Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
Steve Ellington wrote: Brett: How about this: The scope is already defined in the K3's display. All we are waiting for is a firmware update to activate it. I wish! I can tell you that this, unfortunately, is impossible. The K3's display isn't bit-mapped -- it has a fixed set of things that it can display. I too admit that I've watched all of these LPPans go by at attractive prices because -- much as I want a panoramic display -- I am waiting for the Elecraft product. And I also hope it will be a standalone device that does not require a computer. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
In a recent message, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote ... The K144XV will still cover the full 144-148 MHz range by using two local oscillator frequencies (116 and 118 MHz). If you tune across the boundary at 146 MHz, the oscillator will switch automatically. As the 2 metre band in most of the world is just 144 to 146 MHz, Wayne, this does seem to be an unnecessary complication for many of us. Does this facility increase the cost of the K144XV? If so, is there an alternative option for those of us with the 144-146 MHz band? Already having an XV144, I am trying to find a reason why I should order a K144XV for my K3. Can you help? What are the advantages? -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK -- __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
I honestly don't believe that the K3 screen has the resolution to be an effective bandscope. But thats just my humble opinion. ~Brett On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 00:16 -0400, Steve Ellington wrote: Brett: How about this: The scope is already defined in the K3's display. All we are waiting for is a firmware update to activate it. I wish! Steve N4LQ n...@carolina.rr.com - Original Message - From: Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com To: Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. WA5ZNU le...@wa5znu.org Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN On that screen shot is that + and - about 20Khz? Shouldn't the system be able to pull off 192Khz total width? It would also be really slick if the waterfall was labeled with absolute values rather than relative ones. Honestly the only reason I haven't purchased an LP-PAN is because all the computers at the house are running Linux. However I'm also VERY hopeful that the Elecraft bandscope when it comes out doesn't require a computer of any kind. I'm not certain on my feelings of requiring that the device needs a VGA monitor. I really hope that the thing is completely self contained and even better if it was a box with an LCD of some sort and fits nice right on top of the K3 and looks like it belongs there. I guess time will only tell ~Brett On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 13:27 -0700, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. WA5ZNU wrote: Linux users can install quisk-lppan-k3. It's a far simpler user interface than the PowerSDR software. We're hoping to port it to Windows as well some day. It can control the K3 directly, or work through fldigi, which is a digimode program that itself runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. http://wa5znu.org/2009/04/quisk-lppan-k3/ Leigh/WA5ZNU __ 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
[Elecraft] 500HZ 5 POLE
FOR SALE A 500HZ 5 POLE IRAD ROOFING FILTER. I am asking $65.00 and shipping. N6XVT Karl Marderian karl...@sbcglobal.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
You know what, I guess that Steve already knew that the K3's display wasn't going to be able accommodate a landscape function ;-) I too would like to express my desire for a build-in / stand alone unit for the K3. One were I can hook up a monitor, a key board and maybe even a mouse if I wanted too and do all the modes that are available. And also very important, it should be more or less plug and play. PC's and I don't go very well together and although the LP PAN stuff looks and sounds very promising, it is way to complicated for me. I am glad that I am able to update my K3 every once in a while. Kudo's to Elecraft for making it that simple. Also, for a wireless hobby, with LP PAN you sure as hell need a lot off wires (pun intended ;-)) 73, Maarten PD2R 2009/7/23 Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com I honestly don't believe that the K3 screen has the resolution to be an effective bandscope. But thats just my humble opinion. ~Brett On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 00:16 -0400, Steve Ellington wrote: Brett: How about this: The scope is already defined in the K3's display. All we are waiting for is a firmware update to activate it. I wish! Steve N4LQ n...@carolina.rr.com - Original Message - From: Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com To: Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. WA5ZNU le...@wa5znu.org Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN On that screen shot is that + and - about 20Khz? Shouldn't the system be able to pull off 192Khz total width? It would also be really slick if the waterfall was labeled with absolute values rather than relative ones. Honestly the only reason I haven't purchased an LP-PAN is because all the computers at the house are running Linux. However I'm also VERY hopeful that the Elecraft bandscope when it comes out doesn't require a computer of any kind. I'm not certain on my feelings of requiring that the device needs a VGA monitor. I really hope that the thing is completely self contained and even better if it was a box with an LCD of some sort and fits nice right on top of the K3 and looks like it belongs there. I guess time will only tell ~Brett On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 13:27 -0700, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. WA5ZNU wrote: Linux users can install quisk-lppan-k3. It's a far simpler user interface than the PowerSDR software. We're hoping to port it to Windows as well some day. It can control the K3 directly, or work through fldigi, which is a digimode program that itself runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. http://wa5znu.org/2009/04/quisk-lppan-k3/ Leigh/WA5ZNU __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
Maarten van Rossum wrote: I too would like to express my desire for a build-in / stand alone unit for the K3. One were I can hook up a monitor, a key board and maybe even a mouse if I wanted too and do all the modes that are available. And also very important, it should be more or less plug and play. PC's and I don't go very well together and although the LP PAN stuff looks and sounds very promising, it is way to complicated for me. I am glad that I am able to update my K3 every once in a while. Kudo's to Elecraft for making it that simple. I think all of us find PCs a hassle. I worked with computers all my life but there are still times when I want to attack the thing with a 4lb club hammer. Unfortunately for your requirement I think a PC would be the most cost effective platform to do all that. I think the most we can hope for is something that is just a panoramic display. The question in my mind is, since for most people the benefit is being able to point and click to QSY, how would that work using a separate display? Most people will still be using a PC for logging etc. Having a separate screen for the display is not an issue (in fact it would be a benefit to keep the main screen clear) but having a separate screen that your mouse cannot click on doesn't seem like an ergonomic ideal to me. So I'm guessing that it will just be a passive display like the ones in the Icom 756 series that you can look at but not click on. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/LP-PAN-FOR-SALE-tp3301013p3308143.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Keying A Small Amp With A K2
David Y. wrote: The HLA-150 has a keying line input jack for direct connection to a transceiver. However, the K2 doesn't have a keying line output that I'm aware of. So, my question to you amp gurus is what would be the best (easiest) way to make this work? Any suggestions? http://www.elecraft.com/Apps/Amp_keying_ckt.htm - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Keying-A-Small-Amp-With-A-K2-tp3307556p3308179.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
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Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
Vic Rosenthal wrote on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 7:14 AM: I too admit that I've watched all of these LPPans go by at attractive prices because -- much as I want a panoramic display -- I am waiting for the Elecraft product. And I also hope it will be a standalone device that does not require a computer. Hi Vic, It would be a pity if Elecraft's product could only be used to display the K3's receiver IF, and could not be tuned to other frequencies and used to display transmitter IMD products for example. Perhaps that would make the product too expensive. 73, Geoff GM4ESD __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP-Pan and K3
Silence before the storm. I never expected the 144 MHz transverter module for the K3 but it appeared out of the blue. Who knows, maybe they are working hard on the new kit as we speak to surprise us all in the near future... (a guy can dream, can't he?) Maarten PD2R 2009/7/23 rfenab...@gmail.com Interesting though how the deafening silence from the hallowed halls of Aptos remainsSMB no doubt. Gary VK4WT Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
...since for most people the benefit is being able to point and click to QSY, how would that work using a separate display? How about touch screen? Best regards, Dick - KA5KKT __ 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] LP Pan and K3
(Snip) How about touch screen? (End Snip) Some are HAM fisted types and may find that feature a little difficult to use in the Heat of the battle..:-) Gary Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra __ 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] oops - KAT100 LEDs dark
I have my KPA100 and KAT100 mounted separately in an EC2 that sits to the left of my K2, and the SWR LEDs are mostly hidden when I'm operating. This morning I got a HI REFL warning and hit the TUNE button. Much clacking and things were better. But it caused me to look at the KAT100 SWR scale and notice that only the 2 and LOW LEDs are lit - or HIGH if I switch to non-QRP. All the tuner clatter doesn't really change much - at least, not in the ATU MENU display, which claims 9.9-1. When I hit TUNE, though it always says 1.0-1. I'm guessing that I somehow cooked one or both of the protection diodes? I suppose that's the place to start, anyway. Good thing that I run resonant antennas here! 73 de chris K6DBG __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP Pan and K3
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Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
Julian, G4ILO wrote: I disagree. I think the folks at Elecraft are capable of developing the software required to do point and click. In fact I would not purchase one if I couldn't do that. Tom, N5GE Maarten van Rossum wrote: I too would like to express my desire for a build-in / stand alone unit for the K3. One were I can hook up a monitor, a key board and maybe even a mouse if I wanted too and do all the modes that are available. And also very important, it should be more or less plug and play. PC's and I don't go very well together and although the LP PAN stuff looks and sounds very promising, it is way to complicated for me. I am glad that I am able to update my K3 every once in a while. Kudo's to Elecraft for making it that simple. I think all of us find PCs a hassle. I worked with computers all my life but there are still times when I want to attack the thing with a 4lb club hammer. Unfortunately for your requirement I think a PC would be the most cost effective platform to do all that. I think the most we can hope for is something that is just a panoramic display. The question in my mind is, since for most people the benefit is being able to point and click to QSY, how would that work using a separate display? Most people will still be using a PC for logging etc. Having a separate screen for the display is not an issue (in fact it would be a benefit to keep the main screen clear) but having a separate screen that your mouse cannot click on doesn't seem like an ergonomic ideal to me. So I'm guessing that it will just be a passive display like the ones in the Icom 756 series that you can look at but not click on. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.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] KAT2 Power problem (more)
To the list - I have yet to solve my problem with my KAT2. So far I have replaced T1 which yielded the correct 3.4v on TX on the input to U4 and 0.74v on RX. Unfortunately U4 was not buffering that through to R6 so I replaced U4. I now see the 3.4v on R6 in TX BUT 2.4v in RX. I have yet to find where this 2.4v is coming from. NOTE: this is present even when R6 is not connected to the board. Obviously when R6 is in line, it blanks the receiver due to the high voltage on it. I'm already in deep correspondence with Don and Gary but if you have any ideas please do not hesitate to drop one to me as well... Thanks and wish us luck! Tom W0EA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
I believe that the reuse of ten meters can be transparent IF desired, and the hi-lo range switching will not happen while going RX to TX for any common use I know about. K3 will show the 2 meter frequency when using the radio as an IF. The only change is what band in the K3 is used as an IF. And, the choice will belong to the owner. from Wayne's post: You can set two 2-m transverter bands on the K3 if you like, one configured for CW/SSB work (144 MHz band edge) and the other for use with repeaters (146 MHz band edge). Or you can set up one band for the entire range, and the oscillator will switch as you tune across the boundary. 73, Guy On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Grant Youngman n...@tx.rr.com wrote: I suppose the rest of us (non-high-power high band multi-station contesters) shouldn't care. But it seems this is one of those things that benefits a very few users at the expense of adding a bit of operational clunkiness for the bulk of K3 users and to what was originally a pretty clean design idea with single band coverage. Heavy hitting contesters, do, after all, have other options such as high performance external transverters, etc., which they most likely already have on the table. Grant/NQ5T __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KAT3 Specs
KAT3 matches pretty well, as good as Z11Pro. The only issue with KAT3 vs an external tuner is dealing with common currents. Many baluns including BL1 and BL2 have high losses at high SWR and become very hot. With an external tuner you can create a very effective balun by wrapping a jumper a few times around a toroid. Very good isolation and now warming. However having KAT3 is convenient as it tracks frequency changes and tuning is one button push. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/KAT3-Specs-tp3300050p3310146.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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] Elecraft Panadapter
I haven't used a panaramic display but have wanted one for some time. I do have a problem understanding how a stand alone display can possibly have the capabilities of a PC based design as far as point and click to change the radio to the frequency of the signal you are seeing. I CAN see the usefulness of a second video display monitor on the PC to use for some of the extras that would get covered up on you main screen when you have it set the way you like. I too am waiting for the Elecraft unit to see how it is implemented and it's capabilities. 73, de Jim KG0KP - Original Message - From: Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com To: Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:14 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN Steve Ellington wrote: Brett: How about this: The scope is already defined in the K3's display. All we are waiting for is a firmware update to activate it. I wish! I can tell you that this, unfortunately, is impossible. The K3's display isn't bit-mapped -- it has a fixed set of things that it can display. I too admit that I've watched all of these LPPans go by at attractive prices because -- much as I want a panoramic display -- I am waiting for the Elecraft product. And I also hope it will be a standalone device that does not require a computer. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco __ 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] LP-Pan and K3
I have to agree with the idea it must stand alone and have a point and click functionality otherwise it's a toy too similar to ICOM. I have had a few ICOMS with their version of a bandscope and they left me suitably unimpressed and therefore I would be leaving my money in the bank and looking for something else to buy. Gary VK4WT Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra __ 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] K3 - Reflector = school
What an understatement. I just downloaded a newer version of the manual and am reading the whole thing again. It is hard to keep up with the new stuff. I'm glad they continue to add new options. The reflector gets you all the how-tos for the new stuff and help with figuring out the what setting you changed that made it do that. 73, de Jim KG0KP - Original Message - From: Phil LaMarche plama...@verizon.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:18 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 What I love about this reflector is every day is a day in school. I learn so much and I thank everyone. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. http://www.instantgourmetspices.com/ www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com http://www.w9dvm.com/ 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 K3 #1605 CCA 98 00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
That may be true, and it will probably be transparent as you indicate. Other small interest groups (with apparently not as much pull) can't seem to get other promised and advertised features delivered that have no side effects at all, although I think all of us paid the same price for our radios :-) One apparently has to be a contester of some repute to get attention. Maybe I'll start a group that holds multi-station multi-operator high power 6M/VHF AM contests requiring the use of synchronous AM detection to score points :-) Grant/NQ5T On Jul 23, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: I believe that the reuse of ten meters can be transparent IF desired, and the hi-lo range switching will not happen while going RX to TX for any common use I know about. K3 will show the 2 meter frequency when using the radio as an IF. The only change is what band in the K3 is used as an IF. And, the choice will belong to the owner. __ 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] LP-Pan vs K3 unit
If, as we are lead to believe that Aptos are going to release a stand alone box to match the K3, I would hope that it will provide a clear choice in such a way that we are able to have our cake and eat it too. 1. Matching box 2. External monitor 3. PC interface 4. USB mouse support 5. 192Khz or better waterfall 6. Colour screen 7. Point and click 8. Auto tracking 9. Remote capture and save facility 10. Integrated K3 utility onboard 11. Visual audio spec-an equal to spectragram etc (not the useless display such as the FTdx-9000 series) Price including these features will increase the more features are added, but to be worthy of the Elecraft name it needs to be a quality product that enhances the already impressive K3 Maybe this is just a dream, but it sure makes waiting interesting:-) I would be heading to the bank for one like this if available from Elecraft Gary VK4WT Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Panadapter
Jim Miller KG0KP wrote: I haven't used a panaramic display but have wanted one for some time. I do have a problem understanding how a stand alone display can possibly have the capabilities of a PC based design as far as point and click to change the radio to the frequency of the signal you are seeing. There are 'single board computers' available that would provide mouse, VGA, and RS232 support and which can be programmed to do whatever you want. They have simple operating systems (sometimes forms of Linux) and are designed to be embedded in devices like this. When you click on the display it would just send the appropriate rig-control command to the K3. A panoramic display unit could incorporate this plus a simple SDR to provide all these functions. If it did not include the display itself but could be connected to a VGA monitor, the price could be kept reasonable. Monitors are cheap and used ones are often free. And the owner could choose how big a display he wanted. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
Tom (HB9DOD) wrote: How does this work when either receive or transmit frequency is on the other band in duplex For instance 146.3 recieve and 145.7 transmit... does the oscillator also switch? Yes. But I don't know of any cases where normal repeater splits go across 146 MHz. And in any case you're limited to 144-146 MHz in HB- land, last time I checked :) Regarding another question posted here: The K144XV module has two advantages over our external 2-m transverter (the XV144). It's internal to the K3, and covers the full 144-148 MHz range. The XV144, being external, can be used with other rigs besides the K3, and has higher output power. 73, Wayne N6KR Thursday, July 23, 2009, 12:31:45 AM, you wrote: WB Our prototype K144XV 2-m module for the K3 used a 6 meter IF (50-54 WB MHz). However, a number of K3 owners were concerned with this. In WB multi-transmitter installations, such as during high-band contesting, WB stations typically standardize on a 10-m IF to avoid interaction with WB high-power 6-m transmitters. WB Because of this, we've decided go with 10 m (28-30 MHz) __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP-Pan vs K3 unit
I think having all these features can only be economically implemented with an external computer. For me, I only wish for a real panoramic display in color with adjustable bandwidth. Having the ability to see the band offers such a significant advantage that I feel quite blind without it. Mice, point and click functions, K3 utility on-board, and most of these other things require some sort of operating system. You're basically asking for a complete PC built into a K3 style box. All I want is the ability to see the activity around me on the band I'm currently using. Doug -- K0DXV rfenab...@gmail.com wrote: If, as we are lead to believe that Aptos are going to release a stand alone box to match the K3, I would hope that it will provide a clear choice in such a way that we are able to have our cake and eat it too. 1. Matching box 2. External monitor 3. PC interface 4. USB mouse support 5. 192Khz or better waterfall 6. Colour screen 7. Point and click 8. Auto tracking 9. Remote capture and save facility 10. Integrated K3 utility onboard 11. Visual audio spec-an equal to spectragram etc (not the useless display such as the FTdx-9000 series) Price including these features will increase the more features are added, but to be worthy of the Elecraft name it needs to be a quality product that enhances the already impressive K3 Maybe this is just a dream, but it sure makes waiting interesting:-) I would be heading to the bank for one like this if available from Elecraft Gary VK4WT Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra __ 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] 2 meter module
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Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
Click with what? Plug a mouse/keyboard into the panadapter? That's going to be some pretty fancy firmware programming and real expensive. I don't think there's any way for Elecraft to produce a standalone panadapter that can compete with the LP-PAN/Sound card/Computer combo either performance or price wise. We'll see if they can prove me wrong. N5GE wrote: I disagree. I think the folks at Elecraft are capable of developing the software required to do point and click. In fact I would not purchase one if I couldn't do that. Tom, N5GE -- R. Kevin Stover ACØH __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
I'm sure that Elecraft (or any other company) can design and produce just about whatever is technologically feasible. However, the issue boils down to at what cost, and then what market is out there to recover the costs. Yes, it will be great if Elecraft does come out with a Panadapter add on; the last figure I heard was in the $700 to $800 dollar price range. However, if one were to start tacking on all the features that every K3 owner feels is a must have, the price would probably triple. Now granted, if you add 2400 or so bucks to the price of the K3, it is still considerable less than the piece of junk Icom sells for 12,000 bucks (I guess 10,500 with all the discounts). Personally though, I don't think the majority of K3 owner would want to fork over much more than 700 dollars for a panadaptor.And this is especially true when you can achieve the same results (and with a unit that will most likely do considerable more than what is in the works at Elecraft) right now for under $300. A lot of the features that seem to wanted are already functional or soon will be with LP-Pan. Yes, you do have to have a computer; but what ham out there does not own a computer (especially amateurs that have found there niche in the hobby were they want and need the capabilities of the K3)? If you can afford a K3 (and the cost of a add on panadapter), I will go out on a limb and say you can afford to purchase a computer. You don't have to be a computer geek to install and configure LP-Pan, LP-Bridge, and Power SDR. And if you run into problems, there seems to be plenty of help on the LP reflector and my dealings with Larry at Telepost leave me with the impression that he is more than willing to take the extra step in helping you to get his product up and running. I have had LP-Pan hooked up to my K3 for about a week and I am really impressed with what it does. Went out and bought a second monitor for the computer and I have PowerSDR displayed on it. Right now the display is 14 wide and 7 in height; I can damn near read it without my glasses! That is my two cents worth. Dick K8ZTT Julian, G4ILO wrote: I disagree. I think the folks at Elecraft are capable of developing the software required to do point and click. In fact I would not purchase one if I couldn't do that. Tom, N5GE Maarten van Rossum wrote: I too would like to express my desire for a build-in / stand alone unit for the K3. One were I can hook up a monitor, a key board and maybe even a mouse if I wanted too and do all the modes that are available. And also very important, it should be more or less plug and play. PC's and I don't go very well together and although the LP PAN stuff looks and sounds very promising, it is way to complicated for me. I am glad that I am able to update my K3 every once in a while. Kudo's to Elecraft for making it that simple. I think all of us find PCs a hassle. I worked with computers all my life but there are still times when I want to attack the thing with a 4lb club hammer. Unfortunately for your requirement I think a PC would be the most cost effective platform to do all that. I think the most we can hope for is something that is just a panoramic display. The question in my mind is, since for most people the benefit is being able to point and click to QSY, how would that work using a separate display? Most people will still be using a PC for logging etc. Having a separate screen for the display is not an issue (in fact it would be a benefit to keep the main screen clear) but having a separate screen that your mouse cannot click on doesn't seem like an ergonomic ideal to me. So I'm guessing that it will just be a passive display like the ones in the Icom 756 series that you can look at but not click on. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.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
[Elecraft] Kit Builderes?
I have K2 and KX1 kits which I got a year or so ago from a local ham who like me never built them. Both are probably 4 or 5 years old! I have no time lately and no place in this QTH to build a kit and I'm getting tired of seeing the boxes on the floor of the shack. If anyone here would like to build the kits for me let me know by direct e-mail how much you would charge for each kit. Perhaps I could get to the KX1 here but the K2 will never get done if I have to build it. Good intentions never get anything done! 73, Puck W4PM __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
Bah. There are tons of embedded PC boards that essentially offer the functionality and I/O of an entire PC on a board the size of a credit card. Here's a site that lists a few. http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/Linux-For-Devices-Articles/Teeny-weeny-Linux-SBCs/ 73 -- Joe KB8AP On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:27 AM, R. Kevin Stover wrote: Click with what? Plug a mouse/keyboard into the panadapter? That's going to be some pretty fancy firmware programming and real expensive. I don't think there's any way for Elecraft to produce a standalone panadapter that can compete with the LP-PAN/Sound card/Computer combo either performance or price wise. We'll see if they can prove me wrong. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
Dick Williams wrote: Yes, you do have to have a computer; but what ham out there does not own a computer (especially amateurs that have found there niche in the hobby were they want and need the capabilities of the K3)? If you can afford a K3 (and the cost of a add on panadapter), I will go out on a limb and say you can afford to purchase a computer. You don't have to be a computer geek to install and configure LP-Pan, LP-Bridge, and Power SDR. I have (several) computers and I am a 'computer geek'. But I still want a standalone unit. I want it to come on when the radio does and I don't want to mess around with all of the issues surrounding a computer just to use it. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco __ 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] LP PAN and Point and Click
My wants are basic ... I'm just interested in seeing the band, or a portion thereof. Point and click doesn't interest me ... I traded off a hamfest-won Flex 3000 a couple of months ago.. Aptos has my order for the display, what-ever it turns out to be. (:-)) 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP elecraftcov...@rfwave.net http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
I fully agree. Even more to the point, can anyone explain to me why it is at all important for a panadapter to be standalone, i.e., independent of a computer for either display or function? 1. Whether I am contesting or DXing or ragchewing, my computer is always connected to my K3 for logging and other functions (digital modes, memory buffers, etc). Why would I want to add another user interface in the form of a keyboard or mouse connected directly to the panadapter? 2. I guarantee I would be able to upgrade my computer for function or storage capacity more easily than I could the innards of a standalone panadapter. The more dedicated hardware in the panadapter, the more functionally stagnate it becomes. 3. External monitors with MUCH larger screens that would be practical for a standalone panadapter are cheap, as are video cards with dual monitor ports. What's the point of having a wide spectrum capability if the display scrunches it down to VGA dimensions? 4. Software that controlled the panadapter from the computer would almost certainly integrate more easily into other software such as logging or rig control programs, compared with firmware residing on the panadapter. So ... why add cost and size in the form of panadapter hardware that can be done better and more cheaply with hardware that already exists? Are there that many K3 owners out there that use their rig like an FT-101? 73, Dave AB7E --Original Mail-- From: R. Kevin Stover rksto...@mchsi.com To: N5GE n...@n5ge.com, Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:27:38 -0500 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN Click with what? Plug a mouse/keyboard into the panadapter? That's going to be some pretty fancy firmware programming and real expensive. I don't think there's any way for Elecraft to produce a standalone panadapter that can compete with the LP-PAN/Sound card/Computer combo either performance or price wise. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
Actually, you can buy a very competent refurbished computer (with warranty), a nice display, and LP-Pan for less than the price Elecraft has projected for the panadapter. Along with many others I am looking forward to the Elecraft panadapter with great anticipation, but if it doesn't offer performance and flexibility instead of redundant hardware I won't be very impressed. 73, Dave AB7E --Original Mail-- From: Dick Williams k8...@mho.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:37:41 -0600 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click Yes, you do have to have a computer; but what ham out there does not own a computer (especially amateurs that have found there niche in the hobby were they want and need the capabilities of the K3)? If you can afford a K3 (and the cost of a add on panadapter), I will go out on a limb and say you can afford to purchase a computer. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP-Pan vs K3 unit
This all would be nice, but as I want just 1 keyboard and 1 mouse I also would like to have the possibility to run all my apps on this box. N1MM HRD Several propagation and logging progams. Etc etc. Hmmm, this sounds like a complete computer? I think I keep it with my LP-PAN and spend the money on improvement of my pc. What you want depends on what you do and how you work. I do a lot of contesting on HF and I am interested in weak signal reception on VHF and higher. For the contesting I need a complete integration with my logging progam, point and click. For weak signal a display of the whole IF is nice, but what I need is simultaneous detection of all the signals I see. And I want this info in my software. No external PAN adapter for me. 73 Henk PA5KT rfenab...@gmail.com schreef: If, as we are lead to believe that Aptos are going to release a stand alone box to match the K3, I would hope that it will provide a clear choice in such a way that we are able to have our cake and eat it too. 1. Matching box 2. External monitor 3. PC interface 4. USB mouse support 5. 192Khz or better waterfall 6. Colour screen 7. Point and click 8. Auto tracking 9. Remote capture and save facility 10. Integrated K3 utility onboard 11. Visual audio spec-an equal to spectragram etc (not the useless display such as the FTdx-9000 series) Price including these features will increase the more features are added, but to be worthy of the Elecraft name it needs to be a quality product that enhances the already impressive K3 Maybe this is just a dream, but it sure makes waiting interesting:-) I would be heading to the bank for one like this if available from Elecraft -- Henk Remijn PA5KT email: pa...@remijn.net www: www.remijn.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
Wayne, I dont see a problem with this change. Is the August delivery date still valid? How about the daughter board to use it as transverter IF? 73 Henk -- Henk Remijn PA5KT email: pa...@remijn.net www: www.remijn.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
Dave, I think what's turning many folks away is the combined complexity of cables, temperamental drivers, high-end sound cards, and the need for a reasonably competent PC (owing to PowerSDR software). That's a shame because much of these problems are easy to overcome with the SDR-IQ unit. Only two cables are used for connectivity and it's self-powered through the USB cable. Much of the needed DSP processing power is assigned to the SDR-IQ rather than the need to depend on PowerSDR or one of its variants that places a high CPU demand on the PC when using a high-end sound card. With the SDR-IQ, I've found my PC's CPU demand is minimal -- to the point where I use it with an inexpensive Samsung netbook PC for point click tuning through SpectraVue software. The K3, netbook, SDR-IQ and two cables -- and you're done. If the SDR-IQ is set up as only a panadpter without the need for its internal demods, CPU demand is reduced further. I'm sure Elecraft will make their panadapter as powerful as possible for the price -- but it's pretty tough to beat the utility-to-price ratio of a $300 netbook + $495 SDR-IQ unit -- and use it for much more than just a panadpter. If the small netbook monitor is not of sufficient size, just plug-in a flatscreen LCD monitor of your choice. For me, I get a powerful combination at home with large monitor and between the tiny SDR-IQ and netbook, I can quickly take it portable with the K3 in a small Pelican case. Paul, W9AC - Original Message - From: Dave - AB7E xda...@cis-broadband.com To: k8...@mho.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click Actually, you can buy a very competent refurbished computer (with warranty), a nice display, and LP-Pan for less than the price Elecraft has projected for the panadapter. Along with many others I am looking forward to the Elecraft panadapter with great anticipation, but if it doesn't offer performance and flexibility instead of redundant hardware I won't be very impressed. 73, Dave AB7E --Original Mail-- From: Dick Williams k8...@mho.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:37:41 -0600 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click Yes, you do have to have a computer; but what ham out there does not own a computer (especially amateurs that have found there niche in the hobby were they want and need the capabilities of the K3)? If you can afford a K3 (and the cost of a add on panadapter), I will go out on a limb and say you can afford to purchase a computer. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
Anti point and clickers..Imagine replacing your computer mouse with two knobs and a button. Remember Etch a Sketch? Once you get used to clicking on signals with a mouse, going back to a knob would hurt. Sure, You'll get there eventually, after you pass through all those other blips and forget what you were aiming at! Steve N4LQ n...@carolina.rr.com - Original Message - From: Dave - AB7E xda...@cis-broadband.com To: rksto...@mchsi.com; n...@n5ge.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN I fully agree. Even more to the point, can anyone explain to me why it is at all important for a panadapter to be standalone, i.e., independent of a computer for either display or function? 1. Whether I am contesting or DXing or ragchewing, my computer is always connected to my K3 for logging and other functions (digital modes, memory buffers, etc). Why would I want to add another user interface in the form of a keyboard or mouse connected directly to the panadapter? 2. I guarantee I would be able to upgrade my computer for function or storage capacity more easily than I could the innards of a standalone panadapter. The more dedicated hardware in the panadapter, the more functionally stagnate it becomes. 3. External monitors with MUCH larger screens that would be practical for a standalone panadapter are cheap, as are video cards with dual monitor ports. What's the point of having a wide spectrum capability if the display scrunches it down to VGA dimensions? 4. Software that controlled the panadapter from the computer would almost certainly integrate more easily into other software such as logging or rig control programs, compared with firmware residing on the panadapter. So ... why add cost and size in the form of panadapter hardware that can be done better and more cheaply with hardware that already exists? Are there that many K3 owners out there that use their rig like an FT-101? 73, Dave AB7E --Original Mail-- From: R. Kevin Stover rksto...@mchsi.com To: N5GE n...@n5ge.com, Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:27:38 -0500 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN Click with what? Plug a mouse/keyboard into the panadapter? That's going to be some pretty fancy firmware programming and real expensive. I don't think there's any way for Elecraft to produce a standalone panadapter that can compete with the LP-PAN/Sound card/Computer combo either performance or price wise. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
Because some of us despise being forced to run Windows to use the product. Some of us would also like the tools to continue working well beyond when they are supported. If someone quits writing software to support a particular tool it only takes the next version of windows to feasibly turn that product into an expensive brick. Personally I'd be ok with just a bandscope with a nice resolution and very fast update rate without point and click functionality. Drop in some more handy test type features (like Elecraft already has with the AFV and what not)... Honestly we already have a perfectly fine computer based solution and it looks like its slowly getting better Linux support. Why would we need another. I want my radio to perform like a radio so that I can take it to the top of a hill and make it work sans computer. I've already had a blast taking it up to a few mountain tops and making a few RTTY contacts sans computer. Come on thats fun! I'm still one of those guys that thinks an oscilloscope should have knobs and buttons and no keyboard. I also think that an oscilloscope shouldn't take several minutes to boot up! Some things just aren't made better by adding a computer. ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Dave - AB7Exda...@cis-broadband.com wrote: I fully agree. Even more to the point, can anyone explain to me why it is at all important for a panadapter to be standalone, i.e., independent of a computer for either display or function? 1. Whether I am contesting or DXing or ragchewing, my computer is always connected to my K3 for logging and other functions (digital modes, memory buffers, etc). Why would I want to add another user interface in the form of a keyboard or mouse connected directly to the panadapter? 2. I guarantee I would be able to upgrade my computer for function or storage capacity more easily than I could the innards of a standalone panadapter. The more dedicated hardware in the panadapter, the more functionally stagnate it becomes. 3. External monitors with MUCH larger screens that would be practical for a standalone panadapter are cheap, as are video cards with dual monitor ports. What's the point of having a wide spectrum capability if the display scrunches it down to VGA dimensions? 4. Software that controlled the panadapter from the computer would almost certainly integrate more easily into other software such as logging or rig control programs, compared with firmware residing on the panadapter. So ... why add cost and size in the form of panadapter hardware that can be done better and more cheaply with hardware that already exists? Are there that many K3 owners out there that use their rig like an FT-101? 73, Dave AB7E --Original Mail-- From: R. Kevin Stover rksto...@mchsi.com To: N5GE n...@n5ge.com, Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:27:38 -0500 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN Click with what? Plug a mouse/keyboard into the panadapter? That's going to be some pretty fancy firmware programming and real expensive. I don't think there's any way for Elecraft to produce a standalone panadapter that can compete with the LP-PAN/Sound card/Computer combo either performance or price wise. __ 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] For All CW Enthusiasts...
.especially those who don't care about a pure sidetone note - usually preferring something with a little more character - and for those who like to hear a real fist instead of a keyer. The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH transmitting the closing message at the recent Night of Nights activity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI Ron AC7AC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
After reconsidering I came to the conclusion that I just want to be able to see a portion of the band I'm on. Sure, point and click would be nice but if I really want that, I'll go with the all ready existing panadapter or something like Flexradio. Yes, I have a PC in my shack and it is used for logging and updating the K3 and surfing on the www, that's it. I don't want it to do anything else. I just don't get along with those darn things. When I was young all my friends were starting to get familiar with PC's. My parents didn't buy one because they thought it was just a hype and it would blow over. Boy were they wrong. By the time we finally got one all my friends could do magic with these things (at least in my eyes they could) and all I could do with it was turning it on and off. I lost interest before I even got started. When I got older I got confronted with fact that I couldn't get around them so I learned how to use then but I never could really enjoy it. I still don't for that matter. I'm probably missing out on a whole bunch of stuff but I guess I don't know exactly what it is that I'm missing and therefore I don't Miss it. (that sentence can't be wright but I think you know what I mean) I will now go to start and turn off my PC (I know, that's Windows and not the PC itself) and turn on the K3 to make some Q's. 73, Maarten PD2R P.s. just now I wanted to copy/paste this text I just wrote so I could check the spelling on a online spellchecker. Now the darn thing won't copy/paste anymore?!?! It is probably something I did and I will figure it out but it just bugs me. So, I'm sorry for any spelling errors. __ 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] [K3] Tune Up of ALS-600
Hi All, I have studied both manuals. I think I know how to tune up the ALS-600 for CW, but not sure of how to do it with SSB especially with external ALC. I would like to get about 500 Watts out with SSB for my MARS work. It seems I need to set the ALC to just kick in at about maximum power. I think it is good to use the ALC feature since K3 users have mentioned power spikes out of the K3 at times, (although I think others on this list have said to stay away from the ALC, but I can't find the emails). The question I have is how to determine the K3 drive necessary to get the 500 Watts out of the ALS-600? I don't think whistling is a good procedure, but maybe it is. I am thinking that the ALC concern with many here is that it is sometimes used to greatly reduce the drive coming out of the exciter to give a lot of voice compression, and if the ALC should fail, full exciter power may go to the amp. Like setting the K3 to 100 Watts out and using the external ALC to really limit it to 50 Watts. I am happy with the small amount of speech compression I have set on the K3 so I don't want to use the ALC for that. Any comments are appreciated. Steve, W2MY, AAR6CX Corpus Christi, TX __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
I'm sure Elecraft will make their panadapter as powerful as possible for the price -- but it's pretty tough to beat the utility-to-price ratio of a $300 netbook + $495 SDR-IQ unit -- a I suspect you expect too much from a $300 netbook thingy. But isn't it amazing that the price of the computer (even a not- netbook) might be less than the price of the RF head. How is that possible -- with all of those 12AU7 dual triode flip-flops in the computer :-) Grant/NQ5T __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
Honestly I'm perfectly fine with a computer solution but I want the same amount of power and flexibility no matter if I'm sitting in front of Windows or Linux or even Mac for that matter! I give high praise to Elecraft for keeping software update utilities for all 3 OSes and they are all kept up to date! However all this being said there is already a computer solution which is no where near as powerful in Linux but its coming along... Why do we need yet another of the same thing? For me an embedded solution would be where its at. I'd like to see something with a PXA310 or similar processor that was essentially a PDA with a specialized wider shorter display. Implementing it as a touchscreen would be nice but a lot of the hams I've known would be way to ham fisted to be able to operate it and so they'd just complain. I see good value in adding a good fast updating display with decent resolution. Oh and I'm all for small too! My eyes still work good! ~Brett On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Dick Williamsk8...@mho.com wrote: I'm sure that Elecraft (or any other company) can design and produce just about whatever is technologically feasible. However, the issue boils down to at what cost, and then what market is out there to recover the costs. Yes, it will be great if Elecraft does come out with a Panadapter add on; the last figure I heard was in the $700 to $800 dollar price range. However, if one were to start tacking on all the features that every K3 owner feels is a must have, the price would probably triple. Now granted, if you add 2400 or so bucks to the price of the K3, it is still considerable less than the piece of junk Icom sells for 12,000 bucks (I guess 10,500 with all the discounts). Personally though, I don't think the majority of K3 owner would want to fork over much more than 700 dollars for a panadaptor. And this is especially true when you can achieve the same results (and with a unit that will most likely do considerable more than what is in the works at Elecraft) right now for under $300. A lot of the features that seem to wanted are already functional or soon will be with LP-Pan. Yes, you do have to have a computer; but what ham out there does not own a computer (especially amateurs that have found there niche in the hobby were they want and need the capabilities of the K3)? If you can afford a K3 (and the cost of a add on panadapter), I will go out on a limb and say you can afford to purchase a computer. You don't have to be a computer geek to install and configure LP-Pan, LP-Bridge, and Power SDR. And if you run into problems, there seems to be plenty of help on the LP reflector and my dealings with Larry at Telepost leave me with the impression that he is more than willing to take the extra step in helping you to get his product up and running. I have had LP-Pan hooked up to my K3 for about a week and I am really impressed with what it does. Went out and bought a second monitor for the computer and I have PowerSDR displayed on it. Right now the display is 14 wide and 7 in height; I can damn near read it without my glasses! That is my two cents worth. Dick K8ZTT Julian, G4ILO wrote: I disagree. I think the folks at Elecraft are capable of developing the software required to do point and click. In fact I would not purchase one if I couldn't do that. Tom, N5GE Maarten van Rossum wrote: I too would like to express my desire for a build-in / stand alone unit for the K3. One were I can hook up a monitor, a key board and maybe even a mouse if I wanted too and do all the modes that are available. And also very important, it should be more or less plug and play. PC's and I don't go very well together and although the LP PAN stuff looks and sounds very promising, it is way to complicated for me. I am glad that I am able to update my K3 every once in a while. Kudo's to Elecraft for making it that simple. I think all of us find PCs a hassle. I worked with computers all my life but there are still times when I want to attack the thing with a 4lb club hammer. Unfortunately for your requirement I think a PC would be the most cost effective platform to do all that. I think the most we can hope for is something that is just a panoramic display. The question in my mind is, since for most people the benefit is being able to point and click to QSY, how would that work using a separate display? Most people will still be using a PC for logging etc. Having a separate screen for the display is not an issue (in fact it would be a benefit to keep the main screen clear) but having a separate screen that your mouse cannot click on doesn't seem like an ergonomic ideal to me. So I'm guessing that it will just be a passive display like the ones in the Icom 756 series that you can look at but not click on. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
On Jul 23, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Ken Kopp wrote: Aptos has my order for the display, what-ever it turns out to be. (:-)) So, how did you give Aptos your order, since it isn't on the price list yet. Do I just send an email to Madeline with my private Swiss bank account number and instruct her to transfer what she will? :-) Grant/NQ5T __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
After watching the video, I went into the shack and opened up all the adjustments on my bug. And increased the spring tension. I have not been sending near aerobic enough. Now I know what full contact CW looks like. But I don't know if I could ever get used to that buzz note side tone. I will not complain about my K1 note again. At least not for awhile. 73 Rick Dettinger K7MW The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH transmitting the closing message at the recent Night of Nights activity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI Ron AC7AC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: .especially those who don't care about a pure sidetone note - usually preferring something with a little more character - and for those who like to hear a real fist instead of a keyer. The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH transmitting the closing message at the recent Night of Nights activity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI Ron AC7AC [snip] Thanks for the great link Ron. Too bad that most bug users can't even hope to reach the level of Denise's expertise in the use of a bug. Tom N5GE __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
Henk Remijn PA5KT wrote: I dont see a problem with this change. Is the August delivery date still valid? We're still shooting for the end of August, although the design change and subsequent retesting may push this out a bit. How about the daughter board to use it as transverter IF? That will be released sometime after first shipments of the basic K144XV. But it will be easy to install (no soldering). 73, Wayne N6KR __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
Thanks for the great link Ron. Too bad that most bug users can't even hope to reach the level of Denise's expertise in the use of a bug. Tom N5GE --- You remind me that anything worth doing is worth doing badly at first. That's the only way to learn, especially when individual skill is required. I noticed that even Denise can have a sticky dash now and again after she tires just a bit. I've found many good fists - some I'd call great - using bugs on the Ham bands. However, like most things, it's the really bad ones that are noticed most often. Ron AC7AC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
From: Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:47:35 -0700 Content-Language: en-us Thanks for the great link Ron. Too bad that most bug users can't even hope to reach the level of Denise's expertise in the use of a bug. Tom N5GE --- You remind me that anything worth doing is worth doing badly at first. That's the only way to learn, especially when individual skill is required. I noticed that even Denise can have a sticky dash now and again after she tires just a bit. Note that she'd provided food for the gathering, and was at the RX site at Point Reyes from before 1500, with a lot of people going through, and she had to get to the TX site in Bolinas, which is a fun ride on a motorcycle in daylight, but otherwise not so much. 73, doug __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
And you need a panadapter for that? Dave AB7E --Original Mail-- From: Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com I want my radio to perform like a radio so that I can take it to the top of a hill and make it work sans computer. I've already had a blast taking it up to a few mountain tops and making a few RTTY contacts sans computer. Come on thats fun! __ 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] K2 Remote Control
I want to control the K2 from an embedded processor running LINUX. So I am looking for anything that will help me get going on using the K2 Command Set from a C program. Anyone have any suggestions on getting started? I am not interested in a PC-based GUI to remotely control the K2. I know they exist and are wonderful, but I can't carry a bulky computer with me for this application. Thanks and 73, Tom KG3V __ 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] Heil MD2 plug pin out
Hello group, Does anyone out there have the factory original pin-out for the Heil MD2 microphone. I cannot find any documentation supplied with the microphone that actually listed the wires (by color coming from the mic head) to the various pins on the 8-pin connector. I would very much appreciate knowing which wires go where. Of particular interest are wire colors for audio, PTT, DC+ and their associated grounds. Thanks, es 73 Tom n...@comcast.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
By using the 10m band those high power 10m users will have an issue - so I don't see how it solves anything besides moving the problem between users. 6m and 10m tend to also go together with 2m. Perhaps it would be better to use a different band entirely - say 32-36MHz or 25-27 MHz and bypass the not really needed here band pass filters in the K3 using the KRX3. However, at least with a 10m IF it will be standard and equally as good or bad as the most common 28MHz IF choice. One needs to also think about the images and what is there. With 50MHz we have an LO of 94 MHz. This is not necessarily good as it is in the broadcast band so no LO breakthrough should happen to disturb the neighbours. We also have an image at 94 - 50 = 44 MHz. Not much there except my beacon! Now with 116MHz and 118MHz LO and 28 MHz IF we have an image at 88 MHz 90MHz - Oh dear if you live near a FM broadcast station. Still, normal transverters manage it. Not forgetting that much of the world has a 70MHz band - I think a better choice could have been made permitting that band and/or 144MHz with a single LO at 120MHz and using the 24MHz and 50 MHz bands as IFs. Still I am no RF designer. Mike -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Elecraft-K144XV-2-m-module-design-change-tp3306309p3311994.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: .especially those who don't care about a pure sidetone note - usually preferring something with a little more character - and for those who like to hear a real fist instead of a keyer. The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH transmitting the closing message at the recent Night of Nights activity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI Wow! Incredible sending, and almost 6 minutes with only 2 (corrected) errors. I hereby promise to use my bug exclusively until I get 1/10th as good. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
Here's another video of Denise at work from another angle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3zwOZkYe_Qfeature=related The wrist roll was taught to me many years ago and, for me, made all the difference in sending with a bug, both in making decent characters and in being able to send for a long time without tiring. Indeed, although I used paddles keyer for a number of years, I never got used to the extremely sensitive paddles because it's still more comfortable to roll my wrist. That action helps with the timing, acting like a metronome to keep a stable pace. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- After watching the video, I went into the shack and opened up all the adjustments on my bug. And increased the spring tension. I have not been sending near aerobic enough. Now I know what full contact CW looks like. But I don't know if I could ever get used to that buzz note side tone. I will not complain about my K1 note again. At least not for awhile. 73 Rick Dettinger K7MW __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
With all the computers and keyboards and automatic QSO contesting software and automatic QSLs, we've turned CW into just another digital mode. Don't need a stinkin' computer to run CW. There should be a requirement in CW contests that a manual key be used, and logs be handwritten. Otherwise why not make those contests yet another PSK31 or Olivia something or other. Anyone can type. Anyone, and even their mother, can read CW from decoding software and do automatic logging. Let digital be digital. And CW be MECHANICAL. It's only reasonable :-) Grant/NQ5T On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote: Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: .especially those who don't care about a pure sidetone note - usually preferring something with a little more character - and for those who like to hear a real fist instead of a keyer. The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH transmitting the closing message at the recent Night of Nights activity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI Wow! Incredible sending, and almost 6 minutes with only 2 (corrected) errors. I hereby promise to use my bug exclusively until I get 1/10th as good. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
Wayne, I saw the K144XV at HamCom in Plano last month and it looked like the 2m antenna jack was mounted to the rear plate that is in place when the 100W PA is not installed. Where does the K144XV antenna jack go for those who have the KPA3? Paul WW2PT wayne burdick wrote: We're still shooting for the end of August, although the design change and subsequent retesting may push this out a bit. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Elecraft-K144XV-2-m-module-design-change-tp3306309p3312303.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
Wow. She's really amazing. On your point Grant, to each, his/her own approach... What ever makes you happy and most efficient. Being a professional computer programmer, I see as art good code that can accurately decode the broad variety of fists - be they electronically computer generated or produced with a hand key. Just another perspective... Doug -- K0DXV Grant Youngman wrote: With all the computers and keyboards and automatic QSO contesting software and automatic QSLs, we've turned CW into just another digital mode. Don't need a stinkin' computer to run CW. There should be a requirement in CW contests that a manual key be used, and logs be handwritten. Otherwise why not make those contests yet another PSK31 or Olivia something or other. Anyone can type. Anyone, and even their mother, can read CW from decoding software and do automatic logging. Let digital be digital. And CW be MECHANICAL. It's only reasonable :-) Grant/NQ5T On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote: Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: .especially those who don't care about a pure sidetone note - usually preferring something with a little more character - and for those who like to hear a real fist instead of a keyer. The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH transmitting the closing message at the recent Night of Nights activity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI Wow! Incredible sending, and almost 6 minutes with only 2 (corrected) errors. I hereby promise to use my bug exclusively until I get 1/10th as good. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
How about a variable rate tuning knob with a built in push switch. I am thinking of the tuning system on the old (1970s) Cubic/Swan Astro 150. This was a variable rate spring loaded rotary control that speeds up the tuning rate as it is turned further clockwise or counter-clockwise from the detented center position. It would suit those that do not like extra cables and clutter on their desks. 73 Tony Fegan VE3QF Edward Dickinson, III wrote: ...since for most people the benefit is being able to point and click to QSY, how would that work using a separate display? How about touch screen? Best regards, Dick - KA5KKT __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K144XV 2-m module design change
On the same panel. The circuit breaker reset is a bit higher and the 2M BNC is below the reset button. - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Thu Jul 23 14:08 , Paul - WW2PT sent: Wayne, I saw the K144XV at HamCom in Plano last month and it looked like the 2m antenna jack was mounted to the rear plate that is in place when the 100W PA is not installed. Where does the K144XV antenna jack go for those who have the KPA3? Paul WW2PT wayne burdick wrote: We're still shooting for the end of August, although the design change and subsequent retesting may push this out a bit. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Elecraft-K144XV-2-m-module- design-change-tp3306309p3312303.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net','','','')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
Re: [Elecraft] KAT2 Power problem (more)
Hi Tom, You've probably done all of this, but just to run over some of it. Have you tried putting a dead short to ground on the + pin (3) of U4? Check the output, it should follow. Best to confirm this with R6 out of the circuit. The old LM234 op amps were a bi-polar technology and they would sometimes crow-bar. I didn't dig that far into the LM358 datasheet, but its a slight possibility even with a new chip. Did you check C52 to see if the residual voltage is present also there? Check pins 5 6 of U4, verify ~.1 ohms to ground. Pin 7 of U4 should ~ 0 volts. Can you unplug J3 Aux-bus? If so, check to see if the voltage is still present at R6 with it disconnected. If not, the residual voltage is coming from the aux bus. Just for giggles, check pins 2 5 on J3 Aux bus, verify ground. Have you been using the KAT2 successfully until now, or is this a installation from a build? If so, is there any residual flux on the PCB in the pin areas of the circuit? Hope those suggestions help :) Duane N1BBR To the list - I have yet to solve my problem with my KAT2. So far I have replaced T1 which yielded the correct 3.4v on TX on the input to U4 and 0.74v on RX. Unfortunately U4 was not buffering that through to R6 so I replaced U4. I now see the 3.4v on R6 in TX BUT 2.4v in RX. I have yet to find where this 2.4v is coming from. NOTE: this is present even when R6 is not connected to the board. Obviously when R6 is in line, it blanks the receiver due to the high voltage on it. I'm already in deep correspondence with Don and Gary but if you have any ideas please do not hesitate to drop one to me as well... Thanks and wish us luck! Tom W0EA -- bw...@fastmail.net __ 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] Built and installed the KDSP2 - now to figure it out :~]
Well, Don mentioned to me the possibility of the KDSP2 a while ago, and lo-and-behold, the piggy bank said yes. Elecraft, as usual, processed the order in ASAP fashion and all the way across the good-ol U.S.-of-A it came. Took me about 2 hours to solder it up and get it into the K2. I'm super happy with it!!! However, I sure do wish there was a cheat sheet somewhere on its settings. Does anyone have something like that just for its CW settings? I got the date/clock running no problem. What would be great is some kind of bulleted listing of the settings Anything you got you could share would be totally appreciated!! Thanks Duane N1BBR -- bw...@fastmail.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
I forgot to add -- each participant should be required to disconnect all internet (cable, fiber, dial-up) modems, and find the darn DX stations on their own instead of just clicking on cluster spots someone else found. You have ears and a tuning knob -- use them both. It's the equivalent of all the sports doping everyone gets otherwise uptight, red-faced and grumbles about. Not in radio, though .. we worship the tech advantage. Good computer code IS art. Most computer code is structured, and called science so someone can sell big thick books :-) But that isn't the point. I'd relish an actual contest that looked more like SKN on steroids -- without the steroids, and a Windows/Linux free zone. (One, luddite's opine). :-) Grant/NQ5T On Jul 23, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Doug Person wrote: Wow. She's really amazing. On your point Grant, to each, his/her own approach... What ever makes you happy and most efficient. Being a professional computer programmer, I see as art good code that can accurately decode the broad variety of fists - be they electronically computer generated or produced with a hand key. Just another perspective... __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts... - Denice in Action
On 7/23/2009 10:57 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: .especially those who don't care about a pure sidetone note - usually preferring something with a little more character - and for those who like to hear a real fist instead of a keyer. The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH transmitting the closing message at the recent Night of Nights activity. Yes - as the comment went - it's scary to watch her work! DA has always had a special place of respect in my CW heart from the time when I was the RI at the FCC SF office. Sorry that I missed the N-o-N this year. Too bad that my arm and shoulder neuropathy and assorted itis-es keep me from doing real CW now. Keyboarding is not quite the same. PS - how fast was she sending the closing message? -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 __ 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] El-Cheapo signal source 7.3mhz
I needed to make a Digi-Key order last week, so I added a little clock osc to the order. Digi-Key PN: X208-ND, 7.3728Mhz Clock oscillator $2.13 Dug up 3 470pF caps and a couple of 1uH chokes for a low pass on the output. Added small lm7085 regulator and put it into a small plastic box with 1 foot antenna wire sticking out. Its rock solid from start-up. I used it last night to check and reset my K2 BFO filters. I know others really prefer the spectrogram software, and some day I will try that but for now I'm really happy setting the K2 BFO filters with the little signal generator. Duane N1BBR -- bw...@fastmail.net __ 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] Another LP PAN question
I finally have things working more or less. What I see on the SDR screen doesn't seem to be what is going on on the band. I suspect my in my setup the IF frequency is not correct. Can someone tell me the correct settings for the K3? Dave N1IX __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
-Original Message- I'd relish an actual contest that looked more like SKN on steroids -- without the steroids, and a Windows/Linux free zone. (One, luddite's opine). :-) Grant/NQ5T --- I understand your sentiments, Grant, but I'm happy to make room for all the various aspects of Ham radio, as long as it's done with due consideration and concern for the enjoyment of others. I believe that enjoying Ham radio, like any aspect of life, means investing a significant amount of our energy in helping the *other* guy have fun too. What saddens me about CW today is that so much of it is machine perfect. Listening across the bands it's like listening to a whole bunch of identical computer-generated speech. No accents. No inflections. No dialects. Very sterile to my ears. At the same time, behind those sterile-sounding perfect sigs are a lot of great Hams I enjoy chewing the rag with. I'd be much much sadder if they weren't on the air so I do my best to send very clean code they can easily copy. Let the good times roll on :-) Ron AC7AC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN
I'd like to have it for field day and sometimes having that sitting there is easier to find CQers than constantly actively scanning... Helps ya keep the fire going if you don't have to be scanning all the time... The scan feature works a trick but a panadapter would be nicer. Also a panadapter can turn out to be a nice poor man's SpecAn in a pinch. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave - AB7E Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:58 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN And you need a panadapter for that? Dave AB7E --Original Mail-- From: Brett Howard br...@livecomputers.com I want my radio to perform like a radio so that I can take it to the top of a hill and make it work sans computer. I've already had a blast taking it up to a few mountain tops and making a few RTTY contacts sans computer. Come on thats fun! __ 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] [K2] how can I turn off Fast Play?
K2 issue: I was programming PF2 to set INP to Hand, which works fine BUT somehow the Fast Play got turned on. I have read through the manual several times and I can't figure out how to turn Fast Play off so in the mean time I've lost the primary switch funtions that Fast Play takes over. How the heck do I turn it off? Ron W6UDX __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click
Vic, Your point is well taken; but in the end what percentage of amatuers that own a K3 do not have it hooked up to a computer and a logging program; and I bet that most amateurs leave their computer on 24/7 and connected to a DX Cluster. Like Dave (AB7E) who posted a comment, I am also part of the aforementioned group, my computer is on all the time; thus PowerSDR and LP Bridge are also on all the time. When I turn on the K3, LP-Pan (which is powered by the Aux 12V out on the K3) turns on, and bingo, signals appear on the PowerSDR screen.If for some reason (like going on vacation) I turn off my computer, when I turn it back on, I just start LP Bridge and that auto starts both DXBase and PowerSDR. Basically one click and one button push on the K3 and I am in business. Actually, I have to admit that it is slightly more complicated than that; after I turn on the K3, I have to push the on/off switch on the Green Heron Eng rotor box to on. The Green Heron is plugged into a AC switch that all the other assorted and sundry accessories are plugged into, and turning it on, powers up the rest of the station. So, I guess that I have not figured out what all the other issues might be in having a panadapter run by your computer??Actually I spend more time in the summer connecting and disconnecting the coax and rotor cables because of the thundrestorms than I do turning on the K3 and Green Heron Rotor box. In any case, I am sure that your wish for a stand alone unit will come true. The only question is what features and at what cost will the Elecraft unit have. One thing I am sure of is the display will not be of the 17 to 22 variity. One other interesting point that should be brought upis that CW Skimmer works very well with LP-Bridge.. Though I have not installed it yet, I have been told that CW Skimmer is the cats meow to the CW contester or DXer; and to them, it is what Viagra is to the old timers!It works great and allows them to do things they had never done before! Dick K8ZTT - Original Message - From: Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com To: Dick Williams k8...@mho.com; Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN and Point and Click Dick Williams wrote: Yes, you do have to have a computer; but what ham out there does not own a computer (especially amateurs that have found there niche in the hobby were they want and need the capabilities of the K3)? If you can afford a K3 (and the cost of a add on panadapter), I will go out on a limb and say you can afford to purchase a computer. You don't have to be a computer geek to install and configure LP-Pan, LP-Bridge, and Power SDR. I have (several) computers and I am a 'computer geek'. But I still want a standalone unit. I want it to come on when the radio does and I don't want to mess around with all of the issues surrounding a computer just to use it. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts
Ron AC7AC wrote: What saddens me about CW today is that so much of it is machine perfect. Listening across the bands it's like listening to a whole bunch of identical computer-generated speech. No accents. No inflections. No dialects. Very sterile to my ears Ron have you checked out the SKCC Straight Key Century Club www.skccgroup.com ? They have a monthly event just like the ARRL straight key night as well as sprints and other operating events. The general rule is that CW must be sent by mechanical means such as a bug or straight key. When you hear me on you can sure tell it is NOT computer generated CW! :-) 73, Bill - K6WLM KX1 K2 K3/100 __ 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] 500 5p is sold thanks
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[Elecraft] Panadaptor wish list
Here is my panadaptor wish list: First, I've got all cables connected in back of the K3 so hopefully there will be no cables running out the front. Second, sufficient real-time bandwidth and screen width that makes it easy to spot actual ham activity. In the past I've owned the Jupiter, Orion and OMNI VII rigs which had toy frequency band displays. They stuck out! I'm anxiously awaiting another Elecraft home run. 73, Fred __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] how can I turn off Fast Play?
Never mind, I finally figured it out. Ron W6UDX Ron Greene wrote: K2 issue: I was programming PF2 to set INP to Hand, which works fine BUT somehow the Fast Play got turned on. I have read through the manual several times and I can't figure out how to turn Fast Play off so in the mean time I've lost the primary switch funtions that Fast Play takes over. How the heck do I turn it off? Ron W6UDX __ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.25/2256 - Release Date: 07/23/09 06:02:00 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH transmitting the closing message at the recent Night of Nights activity. I managed to get a 6MHz KPH QLB into K6KPH this last NoN on my K3, I think on 40m ... they're about 120 mi from me. I think I surprised them, it took a bit to answer, and after I was finished, a whole bunch showed up which probably kept them busy. Chris, K6DBG who was there told me later he saw me in their log. I'm not sure but from the fist that answered me, I think it might have been Dick Dillman. A great deal of marine traffic was handled using MCW rather than CW, and I sort of liked to keep the BFO on and offset the beat note from the MCW frequency a bit. Seemed to give a much richer, more easily copied signal. All of the guys on my crew were middle aged, I was 16. They had shiny Vibroplexes in satin-lined wood cases. I had a WW2 surplus J-36 built by Lionel that looked like it had gone ashore at Iwo Jima. I got it for 5 bucks at Sam's Surplus in Los Angeles, it was all I could afford, and I took some grief over it. However, I could slow it down with just the weight whereas they had to add extra weight ... Vibroplexes were/are notoriously hard to slow down. Contrary to what you may think and from the speed DA is sending in Ron's YouTube clip, most traffic was handled much slower at perhaps 15 WPM or less [accuracy before speed], and some ... OK a lot ... of the fists were pretty awful. DA is a huge exception. So were the signals afloat -- drift, huge chirp, massive hum, all at a time [1956-7] when the ham bands were remarkably clean and stable. We should all take pride in that. They may call us Amateurs, but the label doesn't always apply. 16, a ham for 3 years, working ships at sea on the Holy Frequency with 5KW and huge antennas ... how much better could it get? :-) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2009 Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2009 - www.cqp.org __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts... - Denice in Action
Phil asked: PS - how fast was she sending the closing message? She was sending at a very consistent rate of just over 100 characters per minute...or a tad more than 20 wpm. Very impressive skill with a bug! Boy I miss the maritime Morse bands, especially that magic MF band of 410 to 518 kcs. Mike / KK5F __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] El-Cheapo signal source 7.3mhz
Duane, I am not certain how you are setting the BFOs using a single frequency signal. Usually, having a single frequency source just confuses things because the filter center is difficult to discern with a single frequency source - you must plot the response of the filter bit by bit to create a plot of the filter passband shape. This is what a Spectrum Analyzer with a tracking generator will do automatically. It is much easier to use a source of broadband noise (like the Elecraft NG-1) and view the passband position using Spectrogram. The FFT based Spectrogram display will show you not only the passband position, but also the shape of the passband. When the passband is centered at your favorite CW pitch, it is correct. Once you have tried it, you will never go back to plotting a point-by-point spectrum of the filter response. The only drawback to Spectrogram for general filter analysis is that the filter response must be converted to the audio range, but the K2 (or other receiver) has a detector than does exactly that task, so no additional equipment is needed other than the noise generator and a connection to the computer soundcard. 73, Don W3FPR dw wrote: I needed to make a Digi-Key order last week, so I added a little clock osc to the order. Digi-Key PN: X208-ND, 7.3728Mhz Clock oscillator $2.13 Dug up 3 470pF caps and a couple of 1uH chokes for a low pass on the output. Added small lm7085 regulator and put it into a small plastic box with 1 foot antenna wire sticking out. Its rock solid from start-up. I used it last night to check and reset my K2 BFO filters. I know others really prefer the spectrogram software, and some day I will try that but for now I'm really happy setting the K2 BFO filters with the little signal generator. Duane N1BBR __ 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] WD6DBM Builds for the Cycle
I bought my first Elecraft kit, a KX1, at Pacificon last October. I was frankly astonished by that little radio. It was a total joy to build (and operate), a feeling I had not had since the Heathkit days. Madness soon followed, along with the biggest selloff of ham gear (and other gear) since my college days when I struggled to pay the rent. I built a nearly fully optioned K3 along with an XV-144. That wasn't nearly enough fun so I built a fully-optioned QRP K2, interspersed with pile of mini-module kits. Tonight I finished my fully-optioned K1 The K1 was built while in the throes of gallbladder attacks and while recovering from gallbladder surgery on Vicodin, a testament as to how easy it is to build and align. Why, it even works. I did take a short break while actually in surgery. Thank you, Elecraft! Eric WD6DBM K1 2755 KX1 2112 K2 6689 K3 2545 XV-144 XG2, NGEN, BL2, DL1, W1, AF1, AT1. Sent from my iPhone while blasted on Vicodin __ 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
