IMHO Rob has a very very good point! I fully agree that manufacterers could do more to make our signals - on the very crowdy HF-bands - much cleaner than they are now. Are 50 Volt power

The ALC in the FTdx-5000 destroys the excellent linearity in class A. Half-scale ALC is about 3 dB, and that degrades IMD about 20 dB, again in class A. Kind of makes class A pointless unless one

Assuming that the design of the PA in K3 is not that much different than KX3, you can look at IMD of KX3 at various power and supply levels in Files section of KX3 yahoo group. Real life IMD of

Hans, No problem. Now you know. 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.

Hello! After five satisfying years FTdx5000 I am considering to buythe K3S/10W, next to my KX3. RX and TX quality of the FTdx5000 still is at a *very highlevel*, despite new techniques and

FOR SALE: Excellent condition, non-smoking environment, hardly used. Elecraft K3/0 Remote Unit & MH2 Hand Mic RemoteRig RRC-1258 MkII Units All Cables Less than 20 hours of use. I’m asking $1200 and

BINGO! Thanks, Joe. That did it. I will go back and review the manual (again). 73 Tom Kruczek W1TXT

Do you have CONFIG:TX MON = FAST? If so the effects of DSP will only appear in the monitor audio when being adjusted (See the Owners Manual). 73, ... Joe, W4TV

Hans, Your probably not aware that you added your topic on top of the flex topic or so it appears. You need to start a brand new email to correctly change topics. Notice at the bottom 28+ messages in

Another observation... Compression only seems to be effective when I rotate the CMP knob to change it's settings. Once I switch to PWR (for example), the settings seem to be neutralized. Then, when

So I must be missing something. It's been awhile since I've changed my K3's EQ settings. But, the only way the TX EQ settings seem to be in effect (this is while listening with the K3's monitor) is

Don’t forget the duel band verticle antenna for sell. Oh, it also comes with a Manuel ( To help install it ???) Chas

A too common problem, along with your, you're, yore; there, their, they're; to, too, two. etc... It could be worse, you could use "like" for every third word, or say, "I'm like going"

Advice that is. -- Larry J. Guthrie Sulphur, Oklahoma yrralguthrie@... yrralguthrie@... Never insult the alligator until you cross the river.

For those that helped with my I/Q problems, thanks. I've taken your advise and ordered an isolator. Larry-KW5B

Hi: I am having problems to get my KPA500 to key. The KAT500 keys (Completes the tune cycle) but can't get the KPA500 to key. I have taken the Aux cable from the K3 and moved it up to the KPA500 and

Hi all I switch to another user on the same laptop and succeeded to upload all firmware. But I did NOT saved the configuration file before doing that. So far the K3 Is running, but

No, I am in a motorhome and the noise may be coming from the voltage converter. Larry -- Larry J. Guthrie Sulphur, Oklahoma yrralguthrie@... yrralguthrie@... Never insult the alligator until you

Are you by chance running any type of microham router while loading? This can be a problem. 73, Drew K3PA

There is a help file on the k3 utility. Are you using a laptop? If so try a desktop. If you can't , make sure laptop is plugged in to AC. A powered USB hub can help. Been there so I feel for