We had another busy and interesting net this week. I never fail to be amazed at how we manage to find useful subjects that are Elecraft related each week!
Main topics were: External speakers, for anyone interested mine came from Argos (http://www.argos.co.uk/), part number 513/6113, Acoustic Solutions in black that are 9.5" tall by just over 5.5" wide - cost £19.99 a pair. I tried Richer Sounds for their offer on Eltax Concept mini speakers at £9.99 a pair, but they wouldn't sell them for cash without having my name and address "for the receipt", which in reality was for junk mail purposes, so they were left in the shop. "Birdies" on the K3 as noted following a firmware update. The general view was it had nothing to do with firmware updates. The frequencies mentioned were 21.022, 14.324, 7.160 and 3.580. I pick up all of those except the 21 MHz one. The strongest is 3.580. Power Poles, love them or hate them they are used in the K2/100 and K3! CPC in the UK stock them, when I checked they were listed as of USA origin perhaps misprinted as "unbranded". Part number 21-3300, CPC are at: http://cpc.farnell.com/ Noise reduction and roofing filters... Narrow filters give worse noise reduction performance. Interesting observations by Doug, GM0ELP, on how much of an issue it can be at times and how much better noise reduction works with a wider filter. He's going to see if Lyle or Wayne can include manual filter selection as an option. Observations that the KXV3 isn't needed if you just want to use the IF out, it can be taken from the main RF board to a single hole fixing BNC socket fitted to the KXV3 blanking plate. Saves a lot of money... See the KXV3 diagram/fitting instructions. Clifton Labs K2 IF buffer kit. Power supplies, Voltage drop and fitting modules to the K3 (remember to exit the menu and power off for the module to be recognised). Schurr Profi and other paddles, including the Hex key and Begali. An interesting point was raised that apparently there are three different makers of the Profi paddles and they are all based on the same design! Stations this week were: G0VGS, Ian G4LWA, Alan G7BQM, Ted GM0ELP, Doug G8FMH, Alan M3WCK, Colin G4NWJ, Jim G4LOP, Chris MM0XDG, David GI4FZD, Paul 73 until next week. Dave, G4AON K3/100 #80, Acom 1000, dipole _______________________________________________ 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://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
