Re: [Elecraft] Reverse Split???
Bruce, There are a few top-of-mind options: - the connected antennas to the two RX's (AUX and MAIN) - the use of the RX ant port - RF and AF settings of both RX's 73 Arie PA3A I checked and double checked the settings for both RX to ensure I didn't have something turned on the Main that was causing me not to be able to hear him. Both Main and Sub were set up the same. I could hear him on the Sub, but not the Main, weird. Also, playing in the 160 m contest, I noticed that the Main RX is hearing signals the Sub is not. Even when I have both on the same Freq there is a noticeable difference in what the Main and Sub are hearing. Ideas? 73 de Bruce, N7TY White Plains, MD __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 129, Issue 33
I wish the original post had not been trimmed... I missed it. -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Mon, 2015-01-26 at 09:01 -0500, CR wrote: On 1/25/2015 6:11 PM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: This is not only dangerous, it is potentially lethal. If there is a UL label on it, no doubt it is counterfeit. II have been using real Variacs and its competing US-brand devices for decades and have never run across something as egregious as that. Were I in your shoes I would cut off the cord and throw the device in the metal recycle bin. You have no idea what other dangerous things were incorporated by accident or by intention. More, t*his needs to be reported to the CPSC* at http://www.saferproducts.gov/Default.aspx Importers and resellers will have to recall the item and refund what was paid for it (if there are records, they're still around, etc etc. ). Cortland Richmond KA5S __ 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 Message delivered to d...@nk7z.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Good time to buy Begali products
Charlie, My wife gave me a March R-3A a few years ago. It spends most of its time on a display shelf. While it is a nice key, it couldn't usurp the prime position my Begali Sculpture holds. Most of the reasons why are purely personal but one is what I would consider a design oversight. By comparison, the Begali's finger pieces are spaced 0.575 (outside dimension) while the March's are 0.500. Minimum force to close a contact on the Begali is 6 grams and the March is 19 grams. These two parameters are very personal as I prefer a wider spacing and a very light touch. What I consider a design oversight is the length of the contact spacing screws, they are nearly 0.375 longer than they need to be and to me, stick out like a sore thumb. That said, the key is well machined and functions very well. It is a fine example of key art. It just isn't my favorite. 73,Jim W5QM On Sunday, January 25, 2015 5:28 PM, Jim Lowman jmlow...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Yes, indeed! I have one and it's very nice. Actually, it belongs to Chuck Adams, K7QO. It's on a somewhat-indefinite loan to me. I found out from a Mutual friend that Chuck didn't care for it that much. Of course, feel is a very subjective matter. It had some minor wear, so I sent it back to Mike for refinishing. Now it's as good as new. It looks good in my collection and, if Chuck ever asks for it back, it's in better shape than when he loaned it to me. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 1/25/2015 2:02 PM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote: Has anyone on here used a March Magnetic Paddle? Mike's out in Winchester VA and hand makes these individually. I'm not qualified to comment since I can barely use my antique Vibro-Keyer. 73, Charlie k3ICH __ 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 Message delivered to knowk...@verizon.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Good time to buy Begali products
Most Capital One credit cards do not charge a foreign transaction fee (most CCs 2-3%). If Begali accepts credit cards directly, you might want to look into one of those. Barry W2UP Tony Scandurra K4QE wrote That is incorrect. The purchase price is directly affected by the exchange rate. They even provide a link to xe.com on their website so you can figure out the actual cost in $USD. Be aware that there is still an exchange rate fee charged by your bank when you make the transaction, so the final cost will still be higher than the price calculated in xe.com. 73, Tony K4QE -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-Good-time-to-buy-Begali-products-tp7597479p7597529.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 129, Issue 33
On 1/25/2015 6:11 PM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: This is not only dangerous, it is potentially lethal. If there is a UL label on it, no doubt it is counterfeit. II have been using real Variacs and its competing US-brand devices for decades and have never run across something as egregious as that. Were I in your shoes I would cut off the cord and throw the device in the metal recycle bin. You have no idea what other dangerous things were incorporated by accident or by intention. More, t*his needs to be reported to the CPSC* at http://www.saferproducts.gov/Default.aspx Importers and resellers will have to recall the item and refund what was paid for it (if there are records, they're still around, etc etc. ). Cortland Richmond KA5S __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 129, Issue 33
On 25 Jan 2015 at 09:48 Jim Brown wrote: There are (at least) three reasons why an array of microphones is a really bad idea. First, really good sounding mics to work with our radios are widely available cheap. Second, a microphone is an electroacoustic device -- it collects sound at a point in space and converts it to voltage. A microphone at a different point in space collects different sound -- there is a difference in time We've a more familiar radio analog; think of collinear antennas. If the difference in path length between any two and the source is 1/2 wavelength (*sound* travels 1100m/sec at sea level pressure) that pair will have a null at frequencies whose phase on arrival differs by 180 degrees. And that's only one thing we watch out for. Interesting discussion, if a bit OT. Cortland Richmond KA5S KX3 1475 __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] My KX3 desk microphone project
Amen, I could not have said it better! Jim, W4ATK On 1/24/2015 1:45 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: Gary on Behalf of the Board I will extend an apology to you, some here take the Hobby far to serious. I personally enjoy it when someone tries something and shares it and we all learn from it. I've been a Ham for a lot of years and I've seen a lot of things tried that you would think would never work but did.Though my favorite was when I flew RC aircraft and we had a Guy who against all convention used One Bladed Props. From: Gary - NC3Z nc3z.g...@gmail.com To: Harry Yingst hlyin...@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My KX3 desk microphone project Nice post Harry. And did you notice still no technical backup? Gary Mitchelson NC3Z Davidsonville, MD FM18 NC3Z/4 Pamlico County, NC FM15 www.mitchelson.org On 1/24/2015 2:32 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: I want to point out one thing about all of this It's AMATEUR Radio. Last week another list member was hammered on for finding a Bug that even I could replicate here. (Strangely I do not recall anyone making a public apology to that man). So the guy here made a mic and it worked for him and he wanted to share his PROJECT.(Yea I made that same mistake when I found better quality and quieter fans for my K3). Maybe someone could have say Hey that's cool but in my Professional experience we found that X. PS: I work on stuff that is Real Life and Death when it goes down and AMATEUR radio is far from that. __ 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 Message delivered to nc3z.g...@gmail.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 Message delivered to jim.w4...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] WTB: 4 band K1 module
Posted for Jim, If anyone has a four band module for a K1 that's excess to your needs I'd be interested in purchasing it...please contact me off list. 72/72.5, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV rodenkirch_...@msn.com Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Temperature stability: Fan
Bob, I've afixed (bolted) a small 2 inch 12 VDC muffin fan to a rubber pipe cap that inhales from the open end and works well. I have several of these in several diameters. The same can be made with a plastic pipe cap, but the rubber caps are kinder to finishes. I can send a photo to you if you'd like, but I'll -not- attempt to deal with posting to the %%=÷÷=% Yahoo site. 73 Ken - K0PP kengk...@gmail.com On Jan 26, 2015 5:59 AM, Bob rjv...@gmail.com [KX3] k...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Hi Gang, Are there any commercial options for tiny, quiet fan to improve thermal regulation of the KX3? If not, does anyone have any data on homebrewing a fan for the KX3? I have seen at least one chap who has kluged an BIG fan, with outstanding results (measured as 10W output without thermal foldback on a JT65 type mode into a dummy load). 73 Bob WA2I __._,_.___ -- Posted by: Bob rjv...@gmail.com -- Reply via web post https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/messages/50757;_ylc=X3oDMTJybjNqcHI4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM1MDc1NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE0MjIyNzcxMzY-?act=replymessageNum=50757 • Reply to sender rjv...@gmail.com?subject=Re%3A%20Temperature%20stability%3A%20Fan • Reply to group k...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Temperature%20stability%3A%20Fan • Start a New Topic https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbGQyczdmBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MjIyNzcxMzY- • Messages in this topic https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/topics/50757;_ylc=X3oDMTM3aGZuZjdoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM1MDc1NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MjIyNzcxMzYEdHBjSWQDNTA3NTc- (1) Visit Your Group https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbmwzNHZwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjIyNzcxMzY- - New Members https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnYjNhNm1tBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDIyMjc3MTM2 10 - New Photos https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/photos/photostream;_ylc=X3oDMTJnY2drNzgyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2cGhvdARzdGltZQMxNDIyMjc3MTM2 4 [image: Yahoo! Groups] https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZ204bGVmBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQyMjI3NzEzNg-- • Privacy https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html • Unsubscribe kx3-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe • Terms of Use https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/ . __,_._,___ __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] CW Announcement
Jim page 39 of the manual describes how to change the speed Use SW Tone If set to ON, switch presses generate audible feedback tones. If set to CODE nn, Morse code characters are generated on any control activation at nn words per minute. (The full list of Morse code control characters, as well as a text-only panel description for blind operators, can be found on our KX3 web page.) Switch tone volume is the same as CW sidetone volume. It must be adjusted in CW mode, using MON. Hope that helps. 73 David Anderson GM4JJJ On 26 Jan 2015, at 15:54, Jim GM jim.gmfo...@gmail.com wrote: I have a blind friend who has a KX3. He called me last night. between my questions and his I keep looking into the manual. His question last night was, the function, CW Announcement , that tells you in CW the frequency, or SWR or what button you had pushed, the CW speed is too slow. He wants to crank it up to 30 wpm. How do you turn the speed up? To get into the above function you push SCAN ANT like you would to turn on and off the radio and Menu button at the same time. or some think like that. I never heard of that but I guess it does. I have not seen that in the manual yet. Have you? It has been a year or so he had his KX3 an now starting to dislike it. He has been looking at the TF 590SG now. He wants to remote connect to it and operate other modes, Take it along to the grands kids house so he can operate radio when watching them when they come home from school. This KX3 of mine is more of radio than my Ten-Tec Omni 6 Plus. I do not know what my friends problem is. I think his frustrations will be the same with the TS-590SG and a lot of other radios that are out there. -- Jim K9TF __ 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 Message delivered to gm4...@yahoo.co.uk __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] PC not finding KUSB port
Looks like you are a victim of Prolific's end-of-life for certain pirated part numbers. Any driver later than version 1.4 checks the chip ID and refuses to start (Error 10 Cannot Start) for 2303 parts HXA (and probably others). Easy workaround is to MANUALLY install version 1.4 of the Prolific driver. When cable refuses to start (yellow mark, Error 10) you can then MANUALLY update (downgrade) the driver by selecting from the list of installed drivers. BTW, this is a Windows 8 issue, XP apparently never tries to update to the rev 1.8 driver. Email me off-list and I will try to remember the details. The actual key-by-key instructions vary depending the OS version. Perhaps others with more current experience can help. Ken - ke...@arrl.net -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dennis L. Haarsager Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 8:48 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] PC not finding KUSB port I'm doing firmware updates this weekend, and my KX3 and PX3 went fine after installing the device driver using the KXUSB cable and a laptop running Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit. snip __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] CW Announcement
I have a blind friend who has a KX3. He called me last night. between my questions and his I keep looking into the manual. His question last night was, the function, CW Announcement , that tells you in CW the frequency, or SWR or what button you had pushed, the CW speed is too slow. He wants to crank it up to 30 wpm. How do you turn the speed up? To get into the above function you push SCAN ANT like you would to turn on and off the radio and Menu button at the same time. or some think like that. I never heard of that but I guess it does. I have not seen that in the manual yet. Have you? It has been a year or so he had his KX3 an now starting to dislike it. He has been looking at the TF 590SG now. He wants to remote connect to it and operate other modes, Take it along to the grands kids house so he can operate radio when watching them when they come home from school. This KX3 of mine is more of radio than my Ten-Tec Omni 6 Plus. I do not know what my friends problem is. I think his frustrations will be the same with the TS-590SG and a lot of other radios that are out there. -- Jim K9TF __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] CW Announcement
Jim also check out this guide for blind ops http://www.elecraft.com/manual/KX3%20CW%20UI%20rev%20E1.pdf 73 David Anderson GM4JJJ On 26 Jan 2015, at 15:54, Jim GM jim.gmfo...@gmail.com wrote: I have a blind friend who has a KX3. He called me last night. between my questions and his I keep looking into the manual. His question last night was, the function, CW Announcement , that tells you in CW the frequency, or SWR or what button you had pushed, the CW speed is too slow. He wants to crank it up to 30 wpm. How do you turn the speed up? To get into the above function you push SCAN ANT like you would to turn on and off the radio and Menu button at the same time. or some think like that. I never heard of that but I guess it does. I have not seen that in the manual yet. Have you? It has been a year or so he had his KX3 an now starting to dislike it. He has been looking at the TF 590SG now. He wants to remote connect to it and operate other modes, Take it along to the grands kids house so he can operate radio when watching them when they come home from school. This KX3 of mine is more of radio than my Ten-Tec Omni 6 Plus. I do not know what my friends problem is. I think his frustrations will be the same with the TS-590SG and a lot of other radios that are out there. -- Jim K9TF __ 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 Message delivered to gm4...@yahoo.co.uk __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] [KPA500] Fan Replacement
Has anyone replaced the fan in the KPA500 with a quieter one? If so, could I get the model number? You can contact me off-list if you like, my email is correct on QRZ. Thanks, Joe N9VX __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 129, Issue 33
Or, 340 m/s. Or, 761 mph Or, 0.0135 times the speed of light. On Jan 26, 2015, at 9:55 AM, gdaug...@stanford.edu wrote: It was recently written... snip (*sound* travels 1100m/sec at sea level pressure) Can't let that one get by. It's about 1100 feet per second, not meters per second. 73, George T Daughters, K6GT CU in the California QSO Party (CQP) October 3-4, 2015 __ 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 Message delivered to phys...@mac.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Good time to buy Begali products
If it is like my Begali Pearl, the fingerpieces could be removed and turned upside down, swapping the right and left pieces so that the countersinking would be on the correct side. Worth a try, anyway. On 26 Jan 2015 20:31, Gary Smith wrote: I have the Begali Sculpture which I recently bought. The prices on their web page are I think, a set price and are not changed as the Euro fluctuates. The exchange price the day you buy it is what you pay. I waited till the price hit a low and then bought. I love the key itself but have a personal issue with it that will require I go back to my old jewelry making skills; it's the paddle's shape and how I hold my fingers when I key. The Sculpture paddles are designed to be used by those who touch the key with a fairly horizontal finger contact to the table. I'm a strings player for 50+ years and am used to holding a guitar pick not opposed, but with thumb forward and index curled behind so as to give equal pressure on the up-stroke down-stroke while holding the pick equally with both digits. This affects how I contact the paddles themselves as my muscle memory is comfortable with that position and keying with my right hand, I contact the lower part of the Sculpture paddle perfectly well with my right index but the center of my thumb presses into the top of the left paddle as the paddles are beautifully made but asymmetrical with the top section being shorter than the bottom. After a while my thumb gets sore as it's the dead center of the thumb print that takes the pressure. Not a problem with the paddle or design of the paddles, it's just what I've learned to do doesn't fit this particular paddle. One possibility would be for me to use two right sided paddles and turn one upside down for the thumb side but that would not look balanced. So what I'm thinking of doing is making a set of paddles out of clay that reflect how my fingers actually contact the paddles and that will be a perfect contact for both the thumb and index finger. I'll then make a copy of this out of silver which is easy to cast and not all that expensive and use those instead. Another option would be to sculpt them out of wood but I think I'd get greater accuracy by making a mold of the exact contact and replicate that in metal. Not sure how to do that molding in plastic with what I have available. for the vast majority, the way these paddles are shaped is truly perfect. The key itself is absolute perfection and a joy to use. Gary KA1J -- 73, Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO Rehovot, Israel http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 129, Issue 33
It was recently written... snip (*sound* travels 1100m/sec at sea level pressure) Can't let that one get by. It's about 1100 feet per second, not meters per second. 73, George T Daughters, K6GT CU in the California QSO Party (CQP) October 3-4, 2015 __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Good time to buy Begali products
I have the Begali Sculpture which I recently bought. The prices on their web page are I think, a set price and are not changed as the Euro fluctuates. The exchange price the day you buy it is what you pay. I waited till the price hit a low and then bought. I love the key itself but have a personal issue with it that will require I go back to my old jewelry making skills; it's the paddle's shape and how I hold my fingers when I key. The Sculpture paddles are designed to be used by those who touch the key with a fairly horizontal finger contact to the table. I'm a strings player for 50+ years and am used to holding a guitar pick not opposed, but with thumb forward and index curled behind so as to give equal pressure on the up-stroke down-stroke while holding the pick equally with both digits. This affects how I contact the paddles themselves as my muscle memory is comfortable with that position and keying with my right hand, I contact the lower part of the Sculpture paddle perfectly well with my right index but the center of my thumb presses into the top of the left paddle as the paddles are beautifully made but asymmetrical with the top section being shorter than the bottom. After a while my thumb gets sore as it's the dead center of the thumb print that takes the pressure. Not a problem with the paddle or design of the paddles, it's just what I've learned to do doesn't fit this particular paddle. One possibility would be for me to use two right sided paddles and turn one upside down for the thumb side but that would not look balanced. So what I'm thinking of doing is making a set of paddles out of clay that reflect how my fingers actually contact the paddles and that will be a perfect contact for both the thumb and index finger. I'll then make a copy of this out of silver which is easy to cast and not all that expensive and use those instead. Another option would be to sculpt them out of wood but I think I'd get greater accuracy by making a mold of the exact contact and replicate that in metal. Not sure how to do that molding in plastic with what I have available. for the vast majority, the way these paddles are shaped is truly perfect. The key itself is absolute perfection and a joy to use. Gary KA1J --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] [KPA500] Fan Replacement
Hi Joe, Not exactly the answer to your question but possibly useful. I received a fan replacement from the factory because my fan started making noises in speeds 1 and 2 after about 6 months. It sort of sounded like an overhead single engine airplane. Surprisingly that particular noise dissappeared when I manually advanced the speed to 3 or higher. The replacement I received was the identical model and it solved the problem. 73, Mike K2MK Joe Word-2 wrote Has anyone replaced the fan in the KPA500 with a quieter one? If so, could I get the model number? You can contact me off-list if you like, my email is correct on QRZ. Thanks, Joe N9VX -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-Fan-Replacement-tp7597544p7597548.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 129, Issue 33
Well... actually it depends on a couple of factors. Temperature, humidity, and medium it is traveling through. 343.2 m/sec in dry air at 20C. 1484 m/sec in water 5120 m/sec in iron Crap.that is more than I need to know Harlan NC3C Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Remote Rig RC-1216H use with KPA500
I’m wondering if anyone has an experience with Remote Rig’s RC-1216H, a web-based device to control the KPA500 (among other things). See: http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=1010#tabs-3 http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=1010#tabs-3 The potential benefit is being able to remotely access the KPA500’s controls as well as view forward power and SWR, but being able to do so remotely using the RC-1216H through a web browser. Ham Radio Outlet carries the Remote Rig product line, but they don’t carry this particular product. Consequently, I’m also wondering what the best approach might be to obtaining one in the US. Is there anyone in the US that carries it, or is my only option to order it directly from Sweden? Thanks, Barry Baines, WD4ASW Folkston, GA Westborough, MA __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Panadapter
Hello all, I would like to know what people think of the new Panadapter. I am considering adding it to my portable station. I would like to know what people think of its features and the usefulness (and drawbacks) in a portable configuration. Thanks, Mark __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Panadapter
not sure if you mean P3 or PX3 I purchased the P3 about a year ago. when I ordered it I was worried I had spent money on something that had marginal purpose, a toy or fancy Gadget. Now that I have had it for a year or so it has become a integral part of my operating. its wonderfull in chasing DX and contests for finding signals especially on quiet bands. is a band open? just watch the water fall for a half a minute and you can see. never mind hunting up and down the band to see what may be there. find the station being worked in a split situation is easy.I can go on and on.For me I feel it was money well spent. I certainly get more use out of it than I had hoped for. David Moes President: Peterborough Amateur Radio Club. dm...@nexicom.net VE3DVY, VE3SD On 1/26/2015 22:57, Mark Tellez wrote: Hello all, I would like to know what people think of the new Panadapter. I am considering adding it to my portable station. I would like to know what people think of its features and the usefulness (and drawbacks) in a portable configuration. Thanks, Mark __ 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 Message delivered to dm...@nexicom.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] software
Hello all, I am curious. I am fairly new to the KX3. I have used several software packages in the past with my base stations including MacLogger and HRD. What do people use with the KX-3 and why? Mark __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Receiving AM on the K3 - Odd behavior
I noticed something odd when receiving AM. I have the AM and the FM filter installed and both enabled for AM Receiving. The manual states:In AM mode, the I.F. bandwidth required for good fidelity is about twice the AF bandwidth. This is why a 6 kHz or wider crystal filter is needed to effectively use the 3 kHz NORM setting. If a 15 kHz FM filter is installed, it can be used in AM mode to provide good fidelity at even higher AF bandwidth settings. Watching on The P3 as I adjust the Filter width between 1.3 kHz and 3 kHz it tracks properly but between 3 kHz and 5 kHz it's really only varying between 3 kHz and 4 kHz (with 4 being the max) 3 = 3 , 3.5 = 3.25, 3.5 = 4, 4.5 = 3.75, 5 = 4 I confirmed this by loading up Spectrogram and looking at the audio output and it tracks the same way. To further test I went in to SSB mode set FC to 2 kHz and BW to 4 kHz then moved the shift to 2.2 kHz and the output moved to 4.2 kHz and the P3 tracked it as well as Spectracom. I also looked at the Spectracom display in FM Mode with the squelch open and it appears that the audio stages could easily reproduce out to 6 kHz with little roll off and even displayed out to a bit over 18 kHz. Have others noticed this? __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Portable power - goal zero?
Hello everyone, I have some questions related to running the KX-3 in the field on portable power. I read through a number of threads on this site and if I understand correctly the KX-3 generally favors a high voltage feed. I am wondering if anyone is using Goal Zero system for their portable operation. http://www.goalzero.com/ Goal Zero makes excellent systems (use them for backpacking) and it’s basically plug and play. The only done side I can see to their solution is the 12V regulated output. I would appreciate any feedback from the field. Thanks, Mark __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 129, Issue 34
Many VISA cards do; but I have wondered whether they make it up by giving a worse exchange rate. I have thought about buying similar items in Europe on the same day with an AMEX card and a VISA card and seeing if there¹s a difference in the rate (AMEX does charge transaction fees) but I always forget to do it. Anyone tried that? To keep this on topic, I am thinking about buying a Frattini (hence some interest in exchange rates.) Anyone own both a Frattini and a Begali and willing to make a comparison (for the magnetic return models in each line)? Ted, KN1CBR -- Message: 6 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:23:11 -0700 (MST) From: Barry w...@comcast.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Good time to buy Begali products Message-ID: 1422274991885-7597529.p...@n2.nabble.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Most Capital One credit cards do not charge a foreign transaction fee (most CCs 2-3%). If Begali accepts credit cards directly, you might want to look into one of those. Barry W2UP Tony Scandurra K4QE wrote That is incorrect. The purchase price is directly affected by the exchange rate. They even provide a link to xe.com on their website so you can figure out the actual cost in $USD. Be aware that there is still an exchange rate fee charged by your bank when you make the transaction, so the final cost will still be higher than the price calculated in xe.com. 73, Tony K4QE -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-Good-time-to-buy-Begali-products-t p7597479p7597529.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] software
Mark, I use Win4k3 with HRD and CW Skimmer. This collection integrate very smoothly and allows me a fair amount of flexibility. I can do RTTY, CW, or PSK using the radio's inherent capability using the terminal window of Win4k3. For contesting, I swap out HRD for N1MM contest S/W. 73, Barry K3NDM Original Message=== Hello all, I am curious. I am fairly new to the KX3. I have used several software packages in the past with my base stations including MacLogger and HRD. What do people use with the KX-3 and why? Mark __ 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 Message delivered to k3...@comcast.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Portable power - goal zero?
Mark, I use a Sherpa100. Good pack, but the output voltage goes under 12V way before the pack is empty, so the KX3 will not let you use full power after a while. The KXPA100 is not as picky, so you can easily run a KXPA100 at 50W on the Sherpa100 until the end of the pack's power. It's a pretty good solution imho! I have not tried to use the Laptop 19V output with a regulator, that would be another approach. But on a portable power pack, you probably don't want a linear convertor, and a switched buck convertor will introduce noise unless you're not very careful when you design it... In my experience, the Sherpa100 is a fine solution. If you already have one, just get a cigarette lighter to anderson adapter and try it out! Ed W6ELA On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 8:22 PM, Mark Tellez aar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I have some questions related to running the KX-3 in the field on portable power. I read through a number of threads on this site and if I understand correctly the KX-3 generally favors a high voltage feed. I am wondering if anyone is using Goal Zero system for their portable operation. http://www.goalzero.com/ Goal Zero makes excellent systems (use them for backpacking) and it’s basically plug and play. The only done side I can see to their solution is the 12V regulated output. I would appreciate any feedback from the field. Thanks, Mark __ 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 Message delivered to edou...@lafargue.name __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] software
Hi Mark, I have used MLDX with my KX3 in the past and it worked very well. I also have a K3/P3/KAT500/KPA500 that I use MLDX with. However, I got spoiled by that dang P3 and wanted something like it for the KX3! This was before Elecraft announced the PX3. So, I downloaded and installed a copy of NaP3 (free). It runs on my 27” iMac under Win 8.1, which runs under VMWare Fusion - very nicely, I may add. Needed some sort of logging over on the Windows side, so I downloaded and installed Log4OM (also free). I like having the large Pan Display of NaP3 on the KX3; I log my KX3 QSO’s into Log4OM and when I’m done, export them in ADIF up to Dropbox and then import them into MLDX over on the mac side of things. A little extra work, but it does work. 73, Jim / W6JHB Folsom, CA On Monday, Jan 26, 2015, at Monday, 8:00 PM, Mark Tellez aar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I am curious. I am fairly new to the KX3. I have used several software packages in the past with my base stations including MacLogger and HRD. What do people use with the KX-3 and why? Mark __ 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 Message delivered to w6...@me.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Good time to buy Begali products
I have the exact same problem Gary, and never mention it as many CW ops dont get the drift. I use triangle shaped paddles and that seems to work for me, you can get scrap plastic from a plastic dealer in many colors, I found the same thickness in red and blue and made new paddles, sanding the cut edges with really fine sandpaper makes them clear and rounded and look professional, its easy to counter sink the holes with a larger size drill bit. I usually do it by hand (not with a drill) so I dont break the plastic which is easy to do with a drill. 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 Alas, the holes are countersunk which on this key aesthetically looks ideal. I'd need two right side keys for the one inverted, on the left, to play nice with my thumb. Again, this isn't a slight against anything with the key whatsoever, it's the way I touch the paddles that is unusual. But if I make sculpted paddles for my Sculpture, that sounds right. ;) With this key and the K3, CW / RTTY really can't get much more fun to send. Gary __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] WTB a K1 and four band module
If anyone has a basic K1, in kit form, partially finished or finished and it's still not working correctly, I’d be interested in purchasing it. If it doesn't have any bnd modules, that's ok - have one of those. If anyone has a four band module thy don't need, contact me as well. Contact me off list - thx. Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Subject: Re: K3 Memory Question
I ran into a similar issue with getting digital modes saved to memory. In my case I wanted DATA-A in USB and updating with memory editor would not change the data mode. I would change the mode with the DATA MD key and save it with editor and when I downloaded back to the radio it got changed back to the original data mode that I started with (AFSK in my case). What fixed it was not using editor to program that memory location. I hand entered all my settings and saved it to the memory location with the MV key as shown in the manual. That made the mode permanent for that memory. Then I read that with my memory-editor and it captured the correct digital mode. If you are writing your memory 26 using the front panel keys then my solution is going to fix it. Probably best to call Elecraft. 73, Ed - KL7UW snip However, every time I go to 10.140 (Memory 26) I have to change the K3 from DATA A to FSK D.? I've deleted the memory, rewritten it but it won't stay on FSK D? I have every band set up like that and 30 mtrs is the only one I have trouble with.? Has anyone seen this or know what I've done incorrectly? Thanks. Larry, KN8N 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Kits made by KL7UW Dubus Mag business: dubus...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Reverse Split???
See below 73 de Bruce, N7TY White Plains, MD -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Arie Kleingeld PA3A Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 09:06 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Reverse Split??? Bruce, There are a few top-of-mind options: - the connected antennas to the two RX's (AUX and MAIN) ONLY HAVE ONE ANT, CONNECTED TO ANT 1 JACK. - the use of the RX ant port NOTHING CONNECTED TO THIS PORT - RF and AF settings of both RX's BOTH MAXED OUT TO THE LEFT 73 Arie PA3A I checked and double checked the settings for both RX to ensure I didn't have something turned on the Main that was causing me not to be able to hear him. Both Main and Sub were set up the same. I could hear him on the Sub, but not the Main, weird. Also, playing in the 160 m contest, I noticed that the Main RX is hearing signals the Sub is not. Even when I have both on the same Freq there is a noticeable difference in what the Main and Sub are hearing. Ideas? 73 de Bruce, N7TY White Plains, MD __ 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 Message delivered to ockm...@verizon.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Good time to buy Begali products
Alas, the holes are countersunk which on this key aesthetically looks ideal. I'd need two right side keys for the one inverted, on the left, to play nice with my thumb. Again, this isn't a slight against anything with the key whatsoever, it's the way I touch the paddles that is unusual. But if I make sculpted paddles for my Sculpture, that sounds right. ;) With this key and the K3, CW / RTTY really can't get much more fun to send. Gary If it is like my Begali Pearl, the fingerpieces could be removed and turned upside down, swapping the right and left pieces so that the countersinking would be on the correct side. Worth a try, anyway. On 26 Jan 2015 20:31, Gary Smith wrote: I have the Begali Sculpture which I recently bought. The prices on their web page are I think, a set price and are not changed as the Euro fluctuates. The exchange price the day you buy it is what you pay. I waited till the price hit a low and then bought. I love the key itself but have a personal issue with it that will require I go back to my old jewelry making skills; it's the paddle's shape and how I hold my fingers when I key. The Sculpture paddles are designed to be used by those who touch the key with a fairly horizontal finger contact to the table. I'm a strings player for 50+ years and am used to holding a guitar pick not opposed, but with thumb forward and index curled behind so as to give equal pressure on the up-stroke down-stroke while holding the pick equally with both digits. This affects how I contact the paddles themselves as my muscle memory is comfortable with that position and keying with my right hand, I contact the lower part of the Sculpture paddle perfectly well with my right index but the center of my thumb presses into the top of the left paddle as the paddles are beautifully made but asymmetrical with the top section being shorter than the bottom. After a while my thumb gets sore as it's the dead center of the thumb print that takes the pressure. Not a problem with the paddle or design of the paddles, it's just what I've learned to do doesn't fit this particular paddle. One possibility would be for me to use two right sided paddles and turn one upside down for the thumb side but that would not look balanced. So what I'm thinking of doing is making a set of paddles out of clay that reflect how my fingers actually contact the paddles and that will be a perfect contact for both the thumb and index finger. I'll then make a copy of this out of silver which is easy to cast and not all that expensive and use those instead. Another option would be to sculpt them out of wood but I think I'd get greater accuracy by making a mold of the exact contact and replicate that in metal. Not sure how to do that molding in plastic with what I have available. for the vast majority, the way these paddles are shaped is truly perfect. The key itself is absolute perfection and a joy to use. Gary KA1J -- 73, Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO Rehovot, Israel http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 129, Issue 33
Hey, back in horse and buggy days it traveled at 2,045,568 furlongs per fortnight. Lets not ask what it would be in Smoots per semester. David K0LUM On Jan 26, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com wrote: Or, 340 m/s. Or, 761 mph Or, 0.0135 times the speed of light. __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
