Re: [Elecraft] ridge vent as antenna?

2006-03-22 Thread Stuart Rohre
Indeed. Irrespective of PRB 1, FCC has separately ruled AGAINST homeowner associations in that they cannot legislate to prevent you having an outdoor TV antenna. A little thing called freedom of speech and press. Put up a vertical with a dummy (or real) TV antenna atop it. Might broadband

Re: [Elecraft] Anti-Static Grounding - how?

2006-03-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
Indeed, some house grounds have induced voltages in having long runs back to any ground point; and might not be the safest thing to tie your static mat to as a "ground" point. "Ground" in AC systems may have imbalance phase currents and be much different from a zero voltage point. It shouldn't

Re: [Elecraft] Anti-Static Grounding - how?

2006-03-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
What you are seeking rather than an earth ground, is to tie the commons of the equipment you are working upon, and yourself, suitably protected by the wrist strap internal resistor, to the same point, and thus voltage potential. You are trying to have everything at the same potential before yo

Re: [Elecraft] Static mat repair?

2006-03-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
I would get a brass flat washer and solder the wire to it. Then, clamp the washer with the bolt. Use a lock washer under the nut of the bolt and you are good to go. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You mus

Re: [Elecraft] Broken core

2006-03-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
Super Glue should be fine. Some epoxies however, have fillers in them and might NOT be passive to the RF specs of the core. I saw this happen while working in the EMC field. We were testing a transformer for a customer that had to attenuate RF passage thru its core and windings. It was a thr

Re: [Elecraft] No more RS232 ComPort!!!

2006-03-08 Thread Stuart Rohre
A lot of times you can make RS 232 work even without the handshake lines like CTS, DTR, RTS. You loop back pin 4 to 5 of the 25 pin D connector, and you hook 6, 8, and 20 together. 2, and 3 are your transmit and receive, and pin 7 is the common. Pin 1 is chassis ground, but do not share it wi

Re: [Elecraft] Solder?

2006-03-06 Thread Stuart Rohre
Solder is a very subjective thing. The thing to do with any solder unfamiliar to you is use it on some cables, components, connectors and evaluate the quality of joints it makes with your soldering tools, skill, etc. You can see if it takes more or less heat than old solder you are familiar wi

[Elecraft] Correcting the parent co. of Multicore Solder

2006-03-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
The parent co. is now of the Loctite products group, who make thread locking compounds to paint on nuts and bolts. (Permatex whom I thought of makes the gasket compound, or 'goop'. Both products, Loctite and the gasket stuff are a kind of 'goop', thus the confusion. Multicore Solders, formerl

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Switch between two rigs

2006-03-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
My measurements on ham grade coax switches show 40 dB or less isolation between positions. IN FACT, 60 dB is high even for a commercial grade switch. The simple types from MFJ that are wires to a multiposition wafer switch do not shield quite long wire runs from the adjacent connectors. Those

Re: [Elecraft] KPA100 Fan Noise

2006-02-27 Thread Stuart Rohre
Ball bearing and similar fans have a longer life with quiet than sleeve bearing fans. You might check out the offerings from Mouser in small fans. -Stuart ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post

Re: [Elecraft] Re:QRP Antenna

2006-02-23 Thread Stuart Rohre
Verticals are probably preferred for tight locations, and in any case have a nice low angle of radiation even given ground mounting, or low elevated mounting. Of the two, if you can get the antenna up six or more feet, so much the better. Then you could use gull wing elevated radials to improv

Re: [Elecraft] QRP Antenna

2006-02-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
Ron makes a good point about an antenna backed by an upslope, such that the antenna is below the highest objects, be it hill or house. You can possibly get more interesting contacts by arranging a rotating guy ring to which to attach the high point of the antenna. Then, get some rebar to act

Re: [Elecraft] Electrostatic ground

2006-02-16 Thread Stuart Rohre
To adequately "ground" for electrostatic charges does not require a connection to physical earth at all. In fact whether to use a strap at all depends on your local temperature and humidity at the work station. Dry cold winter weather is more risk than a wet spring unless you have a cold air co

Re: [Elecraft] Wanted: circuit diagram

2006-02-08 Thread Stuart Rohre
The standard "circuit" Ten Tec uses to test their noise blankers is a relay wired to open its own coil circuit and then remake. The arcing at the contacts makes a good close by test source for this. 73, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] QRP viability during solar cycle min?

2006-01-12 Thread Stuart Rohre
L. B. Cebik reports favorably on vertical dipoles at Cebik.com. When elevated sufficiently; since they are a complete antenna, not requiring a radial set; they radiate quite well at DX angles. See www.cebik.com -Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing l

Re: [Elecraft] Open Wire Feed Line Arrestor

2006-01-06 Thread Stuart Rohre
The device is stated to have toroid cores on each side of the line conductor so as to provide a DC short to the antenna side of the box. On the transmit side, it may be AC coupled, which is fine when the right size cap is used for RF. The cores with their windings act as RF chokes while allo

Re: [Elecraft] Horizontal Loop Antenna

2005-12-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
Whether you will get good results with your loop under the shingles depends on the amount of metal flashing on the edges of your roof. Also, on the amount of metal enclosed by it in your attic. we tried one on a Red Cross building that had perimeter flashing and even on standoff insulators, th

Re: [Elecraft] Doublet Antennas (WAS: Helix-wound EDP)

2005-12-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
A lot of these antenna ideas have been modeled by L. B. Cebik, W4RNL at his excellent antenna web site: www.cebik.com Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber I

Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 Antenna Recommendations

2005-11-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
For 20 meters and up, the Minuteman antenna I have has been very good in performance and ease of use. It does require some guying in a wind, and I modified the upper section to have another PVC pipe section to provide more Velcro attachments to stabilize the collapsible whip. Stuart K5KVH

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyzer

2005-11-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
You can determine the sign of the reactance by simply tuning higher in frequency. IF the reactance increases it is inductive, if it DECREASES, it is capacitive reactance. Remember the basic formula for inductive is Xl = 2Pi fL, while the inverse formula is for capacitive reactance, thus it de

Re: [Elecraft] 2005 MID-MO ARC (N0SS/0) FIELD DAY RESULTS

2005-10-17 Thread Stuart Rohre
The rules are pretty clear, what ever stations you run, free ones included, the highest power run determines the class of operation. If in battery class all stations have to be on battery at 5 watts!! No exceptions. I have always thought that the arbitrary 5 watts for both CW and phone modes w

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
I wonder if the blue blades are the same steel coating procedure as bluing a gun barrel? If so, you can get solution for treating steel at most gun shops that cater to those restoring firearms. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecr

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
Frank, There are steel blades still sold at Home Depot for painting clean up of windows. Single edge razor blades. Now if the school official "crazies" won't stomach those, you can simple substitute some plated metal or even a rusty slip of steel. I wonder if a scrap of blue banding metal tap

Re: [Elecraft] Low angle radiation antennas?

2005-10-05 Thread Stuart Rohre
Tom see the Cebik Antenna pages, www.cebik.com for optimizing the feedpoint of a Delta up the side of the triangle for lower angles of radiation. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to po

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Recommended Solder

2005-09-28 Thread Stuart Rohre
My experience of 47 years of use of Multicore solders is that they give superior wetability, and flow, and clean up to ordinary wire solder such as Radio Shack solder. It is easier to use Multicore flux to get a better cleaned joint and hence easier to solder with less heat exposure to the com

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft. G5RV Question

2005-09-26 Thread Stuart Rohre
The 80 m dipole feed with ladder line and a tuner can work well even with multi lobes on the higher bands. See any edition of the ARRL Antenna book or handbook for typical patterns, or www.cebik.com antenna web site for patterns. If you take into account the lobe directions you will have fine

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft. G5RV Question

2005-09-26 Thread Stuart Rohre
Certainly, traps and baluns "may" contribute some losses as well as loading coils may. Tune losses in a decent tuner are pretty low, unless you are trying to match outside its design range. There is no advantage save not having a reactance term to match out, to having resonance on the antenna.

Re: [Elecraft] Two Band Moxon/wire beam

2005-09-26 Thread Stuart Rohre
Charles, With dual band close spaced beams, everything interacts. You can try adjusting the wire lengths by the percentage you were off your target frequency, or just operate them as they fell. They will vary with height, and there is no compelling need to have them exactly resonant in cases l

Re: [Elecraft] Hurricane Katrina Relief

2005-09-19 Thread Stuart Rohre
Thanks Wayne and Eric, ARC will certainly appreciate all contributions. In this one area of one shelter in TX, more than $1.5 million in aid was given out to evacuees just last week. The needs are many, and another storm is on the way! Stuart K5KVH a volunteer in emergency communications.

Re: [Elecraft] Solder requests - STOP

2005-09-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
Some of us in US are getting any remaining stocks of genuine lead solders from "Multicore" (former Ersin). They have been bought by another us co. but a google search of "Multicore Solders" should give you their web site, and their dealers. Some dealers will have NOS for awhile. I have a cou

Re: [Elecraft] An Opportunity for CW Ops

2005-09-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
hello all, You can go to ARRL.org web site and download lists of nets by area, freq., mode, etc. 73, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change

Re: [Elecraft] Emergency Nets (was: Dropping the Code Test)

2005-09-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
Craig, You ARE on the wrong frequencies, listen on 40 by day and 80 by night to Gulf Coast nets. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Static Bleeder?

2005-09-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
Resistors are fine. Our club uses 2 each 100K ohm, one for each side of the ladder line to earth tent stake. Each resistor is carbon 2w. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to th

Re: [Elecraft] Re: CW in Emergencies? (WAS: Dropping the Code Test)

2005-09-06 Thread Stuart Rohre
The problem in the affected areas was the flooding of power sources or total destruction of antennas, and structures. Hams need strike teams with HF NVIS and VHF portable capability to work inside the affected areas. Well planned Disaster Plans include this. LA. was woefully negligent, at lea

Re: [Elecraft] CW in Emergencies?

2005-09-06 Thread Stuart Rohre
Dave, Much emergency traffic can be handled with QRP phone rigs using NVIS antennas consisting of a low dipole for 40 and 80 plus a reflector wire about a foot off ground. It works like a 2 element beam and easily covers a couple of states. I have uses such a beam on 40m from Austin TX to Mobi

Re: [Elecraft] Re: OT: Affected areas/ net frequencies

2005-09-01 Thread Stuart Rohre
Well, John is with his unit and deployed even before the hurricane struck. His priority is the Red Cross satellite phone traffic, and Red Cross radio band. -Stuart K5KVH Red Cross Austin

Re: [Elecraft] MFJ HI-Q Loop 1788 Will not stay on frequency.

2005-08-29 Thread Stuart Rohre
Hi Ken, The problem is typically of high current small loops and tuned matching circuits. Also, sunlight can heat up the coil and the variable capacitor and cause dimensions to shift and therefore the resonant frequency. Tightening the spring is good. Putting a shaft lock on the shaft "might"

Re: [Elecraft] Measuring Inductance with the MFJ-259

2005-08-29 Thread Stuart Rohre
The Elecraft designers have stated in past discussions that Coil Dope is not needed if you wind your toroids tight. Remember, that the dielectric constant of Coil Dope can change your tuning of the coil. It would be alright to use a few drops on ends of winding as an aid, but a lot could be a

Re: [Elecraft] Compromise/Limited Space/Make My Day Antenna Advice

2005-08-23 Thread Stuart Rohre
Hi Thom, The loop can be a antenna of choice for QRN/ QRM areas. The end fed antenna being unbalanced may have more noise than the loop. You will end up with more of a rectangular loop, or a horizontal "Hentenna". For the higher bands, 20 and up you might investigate the compact beam designs

Re: [Elecraft] K2 tinny speaker

2005-08-18 Thread Stuart Rohre
Craig, this comes up from time to time. Check the speaker mounting for the screws being overly tight and distorting the speaker frame. Or check that the frame is not bent or warped. You have to dismount the speaker to check that. Don't overly tighten the speaker mounting screws when you repl

Re: [Elecraft] Leather Case for K2

2005-08-17 Thread Stuart Rohre
You can find many suitable cases at places selling to other markets than ham radio. One time, I realized a lot of QRP rigs fit the insulated coolers for six packs. Makes a good way to store your rig in a car full time. Larger cases with room for air to circulate would work for operational fiel

Re: [Elecraft] Lightning strikes

2005-08-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
A choke will bleed off the static charges, but can be easily blown by too much static voltage opening the winding. Instead put a 100,000 ohm 2 watt resistor across the feed line. It will allow the full power RF to pass, but take the static to ground, if the line feeder is coax. If not coax,

Re: [Elecraft] routine question

2005-08-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
How about a roll of 1 lb. solder lasting 40 years? If you do not use much solder on joints, it will last that long thru a dozen kits and projects. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Low Antenna on Mountain Top

2005-08-12 Thread Stuart Rohre
The definition of Marconi antenna is that it is quarter wave. A half wave antenna is called a Hertz antenna in some older literature. Stuart K5KVH

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 16, Issue 11

2005-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
Another thing about modern computers and lower noise therein, is they use a 10 MHz master clock then dither it, and multiply it to the Gigahertz max speeds. Thus instead of a single spur at a frequency, they have the clock energy spread over a band with each frequency having less power. And,

Re: [Elecraft] Low antennas in high places

2005-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
Mike, consider that the soil on some cliff tops is the same as that at the base, if the cliff is formed as a geologic fault. Then, it would be no better nor worse than the soil down on level ground. That is not the main reflection gain mechanism from the elevated cliff side dipole, as my other

Re: [Elecraft] Low antennas in high places

2005-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
No matter what the ground conductivity is at a given hill top located antenna, what is shown in one ARRL Antenna Compendium piece on gains from an antenna near the edge of, and atop a hill, is that you are no longer shadowing say, a dipole parallel to the cliff face from radiating at angles bel

Re: [Elecraft] Low antennas in high places

2005-08-10 Thread Stuart Rohre
Paul, NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) dipoles or antennas are any antenna operated at low elevations above ground from lying on ground to being say 0.1 wave high, and certainly well below conventional heights for that antenna. They are horizontal dipoles usually a half wave type, or tune

Re: [Elecraft] Interference from Computers-Routers

2005-08-10 Thread Stuart Rohre
Maybe Paul, you have a better grounding scheme. Part of good grounding, is to run a computer used with a radio from the same power strip. IF the computer is NOT used with radio, have it separated or on different power circuit. Stuart K5KVH ___ El

Re: [Elecraft] Low antennas in high places

2005-08-10 Thread Stuart Rohre
This past Field Day, we used some NVIS dipoles atop a hill in Austin TX. There was a sharp drop to the east and to the West. We not only worked obvious NVIS range signals; but worked a number of skip signals from antennas no more than 7 feet high at the highest. The 40m antenna was only 3 1/2

Re: [Elecraft] ATU efficiency and the Elecraft T1

2005-08-09 Thread Stuart Rohre
The L network tuner has one less lossy reactive component, (coil or cap). It also has an unambiguous tune up for optimum power transfer. Ie, only one setting of the variable components gives the lowest loss transfer of power. In a Tee tuner, there are three adjustable parts, and two settings fo

Re: [Elecraft] ATU efficiency and the Elecraft T1

2005-08-09 Thread Stuart Rohre
Another answer for Darrell, is that a balun is designed to see equal antenna halves either side of it. (on its balanced side). There is no advantage to using one on an end fed dipole. If you were to feed with coax, to an end fed dipole, and that coax is quarter wave long, you would transform t

Re: [Elecraft] zs6bkw antenna for qrp

2005-08-08 Thread Stuart Rohre
Hi Reggie, I built my own and adapted it to my supports available, (too low for the 40 feet of ladder line for my version.) What did I do to make it the K5KVH antenna? I put the ladder line horizontal, from the center, to a tree, and a back stay guy to the center insulator to keep dipole straig

Re: [Elecraft] ATU efficiency and the Elecraft T1

2005-08-08 Thread Stuart Rohre
L. B. Cebik, W4RNL, explored the "im balance" of the end fed Zepp antenna, a half wave with open wire feed where one side of the wire connects to nothing, and the other to the antenna end element. That would seem to be the extreme case of current imbalance but he found typically, there is only

Re: [Elecraft] Question about Buddipole antenna

2005-08-04 Thread Stuart Rohre
The Buddipole antennas are very good for what they are. It is helpful to have the mechanical parts to run them either as verticals or horizontals. They are well thought out, and durable. The workmanship is top notch. They come in a variety of versions for traveling needs. Stuart K5KVH __

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyzer sensitivity to near-field effects

2005-08-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
Hmm, I am not sure what that would mean, an analyzer that can see near field effects. The in line analyzers indirectly might show near field effects simply by being interfered with by strong RF nearby. Almost anywhere on the boat that is away from structure and conductors will have the same HF

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyzer sensitivity to near-field effects

2005-08-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
It is very true that antenna analyzers are affected adversely, without filtering, in the near field of transmitters such as AM stations. Here at the research lab, we are about a mile from a directional AM station. One of the popular antenna analyzers gave swinging SWR meter readings following t

Re: Re: [Elecraft] Heat related issue

2005-08-02 Thread Stuart Rohre
The use of a fan does not violate any Field Day rules. No electronics save Mil Spec is really built to sit out in the sun. Provide shade at least, and forced air cooling to give long life to your finals and components. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft m

Re: [Elecraft] Heat related issue

2005-08-02 Thread Stuart Rohre
Yeah Steve, there is a fix, it is called shading the Radio! You probably exceeded the temperature limits of inside components. I had a tuner that kept getting out of adjustment at Field Day one year. Finally, I realized that the sun angle had changed to bear directly on the dark case and the in

Re: [Elecraft] K2, PSK31 & microphone

2005-08-01 Thread Stuart Rohre
The transformer is to break the ground loop of having the computer ground connected to the RF chassis ground of the radio and producing possible ground loop currents. In that case, you defeat the transformer if you connect the computer case to radio case. The computer case ground should be the

Re: [Elecraft] speaker problem

2005-07-29 Thread Stuart Rohre
It is a good idea to use a pigtail adapter if one is going from a small jack on a radio to a larger jack for legacy headphones that you prefer. Simply create a plug, pigtail of suitable audio flexible cable, and a jack to accomplish the transition without an adapter putting heavy weight onto th

Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 antenna question

2005-07-28 Thread Stuart Rohre
Terry, you want the part of the antenna in the air to be the longer piece. And the highest piece for best results. Any antenna configuration that bends the antenna back upon itself will detract from the overall working as an antenna, even if it makes the "SWR" look "good". Remember, a light bu

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Speaker Replacement

2005-07-27 Thread Stuart Rohre
James, Before replacing, it may be that you only knocked it off center of the voice coil. Take out the speaker and view it from all angles. Is the Cone off center? If the thing looks like it is, you might put three fingers and thumb equally around edge of voice coil at narrow end of cone, and

Re: [Elecraft] License Exams

2005-07-25 Thread Stuart Rohre
True you do not have to have a license to take all the tests up to Extra, BUT, You do have to take the element that makes up the Technician test, just as you have to take all the elements after Tech, to then take the Extra test. You cannot just take one or two elements for a particular level, unle

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
I invite those seeking answers to why the code testing requirement was dropped to read the FCC's definition of the ham radio service given in the NPRM, as well as the detailed FCC comments to each of the petitions they considered. They clearly made a case of why test by mode, as CW is a mode; when

Re: [Elecraft] Replacement Hand Microphone

2005-07-20 Thread Stuart Rohre
You can either use a high impedance to low transformer for the D104 mike, or get one of the D104 "amplified" mikes which has a impedance converting transistor circuit in its base, able to drive low impedance modern microphone inputs. The crystal high impedance element of the 104 needs to look into

Re: [Elecraft] no, it isn't a knob, it's a...

2005-07-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
Ah, OK thanks for the update--- Depending on how you wire this particular key, ie have jumper on two side wires, and common on lever, you COULD use it as a sideswiper, (sidewise key). ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You mus

Re: [Elecraft] no, it isn't a knob, it's a...

2005-07-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
It's a sideswiper. Stuart K5KVH ___ 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: htt

Re: [Elecraft] Station grounding question

2005-07-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
Hi Glenn, Let me jump in here and comment. A Ufer ground is for 60 Hz and safety grounding only. It probably is not such a good RF ground, as that would depend on its wavelength relationships, ie how big is it in terms of wavelengths you use, what is it's capacitance to the dirt, what is the ind

Re: [Elecraft] Two and three element Yagi design data

2005-07-07 Thread Stuart Rohre
Another resource especially for Moxons is the L. B. Cebik antenna website, (W4RNL): www.cebik.com Almost every kind of antenna is modeled there and much good info on limits of models also. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@ma

Re: [Elecraft] Outbacker vs. buddipole etc.

2005-06-30 Thread Stuart Rohre
Erik, Each of the listed antennas has a good design and application. The Bug Catcher is more a mobile antenna, and needs radials to work portable. It will need a mobile base adapted to a portable stand. The Outbacker is a mobile antenna that now comes with radial kit and stand,but is short for th

Re: [Elecraft] whips

2005-06-29 Thread Stuart Rohre
Since the Marine band is 150 MHz VHF range, its matched antenna would not make a good HF antenna. However, with a tuner it might tune up on some ham bands with some undefined pattern of takeoff depending on where the loading coils for VHF are located on the Marine mast. Stuart K5KVH __

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Excessive Current

2005-06-27 Thread Stuart Rohre
In today's ever more crowded circuits; I find that during installation of a component, I should either hold the end of the wire to be cut or put a finger on it, so that it will not "fly" into some part of the circuit and short something. It is safer than nipping ends of wires with the cutters with

Re: [Elecraft] Your solder may be no clean

2005-06-27 Thread Stuart Rohre
Joe, I mis-remembered, saying "Permatex's" parent co. It is the "Loctite" parent co. that now owns Multicore Solders. Henkle. However , google on Multicore Solders brings up the distributor list from the link I will embed here. http://www.motionnet.com/cgi-bin/search.exe?a=sc&no=7823 Where are

[Elecraft] Your solder may be no clean

2005-06-23 Thread Stuart Rohre
The Kester solder Mouser part nos. are different in present Mouser catalog. However, by inspection of the numbers which are similar I can tell you that nos. containing 6040 are 60/ 40 solder. Nos. suffixed with 88xx seem to all be "NO Clean" type, which you do NOT want to use! Most likely you hav

Re: [Elecraft] Pomona 3296 Parts Source?

2005-06-20 Thread Stuart Rohre
The Pomona web site lists all the major distributors as stocking their products: Allied, Newark, Arrow, McMaster Carr, Powell, as well as Mouser. Maybe not all stock every item, but Allied , Newark, and McMaster Carr are usually widely stocking down here. 73 Stuart K5KVH

Re: [Elecraft] G3XGC Z-match

2005-06-20 Thread Stuart Rohre
Rich, If you re read the text below the pictures, it pretty much details, along with photos, how the coils are wound. They are solenoid open wire coils, and the coil forms are noted, as are the wire sizes and turns for each winding. Link coils such as in this Z match tuner, are typically made at

Re: [Elecraft] Use of Abbreviations (OT?)

2005-06-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
The ARRL Operating Manual addresses correct usage of abbreviations and notes Q signals are for CW only. However, there is widespread mis-use as we most all can admit to. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You mus

Re: [Elecraft] antenna selection (slightly OT)

2005-06-10 Thread Stuart Rohre
Don't forget that 3/2 waves in phase doublets, give you gain and a multilobe advantage for covering more of the country on Field Day. Now I am not talking the G5RV, but the W5GI with true in phase action along each side. He also has the Vee beam without a in span phasing line, the D3 Plus. Both

Re: [Elecraft] Balun

2005-06-09 Thread Stuart Rohre
I guess one of the issues, are you ordering a K2 with its auto tuner? In that case, my suggestions apply, to adding the Elecraft balun, and using the internal K2 tuner for your antenna. It is also true that a balanced line tuner will work after the K2, and before your ladder line. Since surplus

Re: [Elecraft] Balun

2005-06-09 Thread Stuart Rohre
Rich, You will need the Elecraft balun kit for the feeder at the rig before it connects to K2 by a short coax jumper. You can use any plastic that has no conductive material in it as insulators. The one you mention is fine, (plexiglas). You can also use PVC plumbing fittings from Home Depot, or b

Re: [Elecraft] antenna suggestions? (was Re: kpa800 question)

2005-05-26 Thread Stuart Rohre
Brian, With a window you could deploy a homemade version of the B&W window loaded antenna. It was a whip as long as you dare, and a base loading coil, which you can wind and tap for various bands. Put a counterpoise wire for say 33 feet on ground side of feedpoint at base of coil. Tap up on coil

Re: [Elecraft] ethanol/isopropyl

2005-05-17 Thread Stuart Rohre
The denaturing agents in things like rubbing alcohol will leave undesirable residues as may the coloring agents used now in some rubbing alcohol. Use Everclear, or pure Ethyl alcohol, (taxable by Feds) for circuit board cleaning. Cut off the bristles of standard "Acid Brush" to half the normal le

Re: [Elecraft] Simple Method for Measuring Tuner loss with reactiveloads

2005-05-16 Thread Stuart Rohre
Tony, To save you and others some work, Frank Witt did an extensive measurement series on many tuners; and published it in QST and I think, QEX magazines with additional studies. If you are an ARRL member, you can likely find the info from the pieces on the ARRL web site. It may be in the open Te

Re: [Elecraft] Tuner efficiency question

2005-05-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
The MFJ balanced tuner has a double tee network to give the most range of adjustment. Note even the vaunted Johnson Matchbox did not cover all of today's bands and impedances. -Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] Tuner efficiency question

2005-05-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
My understanding, from L. B. Cebik, was the German balanced tuners were discontinued. I could not find them by Google search. -Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subsc

Re: [Elecraft] Tuner efficiency question

2005-05-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
Google the name Frank Witt, and you will find the tuner studies he did. Also in archives of QRP-L reflector where he posted them, and maybe on www.arrl.org technical topics links. 72, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qt

Re: [Elecraft] What is this new back panel

2005-05-10 Thread Stuart Rohre
Isn't that the panel that is L shaped for the 100 watt option? Really a back an top panel heat sink? -Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change,

Re: [Elecraft] Microphone Jumpers

2005-05-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
"On Board jumpers" is the term we use in industry. Check the main distributors catalogs: Mouser, Digikey, Allied, Newark, etc. 72, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list.

Re: [Elecraft] Audio Volume

2005-04-29 Thread Stuart Rohre
Make sure your speaker bolts are not overly tight distorting the speaker voice coil travel. This was a problem on a number of units. An idea: cut some spacers that are beveled so as to tilt the speaker forward. They cannot be long, as you will get a tunnel stove pipe effect if the speaker is t

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Delta-4 switches

2005-04-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
I looked at the HEX BEAM web site to see if anything special about the feed. Sounds like it is a simple 50 ohm coax connection. However, compact antennas have intense near field, so if there is coupling back to shack thru its gain direction you may have a weird case going. Keep us informed of wh

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Delta-4 switches

2005-04-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
I agree with swapping the two switches to see of problem is on both. Is there any other grounding to the switch chassis? Other than that, are you using same length coax jumpers, (same jumpers) and just subbing antennas? I have seen many problems move with jumpers, even those you think are good b

Re: [ELECRAFT] Using XG1 to measure feedline losses

2005-04-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
W5YR, (sk) used the beads for transition to his balanced line adapter to the coax connection on his tuner. That is the beauty of the cable choke and Beads, they are operating on the OUTSIDE of the coax section, and thus the transformation ratio is taken care of inside the tuner, but RF is blocked

Re: [ELECRAFT] Using XG1 to measure feedline losses

2005-04-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
An external 4:1 balun is typically less lossy than the built in 4:1 baluns. Better still, use the W5YR idea, a bead ferrite choke on the coax output, then connect there with a coax to binding post adapter for balanced line, and you eliminate questions about your balun. An alternate is to use a coa

Re: [ELECRAFT] Using XG1 to measure feedline losses

2005-04-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
That is a good point, as you do not want the AGC to activate giving a wrong reading on the comparisons. If it were possible to disable AGC, you would be able to be sure it is out of affecting measurements. Also, you should use a step attenuator to make sure no other circuits are overloaded for t

Re: [ELECRAFT] Using XG1 to measure feedline losses

2005-04-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
Very interesting test and another use for the XG1! Remember, the fat ladder line may be not canceling the currents, ie is not as balanced as the more narrow line. Or maybe, the window narrow line is just the better match to the tuner or it is the routing and the surrounding influences. -Stuart K

Re: [Elecraft] Using XG1 to measure feedline losses

2005-04-19 Thread Stuart Rohre
Can the XG1 transmit into a 50 ohm resistor with short stiff wire leads to couple, near the loop? -Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, su

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyzers

2005-04-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
Many pieces of equipment never get a comment from hams when they work as advertised, or have so many advanced features that most hams never learn to use them. Thus, it is likely you hear the war stories of the problem equipment; rather than of the successes. In addition to my own MFJ 269, which h

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyzers

2005-04-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
Ten Tec has a great "T kit" for adjusting Antenna Tuners with out a signal on the air, save the built in noise bridge. And it costs a LOT less than an Antenna Analyzer from the commercial sources. The kit is one board, handful of components and maybe one hour or less assembly. You listen for a n

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyzers

2005-04-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
My clubs, (two) have had 3 MFJ's. The only reason we had 3, was we replaced a 259 with the 259 B for added features, and gave the still working one away as a door prize. I have the Autek RF 1, and then later got the MFJ 269 to gain 440 band. All have worked well. There was an intermittent disp

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