Re: [Elecraft] OT: Small solar array to handle just the shack,
hi Wayne. I just read your post about wanting to try a limited power solar array with much interest. I think is is a brilliant idea. Here are a few initial thoughts which I also had to consider when planning my own backup power. I built a parallel capable switching array into my last home. What I found to be vitally important in my installation was the need to automate the transfer of power sources for safety first and convenience second. My greatest initial expense went into the acquisition and permitted installation of an ASCO automatic transfer switch. My electrician and the electrical code insisted that this was necessary to protect the utility personnel who would have to work on whatever caused the grid to fail in the first place. While I understand the operation of these things, I not only hired a qualified electrician to hook it up, but I took out every permit necessary for the work so that the installation was legal, and equally importantly, that my insurance carrier would have no excuses should the unthinkable happen. Just a thought. There are manual means to transfer between utility and solar power but they are ponderous and inconvenient. They are also potentially hazardous if not executed with absolute diligence. I trust this gives you a little grist for the mill as you begin to explore your project’s feasibility further. Stand alone systems that do not parallel with the utility are much easier to deploy but they require redundant wiring and are difficult to make attractive (hidden from view so that She who makes the rules will approve.) I will watch this topic with interest since most participants just cannot take these things off of the forum. Cheers, Fred VE7FMN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K2/KX3 with KPA500, cable?
Hi Dieter. Contact me directly for further info regarding a breakout interface between your KX3 and the KPA 500. My contact info is on my website. Cheers, Fred VE7FMN www.ve7fmn.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] Cool your KX3 (fredem)
While the Cooler KX may not be necessary for each KX3, it is never the less available to every KX3 operator for whom this amazing radio has become their base or even only rig. Increasing among us do not have access to amplifiers, do not have access to resonant antennas, do not even have a dedicated ham shack. Compromised antennas, and improvised portable operations, emergency deployments, restrictive HOAs, crowded noisy living spaces, these are becoming normal rather than unusual ham operating scenarios. The KX3 meets the needs created by these circumstances. I cannot say that the creators of the rig envisioned what their baby would grow up to become, but the assembly literature has now been revised to suggest that while the radio may be capable of 10 watts output, it is in fact intended that it do so under specific conditions. We are pushing the rigs capabilities to new boundaries. That is what hams have done in the past out of a thirst for knowledge, it is what we do now out of necessity to be able to stay active. The Cooler KX addresses the well documented overheating of the KX3 when it is deployed on the ragged edge of its capabilities. When a KX3 is your favorite rig, when it is your only rig, QRP is not a luxury; it is a fact of life. When you have no amplifier, and the band conditions are changing, and your antenna is ‘tuned’ the radio warms up. When every watt that you paid for counts to seal the QSO deal, then the Cooler KX helps to get the job done, without any power consumed, without any station noise added. It simply and passively sucks the heat out of the radio, which can only be good for all of the components, not just the PAs. You don’t have to buy a Cooler KX, but if you want one I will surely build one for you. Fred, VE7FMN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and KXPA100 in high duty cycle use
And when you want to use your KX3 barefoot, and discover the temp limitations for your modes, consider that I have a very nice, and very functional heat sink waiting for your call. The results are positive. Double the key down time over stock in extreme trials. In normal operations you can carry on and carry on. Cheers, Fred __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] INSTALLING AEROSYNES HEAT SINK AND WARRANTY
MR Schwartz. Do you want me to bring one to SeaPac so you can see it in the flesh? Cheers, Fred __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
