Bit the bullet

[Dennis Ashworth]

I placed an order for a K3/100 yesterday. It looks like an April/May
delivery, but given all I have heard from this group it will be well
worth the wait. Now to sell my OMNI VI+.

Dennis, K7FL
Battle Ground, WA

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[DW Holtman]

Hello,

I also placed an order yesterday for a K-3/100 Kit and a KPFB3 General
Coverage Filter. They told me April.

Now, I'm going to locate a Power supply and Mic. I have lots of time to find
what I want. I have been following the Mic thread here closely.

Has anyone here used the MFJ switching power supplies on K2/K3 gear. I used
one in the past on a Drake TR-7 and it worked great. I know the older
switching power supplies were noisy.

Best,
DW Holtman
WB7SSN

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From: "Dennis Ashworth" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Bit the bullet

>I placed an order for a K3/100 yesterday. It looks like an April/May
>delivery, but given all I have heard from this group it will be well worth
>the wait. Now to sell my OMNI VI+.
>
> Dennis, K7FL
> Battle Ground, WA
>
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[KK7P]

While working on DSP code for you know what, I currently have my K3
connected to the shack desktop computer using just a pair of 3.5mm
(1/8") stereo patch cables.  The various radio <-> computer interfaces I
purchased for my other rigs are gathering dust, along with the rigs.
The K3's internal, isolated soundcard interface is working perfectly.  I
activate VOX for the digital modes on the K3.  No other cables required.

I am running Ham Radio Deluxe with its companion Digital Master 780
(thank you, Simon!).  K3 set to DATA A, width to 2.8 kHz, radio tuned to
14.070.  Lots of PSK activity on 20m... but wait, what're those weird
signal patterns I see on upper edge of the waterfall?

Tune to 14.072.  The HRD/DM780 software is K3-enabled, so the re-tune is
done right from the computer.

Now a quick scroll through the various modes and I see it is an Olivia
QSO.  Signals are pretty weak, but the text is clear.

That QSO has ended and a slightly different pattern has emerged.  Ah!
That is MFSK16.  A click of the mouse and it is decoding nicely.  I see
one of the parties in this QSO is 83 yrs old!

I sometimes hear people say that setting up for or operating digital
modes can be difficult, but this is dead easy.

K3... two standard audio cables... HRD+DM780.  It doesn't get much
simpler than this!

73,

Lyle KK7P

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[David Fleming-2]

Yep.. Same here. Except I'm using W7AY's very wonderful CocoaModem software on my iMac. It couldn't be any simpler. Two audio cables and a little bit of setup on the K3. It took about 5 minutes to get it all going.

I think I'll put K3-Enabling of CocoaModem on my to-do list.

David, W4SMT

Lyle Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote: While working on DSP code for you know what, I currently have my K3
connected to the shack desktop computer using just a pair of 3.5mm
(1/8") stereo patch cables.  The various radio <-> computer interfaces I
purchased for my other rigs are gathering dust, along with the rigs.
The K3's internal, isolated soundcard interface is working perfectly.  I
activate VOX for the digital modes on the K3.  No other cables required.

I am running Ham Radio Deluxe with its companion Digital Master 780
(thank you, Simon!).  K3 set to DATA A, width to 2.8 kHz, radio tuned to
14.070.  Lots of PSK activity on 20m... but wait, what're those weird
signal patterns I see on upper edge of the waterfall?

Tune to 14.072.  The HRD/DM780 software is K3-enabled, so the re-tune is
done right from the computer.

Now a quick scroll through the various modes and I see it is an Olivia
QSO.  Signals are pretty weak, but the text is clear.

That QSO has ended and a slightly different pattern has emerged.  Ah!
That is MFSK16.  A click of the mouse and it is decoding nicely.  I see
one of the parties in this QSO is 83 yrs old!

I sometimes hear people say that setting up for or operating digital
modes can be difficult, but this is dead easy.

K3... two standard audio cables... HRD+DM780.  It doesn't get much
simpler than this!

73,

Lyle KK7P

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