Re: [Elecraft] Reaching across the chronological divide
I think this is a very important observation, Ignacy! Remembering my own beginnings in ham radio, the local club that welcomed me, taught me CW, electronics and radio concepts, and even how to operate, met in a dedicated club room that was downstairs from a member's TV repair shop (this was in 1954). Upstairs was his very impressive rack mounted amp with a pair of 813's that glowed bright. That dedicated physical space was more important than we may have realized at the time! Fast forward to today, and much of the camaraderie in our contesting club relates to participation in multi-ops at a handful of big stations, and in county expeditions for CQP. The most recent young person I remember was a very bright YL who got active in both our local club and NCCC (big contesting club) during her jr and sr HS years, then disappeared into the EE program at Univ of Cal Santa Cruz. That was five years ago. 73, Jim K9YC On 12/17/2019 7:20 PM, Ignacy wrote: I went to a SM club. Young people. I went to a RL3 club. Young people. I went to a 9A club. Mention of many young people. Young people want camaraderie and joint activities. With clubs that own buildings, everyone can come, be on the radio, talk, eat and drink. Also participate in communal activities of setting up antennas and celebrating the succces of it. __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
The legality of renting a station has been hashed over many times, and I think it's pretty clear that the FCC doesn't see any difference between somebody renting their house that happens to have a station in it than they do for somebody renting a remotely operated station. The FCC specifies that a control operator needs to be present at all times, but that control point can be from a remote location as well .. ala VHF/UHF mountaintop repeaters. In any case outfits like RHR require that anyone using their stations have a legitimate ham radio license, which makes them the approved control operator. In other words, the owner of the station is renting his gear ... he's not selling the "communication" itself that is specified in the FCC rules. RHR has been operating on a large scale for quite some time and almost for sure would have come into view of the FCC long ago. And yes, every contest or award program I'm aware of requires that the operation claim the location of the gear, not the operator. 73, Dave AB7E On 12/17/2019 9:56 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: First off, I question the legality of renting a ham station for profit (which this example seems to be). But it seems to be done for renting stations in exotic (rare DX) locations with no heart attack by hamdom. Treated as vacation rentals. But owning your own remote located station using internet control from our room in assisted living seems a viable alternative. Many of these senior facilities ban use of RF devices due to RFI concerns with pace maker users or medical equipment. Maybe one could use a 5w HT. External antennas are problem-some. My concept was installing my ham station in a "toy hauler" trailer with crank-up tower that could be moved and located in a convenient location. Also, handy as emmcom station. Also, some ham groups form a kind of club to jointly own a "super station" which members share. Such a group in Switzerland own a 45-foot dish which they share using for eme. But organized as not-for-profit. I do expect any contest/award operations to claim the physical transmitter location (instead of the remote operator's qth). 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Dubus-NA Business mail: 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] Operating from a retirement home
First off, I question the legality of renting a ham station for profit (which this example seems to be). But it seems to be done for renting stations in exotic (rare DX) locations with no heart attack by hamdom. Treated as vacation rentals. But owning your own remote located station using internet control from our room in assisted living seems a viable alternative. Many of these senior facilities ban use of RF devices due to RFI concerns with pace maker users or medical equipment. Maybe one could use a 5w HT. External antennas are problem-some. My concept was installing my ham station in a "toy hauler" trailer with crank-up tower that could be moved and located in a convenient location. Also, handy as emmcom station. Also, some ham groups form a kind of club to jointly own a "super station" which members share. Such a group in Switzerland own a 45-foot dish which they share using for eme. But organized as not-for-profit. I do expect any contest/award operations to claim the physical transmitter location (instead of the remote operator's qth). 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Dubus-NA Business mail: 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
[Elecraft] Transmitter Gain Calibration in the Linux version of the KX3Util
I tried to run the TX Gain Calibration through the KX3Util and it opened a splash screen, and then abruptly closed with no other information. I would say that this is probably a bug, but don't know who to report it to... I did run the calibration manually and backed up my config file. 72, Joshua Gould AE8JG EM89mo KX3 # 11234 NAQCC # 7704 OMISS # 9948 4sqrp # 990 FP # 3579 __ 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] K3 Utility vs. RemoteRig?
Rick, This is a bug in the K3 Utility that you and I reported to Dick to fix in February 2018. I am not sure where he is in getting this taken care of. 73, Mitch K7DX / DJ0QN -- Mitch Wolfson K7DX / DJ0QN 10285 Boca Cir, Naples, FL 34109 Skype: mitchwo USA: Home:+1-239-221-9600 - Mobile:+1-424-288-9171 Germany: Home:+49 89 32152700 - Mobile/WhatsApp:+49 172 8374436 On 17.12.2019 17:31, Rick Tavan wrote: Can someone remind me why K3 Utility can't connect to a remote K3 via a microBit RemoteRig Controller pair even though N1MM and Logger32 connect just fine? /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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 dj...@arrl.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] Subject: Re: Operating from a retirement home
You are lucky that RFI is low to a degree that you can still make contacts. I have seen towers in HOA locations in FL so apparently not all of them are strict. Ignacy, NO9E -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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] Reaching across the chronological divide
I go to club meetings in US. Almost no young people. I went to a SM club. Young people. I went to a RL3 club. Young people. I went to a 9A club. Mention of many young people. Young people want camaraderie and joint activities. With clubs that own buildings, everyone can come, be on the radio, talk, eat and drink. Also participate in communal activities of setting up antennas and celebrating the succces of it. Being alone in an HOA restricted apartment with signals barely heard because of compromised antenna and high RFI is hardly stimulating. Ignacy, NO9E -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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
[Elecraft] Subject: Re: Operating from a retirement home
I have been following this thread and thought I would add my personal experience. My wife and I moved into a new manufactured home in a retirement home in Bradenton, FL in Sept. 2018. I had no clue as how or if I was ever going to get on the air again. My Grandpa use to tell me that nothing beats a try but a failure. So what if I would put a little RF into the rain 40 ft long rain gutter on the south side of the house. In mid Nov I connected my feedline to the down spout . I feed it with a Balun designs 1171 ATU current Balun. The K3 with the KAT3 automatic tuner matched to a 1.3/1 or less on all bands 160 through 6 meters. I have made qso's on all the bands using SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 resulting in 1300+ Q's this past year.logging 130 countries on 5 continents and 28 zones. Best DX was TO19A on Reunion at 9727 miles. I have casually played in several contests, including CQ 160 with 50 Q and RTTY RU with 100 plus. Don't ask me how this antenna works or why, but this experiment as brought me some of the greatest satisfaction of my 65 year ham career and I did it myself and it did not cost me anything. Everything was left over from many projects of the past. 73, Paul, W4PFM __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
On 12/17/2019 2:30 PM, David Gilbert wrote: Building a station is fine for those with the resources to do so, but I'd posit that having the skills to operate one is at least as relevant to the spirit of ham radio. Yep. And those of us with big stations have had lots of help from other hams in building and maintaining them. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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] KAT500 - Tune on QSY
I've had my KAT500 for about 18 months and I thought I had come to know it quite well. Today I found something that surprised me. The KAT500 utility has 2 "Memory Recall on Tune" options, one for MAN mode and one for Auto mode. My understanding was that, if these options were not enabled, the KAT500 would not use RF frequency count or CAT TX frequency to change the tuning solution if the frequency was changed within band. For MAN mode, with memory recall tune not checked, it appears that the KAT500 does still select tuning solutions as appropriate for the frequency received over CAT. It does not change solutions if CAT frequency is not available and RF frequency is changed. The utility "Tune on QSY" page says: "Enable or disable memory recall tune on transmit frequency changes with the check boxes below." However, the help file says: "The tuner continuously monitors the transmit frequency. Beginning with firmware version 1.20, the tuner performs quick "memory recall" tunes as the transmit frequency changes within the current band, recalling the memory closest to the current transmit frequency. If you prefer that the tuner not attempt to change settings for "in-band QSY" based on the transmit frequency count, uncheck the "Memory Recall Tune on QSY in Mode MAN" checkbox." So it seems to be doing exactly what it says in the help file and there is no option to inhibit tuning changes if a new frequency is received over CAT. I'm not suggesting any of this is a problem but it did surprise me. Andy, k3wyc __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
And for you "new" hams, $150 today was worth $35.02 in 1970. I did a presentation that included what is available today and what was available 20 years ago along with real Dollar comparisons. Most (old--you define that) hams rarely consider inflation in their assumptions, much less what "young" people spend on hobbies. Worse yet, most hams (those who have been licensed less than 10 years) have no idea about the demographics of those licensed under 10 years. The ARRL paid big bucks to study this and our slowly declining membership. If you pay attention to Howard Mickel's columns, QST's content, and even the ARRL web site, you can see the difference. Informed members know ARRL will publish a new magazine beginning next month. It's directed to the less than 10 years-licensed hams who are ill-served by most ham radio clubs today. Effective and more wide-spread mentoring, more welcoming clubs, and related approaches that get the under 10 years-licensed hams engaged in the hobby (on-the-air, especially on HF) is what's needed. For most of us, the biggest challenge we face related to our hobby's future is easy to find. It's reflected in the mirrors in front of us. If I have insulted you because you're meeting the needs of the under 10 years-licensed cohorts, great! That means you are among the few who are helping others and not yourselves. Although, I get great enjoyment out of sharing the joy of this hobby with others, regardless of age, time in the hobby, and experience. Our (Duke City Hamfest in Albuquerque) approach to this challenge was to launch HF University nearly four years ago. Intended for the new General or Tech, the majority of participants have been Extra Class licensees, many of whom have had little HF experience. The only thing that tires them, especially those who return each year, is my Elecraft Kool-Aid. Sorry, but I can't help that. Good DX, Good Luck in the Contest, Merry Christmas, etc. 73, Bill Mader, K8TE W6H NM Coordinator, Route 66 On-the-Air 4-13 Sep 2020 ARRL New Mexico Section Manager ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ Duke City Hamfest BoD Vice-Chairman www.dukecityhamfest.org 18-20 Sep 2020 Secretary and Past President, Albuquerque DX Association -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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] Operating from a retirement home
Since I have done a lot of remote operating (just to get my HF station away from the noise). And, it is my station, my station only and I built it from scratch. I have advised those of you getting on in years that the technology now exists go get 3 or 4 of you on the same project, while you can and build your own remote. You just need a quiet site with internet. Since you are retired by this point, you might need a hobby for your hobby. :) Mike va3mw On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 5:31 PM David Gilbert wrote: > > That's a pretty simplistic attitude, and probably a hypocritical one as > well. Have you never rented a camper, or a cabin, or a car, or a > specialized tool? I doubt it you own everything you've ever used. More > to the point, have you never guest operated at somebody else's station, > or do you frown upon those that do? > > Building a station is fine for those with the resources to do so, but > I'd posit that having the skills to operate one is at least as relevant > to the spirit of ham radio. > > Dave AB7E > > > > On 12/17/2019 2:15 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > > I am in no way in favor of renting, leasing or using a remote station, > > for any purpose, other than use by and that of the primary owner. > > > > As we say in the country, "if one can't run with the big dogs, then > > best stay under the porch".Renting a station of that magnitude > > does not make one a big dog. > > > > 73 > > > > Bob, K4TAX > > __ > 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 va...@portcredit.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] K3 Utility vs. RemoteRig?
Can someone remind me why K3 Utility can't connect to a remote K3 via a microBit RemoteRig Controller pair even though N1MM and Logger32 connect just fine? /Rick N6XI -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
That's a pretty simplistic attitude, and probably a hypocritical one as well. Have you never rented a camper, or a cabin, or a car, or a specialized tool? I doubt it you own everything you've ever used. More to the point, have you never guest operated at somebody else's station, or do you frown upon those that do? Building a station is fine for those with the resources to do so, but I'd posit that having the skills to operate one is at least as relevant to the spirit of ham radio. Dave AB7E On 12/17/2019 2:15 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: I am in no way in favor of renting, leasing or using a remote station, for any purpose, other than use by and that of the primary owner. As we say in the country, "if one can't run with the big dogs, then best stay under the porch". Renting a station of that magnitude does not make one a big dog. 73 Bob, K4TAX __ 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] Dear Santa
I asked in email, and earliest would be January.after I get back into the office :) On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 1:20 PM Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > I commented to my wife some years ago, "my radio is old, my computer is > old, and my car is old. Wonder what I'll get for Christmas?". She > responded: "yes and they are going to get older too!"End of that > discussion. > > Well my Elecraft K Line sure looks nice and is is an outstanding > performance package.If Santa doesn't put one under your tree, guess > you've then been a bad boy. > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > > On 12/17/2019 1:32 PM, Ken B via Elecraft wrote: > > I have been really really good this year, you can even ask the smart one > of the family. Will there be a K4 gift under the tree > > Thanks sad looking puppy dog eyes Ken. WB8PKK > > __ > 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 scott.sm...@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] Linux KX3 memory editor
You might see if you can get the Chirp support for the K3 and KX3 started. It has been stalled for seven years. https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/248 I think Wizkers can load and save memories, though I haven’t tried it. http://www.wizkers.io/wizkersradio If you want to do some Python programming, you could start with one of these apps. http://forum.wizkers.io/t/swr-sweep-with-wizkers-and-kx3/43 https://github.com/ulthiel/KX3tools wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Dec 17, 2019, at 12:44 PM, Wayne Chandler wrote: > > I recently bought KX3 shack in a pack, very happy I did. > > I use Linux and CQRLOG. I don't use Windows or Wine, no exceptions. > I'm looking for software to read, edit, save frequency memories using > Linux only. No Windows or Wine. Any recommendations? > > Thanks, > > Wayne > -- > Wayne Chandler > K7TZH > 0xB92CF68F > > > __ > 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 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
Scott - what is your 1500 s/n? Eric /elecraft.com/ On 12/17/2019 1:04 PM, K9MA wrote: Hi Eric, I was able to tighten those screws a little, but it made no difference. Adding ferrites to the control cable near the PS helped slightly, suggesting that that is the source. The RF is definitely being received by the antenna, about 100 feet away: its strength depends on the antenna direction, and it is at least 7 dB weaker with a dummy load. I have submitted a request to tech support. 73, Scott K9MA On 12/17/2019 13:44, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: Hi Scott, We have seen this in rare cases on a few 1500s. It appears to be caused by the ground connection between the rear RF INPUT SO-239 flange and the chassis. Very slightly loosening (not too far!) and then firmly re-tightening all four screws on this SO-239 connector will insure a good ground connection between this connector and the rear panel. (There are lock washers between the nuts and the SO-239 inside.) If the screws are loosened too far, you may have to remove the bottom cover of the amp to hold the interior nuts in place while you re-tighten the four screws. (Make sure the 50V power and control cables are disconnected when you remove any covers on the amp.) 73, Eric /elecraft.com/ On 12/14/2019 1:43 PM, K9MA wrote: I guess it just shows how little I've been on 10, but I've had the KPA1500 for over a year now, and I just noticed that when I turn it on, my noise floor on 10 goes up about 3 dB. (And that's from an urban noise floor.) It's pretty flat over much of the band, not typical switching supply noise. Has anyone else experienced this and found a cure? (Other than using the old amp tube.) 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA k...@sdellington.us __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume your post was tongue-in-cheek, but for one thing you have to schedule a station amid competition from other hams wanting to do it. For another, the cost isn't trivial if you plan to do it on a regular basis or use one of the bigger stations. The example you cite costs about $1 per minute. I think RHR is a fine idea for contests and one-off activities, but it hardly makes sense for general access to the bands. And THAT's why everyone isn't doing it ... Dave AB7E On 12/17/2019 11:41 AM, William Levy wrote: A laptop, an iPad or iPhone will allow you to ham all you want. Let other folks worry about the antennas and maintenance. www.remotehamradio.com I live in an apartment in NYC and I have huge towers with stacked antennas, 160mm 4 squares, 80 meter 4 squares located on the East Coast and the West Coast. Are you renting the space in your retirement home? Why not rent your radio too! This is such a simple solution I don't know why everyone isn't doing it. __ 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 xda...@cis-broadband.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] Dear Santa
I commented to my wife some years ago, "my radio is old, my computer is old, and my car is old. Wonder what I'll get for Christmas?". She responded: "yes and they are going to get older too!" End of that discussion. Well my Elecraft K Line sure looks nice and is is an outstanding performance package. If Santa doesn't put one under your tree, guess you've then been a bad boy. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 12/17/2019 1:32 PM, Ken B via Elecraft wrote: I have been really really good this year, you can even ask the smart one of the family. Will there be a K4 gift under the tree Thanks sad looking puppy dog eyes Ken. WB8PKK __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
I am in no way in favor of renting, leasing or using a remote station, for any purpose, other than use by and that of the primary owner. As we say in the country, "if one can't run with the big dogs, then best stay under the porch". Renting a station of that magnitude does not make one a big dog. 73 Bob, K4TAX __ 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] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
Hi Eric, I was able to tighten those screws a little, but it made no difference. Adding ferrites to the control cable near the PS helped slightly, suggesting that that is the source. The RF is definitely being received by the antenna, about 100 feet away: its strength depends on the antenna direction, and it is at least 7 dB weaker with a dummy load. I have submitted a request to tech support. 73, Scott K9MA On 12/17/2019 13:44, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: Hi Scott, We have seen this in rare cases on a few 1500s. It appears to be caused by the ground connection between the rear RF INPUT SO-239 flange and the chassis. Very slightly loosening (not too far!) and then firmly re-tightening all four screws on this SO-239 connector will insure a good ground connection between this connector and the rear panel. (There are lock washers between the nuts and the SO-239 inside.) If the screws are loosened too far, you may have to remove the bottom cover of the amp to hold the interior nuts in place while you re-tighten the four screws. (Make sure the 50V power and control cables are disconnected when you remove any covers on the amp.) 73, Eric /elecraft.com/ On 12/14/2019 1:43 PM, K9MA wrote: I guess it just shows how little I've been on 10, but I've had the KPA1500 for over a year now, and I just noticed that when I turn it on, my noise floor on 10 goes up about 3 dB. (And that's from an urban noise floor.) It's pretty flat over much of the band, not typical switching supply noise. Has anyone else experienced this and found a cure? (Other than using the old amp tube.) 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA k...@sdellington.us __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
As I recall BAOFENG has basically accomplished that with a $29.95 VHF/UHF 8 watt radio. The kids in the neighborhood love them. And the parents can summon the kids using my repeater. License? What's that? It is like CB, no license required. Just ask one of them and you'll find out the real story. Plus it is way less expensive than a cell phone and there is no monthly fee. Asking, do we want more of that "quality" on the air, specially on HF? And for those that say "mine works great", have you looked at the output on a spectrum analyzer? I doubt it. Oh but it is approved by the FCC. NO, the paperwork was approved as submitted. The FCC does not test radios. As I recall, ARRL checked one of those at Dayton a couple years back. Nope, didn't pass the tests. Many of the JA's are bad enough as it is? Key clicks, spurious sigs, and broad band transmitter noise abound. But it seems we only want better receivers for which to hear the crap being transmitted. If it is in the receiver passband, we will hear it. Rob Sherwood nailed it in the recent QST article on transmitter purity. We must demand better, otherwise, it won't get better. Some of those old relics found on the air today, and a few new ones too, should be put in a bucket of water 3 times and taken out twice. I'm just waiting in the sidelines for the appearance of a 160M - 6M HF radio, ~100 watts targeted at way under $500. I think my 10" reflector telescope may be the only way to enjoy some part of the spectrum in the future. 73 Bob, K4TAX __ 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] Linux KX3 memory editor
I recently bought KX3 shack in a pack, very happy I did. I use Linux and CQRLOG. I don't use Windows or Wine, no exceptions. I'm looking for software to read, edit, save frequency memories using Linux only. No Windows or Wine. Any recommendations? Thanks, Wayne -- Wayne Chandler K7TZH 0xB92CF68F __ 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] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
On 12/17/2019 12:16 PM, Michael Walker wrote: How many slides are in that deck? Lots. It's a pdf for a talk that runs about 90 minutes. Lots of detail on the slides. 73, Jim __ 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] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
Hi Jim How many slides are in that deck? Mike On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:08 PM Jim Brown wrote: > On 12/17/2019 11:44 AM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > > We have seen this in rare cases on a few 1500s. It appears to be caused > > by the ground connection between the rear RF INPUT SO-239 flange and the > > chassis. > > Or, if the station is not properly bonded. Or coax with a poor shield > connection to a connector. > > 73, Jim K9YC > __ > 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 va...@portcredit.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] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
On 12/17/2019 11:44 AM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: We have seen this in rare cases on a few 1500s. It appears to be caused by the ground connection between the rear RF INPUT SO-239 flange and the chassis. Or, if the station is not properly bonded. Or coax with a poor shield connection to a connector. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
On 12/17/2019 11:07 AM, K9MA wrote: In my case, the noise is present any time the KPA1500 is turn on. Its effect depends only on the direction my beam is pointed, as both my noise level and the amplifier noise vary with direction. In the worst case, I'm seeing about a 5 dB increase from my high urban noise floor. I think the effect would be far more dramatic in a quiet location. (My antenna is about 100 feet from the amplifier, which is in the basement.) Scott, Your result suggests a problem with bonding in your station. Study this tutorial, http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf and/or N0AX's recent ARRL book on the topic, to which I contributed extensively. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
Hi Scott, We have seen this in rare cases on a few 1500s. It appears to be caused by the ground connection between the rear RF INPUT SO-239 flange and the chassis. Very slightly loosening (not too far!) and then firmly re-tightening all four screws on this SO-239 connector will insure a good ground connection between this connector and the rear panel. (There are lock washers between the nuts and the SO-239 inside.) If the screws are loosened too far, you may have to remove the bottom cover of the amp to hold the interior nuts in place while you re-tighten the four screws. (Make sure the 50V power and control cables are disconnected when you remove any covers on the amp.) 73, Eric /elecraft.com/ On 12/14/2019 1:43 PM, K9MA wrote: I guess it just shows how little I've been on 10, but I've had the KPA1500 for over a year now, and I just noticed that when I turn it on, my noise floor on 10 goes up about 3 dB. (And that's from an urban noise floor.) It's pretty flat over much of the band, not typical switching supply noise. Has anyone else experienced this and found a cure? (Other than using the old amp tube.) 73, Scott K9MA __ 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] Dear Santa
Me too! Gordon - N1MGO On 12/17/2019 14:32 PM, Ken B via Elecraft wrote: I have been really really good this year, you can even ask the smart one of the family. Will there be a K4 gift under the tree Thanks sad looking puppy dog eyes Ken. WB8PKK __ 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 gordon.lapo...@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] Dear Santa
I have been really really good this year, you can even ask the smart one of the family. Will there be a K4 gift under the tree Thanks sad looking puppy dog eyes Ken. WB8PKK __ 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] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
I see no difference whatsoever on 10M with the KPA1500 powered on or off, or with the TH7DX tribander pointed at the station or pointed at some other azimuth. My resting noise level on 10M is approx -125 dBM on the P3. The tower is about 60 feet from the station. 73, Charles, K4ZRJ > On Dec 17, 2019, at 14:07, K9MA wrote: > > Chris, > > In my case, the noise is present any time the KPA1500 is turn on. Its effect > depends only on the direction my beam is pointed, as both my noise level and > the amplifier noise vary with direction. In the worst case, I'm seeing about > a 5 dB increase from my high urban noise floor. I think the effect would be > far more dramatic in a quiet location. (My antenna is about 100 feet from the > amplifier, which is in the basement.) > > 73, > Scott K9MA > > On 12/16/2019 16:16, Chris Codella, W2PA wrote: >> Scott, >> >> I noticed the same thing this last weekend, having not been on 10 much since >> getting the amp. But I found the noise to be quite variable. It doesn't >> always occur. When it does, it appears suddenly, out of the blue while >> operating. >> >> Sometimes I could make it go away by turning off the power, waiting a while, >> then restarting. I also got it to stop a couple of times by sending a >> single "dit" while in operate mode. Quite strange. I'm trying to get more >> data but it does seem to be an intermittent thing and hard to replicate. >> >> This noise didn't affect any band below 10m but appeared very broad-banded >> above, using an SDR receiver. >> >> 73, >> Chris, W2PA >> >> On 12/14/2019 4:43 PM, K9MA wrote: >>> I guess it just shows how little I've been on 10, but I've had the KPA1500 >>> for over a year now, and I just noticed that when I turn it on, my noise >>> floor on 10 goes up about 3 dB. (And that's from an urban noise floor.) >>> It's pretty flat over much of the band, not typical switching supply noise. >>> Has anyone else experienced this and found a cure? (Other than using the >>> old amp tube.) >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Scott K9MA >>> >> > > -- > Scott K9MA > > k...@sdellington.us > > __ > 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 k4...@icloud.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] Operating from a retirement home
What's next? Rent-a-girlfriend? Oh, wait... they already have that. Come to think of it, you make a good point about lower maintenance -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of William Levy Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 1:42 PM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Operating from a retirement home A laptop, an iPad or iPhone will allow you to ham all you want. Let other folks worry about the antennas and maintenance. www.remotehamradio.com I live in an apartment in NYC and I have huge towers with stacked antennas, 160mm 4 squares, 80 meter 4 squares located on the East Coast and the West Coast. Are you renting the space in your retirement home? Why not rent your radio too! This is such a simple solution I don't know why everyone isn't doing it. __ 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 shull2...@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] Operating from a retirement home
About 20 years ago, I used to QSO a fella near Seattle in a nursing home on 40M. He'd call CQ 2300-2400 my local time. He was using an SGC 2020 when they first came out, but forget what he was using as an antenna. He had Parkinson's disease and was nearly blind and deaf and could no longer watch the news on TV. So much of our QSO was filling him in on the day's news. Kinda fun for me, actually. CW was about all he had left to communicate. There were times he had a small audience of nurses watching us "talk." He was an old maritime radio op and in spite of his Parkinson's, worked his old bug at 25 wpm like a pro. I looked forward to our 15-20 minute QSOs 2-3 times a week, realizing CW and ham radio was his only life line to the world. So kudos to the nursing home that accommodated his ham radio. Sadly, one day his CQs stopped. 72, Paul NA5N __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
I hope you're joking. If not, why not give up the ham ticket too and just stick to the iPhone? Wes N7WS On 12/17/2019 11:41 AM, William Levy wrote: A laptop, an iPad or iPhone will allow you to ham all you want. Let other folks worry about the antennas and maintenance. www.remotehamradio.com I live in an apartment in NYC and I have huge towers with stacked antennas, 160mm 4 squares, 80 meter 4 squares located on the East Coast and the West Coast. Are you renting the space in your retirement home? Why not rent your radio too! This is such a simple solution I don't know why everyone isn't doing it. __ 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] KPA1500 RFI on 10 Meters
Chris, In my case, the noise is present any time the KPA1500 is turn on. Its effect depends only on the direction my beam is pointed, as both my noise level and the amplifier noise vary with direction. In the worst case, I'm seeing about a 5 dB increase from my high urban noise floor. I think the effect would be far more dramatic in a quiet location. (My antenna is about 100 feet from the amplifier, which is in the basement.) 73, Scott K9MA On 12/16/2019 16:16, Chris Codella, W2PA wrote: Scott, I noticed the same thing this last weekend, having not been on 10 much since getting the amp. But I found the noise to be quite variable. It doesn't always occur. When it does, it appears suddenly, out of the blue while operating. Sometimes I could make it go away by turning off the power, waiting a while, then restarting. I also got it to stop a couple of times by sending a single "dit" while in operate mode. Quite strange. I'm trying to get more data but it does seem to be an intermittent thing and hard to replicate. This noise didn't affect any band below 10m but appeared very broad-banded above, using an SDR receiver. 73, Chris, W2PA On 12/14/2019 4:43 PM, K9MA wrote: I guess it just shows how little I've been on 10, but I've had the KPA1500 for over a year now, and I just noticed that when I turn it on, my noise floor on 10 goes up about 3 dB. (And that's from an urban noise floor.) It's pretty flat over much of the band, not typical switching supply noise. Has anyone else experienced this and found a cure? (Other than using the old amp tube.) 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA k...@sdellington.us __ 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] WBN: Restartable Server Operation for Elecraft
Thanks, Gary. Yes, I know how to automatically start an app when the computer powers up. And KPAxxx Remote remembers the communication parameters that you illustrate anyway. The problem is pushing the various soft buttons after the app starts up, most notably Start Hosting Remote and Power (off). I think the best solution would be two tweaks to the UI: 1) an Auto-Start Hosting Remote checkbox and 2) a Leave Amp Power Off after Startup checkbox. (They would be separately useful although I would use both together.) Alternatively, they could add such parameters to the command line. (I didn't know there were any command line parameters. I don't find them in the KPA1500 Rev. B1 Owners Manual or the .rtf file associated with KPA1500 Remote.) Unfortunately, these programs are considered “unsupported, contributed utilities." But I've seen them change recently, so someone is maintaining them. /Rick N6XI On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 7:42 AM Gary Johnson wrote: > Here’s a partial solution which was mentioned some time ago: Create a .bat > file that calls the utility. Here are the ones I use that launch the KPA500 > and KAT500 apps and assign a baud rate, port number, and timeout. I don’t > know if other parameters are possible. And I don’t know how to keep the amp > from turning on at launch. To run a batch file at startup, put a shortcut > to it in your Startup folder. > > rem Run the KPA500 remote control server, with parameters > cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Elecraft\KPA500 Remote\ > start /MIN KPA500-Remote.exe COM2 38400 4626 500 > > rem Run the KAT500 remote control server, with parameters > cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Elecraft\KAT500 Remote\ > start /MIN KAT500-Remote.exe COM2 38400 4627 500 > > -Gary NA6O > > > > > It would be nice if KPA500 Remote, KAT500 Remote, and KPA1500 Remote > could > > be set up to operate as *automatically restartable servers*. I don't > think > > they can do this today, but if I'm wrong, someone please enlighten me! > > > > Here's the scenario: These apps all have Host Remote capability. When > > enabled, they listen for connection from a client-side instance of the > same > > app. But it takes two or three mouse clicks to set this up AFTER > launching > > the server-side programs. If the server computer on which they run > suffers > > a power failure, it can reboot automatically when power is restored (not > > all computers will do this, but many can). However, it's necessary to > > restart the app manually, tell it to start hosting, and, at least for > > KPA1500, turn the amp back off since the app turns it on during its > > initialization process. It would be nice if they had a setting that means > > "Automatically go into remote hosting mode and turn OFF the device (or > > don't turn it on) upon startup." Then, unattended power failures would be > > largely transparent to the control-side user. > > > > 73, > > > > /Rick N6XI > > > > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
A laptop, an iPad or iPhone will allow you to ham all you want. Let other folks worry about the antennas and maintenance. www.remotehamradio.com I live in an apartment in NYC and I have huge towers with stacked antennas, 160mm 4 squares, 80 meter 4 squares located on the East Coast and the West Coast. Are you renting the space in your retirement home? Why not rent your radio too! This is such a simple solution I don't know why everyone isn't doing it. __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
A VERY good video. I use it with Scouts as my intro into JOTA (Jamboree on the Air) for the past few years. Professionally done. If is fast paced it does SHOW youth doing RADIO and it keeps the interest as it is only six minutes long a very very good video. 73, steve WB3LGC On 12/17/19 12:45 PM, Kevin McQuiggin (SFU) wrote: https://youtu.be/8x6x_6mDVlQ “Amateur Radio - A 21st Century Hobby” produced by the RSGB Sent from my iPad On Dec 17, 2019, at 09:40, Kevin McQuiggin (SFU) wrote: The RSGB has an excellent ham radio overview video. The target audience is people under about 30. Everyone in the video is under ~25. It presents the hobby in young peoples' terms using their terms and points of reference. It covers public service, HF, V/UHF, contesting, satellites, lnternet connectivity, fox hunting, building stuff. The best video I’ve seen to describe ham radio in modern terms to non- 50 or 60 year olds. I will try to find the link. 73, Kevin __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
Quoting myself: "an inexpensive entry level transceiver might find market with newcomers on tight budgets (eg the K1, etc.); something other than a VHF HT", the $150 ten-watt HF transceiver based on SDR is what I was thinking of: Today's "Heathkit Lunchbox"! From: John Harper To: Elecraft list Subject: [Elecraft] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 10-80m CW and phone for $150: http://www.hfsignals.com/ 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Dubus-NA Business mail: 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] Installing a Sub Receiver
I have two of the old synth boards for the K3. Available for FREE plus $7.90 for small USPS Priority Mail box 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Dubus-NA Business mail: 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
https://youtu.be/8x6x_6mDVlQ “Amateur Radio - A 21st Century Hobby” produced by the RSGB Sent from my iPad > On Dec 17, 2019, at 09:40, Kevin McQuiggin (SFU) wrote: > > The RSGB has an excellent ham radio overview video. The target audience is > people under about 30. Everyone in the video is under ~25. It presents the > hobby in young peoples' terms using their terms and points of reference. It > covers public service, HF, V/UHF, contesting, satellites, lnternet > connectivity, fox hunting, building stuff. The best video I’ve seen to > describe ham radio in modern terms to non- 50 or 60 year olds. > > I will try to find the link. > > 73, > > Kevin > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Dec 17, 2019, at 09:35, KENT TRIMBLE wrote: >> >> We might take a page from Cadillac. >> >> Somewhere in the early 2000s their ads began using models and actors >> exclusively in the 20-40 age range. No more gray-haired executives. >> >> Jack makes good points. >> >> Why do they call you "weird," by the way? >> >> 73, >> >> Kent K9ZTV >> >> >> >> >>> On 12/16/2019 3:07 PM, kd...@frawg.org wrote: >>> Have any of us ever tried to poll younger non-related and non-ham persons in >>> a structured way? Probably not ... >>> >>> Introspectively, what I do see is one generation of an old civic (mostly >>> men's) club in a panic because we perceive we are all dying off and there >>> will be no one to "carry on". An awfully large group of people look at >>> "us" as odd or funny old dudes... >>> The media has never helped us much. Ham radio is just a TV prop and >>> usually used to poke fun at >>> certain attitudes. OTOH the actual high value stuff we occasionally do is >>> all too often relegated to 11pm local news as "filler" if it is reported at >>> all. Who failed? Not even worth pointing fingers... we did. >>> >>> Embrace it, have fun with the hobby, chill, let the marketing departments at >>> "IKY" and "China-Inc" figure out the sales pitch. We geeks will still be >>> here in the future and some will be hams... and we'll line up for the latest >>> widgets. Let's move on. >>> >>> 73 All, >>> "Weird Uncle Jack" >>> KD4IZ >>> Jack Spitznagel >>> FM19oo >>> >>> >> >> __ >> 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 mcqui...@sfu.ca > > __ > 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 mcqui...@sfu.ca __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
The RSGB has an excellent ham radio overview video. The target audience is people under about 30. Everyone in the video is under ~25. It presents the hobby in young peoples' terms using their terms and points of reference. It covers public service, HF, V/UHF, contesting, satellites, lnternet connectivity, fox hunting, building stuff. The best video I’ve seen to describe ham radio in modern terms to non- 50 or 60 year olds. I will try to find the link. 73, Kevin Sent from my iPad > On Dec 17, 2019, at 09:35, KENT TRIMBLE wrote: > > We might take a page from Cadillac. > > Somewhere in the early 2000s their ads began using models and actors > exclusively in the 20-40 age range. No more gray-haired executives. > > Jack makes good points. > > Why do they call you "weird," by the way? > > 73, > > Kent K9ZTV > > > > >> On 12/16/2019 3:07 PM, kd...@frawg.org wrote: >> Have any of us ever tried to poll younger non-related and non-ham persons in >> a structured way? Probably not ... >> >> Introspectively, what I do see is one generation of an old civic (mostly >> men's) club in a panic because we perceive we are all dying off and there >> will be no one to "carry on". An awfully large group of people look at "us" >> as odd or funny old dudes... >> The media has never helped us much. Ham radio is just a TV prop and usually >> used to poke fun at >> certain attitudes. OTOH the actual high value stuff we occasionally do is >> all too often relegated to 11pm local news as "filler" if it is reported at >> all. Who failed? Not even worth pointing fingers... we did. >> >> Embrace it, have fun with the hobby, chill, let the marketing departments at >> "IKY" and "China-Inc" figure out the sales pitch. We geeks will still be >> here in the future and some will be hams... and we'll line up for the latest >> widgets. Let's move on. >> >> 73 All, >> "Weird Uncle Jack" >> KD4IZ >> Jack Spitznagel >> FM19oo >> >> > > __ > 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 mcqui...@sfu.ca __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
We might take a page from Cadillac. Somewhere in the early 2000s their ads began using models and actors exclusively in the 20-40 age range. No more gray-haired executives. Jack makes good points. Why do they call you "weird," by the way? 73, Kent K9ZTV On 12/16/2019 3:07 PM, kd...@frawg.org wrote: Have any of us ever tried to poll younger non-related and non-ham persons in a structured way? Probably not ... Introspectively, what I do see is one generation of an old civic (mostly men's) club in a panic because we perceive we are all dying off and there will be no one to "carry on". An awfully large group of people look at "us" as odd or funny old dudes... The media has never helped us much. Ham radio is just a TV prop and usually used to poke fun at certain attitudes. OTOH the actual high value stuff we occasionally do is all too often relegated to 11pm local news as "filler" if it is reported at all. Who failed? Not even worth pointing fingers... we did. Embrace it, have fun with the hobby, chill, let the marketing departments at "IKY" and "China-Inc" figure out the sales pitch. We geeks will still be here in the future and some will be hams... and we'll line up for the latest widgets. Let's move on. 73 All, "Weird Uncle Jack" KD4IZ Jack Spitznagel FM19oo __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
One of my ventures into ham radio was the purchase of a complete Heathkit station. While the original SB-104 left a lot to be desired, the fact that Heath offered financing for the complete purchase. Don’t recall the details but I made monthly payments until it was paid in full. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2019, at 9:08 AM, Fred Nassar wrote: > > With all due respect, I disagree with the statement "there are few > inexpensive ventures into HF available today." I was licensed at 14 and > remember my first HF rig was an used HT-44 and DX-160. I used that pair for > six years and learned a lot about how to optimize my set up until I had > enough money to purchase my buddy's FT-101E for $400 (1981). After college > I was able to buy new gear using a TS 570 and 590S many years and now > using a flex 6400. With the advent of the IC7300 and other SDRs the used > market has been disrupted. Decent used HF rigs can be had for $300-$500 > (cheaper than a new smart phone). Even a new 7300 or 590sg are within > reach for the new ham. Both very good rigs offering many to most of the > advance features that top of the line rigs offer. I think the movement to > SDRs will continue to offer very affordable albeit maybe not new and not > "state of the art", but very much usable and capable to make QSOs and more > importantly having fun. > > I think what Elecraft does is unique and there is value in that. They bring > a high level of customer service and stay very close to the customer. They > almost seem like one of us hi hi...While the big three may offer more > tiers, they do so at the cost of other things some hams find important. > Elecraft has been around over 20 years and now launching what appear to be > a very successful K4. I think they are doing just fine with their business > model. > > 73, > Fred > KE4Q > owner of a KX3 and maybe a K4 someday > >> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:39 PM Don Wilhelm wrote: >> >> Ted and all, >> >> I do not think restricting the choices to VHF and UHF gear is going to >> "save the hobby". >> >> There are few inexpensive ventures into HF available today. There are a >> few inexpensive CW only kits available from QRPme.com, but those are >> quite limited and are CW only. Oh to have the Dave Benson SWL series >> back. Those were good kits which could put the new ham on the air with >> a good receiver, but again CW only. I do not see any equivalent today. >> >> The QRPme kits are interesting, but being CW only, they are limited to >> those willing to learn CW. Even a 'knock-off' of the K1 is CW only. >> >> For potentially new hams, we hams need to have something that is viable >> for HF and not expensive. Remember the high schooler and the recent >> college graduate who does not a lot of extra money. I do not see many >> choices for them other than the inexpensive VHF/UHF FM transceivers, >> which work fine with repeaters, but do nothing for the HF spectrum. >> I built my first transmitter of salvaged TV parts at a very, very low >> cost, but that was back in the late 1950's when such parts were >> available many for the asking at the local TV repair shop. >> >> A used HF transceiver may the only current logical choice. >> >> Elecraft has championed the high performance, high end market, and has >> done well at it, but that performance comes at a price. Few beginners >> in ham radio can afford a K3S let alone a KX2, so for beginners, they >> are "left in the lurch" with choices mainly in the used gear market. >> >> Nostalgia for 'what was' is interesting, but does nothing for the >> newcomers to HF with limited funds. Even the era of cheap surplus >> military gear is gone. I used to buy Command set transmitters and >> receivers for $5 each at the surplus store, and you could salvage parts >> from them to build transmitters and receivers, but those rigs are >> collectors items today and are expensive. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> >>> On 12/16/2019 4:44 PM, Ted Edwards W3TB wrote: >>> More... >>> Although it has not happened, I have long expected June VHF and Sept VHF >> to >>> displace Field Day and then get more of those many new Techs active. >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 3:42 PM Ted Edwards W3TB >> wrote: >>> Yet, here is another product idea that is driven by my concern that so many new Techs get an HT and don't develop further into our fine hobby/avocation. A Transceiver more significant than a Chinese cheapie for getting on >> other modes in the VHF and/or UHF bands. I do wish there were a quality-yet-simple radio for 6m/2m would be so handy to them to discover SSB and Digital work on those bands. CW, too. On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 12:52 PM Jim Brown wrote: >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post:
Re: [Elecraft] Operating from a retirement home
We can die with a happy stomach or die with a unhappy stomach. Life is simply too short to be unhappy for any reason. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2019, at 9:20 AM, Michael Walker wrote: > > She is correct on luncheon meats. > > Big Mac, Any Egg and Meat sandwich and most prepared foods have about 900mg > of Sodium and I bet your dailing limit is about 1500mg (for Canadians, that > means all Tim's breakfast sandwiches). Don't forget hotdogs and sausages > are off the list too. They use a lot of Brine. As my wife and I did the > Sodium research the Big Mac was about the 'best' of the worst. No more > pizza or just about any Mall food. > > Eggs are great! > > Your own safe way out is to prepare your own with plain meets like Turkey, > etc. Welcome to getting old-er. :) > > Mike > > >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 9:21 AM KE8G wrote: >> >> Yes, my wife is also a retired nurse and every time I go to the doctor's >> office and he tells me I need to do "something", she is shacking her head >> in the affirmative and I know I will not be a happy camper! Example... >> cardiologist says no luncheon meats, I LOVE luncheon meats, but haven't had >> any for the last 10 years!! >> >> 73 de Jim - KE8G >> >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 5:51 AM David Wilcox via Elecraft < >> elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: >> >>> Ha! That's a good one. And so true. >>> >>> David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad >>> On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:27 AM, WW3S wrote: I feel your pain ! (Speaking from experience) The good thing about my wife is she is a nurse as well. The bad thing about my wife is.she is a nurse ! Sent from my iPad > On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:25 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft < >>> elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > Whenever one of our radio club seniors has to enter a nursing home to >>> recover from some issue or permanently moves into an assisted living >> home >>> we try to set up a ham station in that hams room. The homes in our area >>> are very understanding. I already have chosen the place I want to go to >> if >>> and when the time comes. They have a woods with tall trees behind the >>> facility. My wife and I built our retirement home barrier free and she >> is >>> a younger nurse so I hope to be able to play radio at home. But she can >> be >>> a tyrant making me do all the things a doctor or rehab specialist might >>> recommend. I guess there are trade offs in every situation. Hi! > > David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > >>> On Dec 17, 2019, at 3:47 AM, Steven G. Steltzer >>> wrote: >> >> CW ops have another option for retirement homes or severely >>> restricted HOA's . Search iCW on the web. >> >> 73, >> Steve, WF3T >> __ >> 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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 w...@zoominternet.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 ke8g@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 va...@portcredit.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 rmcg...@blomand.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:
Re: [Elecraft] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
LOL! No problem, for a second there I thought I had a tumor! And I agree with Fred's last post. Although I'd never pay $500 or more for a "smart" phone. 73 de Tom - KB2SMS On 12/17/19 10:24 AM, Bjorn Pehrson wrote: Sorry abt that ,my bad, wrong recipient... On 2019-12-17 16:22, Bjorn Pehrson wrote: hm, verkar vara svårt tt hitta genomskinlig Sikaflex trots att sika säger att det ska finnas i alla byggvarubutiker. Jag har svart och det finns vit att köpa. Har försökt googla runt. Känner du till något speciellt märke och var man kan köpa det? __ 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] WBN: Restartable Server Operation for Elecraft
Here’s a partial solution which was mentioned some time ago: Create a .bat file that calls the utility. Here are the ones I use that launch the KPA500 and KAT500 apps and assign a baud rate, port number, and timeout. I don’t know if other parameters are possible. And I don’t know how to keep the amp from turning on at launch. To run a batch file at startup, put a shortcut to it in your Startup folder. rem Run the KPA500 remote control server, with parameters cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Elecraft\KPA500 Remote\ start /MIN KPA500-Remote.exe COM2 38400 4626 500 rem Run the KAT500 remote control server, with parameters cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Elecraft\KAT500 Remote\ start /MIN KAT500-Remote.exe COM2 38400 4627 500 -Gary NA6O > > It would be nice if KPA500 Remote, KAT500 Remote, and KPA1500 Remote could > be set up to operate as *automatically restartable servers*. I don't think > they can do this today, but if I'm wrong, someone please enlighten me! > > Here's the scenario: These apps all have Host Remote capability. When > enabled, they listen for connection from a client-side instance of the same > app. But it takes two or three mouse clicks to set this up AFTER launching > the server-side programs. If the server computer on which they run suffers > a power failure, it can reboot automatically when power is restored (not > all computers will do this, but many can). However, it's necessary to > restart the app manually, tell it to start hosting, and, at least for > KPA1500, turn the amp back off since the app turns it on during its > initialization process. It would be nice if they had a setting that means > "Automatically go into remote hosting mode and turn OFF the device (or > don't turn it on) upon startup." Then, unattended power failures would be > largely transparent to the control-side user. > > 73, > > /Rick N6XI > __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
all you health nuts will be surprised to find you die from nothing someday. as for me, I hope I'm shot in the back by a jealous husband as I'm crawling out some blondes bedroom window. -- Original Message -- From: "Michael Walker" To: "KE8G" Cc: "Steven G. Steltzer" ; "Elecraft" Sent: 12/17/2019 9:45:51 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Operating from a retirement home She is correct on luncheon meats. Big Mac, Any Egg and Meat sandwich and most prepared foods have about 900mg of Sodium and I bet your dailing limit is about 1500mg (for Canadians, that means all Tim's breakfast sandwiches). Don't forget hotdogs and sausages are off the list too. They use a lot of Brine. As my wife and I did the Sodium research the Big Mac was about the 'best' of the worst. No more pizza or just about any Mall food. Eggs are great! Your own safe way out is to prepare your own with plain meets like Turkey, etc. Welcome to getting old-er. :) Mike On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 9:21 AM KE8G wrote: Yes, my wife is also a retired nurse and every time I go to the doctor's office and he tells me I need to do "something", she is shacking her head in the affirmative and I know I will not be a happy camper! Example... cardiologist says no luncheon meats, I LOVE luncheon meats, but haven't had any for the last 10 years!! 73 de Jim - KE8G On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 5:51 AM David Wilcox via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Ha! That's a good one. And so true. > > David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > > > On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:27 AM, WW3S wrote: > > > > I feel your pain ! > > (Speaking from experience) > > > > The good thing about my wife is she is a nurse as well. > > The bad thing about my wife is.she is a nurse ! > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:25 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > >> > >> Whenever one of our radio club seniors has to enter a nursing home to > recover from some issue or permanently moves into an assisted living home > we try to set up a ham station in that hams room. The homes in our area > are very understanding. I already have chosen the place I want to go to if > and when the time comes. They have a woods with tall trees behind the > facility. My wife and I built our retirement home barrier free and she is > a younger nurse so I hope to be able to play radio at home. But she can be > a tyrant making me do all the things a doctor or rehab specialist might > recommend. I guess there are trade offs in every situation. Hi! > >> > >> David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > >> > On Dec 17, 2019, at 3:47 AM, Steven G. Steltzer > wrote: > >>> > >>> CW ops have another option for retirement homes or severely > restricted HOA's . Search iCW on the web. > >>> > >>> 73, > >>> Steve, WF3T > >>> __ > >>> 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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 w...@zoominternet.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 ke8g@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 va...@portcredit.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 w...@zoominternet.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home:
Re: [Elecraft] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
I am not talking about "restricting" but rather making available what is not available for those hams. It would do the Technicians a lot of good to discover other mode availabilities within their current licenses and help to move them ahead beyond HTs and repeaters. On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 9:26 AM Bjorn Pehrson wrote: > Sorry abt that ,my bad, wrong recipient... > > On 2019-12-17 16:22, Bjorn Pehrson wrote: > > hm, verkar vara svårt tt hitta genomskinlig Sikaflex trots att sika > > säger att det ska finnas i alla byggvarubutiker. Jag har svart och det > > finns vit att köpa. Har försökt googla runt. > > > > Känner du till något speciellt märke och var man kan köpa det? > > > __ > 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 w3tb@gmail.com -- 73 de Ted Edwards, W3TB and GØPWW and thinking about operating CW: "Do today what others won't, so you can do tomorrow what others can't." __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
hm, verkar vara svårt tt hitta genomskinlig Sikaflex trots att sika säger att det ska finnas i alla byggvarubutiker. Jag har svart och det finns vit att köpa. Har försökt googla runt. Känner du till något speciellt märke och var man kan köpa det? On 2019-12-17 15:57, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2019 16 Dec 23:18 -0600, Buddy Brannan wrote: An interesting little rig to follow is the UBitx at http://www.hfsignals.com/ $199 gets you a 3-30 MHz SSB/cw rig. Sure, no cw filter, and I’m sure the receiver ain’t no KX3 or even K2, but it’s hackable and pretty darned interesting for $200, or even as little as $150. I suspect it's the hackability aspect that makes this a popular option among some operators. I think this is the "hook" a lot of techie oriented prospective hams are looking for. 73, Nate, N0NB __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
Sorry abt that ,my bad, wrong recipient... On 2019-12-17 16:22, Bjorn Pehrson wrote: hm, verkar vara svårt tt hitta genomskinlig Sikaflex trots att sika säger att det ska finnas i alla byggvarubutiker. Jag har svart och det finns vit att köpa. Har försökt googla runt. Känner du till något speciellt märke och var man kan köpa det? __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
She is correct on luncheon meats. Big Mac, Any Egg and Meat sandwich and most prepared foods have about 900mg of Sodium and I bet your dailing limit is about 1500mg (for Canadians, that means all Tim's breakfast sandwiches). Don't forget hotdogs and sausages are off the list too. They use a lot of Brine. As my wife and I did the Sodium research the Big Mac was about the 'best' of the worst. No more pizza or just about any Mall food. Eggs are great! Your own safe way out is to prepare your own with plain meets like Turkey, etc. Welcome to getting old-er. :) Mike On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 9:21 AM KE8G wrote: > Yes, my wife is also a retired nurse and every time I go to the doctor's > office and he tells me I need to do "something", she is shacking her head > in the affirmative and I know I will not be a happy camper! Example... > cardiologist says no luncheon meats, I LOVE luncheon meats, but haven't had > any for the last 10 years!! > > 73 de Jim - KE8G > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 5:51 AM David Wilcox via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > > Ha! That's a good one. And so true. > > > > David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > > > > > On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:27 AM, WW3S wrote: > > > > > > I feel your pain ! > > > (Speaking from experience) > > > > > > The good thing about my wife is she is a nurse as well. > > > The bad thing about my wife is.she is a nurse ! > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > >> On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:25 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft < > > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > >> > > >> Whenever one of our radio club seniors has to enter a nursing home to > > recover from some issue or permanently moves into an assisted living > home > > we try to set up a ham station in that hams room. The homes in our area > > are very understanding. I already have chosen the place I want to go to > if > > and when the time comes. They have a woods with tall trees behind the > > facility. My wife and I built our retirement home barrier free and she > is > > a younger nurse so I hope to be able to play radio at home. But she can > be > > a tyrant making me do all the things a doctor or rehab specialist might > > recommend. I guess there are trade offs in every situation. Hi! > > >> > > >> David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > > >> > > On Dec 17, 2019, at 3:47 AM, Steven G. Steltzer > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> CW ops have another option for retirement homes or severely > > restricted HOA's . Search iCW on the web. > > >>> > > >>> 73, > > >>> Steve, WF3T > > >>> __ > > >>> 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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 w...@zoominternet.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 ke8g@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 va...@portcredit.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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
* On 2019 16 Dec 23:18 -0600, Buddy Brannan wrote: > An interesting little rig to follow is the UBitx at > http://www.hfsignals.com/ > > $199 gets you a 3-30 MHz SSB/cw rig. Sure, no cw filter, and I’m sure > the receiver ain’t no KX3 or even K2, but it’s hackable and pretty > darned interesting for $200, or even as little as $150. I suspect it's the hackability aspect that makes this a popular option among some operators. I think this is the "hook" a lot of techie oriented prospective hams are looking for. 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 __ 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] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY
With all due respect, I disagree with the statement "there are few inexpensive ventures into HF available today." I was licensed at 14 and remember my first HF rig was an used HT-44 and DX-160. I used that pair for six years and learned a lot about how to optimize my set up until I had enough money to purchase my buddy's FT-101E for $400 (1981). After college I was able to buy new gear using a TS 570 and 590S many years and now using a flex 6400. With the advent of the IC7300 and other SDRs the used market has been disrupted. Decent used HF rigs can be had for $300-$500 (cheaper than a new smart phone). Even a new 7300 or 590sg are within reach for the new ham. Both very good rigs offering many to most of the advance features that top of the line rigs offer. I think the movement to SDRs will continue to offer very affordable albeit maybe not new and not "state of the art", but very much usable and capable to make QSOs and more importantly having fun. I think what Elecraft does is unique and there is value in that. They bring a high level of customer service and stay very close to the customer. They almost seem like one of us hi hi...While the big three may offer more tiers, they do so at the cost of other things some hams find important. Elecraft has been around over 20 years and now launching what appear to be a very successful K4. I think they are doing just fine with their business model. 73, Fred KE4Q owner of a KX3 and maybe a K4 someday On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:39 PM Don Wilhelm wrote: > Ted and all, > > I do not think restricting the choices to VHF and UHF gear is going to > "save the hobby". > > There are few inexpensive ventures into HF available today. There are a > few inexpensive CW only kits available from QRPme.com, but those are > quite limited and are CW only. Oh to have the Dave Benson SWL series > back. Those were good kits which could put the new ham on the air with > a good receiver, but again CW only. I do not see any equivalent today. > > The QRPme kits are interesting, but being CW only, they are limited to > those willing to learn CW. Even a 'knock-off' of the K1 is CW only. > > For potentially new hams, we hams need to have something that is viable > for HF and not expensive. Remember the high schooler and the recent > college graduate who does not a lot of extra money. I do not see many > choices for them other than the inexpensive VHF/UHF FM transceivers, > which work fine with repeaters, but do nothing for the HF spectrum. > I built my first transmitter of salvaged TV parts at a very, very low > cost, but that was back in the late 1950's when such parts were > available many for the asking at the local TV repair shop. > > A used HF transceiver may the only current logical choice. > > Elecraft has championed the high performance, high end market, and has > done well at it, but that performance comes at a price. Few beginners > in ham radio can afford a K3S let alone a KX2, so for beginners, they > are "left in the lurch" with choices mainly in the used gear market. > > Nostalgia for 'what was' is interesting, but does nothing for the > newcomers to HF with limited funds. Even the era of cheap surplus > military gear is gone. I used to buy Command set transmitters and > receivers for $5 each at the surplus store, and you could salvage parts > from them to build transmitters and receivers, but those rigs are > collectors items today and are expensive. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > On 12/16/2019 4:44 PM, Ted Edwards W3TB wrote: > > More... > > Although it has not happened, I have long expected June VHF and Sept VHF > to > > displace Field Day and then get more of those many new Techs active. > > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 3:42 PM Ted Edwards W3TB > wrote: > > > >> Yet, here is another product idea that is driven by my concern that so > >> many new Techs get an HT and don't develop further into our fine > >> hobby/avocation. > >> A Transceiver more significant than a Chinese cheapie for getting on > other > >> modes in the VHF and/or UHF bands. > >> I do wish there were a quality-yet-simple radio for 6m/2m would be so > >> handy to them to discover SSB and Digital work on those bands. CW, too. > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 12:52 PM Jim Brown > >> wrote: > >> > __ > 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 fnassa...@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
Re: [Elecraft] Operating from a retirement home
Yes, my wife is also a retired nurse and every time I go to the doctor's office and he tells me I need to do "something", she is shacking her head in the affirmative and I know I will not be a happy camper! Example... cardiologist says no luncheon meats, I LOVE luncheon meats, but haven't had any for the last 10 years!! 73 de Jim - KE8G On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 5:51 AM David Wilcox via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Ha! That's a good one. And so true. > > David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > > > On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:27 AM, WW3S wrote: > > > > I feel your pain ! > > (Speaking from experience) > > > > The good thing about my wife is she is a nurse as well. > > The bad thing about my wife is.she is a nurse ! > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:25 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > >> > >> Whenever one of our radio club seniors has to enter a nursing home to > recover from some issue or permanently moves into an assisted living home > we try to set up a ham station in that hams room. The homes in our area > are very understanding. I already have chosen the place I want to go to if > and when the time comes. They have a woods with tall trees behind the > facility. My wife and I built our retirement home barrier free and she is > a younger nurse so I hope to be able to play radio at home. But she can be > a tyrant making me do all the things a doctor or rehab specialist might > recommend. I guess there are trade offs in every situation. Hi! > >> > >> David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > >> > On Dec 17, 2019, at 3:47 AM, Steven G. Steltzer > wrote: > >>> > >>> CW ops have another option for retirement homes or severely > restricted HOA's . Search iCW on the web. > >>> > >>> 73, > >>> Steve, WF3T > >>> __ > >>> 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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 w...@zoominternet.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 ke8g@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] Operating from a retirement home
Ha! That's a good one. And so true. David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:27 AM, WW3S wrote: > > I feel your pain ! > (Speaking from experience) > > The good thing about my wife is she is a nurse as well. > The bad thing about my wife is.she is a nurse ! > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:25 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft >> wrote: >> >> Whenever one of our radio club seniors has to enter a nursing home to >> recover from some issue or permanently moves into an assisted living home >> we try to set up a ham station in that hams room. The homes in our area are >> very understanding. I already have chosen the place I want to go to if and >> when the time comes. They have a woods with tall trees behind the facility. >> My wife and I built our retirement home barrier free and she is a younger >> nurse so I hope to be able to play radio at home. But she can be a tyrant >> making me do all the things a doctor or rehab specialist might recommend. I >> guess there are trade offs in every situation. Hi! >> >> David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad >> On Dec 17, 2019, at 3:47 AM, Steven G. Steltzer wrote: >>> >>> CW ops have another option for retirement homes or severely restricted >>> HOA's . Search iCW on the web. >>> >>> 73, >>> Steve, WF3T >>> __ >>> 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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 w...@zoominternet.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] Operating from a retirement home
I feel your pain ! (Speaking from experience) The good thing about my wife is she is a nurse as well. The bad thing about my wife is.she is a nurse ! Sent from my iPad > On Dec 17, 2019, at 5:25 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft > wrote: > > Whenever one of our radio club seniors has to enter a nursing home to > recover from some issue or permanently moves into an assisted living home we > try to set up a ham station in that hams room. The homes in our area are > very understanding. I already have chosen the place I want to go to if and > when the time comes. They have a woods with tall trees behind the facility. > My wife and I built our retirement home barrier free and she is a younger > nurse so I hope to be able to play radio at home. But she can be a tyrant > making me do all the things a doctor or rehab specialist might recommend. I > guess there are trade offs in every situation. Hi! > > David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > >> On Dec 17, 2019, at 3:47 AM, Steven G. Steltzer wrote: >> >> CW ops have another option for retirement homes or severely restricted >> HOA's . Search iCW on the web. >> >> 73, >> Steve, WF3T >> __ >> 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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 w...@zoominternet.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] Operating from a retirement home
Whenever one of our radio club seniors has to enter a nursing home to recover from some issue or permanently moves into an assisted living home we try to set up a ham station in that hams room. The homes in our area are very understanding. I already have chosen the place I want to go to if and when the time comes. They have a woods with tall trees behind the facility. My wife and I built our retirement home barrier free and she is a younger nurse so I hope to be able to play radio at home. But she can be a tyrant making me do all the things a doctor or rehab specialist might recommend. I guess there are trade offs in every situation. Hi! David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > On Dec 17, 2019, at 3:47 AM, Steven G. Steltzer wrote: > > CW ops have another option for retirement homes or severely restricted HOA's > . Search iCW on the web. > > 73, > Steve, WF3T > __ > 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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] Operating from a retirement home
Goes to show the old maxim: GET ON THE AIR is still true. There is always someone listening and hoping for a contact. Dead bands? NOT! Just weaker signals. It always amazes me that when the bands seem dead there are always signals on the digital frequencies. I am not knocking the digital modes (I have recently crossed over and used FT8. boring for me but that JS8Call looks a little better) but if each of those pursuing the digital modes would put out the same signal on CW or even SSB they would be heard and probably make a contact. Leave a receiver in the background on using the beacon frequency of your band of interest.. DON’T look at the poor band conditions indicators. They are too discouraging. Just my opinion. Hope to hear you all on from Florida while we are there avoiding the snow. Am packing my building stuff so I can finally get my three QCX’s built this winter. Thank you Hans and QRP Labs. David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > On Dec 17, 2019, at 4:52 AM, Kjeld Holm wrote: > > In restricted areas I have had good results with a short vertical dipole for > 10-20M like > http://mojero.wixsite.com/twantenna/products > > > > Vy 73 de OZ1CCM, Kjeld > > __ > 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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] Operating from a retirement home
In restricted areas I have had good results with a short vertical dipole for 10-20M like http://mojero.wixsite.com/twantenna/products Vy 73 de OZ1CCM, Kjeld __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
CW ops have another option for retirement homes or severely restricted HOA's . Search iCW on the web. 73, Steve, WF3T __ 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] Operating from a retirement home
CW ops have another option for retirement homes / severe HOA restrictions . Search iCW on the web. 73, Steve , WF3T __ 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
