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The ARRL has graciously released an unprotected version of their K3
review for our web site. It can be found at: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/K3%20QST%20prod%20rev%201.pdf 73, Eric WA6HHQ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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: K3 ARRL Review available (unprotected)
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Man I wish they'd taken a better picture of the thing... What did they use a
cell phone camera? -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:55 AM To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] K3 ARRL Review available (unprotected) The ARRL has graciously released an unprotected version of their K3 review for our web site. It can be found at: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/K3%20QST%20prod%20rev%201.pdf 73, Eric WA6HHQ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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: [hidden email] 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 |
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Bear with me, this is strange.... K2 / 06254 built last Fall
A few days ago I fixed a problem on my K2 (low output on 15/12/10). Yesterday I finished a complete alignment and today reinstalled the KPA100. So... its lashed to a dummy load and I'm stepping through the bands to make sure the KPA100 is happy. I get to 12M and the VFO happens to be set to 25000.00, I tap the key. No output and I get an "END" message on the display. Move the VFO to inside the band, no more "END" message but still no output. Change the power level - now there is normal output! In fact, if I recreate the setup (freq to 25000.00 or higher, tap the key, get "END"), then change to any other band - there is no output until I change the power setting. I couldn't find this mentioned in any of the archives. Is the firmware getting confused or do I have a unique gremlin? The only reference to the "END" msg I can find in the book is CAL PLL. It's working 100% otherwise. Would appreciate it if somebody else would give this a try! THX & 73, Bill N2BC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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: K2 12M odd behavoir, "END" message
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Bill,
The "END" message indicates that you have reached the END of the band. The K2 is limited so it cannot be used to transmit in the CB band (clearly not legal), so you will encounter just what you saw if you try it. As a sidenote, questions are often asked about the END message with the KX1 - because of the general coverage aspects of the KX1, it is easy to tune out of the ham band, so users encounter that message frequently - often when they have listened to WWV at 10 MHz and then try to transmit. 73, Don W3FPR Bill Coleman N2BC wrote: > Bear with me, this is strange.... K2 / 06254 built last Fall > > A few days ago I fixed a problem on my K2 (low output on 15/12/10). > Yesterday I finished a complete alignment and today reinstalled the > KPA100. > > So... its lashed to a dummy load and I'm stepping through the bands > to make sure the KPA100 is happy. I get to 12M and the VFO happens to > be set to 25000.00, I tap the key. No output and I get an "END" > message on the display. > > Move the VFO to inside the band, no more "END" message but still no > output. Change the power level - now there is normal output! > > In fact, if I recreate the setup (freq to 25000.00 or higher, tap the > key, get "END"), then change to any other band - there is no output > until I change the power setting. > > I couldn't find this mentioned in any of the archives. Is the > firmware getting confused or do I have a unique gremlin? The only > reference to the "END" msg I can find in the book is CAL PLL. > > It's working 100% otherwise. Would appreciate it if somebody else > would give this a try! > > THX & 73, Bill N2BC > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > 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: [hidden email] 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: K2 12M odd behavoir, "END" message
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In reply to this post by Bill N2BC
Bill,
I have exactly what you saw. Having reduced freq from above 25MHz there was still no output even though I was now in the 12m band. QSY to within any other band and still no output. How strange! I'm using latest firmware etc. As with you, TX was restored by changing the power level. And the radio works fb otherwise. So you are not alone...! 73 Stephen G4SJP On 4/3/08 22:12, "Bill Coleman N2BC" <[hidden email]> wrote: > Bear with me, this is strange.... K2 / 06254 built last Fall > > A few days ago I fixed a problem on my K2 (low output on 15/12/10). > Yesterday I finished a complete alignment and today reinstalled the KPA100. > > So... its lashed to a dummy load and I'm stepping through the bands to make > sure the KPA100 is happy. I get to 12M and the VFO happens to be set to > 25000.00, I tap the key. No output and I get an "END" message on the > display. > > Move the VFO to inside the band, no more "END" message but still no output. > Change the power level - now there is normal output! > > In fact, if I recreate the setup (freq to 25000.00 or higher, tap the key, > get "END"), then change to any other band - there is no output until I > change the power setting. > > I couldn't find this mentioned in any of the archives. Is the firmware > getting confused or do I have a unique gremlin? The only reference to the > "END" msg I can find in the book is CAL PLL. > > It's working 100% otherwise. Would appreciate it if somebody else would > give this a try! > > THX & 73, Bill N2BC > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > 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: [hidden email] 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 |
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This is normal according to our resident guru, W3FPR. The "END" signifies
out of band - a lockout for the US CB frequencies. The K2 sets power to 0. The power stays at 0 until you tweak the power control no matter where you dial the VFO or what band you set. Thanks Stephen! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Prior" <[hidden email]> To: "Bill Coleman N2BC" <[hidden email]>; "elecraft" <[hidden email]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 12M odd behavoir, "END" message > Bill, > > I have exactly what you saw. Having reduced freq from above 25MHz there > was > still no output even though I was now in the 12m band. QSY to within any > other band and still no output. How strange! I'm using latest firmware > etc. > > As with you, TX was restored by changing the power level. And the radio > works fb otherwise. So you are not alone...! > > > 73 Stephen G4SJP > > > > On 4/3/08 22:12, "Bill Coleman N2BC" <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> Bear with me, this is strange.... K2 / 06254 built last Fall >> >> A few days ago I fixed a problem on my K2 (low output on 15/12/10). >> Yesterday I finished a complete alignment and today reinstalled the >> KPA100. >> >> So... its lashed to a dummy load and I'm stepping through the bands to >> make >> sure the KPA100 is happy. I get to 12M and the VFO happens to be set to >> 25000.00, I tap the key. No output and I get an "END" message on the >> display. >> >> Move the VFO to inside the band, no more "END" message but still no >> output. >> Change the power level - now there is normal output! >> >> In fact, if I recreate the setup (freq to 25000.00 or higher, tap the >> key, >> get "END"), then change to any other band - there is no output until I >> change the power setting. >> >> I couldn't find this mentioned in any of the archives. Is the firmware >> getting confused or do I have a unique gremlin? The only reference to >> the >> "END" msg I can find in the book is CAL PLL. >> >> It's working 100% otherwise. Would appreciate it if somebody else would >> give this a try! >> >> THX & 73, Bill N2BC >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Post to: [hidden email] >> 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: [hidden email] 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 |
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In reply to this post by Don Wilhelm-4
Don,
This brings up something I've wondered about. If the K3 will not transmit out of the ham bands, how do you get the autotuner to align the impedance match for optimal out-of-band swl? It has to be that it will output slightly when "tune" is pressed, just enough for the autotuner to read the forward and reversed power and make its decisions. Not so? Is that what it does? 73, Oliver Johns W6ODJ On 4 Mar 2008, at 2:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Bill, > > The "END" message indicates that you have reached the END of the band. > The K2 is limited so it cannot be used to transmit in the CB band > (clearly not legal), so you will encounter just what you saw if you > try it. > > As a sidenote, questions are often asked about the END message with > the KX1 - because of the general coverage aspects of the KX1, it is > easy to tune out of the ham band, so users encounter that message > frequently - often when they have listened to WWV at 10 MHz and > then try to transmit. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Bill Coleman N2BC wrote: >> Bear with me, this is strange.... K2 / 06254 built last Fall >> >> A few days ago I fixed a problem on my K2 (low output on >> 15/12/10). Yesterday I finished a complete alignment and today >> reinstalled the KPA100. >> >> So... its lashed to a dummy load and I'm stepping through the >> bands to make sure the KPA100 is happy. I get to 12M and the VFO >> happens to be set to 25000.00, I tap the key. No output and I get >> an "END" message on the display. >> >> Move the VFO to inside the band, no more "END" message but still >> no output. Change the power level - now there is normal output! >> >> In fact, if I recreate the setup (freq to 25000.00 or higher, tap >> the key, get "END"), then change to any other band - there is no >> output until I change the power setting. >> >> I couldn't find this mentioned in any of the archives. Is the >> firmware getting confused or do I have a unique gremlin? The only >> reference to the "END" msg I can find in the book is CAL PLL. >> >> It's working 100% otherwise. Would appreciate it if somebody else >> would give this a try! >> >> THX & 73, Bill N2BC >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Post to: [hidden email] >> 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: [hidden email] > 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: [hidden email] 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 |
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