[Fourlanders] Fw: [VHF] Status report-DL88 DXpedition....

[Jim Worsham]

Can one of the K3 gurus I know are on here call Marshall and help him out. 
He helped me (us) out when I first started doing WSJT.

73
JIm, W4KXY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marshall Williams" <k5qe at sabinenet.com>
To: "FFMA" <FFMA at yahoogroups.com>; "VHF Contesting" 
<vhfcontesting at contesting.com>; "VHF Reflector" <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 7:05 PM
Subject: [VHF] Status report-DL88 DXpedition....


> Hello everyone interested in the FFMA....The K5N Activation Group
> continues to plan for the DX88 DXpedition in late June.  We are rounding
> up parts and working on assembling complete systems.
>
> Here is the situation as of today:  The custom wound 54VDC alternator
> from Sun Born Energy is on the way here as is the custom built 50MHz
> solid state amplifier.  I have the K3/10 rig in hand, courtesy of
> Army-AE5P.  Now, I need to integrate the amp with the K3 and we will
> have a good start on a station.  The amp should put out between 400 and
> 500W depending on how hard I drive it and how much current it pulls.  I
> need some testing time to get a feel for that.
>
> I am having a tiny bit of trouble learning the K3.  I need the help of
> someone that is a K3 expert and has free long distance service so that I
> can talk to them as I make the settings that I need.  I especially need
> someone that knows exactly how to set up WSJT.  I have been told that
> you don't need any kind of interface.....just hook line-out on the K3 to
> line-in on the computer and hook line-in on the K3 to line-out on the
> computer sound card.  I have the cables for that.  However, that will
> not get PTT working, so I need to figure that one out.
>
> Also, Army has put the latest software on the K3.  I need to use a Heil
> Headset with the K3 with the #4 element.  The manual that I have says
> that BIAS must be OFF for that.....but the manual sends me to a menu
> choice that does not seem to exist in the new software.  Any help on
> this one??
>
> Thanks for all the help from the FFMA and 6M communities....
>
> 73 Marshall K5QE
> Phone is 409-787-3830 if you want to talk.....
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