[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 11th & 12, 2011
Elecraft CW Net Report for September 11th & 12, 2011 Good Evening, The nets went very well today. Although twenty was not as long as normal forty meters more than made up for it. I just noticed the number of check ins on each is pretty balanced. After counting I find it is exactly balanced :) It was nice to hear so well on forty meters again. The normal noise did not show up until very late in the net. Now that the sun has become more active and the season is beginning to change the bands are changing. The new time for the second net helped a great deal but soon the sun will be down for the it. When that happens I'll move the net forward again. On to the lists => On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 W7GVE - Ed - AZ AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 On 7045 kHz at 0100z: K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 KN5L - John - TX - K2 - 7212 I had N0AR call CQ on twenty meters but I don't think his signal was landing on the continent. Thanks anyway Scott. I was surprised when I heard him again on 40 meters. I have not worked that far east in many a net. Is this signs of things to come? The weather seems to be getting milder in the Midwest. Temperatures were in the 80s today. Here it was hotter than the stations checking in from California until Brian came along. I wonder what Steve would have mentioned from Georgia. I got his call sign but the QSB got him before I could work him again. Maybe he got some rain from the Gulf storm system. Last I heard they needed rain. Well the same is true here after a week of hot weather and about a month since the last rain. Only the foggy mornings are providing precipitation. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, A long hot day. Today was the hottest day of the year at 88 degrees. I am not sure what it got to in the valleys this is warm enough. Fire danger is rising quickly. In the Cascades there are a number of large fires with more being added each week. Lightning strikes are causing them and they are fairly remote so it is not easy to get to them. Luckily that also means there are few houses or structures around. Just miles of forest, dry forest, with a lot of fuel ready to keep the fire going. Wind gusts are high enough so the fire breaks need to be made very wide. It is helpful to have a river or highway to help but the fire locations are too remote for that. I am glad the deer hunters here are mostly loggers so they know how to deal with any cigarette butts to make sure they are out. One good thing is that the temperatures will get back into the low 60s and high 50s in only a few days. One more day of 80 degree weather followed by a day of 70 degree temperatures and then into the lower temperatures again. I'll be burning a fire to stay warm in only a few days. All the talk about Heathkit manuals has gotten me thinking. Many of the things I have learned about procedural methods were influenced by them. Written procedures for chemistry and physics classes. Log journals for engineering and scientific notebooks I have kept over the years. And the biggest one is the decomposition of modular structures down to discrete, stepwise methods of construction. I can thank Heathkit manuals and the Forth language for the way I write software. Ten years of writing code in Forth from the late '70s onward followed by many more years of C and other languages are all influenced by those manuals I used as a kid. The Forth language only reinforced the good habits I had learned early on. The stepwise deconstruction allowed me to factor the code into modules, or words in Forth, and then examine them. Once I saw general patterns I could refactor my code into reusable chunks which made writing the next application easier. In Forth once you have written the first code for a project in a certain regime you are extending the language such that it is simpler to write the second app in that environment. By the time you write the third it is just a matter of reusing the words you have already written while only creating a few news ones which are application specific. Fun way to work. Writing working code almost as fast as you can think. Testing the new words is simple too. No test harness just type in the inputs and then the word (function) and out pops the answer. Propagation was good this week but, then, I have not tested them today. The CMEs started striking last night so I will assume the bands are pretty noisy right now. But once the string of CMEs stop whacking the ionosphere we will have much better propagation for a week or so. Maybe forty meters will support longer distance connections of more than one hop in radius. Or twenty will go for three hops instead of just two. We can always hope. Let's test it tomorrow and see what happens :) If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] Heathkit Returns!
When my dad got out of school after the war engineers were required to work on the factory floor until they got a promotion. Then a while at foreman until the other engineers thought their training period was up. My father was a metallurgical engineer (MetE 49) who graduated from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology on the GI Bill. He always told me his time on the foundry floor trained him more as an engineer than did all his class room experience. The theory was great but without the practical aspects of working with materials it was hard to put into practice. My father was a green sand molding expert and later worked developing plasma coating tools, foamed metals, and a variety of non-ferrous alloys. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:08:16 -0700, Edward R. Cole wrote: ... > > I agree with the singular good thing they accomplished was > establishing good procedures for building (start by reading, count > and inventory, don't jump ahead, check-check-check again). Twelve > years after becoming a ham building Heathkits, I was writing maint. > manuals on the weapon systems in the F-14. I'm sure that early > imprinting of good procedures helped. The fact that I actually knew > what the component looked like and did, was a leg up on my fellow > college mates that had only seen math on a chalkboard. Working as an > engineering tech for 2-1/2 years before becoming an engineer, also > gave me great insight into "realities"! Later, I worked another > 25-years as a tech., enjoying it more than pushing paper as an > "engineer". > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 > == > BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com > EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-? > DUBUS Magazine USA Rep 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
Re: [Elecraft] my story for Solid Copy
I think Heathkits' greatest contribution to amateur electronics builders were their fine manuals. I built my first Heathkit at age 9 and made it through OK. However, they should have added a first aid section in the back of the manual for those of us just getting started with hot soldering irons :) But I eventually learned how not to burn myself. Their manuals influenced the way I viewed kit building and step by step procedures from then on. When I started reading the manual for my K2 I realized I had run into another Heathkit builder just by following the procedures. Thanks Heathkit for all the fine gear and for the memories, Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:58:18 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Fred, while I would never suggest to a Collins fan that anyone matched > Collins' designs, E.F. Johnson sure produced some nice Ham band > transmitters > in both kit or factory-built form. I built and ran a Viking Ranger for > years. Unlike Heathkit, Johnson used new-manufacture parts - they even > manufactured many key components themselves. > > Interestingly, they never sold a Ham band receiver, although they > certainly > sold a lot of transceivers in the commercial/military markets and are > still > doing so today. > > Heath's main contribution to my hobby was their great line of test > equipment > kits. > > Ron AC7AC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 from Oregon via KD5ONS
Eleven more contacts in my hour of effort this morning. 40, 20, and 15 meters each gave me contacts. 15 was noisy but I got one Ohio station through just fine. Forty meters was the workhorse band though. It was fun to put in an hour a day this week. Now I have to wait for another 25 or 50 years to do it again :( 73, Kevin. KD5ONS for K6JSS/7 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 from Oregon via KD5ONS
One more try at K6JSS/7 this morning. Starting at 1500z I will skip across a few bands and see who I can find. I will try 7030 or 7040 today to see if that area elicits more contacts than does 7060 kHz. 14060 kHz seems to provide 90% or more of my contacts so I will spend more time there. I am not sure if I will be able to get on tomorrow so this is most likely my last day. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 from Oregon via KD5ONS
Bands were not as good today. Weaker signals, lots of QSB, and QRN was high. The sun acted up and now things are noisy. But I worked four bands: forty, thirty, twenty, and fifteen meters alternating through them for an hour. Got six stations all on twenty meters. I will try again tomorrow and see what happens after the CMEs strike the ionosphere. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 from Oregon via KD5ONS
I will be on the air again starting at 1500z I will alternate between 7060 and 14060 khz. I will try 21060 kHz a couple times too just to see if the sun has opened it again. See you in a few minutes if you want Oregon. Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 via KD5ONS from Oregon
My one hour stint at the rig gathered 12 contacts today. At one point there was a pile up. I had not heard a pile up in so long it took me aback :) But I got the first part of the first call and last part of the last call and worked from there until I thinned the herd. See you again tomorrow, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 from KD5ONS - Oregon
Starting at 1500z I will run for an hour. I will try these bands in this order: 40, 30, and then 20 meters. Thus, 7060, 10116, and 14060 kHz. That way I can cover more ground in my one hour of operation. Kevin. KD5ONS If anyone wants to spot me however you do that feel free. By the time I walk from my rig to my computer and back again I never know if the frequency will still be free. But since spotting is against the rules 99% of the time this is not a problem. KJR. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 - tomorrow's tentative schedule
Starting at 1500z. I will try these bands in this order: 40, 30, and then 20 meters. So, 7060, 10116, and 14060 kHz. That way I can cover more ground in my one hour of operation. 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
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 from Oregon
My first run as K6JSS went OK. I ran for a little under an hour and got a couple. I will try again tomorrow at 1500z. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K6JSS/7 from Oregon
K6JSS/7 will be on the air from Oregon within the next ten minutes. I'll be running on 20 meters at or near 14060 kHz. I plan to run for an hour while I read and work contacts. I will try to be on each morning near 1500z for the alloted time period. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 4th & 5th, 2011
Good Evening, I have a fitting bit of video queued on the other computer waiting for me to finish this. Dr. Who is lying in a boat shaped rather like a small Viking craft. Quite apt because they are lighting him on fire and pushing him into the lake. He is dead. But Time Lords don't die; they regenerate. So I must wait to find out what is going on. Maybe Wayne has finally designed a TARDIS into one of his creations. I keep asking but he keeps putting me off. Is now the time? The twenty meter net was filled with decent signals but also a lot of QRN and fading. Then, about 3/4 of the way through the net, the propagation changed. N0AR called a CQ from Minnesota but had no luck. His first bounce must not have landed in North America. Thanks for the attempt Scott. However, I did get a relay from Mike of a much closer station: K6PJV. I could hear him but only at ESP levels. Thanks Mike! On to the lists => On 14050 kHz at 2200z: W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 KN5L - John - TX - K2 - 7212 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 VE8RT - Ron - NWT - K2 - 7176 AA1V - Don - MA On 7044.5 kHz at 0100z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 N6MA - William - CA The forty meter net was tougher. First Brian comes along and blows me out of my chair. Then Dale comes in a bit quieter. That may have been from my reflex conditioning of turning down the RF gain but it also may have been from a little deafness caused by K0DTJ's monster signal from foggy California. While conversing with Dale a contest started right on top of us. A very unusual contest because they appeared not to be able to hear me at all. Either during my response to them or in response to my CQ. Oh well, it did make life much tougher. I did think N6MA was responding. His message fit with my question as did his timing but then he went away. However, since he did get his call copied and he made even a partial effort he is logged QNI to the net. My rules of engagement are not very strict you see :) Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) _ __ 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] switching on click .. long thread
I have run my K3 from batteries for many years. Since I first got it in fact. I do have a power supply just in case but 4 Trojan T-105s keep its fire lit. I do not experience any thumping, whooshing, ringing, or other noises. Except one: the relay clicking in. But, I expect that. It would be nice if I could get it to sound like the TARDIS whizzing about. Kevin. KD5ONS On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:41:22 -0700, John Ragle wrote: > Please excuse the fact that I cut the tail off this post. I think there > are enough copies floating in reflector land that the subject will be > recognized. > > It is interesting that a significant fraction of the respondents do not > experience the thump reported by others. Although I don't consider this > thump or click a defect, I wonder if it can have to do with the type of > power supply being used, e.g. a regulator transient caused by the sudden > load. I do not experience this thump, and I am running my K3 off a 13.8 > V Pyramid switcher...definitely not what I would call a super-quality > power supply...I have not tried a battery, but am tempted by curiosity > to do so. What sayeth the multitude? > > John Ragle -- W1ZI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, A fairly chilly week requiring a continuous fire to stay warm. Luckily the temperature has risen again so I get an extension to my two week long summer season. The forecast is for another week of sunny weather with temperatures reaching as high as 81 degrees. In Portland it is much warmer. Luckily I have not been to Portland in a few years. But even west of the West Hills it is warmer than here. I try to keep my visits to the lowlands short and during the morning hours. That way I won't melt. Propagation was good the few times I got on twenty meters but that was early in the week. Hopefully all is well with both 20 and 40 meters. Tomorrow we get to test that hypothesis. Before dinner I was out behind the house eating a few thimbleberries. Emphasis on few :( The cold weather prevented many of the blossoms from being pollinated. Now that it is dry the few which did get pollinated are not growing well. I have watered them but they don't respond like domestic species do. I'll try more watering over the next week and hope for the best. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 28th & 29th, 2011
Good Evening, Both nets were not too bad. QRN was bad on 20 meters but less bad on 40 meters. I was very surprised to hear Dave check in. He told us there was not much damage and he was OK. He was weaker than normal but considering a hurricane had just passed it is good he was on the air at all. The second net started OK when I got Brian. Then I got a CQer from Arkansas who could not hear my calling on frequency, KR4RA. Since no one was answering his CQ (that he could hear that is) I waited. But when he did not quit I moved the net to 7045.5 kHz. I explained what I was doing and where I was going so when I called my first CQ there were immediate responses. The QRN was less but Dave made it through from CT again. He gave me a 339 so it was short but it was good to know he was OK from the center of the path. On to the lists => On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 On 7045 & 7045.5 kHz at 0100z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 KR4RA - Mark - AR N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 I hope the conditions on 40 meters keep improving. It is nice to work more than the West Coast again. I actually worked both costs on 40 meters :) Maybe interest will return to the second net. There was a little talk of weather but mostly the temperatures are milder. Since I got no Texas stations on either band I'll not imagine their sweltering temperatures. But the sun is slowly moving back southward again so autumn will come. Then they'll get their respite of winter. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, Another week of summer weather. It is nice to finally have warm days and not so cool nights. Almost a month since I last needed to heat the house too. Looks like next week will have some rain and cold days but mostly it will be high 60s and sunny. Summer was late in arriving but it feels nice. Now the fire danger is rising until the rain. An inch of rain would be nice right now. Fire danger would go down and the berry crops would enjoy a shower. The later start time for the forty meter net worked well. This week the time for it will remain at 0100z. Remember the frequencies are just guidelines. The actual frequency depends upon whether I can hear anyone on the main frequency when I get started. If I did then I will move up or down by 0.5 kHz until I find an open frequency. My normal order for alternates is up 0.5 kHzz then down 0.5 kHz. If neither of those works then it is up 1 kHz and followed by down 1 kHz all from the original starting point. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Fwd: Hurricane Frequency Listings
Frequencies to monitor and avoid for the duration of Hurricane Irene. Kevin. KD5ONS --- Forwarded message --- Original Message Subject:Fw: Hurricane Frequency Listings Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Hurricane Frequency Listings (Unless otherwise noted, times are UTC, freq in kHz) Government, NGO & Military frequencies 02670.0 USB USCG wx Cape Hatteras NC (0133 1303) 02670.0 USB USCG wx Fort Macon NC (0103 1233) 02670.0 USB USCG wx Eastern Shore VA (0233 1403) 02670.0 USB USCG wx Hampton Roads VA (0203 1333) 02670.0 USB USCG wx San Francisco (0203 1403) 02670.0 USB USCG wx Los Angeles/Long Beach CA (1303 2103) 02670.0 USB USCG wx Honolulu (0903 2103) 02670.0 USB USCG wx Marianas Section Guam (0705 2205) 02802.4 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-91) 03171.4 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-92) 04426.0 USB USCG wx NMN Portsmouth (0330 0500 0930) 04426.0 USB USCG wx NMC San Francisco (0430 1030) 04724.0 USB GHFS 05136.4 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-93) 05141.4 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-94) 05211.0 USB FEMA 05236.0 USB SHARES Coordination Network (nationwide HF voice coordination) 06501.0 USB USCG wx NMN Portsmouth (0330 0500 0930 1130 1600 2200 2330) 06501.0 USB USCG wx NMO Honolulu (0600 1200) 06501.0 USB USCG wx Marianas Section Guam (0930 1530) 06712.0 USB USAF GHFS SAR 06739.0 USB GHFS 06859.5 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-95) 07507.0 USB USN/USCG hurricane net (pri) 07508.5 USB FAA Caribbean hurricane net 07550.5 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-96 - primary) 07698.5 USB American Red Cross Disaster (F-97) 08764.0 USB USCG wx NMN Portsmouth (0330 0500 0930 1130 1600 1730 2200 2330) 08764.0 USB USCG wx NMC San Francisco (0430 1030 1630 2230) 08764.0 USB USCG wx NMO Honolulu ( 0600 1200 1800) 08992.0 USB GHFS 09380.0 USB USN/USCG hurricane net (sec) 10493.0 USB FEMA 11175.0 USB GHFS 13089.0 USB USCG wx NMN Portsmouth (1130 1600 1730 2200 2330) 13089.0 USB USCG wx NMC San Francisco (0430 1030 1630 2230) 13089.0 USB USCG wx NMO Honolulu ( 1800) 13089.0 USB USCG wx Marianas Section Guam (0300 2130) 13200.0 USB GHFS 13510.0 USB Pictures from CFH Halifax (1000-2200) 14396.5 USB SHARES Coordination Network (nationwide HF voice coordination) 15016.0 USB GHFS 17314.0 USB USCG wx from NMN Portsmouth (1730) 17314.0 USB USCG wx from NMC San Francisco (1630 2230) Amateur Radio HF Emergency Hurricane Nets 01984.0 LSB Virgin Islands (VI, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) 03710.0 LSB Puerto Rico 03808.0 LSB Caribbean Wx (1030) 03815.0 LSB Antigua/Antilles Emergency and Weather 03815.0 LSB Inter-island (continuous watch) 03818.0 LSB Antigua/Antilles 03845.0 LSB Gulf Coast West Hurricane 03862.5 LSB Mississippi Section Traffic 03865.0 LSB West Virginia Emergency 03873.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane 03873.0 LSB Louisiana ARES Emergency (night) 03873.0 LSB Texas ARES Emergency (night) 03873.0 LSB Mississippi ARES Emergency 03905.0 LSB Pacific ARES (Hawaii) 03905.0 LSB Delaware Emergency 03907.0 LSB Carolina Coast Emergency 03910.0 LSB Mississippi ARES 03910.0 LSB Louisiana Traffic 03910.0 LSB Virginia Emergency, Alpha (ARES/RACES) 03913.0 LSB New York State Emergency 03915.0 LSB South Carolina SSB NTS 03915.0 LSB Massachusetts/Rhode Island Emergency 03917.0 LSB Eastern Pennsylvania Emergency 03920.0 LSB Maryland Emergency 03923.0 LSB Mississippi ARES 03923.0 LSB North Carolina ARES Emergency (Tar Heel) 03925.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane 03925.0 LSB New York State Emergency 03925.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency (altn) 03927.0 LSB North Carolina ARES (health & welfare) 03925.0 LSB Southwest Traffic (altn) 03935.0 LSB Belize 03935.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane 03935.0 LSB Louisiana ARES (health & welfare) 03935.0 LSB Texas ARES (health & welfare) 03935.0 LSB Mississippi ARES (health & welfare) 03935.0 LSB Alabama Emergency 03937.0 LSB Western Massachusetts ARES 03940.0 LSB Southern Florida Emergency 03947.0 LSB Virginia Emergency, Bravo (health & welfare) 03950.0 LSB Hurricane Watch (Amateur-to-National Hurricane Center) (altn) 03950.0 LSB Northern Florida Emergency 03955.0 LSB South Texas Emergency 03960.0 LSB Northeast Coast Hurricane 03965.0 LSB Alabama Emergency (altn) 03965.0 LSB Connecticut Emergency 03967.0 LSB Gulf Coast (outgoing traffic) 03970.0 LSB New Jersey ARES 03975.0 LSB Georgia ARES 03975.0 LSB Texas RACES 03980.0 LSB Southeast Virginia ARES 03987.5 LSB Mexican National 03990.5 LSB New Jersey RACES 03993.0 LSB New York State RACES 03993.5 LSB Gulf Coast (health & welfare) 03993.5 LSB South Carolina ARES/RACES Emergency 03995.0 LSB Gulf Coast Wx 03995.0 LSB Western New York State Coor
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 21st & 22nd, 2011
Good Evening, I am glad I moved the forty meter net to one hour later. It worked out very well. All the way into CT and TX and MN. Much better than just CA and OR. I did get a TX to TX relay though. Probably ground wave to Dave but I was hearing John at 559 so I could copy him along with Dave so there was little to relay except my responses. Poor Dave, K1THP, in Connecticut. He tried checking in during this relay but when I finally was able to call him QSB had taken him away. He will be surprised to find his name on the 40 m list too :) The twenty meter net was much like last week. I seem to have gained some local noise which has not changed much in two weeks. I wonder if they are working on the radio towers above me and that is causing the noise? Other than that there is little equipment close enough to bother me. Unless it is some grounding issue with my well's pump. Doesn't sound like any computer generated trash. Or I could simply blame the sun and be done with it :) If these conditions hold on both bands I will be actively beating the bushes for a more permanent relay station. Maybe that guy in Minnesota could be convinced to call a CQ or two :) But ad hoc relays are always welcome if you had not figured that out yet. Don, W3FPR, wants me to send mountain lions to North Carolina. I wonder what UPS or USPS would think of one crated and shipped? Have to sedate the poor kitty and warn Don about one very annoyed and large cat in a crate. But being an engineer I am sure he would figure out a way to free it without losing more than a couple fingers. On to the lists => On 14050 kHz at 2200z: K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 On 7045.5 kHz at 0100z: K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 KN5L - John - TX - K3 - 4448 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 The weather reports from around the country were milder than last week. At times my temperature was warmer than theirs; especially when Brian checked in. But then there was poor Jeff melting in Texas with another triple digit high. A record was set in Portland this weekend at 90 degrees. Wouldn't you know it the weekend of the airshow with so many folks outside and we get the hottest temperatures of the year? Hopefully the ECOM folks kept a lot of water flowing and did not have to deal with too many cases of heat stroke. Until next week stay cool, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) _ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Old drives, old formats. Re: Pretty-printed manuals...
I have boxes of those 5 1/4 diskettes plus a few 8 inchers. Everything I wrote in the '70s and most of what I wrote in the '80s is now unavailable to me. Just the musty printouts give me a trail of provenance. Some of the algorithms I created back then would still be of value but I cannot get to them. An acoustic analysis program I wrote to simulate the noise pollution around a surface phosphate mine would be nice to have. It was fun to write within the confines we had then but the transition to C and Pascal made life much simpler. Variables with actual descriptive names were a boon to getting the work done faster and the debugging went more quickly in the new modular forms. To this day I am influenced by the integer variables in Fortran: i, j, k. Forth forced me to think in functional decomposition. I do not miss the confines of 65 kB but it was nice to know the wiring of the entire computer and how each bit of the rudimentary OSes of the day fit together. Getting to the I/O lines was much easier then too. Now to dig out my CP/M box and see if it still boots from those 8 inch floppies :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:19:26 -0700, Fred Jensen wrote: > Kind of mean-spirited, no? I have a number of files and documents > stored on 5 1/4" 360 KB floppies [remember those], including my master's > thesis. They were put there by me, mainly using an MS-DOS very early > forerunner to MS Office called "Enable" running on a 10 MHz AT&T desktop > built by Olivetti, with a green screen. I don't know where I could > find a 5 1/4" drive now, I don't know where I can find a copy of that > version of Enable [it stored stuff in some form of compressed binary > because 4GB USB sticks hadn't been invented then [OK, USB hadn't been > invented either] and it had to work within what today we would consider > laughable storage limits, and I suspect at least some of the diskettes > are no longer readable. > > Fortunately, I have printed copies of them, especially the thesis I > worked so hard on, and they are as readable as the day I printed them. > Does that make me a Luddite? > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > Auburn CA > > On 8/21/2011 7:42 AM, John Ragle wrote: > >> Why is it that a supposedly >> technologically-adept hobby like ham radio contains such a larger than >> average Luddite constituency? > __ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, Unbelievable weather today; 77 degrees and more warm weather coming. A few sunny days with 68 degrees followed by a few more days at 70 or better. Maybe summer is starting. A little late but that's OK. The nighttime lows will also rise, up into the mid and high 50s. That will be nice. I can open the windows and not worry about it getting so cold I cannot sleep. I went for a hike a few days ago to check the berries. No luck. I found one but the rest had gone to fill the bellies of some very happy bears and coyotes. The meter reader stopped by yesterday and told me of some more mountain lions. Seems he can't find many deer in his normal hunting area. The lions appear to have eaten them. No wonder I am not seeing very many of them here. We are in a high cycle for those cats and the deer population is dropping off in response. The bears have also cycled upward so any berries I thought of eating will have to be next year. But they are shy so I can still find a few on my land. Propagation was decent yesterday. Some local noise but not a problem for decent copy. Some QSB but then the sun has been actively tossing stuff at us. While it does improve propagation it creates some noise and a little flutter too. Makes a contact an interesting roller coaster ride. Since 40 meters has not elicited many check ins over the last month or so I am changing the time for it. I announced it during the net last week but that does not help much for those of you who could not hear me. So, the forty meter net will be held one hour later until the time change this fall. Monday 0100z or Sunday 6 PM PDT. That gives me a lot of time between nets for dinner and chores. The net report will also come out later too. Hopefully by 9 PM instead of 8 PM. I hope this helps gather a few more people. I have been told the band opens up about half an hour before this net will begin so maybe we can work further to the east. We shall see. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 14th & 15th, 2011
Good Evening, There was a little noise but the stations I heard were quite loud. Except for Fred. Then he tuned and blasted in. I missed the explanation since my ears were still ringing but found out he was running 500 watts from his K3. Once again weather reports were of much warmer weather than I am having. I read about a year without a summer but now I have lived one. While the rest of the US and Canada have had a heat wave I have had chilly to down right cold weather. So I built a greenhouse to get some vegetables to eat during the fall. Even though the season is short it is normally good enough for peas, beans, and lettuce. For peppers and corn I need the hothouse. Propagation was not great on 40 meters once again. While trying to hear Phil, who should have been a fair contact from Oregon, I decided to move the forty meter net later in the day by one hour. So next week it will be at 0100z instead of z. Hopefully the band will wake up to a wider area before that time. I'll post it again next week during my announcement but I wanted folks to know beforehand that they may have a much better chance of checking in rather than the bust it has been the last few months. The net times will change again when we go through the Daylight Savings time change again later in the year. On to the lists => On 14050 kHz at 2200z: W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 On 7045.5 kHz at z: K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826 I hope the time change allows more folks to check in to the second net. Only better propagation will help the twenty meter net and the sun is currently blank. Like my lack of summer this solar cycle is lacking the punch of a solar maximum. I remember listening to shortwave as the sun was sliding off its peak in 1959. I was reading about IGY which had happened only a couple years before and found out much about the geophysical properties of earth. A lot more exciting than reading my dad's metallurgy textbooks :) I was probably the only kid in first grade who could spell molybdenum and manganese. The history of the metals were fun but then you got into the crystallography of them which put me to sleep. It took a few years to develop a taste for those parts of his texts. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, Another very chilly week with one more on the way. Folks are already talking about how much it feels like Fall. Next week some days won't get into the 60s so it is cooling off. Not that it ever got hot. 77 was the hottest day all year. But only five days in the 70s is not a summer. Oh well, there is always next year. There have been more bear around and there were signs of at least one mountain lion. That may be why I have not heard many coyotes around :) The grouse and quail populations were very low this year due to the cold and wet hatching season. I wonder if that means the rodent populations will be low too since there will be little prey for the coyotes and bobcats and mountain lions to eat? As far as my backyard, crawlspace and house are concerned there are a ton of rodents out there. Propagation was strongly effected by the sun this week. There were so many flares and CMEs that I was having a hard time hearing for the background noise. QRN was strong from Tuesday onward. Hopefully the ionosphere has regenerated and the influx of ions has slowed to a dull roar. That will help on twenty meters but I think only the onset of Autumn will help on forty meters. I did make one contact beyond the Cascades and Sierras last week so that is a good sign. Maybe I'll reach back into the plains again soon. The sun is rising later and setting earlier so that helps. I'll start checking 80 meters again soon. It is a good band for working up and down the Coast from Northern California and up into British Columbia. I get to meet my neighbors that way. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX3
I have sent some emails to both Wayne and Eric about the KX3 and received no response. Do I need to join the yahoo groups KX3 list to get the news on this rig? 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 7th & 8th, 2011
Good Evening, Two decent nets today. Twenty meters was fairly open and I could hear most folks really well. One guy from the Northwest Territories was booming in while only running 10 watts, VE8RT. Two were ESP but I dug them out: K0DTJ and WB3AAL. Ron was much worse than Brian but I got his call twice and a few other words. Other than that it was just a slight tone under the noise level. Forty meters was noisier than it normally is on 40 but I got N0TA in Colorado well enough to copy most of what he sent. That has not happened in quite a while. Lately 40 meters has been an Oregon California only band for me. Maybe as we slide to the late part of summer it will grow stronger. I have noticed lately the sun is rising later. I awaken in the grey of dawn instead of to the sun peaking over the mountain. It is also setting earlier. Weather has been monotonous lately. Pretty much the same high temperatures each day and the same lows at night. Not quite 70 and right around 50. For once I did not have the coldest daytime temperature. Brian came in with a 53 and foggy report. Even the folks in Canada have been warmer than it is here. On to the lists => On 14050 kHz at 2200z: W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 N5URL - Bob - OK WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392 N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 VE8RT - Ron - NT - K2 - 7176 On 7045 kHz at z: AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 A couple friends of mine stopped by this morning and commented on my wood pile. So I took them for a walk. I showed them the wind damage and all the trees yet to be cut. We ate a lot of berries along the way and kicked up a couple of deer. The deer only flushed a little way because it was around noon. They wanted to sleep so as we walked along we kicked them up again. I think they may be a little grumpy at me for awakening them :) It was a nice hike on a mild day. Then they left to scout a few other places on the mountain. They mentioned an elk wallow they had found last year and wanted to see if it was still in use. I guess elk roll in the mud to cut down on fly bites. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, On July 27, 2003 I worked the twelfth operator to check in to my little net. I was very green at the job, this being only the sixth time I had run them and was basically playing it by ear. Then Tom Hammond arrived. He helped me organize the nets a little differently and then called them for me as a relay station and then as an alternate net control. He worried in his emails to me that he was taking over. I told him not to pay attention to that thought and keep helping me get better. For many years he did so; assisting me in my skills at NCS and in CW. I had heard about the OzarkCon QRP get together and thought I could travel there. I told Tom and he was happy to find a way to get there. I flew to Oklahoma City to meet my mentor KL7V, Sam Binkley (now N4SAM). He had been helping me with CW since I could barely spell 'cat'. He had taken me from a very shaky 5 wpm to over 20 wpm in daily hour long skeds which made my hands shake and my brain weary. He graciously welcomed me into his home for the night and then we (Sam, his wife Marijo, and I) drove to Joplin, Missouri the next day. I had just taken my gear to the room after checking in and saw a strangely familiar silhouette which gave me a clue that Tom was there. I walked up to him and started a conversation like we had known each other for years; well, because we had. Then Jeri gave me a hug in greeting and we were off. She was about to tell me something when Tom shushed her. He wrote a quick email to Wayne who gave his permission. That is when Tom told me about the K3. The first person to know about it at OzarkCon. He gave me many of the design details on a flash drive. I still have those somewhere and most of the details came true. For the next couple days I tagged along behind him and watched and listened. I sat down for a few presentations and was accosted by folks happy to meet me. ECN does open doors for me. I also got to listen to a group of banjo pickers, fiddlers, and story tellers which made it hard to leave. Sam found me almost asleep sitting in a chair leaned against the wall as the folks played on to tell me he was off to bed. He knew right where to find me. I had a great weekend there at OzarkCon with the two most important mentors I have had in amateur radio. I got to know Tom face to face as well as I had known him on the air and via email or phone conversations. He was just as great in person as he was via the other mediums. Listening to him teach was also enlightening and I have used those lessons while doing my own teaching for the local ECOM group. Thank you Tom Hammond for all the good times, for all the lessons, and for all the fine memories. Thank you for helping me with ECN for so many years. Telling you that you will be missed does not plumb the depth to which you have touched my life. Thank you old friend. May you rest without pain or worry. --- If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] Tom Hammond, N0SS, silent key
Don't worry Joe, I am sure my Pat is right now introducing him around so he gets to know everyone. She never met him but I am sure the two would have been fast buds. Now is her chance to get to know him as well as you did. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:46:12 -0700, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > Tom was relentlessly positive and giving ... I've had the pleasure of > knowing him for 35+ years ... back to the early days of the FT-101 and > the Fox-Tango group. We exchanged many mail and e-mail messages in > those years and worked the FoxTango booth with Milt and Ida Lowens at > Dayton for a few years in '76/'77/'78 time frame. > > Tom was always interested in making things better but never concerned > about calling attention to himself or claiming credit. Amateur radio > and those of us fortunate to know him are better for Tom. He will > surely be missed. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 8/5/2011 1:24 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Elecraft is fortunate to have some of the best customers--and friends-- >> a small company could hope for. And then there was Tom Hammond. >> >> Tom was there nearly from the beginning, in 1999, gently but firmly >> pushing us in the right direction. He helped us test and refine K2 and >> K3 hardware, firmware, and documentation. He wrote or edited many of >> our early application notes. Helped specify parts and tools. Spent >> countless hours volunteering in our booth, demonstrating radios. He >> celebrated our victories, and felt our pain. >> >> Tom was relentlessly positive. He drank the Kool-Aid, but if it was >> sour, he'd spit it out, then smile and tell you how much sugar to add. >> >> Many of us have felt Tom's pain over the past few years. He was always >> a survivor, but by the time Dayton, 2011 rolled around, he was little >> more than a friendly ghost. We knew he was suffering. Now, we're >> counting our blessings that we were able to see him one last time. >> >> About ten years ago, Tom and I drove together to the Ft. Tuthill QRP >> gathering in Flagstaff, Arizona. We were in a small pickup truck >> without air conditioning, and when we left Phoenix, it was a >> blistering 122 degrees in the shade. But we made the best of it, >> rolling the windows down, sailing along the freeway at 75 MPH, >> cracking jokes and powering through bottled water. I never had a >> better road trip. >> >> That's how I'll remember him: taking the heat, in style. >> >> Here's to Tom, N0SS/M, wherever he may be. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> >> >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > __ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] T1 Operational Temperature Limits?
-30? What about the really cold temperatures you get in late January and early February? I am from Wisconsin and it hit -65 one night. It was rather brisk out to say the least. You may want to bring the T1 inside at that point and keep it warm. I doubt the T1 is built to milspec standards nor does it use milspec parts. Below -20F you may experience some thermal contraction issues which are different for each material in the gadget. That 'could' break a few connections. But I will wait until the empiricists arrive for some stories of how the T1 survived a real winter. VY 73, Kevin. KD5ONS Wisconsin born and bred which is why my melting point is only slightly above that of water :) On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:41:08 -0700, GeorgeP wrote: > I'm just about ready to put up a 44' Doublet and feed it with 300 ohm > Twin > Lead. I'm going to connect the Twin Lead to a balun and the T1 at the > base > of the Doublet mast and run about 35' of RG213 back to the shack and my > FT-817ND (soon to be a KX3). > > I was wondering if the T1 could withstand the cold temperatures we get > here > in Minnesota. I wrote Elecraft Support asking if there were any specs > or if > they thought a temp of -30 to +100 F would cause any problems. Dale > responded, "We do not have any real information on what the temperature > limits are, so we suggest you post on the reflector and ask for input > from > other T1 users who have over the years had T1's out in varying > environmental > conditions." > > Any "Snowmen" out there? > > Also I'll be needing a BL2 balun so if someone has one they don't > need/use, drop me a note off list. > > tnx > de George > WD0AKZ > > pasek...@umn.edu > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/T1-Operational-Temperature-Limits-tp6643567p6643567.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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 31st & August 1st, 2011
Good Evening, Neither band was as good as it was last week. That is not saying I did not get checkins but they were not as strong. I also got odd weather reports from the South. Triple digit temperatures? Hmmm... must be something in the water. I awoke to a very crisp bedroom since I had left my window open all night. I put on a sweatshirt which I am still wearing. When I walked outside it smelled nice but was not warm. However, propagation was decent if not spectacular. DX award goes to Dave in Connecticut who had some QSB and a 339 signal. On to the lists => On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z: K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 KB3FBR - Joe - PA - K2 - 6178 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 On 7045 kHz at z: N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 One other person reported a sensible temperature today: Brian down in California mentioned 60 degree weather. Now that is more in keeping with our moderate Oregon weather. He obviously lives in an excellent part of that state :) Dale on the other hand said it was hot. He needs to move closer to Brian to experience true bliss. I never thought to try APF but Brian's and Dave's signal would have given me the best test of it. In fact I required a relay to land Brian on twenty meters. Unknown benefactor I thank you for the assistance. I hope it does cool down for you people in the unblessed part of the US. We in the Pacific Northwest look at the weather map and think travel is out of the question. Maybe when the snow falls on the plains I'll venture eastward. South will have to wait too until I get reports of 50 degree weather which is more in keeping with my high melting point. Until next week stay well and cool if that pleases you, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
A very late Good Evening to you, It has finally happened, I have gone a full week without having to start a fire to stay warm. It was chilly many times but I found another way to keep the house warm until the sun heated the roof enough. Today the temperature rose above 70 again and I think for the next couple of days it was stay in the low 70s before creeping back down. It dried out enough for me to get into the forest and start cutting firewood. I have enough wood remaining to get me half way through the winter unless I have to start more fires this summer. What a strange year it has been. I hear stories about how hot it is but I have yet to experience any day I would call hot. Last week's 77 on Sunday was the hottest I have gotten all year and that would be cool for most of you. Even though I have not had any rain this week I did get precipitation yesterday morning when the fog was so thick it caused the trees to rain on me. The roads were completely dry unless there was a tree directly overhead. The fog was so thick I could not get a connection to the tower where I get my Internet feed until 9 AM when the sun started to burn off the fog. Propagation yesterday was great at times and during the rest of the week it was good. I finally got the firmware upgrade zip file moved over to the K3 so now I can access the menu command which allows me to run APF. In fact I needed to do nothing to get it other than the firmware flash. When I checked the menu I found APF had already been chosen. I tested it and found it does work rather well if you can handle the ringing it adds to the signal. Sounds much like closing the DSP filters down extremely tight which I assume is what it does with one button hold. But when the signals fall below the noise floor even a ringing signal is better than none at all. I expect it will come in handy during the fox hunts. I found it was unnecessary during my regular skeds this week because the signals had improved markedly from last week. Now that the sun is waning into autumn I expect propagation will keep improving. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] Deposits etc.
I was thinking of asking about making a deposit on one just yesterday. I whole heartedly agree with this plan! 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:17:47 -0700, <7000...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, I'll admit it. I'm more excited about this radio than any piece > of gear I can remember in the last 10 years. This little radio > is going to be a huge success for Elecraft. We are all going to have > to try to think about something else for the next 6 months! > > And so, I think Eric and the guys should make the most of this. > I'd consider doing two things: > > Take deposits as soon as possible, but make it a lottery. > Open the first "window" and all deposits received in that week > are in the lottery. The gal at the front desk picks the envelopes out > at random and the results are posted. After that, all orders received > are filled in the order they are received. You can do a window, or you > can cut it off at the number of radios produced in the first run. > > Secondly, I'd make a "bundle" price for three configurations...upgrade > packages. The discount needs only be $50 or so once you exceed > around $1200. You know you are going to buy those filters and options! > > Guys- pre-address your envelopes! > > Bob-AB5N __ 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] K1-4 backorder - how long will the wait likely be?
When I glanced at the Subject line I was a bit taken aback thinking you had ordered a K1, a K2, a K3, and a K4. Since the K4 is only in the wish phase your order will take one very long time to arrive :) 73 & GL with your rigs to come. Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:53:19 -0700, Chris Wagner wrote: > Today, I ordered a K3 and a K1-4. The K1-4 cannot be shipped. Now I'm > wondering how long the wait will be? > If it's way too long, I will switch to the KX1. > 73, > Chris KF6VCI HS0ZFE __ 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] KX3 Musing..
I think 160m to 2m is asking a little much from a fractal patch antenna. But from 20m to 2m should be within the ballpark of a dedicated antenna designer. I don't think there is enough space on the rig for those lower bands. But some of the grad students at the U of New Mexico were working on just such things during my time there. My advisor was the one leading that research. Professor Christos Christodoulou. Lots of interesting design notes in his CV. 73 and GL on that fractal patch design! Kevin. KD5ONS Residing in the suburbs of Buxton, Oregon On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:14:56 -0700, Dave KK7SS wrote: > (Tongue firmly in cheek..) > > The "Ultimate" KX3 would 'obviously' have a 160M->2M Fractal Patch > antenna built into the top of the case... Lyle? > > Flame-proof suit is "ON" > > -- > Dave G KK7SS > Richland, WA > > '59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it.. > '65 Sprite - in process :( > '76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :) > '06 Honda Civic Hybrid __ 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: Announcing the Fort Tuthill Arizona 2011 QRPConferenceand Campout!!
Hi Dave, Is it going to be warm there? Today I have to start a fire because it is getting too cold to type. Ft. Tuthill sounds like fun. I have been to Flagstaff a few times. Once for the observatory and another time just to go camping. When I lived in Albuquerque Flagstaff was the place to go when it got hot. The smell of pine was very nice. Here in Oregon, well on the coast side anyway, we do not have pines. Just fir and cedar which smell quite different. The lodgepole pine don't begin until east of the Cascades. Have fun and remember there is a nice observatory nearby. Percival Lowell created the Flagstaff Observatory because of the very transparent skies in the area. Even though Pluto is no longer considered a planet :( Clyde Tombaugh used the Flagstaff Observatory's Clarke refractor to find it. http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/other/gc_oa_lo.htm The pine trees around the campground allow one to toss an antenna up with no problem. I used a home brew dipole from there with my K2. The batteries were recharged each day with the ever present, intense SW sunshine. I wish solar cells worked as well here! Don't forget your sunblock and a LOT of water. Enjoy the mountain air and be aware of the fire danger in the Southwest. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:50:23 -0700, David Yarnes wrote: > Hi All, > > Hopefully with Eric's acceptance, I am forwarding an announcement by John > Stevens regarding our upcoming QRP gathering at Ft. Tuthill. It's this > coming weekend! > > Some of you may remember, or even have attended, what we used to have > going > annually at Ft. Tuthill. It was a much larger hamfest, and the QRPer's > (mainly enhanced by activities sponsored by the Arizona ScQRPions QRP > group), had a great "event within and event", similar to FDIM but > obviously > smaller. Nonetheless, we had a rapidly growing gathering until the other > Arizona ham clubs botched everything by moving the big hamfest. > > Anyway, the ScQRPions, for the last 3 years or so, have returned the QRP > event to Ft. Tuthill. We have camping, a big cookout, seminars, and > generally a bunch of fun, albeit with a smaller crowd. Everyone is > welcome > though, and if you don't camp, Flagstaff is loaded with motels. And you > don't have to be a QRPer to participate---it's only sponsored by QRPer's. > We have a lot of fun, but we could always have even more if more people > came. Ft. Tuthill is a great venue for this sort of thing, and just a > mile > or two from the middle of Flagstaff. You will find a bunch of Elecraft > fans > there too, of course. > > I know it's a bit late to be telling you all this, but hey--just take a > chance and come! It's 7000 feet up, and in the pines! Hopefully some of > you, within driving distance, didn't have anything better to do this > weekend > anyway! Hi. > > Dave W7AQK > - Original Message - > From: "John Stevens" > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:11 PM > Subject: [qrp-l.org] Announcing the Fort Tuthill Arizona 2011 QRP > Conference > and Campout!! > > > My apologies. I intended to send out the following updated Fort > Tuthill QRP Conference and Campout information, but did an old one > instead... 73 john > > > It's time again for the Arizona ScQRPions 2011 QRP Conference and > Campout at the Fort Tuthill campgrounds near Flagstaff Arizona on July > 28, 29, and 30!! You don't have to be a QRPer as many of our programs > are of general interest. Our website at http://www.azscqrpions.com > has the details with links to maps to our activities. > > Our lineup of presenters this year is: > > Dan Butler (N7XQA) of Microchip with a PIC microcontroller Tutorial > > Steve Galchutt (wG0AT - Goat hiker) Rooster and Peanut and their > adventures > > Bob Finch (W9YA) "What the Antenna Said" > > Mark Brueggemann (K5LXP) ARRL Techinical Specialist ā QRP/P K5LXP style! > > Fred Maas (KT5X) with the presentation "SOTA - Do It With Less!" > combines Trail Running with operating Summits On The Air (SOTA) with > radios so small... > > Early bird camping begins Thursday afternoon July 28th. Stake out > your territory at the campgrounds. > > Steve (wG0AT), Rooster, Peanut, and Fred (KT5X) plan an early Friday > morning SOTA assault on Mt. Elden on the edge of Flagstaff. Get an > early start to avoid the heat and T-Storms and hike with the boys or, > for those of us less fit, drive up, meet them at the summit and do > some operating! Steve and Fred will cover 20m, but could use more ops > on VHF/UHF and other HF frequencies. Ops in Phoenix and other > surrounding cities should have no trouble working them. Be sure to > also listen for them on the trip down on Thursday from other SOTA > sites in NM and AZ. > > Friday July 29th is also the day where YOU become the activities!! > This is your chance to show off what you like to do in your corner of > Ham Radio! BRING A DEMO. SHOW US WHAT YOU DO AND HOW IT WORKS!
Re: [Elecraft] Where is CONFIG: DUAL PB?
Yes, before you ask, tech mode is on but that should not be necessary for this feature. Kevin. On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:36:02 -0700, Kevin Rock wrote: > > I keep searching the CONFIG menu and cannot find DUAL PB anywhere. Does > anyone know where it is hidden? > Kevin. KD5ONS > > > uC 04.16 > > partial menu list in suspected area where DUAL PB may be found: > > ... > CW WGHT > DATE > DATE MD > DDS FRQ > DIGOUT1 > EXT ALC > FL4 BW > ... > > According to the manual it should have been between DIGOUT1 & EXT ALC. > > Where did it go? > __ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Where is CONFIG: DUAL PB?
I keep searching the CONFIG menu and cannot find DUAL PB anywhere. Does anyone know where it is hidden? Kevin. KD5ONS uC 04.16 partial menu list in suspected area where DUAL PB may be found: ... CW WGHT DATE DATE MD DDS FRQ DIGOUT1 EXT ALC FL4 BW ... According to the manual it should have been between DIGOUT1 & EXT ALC. Where did it go? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] I had a dream
I was musing today about my K3. I like the receive equalization feature. It allows me to boost the sidetone frequency and attenuate all the others. I thought further. Why can't the equalizer attenuate everything except my sidetone? Say your sidetone is 600 Hz. Do you really need to hear 700 Hz or 500 Hz? By killing all the highs I can get rid of the ever present hiss. What would happen if I could only hear 600 +/- some epsilon Hz? Just a thought for a feature to put on the back burner and simmer a while, like chicken stock. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 24th & 25th, 2011
Good Evening, Propagation was better this weekend. There was a contest to avoid on twenty meters but I got a number of folks checked in there. Some QSB to fight but mostly lots of rabid contesters. On forty meters I had one op with a new 500 watt amp from Elecraft. Woo it was loud! I kept copying his call as AE6II but Dale disabused me of this notion. Must have been an artifact of my eardrums touching :) Phil was quite loud too. He gave a report of 85 degrees at the beach. Up here it was a little cooler at 77 but even now it feels sticky. I had a towel under my arm while running both nets and need another one here to type. But the sticky weather will not last long. Tomorrow we are due for another spate of 50 degree temperatures and rain. We are getting summer in short day or two doses this year. On to the lists => On 14051 kHz at 2200z: N3AE - Shawn - MD N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 W0EC - Garth - CO AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 WB0PYF - Ray - MO W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 KB3FBR - Joe - PA - K2 - 6178 On 7045 kHz at x: K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 AI6II - Mike - CA - K3 - 4454 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826 By the way, I moved Dave, W8OV, back to Texas where he belongs. Him living in California was just not right :) Hopefully I will not get too much more rain so I can get out in the forest. Time is a wasting, winter is almost upon us. At least so say the foxgloves. Now it is off to the cutting and splitting area for me. I will cease being so lazy and get to work at something other than a keyboard. Stay well, and cool for you folks in the sauna we call the Midwest, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, The weather has gotten warmer. After tomorrow I will have had 5 days above 70 degrees. The forecast was for 80 degrees but that has been revised downward to 76. It got all the way up to 75 today with a lot of sun. Very warm now. However, on Monday the temperature goes down to the new Oregon summer normal of 52. Lots more rain for what should normally be the dry season. I did enjoy the day though and put this warm spell to good use. I now have a clean truck :) Not sure how long it is going to stay that way with the mud coming back but for today it is shiny. Propagation on twenty meters this week was good at times and weaker at others. Had to cut a few skeds short but got in at least 30 minutes each time. I ran an experiment on Wednesday testing every set of headphones and ear buds in the house. Instead of running the RF gain at maximum I could turn it down on one pair of ear buds to a setting around 12 o'clock. Much nicer. I rarely, if ever, touch the AF gain control. It is always set at max. A habit I picked up in the late '50s which has served me well ever since. By riding the RF gain I can eliminate a lot of the noise on the band. Then fiddling with NR and NB I can get a decent signal out of what was hard to copy. I had heard that the sunspot cycle was going up. What changed? I think it was easier to set up a sked during the solar doldrums than it is currently. Hmmm... Even though the weather is not showing it the flowers around me tell me it is past mid summer. The Turk's cap lilies are just now starting to bud at my elevation. The foxgloves have another six to ten inches to bloom until they are done. When they are finished blooming I better have a nice stack of wood because they presage cold weather. Hopefully the rain will stop soon so I can safely get out with my chainsaw and cut another six or seven cords. Using a chainsaw in the mud is not good but I may have to do it or freeze this winter. Maybe I will get a dry season. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] "Q" signal trivia [OT!!!]
My editor would have blue penciled that is a NY second :) But this is so far off topic as to be squashed rapidly. Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:34:42 -0700, Mark wrote: > Hi Kevin: > > Depends on your style guide... :-) > > Apparently, both usages are common. Wikipedia says that years are a > special case. :-) I don't think '60's is universally considered > incorrect - though the Chicago Manual of Style would. > > 73, > > Mark __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] "Q" signal trivia
However, we refer to the '60s without a second apostrophe. Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:29:26 -0700, Mark wrote: > Hi Kevin: > > Because an " 's " is the standard way to create a plural of a digit or > digits in English? (at least historically) :-) It doesn't indicate a > possessive in this usage. > > See, for example, > http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/apostrophe.htm: > > "An apostrophe is also used to form some *plurals*, especially the > plural of letters and digits. Raoul got four _A's_ last term and his > sister got four 6's in the ice-skating competition. " > > Of course, the Chicago Manual of Style disagrees... :-) > > 73, > > Mark, KD4D > > On 7/18/2011 12:19 PM, Kevin Rock wrote: >> I have always wondered why it is written in the possessive form. Why >> not >> write it 73s instead if you want to make it a plural and not possessive? >> Kevin. KD5ONS >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:57:43 -0700, Gary D Krause >> wrote: >> >>> I think the reason 73's came about is that many of us, myself included, >>> repeat >>> it twice at the end of a CW QSO. >>> >>> Gary, N7HTS >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:46:41 -0600 >>>"Ken - K0PP" wrote: >>>> "Q" signals were established to facilitate communication >>>> between stations that don't share a common language. >>>> >>>> In usual usage a "Q" signal without punctuation is considered >>>> a statement. If it's followed by a "?", it's meant as a question. >>>> >>>> Needless to say, a purist would never use a "Q" signal in voice >>>> communications, but we all do. "The home QTH here is ... (;-) >>>> >>>> Oh ... 73 is correct. 73's isn't. 73's is equivalent to "Good >>>> lucks". >>>> >>>> 73! >>>> Ken - K0PP >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] "Q" signal trivia
I have always wondered why it is written in the possessive form. Why not write it 73s instead if you want to make it a plural and not possessive? Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:57:43 -0700, Gary D Krause wrote: > I think the reason 73's came about is that many of us, myself included, > repeat > it twice at the end of a CW QSO. > > Gary, N7HTS > > > On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:46:41 -0600 > "Ken - K0PP" wrote: >> >> "Q" signals were established to facilitate communication >> between stations that don't share a common language. >> >> In usual usage a "Q" signal without punctuation is considered >> a statement. If it's followed by a "?", it's meant as a question. >> >> Needless to say, a purist would never use a "Q" signal in voice >> communications, but we all do. "The home QTH here is ... (;-) >> >> Oh ... 73 is correct. 73's isn't. 73's is equivalent to "Good lucks". >> >> 73! >> Ken - K0PP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 17th & 18th, 2011
Good Evening, Twenty meters was very nice today. Twelve checkins over a period of about 40 minutes. Much nicer than last week's skunk :) Most of the signals were quite strong while a few of the eastern stations had some QSB. Some of the southern stations had fast and slow QSB which made life a little interesting. But hearing folks is much nicer than calling CQ while reading a magazine! Weather reports for the most part were much warmer. Only Brian down in California came close to my 55 degrees. I just went for a short walk and there was a warm breeze off the coast. Not warm enough to put out the fire but it is better than the rain and 45 degree nights I have had lately. Last night I had a mosquito flying around the keyboard but it was not very aggressive so it is warm enough for them. On to the lists => On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z: K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 N3SW - Scott - PA K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 W8OV - Dave - CA - K3 - 3139 N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471 KB3FBR - Joe - PA - K2 - 6178 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 On 7045.5 kHz at z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826 Thank you for the fun nets. I enjoyed hearing from you all. It was very nice to hear improvement in twenty meters. Forty meters was about the same as last week since it would not get over the Rockies as it has many times in the past. But with the days beginning to shorten I expect it will get back to better propagation at net time soon. It is noticeably moving southward at each sunset. The flowers have also changed to the orange and purple hues of mid-summer. While I was out walking just now I heard a mourning dove. His call was not what I had grown accustomed to when I grew up in Wisconsin. Not enough beats on the end. I wonder how much variation there is in bird calls over their normal range? Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, I keep hearing about warm weather and sunny skies but it is so rare here I can count the days over 70 degrees on the fingers on one hand with some left over. Most days this week I have had to start a fire to stay warm. Today it got all the way up to 56 degrees. Luckily the nightly lows are getting warmer too. Last night it was only 50 degrees instead of in the mid 40s. It has been raining for the better part of the last three days. I wish the dry season would get here and summer would start. However, not all is gloomy and cold. The propagation has become incrementally better. Enough so I could have a few longer skeds on 20 meters. The wish is for continued improvement. Maybe the sun will break with predictions and become more active. It would be best if the solar wind would kick into high gear and create numerous auroral displays. It is easier to deal with auroral flutter than it is to listen to a sparsely populated band. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 10th & 11th, 2011
Good Evening, What in the world has happened to propagation lately? On twenty meters before the net I scanned the band and found a number of folks on the air. But when I called the net I heard nothing for the entire time. First skunk for me in nine years. I guess it had to happen sometime but why did it not occur during the depth of the solar cycle? According to SpaceWeather.com there are many spots on the sun but they are not improving propagation. During the last few months I keep checking to see if my antenna has fallen down. Luckily forty meters was not as bad. It is still limited to the West Coast but at least I could hear a few folks. Only the first two on the following list however. The next two were relayed to me by Dale. I heard just a peep from Phil but nothing at all from Don. Guess San Diego is out of my range! I wonder where my twenty meter signal was landing? It sure seems to have missed North America. On to the lists => On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: No stations heard. On 7045.5 kHz at z: K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 NK6A - Don - CA - K3 - 4569 NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826 AE6II - Don - CA I can only hope twenty meters improves over the week. I know the weather is going back to wet and chilly again. For the next week the highs will be in the 50s. I am glad I still have wood left for the stove! We had a few days of warm weather and sun. That was nice. 74 degrees one day felt hot. I am glad the thimbleberries were in full bloom for the warm days. The bees have been very active with them right outside my radio shack window. Hopefully a lot of berries will be set since these are my favorites. Year by year my patch of them grows larger. It won't be long before I get to compete with the deer to eat them :) Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] First Skunk for ECN
I called CQ for 20 minutes but heard no one respond. The first skunk I have ever had for the Elecraft CW Net. Not a bad string though; nine full years without a miss. Oh well, it had to happen sooner or later. I just checked, the antenna is still attached :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, The weather has been quite changeable this week. High temperatures in the mid 70s, then the mid 50s, and now back in the mid 60s. Cloudy and cold with some rain to sunny and rather warm (apologies to those in warmer climes) in the mid 70s. But the changeable nature with the sun and warmth at times is a sign of the commencement of the dry season. Summer is starting very late this year; I hope it lasts until October. The sun brought out a large number of critters. Two days ago I saw a doe with two tiny fawns. A mile later another doe with a fawn. Then I saw a coyote and a covey of California quail. I have only seen one grouse thus far and it was a female ruffed grouse. No spruce grouse lately. I have one Steller's Jay which likes the sound of a fork on a plate. She enjoys leftover rice and the ends to my loaves of bread. Propagation on twenty meters was spotty this week. To the east it was poor but to California twenty meters worked rather well. Why has it become a local band? I heard a noise on my roof on Wednesday that sounded like a falling branch. The wind was high so I thought the tree was simply sloughing off dead limbs. When I went out for a look I saw the balun to my spare G5RV hung in a branch with the feedline lying on the roof. I have soldered that joint three times thus far and it looks like I get to practice soldering in the wind one more time. Luckily it is much warmer than the last time when there was snow on the roof. I should have used a torch that time but used my Weller soldering gun instead. I may need to drop that antenna for a more thorough refit. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] KPA500 Build
I was at a Red Cross EOC during a training drill as an ECOM operator. The stack of radios were on a folding leg table with an aisle for people to pass on the back side of all of those radios. When I walked into the radio room the first thing I saw were all the low voltage lines exposed to touch. I kept telling the folks in control how very dangerous this was. They all wore wedding bands and watches which would have welded themselves to the power lines. They did not seem to understand. "It is only 12 volts", they said. "But at how many amps?", I responded. They did not understand the welding concept. I searched the place and found a bunch of tape which I used to cover all the exposed cables. Even the other radio ops did not seem concerned. I wonder what they would have done if I had shorted a screwdriver across one of the rigs? Sometimes it is very difficult to tell folks they are in danger and have them understand it. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:40:30 -0700, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Tony, > > Your cookie sheet is an OK idea, but it gives me cause to insert one of > my safety "hot spots". > When working on a fully conductive surface, keep all power sources at a > safe distance (at least 1 foot greater than your reach). That goes for > even 9 volt batteries and 13.8 power sources, and of course, the AC > receptacles. > > The AC voltage problem is easily recognized - high voltage can kill you, > but not as readily recognized is that low voltage can maim you - suppose > your watch or wedding ring comes in contact with a battery terminal. > Not only will flying molten metal happen, but your finger or wrist can > be very badly burned by the heat produced. > > Work as you see fit, but above all - BE SAFE - low voltage sources can > maim or even kill just as well as high voltage. > > There are no fully conducting surfaces in my work area - static mat, > yes, but metal sheets, NO! > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 7/8/2011 5:07 PM, Tony Estep wrote: >> Not only is a muffin tin an excellent parts bin, but a large cookie >> sheet is >> great for building SMT gadgets. It's conductive, so no static buildup, >> and >> the raised edges keep little parts from ending up on the floor. I got a >> muffin tin and cookie sheet at Walmart, $3.50 each. If the shiny >> surface of >> the cookie sheet is too reflective, put a piece of black conductive >> foam on >> it. >> >> Tony KT0NY >> > __ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3: remote control
Plus it is only a few chips on a board to get the job done. Firmware is dead simple too. Simple solution, why hasn't anyone built it yet? Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:57:19 -0700, Rick Prather wrote: > Seems to me that with all the recurring interest in remote operation > that pops up here and, with the number of people that are thinking about > remote as a way to retire to a radio restricted QTH and still get on the > radio, that a direct ethernet hook up like the Omni VII has would be a > great addition to the K3. > > I would visualize an internal modem board like Ten-Tec does in the VII > that can be assigned it's own IP address and connected directly to the > Internet without a computer at the remote location. This would be an > option, so not required if someone isn't interested in remote operation > - unlike TT. > > Of course, this can be done now with the Remoterig set up but for a > healthy cost. Whereas, the direct ethernet connection with appropriate > software (like TT's One Plug) would be easier, neater and a lot cheaper. > > Rick > K6LE __ 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: remote control
Instead of a full blown computer at the remote site why not just design an app for an Ethernut board? If you have IP access to the site then the Ethernut board can run the K3 from firmware. Set the watchdog timer so if there are any glitches it times out and resets the board. Send the commands to the IP address and the Ethernut board parses them and sends them to the K3. Fairly simple app to write should only take a day or two. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:29:58 -0700, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Don, > > It is not a good idea to just "remove the power" from the K3 - just like > a computer, it needs to power down gracefully and store some things for > the next time it is powered up. > > The K3 does feature a Remote Power On input that can be used to turn it > on. To turn it off remotely, one can use the PS0; command (see the K3 > Programmer's reference). > > A dedicated controller *could* be designed to serve in place of the > computer at the remote end, although that would take too much effort > IMHO for a one-off installation. A computer is probably the easiest > implementation, although as you aptly pointed out, it may need to be > reset if it hangs for some reason. In my experience, if the computer is > not doing a write function at the time the "plug is pulled", it will > come up again without incident or damage - so your solution for the > computer may be workable. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 7/5/2011 4:52 PM, Don Nelson wrote: >> On 7/5/2011 2:27 PM, Alan Bloom wrote: >>> Yes, you do need a computer at the operating end. However it is really >>> nice not to need one at the radio end. If the computer crashes you >>> really don't want to have to drive to the mountaintop to reset it. >>> Also >>> having a computer running 14/7 can waste a lot of power. The computer >>> at the operating position can be turned off when you aren't using it. >>> >>> Alan N1AL >>> >> If you put an IP addressable power strip on the mountain top, you can >> remotely turn the computer/radio/etc. on and off at will. This can save >> power. This can give you a remote method for resetting the computer. >> This can be another way of turning off the radio. >> >> Don, N0YE >> > __ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ā That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, ā That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. To everyone who recognizes these famous words I ask you to review the rest of the document. It is quite inspiring to read, on this, our birthday. Happy 235th!! Weather has become warm. The hottest day of the year so far at 73 degrees Fahrenheit. With no breeze this is pretty hot. I know it is a little warmer in other parts of the world but this is what I experience. It is nice to see the sun again after all the wet and cold weather. I finally broke down on Wednesday and started a fire to feel warmth again. Now I have a stack of wood next to the stove ready for our next cold snap. Between appointments I was able to get on the air a couple times this week. Conditions were not too bad on twenty meters. I could hear both into Alabama and California. I hope conditions are just as good tomorrow. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] Iambic Keying (WAS: Straight key first?)
Or you could do what I did: shatter my right wrist in so many places they had to pin it together. For eight weeks I was in a cast that held my hand immobile; thus necessitating my entry into the world of left handedness. I learned to do every thing with my left hand, most especially how to write. Made me ambidextrous in many of the things I do. I could even throw a baseball with my non-dominant hand. Could not throw it fast but I could hit the target. This accident interrupted my entry into amateur radio for many years. The theory was simple but my right hand would not send CW. By the time I thought to try my left hand other interested had taken over. Oh well, it would have been nice to have gotten my ticket in 1966 or so. I was learning how to send on a bug at the same time. The point being I can still write with my left hand if necessary but I have found it simple to send and write with the same hand. There is plenty of time as long as you copy in your head for a few seconds (words). Now to learn how to send left handed to ease the pain in my right wrist. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:59:51 -0700, Don Wilhelm wrote: > OK, I have made a vow to learn to send with my right hand within the > next year, so my left hand is free to write. Then I will not have to > change any of the transmitters to reverse the paddles anymore. > > Being a Southpaw can be a good thing! > > 73, > Don W3FPR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Straight key first?
I once had an op check into ECN who I knew but his fist sounded rather odd. Spacing was good but the keying sounded flaky. He was also slower than his normal speed. After the nets he emailed me and told me his story. He had been using two pieces of stranded wire to send code. I think solid wire works much better ;) Once you know code you can use any manner of instrument to send it. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:54:28 -0700, PTA_ABD wrote: > There is a certain value in learning to use a straight key. Requires no > power or batteries, is immune to RF, and passable CW can be generated > with just about any type of contacts. I recall using gum wrappers taped > to my fingers when I was a kid ( just fer fun). > > I still have one hooked up. I don't use it often, but I find difficulty > using paddles under QRS conditions. Sadly, so many years of using > paddles makes tickling a bug impossible anymore... yuck! > > Paul WB2ABD > K3 #129 __ 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] Straight key first?
You will easily use a straight key if you ever need to now that the rhythm of the code is built into your mind. Good luck and have fun, Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:14:43 -0700, Wayne Conrad wrote: > I'm too new to this to know much, but it seems to me that one might best > learn to send Morse well by copying a lot of well sent Morse. I only > say this because I listened to computer generated Morse for months > before I got on the air. When I finally did send, I got compliments > right away on my fist. All I was doing, though, is sending the same > rhythm I'd been hearing for months. > > If this was already said, then I apologize for the redundant repetition > :) > > 73, Wayne Conrad KF7QGA __ 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] Straight key first? (was: Re: K3 in the Media)
The decoder on the K3 can be used to monitor one's sending. Getting the word spaces correct can be checked with it. However, thinking, copying, and sending simultaneously with the slight delay inherent in the decoder is like juggling five balls at once. It can be done but it makes life more interesting :) Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:54:25 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: ... > > I like to practice on my bug with a computer decoder that is very, very > finicky about spacing and element lengths. CW GET is one such program > that > really hates to decode anything but keyboard sending. My goal is to make > it > decode my bug fist reliably. > ... > > Ron AC7AC __ 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 in the Media
I agree. I started on paddles and used them for four years before I ever tried a straight key. By then the rhythm of the code was built in so using the key was simple. But I could only send for ten minutes or so before noticing how hard it was. I think I could run a key for a few hours but why when I can use paddles instead? Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:31:10 -0700, VE3GAM Allen McRorie wrote: > after having operated both a straight key and a paddle, > I'm not really sure that the two are comparable > > I don't think being able to send using a straight key does > anything to help you send better than using a paddle, but > using a paddle is much easier to me than using a straight key and > if you take nostalgia out of it, I would think starting with > a paddle is what I would recommend to anyone just > starting out. I just don't understand the fascination with > straight keys, they are hard to use and tiring if you don't > use them correctly > > anyway my .02 cents worth > > al ve3gam __ 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] No RTFM
A 500 question essay exam format should prove adequate. Or maybe an oral examination equivalent to a thesis defense. No longer than five hours in duration please. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:28:27 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Should we offer a small discount on complex products if a potential > customer reads the entire manual and passes a test first? > > Wayne > N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
I know a guy in Minnesota with a ton of hard line on a very tall tower. I think his 6m antenna is attached part way up the side at about 1000 feet. I think you may want to convince him to add an XG3 beacon on that hardline during his off hours. Or raise the 6m loop up a bit and put it at 2000 feet. That should increase the radius the 0 dBm signal can cover. What do you think Scott? 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:27:46 -0700, Bill K9YEQ wrote: > I may put one up in here in WI when I get my alternative other side of > the > house coax line installed. Might as well use the XG3 near 100% of the > time. > Line loss could be a detrimental factor, but I do have.75" heliax to > help. > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > -Original Message- > We need more beacons :) > > Wayne __ 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] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
I think stacked and phased 20 element Yagi-Udas will get me the title at 150 miles!! How much aluminum can one put into the sky? Kevin. KD5ONS On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:40:45 -0700, Bill K9YEQ wrote: > Wayne, > > You have now thrown the gauntlet! > > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > -Original Message- > > > In that case, you now hold the record for copying an unamplified XG3 > beacon > :) > > The previous record was 1/4 mile or so. > > Wayne > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 6:46 PM, K7WIA wrote: > >> per Google Earth, I am 18.42 miles away.. >> >> this is not Kansas.seattle is a very hilly city. and from Goggle >> earth. >> the beacon is in a hole for me, and a lot of hills between it and me.. >> although I do have a clear horizon to the cascade Mtns to the east >> from my QTH and in the direction of the beacon... >> Ed K7WIA >> > > __ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] AGC-OFF
I just realized I picked up my operating traits of always wearing headphones and riding the RF gain 50 years ago. Shocked me to think I have been listening to shortwave for so very long! I may be getting old :) But I did learn them from a WWII radio man while wearing his vintage phones. All that Marine training sticks after all these years. Kevin. On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:22:36 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Saving that $110 plus postage is one advantage of being a "solder > jockey" - > but I've never managed to damage one of those IC's with a brief signal no > matter how loud. They saturate, keeping any voltage spikes inside the > limits > they can withstand. > > What will kill one, IMX, is a sustained saturated signal (for several > minutes) that eventually causes the chip to overheat from excessive power > dissipation. > > Big Bear Lake ought to be beautiful this time of the year, Dave. (I was > raised in Redlands, down below you in the San Bernardino Valley.) But so > is > the central Oregon coast this time of the year :-) > > 73, > > Ron AC7AC > > -Original Message- > 2. Never use the speaker amp with AGC turned off. It takes just > one dit from a loud signal to destroy the delicate speaker > amplifier IC. That will require a $110 factory repair, plus > postage. > > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL > Big Bear Lake, CA > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] AGC-OFF
I never use the speaker and I ride the RF gain. When I hear the signal rising I can catch it in time to avoid limiting. However, I only use this method when the QSB is a fast flutter which causes me problems. When the QSB is simply a slow up and down wave I'll use AGC-F which is fine. This morning I had both rapid and slow QSB. The rapid QSB was the problem while the slow QSB was easily dealt with by riding the RF gain. Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:24:03 -0700, Dave Hachadorian wrote: > There are two major problems with turning off the K3's AGC: > > 1. There is very little dynamic headroom until the AF Limiter causes > severe distortion on even a moderately loud signal, even if the AF > Limiter setting is max. > > 2. Never use the speaker amp with AGC turned off. It takes just one > dit from a loud signal to destroy the delicate speaker amplifier IC. > That will require a $110 factory repair, plus postage. > > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL > Big Bear Lake, CA > > > > > -Original Message- From: Kevin Rock > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:12 AM > To: Elecraft > Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] AGC-OFF > > > I was having a hard time making out characters today during my daily sked > into the Southeast. The QSB was a fast flutter and was chopping up the > letters badly. I was running fast AGC and thought maybe slowing it down > may help. It did - a little. So I took the next logical step and turn > AGC off entirely. The characters popped right out at me. I just rode > the > RF gain as the signal went through its slower QSB while the fast flutter > QSB did little to bother me. AF gain was cranked to high as I normally > run it while RF gain was set to where the background QRN was minimized. > Turning off the AGC helped eliminate the fast flutter problems which were > causing me difficulties copying. > > This is most likely old news to many of you but I have been running AF > gain at max and controlling volume with the RF (or IF) gain since 1960 > when I first started SWLing on my brother's Lafayette receiver. > > I hope this helps at least one of you drag out a new one. > 73, >Kevin. KD5ONS > __ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Antenna Tuner & the T1
I was playing with NECwin+ and found an interesting antenna. Later I found it had already been invented but it was fascinating to see how the numbers worked. It was an off center fed doublet with the feed point at the 3/8 - 5/8 point. It worked well without a tuner for almost all bands. Play with the numbers and see if you can find a better feedpoint for an off center fed wire. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:30:23 -0700, Al Gulseth wrote: > Wayne, > > Pardon me if I missed where the details were posted, but I'd like more > info on > the "50' off-center-fed wire" antenna you mention. I'm assuming you mean > 50' > long, but are you using the traditional 1/3 - 2/3 feedpoint or one of the > other "offsets" that some authors mention? > > This sounds like a good possibility for a portable ops "wire in the > trees" > antenna. (My primary portable interest is 40/30/20/15 and I'd like to > know > how it loads on those bands.) > > TNX/73, Al > On Tue June 21 2011 2:58:24 pm Wayne Burdick wrote: >> On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Dave KK7SS wrote: >> > How does the SWR/R/X range of the proposed KX3 AT compare with the T1? >> >> A little wider (same as the KAT3). >> >> > And, just as important, will the KX3 'autotune' with the T1? >> >> Yes. I'm using a T1 with the K3 on all bands right now, with a 50' off- >> center-fed wire, 300-ohm twinlead, and a an Elecraft BL2 balun. Works >> great. >> >> As soon as the KXAT3 is ready, I'll be using that :) >> >> Wayne >> >> > Inquiring minds, and all that jazz :) >> > >> > (Already have a T1 ^_^ ) >> > >> > Thanks.. >> > >> > -- >> > Dave G KK7SS >> > Richland, WA >> > >> > '59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it.. >> > '65 Sprite - in process :( >> > '76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :) >> > '06 Honda Civic Hybrid >> > __ >> > Elecraft mailing list >> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> > >> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
Dense stands of trees no longer exist on my mountain. Many, many square miles of timber have been clearcut in the last ten years. Now I can see for a very long way :) Kevin. On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:37:27 -0700, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote: > Not an expert Wayne, but earned my $ calculating path loss at HF up to > microwave during point-to-pont, mobile and relay systems design "back > then" > using the classic 4/3 Earth Radius approach at VHF-Microwave. > Unfortunately > my relevant data is packed, but I understand that the path between Kevin > and > Doug is about 150 miles. So in spite of the elevation of Kevin's QTH, at > 50 > MHz the path would not appear to be true line of sight but Fresnel Zone > obstructed, which together with any loss added by local obstructions > such as > dense tree growth and buildings could put the beacon's signal below > Kevin's > noise floor. > > 73, > Geoff > GM4ESD > > > On June 21, 2011 at 23:40 Z, Wayne Burdick wrote: > >> Do we have any experts at path-loss calculations (over typical >> Seattlian terrain) on the list? >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Kevin Rock wrote: >> >>> I should be line of sight to Seattle. I know I am south of it and >>> he is using a gain antenna. Do you think he will reach beyond the >>> outskirts of Seattle? >>> Kevin. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:26:00 -0700, Wayne Burdick >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Also, at 0 dBm power output, his XG3 may only be audible to fairly >>>> close stations unless there's a serious band opening. >>>> >>>> Wayne >>>> N6KR > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
I am at one half the required altitude. Guess I'll wait for reports of Es and then try again. Now that the frequency is in memory and the loop is reattached things will go more quickly. Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:01:40 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > No expert here, but a little scratch-pad geometry suggests that, assuming > the Seattle station is at sea level (which Seattle is typically), Kevin's > mountain would have to be at least 3500 feet ASL for just line of sight. > Probably need to add 20% to that to clear the Fresnel zone. > > One the coast here I'm definitely not line of sight and would need to > experience a great band opening. > > My personal best QRP record is an AM QSO from near Los Angeles to Denver > Colorado running about 100 mW on an Army AN/PRC6 Korean War era hand-held > with a 1/4 wave flex antenna sticking out of the top. > > But that was during the huge sunspot event in the late 1950's. > > Ron AC7AC > > -Original Message- > Do we have any experts at path-loss calculations (over typical > Seattlian terrain) on the list? > > Wayne > N6KR > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Kevin Rock wrote: > >> I should be line of sight to Seattle. I know I am south of it and >> he is using a gain antenna. Do you think he will reach beyond the >> outskirts of Seattle? >> Kevin. > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
I should be line of sight to Seattle. I know I am south of it and he is using a gain antenna. Do you think he will reach beyond the outskirts of Seattle? Kevin. On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:26:00 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Also, at 0 dBm power output, his XG3 may only be audible to fairly close > stations unless there's a serious band opening. > > Wayne > N6KR > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote: > >> Hello Kevin, >> >> Trust that all is well with you. >> >> It crossed my mind that if your QTH is off the back of Doug's W7RDP/B >> Moxon >> and you are some distance apart, you might not hear his XG3 beacon >> because >> of the large f/b ratio that is typical of a Moxon. For example one of my >> wire 40m beams was a Moxon and was back on to Continental Europe (DLs, >> Is >> and such), and its f/b was a good 30ish db depending on the angle of >> arrival >> of the Eu signals. >> >> 73, >> Geoff >> GM4ESD >> >> >> Kevin Rock >> On June 21, 2011 at 22:06 Z, Kevin Rock wrote >> >>> I have scanned from 50.020 to 50.030 on both my 6 meter horizontal loop >>> and on my G5RV. No signals at all except for one birdie. >>> Kevin. KD5ONS CN85jq >> >> >> >> __ >> 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 > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
I have scanned from 50.020 to 50.030 on both my 6 meter horizontal loop and on my G5RV. No signals at all except for one birdie. Kevin. KD5ONS CN85jq On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:48:15 -0700, Doug Phillips wrote: > After corresponding with Wayne a little today, I have my XG3 running a > 0dBm into a Parr 6M stressed Moxon aimed South at about 45' agl, CN87xo, > just east of Seattle. The frequency set on the XG3 is 50.025MHz, my > K3/10 thinks it is a little lower but not by much. The XG3 is set to > send 5 seconds of 0dBm tone, then W7RDP/B at 15 wpm CW, then 10 seconds > of tone at 0dBm, repeating every 60 seconds. > > One thing I found out is to add a word space before the call otherwise > the first letter is truncated, and I added one after just in case. > > 73, Doug W7RDP __ 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] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
Nothing heard yet. How far below 50.025 does your K3 hear it? Kevin. KD5ONS CN85jq On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:48:15 -0700, Doug Phillips wrote: > After corresponding with Wayne a little today, I have my XG3 running a > 0dBm into a Parr 6M stressed Moxon aimed South at about 45' agl, CN87xo, > just east of Seattle. The frequency set on the XG3 is 50.025MHz, my > K3/10 thinks it is a little lower but not by much. The XG3 is set to > send 5 seconds of 0dBm tone, then W7RDP/B at 15 wpm CW, then 10 seconds > of tone at 0dBm, repeating every 60 seconds. > > One thing I found out is to add a word space before the call otherwise > the first letter is truncated, and I added one after just in case. > > 73, Doug W7RDP > __ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] [K3] AGC-OFF
I was having a hard time making out characters today during my daily sked into the Southeast. The QSB was a fast flutter and was chopping up the letters badly. I was running fast AGC and thought maybe slowing it down may help. It did - a little. So I took the next logical step and turn AGC off entirely. The characters popped right out at me. I just rode the RF gain as the signal went through its slower QSB while the fast flutter QSB did little to bother me. AF gain was cranked to high as I normally run it while RF gain was set to where the background QRN was minimized. Turning off the AGC helped eliminate the fast flutter problems which were causing me difficulties copying. This is most likely old news to many of you but I have been running AF gain at max and controlling volume with the RF (or IF) gain since 1960 when I first started SWLing on my brother's Lafayette receiver. I hope this helps at least one of you drag out a new one. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ 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 Net in VK
Good luck guys!! Kevin. On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:38:11 -0700, Gary Gregory wrote: > Johnny, > > Absolutely! > > I should think anyone who can hear eh? > > The more the merrierwhat band would be best I wonder? > > Gary > > On 21 June 2011 15:35, Johnny Siu wrote: > >> The time difference between VR2 and VK is minimal. How about including >> VR2 >> as well? >> >> TNX & 73, >> >> >> Johnny VR2XMC >> >> >> -- >> *åÆ件äŗŗļ¹* Gary Gregory >> *ę¶ä»¶äŗŗļ¹* Kevin Rock >> *åÆę¬(CC)* elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> *å³éę„ęļ¹* 2011/6/21 (äŗ) 12:17:36 PM >> *äø»é”ļ¼* Re: [Elecraft] K3 Net in VK >> >> Yeah, why not...we in VK are most likely smart enough to have our very >> own >> Elecraft net. >> >> Whoever posted the initial query has my vote for 'Net Controller'.. >> >> Grin >> >> 73's >> Gary >> >> On 21 June 2011 12:51, Kevin Rock wrote: >> >> > You could always start one. I somehow fumbled my way through the >> process. >> >73, >> > Kevin. KD5ONS >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:48:39 -0700, Karl Ahamer >> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > wonder if there is a K3 net in VK land. >> > > >> > > >> > > 73' >> > > >> > > >> > > Karl VK2GKA K3#5450 >> > __ >> > 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 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile >> Elecraft Equipment >> K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 >> Living the dream!!! >> __ >> 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 >> > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Net in VK
You could always start one. I somehow fumbled my way through the process. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:48:39 -0700, Karl Ahamer wrote: > Hi all, > > wonder if there is a K3 net in VK land. > > > 73' > > > Karl VK2GKA K3#5450 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 19 & 20, 2011
Good Evening, Twenty meters worked wonderfully this afternoon. Many more contacts than recent weeks have provided. There was QSB and a number of storms across the country but turning up the RF gain helped dig out the weaker stations. Forty meters has become quite the local net over the last two months. I rarely reach over the Rockies let alone the Cascades or Sierras. Today I got two Californians with very different weather reports. Dale mentioned 90 while Brian gave me one in the 70s. Both reports were warmer than mine. I got to 55 degrees today with rain and clouds. One spot of blue was all I saw. On to the lists => On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471 K6MGO - Bill - CA - K3 - 5182 NK6A - Don - CA - K3 - 4569 KB3FBR - Joe - PA - K2 - 6178 On 7045 kHz at z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 Tomorrow it is supposed to get warmer, into the mid 60s. Tuesday will be the hottest day of the week with a forecast of 70 degrees. Then it goes back down into the fifties again with ever more rain. Looks like summer will be much like spring. Maybe I should drive east or south to see some sun and to feel warmth again. What a strange year! Hopefully the better propagation we had today will continue throughout the week and into next weekend. Maybe the sun will prove all the prognosticators incorrect and flare up again. Only time will tell. But the only way to tell if a band is dead is to call CQ until your hand grows weary. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, I just checked my weather forecast and was shocked! On Tuesday the thermometer will peak at 70 degrees! Such heat is just not normal. Another spate of summer-like heat for a short period then back to more normal 50 degree temperatures. I shall need to stock up on ice and sunblock for this spell of sweltering heat. Lately it has been in the high 50s and wet. Today the fire in my wood stove is perking along after I spent the morning splitting more kindling. I hiked the property yesterday and planned my next season's wood cutting schedule. I have about five acres of downed timber to clear with a number of deadfalls to negotiate. After I clear the working area I can plan how to drop those hanging trees. Without a place to run I am in the path of a few large fir trees. I doubt whether they would attempt to dodge me during their fall to earth. Propagation was good this week. Good enough for a few skeds on twenty meters. Some QSB and some QRM from stations who could not hear either one of us working. But with the Elecraft gear I just move the filters off to the side a bit to weaken the QRM and all is well. I keep reading about the sun going back to sleep but that's OK; we did just fine during the low part of the solar cycle. Maybe one day we shall get the large numbers of sunspots with the requisite ionization where propagation will be fantastic. I have yet to be skunked any time I have run the nets so why worry about the sun and its foibles? If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] [KX1] On the trail with the KX1 -- Antenna ?
On Mt. Hood we just laid the antenna down on the talus and it worked fine. I've done the same thing in New Mexico and in Oklahoma. In OK it was not talus but sand on Black Butte. Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:28:03 -0700, Phil Hystad wrote: > This summer I plan to take my KX1 in my backpack on some of our summer > hikes in the Cascades. Previously, I have only taken my HT but that is > not too bad from the 8000 foot level of Mt. Rainier. > > So, I am wondering about an antenna. Part of the problem is that often > we are above the tree line. No trees. Has anyone operated in that > situation. What do you do when there are no trees to use for elevating > a wire? > > Also, a slightly different question -- does anyone use a counterpoise of > any sort when using a single wire antenna? Have you thrown another wire > along the ground to create a kind of ground plane or does this not make > that much difference. > > 73, phil, K7PEH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement.
Good Evening, Last week I was unable to get home in time to run either net. Errands kept me in town much too late. I am sorry I was unable to run them. However, this week I shall not leave my property the entire weekend so I will be on tomorrow. After two days of heat in the low 70s the weather has turned back to chilly again. This week the highs have been in the high 50s. Not since last Sunday has the thermometer broken 60 degrees. The 70 degree heat wave did feel good even though it brought out the biting flies. It was nice to walk around without a jacket. Luckily I still have a lot of wood for the stove. Some neighbors have run out of wood because they were not planning for such a long heating season. I read stories about folks having 80 degree weather or hotter but it is hard to imagine when I am still hauling wood to heat the house. The sun has been very active lately but only the higher bands have seen propagation improvements. Anything lower than 15 meters seems to be tough going. I need to hook my 6 meter loop back to the rig and go play there. The openings have been popping up daily. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] Digital Signal Processing, was (no subject)
Wayne has firmly denied any desire to build a TARDIS into any future Elecraft product. I am unsure why. Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:52:13 -0700, John Ragle wrote: ... > > http://www.dspguide.com/ > > You can't beat free...I wish I had had this book in the 70's when I was > active in the lab...Oh, for a time machine! > > John Ragle -- W1ZI __ 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] (no subject)
Octave is an open source alternative to Mathematica. I have found DSP packages for it. The command structure is much like MatLab so those of you fresh from academe will find it familiar. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:45:50 -0700, Phil Hystad wrote: > Another (possibly cheaper) mathematical computation system for doing > signal processing is Mathematica by Wolfram. Mathematica is used quite > a bit in the academic world for a very wide variety of computational > problems. With regarding to signal processing there is support for > various types of DSP implementations supporting image processing, sound > processing, and RF signal processing. ...> > 73, phil, K7PEH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Afternoon, The weather is balmy and the wind is gentle. It is amazing what 72 degrees F feels like after months of cold and wet. Very sunny and bright today. As I was driving in my truck it got hot in the cab. I am just not prepared for the heat of a 70 degree day :) For my examination of a weather satellite image it appears the Oregon weather has moved southward into California. I am sure they will enjoy having full reservoirs later in the season. I saw Mt Hood today for the first time in a very long time. It is snow covered down to where I can no longer see it. Our reservoirs will be full too. I just read an email about good propagation on the bands. I hope they will stay that way for tomorrow's nets. I plan to be back home in time for the first net tomorrow but I may be detained. A very rare Sunday errand may take longer than I plan; but I will do my best to get home before 3 PM. I was hiking yesterday during the first hint of warmth. It was fun to see the ferns unrolling and how very green it is now. Then the biting flies descended and drove me inside. Now to mount some more shelving near this bench so I can put at least one rig next to these computers. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] The last of the through-hole kits
We are already starting the next stage with SIPs and SOCs. Imagine owning your own chip fab so you can take open source IP and craft functional blocks in silicon. Then stack and bond these units into a full blown IC. Mix and match to craft all sorts of neat gadgets. How is your mastery of VHDL? We will look back on SMT as a fond memory :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:00:47 -0700, Rick Dettinger wrote: > I suspect that the spark guys had similar thoughts about the new > triode vacuum tubes in the 1920's. Fragile glass tubes that they > probably didn't fully understand, yet. I took an electronics class in > 1967 and tubes were still the main focus. We did play around with > transistors, and managed to melt several leads. We didn't need any > Optivisors in those days. > > 73, > Rick Dettinger K7MW __ 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] Seapac Hamfest, June 3,4,5.
Who is Brett? Kevin. KD5ONS On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:34:29 -0700, Greg wrote: > Does not look like there will be a KX3 there. Of course Lisa will be > there. Brett, Dick (software guy) and myself will be there. Looking > forward to a fun weekend. > > 73 > Greg > AB7R > > > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Phil Hystad wrote: > >> For Wayne or Eric... >> >> This weekend is the Seapac hamfest in Seaside Oregon where Elecraft >> usually >> has a booth. Questions: >> >> 1. Will you have the XG3 available? >> 2. Will either Wayne or Eric be in attendance? I is supposed to be >> sunny >> WX in the mid-60s or better. >> >> 73, phil, K7PEH >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Seapac Hamfest, June 3,4,5.
First warm day in months! I hope the sun shows up down at the beach too. Kevin. KD5ONS On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:27:33 -0700, Phil Hystad wrote: > For Wayne or Eric... > > This weekend is the Seapac hamfest in Seaside Oregon where Elecraft > usually has a booth. Questions: > > 1. Will you have the XG3 available? > 2. Will either Wayne or Eric be in attendance? I is supposed to be > sunny WX in the mid-60s or better. > > 73, phil, K7PEH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, The snow of yesterday has turned into the hail of today. Still cold; high of only 47 degrees F but there were actual minutes of sun (if one adds up the spots here and there). My forecast does have a few 50 degree days later in the week but not much in the way of steady sun and no promise of any warm days. The wood pile should hold up until late July at this point so I better get busy cutting firewood for the rest of the summer. Maybe twenty cords is a good number for this year too. According to the word on the street (aka the 'test results) propagation has not been the best. This same thing has been effecting ECN for quite some time. Forty meters only lands two to five folks a week. Twenty meters does get a few more but I am still not logging very many folks. I wish I could find an alternate NCS in the Midwest. That would help to see if any one is interested and I cannot hear them. It could be that interest in ECN has waned to the point where I should consider ceasing activity. Who can tell? If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 22nd & 23rd, 2011
Good Afternoon, I hope you are experiencing a warmer day than I am having. 47 degrees F for the high is not what I would expect for late May. Yesterday it snowed for a few minutes before it turned into pellets. There were a few seconds of sun today so all is not bad. I am also gradually getting over my cold. It was a nasty one. Last week while running the nets there was competition with the 'operators' in my own head. Luckily the tones were not the same and the rhythms were different so I could pick up the outside operators and get them logged. After a few days of fever and chills it finally broke. I have not tested the propagation once since last week's nets. I have been too busy with this cold. If there are pauses tomorrow it just means I am coughing and cannot send. It is difficult to sneeze or cough and send code at the same time. Propagation during last Sunday's nets was not great. Ken, W0CZ, normally is between S8 and S9 and is easy copy. This time he was hard to hear with deep QSB peaking at S3. To his east, in Minnesota, N0AR could not hear me at all. But further east in Michigan and again in Connecticut I was easy copy. The only other op east of the Mississippi who I worked was Steve down in Georgia who gave me a 97 degree temperature report. The only way it gets that hot here is if I sit on my woodstove :) On to the lists => On 14050.5 kHZ at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471 On 7045 kHz at z: K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 W6JDB - Jay - OR - K3 - 1288 I am very glad I collected as much wood as I did last year. Since it is so cold I cannot let the fire go out. Sure wish spring would get started before July. By then it is almost time for Oregon summer to begin. Maybe this year there won't be a summer. The local elders spoke of a hard winter maybe this is what they meant. Hopefully some fruit will set in the valleys. Some fruit trees are putting out very few blossoms. Others have blossoms for only a short time before they are blown off in the next cold storm. Plowing has yet to begin so crops will be late. I wonder how they will germinate in the cold and wet? Until tomorrow stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ 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] Es Season seems to have arrived
Operating conditions are never off topic on this Reflector. I enjoy hearing how the bands are performing whenever possible. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:21:05 -0700, Tony Estep wrote: > Thanks to those who commented on the sporadic-E on 6M. I have never > operated > 6M except for a couple of months in 1959. On the few occasions that I've > checked it, it was always dead as a doornail. After reading the posts on > here today I checked, heard a bunch of signals and using my 10-meter > antenna > I worked a few stations, including Puerto Rico. That was fun. So even > though > it may have been way off-topic, I appreciate the guys who pointed this > out. > > Tony KT0NY > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > >> Kevin, KD5ONS, is 569 running ECN on 14050.5 in N. Cal From that and >> all the 6m spots, looks like summer Es has finally arrived >> __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, There were three sunny days this week. Yippee! Temperature spiked at 65 degree yesterday, the warmest it has been since last year. It was nice to be able to open the windows and let the air flow through. Looks like more sunny days will be coming next week so maybe the wet season is due to end soon. Now that I know where the leaks are I can fix them around my skylight. Seems water can flow uphill because these leaks are nowhere near any seam in the roofing. Propagation was good the few days I was on the air. Unfortunately I grew ill during the latter part of the week and was not able to get on again. Even though CW allows one to work with a very sore throat I thought it better that I slept instead of getting up early for my skeds. I think I have shortened my cold by a few days by doing so. Hopefully tomorrow my ears will not be plugged up so I can hear better. I know yesterday's streaming feed from Dayton was tough to hear. But I was able to get most of what Wayne had to say about his new rig. Looks like a fun gadget. I would like to see the innards though. Seems the K3 got shrunk into a TFR for those of us who like to work from the boonies. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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 External Key ...
Or walking across campus with a box of cards when all of a sudden you slip on the ice and they blow into a snowbank. I was glad my mother was nowhere around because I used my father's DI language instruction fluently :) Luckily it was so cold the snow was dry so I could blow most of them off. Sorting soggy punch cards is no fun. Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 21 May 2011 20:09:48 -0700, Tony Estep wrote: > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > >> ...just to boot it far enough to read the paper tape and then the paper >> tape would jam... > > > Ah yes! Or how about getting your cards all stacked and ready to try a > compile only to drop the whole damn deck and have half of them slide > under > the filing cabinet. > > Tony KT0NY __ 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 External Key ...
How many remember inputing a program with the front panel switches on your wirewrapped computers? I am so happy that tape came along to end that tedious procedure. Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 21 May 2011 19:38:33 -0700, Andrew Moore wrote: > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:42 PM, juergen wrote: > > >> I dont know why manufacturers just dont install the electronics for a >> touch >> paddle. >> > > Tactile feedback can be important. Imagine typing on a computer with a > membrane (chiclet style) keyboard -- like the old Sinclair 1000. It > could be > done but not sure if I'd want to do it. > > --Andrew, NV1B __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 15th & 16th, 2011
Good Evening, The two nets were plagued with QRM. Mostly tuners with one tester. I sometimes wonder about people. Twenty meters was clear and I was able to land two stations in Connecticut. One of them was Bill, K1EV. I asked him to call the net and he got Dave, W8OV, who had just awoken. Must have been busy contesting this weekend :) Forty meters had its normal loud noise level but I was able to work a few stations. I need to determine when 40 opens up because z is not the best time for it. I am happy I got a relay station on twenty meters so maybe I'll cease operations on forty until autumn and concentrate on twenty meters with until then. On to the lists => On 14050 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 NK6A - Don - CA - K3 - 4569 K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 On 7045 kHz at z: K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 NY6G - Stan - CA Weather reports were of impending spring. Wonder when it will truly come to the entire continent? It was very rainy here today but I was told of thunder and lightning in California. That is something I rarely see because our rainstorms are mostly slow and steady downpours often lasting for days on end without a break. What is so strange is the humidity rarely gets very high in Oregon. Compared to what I grew up with the 75 to 80% peaks are nothing. But after a summer in Houston where I experienced 100% humidity even the Midwest seems mild! Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ 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] NET
I have not changed net frequencies. Of which net are you referring? 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Sun, 15 May 2011 10:45:41 -0700, Phil LaMarche wrote: > What's the new frequency please? > > > Philip LaMarche __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, Today was very nice. Quite warm though; it got to 62 degrees under a sunny sky. It felt hot out. First time in a long time I walked around outside in a t-shirt. Luckily the biting flies have not yet appeared. Once it gets warm they show up for two weeks. Then they are gone for a full year. I must be thankful for that. Compared to the Midwest where I got eaten alive by mosquitoes this is OK with me. On my walk I found out I have some spies. There was elk sign only ten feet from the house. I wonder what they think? If I would have been on my radio they would have blocked my view! Propagation was decent this week. Reports of openings on 6 meters mean the E season is getting underway. I started looking into activating a SOTA summit and find I could almost do it from home. The mountain I live on is listed. Now do I walk downhill a bit until I get to where I can walk upward again for 25 meters in elevation change? I am just shy of the 30 meter from the summit working area for a SOTA activation site. But, if I walk to the top of the mountain I'll have three large towers to contend with. I think I'll find a site below the summit which had not been clearcut and use the numerous fir trees as antennas supports of an easily mounted sloper or end fed half wave. It is nice to know I don't have to use any vehicle at all to activate my first peak. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ 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] Monitor output...
I am running two 27" monitors from one video card. There is an adaptor on one cable to allow it to work with either input to the monitor. These monitors: Asus VE278 Q, have VGA, DVI and HDMI inputs. I am using DVI on one and HDMI on the other because I don't want to run two video cards on this box. The adaptors came with the monitors. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 14 May 2011 04:53:01 -0700, Stephen Prior wrote: > That's a very good point. My 22" samsung only has a dvi input. > > Stephen G4SJP > > On Saturday, May 14, 2011, Gary K9GS wrote: >> ... >> >> Speaking of big monitors...wouldn't it make more sense for the P3 output >> to be DVI instead of SVGA? Don't most of the larger/higher performance >> monitors have DVI inputs or do they all have both? I have a pair of 20" >> monitors on the shack computer currently that I believe have both but I >> don't know if dual inputs is the norm or not?? >> __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 8th & 9th, 2011
Good Evening, A pleasant day today. Chilly, with rain, but there were openings in the clouds which let light blink through every so often. About one minute of sun for every hour today. I received reports of temperatures ranging from 96 degrees down to 60 degrees; none of which matched my low 50 degree day. I am glad it has stopped snowing for a week and hope that condition continues until November :) Conditions on twenty meters were good for all contacts. The lowest RST report I gave was 569. Only slight QSB with very little noise. Forty meters had its normal amount of noise but conditions favored only West Coast stations. I was able to land the NCS of the Elecraft SSB net but totally forgot I had never logged him on his K3 thus missing the opportunity to get his serial number. Sorry Phil. On to the lists => On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 On 7045 kHz at z K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 W6JDB - Jay - OR - K3 - 1288 NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - ? KD5O(?) - Gary - ? I was unable to log the last contact due to missing his call three times. I have KD5Q and KD5 and KD5O none of which lead to a Gary. Gary, if you read these reports please send me your information via email so I can fill in my database correctly. The frogs in the nearby ponds have been silent the last few nights. I do believe it is too cool for them to sing. I have heard one local grouse drumming away but he has moved off into the distance. I was planning on stalking him but now he is too far off to determine a route to him. Maybe later he'll return to my property. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, The weather has been cool this week but I have seen a few minutes of sun. More flowers are blooming and I think most of the frost danger has passed. Logging season is in full swing. After a full month of gravel trucks driving by starting before dawn I saw my first truck load of trees bound for St. Helens. Each of the gravel trucks has a trailer behind it so my road is getting flattened by the sheer weight of each load. Propagation has been decent each morning on twenty meters with just a little noise and some QSB. It is good to be able to hear all of a contact with strong signals. Only last year it was hard to do so. I read yesterday in Sky & Telescope that the peak of this solar cycle is due in 2013. They also mentioned it will be one of the weaker cycles recorded. Oh well, I'll have to wait until the next one I guess :) I do remember the 1958-59 period when I started listening to shortwave. It was fun. IGY was only a year in the past so there was a lot of attention being paid to the newly found Van Allen belts and the satellites going into orbit. Echo 1 and 2 were fun to watch from the backyard. It is hard to imagine it has been 50 years since Alan Shepard took that first sub-orbital flight. It is also hard to imagine how very little progress we have made in space since 1969. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 1st & 2nd, 2011
Good Evening, The twenty meter net went fairly well with some QSB but little noise. Check ins were from the Middle West, Texas, Alaska, Colorado, and California. Forty meters was noisy with not much activity. I hit my recorded CQ a few times when the stations grew quite sparse but only got four check ins, all from the West. I did have some help on the first net with a relay into California from N0AR. Thanks Scott! Weather was pleasant today if a little chilly. Spring is very slowly coming to the PNW. I have heard it was nice in the valleys but up here it got to 62 degrees which felt pretty good. There is still snow on the surrounding mountains. Maybe in the next few weeks that will disappear. More flowers were open when I went on my walk but in the next week or two they will explode into bloom all over the mountain. Red currants are just getting started. On to the lists => On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 On 7045 kHz at z: AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 There were reports of snow in Minnesota and North Dakota. Colorado was not warm either. California gave a temperature reading of 80 degrees though. I wonder what it is like in Texas? Last I heard it was downright hot there with high winds. I did get a report of wind from Jeff but he did not complain of heat though there was a lot of QSB between us. Hopefully the weather will calm down and warm up a little. Summer will be good this year I am sure of it. I plan a greenhouse so I can extend my growing season to the point where I can grow a garden. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, I hope your weather is warmer than mine. A few more days of snow this week was not pleasant. An inch on the ground one day with a little more the next. Supposedly spring is at hand but only a few signs of it are showing. Flowers are very confused. I have trilliums blooming before daffodils and lower down there is a flowering dogwood getting started. There is a grouse drumming very close to the house. Each time I walk outside I hear him. I don't think I can sneak up on him because he is in a large open bowl. The sound of my creeping up on him would be so magnified I would not even get a glimpse of him. Propagation was good the few times I got on this week. Today the balloon was an easy signal to copy for most of its flight. Only the lower elevations were not easily heard here in Oregon. A solar stream hit the earth early today causing a few aurora. Hopefully this will have calmed down by tomorrow while activating the ionosphere. We shall see if the East and Southeast are heard once again. Luckily there are no major holidays this weekend. That will help. If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net please email me. I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you can call areas in my skip zone. It sure would prove helpful to those I cannot reach directly. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Fwd: [QRP-L] IHAB-4 BAlloon Launch Tomorrow
Far more exciting than two Brits getting married. Kevin. KD5ONS --- Forwarded message --- From: WA0ITP To: qr...@mailman.qth.net Cc: Subject: [QRP-L] IHAB-4 BAlloon Launch Tomorrow Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:24:54 -0700 The Iowa High Altitude Balloon project is making it's 4th launch tomorrow morning at 10Am Central, 1500z, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A major milestone is that science student's cannister experiments will be carried aloft and analyzed upon recovering the payload. One of the goals of this launch is to do a remotely triggered cut down at 75,000 feet, or over the Mississippi River, whichever comes first. The tether between the payload and the balloon will be severed from a ground command. A test of the cutdown circuit at low temperature can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4voKhzUflM As on the last flight, a 2M simplex repeater will be operatiing on 147.500 PL TONE 100.00. The 20M CW beacon will be operating again on 14.058 sending IHAB4 W0OTM Feel free to post signal reports on www.QRPSPOTS.com You can monitor the flight path at http://aprs.fi/?call=a%2FW0OTM-4 Enjoy the flight. --- I love this radio stuff ! 72, 73 Terry, WAĆITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com www.qrpspots.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] UK SSB Elecraft Net
I am so very glad I do not own a television and avoid the news. Hype like this totally passes me by. Thank you God! Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:28:10 -0700, Fred Jensen wrote: > On 4/29/2011 7:54 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: >> Good Grief..I am SOO over 'The Wedding'...no we got 4 channels of >> highlightsjust in case 'we' missed somethingThen all the talking >> heads are ranting on dissecting 'the dress' 'the hairdo''the >> shoes' >> 'the suit' and the list goes on...Hmmdid I miss something? > > Yeppers. The womens' hats! > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 > - www.cqp.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
Re: [Elecraft] UK SSB Elecraft Net
Who is getting married? Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:50:41 -0700, Fred Jensen wrote: > You mean it isn't canceled because of some little family wedding? > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 > - www.cqp.org > > On 4/29/2011 12:52 AM, Ian Maude wrote: >> Hi all,There will be no net this week due to my absence. The net >> will run next week as normal. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Try ECN if the QRM is so bad. Re: SSB Net Frequency (14.316, etc.)
For those of you with no notch there is always the CW net each Sunday. Please join us. There is little QRM to fight and when it does occur a simple closing down of the filters makes it easy to block. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:51:29 -0700, John Cooper wrote: what bout those of us with k2s and no notch? __ 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] nets
Hi Scott, The Elecraft CW Net is on Sunday at 2200z and z (3 & 5 PM PDT). Frequencies are approximately 14050 kHz and 7045 kHz respectively. Thank you for asking and please join us as often as you can. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:56:41 -0700, Scott McDowell wrote: > Hello > Can some tell me the time and frequency of the Elecraft > nets, both cw and ssb. > Thank > Scott n5sm > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
