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I just purchased a used package of KX3/PX3 and KXPAT100 which I am quite pleased to get my hands on. Now I begin the journey of learning the user interface and getting up to speed with using the rig for CW which is my main mode of interest. No doubt I will have a few periodic questions as I dive through the many publications by Elecraft about alerts, enhancements and firmware revisions and try to determine the history of this gear, what has been done and what I may need to do. Best regards all Joe ve3vxo ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi Joe:
Welcome from a fellow Canadian. I’m VE7ZD. You’ll find excellent support and a helpful community on this mailing list. I too have a KX3/PX3 and KXPA100 so I’m working on a similar platform. I was inactive for almost 20 years but became active again just a year ago. What are you using for an antenna? You can make great contacts with a simply antenna like a dipole. All my HF work is dipole-based and I find the antenna successful for making the QSO a high percentage of the time. 73 and welcome to the list, Kevin > On Nov 27, 2019, at 9:01 AM, Joseph Street <[hidden email]> wrote: > > I wanted to say hello to the list membership and introduce myself. > > > I just purchased a used package of KX3/PX3 and KXPAT100 which I am quite pleased to get my hands on. > > Now I begin the journey of learning the user interface and getting up to speed with using the rig for CW which is my main mode of interest. > > > No doubt I will have a few periodic questions as I dive through the many publications by Elecraft about alerts, enhancements and firmware revisions and try to determine the history of this gear, what has been done and what I may need to do. > > > Best regards all > > > Joe ve3vxo > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi and Welcome:
Your next purchase should now be the Cady books for your hardware... I believe Elecraft sells them now. 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources On 11/27/19 9:01 AM, Joseph Street wrote: > I wanted to say hello to the list membership and introduce myself. > > > I just purchased a used package of KX3/PX3 and KXPAT100 which I am quite pleased to get my hands on. > > Now I begin the journey of learning the user interface and getting up to speed with using the rig for CW which is my main mode of interest. > > > No doubt I will have a few periodic questions as I dive through the many publications by Elecraft about alerts, enhancements and firmware revisions and try to determine the history of this gear, what has been done and what I may need to do. > > > Best regards all > > > Joe ve3vxo > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [hidden email] > 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Joe,
Your best learning tool will be the KX-Line book by Fred Cady. You can order it from Elecraft - look under PRODUCTS -- BOOKS. If you go through all the instructions and exercises in that book, you can be answering questions instead of asking them. The Firmware and Utilities to download the firmware and do other useful things are no cost downloads from the Elecraft website. You will need the KXUSB USB to serial adapter to connect to a computer USB port. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/27/2019 12:01 PM, Joseph Street wrote: > I wanted to say hello to the list membership and introduce myself. > > > I just purchased a used package of KX3/PX3 and KXPAT100 which I am quite pleased to get my hands on. > > Now I begin the journey of learning the user interface and getting up to speed with using the rig for CW which is my main mode of interest. > > > No doubt I will have a few periodic questions as I dive through the many publications by Elecraft about alerts, enhancements and firmware revisions and try to determine the history of this gear, what has been done and what I may need to do. > 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I had sent this replay yesterday but just realized it only went to K4TO and not back to the list. Thanks to all who responded with your kind welcome messages.
Like Kevin I have been inactive for decades but recently decided to jump back in. I am rather limited antenna wise at home but I did construct a well made 6 ft dia copper pipe magloop with vacuum variable over the summer which should be reasonably efficient on 30 and 40m although it will tune down as low as 80m but efficiency will be poor and the Q is about 1450 so it's very narrow down that end. The home QTH is horrible with electrical noise I've discovered after installing a KiwiSDR but using a loop on ground seems to make a huge S/N improvement with the broad band RX situation. The good news is all the Elecraft stuff was nicely packaged into a gator case so I can easily take it out where I can put up a better antenna in the field. I have a couple of 31 ft poles and have constructed a 20m half square which should be a good performer especially as cycle 25 picks up over the next few years. A bunch of extras came along with the gear from W6QR including a nifty book but I 've already started diving into the manuals. I got a helluva good deal on this stuff. Pretty exciting times! Joe ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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