K3 - Some Questions
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Modes As I used my K3 on LSB, AM and CW only, wonder if there is a menu setting or trick to shutting off the unused modes? I'd like to not have to scroll through them. Would a macro be the way to go here? AM Broadcast Bands I like to listen to late night AM on the broadcast bands, but my reception seems pretty weak, except at the top of the band. I do have the general receive module installed, any other tricks or is this normal K3 design. Mac Memories Looking for Apple Mac based software which can load and organize the frequency memory setting. Have looked high and low, suggestions? Cordially, Bruce J. Howes W1UJR www.W1UJR.net K1 KX1 K2 K3, P3 and KPA500 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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Hi Bruce,
> Modes > As I used my K3 on LSB, AM and CW only, wonder if there is a menu > setting or trick to shutting off the unused modes? I'd like to not > have to scroll through them. Would a macro be the way to go here? You can turn off FM mode (CONFIG:FM MODE). > > AM Broadcast Bands > I like to listen to late night AM on the broadcast bands, but my > reception seems pretty weak, except at the top of the band. I do > have the general receive module installed, any other tricks or is > this normal K3 design. There's a high-pass filter in line with the T/R switch, but that should only reduce the low end of the AM broadcast band. If you have a signal generator (XG3, etc.), try injecting a signal at the antenna jack and compare to other bands. > > Mac Memories > Looking for Apple Mac based software which can load and organize the > frequency memory setting. > Have looked high and low, suggestions? The Windows version should run on emulation on a mac. I'm not sure if anyone is working on a mac native version. 73, Wayne N6KR > > > > Cordially, > Bruce J. Howes W1UJR > www.W1UJR.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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Thanks Wayne, replies/questions below.
Modes - found the FM, currently shut off, so perhaps I should just create a macro to mode switch? AM Broadcast - yes, that explains what I noticed, seems to really attenuate anything below 1200 Kc Memories - Using on a Macbook Air, I like Parallels, but too much to install for just doing the memory setting. I do greatly appreciate that Elecraft offers the Mac utilities for the K3 and P3, very nice to have that ability. More Feedback to Wayne Love, love, love the KPA500, you and your staff did an amazing job on that one, and running off 120 is very nice as well. Enjoying the building process, and look forward to the antenna tuner. Paired with the K3 and P3, I find little need to use my Icom 7700 and PW1 amp any longer. The K3 hands down as become my "go to" rig. Looking forward to the next set of Elecraft projects. Cordially, Bruce J. Howes On Aug 11, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Bruce, > >> Modes >> As I used my K3 on LSB, AM and CW only, wonder if there is a menu setting or trick to shutting off the unused modes? I'd like to not have to scroll through them. Would a macro be the way to go here? > > You can turn off FM mode (CONFIG:FM MODE). > > >> >> AM Broadcast Bands >> I like to listen to late night AM on the broadcast bands, but my reception seems pretty weak, except at the top of the band. I do have the general receive module installed, any other tricks or is this normal K3 design. > > There's a high-pass filter in line with the T/R switch, but that should only reduce the low end of the AM broadcast band. If you have a signal generator (XG3, etc.), try injecting a signal at the antenna jack and compare to other bands. > > >> >> Mac Memories >> Looking for Apple Mac based software which can load and organize the frequency memory setting. >> Have looked high and low, suggestions? > > The Windows version should run on emulation on a mac. I'm not sure if anyone is working on a mac native version. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > >> >> >> >> Cordially, >> Bruce J. Howes W1UJR >> www.W1UJR.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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On Aug 11, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Bruce J. Howes wrote: > Thanks Wayne, replies/questions below. > > Modes - found the FM, currently shut off, so perhaps I should just > create a macro to mode switch? You could. But since there are MODE UP/DN switches, I think you'll find that you never need more than two key taps to change modes. The mode is also remember per-band. Also check out the per-band quick memories (M1-M4). You could set them up for as many as four different modes on each band, so you can quickly get to favorite starting place for each mode. > > AM Broadcast - yes, that explains what I noticed, seems to really > attenuate anything below 1200 Kc It's about 20-25 dB by the time you get to 500 kHz. This helps protect the K3's PIN-diode T/R switch from extremely strong low-frequency signals. If you want to bypass the high-pass filter, you can install a KXV3 module and connect your AM broadcast RX antenna to RX IN. > More Feedback to Wayne > Love, love, love the KPA500, you and your staff did an amazing job > on that one, and running off 120 is very nice as well. Enjoying the > building process, and look forward to the antenna tuner. Paired with > the K3 and P3, I find little need to use my Icom 7700 and PW1 amp > any longer. Darn :) > The K3 hands down as become my "go to" rig. Looking forward to the > next set of Elecraft projects. Me, too. So, back to the salt mine I go.... Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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with respect to your comments about "Mac memories", and lack of software for the Mac.
What are the K3 software commands that allow you to set and retrieve the memory settings? Thanks, Barry K8LEF ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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On 8/11/2011 7:46 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> It's about 20-25 dB by the time you get to 500 kHz. This helps protect > the K3's PIN-diode T/R switch from extremely strong low-frequency > signals. The USCG shut down LORAN-C last year, and the Middletown CA station no longer overloads everything, regardless of the filters. It was huge here in Auburn, maybe 130 km or a bit more, at night running close to -20 dBm, sometimes stronger. I was hearing its products weakly on 160 ... not kidding, bigger signal than some local 50KW AM stations. I have the KBPF3, or whatever it is called, and I hear down to 500 KHz just fine. Even copied a couple of the XSH stations near the Holy Frequency. Nice radio, Wayne. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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I'm well into the development of the K3 Memory Manager for Mac (and possibly Linux if I can get all of the custom UI elements to work properly under all flavors of Linux). Really. No kidding.
http://w4smt.com/k3me.jpg I'm eyeball deep in the KPA Utility and XG3 Utility for Mac/Linux at the moment. But the Memory Manager is next in line. Really. :) David, W4SMT ________________________________ Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote: I'm not sure if anyone is working on a mac native version. 73, Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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A balun in line with the antenna can also attenuate signals on the AM BCB. I have found that feeding the antenna (in my case a CF 135-ft zepp) directly into the KXV3 (bypassing the Balun Designs "Tuner" balun) adds an additional 25 dB increase in signal strength at the low end of the AM BCB. This complicates the switching arrangement a bit, but a ceramic DPDT knife switch came to the rescue.
John W2XS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AM Broadcast - yes, that explains what I noticed, seems to really > attenuate anything below 1200 Kc It's about 20-25 dB by the time you get to 500 kHz. This helps protect the K3's PIN-diode T/R switch from extremely strong low-frequency signals. If you want to bypass the high-pass filter, you can install a KXV3 module and connect your AM broadcast RX antenna to RX IN. |
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We will be working on the Mac version of the K3 memory editor after we
complete the Mac versions of KPA500 Utility and XG3 Utility. 73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 8/11/2011 7:25 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Bruce, > >> Modes >> As I used my K3 on LSB, AM and CW only, wonder if there is a menu >> setting or trick to shutting off the unused modes? I'd like to not >> have to scroll through them. Would a macro be the way to go here? > You can turn off FM mode (CONFIG:FM MODE). > > >> AM Broadcast Bands >> I like to listen to late night AM on the broadcast bands, but my >> reception seems pretty weak, except at the top of the band. I do >> have the general receive module installed, any other tricks or is >> this normal K3 design. > There's a high-pass filter in line with the T/R switch, but that > should only reduce the low end of the AM broadcast band. If you have a > signal generator (XG3, etc.), try injecting a signal at the antenna > jack and compare to other bands. > > >> Mac Memories >> Looking for Apple Mac based software which can load and organize the >> frequency memory setting. >> Have looked high and low, suggestions? > The Windows version should run on emulation on a mac. I'm not sure if > anyone is working on a mac native version. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > >> >> >> Cordially, >> Bruce J. Howes W1UJR >> www.W1UJR.net > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 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 |
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Or before, as I see David posted. :-)
73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 8/12/2011 9:32 AM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > We will be working on the Mac version of the K3 memory editor after we > complete the Mac versions of KPA500 Utility and XG3 Utility. ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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