Re: [Elecraft] Help with power problem on a K1?
Hi Eric, While I did not see this particular problem on my build, during visual inspection in that section I found D10 was installed backwards despite thinking well, I was careful! Of course they're right! I suggest re-examining that, but I question the reading at pin 16. According to the schematic, P1 pin 16 is connected directly to the 12v bus with just a 0.1 capacitor (for transient suppression, I suspect) connected to it. Does your supply really measure 12v? If so, something else is drawing it down so I would again come back to checking the diodes or perhaps the orientation of the resistor packs. I'm sure Don will weigh in with a more precise answer, but I hope this helps in the mean time. 73 de Byron KI6NUL Eric Champine wrote: Hi all. I am on page 30 of the K1 manual where you hook up a 12v power supply and take some readings in 4 different places. Everything was OK but the reading off of P1 pin 16. It is supposed to be (Supply - 0.3 V) and I got 9.33 volts. Any clue what I should check or do? Thanks all. 73 de W2EEC Eric __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Help-with-power-problem-on-a-K1-tp5473573p5481043.html Sent from the [K1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: the gods must be crazy
JayR wrote: They sell a $12 glow in the dark trim ring and maybe a Dick Tracy decoder ring comes in the same box.. Can't you just see that advertisement in the back of Boy's Life? Heh. Byron KI6NUL -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-the-gods-must-be-crazy-tp5446586p5447680.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] My First steps on CW
Hi Ed, I have been following a similar path to yours, though with K1 #2799 finished last January. It took me longer than I wanted to learn CW, too, but made my first non-contest CW QSO last month (I used CodeQuick, and enjoyed it). I am getting up to the low-teens now for things like the W1AW practice, and faster with contest CW, which I find easier due to the short length and prescribed order. The NACQ CW contest is Saturday; give it a try. Perhaps I am projecting my own issues on to what you mentioned, but what is currently bothering me are pro signs (BT is very common, for example, yet causes my brain to lock up). But, more basically, what to say? What exactly is a CW QSO? I have been finding that the FISTS basic operating manual (google fists cw) very helpful, and my copy of the ARRL Operating Manual is now taped together I refer to it so much. Lots of good stuff on frequencies, pro signs, and what a CW QSO is like. To your actual question, on 40m, I often find code I can copy from 7045 - 7060, and again from 7105 to 7115 (which is as high as my K1 will tune with my VFO range). 7047.5 is where W1AW does their daily code practice (very helpful) and 7058 is the FISTS calling frequency. The 40m QRP frequency is 7030 and sometimes there is slow code from 7030 to 7035, too, but usually that low on the band people are mid-20's and up. On 20m, 14045 - 14065 usually has something. 14047.5 is W1AW again, and 14060 is the 20m QRP calling frequency, which is where I have had success. The same range, roughly, on 15m often has code I can copy as well. Mostly, though, what is helping me is what Lee mentioned: get on the air. As often as possible. 73 de Byron KI6NUL K1 #2799, many mini-modules -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/My-First-steps-on-CW-tp5380378p5381148.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2 rear
You can download a copy of the K2 manual. There is a diagram on page 85. 73, Byron KI6NUL -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-rear-tp5366719p5366792.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - WRTC Customs Pro Forma listings
While I do love me some Elecraft, what I find most amazing, and motivating, about the WRTC scores are the antennas and power levels they used: http://www.wrtc2010.ru/?id=23 * 20/15/10 m tri-bander with one feed line and PL-259 male connector on 12m tower with antenna rotator and control unit * 40 m Inverted V dipole with feed line and PL-259 male connector * 80 m Inverted V dipole with feed line and PL-259 male connector * 2 x 100 watts peak power monitors with the 80v at about 11m and the 40 at 10m, I assume attached to the same tower. Three to 4 thousand QSO's and 3 to 4 megapoints with 100 watts, one transmitter at a time on a too-low tower? Incredible, motivating, and a bit depressing as it puts paid to a cherished complaint: it's my antennas fault! Byron KI6NUL K1 #2799 wayne burdick wrote: Elecraft didn't influence anyone's WRTC rig choice. It's possible some of our customers did. If so, thanks :) -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-WRTC-Customs-Pro-Forma-listings-tp5295782p5298036.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Mobile mounting for K2 and/or K3
Have you considered a RAM mount replacement center console for you F250? You should check the dimensions carefully, but at first glance I would say a K2 would fit nicely, along with other radios, and have a nice clean appearance. http://www.ram-mount.com/Products/ConsoleMounts/tabid/414/Default.aspx That approach wouldn't be cheap, but it would look sweet. Byron KI6NUL -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Mobile-mounting-for-K2-and-or-K3-tp5172078p5174670.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Traveling case for KX-1
Hi, Perhapse Rose has a KX-1 case? I don't have one for my K1 (yet), but they look great: http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/7058736_hZbo4/ 73 de Byron KI6NUL -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Traveling-case-for-KX-1-tp5165984p5166242.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] tuning range 80 khz or 150 khz?
I went with 80 khz, and the actual value ended up being 108 khz. Also being a general class, when I was done with the K1 I changed the VFO range so that the available frequencies were a closer match to what I am allowed to use. For me it is working out well. Byron KI6NUL K1 #2799 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/tuning-range-80-khz-or-150-khz-tp4985655p4986467.html Sent from the [K1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K1 - Moving the range of 40 meters from 7.100 up to 7.125?
Don Wilhelm-4 wrote: It is easier to move all 4 bands upward. Just spread the turns on L1 to obtain the low frequency end point that you want. You will likely loose 30 meter coverage unless you change the crystal to the one normally used for the 150 kHz VFO range. This is what I did. The VFO range on my K1 is roughly 102 khz, and moving L1 to a wider spacing, I ended up with: 40 : 7014 - 7117 30 : 10109 - 10212 20 : 14008 - 14111 15 : 21009 - 21112 So, as a general, I need to be careful at the low end of 40, 20, 15 and the upper end of 30. So, not quite what you were asking for, but I hope it helps anyway. 73, Byron KI6NUL -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K1-Moving-the-range-of-40-meters-from-7-100-up-to-7-125-tp4987271p4987798.html Sent from the [K1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
