[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Report

2024-10-27 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
3803 kHz, 9PM ET Sunday (currently 0100Z Monday). Thanks to the following check ins (w) and relays (rel): Call State Radio/Amp Name 1 N8SBE MI K4D/KPA500Dave (w),(op) 2 WB9JNZ IL FT-dx101d/KPA1500 Eric (rel),(w) 3

[Elecraft] Some issues with K3

2024-10-27 Thread Chris
Hello all, I have two K3s, both acquired recently, one with an earlier serial number (09xx) and the other with a later one (8xxx). 8xxx came to my shack first, so I've used it with KPA500 and KAT500. When I got my second K3, I compared them and found some differences, primarily due to their differ

Re: [Elecraft] Some issues with K3

2024-10-27 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
However, the K3 with 8xxx serial number has very tinny receive audio in USB mode, and the transmit audio lacks volume in both USB and LSB modes. What filter is installed? Check both filter settings - filter selected for SSB transmit and offset for the SSB filter using the K3 Utility. Do bo

[Elecraft] Yaesu SSM-17A mic with KX2?

2024-10-27 Thread Bob McGraw
Too many hams believe that if the connector will plug in, it should work.  This is nothing farther from the truth.  There are little to NO standards with ham radio equipment. You will need to check the pin-out circuits on the KX2 as published in the manual.   Then check the SSM-17A wiring.   Y

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2024-10-27 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were OK.  Moderate QSB, both slow and fast.  Some QRN, some terrestrial.  Twenty was open to both coasts and down into the South.  A few operators tested me with QRP signals (intentionally or not :) but that's OK, I don't mind.  It is quiet up here so I can hear fa

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 PO vs actual output.

2024-10-27 Thread Ray WA6VAB
Hi Ken. Do feel comfortable troubleshooting the radio ? Maybe you have a shorted Fet. Ray Wa6vab On Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 8:53 PM Eric Garner wrote: > If you are drawing 6A at 13.8V, something is probably very wrong. Either > your measurement setup has an issue or there are a lot of watts being

Re: [Elecraft] Yaesu SSM-17A mic with KX2?

2024-10-27 Thread Geert Jan de Groot via Elecraft
Hello, If the Amazon microphone is anything like the other Asian microphones I have seen and modified, things will actually get slightly more difficult. Please bear with me, this gets complicated. Elecraft suggests to use an angled 3.5mm connector for the microphone to reduce stress on the m

Re: [Elecraft] Yaesu SSM-17A mic with KX2?

2024-10-27 Thread Walter Underwood
This site has pinouts for a lot of microphones. I don’t see the Yaesu SSM-17A, but check other mics for the radios where the SSM-17A works. https://www.qsl.net/g4wpw/date.html wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Oct 27, 2024, at 10:26 AM, Bob McGr

Re: [Elecraft] Yaesu SSM-17A mic with KX2?

2024-10-27 Thread Jeff Cook via Elecraft
And you can’t blame it only on ham radio. Many times I’ve had the wrong USB-C cable in my hands - AND THEY’RE NEVER MARKED. Sheesh. — Jeff KQ4CMA DC > On Oct 27, 2024, at 1:27 PM, Bob McGraw wrote: > > Too many hams believe that if the connector will plug in, it should work. > This is nothi

Re: [Elecraft] K3 EEPROM init (was: assistance with learning about an Elecraft S3 needed)

2024-10-27 Thread Geert Jan de Groot via Elecraft
*** Wow. Thinking back, was it a mistake to put in a "break this radio" function? I don't think so, and if there is an issue, frankly, then it right in front of the frontpanel, operating the VFO knob. Seriously: every modern radio these days, depends on settings that are "done by software".

Re: [Elecraft] Yaesu SSM-17A mic with KX2?

2024-10-27 Thread jerry
On 2024-10-27 10:56, Jeff Cook via Elecraft wrote: And you can’t blame it only on ham radio. Many times I’ve had the wrong USB-C cable in my hands - AND THEY’RE NEVER MARKED. Sheesh. *** I have two little testers. One has every known USB connector around its perimeter. And LEDs for every wire

Re: [Elecraft] Yaesu SSM-17A mic with KX2?

2024-10-27 Thread David Christ
Please share the make and model of your testers David K0LUM Richard Feynman said, “Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” > On Oct 27, 2024, at 1:02 PM, jerry wrote: > > On 2024-10-27 10:56, Jeff Cook via Elecraft wrote: >> And you can’t blame i

[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Announcement

2024-10-27 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
Please join us on 3803kHz plus (not minus) QRM (see the Netlogger discussion, below), 9PM ET Sunday (0100Z Monday). Note that the net stays on the same local time, when we switch back and forth to/from Daylight time, so the UTC time changes, but not the local time. Your net control this week w

Re: [Elecraft] Some issues with K3

2024-10-27 Thread Chris
The issue has been resolved. It was caused by incorrect filter offset setting. Special thanks to Joe, W4TV. Chris KM1B On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 1:06 PM Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > > > However, the K3 with 8xxx serial number has very tinny receive audio > > in USB mode, and the transmit audio l