Hi there´s plenty of places in USA where you can buy with credit cards and addresses outside the USA....
73, Jorge CX6VM -----Mensaje original----- De: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] En nombre de Mitch Wolfson DJØQN Enviado el: Lunes, 31 de Octubre de 2011 03:21 p.m. Para: Johnny Siu CC: Elecraft Asunto: Re: [Elecraft] CQ WW SSB Hi Johnny, I have had a lot of problems over the years trying to order things from U.S. based stores using a foreign credit card. Most internet shops there seem to think we are all some kind of criminal if we live outside of the United States ;-) One exception I have found is B&H. They have no problem with foreign cards, even billing a foreign address, but shipping to a U.S. address. Their link for the CM500 is at: <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/375558-REG/Yamaha_CM500_CM500_Headset _with.html> 73, Mitch DJ0QN On 31.10.2011 02:18, Johnny Siu wrote: > Hello Elecrafter, > > I was QRV to an outline island of Hong Kong (known an Lamma Island). Therefore, I only brought K3+KPA500+Buddipole+25A switching power supply. > > Scores were of course nothing promising because I was lazy and slept a lot. The buddipole was installed on the roof of 3 storey village type house. However, the metal canopy structure on the roof seriously influenced the buddipole set up so that SWR below 21Mhz was very high no matter how I adjusted the antenna. > > KAT500 is still in Elecraft's lab. Therefore, no tuner was used in this set up. KPA500 could handle SWR below 2 and I worked full power of KPA500 on 28Mhz. The KPA500 was cool and quiet. The integration with K3 was silk smooth. > > Below 28Mhz, I can only run bearfoot with K3 using the internal KAT3. In 7Mhz, I trust the effective RF out at the end of Buddipole could be as low as 50W. Anyway, I could still get some multipliers in Europe. > > The selectivity of K3 was excellent but I really missed the DSP NR in my big Icoms. I regret to say that NR in K3 is as bad as useless so that I simply turned off DSP NR during the entire contest. Also, when I adjusted the IF bandwidth say from 2.4khz to 2.1khz, I noticed a very short 'black out' time when I could not hear the signal during the adjustment. I would suspect the DSP IF filter in K3 needs some time to 'think' about the adjustment. Once I settled down to 2.1Khz, it was all ok. > > I used the Yamaha CM500 from my colleage VO1AU which was very good. I cannot get a CM500 in VR2, could any of you advise where I can get a CM500 in USA? > > The logging ware was N1MM. > > During contest time, band spectrum P3 seems not quite necessary because there were stations every other Khz. I heard quite a number of US stations even in 7Mhz but I could not work them due to poor antenna set up. > > How was your CQ WW? Any information / experience to share? > > TNX& 73, > > > Johnny VR2XMC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
