[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Announcement

2025-03-16 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
PLEASE NNOTE THAT i WILL BE ON THE ROAD FOR THE NEXT FEW SUNDAYS, UNTIL SUNDAY, APRIL 13TH. i NEED ONE OR MORE VOLUNTEER STATIONS IN THE MIDWEST TO ACT AS NET CONTROL STATIONS FOR THOSE DATES. I'LL MENTION THIS AGAIN ON THE NET THIS EVENING, LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. Please join us on 3803kHz

Re: [Elecraft] Connecting a BigIR

2025-03-16 Thread Jack Brindle via Elecraft
See below... > On Mar 16, 2025, at 8:40 PM, Ted Edwards W3TB wrote: > > Hi, Everyone. I am really glad to see this thread. > I am currently preparing to put up a BigIR here at W3TB in Tennessee.\ > > I should have ordered the "Y" Cable with the purchase -- I did order the S26 > Cable, but it

Re: [Elecraft] Connecting a BigIR

2025-03-16 Thread Andy Durbin
"1) IF contains the current operating frequency and changes between transmit/receive. 2) IF does not contain a "PTT" flag to indicate when the transceiver switches to transmit." 1 is true but 2 is not true. IF P8 encodes the TX/RX status. If you had read my paper you would have seen - "The r

Re: [Elecraft] Connecting a BigIR

2025-03-16 Thread Jack Brindle via Elecraft
Sometimes we type the wrong key; Andy busted my call (W6FB), but I know he meant to type the right number. As for the SteppIr discussion, I am curious. For those who control a SteppIR from a K3 or K4, how well does it work in split mode? The best test would be for a SteppIR that does 40 meters

[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Report

2025-03-16 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
3803 kHz, 9PM ET Sunday (currently 0100Z Monday). Thanks to the following check ins (w) and relays (rel): Call St Radio/Amp Name 1 N8SBE MI K4D/KPA500 Dave (w),(op) 2 WB9JNZ IL FTdx101d/KPA1500 Eric (rel),(w) 3 K1NW RI K4D/KPA1500

Re: [Elecraft] Connecting a BigIR

2025-03-16 Thread Ted Edwards W3TB
Hi, Everyone. I am really glad to see this thread. I am currently preparing to put up a BigIR here at W3TB in Tennessee.\ I should have ordered the "Y" Cable with the purchase -- I did order the S26 Cable, but it is not right in that I have a P3 panadapter along with me K3. The K3 does have the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2025-03-16 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    The bands were noisier than I had expected.  The was mild QSB on twenty meters with a little higher level on forty.   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: W0CZ - Ken - ND K6XK - Roy - IA K4JPN - Steve - GA K6PJV - Dale - CA K0DTJ - Brian - CA W8OV - Dave - TX   On 7047.8  kHz at

Re: [Elecraft] Connecting a BigIR

2025-03-16 Thread Andy Durbin
I had an interesting off-list email exchange with Jack, W7FB. That caused me to run a test on a KX3 that I am borrowing. My tests indicate that a KX3 does not change the frequency encoded in the IF word for the RX/TX transition. It continues to send the RX frequency. The programmer's referen

[Elecraft] Elecraft 20M SSB Net Results - Mar. 16, 2025

2025-03-16 Thread Brian Maynard
Excellent conditions today with many check-ins. Please join us next Sunday at 1800z on 14.3035 MHz. CI #CallsignOperatorState Rig Notes 1 WB9JNZ EricIL FTdx101dnet control 2 K1DIH Brian CT K4D #1274 3 K1NWBrian RI

[Elecraft] Perplexing output power behavior for K3(s)

2025-03-16 Thread Corky
I have an older K3 that has been upgraded to a K3S with the output power modification for the P3. All this works, but I find that when I turn on the radio and then transmit on 20 m, the first TX is always about 1/2 power compared to the second and all future TX episodes. This only seems to happe