I agree. Freds manuals are a God Send and wakes one up to really what the Elecraft rigs can do. He also put out a great book on the skills of ham radio, “The Successful Ham Radio Operators Handbook” or something like that. See
http://www.ke7x.com/ I found it invaluable. Dave K8WPE David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > On Jan 13, 2020, at 4:03 PM, turnbull <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ken, We all miss our professor.73 Doug EI2CNSent from my Samsung Galaxy > smartphone. > -------- Original message --------From: Ken G Kopp <[email protected]> Date: > 13/01/2020 15:29 (GMT+00:00) To: [email protected], Elecraft > <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] KE7X Fred was a dear friend of > mine, and entered many contests using my stationhere in Montana. He > especially excelled at SO2R, often working twostations at once. Awesome to > watch. GAWD I miss him!73Ken Kopp - KoppOn Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 16:14 Don > Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote:> I will second that recommendation > for the Fred Cady book.> It sounds like you are getting frustrated by many > different angles that> are may not be related to each other.>> Go through > Fred's book from front to back, doing his exercises as you go.> When you are > finished, you will be responding to questions on the> reflector instead of > asking them.>> Fred was a great teacher and writer. He told me that his > experience as> a professor told him that there were 3 types of learning. > Those who> could understand from just reading, and those who had to have > hands-on> and those who learned best from doing visuals and exercises. Fred> > covered them all in his writings.>> I (as an engineer) have no problem > following the basic Elecraft manuals,> and Fred has said that he has nothing > in his books that is not covered> in the Elecraft manuals, but his > presentation methods are different and> more expansive.>> 73,> Don W3FPR>> On > 1/11/2020 5:45 PM, Rich wrote:> > I highly recommend "The Elecraft KX Line" > by Fred Cady KE7X (SK). You> > can order it from the Elecraft web site.> >> > https://elecraft.com/collections/kx-line-books/products/the-elecraft-kx-line-book-by-fred-cady> > >> >> >> > On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 3:04 PM Karl W Hubbard via Groups.Io> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:> >> > > How do I get rid of the CW sounds when I input either via tap or> > > push to hold functions on my KX3? I don't know whether I've enabled> > > some macro function or what.> >> > My 40 meters has now switched from LSB > to USB indication . What am I> > missing? Anything?> >> > Now my ATU > won't tune anything . Stays at 24.1-1 and powers down to> > 3.0 volts, > even after refresh several times, even when I manually> > tune my Alex > loop to within 1.5 SWR. ( I had used the ATU to> > routinely fine-tune > down to 1.1-1 -until today.)> >> > I am getting more frustrated with the > KX3 as time passes. Even> > setting up my Heil headphones is a hassle.> > >> > The manual should be written with a goal oriented task., ie. I have> > > a pair of mic headphones which I want to use with KX3. Now what do> > > you think I will want to do? Well, I'll need to input a slew of> > > parameters, VOX delay, pitch volume, monitor compression etc. These> > > should be organized under one topic:Headphone - mic use. using> > > headphones with voice mic including troubleshooting tips, not> > > scattered all over the manual.> >> > Really thinking now about just > selling all of my stuff, two mint> > condition Kx3s with covers, heat > sinks , KPA100s, PX3s with covers,> > redundant extra cables. It seems > every time I try to use my rig, I> > encounter a new problem. Obviously, > i would like to upgrade my> > antenna, but at this point, I am more > inclined just to bail.> >>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> Groups.io Links: You > receive all messages sent to this group.>> View/Reply Online (#65232): > https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-KX/message/65232> Mute This Topic: > https://groups.io/mt/69628295/2064844> Group Owner: > [email protected]> Unsubscribe:> > https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-KX/leave/4393303/1161009125/xyzzy [> > [email protected]]> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=->>______________________________________________________________Elecraft > mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: > http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:[email protected] > list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
