[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2024-11-16 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    The sun is taking a break.  This respite may be short lived due to the unstable sunspot AR3886.  The sunspot number dropped to 71, with flux at 147 sfu.  I expect less hiss and less QSB.  But AR3886, or a large filament of magnetism, could trigger an RF black out.  Nonetheless

Re: [Elecraft] How to add a receive only antenna to a K3 with only a single antenna input.

2024-11-16 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
I now want to add a receive antenna to the setup and am asking advice on how to go forward. See if Elecraft still have KXV3B options in stock. If not, look for one of the individuals who deals in used boards. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 11/16/2024 8:27 AM, kd8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 sidetone level

2024-11-16 Thread Michael Carter via Elecraft
Hi Chris, Jim, K9YC advised that the MONitor settings may differ between your two radios even though both are set for the same perceived loudness in the same speaker/headphones. That triggered a thought - I would check that the encoder on the CMP/POWER control, which adjusts the MONitor volume

[Elecraft] How to add a receive only antenna to a K3 with only a single antenna input.

2024-11-16 Thread kd8nnu
Hi All, My K3 does not have the ability to add a second or a receive antenna to the radio. When I built it I did not purchase the options necessary to provide this functionally. I now want to add a receive antenna to the setup and am asking advice on how to go forward.I think there ar

Re: [Elecraft] K4 CW filtering

2024-11-16 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
Bill, Usually in CW modes the bandwidth center shifts to the CW pitch (in my case, 0.60 kHz, or 600 Hz) and the bandwidth goes to 800 Hz. Of course, you can increase or decrease the bandwidth, but the center is shifted to match the sidetone pitch, so if you match the CW signal pitch to your

Re: [Elecraft] K3 sidetone level

2024-11-16 Thread Chris
I did update the firmware to 5.67b, but the sidetone level is still very low compared to my 2nd K3. I am still researching. The support case with Elecraft didn't work either. They don't seem to understand the issue properly. Thanks, Chris KM1B On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 2:59 PM Chris wrote: >