Re: [Elecraft] K2 & K3 FOR Sale -- Back on the Market
Gang: The person buying both my K2 & K3 had some unrelated issues, the the deal is off! So, both units are stacked up, ready to ship! I would prefer to sell both together, but other offers will certainly be considered. 73, Rob KT7L __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 & K3 For Sale. SOLD
Everyone, thank you for all the nice offers on my K2 & K3. I sold both to one of you :-) 73, Rob KT7L __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3 PARTS
I just recently bought a sub receiver for the K3S from Elecraft. Marv KG7V \ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Jim Seignious Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 8:20 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K2/K3 PARTS I looking for a working built, or new old stock DSP unit for the K2.. Also looking for the sub - receiver for a K3S Please let me know if you have information on either.. 73 de Jim W5JVS __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to marvwhee...@nwlink.com __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 PARTS
I looking for a working built, or new old stock DSP unit for the K2.. Also looking for the sub - receiver for a K3S Please let me know if you have information on either.. 73 de Jim W5JVS __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 AB Test (Unscientific)
I was just playing around doing some A/B test between my recently built K2 andmy K3 using the same antenna and the same speakers (Elecraft SP3 Speakers) I really didn't notice much of difference in signal strength between the two radios.I dialed the K3's bandwidth down to 2.4 kHz and found they sounded very similar. The K2 may not have all the bells and whistles but it's still an impressive little radio. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] k2/k3
Hello All, I have been reading the mail of this reflector for some time, and thought I would join today and include my two cents; after all I own so2r K3/P3/K-Pod. However, I do enjoy other radios, mainly an IC 7600 which isn't a K-3 in handling strong signals but it does just fine here is rural Idaho, and the qsk is just as good. Shamelessly, I like the colorful screen. On K3 audio: After finishing the build on a K2/100 recently (a field model purchased in 1998 and never completed) I was surprised at the overall performance of K2 and decided that K3 can have too much gain. I now have no gain on each filter, and 2db on the 200 hz one. If K3 seems noisy then after adjusting agc and RX EQ (like most others I have the cw offset at 500hz), you may want to use 0 gain on the filters. Maybe this point about I-F gain has been covered but if so I don't recall reading about it. Moreover, I don't normally use a preamp 160m through 20m, except on beverages. K2 does not have objectionable phase noise as I read somewhere, that noise is the need to do the keying modification. K2 is a real sleeper of a radio, and it taught me something about K3. Of course you have to build it, but K2 is contest competent though with far fewer features than K3. BTW, I had no difficulty getting the parts to finish K2, including the keying modification, 18 years later. 73, Will, wj9b CWops #1085 CWA Advisor levels II and III http://cwops.org/ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 audio - and the K2 fan
The issue could be due to 2 factors: AF distortion and AGC properties. K2 has a very sweet AGC. K3 had a very high AF distortion level that was mitigated by a series of upgrades ( at least choke and DSP board). If you read old messages, there is a message by a Russian who looked at initial IMD level (very high) and documented improvements by adding large capacitors in several places. If you bother to put most transceivers - particularly older rigs with analog IF and product detector - on an audio spectrum analyzer and feed them a source of broadband RF noise you will find the audio response has a falling characteristic. The response falls off between 3 and 6 dB per octave above 1 KHz. One can accomplish that in the K3 by setting SSB RX EQ to 1600 = -3, 2400 = -5 and 3200 = -6 and by setting CW RX EQ similarly. I tend to set both 50 and 100 Hz bands to -16, 200 to -6, 400, 800 & 1600 to 0, 2400 to -4 and 3200 to -6 as that significantly reduces both low frequency "rumble" and high frequency "hiss". The other thing to do to make the K3 less noisy (less hiss) is to increase the AGC threshold and decrease the AGC Slope so the AGC system does not "pump up" the background noise. Careful adjustment of AGC parameters and RX EQ will result in a very "comfortable" sounding K3/K3S. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 6/27/2016 10:19 AM, Ignacy wrote: I also feel that K2 is easier to listen to under average conditions than K3. My K3 has the DSP board updated. The issue could be due to 2 factors: AF distortion and AGC properties. K2 has a very sweet AGC. K3 had a very high AF distortion level that was mitigated by a series of upgrades ( at least choke and DSP board). If you read old messages, there is a message by a Russian who looked at initial IMD level (very high) and documented improvements by adding large capacitors in several places. I listened to 10m CW at WPX contest with K3 and SDRPlay, both with good speakers. The last one sounded slightly cleaner although SDRPlay would have easily overloaded with strong signals. It would be interesting to see whether K3S sounds better than K3, perhaps due to a number of small changes. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-K3-audio-and-the-K2-fan-tp7619296p7619312.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to li...@subich.com __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 audio - and the K2 fan
Those changes (or an alternate) were included with the updated K3 DSP board. They are present in all K3s sine the release of the DSP board update. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/27/2016 10:19 AM, Ignacy wrote: If you read old messages, there is a message by a Russian who looked at initial IMD level (very high) and documented improvements by adding large capacitors in several places. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 audio - and the K2 fan
I also feel that K2 is easier to listen to under average conditions than K3. My K3 has the DSP board updated. The issue could be due to 2 factors: AF distortion and AGC properties. K2 has a very sweet AGC. K3 had a very high AF distortion level that was mitigated by a series of upgrades ( at least choke and DSP board). If you read old messages, there is a message by a Russian who looked at initial IMD level (very high) and documented improvements by adding large capacitors in several places. I listened to 10m CW at WPX contest with K3 and SDRPlay, both with good speakers. The last one sounded slightly cleaner although SDRPlay would have easily overloaded with strong signals. It would be interesting to see whether K3S sounds better than K3, perhaps due to a number of small changes. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-K3-audio-and-the-K2-fan-tp7619296p7619312.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 audio - and the K2 fan
Ted, I have a fully-developed K2 #380) including KPA100, KAT100, KDSP2, etc. I've even added the 3rd party MA Board and the Rework eliminator (together). I also did a full update of everything in 2014 (ROMs, some updates I'd not done when last I worked on the K2 in 2004 or so, etc.; it was quite a job and my Hakko desoldering tool proved its worth!) The K2/100 and KX2 are my in-the-back-bedroom setup: Takes less space on my smaller desk, and I'm able to use any antenna by throwing switches out in the shack. Mostly of late I use the QRP KX2; sort of more fun. My shack off the garage is not heated and not insulated: Too hot on hot days, and too cold on cold days; the shack is better equipped (KX3/PX3 and K3/P3/KPA500/KAT500) but not always pleasant to use. I have listened to both the K3 and K2 alternately side by side in the shack, in fact this morning. They do sound different, but I can't say one is better than the other. Of course, since use DSP filters in the K2 all of the time, and in the K3 most of the time, that's a variable unique to me and my filter settings. The K3 is easier to operate, especially on SSB, due to the P3; I have no panadapter set up for the K2, one of the few third-party options I've missed. One of these days I may replace the K2/100 with a more state-of-the-art radio; I started building mine in July 1999 and the design is a bit long in the tooth, but still solid today! Since I've had no issues with my KPA100's fan, noise or otherwise, I wonder if you should consider replacing yours, Ted? Of course, one ear has stone deaf for 50 years and the other one is not spectacular (Advantage: No need for subRX in K3!), but I do hear computer fans, the fan in my power supply, etc. -- so I'm not "fan deaf" 73, Phil W7OX On 6/26/16 3:56 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote: I know this is runs the risk of reopening an old thread, so I’ll keep the question focused: During the FD this weekend I spent about half the time with the K3 line, and half with the K2. Using the same headset, same antennas, same ambient environment, but of necessity different filter configurations, I now understand why some people prefer the K2’s audio to the K3’s. It is a matter of taste, of course. But I found the K2 simply easier to listen to for long stretches – at least for my ops which are CW only. It’s hard to describe the difference in words, so two questions. 1. Has anyone done an analysis of the frequency response of the audio stages in both rigs, to compare them empirically? My guess is that the K2’s curve is skewed toward the lower ranges.2. I have never set the RX EQ in the K3 – it’s still on what it was when I bought it. Has anyone tried to make a K3 sound more like a K2? If so, what settings do the best? This encomium for the K2 ends, however, when it hits the fan. Running QSOs in the contest with the K2 and KPA100/KAT100 (in an EC-2) kept the amp’s fan on pretty much continuously – and the sound it makes is something like a cat being slowly tortured. It is much more annoying than the fans in the K3, the KPA500, and the K3 power supply blowing simultaneously, which they almost never do. Could be a bad bearing? The amp hasn’t been used for 100 hours yet. If it’s not a flaw, is there an after-market fan that fits the KPA100 cutouts and which moves as much air but doesn’t make as much noise? Thanks . . . Ted, KN1CBR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 audio - and the K2 fan
Can't answer your second question about the fans, but I initially thought that my K2 "just sounded 'nicer'" than my K3. It's not a huge difference, and I'm fairly deaf anyway, so I don't have a definitive, iron-clad answer but: 1. I usually use lightweight headphones [single narrow metal band] with the small foam covered phones on my K2 and a Heil Proset I got from Elecraft on my K3. When I finally tried the lightweight ones on the K3, the sound improved. I tried a very old Sony headset [1960's from a reel-to-reel recorder] and it too improved the sound, at least subjectively. The K2 sounded about the same with it. I've concluded that the radio-headphones are a system and the components work together. 2. Jim, K9YC, gave me some advice on the RXEQ, the most important of which was ... "go very slowly while adjusting it." Make a change, and then use it for awhile. That stopped my flailing around with it, and I found I could improve the audio quality noticeably. My current settings, which I haven't messed with in several years sort of roughly mirror the response of a couple of "programs" in my hearing aids. The differential gain achievable in the K3 RXEQ is much less than my hearing aids, but somehow, it smooths out the sound. [That's a technical term used by someone who doesn't really know what's happening. :-)] My observations are mainly for narrow BW CW, I've listened some on sideband, but not enough to figure anything out. My K2 does not have DSP, and I've wondered if the less-square response of the crystal filter isn't part of the equation too. The K3 DSP seems like a brick wall at times. Maybe someone with a DSP K2 and a K3 has some observations. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016 - www.cqp.org On 6/26/2016 3:56 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote: My guess is that the K2’s curve is skewed toward the lower ranges.2. I have never set the RX EQ in the K3 – it’s still on what it was when I bought it. Has anyone tried to make a K3 sound more like a K2? If so, what settings do the best? __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 audio - and the K2 fan
Ted, You would find the K3 RX EQ to be beneficial to your ears. The IF filtering in the K2 causes the high frequency to roll off, but the stock K3 has a flatter response. If you have an older K3, the DSP board exchange or the LPF added to the DSP board will help by rolling off the high frequency content. Check the serial numbers on the K3 mods page to see if your K3 has the updated DSP board with the high frequency filter. The fan on the K2/100 is what it is, I don't know of any substitutes, but make sure the CAL TPA setting is correct to start with. You can run the fan on the HI-LO setting so the fan is on constantly at low speed and will only go to high during extended transmit periods. You can also put a slow running muffin fan above the K2/100 heatsink such as is described in the pages of Tom Hammond's (SK) website http://www.mmccs.com/mmarc/n0ss/kpa100_aux_cooling_fan_duct.pdf. His website is preserved by the Mid-Misouri Amateur Radio Club. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2016 6:56 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote: I know this is runs the risk of reopening an old thread, so I’ll keep the question focused: During the FD this weekend I spent about half the time with the K3 line, and half with the K2. Using the same headset, same antennas, same ambient environment, but of necessity different filter configurations, I now understand why some people prefer the K2’s audio to the K3’s. It is a matter of taste, of course. But I found the K2 simply easier to listen to for long stretches – at least for my ops which are CW only. It’s hard to describe the difference in words, so two questions. 1. Has anyone done an analysis of the frequency response of the audio stages in both rigs, to compare them empirically? My guess is that the K2’s curve is skewed toward the lower ranges.2. I have never set the RX EQ in the K3 – it’s still on what it was when I bought it. Has anyone tried to make a K3 sound more like a K2? If so, what settings do the best? This encomium for the K2 ends, however, when it hits the fan. Running QSOs in the contest with the K2 and KPA100/KAT100 (in an EC-2) kept the amp’s fan on pretty much continuously – and the sound it makes is something like a cat being slowly tortured. It is much more annoying than the fans in the K3, the KPA500, and the K3 power supply blowing simultaneously, which they almost never do. Could be a bad bearing? The amp hasn’t been used for 100 hours yet. If it’s not a flaw, is there an after-market fan that fits the KPA100 cutouts and which moves as much air but doesn’t make as much noise? Thanks . . . Ted, KN1CBR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to donw...@embarqmail.com __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 audio - and the K2 fan
K2s audio IS sweet sounding, isnt it? :-)(Not meant as a dig at the K3; in my - ok, admitted somewhat limited - experience, Im not sure Ive ever heard an SDR receiver having audio that matched that of a good analogue receiver, K2, Drake R4B, etc., notwithstanding any of the tweaks allowed by the SDR and/or any associated computer sound card.) - Paul, N6LQ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K2 / K3 audio - and the K2 fan
I know this is runs the risk of reopening an old thread, so I’ll keep the question focused: During the FD this weekend I spent about half the time with the K3 line, and half with the K2. Using the same headset, same antennas, same ambient environment, but of necessity different filter configurations, I now understand why some people prefer the K2’s audio to the K3’s. It is a matter of taste, of course. But I found the K2 simply easier to listen to for long stretches – at least for my ops which are CW only. It’s hard to describe the difference in words, so two questions. 1. Has anyone done an analysis of the frequency response of the audio stages in both rigs, to compare them empirically? My guess is that the K2’s curve is skewed toward the lower ranges.2. I have never set the RX EQ in the K3 – it’s still on what it was when I bought it. Has anyone tried to make a K3 sound more like a K2? If so, what settings do the best? This encomium for the K2 ends, however, when it hits the fan. Running QSOs in the contest with the K2 and KPA100/KAT100 (in an EC-2) kept the amp’s fan on pretty much continuously – and the sound it makes is something like a cat being slowly tortured. It is much more annoying than the fans in the K3, the KPA500, and the K3 power supply blowing simultaneously, which they almost never do. Could be a bad bearing? The amp hasn’t been used for 100 hours yet. If it’s not a flaw, is there an after-market fan that fits the KPA100 cutouts and which moves as much air but doesn’t make as much noise? Thanks . . . Ted, KN1CBR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K2/k3 question
I have a K2 with the external twin at/100 and pa/100. My external 100 watt amp and tuner is controlled by the serial cable coming off the radio. I want to someday get a K3 and was wondering if the k3 would be able to control the external amp/tuner combo I currently have with my K2?? Thanks Ka4wws Tim __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2/k3 question
Unfortunately the K2 KPA100/KAT100 will only work with the K2. For the K3 you'll need to get the KPA3/KAT3 modules, or possibly get an external amp such as KXPA100/KXAT100 that can be used with both K2and K3 (albeit not as fully integrated as the dedicated amplifier/ATU options for each radio). 73, Matt VK2RQ On 5 Dec 2014, at 6:18 am, Tim Edmonson timedmon...@spfs.net wrote: I have a K2 with the external twin at/100 and pa/100. My external 100 watt amp and tuner is controlled by the serial cable coming off the radio. I want to someday get a K3 and was wondering if the k3 would be able to control the external amp/tuner combo I currently have with my K2?? Thanks Ka4wws Tim __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to matt.vk...@gmail.com __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2/k3 question
Nope. The six non-serial-port leads in that cable are K2 internal leads very specific to the K2. 73, Guy On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Tim Edmonson timedmon...@spfs.net wrote: I have a K2 with the external twin at/100 and pa/100. My external 100 watt amp and tuner is controlled by the serial cable coming off the radio. I want to someday get a K3 and was wondering if the k3 would be able to control the external amp/tuner combo I currently have with my K2?? Thanks Ka4wws Tim __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k2av@gmail.com __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3/KX3/P3 Android Phone Apps
I have had many requests from owners of Android phones for an Android version of my apps for the Apple iPhone. I am happy to announce that the following micro manuals are all available for Android phones now: 1. K3/KX3 Programmer's Reference 2. K3 Micro Manual 3. P3 Micro Manual 4. KX3 Micro Manual 5. K2 Micro Manual You can find these apps in Google Play. Just do a search for 'mike downs, ks7d'. Note that the minimum required Android version is Jelly Bean Version 4.1 (API level 16). Unfortunately, there is a glitch in earlier versions of Google's Android operating system that prevent these apps from functioning, so I have had to design them all for Version 4.1 and above. I hope you find these apps useful, and that they make operating your Elecraft rigs more efficient and enjoyable from wherever you are - at home or on the road. None of these apps requires an Internet connection, so they will operate from anywhere. Happy Elecrafting. 73, Mike, ks7d __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3/KX3/P3 Android Phone Apps
Hi Mike, Tnx for the nifty apps. Just purchased the K2 Micro Manual. Always happy to help support a fellow ARO. Take care es... Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI Sent from my android device. -Original Message- From: Michael Downs k...@verizon.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 6:59 Subject: [Elecraft] K2/K3/KX3/P3 Android Phone Apps I have had many requests from owners of Android phones for an Android version of my apps for the Apple iPhone. I am happy to announce that the following micro manuals are all available for Android phones now: 1. K3/KX3 Programmer's Reference 2. K3 Micro Manual 3. P3 Micro Manual 4. KX3 Micro Manual 5. K2 Micro Manual You can find these apps in Google Play. Just do a search for 'mike downs, ks7d'. Note that the minimum required Android version is Jelly Bean Version 4.1 (API level 16). Unfortunately, there is a glitch in earlier versions of Google's Android operating system that prevent these apps from functioning, so I have had to design them all for Version 4.1 and above. I hope you find these apps useful, and that they make operating your Elecraft rigs more efficient and enjoyable from wherever you are - at home or on the road. None of these apps requires an Internet connection, so they will operate from anywhere. Happy Elecrafting. 73, Mike, ks7d __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3/KX3/P3 Android Phone Apps
These are excellent! Glad to see them on Android devices! Tnx es 73! Randy, KS4L On Sep 28, 2013, at 5:59 AM, Michael Downs k...@verizon.net wrote: I have had many requests from owners of Android phones for an Android version of my apps for the Apple iPhone. I am happy to announce that the following micro manuals are all available for Android phones now: 1. K3/KX3 Programmer's Reference 2. K3 Micro Manual 3. P3 Micro Manual 4. KX3 Micro Manual 5. K2 Micro Manual You can find these apps in Google Play. Just do a search for 'mike downs, ks7d'. Note that the minimum required Android version is Jelly Bean Version 4.1 (API level 16). Unfortunately, there is a glitch in earlier versions of Google's Android operating system that prevent these apps from functioning, so I have had to design them all for Version 4.1 and above. I hope you find these apps useful, and that they make operating your Elecraft rigs more efficient and enjoyable from wherever you are - at home or on the road. None of these apps requires an Internet connection, so they will operate from anywhere. Happy Elecrafting. 73, Mike, ks7d __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2,K3,KX3 IF-QRG for XVerter for 630m Band
Hi Elecrafters, I'm using a transverter for the new 630m-Band in Europe. This transverter has an LO on 10 MHz. It works well on the 10 MHz-band but not in the transverter-mode of the K2,K3 or KX3 because their firmware will not allow to set the XVn IF parameter to 10MHz. Is there any chance to make that possible in the future? 73 de Hans, DF5SR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2,K3,KX3 IF-QRG for XVerter for 630m Band
Hans, You can operate the K3 in TEST mode which will output up to 1.5mw to drive a transverter. TEST mode uses the transverter interface connections. It will not provide dial reading in 470-KHz so you will see 10.470 displayed. A transverter band for 630m with a 10.470 IF would be nice addition to K3 firmware. Using a high-stability 10-MHz reference as LO is a natural solution for putting the K3 on the new 630m band. Did you build your own unit or is it available for purchase in EU? 73, Ed - KL7UW --- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:02:07 +0100 From: Hans H Vollmer hans.h.voll...@t-online.de To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K2,K3,KX3 IF-QRG for XVerter for 630m Band Message-ID: 5127886f.8050...@t-online.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Hi Elecrafters, I'm using a transverter for the new 630m-Band in Europe. This transverter has an LO on 10 MHz. It works well on the 10 MHz-band but not in the transverter-mode of the K2,K3 or KX3 because their firmware will not allow to set the XVn IF parameter to 10MHz. Is there any chance to make that possible in the future? 73 de Hans, DF5SR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K2] [K3] 700 Hz Filter + K2 Mic Adaptor Decal + Companion Guide III
There's a lot new at unpcbs.com. Here are some highlights ... We published the 700 Hz K3 filter plot. The -6 dB width is 770 Hz and (by eye) the shape factor looks to be about 1.9. http://www.unpcbs.com/filter/#plot The 700 Hz filters are due to arrive this week! It's not too late to claim the ones we are temporarily retaining for shrinkage. http://www.unpcbs.com/list/ There's a completely revised K2 Internal Mic Adaptor quick-reference decal, with almost everything you need from the user's guide. http://www.unpcbs.com/adaptor/#news Companion Guide III is out! Use it with Elecraft's 2010 (rev H) and 2012 (rev I) manuals to build a rework-free Option Ready K2. http://www.unpcbs.com/method/#pdfs See also: http://www.unpcbs.com/easier/ http://www.unpcbs.com/filter/#why_700 http://www.unpcbs.com/status/ 73, Gary KI4GGX (webmaster) __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
A K3 to K2 audio comparison changes a lot when 4.51 firmware is installed. The change in the K3 was instantly noticeable. So these days one must specify pre- or post-4.51. 73, Guy On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Thomas Horsten tho...@horsten.com wrote: Hi Gary, Those observations, are those with headset/built in speaker/external speakers? And with the new K3 firmware? 73, Thomas M0TRN On 4 June 2012 22:35, Gary D Krause n7...@bresnan.net wrote: Hi Paul, I own the K2 and K3. Like you, I'm not a contester. I actually prefer the sound of the K2 on CW. To me it sounds warmer and smoother. The tone of the K3 isn't bad and if I didn't have a K2 to compare it to, I probably wouldn't notice. The K3 sounds a little rough or raspy to me as compared with my K2. Gary, N7HTS On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:17:29 -0700 (PDT) Paul Clay mr_pookie...@yahoo.com wrote: Could someone owning both the K2 and K3 comment on the respective tone quality of received CW signals. When using my K2, I often find myself marveling at the high quality of the received signals; the CW has a melodious quality that's a please to listen to for hours on end - the signals sound like someone's sitting at high quality piano tapping out code, very very pleasing to the ear. Does/can the SDR K3 sound as good? I can't tell from listening to Youtube videos I've checked out, where people are fixated on demonstrating the adjacent signal rejection qualities of the K3 (the feature most often, and justifiably according to all the articles and posts I've read, touted for the K3). Is the tonal quality I love in my K2 a function of it being an analog receiver, something I'll have to forgo to obtain the better selectivity of the K3, or is the difference I appear to notice just a function/artifact of the Youtube videos I've been watching? Thanks, Paul, N6LQ Not trolling for a flame here; it's just I'm not a contester and am not really interested in giving up any of the listenability and other features that make my K2 so much fun to use just to get the ability to reject strong adjacent signals; I'd like to be able to have all of the superior selectivity and noise reduction features of the K3 without having to give up any of the great qualities of my K2, and need to get a warm and fuzzy on this point before making the considerable investment in a K3. Again, thanks in advance for any helpful observations you can offer! __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
Yes, isn't it amazing that a 4-year-old rig continues to receive the full attention of the manufacturers and substantial improvements like this. I can't think of any other company with such a great track record of supporting customers of existing products. Especially fine that this comes out when everybody is busy with the KX3. 73, Thomas M0TRN On 5 June 2012 19:03, Guy Olinger K2AV olin...@bellsouth.net wrote: A K3 to K2 audio comparison changes a lot when 4.51 firmware is installed. The change in the K3 was instantly noticeable. So these days one must specify pre- or post-4.51. 73, Guy On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Thomas Horsten tho...@horsten.com wrote: Hi Gary, Those observations, are those with headset/built in speaker/external speakers? And with the new K3 firmware? 73, Thomas M0TRN On 4 June 2012 22:35, Gary D Krause n7...@bresnan.net wrote: Hi Paul, I own the K2 and K3. Like you, I'm not a contester. I actually prefer the sound of the K2 on CW. To me it sounds warmer and smoother. The tone of the K3 isn't bad and if I didn't have a K2 to compare it to, I probably wouldn't notice. The K3 sounds a little rough or raspy to me as compared with my K2. Gary, N7HTS On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:17:29 -0700 (PDT) Paul Clay mr_pookie...@yahoo.com wrote: Could someone owning both the K2 and K3 comment on the respective tone quality of received CW signals. When using my K2, I often find myself marveling at the high quality of the received signals; the CW has a melodious quality that's a please to listen to for hours on end - the signals sound like someone's sitting at high quality piano tapping out code, very very pleasing to the ear. Does/can the SDR K3 sound as good? I can't tell from listening to Youtube videos I've checked out, where people are fixated on demonstrating the adjacent signal rejection qualities of the K3 (the feature most often, and justifiably according to all the articles and posts I've read, touted for the K3). Is the tonal quality I love in my K2 a function of it being an analog receiver, something I'll have to forgo to obtain the better selectivity of the K3, or is the difference I appear to notice just a function/artifact of the Youtube videos I've been watching? Thanks, Paul, N6LQ Not trolling for a flame here; it's just I'm not a contester and am not really interested in giving up any of the listenability and other features that make my K2 so much fun to use just to get the ability to reject strong adjacent signals; I'd like to be able to have all of the superior selectivity and noise reduction features of the K3 without having to give up any of the great qualities of my K2, and need to get a warm and fuzzy on this point before making the considerable investment in a K3. Again, thanks in advance for any helpful observations you can offer! __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
Paul, I also did an A to B comparison. The K2( with KAF2) sounds very nice, but the K3 even a bit nicer! 73,Chris-OE5CSP -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-K3-Comparison-Question-tp7556932p7557041.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
Hi Paul, I own the K2 and K3. Like you, I'm not a contester. I actually prefer the sound of the K2 on CW. To me it sounds warmer and smoother. The tone of the K3 isn't bad and if I didn't have a K2 to compare it to, I probably wouldn't notice. The K3 sounds a little rough or raspy to me as compared with my K2. Gary, N7HTS On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:17:29 -0700 (PDT) Paul Clay mr_pookie...@yahoo.com wrote: Could someone owning both the K2 and K3 comment on the respective tone quality of received CW signals. When using my K2, I often find myself marveling at the high quality of the received signals; the CW has a melodious quality that's a please to listen to for hours on end - the signals sound like someone's sitting at high quality piano tapping out code, very very pleasing to the ear. Does/can the SDR K3 sound as good? I can't tell from listening to Youtube videos I've checked out, where people are fixated on demonstrating the adjacent signal rejection qualities of the K3 (the feature most often, and justifiably according to all the articles and posts I've read, touted for the K3). Is the tonal quality I love in my K2 a function of it being an analog receiver, something I'll have to forgo to obtain the better selectivity of the K3, or is the difference I appear to notice just a function/artifact of the Youtube videos I've been watching? Thanks, Paul, N6LQ Not trolling for a flame here; it's just I'm not a contester and am not really interested in giving up any of the listenability and other features that make my K2 so much fun to use just to get the ability to reject strong adjacent signals; I'd like to be able to have all of the superior selectivity and noise reduction features of the K3 without having to give up any of the great qualities of my K2, and need to get a warm and fuzzy on this point before making the considerable investment in a K3. Again, thanks in advance for any helpful observations you can offer! __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
Hi Gary, Those observations, are those with headset/built in speaker/external speakers? And with the new K3 firmware? 73, Thomas M0TRN On 4 June 2012 22:35, Gary D Krause n7...@bresnan.net wrote: Hi Paul, I own the K2 and K3. Like you, I'm not a contester. I actually prefer the sound of the K2 on CW. To me it sounds warmer and smoother. The tone of the K3 isn't bad and if I didn't have a K2 to compare it to, I probably wouldn't notice. The K3 sounds a little rough or raspy to me as compared with my K2. Gary, N7HTS On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:17:29 -0700 (PDT) Paul Clay mr_pookie...@yahoo.com wrote: Could someone owning both the K2 and K3 comment on the respective tone quality of received CW signals. When using my K2, I often find myself marveling at the high quality of the received signals; the CW has a melodious quality that's a please to listen to for hours on end - the signals sound like someone's sitting at high quality piano tapping out code, very very pleasing to the ear. Does/can the SDR K3 sound as good? I can't tell from listening to Youtube videos I've checked out, where people are fixated on demonstrating the adjacent signal rejection qualities of the K3 (the feature most often, and justifiably according to all the articles and posts I've read, touted for the K3). Is the tonal quality I love in my K2 a function of it being an analog receiver, something I'll have to forgo to obtain the better selectivity of the K3, or is the difference I appear to notice just a function/artifact of the Youtube videos I've been watching? Thanks, Paul, N6LQ Not trolling for a flame here; it's just I'm not a contester and am not really interested in giving up any of the listenability and other features that make my K2 so much fun to use just to get the ability to reject strong adjacent signals; I'd like to be able to have all of the superior selectivity and noise reduction features of the K3 without having to give up any of the great qualities of my K2, and need to get a warm and fuzzy on this point before making the considerable investment in a K3. Again, thanks in advance for any helpful observations you can offer! __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
Could someone owning both the K2 and K3 comment on the respective tone quality of received CW signals. When using my K2, I often find myself marveling at the high quality of the received signals; the CW has a melodious quality that's a please to listen to for hours on end - the signals sound like someone's sitting at high quality piano tapping out code, very very pleasing to the ear. Does/can the SDR K3 sound as good? I can't tell from listening to Youtube videos I've checked out, where people are fixated on demonstrating the adjacent signal rejection qualities of the K3 (the feature most often, and justifiably according to all the articles and posts I've read, touted for the K3). Is the tonal quality I love in my K2 a function of it being an analog receiver, something I'll have to forgo to obtain the better selectivity of the K3, or is the difference I appear to notice just a function/artifact of the Youtube videos I've been watching? Thanks, Paul, N6LQ Not trolling for a flame here; it's just I'm not a contester and am not really interested in giving up any of the listenability and other features that make my K2 so much fun to use just to get the ability to reject strong adjacent signals; I'd like to be able to have all of the superior selectivity and noise reduction features of the K3 without having to give up any of the great qualities of my K2, and need to get a warm and fuzzy on this point before making the considerable investment in a K3. Again, thanks in advance for any helpful observations you can offer! __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
It may just be my perception, but the 4.51 firmware AGC changes have made the K3 a very pleasant receiver even though I didn't have any real issues to its personality prior to 4.51. I've not listened to a K2 even though I'm that having one wouldn't be such a bad idea. ;-) 73, de Nate, N0NB -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true. Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
I agree. Put up firmware 4.51 on your K3 and re-evaluate. 73, Guy. On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote: It may just be my perception, but the 4.51 firmware AGC changes have made the K3 a very pleasant receiver even though I didn't have any real issues to its personality prior to 4.51. I've not listened to a K2 even though I'm that having one wouldn't be such a bad idea. ;-) 73, de Nate, N0NB -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true. Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question
I have both K2 and K3 and agree CW always sounds so 'sweet' on my K2. However the K3 has indeed improved in this respect with 4.51firmware. Difficult to describe, but it was immediately apparent to me. I had no real problem with the K3 CW audio before, but now I would say it sounds as sweet as my K2, I think! 73, Deni F5VJC K2 1188, K3 325 On 1 June 2012 20:02, Guy Olinger K2AV olin...@bellsouth.net wrote: I agree. Put up firmware 4.51 on your K3 and re-evaluate. 73, Guy. On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote: It may just be my perception, but the 4.51 firmware AGC changes have made the K3 a very pleasant receiver even though I didn't have any real issues to its personality prior to 4.51. I've not listened to a K2 even though I'm that having one wouldn't be such a bad idea. ;-) 73, de Nate, N0NB -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true. Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K2][K3] The Latest News About Aftermarket Accessories from unpcbs.com
[K3] The 700 Hz 8-pole K3 Filters are due to ship next week. Fewer than a handful from this batch remain unclaimed! Also, we will soon be making a label available for the filters from the first batch. See http://www.unpcbs.com/filter/filter_images/lot_5210_label_thumb.png [K2] ... Over the past three months we extensively revised our website to make it more beginner friendly. If someone you know is curious about building a K2, our website is an excellent place for them to begin the journey. K2 Option Bypass Headers kit After having been unavailable since May 2010, our recent sale has enabled us to produce what we hope will be enough additional kits to last forever. (Not that they actually will.) Option-Ready / Duplicate K2 PCB parts kits Several of these kits were unavailable while the K2 Headers kit was out of production. However, they will all be available once again within a few weeks. Assuming the seller (of a KAF2/KDSP2) includes the original threaded hex standoff, these kits will have everything you need to install any second-hand option in your stock K2. Although their primary purpose is to build an Option Ready K2. App Notes Three new app notes were published in the past six weeks, including: o IMA: Spare Jumper Storage Locations -- released May 11th o K2: Toroid Winding Guide -- released April 20th Companion Guides Versions III and IV describing our rework-free Option Ready K2 assembly method, are due to be released in June. These versions correspond to the rev H and I K2 manuals. 73, Gary KI4GGX webmaster http://www.unpcbs.com/ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 European Net
I'd be interested in an SSB net, depends upon day/time of course. 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) -- Men build too many walls and not enough bridges. -Isaac Newton, philosopher and mathematician (1642-1727) On 6 Apr 2012, at 13:02, Ray Spreadbury wrote: Just wondering if there is a UK or European CW or SSB net for K2 or K3 owners if so what frequency does it operate on what day of the week? 73 Ray G3XLG __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 European Net
I used to run one that was started by G4AON and then passed to me. This was UK based but conditions and a lack of participants lead to it's demise. There is nothing at the moment to my knowledge. 73 Ian -- Ian J Maude, G0VGS SysOp GB7MBC HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters If you feel you would like to donate to help the running of the cluster, please visit http://www.gb7mbc.net. My thanks in advance :) On 6 April 2012 13:02, Ray Spreadbury ray...@btinternet.com wrote: Just wondering if there is a UK or European CW or SSB net for K2 or K3 owners if so what frequency does it operate on what day of the week? 73 Ray G3XLG __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 K3 European Net
Just wondering if there is a UK or European CW or SSB net for K2 or K3 owners if so what frequency does it operate on what day of the week? 73 Ray G3XLG __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 European Net
No Ray, there isn't and the last attempt for CW net was a decade ago. 73 Val LZ1VB Just wondering if there is a UK or European CW or SSB net for K2 or K3 owners if so what frequency does it operate on what day of the week? 73 Ray G3XLG __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2/K3 Operating Tip: Using SCAN to keep an eye on your favorite (too-quiet) band
When I was a teenage novice in the early 1970's, armed only with a Heathkit HW-16, 15 meters became my favorite band. It was a reliable source of DX contacts even when my entire antenna system was a multiband inverted-V a few feet off the roof. 15 m, as well as the other high HF bands (12 m, 10 m), can be sparsely populated at times, even when they're open. In the old days that meant tuning the VFO up and down, searching endlessly. But the K2 and K3 have a SCAN feature that lets the radio do the work, while you answer email, work on homebrew projects, clean up the shack, etc. I was reminded of this about half an hour ago. A quick check of 15 m revealed no signals, so I set up a background (muted) scan from 21.000-21.060 on the K3. A few minutes later the scan stopped at 21.026, where PJ2/KE1B was calling CQ. Since he had just started calling, there was no pileup, and I made the QSO on one call. For scanning instructions, see page 40 of the K3 owner's manual or page 103 of the K2 manual. Let me know what pops up. 73, Wayne N6KR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3 Operating Tip: Using SCAN to keep an eye on your favorite (too-quiet) band
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Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3 Operating Tip: Using SCAN to keep an eye on your favorite (too-quiet) band
Page 40 is the assignment tonight. :-) I did not know this existed. Don KD8NNU On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: When I was a teenage novice in the early 1970's, armed only with a Heathkit HW-16, 15 meters became my favorite band. It was a reliable source of DX contacts even when my entire antenna system was a multiband inverted-V a few feet off the roof. 15 m, as well as the other high HF bands (12 m, 10 m), can be sparsely populated at times, even when they're open. In the old days that meant tuning the VFO up and down, searching endlessly. But the K2 and K3 have a SCAN feature that lets the radio do the work, while you answer email, work on homebrew projects, clean up the shack, etc. I was reminded of this about half an hour ago. A quick check of 15 m revealed no signals, so I set up a background (muted) scan from 21.000-21.060 on the K3. A few minutes later the scan stopped at 21.026, where PJ2/KE1B was calling CQ. Since he had just started calling, there was no pileup, and I made the QSO on one call. For scanning instructions, see page 40 of the K3 owner's manual or page 103 of the K2 manual. Let me know what pops up. 73, Wayne N6KR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3 Operating Tip: Using SCAN to keep an eye on your favorite (too-quiet) band
Wayne, I often use the K3 scanner to listen for band activity (I wrote the SCANNOW key macro that scans immediately the range of freqs from VFO-A thru VFO-B). The scanner is great for keeping an eye (ear?) on the band while doing other things around the shack or, in my case, while busy with something at the other end of the house and listening via intercom. One thing that I often thought might be useful for this remote scanner monitoring would be the ability to set a specific dwell time. For example: once the scanner pauses on a signal it would automatically resume scanning after a user-settable amount of time. As it is now, the scan will sometimes pause too briefly or get hung up for too long on a particular signal; would be nice if I could set it for, say, exactly 10 seconds (or whatever amount) per hit. 73, Drew AF2Z On Wed, 04 May 2011 08:00:51 -0700, you wrote: When I was a teenage novice in the early 1970's, armed only with a Heathkit HW-16, 15 meters became my favorite band. It was a reliable source of DX contacts even when my entire antenna system was a multiband inverted-V a few feet off the roof. 15 m, as well as the other high HF bands (12 m, 10 m), can be sparsely populated at times, even when they're open. In the old days that meant tuning the VFO up and down, searching endlessly. But the K2 and K3 have a SCAN feature that lets the radio do the work, while you answer email, work on homebrew projects, clean up the shack, etc. I was reminded of this about half an hour ago. A quick check of 15 m revealed no signals, so I set up a background (muted) scan from 21.000-21.060 on the K3. A few minutes later the scan stopped at 21.026, where PJ2/KE1B was calling CQ. Since he had just started calling, there was no pileup, and I made the QSO on one call. For scanning instructions, see page 40 of the K3 owner's manual or page 103 of the K2 manual. Let me know what pops up. 73, Wayne N6KR __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3 Operating Tip: Using SCAN to keep an eye
I tried it, and thought I had flunked scanning 101. You have to push the M - V button twice before pushing the scan button. Maybe it says that somewhere, but I didn't see it. I was only pushing it once. Anyway, now it plays! Watching my P3, however, it does skip over some signals. Some seemed sufficiently strong to have stopped the scan, but I suppose it is a matter of whether or not a character is being sent at precisely the moment the scan feature rolls across that freq. Dave W7AQK --- Page 40 is the assignment tonight. :-) I did not know this existed. Don KD8NNU __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 K3 Rig Control
Does the K3 have a port like the KIO on the K2? Are the settings to connect and the rig commands the same? 73, Bill - WA5PB __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 Rig Control
Bill. The K3 connects to a computer thru a DB9 connector for RS-232 communication. The K3 and K2 share some of the commands. Take a look at the K3 programmers manual at http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Pgmrs_Reference_Rev_C14.pdf. 73, Mike NF4L On 3/8/2011 2:40 PM, Bill Allen wrote: Does the K3 have a port like the KIO on the K2? Are the settings to connect and the rig commands the same? 73, Bill - WA5PB __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 Rig Control
* On 2011 08 Mar 13:43 -0600, Bill Allen wrote: Does the K3 have a port like the KIO on the K2? Are the settings to connect and the rig commands the same? Yes. The K3 supports the K2 command set and adds more or enhances certain K2 commands. Complete details are documented via the relevant programmers guides available for download on the Elecraft web site. 73, de Nate -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true. Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 Rig Control
Thanks for the info. I am writing some code to read and control the K2, but thought it would be good to also handle the K3 while at it. 73, Bill - WA5PV On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 13:56, Mike n...@nf4l.com wrote: Bill. The K3 connects to a computer thru a DB9 connector for RS-232 communication. The K3 and K2 share some of the commands. Take a look at the K3 programmers manual at http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Pgmrs_Reference_Rev_C14.pdf. 73, Mike NF4L On 3/8/2011 2:40 PM, Bill Allen wrote: Does the K3 have a port like the KIO on the K2? Are the settings to connect and the rig commands the same? 73, Bill - WA5PB __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2/K3: Keyboard to CW possible with KUSB and no computer?
Does the KUSB option allow you to connect a USB keyboard to the K3 (or K2 for that matter) and perform keyboard-to-CW without the aid of a PC inbetween? If not, would this be a relatively easy future enhancement to either rig? (I know there isn't much K2 development going on... just asking) I know USB doesn't often play well with CW timing, but maybe a buffer could help even at the cost of a slight delay from keypress to CW output. The benefits of being able to do keyboard CW without the PC involved are less power and noise, less equipment, more efficient, more portable... --Andrew, NV1B .. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3: Keyboard to CW possible with KUSB and no computer?
No, the KUSB is just a USB to serial adapter. I would think adding that to the K3 would be some considerable effort and would guess many would not bother or would just use a PC for the purpose. I would expect there to be some kits around and they would probably have RS232 interfaces, so a KUSB would not be needed 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108 -- A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. -Elsa Schiaparelli, fashion designer (1890-1973) On 2 Jan 2011, at 16:17, Andrew Moore wrote: Does the KUSB option allow you to connect a USB keyboard to the K3 (or K2 for that matter) and perform keyboard-to-CW without the aid of a PC inbetween? If not, would this be a relatively easy future enhancement to either rig? (I know there isn't much K2 development going on... just asking) I know USB doesn't often play well with CW timing, but maybe a buffer could help even at the cost of a slight delay from keypress to CW output. The benefits of being able to do keyboard CW without the PC involved are less power and noise, less equipment, more efficient, more portable... __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3: Keyboard to CW possible with KUSB and no computer?
Andrew, Keyboard connectivity is not yet supported by the K3 however it has been mentioned by Elecraft to be on their wish list. In fact, the P3 has already been prepared with a cutout on the rear for a future USB port that hopefully will accommodate keyboard ops. For those without a P3 I'm not sure how Elecraft might offer keyboard connectivity and based upon my discussions with them I don't think they've ironed that out yet either but I am sure they're working on it. In time I'm sure they'll discuss it with us all when they're ready. Gary N6LRV -Original Message- Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 8:17 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K2/K3: Keyboard to CW possible with KUSB and no computer? Does the KUSB option allow you to connect a USB keyboard to the K3 (or K2 for that matter) and perform keyboard-to-CW without the aid of a PC inbetween? If not, would this be a relatively easy future enhancement to either rig? (I know there isn't much K2 development going on... just asking) I know USB doesn't often play well with CW timing, but maybe a buffer could help even at the cost of a slight delay from keypress to CW output. The benefits of being able to do keyboard CW without the PC involved are less power and noise, less equipment, more efficient, more portable... --Andrew, NV1B __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3: Keyboard to CW possible with KUSB and no computer?
Keyboard connectivity is not yet supported by the K3 however it has been mentioned by Elecraft to be on their wish list. I think a good solution in the meantime is to resurrect this K1EL K40, strip it down to the bare minimum (the keyer board, and ditch the display) and mount it inside a small PS/2 keyboard. Warming up the soldering iron...! 73, --Andrew, NV1B __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3: Keyboard to CW possible with KUSB and no computer?
Take a look at www.K1EL.com, he has a number of keyers that should work just fine with any Elecraft rig. I have a K40, now obsolete and replaced by the K42, since arthritis left me unable to use a bug or paddle and can vouch for its effectiveness on both K2 and K3. 73 HNY all. Dave G3TJP __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K2,K3] CW Skimmer with win 7?
Hi, I think I've found a work-around for CW Skimmer on Win 7. Not only should you (probably not necessary, but why not?) run the installer as the administrative user, you also have to run the programs that way. After you do the install, the programs OmniRig.exe and CWSkimmer.exe will be in the directories \Program Files\Afreet\OmniRig and \Program Files\Afreet\CWSkimmer, respectively. Navigate to the program OmniRig.exe. (This has to be the actual executable, not an alias or a menu entry). Right click on the executable. Navigate to Properties at the bottom of the list. Click Compatibility tab Click Change settings for all users (at bottom of window) Click to select the radio button Run this program as an administrator Click OK Now do the same thing for CWSkimmer.exe Now it should work OK. YMMV but this works on my eeePC 1001P with Windows 7 Starter. When CW Skimmer starts, it starts Omni Rig. OmniRig talks to your radio via a serial port. It is useful to start Omni Rig first and get the settings right before you start CW Skimmer. Windows is growing up, getting almost Unix-like. Permissions become an issue. CW Skimmer does what it says it does. If everyone sent perfect code, CW Skimmer would make perfect copy. Unfortunately, ... . 73, Oliver W6ODJ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K2,K3] CW Skimmer with win 7?
Bravo! Thanks Oliver. Jim - W4BQP On 8/26/2010 2:32 PM, O. Johns wrote: Hi, I think I've found a work-around for CW Skimmer on Win 7. Not only should you (probably not necessary, but why not?) run the installer as the administrative user, you also have to run the programs that way. After you do the install, the programs OmniRig.exe and CWSkimmer.exe will be in the directories \Program Files\Afreet\OmniRig and \Program Files\Afreet\CWSkimmer, respectively. Navigate to the program OmniRig.exe. (This has to be the actual executable, not an alias or a menu entry). Right click on the executable. Navigate to Properties at the bottom of the list. Click Compatibility tab Click Change settings for all users (at bottom of window) Click to select the radio button Run this program as an administrator Click OK Now do the same thing for CWSkimmer.exe Now it should work OK. YMMV but this works on my eeePC 1001P with Windows 7 Starter. When CW Skimmer starts, it starts Omni Rig. OmniRig talks to your radio via a serial port. It is useful to start Omni Rig first and get the settings right before you start CW Skimmer. Windows is growing up, getting almost Unix-like. Permissions become an issue. CW Skimmer does what it says it does. If everyone sent perfect code, CW Skimmer would make perfect copy. Unfortunately, ... . 73, Oliver W6ODJ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K2,K3] CW Skimmer with win 7?
After you do the install, the programs OmniRig.exe and CWSkimmer.exe will be in the directories \Program Files\Afreet\OmniRig and \Program Files\Afreet\CWSkimmer, respectively. I have not yet attempted to load CW Skimmer and OmniRig in Vista or Windows 7 but, in both operating systems the \Program Files and \Program Files(x86) directories are protected and do not allow standard user accounts to write data to any subdirectory in the \Program Files tree. Run as Administrator or turning off User Account Control are both ways to work around the operating system restrictions. Unless the author modifies the software to store configuration and data files in a non-protected directory (e.g., the user data C;\Users\All Users or C;\Users\login trees), the best solution is to manually install the software to a directory that is not in the \Program Files tree or to a separate drive. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/26/2010 2:32 PM, O. Johns wrote: Hi, I think I've found a work-around for CW Skimmer on Win 7. Not only should you (probably not necessary, but why not?) run the installer as the administrative user, you also have to run the programs that way. After you do the install, the programs OmniRig.exe and CWSkimmer.exe will be in the directories \Program Files\Afreet\OmniRig and \Program Files\Afreet\CWSkimmer, respectively. Navigate to the program OmniRig.exe. (This has to be the actual executable, not an alias or a menu entry). Right click on the executable. Navigate to Properties at the bottom of the list. Click Compatibility tab Click Change settings for all users (at bottom of window) Click to select the radio button Run this program as an administrator Click OK Now do the same thing for CWSkimmer.exe Now it should work OK. YMMV but this works on my eeePC 1001P with Windows 7 Starter. When CW Skimmer starts, it starts Omni Rig. OmniRig talks to your radio via a serial port. It is useful to start Omni Rig first and get the settings right before you start CW Skimmer. Windows is growing up, getting almost Unix-like. Permissions become an issue. CW Skimmer does what it says it does. If everyone sent perfect code, CW Skimmer would make perfect copy. Unfortunately, ... . 73, Oliver W6ODJ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K2,K3] CW Skimmer with win 7?
Hi, I notice from the Afreet Software page http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer/ that CW Skimmer does not claim to support Windows 7. And indeed it does not run on my new netbook that has Win7 pre-installed. Has anyone found a work-around to get CW Skimmer to play with Windows 7? Has anyone heard any rumor that Alex VE3NEA is going to support Win7 on CW Skimmer in the future? I've got the netbook dual booting Win7 and Ubuntu Linux. Sort of a PITA to rip W7 out and put in XP. But I will if that is the only way. Tnx and 73, Oliver W6ODJ K2 #6253, K3 #1741 __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 -- K3 upgrade...
I am not familiar with the Palstar tuner, but can share with you my experience with the K2/100 external tuner and with the Flex 3000 internal ATU. The K2 external ATU was excellent/outstanding in its ability to match just about anything. The F3K tuner was junk, and I ended up buying an external Armstrong type roller tuner. The key to success in the tuners that rely on relay switching of capacitors/inductances is for the switched reactances to be fine enough for the bridge circuit to find an appropriate selection amongst them. This becomes particularly important on the higher frequency bands, e.g. 10 and 6 meters. My F3K found it impossible to match my 6 meter quad, which is a fairly high Q antenna. I am assuming that the K3 which I have on order will be as good as the K2 external tuner was...we shall see, but knowing Elecraft, I think I am on OK ground. WRT portability, an external tuner is just one more piece of stuff to carry along...this may be an important consideration for you (or not) depending on whether you plan to use the portability feature of the K3. I would opt for the internal tuner. Best, John Ragle -- W1ZI __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 -- K3 upgrade...
If one has used the KAT2 tuner in a K2, and unconsciously set one's general level of tuner expectations based upon that kind of performance, one has set a level that not many achieve. My KAT 2 has matched random Z's that I could not match with an ATR30 or ATR15, an FT1000MP, and alas no, not with my K3 auto tuner. On a 160m way-off-of 50 j0 dual wire antenna, the K2 would match it at the feed (running battery of course), and it was a month before we could construct a rather odd tuner that would do it QRO without burning tape and wire insulation, overheating, cracking or arcing to toroid cores successfully used elsewhere in QRO applications. We were encouraged by K2/KAT2 working stuff QRP on it and listening to a band that was alive with signals. Reading the tuner elements used for match off the K2 menu was invaluable as the wires were picking up immense signal levels interfering with the antenna analyst we had at the time. It took a PAIR of immense T400A-2 powdered iron toroids fiberglass-taped-together as a single core and double polyimide wire plus teflon tubing on the winding to tame it (and run absolutely stone cold), but we knew it would work and how it would work from the KAT2. The one area where nearly all fail (including the KAT2) is the very low Z's presented looking through an odd quarter-wave length of standard coax at a high Z. The simple mental model of *Rig -- great tuner -- any frequency -- any length of coax -- any antenna* is VERY hard to achieve in real life. If the front of that string is dictated by non-negotiable issue, then the antennas have to be picked carefully to fit within it. God bless ya if the first thing you throw up does it, write that down in your diary as one of your really lucky days. It's not the rule. 73, Guy. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:58 PM, John Ragle tpcj1...@crocker.com wrote: I am not familiar with the Palstar tuner, but can share with you my experience with the K2/100 external tuner and with the Flex 3000 internal ATU. The K2 external ATU was excellent/outstanding in its ability to match just about anything. The F3K tuner was junk, and I ended up buying an external Armstrong type roller tuner. The key to success in the tuners that rely on relay switching of capacitors/inductances is for the switched reactances to be fine enough for the bridge circuit to find an appropriate selection amongst them. This becomes particularly important on the higher frequency bands, e.g. 10 and 6 meters. My F3K found it impossible to match my 6 meter quad, which is a fairly high Q antenna. I am assuming that the K3 which I have on order will be as good as the K2 external tuner was...we shall see, but knowing Elecraft, I think I am on OK ground. WRT portability, an external tuner is just one more piece of stuff to carry along...this may be an important consideration for you (or not) depending on whether you plan to use the portability feature of the K3. I would opt for the internal tuner. Best, John Ragle -- W1ZI __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2/K3 Proset
I bought a K2 Proset some time ago that was converted to an HC-5 element. I have the original iC element. My question is , is there a series resistor involved with pin 1 or is that kind of built into the K3 when I turn bias on? I'm thinking of converting it back to the original. I have the mic adapter but there is no resistor in that. 73, John N1JM -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K2-K3-Proset-tp4176116p4176116.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3 Proset
John, The resistor is in the K3, not the headphone. 73, Don W3FPR N1JM wrote: I bought a K2 Proset some time ago that was converted to an HC-5 element. I have the original iC element. My question is , is there a series resistor involved with pin 1 or is that kind of built into the K3 when I turn bias on? I'm thinking of converting it back to the original. I have the mic adapter but there is no resistor in that. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3 Proset
Thanks, Don. 73, John N1JM On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Don Wilhelm-4 [via Elecraft] wrote: John, The resistor is in the K3, not the headphone. 73, Don W3FPR N1JM wrote: I bought a K2 Proset some time ago that was converted to an HC-5 element. I have the original iC element. My question is , is there a series resistor involved with pin 1 or is that kind of built into the K3 when I turn bias on? I'm thinking of converting it back to the original. I have the mic adapter but there is no resistor in that. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html View message @ http://n2.nabble.com/K2-K3-Proset-tp4176116p4177088.html To unsubscribe from K2/K3 Proset, click here. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K2-K3-Proset-tp4176116p4177195.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2/K3 CW Keys for sale!
Vibroplex Iambic paddle Brass Racer Triangle base MINT 100.00 1938-B McElroy Deluxe with the dot stabilizer. Near mint with one small paint chip. This is the Rolls Royce of semi automatic keys. This is indeed a collectors item for CW connoisseur's. Pictures. 525.00 shipped and insured. The other keys have been sold and TU to the list. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. http://www.instantgourmetspices.com/ www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com http://www.w9dvm.com/ 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 K3 #1605 CCA 98 00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2/K3 CW guys For Sale:
1938-B McElroy deluxe Mac Key with the dot stabilizer. Near mint. This is the Rolls-Royce of semi-automatic keys. 525.00 shipped Brown Bros BTL Very nice feel. 85.00 + shipping Vibroplex Iambic Brass Racer. Mint 100.00 + shipping EF Johnson Speed X Black base near mint 85.00 + shipping Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. http://www.instantgourmetspices.com/ www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com http://www.w9dvm.com/ 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 K3 #1605 CCA 98 00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 K3 use increasing
Just a snippet from November RadCom, in the article about NFD and on page 43 in the section 'Equipment and Antennas' ... ... it appears that the long supremacy of the FT1000 series as an NFD rig has finally passed. The most commonly appearing transceiver in 2009 was the Elecraft K2/3 series, with nine in use. I know that for quite a few years, our club used a K2. So what more could one hope for as a recommendation for portable use? Well done Elecraft. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and author (1934-1996) __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 use increasing
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: Just a snippet from November RadCom, in the article about NFD and on page 43 in the section 'Equipment and Antennas' ... ... it appears that the long supremacy of the FT1000 series as an NFD rig has finally passed. The most commonly appearing transceiver in 2009 was the Elecraft K2/3 series, with nine in use. I know that for quite a few years, our club used a K2. So what more could one hope for as a recommendation for portable use? How about the big one: World #1 Multi-Multi in CQWW CW. In 2008, that was 3X5A using seven K2s. Well done Elecraft. Yes indeed. -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 RIT/XIT VFO adjust during transmit?
Hello Andras, Evidently you can change the RIT/XIT during transmit, but without the display according to AB7E. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, so can not confirm nor deny with my K3. Maybe this weekend... 73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009 http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Arato Andras ar...@mail.kfki.hu wrote: From: Arato Andras ar...@mail.kfki.hu Subject: K2 K3 RIT/XIT VFO adjust during transmit? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: Julius Fazekas n2wn phriend...@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 6:25 AM Hi Julius, Can you adjust VFO during transmit with K3? I have K2 but need it more than transmitting during RIT/XIT. Fine RIT is good if you use filtering Pactor or PSK31 with K2. 73! de HA4AA Andras. On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Julius Fazekas wrote: ... Ahhh, the RIT/XIT, my only beef with the K3... still can't adjust them while in transmit. That was a sweet feature on the K2! 73, Julius __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 RIT/XIT VFO adjust during transmit?
Pository, You can change VFO freq / RIT offset / XIT offset. You can not enable/disable RIT/XIT during transmission, so you need to engage them before ptt/key down. 73' Paul PD0PSB Evidently you can change the RIT/XIT during transmit, but without the display according to AB7E. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, so can not confirm nor deny with my K3. Maybe this weekend... 73, Julius Ahhh, the RIT/XIT, my only beef with the K3... still can't adjust them while in transmit. That was a sweet feature on the K2! 73, Julius -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Re%3A-K2-K3-RIT-XIT-VFO-adjust-during-transmit--tp3024387p3025159.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K2][K3] Rework Eliminator(TM) Milestones Plans
Ken Kaplan wroteWe are considering aftermarket accessories for the K3 and welcome your ideas for new products. We are especially interested in kits ... Idea #1. K3 Audio adapter that selects main and sub audio allowing selectable mixing of the two into both ears plus allowing main in both ears or sub in both ears Provide multiple phone out sockets Idea #2. K3 External panel extender, a cord tethered subpanel with direct band select, direct mode select, receive and transmit audio equalization (sliders?) and additional assignable programmable keys. This could have selections for modifying parameters of the sub receiver without having to press BSET (NB, ATT, PRE, Antenna routing). Might as well put an additional PTT and repeat the M1-M4 buttons. Maybe make it so a key paddle could weight it down and stay put and always where you think it is. Idea #3. Plug-in keyboard adapter allowing typing CW and data modes with no attached computer Mike Scott - AE6WA Tarzana, CA (DM04 / near LA) NAQCC 3535 K3-100 #508 / KX1 #1311 __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K2][K3] Rework Eliminator(TM) Milestones Plans
On Apr 13, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Mike Scott wrote: Ken Kaplan wroteWe are considering aftermarket accessories for the K3 and welcome your ideas for new products. We are especially interested in kits ... Idea #1. K3 Audio adapter that selects main and sub audio allowing selectable mixing of the two into both ears This can be done in firmware, and is already on the list. Wayne N6KR --- http://www.elecraft.com __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K2][K3] Rework Eliminator(TM) Milestones Plans
We are considering aftermarket accessories for the K3 and welcome your ideas for new products. We are especially interested in kits ... o Composed of one or more printed circuit boards. o For which there's sufficient interest to justify producing 60 units. o We could design, produce, and offer for sale for less than $40. o That might require custom engraving and/or pad printing. We are already considering an external K3 mic adaptor based on our internal K2 adaptor. It would work with (just about) any mic that has an 8-pin Foster connecter, and permit use of either the K3's front panel connecter or the rear panel mic and PTT jacks. --- - - - --- If you are not familiar with our Rework Eliminator(TM) aftermarket K2 accessory kits, we invite you to visit our website. Or, for a third-party perspective check out the following product reviews at www.eham.net ... o www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6372 = Headers Assembly Method o www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6918 = Internal Mic Adaptor --- - - - --- We also invite those of you who have experience with our products to consider writing your own reviews; that they might benefit future K2 builders. You can do this via the links below ... o www.eham.net/reviews/addreview/6372 = Headers Assembly Method o www.eham.net/reviews/addreview/6918 = Internal Mic Adaptor --- - - - --- On a personal note, we consider 13 April 2005 to be the official beginning of our Rework Eliminators(TM) collaboration. Also, we reached a significant milestone last month when we received our 500th customer order! It has been our pleasure serving the Elecraft community the past four years, and we look forward to many more. 73, Ken WB2ART Gary KI4GGX www.unpcbs.com ~ Rework Eliminator, Rework Eliminators, unpcbs ~~ ~~ are trademarks of Ken Kaplan and Gary Hvizdak ~~~ __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K2] K3 Utility Sugestion
The next time you play with the code for the K3 Utility please consider adding a button for Beta Update. Do you realize that I (and probably many others) have only used the normal update method once, when we first purchased the radio. It should not be that hard to add another button for Beta Firmware, and color it orange or red just as a reminder that it is for the Beta firmware and not the “Released” firmware. Rich, KE0X -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Utility-Sugestion-tp2550478p2550478.html Sent from the [K2] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] K3 Utility Sugestion
It is on our list. Handling zip archives has been discussed and deferred in favor of other tasks. What you're asking for is a bit more than a simple red button. It's all the code to unzip an archive file. The distribution mechanism (separate files versus a single zip file) is very different. It can be (and has been) argued that we should handle the beta zip file in the K3 Utility, and maybe even the main distribution should be a single zip file. But it's not as trivial as adding a button, and other tasks are ahead of this one. Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rich Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:06 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [K2] K3 Utility Sugestion The next time you play with the code for the K3 Utility please consider adding a button for Beta Update. Do you realize that I (and probably many others) have only used the normal update method once, when we first purchased the radio. It should not be that hard to add another button for Beta Firmware, and color it orange or red just as a reminder that it is for the Beta firmware and not the “Released” firmware. Rich, KE0X -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Utility-Sugestion-tp2550478p2550478.html Sent from the [K2] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ 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 hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 K3: PowerMate Knob Utility
Hello! If you are interested in testing and providing feedback on pre-release software, you have a Griffin Technology PowerMate knob, and a PC running Windows XP connected to your K2 / K3 serial port, then read on. I do not have a K2, and thus support is limited, but I would be interested in hearing from any K2 testers. Responding to requests to provide a K2/K3-specific driver and utility to permit use of the Powermate, I developed a Windows application, EZSet3, that allows the user to program K2/K3 commands into the PowerMate knob's TAP, HOLD, ROTATE CCW, ROTATE CW movements. EZSet3 is released under a 'no fee' GNU GPL license. The application features an practically unlimited storage for the user's favorite commands, 10 knob function program access buttons and operation in the background so other programs can run. In fact, simultaneous operation of the PowerMate with a panadaptor, logging program, Elecraft KRC2 and SteppIR has been tested. Here is the Griffin site if you are curious about the PowerMate: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate EZSet3 application installation files can be downloaded here: http://www.mclendon.info/files/SetupEZSet3.zip I have no affiliation with Elecraft or Griffin other than that of customer. Please email all questions and comments regarding installation and use to mike (at) mclendon (dot) info and do NOT use the Elecraft reflector. 73 - Mike, KE4U -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 25 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3: PowerMate Knob Utility
How are all the features accessed from a knob? I had assumed there would be some buttons. David Wilburn K4DGW Mike McLendon wrote: Hello! If you are interested in testing and providing feedback on pre-release software, you have a Griffin Technology PowerMate knob, and a PC running Windows XP connected to your K2 / K3 serial port, then read on. I do not have a K2, and thus support is limited, but I would be interested in hearing from any K2 testers. Responding to requests to provide a K2/K3-specific driver and utility to permit use of the Powermate, I developed a Windows application, EZSet3, that allows the user to program K2/K3 commands into the PowerMate knob's TAP, HOLD, ROTATE CCW, ROTATE CW movements. EZSet3 is released under a 'no fee' GNU GPL license. The application features an practically unlimited storage for the user's favorite commands, 10 knob function program access buttons and operation in the background so other programs can run. In fact, simultaneous operation of the PowerMate with a panadaptor, logging program, Elecraft KRC2 and SteppIR has been tested. Here is the Griffin site if you are curious about the PowerMate: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate EZSet3 application installation files can be downloaded here: http://www.mclendon.info/files/SetupEZSet3.zip I have no affiliation with Elecraft or Griffin other than that of customer. Please email all questions and comments regarding installation and use to mike (at) mclendon (dot) info and do NOT use the Elecraft reflector. 73 - Mike, KE4U ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2 / K3 lightness
Hi Lee, I think I'm pretty light-fingered, but mine sets on a pad of no-slip rubber from WallyWorld's kitchen accessory area. Actually, the K2 is even lighter and more prone to moving. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 lightness
Everybody wants something - You guys remind me of a comparison I saw of what was wanted in the modern day automobile and I can't remember but a small portion of it: higher ground clearance tighter turning radius more maneuverable lighter weight less expensive tires larger windshield greater visibility more air circulation convertible top sun roof and many, many more The model T had all of this, but NO, you all elected to give it up for the new way. You learned it, you like it better. 73, Jim ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 / K3 lightness
Maybe the Wallyworld no slip pad is the answer for the K3 as well. You can probably use the scrap left over after you cut the piece for under your key! Cookie, K5EWJ --- Ken Kopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lee, I think I'm pretty light-fingered, but mine sets on a pad of no-slip rubber from WallyWorld's kitchen accessory area. Actually, the K2 is even lighter and more prone to moving. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 Protective Thick Side Panels
Someone was selling some nice 1/4 inch thick aluminum side panels for the K2 several years ago, that when mounted provided handles for carrying the K2 and protecting the front and rear panels. I got a set for one of my K2's and am wondering if they are, or will be, available for the K3. I have not seen them mentioned in quite a while on the reflector. Does anyone know who made them? 73, Henry - K4TMC K2/100 #3137 K3/100 #98 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 Protective Thick Side Panels
http://www.saylorsmachine.com/k1armor.htm ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2, K3 cases now with side pockets
Great! Are there any photos available, showing the 1- and 2 pocket design? Or outer dimensions? My interest is a carrying case for the K2, with one or two pockets (for a small mike, key and bundle of antenna wire). 73 - Kristinn, TF3KX Ken Kopp-3 wrote: I've had several requests for pockets on the K2 and K3 cases and I'm pleased to tell you that they're now available. They're large enough to hold the Elecraft hand mic in one side and a key, power cord or other stuff in the other. The pockets can be added to each side of the case and have cover flaps secured by Velcro. The pocket dimensions are 9 high and 6 wide and have pleats for expansion. The cost is $15 each and yes, I can make cases with only one pocket. (:-)) Thank you for the bandwidth, and 73! Rose Kopp - N7HKW [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K2%2C-K3-cases-now-with-side-pockets-tp17549934p17556647.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2, K3 cases now with side pockets
I've had several requests for pockets on the K2 and K3 cases and I'm pleased to tell you that they're now available. They're large enough to hold the Elecraft hand mic in one side and a key, power cord or other stuff in the other. The pockets can be added to each side of the case and have cover flaps secured by Velcro. The pocket dimensions are 9 high and 6 wide and have pleats for expansion. The cost is $15 each and yes, I can make cases with only one pocket. (:-)) Thank you for the bandwidth, and 73! Rose Kopp - N7HKW [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 case inquiries
I've now responded to all the -many- inquiries about my K2 and K3 cases. If you've asked for information and -not- received a reply, please ask again. If you're a Comcast subscriber, I'll need an alternate address. 73! Rose Kopp - N7HKW [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2, K3 covers
I would like to add to Mike, W9QS, comments about Rose Kopp's covers. They are extremely nice and well worth the investment! Contact Rose at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 73's Jack W4EFZ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 mojo
Yess...VP6DX nailed on 20m in north part of Norway. Condx is poor at best and up under the aurora cap things is a bit tricky. K2 with butternut gp and THP 1.2kfx 600 watt did the trick. vp6dx was real 329 here , but he sure has good ears. No ears like elecraft ears. Tom Arntzen LA1PHA Mo , NORWAY ( if everyone is against you , change your mind!) ( Tom Arntzen , 2005ac ) -- Jeg bruker gratisversjonen av SPAMfighter for privatbrukere. Den har fjernet 328 søppelpostmeldinger til nå. Betalende brukere har ikke denne meldingen i e-postene sine. Få tak i SPAMfighter gratis her: http://www.spamfighter.com/lno ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 Cool
Hi All, New version available, added COM 8 (seems there is no end these days to that number!) also added 60m and 6m, made some minor fixes. http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/Procat_Cool _for_Windows ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Logger32 support for Elecraft K2/K3
For information: the next version 3.9 of Logger32 will include support for Elecraft K2/K3 radios. -- 73 Chris, MØPSK ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Logger32 support for Elecraft K2/K3
My K3 works very well with the current version (3.8.0) Chris. The K2 I had in 2006 worked well also with whatever the version was then. I wonder what will be changed? Chris G3SJJ Chris Gibson wrote: For information: the next version 3.9 of Logger32 will include support for Elecraft K2/K3 radios. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 (ssb)
Hi Trevor, thanks for that. This is an interesting programme, particularly for those without on-board processing, but I was hoping there was a way of evaluating a processed speech pattern without having to listen to it, ie completely objectively. Let's say I have a defect in my hearing (who doesn't have something lacking at our age?) how do I know that I have optimised my own transmitter for my own voice? Listening to my own voice is fraught with variabilities, I might just have a head cold that day or wax in my ears and apply too much boost to the hf end, for instance. The Vshaper is good for showing the spectrum, but speech intelligibility is not discernable from that spectrum. If you have the ARRL Handbook for 1988, the first page of Chapter 7 gives clues but not enough to go on for me. 73 David G3UNA David said: I just imagine that there is somewhere a reference that will help identify those bits of the display which contribute most to clarity and make it easy and more Is this of any use as an analytical tool http://www.dxatlas.com/VShaper/ Trevor G0KTN ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 (ssb)
David said: I just imagine that there is somewhere a reference that will help identify those bits of the display which contribute most to clarity and make it easy and more Is this of any use as an analytical tool http://www.dxatlas.com/VShaper/ Trevor G0KTN ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] K2 K3 (ssb)
The technique I used to set the SSB settings on my K2 was like this. 1. Transmit into a dummy load. 2. Receive on a known good receiver (Drake 2B in my case). 3. Record the receiver output in a high fidelity recorder (Cakewalk). 4. Listen to the recording on studio headphones. This allowed me to hear how my voice my mic sound through my rig. I was able to vary the TX level in the recording to simulate S-9+ signals or S-5 signals so I could see how things shifted as the signal went down. It's important to record yourself since you can't hear your own voice well at all if you're talking at the same time. - Keith N1AS - - SKCC 344c - -Original Message- David, You bring up a good point - how we actually sound to others is not necessarily how we perceive ourselves. Here is the alternative that I use: ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 (ssb)
David, You bring up a good point - how we actually sound to others is not necessarily how we perceive ourselves. Here is the alternative that I use: I have a good fidelity stereo system in the hamshack, and also have a recording of a male speaking voice (from a book on 'tape'). I play the recording on the stereo and hold the microphone close in front of the speaker while listening to the K2 on a separate receiver. A talk radio program can also provide a source speaking voice. The major drawback for this method is that just any sort of speaker will not do the job - if the speaker is not of above average quality, it will color its output and the microphone will receive a distorted sound. I have also used this same method to evaluate various microphones for communications clarity. 73, Don W3FPR David Cutter wrote: Listening to one's own speech via another receiver, to optimise one's own transmit settings still gives a subjective result, *on average*, no better than another radio listener. Inevitably, it will be a question of personal taste, unless you have special training. It is true that radio amateurs are self trained to pick out particular words and phrases in contest or noisey conditions, but, is there no better way to make adjustments independent of taste and personal judgement? eg speaking standard words to record speech spectrograms. Can these be used to determine clarity? David G3UNA ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 (ssb)
Don I'm really trying to get away from any listening done by ourselves and substitute an instrument = spectrogram. I just imagine that there is somewhere a reference that will help identify those bits of the display which contribute most to clarity and make it easy and more effective to adjust our filters accordingly. We would speak a set number of words for comparison and adjust for best fit. Fidelity is not an issue. In machine speech, this would be easy to optimise, but if we use voice keyers, those stock phrases could be perfectly adjusted for maximum punch. David G3UNA David, You bring up a good point - how we actually sound to others is not necessarily how we perceive ourselves. Here is the alternative that I use: I have a good fidelity stereo system in the hamshack, and also have a recording of a male speaking voice (from a book on 'tape'). I play the recording on the stereo and hold the microphone close in front of the speaker while listening to the K2 on a separate receiver. A talk radio program can also provide a source speaking voice. The major drawback for this method is that just any sort of speaker will not do the job - if the speaker is not of above average quality, it will color its output and the microphone will receive a distorted sound. I have also used this same method to evaluate various microphones for communications clarity. 73, Don W3FPR ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2 K3 (ssb)
Listening to one's own speech via another receiver, to optimise one's own transmit settings still gives a subjective result, *on average*, no better than another radio listener. Inevitably, it will be a question of personal taste, unless you have special training. It is true that radio amateurs are self trained to pick out particular words and phrases in contest or noisey conditions, but, is there no better way to make adjustments independent of taste and personal judgement? eg speaking standard words to record speech spectrograms. Can these be used to determine clarity? David G3UNA ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K2 K3 Covers
Definitely interesting. I would be interested in some pictures, especially with the Elecraft logo. My mojo infection causes me to want one for each (current k2 and future k3) but the practical side asks when I would put it on? I imagine this is VERY practical for folks whose shacks are in more of a living space. I find that I have my rig on often enough, that I would wonder where to store the cover. But for traveling and other purpose I can see uses for it. When do other members of this distinguished reflector put covers on their rigs? Is it essentially 3 sided? I assume it can be placed on with the cables and all still running out the back. - David Wilburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] K4DGW K2 S/N 5982 On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 17:15 +, Ken Kopp wrote: I believe there used to be a source of radio covers shown on the Elecraft site, but I don't see it now. Can anyone shed light on this? My Lady ... Rose, N7HKW ... has made several covers for my K2 and K3 and we wonder if there's a market for them? She already has several orderes from local friends. If you're curious we can e-mail a photo. She's a master seamstress /quilter and would like to recover some of the investment in her do-everything, compter controlled sewing and embroidery machine. ( She could have bought three more K3's for me.) (:-)) (We have Eric's OK for this posting.) 73/88! Ken Rose Kopp - K0PP/N7HKW [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft K2 K3 Covers
I believe there used to be a source of radio covers shown on the Elecraft site, but I don't see it now. Can anyone shed light on this? My Lady ... Rose, N7HKW ... has made several covers for my K2 and K3 and we wonder if there's a market for them? She already has orders from local friends. If you're curious we can e-mail a photo. She's a master seamstress /quilter and would like to recover some of the investment in her do-everything, compter controlled sewing and embroidery machine. (She could have bought three more K3's for me.) (:-)) (We have Eric's OK for this posting.) 73/88! Ken Rose Kopp - K0PP/N7HKW [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft K2 K3 Covers
I believe there used to be a source of radio covers shown on the Elecraft site, but I don't see it now. Can anyone shed light on this? My Lady ... Rose, N7HKW ... has made several covers for my K2 and K3 and we wonder if there's a market for them? She already has several orderes from local friends. If you're curious we can e-mail a photo. She's a master seamstress /quilter and would like to recover some of the investment in her do-everything, compter controlled sewing and embroidery machine. ( She could have bought three more K3's for me.) (:-)) (We have Eric's OK for this posting.) 73/88! Ken Rose Kopp - K0PP/N7HKW [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K2 K3 Covers
Ken - is it possible to have the Elecraft logo embroidered in? Of course, that would require copyright approval from Aptos, but I think it would go a long way towards making the covers unique. 73, Mike KW1ND ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 with Icom PC-PW1 amp
Has anyone interfaced their rig to the Icom solid state amp? It looks like the KRC2 should do the trick but I would like to hear from someone who has been there before prior to ordering one. Jim N1NK K2 s/n 2580 K3 s/n TBD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 and contesting
That which sets these radios apart is their relative immunity to blocking and IMD. That's a pleasure! Their clean transmitting signal is a matter of pride for the operator. A few suggestions to the relatively less experienced contesters; * compare yourself only to yourself and have fun. Even the last place finisher in a marathon has a smile on their face! * I can not speak for everyone else, but I can copy 60 wpm, and most QSO's are going to occur above 28 wpm. Practice! * I never, ever, reduce the passband below about 900 cycles. I want to hear what's going on all around me, and i more or less copy all of them at once * If the radio isn't being jammed by IMD/blocking I won't have any trouble copying both signals that are 50 cycles apart. I am going to answer the caller who finishes first. * dipoles are plenty in the sweepstakes, but high is nice I just play any more, after 50 years of contesting, but sure had a good time! 72, Fred - kt5x ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K2/K3 Scientific Attention to Detail
Bill Tippett wrote: The EU's decision was irresponsible and not based on sound science, The UK government cost benefit analysis (Regulatory Impact Assessment) can be found at http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file29932.pdf. It does mention tin whiskers. (All recent legislation has them, although the press tends not to mention them.) -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] K2/K3 Scientific Attention to Detail
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2007/10/06/news/doc4707c03901b23958789121.txt The EU's decision was irresponsible and not based on sound science, said Joe Smetana, a principal engineer and tin whisker expert with French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA. We're solving a problem that isn't and creating a bunch of new ones. A good example of well-intentioned environmentalists and politicians ignoring science...the law of unintended consequences strikes again. Thank you Elecraft for staying ahead of the game (by not allowing lead-free solder use in the K2). http://www.elecraft.com/solder_sources.htm From W0YK's comments on the Sprint using two K3s in SO2R: Prior to this, with the K3 in one ear and another radio it the other ear, the K3 was strikingly better to listen with. It only sounded like the signal was in one spot because I had the AFX Binaural feature turned on. This effect was accentuated by the much lower noise component in the audio of the K3, even on 40, 80 and 160. With the K3, my brain needs to be re-trained to copy CW without the background rumble of noise and distortion and extraneous artifacts that I hear with other radios. Thank you again Elecraft for your attention to detail re IMD, BDR, Phase Noise, AGC, etc. Attention to details, using scientific metrics rather than marketing perceptions, DOES make a difference, despite what other manufacturers might have us believe. When the K3 hits full production capacity, I predict other manufacturers will wonder where their orders went. 73, Bill W4ZV ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
