[Elecraft] Elecraft K3 PSK D and DX4WIN?
Hi, Who is familiary with PSK D (Elecraft K3) mode? DX4WIN generates audio stream (PSK31 from soundcart only). How get the PSK D data stream? Thanks for idea. 73, Milan __ 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] Fraud
Yesterday's Dr. Phil featured a woman who was bilked of $265k (see: http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/2163). I know my email is taking us a bit off topic but I believe it is worth watching the vidio, if only for our education concerning the insidious persistence in which the man pursued her. Sincerely, Joe Lynch, N6CL From: Mark Stennett m...@stennett.com To: Bill Ross k6...@verizon.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fraud Nigerian scammer. These clowns have discovered ham radio, unfortunately. Be very cautious on the Internet. Trust no one and thoroughly vet your seller before sending money. I am seeing more and more of this stuff on eham. I manage the classifieds there. I had a recent case where a ham had his qrz account compromised because of an email that linked to a fake qrz page where he then logged in. What made this incident different from the tens of others I deal with on a monthly basis was that he apparently used the same password at the FCC. The scammer changed his address with the FCC to one used by a third party to receive a cashiers check. Scammer posted an ad on eham using same password and scammed a guy out of a grand for a non existent amplifier. Victim was asked to make check out to a third party name. The Internet is a nasty sewer full of scammers. 73 de na6m On Feb 5, 2014, at 20:13, Bill Ross k6...@verizon.net wrote: Just a heads up to all on the list, someone is posing as me, William H. Ross at k6mg...@aol.com and listing a K3/P3 station with all equipment for $2950. I don’t have a P3, but do have a K3 which is not for sale now, around Christmas time, I did post an ad on QRZ listing my K3 for sale, and per QRZ’s requirements, sent a picture of the K3 with a QSL card in the picture to authenticate it which this person copied and posted on QTH with the phony ad. I have received emails and phone calls from several hams wanting to inquire if the ad was on the up and up, which of course, it wasn’t. So if anyone see’s this ad or hears about anyone wanting to buy this equipment, please warn them that the ad is a fraud. Tnx and 73 Bill, k6mgo __ 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] [K3 / KX3] USB-to-Serial Adapter
In late 2012, I bought an iMac. I really like the iMac except for one glaring feature - it is quite limited in the number of ports available for communication to various rigs. Several months ago, I read about a GearMo 4-port USB-to-serial adapter. Last week I purchased one and it arrived Tuesday. My first question was answered as I looked at the DB9 connectors - they're labeled 1, 2, 3, 4. I just plugged it into the back of my iMac and connected to my K3, my FT-847 (VHF/UHF/satellite rig), and the serial cable for my KX3 (with one port left over that I coiled up and put behind my desk. Using the latest KX3 Utility, I was able to upgrade the F/W from 1.61 (I think?) to the latest available. I have been using RUMlog with both the K3 and the KX3 with no issues. I was also able to create a symbolic link when using CrossOver and SatPC32 (a satellite tracking package written for Windows) for the FT-847. I didn't have to install any drivers - it worked right out of the box. Doing an ls under /dev from the terminal, I have four new serial ports: tty.usbserial-FTWU1P3UA tty.usbserial-FTWU1P3UB tty.usbserial-FTWU1P3UC tty.usbserial-FTWU1P3UD The GearMo adapter uses an FTDI chipset. Doing a little searching, I found one for just under $50. On my VM (Win7 x64), I had to uninstall the old FTDI and install the new. I did this by unplugging the GearMo and plugging it back in while in my VM. The only problem I have with the VM is that it is not turning on upon VM boot. That's a settings issue that I'll fix later. The usual disclaimer holds - I have no affiliation with GearMo or any of its suppliers, subsidies, or vendors. After 12 hours, I'm just a happy customer. 73, Joel - W4JBB __ 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] DSP and the KX3
The main approach for solving the multipath problem would be a long symbol duration and some interleaving for error correction. The symbols should be longer than a typical delay between two paths. Since the phase measurements on a typical hf channel cannot be very sensitive because of noise, the symbol would be distributed on several simultaneous carriers (that is the approach used e.g. in DRM digital shortwave broadcast and in the european DVB-T television standard - and FreeDV without the interleaving). Long symbols plus interleaving would introduce some delay into the communication. FreeDV uses (I believe) 14 carriers (differential phase keying) and roughly 1500 bits/sec, resulting in a symbol length of 10 ms which is in the order of magnitude of a typical multipath delay (as reported by VOACAP propagation software or by the DRM channel analysis graph in Dream) Since FreeDV does not use any interleaving for error correction, the only delay is the symbol length (plus some processing time). I guess the individual carriers would need a signal/noise ratio that is similar to one of the PSK (maybe PSK125?) modes in order to be reliably detected. The problem is, the multipath delays on the channel (in time) correspond to a sum of sine functions in frequency space - if two paths are about the same strength, they could completely interfere out on some frequencies causing individual carriers disappearing in the noise - I have no idea what FreeDV does if one carrier is completely missing. This same problem occurs with analog signals. Much of the information transported by the voice consists of the relative phase/amplitude relations of the pitch (fundamental frequency of the voice) and its higher harmonics (this is basically the largest fraction of the information the FreeDV Codec converts into a bitstream). If your channel destroys this information by taking many (or the most significant) of the higher harmonics out, you can not read the audio any more. If the individual harmonics are not burried in the noise, it should however be possible to restore amplitude/phase information by applying the reverse of the transfer function of the hf channel to the signal in Fourier space. Maybe, a kind of equalizer that not only aligns the frequency bands but also the relative phases could be used. The main problem is the large number of parameters you would have to align (two per aditional path - one corresponding to the delay plus one corresponding to a relative ampl itude), if more than two paths are present. However, I am no expert in DSP, and not sure if this approach would result in a causality problem... Greetings Ralf, DL6OAP __ 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] K3 and the LDG AT 600 Pro II
Hey Don, That was the solution. I'm still trying to get through the K3 manual and never saw that setting. I set the tune level to 4 watts, exited the menu and with the K3 set to first 50w, I hit the K3 tune button and the power dropped to 4w and the LDG 600 Pro II tuned just fine!! Tnx, 73 Rob On Feb 6, 2014, at 12:02 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Rob, Take a look at the manual for CONFIG: TUN PWR - that will set the power level used for a TUNE. If set to NOR, it will follow the power knob, but otherwise will TUNE at the power set in the menu. ATU TUN is different than TUNE. 73, Don W3FPR __ 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] OT: PIC programming hardware and software informatio
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:20:34 -0800 (PST) From: Lee Buller k...@swbell.net To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] OT: PIC programming hardware and software information Message-ID: 1391620834.91622.yahoomail...@web181104.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I know there are a lot of you people who are into PIC programming and I am looking at doing so. After reading for many hours in the Internet, I have become awash in PIC programming hardware and software.? I need someone who is knowledgeable to recommend something to me to get into this field.? Requirements are: I would like to build it myself (DIY) USB or RS232 No Parallel I would like to program 18F stuff but others would be good too. Software? Microchip's MPLAB-X is the software. Free, incredibly powerful, platform-agnostic. For hardware it gets a little more involved. These days DIY programmers are getting pretty scarce. It is easy to build a serial port programmer, practically impossible anymore to find programming software that works with it, although is you are sticking to Windows XP prior to SP3 or Linux there are options. There are dozens, maybe hundreds of third-party programmers. With any of the third-party programmers you can expect limitations on the variety of PICs you can program, and often you need to use them with vendor-specific software as well. I would recommend using Microchip's programming hardware, and there are two current choices for hobbyists. The PICkit 3 is quite low priced, integrates seamlessly with MPLAB-X, can be used both as a programmer and debugger, and connects to your target project with a six pin header, so very cheap and simple. The ICD 3 is fairly expensive, integrates seamlessly with MPLAB-X, can be used both as a programmer and debugger, and connects to your target project with an RJ-12 plug which is kind of perfboard-unfriendly. The PICkit supports most PICs and is generally kept up to date on the newer models as they come out. The ICD 3 supports all PICS and being the flagship, supports new PICs before they are available. The ICD 3 is also many times faster than the PICkit. You probably won't see the difference with the PIC18, but if you move to more powerful PICs the difference is significant. At this point in time, unless you are planning on sticking to very simple projects or plan on commercializing your products I would investigate the newer families like the dsPIC30F or even the PIC32. These are much easier to use, way more powerful, and only slightly more expensive. More expensive is an issue if you want to ship thousands of copies but for one off even a fairly expensive dsPIC isn't a big deal. The most expensive dsPICs are still around $10 and most are half that. Consider: PIC32MX150F128B-I/SP - 28 pin SPDIP, 78 MIPS, 128K flash, 32K RAM, $3.12 quantity one. PIC18F2550-I/SP, 12 MIPS, 32K flash, 2K RAM, $4.30. Both parts support USB, the PIC32 is far easier to work with, except it is a 3 volt part. The dsPIC30 series is 5 volt, dsPIC30F4012-30I/SP, same package, 30 MIPS, 48K flash, 2K RAM, doesn't support USB but does include the DSP engine, $5.32. Of course, if you are willing to work with surface mount packages, the options are much broader. I would stick to the Microchip stuff because it is far less hassle and gives you the broadest options. You might pay a couple bucks more for the programmer, but you will be paid back in far less hassle. I had contemplated doing an Elmer 160 like course for the dsPIC, but I don't think I'm going to have the time for that. But, there is a video at http://elmer166.org that gives you a feel for MPLAB-X. (Much easier to watch if you go to YouTube and select HD quality). MPLAB-X has gotten a little slicker since I did that video, but it is basically the same. The video shows making a project, compiling, simulating and running on a homebrew target board in under 4 minutes. The page also contains links to a repository with dozens of dsPIC examples and a blog with ruminations on selecting a particular PIC. 73 de WB8RCR __ 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] Silent Key
Please remove sanford.musgr...@gmail.com from the Elecraft mailing list. Thank you, Sherry Musgrove, WA5SYU Sent from Windows Mail __ 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] # 5607 first contact QRP!
QRP works! Bottom line is that if you want a lot of DX contacts, you need at least a dipole. With a K2 built in '99, a dipole and a tribander (bad qrp word) K2YG has worked 261 countries at 5 watts on rtty and 108 with 1 watt. Many of these are on 40, 17 and 12 meters with only the dipole, such as VQ9 on 40 with 5w and VU on 12 with one watt. CW is even easier, but SSB is tougher. So, throw up a wire with open feed if possible, even indoors (with coax feed) if you can attach it to the house ridge pole, and avoid verticals and small antennas. Then, add patience and persistence. 73, Dave, K2YG On 2/6/2014 12:02 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: -- Message: 25 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 18:11:58 -0800 From: EricJeric_c...@hotmail.com To:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] # 5607 first contact QRP! Message-ID:blu0-smtp1005d64f825fa84983c84188e...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed And that's an important point, Don. A poor antenna hooked to a 5 watt rig is no different than a poor antenna hooked to a 100 watt rig...in receive. Power sometimes gives you an advantage on transmit under marginal conditions, but it does nothing on receive as you mention. Then you run into the classic can't work 'em if you can't hear them barrier no matter how much power you run. I have three boatanchors (2NT, DX40 and Ranger) and they run around 50-65 watts INPUT. That's what 90% of hams ran in the 50s and 60s and that's only an S unit or so better than my K1 or K2/10. Anyway, I said what I wanted to say which is most of the argument applies to any power level, not just QRP. Part 97 says run no more power than necessary. QRP meets that criteria for the majority of operating. Eric KE6US On 2/5/2014 4:23 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Yes, there are many QRPer's who also frown on beams and other efficient antennas, but I disagree with that philosophy. Why 'shoot yourself in the foot' with a compromise antenna unless your physical conditions dictate that compromise as a necessity (HOA restrictions, portable operation, etc.) If you operate with 5 watts and an antenna with 3 dB gain, you will have the equivalent of a 10 watt signal, and if you can achieve an antenna with 10 dB gain, you have the equivalent of a 50 watt signal into a dipole. (yes, I know those are extremes). Much of the QRP work with compromise antennas is a problem on the receive side. If you cannot hear them, you cannot work them. So why handicap yourself with inefficient antennas. Check QRPARCI - you will find no credits or deductions in their contests for antenna inefficiency. Use the best antenna that you have for the task. QRP operation will increase your operating skills - listen, listen and listen, figure out the other stations habits, operate split if necessary, and call when you think your signal will be heard. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/5/2014 6:52 PM, Stephen Roberts wrote: You're right of course. It takes some time to get comfortable with QRP and its limitations, and you're right, that it can be a source of frustration for many new hams. Your are also absolutely right that when you ad a crappy antenna to the mix, it can be very frustrating indeed. But that's the fun of learning and discovering all that is ham radio. I started with an OHR 100a 40m rig and a homebrew magloop antenna set up on a tripod in my kitchen. I was happy as a clam and simply didn't know what I was missing and found plenty of QSO's to keep me occupied while I figured out what it was all about. I had other ham friends telling me that I was setting myself up for disappointment if I didn't get at least a 100W radio, but I stuck it out and never felt that I was missing much. I still feel that way, and I'm still having 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
Re: [Elecraft] first contact QRP...
About, ... It is /hard/ to work DX with 5 watts and a low dipole (or worse, a Buddipole or similar antenna). This can be very frustrating to new hams who have yet to develop the operating skills that make this possible ...etc. And don't buy your child a cheap microscope; it could forever discourage a budding interest in science viewing a blurry image. Roy K6XK __ 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] first contact QRP...
Or a cheap guitar. Right Wayne? Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: Roy Koeppe k...@ncn.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] first contact QRP... And don't buy your child a cheap microscope; it could forever discourage a budding interest in science viewing a blurry image. Roy K6XK __ 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] first contact QRP...
Having a good receiver with a good antenna is key, a good antenna will go places but you have to hear them first. This is where Elecraft gear shines - even a K2. Ariel NY4G Sent from my iPhone On Feb 6, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com wrote: Or a cheap guitar. Right Wayne? Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: Roy Koeppe k...@ncn.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] first contact QRP... And don't buy your child a cheap microscope; it could forever discourage a budding interest in science viewing a blurry image. Roy K6XK __ 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] K3 and the LDG AT 600 Pro II
Not avail for K3. ...bill nr4c Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Robert Biamonte steamer...@mac.com wrote: Of course I just thought of the phraseology, I am looking for a control cable like the ones made for Yaseu and Kenwood. This cable would reduce the K3 power to Tune level and return the power to normal when the Tune button is released on the K3. Operating like the built in antenna tuner on the K3. 73 Rob __ 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] Crystal Filter Offset in 4.81, What does it mean?
Lyle, What are you saying here? The DSP filtering as a second IF would do (and I quote you) a /terrible/ job. :-) 73, Arie PA3A Lyle Johnson schreef op 5-2-2014 16:35: snip The center of the passband to the nominal pitch value only occurs at higher pitches and/or narrower passbands. Think about the case where you have 1.5 kHz width selected and a pitch of 500 Hz. You defintely do NOT want the center of the filter and the pitch to be equal,or you'd have /_terrible _/opposite sideband suppression. snip 73, Lyle KK7P __ 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] Crystal Filter Offset in 4.81, What does it mean?
In my MarkV Field, I can switch the (2.4k?) SSB filter into the path while receiving in CW mode (500 Hz pitch) and don't see the other sideband at all due to the DSP which adds the sideband suppression almost for free (I can turn the DSP off and then I hear the other sideband). The same should apply to the K3, shouldn't it?!? Greetings Ralf, DL6OAP Am 06.02.2014 um 16:14 schrieb Arie Kleingeld PA3A p...@xs4all.nl: Lyle, What are you saying here? The DSP filtering as a second IF would do (and I quote you) a /terrible/ job. :-) 73, Arie PA3A Lyle Johnson schreef op 5-2-2014 16:35: snip The center of the passband to the nominal pitch value only occurs at higher pitches and/or narrower passbands. Think about the case where you have 1.5 kHz width selected and a pitch of 500 Hz. You defintely do NOT want the center of the filter and the pitch to be equal,or you'd have /_terrible _/opposite sideband suppression. snip 73, Lyle KK7P __ 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] # 5607 first contact QRP!
Dave, Verticals with proper radial systems work just fine. People even do amazing things with trap verticals and no more that a ground-rod but this is torture. Get that dipole up at least a half wavelength and it will sing. If you can put up a beam no one should take this as a negative.I do respect those working with dipoles in their attics - they are a hardy lot. Your QRP total is impressive.I think you a patient man and good operator. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Barr Sent: 06 February 2014 13:44 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] # 5607 first contact QRP! QRP works! Bottom line is that if you want a lot of DX contacts, you need at least a dipole. With a K2 built in '99, a dipole and a tribander (bad qrp word) K2YG has worked 261 countries at 5 watts on rtty and 108 with 1 watt. Many of these are on 40, 17 and 12 meters with only the dipole, such as VQ9 on 40 with 5w and VU on 12 with one watt. CW is even easier, but SSB is tougher. So, throw up a wire with open feed if possible, even indoors (with coax feed) if you can attach it to the house ridge pole, and avoid verticals and small antennas. Then, add patience and persistence. 73, Dave, K2YG On 2/6/2014 12:02 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: -- Message: 25 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 18:11:58 -0800 From: EricJeric_c...@hotmail.com To:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] # 5607 first contact QRP! Message-ID:blu0-smtp1005d64f825fa84983c84188e...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed And that's an important point, Don. A poor antenna hooked to a 5 watt rig is no different than a poor antenna hooked to a 100 watt rig...in receive. Power sometimes gives you an advantage on transmit under marginal conditions, but it does nothing on receive as you mention. Then you run into the classic can't work 'em if you can't hear them barrier no matter how much power you run. I have three boatanchors (2NT, DX40 and Ranger) and they run around 50-65 watts INPUT. That's what 90% of hams ran in the 50s and 60s and that's only an S unit or so better than my K1 or K2/10. Anyway, I said what I wanted to say which is most of the argument applies to any power level, not just QRP. Part 97 says run no more power than necessary. QRP meets that criteria for the majority of operating. Eric KE6US On 2/5/2014 4:23 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Yes, there are many QRPer's who also frown on beams and other efficient antennas, but I disagree with that philosophy. Why 'shoot yourself in the foot' with a compromise antenna unless your physical conditions dictate that compromise as a necessity (HOA restrictions, portable operation, etc.) If you operate with 5 watts and an antenna with 3 dB gain, you will have the equivalent of a 10 watt signal, and if you can achieve an antenna with 10 dB gain, you have the equivalent of a 50 watt signal into a dipole. (yes, I know those are extremes). Much of the QRP work with compromise antennas is a problem on the receive side. If you cannot hear them, you cannot work them. So why handicap yourself with inefficient antennas. Check QRPARCI - you will find no credits or deductions in their contests for antenna inefficiency. Use the best antenna that you have for the task. QRP operation will increase your operating skills - listen, listen and listen, figure out the other stations habits, operate split if necessary, and call when you think your signal will be heard. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/5/2014 6:52 PM, Stephen Roberts wrote: You're right of course. It takes some time to get comfortable with QRP and its limitations, and you're right, that it can be a source of frustration for many new hams. Your are also absolutely right that when you ad a crappy antenna to the mix, it can be very frustrating indeed. But that's the fun of learning and discovering all that is ham radio. I started with an OHR 100a 40m rig and a homebrew magloop antenna set up on a tripod in my kitchen. I was happy as a clam and simply didn't know what I was missing and found plenty of QSO's to keep me occupied while I figured out what it was all about. I had other ham friends telling me that I was setting myself up for disappointment if I didn't get at least a 100W radio, but I stuck it out and never felt that I was missing much. I still feel that way, and I'm still having 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] KAT500 FW01.54 beta Configuration VSWR Thresholds
KAT500 FW 01.54 beta KAT500 Utility 1.13.5.12 for Win. As far as I know I could set the VSWR thresholds for Autotune and Bypass. These show up empty when I connect the KAT500 Utily to the KAT500 and tried to change the settings. 73 Arie PA3A __ 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] Crystal Filter Offset in 4.81, What does it mean?
Arnie, Think about it this way -- take a filter width of 1500 Hz and a sidetone pitch of 600 Hz. If you center the passband at 600 Hz, the upper passband limit will be at 1350 Hz, but the lower edge will be 150 Hz into the opposite sideband (single signal reception goes bye-bye). The proper position if the passband is to place the lower edge at about 100 Hz, and the upper edge will extend to 1600 Hz. That is true for any passband that is greater than 2 times the passband width. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/6/2014 10:14 AM, Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote: Lyle, What are you saying here? The DSP filtering as a second IF would do (and I quote you) a /terrible/ job. :-) 73, Arie PA3A Lyle Johnson schreef op 5-2-2014 16:35: snip The center of the passband to the nominal pitch value only occurs at higher pitches and/or narrower passbands. Think about the case where you have 1.5 kHz width selected and a pitch of 500 Hz. You defintely do NOT want the center of the filter and the pitch to be equal,or you'd have /_terrible _/opposite sideband suppression. __ 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] KAT500 FW01.54 beta Configuration VSWR Thresholds
The Edit box is blank when any band differs from another. If you select each band individually, you should see their individual values, and some should be different from one another. If you want to set all bands to the same value, type that value into the empty box and click apply. If you want to set one band different from the rest, choose that band and the value you want for that band. I'll work on the help text a bit to make this clear. 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Arie Kleingeld PA3A Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 8:37 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 FW01.54 beta Configuration VSWR Thresholds KAT500 FW 01.54 beta KAT500 Utility 1.13.5.12 for Win. As far as I know I could set the VSWR thresholds for Autotune and Bypass. These show up empty when I connect the KAT500 Utily to the KAT500 and tried to change the settings. 73 Arie PA3A __ 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] Fraud
Start here: http://about.mail.aol.com/security/suspicious-email.html wunder K6WRU On Feb 6, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Bill Ross k6...@verizon.net wrote: Just to follow-up on my post of last night, I tried to notify AOL of the fraudulent use of my name and call on their email list, by sending a email to “fraud@aol’'.com” but it bounced. I had looked on the AOL website but couldn’t find an address to write to for such matters, so I would appreciate it if anyone on the list knows how to contact AOL without having an account there. Tnx 73 Bill, k6mgo Message: 26 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 18:13:31 -0800 From: Bill Ross k6...@verizon.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Fraud Message-ID: 0CB07BA4C7B249F7820081CBD65D11A2@rossHP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Just a heads up to all on the list, someone is posing as me, William H. Ross at k6mg...@aol.com and listing a K3/P3 station with all equipment for $2950. I don?t have a P3, but do have a K3 which is not for sale now, around Christmas time, I did post an ad on QRZ listing my K3 for sale, and per QRZ?s requirements, sent a picture of the K3 with a QSL card in the picture to authenticate it which this person copied and posted on QTH with the phony ad. I have received emails and phone calls from several hams wanting to inquire if the ad was on the up and up, which of course, it wasn?t. So if anyone see?s this ad or hears about anyone wanting to buy this equipment, please warn them that the ad is a fraud. Tnx and 73 Bill, k6mgo __ 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 -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.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
[Elecraft] Fraud
Just to follow-up on my post of last night, I tried to notify AOL of the fraudulent use of my name and call on their email list, by sending a email to “fraud@aol’'.com” but it bounced. I had looked on the AOL website but couldn’t find an address to write to for such matters, so I would appreciate it if anyone on the list knows how to contact AOL without having an account there. Tnx 73 Bill, k6mgo Message: 26 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 18:13:31 -0800 From: Bill Ross k6...@verizon.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Fraud Message-ID: 0CB07BA4C7B249F7820081CBD65D11A2@rossHP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Just a heads up to all on the list, someone is posing as me, William H. Ross at k6mg...@aol.com and listing a K3/P3 station with all equipment for $2950. I don?t have a P3, but do have a K3 which is not for sale now, around Christmas time, I did post an ad on QRZ listing my K3 for sale, and per QRZ?s requirements, sent a picture of the K3 with a QSL card in the picture to authenticate it which this person copied and posted on QTH with the phony ad. I have received emails and phone calls from several hams wanting to inquire if the ad was on the up and up, which of course, it wasn?t. So if anyone see?s this ad or hears about anyone wanting to buy this equipment, please warn them that the ad is a fraud. Tnx and 73 Bill, k6mgo __ 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] Crystal Filter Offset in 4.81, What does it mean?
Don, I understand this. Let me explain my thoughts. Let's suppose we have the different IF's. One analog, the 8Mhz stuff, and then a DSP IF which is fed by the second 15kHz IF. I am not a DSP expert. But I would expect that the DSP filter would filter out whatever bandwidth I would want it to, just like it were analog and better. I expect this function of any IF filter, digital and analog. What we are tallking about is that the opposite sideband can pass through the analog part of the K3 (because of the wide roofing filter) and yes it does if the skirt of the filter allows it. If this is not solved in the DSP, the /function/ of the DSP is not more than the old type audio DSP filter we had in the old days (apart from partly being inside the AGC-loop) As Ralph DL5OAP already stated: Even the old FT1000MP with DSP demodulation killed the opposite sideband. I had an MP for a long time (before I got the K3) and I can confirm this. I had it switched on all the time. As you said Don, the K3 really needs the analog roofing filter to be in place to reach its best performance. Good thing that I have them for the bandwidths I use. And overall it works pretty well. There are still some things to improve though. 73 Arie (not Arnie :-)) Don Wilhelm schreef op 6-2-2014 17:21: Arnie, Think about it this way -- take a filter width of 1500 Hz and a sidetone pitch of 600 Hz. If you center the passband at 600 Hz, the upper passband limit will be at 1350 Hz, but the lower edge will be 150 Hz into the opposite sideband (single signal reception goes bye-bye). The proper position if the passband is to place the lower edge at about 100 Hz, and the upper edge will extend to 1600 Hz. That is true for any passband that is greater than 2 times the passband width. 73, Don W3FPR __ 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] Crystal Filter Offset in 4.81, What does it mean?
Sorry, Change the last passband width to sidetone pitch My thoughts an fingers got mixed up, and I am old enough to claim a senior moment:-) 73, Don W3FPR On 2/6/2014 11:21 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Arnie, Think about it this way -- take a filter width of 1500 Hz and a sidetone pitch of 600 Hz. If you center the passband at 600 Hz, the upper passband limit will be at 1350 Hz, but the lower edge will be 150 Hz into the opposite sideband (single signal reception goes bye-bye). The proper position if the passband is to place the lower edge at about 100 Hz, and the upper edge will extend to 1600 Hz. That is true for any passband that is greater than 2 times the passband width. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/6/2014 10:14 AM, Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote: Lyle, What are you saying here? The DSP filtering as a second IF would do (and I quote you) a /terrible/ job. :-) 73, Arie PA3A Lyle Johnson schreef op 5-2-2014 16:35: snip The center of the passband to the nominal pitch value only occurs at higher pitches and/or narrower passbands. Think about the case where you have 1.5 kHz width selected and a pitch of 500 Hz. You defintely do NOT want the center of the filter and the pitch to be equal,or you'd have /_terrible _/opposite sideband suppression. __ 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 Digest, Vol 118, Issue 9
One of the neat aspects of the hobby we share is the space it affords everyone to do whatever it is that interests them. QRP is no exception. For me, chasing DX with a KX3 running 5 watts into a stealth antenna concealed at a temporary work site means I have to pay more attention to operating skill than I ever had to with my 500 watts and antenna farm back home; I need to learn more about the efficiency of feed lines than I had to before, to transfer as much as possible of the 5 watts coming from the rig into the antenna; and more about antenna theory than I have known in order to explore how to do with maximum efficiency that which (according to the property owners) I am not supposed to be doing at all. Back home these were all, rightly or wrongly, unnecessary luxuries. Using the KX3 in my temporary QTH they are engaging challenges. One thing I know for sure - the KX3 removes receiver performance from the equation. It is simply as good as the best I've come across in 5 6 years of hamming. Ted, KN1CBR Message: 9 Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:44:06 -0500 From: Dave Barr record...@verizon.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] # 5607 first contact QRP! Message-ID: 52f391a6.2090...@verizon.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed QRP works! Bottom line is that if you want a lot of DX contacts, you need at least a dipole. With a K2 built in '99, a dipole and a tribander (bad qrp word) K2YG has worked 261 countries at 5 watts on rtty and 108 with 1 watt. Many of these are on 40, 17 and 12 meters with only the dipole, such as VQ9 on 40 with 5w and VU on 12 with one watt. CW is even easier, but SSB is tougher. So, throw up a wire with open feed if possible, even indoors (with coax feed) if you can attach it to the house ridge pole, and avoid verticals and small antennas. Then, add patience and persistence. 73, Dave, K2YG On 2/6/2014 12:02 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: -- Message: 25 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 18:11:58 -0800 From: EricJeric_c...@hotmail.com To:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] # 5607 first contact QRP! Message-ID:blu0-smtp1005d64f825fa84983c84188e...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed And that's an important point, Don. A poor antenna hooked to a 5 watt rig is no different than a poor antenna hooked to a 100 watt rig...in receive. Power sometimes gives you an advantage on transmit under marginal conditions, but it does nothing on receive as you mention. Then you run into the classic can't work 'em if you can't hear them barrier no matter how much power you run. I have three boatanchors (2NT, DX40 and Ranger) and they run around 50-65 watts INPUT. That's what 90% of hams ran in the 50s and 60s and that's only an S unit or so better than my K1 or K2/10. Anyway, I said what I wanted to say which is most of the argument applies to any power level, not just QRP. Part 97 says run no more power than necessary. QRP meets that criteria for the majority of operating. Eric KE6US On 2/5/2014 4:23 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Yes, there are many QRPer's who also frown on beams and other efficient antennas, but I disagree with that philosophy. Why 'shoot yourself in the foot' with a compromise antenna unless your physical conditions dictate that compromise as a necessity (HOA restrictions, portable operation, etc.) If you operate with 5 watts and an antenna with 3 dB gain, you will have the equivalent of a 10 watt signal, and if you can achieve an antenna with 10 dB gain, you have the equivalent of a 50 watt signal into a dipole. (yes, I know those are extremes). Much of the QRP work with compromise antennas is a problem on the receive side. If you cannot hear them, you cannot work them. So why handicap yourself with inefficient antennas. Check QRPARCI - you will find no credits or deductions in their contests for antenna inefficiency. Use the best antenna that you have for the task. QRP operation will increase your operating skills - listen, listen and listen, figure out the other stations habits, operate split if necessary, and call when you think your signal will be heard. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/5/2014 6:52 PM, Stephen Roberts wrote: You're right of course. It takes some time to get comfortable with QRP and its limitations, and you're right, that it can be a source of frustration for many new hams. Your are also absolutely right that when you ad a crappy antenna to the mix, it can be very frustrating indeed. But that's the fun of learning and discovering all that is ham radio. I started with an OHR 100a 40m rig and a homebrew magloop antenna set up on a tripod in my kitchen. I was happy as a clam and simply didn't know what I was missing and found plenty of QSO's to keep me occupied while I figured out what it was all about. I had other ham friends
Re: [Elecraft] Crystal Filter Offset in 4.81, What does it mean?
Arie Kleingeld PA3A p...@xs4all.nl wrote: Lyle, What are you saying here? Arie, The K3 has excellent opposite sideband suppression (the combined suppression of the crystal filters in the first I.F., and the DSP in the second I.F.). The present change (allowing you to move the crystal filter edge) came about because exactly *one* customer in England claimed to be hearing an OSB image at extremely low pitch in CW mode in the presence of monster signals. This was the first such comment I had heard about the K3, which isn't bad considering we've shipped some 8000 of them. We added the new menu entry to satisfy this demanding customer because, as I told him a the time, I didn't want anyone to ever hear an OSB image, no matter how small, on the K3. He's using the 0.3-kHz setting, though I couldn't tell any difference between 0.2 (the default) and 0.3. At one point in the K3's history, 0.1 was the setting used. Even then there were no complaints about OSB images, so if you want lower pitch, go for it. 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] Crystal Filter Offset in 4.81, What does it mean?
Arie, Sorry about the added n. Yes, the DSP algorithms will not allow the passband to extend into the opposite sideband. What I was responding to was the initial statement about centering the passband (on the CW sidetone pitch), and I was pointing out the fallacy of that when the filter is wide. The analog filters at the 8 MHz have only the task of keeping strong nearby signals out of the ADC and not overloading it - they also reduce the exposure of 'pumping' for the hardware AGC by those strong signals near in frequency (such as may be encountered in a DX pileup or contest conditions). The DSP does the final filtering, and the DSP filters do not actually need the roofing filters at all other than for the reasons stated above. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/6/2014 12:17 PM, Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote: Don, I understand this. Let me explain my thoughts. Let's suppose we have the different IF's. One analog, the 8Mhz stuff, and then a DSP IF which is fed by the second 15kHz IF. I am not a DSP expert. But I would expect that the DSP filter would filter out whatever bandwidth I would want it to, just like it were analog and better. I expect this function of any IF filter, digital and analog. What we are tallking about is that the opposite sideband can pass through the analog part of the K3 (because of the wide roofing filter) and yes it does if the skirt of the filter allows it. If this is not solved in the DSP, the /function/ of the DSP is not more than the old type audio DSP filter we had in the old days (apart from partly being inside the AGC-loop) As Ralph DL5OAP already stated: Even the old FT1000MP with DSP demodulation killed the opposite sideband. I had an MP for a long time (before I got the K3) and I can confirm this. I had it switched on all the time. As you said Don, the K3 really needs the analog roofing filter to be in place to reach its best performance. Good thing that I have them for the bandwidths I use. And overall it works pretty well. There are still some things to improve though. 73 Arie (not Arnie :-)) Don Wilhelm schreef op 6-2-2014 17:21: Arnie, Think about it this way -- take a filter width of 1500 Hz and a sidetone pitch of 600 Hz. If you center the passband at 600 Hz, the upper passband limit will be at 1350 Hz, but the lower edge will be 150 Hz into the opposite sideband (single signal reception goes bye-bye). The proper position if the passband is to place the lower edge at about 100 Hz, and the upper edge will extend to 1600 Hz. __ 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] [KX2]
Glen, The KX3 is only a little bigger than the KX1, so I'll stick with my recommendation of the KX3 as the SSB SOTA rig of choice :) KX1: About 1.5 × 6 x 3 inches KX3: About 1.7 x 7.5 x 3.5 inches 73, Wayne N6KR On Feb 5, 2014, at 11:38 PM, Glen Torr glen.t...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wayne and all, Thanks for the explanation which makes a lot of sense. I wonder if the KX2 could be a CW no solder SOTA rig in a KX1 form factor. Here in VK SSB is much more popular than CW for SOTA and this is a subject of discussion on the VK SOTA group. I am determined to do CW and would love an Elecraft SOTA rig. That said thanks a bunch for the KX3, I can scarcely believe the technology in this amazing radio. Thanks for the pleasure you have given me. Cheers, Glen VK1FB __ 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] Vedr: [KX2]
I disagree, the KX3 is not the answer, first of all, you can't build it your self, I would go for a KX1 with SSB (a KX2) with 5 watt and a tuner even if the performance where slightly less and it didn't have all the features of the KX3. If the performance is important, yes, og for the KX3, but if you want that good old I built this rig feeling and SSB is required, a KX2 would be great!! Martin Storli LA8OKA Oslo, Norway ARCTICPEAK's Radio pages! http://www.arcticpeak.com/radio.htm Fra: Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com Til: Glen Torr glen.t...@gmail.com Kopi: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sendt: Onsdag, 5. februar 2014 23.52 Emne: Re: [Elecraft] [KX2] Hi Glen, I don't think we'd design a different portable SSB rig just to make it a through-hole-components kit. We'd either have to make it a lot larger than the KX3 or greatly reduce the number features and level of performance. We did this calculation a few years ago and the KX3 is the right answer :) 73, Wayne N6KR On Feb 5, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Glen Torr glen.t...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Aptos Dudes, SOTA is exploding in popularity and your product line started with a radio named after one the highest. How about a KX2, through hole, 7 to 24 MHz CW / SSB 20 W. SOTA radio? I love my KX3 on summits. Good Wishes, Glen VK1FB __ 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] Vedr: [KX2]
I happen to know a company that makes such a product, but it has 10w max output, not 5w. The company is Elecraft, and the product is the K2/10, with tuner and SSB. 73, Dennis NJ6G On 2/6/2014 1:11 PM, Martin Storli - LA8OKA wrote: I disagree, the KX3 is not the answer, first of all, you can't build it your self, I would go for a KX1 with SSB (a KX2) with 5 watt and a tuner even if the performance where slightly less and it didn't have all the features of the KX3. If the performance is important, yes, og for the KX3, but if you want that good old I built this rig feeling and SSB is required, a KX2 would be great!! __ 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] Vedr: [KX2]
I agree with Martin, the SSB module added to the existing KX1. The KX1 being a builders kit radio now, the space inside may be at a premium, so the SSB module could be a pre made one as surface mount components, so it could fit inside, without making a new case etc? Is this feasible? 73, Jack VK4JRC Club.www.cqara.org.au Member WIA SARL ARRL GQRP #14392 QRPARCI #15068 VKQRP.#833 On 7 Feb 2014, at 7:11 am, Martin Storli - LA8OKA arcticp...@yahoo.no wrote: I disagree, the KX3 is not the answer, first of all, you can't build it your self, I would go for a KX1 with SSB (a KX2) with 5 watt and a tuner even if the performance where slightly less and it didn't have all the features of the KX3. If the performance is important, yes, og for the KX3, but if you want that good old I built this rig feeling and SSB is required, a KX2 would be great!! Martin Storli LA8OKA Oslo, Norway ARCTICPEAK's Radio pages! http://www.arcticpeak.com/radio.htm Fra: Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com Til: Glen Torr glen.t...@gmail.com Kopi: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sendt: Onsdag, 5. februar 2014 23.52 Emne: Re: [Elecraft] [KX2] Hi Glen, I don't think we'd design a different portable SSB rig just to make it a through-hole-components kit. We'd either have to make it a lot larger than the KX3 or greatly reduce the number features and level of performance. We did this calculation a few years ago and the KX3 is the right answer :) 73, Wayne N6KR On Feb 5, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Glen Torr glen.t...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Aptos Dudes, SOTA is exploding in popularity and your product line started with a radio named after one the highest. How about a KX2, through hole, 7 to 24 MHz CW / SSB 20 W. SOTA radio? I love my KX3 on summits. Good Wishes, Glen VK1FB __ 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] Vedr: [KX2]
Well, as much as some would like Elecraft to make a KX2 it looks like it's not going to happen. Wayne has said as much. Even if as many as 100 people wanted such a rig, it's likely that it would not be fiscally feasible for Elecraft to market one. But, if some adventurous person wanted design one, and put it on the market. certainly some people would be interested. Who's going to put up the capital for such a venture? 73 de Ray K2ULR __ 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] Vedr: [KX2]
Ray, The most feasible way would be a retrofit surface mount prebuilt SSB module and its interface requirements for the existing KX1. People still build the radio but simply add the SSB module IF they want it. Like everything..publicise an expression of interest request, see what happens. No, Elecraft don't have to make it but, it would be nice if they did :-) Look at the HCT, started as a project and evolved into a product, specifically for one radio model, the KX3. I wonder how many KX1s have been sold, to date? 73, Jack VK4JRC Club.www.cqara.org.au Member WIA SARL ARRL GQRP #14392 QRPARCI #15068 VKQRP.#833 On 7 Feb 2014, at 7:28 am, Ray Sills raysil...@verizon.net wrote: Well, as much as some would like Elecraft to make a KX2 it looks like it's not going to happen. Wayne has said as much. Even if as many as 100 people wanted such a rig, it's likely that it would not be fiscally feasible for Elecraft to market one. But, if some adventurous person wanted design one, and put it on the market. certainly some people would be interested. Who's going to put up the capital for such a venture? 73 de Ray K2ULR __ 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] Vedr: [KX2]
Find out: https://www.kickstarter.com/ Eric KE6US On 2/6/2014 1:28 PM, Ray Sills wrote: But, if some adventurous person wanted design one, and put it on the market. certainly some people would be interested. *Who's going to put up the capital for such a venture? * 73 de Ray K2ULR __ 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] Fraud
ab...@aol.com 73 de Joe, N6CL From: Bill Ross k6...@verizon.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 12:03 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Fraud Just to follow-up on my post of last night, I tried to notify AOL of the fraudulent use of my name and call on their email list, by sending a email to “fraud@aol’'.com” but it bounced. I had looked on the AOL website but couldn’t find an address to write to for such matters, so I would appreciate it if anyone on the list knows how to contact AOL without having an account there. Tnx 73 Bill, k6mgo Message: 26 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 18:13:31 -0800 From: Bill Ross k6...@verizon.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Fraud Message-ID: 0CB07BA4C7B249F7820081CBD65D11A2@rossHP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Just a heads up to all on the list, someone is posing as me, William H. Ross at k6mg...@aol.com and listing a K3/P3 station with all equipment for $2950. I don?t have a P3, but do have a K3 which is not for sale now, around Christmas time, I did post an ad on QRZ listing my K3 for sale, and per QRZ?s requirements, sent a picture of the K3 with a QSL card in the picture to authenticate it which this person copied and posted on QTH with the phony ad. I have received emails and phone calls from several hams wanting to inquire if the ad was on the up and up, which of course, it wasn?t. So if anyone see?s this ad or hears about anyone wanting to buy this equipment, please warn them that the ad is a fraud. Tnx and 73 Bill, k6mgo __ 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] KXPD3 Gold-plated contacts ?
Has anyone tried to galvanically gold-plate the KXPD3 contact screws and posts? Heinz HB9BCB -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KXPD3-Gold-plated-contacts-tp7583792.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] Vedr: [KX2]
Anyone remember this? http://www.i0cg.com/k1_page.htm Giuliano made an SSB board for his K1 :). The K1 is a great trail friendly radio, and it has a lot more mod space than the KX1! On Fri, 7 Feb 2014, Jack Chomley wrote: Ray, The most feasible way would be a retrofit surface mount prebuilt SSB module and its interface requirements for the existing KX1. People still build the radio but simply add the SSB module IF they want it. Like everything..publicise an expression of interest request, see what happens. No, Elecraft don't have to make it but, it would be nice if they did :-) Look at the HCT, started as a project and evolved into a product, specifically for one radio model, the KX3. I wonder how many KX1s have been sold, to date? 73, Jack VK4JRC Club.www.cqara.org.au Member WIA SARL ARRL GQRP #14392 QRPARCI #15068 VKQRP.#833 On 7 Feb 2014, at 7:28 am, Ray Sills raysil...@verizon.net wrote: Well, as much as some would like Elecraft to make a KX2 it looks like it's not going to happen. Wayne has said as much. Even if as many as 100 people wanted such a rig, it's likely that it would not be fiscally feasible for Elecraft to market one. But, if some adventurous person wanted design one, and put it on the market. certainly some people would be interested. Who's going to put up the capital for such a venture? 73 de Ray K2ULR __ 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] Vedr: [KX2]
The best suggestion I have seen in this thread is for the K2 with KSB2 option. It is an off-the-shelf kit using thru-hole construction. full 160 through 10 meter bands is possible with the addition of the K160RX and K60XV options. The K2 is not too large for portable operation, and it is a full featured transceiver with dual VFOs, Split capability, and with additional options such as the KAT2 and the KBT2, it is quite capable of SOTA operation with a variety of antennas, either CW or SSB or Data modes. The K2/10 is quite lightweight if the internal battery is not included. While Giuliano's K1 SSB addition would work, it has limitations - the base K1 has limited bands and a limited VFO tuning range. Giuliano's SSB addition is not available as a kit - so it is only for those who want to lend their skills to homebrew (that is OK for some, but not the majority). The K1 with the internal tuner and the internal battery pack does not leave much internal space for the addition of anything like a SSB addition. I do not think Elecraft will be forthcoming with another thru-hole kit. The KX3 is a more capable transceiver than the K2, and is in a smaller package -- so the appeal is only for those who want to build it yourself, and the K2 is the best answer in today's world unless significant compromises are acceptable. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/6/2014 5:11 PM, Jessie Oberreuter wrote: Anyone remember this? http://www.i0cg.com/k1_page.htm Giuliano made an SSB board for his K1 :). The K1 is a great trail friendly radio, and it has a lot more mod space than the KX1! __ 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] Vedr: [KX2]
I use my K2/10 with a LiFePO4 battery for SOTA activations. It has the KAT3 although when I use the Alexloop I bypass the ATU. It also has the SSB module which I've never used, no mic. Admittedly, I'm somewhat orthopedically-challenged so my activations tend to be on the tame side, but it is a super radio, and my pack weighs about 25 lbs. The weight isn't a problem for me, but the pack does raise my center-of-mass creating balance and stability problems in really challenging terrain. Someone younger would have no problem I can't speak to Giulianos K1 SSB addition, I've only used a K1 one time. I have a KX1 [40/30/20] which I usually take as a back-up. I rarely operate SSB and never when QRP in the field. I've been curious where Elecraft would go after the K3 and KX3. The KX1, K1, and K2 are essentially mature products [which doesn't mean they're obsolete by any means]. The field radio market is getting a bit crowded these days. Some incremental things might be viable for the K3 [200W internal PA, internal VHF/UHF capability, ???]. I think the KPA1500 is off the table? I really doubt a through-hole KX2 is likely. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 2/6/2014 3:00 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: The K2 is not too large for portable operation, and it is a full featured transceiver with dual VFOs, Split capability, and with additional options such as the KAT2 and the KBT2, it is quite capable of SOTA operation with a variety of antennas, either CW or SSB or Data modes. The K2/10 is quite lightweight if the internal battery is not included. __ 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] # 5607 first contact QRP!
I actually came to enjoy non-line-of-sight ham radio through QRP operations. I had an Icom 706 MKIIg with dipoles for 40M and 80M, but made very few QSOs. I then went to the West Valley Amateur Radio Association's field day operation on Mora hill, which was QRP/battery. I was introduced to digital operation, specifically PSK31 and a whole new world opened up to me. I had fun actually operating the radio for the first time! So I went back home, got a SignaLink USB, downloaded cocoaModem and started running PSK on the Icom. For the first time I was communicating with people who weren't already my friends using modes other than repeaters and simplex in the wilderness. And I could make QSOs at the lowest power the Icom offered. I would like to find ways to attract the many hams whose operation is limited to line-of-sight to some of the other options ham radio offers. I have one idea, but it's for a following email. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | over lies and hate. | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | - Vaclav Havel | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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] Fraud
Seriously folks. I retired last year after 23 years running an ISP. Among other things, AOL is a free E-Mail provider, not unlike Hotmail, Yahoo or GMail. They can't afford to invest a whole lot of time and staff into policing their service, especially where the only punishment they have is to take a free E-Mail address away from someone they can't possibly track down. Signing up for a free E-Mail address is 100% anonymous. They aren't even going to listen to your claim that the E-Mail address is your callsign plus a commonly used prosign, nor are they going to agree that k6mgo belongs to you in any way at all. Trying to find someone who will bother to understand that at any big provider is at least as difficult as teaching a pig to sing. Trying to find someone who cares would be several orders of magnitude harder. They really aren't going to be interested to discover that someone is using their service fraudulently -- they already know that. Welcome to the future of the internet. On the other side of this, they typical 419 scam has been around since the early 1800's, and they're easy to detect -- you just have to read carefully and ask yourself is this credible. They almost never are. I learned most of how to avoid these scams in Jr. High School -- in 1969. Yes, there are a few things you can do to test to see if an E-Mail is genuine, but it starts with critical reading and asking yourself does this ring true? Sorry if that offends everyone. 73 -- Lynn On 2/6/2014 1:58 PM, Joe Lynch wrote: ab...@aol.com 73 de Joe, N6CL From: Bill Ross k6...@verizon.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 12:03 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Fraud Just to follow-up on my post of last night, I tried to notify AOL of the fraudulent use of my name and call on their email list, by sending a email to “fraud@aol’'.com” but it bounced. I had looked on the AOL website but couldn’t find an address to write to for such matters, so I would appreciate it if anyone on the list knows how to contact AOL without having an account there. Tnx 73 Bill, k6mgo __ 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] The Technician Ten Radio
My goal with this radio is to offer a radio that will introduce new technician operators to non-line-of-sight operation. The basic requirements are: Covers 28.3 - 28.5 MHz USB. Audio quality that will appeal to an FM user. Enough power to make QSOs easily. Inexpensive enough to buy on impulse. Simple to use UI. Supporting FM repeater use on some of 6M, 2M, and 70cm might expand sales in the target market enough to be justified. A mobil operations story would make it useful for car-to-car operation during low sunspot times. Availability as a no-solder kit could cut costs, increase pride of ownership, and aid word-of-mouth sales. Other features like CW operation, split operation, etc. should only be included if they significantly expand the market and can be introduced without undue UI complications. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV -- Bill Frantz| There are now so many exceptions to the 408-356-8506 | Fourth Amendment that it operates only by www.pwpconsult.com | accident. - William Hugh Murray __ 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] KXPD3 Gold-plated contacts ?
RE: Has anyone tried to galvanically gold-plate the KXPD3 contact screws and posts? Heinz, In an attempt to solve the missing dit problem? Mark KE6BB __ 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] The Technician Ten Radio
Its what they sell and call a CB radio.Buy one for a couple bucks, a few modifications and bingo your set. Quits working toss it in the trash. And if you dont do mods you dont even need a license.. Merv K9FD/KH6 My goal with this radio is to offer a radio that will introduce new technician operators to non-line-of-sight operation. The basic requirements are: Covers 28.3 - 28.5 MHz USB. Audio quality that will appeal to an FM user. Enough power to make QSOs easily. Inexpensive enough to buy on impulse. Simple to use UI. Supporting FM repeater use on some of 6M, 2M, and 70cm might expand sales in the target market enough to be justified. A mobil operations story would make it useful for car-to-car operation during low sunspot times. Availability as a no-solder kit could cut costs, increase pride of ownership, and aid word-of-mouth sales. Other features like CW operation, split operation, etc. should only be included if they significantly expand the market and can be introduced without undue UI complications. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV -- Bill Frantz| There are now so many exceptions to the 408-356-8506 | Fourth Amendment that it operates only by www.pwpconsult.com | accident. - William Hugh Murray __ 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] The Technician Ten Radio
That would be the Radio Shack HTX-10. You can get them on eBay for $100. http://www.rigpix.com/rs-realistic/realistic_htx100.htm wunder K6WRU On Feb 6, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Bill Frantz fra...@pwpconsult.com wrote: My goal with this radio is to offer a radio that will introduce new technician operators to non-line-of-sight operation. The basic requirements are: Covers 28.3 - 28.5 MHz USB. Audio quality that will appeal to an FM user. Enough power to make QSOs easily. Inexpensive enough to buy on impulse. Simple to use UI. Supporting FM repeater use on some of 6M, 2M, and 70cm might expand sales in the target market enough to be justified. A mobil operations story would make it useful for car-to-car operation during low sunspot times. Availability as a no-solder kit could cut costs, increase pride of ownership, and aid word-of-mouth sales. Other features like CW operation, split operation, etc. should only be included if they significantly expand the market and can be introduced without undue UI complications. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV -- Bill Frantz| There are now so many exceptions to the 408-356-8506 | Fourth Amendment that it operates only by www.pwpconsult.com | accident. - William Hugh Murray __ 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 -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.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
[Elecraft] (OT) -- Regarding the QRP Discussion
FYI - if any Listers here happened to work 3DA0US in the last couple of days, you might be interested to learn that he was running a KX3 at between 5 and 10 watts depending upon his DC input level. His antenna was a PAR Omni Angle on a 22 foot fiberglass pole. He made 400 contacts in two days of operating and he was only on a few hours each day. In a couple of weeks he'll be operating as 7P8US with the same rig and antenna. The PAR Omni Angle is only a 7 foot aluminum rectangle with a matching network and it only weighs a couple of pounds. Most hams would probably dub the Par Omni Angle a suboptimal or compromise antenna. A well versed operator, knowledge of propagation, patience, preparation, perseverance and top shelf equipment goes a long way to offset the handicap of a compromise antenna. 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] (OT) -- Regarding the QRP Discussion
So does having a semi-rare callsign. Dave AB7E On 2/6/2014 6:05 PM, stan levandowski wrote: FYI - if any Listers here happened to work 3DA0US in the last couple of days, you might be interested to learn that he was running a KX3 at between 5 and 10 watts depending upon his DC input level. His antenna was a PAR Omni Angle on a 22 foot fiberglass pole. He made 400 contacts in two days of operating and he was only on a few hours each day. In a couple of weeks he'll be operating as 7P8US with the same rig and antenna. The PAR Omni Angle is only a 7 foot aluminum rectangle with a matching network and it only weighs a couple of pounds. Most hams would probably dub the Par Omni Angle a suboptimal or compromise antenna. A well versed operator, knowledge of propagation, patience, preparation, perseverance and top shelf equipment goes a long way to offset the handicap of a compromise antenna. 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] Fraud
This should be the last post on this thread but just wanted to say thanks to all who responded to my plea for info on how to reach AOL. Also would like to explain my reasoning in wanting to reach AOL about this matter. I am not a lawyer but I was worried that if someone sent money to this phony for some equipment and didn’t receive it, they might come after me for some reason. People now days are sue happy and will do so at the drop of the hat. Just heard on the news this evening that the family of the boy who had sex with his teacher and fathered a child just got $50 for it. I can remember when I was a teenager and sex was upper most in my mind, and all I can say is it wouldn’t have taken $50 for me to have taken advantage of such an opportunity. So the fact that I have documented the problem to AOL, and posted a note on my QRZ page, and also posted the info her, I think would make a strong case that I did all that should be expected of me to disclaim any loss that anyone might incur from this fraudulent ad in my name and call. So all I am saying is I have bought many rigs and sold many rigs on various reflectors and QRZ.com and never had a problem either way, but from now on, I for one will be extremely careful before I send money or send a rig to someone from such a transaction. Lesson learned. 73, Bill, k6mgo __ 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] (OT) -- Regarding the QRP Discussion
When I bought mine a few months ago, it was $99 for the antenna and one matchbox; each additional matchbox was $20. 73, Stan WB2LQF On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 08:40 PM, Jim Lowman wrote: Does anyone know what this antenna costs? On the website, it says E-mail for pricing. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 2/6/2014 5:05 PM, stan levandowski wrote: FYI - if any Listers here happened to work 3DA0US in the last couple of days, you might be interested to learn that he was running a KX3 at between 5 and 10 watts depending upon his DC input level. His antenna was a PAR Omni Angle on a 22 foot fiberglass pole. He made 400 contacts in two days of operating and he was only on a few hours each day. In a couple of weeks he'll be operating as 7P8US with the same rig and antenna. The PAR Omni Angle is only a 7 foot aluminum rectangle with a matching network and it only weighs a couple of pounds. Most hams would probably dub the Par Omni Angle a suboptimal or compromise antenna. A well versed operator, knowledge of propagation, patience, preparation, perseverance and top shelf equipment goes a long way to offset the handicap of a compromise antenna. 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] (OT) -- Regarding the QRP Discussion
That would be Ulrich, N2DE, KX3, Begali Adventure, his baby, the Begali CW Machine. A combo very hard to beat. 73 Mike KD8RQE In a message dated 2/6/2014 8:05:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sjl...@optonline.net writes: FYI - if any Listers here happened to work 3DA0US in the last couple of days, you might be interested to learn that he was running a KX3 at between 5 and 10 watts depending upon his DC input level. His antenna was a PAR Omni Angle on a 22 foot fiberglass pole. He made 400 contacts in two days of operating and he was only on a few hours each day. In a couple of weeks he'll be operating as 7P8US with the same rig and antenna. The PAR Omni Angle is only a 7 foot aluminum rectangle with a matching network and it only weighs a couple of pounds. Most hams would probably dub the Par Omni Angle a suboptimal or compromise antenna. A well versed operator, knowledge of propagation, patience, preparation, perseverance and top shelf equipment goes a long way to offset the handicap of a compromise antenna. 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] (OT) -- Regarding the QRP Discussion
I would not say the Omniangle is a compromise antenna if it works :-) The operator had nothing else to compare it with and was able to make many contacts with it! We would all like a big Yagi I guess, but they weigh more than a few pounds. The thrill really, is doing more..with less! Incidentally, I am about to find out just how good an Omniangle on 20 metres is, Dale shipped mine out, earlier this week. 73, Jack VK4JRC Club.www.cqara.org.au Member WIA SARL ARRL GQRP #14392 QRPARCI #15068 VKQRP.#833 On 7 Feb 2014, at 11:05 am, stan levandowski sjl...@optonline.net wrote: FYI - if any Listers here happened to work 3DA0US in the last couple of days, you might be interested to learn that he was running a KX3 at between 5 and 10 watts depending upon his DC input level. His antenna was a PAR Omni Angle on a 22 foot fiberglass pole. He made 400 contacts in two days of operating and he was only on a few hours each day. In a couple of weeks he'll be operating as 7P8US with the same rig and antenna. The PAR Omni Angle is only a 7 foot aluminum rectangle with a matching network and it only weighs a couple of pounds. Most hams would probably dub the Par Omni Angle a suboptimal or compromise antenna. A well versed operator, knowledge of propagation, patience, preparation, perseverance and top shelf equipment goes a long way to offset the handicap of a compromise antenna. 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] Fraud
Trying to reach anyone at Yahoo has turned out to be an exercise in futility. A good friend owns a nice gift shop nearby. Her old computer died, and I've been helping her get a new one. It arrived yesterday. Apparently, her Yahoo e-mail account has been compromised - as have several others, no doubt. I couldn't even find a support phone number for Yahoo anywhere on their website. I had to Google for it. Then, she kept getting the usual, Due to heavy calling... and being disconnected. In the meantime, communications from vendors and curious prospective buyers are piling up in her inbox that she can't access. Hopefully, they will call her business number when their e-mails are going unanswered. The usual, easy way to reset a password doesn't work, because the compromise apparently points to some cell phone number that isn't hers. And, she hadn't set up an alternate e-mail address or a security question. I explained that it's not the best idea to have an e-mail account for her business with one of these free e-mail providers. But she's operating on a shoestring, thanks to the state of the economy. The scary part is that Yahoo is actually the ISP behind my SBCGlobal.net address. However, ATT might have better luck with Yahoo if I had a problem. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 2/6/2014 4:05 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: Seriously folks. I retired last year after 23 years running an ISP. Among other things, AOL is a free E-Mail provider, not unlike Hotmail, Yahoo or GMail. They can't afford to invest a whole lot of time and staff into policing their service, especially where the only punishment they have is to take a free E-Mail address away from someone they can't possibly track down. Trying to find someone who will bother to understand that at any big provider is at least as difficult as teaching a pig to sing. Trying to find someone who cares would be several orders of magnitude harder. 73 -- Lynn __ 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] (OT) -- Regarding the QRP Discussion
Does anyone know what this antenna costs? On the website, it says E-mail for pricing. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 2/6/2014 5:05 PM, stan levandowski wrote: FYI - if any Listers here happened to work 3DA0US in the last couple of days, you might be interested to learn that he was running a KX3 at between 5 and 10 watts depending upon his DC input level. His antenna was a PAR Omni Angle on a 22 foot fiberglass pole. He made 400 contacts in two days of operating and he was only on a few hours each day. In a couple of weeks he'll be operating as 7P8US with the same rig and antenna. The PAR Omni Angle is only a 7 foot aluminum rectangle with a matching network and it only weighs a couple of pounds. Most hams would probably dub the Par Omni Angle a suboptimal or compromise antenna. A well versed operator, knowledge of propagation, patience, preparation, perseverance and top shelf equipment goes a long way to offset the handicap of a compromise antenna. 73, Stan WB2LQF __ 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] The Technician Ten Radio
No Tom, I do not as that does not interest me in the slightest, But I have seen over the years numerous articles on using CB radios on 10 meters, at one time there was a big push and a lot of mods published for them. I assume a search of the internet may bring up some of that info. It may have been in the old 73 magazines or even CQ. I dont mean mods for the free banders either, these were mods to use the radios on 10 meters by licensed hams. On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:44:40 -1000 Merv Schweigert k...@flex.com wrote: Its what they sell and call a CB radio.Buy one for a couple bucks, a few modifications and bingo your set. Quits working toss it in the trash. And if you dont do mods you dont even need a license.. Merv K9FD/KH6 Do you have any links to what the mods are? 73 Tom kg7cfc __ 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] The Technician Ten Radio
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:44:40 -1000 Merv Schweigert k...@flex.com wrote: Its what they sell and call a CB radio.Buy one for a couple bucks, a few modifications and bingo your set. Quits working toss it in the trash. And if you dont do mods you dont even need a license.. Merv K9FD/KH6 Do you have any links to what the mods are? 73 Tom kg7cfc -- Never be ashamed to ask for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking he will display ignorance - Booker T Washington ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. Tom Taylor - retired penguin - KG7CFC AMD Phenom II x4 955 -- 4GB RAM -- 2x1.5TB sata2 openSUSE 13.1_RC2-x86_64 KDE 4.12.1, FF 25.0, claws-mail 3.9.2 registered linux user 263467 __ 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] [KX2] [KX0]
I agree that a minimalist K2 would work perfectly for the kx2 you are describing.. Even though it is a bit bigger than the KX3, there is plenty of room inside for a lightweight battery pack if you don't want the weight of the lead-acid Elecraft battery, and of course it has an internal atu available. Also, among all the kits I have built over the years, the K2 is hands down the most fun, and the most satisfying when you first turn it on. It took me about 60 hours to build a fully-loaded K2/10. It STILL has an excellent receiver. I would love to see something in the other direction--say a KX0. It would be as small as a rockmite or smaller, single band or with plug-in modules, an atu, and at least 2 watts out. Optimised to work with a wire thrown into a tree. A receiver much better than the rockmite, maybe close to the KX1. Attachment for the KX3 paddles. CW only, and built-in keyer with at least one memory. You could put in in your shirt pocket and operate. Maybe that's just me. 73 Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android __ 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] The Technician Ten Radio
On 2/6/14 at 4:44 PM, k...@flex.com (Merv Schweigert) wrote: Its what they sell and call a CB radio.Buy one for a couple bucks, a few modifications and bingo your set. Quits working toss it in the trash. And if you dont do mods you dont even need a license.. The trouble is a CB radio isn't going to introduce law abiding hams to long distance communication since that is an illegal use of CB. Most of the people I'm trying to attract are emergency services people trying to serve their communities. They need experience operating under bad conditions, but many of them don't know it and won't find out until the bad thing happens*. Cheers - Bill * Sgt. Kerry Harris, Los Gatos Police Department - Bill Frantz| When it comes to the world | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | around us, is there any choice | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | but to explore? - Lisa Randall | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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] The Technician Ten Radio
Bill, I like the idea...but... Always the but... :) I think the best thing to do, is to really encourage technician licensees to come out to field day and get a feel of the action. I started off as a tech at age 13 and happily enjoyed my 50 mhz + privileges. That was until my first field day with West Valley on Loma Prieta at Charlie's property. The only thing I could talk about after was how I needed to learn CW to get my General ticket to work HF. Boy that was a long time ago. When did Cw go away again? I'm so old hihi. But my point is if we encourage the Technician hams to come out to field day and see how fun HF can be, and then Elmer them and help them pass their general class test, the world will be open to them. And then we can strongly urge them to drink the Elecraft kool-aid (Wayne can I get a referral discount off a KPA500?). I guess what I'm saying is why have a radio that will keep them where they're at and cap their knowledge when it would be better to show them and foster their learning to improve themselves and gain more knowledge of this wonderful hobby. 73, Steve KS6PD On Thursday, February 6, 2014, Merv Schweigert k...@flex.com wrote: No Tom, I do not as that does not interest me in the slightest, But I have seen over the years numerous articles on using CB radios on 10 meters, at one time there was a big push and a lot of mods published for them. I assume a search of the internet may bring up some of that info. It may have been in the old 73 magazines or even CQ. I dont mean mods for the free banders either, these were mods to use the radios on 10 meters by licensed hams. On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:44:40 -1000 Merv Schweigert k...@flex.com wrote: Its what they sell and call a CB radio.Buy one for a couple bucks, a few modifications and bingo your set. Quits working toss it in the trash. And if you dont do mods you dont even need a license.. Merv K9FD/KH6 Do you have any links to what the mods are? 73 Tom kg7cfc __ 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] # 5607 first contact QRP!
Bill, I had kind of dropped out of radio until someone showed me qrp psk31. Really regained my interest and brought me back into the hobby... Since then I picked up a KX3 along with a number of other toys. After reading some of the other replies on the thread, all I can say is I've had a blast working qrp with the kx3 on not only CW and digital, but ssb as well using some real garbage compromise antennas. Most of the fun for me is to see who I can work qrp with such horrible antennas. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a beam to help me out. But for now I'll enjoy experimenting with different types of antennas while portable. Anyways, congrats to the owner of kx3 #5607 and ur first qrp contact. 73, Steve KS6PD On Thursday, February 6, 2014, Bill Frantz fra...@pwpconsult.com wrote: I actually came to enjoy non-line-of-sight ham radio through QRP operations. I had an Icom 706 MKIIg with dipoles for 40M and 80M, but made very few QSOs. I then went to the West Valley Amateur Radio Association's field day operation on Mora hill, which was QRP/battery. I was introduced to digital operation, specifically PSK31 and a whole new world opened up to me. I had fun actually operating the radio for the first time! So I went back home, got a SignaLink USB, downloaded cocoaModem and started running PSK on the Icom. For the first time I was communicating with people who weren't already my friends using modes other than repeaters and simplex in the wilderness. And I could make QSOs at the lowest power the Icom offered. I would like to find ways to attract the many hams whose operation is limited to line-of-sight to some of the other options ham radio offers. I have one idea, but it's for a following email. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV --- Bill Frantz| Truth and love must prevail | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | over lies and hate. | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | - Vaclav Havel | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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] # 5607 first contact QRP!
Sounds like a testament to your skill as an operator, Steve. Anyone with money can have a great antenna farm, but that doesn't make him a good operator. Heck, there's a group out this way in the Phoenix area who routinely goes out to a park and tries to load up lawn chairs, umbrellas and the like. I understand that someone once loaded up a school bus. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 2/6/2014 10:47 PM, Stephen Selberg wrote: Bill, I had kind of dropped out of radio until someone showed me qrp psk31. Really regained my interest and brought me back into the hobby... Since then I picked up a KX3 along with a number of other toys. After reading some of the other replies on the thread, all I can say is I've had a blast working qrp with the kx3 on not only CW and digital, but ssb as well using some real garbage compromise antennas. Most of the fun for me is to see who I can work qrp with such horrible antennas. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a beam to help me out. But for now I'll enjoy experimenting with different types of antennas while portable. Anyways, congrats to the owner of kx3 #5607 and ur first qrp contact. 73, Steve KS6PD __ 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
