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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Would like to find a K3S owner who has easy access to the headphone jack on the back to run a quick test
William Conkling <bconk75@...>
Care to explain? Mine seems to work just fine. What issues are you having? I have K3S with sub and DVR and some filters. Using CM500 mic plugged in rear mic jack. Mic sel is RPL BIAS and I have mic gain at 9 and CMP set to 17. I have some TX EQ set as well (-16,-16,-06, 0,0,3,2,0). ...nr4c. bill
On Oct 2, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Richard Williams k8ztt@... [Elecraft_K3] <Elecraft_K3@...> wrote:
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Re: K3 - background hiss (noisy K3) - update
mikerodgerske5gbc
Also some USB devices and cords can cause noise at times so lookout for that. Try unplugging or powering off nearby devices. Good luck. 73 Mike R Find me on "Zello", a walkie talkie or handi talkie type app. I'm listed as KE5GBC. I'm mostly on late at night.
On Oct 2, 2015, at 4:17 PM, "bozidarms@... [Elecraft_K3]" <Elecraft_K3@...> wrote:
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Re: Elecraft K3s vs.Flex 6500
miscwrc@...
< I was very happy with but wanted to go 2015 technology.>
WHY? Tony, if you are still on the fence. Send me an email at my call at arrl dot net. I think the whole 'labelling' thing SDR gen 1 vs SDR gen 3 is kind of silly. It's a manufactured name. Neither Elecraft, Kenwood, Yaesu or ICOM have ceded the entire Amateur Radio market space to FlexRadioSystems. Walt - kz1f
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K3S owners in the CT, MA, RI area
miscwrc@...
Hi,
I am strongly considering getting a K3S. I would really like to see one and hear one first though. I am in Killingly, CT (NE CT). If there are any owners driving distance from there and wouldn't mind doing a show and tell, I would greatly appreciate it. I already have the KPA-500 and KAT-500. Additionally, I've spent the better part of 2 years listening to the fan boys on the IHeartFlex board, I'd like to hear the rejoinder. Thanks, Walt - kz1f
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Would like to find a K3S owner who has easy access to the headphone jack on the back to run a quick test
Richard Williams
I would like to talk to a K3S owner who has easy access to the rear panel and can plug a headset into the back, and still transmit SSB. Dick, K8ZTT
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Re: Elecraft K3s vs.Flex 6500
miscwrc@...
Tony,
Are you still undecided?
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Re: K3 - background hiss (noisy K3) - update
bozidar nikolic
Hi Mel,
interesting idea, i will try that, tnx, 73 Bozidar,S50BN
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] P3 and 2 meters
barry NF1O
it does with an external transverter so i would bet it does. i have a 222 mhz transverter and it works fb. barry nf1o From: Elecraft_K3@... To: Elecraft_K3@... Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 09:25:52 -0700 Subject: [Elecraft_K3] P3 and 2 meters Does the P3 work (show the 2 meter band) with the K3S with the 2 meter module? 73 Frank WA3RSL
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Firmware updating
Rudolf Schaffer
Ok David !
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Have a nice week-end, Rudi
Le 02.10.2015 18:39, 'David G3YYD'
g3yyd@... [Elecraft_K3] a écrit :
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Firmware updating
David G3YYD <g3yyd@...>
Everything that the utility says to do
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Sent: 02 October 2015 14:57 To: Elecraft_K3@... Subject: Re: [Elecraft_K3] Firmware updating
Le 02.10.2015 16:15, 'David G3YYD' g3yyd@... [Elecraft_K3] a écrit :
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P3 and 2 meters
fdew@...
Does the P3 work (show the 2 meter band) with the K3S with the 2 meter module? 73 Frank WA3RSL
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Firmware updating
Rudolf Schaffer
David, after installing the K3 utility and copying the latest
versions from Elecraft site, i've just a last question:
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Can i update all FW or are some updates only compatible with K3 hardware modifications ? Thank you very much for your help. 73 QRO, Rudi, HB9ARI
Le 02.10.2015 16:15, 'David G3YYD'
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Firmware updating
Rudolf Schaffer
Thank you David for your quick reply and info.
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My best 73, Rudi
Le 02.10.2015 16:15, 'David G3YYD'
g3yyd@... [Elecraft_K3] a écrit :
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Firmware updating
David G3YYD <g3yyd@...>
Got to here: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm
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Download K3 utility first & install, configure for K3 serial port then use it to download firmware and then load it into K3. 73 David G3YYD
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From: Elecraft_K3@... [mailto:Elecraft_K3@...] Sent: 02 October 2015 13:31 To: Elecraft_K3@... Subject: [Elecraft_K3] Firmware updating Hello, I've an "old" K3 (#1212) and also an old FW: dr 00.00 d1 02.49 d2 00.00 FL 01.06 uC 03.68 No hardware modifications were done. To use a particular SW, i need the SMH command and i've only the SM recognized with the current FW status. What procedure should i follow to update until SMH command active ? Thank you for your help. 73 QRO, Rudi, HB9ARI ------------------------------------ Posted by: Rudolf Schaffer <rudolf.schaffer@...> ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links
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Firmware updating
Rudolf Schaffer
Hello,
I've an "old" K3 (#1212) and also an old FW: dr 00.00 d1 02.49 d2 00.00 FL 01.06 uC 03.68 No hardware modifications were done. To use a particular SW, i need the SMH command and i've only the SM recognized with the current FW status. What procedure should i follow to update until SMH command active ? Thank you for your help. 73 QRO, Rudi, HB9ARI
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] K3 - background hiss (noisy K3) - update
bozidar nikolic
Hallo Mike,
i simply don`t know what make this hiss. One interesting thing, i forgot to tell, is that hiss is constant present but slightly vary in strength. I have try to put some resistance in series with this headphones and this helps, but, that is es you cure something and you don`t know the relay cause. 73, Bozidar, S50BN
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] K3 - background hiss (noisy K3) - update
Mel Farrer <farrerfolks@...>
Might I ask if you have tried to isolate the source? In the tube days a gentle hiss was attributed to the electron bombardment of the plate from the cathode and was never "completely" eliminated. While we are now in the days of SS, that issue is mute. However, I suggest as mentioned earlier, that you might have a external source of the "hiss". I would connect a scope to the audio output through a 1:1 audio isolation transformer and determine the frequency bandwidth and characteristics of the "hiss". Then start isolating the K3 from all connections down to running it on a floating battery. I do not have your "hiss" and I am totally battery powered from solar. That includes shorting the antenna terminals after reading your thread. Hope you find the source, Mel, K6KBE
From: "mikerodgerske5gbc@... [Elecraft_K3]" <Elecraft_K3@...> To: "Elecraft_K3@..." Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft_K3] K3 - background hiss (noisy K3) - update I tried this on k3 5047 using some cheap earbuds and I plugged in my dusty cm500's. I can barely detect anything, even less so with the cm500. Plugged into the external speaker jack. Is it possible you are picking up something through a ground loop condition? 73 Mike R Find me on "Zello", a walkie talkie or handi talkie type app. I'm listed as KE5GBC. I'm mostly on late at night.
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] K3 - background hiss (noisy K3) - update
mikerodgerske5gbc
I tried this on k3 5047 using some cheap earbuds and I plugged in my dusty cm500's. I can barely detect anything, even less so with the cm500. Plugged into the external speaker jack. Is it possible you are picking up something through a ground loop condition? 73 Mike R Find me on "Zello", a walkie talkie or handi talkie type app. I'm listed as KE5GBC. I'm mostly on late at night.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 6:45 AM, "bozidarms@... [Elecraft_K3]" <Elecraft_K3@...> wrote:
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Upgrade advice
mikerodgerske5gbc
He already has a k3, so I guess he's asking for advice on the k3s with the kind of operating he does.
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I don't know if a k3s would be that beneficial someone not doing cw. What do others think. He already has not found the need for additional filters in his k3 it seems. Apparently he's already doing MARS on his k3. So, for voice and digital will the k3s be "noticeably" ahead of his K3 and why?Again he apparently has not found a need for narrow filters. 73 Mike R Find me on "Zello", a walkie talkie or handi talkie type app. I'm listed as KE5GBC. I'm mostly on late at night.
On Oct 1, 2015, at 8:00 PM, "dalej dj2001x@... [Elecraft_K3]" <Elecraft_K3@...> wrote:
If one doesn't need the upgraded sync board for MARS then the 7200 would fill the bill. I have both and I am in MARS and use both for MARS, both work well in that application. I also DX and for that I use my K3 (with upgrade sync board).
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Re: [Elecraft_K3] Upgrade advice
dalej <dj2001x@...>
If one doesn't need the upgraded sync board for MARS then the 7200 would fill the bill. I have both and I am in MARS and use both for MARS, both work well in that application. I also DX and for that I use my K3 (with upgrade sync board).
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On 01, Oct 2015, at 18:55, harry latterman harrylatterman@... [Elecraft_K3] <Elecraft_K3@...> wrote:
I can say from first hand experience from having them in the past, that the IC-7200, IC-7000, IC-7100, IC-756PROII are not even close to being in the same class as the K3. If you are in MARS (I was in the 60's) then contact Elecraft and they will get you firmware that will work. As far as the synth board goes, I got one for the K3. I can notice some improvement during contests, but this is really subjective. I think it is a good investment for the future, but that is me.... Besides have K3 K-Line, I have the KX3, PX3, KXPA-KXAT100 so I am into Elecraft... That said I had a IC-7200 a few years ago and it is a nice radio. I had a IC-7000 and traded it. I currently have a IC-7100 and love the USB feature and detached touch display... But it is not even close in performance to my K3 that sit below it in the operating position. I use it just for digital and when I take my truck and camper out it goes mobile. ICOM is not a upgrade... 2 cents, back under my rock 73 Harry K7ZOV From: "tnnyswy@... [Elecraft_K3]" <Elecraft_K3@...> To: "Elecraft_K3@..." <Elecraft_K3@...> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft_K3] Upgrade advice Getting an Icom is not an " Upgrade "get the Icom IC-7200.<<< (((73))) Milverton. From: "dalej dj2001x@... [Elecraft_K3]" <Elecraft_K3@...> To: Elecraft_K3@... Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft_K3] Upgrade advice If you're going to do just MARS work, get the Icom IC-7200. Dale, k9vuj On 01, Oct 2015, at 14:55, 'David F. Reed' w5sv.dave@... [Elecraft_K3] <Elecraft_K3@...> wrote: For MARS work, I would not bother with the syn. board upgrades; I would if you chase DX; same with the second RX. I found the 2.1 KHz 8 pole filter to be very nice though, especially here in TX where we sometimes get co-channel interference from PEMEX sites. Good luck in your pursuit! 73 de Dave, W5SV On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:44 PM, k8ami.goblue@... [Elecraft_K3]<Elecraft_K3@...> wrote: I'm looking for advice concerning my K3. I have just the primary receiver, 100W and 2.7 stock filter. I run MARS voice and digital, and voice and digital on the Ham bands. Very little CW at this time of my life (65). I'm looking at the K3s upgrade just announced, addition of an additional filter or if you have other suggestions I'm open to your suggestions. Thanks in advance. K8AMI ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links
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