Re: [Elecraft] K3 Schematics Posted

2007-10-10 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Sorry! Its there now. :-) Eric AB7R wrote: Eric... I don't see the schematic posted with the rest of the docs. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:26 PM To: Ele

[Elecraft] Put [K3] etc. on all product specific subject lines

2007-10-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
Folks, On ALL postings that refer to a specific radio or product, please include [K3], [K2], [KX1], [XV] as the first item on your subject line. This will really help everyone sort through the list email. Thanks! 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft list moderator and company bottle washer.. ;-) -- _.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question [END of thread]

2007-10-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Let's end this thread for now. We are shipping printed manuals in the box with every K3. 73, Eric WA6HHQ -- Julian G4ILO wrote: I don't agree. Printing it yourself for most people would take a long time, cost more than a mass-reproduced manual, use twice as much paper (most hams don't ha

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] ACC Connector

2007-10-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Both the ACC and RS-232 K3 connectors are sockets (holes). 73, Eric Mike Harris wrote: G'day, Is the K3 rear panel mounted ACC connector a socket (holes) or a plug (pins). Is the corresponding mating connector provided as part of the kit? Regards, Mike VP8NO _

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K3 - keying an amp

2007-10-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
If a radio has proper Key-Out before RF sequencing, like the K3 and K2 do, this is NOT necessary. We have no problem running with relay based amplifiers, including those with large, slow relays, like the SB-220 etc. A few radios out there have a TX loop feature, but most others do not. Its not

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB TX BP Adjust

2007-10-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Our 8 and TX EQ will allow you to do exactly this. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- Ray Kiesel wrote: Would like to know if the adjustable transmit DSP bandpass is on the short list for inclusion in the menu. (Maybe I missed it in the manual?) I plan to use a narrow tx bandpass (400Hz to 2.6kHz) to have m

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB TX BP Adjust

2007-10-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
.. 8 Band... :-) --- Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: Our 8 and TX EQ will allow you to do exactly this. 73, Eric WA6HHQ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Programmer's Reference

2007-10-13 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
A -very- preliminary K3 programmer's reference is now on our K3 web page. Please also read the important notes link just below it. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- David Pratt wrote: In a recent message, Gordon & Lois Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ... When will information be available on the commands?

Re: [Elecraft] please be considered - postings to the reflector

2007-10-14 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys, Julian is correct, please place [K3], [K2] etc. as the first item on your subject lines for ALL rig/product specific postings from now on. We are -extremely- busy focusing on K3 shipments etc. After the dust clears (withing the next month or so) we'll revisit the reflector/web page/for

Re: [Elecraft] CW: Best low cost iambic key?

2007-10-16 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Good point. That is an 8 year old picture that we need to update. I own both the Schurr shown and a Hexkey. I love them both :-) I'll update it with the Hexkey after the K3 dust settles. 73, Eric WA6HHQ -- Clark Macaulay wrote: Several comments about liking the Hex Key have been made;

[Elecraft] K3 Option Manuals up on Web Page

2007-10-17 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We have just uploaded the following K3 option manuals to the K3 web page: KPA3 100W Option KAT3 100W Autotuner KBPF3 General Coverage RX Option K3 Crystal Filter Options KXV3 Transverter, IF output See: http://www.elecraft.com/news.htm 73, Eric WA6HHQ _

[Elecraft] K3 Status Update - 10/17/2007

2007-10-18 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi, We've been receiving a flood of emails lately asking questions about K3 shipping and what we're up to here in Aptos. I apologize that we can not reply to all of them as we're totally focused on getting K3s out the door. We are slowly ramping up in fits and starts and definitely have shipp

Re: [Elecraft] k3 on fire?

2007-10-23 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
None of our main vendors are in the fire area, fortunately. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- Brett gazdzinski wrote: Glad the fire is not close. Hope there are no hams living in the area but I am sure there are with that many people involved Maybe the factory that makes the boards, or the metal bits i

Re: [Elecraft] K3: supplied power cable specs?

2007-10-23 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
12 Ga, 5 ft. Power Pole connectors on one end, unterminated on the other end. This cable is built for the Assembled K3s. Kit for for the kits. 73, Eric WA6HHQ -- Mike B wrote: Just out of curiosity (as I sit here revamping my station's power system), what gauge and length is the power ca

Re: [Elecraft] K3: supplied power cable specs? [END of THREAD]

2007-10-24 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Time to end this thread. :-) In general, once more than 5-10 postings have been made on -any- topic, please resist the urge to post unless it is absolutely necessary and useful to others. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator ___ Elecraft mailin

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Assembly Manual Errata A-4

2007-10-25 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Rev A of the Assembly Manual is now on the web site. Sorry for the confusion! 73, Eric --- David Pratt wrote: I wonder which issue of the K3 Assembly Manual does the Errata sheet Rev. A-4 refer? The errata sheet shows and amendment to page 48, yet the Assembly Manual XD3 only goes up to pag

[Elecraft] K3 Rev B owners manual on web page

2007-10-25 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We've just uploaded the K3 Rev B Owner's manual to the Web page. Lot's of new stuff! http://www.elecraft.com/news.htm 73, Eric WA6HHQ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscri

Re: [Elecraft] [K3}AM Receive BW

2007-10-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Lyle - I think it definitely is desirable to let then RX with the wider FM filter in AM. (With relaxed image reject specs.) I do this on all my other radios. In that case, what is the max DSP b/w? e Lyle Johnson wrote: ...Alternately, can a coupling capacitor be used across the filter slots to

Re: [Elecraft] PC Boards

2007-10-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Matt, We do not sell raw PCBs without the parts. The price we sell a product for is not just based on raw component cost. It also includes our amortized engineering development costs for designing and writing code for each product, the overhead to purchase the components and carry them in

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KFL3B-FM Change?

2007-10-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Joe, We've decided to go with a 8-Pole FM filter manufactured for us by Inrad, instead of the lower performance discrete 7 pole xtal filter we were planning on designing and using. The 8 pole filter has an excellent shape factor and better ultimate rejection than the 7 pole discrete xtal f

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KFL3B-FM Change?

2007-10-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I stand corrected! :-) Thanks for the info. Those that paid the old price of "$99.00" for the 7 pole FM filter will still get the 8 pole FM filter for that price. (not $79) New orders will be at $120. 73, Eric Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: I think the most recent price was $99 ... but it's appre

[Elecraft] K3 Rev B manuals on Web PAge

2007-10-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We've now uploaded all of the Revision B Assembly manuals to the Elecraft web page for the K3 and its options. See: http://www.elecraft.com/K2_Manual_Download_Page.htm#K3 73, Eric WA6HHQ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Y

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Rev B manuals on Web PAge

2007-10-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Fixed! :-) Thanks for catching this. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Ad Spaninks (PE1FTV) wrote: Dear Eric, Thanks for the update, but ... ehhh ... Some of the links got mixed up: KBPF3 Manual (pdf) refers to KAT3 KXV3 Manual (pdf) refers to MH2 ___ Elec

[Elecraft] k3support(at)elecraft.com

2007-10-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
K3 builders and owners, We've created* k3support(at)elecraft.com *as a general K3 support request address. (Replace the '(at)' with '@' in the address.) Please use it for any support request emails as you get your K3 up and running. It goes to our main team of people who are involved in tackl

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Deliveries

2007-10-31 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Everyone, I've had my head down working out all the fun production issues ramping up K3 production. I planned to post a status update Monday, but have been too busy to do so until today. Things are definitely improving. I'll post status here and on the Elecraft list later today. 73, Eric

Re: [Elecraft] KPA800 / KPA1500: status update?

2007-10-31 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Actually, the main reason for delay on the KPA800/1500 Amps was the K3. Almost 12 months ago we decided that we could not bring both the amplifiers and the K3 to market at the same time. It would be just too much of a strain on the company, both fiscally and engineering resource wise. We made t

[Elecraft] K3 Status Update - Oct 31, 2007

2007-10-31 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
K3 Status Update - Oct 31, 2007 K3s are going out the door on a regular basis, but we're still shipping at a rate slower than I would like to see. My gut feeling is that we are off of our last plan by 1-2 of weeks. Last week we resolved most of our remaining major supplier problems (after hand

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Status Update - Oct 31, 2007

2007-10-31 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Oops! Yes, MAY 10th. :-) Eric (guess I'm seeing double - still at the office..) --- Raj Dewan, N2RD wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 10:45 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: If you have not ordered before April 10th, we would appreciate your holding off emailing us for status as mu

Re: K3: [Elecraft] SN:000031

2007-11-03 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Jim, I just checked the planned shipping sheet and your's will ship either Monday or Tuesday. Saturday at Visalia was so crazy that it was difficult to keep all of the orders in exact order. (Though we certainly have them sorted by date.) Its possible your's and Al's were shuffled. We als

Re: [Elecraft] K3 assembly pictures posted

2007-11-05 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Its OK to -very gently- stand up and line up toroids that might have been shifted in shipping. If they resist movement, do not force them. (They don't like abuse.. ;-) But absolutely DO NOT readjust the spacing or location of turns on the cores. On many of the cores, especially those in the Lo

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] CE Mark

2007-11-06 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi David, Since the K3 kit requires 7 to 8 hours of customer assembly of our components following the detailed steps in our 60 page assembly manual, and because it does involve customer alignment and set up of the PLL, filters etc (via the front panel interface) it clearly does fall under the

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] CE Mark

2007-11-06 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi David, I agree with this point too. All of the components of the K3 are designed only for use inside that radio and not as general general options for other manufacturer's products. The boards are not stand alone products. 73, Eric WA6HHQ David Cutter wrote: An interesting parallel

[Elecraft] List header (To:) temporary change

2004-08-05 Thread ERic Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
It turns out Tim, the qth.net administrator, needs the 'personalization' option turned on in our list header for a week or so. He is trying to track down an AOL subscriber who is bouncing all of our list postings to him as SPAM. Unfortunately that user is subscribed under a forwarding alias, so

Re: [Elecraft] K1 & K2 Power Plugs

2004-08-07 Thread ERic Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
We also sell these 2.1MM power plugs as spare parts on our parts and mod kits order page. See: http://www.elecraft.com/order_form_parts.htm 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft - WA9TGT / Donnie Garrett / Muncie, IN wrote: Does anyone happen to know the Mouser part number for the coaxial power plug

[Elecraft] More AOL Woes (Everyone Please Read)]

2004-08-08 Thread Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
Elecraft list members, please see the message below . 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft list moderator Original Message Subject:[QSL-Net] More AOL Woes (Everyone Please Read) Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 12:23:39 -0400 From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ove

Re: [Elecraft] 10/12M Low Output Question

2004-11-09 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Check your TX current when set to 10W requested power. High TX current points to the LPF or output transformer. Low TX current points to T2 or low drive from the BPF filter. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote: Does 0.8W output on 10m/12m sound more like a problem with the lowpass filt

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft rigs in Hungary?

2004-11-24 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Tony, Unfortunately we can't publicize our customer list without permission for pricacy/legal reasons. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Tony Wells wrote: Leigh wrote: See http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/k2data.html It covers all the models, despite the name. Leigh. If Elecaft don't want to do this, th

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Motorola buys Yeasu. [END of Thread]

2007-11-08 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Lets end this thread. Also, in the future, please do not copy ALL of the prior test. We are overloading list readers, especially those reading the digest or web versions. 73,Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator from time to time.. === ___ Elecraft

[Elecraft] Lost your list Password? - Here's how to get it.

2007-11-08 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
If you have misplaced your elecraft list password, or if you never received it, here is how to get it sent to you again. Go to: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft and scroll to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address (the one you used for the list) and click on 'Edit Optio

Re: [Elecraft] Another "K3 is coming question"

2007-11-08 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys, Emails of this type are inappropriate, on, or off, list. Please read the list guidelines. Also, if someone receives an email of this type privately in reply to an Elecraft list posting, please email the moderator a copy and do not post it to the list. Also, when contemplating replyin

[Elecraft] Elecraft email List Official Guidelines - Nov 8, 2007

2007-11-08 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Elecraft Mail LIST GUIDELINES For those of you who are new to the list, (and for those of us who have rapidly failing memories..), here is a quick list of things to remember when posting to this list. Please save this for future reference. The most important thing to remember is that this is onl

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Elecraft K3

2007-11-09 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I'll post a shipping status update later this weekend. I want to wait to see how we did this week. (We shipped a lot :-) As I noted before, I'll be posting by order date what orders we plan to ship over the next week. I'll post here and on the shipping status page. Back to work.. 73, Eric WA

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Elecraft K3

2007-11-09 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
One clarification on this - We can't post the individual orders in public, but we will post the dates orders were placed that should ship the following week. Eric Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: I'll post a shipping status update later this weekend. I want to wait to see

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Programmer's Reference Link

2007-11-09 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Fixed! Thanks for catching this. 73, Eric --- Chuck Catledge wrote: FYI to the K3 documentation team, the link to Rev A-2, 11/07/2007 of the K3 Programmer's Reference manual results in: "The webpage cannot be found". -- Chuck - AE4CW ___ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Programmer's Reference Link

2007-11-09 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Yes - but it was released to me on Nov 7. I'll change the link date back to Oct 12th to eliminate any comfusion. Eric Toby Deinhardt wrote: Now that Eric has fixed copied the manual to the correct directory - forget my last mail. Is revision 2 really from the 12th of October and not the 7t

[Elecraft] K3 shippng status

2007-11-12 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
As promised, I've just updated the K3 shipping page to give projected shipping status by order date. Here's what I posted: Weeks of Nov 12-16 and Nov 19-23 (Orders with deposits): We will be shipping all of the 4/30 orders and most, if not all, of the 5/1 orders during this period. We a

[Fwd: RE: [Elecraft] Latest updater reported as Spyware!]

2007-11-21 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
Dick is having trouble posting. Here is his comment on the downloader utilty and anti-spyware. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Original Message Subject:RE: [Elecraft] Latest updater reported as Spyware! Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:36:07 -0800 (PST) From: Dick Dievendorff <[EMAIL PR

[Elecraft] K3 Rev C Assembly and Owner's Manuals Posted

2007-11-21 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We have just posted the latest versions (Rev C) of the K3 Assembly and Owner's manuals to the web site. These new manuals incorporate customer feedback from the first 100 K3s shipped. Thanks for the suggestions! 73, Eric WA6HHQ http://www.elecraft.com ___

[Elecraft] New K3 Programmer's Reference (Ver. A4) on the Elecraft Web Page

2007-11-21 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We have just posted a new revision (A4) of the K3 programmer's reference on the manual download web page at http://www.elecraft.com 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- P.S. Have a GREAT Thanksgiving! (And a super weekend if you are outside of the U.S. :-) ___ E

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Noise reduction gone in v1.42 firmware update?

2007-11-23 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
Hi Dave, Wayne has temporarily turned NR off in the current release. It should be turned back on in the next release. 73, Eric _..._ Dave G4AON wrote: I don't know if it's something I've done, or if it's the latest firmware, but somehow I've lost my noise reduction function! Can someone

[Elecraft] oe6KYG, klaus koppendorfer - We are having trouble reaching you about your K3 order

2007-11-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Klaus, We are receiving emails from you, but you are not receiving our reply emails reliably. We have been trying to confirm your K3 order of April 30 for over a week so we can ship it. Please call Lisa Jones at 831-662-8345 so she can confirm the order and shipping details with you. Re

[Elecraft] K3 Deposit Clarification

2007-11-27 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I see there has been some confusion regarding deposits in recent emails. To clarify this, we just added the following to the shipping status web page. 73, Eric WA6HHQ A note regarding K3 deposits: We originally gave our customers the option of getting a low a low serial number K3 from

Re: [Elecraft] K3 variable roofing filters question for Eric or Wayne

2007-11-27 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Paul, These are not even out of engineering development, and to be honest, its too early to give performance, price or availability yet. They might be available some time after Feb-March next year at the earliest. We're primarily focused on getting the other options completed and out the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mic Menu,TX Equalizer & Low Power Software Request

2007-11-28 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
I just discussed this with Wayne. It was an oversight and we will definitely do this in an upcoming K3 f/w release. 73, Eric WA6HHQ _..._ Don Nesbitt wrote: Julian - I had not gotten that far with my K3 but just checked it - and - couldn't agree more! Auto on Ant1 is Auto on Ant2, Bypass

Re: [Elecraft] Thoughts on additional K3 feature

2007-11-28 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
Hi Doug, The connector on the bottom of the K3 front panel is not a keyboard connector. It is a used during manufacture for initial programming of the K3 processor boot code. It could possibly used for general I/O, but nothing is designed at this time. Anything hooked up to this connector is

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - qsk keying loop

2007-11-28 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
Hi Barry, There is a lot of confusion and mis-information about the need for CW keying loop feedback from the amplifier to the rig in the amateur community. While certainly it was necessary on some older rig and amp combinations, it is not necessary with a properly designed rig today that has

Re: [Elecraft] US call areas [END of Thread]

2007-11-28 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We're drifting a little afield on this thread. Let's let it rest for now. 73,Eric Elecraft List Moderator Bob Nielsen wrote: Actually Russian Antarctic stations us a R1 prefix, as do Franz Josef Land and Malyj Vysotskij. I think some contest stations in Russia itself also use the R without a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 2nd run priority via-a-vis deposit

2007-11-28 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Doug, We were taking great pains -not- to give this impression at Dayton, since we were already into the 2nd run. I apologize if there was confusion on this issue. I am very clear on this and made sure we kept everyone informed of what we were doing. Prior to Dayton we had already changed

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - qsk keying loop

2007-11-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Barry, We will definitely have TX inhibit as an input on the K3 AUX I/O connector. Its not turned on yet, but should be shortly as we add this feature to the firmware. It certainly helps for some set ups when using the rign in a SO2R arrangement etc. 73, Eric Barry N1EU wrote: Thanks D

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AM

2007-11-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We're testing AM in the DSP code right now. FM follows, but will also need the FM filters which are still coming from our vendor. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Joe Stofko wrote: Might one assume that AM and FM cannot be far behind?? Thanks, Joe - WB1AIU _

Re: [Elecraft] transverter connection

2007-11-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Johhny, There are two ways to drive a single line RF IN/OUT transverter with the KXV3. 1. You can use a BNC 'T' connector with a short (<3 to 6")coax to jumper the in and out XV connections together and then drive your single line transverter. 2. You can jumper a small wire between the two BN

[Elecraft] New K3 f/w release: MCU 1.45, DSP 1.43

2007-12-03 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We have just released new versions of the K3's firmware and of the K3 firmware downloader. You can get more information on these on our K3 Software page at: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm What's new? * Noise Reduction feature re-enabled. * Improved menu usability (new power-on def

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Another K3 Delivered!

2007-12-03 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Don, Congratulations! One correction, we show your order as coming in on May 1st at 17:17:31 - 0400 on the computer. The match with your K1 s/w is a total coincidence. Wow! I just checked with Lisa and she didn't do anything special. I guess the stars were aligned properly for you. :-)

[Elecraft] Elecraft email List Official Guidelines - Dec 5, 2007

2007-12-05 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Elecraft Mail LIST GUIDELINES For those of you who are new to the list, (and for those of us who have rapidly failing memories..), here is a quick list of things to remember when posting to this list. Please save this for future reference. The most important thing to remember is that this is onl

Re: [Elecraft] Shipping Status Page [END of Thread]

2007-12-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys - This thread is rapidly degenerating into a name calling contest. It is OFFICIALLY ended. Please refrain for further posts criticizing what others are saying. Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator (from time to time..) P.S. As a general note - My dealing with the email from everyone com

Re: [Elecraft] RE: not about technical issues (was Shipping StatusPage) [END OF THREAD]

2007-12-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys - This thread is rapidly degenerating into a name calling contest. It is OFFICIALLY ended. Please refrain for further posts criticizing what others are saying. Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator (from time to time..) P.S. As a general note - My dealing with the email from everyone com

Re: [Elecraft] K3 response from Eric

2007-12-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Darn spell checkers! ;-) I'm ready for a -huge- dinner tonight.. Eric -- Terry Schieler wrote: Eric wrote: "we will not let quality supper" Many thanks for the update Eric. Now take a break guy and get something to eat. You're obviously starving. :o) Terry, W0FM __

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] deliveries

2007-12-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I'd like to make a general statement about deliveries, status updates, etc. First of all, I'm primarily focused on getting K3s out the door each day and as a result I only read the list every second or third day, so my replies to queries here can easily be delayed by that amount. Also, when th

Re: [Elecraft] RE: not about technical issues (was Shipping StatusPage)

2007-12-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys, Please, let's end this thread now. (With respect to criticisms of others etc.) It is totally inappropriate to directly criticize anyone on this list (except of course myself and the company. Its always OK to criticize us. We want to hear it so we can improve our processes here :-) 73,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Assembly

2007-12-10 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Exactly! :-) This is one the primary reasons we set up the list. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- THOMAS BRERETON wrote: Dave, G4AON, hit it right on the head when he said: "That is the whole point of the reflector, simple 'how does it fit' or 'where does that go' questions are easily resolved" I've be

Re: [Elecraft] K3 PA and FP Temp - what's OK?

2007-12-10 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I don't have the numbers in front of me, but the K3 will automatically reduce power as needed if the PA gets too hot. We've never been able to get one that hot under normal operating conditions (including 100W key down for 10 Minutes.) The FP temp is more of a general ambient temp inside the K

[Elecraft] New K3 f/w: MCU 1.48, DSP 1.45 and new Downloader version available

2007-12-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We've just released new K3 firmware: MCU V1.48 and DSP V1.45 * Power output via -external- CW keying no longer jumps up slightly above requested level. * Noise reduction much improved, including insertion loss compensation. * S-meter accuracy improved. * LINE IN state preserved on power-off.

Re: [Elecraft] New K3 f/w: MCU 1.48, - Reload DTBL0004.HEX

2007-12-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
If you get a 'INTEL HEX Read ERROR' message after the K3 Utility gets new files fomr the server, that is because we had a bad initial upload of DTBL0004.HEX to the ftp server. Its now corrected. Delete DTBL0004.HEX from your local directory and then tell the K3 utility to get files from the se

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Positions - Warranty

2007-12-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We will warranty the K3 for its normal period, regardless of the owner. :-) But we will need confirmation for the original purchaser that they have sold the radio when we get a request from a new owner for warranty service. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft Thom LaCosta wrote: On Sat, 8 Dec 200

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KUSB option

2007-12-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Its a USB to Serial adapter (with 6' cable) that has been tested with the K3. This is required because all of the existing software to control rigs expects a virtual com port. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote: Is this an option that installs a USB port in the K3 for remote contro

Re: [Elecraft] Shipping status ...ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!

2007-12-13 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Julian, I apologize for the delays getting you (and everyone else) your K3. We are absolutely working as hard as possible to get K3s out the door quickly. Every time I see a complaint here (and elsewhere) about delivery delays, status accuracy etc., I take every posting very personally (es

[Elecraft] A simple request

2007-12-13 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys, Sheesh! - I spend the day off site at our subcontractor getting our K3 PCB manufacturing rate up and return to a pile of emails :-) Please, let's end the pro/con K3 shipping status/delay discussions for now. I think we've beat it to death, and I'm losing way too much time reading it th

[Elecraft] New K3 F/W - MCU: V 1.49 DSP: V 1.46 NR Improved. AM added

2007-12-14 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We've been busy at Elecraft Engineering this week and we have just placed new K3 firmware on the ftp site. MCU: V 1.49 DSP: V 1.46 New Features: Noise Reduction significantly improved. Also, NR can be used with narrow filters in CW mode. AM mode added. (6 kHz Filter required.) NOTE: AM Po

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mystery Problem

2007-12-18 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
This issue was fixed many firmware revisions ago. :-) Doug - Make sure you are using the latest release. 73, Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:55 AM To: David Yarnes; Elecraf

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Band Limits - MARS ?

2007-12-18 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Vic, We now have a simple Windows based utility program to unlock TX outside the U.S. limits for use on U.S. MARS and by those outside of the U.S. Run it once and the rig is opened up. (It needs RS-232 / USB communications to the rig as usual.) It also has a button to re-enable the U.S. l

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Band Limits - MARS ?

2007-12-19 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi guys, We have a second program in process that will allow you to set specific band limits. We have an internal version of that in-house now for use setting limits for special countries , like Thailand, but it needs some sprucing up before release to the public. At this time we're only doi

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] #174 band limits

2007-12-19 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Please note that the K3 -always- blocks high power TX in the CB band, regardless of what is programmed in for band TX limits. 73, Eric WA6HHQ David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: "Opening" the rig up, as you put it, would be unwise as it would enable you to operate high power CB. Now you wou

Re: [Elecraft] No Elecraft List

2007-12-19 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I just checked and Andy is not set for "no mail" status. Th elist server is certainly emailing him. So the problem is probably at his ISP's end. Possibly it is flagging list postings as SPAM. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Bill Tippett wrote: I sent this direct to Andy because I included a screen s

Re: [Elecraft] CB band TX? - I'm shocked!

2007-12-19 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message ----- From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft To: David Ferrington, M0XDF Cc: Elecraft Reflector Sent: Wednesday, 19 December, 2007 16:54 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] #174 band limits Please note that the K3 -always- blocks high power TX

Re: [Elecraft] CB band TX? - I'm shocked!

2007-12-20 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
Guys - Let's end this thread. It is one of those that will repeat forever ;-) The K3 was primarily designed for ham band coverage with a wider general coverage receive. Its not guaranteed to TX at full power everywhere outside the ham bands when so enabled, though it should cover most MARS fr

Re: [Elecraft] CB band TX? - I'm shocked! [END of THREAD]

2007-12-20 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys - Seriously, let's end this thread for now. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http

[Elecraft] Elecraft office Mon-Tues. Back on the 26th.

2007-12-24 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
I see Lisa missed posting that our Aptos HQ would be closed Monday and Tuesday, 12/24-25, for the holiday. We're giving our staff (several of whom were in the plant this weekend working on K3s) a well needed 2 days off. We will be back in the office on Wednesday and we will also be updating

Re: [Elecraft] xv222 - Diode Issue

2007-12-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi John, The 1N5238 is an equivalent manufacturing substitution for the 1N5235. Go ahead and use it for D3. We'll update the XV222 errata to cover this. Sorry for he confusion! 73, Eric WA6HHQ John Hoaglun wrote: Hello fellow builders: I am building an xv222 transverter. The last ste

Re: [Elecraft] xv222 - Diode Issue - CORRECTION

2007-12-26 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
CORRECTION - My last email was in error. (Our manufacturing department misunderstood my question on this.) We are NOT shipping 1N5238 diodes in the XV222 kit. The correct part for D3 is the 1N5235B. We just checked and this is the part for D3 packed in our current stock of XV222 kits. John -

[Elecraft] Which Heil Prosets should we carry?

2007-12-27 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Since the K3 is also compatible with the other Heil Proset boom mic headsets that use the HC4 and HC5 elements, which model does everyone like? Any favorite models? Its not practical for us to carry them all, but I'd like to add at least one or two of the more popular versions to our product l

[Elecraft] K3 Shipping Status Update

2007-12-27 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We've just updated the K3 shipping Status Page. Shipping for the weeks of Jan 2-4 and 7-11: (Orders with deposits): We have a short shipping week next week, due to the New Year's holiday on 12/31-1/1, but we are still working over this next weekend (Dec 29-30) to get ahead. We're ramping up

Re: [Elecraft] Orlando Ham Cation Feb, 8, 9, 10

2007-12-28 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
Yes! :-) 73, Eric _..._ Ed Rodriguez wrote: Will Elecraft be sending reps to the Orlando Ham Cation Feb, 8, 9, 10 2008 in Orlando Florida? 73 de WP4o Ed ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post t

Re: [Elecraft] Which Heil Prosets should we carry?

2007-12-28 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
This is exactly what we can do with the 8 band TX EQ built into the K3 :-) 73, Eric WA6HHQ === AD6XY - Mike wrote: It would be more appropriate to design a sophisticated DSP based microphone equallizer that could take a professional quality microphone, that is one with a flat and uncoloured res

[Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Test Engineering Group at work

2007-12-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Here 's a link to some pictures of our test engineering group cranking out K3s. :-) http://www.elecraft.com/K3/elecraft_k3_test_lab.htm This should give you a feel for our test station set up. All of the Agilent/HP test equipment and the K3 under final test is controlled from a PC test progra

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Technicians.....

2007-12-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Absolutely! We also have wrist straps at each station which are used when handling bare boards and static sensitive components. The tech's also are continually in contact with the mat and grounded test gear. 73, Eric Jay Bromley wrote: I bet those blue mats under the rigs are anti static

Re: [Elecraft] MH2 mike element

2008-01-01 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Joe, Yes it does. 73, Eric WA6HHQ --- Joseph Trombino Jr wrote: Does the Elecraft MH2 hand mike contain an electret mike element??? 73, Joe W2KJ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K3 NB indicator flasjing

2008-01-03 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I believe this indicates that you have set the H/W NB threshold or width to too high of a value for your current noise or signal levels, which has the noise blanker activated a majority of the time. This will usually cause an unacceptable amount of intermodulation from adjacent signals. Reduc

[Elecraft] Power off at Elecraft HQ - Power off at Elecraft - Aptos

2008-01-04 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We are without power today in Aptos due to the major winter storm hitting CA.. We're down to one working phone line and our computers are off line. (I'm sending this from my cell phone.) We'll probably be down the rest of the day. Our web page and on-line order page are OK as they are hosted a

[Elecraft] Mac OSX K3 Utility released

2008-01-05 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We have just released the Mac OSX version of the K3 Utility program for downloading K3 firmware. A big thank you to it author, David Fleming, W4SMT, who put in a huge effort to get it done. Thanks David! It can be found at: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm 73, Eric WA6HHQ (And th

Re: [Elecraft] Power off at Elecraft HQ - Power off at Elecraft - Aptos

2008-01-05 Thread Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
Yes, it returned very late last night. :-) 73, Eric WA6HHQ _..._ Don Ehrlich wrote: Anybody know if power is back on at the big-E? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscrib

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