[Elecraft] Re: Stranger than real life

2005-06-12 Thread ANNE NORMAN
And I still find it faintly obscure that IC pins are spaced at a tenth of an inchwhere does that come from? Older hams this side will recall school exercise books which had all the imperial measurements printed on the back. Horse racing still deals with furlongs (the length of a furrow...)

[Elecraft] Another Antenna Analyser

2005-04-16 Thread ANNE NORMAN
Francophone kit-builders will enjoy the site of F6BQU. For some reason my posting is sent back if I paste the right address; but you'll find him as lpistor using chez.tiscali.fr and then go to "Entree du site" then "la passion du radioamateurisme" and "mes realisations publiees dans la presse s

[Elecraft] Re: Bad Fist

2005-04-06 Thread ANNE NORMAN
From: Pete, G0PKS. FWIW: When I was first learning morse using pre-recorded cassettes on a walkman I quickly become familiar with the content; I then wired the output from a practice sidetone oscillator to one headphone and the walkman to the other. You quickly judge whether you are keying sy

[Elecraft] QRO Power Supplies

2005-03-10 Thread ANNE NORMAN
From: Pete Norman, g0pks. I've come across some very neat, physically small, switch mode power supplies, rated at 23A. Is the general consensus that these are A Good Thing or To Be Avoided At All Costs? I'll be needing to equip myself with something soon (I hope) and any advice would be hel

[Elecraft] It does was it says on the tin!

2005-01-22 Thread ANNE NORMAN
>From Pete Norman: I don't know whether you get the same adverts stateside for certain stains and varnishes but there's one over here that simply says, "It does what it says on the tin!" I am delighted to say that on a thoroughly miserable day in Somerset I feel dead chuffed because #4609 is a

[Elecraft] PLL Ref Osc Range

2005-01-17 Thread ANNE NORMAN
From: Pete Norman Hi everyone! I've got the crystal zero beat on 4 MHz but the best PLL range I can manage is 9.5 kHz which is frustratingly close to the required range! I think everything is in the right place! Any suggestions, please? Pete, g0pks. __

[Elecraft] Re: Audio Diary

2005-01-11 Thread ANNE NORMAN
From: Pete Norman Well those pesky IC pins must have behaved themselves because when I switched on for the first time everything checked out A1 OK and I think that's the first time I can ever say that All the more exciting because I am doing an audio diary of my build for a magazine I do re

[Elecraft] Re: IC pins

2005-01-05 Thread ANNE NORMAN
From: Pete Norman Thanks for all the interesting feedback, everyone! What an amazing pool of knowledge there is out there... Pete, g0pks. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscrib

[Elecraft] Re: IC pins

2005-01-04 Thread ANNE NORMAN
From: Pete Norman Hello everyone! I'm just toddling along with my build. The major problem so far has been fixing the bail to the bottom panel! What a beast! Anyway, it occurs to me (and has often occurred to me) why do we have to reform the pins on ICs? How come they aren't manufactured th