As has been mentioned elsewhere, off-site storage works best. Leaving the micro SD card (or similar devices) in or attached to the computer is convenient, but should a transient of some sort damage th

Using the green wire to "bond" shack components does NOT suffice! Jim Brown, K9YC, has provided extensive, great advice on this subject and collaborated with Ward Silver, N0AX, on the ARRL book Bondin

"Dead of winter here, no storms. " Winter here is a very low humidity time. ESD is a big problem! I have a grounded touch pad which I use before touching any gear, including the keyboard. We had a gre

What is your question? 73, Bill, K8TE

K3_EZ will do this: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-EZ-Program-td7568658.html The author is a silent key so it's no longer supported. I use it frequently for various reasons. 73, Bill, K8TE

A most common failure is leaving the radio connected to the PC while the latter is connect to AC power, DSL, or a cable MODEM. Long wires/cables of any sort are subject to induced current which can ca

A similar "anomaly" happens on occasion with my K3 when I use an indoor antenna for my VHF/UHF radio on UHF. All our radios generate tiny signals while in receive. Sometimes we can hear them on other

Welcome to the real world Gerard. I worked in U.S. Air Force communications maintenance for 26 years. For the last six. I met with a product improvement group twice each year. There is no perfect prod

Bill, RTFM. Never try to load/update K3 firmware when the P3 is in-line. Always go direct from the computer to the K3 per the manual. All other purposes work well with the P3 in-line. I'm glad the K3

Dave has a great explanation on using the 64-key Genovation: https://www.nk7z.net 73, Bill, K8TE

No more soup either? Sorry, sometimes I can't help myself. Other times I am asleep. 73, Bill, K8TE

Dave has it right! The Genovation keyboard and my loggers mean I too rarely touch the K3 buttons. 73, Bill, K8TE

I retired from the USAF 1 Sep 99. Yes, I heard a lot of four-letter words during that time and even used some on rare occasions when my temper got the best of me, but never, not once, used one in writ

Yes, please go to the Yaesu lists and take your profanity with you. For all, we don't need politics here. Let's keep this list in accordance with the Radio Amateur's Code, something for ladies and gen

How did you use it and how frequently did it fail Joe? Did you have a logger running on a PC and use it to activate the DVK using the appropriate macro commands? If this is true, I would test repeated

The CMOS battery holds clock data, not configuration data. The K3 functions perfectly well without the battery. 73, Bill, K8TE

Apparently, the DDU design requires it to querry the KPA500, according to your description. That design doesn't consider how many, if not most, KPA500's and KAT500's are connected to logging or other

Good one Mike! And, great to "hear" from you again. It's hard to believe I operated CW for 98% of FD this year, all by myself, after getting Bill, K8WSN it think back then, to lead the CARC club's CW

GM Dave, I reviewed the Programmer's Guide like you and found no command to change the mic gain. I wonder why you need that capability. If switching from voice to digital, the K3 levels are set by mod

The Elecraft (not third party) Frequency Memory Editor works for the K3, K3S, and KX3. It is very handy for various reasons and allows editing all frequency memories. There are many comments in the El