial data to the K3 and letting it do the modulation. so there is no audio path from the PC into the K3. before I had the K3 using the sound card was my only option and even now when using AFSK to the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 psk D splater

Just to add to my original question and this may come out when I test it using the other radioHow much power can you safely use with PSK-D. I don't like to use much power to start with but in rare occasion a little boost can help. just curios how much boost can I make. I will

Re: [Elecraft] odd symbol

David Moes VE3DVY Hi Bruce if you are using SSB this means that you are in Extended single sideband, a wider bandwidth ssb mode. To turn it off enter config and TX ESSB and tap 1 to toggle. Recently I noticed a new symbol has appeared on the LCD of my K-3. It is a plus symbol +

Re: [Elecraft] odd symbol

Holy Cow! we all answered at once! sorry Bruce didn't mean to clobber you. --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] odd symbol From: dm...@nexicom.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Wednesday, 06/06/2012 3:00 PM David Moes VE3DVY Hi Bruce if you are using SSB this

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware final?

CW decoder worked fine for me on field day. and since I still have the CW training wheels on, I sure needed the help. CW decode THR at 3 and speed at 30-90 (I think what ever is the higher setting) this decoded fine with speeds well below 30.cant remember exact AGC settings but fairly

Re: [Elecraft] Field Day experience with K3

K3 voltage specs are 11-15Vand the Eagle spec is 13.8V +- 15% that's about 11.7V- 15.9V. even though the Eagle would not shut down you were definitely running below spec voltage and probably causing some IMD if not excessive heat. My other concern would be how low was the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW text decoder

Coming from a guy that is trying very hard to learn code, Its hard to resist the text decoder but have only used it as a crutch in contests. When I am just having day to day QSOs I plod along without the decoder helping me. After well over a year of learning CW I find that I would have been

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Any good experience/recommendations with boostregulators with K3?

I don't use a booster either. I run from solar charged RV battery at the cabin. when I see that the voltage is getting low (below 12V) I reduce power to 50W and at 11V I go to bed. The trick here is short heavy supply cables. I have about 6 feet of 10 AWG with a 12 inch 12AWG

Re: [Elecraft] Need Headphone recommendations for K3

if you look through the history of the reflector you will find many recomendations for the Yamaha CM500. I cant say enough about mine. They arent ear buds but they are light weight and quite comfy compared to many of the heavier high priced units They are not expensive about $50

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Headphones

Hi Anndel I am not at home but as recall the gain setting I use its pretty low as the mic int the CM500 is quite sensitive. I recall for EQ I dropped the lowest down almost all the way and the next lowest just a bit down. A for compression I am about 10 but a bit more would be fine in a

Re: [Elecraft] Would anyone like to see an all-modeVHF/UHF offering from Elecraft?

A rig would be good but whats more my interest I would really like to see Elecraft make a matching amplifier for VHF/UHF to go with the transverters and K3 with the 2m added. David Moes VE3DVY __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Buying a new K3/100 kit - Top 3 options?

My Humble thoughts Ive had my K3 for 2 years can't imagine going back to my old rig. here is what I got. K3/100 with KAT3 auto tuner KXV3A RX Ant., IF Out and Xverter Interface 2.8 filter 1.8 filter 250hz filter after 2 years I doubt that the 2.8 filter was really worth it. the 2.7

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Mono or stereo speaker

Actually. If the speaker is set to one it will still send signal to the ring connection. Just mono. Even if there is nothing going to the ring. By using a mono plug that will short ring to sleve. Just with the power on thump you could create a problem. Change the connector. Leave the ring

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] K3 Off Grid

The current readings on the Killowat are showing AC into the power supply. losses in the Astron there and with additional loads it will be drawing more power than the K3 alone. The other question is the Killowatt reading peak currents or RMS.In a perfect world with a 100

Re: [Elecraft] MMTTY DATA-A or FSK

Joe you are correct that if there are physical problems and poor adjustments it will be bad but I was assuming a good working setup with a quality sound card that is properly adjusted at both the computer and K3 that it will be fine. I hope that they add the ability to monitor

Re: [Elecraft] Signalink and K3

if you plan to use a signalink you order it with the K3 Cables. SignaLink USB p/n SLUSBK3 Keep in mind that you really don't need a signal link with the K3 any good sound card will work as the K3 has isolation built in. all you need is cables with 3.5mm plugs on the ends to plug into

Re: [Elecraft] Signalink and K3

Jim and Jorge I was merely answering Jorge's question. perhaps I should have given better advice and steered Jorge away from signal link as you did. I do agree that a signalink or similar is far from ideal and even less so on the K3 as it would be doubling up on the isolation

Re: [Elecraft] Suggestions for good 192kHz external sound card fordigital modes

Im just curious I can see the bit depth making a difference 16 bit will have poor dynamic range compared to 24 or 32 bit and this is important for some modes like wspr or JTXX, but is there any advantage to high bit rates in digital modeseven a 44khz card has a bandwidth way beond

Re: [Elecraft] Suggestions for good 192kHz external sound cardfordigital modes

Thanks that makes sense to me now. I was thinking K3 not KX3 it makes sense with the KX3 David Moes VE3DVY On Tuesday 11/11/2014 at 9:01 pm, David Orman wrote: KX3 == SDR == able to display large chunk of spectrum at a time. A 44kHz card significantly limits this. My PX3 does

Re: [Elecraft] Signalink and K3 (you do not need need a Signal Link)

The best is to key PTT via the serial port either use RTS or a command. most good digital programs will do this for you. I use VSPE so that I can use serveral programs at once that access the serial port that controls the rig like MMSSTV and logger. and RTS and DTS will pass through

Re: [Elecraft] Signalink and K3 (you do not need need a Signal Link)

Jim Im just curious using the mic input is a problem because of noise presumably because you have to set the levels way to low so that the line output of the K3 doesn't swamp the mic input and by this you drastically narrow the dynamic range. would building some sort of attenuator at the

Re: [Elecraft] K3: best roofing filter on RTTY

David Moes VE3DVY Since I find that the 8 pole 250 Hz filter is really a bit wider I tell my K3 in filter setups its 300hz It works fine for me this way including on RTTY During the WPXRTTY this weekend I had good luck copying weak signals right beside a power house signal using the

Re: [Elecraft] Bad Assumptions

I somewhat agree that there is a lower ratio of computer connected users than one would think.Some time ago I asked around the club who had computer hookup and who did not. I then did a presentation on logging software using Logger32. and later with N1MM this was a few years ago. My

Re: [Elecraft] K3: best roofing filter on RTTY

I left it there because I am using a pan adapter to find stations. so I don't need to see anything wider on MMTTY display. but before I had it I would toggle between wide and narrow filter width as needed by pressing [hold] the width control knob David Moes VE3DVY --- Original

Re: [Elecraft] Power Pole connectors

Ive looked at XT60s and the Deans connectors Seems the Deans connectors are popular but look a little challenging to solder The XT60s are a little better that way for soldering but are more expensive60 is for 60 amps I like overkill so it may seem a better option but beware they

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and RTTY

Here is a good document that I found online that I used for reference when I was setting up that will help it describes using N1MM and the K3 and has a good section on using MMTTY and AFSK http://www.n3me.net follow the howto link and select N1MM software - control radio and log contests via

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DVR

To be honest I don't use the built in DVR much. I find that using the DVR that is part of my logger32 and N1MM more versitile David Moes VE3SD --- Original message --- Subject: [Elecraft] K3 DVR From: John Santillo To: Date: Tuesday,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and inverter generators

Have a look at this video its pretty good from ARRL on small inverter generators. the filter part is the key. https://youtu.be/rOH7Ze7wreQ I would not cheep out however get a cheep generator and it might do you for a few years and you end up having to get another one spend good money

Re: [Elecraft] Heil Mic Element with K3?

There is no magic to mic elements some ICOMs like higher output of electret The K3 has such a broad range of what kind of mic you can plug in there will be no problem so long as the connector is correct as the round Icom 8 pin is different than Kenwood/Elecraft wiring. David Moes

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Neumann vs. Heil Michrophone

No No not K3 = Big Macits SSB and even AM audio in general = Big Mac David Moes VE3SD --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Neumann vs. Heil Michrophone From: "Dr. William J. Schmidt, II" To: Date: Monday, 04/07/2016 9:11 PM

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Neumann vs. Heil Michrophone

Never understood why one would spend so much on a mic. even AM or ESSB a mic like that Neumann TLM 103 mic is way overkill its sort like drinking a Dom Perignon with a Big Mac. any reasonable sounding mic will have better audio than the best sounding SSB transmitter will need.

Re: [Elecraft] Help sell me on the K3S

‎To put it simply. Ive had a K3 for many years.   And have kept up to date with what is available.  Looked at Flex. Icom Hilberling. Etc   The only Rig I would consider trading my K3 for would be  a K3s.      Original Message   From: Wes Stewart Sent: Monday, July 4, 2016 9:59 AM To:

Re: [Elecraft] P3 product suggestion

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Re: [Elecraft] P3 product suggestion

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Re: [Elecraft] K3S - Build or Buy

I agree with the others. Building it is a sense of complement, but more important. If down the road you decide to add to it or there is trouble and a component needs replacing, if you built it you will have a better idea and confidence to open the box and work on it.    Original Message  

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Power Poles

‎Everyone has their ways.  Here is my two cents. Everything 12V in my shack including lighting is APP NEVER SOLDER. To many possible issues including that the solder flows so well on those pins its almost impossible to keep it off the contact surface. Also the wire break off easier  Second.

Re: [Elecraft] Notes on beta firmware

Im sort of a don't fix what ain't broke.    From time to time I look at the updates to see if there is anything jucy or effect‎s my operation and only do the updates then   why update firmware if it offers nothing to my personal operations.   One thing about this Beta update is the Fixed level

[Elecraft] beta firmware

I see new Beta firmware available MCU 5.54 / DSP 2.88 / FPF 1.26, 9-24-2016 it says it now has TX monitor to Line out. I thought it already did this. have always used the line out connection it to record messages for F keys for contests and QSorder for N1MM always captured my

Re: [Elecraft] beta firmware

That explains it. I must have missed a few updates. David Moes VE3SD --- Original message --- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] beta firmware From: Don Wilhelm To: , Date: Sunday, 02/10/2016 9:05 AM David, TX Monitor to Line

Re: [Elecraft] Computer Boot Up Keys the K3S

nothing new here My K3 does this as well the computers serial port will toggle the DTR and RTS several times during the boot process. some computers more or less. My laptop will hold it on until I launch a program that accesses the port like VSPE or a logging program. the solution.

[Elecraft] TxMon and K3 (tuner bypassed) SWR missmatch

I recently installed the TX monitor in my P3 and have a discrepancy with the SWR reading between it and the K3 with a dummy load connected the P3 and K3 read 1.12 and 1.0 respectively a level of error that is to me quite acceptable. however when connected to an antenna I will see the

Re: [Elecraft] TxMon and K3 (tuner bypassed) SWR missmatch

Thanks for replies I will borrow a Bird meter to see what it say but I think in this case the error is in the K3 and not the P3. as one mentioned a reading of 1:1,1 vers 1:1,2 is neglegable but this is a error by a whole number 1:1 vs 1:2 My concern is that if its really a 1:3.5

Re: [Elecraft] Recording audio messages for N1MM+

There was a recent software update that removed the audio monitor from line out. the latest beta fixes that so it is backso normally yes it does when I use QSOrder with N1MM I hear both sides of the QSOI never had the update that broke the line out monitor if you have it I

Re: [Elecraft] Digital on the K3S

Digital with the K3 is much like with other rigs but with a few differences Im not sure if you have a K3 or K3s but neither need a signal link but they can be used. the K3s has a built in sound adapter that can is used through the USB port. with an older K3 you can use any sound

Re: [Elecraft] Appropriate Mic for K3 (new)

I have 2 mics one on an old articulated lamp arm dynamic I bought at a surplus store. It was a cheep knock of of a shure SM58 cost me $4.00 get tons of good audio remarks. just makes me wonder why others need $300 condensers. Second and a popular one on K3 is the Yamaha CM500

Re: [Elecraft] Amplifiers in general

An increase in power of another station is not always well perceived but the difference is there. I've heard guys turn amps on and off and you really hear no differencethis is because your AGC is compensating.the difference may actually be big your just not hearing it. Sometime